New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 22, 1928, Page 11

y S~ - SRt~ L] lnhhl I’"uln |(!|||m) | Unless otherwise indicated. theatrics! notices and reviews in this column are ! written by press sgencles for the reapective gmusement company. PP0VCVBTIITITTVICVIVCEIIIRTTLVOITTVRBITIIVII VOO EIGHT ACTS THURSDAY' The final showing of Dan Fitch Minstrels will be given at the Strand today, together with the com- edy sensation “Ladies’ Night in a Turkish Bath” starring Jack Mul- Jiall and Dorothy Mackaill. The newshow Thursday brings to| the Strand another Zane Grey story | on the screen, “Open Range.” The new vaudeville program for the week-end will be headed by the famous William Segbury and Irene, Swor with their peerless orchestra. luding | arring “LOVELORN"” AT CAPITOL Tonight is the last showing of | Emil Jannings in his great photo- play “The Last Command” which is pleasing capacity audiencds since | opening Sunday last. Beginning Thursday the program will change and will present a dou- i ble feature show of unusually good offer “The X's true attraction will Loveclorn,” Beatrice Fai same boy, one toying with passion and temptation, the other worshipping virtue but lured I by a sceret love for her sister's boy friend. Sally O'Neil, Molly O'Day and arry Kent have the featured role The co-feature offers “Under the Black Eagle,” a thrilling tale of ro- story of two sisters who loved the| recklessly NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY OF MILLION AND HALF When' a young officer, he served in India. HERE'S LIFE STORY OF DIRECTOR BURNS-SINCLAIR BOY SCOUTS CASEIS APPEA[EI] . Sentence Imposed Ior Contempt Goes to Higher Court Washington, jail sentences growing o for contempt of court of the Fall-Sinclair oil conspiracy mistrial, Harry F. Sin- clair, his associate, Henry Mason | Day, and William J. Burns, the de- | tective, looked to the high today for exoneration Fined $1,000 With Burns' son, W. Sherma Burns, who was fined $1,000 for his | part in shadowing the oil jury as active head of the detective agency, they filed notice of appeals, last night shortly after Justice Fred- *lerick L. Siddons pronou 5 tence in District of Col vreme court. They tod on their promise th bond fixed would be supplied Organized Tivs Eoy Scout troop /| in 1907 has been in one court or another |for months since hg leased Teape Dome naval oil reserve, Feb, 22 P—Under | ! 'r courts was sen- ion in fixing the sentence. e court's decision was forecagt ago when the justice dowing w defend Sinclair, the wealthy oil man who |cuss the case ey ted that although there with large Symphony Orchestra. ruled | unlawrul nts would ¢ ( apita Greatly has increas vards in the last part a survey He said | Scene from “Sorrell and Son” which opens at Strand bunday Cotton Cosumption Per Increased (P'—The per of cotton cloth 7 to 64 squarc irs, the de- nt of agricnlture has found in domestic mill require and staples. . was caused by the 1 use of cotton in automo- rubber goods ,wall coverings. leather substitutes and other relatively new and was made despite the decrease in the ame 1 req and the advaneing s i r competition of jute, ravon, silk and to defraud the government in | other textifes apot Dome. Fail also| Type samp duled for trial that day but cred from the govern nt clared its In- (of the approximately 34.400,000 My Got 9 Mooihe It ‘fonx‘ro_’vxwm v”v.«\x'rx:;xm‘:’-:'1‘:: ‘: jpmdlvs in the United fv_att‘s. and Sinclair now faces the prospect |penpance. gt B s Pps e he prospect | peqrance. consumed the of serving nine months in the Dis- | (ne Lran grow o ARE AR % 5 trict of Columbia jail. Previously he | out of e e e Bt O out of i isettled. | 15's on an inch to 1 and 1-16 tnches was sentenced to three months for [t conc 1 I 0 afl in length, and middling to strict contempt for refusing to testify m | vits wrors, Ed- middling in grade. 5 he senate’s Teapot ])on\o inquire, ward « ked on the In sentencing the men Justice : while serving on the jury. Kid- Siddons, who had presided at the |well denied the cha ; mistrial, made the declaration that | governm witness A dowing of an ‘“unsuspectea 'cused government counsel, As RO)a‘ .’\cadozmyl ¥” was unlawful and that it|District Attorney James J. O'Leary, 5 tended to obstruct justice, therefore | With having int being in contempt of court. Justice 14 “A disastrous thing happened that there wi .’ he sald. “A breakdown in a | that Kidwell lad hee criminal trial, a breakdown that and that iie was convi was clearly due to the action of the |& fact. respondents, It broke down because | B sorsices, e there was surveillance of the jury.” | yHaga W. Sherman Burns was the only tenced to six months in jail. Day, Was any evidence that William who hired the Buras agents to| knew of this surveillance, shadow the jury in Sinclai toould half, was sentenced to four i g detiawe s and the elder Bur Hadic in Conme day term, glthough he had el e el K UBRSamS any connectidn with th aem he Wi g0 Earlier in the ponponT Siddons had dismissed similar | charges against Sheldon Clars, vice president of the Sinclair Refin- ing company, and C. L. Veitsch head of the Burns Baltimore agenc: ments it it.” denied shadowing. hearving Just s of cotton were gath- 11,000,600 active spindles ?‘ AN His sculp.ur. /i was shown in the Was the hero of the seige DCN‘POWE of Mafeking in the Boer War B-A u “dollar top™ 1 tremendously su s tried. —The names of | a circulating me- | zlohe. Always th e poE London, Feb, 22 ) 11!‘,‘ i it = b 1 agement they|two great, leaders ring around , tollowing playbi liworiaits designod and fs- night; “Mac- | & s | suc Skl ot iy el The Merchant| OR€ is George Washington; thelas curren My & few ever were 1| other?—usk any American boy. | turned in for redemption; ‘ = ed it was not interests and his trips have been phal processions. the rest S e souvenirs afeking hed to Herbert Hoover, s tary of com- Mr. Seabury was formerly the danc- “The Last Commandment” S and the Vermonts. On Thursday mance and the devotion of a dog. greatest story of a ®z that has ever a smashing drama of the under-| | world with Chaney in his greatest | ! role, | the hest seat on the main floor. That | sion of the board of relief larger total of appeals than last to beable to put sics within | town. Property in most parts of the | which has proy fore the board. The board has Thursda, | He will tell you that &ir Robert|were held as pricless v merce, once held a high po sircets and adjoins property which ndant who asked the mercy of | the Ch governme no descrimination should be made. PROGRAM OF AOTIYITIES‘nuat\xouhm« . strength of chare | wild as on armistice night. v ) »ss of his tice Siddons had reviewed coinci- e . . He onc mous as dences linking the elder Burns and ing partner of MaegMurray and in- cidentally the director of several Blanche Sweet. Other acts include Miss Adrienne; night the Strand will present eight|The cast features Marcelir Day, acts Including three discoveries. | Ralph Forbes, and Flash, the dog been seen in the movi Beginning Sunday ni i ¥ Front Foot Assessment Cause off v. . D, [ o N A gt this season for $1 fact was broadeast today at Parsons’ | last ses- | theater, where z Leiber, with a | in the tows hall last evening. The |Night ensugement beginning tomor-| board heard seven appeals, bringing | 10W night. | year, ‘which fact is explaincd by the ch of the This season he | increase in the assessments which | town s now assessod by the front | ccssful in the cit toot and consequent raises have | 6 6 foind great difficulty in dealing with | beth,” Friday night; gome of the appellants. Some farm of Venice,” Saturday matinee ol | Baden-Powell represents to youth |of the famous sicg : Jias been cut up into building lots. ! yan almost identical g ation | was relieved on May 1 the court, and he asked that it be|been the first dircctor The assessors have assessed both AZW GROTTO PLANN]NG {of the ideals of the first president and applied to his father, the founder of | mines when China created a depart- An interesting featvre of last| acter and of body, unselfishness — Roso in. Rank RE.\D HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS night's session was the appearance| ‘mow are but a few of the aims| From commander sinclair in the case and had declar- #uccessful motion pictures i Davis and McCoy; the Baseball Four wonder.