Evening Star Newspaper, April 20, 1929, Page 5

COMBINE CHARGED 10 FILM PRODUCERS Giant Trust Is Alleged in In-! dictments Returned Against Ten Leading Companies. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, April 20.—Charges jof independent motion picture exhib- itors that the production, distribution and showing of movie films was being controlled by a giant trust which was crowding little operators out of busi- ness were brought into the open hers today with the indictment of 10 large; producing and distributing companies for alleged conspiracy to violate the Sherman act. . The indictment was returned by a Federal grand jury last night after it had heard complaints of scores of in- dependent motion picture theater op- erators that they had been driven out of the field or threatened with failure unless they submitted to the booking plans of the big film makers. ‘The officials of 10 leading producing and distributing companics were named in the indictment. The defendant companies are West Coast Theaters, Inc.; Paramount-Famous-Lasky Cor- poration, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, First National Pictures, Universal Film Ex- ehange, United Artist: Fox Film .; Pathe Ex- and Warner Bros. ment charged that the companies combined in restraint of trede to discriminate against inde- pendent theaters; especially against theaters giving two feature pictures on one program, or giving prizes to pa- trons, or charging an admission fee of 10 cents or less. It was stated that un- der an asserted “zoning and clearance” | schedule independent theaters could not | obtain a picture until six months after | its_release by the distributor. Representatives of the defendant firms indicated that bonds would be posted immediately. Federal Judge Ed- ward J. Henning instructed his court to issue bench warrants, if necessary. ACCUSES EXPLORER OF DISTORTING FACTS Chinese Commission Challenges; Statement by Roy C. Andrews in | Abandoning Gobi Desert Research. By the Associated Prese. PEKING, April 20.—The Chinese commission for the preservation of an- cient objects issued a statement yes- terd: ng that Roy Chapman An- drews, American explorer, had distorted the facts as to why negotiations for his projected 1929 expedition in the Gobi desert had become deadlocked. The statement asserted that negotia- | tions broke down because of Mr. An drews' insistence that the question of whether the fossils collected by the ex- pedition duplicate finds made by pre- vious expeditions and therefore should remain in China was to be determined alone by Walter Granger, chief paleon- tologist of the expedition, The Chinese proposed a committee of two—Mr. Granger and a Chinese scien- tist—but this, the statement says, Mr. Andrews refused. ‘The commiteee further says it re- ceived a klegrlm from Nanking to the effect that the foreign office and min- of education were drafting pro- visional regulations governing foreign exploration in China and if the draft of an agreement with Mr. Andrews should conflict with the Nanking regulations, it would not be valid. Mr. Andrews in giving his side of the | case Tuesday had been quoted as say- | ing that the commission was seeking to obtain the best finds of the expedi- tion while the Americans had to furnish the money and the labors. AMUSEMENTS 'WARDMAN PARK THEATER. 3 “Penrod.” . Booth Tarkington’s comedy of boy-life, “Penrod,” rocked a packed house with laughter last night as it was presented by the Junior Theater Players before a distinguished audience which had gath- ered to express its approbation and sup- port of the movement started this sea- son by the Ogle, Tinnin & Brown Co. to bring clean comedy and old favorites of the legitimate stage before the chil- dren of Washington. From what source the little company has drawn its juvenile stars for the two principal roles of this play was not stat- ed, but wherever they came from it is| not hard to predict where they're head- ed if 'a stage career is what they are looking for. Young Master Charles F. Bateson, 3rd, in the title role, and Preston Daw- son as Sam Willial Penrod’s crony and partner in the ective business,” are two real boys and apparently nat ural born actors. Dawson is exception- ally clever in his portrayal of the young- ster caught in a trap by his elders and using his wits to steer clear of a dan- gerous subject when questioning