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DUESENBERG CO. HEADQUARTERS v OPENED HERE Officials of Auto Company Capitalized at $5,000,000 Arrive in City. PRAISE INDIANAPOLIS “Indianapolis, the best place for a fac tory for turning ont high-grade oars and a good place to live In”—that was the estimate of Indianapolis by the officers of the Dnesenberg- Automobile and Mo tors Company, Inc., who today opened their headquarters in the Lemeke build ing. The company is capitalized at $5,000,000 and has purchased a site at Harding and "Washington streets, as announced re cently in The Times, for the manufacture of the Dnesenberg car to be equipped with a Duesenberg “Eight-in-aßow” motor and other mechanical features from the designs of Fred S. Duesenberg, chief en gineer and vice president, w'&isiness will be transacted at the of fices in the Lemeke building indefinitely, perhaps until suitable buildings are erected on their factory site. Most of the officers of the company held a little conference in Indianapolis and congratulated themselves with the wisdom of the selection of the city for their factory. MOST OF OFFICERS COMING WITH FAMILIES. Most of these officers and all of those who lived in the east will come with their families to Indianapolis to live. The president of the company, how ever, Newton Van Zandt. because of his connection as president with the ReVere Motor Corporation, at Logansport. will keep his residence in that city, divid ing his time between Indianapolis and Logansport. Fred S. Duesenberg, chief engineer and vice president, will come to Indianapolis immediately. He is expected early next week to aid in the preparation of the Duesenberg cars for the 500-mile race. He will make Indianapolis his home, as will be the assistant chief engineer, August S. Duesenberg. RANKIN COMINd FROM NEW YORK. L. M. Rankin, vice president and gen eral manager, will arrive in Indianapolis tomorrow, coming from New York. Mr. Rankin is a motor car sales exec utive of big experience. It was largely his estimate of Indian apolis as a motor car center which lo cated the factory here. Other officers who were present at the formal opening of the offices were F. A. Reilley, treasurer, formerly treasurer of the Commonwealth Financial Corporation. New York, and Jacob Shaeffer, formerly assistant cashier of the Mechanics bank, Brooklyn, secretary of the company. OTHERS ON THE BOARD. Serving with these officers on the board of directors are: B. A. Worthington, Indianapolis, presi dent of the Cincinnati, Indianapolis & railroad, and chairman of the ' industrial division of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce; R. E. Hayslett, treasurer Hydraulic Steel Company of Cleveland, O. The company counsel is: McHarg and Metcalf. New' York; James W. Noel. Indianapolis; Wilkin, Cross and Dauat, Cleveland, O. 1 The company’s patent attorneys are: Emery, Varney, Blair & Hoguet, New York, and Meyers, Cavenaugh & Hyde, New York. In the officers In the Lemeke building will be the headquarters of R. L. Freud enberger, financial agent and G. Russell Biake. sales manager. The Duesenberg Automobile and Motors MOTION PICTURES. It’s Tough to Need a Nurse! But it’s a lot harder to have one who’s ugly. However, when one’s eyes are bandaged for weeks and the bandages then removed and the nurse proves to be a beauty—Oh,, say, ain’t it a grand and glorious feeling? You’ll think so when you see Mary Miles Minter In the Photo ICDAUI 7A MPUHI I C De,i ßhtful Novel Play Version ofliJlvALL h AllvJ fT iLL U and Stage Play “Nurse Marjorie” Wherein Love Laughs at Locksmiths snub , LIBERTY QUINTETTE latest POLLARD Superlative Entertainers ! SELZNICK COMEDY I AMERICAN HARMONISTS ! news "ym ” wcnißts ALL I^VILiONIAI . KEXT WEEK Chaplie Chaplin MdiieDwsykr and If] News Weekly - “Gumps” Cartoon Comedy ALL WEEK. STARTING SUNDAY TWO LITTLE ORCHESTRAS - . 5 'll The Young Lady Across the Way l 'ml f— AJ& i The young lady across the way says her father is so anxious to have the man triumph over the dollar this time that he’s going to give SIO,OOO to the campaign fund. Company will get into production as soon as possible. The car ivill be distinctly high grade, featured by the Duesenberg “eight In a row” motor, and will be marketed at approximately SO,OOO. This will give Indianapolis another high-grade car, helping more to make Indianapolis the center of high-grade motor car manufacture. Printing Concern Moves to New Plant Announcement was made today that the Charles Moran press, formerly lo cated on the sixth floor of the Wulsln building, has moved to the new plant in the lower floor of the old Diamond Chain Company building at Senate and Kentucky avenues. The new plant contains approximately 7.000 square feet of working space and Its equipment represents the last word in printing machinery. Charles Moran is president and active manager of the concern. Another Playground Planned for City Proposals are being made by the park board to establish anew playground at Tenth street and King avenue, thus bringing up the list of city playgrounds to thirty-six in Indianapolis. The playground will be opened about June 15, according to R. Walter Jarvis, superintendent of recreation, and James H. Lowry, superintendent of the park department. Flavei Shurtleff of Boston, executive secretary of the national conference on city planning, will be the guest of the In dianapolis Rotary club at its meeting next Tuesday. He will address the club on city planning. ROMANCE ON PICTURE BILLS (Costhtaed From Page Five.) Infatuated with an attractive man with whom sb had a bare acquaintance that she runs away