+ This photoplay ofters the 40 APPEALS FILED ¢ ney will he offerad in *“The T at your favorite theater and sit in| e e e e | the total number to 40. This is a It long had bee tie assessors have made all ovbr|ment with the brought many property owners be-| wi i the property Is located on the muin|“Julins Caesar,” Saturday night. when the news was f pieces at the same rate, feeling that of the TUnited States. Loyalty,|London the celehration was as 't — eure [the Bums Detective Agency. Jus- | ment of mincs in 13 before the board of Asscssor Kent E. | Stoddard of the Junction at the| request of the board. In looking over the assessments the board of re- liet found what they thought was a vory low asscssment in the case of | Mr, Stoddard’s farm. It is assessed | for an average of $45 per acre and property adjoining is assessed for wbout $100. = It was learned, how- ever, that Mr. property on the main street whereas the property adjoining his has front- | age on the main road. The board did not make any de- cisions on any of the appeals or on Mr. Stoddard's case last night. A meeting will be held next weck at .which these matters will be settled. Stoddard has no | Dance, leal(‘r Party, Old Fashion- ed Games and Lunches Scheduled | —Musicians to go South | Auz Grotto, M. O. V. P. . R. |under the dgirection ot its new monarch, William Leupold, plaus | number of social funciions during the season, two of which will come this week and one the latter part of next week. At a meeting of the en- (fertainment committe st evening {it was decided that the Grotto will hold a dance IFriday evening in the | }(.m'm hall. I3 wturday evening there of old fashioned games, op- The next meeting of the Woman's ' club of Maple Hill will be held Wednesday afternoon, February 29, | home of Mrs. Harry H. Howard on Golf street. Nrs. Howard will be assisted by Mrs. I.. E. Dary and Mrs. W. E. Hine. Mrs. F. C. Tiech will be%in charge of the pro- at the gram which will be appropriate to ! Jeap year. Mrs. Erwin Wessels of New Britain will entertain with vio- Un selections. Members of the local Grange will go to East Hampton tonight when they will have charge of the installa- tion of new officers of the Grange in that town. The to attend are Worthy Master R. H. Erwin, who will be in charge, Mrs. James Parker, emblem bearcr; Mrs. | B. C. 8chroeder, soloists; Mfts. Rob- ert B. Dessell, pianist; Mrs. Mar- garet Erwin, regalia bearer; and Miss Ada L. Parker, marshal. * There will be a special service for the observance of international day of prayer for missions at the parish house of the Newington Congrega- tional church om Friday afternoon | rt 3 o'clock. PARSONS’ $ HARTFORD FEB. 23-24-25——MAT. SAT. members planning | | | | | | | | WILLIAM A. LEUPOLD erated on a compctitive basis be- tween groups to be known ag reds land blues. The games will include shuffle board, rope quoits, carpet | bowling, pinochle, checkers, and lother forms of amusement The | group having the lowest total score others Grotto will have a theater party at the Strand. Later refreshments will i erved at the hall. Plans are being made to send the Grotto Drum Corps to the national convention to be held at Richmond, Va., next spring. LYCEUM TODAY—THURS.—FRL EXTRA GOOD SHOW Kenneih Harlan in Cheating Cheaters The Tak of llk‘ Town “THE MAN WITH- OUT A FACE” Co-Featw JACK HOLT in “THE TIGRESS” I \lill'\‘ \I\‘Il‘l {3 This coupon and 10¢ will admit any lady to best matinee seats, ' | hero of the will be a { will provide a box of cigars for the | | ‘The latter part of next week the | of the { which the founder ot the, Boy| Scout movement seeks to implant {in_modern hoyhoo Surprise was' manifested | Today, at . Lieutenant-Gen- | ywus - not given an honor | eral Baden-Powell s remembered | yjine I 3 \ {by Great Britain as the greatest ent ahead Boer War, But that. | greanised 1 is a lesser honor than the puhulary o million and & halt | of every creed, class and nationality. His birthday has | | brought, from all over the world, | more letters, cablozrams and gifts than ever were showered wuwpon a crowned hes Aspired to Stage When “B. P.” as he is known lere, was a boy himself, man father wanted him | ((he wolD. The into the church, He hetq | MM “the beast that doss career and the con- | In August, Powell forne troop, he i led it as an o ization to he devoted to ou tivities. But the enormou of the plan soon be Dragoon Guar Baden-Rey clevated to a major-gen that [0 him, homage of a Boy Scouts, an entire division. Alrcady at work on plan that was to give him world fame. He always had b much intercst scouting had written books on t | subject. In tives had (the walf). he was a seco his ¢ to go out for a stage flict of wills was at a stalemate {until one day Robert read that !the army was to give cxamina- | tions for young men deSiring to become