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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-11

crowd he had attracted and Of
fered him funds enough to estab-
lish a mission in Water street,
the devils backyard"
Jerry leased a vacant dance hall
at BIG Water street. He scrubbed
the floors as if TO remove the
marks made by the dancing feet
of seamen and port ladies. Then
he placed a gilt sign over the
door-"Helping Hand for Men"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-11

port" and Pull for the Shore"
Hairy-wristed. scar-faced plug
uglies came to the mission TO
heckle and scoff, but soon they
began 70 CRY and confess and hit
the sawdust trail. Jerry became
the most relentless reformer OF
the period.
IT WAS the wickedest man VINO
Il ever breathed." he said IN one
Of his lower depths sermons. i
was born in dear old Ireland. NY
father was a counterfeiter. I lived
with my grandmother, the dear
old lady. When she knelt on the
floor TO pray I threw things at her
head and she would get up and
curse.
Then I came to New York and
hit Water street like a wel-aimed
bomb.
L was a loafer. Never knew
what it was TO be happy. Head on
me like a mop. big scar across my
nose. If I had a coat, it was one
of the kind with the cuffs up here
TO the elbowsl Split open in the
back! Dye see? Couldn't find
drunken rowdy in the lowest cellar
of the waterfront than j. McAuley
ESQ. No sir Now look at me.
ladies and gents. Look at my coat!
IL is a good coat"
Jerry would leave his platform
and grab hecklers by the coat col
lar and drag them from the pews.
i can't afford to have no fight
ing in front Of my mission" he
would shout, humping a trouble
maker with his blunt, expert
knuckles.
EOR a time he left Water street
Il and established in Satans
circus, of West Thirty-second
street, a mission called the Gre
morne. 1t was named for a fash
ionable dive next door.
Sometimes tipsy patrons of the
dive wandered into the mission by
mistake, and Jerry locked the
doors and gave them a savage
talking to before he let them out.
The sanity, booze-fighting,
good-natured Irishman's first mis-
sion, rebuilt twice, still stands at
316 Water street. Last year, in
memory Of Jerry, it gave away
67,756 meals to jobleSs men.
1t is said that the ghosts of 80
900 reformed drunkards hover
about the pews of the mission.
Jerry was a good man. He fed
many a penniless seaman, peace
to his memory. He kept many a
broken-hearted woman from
jumping from suicide wall at the
Battery.
He is dust now. He died in
summer of 1884 and he was given
one Of the most impressive fu-
nerals of the time.
Behind his hearse, bearing flow
ers, marched 1000 reclaimed
buns. They wept all day. The
wake lasted two nights.
And. on the afternoon of the
funeral, an aged chaplain placed a
wreath of roses on a cot in cell
in Sing Sing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-11
Halt Spicy Trial; Decree
Granted Helene Costello
Cross Complaint Charging
Cruelty Serves to Put End
to Sensational Case.
By United Press

By United Press
LOS ANGELES, May 1l.-Helene
Costello, actress, today had divorce
from Lowell Sherman, on a cross
complaint charging cruelty.
Sensational testimony which be-
gan in trial Of Shermans original
suit and which threatened to send the
Sherman family skeletons chatter
ing through Hollywood, was cut
short when Miss Costello was per-
mitted to file her cross complaint.
She spent but five minutes on the
witness stand and was given her
decree.
You charge your husband with
cruelty in your cross-complaint?"
attorney Milton NJ. Cohen asked
her.
Mr.. Sherman continually re-
ferred to me as his mental inferior,
and said constantly that 1 was not
a fit companion for one of his in
tellectual attainments, Miss Cos
tello replied.
He also said that he made a
great mistake in marrying me. He
nagged at me constantly on my
housekeeping.
He found fault with the amount
Of money I spent. and charged that
I was extravagant, although I was
receiving as much or more money
salary than he.
His continuous conduct Of nag
ging and fault finding finally forced
me to leave our home. I had a
nervous breakdown and was forced
to take a long trip for my health.
Judge Thomas Ambrose then
granted a divorce on the cross
complaint and denied Sherman his
decree.
Under the terms Of a property
settlement, Miss Costello was I'M
officially reported to be receiving
1000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-11
CITES LABOR'S DUTY
PinChOt Says Unions Must
Lead Economic Fight.
ByUnited Press

By tnitcd Press
READING, Pa, May 11.-Gover-
nor Pinchot of Pennsylvania today
told the state federation of labor
"the right to work is as sacred as
the right to live" and urged that
organized labor lead the way out
Of the economic depression.
"One thing above everything
else organized labor needs today is
the firm conviction that the social
measures, the laws, the forward
progress for which it is fighting, be-
long to it as a right-not as a gift
from the generals Of industry and
government" Pinch>it said.
Pinchot criticised the relief plans
that have been advanced as being
built around the benevolence of
leaders, not the rights Of people"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-11
CHURCH WILL OBSERVE
TWELFTH ANNIVERSARY
Northwood Christian Congregation
TO Celebrate Thursday.


