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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-17
PRICES
DROP UNDER
:. PRESSURE
Large Selling Of Industrial
Shares .Imparts Heavy Tone
in Early Trading.
By H. j. DUIZEND.

Copyright, 1924. by Cosmopolitan
News Service.)
NEW YORK, March 17.-Fairly
large selling of industrial shares
impaired a heavy tone to the first
two hours trading on the stock
exchange today. Uncertainty re.
garding the dividend policy Of GER
tain companies, reduction in the
Ean-American dividend rate, and
the prospect of immediate action
on the bonus bill, encouraged bear.
!sn traders to extend their short
lines put out during last week 8
closing session.
Kelly Springfield, Tobacco Prod
ucts and Stewart Warner, which
proved vulnerable on Saturday,
were made the heaviest sufferers.
Pan-American was sold by holders
who expected a smaller cut than
announced, but excellent buying
was met on lower levels.
Independent steels gave way be-
!ore pressure buying power being
ana steel scrap prices; but U. s.
Steel held stubbornly to Saturdays
closing, while the recuperative
power of such high grade issues
as General Electric and American
Can was hopeful sign.
In fact the industrials as a whole
oIrered lair resistance to the selling
movements and many instances
losses kept within reasonable limits.
Railroads stood out in bold relief,
their firmnesS in the face of the
unsettlement in industrials causing
widespread favorable comment. A
remarkable change appeared in the
speculative position in this section
OF the list. While year ago rail.
way stocks were Disseminated
against in favor of industrials. the
present situation has been entirely
reversed. This is largely due to the
mutation or restoration of railroad
dividends /lich is in striking con.
trast with the elimination or reduc.
ton OF dividends ordered or being
contemplated by various industrial
organizations. Chesapeake and Ohio
ana New Orleans, Texas and Mexico
were prominent in the dividend. pay
ing group because of favorable divi.
dend rumors. The Fries and the
tr1scos were conspicuously firm
among the small rails.
Call money renewed at per cent.
French francs made further head
way in the foreign exchange market
advancing to 4.90c against their
record low Of 3.42.
Cotton futures were strong.
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N. Y. Cotton Market.

NEW YORK, March II. Pro.
nounced strength was noted at the
opening OF the cotton market today,
options rising from 80 to As points.
Heavy buying for long and short
account came into the ring, in.
fluenced by higher Liverpool cables
and unfavorable weather reports.
March opened at 29.4O, up 45
points; May at 1895, up Al points,
and July at 1885, up 80 points.
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RAILROAD WILL HELP
EMPLOYEES BUY HOMES

HAzLETON, Pa, March 17-In
an effort to induce employees to
escape the burden Of high rent and
solve the housing problem, the LIE.
high Valley Railroad has announced
the organization of the Black Dia.
mond Building and Loan Associa-
ton.
Headquarters at Newark, N. j..
will be under control Of the New
Jersey banking laws. Sales Of
shares will be limited to employees,
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"BLACK OXEN" STARTS
WOMEN GETTING GLANDS

NEW YORK, March 17.-Mrs.
Gertrude Atherton, whose story
BLACK Oxen' seems to have started
many women in New York on
rather ardent quest Yor regeneration
is herself an enthusiast on the
subject and its results.
She said today an increasing
treatment, which is of two kinds.
glandular and x-ray and, she be.
lieves many more soon will follow
their example.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-12
YOU AND UNCLE SAM
Series of Educational articles Telling Ho,u Federal Govern
Is Organized and Functions ritten
Expressly for School Children.
No. 1O-What We Give Our President
Expressly for School Children.
BY WILL p. KENNEDY

