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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-04

daughter of a Russian noblemsn who
falls in one night with a band Of
Russian officers who certainly did
not treat her as gentlemen would
They shoot dice for her in a road
house near a Russian city. These
were in the days when the Car was
supposed to. be boss. She was
dressed for a masquerade as
peasant girl And. of course. the
officers couldn't tell that she was of
noble birth and not a plaything
When she demands that the six Off
GERS responsible for the episode be
punished the car sends her and
her father to that all-year winter
resort. known as Siberia One of
the officers Conway Tearle) steals
the girl and her father from the
officers and gets them across to
Vienna.
The girl does not know after she
becomes a singer in a cafe in Wen
ma that the man who aided her to
escape from Russia, was, the man
who shot the lucky dice. He comes.
again into her life. He aids her to
re-enter Russia as his official wife.
She returns to kill the man who
held the lucky dice OF course she
doesn't kill him but goes on hating
him. And then hate turns intQ
love
Here is a dramatic story. not al
ways pleasant. but it does have what
Is known IS dramatic suspense. It
will depend upon how strong you
can stand your drama if you like
this one It is acted with much
polish by Miss Rich. Mr.. Tearle,
Stuart, Holmes and Jane Winton.
MY Official Wife" has been wise
ly and carefully directed. It Is
powerful theater.
The bin includes Aesop Fables, q
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-04

out corking good
theater in Diplomacy" He starts
out by having a dramatic vehicle,
which arouses interest from the first,
because there is a lot Of suspense in
the story as well as mystery And
then the casting director or who
ever it was assemblies a cast of
merit Consider these names
Blanche Sweet, Neil Hamilton,
Arlette Marchal. Matt Moore. Gustav
Won Scyffertitz and Earle Williams.
Take any one single member Of this
cast and he or she may be counted
upon to do the right thing at the
right time.
Diplomacy" may be called a
dramatic thoroughbred Of the stage
and the screen. It has such a
scene of n powerful woman of the
diplomatic world Stealing State
papers. She does It not for money,
but 10 get in bad the wife of the
man she loves. You then see the
wife blanche Sweet outwitting
and outhinking this clever thief Of
State papers.
It is in the last twenty minutes
of Diplomacy" that Miss Sweet
comes back with such a brilliant
performance that one realizes with
pleasure that this woman is still a
big artists. Like all others, she
81 e
matte power. OF course the cast is
whale of good one but notice
the sets and see that they look like
| legitimate sets. well lighted and
built.
Now for Charlie Davis and his
gang Have waited several weeks
before I went on record regarding
the new type of stage musical pre-
sentation at the Ohio, Harry Kock.
Charlie Davis or whoever is RESPONSE
BILE for this new type of entertain
ment in this city deserve to be con
graduated publically.
The gang" this week are wear
ing those wicked Spanish costumes
sort of sheik stuff which is so popu-
/ lar today. Davis holds the Spanish
atmosphere at the beginning by play
ing melodies from Carmen" He
then goes into novelty stuff, using a
whistler in barnyard limitations; then
a soloists who more than makes
good then a parody or burlesque
upon Little Red Riding Hood and
/ then shades off with Spanish at
mosplhere by playing in "A Spanish
Garden"
Davis is giving a ton of real must
cal enjoyment as we'll as novelty
/ Here is a well hammered and salts
factory departure in presenting an
| orchestra.
Bob Gordon handles a powerful
organ. He seems to know all the
tricks of his instrument. And he
knows how to sing a song while he
plays it on the organ.
At the Ohio all week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-04
E7
| racY
Things Don't Look Good
for G. 0, P, Especially
in Indiana,
By NJ. f.. Tracy

