Variety (September 1925)

: Wednesday, September ft, 1925 VAUDEVILLE VARIETY PAULINE'S BAIL SET AT $25,080; CANT GET IT •^Hypnoti*^ <^nd 2 Others Back in Cells—Waiter Recovering -II >, r Magrlstrate Corrigran In West Side Court admitted Joseph R. Pauline, "fcypnotlst, and his two actor cotn- ^.ipanions, Harry Case and Jack ^/Phillips, to $25,000 bail each, and 0 adjourned the case until Sept. 4. ^ The three men had been held in the ^.yfeat Side Prison for three weeKS 4 vlthout ball on charges of felonious ItssauU. ,^ The men are accused, of having ,. thrown Sol Trencher, a waiter at Jack's Pure Food Shop, 123 West 47th street, from a window on tho ninth floor of the Hotel Flanders Trencher was found on the roof of the Cort theatre and removed to Bellevue Ho«ipltal suffering from Internal injuries, a possible akuU fracture and Injuries to both legs. An attorney representing the ac- cused appeared before Magistrate Corrlgun and asked that a nominal bail be fixed. The magistrate said he would not set ball until he re- ceived an official certificate from the hospital authorities Indicating that Trench was in no danger of deatn The lawyer went to the hospital and succeeded In obtaining the requfrei certlflcate. The doctors stated that Trencher im in no immediate danger of death and appeared to be recovering. Neither of the three men were able to get the amount of ball and were returned to their cella. It Is be- lieved that when the case is called on Sept. 4 a reduction in bail will b« aaked for. Trencher's Statement The New Y irk "Evening Graphic" Monday printed an exclusive inter- view with the" waiter. Trencher. In the hospital. In which was said: "Denying that he 'started a fight by throwing a fork,' Sol Trencher, waiter, who charges he was thrown from a ninth-story room at the Hotel Flanders by Broadway actors to whom he had just served a meal, made the first statement he has been well enough to make since the incident exclusively to The 'Graphic.' "Following the trial of his al- leged assailants, J. Robert Pauline, Jack Phillips and Henry Case, at which each was held In $25,000 ball. Mrs. Margaret Pauline, wife of one of the men, came forth with a statement that Trencher was not hurled from the window at all, but that the fall was an accident. It is this statement that Trencher, weak from hi.s injuries and lying with his hoad on an Ice pack, wa .ts to deny. " 'How can this woman, who ob- vlou.sly seeks only to save her hus- band, say I was not thrown from the window ?' Trencher demanded. 'She wasn't pro.sont. and she can say only what he tells her.' "'The ai'KUineiit started just as soon as I presented the lilll—$5.55 for three dinners. Pauline was lying In bed. One of the other fel- lows. Phillips, I think It was, said to him, "Doc, I thirik thl.s fellow's cheating js." Beaton, He Declares " 'Pauline jumped wildly from the bed onto me. They both used vile langiiaKe. and beat me unmercifully with their fists. The little fellow. Case. I think, is the one, kept say- ing, "Plofisp. lot him go—oh, do let him go." "Now. tht're are all sorts of stories .ibout it—that the fall was an accident, that the three meals 1 served thom were only sand- wlrhe.s, oven that it was I who .started le fight with a fork!'" RUSSIAN CHOIR ROUTED The Kiiliiin CossJiok Choir, 19 male .slngois from Kuh.-in, Uussia, have been routed by the Kclth-Al- bee niroult. Tho aot Is touring the world on .spec. The .Mingors play the Palace, Cloveliinil, next week and the Hip- podrome. Now York, the wook fol- lowing. Their repertoire consists of Hussinn and Amerlcin folk songs. DANCING PARTNER'S COSTLY MISSTEPS Chicago, Sept. 1. A dancing te:tm around Chi- cago that in recent months htis played some of the big houses is dominated by the male mem- ber. He has installed a system to keep his girl partner "on her toes." Every time she makes a mi.sstep he deducts $2 from her pay envelope and puts it In his. The girl is reported to have had such bad luck last week she received but $28 salary. It gave a nice piece of extra change for the big he-man who doesn't even give his partner an apology when he makes a misstep. THIEF "DOUBLES" Visits Btus Blowers, Then "Cleans" Arnauts in Deception Nellie Arnaut and brothers