Variety (August 1925)

**" •';»"»:▼-?.:• ■c'" Ml- T ^v^y*f.''««»r*TjHE3»r3?;jf VARIETY OUTDOORS SCHENCKSPUN . FOUR PARKS • lA, New Outdoor Amiuement Chain Takes in Lot ■ /^ Angeles Ett- Lo« Aiic«leai Auc. 11. Joseph Bchenok'a trip to Fort Dodffe, la., last week waa to confer witb hU brother Ntek reglurdlnff tbe establishraent of four -amuaement parka in the larger otttea of the P&- ctflo Coaat. The Schenck brothers' plan for the parka ia that t^ejr will be lo- oate4 in the Ave and ten cent fare sonea and near th<o heart of the city Inatead of in that 70-cent *one where moat of tbe parka acoeaaible to Loe Angelea are now looked. Hia reference to IrfM Anceles la enough to indicate ^at: on* of the parka wlU be placed ia thla city, wbile the location of the otbM* baa not yet been revealed. 25 Acts for State Fair Brncuae, N. T.. Auf. 11. The New York State FWr execu- tives will sign contracts tomorrow With 2K acts for the coming fair. These acts will include anlmaJ turns and acrobats. Special stages will be oonatructed before the grandstand to acoommo- date the vaudevltle .abowa . in. the open. Special lighting effeeU laataUed will permit night shows. Brutal Camiral Wrestler Utiea. N. T^ Aug: 11 Jack Morr^rw. #reaU«r wllk tba Torkvllle Carnival, taaoi been beld by the autlMrlilea on a charge of kksklng Hubert CougMtn. It, aa UM la4 waa jUtt^Httg. ««4er tft« tMkt •t a show. The child la now in • looia hoapi tal wltK a windpipe iajwr.. but yeatarday his condition waa reported •f IMtnt slightly improved. Mor- rbw deniaa that be attacked tli« tey. ■ Ill li ' S I ( i > II iOl RANCr WDI PASS UP CHICAGO THIS YEAR Rodeo Said to Be Responsible r-MiUers Figure One Wild West Show Enough Chicago. Aug. IL The Miller Broa. 101 Ranch wild wast wiU not play Chloago this seaaon on account of Tex Austin's rodeo, sponsored by the Chicago Aasociatlon of Commerce. The Nevf York Central railroad wUl deliver the tn^n to th« C. M. A St. Paul R. R. on Aug. ». for ICllwaukee, from there they go to Madlaon, Wis., and further weal. Tbe show is expected to be aroimd Chipagb at Algla and nearby points In Septen^l^i CABniyjil; ENLIVENS ^lE MILWAUKEE TO HAVE CIRCUSES Joi Aels First L b ewaa Oranltad in Four Year* ' • • V** Brie. Pa., Auir. ll. The' Ara't carnival liceaaa iaatiad In four years waa given to the Johnny J. Jonea ahows, which played thta city Uat week to apten* did bbslneaa, in spite of the fact that they haa two daya of rain. The residents of Brie were ' ap- parently hungry for a camlyal after the long Absence of thia partioalar form of amusement. diicago Rodeo Opem At Snunt Park Sfttiirday Chicago, Aifg. 11. Tha Chloago rodeob promoted by Tex Austin under the auapioea of the Chicago Aaaodatlon of Oom- meroe, will open at Orant Park on Satordaf. Am. If. eloalns Cin Sun- day. Aug. it. "Jim" Dahhnan, the "cowboy" mayor of Omaha, baa been jiaked to participate in the event, and will be ae«n in action together with the otheir <iOW handa and bronoo buatera that Tex haa brought here. It la atatedJLhat Mayor Dahlman can ride a bronoo with the beat oC tfi* top «ow handa <rom the rangea. lil^n Who Never Was a Boy^ Aglutist It FARS Chicago, Aug. 4. From many sources reports coma that the anticipated good attend (Continued on pa<« 47) Amuaement Park for Sylvan Beach .' ■■'Syracuae, N. T^ Aug. 11. Qeon* Owena, operator of Forest Park at Utica, haa aecured optioml on flW.OOO worth of lake front property at Sylvan B«aoh« on Oneida lAke, and plana to develop It as aa amusement park next sefuKin.. WHAT THE WORID WANTS Wb Washingtoiv Aug. It. In Chile there awaits a distributor for motion pictures. Either an Indi- vidual or a firm In this South Amer- ican country haa aaked the American Oovemment to make a contact for him with an American producing company. Full particulars on this outlet can be obtained by following Instructions below. Markets in 44 foreign countries for many other articlea are listed in tbe current Issue of "What the World Wants." as compiled by the Depart- ment of Commerce. It haa been urged that in making Inquiry regarding these trade oppor- tunities that same be