In spite of football and the
world series. politics are warming
up, especially for the Republicans.
Nationally, the Democrats may be
without an issue, but locally they
have enough and some to spare.
If the c.. o. P. pulls through with
control of Congress it may be by
ieaning against tho White House
and not because it has a good leg
to stand on anywhere else.
Is simply cannot pull through with
control of the Senate, since, if it
held every seat, it would still be
short a majority on account of the
nine Independents.
But the chances are that it will
not hold every seat. Wadsworth in
New York has slipped badly. So has
Steiwar in Oregon, and Smith in
Illinois. The election of Ernest in
Kentucky and Harreld in oklahoma,
is also doubtful. Worse than that,
\ bad situation is developing in In
diana, where quite a few Republican
editors have bolted rather than swal-
low Khan rule and where D. c.
Stephenson, former grand dragon of
the Khan, but now serving a life
term in prison for numbering a girl,
promises to tell what he knows.
Dry straddles, slush funds, col
fusion with the Klan, oil scandals.
conspiracies TO defraud the govern
ment, discomfort among the farmers
and the usual amount of jealousy
and intrigue, if not more, have
served to make things rather hard
fn,. +hn Rnnnrhlinntna
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-04
StdfehouSe Elevator
Operated by Woman,

For the first time in the history
Of the Statehouse. the main elevator
is being manned by a woman. Miss
Edith Ennis. former elevator oper-
ator at the English Hotel. was en-
ployed to succeed Bob Bailey, a
Civil War veteran, who was at the
post for twenty-eight years. Bailey,
because of i'll health, has been
moved to the hospital at Che Soldiers
Home at Lafayette.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-04
PLAN MEXICAN SESSION
Sweet Announces Conference at De
Paw, Feb. 5.

GREENCASTLE. Ind. Oct. A.
Dean William Warren Sweet of De
Paw University has announced a
Mexican conference VII be held here
Feb. S. Several Mexican statesmen
have been asked to attend.
DR.. S. G.. Inman. secretary of the
national committee on cooperation in
Latin-America, who participated in a
Latin-America conference last year.
will attend.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-04
MIR. FIXIT
Writer Says Garbage Is
Dumped in Sewers.

.,Let Mr.. EFtxit present your case to city
fiI-n ne Is Inc times times representa-
Times. :
Implying surplus garbage in
sewers may be responsible for their
stopped conditions, it appeared from
"a letter received by Mr.. Fixit from
an observing worker.
DEAR MIR. FIXIT: Does the city
allow the garbage collectors to dump
the garbage in the sewer when they
have too big a load. On Sept Is.
the collector dumped a load in the
sewer at the rear of 1885 Broadway.
l see the sewer is stopped in some
places. This may be the cause. Do
you think it is good for the residents
to do such a thing.
A WORKER.
Most decidedly not! Turly No
len, garbage and ashes collection
superintendent, will investigate.
DEAR MR. FIXIT: AS a constant
reader of your paper I wonder if
you can help us out in getting some
protection for the safety zone in
Delaware ST. where it intersects
with Maryland ST. and Virginia Ave
All last winter and fall we were
forced to hop, skip and jump to keep
out of the way of machines driving
through this safety zone.
Last night after / had braved the
~ 81 mid A..
to the safety island, a driver from
one of the commission houses drove
deliberately across the street, parked
in the north half of the zone. When
I refused to move out of the zone
to allow him to drive the rest OF the
way through he called me a fighting
name.
I tried to jerk him out of the ma
chine for a dressing down but he
hung to the wheel.
It seems to me that il the traffic
man at this place would keep awake,
he could protect us. Last fall
made a complaint and all the salts
faction I got was IT didn't see It,"
e. r. c.
The attention of Traffic In
spector Lester Jones has been
called to this complaint Trucks
are allowed to turn there to avoid
the additional congestion that
would be caused if they had to go
up Virginia Ave to Washington
St Certainly. entering a safety
zone is a violation of the law.
However, the man who directed
traffic there last year Is no longer
at that corner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-04
ENGINEER To LEAVE

Percy NJ, King, for the last ten
years chief night engineer of the
Washington Hotel, has resigned to
accept a similar position with the
Union Depot Hotel at Vincennes. He
still retains connection, however.
with c. B. Smith. owner and man.
ager Of the Vincennes hosiery and
former owner of the Washington.
King is well known among local en-
gineers and electrical men.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-04
IN WHICH LEWIS STONE
is NAUGHTY HEART BREAKER

They certainly hand out enough
wise and clever subtitles in the be-
ginning of Don Juan's Three
Nights" TO accommodate a half
dozen pictures.
This movie gives Lewis Stone a
chance to he a devil among women.
Devils you know, is so polished that
he makes "A fascinating devil out Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-04
KILL RECORD LITTER
kingan and Company Slaughters II
Hogs Weighing 1925 Pounds.

