Variety (February 1925)

»?,** Wednesday, Febniary 25, 1929 TIMES SQUARE !f SPECIAL COPS ONLY SEE ONE ROOKMAKER ^eekly Plunge on Joe MuIboUand— Others Do Business Freely Tbore ocems ta be only one book- maker In Manhattan. And he Is ar- retted Hometimes \wlce a week. In- vfliably he Is dlachareed. Once in a jwhile he so«« to Special Sessions aifl is flned. flThlB alleg:ed "bookie" is Joe Mul- hblland. His stand is at 47th street aild Broadway. Although there are inktiy others reported operating at this same point It seems that the Social Service Squad has a special k^nness for Joe. <Ioe was In West Side Court twice last week charged with booionak- Ing. In each instance he was dis- charged. Joe will tell you that the Special Service operators must make two "pinches" a week to hold their detail. When they are short of, a "collar" Joe is the mark. Joe claims a welcher who oper- ated at his stand is responsible for hii frequent arrests. What puszles Joe' Is the fact that his brethren who are doing nicety in the same section are permitted to operate with immunity. Mulholland who appears to be fair enough is satisfied that "his play," as he calls it, la finished. Mul- holland said yesterday: 'Tm satisfled that when one of- ficer arrests me. that I'm pointed VARIETy It out The hand baa been placed on me.- added Joe. 'They take me to court and many of the squad are there so I can be identified. It's about time some others take these •raps'," concluded Joe. AUd WINTERS' STORY Detectives of the West S8th Street station are investigating the story of AUce Winters, 29. an actress, who told of an alleged at- tack following several drinks at a Broadway hotel. Miss Winters Is said to be the widow of Willard LJncoln, a newspaperman She has played in the east of "Qood Morn- ing Judge" and "Baby Mine." Miss Winters told her story to Detectives Vincent O'DonoeU and William O'Connor in Harlem Hos- pital where she is recovering from drinking veronal. She walked into the Hotel Marie Antoinette Satur- day afternoon and drained the con- tents of the bottle. In her purse Miss Winters had $98 and a diamond ring. She averred that she was Invited to a hotel by two men, one ^ assistant manager of the hostelry. They had a few drinks. She then declared she was attacked. In her remorse she said she took several veronal tablets. The tablets had no effect so she decided to drink the veronbl. Her condition is not serious. Joe Ward has taken over the Club Alamo, Harlem, and installed a new revue called "Joe Ward's Bandbox Revue." The floor show includes the Field Sisters, Pearl Ctark. Blsie Milins. girls. George Meyer's Orchestra Pearl Brooks and a chorus of eight supplies the dance music. ' Believe Drug: Store Robberies Are Solved In the arrest of a man who de- scribed hineelf as Owen Madden. 17. said to be a cousin of Owen Madden who spent some time in the death house at Sing Sing, the po- lice of the West 47th Street SU- tlon believe they have the man who will explain many drug store bur- glaries that have occurred in the Times Square district recently. Magistrate Ooodman held Madden In $10,00» bail for trial in the Court of General Sessions. Madden was arrested by Detec- tives Haney and Flood as he was Ifaving the hallway entrance to the drug store of John Huels, 728 10th avenue. The detectives bad "planted" themselves near the en- trance when they saw Madden leave. When Madden recognised the sleuths he ran. They gave chase and arrested him after a struggle. They stated that he had stolen much merchandise from the store- room of the drug stor- THOSE TWO "WCKS" Court Rules Mother- In-Law Was Aggressor Louis Goldberg, 38. theatrical manager, was freed In West Side Court by Magistrate Henry Good- man on the charge of assault. He was arrested on complaint of his mother-in-law, Fannie Qreenberg. - In discharging Goldberg, the court ruled from the evidence ad- duced that the mother-in-law was the aggressor. The fracas took place in the Cadillac restaurant, Jan. 19. Mrs. Greenberg's son. Abner Greenberg, lawyer, served a sum- mons on Goldberg. He denied the charge in court. There were no disinterested witnesses In court to substantiate Mrs. Goldberg. Chicago, Feb. 81. Nick Dandelos (Nick, the Greek) has started to pay off around here. His first installment was |140,000, sent by Nl6k from the Coast. Nick had a bad gambling streak In New York earlier in the winter. He was reported having lost over 1500,000 at