were the victims of a clever thief last week while playing Philadelphia. The crook got away with cash and jewelry from the dressing room of the brothers after representing himself as one of the Moun.l City Blue Blowers who were playing another house. Investigation disclosed the gyp had first Isited the Mound City .artists and represented hlm.self as one of the Arnaut Brothers. He used the information glea^ied from the first deception to put o/er the second. The Blue Blowers were' not robbed. Jewish Guild Resuming Its Meetings Tuesday at Bijou Next Tuesday night (Sept. 8) at 11.15 and at the Bijou theatre, on West 45th street, New York, the Jewish Theatrical Guild will resume Its meetings, suspended over the summer. William Morris, president of the Guild and lately returned from abroad, will preside. The evening will take on something of a fare- well, for Eddie Cantor, a vice-pres- ident. Mr. Cantor is to leave for his road starring tour In "Kid Boots." Morris Goldberg, a Yiddish actor, about 45 years of age, when found dead last week In New York, was only identified through his member- ship card in the Jewish Guild. The Hebrew Actors' Club on Second avenue, assumed charge of the funeral. OFFER SETTLEMEST Jean Vernon, now of Cook and Vernon In vaudeville, has been of- fered a settlement in her $3,057 suit for breach of contract against George W. Rife, operating Mollie Williams' Show (Columbia burl- e.sque). Miss Vernon attached last January at the Gaiety, St. Louis, Kife posting a bond for $7,000, double the amount sued for, pend- ing trial. With the trial slated to come up this month. Miss Vernon has been offered a settlement, St. Louis counsel wiring Kendler St Gold- stein, her New York attorneys, to ascertain how much is requested. Miss Vernon's contract at $90 weekly was alleged to have been terminated Sept 20, 1924, without cause offered. WHITE & MANNING REPLACE Harry A. White and Alice ban- ning will open In Chicago with "Puzzles of 1925," week of Aug 13. The pair will take the former De Haven and Nice roles. The former '■ouple will sail for Europe to open at the Piccadilly, L,ondon, in November. GADSKI RETURNING Johanna Gatlski will return to this country to piay the big time vaudeville houses, o|)cnlng at the Hii)podrome, New York, Nov. IS. Alf T. Wilton arranged the return bookings. SPECIAL AFTERPIECE Hohey ;ind Gould will stage an .iftorpioce on overy bill they play. Andy Itice has written a revuetle idea which will tour with the team and dovetail any other .Hpeclaltlos on the bill for the grnnd flnalft. MAX FINK, MUSIC MAN, FACINC SERIOUS CHARGE Indicted with Harry Towers Johnson on Testimony of Two Young Girls Houston, Tex., Sept. I. Max Fink, the most popular and highest salaried band conductor In the South, faces a serious charge here, of attacking two girls. It and 14, in his rooms at a local hotel. Accused along with Fink is Harry Towers Johnson, second violinist in Fink's orchestra at the Isis theatre, the premier Saenger picture house in this city. Both Fink and Johnson were in- dicted by the. grand jury on testi- mony given by the two girls and .soPie of their relatives. A woman, said to have Induced one of the girls to go to Fink's room, has been charged with contributing to the delinquency of minors. Following the indictments, the two musicians were denied ball. Fink made one attempt to obtain his release on habeas corpus, but was unsuccessful. Johnson has made four futile attempts on the same plea. Johnson's attorney states he will make another try next week. Both men deny being guilty, but admitted they knew the girls. Ho- tel employes have testified the girls went to the hotel while the two men were there. Johnson said that he was in the room with Fink and the two girls, but nothing Im- proper occurred. Max Fink was In a serious Jam about two years ago in New Or- leans, his home, when leader of the orchestra at the Liberty theatre, but that affair was quietly closed up. He has had orchestras tit all the leading cafes In New Orisans during the past 10 years. He wa« at one time part of an act that played tl\e Orpheum circuit COA^ FEARS FLORIDA (Continued from page 1) try, to be launched Oct. 19. Of this amount $146,000 will b« used for space in