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The Washington times., 1928-08-14
'NIGHTSTICK' IS
CRACKERJAK
THRILLER
nv. ANDREW r. KELLEY

nv ANAbhEW ~ nIAAA5A
.Nightstick' ranked with the
best of last seasons melodramas
and has already been seized by
the Hollywood barons as having
all the elements for an absorbing
talking movie. The revival of the
play ais presented by the National
Players last night was worthy
achievement smooth running
performance that dropped many q
thrill before Its smashing third
act climax.
When it was first offered here
as zone Of the Finest" the play
had its loose details. A season
on Broadway and skillful tighten.
Ing has brought story that
builds up suspense, throbs with
excitement and irons out in as
gripping final acts as the mod
ern fheatsr can provide,
1t is the tale of the relentless
pursuit BY the laws agent of as
vicious and craven 4 cop killer as
ever adorned rogue's gallery.
Detective Tommy Glennon sets on
the trail OF t.Chick' Williams. 81.
gllnmar who rubbed out" two OF
his colleagues. Chick is quick
on the trigger but finally cor.
nered in CatslxiIl retreat re-
veals all the saffron and whining
cowardice of the weakling.
The luck OF casting has given
Robert Brister few opportunities
The Washington times., 1928-08-14

On Saturday he called this
department up to give q tip on
another amusement stock. Buy
It outright and hold it. You
can't lose" he said.
/ went into fast hnddle with
Uncle Joe Sicily, of The Times,
who handles stock ticker quO-
tations All day long,
What do you know about
it ~ Joe inquired with q wisdom
born Of years Of experience.
Nothing, " was the frank con-
fession.
4Take my tip, write about the
theater; don't gamble in it, adj
vised the cautious Joe. So Wall
Street lost another potential
victim. Time must tell which
was the better advice.
All OF which reminds me of
another talented friend who hap-
pens to have more than 3 bow
ing acquaintance with FIorenz
ZiegfeId. 1T was when "Ziggy"
was here for the opening Of
Three Musketeers. The day
after the premiere he encOun-
tered the producer on Pennsyl-
vania Avenue, and after the ex-
pected discussion Of the first
night reactions, Mr.. Ziegfeld dis
creetly brought the converse
tion around to finance and sng-
gested my friend invest In
certain stock. 1t was certain
TO rise, said the Glorifier De
Luxe.
The story is short. Ny friend
didn't invest. One night in May
during . De Wolf Hopper inter-
mission at Polls he spent be-
tween the act moments figuring
out On the back Of All envelope
how much he would have made
had he put 81 900 into the Zieg-
field tip. And it wasn't an
amusement stock. just such
plain every day commodity as
Groceries.
It all explains why dramatic
editors never get rich, If you're
interested in such things.
Patricia Bowman IL now the
premiere danseuse at the Roxy
Theater. This talented little
= u : &
The Washington times., 1928-08-14

tricia (once Edna) gets the
dancing post at the Roxy, which
is among the most coveted OF
Broadway jobs.
This week the Fox band is
transferred to the stage again
and the critical verdict is alto
gether favorable. Leon Brush
loft has dressed up the musicians,
in red coats and given them q
routine Of popular numbers and
this pulpit must acknowledge
they are better than any or all
Of the high powered, big name
bands that dispense melody now
and then on the Fox programs.
OF course, some 35 melody
makers answer the roll call
when the curtains are pulled
back and it may be bit unfair
to contrast the tunes they send
forth with those produced by
bands Of less imposing numbers.
Still I think playing down the
hot numbers and emphasizing
melody rather than rythm Is
the secret.
From little Helen Star
Becker, all of 10 years old and
student at Central High
School, ! get d letter telling
me Of her ambition to be a
motion picture critic. Helen
took iii the Fox show on Satur-
day and then set down her inn
pressions IN the form Of q let
ter to d friend.
The review indicates that Miss
Helen is q keen Judge of pic
lures and knows precisely what
pleased her on the stage pros
gram. She thinks that movie
criticisms written BY school
girl for school children would
be . theatrical page novelty.
think so, too, Helen, but space
IS limited 50 we must write for
grown-ups. However, it is re-
freshing to get juvenile point
Of view on our cinema pro-
grams and il Helen perseveres
she may become one Of our
movie chatter writer's. Who
knows?
The Washington times., 1928-08-14
IWHENFEKTUREIS|
|SAOWN0NSCREEN

