New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 10, 1927, Page 9

THREEN. Y. PLAYS RAIDED BY POLICE (Continued from First Page) was placed at $500. No testimo:y | was taken at the arraijgnments, | Hearings Next Week. Respondents from “The Captive” and “The Virgin Man” will be heard next Monday afternoon while the members of the * troupe will be arraigned again next Tuc=day. Of the respondents, 21 are from “Sex,” 11 from “The Captive.” and elght from “The Virgan Man.” “The Captive” and “Sex” were re- cently acquitted of immorality or in- decency by the citizens' play jury, sponsofed by District Attorney Ban- ton who had pledged acceptance of thelr verdicts, “Sex” had been run- ning 11 months, “The Captive” is in its fifth month, and “The Virgin | Man” is in its third week. Will Boost Bail. i Higher bail will be required if any | of those arraigned last night arc | taken into custody again, Assistant District Attorney Albert Unger, aid- ing in the prosecution, said. Arrests will be repeated at every perform- | ance, authorities said, unless the | plays are withdrawn or modified to confer with the penal code section prohibiting indecent productions. Acting Mayor McKee voiced the confidence of the authorities for | victory in the campaign. “Regarding the possibility of an injunction pro- sceding against the police,” he said, he city has the utmost confidence t the courts will stand for de- | cency.” | Walker Approves, | Mayor James Walker, on a vaca- ! tion {rip in Cuba, is aware of the cleanup procedure, Mr. McKee said, | and has voiced his approval of the crusade. Mayor Walker's order to | producers scveral weeks ago to clean Louse started the censorship. discu: sion that led to the present cam- paign. | The arrests last night were made auietly on warrants issued by Chief | City Magistrate McAdoo. Cordiality prevailed on all side as the officers landed the producers and perform- ors in the three plays warrants al- leging performers taking part in an “indecent show Shows Were Finished. The plays were in progress when the police arrived but the arrests | were not made until after the fing curtains fell. The shows were pre- sented in their usual form and the | audiences in virtually all cases loft the theaters unaware of what had taken piace. Preparation for the crusade had been under way for several days. District Attorney Banton and Police C‘ommissioner McLaughlin have had vepresentatives Broadway plays for the last two days recording lines, action and costumes that might “teral to corrupt the morals of youth | or others.” | Out With The Dir on to use war 1d ning was reached at a confer- | cnee between the police commission- | er, the district attorney, ~Chief Magistrate McAdoo and acting May- or Joseph V. 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All druggists—35 cents. For Itching Skin | Use Zemo, the Clean, Healing Liquid | e | There is one dependable | treatment for itching torture, that| and soothes the skin. After first application of Zemo, you | will find that Pimples, Blackheads, | Ringworm and similar tations begin to disappear. | Zemo 1 hes most skin irrita- | tions, makeg the skin soft, clear| and healthy. Easy to apply at any| time, At all druggists—60c and $1. 9 l |and taxied jtraln to N been riding all day Friday and the| your heart ma Lestate stop these spectacles with the laws that are now on the boeks.” C. W. Morganstein, producer of “Sex,” at Daly's Sixty-Third street theater, called the arrests “all poli- tics.” “The Drag” Barred. “The Drag,” a play of psycho- | pathic sex manifestations, tried out in Bridgeport, Conn., and Paterson, N. J,, and reported privately review- ed here early in the week by city ofticials will not be allowed to enter New York, officlals indicated yester- day. The Hudson county grand jury at Bayonne, N. J., today await- ed review of the production. The stage committee of nine had completed today a plan for censor- ship from within the theater. Spon- sors of the proposal say it is “better and more practical, working more quickly effectively and with less publicity’ than the district attor- ney's “drastic” measures. ummary of Plays. New York, Feb. 10 (UP)—The three plays under fire from the dis- trict attorney’s office in New York and a brief summary of their sub- | ject matter are: “Sex"—By *“Jane Mast,” supposed nom de plume of Mas West, the play’'s star. It deals with dissolute women who “follow the fleet.” The language in the production is par- ticularly robust. “The Captive"—By Edouard Bourdet, French playwright, trans- lated by Arthur Hornblow, Jr. A woman who is captured emotionally by another woman. The victim § effectuals attempts to escape the ai traction by marriage. called the play a delicate treatment of a theme hitherto untouched on the American stage. “The Virgin Man"—RBy William Francis Dugan and H. F. Malthy. An undergraduate in New York who resists the