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The Dolores star., 1922-06-09
ALAN CONRAD.

SYNOPSIS IS.-Wealthy and highly
placed in the Chicago business
world, Benjamin Coryet is some
thing OF a recIuse and a mystery
TO his AssociG ties. After a stormy
Interview with his partner. Henry
Spearman, Corvet seeks Constance
Sheriff.. daughter OF his other bust
ness partner. Lawrence Sheriff.
She admits Spearman has asked
her TO marry him and that she
hasn't given him an answer. Cor
vet-"Uncle Beuny'-makes her
promise not TO give an answer Till
come back" Corvet is much asi-
tated and acts strangely. Then he
disappears. Sheriff. learns that
Corvet has written to Alan Conrad
In Blue Rapids. Kan. sgmmOhiug
him to Chicago. None OF Corvst's
associates have ever heard OF Alan
Conrad.
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Corvet, perhaps, the closest Of all re-
lationships? Was Corvet his
fatheri He checked the question
within himself, for the time had
passed for mere speculation upon II
now. Alan was trembling excitedly /;
for-whoever Corvet might be-the
enigma Of Alan's existence was going
10 be ansv cred when he had entered
that house. He was going to know
who he was. All the possibilities, the
responsibilities, the attachments. the
opportunities. perhaps. Of that person
whom he was-but whom. as yet. he
did NJ: kDDw-were before him. He
vent up the steps and, with fingers
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the station. pricked in Alan's veins,
and hastily he dropped the window 10
his right and gazed out. The lake
as he had known since his geography
days lay TO the east OF Chicag"
therefore that void out there beyond
the park was the lake or, at least the
harbor. A different air seemed TO
come from 1t; sounds =. suddenly
it all was shut OF; the taSicah.
Swerving a little, was dashins between
business blocks; a row Of buildings
had risen again upon the right; they
broke abruptly to show him wooden
walled chasm in which flowed the
river full OF ice with tug dropping
It's smckeStack as ii cut below the
bridge which the cab crossed; build
incS on both sides again; then, to the
right. a roaring. heaving crashing ex-
ranSe.
The sound. Alan knew, had been
coming to him as an undertone for
many minutes: now IL overwhelmed.
swallowed all other sound. 1t was
great. not loud; all sound which Alan
had heard before, except the souShlnS
OF the wind over his prairies, came
from one point; even the monstrouS
city murmur was centered in compari-
son with this. over the lake, as over
the land. the soft snowflukes lazily
fioated down. scarcely stirred by the
slightest breeze: that roar WAS the
voice of the water that awful power
Its own.
Alan choked and Casped for breath,
his pulses pounding in his throat; he
had suatched of his hat and, leaning
out OF the window sucked the lake air
in his lungs. There had been nothing
TO make him expect this overwhelming
crush of feeling. The lake-he had
thought of 1t, of course, as great
body Of water, an Interesting sight
for a prairie boy TO see; that was all.
No physical experience in all his
memory had affected him like this !:
and ii was without warming; the
strange thing that had stirred within
him as the car brought him to the
Drive downtown was strengthened
now a thousand-fold it amazed, half
frightened half dizzied him. Now, as
the motor suddenly swung around a
corner and shut the sight of the lake
from him, Alan sat back breathless.
The car swerved to the east curb
about the middle of the block and
came TO stop. The house before
which it had halted was large stone
house of quiet, good design; it was
some generation older. apparently.
than the houses on each side of it,
which were brick and terra Gotta of
recent fashionable architecture; Alan
only glanced at them long enough to
get that impression before he opened
the cab door and got out; but as the
cab drove away, he stood beside his
suitcase looking up at the old house
which bore the number given in Ben
jamin Corvets letter, then around at
the other houses and back to that
again.
The neighborhOod obviously pre-
cluded the probability of COrvet's be
ing merely a lawyer-a go-between
He must be some relative; the ques-
tion ever present in AIan's thought
since the receipt of the letter, but held
in allegiance, as to the possibility and
nearness of Corvet's relation to him.
took sharper and more exact form
now than he had dared to let it take
before. Was his relationship to
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CHAPTER ~
Discussion Of , ahadoX.

Alan. m he looked confusedIy and
blahkIy at her. made no attempt 10
answer the question she had asked
or to explain. His silence and con.
fusion, he knew. must seem tn Con-
stance Sheriff. unvalingnsss to m.
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Rats in the Cellar,
Mice In the Pantry,
Cockr0aches
in the kitcheI

What can be more disagreeable thani
home infested with pests! Destroy tho
with Stearns' Electric Paste, the standa':.
sxterminator for more than 43 years
Kill rats, mice, cockroaches, waterbg
or ants in single night. Does not blr
away like powders; ready for use: beHr
than traps. Directions in Is languagsf D
every box. Money back if it fails.
2 OF. size 35c. IS OF. size $l50.
The Dolores star., 1922-06-09

II Is us easy to say a fire was 4
incendiary origin as to find out whss
you caught cold.
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Might put your feet on your dsl
occasionally in order to prove Wild
Is master.
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Tvs brought you," he said
evenly. "ths key to your
house."
GRO BE coNrINUED1

Our Own Webster.
Love: An ocean Of emotion sntirely ,
surrounded by expenses.
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The ancient Egyptians made eone,
Of cork.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-21

and was to start work yesterday. On
the way to work, however, she became i'll,
she said, and spent half of her last dime
telephOning the broker she could not
come to work.
Owning a nickel, she flipped that coin
to decide whether to spend it for coffee
or buy a newspaper and look in the want
ads for another job. Coffee won.
Throughout yesterday she wandered
around in department stores, the art in
stitute-and the streets. Finally, she saw
the headlines in a newspaper telling of
the search being made for her She took
a taxicsb to the roOminghOuse where she
had deposited a $50 Liberty band as
security for her room rent. There q
police woman found her.
The worry Of her friends. the fear Of
her family and the attention given her
by the press, Miss Taylor said, was
ridiculous. 81 used to want to be q
newspaper reporter" she said, "but Ia
hate to be on story which fell as fiat
as this"
Mss Taylor is back at the apartment
which she shared with Miss Phyllis Kerr
and Miss Helena Kern, two fellow
students Her brother Alfred Taylor,
III, a student at Amherst, will take
charge Of her. Her real reason for dis
appearing remains her secret.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-21
SENATOR NEW
GUEST OF HONOR
Addresses Elks Lodge at Csele'
bratiOn of 4lst Anniversary.

Senator Harry S. New, the third char
ter memberfof Elks lodge No. Is, Indian
apolis, was one Of the guests of honor
and principal speakers at the forty first
anniversary celebration dinner in the
Travertine room Of the Hotel Lincoln
last night
"Only one living member of the In
lianapolis lodge" Senator New declared.
sis older in Elkdom than 1 aep. That is
Capt William E. English whom you all
know.
Captain English and 1 were initiated
on the same afternoon as charter mem
bers of this lodge. He was the second to
be initiated and / was the third. You
know In those days there were not enough
lodges in the order to limit the member
ship in the grand lodge to the exalted
rulers and it was necessary to make all
officers members of the grand lodge
That's how 1 happened to slip in"
Senator New told a story Of an invita-
ton received by him and Mrs NewN to
take dinner with President Harding, a
distinguished member of the Elks. AT
that dinner Senator New sara he met
Henry Stowe, friend of President
Harding's in his early days of Elkdom
| who had gone blind and was at the
White House following an operation by
| a famous surgeon to restore his sight.
| The story, Senator New said, had never
been told in the newspapers and ne
characterized the Presidents act in hav-
ing Stowe at the White Houses s one Of
true Elk.
Charles J. Orbison, exalted ruler OF
! the lodge, was POSTMASTER. Six past ex.
allied rulers were present. They were
! Charles Grossart, George June, James
| Quigley, Hubert Riley, Leonard Quill
and A. c. Renick. Mr.. Orbison called or
w. G. Taylor, secretary Of the lodge; II
! s. Spellman and Michael l.. Jefferson tC
speak Frank c. Houston led the com
munity singing.
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THREE ACTS DOMINATE
NEW BILL AT KEITH'S.