PALACE-Thomas Meighan in
"The Racket" AT 11.17 q. m.
lat, 1854, 5:2S, 1856 and 9:42.
COLUMBIA-Wallace Berry and
Raymond Hatton in THE Big
killing Also the Making of a
Newspaper. At 1920, q. M,
1872, 1892, SAP. 7:45 and 9:55 PM
EARLE--Ruth Taylor and James
Hall in Just Married" At 11:34
a. M, ISL, 1854. 1880 and 1855 p. IN.
FOX-"Chicken a la King"
At 1929, PSI. 4:57, sos and
1912 p. m.
INSTRUMENTATION Stone
and Norman Kerry in The
Foreign Legion" At 11:40 A. M,
rs. $40, 5:35. TAO and $40 p. m.
The Washington times., 1928-08-14
Film Quartet

The Kings Of Harmony" a
weII-known quartet, will be seen
and heard when they appear here
in the new Vitaphone number,
"Those Pullman Porters" at the
Metropolitan Theater. This last
presentation ie the beginning CT
the West Coast Vitaphone studio
products and will be eagerly vel
coined. Rryan Foy who directed
Those Pullman Porters," has
made an entirely new number
which shows the colored quartet
at its best.
The Washington times., 1928-08-14
n lINGS

1T was one Of those wonderful June days characteristic
Of Washington was walking down Street on the wy
interview Johnny Payette, executive OF the otanes
Crandal Theaters, when encountered an old ireno, W
who takes more ordinary interest in the
After the usual exchange Of courteses about the weather
and such, he remarked:
do you ever take a flier in the market?
Never Once in while nbbe at the ponies But Inc
baseball pool is weakness now the snappy reply
We'll, Warner Brothers is good buy Think It over
was his parting shot never even thought it over.
knew Warner Brothers were making plenty Of talking
pictures every exhibitor equipped show Vtaphone m
his theaters was swapping them up
In June Warner Brothers selling at As. Yesterday y
closed At 81 What vacation ia Europe might have had
if had taken the tip-if had any money to invest
The Washington times., 1928-08-14

Gene Bucks first dramatic
production. Ringside," has ended
a five weeks run in Detroit. The
cast returned yesterday for
Broadway opening around Sep.
TENDER 1. Edward Al. Paramore,
jr, Hyatt Daab and George
Abbott are the authors, and
Abbott staged the production.
Robert Checker, who was Landed
for his role as the bootlegger in
Broadway" has one OF the prfn-
cipal parts.
Joseph e. Shea, who presents
Elmer Gantry' and cant seem
to agree with himself on press
agents, announces that he will
bring two new plays to Broad
way this season. This, according
to two announcements from sep
arate publicity directors. One in
forms that Shea will present
stage version of 'Sorrell and
Son" in Providence on September
10 with the Broadway opening
taking place in October The
other informs that in early Sep
ten1ber, Shea will bring To town
a new play by Patrick Kearney.
IT Is called" Resignation" in nine
scenes and four acts, which re-
quire five hours for playing.
The Martin Bech Theater,
which attracted so many people
across the Eighth Avenue board
walk last season to see THE
Shannons of Broadway" will
house Night Hostess" the new
Philip Cunning play, this season,
beginning September 10. This
new melodrama by the co-author
OF Broadway" will play for two
weeks at the Great State Fair
in st. Paul and Minneapolis be-
fore coming to New York, John
Golden Ia the producer,
The Washington times., 1928-08-14
Chambers Part

Lane Chandler, the handsome
ex-western hero. who has been
making good as a Paramount
leading man. has another excel
lent part in the Beery.Hatton
picture, The Big Killing" now
playing at Loew's Columbia.
The Washington times., 1928-08-14
PATRICIA BOWMAN

Washington girl has come along
fast in the dancing world and
is close to the top of her pro-
fesssion with the latest assign
ment as successor to "Gamby"
on the Roxy programs.
Those familiar with the early
history of the St. Patrick
Players will recall that the Bow
man sisters Marie and Edna)
carried the solo dancing burden
in the Carroll Hall productions.
Then they went with the
George White Scandals and ac-
quired professional technique in
the chorus. Followed monniis Of
the hardest kind of work in the
ballerila schools and now Pa
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-31
OIL HEARING
AWAITSPAIR
Dawes Ill; Stewart on
Way to Capital Is
In Chicago

