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Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-31
Wabash Has Had Electric
lights ~ Years Today
Inducing City Officials to Adopt NeWfangIed
Idea No Easy Task.

WABASH, Ind, March 31.-Last night
as dusk came an employee Of a local light
plant turned a small switch. Electric
street lights flashed half a million candle
power light over the city's streets. Four
OF these lights on the tower of the court
house could be seen a distance Of ten
miles. No M thought anything about
it. It was just a nightly occurrence.
The same thing will be done tonight.
Forty-twO years ago tonight, however,
Il was different. Then every town in
the United States had its eyes turned
toward this little town OF 10000 inhabi-
tants in Indiana. Newspaper correspond
ents from virtually every lsrge city in
the country were sent here that day 10
see a town lighted by electricity for the
first time.
The unknown was to be attempted at 8
o'clock on the night Of March 81, 1850.
Roads for miles around we've congested
with horses and buggies. A few minutes
after s that night, a faint kissing sound
was heard and shortly afterward four
shafts OF light shot over the city from
the tower of the same courthouse now IN
use. There were no shouts from the
multitude when the lights appeared.
There was nothing u awe. It was "un-
natural" that a little engine situated 500
feet from the lights should be able TO
send that light over two wires, without
a match first being applied, as when gas
wa lighted. But the lights continued 70
burn and after half an hour of steady
light the crowd finally realized the
lights were there to stay-that it was not
an April Fools Joke as many had an
%ticipated. Then the crowd shouted.
It took considerable talking. however,
on the Part OF a salesman to induce the
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trio lights. For a year past, effects
had been made to change the street
lights from oil burners to gas. A gas
light salesman told the council gas
would supply the future lights. Two
members Of the council favored the
change from oil to gas. Two were op-
posed and one did not vote. The mayo
favored the change and voted for It. The
councilman not voting then voted against
the change. Later in the yer 1873 sew
eraI gas lights were placed hare as ex-
being used the salesman came and urged
the council TO try put the new electric
lights.
The slick" salesman. however. had q
hard row to hoe. The councilmen never
before had heard Of such lights and were
not eager to try them. The chief objec-
ton was it would be impossible to en-
ploy any one TO climb to the courthouse
tower. a distance Of 2o5 feet. twice a
day to turn on and ~extinguish the light.
It was too much OF a Job for an old
man and young men then were not seek
ing Jobs as lamp lighters.
After many visits and many discus
siOns, nevertheless. the salesman, on Feb.
16, 1850, induced the council to try the
lights. The company was 10 supply
four lamps and all necessary supplies
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-31
Muscle Shoals to Fall
Short of KeOkuk Dam

WASHINGTON, March 31.-Keokuk will
not take off his hat to Henry Ford.
The huge w~aterpOwer dam on the
Mississippi River at KeOkuk, Iowa, long
the largest dam of its kind in America,
will not be surpassed by the proposed
dam at Muscle Shoals, Ala, according
to Army engineers. The Alabama prof.
ect sought by Ford, although it probably
will develop more horsepower through
auxiliary appliances. will not be larger
in actual proportions.
The Army also revealed that the Keo-
kuk project is being operated under a
lOO-year lease. A similar lease, asked by
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-31
Criminals From
Neglected Infants

CHICAGO, March 31.-"From the ranks
of neglected children come so per cent
of the Nations criminals. Eight of
every ten murders are committed by
men and women who were neglected or
exploited in their childhood"
This was the statement of Mark T..
Mckee of Detroit, who is pushing plans
for a home for motherless and father
less children for the Brotherhood of
American Yeomen.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-31

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Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-31

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Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-31

Ford, has aroused a storm Of objections
from rival w~aterpower interests.
The New York herald., 1922-07-26
THEATRICAL STARS
RETURN FROM ABROAD
Edith Day Says She Will Not
Contest Husbands DiUorce.