Twelfth anniversary OF North
wood Christian church will be OBJ
served Thursday night at the
weekly fellowship meeting. Approx
imately two hundred persons are
expected to eat the birthday cake,
which will be the feature course Of
the dinner.
Circles Of the womens council will
prepare the dinner. Serving viii be
in charge Of Mrs. Vida Babbitt
and Mrs. George Hitting.
In charge of the program will be
Mrs. r. Melvyn Thompson. chair
man: DR.. George wood, Wallace o.
Lee and Mrs. Babbitt.
Guests will be seated at the va
rious tables. according to the month
in which they were born.
A song. Beautiful Church Of
Northwood," written by a member
vii be dedicated. Miss Margaret
Rarbaugh and Miss Dorothy Rea-
Wis viii seive scripture recit0tions
from memory.
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Soon Jerry. who once had been
recognized as the most able
manipulation of profanity on the
beach, began to exhort in earnest.
He filled his pews with the in
habitants Of the Bowery, the rum
buzzards and dock troughs. The
gospel according to McAuley was
colorful, forgiving. and vehement.
He punctuated his speeches with
nautical hymns, Wrecked in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-11
ORGANIZE FARM GROUP
Agricultural Committee to Work
With County Agent.

A permanent agricultural COM
mittee to work with Horace E. Alb
bolt, Marion county agricultural
agent, is being organized and will
meet the last Friday Of each month,
it has been announced. Steps for
the organization of the committee
were taken Tuesday at meeting at
the Chamber of Commerce.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-11
INVESTIGATES DEATH
OF WOMAN TUESDAY
Coroner Orders Autopsy on Body of
Drug Store Cashier.

Investigation of circumstances Of
the death Tuesday morning Of Mrs.
Will Black, AZ. living alone in an
apartment at Illinois street and
Maple road. was launched today by
Coroner William E. Arbuckle.
Mrs. Black, relative of K. C.
Brock, president Of the Haag Drug
Company. was found dead in the
apartment after telling persons
Sunday not to awake her Monday
morning because she was feeling i'll.
She was employed as cashier in one
Of the Haag stores.
Autopsy was to be performed to-
day at city hospital by DR.. E. R.
Wilson. deputy coroner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-11
STARTS $4,000 SUIT
Widow Asks Damages for Death of
Mate Last July.

Damage suit for $4,000 was on
file in circuit court today against
George c. Forrey Jr., receiver of the
indianapolis Street Railway Com
pany. in connection with the death
last jug Of w. Smith Turpin, In
dianapolis Glove Company employee.
The suit was filed by Mr.. Turpin's
widow. charging that Turpin, at
tempting to erect an aerial on thu
glove companys branch building,
was killed when the wire came in
contact with a 15,OOO-volt high ten
sion line of the street railway COM
pany. Mrs. Turpins suit alleges the
high tension line was not insulated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-11
MARTINSVILLE
RATE CASE To
HIGHEST COURT
Wabash Valley Electric
Files Appeal From
Decision Here.

Action OF the Wabash Valley
Electric Company in appealing the
Martinsville rate case TO the United
States supreme court will lead TO a
decision settling definitely the ques-
ton OF whether a utility company
serving several communities with a
connected system should be consid-
cred as a whole for rate making
purposes or II its property in each
community should be the basis for
rates in that community.
The appeal became a reality on
Tuesday when the Wabash company
filed an assignment Of errors in fed
eral court here. The court on Feb.
Is dissolved an injunction which
had barred the Indiana public
service commission from enforcing
lower electric rates in Martinsville.
Refunds Ordered
Il was ordered that the company
refund 10 patrons the excess collect
ed over the lower rates while the
case was in federal court.
However, Judge Robert c. Bait
zell ruled Tuesday that the old
rates viii remain in effect until the
appeal is disposed Of. but required
the company to post sec, 900 bond to
insure a refund in case it loses in
the high court.
In the assignment OF errors. the
company maintains that the court
erred in holding the Martinsville
property a segregated unit for rate
making purposes. II is asserted the
court did not determine properly
the cost of electricity outside Mar
tinsville and its cost delivered to the
substation in that city.
Further, the company contends.
the value set on the utility prop
erty both outside and in Martins
vile was less than the true fair
value The court FOUND the valve
OF the Martinsville equipment to be
s101. 1ol. while the company asserts
it should have been s241, 176.
Charge Unfair Value
Another error alleged Is the plac-
ing by the court Of an unfair value
on all the companys property The
utility declares the value to be
1886. 091 while the court set the
figure at S4,594.887.
order Of the commission in the
case was issued Jan. 26. 1929. 1t
has been estimated that the lower
rates would have effected an an
nual saving Of $4,000 for Martins
vile patrons.
Injunction was issued at the COM
pany's request against enforcement
Of the new rates and the case was
heard by Albert Ward, master in
chancery. His recommendation that
the injunction be dismissed was ac-
cepted by three judges sitting en-
banc-Baltzell, Will M. Sparks Of
the United States circuit court of
appeals, Chicago. and Thomas w.
Slick Of the northern Indiana fed
eral court
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-11
SELECTS JUNE 20 FOR
W0RLEY CASE TRIAL
BaItzell Makes Change in Date at
Lawyers Conference.

