New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 17, 1927, Page 11

|l!l|| |||p AT Unless otherwise indicated, theatrical written by the press agencies for the .l% AT THE RIALTO THEATER An attractive bathing beauty con- test with enough pulchritude to| make Flo Ziegfeld envious heads a double feature program of motion pictures at the Rialto theater this evening. which close their engagement on the same bill with the bathing beau- ty contest consists of “The Fou Horsemen of the Apocalyps which is enjoying a popular return to the screen and “A Dog's Life” which stars Charlie Chaplin. . Ru- dolph Valentino and Alice Terry are starred in the first mentioned pho- toplay. Selected shorter subjects balance the bill. Tomorrow and Saturday Jack London’s “The Sea Wolf” will head the program. For genuine thrills, heart interest and incidents one must see this attrac-| tion. Ralph Ince, Claire Adams,| Theodore von Eltz and Snitz E wards appear in the cast of “The Sea Wolf.” The second feature will be “The Show Oft.” Ford Sterlin and Lois Wilson head the cast. An. other chapter of the serial, a com «dy and a news reel will also shown. THE STRAND The prize show of the season opens | {his afternoon at the Strand theater | for a three days' engagement head- ed by Bob Larry and his eleven won- der entertainers in a “Trip Through | Novelty Land.” This act is said to | be one of the most costly in vaude- ville and has the most pretentious | and spectacular scenic and clcctrk:’tl novelties of any act now \Ourmg American vaudeville theaters. Other acts on the bill include Morris and Shaw in their big time turn, “The Mosquito Trust;” Rose | and Bunny Brill; the Santiago Trio: Lorraine and Minto. i The feature photoplay for today, Friday and Saturday is “Love's Greatest Mistake,” starring Evelyn Brent and William Powell. This film is adapted from the sensational story now running serially in the “Liberty” magazine. The performance on Saturday will be continuous as usual. The manage- | ment also announced that the per- formance on Washington's birth next Tuesday, will be continuous the same as on Saturda “McFADDEN'S FLATS” COMING Beginning Sunday night for a run| of four days, the Capitol will offer the new comedy sensation, den's Flats.” As a stage play it had a long and successful run and will be well remembered by many as one of the hits a few years back. Charlie Murray and Chester Conklin are the featured players and one can imagine the laughter that will be coming from Charlie Murray as an| open-fisted Irishman and Chester | Conklin as a close-fisted Scotchman. RICHARD TALMADGE AT PALACE. George O'Hara in Terror” and Betty Richardo Cortez in Ago” appear today the last times. There is a Bronson with Not So Long at the Palace for complete change of program for tomorrow and Satur- | Richard Talmadge in “The | Mysterious Stranger” and Clara Bow in “The Shadow of the Law.” Tum- bling, diving, twisting, turning, leap- ing, jumping, somersaulting, and hurtling through space in his most | approved manner, Richard Talmadge who acts with equal ease and facili- | ty, whether he is standing on his head or feet, climbs to new heights of entertainment in his latest pictuce @ Iliin puy The two feature pictures| rousing|and W be | “McFad- | “The Timid |1 NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1927. IWI i " l“ lflh ll!gr :"il > l’-"{ o notices and roviews in this column are respective amusement company. |“The Mysterious Stranger.” —The | feature is distinctive and unusual. The companion feature “The | shadow of the Law” is a mystery de- | tective story with Clara Bow in the leading role. It is an unusually thrilling melodrama. | The second episode of the serial | “Fighting with Buffalo Bill" is also | on the program. Friday night as an added attract-" ion there will be amateurs. “MEN OF THE NIGHT"—LYCEUM | | Mae Busch, Nita Naldi and Percy Iarmont, a trio of real star: |teatured in “The Miracle of Li [one of the Lyceum’s features which | opened this afternoon, while in the other headliner, “Men of the Night, | Herbert