Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1929, Page 5

» [} i | | - TARIFF FOR AUTOS IMagnate Informs Committee Through Letter of Duty Views. Py the Associated Press. Henry Ford favors placing automo- biles and trucks on the free list, re- speeting tariff, the Senate finance com- mittee was informed today by his repre- sentative. Replying to a request of Senator « Feed, Republican, Pennsylvania, R. O. | Roberge of the Ford Co., reported in a letter today the views of Henry Ford. He previously had stated that Edsel Ford h-d favored free trade so far as automciles were concerned. The! present fariff applies a rate of 25 per | cent on foreign automobiles. Roberge said in his letter that the; | attitude of Henry and Edsel Ford| #gainst a tariff on automobiles elimi- ! nated any question of their favoring a | countervailing duty. Conflicting expectations are being | formed on the basis of scraps of in-| formation which are emerging from the | closed room where the Republicans of the Senate finance committee have established themselves for the compli- cated task of rewriting the House tariff bill. On the one hand, inferences are drawn which lead some observers to | believe that their bill is to be as gen- cral as that passed by the House in the scope of its upward revision of tariff rates, while, on the other hand, | indications are cited to support predic- tions that the proposed increases will be considerably modified. Protection Not Needed Is View. In the latter category is classed the request of Chairman Smoot to the Tariff Commissjon for a list of imported commodities which enter American trade in such relatively small quanti- ties that they amount to less than 10 per cent of total consumption. Some | Republican committeemen believe that | if domestic producers have more than | 90 per cent of the American market | for ‘any commodity, they do not need Drotection against imports. Many of | the increases voted by the House are described as affecting such commodities. Others Hold Oppositely. While that is taken as a sign that the committeemen are seriously consid- ering an extensive modification of the House rates. an opposite interpretation is placed on the statement of Senator Shortridge of California, one of the members engaged on the task. “The Repuplican party,” he said, pro- poses to enact a tariff law which shall have due and first regard for American women and children—on the | farms, in the mines, in mill or factory —for the producer and consumer alike —who, without adequate tariff protec- tion, will be forced into competition with poorly paid. cheap labor, of other less prosperous countries.” Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, a member of the Republican independent group. which is organizing in opposition 1o general tariff revision, meanwhile, has called upon President Hoover to ex- press his views on the House bill. “After dictating the terms of the farm bill and condemning the deben- | ture plan in unmeasured terms,” he said, “The President cannot with very good grace remain neutral and silent on the tariff.” MUSSOLINI TO CUT ITALIAN WINE USE| J1 Duce Says Reduction Will Be for Economic Purposes, to Grow Other Crops. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. July 23.—Benito Mus- golini, in an interview published in the August issue of the World's Work, is quoted as saying that, principally for economic reasons, he intends to cut down wine consumption by Italians. “I have closed 27,000 saloons in five vears,” Ill Duce is quoted as saying. “Give me time and I will close them all’ The interview with the dictator makes it clear that his program is designed to | assist in making Italy self-sustaining. Ttaly, he is quoted as declaring, de- votes 8,500,000 acres of land to vine- vards, or more than half of the total vineyard acreage of all Europe, con- suming the production within its bor- ders and importing more, while it is unable to raite enough wheat to meet | its gyn needs. $10,000 ASKED IN SUIT BASED ON CONTRACT Plaintiff Charges Stock Failed to Stick to Agreement, Purchasers or" Claiming & breach of contract, Sam- uel A. Pear], 3424 Thirtieth street, for- mer owner of most of the stock of the Caslon Press, Inc., today filed suit for 810,000 damages against the corpora- tion and Frank B. Figgins, 1350 Ingra- ham street, and Joseph D. Ashby, 3817 Jenifer street, to whom he sold his stock last September. Pearl claims that the contract pro- vided that he should be elected to a position with the corporation and should be employed by it for one year from September 15, 1928. He was named as vice president, he says, and ! was kept in his employment until May 15, when he was removed as vice presi- dent and discharged from the employ of the corporation. He is represented by Attorney Charles T. Clayton. $6,000 SEA ELEPHANT DIES FROM PNEUMONIA Mobi, Only Male of Kind, Is Vic- tim of Disease in 8t. Louis Zoo. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, July 23.