DditLcn NAAkCb OHdhbC III law ~
Lawyers Conference.
The income tax evasion trial Of
Claude NJ. Worley, former Indian
apolis police chief, will be held in
federal court, June 20, it has been
announced by Judge Robert c. Bait
zell.
Worley pleaded not guilty when
arraigned last Saturday. Baltzell
set the date for May 10, but
changed it late Tuesday after con-
ference with George r. Jefery, fed
eral district attorney, and Worley's
attorneys.
Defense attorneys asked addi-
tional time in which TO prepare
their case. Worley is charged with
having failed to pay $4.O37.72 tax on
an income of $50, 505.30 from 1927 70
1880.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-11
FORMER GRID STAR
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Harry r. Jackson Charged Wife
Wrecked His Life.
By United Press

By United Press
BALTIMORE, May II. - After
writing letter in which he charged
his wife with having wrecked his
life, Harry r. Jackson. former Mis-
souri, university football star, at
tempted suicide here late Tuesday.
He is in a serious condition from
an overdose Of sleeping potion.
Another note requested news Of
his death be sent TO his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. c. II. Jackson Of st.
Joseph. No. and his wife, Mrs.
Katherine p. Jackson, at the John
Wanamaker Bui get home, New
York City.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-11
PUSH WIDENING PLANS
East New York Street Project to
Be Finished This Year.

Completion of the East New York
street widening and resurfacing
project from State avenue TO the
downtown district is planned this
year, according to Henry B. Steeg,
city plan commission secretary.
Steeg outlined the prophet at a
meeting Of the Sherman Emerson
Civic League Tuesday night at
school No. e..
The street has been improved from
State avenue east to Emerson ave- d.
nue. The widened street will af-'
ford a direct route downtown and
relieve Washington at~set of traffic
congestion, Steeg said. SsM@
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-11
Just Didn't Work out Right

b nffc1 FTfss
DETROIT, May 1i.-Just two
things ruined married life for Elsie
Schmitt, she explained in getting a
divorce decree. Her husband. Wal
ter. expected her to work and
support him, End her employers
told her they weren't keeping married
women on the pay roll
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-11
BY JOSEPH MITCHELL

TERRY MAULEY. who was
j known in the stale beer en-
poriums and cellar dives OF lower
Manhattan in 1857 as the tough
est sporting man on the Fourth
Ward waterfront" sat on his cot
in a cell in Sing Sing and cried.
He had been in prison for five
years. repaying society for his
high-handed activities as a wharf
robber and sloop pirate. He had
passed the major part OF this time
devising ingenious, but futile,
plans for a wholesale jail break.
Now, fearful and penitent, he
gazed through the bars into the
violet Sing Sing twilight.
I'm going to cut out these jail
break plans" ne said TO himself.
drying his eyes with brown
prison handkerchief. L am going
TO stop stirring up trouble and
turn over a new leaf"
McAuley just had been escorted,
weeping, to his cell by the chap
lain. The chaplain had taken him
out TO the prison Office 10 speak
TO a visitor, Orville Awful Gard
ner. a former waterfront confed-
crate of Jerry's who had reformed
and transformed himself into an
evangelist.
When Gardner, looking through
the bars at his friend, sang
hymn, Throw Out the Lifeline
Jerry had sobbed.
ATOW, McAuley felt better. He
IN looked under the bed and
picked up a dusty book. 1t was
the Bible the chaplain had given
him five years ago. The convict
busted it off and began to read.
II was a bright moonlight night,
and Jerry sat beneath his tiny,
barred window and read all night.
once the guard, tramping up the
corridor, saw him and called out
a startled warning.
Jerry spoke to the man gently
and explained that he was read
ing the Bible, and the guard, be-
wildered, shook his head and
walked on up the corridor.
Jerry rapidly made himself into
what is known as model pris-
oner. He pleaded with newcom-
ers to take their Imprisonment in
good grace. In sturdy, full-blood-
ed water front language. he die
tated tracts to the chaplain. They
were published widely.
On March 8. 1864, seven long
years after he had been dis
patched to Sing Sing to serve a
Hfteen-year sentence for pilfering
from wharfs, he was pardoned.
The reformed Jerry, a gaunt
and contrite Irishman. in rough
tweed suit. returned to the hurly-
burly Of Water street.
He told about his return, by no
means triumphant, in one OF the
most eloquent tracts Of the period,
Transformed; or the History of a
River Thief"
n
WHEN 1 returned to Man
w haitian" he wrote, L kept
steadily away from my old con-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-11
ALCOHOL CAR WRECKED
Carl Unversaw Is Arrested as
Owner Of Booze Machine.