with him. Later she learns that he already had a wife, and that there is also a child living. Then there comes along a Prince Charming in the form of a manly young lawyer, who undertake* to get the lady out of her trouble. A real romance developes. Harrison Ford is the leading man, while Mies Clayton's support also in cludes Boyd Irwin, Elsa Lorimer and C. H. /Jeldart. Owing to his success at the Alham bra this week Stuart, “the male Patti,” will be held -ever all next week, and will introduce anew repertoire of songs. -I- -I- -I VTOLA DANA. In “Dangerous to Men," Viola Dana has the role of a baby vampire. It is a screen version of the stage play, “Eliza Comes to Stay,” by A. P. Younger. At the beginning of the story, Miss Dana appears as a tomboy school girl who finds herself at 18 years of age thrust Into a bachelor's apartments. When young she is taught to dress In a very odd fashion so as to make herself safe from men, but as she grows older in the story, Viola learns how to dress to show off her charms. She so displays her charms that she soon becomes to be known as dangerous to men. In the cast are Milton Sills, Edward Connelly, Helen Raymond, Mollie Mc- Connell, Marian Skinner and others. The Dana picture opens Sunday at the Ohio for a four-day engagement. MOTION PICTURES. Ago |) 35 People §| • In the Circle’s Supreme ' Stage Production. v • 1 “ Singers, Dancers, Hippodrome Features and a ® cene Filled with nr Feminine Loveliness. ZTI C7Z7 - Scenes u.nd Costumes Designed by *~~*~ 1 SwHWaIMPr,'IIPSIhk Special Songs anti Music Written for the Production by mi == , "&BB'.H NORMA GREGG INDIANA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1920. “NURSE MARJORIE.’ Mary Miles Mlnter has the leading role in “Nurse Marjorie," a story written by Israel Za&rwlll and depicts English life. As Nurse Marjorie she enters a hos pital to care for the sick, but in reality she Is the daughter of a duke. WhUe In the hospital two patients are assigned to her care, one a little boy with a broken leg and the other John Danbury, a member of the house of com mons, who is temporaxUy bUnd. He becomes madly in love with her and becomes angry when he believes that the other patient is a grown-up. Then foUows a pretty romance. The bill will include Snub Pollard in “All Dressed Up’’ and the current news weekly. At the Colonial all next week. -I- -I- -I CHAPLIN, DRESSLER, MABEL. Three famous people will appear In one movie. ■■ay '■ i They are Charlie : '* Chaplin, Marie Dressier and Ma bel Normand. 9 VM The name of ® ■ -.Tgfe/ii the picture is “Tillie’s Pun c j. ' KV tured Romance," Is- <#*’ ,\'A/ and * s c° me( iy ?'aF from the begin ning to the end. .. The story con ,'■lo corns Tillie, the fsg farm girl, who Mg . , ' , went from her CHAPLIN chap, Charlie. The villainous Charlie steals all of her funds and goes back to his former sweetheart, Mabel. TUlle suddenly inherits a fortune, but before she learns of her fortune, a wise city chap marries her and the fortune. Then follows some lively times. At Mr. Smith's all week. THIEF UNLOADS AS HE RETREATS Tricks Captors After Dropping Chickens and Bread. An early morning prowler, believed by the police to be the man who has been robbing bread boxes' at north side gro ceries, escaped after being captured early today, but he lost his breakfast. Russell Maple, 28 North Gladstone ave nue, driver for the Taggart Baking Com ! I>any, and James Sloan, 847 North Se ville avenue, driver for the National Baking Company, saw the man at Roach street and the canal at 3 o’clock this morning and began to question him. The man dropped a bucket he was carrying and the drivers pursued him. Then he dropped a sack. They caught him at Twenty-fourth street and the canal and as they did so two chickens flew out from., beneath his coat. He told his captors that he was a street car conductor. He wore a conductor's capt, which did not have a number on It, but gave them his badge number and they turned him loose before Motor Policemen Moriarity and Harris arrived. The badge number proved to be a fake. The sack he had dropped contained thirteen loaves of bread and four dozen doughnuts. Two delegatee and two alternates to represent the Melllvalne-Kothe Post No. 153, American Legion, at the state con vention to be held at Vincennes, Ind., June 28, will be selected at a special meeting of the post, at the Athenaeum Monday night. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday,Wednesday wBm KP39H BBy —i . iHP A VK What happens when -*V V flf| a girl of eighteen HP is left as a . -"**r jm bachelor's ward? HHPP as w ■ Mm* see- V - * Miqla A IB A Hi iJANA W JAbb mmttk mmmmm kAbmams Ml TO MEN" An adaptation of H, V. Esmond’s drama, “Eliza Comes to Stay.” She dressed to be "safe” from men. She then found she was so ‘ ‘safe” that when she fell in love she could not interest the man she wanted. Nobody could picture Eliza becoming ‘ ‘dangerous. ” But she did. Like Leap Year, She Was “Dangerous to Men!” Thursday—Friday—Saturday MAETERLINCK’S It’s a spectacular drama of the age-old Os tt- * 179 struggle for happiness. Every age and 1 lie tSllie Oird every class will thrill with delight at-it. LOST CITY” 1 1 || I I fel i LOST CITY” A Story of the < J A Wild. Animal ETHEL ln l A LADY IN LOVE” She lost her heart in romantic infatuation, and thought she had found the greatest thing in the world. But when she learned that the man she eloped with was an other woman’s husband—! ' Then her adventures in real love began. Cast includes Harrison Ford. /IN 1L First Half OJUhhnunroJbHim *t we* . STUART, “THE MALE eItTI” , CHRISTY COMEDY FOX NEWS MOTION PICTURES. 7