Mrs. Edith Day. who created the title
role Of IRENE" returned yesterday by
the White Star liner Majestic after an
absence of two and a half years, ap-
pearing on the passenger list as Mrs.
Edith Day Carlton. She said she would
not contest the divorce proceedings of
Mr.. Carlton, as she really welcomed
them. She described Pat Somerset. an
English actor whose name has been
coupled with hers, as ''only friend"
She will begin Immediately rehearsals
for the leading part in the musical YER
sion Of THE Marriage OF Kitty" which
Edward Royce will present at the Full
ton Theater early in September.
Other theatrical folk in by the Ma
jestic were Miss Madge Saunders, who
will play one of the chief parts in the
popular London farce, lions OF Money"
which Charles Dillingham; will put on
here in the fall Miss Elsie Ferguson,
who went to her Long Island home. ana
soon will begin work for the film, 1.-THE
Ou.cast," In which she starred on the
stage: Miss Margaret Lawrence OF Law
ful Larceny" and Fortune Gallo, who
said he had obtained on the other side
only four singers for the San Carlo
Opera Company. preferring American
talent when he can get 1t.
The New York herald., 1922-07-26
BRADY FAVORS PLAYS
OF CENTRAL EUROPE
Producer Back From Abroad
After Three Months Tour.

Central Europe is rapidly becoming
the center OF interest for American play
producers. Such was the outstanding
comment of William A. Brady, who re-
turned yesterday on board the Majestic
with his wife. Grace George. They had
spent more than three months abroad
in search for new material.
London" said Mr.. Brady, has ex-
perfenced a miserable theatrical season.
and only the constant bad weather of
the last month. driving people indoors,
has saved some of the producers from
bankruptcy. American dramatists and
composers are now recognized as i'm
portant providers Of theatrical fare In
that city.
Paris isn't as interesting from the
standpoint Of production as 1t might be-
but 1t shows more signs of a hopeful fu-
ture than London does. But 1t Is Cen
trail Europe that promises to supply the
big plays of the immediate future. Both
dramatists and public there take the
theater with utmost seriousness. Not
cnly in substance of plays. but in the
manner of presentation are their men
of the theater showing US the way; in
stage lighting and settings they lead the
world. They excel in acting also. though
oftentimes their methods seem exag-
eerated.
I'm Budapest 7 saw a young actress,
Lily Darvosh, said to be only 21 years
old, who has most remarkable ability.
II she lives up to her promise she un-
questonably will be recognized as one Of
the great actresses of the world. The
success of Liliom' has turned the atten-
tion Of Central European writer's to this
country as an outlet. and they think
more now about making their manu-
scripts suitable for American audiences
1t is extraordinary how closely they are
In touch with our theater''
The New York herald., 1922-07-26
Mopie Concerns
Fined First Time
Under Censorship
Several Companies Punished
for Failing to Obey State
Commission.

The punitive power OF the State Mo-
ton Picture commission was displayed
yesterday for the first time when fines
were imposed by the Court of Special
Sessions upon films concerns alleged to
have disregarded the regulations of the
commission.
The chief complaint against several
companies was that they had failed to
eliminate certain features as ordered by
the commission when the. films had
been officially shown for censorship
The concerns all pleaded guilty to thu
charges.
The Arrow Exchange of 729 Seventh
avenue was fined $3.50 for violation of
the law chapter us OF the State CEN
sorship regulations, in the release of
stay Down East" which was thrown
on the screen last March 80 at the Par
thenon Theater Brooklyn. Sentence was
suspended on a similar charge in con-
nection with another picture. Man of
the North. at the Manhattan Theater
on April 23.
A fine OF 500 was imposed on the
Elk Photo Plays Company, Inc, of 729
Seventh avenue for exhibiting without
cutting as directed a film entitled "The
Hula Hula Dance" This was produced
at the Star Theater. The Bronx. on
March 80.
Two sentences were suspended upon
the Associated First National Pictures,
Inc. of 729 Seventh avenue. In the
first case it was alleged by the COM
mission that the censorship slashcs or
dered in THE Rosary at the Cameo
Theater. March 21. had not been made
In the second case it was asserted that
the picture. "Smilin' Through" at the
Strand Theater in both Manhattan and
Brooklyn had been shown without
duplicate licenses having been obtained
Counsel for the film company de-
clared that, in the latter case. the tech
nical omission had been the fault OF
an employee of the concern who had
since been discharged. He said it was
the intention of the officers whom lie
represented to obey the law.
Justice Frescli, in imposing the fines
and suspending sentences, declared the
Motion Picture commission good in
stitution" and pledged the court to aid
1t in every manner possible.
The New York herald., 1922-07-26
Notes Of the Stage

