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Evening star., 1922-05-19
/ could form them. Caught In her
own trap at lastiv ss-s,-7ss ss - Y.

/ could form them. Caught in her
own tran. at ylaat!V sa-s,-7s- * sss-4 y.
Kennedy said nothing. but as one
of the dremen roughly but reverently
sheet he stopped down and Withdrew
from the breast of the woman q long
letter file. Come. let US CO." he said.
Back In our apartment again We
bathed our racking heads, .gargled our
parched throats. and washed cut our
adventure, though still fresh and vivid
In my mind, seemed unreal, like q
dream. The choking air. the kissing
steam, the ghastly object under the
tarpauiin-what did II all mean? Who
was she? I strove to reason 1t out,
but could find no answer.
1t was nearly dawn when the door
opened. and Mccormick came in and
dropped wearily into chair.
do you know who that woman
ss4.slts Sa.r e sa'Dsd. 1T was Miss wend
who Identified her" asked Ken
"Oh, several people. Stacey recog-
nixed her at once. Then Hartstein.
the adjuster for the insured, and La
both Of whom had had more or less to
do with her In connection with set
Ting up for other fires. recognized
her. She was very clever woman,
Was Miss Wend. and q very important
cog in the STACEY enterprises. And to
think she was the firebug. after all.
! can hardly believe It,"
Why believe it?" asked Kennedy
quietly.
why believe it?" echoed McCor-
mick. STACEY has found shortages
I'm his books due to the operation of
her departments. The bookkooper
who had charge Of the accounts in
her department. q man named Doug
las, is missing. She must have tried
to cover up her operations by fires
and Juggling the accounts. Failing
In that, she tried to destroy Staceys
few that could get into the office un-
observed. Oh, IT'S clear case now.
To my mind, the heavy vapors OF ether
they are heavier than air. you know
must have escaped along the surface
of the floor last night and become
ignited at considerable distance
from where she expected. She was
caught in black draft or some
thing of that sort. Well, thank God,
we've seen the last of this frebug
business What's that?"
kennedy had laid the letter fle on
this embedded in Miss Wend's breast
right over her heart"
Then she was murdered?" ex-
claimed Mccormick.
I'VE haven't come to the end of this
case yet" replied Craig evasively.
ION the contrary. we have just got
our first good clue. No. Mccormick.
your theory will not hold water. The
Evening star., 1922-05-19
.BAPT|STS outline
DRIVE FOR. FUNDS
Elaborate Program Arranged
to Collect Remainder Of
s75, ,00C, 600 Total.
BY the Associated Press

~ the Associated Press.
Z JACKSONVILLE. Fla, May 1s.-
Plans for completing the $4,000, 900
fund OF the Southern Baptist Conven-
ti6n will be outlined and an intensive
south-wide campaign launched at q
conference of Baptist leaders in
Nashville June 2o-21. it was an
nounced at the convention here to-
day.
Plans cal! for forming of an or
ganization somewhat similar to the
one that obtained the original SUBJ
scriptious and in addition to mem
bers of the conservation commission,
including the, state and general sec
retaries. the president and secretary
Of the Women's Missionary Union,
secretaries of other auxiliary organi-
cations and a few representative pas
tors and laymen, invitations also will
be extended to the executive COM
mitteee Of the convention and of the
Women's Union, state secretaries of
the union, editors of Baptist papers,
the executive committee of the lay
mems missionary movement, and
others.
Frank e. Burkhalter. Nashville, was
reelected secretary and publicity di-
rector Of the conservation commission
at meeting early today.
Statistics on Southern Baptist work
since the last convention show large
gains for the convention year Of 1922,
the total contributions amounting to
$33.SS6,9S2. gain of s995.099, and the
value of church property S102.4O4,03S,
an increase Of $4.671,04S. Other fig
urcs showed continued increases in a
dozen more items reported
Tor,
ed its education board to provide text
books on science free from erroneous
statements on evolution"
Praise for President Harding and
Secretary Hughes was given in reso-
lutionS presented by the Rev. DR..
Henry Allen TupDer of W. Shjn0top
Evening star., 1922-05-19
We Teach You
to Drive FREE

It's very simple to learn, you'll "catch on" in
one or two lessons. Only competent instructors
will be furnished to teach you and your wife
how to handle the car under various conditions.
Don't Wait Until the Summer!
Plan your vacation trip NOW. You can get a
whole lot of wholesome pleasure when you've
car-week-end trips, long tours, and jaunts
in the country.
Evening star., 1922-05-19
SMALL'S ALLEGED LOANS
TO ARMOUR INTRODUCED
Packers Said to Have Paid Bank
8 to 8 Per Cent and State
Received Only 2.
By the As,ociated Pres