craps when starting west to recuperate, either at stud poker or high-low. the far-western poker game. Nick is a bear at either. The other Nick, the Greek, from New Orleans. Is also said to have made a come-back. The New Or- leans Nick.' after winning $400,000 at the New Orleans race track last winter, left it on the eastern tracks during the summer. Again bank- voUed by southern friends. Nick was staggering along for a while until the moat recent report from New Orleans says he Is repeating his winning streak at the local track. Nick Dandelos is claimed to have resoorcee without limit, of his own and principally through a chain of restaoranta. Besides it is asserted Nick can realize any amount he may want at any time by wiring wealthy Greeks. ALBANY GIRL'S STORY ABOUT FRUITERER Henry Weiss of St A!- ban's Hotel Placed Under Arrest :-ls OPIUK ABEEST Fumes of opium permeatin<( one of the upper floors of the Alcasar hotel. 43 West 32nd street, Sunday afternoon resulted in the arrest of Betty Price, who said she was a vaudeville actress, and a young man who described himself as Jack Horn. The arrests were made by mem- bers of Dr. Carlton ^imon's nar> cotic squad, who charged the prisoners with being drug addicts and having in their possession a quantity of opium, two pli>e8, a few hypodermlo, needles, some cocaine and heroin. Horn was recognized by the po- Elinore Scott, 41 Elizabeth street. Albany, N. T. who ran away from home several months ago to Join a . show on Broadway, was the com- ' plalnant In West Bide Court acalaat Henry Weiss. 36. fruiterer, of ^he . St. Alban's Hotel. 34* West Mth street. Weiss was held by Magis- trate Goodman for General Sessions on a serloDs charge. Ellnore, 15. played amateur theat- ' ricals In her home city. She had saved ISO, but believed her parents were too stringent with her. With money and baggage she fled to New York. When arriving she registered at" the St. Alban's as Mrs. Scott. Kli- nore Is large for her age. Weiss " became chumn^y with the gIrL ^ Patrolman Charles Hubner of the West 47th street station learned she was being sought by her parents. He arrested her and on her state- ment Weiss was arrested. r~T lice as a former member of the ICld Dropper gang. Aoeording to the police, he has a reoerd and has served terms in Sing Sing and El- mlra for robbery and other viola- tions of the law. .r i I Rewritten news items which have appeared . within the ^>eek in the * ' NEWS OF THE DAILIES Dmly Papers of NEW YORK CHICAGO COAST This department will continue to contain rewritten theatrical new* items as published during tfte week in the daily pa|Mrs of New Verk, Chicago and the Paeific Ceast. Variety takes no Credit for these news items; each and every one has been merely rewritten from a story appearing in some daily paper. Th^ are presented in this manner to provide the theatrical profession with the theatrical news of the country as printed in the east, mid-west and far west without Variety taking recourse to using any of these stories in the regular news way as its own, and permitting Variety to continue to pMblish in each issue the largest number of exelusiva newt stories ever printed at one time in any newspaper, a record Variety has privately enjoyed without reference to it for many years. •' . NEW YORK New York, Feb. 24. Gloria Swanson. acreen star, due to sail from France to New York with her husband. Marquis de la S>lalse, was auddenly taken lU and 0peratad upon for appendicitis Feb. 11. The work which she has been iSoing for several months In liadame aans-Oene** waa too much M a atrain. Her condition Is Im- Eroving, and if It contlnuea she and er husband win saU tor New York March s. Miss Swanson is at a ttrivata nursing home In AuteulL IVancis X. Bushman, who was With the "Ben Hur" company in Italy, arrived In New York on the *'Aqultania" last we^. Bushman tamhatleally denied that he and hla Wife, Beverly Bayne, had separated. Leon Gordon, now starring In the Soston company of "White Cargo." flenled stealing the idea of the play Crora ida Vera SImonton's book, f'Hell's Playground." as had been decided by Federal Judge Knox. Ctordon's attorneys will appeal the Verdict. performance when she was struck over the hextd with a heavy object One of the thieves slashed at her face with a knife but the knife out her arm. with which she shielded her face, to the bone. She screamed and then fainted. Miss Regay was unable to give a clear