Evening Star Newspaper, June 15, 1930, Page 5

BYRD WILL PAY TRBUTE T0 PEARY “South Pole Explorer to Visit Arlington While Here Friday. ing his respects to an intrepid naval colleague who, without the aid of such modern marvels of exploration as the airplane and radio, conquered lar wastes with dog team and sledge ar Admiral Byrd, aerial master of both Poles, will lay a wreath on the tomb of Admiral Peary in Arlington during the fiyer's visit here next Fri- day. ¥ Admiral Byrd is coming here to make his first official report on the South Pole flight to the National Geographic Bociety and to receive from President Hoover & special gold medal to be awarded by the society in commemora- ton of Byrd's aerial achievements in Antarctica. The report and the presentation will take place in the Washington Audi- torium before a brilliant company of invited guests. The initial showing of the remarkabie motion pictures taken By the expedition will be a feature of | the ceremonles Priday night. Will Bring Party. acmiral Byrd will arrive at Union Btation from New York by special train Priday morning, bringing with him some 80 members of the Antarctic party the latter including not only those who stayed with their commander on the ice, but ihose who aided the expedition tn New Zealand or in manning supply 2bips on their dangerous trips through e pack ice. ©n board the train will be Admiral Myrd's wife and son and_the admiral’s Mother, Mrs. Eleanor Bolling Byrd. Two brothers, former Gov. Harry Byrd of Virginia and Capt. Thomas Byrd, Riso will be in the family group. President Hoover will receive the en- tire party at the White House at 12:30 @'clock Priday afternoon, and at 1:30 o'clock the party will be entertained at Tuncheon in the Willard Hotel by the trustees of the National Geographic foclety. At 3 o'clock Admiral Byrd will pay his respects to Secretary of the Navy Adams at the Navy Depart- ment. Broadcast Presentation. On leaving the Navy Department Admiral Byrd and his command will go to Arlington for the tribute at Ad- miral Peary’s tomb. Byrd paid a similar tribute to Scott, first to reach the South Pole, while the party was in New Zealand. On leaving Arlington the group will e taken on an automobile tour of the city. The ceremonjes in the Auditorium will be broadcast by the Nation-wide | networks of the National Broadcasting Co. and the Columbia Broadcasting System. Stations WRC and WMAL are to carry the program locally. Dr. Offbert. Grosvenor, president of e National Geographic ety, wi Wrenar Confronted with a demand for seats exceeding even the record deluge which marked the Lindbergh ceremonies three years ago, the Geographic Society an- nonnced yesterday that all reservations have been exhausted for the exercises at the auditorium, with more than 10,000 additional applications suffering rejection. Greatest List of Applications. Never in the history of the soclety has the avalanche of requests for seats at & similar ceremony been comparable to that which has developed with the return of Admiral Byrd from his epochal aerial adventures in Antarctica. Such explorers as Peary, Roosevelt, Shackleton, Amundsen and Lindbergh, not to mention Byrd himself upon his Teturn from his North Pole flight, have drawn tremendous crowds to cere- monies arranged by the society, but officials of the organization declared today the present situation is without precedent. ‘The seats in the auditorium were made avallable wholly to the member- of the society, except for the few invitations sent to the distinguished of- ficials and diplomats who will be guests of the society. Invitations were mailed simultaneous- Iy to all members of the soclety in Washington and vicinity, and the next morning 800 acceptances had arrived by special delivery, and the flow con- tinued during the day until 5,000 ap- plications had been received. By noon of the next day all seats had been as- signed in the order of acceptance, and since that time the clerical staff has been busy writing and explaining by telephone. ESTRANGED HUSWBAND CHARGED WITH MURDER. Bloodhounds Trail Henry Walker Across Mountains After Wife Is Shot From Ambush. By the Associated Press. TOWNSEND, Tenn., June 14— Menry Walker, 37, was arrested late today by Sheriff W. R. Pate and charged with the slaying of his di- voreed wife, Mrs. Annie Walker, 35, and the wounding of his mother-in- law. Mrs. Margaret Moore. Bloodhounds brought to the spot where Mrs. Walker and her mother were shot down from ambush today | struck a trail across the mountains and stopped at a house a mile away. There Sheriff Pate and deputies said they found Walker. In the Blount County Jail at Maryville, Walker de- nied any connection with the shoot- ing. His preliminary hearing is set for | Monday. i Three bullets struck Mrs. Moore, wounding her seriously. MRS. QUIGLEY WINS SUIT Gets Divorce Decree Against New York and Denver Attorney. DENVER, June 14 (#).