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-tP)-Two
of its headline witnesses, Beman G..
Dawes, brother of the vice president,
and Robert W. Stewart, chairman Of
the board of the Standard Oil COM
pany Of Indiana, were unable to ap-
pear today at the new Teapot Dome
hearing before a senate committee,
and the committee was obliged to
proceed with testimony Of lesser
known men.
Mr.. Dawes was reported to the
committee as being i'll, while Mr..
Stewart, it was said, had found it
necessary to 60 first to his Chicago
office on his arrival from Havana,
where he was suhpoenaed.
Probe Big Profits
The committee is investigating
the profits Of the Continental Trad
ing company, Ltd, Of Canada, which
figured in the Teapot Dome lease to
Harry F. Sinclair, and what went
with them. J. d. Clark, of Denver,
president Of the Midwest Refining
company, the first witness, testified
that Henry NJ. Blackmer, former
chairman OF the board of the Mid
west Refining company, who went to
Europe after the oil scandal broke in
1924, still is a director OF that COM
pany.
"When did you last see him?"
asked Senator Walsh, democrat, Mon
tana, prosecutor for the lands COM
mittee.
Standard Is Owner
Il saw him last June in Paris" !"
Clark replied, explaining that he had
gone abroad, not at Blackmer's invi-
tation, but on general business.
Replying to further inquiries,
Clark said the Midwest company was
owned by the Standard Oil company
of Indiana, through a stock purchase.
"Have you ever heard of this man
Osler?" Walsh inquired referring to
II. S. Osler, Of Toronto, formerly
president of the extinct Continental
company, Ltd.
Clark disclosed that Osler was a
voting trustee Of the Midwest COM
pany up to 1922 when the voting
trust expired.
At Walsh's request Clark produced
correspondence passing between
Blackmer and Stewart in October,
1921, showing that BIackmer was
seeking to interest Stewart in the
purchase Of oil from the Mexia Tex.
field Of the late A. Z. Humphrey Of
Denver. The continental agreed to
purchase this oil later, and Stewart,
James Z. O,Neil, now abroad, Black
mer, and Sinclair guaranteed the con-
tract. Fro mthis deal, il is contend
ed, the Continental made big profits,
some Of which finally found their
way to Albert B. Fall, former secre-
tary Of the interior.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-31

issuing the S125,OOO city
payroll due today.
Holmes, an attorney and n repub-
lican, whose position seemed
strengthened by the action Of the
council, claimed the office by right
of succession to John l.. Duvall, re-
publican mayor who resigned.
In November the council held that
Duvall had no right to the office
following his conviction for violat-
ing the corrupt practices act in his
primary campaign. Holmes has filed
n quo wsrranto snit in circuit court
for possession of the office.
Holmes based his claim on this
assumptions: Dovall resigned In
November on the same day the coun-
Gil declared his office vacant. Du-
vail had appointed his wife, Mrs.
Maude Z. nuvall, city controller
Mrs. Duvall, under the law, claimed
the office when her husband resign
ed. However, she resigned herself
a few minutes later but not before
appointing Holmes city controller.
Holmes custer suit also named
Hogue, city controller in the ad-
ministration of the late Lew Shank
who has a suit pending in the Indi-
ana supreme court in which he
claims that he is the legal mayor.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-31
LOCAL MEN TO
BUILD BONDED
STORACEHERE
Fireprcof Warehouse
To Cost $4,000 Fl
nanced Through FL
Jardin Owners

A two-story fireproof bonded ware
house and storage plant TO repre-
sent an investment Of about S120,000,
will be established in Brownsville at
an early date, il was announced Tues
day by Roy Sethman Of the 5. e. r.
Sales Corporation.
The announcement came following
the conclusion of arrangements for
financing the construction, which ar
rangements were made through J. NJ.
Nix of San Antonio, president of FL
Jardin Hotel company of Brownsville
and also owner of the new Capitol
theater building in this city.
Local Men Interested
Others interested in the under
taking include Lee b. James and A. d.
Dickinson of the James-Dickinson
company, and w. B. Sellers of the
First National Bank.
The undertaking was made possible
largely through the financial influ-
ence and assistance Of Mr.. Nix" Mr..
Sethman said.
Mr.. Sethman leaves Tuesday night
for San Antonio where bids will be
opened Wednesday for erection OF
the building.
The warehouse, which Mr., Sethman
declared will be the finest and
largest in South Texas outside OF
Houston and San Antonio, will be
located on the Southern Pacific
tracks, and just outside Of the city
limits, on land bought from the
James-Dickinson company.
To Start Soon
The structure will be 100 feet
and $50 feet long, and will be So
constructed that an additional story
may be added when needed, and suf.
ficient ground was bought to permit
the lengthening Of the building when
needed.
Mr.. Sethman said that already one
large firm has applied for 1000 feet
of floor space in the building, and
he anticipated that there would be
no diffiulty in disposing Of all the
available space in the structure as
soon as completed.
Among the facilities Of the struc,
ture will be vaults for the storage OF
silverware and other large valuables
Special arrangements will also bs
made for storage Of valuable rugs.
He said that it is hoped to begir
work on the building within a very
few weeks.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-31
Indy STARTS
LONG FLIGHT
1000-Mile Hop Before
Lone Eagle on Way
To Virgin Isles

CARACAS, Venezuela, Jan. SIP
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, with
st. Thomas, the Virgin Islands, as
his next stopping place, hoped off
from Maracay at 6:15 q. N. He will
fly 1000 miles.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Jan. 81
(P]-Islands, among which more than
four centuries ago the tiny craft Of
stout-hearted Italian, Christopher
Columbus, threaded their way, today
marked the route Of a stout-hearted
blazer of air trails in the new world
Columbus discovered.
The Lesser Antilles, separating the
sun-lit waters Of the Caribbean from
the Atlantic, pointed a way 20 the
north for Col. Charles A. Lindbergh
ahead Of the Lone Eagle. At the
end Of this trail lay st. Thomas, one
Of the Virgin islands, where the pop
ulation waited to do honor to q
fellow American.
1t was the long way round that
Lindbergh chose for his Spirit of St
Louis, which now carries painted on
its fuselage the flag Of another re-
public-VeneZueia. To have followed
the lane across which steamers laden
with the fruits OF the tropics play
across the Caribbean would have
been some 400 miles shorter.
No only does Lindbergh take with
him the flag OF Venezuela, he takes
also the warm regard OF another
people. Behind him he leaves q
pretty young Venezuela girl who
prizes three autographs ne gave her
and cherishes the ingratiating smile
which accompanied the gift.
Taking from her own hand q small
glove on which was embroidered IN
Spanish: "To the twentieth century
hero. the Lone Eagle, the friendly
ambassador OF the air. she gave II
~ Lindbergh. When she asked for
something in return. Lindpergh, puz-
zled. scratched his head and then
took a piece OF paper and wrote on
Il three times "Charlie Lindbergh."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-31
Gas Man
Hurt In Smashup
Confined To Bed

Mike Groom, manager Of the
Brownsville branch Of the Lower Rio
Grande Valley Gas company, in
jured in an automobile accident on
the highway near Mercedes Saturday
night, is still confined to his bed
at his home in West Brownsville, it
vas said Tuesday. Mrs. Groom and
Mike, Jr., s-year-old son of the
couple, also injured in the crash, are
said to be recovering.
X-ray examinations Of Mr.. Groom's
hurts were taken Monday afternoon
1T the Works Brothers cline. In ad-
dition to severe cuts and bruises, the
gas company man is feared to be
suffering from internal injuries.
All three members of the family
were severely shaken up, and badly
bruised in the accident, which occur
red about one mile west of Mer-
cedes at p. m. Saturday. A hit
and run driver collided with the car
Of Mr.. Groom, after smashing into a
truck operated by E. L. Butler, Of
Weslaco, a candy salesman. Mr.. But
Ter was also badly shaken up, but
escaped serious injury.
Following the crash the driver of
the automobile, believed to have
been intoxicated, escaped. A passing
motorist took the victims to the
Mercedes hospital, where they re-
mained until Sunday afternoon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-31
Poll Tax Paying
Period to Close
AT II Midnight

The office Of J. J. Fox, county tax
collector, will remain open until mid
night tonight to permit payment of
poll taxes, Mr.. Fox announced today.
he intends to keep a full office force
on duty tonight in order to accommo-
dae late-comers who wish to pay poll
taxes. He expects to have a big rush
today and tonight. as il will be IL
legal to issue poll tax receipts after
midnight tonight.
Receipts through yesterday reach
ed an estimated total of $500 as COM
pared with a total of 1854 last year.
Today's total is expected TO bring
the 1928 registration in the neighbor-
hood of 7,000-7,5 500 according to we'll
informed sources. The gain over
last year, it is said, is due to 1928
being a gala year politically, includ-
ing a presidential election.
People before the windows in the
office of Mr.. Fox were standing in
line early this morning and indica-
tions were that the rushss would be
continued throughout the day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-31
Mystery Explosion Is Fatal To Sax
HERALD is FIRST
y y -
IN REPORTING ON
e u -
EVENTS OF NEWS