—Mobi, the | $6,000 sea elephant, believed to be the only male of its kind in captivity in this country, is dead of pneumonia at ! the Forest Park Zoo. The body was ) found in the pool yesterday and a post- mortem revealed the cause of death. ‘The conductors of the examination, in- cluding R. J. Terry, professor of anat- ' omy, and Dr. G. H. Scott, associate pro- , fessor of cytology at Washington Uni- ' versity School of Medicine, expressed the opinion Mobi .contracted the germ from human expectoration in his pool. It required two hours to move the 3,000-pound bulk of Mobi from the pool to_the operating room. Mobi went on a hunger strike five ago, but this did not worry zoo officials, as Frya, his mate, was_just getting over fast. a = and were obtained from oeorm-n:y‘mmds 18 months ago. Child Dies of Snake Bite. OAKRLAND, Md., July 23 (Special. Gladys, 3 years old, daughter of Mr. l\:snMnL Gilbert Lowdermilk, 1 the effects of poison ceused by the bite of a snake on her l:g The child was bitten last Thursdsy while playing in the yard at her home. This was the first death to result from a snake bite in Garrett County in & FORD FAVORS FREE | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, The new giant 18-passenger Curtiss Condor transport was given its first public test at Garden City, Long Island, N. Y., and proved successful. rail service between New York and Los It will be turned over to Transcontinental Air Transport, Angeles. The biplane can carry as many | the Department of Commerce restrictions for safety. Photo shows the Curtiss 25 or 30 passengers and still be within Condor in test flight. —P. and A. Photo. EUGENE O'NEILL WEDS AGAIN; TAKES THIRD BRIDE IN PARIS Playwright Marries Carlotta Monterey, Actress—Couple Leaves for Tyrol. Former Wife Claims She Gave Artist Freedom He Desired. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July O'Nelll, playwright, 23.—Eugene | was married in| Paris yesterday to Carlotta Monterey, | actress, it was announced Harry Weinberger, O'Neill's New York attorney. their honeymoon in the Tyrol. today by | The couple are spending | Mrs. Agnes Boulton O'Neill obtained | a divorce from the playwright on July 2, in Reno. for some time, and recently recovered from a serious iliness. Before going to Paris it was an- nounced that he would marry Miss Monterey as soon as Mrs, O'Neill ob- tained her divorce. Miss Monterey formerly was the wife of Ralph Barton, an illustrator, whom i she divorced three years ago. This is O'Neill's third marriage. His first wife, Kathleen Jenkins of New York, divorced him in 1912. ried Agnes Boulton, who also had been previously wed, in 1918. In obtaining her divorce decree this month, it was announced Mrs. O'Neill received “proper provision” for herself and two children, Shane and Ona. Both also had children by their pre\'i-‘ ous marriages. Mrs, O'Neill, in announcing her di- vorce suit, said it was to give her dramatist husband “the illusion of free- dom always demanded by the artistic male.” » P COURT ISSUES SUBPOENA FOR GOV. MAX GARDNER Carolina Executive to Be Asked to Testify in Gastonia Slaying Trial. By the Associated Prees. GASTONIA, N. C, July 23—A subpoena for the appearance of Gov. O. Max Gardner as a witness in the trial of 23 Loray mill strikers and strike sympathizers under indictment for the slaying of O. F. Aderholt, city police chief, at the strikers’ camp, June 7, was obtained late yesterday by defense coun- sel. The trial is set for next Monday. The subpoena summons Gov. Gard- ner to appear in court here July 29 and prodyce a letter written to him on May 16 By Roy Stroud, a striker. The letter, which was made public at the time, followed destruction of headquar- ters of the National Textile Workers by & band of masked men. HELD FOR GRAND JURY IN DANCE HALL SLAYING Julius “ Epps Accused of Taking Life of John Grant and ‘Wounding Three. Julius Epps, colored, 19 years old, of the 1600 block of Thirty-second street, alleged to have shot and killed John Grant, also colored, during a dance given by the Silver Slipper Club in Pythian Temple Building, Twelfth and U streets, Sunday night, was committed to jail this afternoon to await the action | of the grand jury. A coroner’s jury, at an inquest con- ducted today at the morgue, named him as the slayer. ‘Three other colored persons were wounded by Epps during trouble at the time Grant recelved his fatal wound. ‘They were treated at Garfleld Hospital, and it is belleved they will recover. Acting Sergt. M. J. Mahaney and Pvt. Oswell Beale of the eighth precinct ar- tested Epps. S Woman’s Club to Picnie. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. CLARENDON, Va. April 23—At a special meeting of the executive com- mittee of-the Arlington County Business and Professional Women's Club, held yesterday in the office of Mrs. Salada Ruppert, at the courthouse, it was de- cided to hold a special picnic meeting tomorrow evening at Glen Echo. Mrs. Albert W. Cohen is president of the organization O'Nell has been in Paris | He mar- | EUGENE O'NEILL, i MRS. O'NEILL. | 5 | Noises Induce Rest. {Broken Sleep Best, Professor Declares | Pittsburgh Scientist Shat- ters Old Theory of Quiet. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 23—The { importance of ordinary noises in the disturbance of sleep has been greatly | exaggerated, Dr. H. M. Johnson, di- rector of investigation of sleep of the Mellon Institute, told University of Pittsburgh Summer students yesterday. Our experiments have shown that if a person in good health goes to bed at 10 o'clock his slumber will be the deep- est in the first half hour, which begins about 10:40. The onset of deepest sleep is about 40 minutes after the sleeper | begins and lasts about half an hour. ‘The chief physical disturbers of sleep |are irritating changes that are set up in skin, muscles, joints -and internal organs by merely being kept still for considerable times, the speaker said, adding the most refreshing sleep is that which is interrupted for brief periods from two to six times an hour by & change of position that brings relief. i HAMMERSTE.IN IS SUED. NEW YORK, July 23 (#).—Suit for $111,400 for alleged breach of contract yesterday was filed against Arthur Hammerstein, theatrical producer, by Helen Santro, publicity agent. Miss Santro, the wife of Jack Francis, Hollywood, Calif., publicity man, al- leged that Hammerstein “wrongfully” discharged her as his publicity agent in the Spring of 1927. She asks $100,000 for her “wrongful” discharge and $11,- 400 which she claims is due her for unpaid salary. ‘CAPTURED’ U. S. FLAG SHOWN; DENIED HERE Marine Corps Says No Corps Stand- ard Has Been Lost in Nicaragua. By the Assoclated Press. FRANKFORT, Germany, July 23— A dramatic climax came in yesterday's meeting of the Anti-Imperialist Con- gress when Delegate Hurwitz, secre- tary of the Latin American committee for “hands off Nicaragua,” produced an American corps flag, which, he said, was captured by brave Nicaraguans fighting imperialism.” “Note these bloodstains,” he ex- claimed. “They represent the heart's blood of brave fighters for freedom. It _is the blood of fellow workers.” He expressed the opinion that the “struggle for liberty” in Latin America had only just begun. By the Associated Press. Commenting on a dispatch from Frankfort, Germany, that a delegate to the Anti-Imperialist Congress had dis- played an American “corps” flag which he said was captured by Nicaraguans, Marine Corps headquarters said today that no American standard ever had been taken into action in Nicaragua. The only Marine Corps standard, flag, it was added, was kept in the | Marine Barracks at’ Washington. | The only American flags in Nica- ragua, it was explained, were those of the Marine regiments and none had been lost. Marine officers who were on duty during the more active days of the Nicaraguan campaign recalled that a Sandinista in Honduras at one time broadcast a story that the forces of the insurgent chief had captured an American Marine flag. | Photographs of this flag. the officers | sald, were circularized by the Sandin- | istas, but when compared with Ameri- | can flags in Nicaragua, were found to be those of a poor copy of a regular | emblem. |MUELLER SOME BETTER I BUT IS STILL CRITICAL !Germln Cabinet Head Makes Prog- | ress After Operation—Doctors | Show Anxiety. | By the Associated Prees. HEIDELBERG, July 23.—Attending | | physicians are satisfled with the prog- |ress of Chancellor Hermann Mueller, head of the German cabinet, who un- derwent an emergency operation after |an attack of gall bladder trouble. It is stated, however, complications | may develop and the outcome cannot be_certain for another nine days. Prof. H. Haug of the Academic Hos- | pital, who is in charge of the case, said | reports that a crisis was to be expected | within 48 hours were “nonsense.” | “The crisis cannot come the third day,” |sald the physician, “but it can come the fifth, seventh, ninth or eleventh day. Only then can we say something definite.” FLYERS’ PLANE ATTACHED SAN FRANCISCO, July 23 (#).—The | new $13,500 biplane presented to Loren | Mendell and Roland Reinhart for set- ting a world refueling endurance record of 246 hours plus was attached yester- day on behalf of Eleanor Merry, 23, Hollywood actress. Reinhart sought release of the plane, declaring Mendell sold him his share filwnly after the ship was given to em. The attachment is the result of a smashup, in Los Angeles last Decem- | ber of a'plane Mendell was piloting, in which Miss Merry claims she was seri- ously injured. I "RestOre your car’s showroom splendor 'OUR car will brand new when you have it refinished with Berryloid, the permanent look high-luster lacquer. Se- lected as the most beautiful and durable of all finishes, this remarkable lacquer is used on 95 per cent of America’s commercidl air- planes, and is specified for their personal motor cars by royalty the world over. Berryloid won't rub off. ‘Wear and washing heighten its luster—heat or cold won't damage