ofifeers. | tiatities More for 'fun than anything |evident and the else, he took the examinations, To | formally launch |his own and his father’s am: along the lines that ment, he came out second lowed. In hoys of all cre {list of 700, That settled it. and nationaities, became a soldier at 18. Boy Scout mover | 1In those years every officer m OP character the British army saw plenty of Scout’ I may explain that it pr tighting. “B. " served in India tically stands for gentler and Afghanistan, He took part|man who can be trusted as beir in the Zululand operations fn honorable and unselfish in his mo- 11888 and was mentioned in dis- | tives, onc who puts others first, | pater selt second. When the last Boer War broke| “There is great m lic soon was in the thick of WOrd ‘unseifishy because s The contest was unequal fn | is what the world is largely | numbers, for the two little Boer ing from today—the republics wete pitting themselves | individuals, classes, gainst the might of the British |and of nations cmpire. But they were fighting | He Toured World in a vast country of which | The movement | knew every hill and valley. v prairie fire | won some brilliant victories and than 500,000 Boy Scouts in the | succeeded in cuttigg off British | British kmpire alone, and m | garrisons in the towns of Lady- |than a million in the r smith, Kimbérly and Mafeking. world. International Jamborees of “B. P." was in Mafeking, an | Scouts bring boys from all over the open and unfortified town, with | health and physical development, officers and men. The be- handicraft and skill, unselfish s force was much larger, vice for happir He but the English held out for | said. in now famous words | months. Many of the defenders | To those who are not sure of were kilied, supplies were low, ! what is meant by the term ‘Boy JCAPITOL _evijsssivesin Mat.—Orch. 20c; Bal. 15c THE LAST COMMAND' | THURS, FRI, SAT.—2 UNUSUALLY FINE FEATURES :ot.mn'- nt wo TONIGHT ONLY A true story of two sisters who loved the with Sally O’Neil, Molly O’Day, Larry Kent CO-FEATURE “UNDER THE BLACK EAGLE” Marceline Day, Ralph Forbes, Flash, the Dog Wonder Great Melodrama! Excellent Entertainment! SUN.—LON CHANEY in “THE BIG CITY” has written and mili- without a share of the blame, as several The justice explained that he had Boy Scout move- >d out on'y a fine to the younger Burns because he had aided the dis- He's an Artist ict attorney in investigating the 1 sucersstul painter and fase, but to Day, who employed the m& of lhis picces have detectives for Sinclair, he said he 4 at the Royal Acad- had showed loyalty r than loyalty to the volumes on th ment. land.” Th loyalty, he said, he took into | iy . | consideration with a degree of ad- are import rry; patience A smileyand a stick will through aln PALACE TODAY SYD CHAPLIN in “THE BETTER OLE" RSO BOB STEELE in “DRIFTIN’ SANDS” THURSDAY HELEN COSTELLO in N OLD KENTUCKY” 4 d e!ped —also—— '", ;,’J;Z,‘,’;{; ADOLPHE MENJOU in “A GENTLEMAN OF PARIS” “"”,m';‘,;fi'.‘,",,”‘ This ad and 10c admits & lady to S| END FOR FREE TRIAL TREATMENT | | best seats in afternoon or evening. COMES 10 YOU INPLAIN SEALED WRAPPER | M-DLA HEALS anlyngE Vs A Gala Show of Vaudeville Hits! Novelties Galore! The Personal Appearance of Mae Murray's Famous Dancing Partner; Ballett Master Director of the Picture, “The Last Commandment” ‘WILLIAM SEABURY Inventor of “The New Rythm” AND HIS PEERLESS ORCHESTRA And the iy 5 o “Oherols asnbns IRENE SWOR of “Carrat " DAVIS & McCOY ~ BASEBALL FOUR “Comedy Cut Ups” “In the Club House” X l';n: h;xlnl) | -MISS ADRIENNE “I'rom the Orient” The Plumed Knights VERMONTS ,m::‘ e : TARTS SUNDAY SORRELL led he was not satisfled that he was | to a friend| Parker In the precious odeurs of Fleur de France, Charme and Chevalier. $1.00 introductory size of these famous d’Orsay fragrances. ¥ Pa O\ = Gonaccticut / fo 7 New Britain The TIGRESS Mistress of the Anchor otel. . . . She made a HELL on EARTH for Stephen Sorrell. He IATED ler. . . . He could have struck her in the FACE. . . . But she gave him work. She tried every toe- ture to make thic lone- 1y man surrcnder, but his fine fibre revolted at her. fool. She called him & Sec her hounding ) BEGINNING NEXT SUNDAY With a Specially Stephen Sorrell A Picture For You Mother: and You Dad; and By All Means For Your Sons and Daughters! “SORRELL AND SON” SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA