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New Britain herald., 1926-08-06

ed in the coffin for an hour. It is said that Houdini snorted son both occasions. At any rate. yesterday morning he, followed closely by James Collins his personal repre- sentative and several reporters, went to the swimming pool of the Hotel Shelton, Lexington avenue and 49th street.
 There a galvanized coffin was pro- .nounced alright by those who exam .ined it. Houdini, clad in white shirt land dark trunks, stepped inside and the thing was soldered tight It was lowered to the bottom of the pool land six bathers volunteered to sit on lit.
 MT. Collins stood at the edge of the pool, holding a telephone con- 'nected with another telephone and |signal bell inside the coffin. Every five minutes. MT. Collins would ask. How are you?" Conserving his breath, Houdini would push the but ton and ring the bell for answer.
 A half-hour passed
 The six bathers began to get bored. One poked a finger in the ribs of a second. Both rolled off. The others laughed. They rolled off too. The coffin bobbed up. The bell 'rang. Mir. Collins listened.
 What" came a most conservating voice over the wire from the casket, 'is the big idea?"
 Mr, Collins explained the tickling incident apologetically and the six bathers remounted.
 Another half hour passed. and Mir Collins began inquiring after Hou- Idinit health every minute. Every minute, on the minute, the bell rang.
 After an hour and a quarter Hou-
New Britain herald., 1926-08-06
OVER-EDUCATED WOMEN

London, Aug. OP-"Women are spelling themselves by over-educa- ton and too much work" declared Sir w, Arbuthnot Lane, the well known surgeon.
 They have m ;roved in many ways during recent years" he con- tinued. and they are all the better for the higher standard of education they have demanded. but many Of them now ale going too far They are wearing themselves out 10 satis- fly their unsuitable desire for thor oughness."
 Sir Arbuthnot said that man is the frail creature and woman IS the strong She takes too much advan- tage of this strength. Women Of all kinds and classes work too hard ex- cept those who exhaust themselves in search for pleasure"
New Britain herald., 1926-08-06
Conn. Man Escapes From
 Prison at LeayenWOrth

Leavenworth, Kas., Aug. P- John Bicknell. 26, Willimantic. Conn.,, Francis |. Rost. 2S. West .tield, Mass. and Nernie H. Moore. 25, Lawton. Okla, esca ped from an out side stockade at the disciplinary bar racks at Fort Leavenworth yesterday 1t became known today. They were still at large this afternoon.
 Bicknell has served many sen .tences for assertion. attempted es- .cape, destroying government prop .crty and others. He was one of five prisoners Wbo oyerpowcrrd Ia sentry and escaped last June. Rost
New Britain herald., 1926-08-06
CHAMPION TEST RIDER

London. Aug. CPl-Miss Nancy Debenham has proved the champion motorcycle test rider Of England.
 Against field Of some 4o men competitors, Miss Debenham, still in her teens. won her race with q good lead, and was awarded the gold cup for the best performance in 900 mile reliability trial conducted by the London Motor Cycling club. She achieved the distinction on 4 horse power machine, which was the lightest one taking part in the con- fest
New Britain herald., 1926-08-06

was serving a five year sentence for forgery. attempted escape and lar ceny. Moore was serving a 10 year sentence for larceny, escape, deser- tion and assault.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-06

underground you know" Dr. Mcconnell said that after two or three minutes or ordinary breath ling in the casket all the oxygen
 would have been used up.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-16
REAL SILK GLEE
CLUB WILL GIVE
. A COMIC OPERA
Chimes of Normandy to
Be Given al Murat for
Two Days.