description of her assailants owing to a dazed condition. Besides the Jewels, a check for |7S and about ISO in cash was taken from her. The anti-tobacco crowd are get- ting after the smoking scenes In knotlon pictures. They are starting H campaign to clear the newspapers ftnd magazines of tobacco advertis- ing and to stop smoking In res- taurants, theatres, elevators, and other public places, and where pos- sible outdoor advertising of clgu'ets luid tobacco. A committee of more than 100 men and women Is pro- inotlng the campaign. ■ Jeanne Eagels. of "Rain," has de- taled she and Ted Coy, former Yale football star, are engaged. Miss ISagels admlta Coy la a dear friend. Supreme Court Justice Wagner Issued a warrant permitting the at- tachment of any property In New Tork county belonging to Pauline Frederick. The order was issued in favor of George B. Joseph, lawyer, who is seeking to recover on a Judg- •ment of 126,640 obtained by him in the Superior Court of Lios Angeles, Nov. 14, 1921. Pearl Regay. dancer In "Rose- Marie" at the Imperial, New York, reported to the police that she had Jven assaulted and robbed of |2,600 In lewHs near her home on 47th Btrii ' /^.. ,,niint^ to Miss Regay, ^h" \v:iy yjijjiij; \i.!^ for the evening With impressive rites, a memorial window waa dedicated to Joseph Jefferson at a ceremony In the Church of the Transfiguration In 29 th street, better known by the name which Jefferson gave it, "The Little Church Around the Corner." Addresses were made by Charles A. Stevenson of the Lambs' Club; Frank Olllmore, executive secretary of the Actors' Equity; Henry Ches- terfield of the N. V. A., and a eutogy by John Drew, president of the Players' Club. The window was unveiled by Lauretta Jefferson Cort- lett. a great-granddaughter. In the presence of 1.200 i>eopIe. W. W. Jefferson, Frank Jefferson, both ac- tors, an>*. other members of the Jef- ferson t^mlly were present. CHICAGO Chicago, Feb. will give a biblical atmosphere. Considerable change from former 24. years in the matter of costumes. The 16th annual Actors' B*und scenic effects with the shortening of dTseverai scenes and the lengthening of others will mark this year's pro- duction. Among those taking lead- ing roles are members of the Hull House Players, many of whom are not Catholics. benefit performance will be staged at the Auditorium March 20. Harry J. Ridings, president, Chicago The- atrical Managers' association, la in charge. Charles Sinclair will come here to stage the show, one feature of which will be an act written and produced by him to include 16 local society girts under llie direction of Sarano Otis. Five hundred people, mostly the- atrical people, were driven out of the Lincoln Square Arcade building, on Broadway between 65th and 66th streets, by a three-alarm fire. Loew's Lincoln Square theatre oc- cupies the ground floor, lodge- rooms, studios and apartments the other floors. A Mr. Walker carried his wife to the street. She said she was a principal In "Aphrodite" three years ago. Most of the ten- ants managed to get across the alleyway bridges to the 66th street building, but many were caught on the roof until the smoke thinned so they could get down. It waa esti- mated that about 250 famlllea Uve in the studios. The fire waa stopped at the second floor. Preaching on "Recent New York Plays" in the West Side Unitarian Church, Dr. Charlaa Francis Potter defended the modem drama^ The Rev. Dr. J. Lewis Hartaoek of St. Andrew's Church said: "The only thing that can effectively purge the theatre la a revival of the artistic spirit a« against the commercial, a sense of their high calling among playWrighta and producers. The re- form cornea chiefly from within. All recovery begins tjiere."- ... , ., . Committees representing south side business and civic organiza- tions took part In Balaban and Kale's ffTurth anniversary celebration of the TivoU theatre. The theatre owners were credited with a large share In the growth of Chicago's south side. Cosmo Hamilton, who came west to talk to the Women's clubs, is still talking. Addressing 800 Jewish cit- izens in SInal temple on "The 81ns of the Children," he described the modern youth aa "a figure designed to carry a flask of synthetic gin." "The Wildcat Rookie," which was played by the A. E. F. boys all over France, is being played here by the original cast for 12 nights, opening at the Ashland Boulevard audito- rium last Sunday night. The performances are for the ben- efit of disabled American veterans. It's funny how they all discover they are Chlcago-br^d when they hit'our little backwater. The latest to make the discovery in Alberttna Vitak of Hassard 8hoti> "Ritn He- vue" at the Apollo. The Chez Pierre's "collegiate night" last Friday was turned into a Notre Dame evening, with the spectacular backfleld men of the fa- mous Hoosier aggregation in at- tendance.