Three acts register crashing triumphs
at Keith's this week.
The winners are Tom Wise and Miss
Mia Mac in a one-act comedy, Memo
rles:" Herman Timberg, in Little Bits"
and Sophie Kassir1ire in songs
place these three acts upon the same
level. as each act accompllshes its pur-
pose.
Tom wise this season is appearing in
vaudeville in a little skit called Memo
ries," and from a production standpoint
as well as for polished acting on the
part Of at least two members Of the
cast. this act has the honor of being the
best sketch seen here this season 1t
has been built to give Mr.. Wise nice
comedy chance. Tom Wise never over
acts, and he obtains the comedy effect
with no apparent effort. Miss Mia Mac
belongs to that class Of leading players
who has the right to be a leader. She
is splendid in the big scene with Mr..
Wise. You will go a long way to dis
cover anything more tender and pleas
ing than Memories" as done by Mr..
wise. Miss Mac, Pickering Brown and
Ralph Belmont.
We now turn our attention to Sophie
Kassimire who bills herself as the I'm
ternational Prima Donna" She possesses
a voice of rare beauty, especially in the
higher register. Her tones are full and
well rounded In other words. she is a
real artist. Too good for vaudeville?
No, not one bit of 1t. We need more
real singers with the voice and the
training like Sophie Kassfmire. And she
is real little, Snowman, as she knows
Just how much opera vaudeville audi
ence can stand at one sitting Vaude-
VILE needs women Of the class of this
artist.
Herman Timberg is present with his
violin and funny comedy situations.
Timberg has a company" Oh, yes. He
uses AN actor in another act, then Abe
Hammerchlang, conductor of the regular
Keith's orchestra also does his bit and
then c. Roltare Eggleston, manager of
the house, arrives in an aisle to help
Timberg out" Timberg and his nu-
merous assistants stopped the show yes
terday afternoon.
Lester Brothers open the show with an
acrobatic offering in which both men
give one the opinion that their bodies
are made Of rubber. A good act.
Ed and Birdie Conrad have the max
ings of real hit with their song and
dance offering but Ed Conrad uses some
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er material, which should be used in
low property value districts. The board
members said they thought Trinidad as
phalt was the best paving material.
Then the fact William II. Armitage is
agent for the Barber Asphalt Company,
producers and sellers Of Triniaad asphalt,
came to light. Mr.. Armitage is chair
man Of the executive committee Of the
Marion County Republican League, which
is trying to make Mr. Freeman Repub-
lIcan county chairmaA Trinidad as
phalt costs more than other types Of as
phait, which the engineer says makes
just as good pavement.
ENGINEER FAvORs
WATCHFUL WAITING.
The engineer recommended no con
tracts for asphalt pavement be awarded
until the price. them standing around
S410 a square yard was brought dow
TO between $3.50 and So by contractors.
The two board members showed some
fight when the engineer recommended re
lection Of several bids at the high level
but finally went along" II appeared for
several days either one or two members of
the board or Mr.. Elliott might resign.
Maya Samuel Lewis Shank announced
be was backing Elliott In his fight. Mr..
Armitage said he would not try to-~in-
fluence the board of works to favor Trini-
dad asphalt, declaring Trinidad should
take its chance in the bidding.
Three contractors since have cut their
asphalt prices to 1896 to $500 a square
yard 1t Is understood they are bidding
on oil asphalt, Trindads rival. The city
specifications call ony Tor asphaH
which will meet city chemical tests, so
the board is not making any distinction
as to Trinidad or "oil" brands. There
was move to do so, but II was recon
sidered.
While the board, from indications has
receded from hostility toward the en-
gtneer. his recommendation was not fol-
lowed in one contract awarded after the
resolution restoring concrete was
adopted Mr.. Elliott recommended all
bids for the permanent improvement of
ST. Clair street from Highland avenue to
Oriental street be rejected because the
lowest bid. that of the Union Asphalt
Construction Company. figured S4.04 a
square yard on asphalt. This was based
en- the Trinidad asphalt price, II is IN
derstood . The board, however, awarded
the contract on this bid.
sPBNCER EXPLAINS
CONTRACT AWARD.
DR.. Spencer said this was done because
the mayor desired the improvement be
pressed in order that 1t might soon be
i'm use.
other contracts were let strictly in line
with the engineers recommendation as
follows;
For the permanent Improvement Of the
first alley east of Pennsylvania street
from Twenty Seventh to Twenty Eighth
streets to 4. u. Bowen for $2.19 a lineal
foot, total S1.45S.54.
For the permanent improvement Of
Maple street, from McCarty to Morris
streets with asphalt to the Marion
County Construction Company for S4.35
liaeal foot, total $147O6. This bid fig
ured S296 a square yard, the lowest as
pfsslt price Of the season.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-21
Coed, Working as Cook,
Poor, but Not Hopeless
Missing Pittsburgh Girl, Found in ROOn,iag
House, Brands Fuss Silly