A litter of seventeen pure bred
Duroc-Jersey hogs raised by Jenkins
Brothers of Orleans, Ind. recently
Company of this city. This litter
weighed 1925 pounds at six months
of age, thus establishing a newt
worlds record weight for a single
litter Of hogs of that age.
This litter is one of the twenty
one filters consisting of 1872 hogs
which have been selected from the
Hoosier Ton Litter Club for special
slaughter at Kingan's during the
past six weeks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-04
TOURNEY HERE
Trophy of Association on Display
at Store.

Second tournament of the Indiana
Whist Association will be at the
SEVERN, Oct. $3.50. Beginning Oct.
2S, there will be progressive pair
games of whist and auction. In the
whist section the main feature will
be played Friday evening for the
1. w. A. trophy for mixed pairs.
The trophy. the gift of Max Eich-
man and Robert G.. Mcclure. is on
display at L. S. Ayres & Co.
Another feature of the tournament
will be the play for the Indianapolis
Athletic Club trophy for teams of
four duplicate bridge players.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-04
At the Apollo all week
CARS TO BOOST STATE
Indiana Electric Train VIII Be Elk.
hibited i'm Cleveland.

To demonstrate that Indiana leads
in electric railway transportation. in
terurban companies of this State
sent a three-car exhibit to Cleveland
for the nation convention of the
American Electric Railway Associa-
ton this week.
The three-car train consists of an
all-steel motor car from the Union
Traction company; parlor- buffet car
from the Indiana Service Corpora
ton. and a sleeper from the Inter
state Public Service Company.
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the WOIIlcil UtdQ
and into his arms.
He has so many
affairs that he has
his manager keep
the death list for
him. But all Don
Juan's meet their
Waterloo, or wind
mill, and this one
meets his in a cute
little trick called
Ninette. o, this girl
goes wild over the
pianist. So much
so that Johann be-
comes a hero and
a little ashamed
at heart. OF course
the real fellow who
zL~,.Jl -. .r...
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-04
BY Walter ID. Hickman

This spells a successful show
Diplomacy, movie with Blanche
Sweet and Charlie Davis and his
gang in I'm Spain"
Such a success may be located at
the Ohio, where such a combina-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-04

apartment on
continental eX
press. They are
not married. Sh,
is just his "ofhcia
wife" But Iren,
Rich and Conway
Tearle may b.
counted on to pu
over such situa
tions with a grac'
of good taste an,
clever acting. An,
they lift the seen,
from the gutter
so to speak, Il
what can safely b,
termed a clever
scene. Miss Rich
is cast as the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-04
Movie Verdict

COLONIAL - MY Official
Wife" is smart theater, rapid
at times but cleverly acted by
Irene Rich and Conway Tearle.
CIRCLE-Lewis Stone plays
the role of a naughty pianist
who loves to break female
hearts in Don Juan's Three
Nights"
APOLLO-Eddie Cantor be-
comes a movie actor in kid
Boots Cantor is always in
teresting.
OHIO-"Diplomacy" is a
movie thoroughbred with
Blanche Sweet walking away
with the dramatic honors. And
how fine she looks these days.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-04

and much money
on the stage. So
it is the musical
comedy Eddie Can
tor which the
screen gets in the
m OWE, * ! d
Boots. " And this
is wise. 1t is the
same Eddie Can
tor you see on the
stage that you see
on the screen. I
ask you to bear
in mind that on
the stage Eddie
Cantor is corking
good entertain
ment to me. In
other words, I eX-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-04
OBSERVING EDDIE CANTOR
on THE MOVIE SCREEN

On the stage in revues and mu-
steal comedies, Eddie Cantor is a
star.
And as a sear he has entered the
movies by playing kid Boots" in a
musical play which made him fame
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Are civet cats native i'm America?
These animals dwell principally in
northern Africa, although some are
found in Asia and the East Indies
There are none wild in America.
How do coin boxes on street cars
separate and register money and
tokens?
They have two registers, one for
coins and one for tokens. The tokens
are merely counted, whereas the
coins are totaled in passing through
the box A disk inside the box re-
wolves when the conductor turns the
handle and pushes or slides the coins
into pockets of different sizes. The
coins pass through gears according
to their denomination and are regis
tered.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-04