Rawlinson, Gareth Hughes | anda Hawley have featured | parts. The latest cpisode of “Hhe | House Without a Key,” also is being - [shown. } The theme of “The Miracle of Life” is the difficulties faced by a oung couple with different view- points of life. The husband longs or home and a family, the wife for | soclety. In “Men of the Night,” that popu- |1ar young star, Gareth Hugh |the role of a young criminal-hero |and the intense story is the tale of an adopted mother's brave fight to save from prison a youthful crook |who has won her affection. It is a | powerful drama of mother love en- meshed In the net of a band of jewel | thieves. | “FLAMING FRONTIER" | AT CAPITOL Beginning today for the balance lof the week the Capitol is offering entertainment par excellence in the | presentation of a. double feature pro- gram. The chief attraction is a note- worthy one and offers |early days of the west. The story |is of the period of the early seven- i(lcs and has for its big theme the winning of the west and the hard- ships and trials that beset scttlers | of those days. It is in eleven massive parts and lone of the outstanding pictures of its kind toda The companion feature will offer Constance Talmadge in “Her Night |of Romance,” a delightful drama that will prove real taining. | W.S. Jeffs and the Capitol orches- tra will offer a new musical pro- |gram. The shows are continuous daily. I S e | Judgment for $6,989 Is Given Commercial Trust } Judgment for the plaintiff in the amoqunt of $6,989.64 has been given in an agreement signed by both par- | ties, in the action of the Comme ‘Ix st Co. of this city against ll\v {John F. Day Sales Corporation of| | Meriden. he judgment is on a note for $6,500 dated September 28, and protested November 30, It is against Leonardo Suzio and John F. Day, who signed the 'note. The case was scheduled for trial by jury in the superior eourt, but it was withdrawn. The plaintiff was represented by Hugh M. Alcorn nd Bernard F. Gaffney, while Cor- inelius J. Danaher was the defend- lant's counscl GETS RARE OLD H(ll)l\ land Goes to Harvard Cambridge, M Feb. The agnalia Christi Americana” or the “Ecclesiastical History of New {Fngland,” written by the Rev. ~ ton Mather, famous colonial dlvine, No waiting—one minute after you apply Dr. Scholl’s Zino-pads the pain is gone. After the comn is healed it never comes back. If new shoes irri- tate the spot again, a Zino-pad fixes it overnight. Old methods of paring comns, or using caustic acids, are dangerous. Dr. Scholl's Zino-pads are safe, antisep- tic, protective, healing. They stop the cause of corns— rubbing and pressing of shoes. At all druggist's and shoe dealer's. Cost but a trifle. Dz Scholl’s Zino-pa Put one on—the” pain is gore! RIALTO Cont. Performance 2 to 10:15 TONIGHT! Another Contest of Bathing Beauties Also Two Feature Pictures “The Four Horsemen” RUDOLPH V. und FRIDAY & “The se'al Wbif” Jack London's most thrilling novel with Theo. Von Elz, Claire Adams and Ralph Ince “The Show Off” A Side Splitting Farce with Ford Sterling and Lois Wilson SERTAL — COMEDY — NEWS B e ) in London in 1702 into possession it was an- {and published has just come { Harvard college library, nounced today The copy was the gift of Louf whose family the book handed down for more vears. The volume value because of its excellent con- dition, a well preserved map and its appended errata, which is lacking in Miss has been than PALACE T FRIDAY—s! RICHARD TALM \DGF “The Mysterious Stranger” " CLARA BOW in _ “The Shadow of the Law” FRIDAY NIGHT AMATEURS Last Times Tonight NOT SO LONG AGO” “THE TIMID YERROR” —_—— | This Coupon and 10c ad- mits a Lady to any scat Monday Afternoon. ~HAROLD LLOYD in THE KID BROTHER" Emerson Studio DANCING 0 W. Main Street cl. 613 or 114 | STAGE BALLROOM If it's Entcrtainment you want | We have it || SEELEY'S ENTERTAINMENT | BUREAU | 24 Washington Street Tel. 2336. S —— The Flam- | ing Frontier,” a glorious epic of the comedy | enter- | Cot- | of | isa Loring Dresel of this city in| 200 | is of special; lmns( other extant copies