CHICAGO. March 21-An this fuss
fuss about the fact she chose to go away
for a few days is s'siIly," according to
Miss Edna Emma Taylor, 21-year-Old
University of Chicago coed. Miss Taylor
was found last night as she was entering
q south side rooming house, after being
Sssissing since last Thursday.
She had reasons" for her disappear
suce. Miss Taylor declared, but her story
failed to set forth the reasons in CO.
herent detail
II went away Thursday because-well,
! had reasons" she said. Il took a car
TO the Englewood station Of the Pennsyl-
vania. Just as I was getting Off 1
spilled and nv handbag dropped. When
] got to the ticket window ] found a $50
bill had in the bag was missing
Lacking money 10 go to Pittsburgh or
10 the home Of her father, Alfred II. Tay-
Tor. an architect Of New York, as she had
intended, Miss Taylor obtained employ
ment as a cook in the home of Mrs. Mil
ton E. Robinson.
Il burned the steak and the potatoes
were soggy," she said, but Mrs. Robin
son liked me and said perhaps I'd learn"
Cooking did not appeal to the coed
however, so she started looking for
another job. She obtained employment
IN the office Of a broker at SIS a week
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-21
4 Dead in Facisti,
Communists Battle

ROME, March 21.-Four persons have
been killed and twenty wounded in fight
ing between Facisti and Communists in
the northern provinces Of Piacenza. Be-
Iogna and Parma, according to reports
received here today.
The Facisd are accused Of attacking
the Communists. Premier Facta has
telegraphed to the project Of the prov
inces to act decisively in belaf Of peace.
The projects are threatened with dis
missal unless they cheek the disorders.
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STAGE NEWS.
EndeavOr Societies
Unite for Session

Members Of the Christian Endeavor So
cieties Of the city attended a meeting
last night at the Second Presbyterian
Church Mt which r. A. Walker of Chi
cago and Western secretary Of the
United Society Of Christian Endeavor
presided.
Christian endeavor has had q great
part in the political world" Mr.. Walker
said. To-day the largest Christian en-
deavor society in the world Ia in the very
heart of Africa and 1t is made up OF
black people. Our influence has extended
to business and to the social life Of the
world. Christian endeavor is doing great
ork among the seamen Of the world
Cur influence is going out to Burma
India, TO Canada, and TO China"
Joe Overmyer, director Of the Gypsy
Smith choir, led the song service
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HITCHY KNOWS WHAT RAY DOOLEY MEANS BY 'DAD-DA'
at

"Dadda," pipes Miss Ray Dooley, who
is dressed in baby clothes, to her fond
father" Raymond Hitchcock in Ziegfeld
FOliies
Hitchy knows of what the child speaks.
He knows that baby" either wants to
"dishup" scandal about the neighbors or
the poor little dear wants her soaked IN
gin teething ring.
Vera Michelena as the vampire can't
see how Hitchy understands the means
ings of the yells and means of the
baby"
But Hitchy never misses the meaning
of a single dad da" in a merry burlesque
called 1t Happened in Brooklyn" This
is just enc Of the many funny and weli-
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-21

few cities remaining in Indiana that has
segregated vice dictrict. Violation of
the law that persons are not allowed to
sleep in a placed used for restaurant
purposes enabled the inspector to bring
what has termed an extraordinarily in
sanitary restaurant in fMuncie under the
State law. The owner of the building
expects to tear it down as soon as his
tenants lease expires.
Conditions were Investigated in Ander-
son. Logansport and Kokomo and IL
these cities the situation was said to be
satisfactory.
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viii Recall Shank's
Campaign Promises

Mayor Samuel Lewis Shank's campaign
promises, TO fix the streets and extend
the English avenue car line from Key
stone avenue TO Sherman Drive win be
recalled to him by committee appointed
at a meeting Of the East Side Loyal Civic
League Monday evening.
The East Prospect Civic League voted
to send a delegation to the meeting Of
the FederstiOn of indianapolis Civic
Clubs at the Chamber of Commerce
Thursday evening.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-21
THE TWO HARRY'S
ON VIEW AT PARK.