be- comes a bit hot. ‘The juveniles are supported by an excellent cast, including: Kay Conway as Penrod’s mother, Kent Smith in the role of the father, Shirley Horton; his sister Margaret and Della, the Scho- fleld cook, played by Marguerite Thorne. Dix Knight, as Little Georgie Basset is another juvenile who should be men- tioned. His part, though small, is well performed. The roles of the two young darkies, Herman - and Vermin, are well cared for by Mildred Natwick and Lee Morley. Henry Fonda, whose work in past productions has made him a general favorite with the little folk who frequent the theater, is smooth as the fascinating Mr. Dade. Melvin Fox fits in as the typical youth of tender years who, smitten with love, is taking himself snd the world most seriously. But the real hand goes to the children who conduct themselves like veterans of many seasons in the trying moments which come to all stage folk. Their coolness and presence of mind last night was especially notable when somebody missed a cue or laughter temporarily impeded the progress of the play. In an entr'act curtain talk Rev. Dr. {he was reported to have told detailed | sidewalks. This was followed by the Joseph R. Sizoo, pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, and Willmott Lewis, Washington corre- :Emdent for the London Times, lauded e efforts of Mrs. Tinnin and Mrs. Brown in organizing this Junior The: ter movement in Washington, Mr. Lewis declaring that he could think of noth- ing more admirable or of greater bene- fit to the youngsters such a project. A committee was named by Dr. Sizoo to co-operate with him in securing memberships among adults for the com- ing year, which will assure the produc- tion of & similar series on an even Jarger scale. On this committee were named luced wcnmu Frohman, Inc. \ — Railways Plans Air Service. MORE ‘GRAFT' DATA GIVEN CHICAGO JURY Sanitary Trustees Broke Fur- niture in “Whoopee Party,” Mathiesen Says. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 20.—More tales of | vhoopee parties” by members of the sanitary district trustees were reported today to have been laid before the grand jury investigating alleged ex- iravagance and graft by the rd. Arthur Mathiesen, described as pri: vate sccretary to Timothy J. Crowe, former president of the board, who defeated at the November election, was before the jury yesterday. The story a trip by members of the board to New York in 1927 and mentioned a “whoopee party” at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in which broken furniture was tossed out of windows and property | damaged to the extent of $6,900. Told of Padded Vouchers. The jury was understood to have| been told that vouchers were padded | in order to cover up large expenditures for the delegation of trustees and their friends who chartered a spacial train which set out for a flood contral con- ference in Washington, but which, ac- cording to Mathiesen, also touched at New York. Liquor and revelry were said to have been indulged in, and there were expenditures of the dis- 1 trict’s moneys, according to Mathiesen’s story, for flowers and candy for night club hostesses. Prosecutors were told that the Wal- dorf-Astoria party started when mem- bers of the Chicago party supplied themselves with electric light bulbs and began a bombardment of the walls and hurling about of pieces of furniture, the hotel later presenting a bill for $6,900 damages. Vouchers as Evidence. Vouchers showing payment of the Was | their vaudeville show, “Sometime Soon,” man Park Theater. In the photo, left to ken, Betty Waller and Hermoine John. The Troubadors of George Washington University are now rehearsing for whieh will be presented May 6 at Ward- right, are Dozothy Gray, Dorothy Chen- —Star Staff Photo. DR. J. E. BRIGGS RETURNS. Speaks at Fifth Baptist Missionary hotel’s bill were declared by prosecutors to be in their possession. A State Senate investigating commit- tez has possession of cerlain records of the sanitary district, and David Stans- bury, an assistant prosecuting attorney, charged yesterday that the committee was holding back the records to delay the grand jury investigations. He de- manded the records, threatening to prosecute the committee members for obstructing justice. The committee said it had not completed its investiga- tion, and retained the records. ITALY’S SOLDIER KING PRAISES FASCIST RULE Says Nation Under Present Admin- jstration Has. Become Unified, “Physically and Spiritually.” By the Associated P ROME, April 20.