The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-26
FIGHT over SUSIE
Lew Williamson and Jesse Ell
liott Come to Blows.
All Because Naughty susan
Rocked the Boat.
FILM MANAGER WAS ANGRY
Williamson StOrmed After war
rant Charging Assault.
But Cool North Breeze TOOK
Edge From His Temper.
FILM MANAGER WAS ANGRY

r,u;ott hit Lew Williamson in
~ eve or thereabouts, ali oe0"
..s;usan Rocked the Boat. ,Ja+hanson
ola the county attorney tooay an
- % eerious about it taht ne hldue
vas 20 800 20 qet a warrant charging
IN me- 1,itb assault and battery. BuI
- I,a had run back and forth oe
saD the notice station and coutt
t,o,,sa a few times his temper lost It's
sdee and he called the matter Oh.
1esse Elliott is manager OIL the Pest
theater. A warrant was lsSusu the
charging him with DISTURBING l
,,sace and dignity of the state ooaro
~ consor1 by running film WIN us t11s,
-,+eb,- title ''Susan Rocked the Boat
,fter il had been turned down by DOM
censors and the appeal board.
Lew Williamson represents II ~,
,,eisa the Triangle Film company
49,, caueht Susan with camera
Lille she was in the act of rocking
he boat. Williamson looks after the
,.ensoring of all pictures ana rSlease es
Them to the different local nUuS19
using them. he releaseu ~ -,,arca
the picture which caused the issuance
~ the warrant for the latter
Nathanson told the police ana the
coi,ntv attorney that his trouble with
elliott was due to the release OF ING
film. He stated that Eiliott nuit .'s
him I'D ana CTlliClISu AAAAAA
leasing to the tse Best 1ll1Ii tlI1e
mad not been properly censored he
a5dcd that one word followed another
until Elliott finally struck hlm-
Asked for Warrant.
Early this morning Nathansoli u u
o,,ired at the police station where ne
Should make application for war
rant charging Elliott with assault anu
battery He was sent to the county
attorney. Robert Carver heard ms
story. then sent him back to the ponce
station. He held that city warrants
Charging assault and batter should be
issued by the city attorney NatiAh-
son charged back and forth between
the two buildings for couple OF
hours then dropped the matter Later
il was stated. he telephoned asking
that no warrant be issued
Williamson declared today that the
picture. Susan Rocks the Boat, was
approved and that the state appea
board will corroborate him.
The picture first went to the DoarC
Of censGrs,'' he said Ihere Wers
features in it the board objected TO:
took it away and eliminated tnose Aeac
lures. Then it was shown before tnt
board Of censors again and was again
turned down. Then 1 showed the PIC
ture to the appeal board with tne
original objections removed Ine ;'p-
neal board passed it. They passed i
orally as they frequently do. But
am satisfied that the members OF thS
oDneaI board will bear me out When
say that they did pass the picture anC
that was authorized to release l.
Boat Is Still Rocking.
When Susan rocked the boat for the
Trinagle company she did not stop
she's been rocking it ever since the
picture went before the board OF cen
sors Since that date a warrant ha.
been issued for the man who allowed
peopIe to see the picture, there was
senblance of a fight and one mar
tried for two hours to get warrant
for another.
And all because Susan rocked the
boat.