newspapers and maga- zines. The balance of the $1,000,000 will be apportioned as follows: $425,000 to be spent by the All Year Club and $425,000 by the Los An- geles Chamber of Commerce, with $150,000 to remain In control of both organizations to be used only in the event of emergency. Another campaign will be Insti- tuted ag.ain in the spring for the purpose of attracting summer |our- Ists. It la expected that arrange- ments will be made with the three railroads coming hers from the oast to shorten the running schedule of 68 hours. Conferences have been held with ofTlclals of the roads and It Is quite likely that the running time of the crack trains of each of these roads will be cut to between 50 and 55 hours between Chicago and Los Angoles. At the present time no excess is charjred on these trains. When speeded up, the roads may charge a bonus of $25 to travel on the trains. This speeded up transportation will possibly be one of the features of the nation-wide campaign to be conducted by the All Year Club. Miami. Sept. 1. There are 11,000 acres In the sea- shore tropical belt of Florida com- posing the tract pwchased by the associates of Felix Isman down here. It extends for many miles along the ocean. The tract Includes Olympla, look- ed upon as Florida's most fashion- able city. The Isman development will be called Picture City. The Solznlcks who have no finan- cial Interest direct In any way, have been given 250 acres for studio purposes with an advance of a con- siderable sum for building. The Selznlcks operate entirely distinct from the dovelopment promoters. The I.sman location Is about 30 miles from Palm Beach. Mr. Tsmiin Is stopping at the Ponce de T.,oon Hotel In this city. Felix I.Mman has become inter- ested in Florida property promo- tion. P.-ige ads appeared In the New York dailies this Wt^ek, with the same copy In this Issue of Variety. It tolls of Picture City (Olympla (iomoz), located near P.alm l;pii''h by Mr. Isman. Ix)uis Mann is another Broadway- Ite now In Florida realty. EASTER & HAZELTON "THE INCOMPAUABLE AMER- ICAN DANCINC; STARS." Contracted with ZlBtJFELD for this coming soa.son. HELENA LEVY LEIGHTON, Manager. ORCHESTRA PIT BATTLE IN L A. Stage Scrap for Pa'ntages Audience W. B. SLEEPER DEAD K.-A. Official Succumbs In Los Angeles—Family in East William B. Sleeper, Keith-Albee executive, died suddenly in Los An- geles Tuesday after a long fight against a chronic ailment. Mr. Sleeper was 55 years of age and is survived by a wife and two daugh- ters. News of his death arrived while his family were visltiitg his brother-* in-law, J. J. Murdock, general man- ager of the Keith-Albee Circuit at Larchmont. Mr. Sleeper went to the Coast two years ago In an effort to regain his health. At the time he was ac- tive in the affairs of the K.-A. Cir- cuit. He was one of the organizers of the Keith's Boys Band and super- vised the organization until his fall- ing health made It necessary to seek a milder climate. His daughter Martha recently signed with the Hal Hoach Produc- tlonfc to play leads In film comedies. Lydia Titus Stricken Los Angeles, Sept. 1. Lydla Yean.ens Titus, elderly ac- tress, la confined to her home be- cause of heart disease. y Los Angeles, Sept. 1. A general mix-up and re|M>rted fistic encounter between Charles K. Vance, carpenter with "Plantation Days," flash act, which played ths local Pantages last week, and Fred Grobes, cornetlst In the house orchestra camo within an ace of causing a panic at the Sunday night performance. The matter Is l>eing investigated by Alexander I'antaKos which may result in the oircuit head preferring charges against Vance with tho Interna- tional Alliance if reports of the ^rai'us show Vance to hiive been the aggressor. Two diiTeront vi-risiuns of the af- fair are being touted. One la that Vance was under the IntUicnce of liquor and had attempted -to sleep it oft In one of the cots In the musi- cians rest room. Grobes is said to have passed the mechanic and com- mented upon his condition on his way to the pit. When the remarks finally seeped In Grobes had reached the pit Vance is reported U> have walked upon the stage and jumped into the pit where he be- gan pummeling the musician be- fore the entire audience. Two