Marjorie Rambeau. star OF 'The Goldfish
at the Astor Theater, is planning to incor-
porate herself and issue stock herself for
a paltry $1,000 or so, so that she can free
herself from all business concern, letting the.
board OF directors have that agitation. ''I
should worry when ] have my incorporation
all tidied up" says Miss Rambeau.
The cast OF the Chinese play recently held
AZ the old Chinatown Theater under the
the Villain and Wins the Cherry Blossom
Bride" VIII be the guests of the "Spice OF
1922" Company at the Winter Garden to-
that 1t will not be necessary to bring a
portable couch and their lunch.
The Cat and the Canary" having been
Australian producers by <ilbourn. Gordon.
Inc. has now been decided to T. Daniel
Frawley for India China; Japan. the Straits
Settlements and the Far East.
Dorothy Francis. the young American
pfima donna who scored success In Henry
w. Savage's revival OF "'rhe Merry widow
and Italy, where she finds the climate a
wonderful help In resisting offers to remain
abroad for the grand opera season In Stock
holm and Monte Carlo. Instead she will
sail aboard the Aquitania on September ..
John Golden, issuing dental with one
hand that Florenz Ziegfeld. Jr.. Is associated
"A Serpent's TOOTH starring Marie Temp
est, let's II be known with the other that this
comedy viii open at Asbury Park on July 81 :
Savoy and Brennan are negotiating with
the use OF his Invention. the lie machine. In
their part OF the new Greenwich Village
Follies."
The cast of "The Dover Road nj the
Bijou Theater are exhibiting malke-up
which they declare viii stand any degree OF
heat. the said makeup having been gained
by the simple expedient of lying on the
beach at Far Rockaway.
Frank Davis and Adele Darnell have been
anchored 90 the impending Ginger Boy
revue AZ the Greenwich Village Theater and
VIII depict "A Village Filtration" In which.
for once. the cops don't tell the participants
TO move OIL.
Barney Bernard announces that due IN n
storm OF protest which the original announce
The Merchant OF Venice" al special matt
nees between regular performances of 'spa ~ =
ners Again" next season.
Frank Reichcr is keeping cool this wea,hor
at the Frazee Theater by stepping into
large buckets Of water and throwing them
over his arms and down his neck aii In tho
course OF duty because his part in Morn
TO Midnight calls for II.
Josephine Drake. according 10 the an
nouncement for the current week. is 10 he
featured In 'Momma's Profession - tl,s
comedy which Nina Wilcox Putnam, and
Ethel Watts Mumford are now hemstltchng
for her Next week she may be starred.
Dorothy Cish IN "The Country FIapper."
with Glenn Hunter. will take one OF tho
10 the rural districts at the Capitol next
week.
new operating mechanism has been in
tailed on the sliding roof Of the Globe
Theater, through which the lid can be
taken on or off Good Morning. Dearie"
" fourteen seconds. or MS fast as any OF
~ performers can open or shut their pores.
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The New York herald., 1922-07-26
BELASCO AT IS SEES
NEW ERA IN DRAMA
Too Busy to Celebrate Birth
. doy-RecoUsring From Fall.

David Belasco Is different from most
theatrical persons. for he doesn't mind
freely confessing his age. But he is so
busy he forgets his birthdays. Yester-
day his sixty-third stole quietly upon
him, and he was SO occupied with the
details attendant upon getting Miss
Frances Starr under way in "shore
Leave" her new comedy. which opened
at Asbury Park on Monday night. that
he acknowledged at the New Jersey re-
sort that the eventful day would have
slipped his mind entirely If a reporter
hadn't reminded him OF It.
What does 1t feel like TO be 63?" he
said II feel as n It were only yester-
day that I was shooting marbles with
boy friends and swimming in the old
hole.
II have watched closely every tend
ency the theater has shown for nearly
half q century," he added, land ] say
that the shoddy things which filled our
houses heretofore are fast disappearing.
The public Is demanding something bet
ter. and this season will see the Begin
ming of what may prove to be a new era
In American drama"
Mr.. Belasco said 1t with bandages.
He was recovering from the injuries re-
ceived when he fell from the stage as
he stopped over the footlights at the Ly-
ceum Theater last Thursday during a
rehearsal OF Miss Starts play. He was
rendered unconscious and lacerated by
the fall Yesterday, however, he was
spending his period of recuperatfon by
being as briskly busy and alert as ever.
What's a tumble or SO when you're as
young as So?
The New York herald., 1922-07-26
w. T.Jer0me Non in
Movies as Sponsor
for CoIored Films
Lawyer Heads Syndicate Ex-
plotting New Process in
Film Photography.