BY the Associated Press
WAUKEGAN, ILL.,, May 19.-Memo.
randa of loans made to Armour &
Co., by the late Senator Edward
c. Curtis. former banker at Grant
Park, ILL.,. occupied the attention OF
court, counsel and jury at the trial OF
Gov. Len Small. charged with con-
spiracy to .defraud the state, swung
into the close Of its fourth week to-
day.
Notes amounting to $11.s00. 600, al
legged to have represented what had
yesterday. 1t is said interest rates
were to Sh per cent, while the
state received only per cent.
Frederick w. Croll. vice president
and treasurer of Armour 4 Co.,
was still on the stand this morning.
Evening star., 1922-05-19

real point II TO find this missing book
keeper at any cost. You must per-
;suade HIM to confess what he knows.
Offer him Immunity. He was only q
pawn In the hands OF those higher
up."
Mccormick was not hard to con-
Vince. Tired as he was. he grabbed
up his hat and started OF to put the
hnal machinery in motion to wind
UP the long chase for the hrebug.
IT must get a couple OF hours
Sleep" he yawned ~ he left We. .'but
FIRST want to start something to-
ward finding Douglas. shall try to
see you about noon." -
Concluded In Tonorroyv's Star. .
Evening star., 1922-05-19
SAVED FROM GALL0WS.
Move for New Trial on Eve of Ex
ecution.

JESCP. Ga, May 19.-Joe Harvey
and Henry Jordan. two negroes SEN
fenced to pay the death penalty to-
day for criminal attack on a young
woman in this county several months
ago, were respited here last night by
Judge Highsmith of Brunswick. is
suing rule nisi on an extraordinary
motion for a new trial.
1t is claimed that new evidence dis
covered shows that the wrong negroes
have been convicted.
Evening star., 1922-05-19

trust act. were ridiculous. He mads
plea that the public, in the in.
terest OF fair play. will Judge u,
by the results we obtain and not b,
Mr.. Cntermyer's opinion"
Mr.. Hayward said that In connec.
ton with the antitrust cases Mr
every way possible.
Evening star., 1922-05-19
DENIES UNTERMYER CLAIM

NEW YORK, May 1s.-wiliiam
Hayward. United States attorney for
the southern district of New York,
Untermyer's criticisms of Attorney
General Daugherty in regard to
prosecutions under the Sherman anti
Evening star., 1922-05-19

The story thus far:
Fire Marshal Mccormick goes TO Kennedy
FOR help in the case Of series OF disastrous
have written to him saying that some one
who talks him every day about hres Is
a big department store dre will occur. All
seem to be directed at some OF the Stacey
dry goods and garment trade interests. That
night there is an alarm from the department
store district and Kennedy and Mccormick
speed to answer Ii.
Evening star., 1922-05-19

THE minute a car is driven, it is USED,
i. and the sales value depreciates. Of
course, this doesn't make the car "perform''
less efficiently, even though you can't get
as much for it as the car is worth REMEM-
BER TdIS-THE CARS IN THIS GREAT
SALE ARE OFFERED AT LOWEST POS
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-22