sent to the nearest branch office ot the depart- ment a list of which h-s been pub- ^Uabed on aeveral occaslona here, but which is again presented for the benefit of those to whom the service la new. Address the Chainber of Com- merce in the following cities: Akron, Birmingham, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas, Dayton, Des Moines, El Paso, Brie, Pa., Fort Worth, Houston, Indianapolis, Jack- aonvllle, Lioa Angeles, Mobile, Mun- cle. Newark, Orange, Tex., Pensa- oola. Pittsburgh, Providence, Rich- mond. Rochester, fian D(0go, Syra- cuse, Toledo, Trenton and Worcester. The following cities should be ad- dressed aa follows: AtlanU, 638 Post Office Building; Baltimore. Bxport and'Import Bu- reau, Ass'n. of Commerce. 23 Light street; Boston, 180x Custom House; Bridgeport. Manufactjrers' Ass'n.; Chattanooga, Southern Railway Sys- tem; Chicago. Room 830, 76 West Monroe street; Detroit. 907 TVee Preaa Building; Milwaukee, .^'n. of Commaroe; New Tork City, 7S4 Custom House; New Orleaoa. 314 Custbol House; Norfolk, Hahtpton Roads Maritime Bxchang'e; Phila- delphia, 20 So. ISth street. Room 813; Portland. Ore.. 333 Oregon BuUding; 8t Louia. 1310 Liberty Central Trust Co. Building; San Freuicisoo, 110 Custom House, and Seattle. 61S Lowman Building. In replying alwaya mention the country, the article and the govern- ment code number in the order nameA. ■ , rVronaaera The porcbaaers for the current week are aa foliowa: Austria. smaM boxes (16838); Bel- glum, automobile acceaaorles ^633K>; Ceylon, aluminum and enamel ware. china, clocks, glassware (aM 1(287); Cuba, advertising articles, almanacs, lithographa, and signs (16310); France, automobile accessories (two requests 16360 and 16303); Germany, boots and shoes (1631S); Qreece, electric lighting apparatus (16336); Quatemata, machinery for perfume, candle and soap making (16230); Hungary, flavors and formulas for ice cream (16283f); Java, confec- tionery In jars <16271F), radio sets and parts (16294), wearing apparel for men (16271); Mexico, radio sets and partai (1&262): Persia, boots, shoes and shoe laces, haberdashery, hosiery and" underwe«w, toys (all 16814). ' Agents Among those 'desiring to- act as selling agents only are the follow- ing: > , Chile, motion pictures (16309); rRn^and, toy ball6ons (16384), por- table ,type writers, watches (both 16297); Netherlands, haberdashery Y'-'* Miiwiaaicee, Aug. It. Making a burlesque of the seaaion of the common council session, Mil- waukee aldermen closed their sum- mer acUvitiea last waek with a tor- rid fight over whether clrouaaa should be premltted to remain in Milwaukee or b* relegated to the awburbs.. Launching a bitter attack on the circuses. Alderman Strehlow, author of a bill which would bac th? ahowa ^m coming to MHwaukels. katd that the attractions were not alone caua- tng Milwaukee to lose money by re- pairing streets and replacing shrub- bery, turf and trees fbr irate citi- Kens whose lawns had been trampled on by the throngs which visit the shows and the horsea in hauling tbe show equipment, but that olrcuaea were demoraUsimc. a bad influence on children and were bringing hun- dreds of undesirables, dope ped- dlers, griftera, thievea and degen- eralea into the city. Strehlow's cofltentlon was based on the fact that several pickpockets, a dope peddler and a doaen or more IMuihandlera had been picked up on and near the Bamum and Bailey grounda during Ita ohe-dajr ataad here. Turning the ^uncil aen^on from an auguat proceeding into a bur- leaque. Alderman Con J. Corcoran, president and mayor-pro tem, fur- nished thrUla for the packed room and newapapera. when he came to the defense of the clrooa. Be point- ed an aocuaing finger at Strehtow and In a mock 8eriousnea|| accuaed the alderman of "never baivlng baaa a kid." "The ideftof atopping cirouaea irom oomtng to Milwaukee la the aame a,s teUlng our klddlaa that they can't play ball on the corner lot." aaid Cor- I coran. "I don't think that Mr. Streh- low ever waa a boy. If he waa, be wouldn't try to atop clroua«a in Milwaukee. I, peraonally, go to ev«ry one. I don't go becauae my