The Real Silk Glee Club, with it's
membership of sixty employees, is
giving the comic opera, Chimes of
Normandy at the Murat, Jan. 10
and 20. This is a very beautiful
opera in three acts. 1t is also
planned to give an exhibition of the
Charleston" between acts.
Many box parties are being
planned, and the seat sale up to this
time has been very good Sororities
and musical organizations of the
city are unusually interested, and
many of them plan to attend in
groups.
The Real Silk Glee Club is a COM
paratively young organization,
having made it's first public appear
ance during Music week, last May.
Arnold Spencer has been director
since it's organization.
This Glee Club is the only indus.
trial organization of its kind, and
this production is creating unusual
interest among music lovers of the
city.
Primarily the purpose for giving
this show is to promote musical APP
probation among the employees of
the Real silk Hosiery Mills. The
Real Silk Glee Club was the first ex-
preston of the musical interest
(which exists among Real Silkers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-16
VILLAGE FOLLIES WILL
BE SEEN SOON HERE.

Always one of the most antici-
pated events of any theatrical seas
on is the annual visit OF the Green
witch Village Follies. The sixth and
what Chicago acclaimed as the fun
NEST edition of the celebrated vii
la2e series comes to English's for a
weeks engagement. beginning Mon
day night, Jan. rs, according to
Bill Fields, their representative.
1t is generally conceded that this
sixth offering trips air II ahead of
its five predecessors and may easily
be heralded as the best organized
and presented entertainment Green
wich Village has sent out during its
march into the army of extrava-
CANA and travesty etherealized
The principal laborers in the gay
! maneuvers of the brilliant revue in
clude those droll and humorous
blackface artists. Moran and Mack,
Toto, world-famous clown; Fred AL.
lem Anna Ludmilla, who was pre-.
miere danseuse of the Chicago
Grand Opera Company for three sue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-16
ARTISTS AND MODELS"
DUE AT ENGLISH'S

No other musical production has
created so much discussion as Art
lists and Models" which is known
as the most revealing revue ever pre-
scented. AS a matter of fact. many
of the scenes and sketches originally
seen in Artists and Models" in New
York are today being offered In the
foremost Partisan theaters, and there
are many returning tourists who
have reported that the famous
American revue is more daring and
beautiful than anything ever pre-
scented in the theaters of Paris.
The.cast of principals seen in Art
lists and Models" includes some OF
the best known and highest paid
entertainers of the American stage,
while the chorus of fifty beautiful
girls has been recruited entirely
from the studios Of New York's most
famous artists and sculptors.
There are more than a score OF
scenes and tableaux in Artists and
Models and the settings and drspe.
ries employed in the production are
gorgeous. The musical numbers are
entrs Gcirg and comprise many OF
the n s. popular airs of the day.
This show comes to English's the
week of Feb. 1.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-16

GENERALLY among the contestants that the
winning plays would be rewritten IN
the John Golden offices, or under Mr..
Golden's supervision, and thereby male
technically ready for production after the
prizes had been awarded. Mr.. Golden
earnestly declares such intention to have
been farthest from his. thought when the
contest was inaugurated. His hope was to
give all of Americas untried and unread
piaywrights a CHARGE to have their manu-
scripts read. and thus TO discover one, w o
or three plays of such merit as TO be
royalties offered as prizes.
He agreed with the committee however.
TO an extension of the contest which would
permit the three contestants named by the
committee to revise their manuscripts or
to seek such professional advice as they
made to conform TO the technical require
ments of a producible play.
THE committee regrets this temporary
check in the con huston of the contest. but
has approx ed thu delay in the hope that
the authors designated may yet be able to
meet the contest requirements.
las the revision of the designate plays
may have a bearing upon the final order
in which they are Judged. the committee
begs leave to withhold for the present the
names of the contestants and their plays
THE committee also asks that you re-
of Sunday Nov. % for morning papers,
ard Saturday. Nov. 81 for evening papers
in respect to such comment as you may
vish to make upon the committees decis-
Sincerely yours
PERCY HAMMOND
ARTHUR POLLOCK
CARLETON MILES.
"BIDE DUDLEY
BURNS MANTLE
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-16