—Italy's soldier King, Victor Emmanuel III, in a ringing speech | before the twenty-eighth Italian Legi: lature today atiributed Italy’s “high place” in the family of nations to its seven years of Fascist rule. The speech was made amid scenes of magnificent splendor after he and his Queen, Helena, and Crown Prince Hum- bert had headed impressive processions through the streets of Rome to the Quirinal Palace. He was cheered to the echo by both legislators and the monster crowds which lined the streets. At the outset of his 30-minute ad- dress the King referred to the con- cordat with the Vatican, signed at the Lateran Palace. He said that as a con- sequence of two major events of the past few weeks—the national parlia- mentary election and conciliation with the Holy See—Italy had become a unified nation, not only physically but spiritually. RADIO HEAD DENIED WRIT. Fails to Mention He's Taxpayer in Fight on Rival Station. Rally Tomorrow. Dr. John E. Briggs has from Hamilton, Va., where he has been conducting revival meetings, and will speak at the annual Spring missionary rally at Fifth Baptist Church tomorrow | morning. Missionary Tingling also | will speak, At the evening service Dr. U. 8. Knox of Falls Church will preach. SUBJECTS ARE CHOSEN. Rev. Henry J. Smith to Preach on “Worshiping Posterity.” . returned ‘The pastor of Petworth Baptist Church, Rev. Henry J. Smith, will have | for the subject of the evening service tomorrow & sermon on modern and—i ness, “Worshiping Posterity.” The | morning sermon will be “God’s Gift of | Tongues.” The Ladies’ Aid Society will hold its April meeting Tuesday evening. to complete plans for its Spring festival, May 1. "WOODWARD NEW YORK, April 20 (#).—Because Franklin Ford, president of radio sta- tion WHAP, did not show in his com- | plaint that he was a taxpayer, Supreme Court Justice Phoenix Inghram yester- day denied him an injunction and dis- | missed his suit to restrain New York City's radio station, WNYC, from broad- casting a Catholic communion breakfast Sunday morning. Ford started action Tuesday to re- strain Mayor James J. Walker and the commissioner of plants and structures, Albert Goldman, from permitting WNYC to broadcast the communion breakfast of the Holy Name Society of the Fire Department at the Hotel Astor. Ford was also suing to restrain WNYC permanently from broadcasting Catholic activities. | LAURA PALMER DEAD. ‘Widely XEnown Character Actress Survived by Son. PHILADELPHIA, April 20 (#®). Laura Palmer, once widely known char. acter actress, died yesterday at the Ed- win Forrest Home here. She came into prominence when she played opposite George Boniface. Later she was lead- ing weman in companies headed by Charles Ellis and Willie Collier. N She is survived by one son, Charles S. Stubbs. Funeral services will be held here Monday. 3 Once Tfilnzkmvmg Service Planned. ‘The pastor of Mt. Zion M. E. Church, ‘Twenty-ninth street between ‘Dum- barton avenue and O street, Rev. Julius 8. Carroll, will preach at 11 a.m. to- morrow on the subject, “The Control ling Principle of Life,” and at 8 p.m. the United Order of Moses will hold its thanksgiving service. Church school, 9:30 a.m.; 3 p.n., pastor and zfl:zre:m;: rw;:ltmmnd Baptist urch; Epwos ,°5:30 pm.; Brothethonl T pte | A SENTENCES .EX-PITGHER. Judge Gives “Wild Bill” Pierson Year in Prison. MAYS LANDING, N. J, April 20 ). ‘sentence of ‘one year in State prison was y on Willlam “Wild Bl ¥ pitcher with the Philadelphia Athletics and Pittsburgh Pirates, by Judge Joseph A. Corlo, after his ietion having during an attémp! store in Atlantic City and & -similar senf Mrs. Walter Tuckerman, Mrs. b Pickard “WHITE MAGIC.” Rev. ‘Edward 0. Clark's Subjects .