Mddies want io see it either. I go because I Uke them aa well now aa I did 4S yeara ago. "I do not believe we want to bar cirouaea from Milwaukee*. I believe the Strehlow bill should be quashed." Following Corcoran'a oration, the council voted to kill the Strehlow bill. Strehlow then offered a new iresolutlon, ' making the license fee I for clrcusea $1,000 per day and re- quiring a $S,000 bond against dam- ages inflicted in setting up and tear- ing down the showa. Corcoran also took a stand against this motion. It was passed with amendments keeping the license fee at 3250 auMl a property damage bond at 1100. W^JhiMdiy, 'Aac:i»t It, IMS rfr<' OBITUARY :ii/Uui||.,.J^ i Jj »^..., ; ■■'h CHAtttti W,%Aflk Charles W. Olark. harltooa with the <3hio«co Opara. dlad in Chloago laat week, and a few $o\»n Utar hia wife dropped <]le»d* Clark land Ilia wife wart ftttwdlng a picture show when bis death cama» and Mrs. Olark superintended the removal of hia body to the under- taking aatabUabmant and a few houra after thla aha auooumbed to a stroke of apoplexy. Clark waa formerly a aololat yrWi the Thaodor* Thomaa Symphony Orpheatra and ia aurvivad.by three childreo. i. J*McCiella»?-«.^~ Profeaacir John J. MoCMlan. tfalt Lake City, internationally known musician and m^^er organist at the Tabernacle, here, where he had been playing for 211 yeara. died fol- lowing a paralytiq str^ka ., Mr. McClellan wa^ bora la Pay* aon. Utah, la 1874. He oryaaixed the custom giving dally free re- citals, was a member of the Na> tlonal Association of Organlata and waa praaldent of the Utah state or- ganlxatloB. He waa decorated by Albert, King of Belgium, aa a mark of appreciation for a recital played while the king and queen were on an Amertoan tour aaveral years aga JBNNV LEE Jenny Lee. 7S, who appeared on the stage with her husband, William m ur ummowtf pv Our B«loy«d 8iat«'r-ia-taw INEZHANLY CHARLES ROZELLA ARTHUR PUTNAM % ■'V CIRCUS ROUltS Courtrlght. tor 11 yeari, died at her home in Hollywood, Cal., Aug. 4. Miss Lee and her boaband ap- peared In Shakeapaareah repertoire tn 18T4. Mlaa Lee alao atarred in "CamiUe." She played with* Thoinail Jefferson and Dootlt. Later the couple entered vaude- ville, as Courtrlght and Lee. During th« past few years both have been working aa character . artlata In motion picturea. * Courtrlght la her only aurrivor. • ,*.,'. 1^ «. OttORNt L. B. Oaborne. 40, atookholdar t^e China Theatre. Ltd.. and own of Manotau Duke, the $100,000 Oc man ppUoe dog for which Osbor. had aljKnad a movie contract, dli Aug. 9 in the Hotel Ambassado Loa Angelea. Osborne, who but recently aome over from Chia waa a reputed millionaire and oi of the "North China Star." > u, ' MARGARET FARRAR Margaret Farrfcr. 14, acrpon treaa. died Aug. 9 at tha Ost IM MKMOKV OV My Oarlliur JMFelbM- • INEZ HANLY ■he la Juat' Away pathlc Hospital In Los Angeles foi< lowing a brief Illness which set after she had swallowed i>ol8on. Mis^ Farrfu- was separated frog her hustMind. Before h^r death sL aald that she waa tired of living! ^ Williim L (Bio ftill) Atkinson, mana8;er, of tb^ Western Ly.c^)tQ\ Bureau. Waterloo, ta.. former speaker of tbe Iowa house of rep- resentatives, died at the University hospital at Iowa City. Death re« suited irom a hemorrhage. "BlU" Atkinson was well known in lyceum, college and athletic cir- cles of tbe state. He was also prominent In Republican party pol< itics. ROSE VOLANDT Rosa Volandt (Mra. laabella Walx) was stricken with apoplexy and died at the home of bhr aon-ia-law in Johnstown. Pa., Aug. I. Mra Walz was twice married, her first husband beln^ W. C. Chamber- lln, a minstrel man, and she the widow of Fred Walx. alao a minstrel performer. Mra. Walx was of the profession for many years, having Haoanbeek-WMlfaoe Webater City. Ia.. Aug. 13; Cedar Rapids. 13; Marsballtown, 14. IM lUMdBVOV 0«r liovtaa OASshtM' INEZ HANLY with a chMrr amlle and a ware of the hand. . She wanderad Into aa unknown land. MR. and MRS. WM. HANLY Al 0. Barnea Boise, Ida.. Aug. 13; Jeroma, 13; Twin Falls, 14; Barley, 15; Salt Lake CUty. Utah. 17; Malad, Ida., IB; Pres- ton, 19; Logan. Utah, 30: Pocatello. Ida.. 21; Montpelier. 