We pay our President, selected as
the one man in our more than 49,
100000 population by the free votes
of the individual citizens to be CHER
Executive of the greatest civic trust
in all creation. salary of $4,000 for
each of the four years of his term
Those who may think this n very
large salary should bear in mind that
it is only three times what George
Washington received when he first
took office, and then we had but IL
States where we now have 4S, then
100000 people where now we have
115.OOO,0o0 and then 100000 square
miles of territory where now we have
$500, 900 square miles.
We also allow our President $4,000
for personal travelling expenses.
He has the use, without having to
pay house rent or water rent or taxes,
of the Executive Mansion, known as
1.-The White House." as Il home for
himself and his family. The White
House is furnished, maintained and
kept in repair by the United States
Government. On this home the at
tention of all the world is focused.
Other Allowances Enumerated.
In order that he may. properly per
form the duties of his office with
proper dignity and accessories undis-
turbed by any parsimonious or over
lavish disposition of individual in
~cumbents the President is allowed
various comforts and conveniences,
paid for out of, public funds:
He has a room in the Capitol build
ing which is one of the sights" for
tourists Here he goes to consult
with Legislative leaders or in the
closing hours of a session of Congress
to sign bills passed in the final rush.
He has a number of the finest auto
mobiles American factories can
produce.
He has private detective force and
a private police force.
He has Il private art gallery and
private library.
He has Il score of greenhouses to
keep the White House decorated and
to provide plants and blooms for din
nerS and receptions.
Ie has 4 private yacht and a pri-
waite railroad train whenever he
wants it.
He has 4 private flag, which no one
else may use, and a special seal to be
affixed with his signature on all i'm
portant state papers, including APP
pointments.
List of His Personal Aides.
He has a personal physician and
military and naval personal aide.
He has one of the best newspaper
clipping services in the world, and a
digest of the most important news in
the leading daily newspapers is pre-
pared for him every morning.
He has a special box at the theater
whenever he goes, and has special
stands erected for him whenever he
is to review a parade.
He gets the right of way whenever
and wherever he goes.
The Presidents wife, who is known
as the first lady of the land" is
the social leader of the country. She
has Il social secretary.
The White House, which is the Off
cial residence of the President, was
the first public building erected in the
Capital City; the site was selected by
George Washington, who laid the-cor-
ner stone in 1892. 1t was first occu-
pied by John Adams in 1900 and was
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there never has been any need for the
Government to purchase one outright.
He is not restricted in the number
of automobiles he may have at his
disposal, and they are paid for on a
sort of lease system out of the White
House maintenance fund and fire.
quently replaced. by new ones.
The President has at his command
the beautifully equipped yacht, May
flower, manned by the pick of the
Navy. This was formerly the prop
erty of Philadelphia millionaire
who turned 1T over to the Government
during the war with Spain, when 1t
was fitted out as gunboat and saw
valiant \service.
At his disposal also is the Marine
Band. acknowledged to be the best
aggregation of musicians in all the
world. This band gives concerts on
Summer evenings in various parks
about the Capital and furnishes music
for reception, garden party or other
social event at the White House.
-, Personal Flag Seldom Displayed. =
The Presidents flag is seen only
on extraordinary occasions. 1t does
not fly over the. White House or from
the masthead of the Mayfiower 1t
is reserved for those rare occasions
when the President appears in his of
fetal position as Communicating
Chief of the Army and Navy. This
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
BAD BREATH
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets Get
at the Cause and Remove it.

~ Ao " al 10 O1iSS oOASSS Nv
at the Cause and Remove it.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets, the
substitute for calomel, act gently on
the bowels and positively do the
work.
People afflicted with bad breath
find quick relief through DR.. Ed
wards Olive Tablets. The pleasant,
sugar-coated tablets are taken for
bad breath by all who know them
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act
gently but firmly on the bowels and
liver, stimulating them to natural
action, clearing the blood and gently
purifying the entire system. They
do that which dangerous calomel
does without any of the bad after
effects.
All the benefits of nasty, sickening,
gripping cathartics are derived from
Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets without
gripping, pain or any disagreeable
effects
DIR. F. M. Edwards discovered the
formula after seventeen years of
practice among patients afflicted with
bowel and liver complaint, with the
attendant bad breath
Olive Tablets are purely vegetable
compound mixed with olive oil; you
will know them by their olive color.
Take one or two every night for a
week and note the effect. 15c and SOC
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partially burned by the British in
vaders in 1914
The appropriations made by Con-
greSs take care of the upkeep and
maintenance of the White House, in
Guiding furnishings, repairs, light,
heat. and, in fact, everything except
what the Presidents family eats. AS
he is COMMANDMENT Chief of the
Army and Navy. the President can
fill his larder at the commissary at
prices considerably under what the
rest of us have to pay.
Travels in Private Car.
When the President is planning a
railroad trip he is allowed to pick
any private car he may prefer, so
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They were talking Of marvels of wire
less telephony. and conversation be-
tween Rome and London was mentioned.
'Ah, that's nothing" replied Braggo,
IL know a man who blew a bugle in
Pittsburgh and went to Long Island and
saw the sound"
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flag consists of the Presidents seal
in bronze upon a blue background,
with a large white star in each cor
ner. The design Of this seal may be
seen in the floor of the entrance cor
'ridor of the White House and was
used by at least one President in his
favorite stickpin.
Copyright. 1924. by VIII p. Kennedy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-12