~ Are Announced. Rev. Eqward O. Clark, pastor of the Chevy Chase Baptist Church, will preach upon the subject, “White Magic,” tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. - At. 7:45 pm. his subject theme will be “Faith” The church school meets at 9:45 a.m., with graded departments for all chil- dren. The Young People’s Unlon meets at 6:45 p.m. Kenneth B. Forbes is president. “PLAY BALL” IS THEME. Rev. George E. Schnabel to Preach on “Three Strikes and Out.” “Play Ball” will be the theme at| Albright Memorial Evangelical Church, Fourth and Rittenhouse streets, at both Sunday - services. the pastor, “Playing the Game.” Sunday night the subjgct will be “Three Strikes and Out.” Australia plans to establish a federal résearch bureau. & Lornrop 10™ 11" F axp G S7atete China Myr. Budd—a representative from The Pickard China Studio—will be here Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. He will make easy the tinctive gift-giving—he problem .of dis- will talk with you personally about’ the never-failing smart gift source—PICKARD CHINA. He will also plan with you effective ways of using Pickard China ual table settings ‘and wil for four individ- 1 bring out ‘the real loveliness of Woodward & Loth- rop’s complete and distinctive line. ' -"' Ci‘etonne Week . .. beginning ‘Monday ' ‘Wil show you how to Put Your Home in: Summer, Dress Hundreds . of mul itilhued'ératonnes and - Chintzes—gathered* from_the old- world. , - -and the' new—bring unlimited new ideas in home fashions. Suggestions from our hostess decorators, as .ta:colors, fabrics .and dra treatments which ma be most effectively used ‘in your individual - rooms, make the ‘plunnh&md ‘fashioning’ orations of your Summer home! o easier - - Here, for the asking, are illus-. trated booklets ‘on slip-covers, make how to window draperies, and screens. Srxta Froom, At 11 o'clock Rev. George E. Schnabel, | will use as his subject ! TENETS EXPLAINED J. E. Sedman Gives Lecture at Fourth Church on Divinity. A lecture on “Christian Science: The Way of Salvation Which Christ Jesus Revealed,” was delivered last night in Pourth Church of Christ Scien by John Hilis Sedman, C. 8., of Cambridge, Mass. Mr. Sedman is a member of board of lectureship of the. mother hurch, the Pirst Church of Christ Sci- ntist, in Boston, Mass. He was intro- iucted by Emery J. Thompson, first seader ©f Fourth Church, under whose ausplces the lecture was given, He said, in part: “Christ Jesus understood God. He knew what the race needed to deliver it from bondage, and to usher it into the | enjoyment of eternal peace and happi- ness. Jesus came to show the way of salvation for all men. He succeeded, completely, gloriously. Sooner or later jevery man will awaken to the realiza- | tlon of that great fact, and will work out his salvation in the way Jesus of Nazareth taught. “On one occasion Jesus said, in ex- planation of the purpose of his great work for humanity: ‘I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. With what earnestness then, with what eagerness, should we embrace every opportunity to become better acquainted with our heav- enly Father, the Giver of all good. “Why has not the race given more willing and joyful heed to the scriptural admonition, ‘Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace'? There are many reasons for this apparent apathy. Prominent among them stands this, that false doctrines have presented God in such an unlovely and unlovable light that they have quite naturally caused people who accepted these doctrines, to turn away from contemplation of the nature and character of the Supreme Being. “Jesus knew that every instance of healing, every comforting word or deed, which reached humanity through him but exemplified God's beneficent love for His creatures expressed through Christ Jesus, the Way-shower who came to do God's will. “The student of Christian Science, studying daily the Bible and the writ- ings of Mary Baker Eddy, soon learns to trace the good that comes into his experience to God. with the same un- erring certalnty with which we all trace sunlight to the sun.” Dr. Wilkinson to Lecture. | “The Rising Pury of Mohammendan- ism: A Great Prophecy Fulfilling.” will G. Wilkinson, dean of theology of Washington Missionary College, tomor- | row night at the Arcade Auditorium, 3132 Fourteenth street. At 7:15 o'clock “How to Cook and Not Waste Vital Food Elements” will be the subject of & medical demonstration by experts from the Washington Sanitariun be the subject of the lecture by Dr. B. | ‘Woopwarp & LotHrRoP ™1™ F A¥D G STnects ORDINATION SERVICE. First Presbyterian Elders and Dea- cons to Be Installed. At First Presbyteriani Church tomor- row morning at the 11 o'clock service there will be an ordination service, at | §io¥’y which time elders and deacons will be ordained. The deacons to be ordained are J. J. Wallace, J. M. Livingston and R. G. Covel. 