22. Walter Savldge An^usement Co.— Olen Rock. Wyo., 10; Cody, Neb.. 17; Bassett. 34. Tbe Wortham Showa—Rhlnelan- 4er. Wis.. 10; Plymouth. i7. John Robinson's Cireua Lynchburg, Va., Aug. 12; Danville, 18; Winaton-Salem. N. C, 14; Mar- tinaville, Va.. IS; Roanoke, Jil. Rogers A Harria Memphla, Tenn.. Aug. 10-li. 8e(la-Flota Circus Omaha, Neb., Aug. 18; Council Bluffa, U.. 13: Bed Ofik. 14; ClarlO' da, 15. 101 Ranoh Richmond, Ind., Augt, .13; Ander- son, 13; Muncie, 14; Fost Wayne, 15; Ann Arbor, Mich., 20; Jaokuon^ 2l; 9aglnaw. 22; Lansing, 38. . Christy Bros.'Circus , S^lsbury. Md.. Aug. , |2: Cam- bridge. 13; BaatoD, 14; W(Hit Chesr- ter,,Pa., 13; Lancaater, 18; Hanover. 19;, .weatmlnater, Md., 30; Oham- bflrsbur^. Pa, 21; Qettysburg ?2; been reUlned at the Virginia Hall theatre. Richmond^ Va.. aa chief soloist for many years. Two sons by her first marriage and a son and daught^ ot her sec- ond marriage survive. The deceased W8UI 80 years old. Patar V. N. Caaa, <S. father oi Anna caaa, con^rt alngor, died ia a sanltarluia at SomervlUe. N. J., Aug. S. He had been an Invalid tor two years and was removed to the sanltaHnm a week, ago following a atroka of apoplexy. Edward Riddle Padgott, <IS. Sva- day editor of the Baltimore "Suh." (Ued auddehly at hia. ^residence ta Baltimore Aug. i. Death was at- nr ummomt or Oar Dearly Belevtd CM INEZ HANLY N«y«r to b» I^>^(OttMl Edythe—IXorothj— Vvutj AKRON CENTEN. TIjOP" i'.i aa. -u , ',1- ..• > . H .:- tii.M /.■•eUa-Floto ^. -». . ;», ■Kanaaa City. Mo., 17, iCn Law- rence. Kaos., 19: .Topeika, 301 Hijtch-> inaaa. MtiOraat Bend. 8$: Golorado .. ,. .-,,,.. _ ,., Springs, cy>i<a. Mc J)o»nv>ir\ 26^a«j toys (both i«M4); Peru, novelties atari inc. 37; AlHanee. Neb., 28; (l«3a9). I acoUHblua, NeK 211, Akron. O.. Aug. IL The Akroa Caolennlal Celebration was far from^a succeaa, not only on account of weather conditions, but because the affair was badly handled,'espeotally with regard to the three parades given on Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday. On Monday the parade was adr vertlsed to start at 2 p. m... gpt under way at 4 and' finished at 7 o'ctoAki The other two parades on TtiaiMlay and Wednesday were even worse as to time. People waiting for them were so tired out that Immediately after each parade they CftrliaTe"24; likens aBTsunbury-a^ left, for their homea. too tired to I.x>ck lUaven 27;/aenovo,, 2$; Kane, think of other amunemont. The-Johnny J. Jonos shows were tindcrlined foif t^e midway features. Plenty o^ people .vere ^ni ^tt^nd- ance, but t^e outside features, parades, fireworks and dancing were strong opposition and tiio. show auilerad cooalderftbtx. ^ trlbuted to heart failure, caused by over-exertion tn awimmlng earlier in the day. ' Padgett waa a native of Waahin|ti> ton, a graduate of St. John's Col- lege, Annapolia, and a poat-graduata of the Univeraity of Pennsylvania. He had been Sunday editor sue- '^easively' of the Cincinnati "in- quirer/' Washington "Star." Detroit "News." Baltimore "American" and Baltimore "Sun." He waa a prominent flrat-nightpl: with a wide acquaintance In loeiA theatrical circles. A widow, son and brother survive. -y! ,,/ •L'i^i'^ ,•■" Vv ".-'^ • The mother of Fred Walx, miisloat director oft the Chicago company of "^se-Marie." died suddenly at her home in Johnstown, Pa. The de- ceased was.80 years. Apoplexy was given aa the cause ot death. Joseph j^antary, at Chllllcotha, Ohio; father of W. B. Kemery. for- merly aaaaager of tha AudUoriun. Parkeraburg:, w. Va. Mra. Phil QIaiohman, 4$. died of cancer Aug. 5 after a long illnesk. She ta survived hy her husband, P'hll Oielchman, who formerly operated the Broadway-Strand and JVrry FHeld theatres, Detroit, and two daughters. Mr. and MrOi ' IN MJBMOBT or Ur Darllnx Wife INEZ HANLY (Mrs. Billy Hardy) Who paiwed away July tS, ltt(. BILLY HARDY Gleichman recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. DEATHS ABROAD Paris, Aug. Iti Theedora Botral, 67. chansonnler- poet, died at.Pont Avep, Franoe, of pneumpn'la. ' Leon Xhermitte, French painter. ...^jNWti^^uwSisc