it. Berryloid codts no more then ordi- nary finishes. There is an authorized Berryloid shop in your neighborhood. Drive in and get & new. looking - car for the low cost of refinishing. RUDOLPH & WEST COMPANY 1332 New York Avenue N.W. ‘Washington, D. C. Inc., for regular duty on its air-| bers. which might be described as a “corps”| EQUTY NEARCRASH MARSHALL AVES Veteran Actor Says Associa- tion Is Snatching at Straws | to Avert Collapse. By the Assoclated Press. LOS ANGELES, July 23—Tully Marshall, veteran character actor of the films and stage, said yesterday the Actors’ Equity Association was “snatch- ing at straws” in an attempt to stave off the collapse of its campaign to gain recognition in motion pictures. Marshall was named with Warner Bros., Inc., producers, in a suit by Equity for $1,000,000 for alleged dam- ages and a court order to restrain him from carrying out a contract. Equity charged the actor had violated his agreement with the association in sign- Igrgl ulcflntnct with Warner Bros., Inc., uly 1. “The proceedings instituted against me by Equity,” Marshall said, “I con- sider absurd. It is inconceivable that any organization can have absolute control over the livelihood of its mem- “In the very absurdity of the methods pursued by Frank Gillmore, president, and his associates in Equity, lies ample evidence they are growing desperate and are clutching at straws in an effort to avert the inevitable collapse of their campaign.” Equity’s suit charged Warner Bros, Inc., induced Marshall to sign the con- tract to which objections were made, and coerced him to issue an interview criticizing the association for its stand. Marshall said: “I went to Warner Bros.,, Inc, and requested a contract. The allegation that my statement was coerced is incorrect. A newspaper man, who had learned of the contract, came to me, and in the course of the inter- view I gave my reasons for signing.” Warner Bros., Inc., officials here de- clined to comment on the suit, saying their New York office would take care of the matter. DEFENDS 75-CENT CHARGE| FOR NIGHT TENNIS PLAY F. W. Hoover Cites Deficit of $3,500 Last Year to Back Up Contention. ‘The proposal to charge 75 cents for play on the tennis courts near Seven- teenth and B streets to be lighted at night, instead of the 40 cents for day playing, has drawn expressions of pro- test from tennis players and consequent explanation by F. W. Hoover, general manager of the Welfare and Recreation Association of Public Buildings and Grounds, Incorporated. The day play on the tennis courts last year created a | deficit of $3.500, Mr. Hoover said yes- terday in response to inquiries, and added that if it were not for the sale of soda and other thinks like confections, the loss would be even greater. The 40 cents charged does not pay for the cost of the courts, Mr. Hoover | said, explaining that provision must be made for improvement and upkeep. Mr. Hoover pointed out that five of the courts must be lighted at a time. even if only one or two of the courts are occupied. In an effort to make the | tennis courts a paying proposition, he said, he has reduced salaries and got- ten along with fewer workers. He pointed out that with this explanation, he felt sure that the tennis players would appreciate that it is necessary | ‘0 make this charge at this time in order to keep things going. | M’KECHNIE éOMES BACK. Will Resume Management of Car- dinals, Effective Tomorrow. ST. Louis, July 23 (#).—President Sam Breadon of the St. Louls Cardi nals announced today that effective tomorrow William McKechnie no managing the Rochester Club of the International League, will again take | over the management of the Cardinals | and that manager Billy Southworth will be sent back to Rochester in the | managerial role. New Postmaster in Charge. LURAY, Va., July 23 (Special).—Car- roll M. Spitler has just received his ap- pointment and taken possession of the | Luray, Va., post office, in place of Ever- ett M. Berry, deceased. Mr. Sp.'’rr from the Hawksbill section of this coun- ty, about 3 miles south of Luray. He is a farmer and chairman of the Re- publican county committee. He is a | young man and from one of our prom- inent families. Believe to be mementos of the World War, two Mills bombs were recently found in Sir Kinsley Wood's private room in the House of Commons at London. glllll!lll"llIl|IIIIHIIlIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'IIIIIIIIIII"llIlIlIIlE Business Men 5 Near Our Tweo Offices —realize t he ad- vantages of a box in our safe deposit vault in place of a safe in their store or office. Our vaults open at 8:30 AM. and close at 4 P.M. They can get out the necessary papers and cash and return them at the close of the business day, running no risk of fire or theft during the night or over Sunday. 00000000 A Boxes as Low F Street at Ninth 17th Street at G D. C, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1929. Achieves Aim EDWIN BOGGS CROWDER. 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