- "No, No, Nanette" will complete a year's run at the Harris May 2. This will be a record In Chicago for any play with muslo. The flrst performanea of the Pas- sion Play will be given at the Au- ditorium March 15 and will continue nightly, with several matinees, un- til March 28. Extensive alterations both of stage and front of the bouse PACIFIC COAST Los Angeles, Feb. 24. Mary Plckford laid the corner- stone of the new Veterans' Mem- orial Hall at Sawtelle last Sunday. The structure Is being erected In memory of the dead American soldiers of all American wars. William Davis, 79, grandfather of Mildred Davis (Mrs. Harold Lloyd), was struck by an automobile here and died soon afterwards from In- ternal injuries. Several other per- sons were Injured In the same ac- cident. For the purpose of promoting sporting and social events the Garden of Eden of Hollywood has filed articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State in Sacra- mento. The capital stock is given as 17,000 and the directors arer WillUm O. and Mrs. Nallie Chap- man of Hollywood and Clyde Com- mon of Ijob Angeles. burglar attempting to ransack their home in Hollywood and put the Intruder to rout. To the police Mrs. Haver said she was alone In the house Sunday night, Phyllis having left for New Tork the previ- ous day. A man rang the front doorbell and when Mrs. Haver an- swered told her his wife had once worked In a picture with Phyllis and was aouly In need of |<6. Mrs. Haver said she would investigate and If the case was meritorious would advance the money. The man, she said, then became threat- ening and she shut the door. An hour later hearing noises in the rear of the house Mrs. Haver, upon seeking the cause, discovered the same man trying to force an entrance. At sight 6f Mrs. Haver he turned and fled. Bonds to tba amount of 11.750.000 are being offered here by the Broad- way Propcrtlaa Corporation on the new |l,91l,0M building to be erec- ted as tha new Orpheum theatre In I..OS Angelea.' The structure will be located oh the east side of Broadway between Eighth and Ninth. The bonds are being sold at 1100 and IntereHt to yield 6^ per cent. According to the announce- ment the thestro lease is to run twenty-five years at an annual rental of 1112,000. Cecelia Evans, picture actress, ar- rested for speeding 40 miles an hour In a 20-mlle traffic sone was sentenced to spend two days in Jail. She wept and told Judge Pope that she couldn't do It as she was expected to start work In a picture In two days. "That's fine," said the oourt. "you'll have Jnst two dayn to rest op before starting to work." Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Warner, parents of the Warner brothers, picture producers, haii« arrived In Hollywood from Nllen. O., and In- tend to make their future home In the flim city. The Warners, 8r,. owned and operated the Warner theatre In Xiles. O. ^cause of .in tmpendlnir family addition, MrH. Carter De Haven Is not appealing with her husband in his vaudeville act. . The Rosooe Poultry Association #111 hold Its flrst annual poultry ■how at Roscoe. Cal., April 1-3. Hollywood Is to have a new radio brotdcastlng station beginning March 4. It will be known at KWBC and Is now being installed by the Warner Ijrothers In their Sunset boulevard utiidio at s cost Of approximately 150.000. When opened the new station will be on the air from 6 to 11 p. m. dally. K. C. Ormlston will have charge of the technical vupervUlon. and KWBC win be a 500-wjftt Western EU.'ctrIc plant. Mrs. M. Haver, mother of Phylllc Haver, screen actress, dlncovered a George Llpschults left the Loew State here last week and after a tour of the West Coast houses through the State will return to the Warfleld, Ban Franclso. Llpschullz is being replaced by Carli D. Elinor, who moves over from the Ctillfornia theatre. ,^ Earl Evans, arrested rep*tfi^^ V' rharp-cs of annoylngWr^"*^" V^' wife of Harold J'^°''' The "World" lam. He w»" Pho»be Haraford. who llr-A o»« character. The hearing wai