of the work. | HEAVY FOG HITS NEW YORK CITY Steamers Delayed New York, Feb. 17 (®—A dense, ground-gripping fog enshrouded New | delaying ferry service. Three tramp steamers lay at the quarantine station waiting for the fog to lift. about the harbor steamed cautiously |and the waterfront resounded with the blowing of fog horns and warn- ing whistles. Street lamps were kept burning |after their usual hours and motorists | were forced to turn on their head- lights. The Cortlandt street ferry, Weehawken, N. J., suspended serv- ice for a time. Four coastwise ships due to arrive | at Quarantine early this were virtually lost in the fog, were not in danger. They had not | been reported as the thick fog made brose lightship and at Quarantine to see passing shipping. The ships were |the Royal Mail |guaya . and the {liner St. George, both Imuda; the Munson liner Marango, |from the West Indies, and the Red liner Nerrisa, from St. John's, Furness-Bermuda has | 2 The Fall River liner Providence, with several hundred passengers rom Fall River, Mass., and Newport, |R. I, was delayed several hours | when she was forced to anchor in | the East river off Clason Point. A Staten Island ferry, with more | than 00 commuters | came within 300 yards of the Battery | Seawall before discovering she was | I nearly 200 yards from her slip. She docked safely. The Statue of Iiberty boat took no | sightseers to Bedlos's Island as the | fog precluded any sightseeing and made operation of the boat an un- necessary risk. Ferries in the Manhattan | Weehawken slips of the West were jammed with passengers as of- and | | time. Star Witness Missing, Willimantic, Conn., Feb. 17 (A — “ive defendants arrested on liquor charges pleaded not guilty and were | discharged in municipal court today when the state’s chief witness Adel- |bert Miner, of the Salvation Army | was found to have gone to Maine. | Prosecuting ~ Attorney Harry | Gaucher, asked for a nolle, to which the defendants objected, demanding that the case be closed by definite laction. They were Prosper Veigard, George Morin, Jr., John W. Spencer, Mrs. Armosa TLaroche and Bmma Henry. The cases arose out of al- leged sales of liquor on January 26 land 27 and search of their premises. | = — THE COLLEGE CLUB Presents Wesleyan Glee Club, Saturday, Fcbruary 19, 1927, 8:15 p. m. Camp School Auditorium Tickets $1.00. From members or at door. | Cotton Mather's History of New Eng- | 17 (P—| Have You Seen It? Your New Car Is at the Hartford Prosperity Auto Show State Armory Capitol Ave. & Broad St. Open Until 10:30 P. M. Saturday Night Auspices of the Hartford Automobile Dealers’ Association “BRING YOUR FRIENDS” — PARSONS — HARTFORD EARL CARROLL Presents “WHAT ANNE BROUGHT HOME” A New Comedy by Larry E. Johnso Eves. 50c-§2.30 Sat. Mat. 50c-S1. SEAT SALE TODAY York today, tying up shipping and The few craft that moved ¢ plying between West 42nd street and | morning , but | it impossible for observers at Am- | steam packet Ara- | from Ber-| aboard, | line | Willimantic Men Freed | OCHOOL EXPENSES {Direct Appropriation 31.78 P. C. | of Total Outlay The | ceive a slightly of than it was allowed for the current |fiscal year, this in spite of the fact that $581,297 more is provided in the new estimates. This fact is disclosed in ysis of appropriations x Collector Bernadotte is year lowed S] 058,954, and in addition there are interest and discount items of $120,620 applying on school bonds and payments on the principal of |others in the amount of $12 The total appropriation therefore is | $1,303 is 46.50 per cent. | of the whole. The amount appro- priated directly to schools is 37.78 per cent of the whole. In the budget for next year the {sum of $1,140,251 is appropriated | directly, with $136,875.78 in the in- terest and discount account, and | $156,743.85 in the item of payments on principal. making a total appro- priation of $1, {cent of the w school department will re- smaller proportion an anal- The amount di- rectly appropriated is 36.48 of the whole. Couzens’ Daughter Gets Valuable Experience