The breath of the night was bland
and fragrant. In Chicago the
thermometer had ,shivered in the
neighborhood Of zero; New York, ac-
cording to talegraphic news, was
digging out from under a snowfall
second only to that Of its legendary
blizzard.
Il want to purr," Lucinda con-
fessed, finding Summerlad's eyes
upon her Il am enslaved by Cali
fornia."
I must make the most of these
moments, then. Presently We'll
both be busy, you in especial far too
| busy to give me many evenings like
this"
Pm not at all afraid of being
doomed to ennui through any lack
of ingenuity on your part"
IF Pm not mistaken, that's a
dare"
Its as you care to take it."
He accepted with a smile the
smiling gage of her eyes. They
understood each other perfectly.
When it was time to return to
the Alexandra. Summerald insisted
on driving them home himself
Lucinda fell asleep that night to
dream of coursing a will-o' he-wisp
through a land whose painted illu-
sion failed and faded as she fled,
till in the end there was no more
beauty, only the bare grin of the
desert savage and implacable.
She started awake with her hus-
bands name trembling ON her lips.
XVIII
The room the Lontaines occupied
IN the Alexa ldria adjoinei lucinda .,
and while she was lazing over break
fast Fanny tapped on the commune
eating door and drifted in, en- negli.
ronchalance ddly at war with a
nonchalance oddyl at war with q
problematic shadow that lurked in
her eyes.
"My amiable first husband" she
announced, "has charged me to ar.
range for an audience at your con-
venience"
"As soon as you like" Lucinda
laughed.
This morning Harry has walked
up with his poor dear head more
than usually added with gorgeous
schemes, and says he wants to con.
suit you, What he really wants is
your unconditional approval OF
everything he has to propose. Sc
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Well pick a good staff, select our
stories with care, get the best men
to write our scenarios, and gather
round US a group of actors, like
those who have made the CONT
mental cinema what It is today, more
interested in their work than in
themselves, willing to take their
chances of scoring in fine ensemble
acting instead of insistent that every
picture shall be distorted 10 throw
Even in America such sincere artists
exist, and Wen find and bring them
together and prove that cinema
production can be an art as well as
a money-grabbing scheme"
Bravo! bravo" Fanny interpolat-
ed. ''Hark to the dear man! Now if
only he'll perform one-half as brave
ly as he promises
Lontaine flushed little but paid
no other heed. "To get back to the
question of capitalization Ar
birtrarily setting fifty thousand as a
fair production cost, we'll want at
least hundred and fifty thousand
to begin with"
But surely we won't need a
hundred thousand margin for safe
ty?"
mot for safety-for economy
When we finish our first picture it
will be matter of six months at
least before it can be exhibited
Meantime, we can't afford either to
disband our company or hold it to-
gether in idleness. We ought to
start our second picture the day
after we finish the first. Thus we
will waste no gestures. And allow
ing three months to each, we should
have our second and third ready by
the time the first is released. Do you
follow me, Mrs. Druce?"
Il think you're quite right. You
said yesterday you had some people
ready to furnish the necessary CAPT
tall"
III nal Oh ilOuI Cdl llHu HAIL d
dozen who'd jump at the chance"
Lontaine replied without culver
The question is: Do we want to
take them in? Is it necessary? Is it
good business?"
Can We avoid that?"
Simply enough, if you care to
take the risk. III confess Pm not
financially in a position to invest in
the business myself. But if you
should decide to back yourself, use
your own money to finance Linda
Lee, Inc, you would ultimately re-
ceive two-thirds of the profits in
stead Of the one you'd be entitled to
as the star. And no outsider would
have anything to say about the way
we conduct our own business"
Il don't think l care about that, u"
Lucinda observed thoughtfully. 'But
1t does appeal to me, the idea that
II use my own money nobody out
| myself can suffer if we're making a
mistake, if we don't make sue
cess"
"Then-you will find the capital
yourself, Mrs. BRUCE"
Il think l can manage it without
much trouble"
Lontaine sighed quietly and re
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do be wise as well as kind"

do be wise as well as kind"
"Ill try" Lucinda promised.
Considered in the light of this
semi-serious warning, all that Lon
tame had to lay before her seemed
almost disappointingly conservative.
1--WE been thinking it over all
night he assured Lucinda serious
ly as she and Fanny settled to give
him attention, land it seems to me l
ought to let you know more specifi-
cally what you're letting yourself in
for, before | ask you to hold your
self pledged"
THAT sounds suspiciOusly like
preparation for letting me down
easily"
please don't think that. There
was a convincing CLINT of alarm in
Lontaine's look. Never more en-
hl.iastic, ."ore sure of anything
than | am of your eventual success.
But it's going to m-an hard work
for both of US"
81 shan't mind hard work." Lu-
cinda replied. "As Tor disappoint-
ments, ! don't expect much. SO !
can't be very hard hit if everything
doesn't turn out as happily as one
might wish"
IF that spirit won't win for us,
nothing will" Lontaine declared
Now for a tentative program
Our first step, naturally, will be to
incorporate. And since it seems to
be the fashion of this side, and our
corporate name will serve as trade.
mark, | venture to suggest Linda
Lee, Inc. ,"
"One mans is as good as another
don't you think?"
Good. Call that settled. Then as
to finances. My study of American
studio conditions has satisfied me
that production costs this side are
normally excessive. The average
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&a@ehqln[)
WLOuIS JOSEPH NANCRA<r ~
on ~ lasRY
con ~ Louia Joseph Vancs
from Our Last Issue. }