—A final de- | eree of divorce was granted today to Virginia Coxe Quigley from William | Bryan Quigley, New York and Denver | attorney The preliminary decree was | granted December 13, 1929, while Quigley was recuperating in a Denver hospital from a bullet wound received | in_Mrs. Quigley's apartment | Quigley recently won out in an| alienation-of-affections suit _brought | against him here by William J. Kunkel, New York frult broker, who charged Quigley had alienated the a fections of his wife, Mrs. Marie Ali-| mova Kunkel = | GIFTS GO TO MONTEVIDEO! Zocal Y. W. C. A. Chapters Send‘; Box to South America. i Local chapters of the Y. W. C. A.| yesterday sent a gift box to inmates of the Orphans’ Home at Montevideo, Uruguay. The Government there ha: wced the orphans’ home under the | porary care of the Y. W. C. A. at Montevideo, and the sister chapter here made the gift as a gesture of apprecia- tion to the South American chapter's eighth anniversary. The Washington association has a special interest in the affairs of the Montevideo chapter as it has accepted 1 responsibility for the salary of the American secrelary in charge there, Miss Stella Orr. |_The United Kingdom imported $125,- 000_worth of American artificial limbs, and other surgical last year. THE SUNDAY From the Front Row .Reviews and News of Washington's Theatcré. “The Devil's Holiday” Triumph of Genius and Sincerity. DMUND GOULDING'S posi- tive genius for bringing out the best that an actor or actress has, is illustrated to perfection in “The Devil's Holiday,” the current attraction at Loew's Palace. Not only has he d Nancy Carroll into one of the first actresses of the screen, but, sy in*Phe T r e s spasser.” he has written a story and di- rected it with a shrewdness that is amazing, con- sidering the short time he has been in the game. This film should by all means he seen, 1t is one of the most compelling of the year, Due to the brilliance of Mr. Gould- ing. who has an uncanny faculty of knowing just what to do with people and “props” (such as music, which he introduces at odd moments with astounding results), he has turned into sheer gold what might have been second-rate stuff. Into a story of a clever gold dig- ger who plays her cards cleverly, without reckoning on the jack of hearts, and who comes very near losing the one thing in the world that she wants, he has introduced enough pathos and dramatic inten- sity o hold an audience spellbound throughout. Indeed, although there are minor exaggerations apparent here and there, although the action in one or two instances has been strained almost to the breaking point, the effect, on the whole, is one of complete genuineness and sin- cerity, and the result a triumph for all_concerned. Too much cannot be said in praise of Nancy Carroll's performan it is dignified and totally luminous at every turn. The vacuous expression that was hers in “Honey” has been molded into something of finesse and character. She has, furthermore, at her command a surprising amount of well-timed restraint. ~ Phillips Holmes, playing opposite, is & young actor who shows surprising ability. If a barber had only taken him in before the first scenes, that slight jolt of seeing almost feminine curl trailing down the neck of & “strong man from the wheat fields might, and should, have been eliminated The rest of the cast is admirable— but not up to the really high mark of the two leading players. (Note— Zasu Pitts as a telephone operator!) ‘The stage show is up to the usual standard of the Palace. It is fast, bright and continually pleasing. Its leaders are two amusing “gents” who g0 by the names of Collins and Peter- son. Othérs who add their note of cheer are Louise Bave, who sings as nicely as a member of the Capitol family should; Georgle Tapps, who does things on the tips of his toes, and the Samuel Brothers, who, with the Chester Ht‘;:tmm' complete one of the year's programs. E.deS. M. Naney Carroll. “The Fall Guy” Makes, Them Laugh?