Just to show how The Herald
carries the news ahead of the up
state papers.
The Houston Chronicle arrived
in Brownsville at S:35 o'clock
Tuesday morning.
On the first page we find the
following news articles: Death of
Field Marshal Haig; the Temple
tragedy in which a railroad man
killed his chief and himself; the
completion of the Hickman jury;
the loss of the submarine S-4,
and, inside. a photograph of the
plans for the democratic conven-
tion hall at Houston.
The Herald carried every one of
these articles, and the convention
hall photo, in its issue of Monday
afternoon. It was on the street
in townsville at 3 o'clock Mon
day afternoon. The Chronicle,
carrying the same stories arrived
in Brownsville just II hours and
S5 minutes later than The Herald.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-31
BODIES TAKEN
FROM DEBRIS
OF TWO-STORY
Stills Located Under
Wreckage of Massa-
chusetts Building by
Officers

NEWTON, Mass, Jan. 31.-(Pl-Six
persons were dead today in q blast
which wrecked a two-story building
here and rocked large portions of
Newton and the adjoining city of
Waltham.
Frank Gorgone's grocery occupied
the ground floor and his family
lived on the second floor. Gorgone
lost his wife and two children, but
escaped himself. The other victims
were Thomas Gorgone, a relative,
and Leonard d. Jackson, city health
inspector in the store on duty.
Discovery of extensive liquor max
ing apparatus in the basement led to
the belief that the stills had exploded
but Walter L. Wedger, former state
chemist, announced after a prelimin-
ary investigation, that the house
probably had been dynamited. Other
Investigators held to the theory
that the gas used to operate the stills
might have been responsible.
Fire officials declared that the
havoc created had been too great to
have been caused by an exploding
still.
A sixth body, believed to be that OF
Salvatore Lacava, was recovere5 from
the ruins today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-31
FAMILY
OFFOX INSANE
Additional History of
Kidnap-Slayer is
Presented

HALL OF JUSTICE, LOS ANGE-
LES, JAM 31.-tP)-Further testi-
mony that traces of insanity were
exhibited in several generations Of
the family of William Edward Hick-
man, kidnaper and slayer Of Marian
Parker, was presented in superior
court here today in the youths san
ity trial.
A deposition from Spencer Lane,
60, of Hartford, Ark, in which he
characterized the defendants grand
father, Otto Buck, as crazy" was
read into the record by Jerome X.
Walsh, defense attorney.
Lane deposed that the defendants
grandfather, Otto Buck, was crazy.
He was what / call crazy" the
Ozarkian said.
He didn't have sense enough to
60 to work and earn a living"
The states cross examination Of
the Arkansas witness which was
read in court by District Attorney
Asa Keyes, was taken by the latter's
deputy, James Costello, who accom-
panied Walsh on the middle west
tour for evidence.
Costello. brought out that Lanes
opinion OF BUCKS insanity was
based mainly on his "fitified" ten
dencies. The witness also admitted
that Buck did support his wife by
his labor.
Mrs. Marshall Smith Of Sugar
Greek, Mo-, and also Kansas City,
declared in a deposition she was a
nurse at the Little Rock, Ark, state
hospital for nervous diseases from
1912 to 1915, and that she attended
Mrs. Eva Hickman there in 1918.
The witness testified Mrs. Hickman
who she said was the mother Of
William Edward Hickman, suffered
from depression, and was stubborn
when she was to be given medicine
or a bath"
Mrs. Hickman was insane, IN the
opinion of the nurse.
The state, by cross examination,
threw a doubt into the mind Of the
witness that Mrs. Hickman was the
mother of William Edward Hick-
man. II brought out that Mrs.
Smith was only a student nurse and
that she attended Mrs. Hickman in
a group of forty patients, who were
under the care of five nurses
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-31
GO. p. Council
Says Democrat
Seated I'm Error

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 31-(EEA detail Of police
and detectives assigned to guard the office of L.
Bert Slack democrat who sought continue to hold Of
flee as mayor Of Indianapolis today while each Of two
republican claimants tried to GUST him and the
position himself. They Ira NJ. Holmes and Joseph l.
Hogue. - !.
The city council with republican majority of six Of
the nine councimen decided YESTERDAY that had elected
Slack mayor enormously last November and rescinded
the action. Az.
This decision Of the council threw the affairs Of the
CITY into chaos when the city treasurer Clyde E. Robin
son. announced he would not take the responsibility Of