Harry Steppe and Harry O'Neal
known as the Two Harrys," are the
comedian and straight man, respectively,
Of Jingle Jingle" at the Park this
week
Harry Steppe Is 4 well known come
dian on the burlesque stage today. Harry
O'Neal is a snappy straight man. I'm
agine them with Stella, Morrisssey a
male quintette, a good dancing team, q
soubrette, who looks nifty and who can
sing and a large singing and dancing
chorus-you will get a good idea OF
Jingle Jingle"
There are some startling scenic ef-
fects and good music. All in Ill, II
rounds up as pleasing entertainment The
closing scene Of the first act is unusually
attractive with It's electrical effects and
pleasing settings. Miss Morrlssey sings
Love Dreams" This number is beau
tifully costumed.
The cast and numbers in "a Rich
Mans Hunting Lodge" is as follows:
The Call of the Hunt" ...... Ensemble
Melon Time in Dlxie".4 Evyieen Ramsey
&c rainy Stella MorT T9y
1.-THE Loved One. Harry O'Neal
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Reports Muncie
Conditions Bad

"a red light district and bad housing
conditions exist in Muncie, according to
a report of A q. Vert, investigator for
the housing divisions of the State board
of health.
"In several sections given over to the
red light district the houses are in
very bad repair" the report says "The
water and toilet accommodations are
especially bad. In most of these places
one will find from three to five girls and
women and no bathroom but having the
water at one sink and all having outside
vaults.'
Muncie, according to report, is one Of
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-21
BOOtleggers Do Big
Business in illinois

CHICAGO, March 21.-Bootleggers in
Illinois have made more than S30,OOO00
through the dispensing Of Illicit liquor in
the last two years, according 10 Charles
s. Gregory, prohibition director. OF
this amount 100000 has been paid for
counterfeit whisky prescriptions, while
the remaining 100000 represents
profits from the actual sale of liquor.
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done bits which
go to make up the
present edition of
Florenz Ziegfeld s
national institu-
ton. Personally,
/ think that the
Follies on view at
English's t h l s
week is easily the
best edition In the
last five years. In
the first place. all
of the big names
of the FOllieS who
opened in New
York are present
on the stage at
English's t h ! 8
week. If ] remem-
Der correctly a
few of the big
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-21
BEADS.

Beaded bags are quite as popular as
ever. The only difference in the new ones
is that the designs are a little more
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-21
RIALTO RE-OPENS
WITH 4 GOOD BILL.

Il Il Il
RIALTo RE-OPENs
WITH GOOD BILL.
After being closed for several weeks,
the RiaIto Theater is opened\to the pub
lie. Offering a combination revue and
movie bill. "Gambols OF 1921" is the
revue and Jane Eyre" is the feature
movie.
The policy Of the new management is
clean attractions and they have started
<otr with a good one IN "Gambols Of 1921 ."
Not only is the comedy lines and situa-
tions clean but the costumes and seen
cry are pleasing to the eye.
The "Gami OILS" is built along the lines
Of a revue with several speciRltles added
Tho piano act with Frank Gerard and
Edyth Bates Is especially pleasing.
There are soma catchy songs. comedy
and a good looking and well behaved
chorus
Others in the cast are Harry Moore
Jack Simonds, willard Dyer, Elsie Cal
vert. Babe Miller and others.
Norman Trevor and Mabel BALM are
the featured players in Jane Eyre"
feature film. It is a costume picture
with a good story and splendid scenic
effects.
The story tells of James adventure
from childhood TO womanhood
At the Rialto all week.
l. 4 Il
ON THE SCREEN.
The following movies are on view to-
day: Perjury" with william Farnum,
at Loew's State; "Just Around the Cor
ner" at the Ohio 1.-The Silent Call" at
the Circle; Marry the Poor Girl" at
the Alhambra; William S. Hart, in
"Travelin' On" at the Isis. and Loves
Penalty" at Mister Smiths
l. l. l.
STAGE NEWS.
Miss Hester Bailey and her ballet will
appear fought at the Murat Theater. On
Wednesday night, Adolph Bolm and Ruth
Page viii be at the Murat. On Thurs
day night. Lionel Barrymore in "The
Claw" will open a three-day engagement
at the Murat.