stage hands leaped across the lights, separated the couple and took the Infuriated carpenter back stage ao- cording to this version. The other story has It that when Vance ^ began his onslaughts the assistant manager of the theatre called in the police, who had to virtually drag Vance up the aisle of the theatre and into the street before they could keep him quiet No arrest was recorded and It la said that Vance was dispatched to a nearby hotel, which he left at midnight to accompany his act to Its next stand at San Diego. Both versions have been sub- mitted to Pantages. NIGHT LIFE (Continued from page S) pirates. Patrons entering arc obliged to walk a plank to bo.ard the "pirate ship" to get them In'.j the atmosphere for the maneuvers which follow. A 50-cent couvert Is tacked i . It is one of the best business getters through attracting sightseers who figure that the "spooklness" and "pirate stuff" are greater return for their four bits than they receive elsewhere In the allegedly bohomian cabaret belt. The cellerette cabarets, quite the thing down there two years ago, are gradually passing out. Against 40 of these places In operation are left but five. Two are at the rear of Jefferson Market, Trilby's, which caters to a "temperamental" set, and Miami Inn, conducted by Charles Reed, whose Purple Pug was . ,ie of the first Village night life places but which has been closed for several years. The College Club, Club Dea Artistes and the Jolly Friars Club are the others. The 45 discarded stands have been reclaimed as coal cellars and bootblack stands, their original trade before the cabaret craze hit the Village. The "Dame Angel" Although the Village has seem- ingly lost Its grip as an amusement center there will undoubtedly be patronage for a few places down there as long as spending boys will give up $1 an ounce for prohibited liquids and another $1 for the privi- lege of drinking.lt in these places. The "d.ime angel" Is also worked in the Village stronger than any other n\)()t In town. The small ,)laces especially depend upon the femi- nine snares to keep things going and the chocks adding up. Most of those places employ flappers as voluntary hoste.'ises with the girls' remutior,i,- tlon depending upon the size of the checks she can inveigle her host to run up. Singing wallers and scrulj Ijaiuls furnish the entertainmont hut It's really the "dame angle" thrii cdtints (Next week's inslaliiiciil <»f iho "Night Life of tho World" .-jo, los will l>o Paris). Georgie Price Quits Palace Bill in Huff Georgie Price walked out of the I'alace, New York, bill Tuesday after the matinee, following dif- ferences with the management over "Joe's Blue Front," an afterpiece In which Price appeared In addition to his regular single turn. The after- piece was programmed for next to closing on the Palace show Monday afternoon but was moved up. Price did his single turn, number four. Monday night the "Blue Front" w,as spotted third. Price is said to have objected strenuously to the afterpiece going on ahead of his single turn with the management equally Insistent It was spotted aw:- cordlng to value and the playlngr worth of the bllL Tuesday afternoon Price again ob- jected to the position of the after- piece and It was taken oft by the management. Price played the mat- inee but was off the bill at night The booking was unusual Inas- much as Price received double bill- ing on the Palace Time Table on both acts. This Is the first time this has occurred so far a."" the Pal- ace Is concerned. "Joe's Blue Front" was used bjr both Price and Eddie Cantor In musical comedies. At the Palace Jack Trainer, James Hamilton and a girl supported Price in the bur- lesque scene, with Hamilton "straighting" for him in his single. The Palace booking marked Price's return to vaudeville after long absence In musical revues. GRANT MITCHELL'S SKETCH Grant Mitchell will enter vaude- ville In a three-people sketch, "Safety First," by Dorothy De Jaegers. Mitchell will open in the .sketch .Sept. 7, following the closing of "S|>ooks." LENTZ VAUOE DEBUT AI Lontz and That llund oi>i:'n Sopt 14 for- Kolih-Albce .as the newest vnudoville b.ind. Lontz IS now concluding a soiuioo at Casiililan Gardens, Lynbrook, N. Y.