Variety (Sep 1927)

VARIETY OUTDOORS Wednesday, S^pbUahtt U, IMr j NEWS FROM THE DAIUES Thl( department eontain* rawrlttan thaatrleal nawi Itamt a* pub- llshad durins tha waak in tha daily papara of Naw York, Chieago and tha Paailie Ceaat. Variaty takaa na eradit for thaaa nawa itamai mw YORK Varlouo golf ball mnnufarturers have complained to the Federal Trade Commlssloa adalnst the practice of paying salaries and other fe«s to profesaional golfers tor playing exclustvely with baXla ■uide by a particular companly. Included In these objected-to practices, all ol which will be made tha subject of trade conference to ba held ahortljr. la tha fumiahlns br aoma wanntaottiraw e( (uU Moeka of (olt ao e aaae riM , tha en- tlra retuma from tha aala of auch la IM retalnad hj tba profeaalonaL Conunlsalon hopaa tha conference will result In the discontinuance of these practices. They have not yet, however, Iwen listed as unfair. Answers to a questionnaire sent ta (00 people by H. K. Nixon of the Oatambia Ualvaraitjr Bohool of fcealniiaa ravaalad that radio listen- an are mada moat bunlUar with 9ro4ncta advartlasd via radio In a«- aadhtlon with teaea music. Ten atandard advartlaloK prosiams were known to over llatonarsi Ave of them were jaia. The Happiness Boys were rated most jmpular, be- ing known to W4 of the tOO. Oth- ara included la the ten best known advertising entertainers are Capitol theatre, Atwater Kent, Lopez or- ehastra, Rozy, Braraa^ oroheatra, GUeqvot Mita«% qiilj&i* IMrer- •vwa orehsatim aad iriMiif>£MOrla feamedlata conaoUdatlon of Dou- ' ~ f. Page ft Co. and the Oeorge , Oaran Co., large publishing nrms. Ms baan announced. Total capl- taUaattoB la aatUnated at batwaen •l,Ml,«M aad |t,MO,OM. Dale Stewart of the Smithsonian Institution, returned from an ex- ploration of NuniTak bland, off the aoaat, raporta American ' Jaai muale la oaa of tha favorite aaraaamanta eC tha modem Eskimo. Tha Aasoolatad Praaa aatlmates it «aed 14S.000 mUaa eCJaaaad wires to oovur Uie Dnmpaay-Twuiir flcbt in Chicago. Evelyn Vail, It, of Brooklyn, end- ed her life by gas, clasping a pho- tograph of Rudolph Valentino. On her dresser was found a thick stack of maKaxines and clippings of the dead actor. the basis of a 1100,000 alienation suit against a t'lorida woman. Mc- Bride has been arrested charged with abandoning his (MnUy, Benjamin Fechter, owner of the Knickerbocker Urill, was citared of charges by Louise Granville, 16- year-old cabaret dancer, that ha Is the (athar of bar unborn ohUd. Twenty-live radio manufacturers have announced their entire output of reoetvinc seta (or U2I haa been sold In advance. O. Maurice Hecksclier, son of the multi-millionaire philanthropist, was divorced by his wife in Paris. He alreadjr haa announced ha will marrjr I<uella Oear, actress. The United Scenic Artiste' baU at the Hotel Astor Saturday eve- ning netted that organiiatton 16,000 for Ita relief fund. Miss Norma Rmatlwood. "Miss America" of 1926, hau announced tturough her attorney that she will sue Walker & £:dwln Meyers, theat- rical agente, for breach of contract. She aays they promised to lK>ok her Mr atsht weeks la vaudeville at )8Ti. Counterfeit tickets (or the na- tional air races at Spokane, Wash., defrauded the National Air Derby association of Spokane of 123,000 and wiped out the profit the backers thought they had. Two men were arrested and warrants for 30 others sworn out. No City has yet made a pmM «• the air raoaa. cmcmo The home of John C. Schank, president of the Hawthorne race track, was bombed. Svhank refused to give the police any Information as to the possible causa of the bombing. X>retendinf to be the son of Her- b«rt ljiiMa,-aMtieit pleture official, a youav awh aectaad lloo worth of aiothlng on credit for himself and k young woman from a clothing aonoem. Detectives got after him, and he broke his leg in a leap from tha second floor of the New York AUiletlc clul>. When apprehended he claimed he was Bill Mallory, for- mer Yale football star, and later admitted his real name was V. Neely Mulloy. At a meeting of the board of estimate, the department of licenses requested additional funds in the al^'s ItZt budfst for (our enforcera Car Umtt Waucer'a cabaret etirfew hHr. Tba matter was'Vtelved pend- taV retiw* •< tha mayor. A partial report attrlbutea the death of 11 persons to the broad- casting of the Dempsey-Tunncy llgbt. Four of the radio listeners dropped dead at the end of the seventh round excitement, threb be- fore the end of the flght, and the other four when the decision was rendered. A New York eltlsen be- oama so nervous ha swallowed a toothplok, which «m astraoted at Beltovue. During trial o( her separation suit against Arthur D. Oeissler, presi- dent of the Now York Talking Ma- chine Company, Mrs. Carol Moore Oeissler stated she and her husband had been spending |(0,000 yearly for living expenses and that she Would be unable to get along on the $200 monthly alimony suggested. 8he told how her hubby lost 142.000 in ana night at roulette^ and |10,00O aaothar night ht * amall poker JTuatloa Seegar haa decreed If Peaches Browning wante to con- tinue her alimony flght against Browning she will have tO pay at- torney's fees herself. Mrs. Llta Orey Chaplin, in Now Tork, admitted aba was Interested la » naw box frlaod, bi|t denied she U angageA Thomas McBrlde^ former vaude- ville actor, left his wife and son for a trip to Florida two years ngo. The wife, a daughter of McFntyie (Mointyre and Heath), dunned a UoBd wig and followed him to Palm Wtet alftlaig ah* saw la Acting on a tip that "the place was running wild," prohibition agente swooped down upon the Oriental ballroom of the Davla Ho- tel. They found no tMoa tt baose. Thomaa Chrlstensen. former po- licaaiaa, mat aerve a SS-year sen- tenea for mturder brought in by a Jury. Chrlstensen shot and killed Bolesaw Wawrznklewicz, owner of the Radio Inn In Niles, UL Judge Eller, who refused the plea for a new trial, ordered the policeman to Jail when he learned Chrlstensen has been operating a soft drink par lor while waiting for the motion for a new trial to come up. As a result of a riot at the llrst football game of the season, held at Lincoln and Wrightwood avenues, one man is in the hospital, two are under arreat and aaaraa «{ poUoe mas are atiMliic'— Police raided the Lido Inn, 2227 Prairie avenue, and arrested 22 men, many of them "hoodlums" wanted for crimes. I'olice declare the "inn" was a veritatde "crime club," where gangsters congre- gated. Babe Payne, actress, has had Frank Scharnack, her neighbor, put under a $200 peace bond. Miss Payne alleges Scharnack chopped down a tree which fell Into the goldflsh pond on her ground, and that aba had bomriit tha. horns be caM 'eC''11|» - «MS|» tnM ;MMI' the pond. Twelve men are under arrest charged with having bogus Tunney- Dempsey fight tickets. Samuel Sog- lovitx of Cleveland was arrested at the Hotel Sherman when detectives said he attempted to sell four coun- terfeit tlcketa to plalnolothea men. John K. Douglass, race horse owner, was robbed of 12,500 cash and a ring valued at $2,000 by two men who forced him Into their car. Douglasa had made aeveral for- t una ta b e ta du ri ng th a da y a n d It Is thought the men had aaea him collect $145,000 Clears Barnes Loa Angelea, Bapt 2T. A1 O. Barnes has wiped his slate cii-.in with the U. S. Government over tlie litigation which arose from the latter'a dMiaad far additional income tax and Federal corporation tax. To clean his slate Barnes paid over $146,000, besides 7 per cent interest from Feb. 1. Bamea waa Indicted on aeveral charges of perjury and suborna- tion of perjury two years