Continued from Our Last Issue)
The man I've got IN mind to di-
rect you in your first picture, Mrs.
Lee; that is, if you can get hold of
Barry You couldn't do better, but
his salary's ee-normous. I'll give
HIM a ring and find out for you"
There's no Aurry, Mr.. Summer
lad. Remember, 2Ir. Lontaine hasn't
taken the first step toward forming
company yet"
Well, but Id hate to have you
lose a chance. Barry's wonder.
Even Griffith takes back seat when
Barry Nolan picks up the mega
phone"
Lontaine interposed a question of
technical nature unl as Summer
lad answered hun al length, Lu-
cinda's attention wandered, she be-
gan to think more about the speak
er, less about nat he was saying.
Undeniably most satisfying crea-
NoANS 81 lCdOh ~ I'1A az DttNiuE
over the table, his face glowing as
he illustrated his meaning with an
animated play Of hands: though his
words were all foI Iontaine, Sum-
merlad's consciousness vas constant
to Lucinda, his quick eyes were for
ever seeking hers Hard hit
and making no secret of il
Not that it mattered, more than
for the good it did on self-esteem
to be respectfully if openly adored
by personable young man whom
one found agreeable. Vanity had
been sorely spIlng by B0llamy's
sacrifices Of his wife's love to his ap.
petite for flirting with women OF
cheap emotions Neither had Daube.
neys devotion meant great deal
being something too familiar
through old acquaintance not to be
misprized. 1t had needed some new
conquest as this to make Lucinda
think well of herself again; this al
least proved her charms not yet
passee.
Lucinda inclined to approve the
style in which Summerad main.
tanned himself. The bungalow, Sc.
Guided in wide and well-kempt
grounds, might have served as the
warm-weather retreat of Crane
duke.
By merely turning her head she
could look cut through an open case
ment to lawn where moonlight like
liquid silver slept between mysteri
Gus, dense masses OF purple shadow
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cost of well-made picture today is
between eighty and hundred and
twenty thousand-too much by half.
"Mr. Culp's secretary told me
Alma Daley's pictures cost between
a hundred and fifty and two hundred
thousand each"
IF SO, Ben Culp is throwing
money away through ignorance or
bad management or indifference.
But say a picture costs US fifty
thousand: its gross earnings, the
first year, should be two hundred and
fifty thousand. We ought to turn
out not less than four pictures
year, which will mean at least four
hundred and fifty thousand clear
profit to be split up between the
star the executive, and the capital
lists"
at sounds like a fairy tale"
at is a fairy tale-come true in
real life. Nothing else could account
for the present-day tribe of motion
picture milionaires. They have
Imagination enough to see cheap
amusement for the masses in what
most intelligent people, dozen
years ago, considered merely a me-
chanical curiosity. So they invested
their small savings, these petty
tradesmen and transforming actors,
in the venture that high finance
scorned, and the boom found them
securely in the saddle That's why
the public gets so much perfunctory
and stupid stuff thrown at it today"
But our pictures aren't going to
be in that class-are they?"
Rather not! We're going to 60 at
this thing is an intelligent way.
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Taxed. The contented glow of las.
night crept back int his eyes. He
produced his cigaret-case, and began
to smoke in luxurious puffs.
81 may call on you for a check in
a day or two, for preliminary ex-
penses
That brings up a questino," Lu-
cinda confessed. "You see, my checks
will be signed Lucinda bruce, and l
don't like to risk my incognita as
Linda Lee"
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Nothing to fret about" Lontaine
declared. Simply make your checks
payable to me. I'll open an account
with a local bank in my name first,
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and transfer it to the account of
Linda Lee (Inc.) as soon as we ir-
corporate"
CONTINUED in Our Next Issue.1
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-15
Stage
ORPHEUM

Jack Kennedy and company who
pre- sent the comedy romance. "A
Golf Proposal" are headliners at
the Orpheum again today and to-
morrow. splitting honors with Ann
Butler and Billy Parker The COLT
sketch has many amusing moments
and is we'll played by Mr. Kennedy
and his supporting company
Miss Butler of Butler and Parker.
is an original Coincidence of the
Fanny Brice and Rae Samuel type.
possessing some Of the characters
tics of each. She sings Miss Brice's
song hit Of this seasons FoTies.
Second Hand Rose" A high-class
musical turn is offered by Wnbert
Embs and Helen Alton. as another
prominent feature Of this excellent
vaudeville bill. Monroe and Grant
in their trampolie novelty. score a
hiJ with lovers of good Glowing.
BERTHE Heron, an attractive girl who
dons her blackface makeup in view
OF the audience. and her partner.
Milt Arnson. please in an oddly
called "Koon Kappers." Hayatake
brothers, Risley artists complete the
show.
The screen subjects are an Aesop'
Fable and the latest news reel
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-15
Secrets of the Movies Revealed