Washington, Feb, 310,000,000 of her father's fortune in objective of federal tax sleuths, Madeline Couzens, Detroit, daughter of Senator Couzens of Michigan, finds the hearings before the hoard of tax appeals on the petition of former owners of Ford stock against a turther levy of taxes, an attractive opportunity for acquiring acumen. Miss Couzens, a junior law student at the Washington College of Law, | is a frequent attendant at the hear- ings which are to determine whether ather and other former own Ford shares, owe the government 000,000 back taxes. Senator Couzens' share of this amount is $10,000,000. |ficlals of the line refused to permit | | more than one boat to operate at a | 'Department Called Out On Test of Fire Alarm Considerable excitement was caus- ed shortly before 3 o'clock yester- | day afternoon, when eral com- panies of the fire department sped through Arch street to the Chil- dren’s Home on Rackliffe Heigh and a report was circulated that the orphanage was on fire. that the representatives of the Na- tional Board of Fire Underwriter who are making a survey in this city were testing fire alarm boxes, and although the fire department had been aware of it earlier in the day, no advance warning w 4 when | this alarm came in. | TONIGHT ‘ THE BRILLIANT MUSICAL | COMEDY SUCCESS KATHLEEN 125 — IN CAST — 1 TAB’S NEW AUDITORIUM CURTAIN PERCENTAGE LOWER Harbor Shrouded in Mists— the city's budget for 1927-1928| completed | schools are al-| ,000. | 7 (P)—With | legal | 1t developed | 'WITNESSES TRAVEL 300 MILES BY AN AIRPLANE Sent to Alaska to Give Testimony in Mail Robbery Case Against Nellie Bates Fairbanks, X governm : 300 miles airplane because of‘ snow bound trails, were ordered to | appear in federal court here today | to present testimony in the mail rob- bery case against Nellie Bates, | known as the “Black Bear,” who is | harged with the theft of $33,000 | om a dog sled. | Special ~ Prosecutor Clyde Ellis outlined ¢ for the government last night by tracing the route of the $33.000 from the time it left Seattle until it disappeared from the dog sled December 30, 192 llis told how 'the money was placed on the sled on which the “Black Bear” was a passenger. It disappeared at a roadhouse operat- ed by William Schermeyer in a bleak section of the Ophiriditarod trail, 350 miles southwest of here. He charged that Schermeyer named jointly in the robbery indictment, aided the woman in burying the | money and that they later recovered it and made an equal division. The prosccutor then recounted how inspectors of the United States | post office department trailed Scher- meyer from Al to Mexico and back to Los Angeles where he was arrested and is alleged to have con- fessed, implicating the “Black Bear.” Garibaldi’s Friends | Aiding Him in Cuba [ rroyana mentin GeyColonel Ria | ciotti Garibaldl, a citizen of Italy, ordered to leave France recently be- cause of complicity in a Catalonian separatist plot, is understood to be "lhO. d the steamer Oroya, due here in several days. 1 Although UM immigration depart- ment has displayed firmness in its {du ision that he will not be allowed e disembark on Cuban soil, a group £ Cubans is making efforts to secure pexn\hsmn for him to land here for a few days. They called on the sec- retary of interior and he referred them to the immigration commis- | sioner, at whose office they were | told that the commissioner had not | power to abrogate existing regula- | tions covering th | | | READ H SSIFIED ADS | IOR X(l' R “ \\Tg { ' 666 is a Prescription for Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dengue, Bilious Fever and Malaria. It kills the germs LYCEUM NOW PLAYING 2 GOOD FEATURES THE MIRACLE of LIFE with MAE BUSCH and PERCY MARMONT Also MEN of the NIGHT with HERBE I(T R\\\Yl\\()\ “nouse WITHOUT A KEY ’ bo! 1\1«!](‘ LADIES This coupon and 10c. will admit any lady to best seats, SCHOLARSHIP FUND CONCERT New Britain Best Program CAPITOL THEATER, Its Success S Its Success De Musical Club, of the Season SUNDAY, FEB. 20TH nds a Student to School. cpends on You, Tickets $1.00—Children 50c. At Miss L. P, Farrell Piano Store, 33 Arch St., McCoy's Inc., 216 Main Street. CAPITOL HOUSE OF HITS! TODAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY HOO'I' GIBSON DUSTIN FAR A truly great dramatic spectacle will hold" you spellbound— Plainsmen—Scouts and P Innur\ 1ousands NUM . ANNE CORNWALL with a romantic of Indians—U, Love Story that S. Cavalry, COMPANION FEATURE CAPITO CHARLIE- ('0\ STANCE TALMADGE HER NIGHT OF ROMAN( BE l.l.