ago by the Government for failure to make out tax returns. Then a second suit was flledi MVktag to collect addi- tional tazea and' penalties, which brought Barnes' obligations, ac- cording to the Government, up to $208,000. The criminal case waa prepared for trial by tha Oovem- ment, and negotiations were opened by rtjirnes for adjustment of the civil Nult and disposition of the criminal suit. Barnes agreed to pay a total of Wtttti for tha elvU ac- tion and to plead guilty of the charge of sulrarnation ot perjury plus a fine of $5,000. Attorney General In Washington approved the offer and laat Wednes- day Bantes pleaded guUty. before U. S. District Court Judge James and paid the $5,000 fine. He also paid $30,000 on the civil acljlon and waa. granted imttt neat .i»Mk to make thi final payment. Dempsey won by a knockout, so eyen tboiWh ha bat on TlWW" be has paid a wager of 9UM; SAN FRANCISCO Herbert U RothchUd. wealthy at- torney and for many yeara a domi- nant figure in the picture world hereabouts, has separated from his wife. RothchUd admitted the break, but denied there would be a divorce. The couple were married in lOOi. Mrs. Bubbles Weston Conley, dancer in a roadhouse near Sacra- mento, drank poison in a suicide attempt when she failed to convince police that she and not her husband was galltr Pt theft of aa iMIa. Bos- pltal attendanta aajr aha win re- cover. Mrs. Anna Ross FadeS was granted a divorce from her hus- band, welterweight prise fliMar, on grounds of cruelty. Uda Waldrop, local organist, was made defendant in a suit for dam- ages Hied by Milton L. Wasserman of Santa Rosa. He alleges the mu- sician while driving his automobile craahed tnta the Waaaannaa ear near Petahmia and rulaod It. ProhlbltloB oBelala here announce that la the future second offenders of the prohibition lawa will be taken before the federal Inaiead of the civil courte. Advices from Seattle are that the Rev. Hollis B. White, 30-year-old evanpt'liKt and former aide to Aimee Seinple McPherson, had been sen- tenced to six months In Jail after being found guilty of contributlne to the delinquency of a 17-year-old school girl. At the same time the evangelist waa ousted aa a minister of the Presbyterian church. LOS ANGELES Cracksmed entering tha Sunset theatre, 1508 Weatara avenue, moved the safe to aaothar part of the building and knocked off tha combln.ation. Whether any money was taken was not known, aa the safe was clo.wd when found by John Rodri<iucz, Janitor. Pictures are boin^ used to teach safety to school children, i'ictures were taken of children crossing the streets without police Kuldance. then under police guard to show the safe procedure^ Three hundred drj-s raided various polnte In the Loop, before and after the light. In an attempt to stop the flow of liquor. W. J, Cahlll and U. R. Flttgerald were arrested In their room at the Bismarck Hotel by prohibition aBcnts. George A. Tnnia of Clooio, III.. Is living proof that anything onn hap- pen In Ckiero. Tuma Inslsta that Marjorle Stewart, film extra, was cleared of charges of stealing a white fur coat from Evelyn M. Cameron when the latter requested the court the case be dropped, aa the coat had been found. Attorney for Miss Stewart threatened to sue his client's accuser for damages, charging defamation of character. Clara Whipple Young, former Hollywood writer and scenarist, is back on the coast after an absence of two years. Mrs. Young was di- vorced in 1924 from Jomea Young, whesa flr a t wMe waa C tawi Ifl w b a ll Toung. Rochus OUese. Oermaa art di- rector now under contract to Ceoil B. DeUllIe, flled suit in Superior court for $100,000 against ths Fox Fiim corporation, asserting that credit due him for deelgning aete for "Sunrise." Fox film, had been given to another man. Mrs. Cudden Landla, wife of the film actor, was