Arrest of Carl Unversaw, 3S, of
1925 Elm street, followed discovery
Of what police say is alcohol in his
automobile, wrecked and abandoned
at Blaine and Howard streets to-
day. officers said the alcohol was
contained in seven one gallon cans.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-11
CONNIE TO QUIT FILMS
Screen Actress TO Live in France,
Says Comtesse de Ia Falaise.

By United Press
LONDON, May 1.-THE ComteSse
de la Falaise, sister-in-law o. Con-
stance Bennett, the screen actress,
said today she had received let
ter from Miss Bennett announcing
her permanent retirement.
The letter said she was going to
France In September to live as cha
telaine of her husbands chateau
The comtesse is here as a name
gum in a special London fashion
show.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-11

Nall hare were the men-and women
on the New YORK waterfront IN YES
tervcars but mciiowec with human TN
ruises we're they Some 1--we In police
records. some IN church records and
some only IN folklore. Then. too some
still live IN the flesh. Joseph Mitchell.
Tlrrs star writer has gathered some
81 their stories. OF which The following
"a ire effh
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-03-17
New Pastor of Mt. Zion
Baptist Church to Be
Installed Sunday Night

Special services at Mt. Zion Bap-
fist Church next Sunday will be
climaxed in the evening, service when
the Rev. Taylor NJ. Davis will be
installed as pastor. Several out
standing ministers and officers will
participate in the ceremonies. Spe-
cial music by the choir under direc-
ton of Estella Slater Jackson will
feature the services. The program
for the day follows:
IL a. M, Sermon, Rev. Il. B, Reed
of Spokane; s p. M, Anthem, Choir;
Scripture r e d ing, Rev. w. r..
Greene; Prayer, Rev. John r. Har-
ris, Grace Presbyterian Church; An
them, Choir; Sermon, DR.. J. f. Wat
son, executive secretary Washington
Baptist Convention; Anthem, Choir;
Charge to Church, Rev. K. J. Buck
ner, Bethlehem Baptist Church, Ia
coma; Anthem, Choir; Charge to Pas
tor, Rev. f. B. Reed, Spokane, presi-
dent Northwest States Baptist Con-
vention; Acceptance, Rev. T. M. Da-
Wis, pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist
Church; Anthem, Choir; Offering.
Renediction.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-03-17
South Side Club Endorses
Frazier And Anderson

The South Side Civic and Progress.
sive Club in meeting held Sunday
afternoon unanimously endorsed P
Frazier and Clarence r. Anderson
for positions in the Dore admins
tration. Anderson seeks membership
on the Seattle Park Board and Fra
zier seeks the position of Port War.
den. Both were ardent supporters
of John F. Dore for mayor. Mr..
Frazier told the club he had secured
the endorsement of several organi-
cations and many prominent citizens
for the position he seeks. Mr.. Fra
zier said, "of the many white per-
sons | asked for endorsement I was
only turned down by one and that
was Attorney Jack Sullivan, who
told me he was opposed to any Ne
gro being in a position to dictate to
whites" Both M. Frazier and Mr.
Anderson will ask for the endorse
ment of the King County Colored
Republican Club at their meeting
next Sunday. Now that the political
campaign has closed the South Side
Civic Club will hold meetings once
a month on the second Sunday ut
the Finnish Hall.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-03-17
Chicken Inn Dodges
Suit With Blue Paint