® JACK MULHALL departs from the strictly comic into the more se- rious fleld of drama in “The Fall Guy,” this week’s offering at R-K-O Keith' However, there are many good laughs in Mulhall's current starring vehicle, despite “The Fall Guy’s” tumbles into the pit of slep- py sentimentality which tend to take the edge from plete en- joyment of the productfon. This boy Ned Sparks is there, though, as a laugh-getter. The long- faced comedian, appearing as a stu- dent of moaning on a saxophone in the story of the machinations of a gang lord looking for a victim to do his dirty work, gets away with neat wise cracks that match the comic facial contortions he presents. Mae Clarke, cast opposite Mulhall in the role of the wife of the “fall guy,” plays her part to perfection. Always nagging, though at heart still deeply in love with her husband of five years, she succeeds in driving the jobless Mulhall into the trap laid by the gangster, although everything winds up all right. The “fall guy” turns the tables on the dope-running gang lord, who had left him with the marked satchel containing the drugs. “Up the Congo,” an added attrac- tion, depicts primitive lifs in Africa and is an interesting travelog ‘To obviate the fact that mayhap one or twp of the patrons will not take to t}‘ other Laurel and Hardy comedy which is easily one of their funniest. Constant mirth-quakes are guaran- eyed pair go through their absurd lhnr:sp wa.: reels, short subjects and the Columbia Orchestra doing | nicely terminate the program. | Y E. de 8. M. | | SENATE OFFICE BUILDING | PLANS TQ BE PREPARED Work of Constructing Ornamental Approach to Get Under Way in Fall, Lynn Says. Fhe work of constructing an orna- méntal approach to the Senate Office | Building at the corner of Delaware | avenue and C street, to make it con- posed extension of the Capitol grounds, will be under way this Fall, David Lynn architect of the Capitol, said yesterday. The commission in charge of the Senate Office Building has authorized Mr. Lynn to make a contract with the firm of Wyeth & Sullivan, architects, | of this city, for the plans for this improvement, funds for which were carried in the legislative appropriation Senator Coldsborough, Republican of Maryland, has just been made chair- man of the Senate Office Building commission, the other members being Senator Jones, Republican of Wash- ington, and Senator Overman, Demo- crat of North Carolina. GIVEN CERTIFICATES Education Board Chairman Pre- | sents Bibles to Seniors at Ex- ercites Held in Synagogue. | Confirmation exercises for the senior | girls’ class of the Congregation and Talmud Bnai Israel, Fourteenth and Emerson streets, are to be held this morning at the synagogue. Harry Himmelfarb, president of the congregation, will present members of the class _with engraved certificates. Each confirmant will also receive a Bible, presented by Louis Mirman, | chairman of the board of education. | The following will be confirmed: | Ruth Clepatch, Ruth Cohen, Selma (Crupsaw, Hellen Peldman, Rosalie Mi- | | chaelson, Hellen Permut, Martha Oser, Selma Stearman, Gertrude Hayman and Dorothy Venesky. mildy amusing film too | kindly, the theater has to offer an- | teed any one who views this moon- | form to the appearance of the pro-| CONGRVEGATldN GIRLS | pletion of a nine-foot channel in the STAR, WASHI SEEHARD FIGHT ON RIVERS L | Senate to Consider Tomorrow Measure Appropriating $122,000,000. | By the Associated Press. The first rivers and harbors bill in | Congress in more than three years, al- ready approved by the House with ap- propriations totaling a minimum of $122,000,000, will come up for consider- ation in the Senate tomorrow. | A small but bitter band of opponents | are prepared to launch a fight against | it, reviving threats of a filibuster. One~short section is the center of | the controversy. It provides Federal | operation of the Illinois State water- | way, and it may lead to a review on the floor of the ancient and complicated issue of diversion of water from Lake Michigan through the Chicago drainage canal In addition, the bill will encounter opposition from Senator Vandenberg, | Republican, Michigan, on the ground | that it is “not a pork barrel, but a | hogshead.” He contends it actually contains commitments for an eventual | outlay of $334,000,000. | Johnson Expects Passage. Senator Blaine, Republican, Wiscon- sin, leading opposition to the Chicago | provision, has submitted a substitute proposal, but this is not acceptable to Senator Deneen, Republican, Iilinois. | Chairman Johnson of the Senate com- merce committee, which reported the bill after long and heaied sessions, is | sanguine. He believes it will be passed | after some debate. | The measure would authorizé com- | upper Mississippi River, with an ulti- | mate expenditure of $98,000,000, and of | a like depth in the upper Missouri, at a final cost of $48,000,000. It would ap- prove ultimate expenditure of $75,000.