No. Marguerite Riser and
Roger Pryor in "Aloma of the
South Seas" at English's next
week.
No. Golden Gate Revue will
be among the interesting items
at the Lyric next week.
No. blossom Seeley will be
the headliner at Keiths next
week.
No. 4-Lulu Moore will be
among those present at the
Palace the first half of the week.
No. 5-Lucita Covera, Spanish
Dancer. will be seen in Artists
and Models at Englishs week Of
Feb. l.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-16

of whom is Nuitane, pearl diver by
occupation, hater of white men by
choice.
Their wooing is progressing salts
factorily until a good looking Amer
lean turns up on the island. He is
suffering from a busted love affair
ard a distressing experience in the
World War.
He proceeds to drown his troubles
in drink and is making thorough
job OF it, when Alamo takes him in
hand, nurses him back to health
and manhood and proceeds to fall in
love with him, regardless of her ma
tive lover.
The attentions of the savage girl
lavished on the white man are anus
ing at first and. feeling grateful to
her for what she had done in nurs-
ing him back to a sense of decency,
he finally agrees to marry her.
Before this marriage can take
place the white girl. who Tilted him
back in the States, arrives on the
island. That marks the end of
Aloma's romance. When the white
man goes off with one OF his own
kind, Aloma returns to her native
lover.
Marguerite Riser, a young
actress, plays the title role in this
melodrama. John A. Lorenz acts
the part of the native sutton.
Roger Pryor has the role of the
white man with whom the native
girl falls in love.
Some of the other players in the
cast are: Ben Johnson, Olive Reeves
Smith, Martha Mayo, Priscilla
Knowles. Jane Victory, Arthur
Barry. Dennis Quincy. st. Clair
Hales, Philip Heege. Billy Num- and
Walter Glass. Although a drama
this play is embellished with music
written especially by Robert Hood
Bowers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-16
MISS SEELEY
TOPS new SHOW
Alb. +. KEITH'S
LOOKING OVER THE Now EVENTS on LOCAL STAGE MIS-
Lyric and Palace to Offer
Novelty Bills All Next
Week.

ri LoSSOM SEELEY, interna.
X tionally known as THE Girl
III Who Glorifies Syncopation,
comes to head the bill at B. r.
Keith's next week, starting with a
matinee Sunday afternoon.
Miss Seeley will be assisted by
Benny Fields, probably the best
known Of all delineators of coon
Songs. He is a fine assistant for
Miss Seeley. Charles Bourne and
Phil Ellis compose the rest of the
company which helps Miss Seeley in
the presentation of her act.
The bill includes:
JIMMY SAVO-Considered the
best Of all eccentric comedians, with
the assistance of pretty miss, Joan
Franza, will offer slkit called SLOW
Motion" 1t is a travesty and bur-
lesque on slow motion pictures.
TOM SNITH-Bills himself an art
list, a scholar and a gentleman" will
offer a sure-fire hokum act in which
squirrel food is the main ingredient.
Harry Newman assists in the act.
HUGH HERBERT-One of the
best character delineators on the
stage, with a supporting company
including Howard Lane, Henry
Curvey and Lillian Lee, viii offer
playlet "Solomons Children"
PABLO DE SARTO-Noted inter-
national violinist with Alfred Calzin
at the plano will offer program
arranged especially for his vaudeville
tour
VAN DE VELDE AND CO.-Of-
fer a novel act called The Gypsy
Camp" This act, which is making
its American vaudeville debut, i'm
cludes thrilling equilibrists, hand to
hand balancers and tumblers.
GEORGE LAURIE AND VERA
RAYNE-In dancing act, styles
and Steps," offer dance routine
which includes comedy, eccentric,
grotesque and whirlwind dancing.
The bill will include:
THE HAL ROACH COMEDY, fea-
turing Clyde Cook in what is said
to be his funniest starring vehicle
called what is The World Coming
Turn TO Page y
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-16

Golden play contest is self-explana-
tory:
THE Members of the Coterie of American
Play Critics:
THE committee of final award in tie
John Golden American play contest bcgs
the coterie that after devotnR many
weeks to the reading and consideration of
the final twenty plays submitted TO II for
the purpose OF awarding the three prizes
offered by Mr.. Golden. II finds itself unable
to recommend any one OF the plays to MIR.
form.
Rather than declare the contest to have
been a failure. however the committee has
voted to resubmit the three plays that il
considered to have the greatest prize-win-
ring possibilities to their respective au-
vised and resubmitted TO the committee on
or before Jan 1. 1926.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-16