William Travers Jerome, whose rest.
less energies have carried him through
most spheres of human endeavor, from
making cuckoo clocks to conducting the
District Attorneys office. has now en-
tered the motion picture producing field
He has become associated with a group
of Wall street financiers who have de-
veloped a process for making motion
pictures in color. which they consider
the best so far evolved.
The process has now been perfected,
In their opinion. and to-day. at the
Cameo Theater in West Forty-second
street, a demonstration OF the first film,
made by IL will be held. The sponsors
OF the invention consider 1t the most
satisfactory colored picture yet made.
blemishes and from muddy or garish
colors.
Mr. Jerome. who Is now a member
OF the law firm OF Guthrie, Jerome, Rand
a Kresel, 81 Wall street, acknowledged
yesterday that he was connected with
the enterprise. but declined to make any
further statement In the matter.
From an official of the company. how
ever, 1t was learned that the process
has been patented and belongs to the
Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation,
with offices and factory in Boston. II
is the product Of painstaking research
and experimentation by DIR. Daniel. f.
Comstock. a noted scientist who was
formerly professor of physics at the
Massachusetts, Institute of Technology.
and II 1t lives up to the claims Of it's
sponsors 1t may revolutionize the movie
industry, making color pictures as COM
mon as the black and white films are
now.
DR.. Comstock has the backing of a
syndicate, Of which Mr.. Jerome is the
manager. whose combined capital runs
well into the millions. For six years
they have been carrying on tests quietly
In Boston. not caring to make known
the results until they felt they had
something worth while. 1t was empha-
sized by one OF the members OF the
company that this was not a stock SELL
ing undertaking but one conducted for
the satisfaction of its hackers.
All the natural hues are all fixed on
the reel. 1t Is said, including blue, which
has generally been represented in all
mechanically colored films heretofore
by a dark green. The film requires no
special apparatus for projection. but
can be run through machine at small
nickelodeon as easily as through a pro-
jector at q big Broadway film house.
The first film produced for exhibi-
tion by this method has been made at
Los Angeles In association with Joseph
NJ. Schenck. manager Of Norma and
Constance Talmadge. A private show
ing will be given of parts of it this
morning at ten o'clock at the Cameo.
with the leading part played by a
Japanese actress named Miss Wong.
The New York herald., 1922-07-26
MOVE STARTED FOR HEAVY CUT
IN THE SALARIES OF ACTORS
A. H. Woods Taking Lead, Says Reduction Is Neces-
sary for Production of More Plays-Equity
Gives It's Approval

A definite move has been made in
the managerial ranks to bring the
salaries OF actors back to a pre-war
basis. Last season various producers
let it be understood that they would
take such a step. but each seemed wait
ing for the other to begin. and salaries
remained just as high. Now A. RI,
Woods has led the way in asking the
players he is engaging for his fall pro-
ductions to take a cut, and indications
were yesterday that other managers
would offer decreased pay next season
The cut may run as high as 80 per cent.
Woods adopted the unusual expedient
OF making an appeal to the general body
OF players. through the Actors Equity
Association, to accept reduction. HIS
plea ran in part as follows:
II have brought back about thirty
plays from Europe. I should like to do
great many OF them. which would be
of advantage to Equity as well As to
me. but cant do many OF them II the
fantastic salaries now prevailing con-
tir ue to prevail
There Is no evading this fact--the
salaries OF actors are too high for pres
ent conditions. They are coming down
because a force stronger than Equity
or the Producing Managers Association
is going to bring them down. It's an
economic law. II they don't come down
there is going to pe very lean winter
ahead for the actor. / say this as
friend, not as an opponent, Of Equity"
The Equity expresses official approval
Of his stand. with the suggestion that
probably the best solution would be Tor
the actor to take smaller salary and
a percentage of the gross over certain
amount" Mr.. Woods. however. ex-
pressed the opinion that such system
would be applicable only to stars. He
said:
II am in favor Of giving the actor all
he is worth. but it is time the inflated
salaries were brought back to pre-war
basis The motion picture industry has
brought about suoh huge salaries
The New York herald., 1922-07-26
DEFY THE COLER EDICT
AGAINST WELFARE FILM
Institutions to Take Children
to See Forget Ne Not