(The eleventh article in this series
will be on "Snappy Facts About Our
Presidents" 1t will be printed in
this paper next Sunday
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-29
SLaUinG States
a Fe7O Points

Russia will emerge from the reign
Of terror in which the Bolshevists
have held It as in a vice these last
few years. as sure as the sun win
rise on the morrow" says Slavina.
Slavina is a warm personal friend
Of the Russian baritone, Chaliapin.
and is himself a distinguished tenor
singer. He viii appear with the Var
mark" Company at b T. Keith's dur
ing the week Of April Z, and Is sur
rounded by former members Of the
old Russian aristocracy. that aristoc-
racy and wealth which had its hey
day in the reign Of the Cars. and
has been impoverished by the terror
Of the Bolshevists.
His father not only commanded the
Black Sea fleer during the Romanoff
dynasty in which he participated with
the allied fleets in the war with the
Germanic enemies, but also command
ed the naval forces under General
Wrange1 during the white armies up
rising against the Reds.
His family was exceedingly wealthy
and ranked high in the official and
cultured society Of Petrograd.
Il was only after the fall Of the
Kerensl<y regime and persecution by
the soviets that. reduced almost to
penury, the young tenor was com.
peeled to seek a means Of breadwin-
ming in the opera. He fled from his
native Petrograd to escape the ~
ranny Of the Lenine and Trotsky
regime. That was just three years
ago. since which time until a few
months ago. he has been singing in
London and Paris.
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BATCHELOR REVUE To TOP
MONDAYS BILL At PALACE

Billy Bachelors 4cvue, the head
line act to be seen at the Palace the
first half Of next week, is unlike most
Of its kind in that 1t has a story
running through It. 1t IS titled 1.-THE
Beauty ParIor," in which lean ladies
are made fat and fat ones made lean.
The chief comedian is Billy Batch
elor. He IS assisted by a quartet Of
young women dancers and singers.
another man and three featured play
ers. Hazel Vert and Sylvia and Dane.
Other acts on bill viii be:
BOB MURPHY-A man who has his
own way Of singing popular songs,
who decorates his numbers with nu-
merous interesting bits Of unexpected
stage business. He is assisted by an
signs.
BRISCOE AND RAUH-Presenting
AT the Dentist" a comedy idea of
what happens and how It feels TO have
a tooth pulled. exemplifed IN song,
chatter and steps.
JOE HODGINI TROUPE-Carryi
hack to circus days with bareback
riding. ballet skirts. white steeds, a
sawdust ring and an inimitable clown.
LARUE AND DUPREE-Offering a
novelty advertisement that shows the
strength Of the modern woman, in
termingled with witty talk and song.
The show the last half of the week
is headed by Jack and June Laughlin
in Dancing Wild" an act from Ju-
liam Eltinge's revue. Other acts viii
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LOVE FABLES" To TOP NEW
BILL AT THE LYRIC

Several outstanding novelties VIII
grace next weeks bill at the Lyric.
Chief among them viii he Love s
Fables" a charming production con
ceived and staged by Edith Mae Capes.
It IS presented by a cast headed
by Alma Brahm and Dorothy Morton,
supported by Maurice Chapman, Ed
die Faye and the Rand brothers.
Love Fables" tells a modern story
the theme Of which is interpreted
through the medium Of original melo-
dies and artistic darce arrangements
The bin will include:
RUDINOF'F'-Dist Russian
inventor Of smoke paintings. and phe
nOmenal whistler, who has a most en-
tertaining advertisement so unique
that I is in a class by itself.
JEWELL AND RITA-Two girls
billed as "Jovial Juveniles" who offer
e diversified program Of songs and
dances.
CHARLES AND GRACE KEAT
ING-Talented vaUdeviIlians, who ap
pear IN a sketch called ''Huckleberry
Finn" in which Mr.. Keeating brings
to life Mark Twain's famous boy
character IN a realistic fashion.
GRINNELL AND ESTHER-Orig.
inators Of a brand Of eccentric com edy
in a humorous absurdity called Thin
ology."
BARON AND BURNETT-Versa
tile fun makers whose melange OF
talk and songs is entitled shut Up
STANLEY. TRIP AND NOW
ATT-Comedy jugglers. who are as
adept in creating laughter as they
are in their wonderful feats Of dex
terfty.
ON THE SCREEN-The serial
The Telephone Girl; the Pathe Re
view and the Imperial animal comedy
"Arabia's Last Alarm"
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WIZ Be Here