\'i\lN(QW SUNDAY or \Ul I( LIFE! = CHEfTER. C | vesterday T [Judd Building Owners Sue Real Estate Firm Claiming that Skinner Bros., real estate operators of Hartford, ille- | gally retained two per cent of the gross rentals of all unexpired leases when a contract was terminated, Harold L. Judd, Florence Judd, Fred Upson and William T. Sloper of this city, operators of the Judd building on Pearl street, Hartford, have brought suit against the real estate firm iming, $4,080 damages. The case was started in superior court nd was to have been cone tinued today The defendant had the contract for two years to rent the building for the operators. Skinner Bros. claim they are permitted to retain the money under the rules of real|viously had decided not to seat him estate dealers. Edward W. Broder represents the plaintiffs while La rence A. Howard is counsel for the defendants, Smith Very Ill, Cannot Appear Before Committee i Washington, Feb. 17 (®—An hope that Frank L. Smith of Illinois will be seated in the senate at this session of congress disappeared to- day when the election committee was advised by his counsel that ill- ness would prevent the svnnlond(‘s»' ignate from coming before the com- mittee. The short term for which Smith was appointed by Governor Small expires March 4. The committee pre 63 Main Street MacKay Next | man,” | love, Joseph Piccadati, |pending hearings on his camp-rgn - | cxpenditures, at which he was re- quested to be present. The hnflusl were to have begun today,but Smiths attorney, C. J. Doyle, asked for indefinite postponement. “Colonel Smith is a very sick Doyle told the committee. ‘We had hoped he would be present today but his physiclans will not permit him to leave his hom REJECTED, KILLS GIRL Toronto, Feb. 17.—(#)— Because Kathleen Lalingo, 17, refused his 19, shot her dead on the street last night and fired two bullets into his own body. He has a chance for recovery. Wallin to Methodist Church of Great and excellent finish. the general appeara The price, only .... cushions. Better step lively morrow or Sa STRAN Simmons’ Come Take Advantage Savings During Our February Furniture Sale For $159 You Can Buy Remember the price, only .... Four handsome pieces for your bedroom, finished in walnut—Dresser, Vanity, Dresser Chiffonette and Bow End Bed. Well built $159 For the Dining Room You will find here a suite at $198 made of combination walnut. China Cabinet, Dining Table and 6 Chairs—a handsome outfit carrying nce of more expensive furniture, For the Living turday. Buffet, $198 Room Just received today, 8 beautiful suites in mohair with handsome reverse We have included these suites in our February sale and at the prices they are marked they certainly will move off our floor in jig time. and get one at a great saving to you. Beds and Bedding Are also included in this great savings event. Not too late to get one of those Gurney Refrigerators at sale prices. A few left but going fast come In to- COME TONIGHT FOR THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE! D BEGINN. G TODAY “THE PRIZE SHOW OF THE YEAR” THE VAUDEVILLE SENSATION! BOB LARRY'’S 11 STARS! DAZZLING ELECTRICAL ENTERTAINERS NOVELTIES! “A- TRIP THROUGH NOVELTY LAND” VAUDEVILLE Your Favorites! Everybody’s Favori and MINTO Trancaise” ORCH. (Except Sun.) ALL 50c Bal. 35¢ Mosg Tru Tuesday Evening Feb. 22nd LORRAINE tes! and PARRISH Steps! Comedy! Melody! “Their \lmnlurfi MORRIS raverns: AUGHS! and SHAW “The Juito st Music By Si Yaffe AUGHS! More Comedy PINTO and DOYLE Dispensers of Good Humor LAUGHS! 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