The locale is an island below the
equator and the story has to do with
the love of brown girl for a white
man.
The play drips with local color,
supplied by native dancing and Ha-
waiian musicians. The big scene is
a realistic tropical storm at the end
of the second act.
Aloma is the name of a native
belle on a British controlled South
Sea island She is the prettiest girl
Of her race with many suitors, chief
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-16

rewrite Desire. -
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-16

That would have been a tough job
for Mr.. Miller as the greatest author
tiles on the drama agree that De
sire" is a masterpiece.
The fact remains that the new po-
lice heads did not rush madly in and
stop Desire" They had an in
vestigstion made not only here. but
what happened in New York, Chi
cago and other places.
The police authorities wisely de-
cided that the job Of rewriting a
masterpiece should not be under
taken in this city.
l. + +
The following letter from the
final committee judging the John
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-16
GEORGE WINS RECOGNITION

George O'Hara's splendid work as
the treacherous half -brother of John
Barrymore in 1.-THE Sea Beast" has
won recognition for him at the
Warner studio George was first
engaged because he resembled Mr..
Barrymore. He put over in THE
Sea Beast" something beside his
good looks and will Play opposite
Patsy Ruth Miller in Why Girls
Go Back Home"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-16

cessive seasons; Dorothy Neville,
Daniel Higgins, Arnold Chuck. Flor
ence Hedges, Tierney and Donnelly,
the Deuel. sisters. Lew Seymour and
Jessie Howard, James Naulty, Amer
lea Chedister, George Christie, Dav-
i'd D. Morris, Terrence Kennedy.
Billye Weston and others.
The entire production was devised
and staged by John Murray Ander-
son. The revue Is in two acts and
twenty-eight scenes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-16
ROUNDING ROUND
L 1AhA L II M d. HICKMAN

Q INCE the protest against Desire Under the Films re
intelligent handling by the police heads of the city,
il is interesting to study events.
Several of the heads of the poles department deserve
congratulations for forcing the management of Enghs to
rewrite Desire
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-16

Blanche Sweet, well known screen
star had an early training on the
speaking stage. She was child
actress when little more than an
infant.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-16
William Fields, Press Representative for the Greenwich
v Village Foies, Claims New Edition Is the Best of
Series Which Is Due Here Soon.

"( IONA Of the South Seas melodrama that has been
"a likened the famed BIRD Of Paradise begins
week. engagement at Engish's Monday night.
New York kept amused for eight months with this play and
recently Endorsed it.
1t is meodrama pure and simple written by John B. Hymer
and Leroy Clemens both expert playwrights 1t in three
acts
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-23

Get member of the Workers Party a subscription
yor The DAILY WORKER -
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-23
More Mellon Plumber

Andrew W. Mellon secretary the treasury
of the United States government and the of Coolidge
administration has been long punderng that benefited
Mellon personally every conceivable United
Big Business against all the rest of the population
he Of the powerful monoposs earth The great
combinations have granted blanc have full
of it in their predatory campaign.
Mellon himself is personally interested in almost every
industry aluminium
ing point of his ramifcatons It's owned affiliated"
include railroads. mining properties oil companies power pub
the limit competition shielded from public exposure the
iron hand of the government that he dominates "
In his latest population he connved with the million
aire congressman York. Ogden L. Mills
PRODUCED known the treasury alien property
claims b which enables those interested in the
tries affected obtain immediate payment bond
the United States their claims such property instead wait
ing payment from Germany
This merely another undetermined trick relieve the
industries in which American bank capitalists under the
plan have heavy investments and shoulder the American taxpayers
burden just
The Mellon concerns that would benefit by such bill the
trust the Aluminium Company America the Crucbe
Steel company the Pittsburgh Plate Glass company the Mellon
Pittsburgh the Carborundum company
the United States Trust company the Mergen
thaler Linotype company
This the bionaires ruling directly
delegated representatives they
thru increasing the burden taxation monopo
control commodities they reduce pauperzaon
thousands of the middle class of the country
Against this mighty nothing emanang from the vasc
1ang middle class prevail Only working
vitality challenge this power the other
that they become politically audible eventually
align themselves with the political of labor against the
parties of Wall Street @ss og
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-23
Manufacturing a War Scare