unmistakable attention of three women. Thé humor is ex- ceedingly broad. AARONSON'S TRIP 15 VIA NEW YORK (Continued From First Page) ing at 10 a. m. and in falrly good | spirits. We came through Neyw York, 125th street station at my suggestion to Hudson Tube and Newark, where we got our N. Va. We could have thence to officers would have run short of money if they had followed the routes of Chief Hart and Sgt. Mc- Cue. I guided the officers right through the entire city of N. Y. and through to Newark to Market St. Sta. The boys treated me very, very well. I did not see even the color of a handcuff during the entire trip. And they were very hospitable and courteous to me, giving me every consideration. T would like to ask you to kindly | sk Chief Hart for my chain and gold knif on the bag that was give: the watch was not in 1t. Mr. Willlams and Mr. Collins looked into it on the train and were surprised that it was not there. They thought that un- doubtedly it for safe keeping as it is an expen- sive timepiece, and it was forgotten about when I left. When you re- ceive it kindly have your jeweler re- place the broken crystal on it and| send it directly Many thanks. “Regarding the date of trial, Mr. Herbert Smith, district attorney here, told me it would be held some time during early March, but that it we wished he could have it set at a later date convenient to us, perhaps April. I think a later date is better because it will give me an oppor- tunity to convey my message to the people here and have them under- stand me better, “I believe theé sooner my wife comes down here the hetter it will be as she will be able to see some of these people early and thus en- able her to cover more ground. Some of them were here to see me already, and one of them, a prom- inent Jewish man, who is vice-mayor of this city and who was the first man I met when T came to Newport ast summer., It is possible he help us to reinstate myself. T have written him about giving me and my wife an opportunity to work in his establishment and paying ack out of our earnings all of the losses to the bank in about a year or 18 months. He himself keeps a very large account at the same bank, Mr. Plummer's. “I am inclined to believe that he will consider this plan. T hope to God he does, hecause God knows 1 want to make good, and I can and to my wife. New ,will make good. “I hope vou are enjoying good health, wishing you evervthing that look for. “Yours as ever, “ARTHUR AARONSON, re Police Dept. Newport to cut short because of limited time of mailing. Please do not forget my watch. Maybe it's in Hartford.” Estat‘e— I; Left to His Family Haven, Felt 10 (B — An s valued at $500,000 will be livided among the widow and four children of Henry Bradford Sar- wen late prefident and general manager of Sargent & Co. hard- ware manufacturers, who died last Thursday after a short fllness. The will was filed and admitted to pro. bate here foday. Two of his sons Murray and Ziegler Sargent, are named as jolnt executors and trus- tees of trusts set up by the instru- ment. Trumbull Waits Just as Did Queen of England Hartford, Conn.,, Feb. 10 (UP)— Governor John H. Trumbull of Connecticut today was on a par with Qucen Mary of England. He waited in vain for Suzanne Len- glen. . The tennis queen, who was forced to give up a tennis exhibi- tion here fast night after one set, was to call on the governor at the capitol today. Instead, she left for New York last night and no notf. fication of her change in plans was sent to the executive office. Sargen FOR_$KIN {RRITATIONS 'Ruap HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS Critics have | as placed into the safe | EW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1927, | TURNER'S TRIAL | TAKEN UP AGAIN Maine Prisoner Submits to Cmssg Examination | has been seriously ill at the New Portland, Maine, Feb. 10 UP—Miss | 1ritain General hospital for the past L s several weeks as the result of an Gladys Jordan was able to return to | oot NGNS B8 O e ToporL. | Cumberland county courthouse City Items There will be a meeting of th general building committee of the Y. M. T. A, and B. soclety this evening at 8 o'clock. A meeting of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the A. O. H., will be held to- morrow evening at 8 o'clock in Judd’'s hall on Main street. | operation for appendici to- | ed to be on the gain and it is ex- day to resume her place as foreman le will be able to resume of the jury at the trial of Benjamin e in about three weeks. | Is Not Regarded As Pertinent Now. tail with him when he called on me at the prison.” sked if Hallen at a conference with two other attorney Brotherton and Bannin urged him to take Washington, he advised him, but intention. He wanted his case tried on its merits. He admiited that in his case, as a deserter, he did not consider it consistent to ask the state department for help. e never re