fined $20 by Munic- ipal Judge Dudley S. Valentine for speeding at 35 miles an hour with- out a license on Sunset boidevard July 23, Mrs. Constance Vivian Ztmmer- (Cofltinued oa page Hi STOLE FROM OLD CLOWl Lento •toem Reeevera Violin and Wateh—Waiter Held A charge of grand larcency was preferred against Walter Cleary, II, waiter. T( Weat lOtat atraet, was arraigned before Uaglatrata Mc- Quade in West Side Court and be waa held In $1,000 bail (or further examination. liOuU Bloom, Ml West 48th street, old time'circus clown, now retired, accused Cleary of stealing a violin valued at $1,000 and a watch from his room at 800 8th avenue when Cleary waa living there oa Au- gust 30. After the violin and watch had been missed Bloom notified Detec- tive Oeorge rergvsoa. West 47th street. Ba aald that Cleary had been vlaltlng him and he believed he had taken the property. Fer- guson located Cleary at his home and also found the violin and Ctoair hiiitted Blooin tad given him tha violin ahd #ateli, birt the old elreua auta denied It. CARNIVALS For darrenl week (Sept. M) when not otherwise. Indicated. Alabama Am. Co... WrightevUle, Ga. B. 4 B. Am. Co., Waverly, Va. Bernardi ICxpo., Idalio Falls, la. Bernardi Greater, llarrisburg, Pa. Bortx Midway, Mansfield, Mo. California Shows, lirattlebor- Vt. Corey Greater, Klizabeth, N. J. Craft's Greater, Riverside, C<-* Crounse United, CoblesklU, N. Y. Dixieland. Fayetteville, Ark. Dodson's World's Fair. Beaver Dam, Wis. H. N, Endy, McClure, Pa. Mad Cody Fleming, WUliamaport, Ind. Oear-'Vrada, Salllsaw, Okla. Oloth Greater, Bnfleld, N. C. Roy Gray, No, 1, Unden, Tex. Roy Gray. No. 2, Annona, Tez. Doc Hall, Santa Fe. N. M. BlU H. Haman, No. a, Labbock, Tex. Bill H. Hames, No. 2, Commerce, Tex. Al C. Hansen's Bells, Tenn, Ifenke's Attractions, Milwaukee, Wis. L. J. Heth, Laurel, Miss. Wra. Hotfner Am. Co., Oewitt, la. Isler Greater, Dodge City, Kan. Abner K. Kline, Salem. Ore. K. i. Lampt New Britain, Coaa. Capt. latBp, Sutton, W. Va. C. R. Leggette, Hope, Ark. Harry Lottrldge, Essex, Ont., Can. J. T. HcClellan, Wahoo, Neb.' J. T. McClellan, No. 2, Slater, Mo. Glenn Miller, Asheboro, N. C. Miller Bros., Athens, Ala. Ralph R. Miller, No. 2, Risen, Ark. Miller's Midway, IlayvlUe, La, Mlllican United, Dallas. Ga. Morris & Castie, Oklahoma City, Okla. D. D. Murphy, Chattanooga, Tenn. C. W. Nelll, Camden, Ark. Oliver's Elxpo., Hickory, N. C. Oliver Am. Co., Qorin, Mo. Page & Wilson, Bristol, Va. Poole & Schenck, Palestine. Tex. Nat Relss, Williamson, W. Va. Rice Bros., Lawrenoeburg, Tenn. Rlee-Dorman, Oonsales, Tez. Rock City, Guntersville. Ala. Rubin & Cherry, Trenton, N. J. Snapp Bros., Milwaukee, Wis. Vla-Ken Am. Co., Bellefontaine, O. E. W. 'Weaver, Wddleboumek W. Va. J. C. Weer, North Judsmi, Ind. West's World's Wonder, livaoh- burg, Va. a & Winiama, Hlllaboro, Tea. C A. Wortham's, Tulaa. Okla. HonMhoe on Birdiday ▲Uaata. Oa, Sept n. 'While the chariot race was In progress at the John Robinson cir- cus last Monday a horseshoe flew from the fobt of one of the horses and struck two children. The children are Mary Jo Brown- leo, flve-year-old daughter of W. M. iBrownlee, high official of the Coca- -Cola company, and Edward Foster, nine-year-old aaki of A. B. Foatar. local head of the Cable Piano com- pany. The little Foster boy was nine years old the day of the circus and the paraata of tha children took them together under the big top tdr a birthday thrilL Negro With 101 Killed Davenport, la., Sept. IT. Kacfc. Anderson, 40, negro cook tent employee with the 101 Ranch show, fell beneath ths wheela of two circua trucks Monday night and he died two hours later. A nd e rson' s hark waa broken, tfoQ i lega (ractwed and hia right arm brokMk Maria Blanchard Diea Butte, Mont, Sept. IT. Maria Blanchard, 40, who retired from tha circus aa a bareback rider following aa accMea^ died h«a N. TMiwaida's Mayor Denei CwM Sl« J. P. McKensle, mayor of No, Tonawanda, N. Y., denies lie utterej the statement crediiod to him In Variety of Aug. 24, last, to the ef- fect that per cent, of the oar- nival people are thieves." The mayor entered Ms contra- diction In a letter to Variety. !