'The eiders o be ordained | nd the are John A. Russell, G. F. Glossbrenner and W. H. K. DePue, terson, the pastor, will deliver an ordi-| nation sermon, “The Office Bearer's| Standards.” ’ Church school will be held at 9:30 am. at both the old church on John Marshall place and at the wl' Mas- rty-sixth —_— :achuuna avenue and CONFERENCE EXTENDED. Dr. C. A. Shreve Will Be Amu;ng Speakers at Session. Rev. Harry L. Collier, pastor of the Full Gospel Tabernacle, North Capitol and K streets, announces that the first week of the Bible conference being con- ducted by Rev. J. N. Hoover of Cali- fornia has proved interesting, and will | be extended all next week. A number of evangelists and ministers are coming for the sessions, among them A Charles A. Shreve, formerly a Wash- ington_pastor, Studies in prophecy for the after- noons at 3:30 will embrace the follow- ing: “The Two Resurrections,” “Seven Judgments,” “The Jews in Palestine” and Mr, Hoover will speak evening at 7:45 k, except Monday, on these sub- ‘Where Did Christ Go From the “The Man Who Went From Jerusalem to Jericho,” “The Atonement” (an {llustrated sermon), “The Kingdom of Many Mansions” and “Mussolini—Is the World Preparing for Anti-Christ?” A divine healing service will be held Thursday evening for the sick of every creed. A communion service will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m., when he will speak on “In Remembrance of Me,” and at 7:30 pm. the topic will be “Noah and His Ark. SERMON BY DR. BOORDE. “The New and Old” Morning Sub- ject at Temple Baptist Church. ‘The subject of the morning sermon | tomorrow at Temple Baptist Church will | be “The New and the Old,” by the pas- | tor, Dr. C. E. Boorde. The evening service will be conducted by members of the Senior B. Y. P. U, with an ad- dress by Thomas R. Wilson, vice presi- dent of the Coluribia Federation of B. Y. P. U’s. Mrs. Fred Braugh, president | of the Temple Union, will give an lld-" dress at the Thursday night prayer| service on the impressions gathered by\ her in the rehabilitation services ren-| dered by the National Red Cross, of which she was a representative, after the recent tornado in Porto Rico. { An election of officers for the Ladies' | Aid and the Ladies’ Missionary Soclety | will be held at their meeting in the | church Tuesday. 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Appeals from many local church pul- pits for liberal co-operation by the con- tions on Near East Relief Bundle ade by pastors tomorrow Y Members of the congregations the young people will be asked to make up packages of old clothing for the overseas work of the Near East Relief and to-take these packages to the nearest hundle itation on Bundle day, April 29. Bundle stations will be located In many churches and all fire stations in the District. ENFORCEMENT TOPIC" OF DR. MONTGOMERY Metropolitan Memorial M. E. ru-i tor to Preach on “Our Na- tional Crisis.” Dr. James Shera Montgomery, pastor of the Metropolitan Memorial M. E. Church, will preach a special sermon tomorrow eveninig on law_enforcement. His subject will be “Our National Crisis.” At the morning service his subject is “Life’s Bitter-Sweet.” At a recent meeting of $he official board of the church the following of- ficers were elected: Board of trustees— W. Clarence Duvall, W. 8. Dewhirst, A. F. Lemon, John Ford, . Harding. R. 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Dr. Abram Simon is chairman of the Washington committee of the “Threefold - Movement,” and Rev. Moses Lovell of the Mount Pleasant Congregational Church is vice chair- man. The plans for Washington call for the establishment of a committee (éln 100 similar to that of New York y. Wensang Wong of China will speak ‘Tuesday evening on “Buddhism”; Rev. M. R, Lovell on “Christianity”; San- song Shih-Fu Wang of China on “Con- fucianism”; Kedar Nath Das Gupta of India on “Hinduism”; Dr. Abram Simon on “Judaism”; and Syud Hossain of India on “Mohammedanism.” A4 model suite, completely fur- nished by a moted New York decora- tor — open daily for inspection. See resident manager. Main 8100 & LLoTHROP 10™ 1™ F AxD G StreeTs New Roads in ‘Old Virginia By Agnes Rot’iery You do not know the real h torical charm of Old Virginia until.you have read this newly= released book. It is, at once, “an historical chronicle, a mod- ern guide-book and a beautiful souvenir. 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