~
Loews. me-, announced yesterday
that four child caring institutions
planned to send about 500 youngsters
to-day to view the photoplay. Forget
Me Not" at the Criterion, despite the
recommendation of Bird S. Coler. Com
missioner OF Public Welfare. that
charges should not be taken to this
picture, since. in his opinion. it did
not represent conditions devoted to
child welfare. His protest had led the
authorities OF the Hebrew Orphan
Asylum to cancel a free showing for
200 of their inmates
The organization which. ii was stated
would send children to-day and the
number from each are: Bethany Day
Nursery, 210: Halsey Day Nursery,
~; Ienox Hill SETTLEMENT 1oi; and
United Community House. POS. A Loew
representative said that the Hebrew
Orphan Asylum official had though,
better Of their original decision and
notified the theater they would send
20a children and four nurses, though
at the last moment they became un.
decided. Lionel J. Simmons. superin-
tendent of the orphanage, however
said that no party would be sent to.
day.
In the absence of Commissioner
Co'er it was said by secretary that
while he had not seen the picture him.
self. he had sent DR.. John +. FIX.
.-crald, medical superintendent OF the
department. and Edward Perpeet. Sec.
ond Deputy Commissioner. to see it
On their report. and on the study OF
the synopsis of the picture which hs
had received. the Commissioner hat
decided that 1t was not representative
OF the present day standards of child
welfare. -
The New York herald., 1922-07-26
MOLIERE COMEDY IS
PLAYED AT COLUMBIA
Tercentenary of Dran1atist Is
Celebrated at UniUersity.

Celebration OF the Moliere tercen-
tenary at Columbia University last
night brought to the univercity gym
nasium another delightful revival of a
sparkling work by this French dramat-
list. master of wit as well MS Of satire.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Coburn repeated
one of their inimitable performances
Of THE Imaginary Invalid" under the
auspices Of the Institute of Arts and
Sciences and of the departments OF
English. comparative literature and ro-
nance languages.
Mr.. Coburn was again highly anus
ing as the gruff householder who be-
leved he had every ailment known to
man. and Mrs. Coburn again brought
freshness and variety when she mas
queraded as doctor In order to cure
him Of his fancifui COMPLAINTS Others
In the company are Bertha Creighton.
Lark Taylor, Harold de Becker and
Howard Kyle. all of whom put them
selves admirably into the spirit OF this
piece of eminent fooling. The perform
ance will be repeated tomorrow and
Saturday evenings and Saturday after
noon.
The New York herald., 1922-07-26

: When business was booming In the
movies they would capture stage star
who was getting around $500 week
and offer him anywhere from $1,000 to
$500. and pretty soon the actor would
get so used to such pay that anything
less than 1900 a week would look sick
to him. But now that the film business
has passed through a period OF de-
preston OF its own players are turn
ing to the stage again. -
'I think most OF the actors will take
a cut II they see the manager is SIN
cere. don't mean by cut any split
ting OF salaries in half. but I expect
soon we'll be getting leading men and
women for $500 and $500 a week. and
Some leading men of late have re-
ceived 81 900 a week. but the average
has been around 5000.
Other prominent managers were
guarded in committing themselves.
Lee Shubert said:
Salaries will come down. That isn't
to say that intend to bring them
down personally. Fixing a salary for
an actor is an Individual matter, ana
can't be fixed like the wage scale Of
a union laborer. 1t all depends on
the appeal OF the actors personality :"
Both A. L. Erlanger and George c.
Tyler. one of his associates. were away.
but at their offices the prevailing senti-
ment was In favor of reduction. Arch
Selwyn said that shows on the road
could undoubtedly get leading man
for $3.50 as against the $3.50 paid for
merly. But in New York productions
he believed It would be necessary to pay
Just as much as ever.
Walter Hampden's solution OF the
salary problem recently was to suggest
to his company wncn business was poor
in the South that they voluntarily take
cut. Later he surprised his players
by slipping in their pay envelopes a
bonus totaling more than $1,000. which
made up the deficit
John Golden did not favor a reduction
in salaries. saying that factors deserved
all they g% and 500 more"