„ Ite investigation of the mayor's de- nial. Variety ascertained the infor. matlon as printed was based upon the statemenU of the two showmen mentioned in the original story, te whom the mayor was credited with having uttered the remark upon their application (or a carnival I license to exhibit la North Toaa- j wanda. 1 The showmen are reported to have said, "We're not thieves, you know'' to tha mayor, who turned ] down their application, and tha 4 elty^ executive waa reported ta—i have made the reply quoted. I Each of the showmen concemaA 1 when informed of Mayor MoEea* I zle'a denial stated that they wouM make affidavit the mayor made the exact remark quoted in Variety oa A'>if. 24. They added that an offlcar 'ot the Bpillman Engineering Com* pany waa praaant aad |dpw the mayor. Plastera Rodeo Troupe Maaon City. Iowa, Sept. 27. A plaater was slammed on tha George V. Adams Rodeo Co. at Bay- aide Clear Lake Park by Mrs. Win- ' nie King, Mt. Pleaaant. who seeks { compensation damages for her hus- band's Injury when employed by the company and whose death subse- quently resulted. Mrs. King alleged that her hus- band. Jack King, was Injured whea thrown from a horse while with the rodeo at Mount Pleasant and died there July 21, 1926. The woman claims she flled an applicption with the Iowa Industrial (ininialgalaii aad adda that under thia act she Is en- titled to sutnclent compensation to cover medical bills totaling $100, burial expenses for $100 and weekly compensation at tha rata H tU $( week for 800 weeks. Her petition-waa filed in district court here and the Judge ordered an attachment against the rodeo company for tU.Mt> 1»88Q^000 Admissions Toronto, Sept 27. Perhaps what wUI ba an aUothaa exposition gate waa recorded by the Canadian National Exhibition dur- ing Its two weeks of 1,880,000 ad- missions. Receipts about $500,000. . A couple of sna^rr aiidaa la dw art gallery helped ekpo gate racordg go smaiih. ^ Johnny J. Jones raked in about . $200,000 in the two weeks. Parks Staying Open Despite the closing notices having been up two weeks for many of the amusement parks in northern New Jersey, most are sticking it out and are reported doing business on weeki-ends. Park men figure a continuance at mild weather and hope to partly make up for the deHfllt sdffersd dur> Ing rainy August, BEKOEH PABK BANKAUPTCT Newark. Sept 87. Federal court has received a pe« titlon fron^ the Bergen Amusement Park Co. of Midland township for voluntary bankruptcy. The matter was referred to Oeorge R. Beaaiv referee. Assets are listed aa $82,669, and liabilities at |lN,Mt. Walter B. Smith is vice-president, and W. B. Hemlnway aecreUry-treasurer.. BODEO STBANDED Eagle Grove, la., Sept. 27, The Adams Rodeo and Roundup Co, which played hero two days, was attached by Sheriff Johnson In Interesu of creditors and the show is stranded hers. Several members have been tmable to get out of town. Want Active Partner roc Uu baat ud oMat mUMIiImiI nelttr rliru«, Mnl and utlmtl ftUrartion* In Uio o untrT, ■ wi r t Mm ronvuu. wiu m n.ij^ uiu or yn- ll<mui, bill miut be ACTIVE. Tha mioa'lir thia ad. 1 miut hava reUaMa paopta and csiaal handla an of the buatn«n mrteir. I h«'a but rQulppnd btUMiru, Uifi raniabaiUta'i Studio; noiro aa« tnt ymirwlf. Hart riv romiianitt OU' In Chautauqua thia mmioo, mafcktt It Uia twmtjr- Bfth aea^fn In CtMutauqua. A no intKrrat W OFFCREO FOR SAtE I* NUMBER TWO COMPANY, AddtaM Oeorge E. Roberte, Mgr. Pamaha* ■" ■ lla.l»» North rairhill INillMMaMa.