Mr.. Gallagher and Mr.. Shean
are coming.
These unique and extraor-
binary" comedians will head the
populous and expert company of
the fourth annual production of
the Greenwich Village Follies
when that comic and antic revue
comes to the Shubert Murat on
Thursday night. April II. for a
three-day engagement with a
matinee on Saturday.
Mr.. Gallagher and Mr.. Shean
for the last two years have been
the most discussed pair on the
native stage. II will be recalled
that Florenz Ziegfeld and the
Messrs. Shubert waged violent
warfare over their inimitable
services in the courts of New
York for two seasons.
Only last November the come
dams were forced to withdraw
from the Ziegfeld "Follies" in
Philadelphia when the New York
Supreme Court recognized the
validity Of a prior contract with
the Shuberts. Gallagher and
Shean Joined the Greenwich vii
lage Follies six weeks ago.
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Duncan, Irnne Roller. and Tom Rid.
dell.
On Friday evenings program VIII
he: Mary Frances Tatlock, Gladys
Koehler. Martha Rose Scott Clara
Jane Hickman, Harold Copeland, Jane
Crabb, Frank Wilson 0liphant, MAJ
tina Doris Michaelis. Ruth Eloise Dale.
Charles Phillip Emerson. Mary Eliza
beth Steuber, Maxine Moore, Ross
Rissler and Pauline Schaefer. In the
play will be; Gwendolyn Schort. Ross
Rissler, Eugene Kerr, Richard Lother,
Perry Ratchffe. William Robert
Craigle Robert Parry. Gail Schultz
Josephine brown, Helen Frances
Starr, Virginia Habig. Margaret
South. Elizabeth Emmert. Virginia
Hetherington. Betty McFadden, and
Hannah Louise Sectorr
A group Of dancers VIII appear OF,
both programs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-29
Little Robinson CrusOe" for Jackie

Daniel DeFoe wrote in the latter
part Of the eighteenth century his
amazing and fascinating tale Of ad-
venture. Robinson Crusoe." Original
iy intended for adult consumption the
colcrful yarn gradually became one
Of the child classics. Now, nearly
500 years later, Willard Mack, one of
the most successful and prolific con-
temporary playwrights. conceives an
original screen play for Jackie Coogan
which parallels with a modern twist
the adventures Of DeFoe's hero, and
has been aptly titled Little Robinson
Crusoe."
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be "Johnny's New Car featuring
Jimmy Russell. Peggy and Polly; Edna
and Gracia in an offering of song and
talk: Boland and Knight in a comedy
skit The Brave Coward. = and Keno,
Keys and NIeIrose in an acrobatic turn
THAT Fellow Didn't Like Me"
The screen feature the first half of
the week VIII be Modern Matrimony,
a satire Of the life of newlyweds in
starting housekeeping. starring owen
Moore and Alice Lake. The last half
Of the week features a Paramount
picture. Flaming Barriers" produced
by George AIelford. a melodrama star
ring Jacqueline Logan. Walter Heirs
and Antonio Moreno. The snort reels
are the Pathe News. Screen Topics,
an Aesop Fable, a scenic and a Mer-
maid comedy.
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TOWN SCANDALS
BOOKEDAT CAPITOL
Local Girl Is Prima Donna Of
Columbia Wheel Show,

Opening Sunday afternoon at the
Capitol will be Town Scandals with
Exile Butler, an Indianapolis girl, as
prima donna.
Harry Hickey" LeVan is the fea-
tured comedian. Other players are
Pay King, Lettie Bolles and Andrew
Lydon's' ballet, Dreams
Among the features of this show
will be Summer Land" photograph
Shop" a comedy on picture taking;
Circus Days" and others. A large
chorus is carried.
This show is known as a comedy
show, as much attention has been
paid to the fun side Of this attrac-
ton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-29
MYSTERY PLAYLET
TO Be SEEN NEXT
WEEK At KEITH'S
Bachelor Revue to Be al
Palace and Love Fables
at the Lyric,