Threatened with prosecution BY
the Seattle N. A. Acc. P. who charg-
ed them. with advertising defamatory
to colored people the. Coon Chick
en-" Inn avoided the issue by chang
ing the black background of their
advertising to blue. w. H. Wilson,
president of the Seattle branch filed
charges in the county prosecutors
office several weeks ago charging the
chicken inn company with using the
face of Negro with the word Coon
labeled in advertising. Miss Corde-
liza Thiel, assistant prosecutor held
the owners of the chicken inn were
subject to prosecution if they used
black face labeled coon" in their
advertising. The company has now
lodged prosecution by using a blue
color in their advertising and omit
ting the word coon" from the teeth
of the mans mouth.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-03-17
$3.50 Paid Parents
Of Girl Auto Victim

Settlement of damageB for the
death of nine-year-old Beverly
Graves, killed February 10, when
struck by an automobile driven by
Mrs. Emma Lindeman, was effected
this week when the insurance COM
pany paid $3.50 to Mr.. and Mrs.
william Graves, parents of the child.
Negotiations were completed through
the office of Attorney Clarence K.
Anderson.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-03-17
Funeral Rites Held
For Mrs. Ruth Lephiew

Funeral services were held Satur-
day afternoon at the sAngelus Nor.
tuary for Mrs. Ruth Raglan Lephiew
who died March 10 at Harbor View
Hospital. Rites were conducted by
the Rev. George F. Martin with vo-
cal selections by Miss Mary Webb.
The deceased was 10 years old and
born in Seattle. She resided at sos
22nd Avenue South. She is surviv-
ed by Raymond Lephiew, husband;
Mr.. and Mrs. James Ragland, par
ents; Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Winfrey,
GRANDPARENTS; Mrs. M. Nunez and
Mrs. Robella Butler, sisters. Inter-
ment was in Lake View Cemetery.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-03-17
Urban League Director
In Seattle Next Week

T. Arnold Hill of New York City,
director of the department of indus.
trial relations of the National Urban
League will arrive in Seattle next
Monday as guest of the Seattle Ur-
ban League of which Joseph S. Jack
son is executive secretary. Mr.. Hin
will remain in the city for a series
of conferences and addresses thru
out the week. He will speak at a
mass meeting next Tuesday night at
Mt. Zion Baptist Church. During
the week he is scheduled to address
the West District Conference of So
cial Workers, the Vocational Guild
ance Council of Public Schools and
the Members Council of the Cham
Der of Commerce.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-03-17
Ladies Of The Jury"
Feature Picture
AT OrpheuIn Theatre

4
Twenty players-inore than three
times the humber of featured act
ors and actresses seen in the aver
age picture-are cast in RKO-Radio
Pictures Ladies of the Jury"
starting tomorrow at the RK0-Or-
/ pheum.
With Edna May Oliver starred,
the film establishes new records for
the number and Importance of play
ers involved, it Is claimed. Each play
er has a leading role with important
dialogue sequences having a vital
bearing on the outcome of the story.
Among the better known char
| acter men and women cast are Ros-
co Ates, the suffering comedian;
Quinn "Big Boy" Williams, star of
many serials and Westerns: Jill Es-
mond, British stage star; Ken Muir
ray, vaudeville and radio headliner;
Kitty Kelly, former Ziegfeld Follies
featured dancer and comedienne:
Kate Price, veteran screen actress;
Robert MeWade, famous stage star
of yesteryear, and the following:
Lita Chevret, Morgan Galloway,
Cora Witherspoon, Alan Roscoe,
Charles Dow Clark, Andre Beran-
ger, Tom Francis, William Scott,
Susan Fleming and Florence Lake.
The film, which marks Miss Oil
yer's second appearance as a full
fledged star, was directed by Lowell
Sherman.
The new vaudeville bill will be
headed by Don Zelaya, "The Philo-
sophical Pianist" and son of the
former president of Nicaragua.
Second honors go to the presenta-
ton entitled, Giving Jewelry,"
which features Hoover and Camp,
dancers, and a background of rep
licas of jewelers. art.
Masters and Grace offer dane
ing and dialogue act. while the Gran
tos present a thrilling routine of
head balancing feats entitled, Heads
Up" -
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-03-17
You Can Buy
THE ENTERPRISE
At These Places

In Seattle you can buy The Enter.
places: 49, '.. ''.s'
Liberty Newsstand at End and
Union; Bird Ave. and Pike and 9Th
Ave. and Pike.
Persons Barber Shop, go Jack
son st.
Golden West Hotel, Alb 7th Ave.
South.
Coast Hotel, 504 9th Ave. South.
Robinson's Drug Store, 18th Ave.
and Jackson St.
Browns Pharmacy, 2311 East
Madison st.
gath Ave. Grocery. 1880 Gath Ave.
does Cafe, 302 Main St.
The DeLite. 2201 E. Madison st.