S e n I e d "Di-
plomacy," you may
recall, was mighty
good theater and
the screen version
has not damaged
the story one bit.
Marshall Neilan
is a director OF
movies, who has
a fine understand
ing sense of the
theater. He knows
how TO build
dramatic scenes
so they follow
each other with
convincing ease.
Neilan has worked
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-04
AN EARLY DECISION

Let it be hoped that the Supreme Court of this
State will be able to settle all the difficult points of
law connected with the charge of contempt against
DR.. E. E. Shumaker, head of the AnttSaloon League
before November.
1t may not be amiss to call attention to the fact
that this case has an unusual Importance and may
have very grave effect upon the minds of voters in
the coming election
The contempt proceedings are brought by the
attorney general of the State and raise grave
TONS
They charge the head of a ,ery influential or
ganzation, whose followers show great faith in his
judgment, veracity and honor, with attempting to
dominate the court itself through political terror
ism based malicious fasehoods concerning the
court and its decisions.
They charge openly that there is an endeavor
to build up supergovernment under which judges
may be fearful to interpret laws according to the
Constitution and create a situation in which life and
property no longer safeguarded by the Bill of
Rights. They charge him with attempting by lies,
to overthrow the final buwark of liberty.
Against that is interposed the plea that these
proceedings by the attorney general constitute an
invasion of the right of free speech and if
full would serve to estop any citizen from critcisng
any decision any judge
That plea argues that conviction for contempt
would in itself, set limit upon free government and
lift the judges and the courts from the level of pub
lie officials to higher rank of those who can do no
wrong and make them greater than any emperor or
any king in days when emperors and kings were pre-
sumed to be above criticism discussion.
That situation ought not to be left undecided at
time when voters of this State will again elect Off
Gals, including judges of courts.
Failure to render decision, in which the issues
are closed might be wrongly interpreted and make
for such unrest as is harmful to any State.
1t might be interpreted an admission that the
courts are afraid of this organization and it's head
that they hesitate to offend him. Or it might be in
terpreted admission that they expect later to
do the things which his plea for free speech charges
the proceedings contemplate
Under these circumstances. let it be hoped that
the court will act and act promptly. Ihdefniteness
becomes peril in itself
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-04
MY OFFICIAL WIFE"
Is A DRAMATIC STUDY

There are scenes in My Official
Wife" which must have given the
director some sleepless nights.
One of the big scenes shows a
man and a woman occupying the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-04
Blanche Sweet Does Some Mighty Fine
Big Dramatic Work in Diplomacy

Johann Aridi, supposed to be plan
list who makes women go wild.
Johann is not nice. He is naughty,
but clever. He knows how to knock
4 l.. Il
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-04

news reel, the Elida Ballet and Floyd
Thompson singing orchestra.
At the Colonial all week
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Eddie Cantor that l liked on the
stage to be on the screen, And 1
found the same. He is surrounded
by pretty girls on the stage, and he
is on the screen. He did the health
rubbing scene on the stage and he
does it on the screen. He was al
ways clever with his eyes on the
stage, and he is just as clever with
EN- on the screen. I ask you to con-
slider Eddie Cantor as an individual
entertainer and not only as movie
comedian. He now, gives one the
chance to compare his art with Har-
old Lloyd and Charlie Chaplin. But
Eddie Cantor is big enough to he
Eddie Cantor on the screen and The
screen gains by having him on the
screen.
Cantor has the clever services of
Clara Bow. Billie Dove and Law
renee Gray in this story of golf.
Golf fans liked kid Boots" on the
stage and I think they viii like it
on the screen. A good golfer likes
good golf and Kid Boots" is that.
Cantor has one mighty clever
scene which lifts the whole movie
to a high comedy position. It ia
when Cantor is trying to make his
girl Jealous by staging a fake
filtration with Cantor putting the
feminine idea over with his left hand
that his left hand was made up
to indicate a cute little thing in
dresses.
Personally, I am glad that Cantor
has come to the screen. Am selfish,
I want him both places-on the
stage and on the screen.
Fasquale Mcntani, harpist. is play
ing a return engagement this week
at the Apollo. Bill includes Lester
Huff at the organ. music by Emil
Seidel and his orchestra and news
events.
At the Apollo all week
: :
other theaters today offers
Theodore Roberts at Keith's; Her
bert Crowley and his Fashionettes
at the Lyric; Virginia Rucker and
bows at the Palace; Smiles and
Kisses" at the Mutual; Hair
Trigger Baxter" at the Isis and THE
Son of the Sheik" at the Uptown.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-04