Q.-What charming little movie
star was acting mayor OF Nashville.
Tenn. on a visit 10 that city?
A-Viola Dana was acting mayor
OF Nashville. Tenn. for 10 minutes
when she visited that city on a recent
tour The mayor after giving her
official welcome. turned over 10 her
mis- official chair and told her the
city was hers 10 do what she wanted
with H. The governor Of Tennessee
was also on hand 10 welcome Miss
Dana.
Q.-Who were the two child play
ers in "A Dolls House?"
A-Philippe de Lacey and Bar
bara Maier. The de Lacey boy was
rescued by an American army nurse
from a cellar during the lombard
ment OF a little French village near
Nancy.
Q.-Have Douglas Fairbanks and
Mary Pickford taken possession of
their recently purchased studio?
A-Doug and Mary have moved
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-15

into their new studio. The two
stars helped to raise their sign over
the entrance.
Q.-What association has been
formed in Hollywood in answer 10
recent criticism OF movie people?
A.-The Federation of Art. COM
posed OF writer's. cameramen. actors
and directors has been formed TO
help weed out unworthy persons
from the Hollywood studios.
Q.-What famous French actress
recently appeared for the first time
in a phOtOplay?
Anime Reiane recently made
her screen debut in a French picture
Gypsy Passion"
What cameraman had narrow
escape from death I'm filming
Mount Vesuvius? The chances
taken by cameramen are greater
than they are given credit for.
Read about them in this paper to-
morrow
Copyright. 1920
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-15

room as II is on the stage.
"Of course. I'm always fitting
about, and you may think l have
little opportunity for home-making,
but I have my home in my trunk
ready to unrack at a moments no
tice. A colOrful scarf to throw over
a chair back, a comfortable pillow
to soften an angular bench, photo
graphs Of a few friends two or three
books-that's enough TO make any
hotel room look honey
Emotional Artist.
Miss Halter for the last three
years has played on the Pacific
coast with particular success in
emotional roles. on a trip east this
spring she became interested in the
Oliver Players and was persuaded
10 join the company. She is en-
thusiastic about South Bend. and es-
pecially about her apartment.
After rehearsal all morning, 1t is
real relaxation for me to go to my
little home It's curious but sewing
seems to help me think out my
parts I can never study better than
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-15
Screen
BLACKSTONE

Bert Lytell and his entertaining
story of rich young man who
grows poor and rich again, The
Idle Rich" remains today a the
Blackstone. Virginia Vail is the
leading lady Sunday brings Fred
Stone. the incompatible melodra-
matte comedian, in a new line OF
thrills and humor, Billy Jim" In
this, his latest of Stones very rare
screen appearances, the famous sur
viving member Of the renowned
team Of Montgomery and Stone gives
to the silver sheet one of it's most
delightful characters. Forever"
starring Elsie Fersuon and Wallace
Reid, is on next weey's bill
The Metropolitan Entertainers, the
musical organization which has
made a real hit here, remains at the
Blackstone.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-15
WILSON PUBLICLY
SCORES TUMULTY
ON CLUB SPEECH
Split Between Former Presi-
dent and Secretary Now
Officially Revealed.

WASHINGTON. April 14.-Wood-
row Wilson's blunt and unqualified
reputation Of the so-called Wilson
message" delivered 20 the National
Democratic club banquet in New
y orlI Saturday night by his ex-sec-
rotary. JOSEPH = Tumulty. brought
open confirmation today OF the fact
known 70 inside democratic circles
I'm the capital for months. that a de
clded GOODNESS exists between Mr..
Wilson and his former aide
Back OF Mr. Wilson's public dis
avowal that Mr.. Tumuty is his
spokesman in things political lies
a story OF two years steadily grow
ing arrangement
This condition would have brought
about an open split before Mr Will
son left the White house. his friends
said today had IL not been for the
long Illness Of the former president
and the embarrassments that such
course would have brought during
his trying last days I'm the White
house.
The Wilson-Tumulty split had its
inception during Mr Wilson's long
absences abroad during which time
Mr.. Tumulty literally conducted the
executive end Of the government.
according to the inside story" Of
the affair as told by Mr. Wilson's
friends today.
Displeased At Policies.
The former president is said TO
have been highly displeased at some
az sna rofFuFae ~ the White ITovg.
during his absence. but was not in a
osition 20 make a change az that
time because OF the pressure OF
public business. and the fact that
his own time was TO be largely tax