- 000 on the Tennessee River, and would provide flood control works for Lake | Okeechobee, in Florida, for about $9,- | 000,000. It would provide Federal opera- | tion of the Lake Erie and Oswego | Canaly in New York State, for barges, | with & yearly outlay of $7,500,000. Countles? smaller waterways and har- | bor improvements throughout the coun- | try would be authorized by the bilk. | Senator La Follette, Republican, Wis- | consin, and other representatives of the Great Lakes States are prepared to enter the fight against the Chicago provision. The bill as written would authorize operation of the water with “diversion” controlled by the Wi Secretary “so as to meet the needs of commercially useful waterway,” and | “conserve fully existing interests of | navigation on the Great Lakes.” Rabbi Aaron Volkman will officiate. The opposition contends this pro- NGTON, D. C, JUNE 15 1930—PART O MEXICAN ACE PLANS LONG FLIGHT Col. Roberto Fierro, Mexican aviator, checking over his plane at Roosevelt Field, City. , New York, where he is making préparations for a non-stop flight to Mexico | . . ‘ NEW BUILDING MATERIAL vision would beg off the Supreme Court decision which recently required that diversion for Chicago's sanitary needs should be limited to 1,500 cubic feet per second by 1938. Senator Deneen contends that the Great Lakes opposition is “an attempt to legislate into Federal enactment cov- ering navigation, the Supreme Court decision relating chiefly to sanitation.” ‘The Blaine substitute would provide construction of new works in the water- way, “s0 as to require the smallest pos- sible flow” of water it would call for a study of the minimum flow necessary to a commercially useful waterway, with a report by ‘War Secretary by 1938, and with ngress free to take any action it saw it at that time. Two Couples Licensed to Wed. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., June 14— Marriage licenses have been issued here to Lieut. Willlam B. McKean, U, 8. M. ©., 22, of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Mary L. Dunn, 20, of Baltimore, Md.: | Frank B. Daniels, 29, Jeanette, Pa., and Pearl M. Somers, 24, Brookville, P Brides and Wedding Guests Alike— through the wilds of the jungle./ | There is some excellent photography of jungle scenes, & herd of wild ele- phants and shots of other and stranger animals. The native dances of African tribes are caught by the camera, which portrays literally the naked truth about the king's dozens of wives. The wives serve as the chorus. Short subjects, including Aesop Fa- bles, complete the program. —D. J. K. “True to the Navy” Presents a New Clara Bow. "THE best news about “True to the Navy,” Clara Bow's latest screen Opus, now on view at Loew's Co- lumbia, is that Clara has reduced some of her avoirdupois. Otherwise the news isn't_so good. Something has happened to the titian-haired star of the former “it” days. Either she has forgotten how to be alluring, or her loss of flesh has numbered her thespian capabili- ties Certainly, her latest film re- veals her as & lady of personable mien, with just enough acting po- tions to keep her on a satisfactory (and nothing more) level. She seems to have lost the power of tantalization, which was her great- est msset in the old days. Even the long, fuzzy, untamable hair has little of the old “fire” left, This is probably due to the story, which is nothing to boast about. The most satisfying “shots” in it wre when Clara suddenly turns into a Carrie Nation, sweeps all tie bot- tles off & bar, and a fight develops, which involves just sbout half the Navy. This happens after the sailor boy “friend has refused to marry Clara, on the ball room dance. floo; for which publicized deed the man- agement was (o give them a hundred dollars. Clara, in other words, al- most loses her man, but comes out all right In the end—don't worry. 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