Note to Bill Tiden, Bobby Jones and Jack Demp-
sey-the sun spots have been acting up this year
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1 think if you look at this picture
as travesty or burlesque on the
sheik drama, I feel that you will get
some fun out of it. Approach it
only as fun.
The orchestra is playing IF 1
Were King" and the bill Includes
Dessa Byrd at the organ, news
events and screen novelties.
At the Circle all week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-04

If you're in college this fall and want to make
hit with father, write home for couple of pairs of
bahamas.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-04

What this country needs is 80 44-100 per Gel
fewer radio sopranos.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-04

Any army in Washington talks without
vocal cords. That's nothing. Lots of people tall
who have nothing to say.
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cite was always around and the
pianist makes it possible for the real
fellow to marry Ninette. OF course
there is a duel and one Of the hands
of the pianist is injured. Injured
for the piano only. He swears he
will not look at a pretty girl again,
but Johann is busy with a pretty
pair Of eyes when the movie ends.
The cast in this rapid nonsense is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-04

Headlines that tell the story: Fires at His
Wifes Parents
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Are there any books dealing with
the fourth dimension?
Are civet cats native in America

the fourth dimension?
Fourth Dimensional Vistas" by
Claude Bragdon; "a Primer Of
Higher Space" by the same author;
Consciousness, Life. and the Fourth
Dimension" by Richard H1riksen;
Fourth Dimension and the Bible,
by William A. Granville; Fourth
Dimension" by Charles Howard Hin
ton and Space and the Fourth Di-
mensiOn' by F.. i. Reeves.
What is the relationship between
the husbands of two sisters?
There is no blood relationship but
they are connected as brothers-in-
law.
Can the President pardon persons
convicted in State courts?
The pardoning power of the Pres-
dent of the United States does not
extend to persons, convicted under
State laws. In most States the Gov
ernor has the power to pardon, but
in some States that power rests
with a Board Of Pardons. The
President of the United States can
pardon persons convicted and
sentenced by Federal Courts.
What is the population of Ireland?
In 1911, when the last census was
taken the population of Northern
Ireland was 1,25O.531 and the popula-
ton Of the counties now comprising
hn Tr-fe 70 I
making a total Of 4,390219. The esti-
mated population of the Irish Free
State for 1923 was given as 3,l61 900
and the estimated population OF
Northern Ireland ftr the same year
as 127&,000 making a total esti
mated population for 1928 of 4.4S9,
coo.
How long after deserving from the
Army i'm peace time is a deserter
free? Can he obtain a discharge?
A deserter in peace time is free if
he stays away three years and doee
not leave the United States within
that time. He cannot secure a dis.
charge, but he can get a "deserter's
release
What is the percapita wealth of
,he United States?
$2.9IS.
What is the speed Of electricity?
approximately 10000 miles per
second.
How do Washington and North Da-
lIOta compare in the production Of
wheat?
North Dakota has much larger
production than Washington.
Where is the Mandaiay of Rud-
yard kipling's poem located?
It is the capital of upper Burma
situated on the left bank of the
Irawadi four hundred miles north Of
RangOon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-04

What is the relationship between
the husbands of two sisters?
There is no blood relationship but
they are connected as brothers-in-
law.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-04

What is the percapita wealth of
,he United States?
S2.QIS.
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Let Mr. Fixit present your case to city
onicals. lie Is The Times representa-
1--we at the city hall. Write him at The