TOW comes vaudeville's first
I'M mystery play. It is called
- The Merton Mystery" and
iii lie presented at B. F. Keith's next
week as the headline attraction.
The principal roles will be enacted
by Hope Eden and Prescott. The
play is in one act and five scenes and
was written by Edgar Allen Woolf
and Carlyle Moore. The play, which
IS said TO abound in thrills. serves
also TO introduce the mental telepathy
powers of Miss Eden. who viii give
demonstrations during the act.
In the cast supporting Miss Eden
and Mr.. Prescott viii be Charles
Mylott, Genevieve FrizzeH, John
Rowan, Gage Bennett and Cecil Fred
ericks.
The bill includes:
DAVE ROTH-Comedian. who be
sides offering singing. dancing and
the playing Of the piano and z one
string fiddle. will offer his sensational
dancing dummy Annie
GORDON DOOLEY AND MARTHA
MORTON-From the weIl-known the
atrical families Of the same names.
call themselves Famous Babies From
Famous Families"
DONALD KERR AND EFFIE
WESTON-With Russell Hird. viii
offer Doing Their Stuff" in which
they offer a number of dances, includ-
ing THE Dance of Death" The
F'lipper and the Flapper Dance"
BERT YORK AND ED LORD-Ad-
wise theater-goers that they are
Probably Two Of the Worlds Best
Comedians" are a pair of hosum
comics.
THE CHEVALTER BROTHERS
Will present a hand-to-hand acrobatic
act with routine of new tricks.
THE FOUR CASTING STARS-A
quartet Of male athletes who offer a
series Of thrilling stunts in mid-air
THE TOM DAVIS TRIO-Use reg
ular motorcycles in a Slated saucer
While riding they develop such high
speed that the centrifugal force
keeps them from falling.
THE SCREEN FEATURES include
the Pathe News. Topics OF the Day
and AesOp's Fables.
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SIXTH BILL ANNOUNCED
AT LINCOLN SQUARE

It is said the world is going money
mad. Anyhow. the Lincoln Players
are going into Money Mad" next
week at the Lincoln Square. Money
Mad is a comedy drama in three acts.
It shows the folly Of money madness.
A disease very common at present.
This play is full of comedy situations.
Tt is the sixth play offered by the Lin
coin Players. "St. Elmo" will proba-
hlv be their next bill.
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Advanced Pupils VIII
Give Recital Tuesday

Advanced pupils OF willoughby
Boughton. head Of the piano depart
ment Of the Indiana College Of Music
and Fine Arts, and Of Miss Maya
Hermann, cello teacher. will give a
recital In the college auditorium Tues
day night. Louis Heinrich. a vocal
pupil Of Arnold Spencer. VIII assist
Selections Of Chopin, List. Haydn.
Handel and others will be on the pro.
gram.
T. /
The Indianapolis Maennerchor on
Sunday afternoon, April S will pre-
sent Maria IvogIn. coloratura so
preno. in recital
+ / +
st. Olaf Lutheran Choir viii appear
in a sacred concert at the Murat on
Sunday night, April s. under the aus.
pices Of the City Wa,ther League Of
Indianapolis.
T. + 4
Musical Tea 10 Be Given
Wednesday Afternoon
A musical tea is to be given by the
board of directors of the Propylaeum
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'PACE MAKERS" is NEXT
ATTRACTION At BROADWAY

The next attraction at the Broadway
will be 1.-The Pace Makers" a Frank
Damsel production. Frances Farr is
the featured player. Ambark Ali is
the chief comedian. The show is in
several scenes. A large chorus will
be present.
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IA the Mendelssohn Choir that
IL Giuseppe De Luca, celebrated
baritone of the Metropolitan Opera
Company. will make his first appear
ance in Indianapolis with their or
ganization in Caleb Mills Hall Thurs
day night May 8, during the observ-
ance here of National Music week,
and a special program Of a cappella
music is being prepared by the choir
under the direction CT Percival Owen.
Making his debut at Piacenza at
the age of 90, and after eight seasons
at the famous Scala Opera House in
Milan, De Luca made notable appear
ances in Buenos Aires, London, Pet
rograd, Moscow. Rome, Barcelona,
Vienna and Bucharest. Came to
America in 1915 and in a single ap-
pearance at the Metropolitan Opera
House on New. % of that year, won
the instant favor Of his audience and
the critics by a brilliant and artistic
performance of Figaro in The Bar
Der Of Seville"
A pure bel canto" as practiced by
the great singers Of long ago and
now so seldom heard at the opera
or in concert, proved to be his most
important quality as a singer. Critics
hailed the new baritone as the most
important acquisition to the cast in
years.
The roles that De Luca has as
sumed since his debut have been in
vested with the same winning per-
sonality, individual treatment and su-
perb dignity and restraint, and he
has brought these qualities with him
to the concert platform.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-29
Two Players Started at Insurance

Charles de Roche and Victor Var
conf. actors imported from Europe.
ftrangely enough started their careers
as insurance statesmen. de Roche in
Tarls and Varccni in Budapest. Var
conf is being featured in Cecil b. De
Miles new Paramount production,
Triumph"