Steele correspondent the Chicago Tribune,
writing yesterdays edition. depicts Italy forming alliance
with Greece for the purpose of Remembering Turkey This opinion
based alleged cret agreement between the
This piece of ingenuity bit far fetched Desirable it
be for the fascist baggart Muson extend his Asia
Minor there nsurmounabe barriers his path the
place Great Britain has not been fighting hegemony
Europe without struggle
the hands of Italy France the other hand will have something
about begeent against Turkey The United States
unrndy the Turks because they useful the
struggle for oil against Britain.
Italy against Turkey would be the spark that would
inhame the whole world The other nations know this since
they prepared for the struggle Italy will dare launch
1t requires money and credits wage Italy
could get neither for crusade in Asia Minor this time
strongly suspect Trbunes merely piece
cheap propaganda behalf the middle group the
publican party that opposes the ratification by the
shameful Italian debt settlement
Long recognized spokesman of the republican party
developments have placed the Tribune whether likes
position bewdered impotent insurgent
We condolences to it in it's plight but remind
modest publication that victory such fragrant bya of the
people the Italian debt will be achieved
jurng up DOGGY yarns
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-23
Unemployment in the Soviet Union

hint of compulsory work or relief
work" (as in capitalist countries) in
that. The wages1 are normal union
wages. The tasks were improvement
of the cities, construction of parks and
roads, the drying up of morasses,
clearing off of destroyed buildings.
The tendency is to organize these
workers more and more in the coun-
try, to help to improve agriculture and
raise the level of country life.
1t must be understood that the
threat of occasional unemployment
will cease only to the extent of a
thoroly organized Social economy, the
growth of the social elements Of eco
nomy; conscious Control of all econ
omy (The Supreme Economic Coun-
Gill, socialist industry Estate trusts)
and the cooperation of the consum-
ers (trade) and of producers (peas-
ants and home handicraft). And the
fact is that these Elements are grow
ing. That is the main guarantee for
the extinction of unemployment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-23
Belaboring the Khan

Tuesday rough day for the knights of the ku kux khan
The of Herrn reud the hooded hoodms the municipal
election gave the antilan forces majority of
the city council This foresadowed by the Chiefs
the an
unknown after the bloody events that marked the primary election
Of week ago Tuesday
While the khan defeat Herrin Illinois,
superparoc received another blow in Indiana
superintendent of the schools
kansman who closely associated with the exgrand goblin
W. Stevenson who supposed be doing time the pen
tertiary for the henous that resulted in the death Madge
Oberhoer last fall in bad The eminent khan supern-
boosted that he intoxicating Amercansm
school children has been indicted at Logansport for statutory
against small school boys testimony of the children
Herrn murders the debasng perverons
khan sufficient
y crushing that outfit not merely for the welfare of labor
order protect and children from the degeneraes
imagine they commit their crimes with mpuniy in regions
whit the khan is in the saddle .e
"
member of the Workers Party q subscription
The DAILY WORKER ---.-.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-23
New York Will Hold
Referendum in Fall on
Dry Act Modification

ALBANY, N. Y, April 21-The as
sembly passed bill providing for tie
submission of a referendum to the
voters at this falls election on wheth-
er congress should be asked to modi-
fly the Volstead Law. The vote was
81 to 81.
The measure, having been previous
ly adopted by the senate, now goes to
Governor AL Smith, who is expected
to approve II at an early date.
The debate was marked by sensa-
tional charge by Assemblyman jerks,
republican and chief spokesman for
the dry forces, that Elihu Root, veneer
able republican statesman, was "in
his dotage."
The drys charged the referendum
proposal was unconstitutional and the
vets countered with the assertion that
Root had declared II constitutional.