Evening Star Newspaper, June 2, 1929, Page 16

i | | | BRTAN T0 PUSH ARGENTIE TRADE Committee Will Study Finan- ! cial, Economic*and In- dustrial Relations. BY JOSEPH B. PHILLIPS. By Radio to The Star. LONDON, June 1.—Empire salesman- ship, recently achieving notable suc- cesses in Russia and - Australia, im-| pressed by the accomplishments of | «+ President Hoover's tour when President- elect; is about to penetrdte South America. Through the board of trade | the government has announced the appointment of a distinguished commit- { tee of four financiers and industrialists to visit Argentina and Brazil to study the economic, financial and industrial | relaticns of those two nations with Eng- land. While to some extent this is a continuation of the trail blazed by the Prince of Wales when he visited South America as the *“good will pioneer,” preceding both the French and Ameri- can aviators and Mr. Hoover, it is in relation to the President’s good will tour that the appointment of the commis- sion has excited most interest. Meets Widespread Approval. Convinced that the empire has fallen behind not only the United States but Germany in South American trade, the manufacturers, business men and ex- porters of all elasses since the naming the commission have bombarded newspapers with approval and applause. Their general tenor is strikingly the | same—the South American market is] hungry for British goods and is de- prived of getting them by the lacka- daisical salesmanship. The personnel of the new commission is sufficient evidence of its importancé. Chairman is Viscount d'Abernon. Best known as the first post-war Ambassador to Ger- many—in itself a good will task of no mean proportions—Lord. d’Abernon: also has a wide reputation as a financier. Before the war he was,financial ad- viser to the Egyptian government, later chairman of the Dominions Royal Trade Commission. With him on_the South American tour will be Sir Wil- liam Claire Lees, managing director of large textile interests, former’president of the Manchester Chamber of Com- | merce; G. E. Rowland, chairman of a large engineering concern; Julian Pig- | gott, former British commissioner to Cologne, representative of the iron and steel industries. The mission will be accompanied by H. O. Chalkley, for-| mer charge d'affaires in Buenos Aires, author of the annual economic survey of Argentina. When the Prince of ‘Wales returned from his South Ameri~ can tour in 1925 he dubbed it “the land of almost boundless possibilities,” and advised English boys to begin to study Spanish. Little Since Accomplished. Since, however, little has been done toward the intensive cultivation of the South American market. While 500,000,000 pounds of British capital are invested in Argentina and trade with Brazil, supplemented by the con- trol of the large utilities and railway companies, England has left the field fallow in comparison with the efforts of the United States and Germany, and even those of France, where the flight of Costes and Le Brix had a distinct repercussion on home cash registers. Recently two public statements have spread the belief that the South Amer- 1ican ‘public is yearning for a chance to buy British goods in greater quantities. Chalkley, who will accompany the mis- slon, wrote in his last report, “the Ar- gentine purchasers prefer British goods will buy them if the prices are right” A similarly hopeful message ‘was ht by Edouard G. Drabble, officer of the Rural Society of Argentina, in a 'fi“h in London which said: “I am here to tell the board of trade and the manufacturers of ‘motor cars and agricultural machinery that Argen- tina is welling and anxious to buy from this country if she will m‘*‘\:’:}-en.mdes we want.” When Lord d*Al on and his companions set off across the At- lantic it will be the third important trade embassy sent out from this coun- try within 12 months. The first was to Russia, the second to Australia, - Should the South American mission duplicate the successes of -its predecessors it will be a complete triumvirate which cannot fail to be regarded as an important fac- tor in swinging back to those spheres of trade and prosperity shunted away during the post-war years. (Copyright, 1920.) DAINTY WIRE DANCER IN CIRCUS IS MAN “Herberta” Beeson Formerly Was Clerk in General Store at Summitsville, Ind. CHICAGO, IIl. () —Dainty, skirted | Herberta Beeson. hailed as “the world greatest slack-wire dancer,” is a man ‘The story of his rise from grocery clerk to featured performer of the “big| tops” is one of the romances that give | circus life its spangled glamour, ‘ At 17, when his name was Herbert, ‘Beeson was a clerk in a general store at Summitsville, Ind., where he *“helped out” three mights a weék as a stage| hand at the village vaudeville theater. ‘To this theater came the ‘“‘Marvelous | Lucknows,” circus people doing a small- time circuit. With the act was a girl who was a slack-wire dancer. For her amusement Herbert did all of the little dancing tricks he knew. She liked them, and Herbert, too. Seven months later, in Texas, the girl slipped, fell a crumpled heap beneath the wire. “Don’t fire her just because she’s hurt!” pleaded Herbert. now with the troupe. “I know her tricks. Let me do them.” ‘Wigs were tried on, skirts fitted, and | that night Herbert began his mas- | querade. And now the maid who attends the great Herberta Beeson, catching the robe tossed from the wire, is the little girl who fell from the wire—his wife! PRINCE HENRY IN CANADA. Arrives From Japan Concerned Over Father's Condition. VICTORIA, British Columbia, June 1 () —Great Britain’s military prince stepped on Canadian soil for the first time today. Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, third son of their majesties, who went to Tokio to confer on Emperor Hirsh the Order of the Garter, reached Victoria today from Japan on the liner Emoress of Asla. For the next four days the prince will be the guest of Victoria. His first con- cern on arrival from Yokohama was for his father, King George. The prince had been kept advised of his father’s condition by wireless at ses SECOND AIR VICTIM DIES. Bristol, Va., Woman Expires at Huntsville, Ala. HUNTSVILLE, Ala,, June 1 (#).—Mrs. Elizabeth Barron Stout of Bristol, Va., died In a hospital at 2 p.m. today of injuries received yesterday in an air- plane accident herz. Mrs. Stout was the second victim of the crash, her cousin, Mrs. Mareus Pen- | der, of Huntsville, dying without regain- ing’ consciousness yesterday. | wesSeported improved ni the. Gospiial | was rej improved at’ the hosp! to which he wag.teken, 4 il | 'Photographer Honored WILL H. TOWLES. PHOTOGRAPHER HERE HONORED BY BRITISH Will H. Towles Elected Member of Royal Society—Also Given American Medal. Will H. Towles, photographer. 1526 Connecticut avenue, received word yes- terday of his election to membership in the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain. A letter from the secretary of the society, H. H. Blacklock of London, advised him that he had been admitted oniMay 13 to the associateship of the soclety. Mr! Towles and George W. Harris of Harris & Ewing have also been awarded gold medals by the Photographers’ As- sociation of America. Each of these medals bears the following inscription: “Presented, not as an intrinsic re- ward, but as a token of distinguished service to Pholog’raph)‘." Mr. Towles, whn is a charter member of the Washington. Kiwanis Club, is generally called the father of Kiwanis in what is now the Capital district, which includes 49 clubs in the District of Columbia, Delaware and Virginia. Early .in 1917 Mr. .Towles called: to- gether 10 Washington business men and formed the present Washington Club, the first organization in this territory. ‘The work of the Washington Club is prominent for its activities in helping crippled children. \ ISABEL TALIAFERRO IS SUED FOR DIVORCE Stage and Screen Actress’ Husband Claims She Deserted Him, : By the Associated Press. ‘ RENO, Nev.,, June 1.—Isabel Talia- ferro, noted screen and stage actress, was sued for divorce here yesterday. It was not at first recognized that Miss Taliaferro was the defendant, as she was sued under hcr real name of Mabel O'Brien. . JGod] P, O'Brien, the plaintiff, alleged desertion. Identity of the defendant was admit- ted -here. by ' O'Brien’s ' attorney, W. H. Sheldon of Los Angeles, and formerly of this citv. -Piled almost simultaneously with the complaint was an answer by Harry Danfcrtn, who bears the power of attorney from Mrs. O'Brien, acknowledged by a Los Angeles notary on May 28. ‘Tre complaint sets forth that the couple married at Darien, Conn., Janu- es that Mrs, Hollywood on July 10, 1927. O'Brien, who won honors during the World War as a captain, has been here for several months, and in recent weeks has been interested in a mining venture near the old camp of Virginia City. His wife, llke her sister, began her theatrical career when an infant, ap- pearing at the age of 21;-years. She originated the role of Lovey Mary in “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch,” and later starred in “On . the Quiet” with Willie Collie~. “In the Bishop's Carriage,” “Pippa Passes,” and in the play “Polly of the Circus,” which was written especially for' hes She left the stage in 1915 for motion pictures and returned to the logitimate two years later, but is mow preparing for her return to the films again. The cass has bren set tentatively for trial next Monday. RELEASE NICK THE GREEK ON FUGITIVE CHARGE Notorious Bandit Posts $2,000 Bond, Claiming Case of Mistaken Identity. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, Mich., June 1.—Nick the Greek, known in underworld circles as the big shot among gamblers, arrested here this morning on suspicion of being a fugitive from police of Chicago, was released on $2,000 bond this after- noon. “Nick the Greek” is Nicholas Dan- dolas, 43. He was arrested at the request of Chicago police, who charge that he passed a worthless check for less than $100 and then jumped his court bond. Dandolas’said it was a case of mistaken identity. He was brought into court this afternoon on a writ of habeas corpus and was re- leased on bond when the hearing on th> writ was adjourned unti] Monday. Dandolas achieved fame 10 years s§o when he broke ones of the roulette banks at Monte Carlo. For many years he was the only man who could consistently beat Arnold Rothstein, New York gambler, who was shot to death six months ago. He told Detroit police he has been here since last Wednesday visiting relatives, ~He termed the Detroit gambling_ houses “piker _joints” said he did not patronize them since coming here. GIVES “SYNT"HETIC SKY.” Samuel S. Fels Makes Present to Franklin Institute. PHILADELPHIA, (#).—Philadelphia is to have a planetarium, the gift of Samuel S. Fels, millionaire soap manu- facturer, to the Franklin Institute, ‘The “synthetic sky,” as it also is known, is a representation of the heavens at night, its diameter 80 feet, and its’ zenith 50 feet above the'floor, It will exhibit not only the heavens of northern latitudes, but the southern skies never seen North of the equator, and, finally, the sky as it ap nearly 5,000 years ago, and the changes that will have taken place 10,000 years hence. : . Plan World Cork Monopoly. ‘World monopoly of the production of cork bottle stoppers is being organized, according to a repa;; from Spain. A Belgian corporation, by means of sub- sidiaries, has already absorbed 8 fac- tories in France and 12 in Germany and is vre)unnaw to invade Spain. Spaip ¥ vl probacy. St (i BOVERR - SR AN WHE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. 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