istered In Mexico City as an Ame can citizen, d be episod wounded men attention. H. Turner for the murder of James Caluburess sl epend 1he Friday evening, shaky” and would not be out of the to conclude the trial before Saturd Toiths Genea) Ruballe Coat ave gt Chapman asked counsel if, in view of | G (PR v v, Soe was resumed on their motion, ;FRENCH YiEW ON’NOTE Ralph M. Ingalls. Turner appeared vestigation of Arguillas, the Mexican | silk deal. “In some way he hypno- 'reaction today to President Cool- sist him, he appeared so sincere.”” |would comment officially on the of the Mexican, to defend him. He[in an authoritative quarter that Discussed Case in Prison The league of nations already room. That was minor, however. meet and ange for a full confer- “Was this defense the defonse that |derstood here why the United “No, sir. Hallen had nothing to States, the spokesman appars | Taken Heavy Toll suffering from ck of wate at Las ;:\:ILK.\ when it represented the wo disaster oming weck-end in New York city. D. Hallen, United Dr. John W. Connelian, one of |O. O. will hold it her physicians, said she was “pretty L (ter the meeting a Valentine hospltal if she were a private patient. | has been planned. & He doubted i she would be able to| é'lie North & Judd Mf finish out the week. It was hoped I : o. 4 Iast Main e e e “,um,“x,oq.mn, which will open a branch 7 e £ Lo | store in New Britain, into the court room Justice Arthur ™gy,,. championship pocket billiard the circumstances of which they had | woif of tnis city, at Elmore tonight— knowledge, there was any question | ;qy¢. of the propriety to proceed. The case | e Turner is Nervous Cross-examination ef Turner was | e oty tvomer| TINTED TN DISPATCH very nervous as he was ushered into | the court room. | Opinion Ts That Coolidge's Message: He said he started to make an in- | whom he killed in Mexico City, but | | was unable to do so, and later he decided to invest some money in his | , Feb. 10 (UP) tized me,” Turner said. “I can ex- idge’s suggestion for further naval plain it in no other way. I had rmament was cool and cautious {turned it down, but could not re-|although none at the foreign ofiice He said he hired an eminent at- {subject until the next of the United torney, named 1'Campo, the second |States note is read. day after his arrest for the murder | The United Press was informed brought the case to trial, but had to | F'rance’s attitude toward the pres- hire a second lawyer. Asked what ident's suggestion substantially his defense was, Turner said: | would be as follows: “An element of self-defense in |has taken up the general que: ion that I belleved the man was armed, | of disarmament and a preparatory and there was a loaded pistol in the 'conference has been scheduled to The main point on which the case ¢nce to d the subject. turned was physical and moral | Therefore, accordir to the foree, irre bl I'rench spokesman, it was not un- Hallen worked ont for you in com- States would agitate for naval re- pany with L'Campo?” the county at- |duction, which was only one phase torney asked. of the whole problem. 'l United do with my defense.” jently was competing with the “Did you go into great detail in |lcague of natio | siros iBloody Fighting Has | Managua, ¥Feb. 10 (UP)—Chi- nandegs was without water or food Many persons werc reported The wounded were u it was 1 there wo! repetition of the horrible lay several days without | papers today said the Chi- battle and the fire which ! tollowed in the history of Ni |ragua. Twelve uares were burne | within the city. - Found Not Guilty on Charge of Stealing Boston, Feb. 10 (I'F)—Miss Eva Morrison, long-distance swimmer, was found not guilty by Municipal | Judge Devlin followi court here today on ¢ ing a $200 violin. The complainant, Peter son, a Back Bay music deal the court that h ave the the violin on t with the agrec ment that she shonld pay for it i it proves satisfactory. it Balt- the violin three ning that it was wift from a wenlthy Providence, R. 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The cém- mission hitherto has been unanimous in 1 of its decisions as to inter locking dire (A—Thomas and Pitisburgh, |Moyland Henn |once chiet s S educator itect of the Ontario department of public works, Toronto, [lived here ¥ several years under the name homas M. Sehryver. it has bee sclosed by a contest of his will, hryver, an insur- nee man, he died in Homestead, a b, 18 months ago. a graduate of the Uni- versity Edinburgh, deserted his | wife and two children in Toronto 26 | Ve go, according to records at | the office of the recorded of wills, {and eloped with his stenographer, | Ruby Schryver, Hennessey then as- | sumed stenograph name, They went to Minneapolis, it was id Hennes: hecame an ructor of sh at the Univer- v of Minnesota. Years later they me here with their two sons. 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