Evening Star Newspaper, June 29, 1930, Page 4

by D A et & T S T T Srere meren e S — P — A—4 CPERATEWORK S GALLEDSUCGESS President of Llano Colony, in Louisiana, to Speak at Meeting Here. * The successful working of a co-opera- | tive agricultural and industrial settle- ment, the Llano colony of Western Louisiana, will be described tomorrow night at All Souls’ Unitarian Church by George T. Pickett, presidsnt and g>neral manager of the enterprise. The colony consists of 350 people, who collectively own and cultivate sev- eral thousand acres of rolling DAz and has been operating for 16 years since it started in Southern California under the leadership of the late Job Harriman Harriman was a leader in the Los) Angeles Socialist movement, and called ; upon his followers to put their ideas to a practical test. Form of Organization. I Full legal responsibility is reposed in | the board of directors of the corpora- tion and this board. delegates its au- thority to a general manager and fore- men. The members of this board are elected rnnually by stockholding resi- dents. Thus the workers remain in control of their property. The affairs of the colony are kept before its members through regular town meetings. There is no consti- tution, but only a declaration of gen- eral principles, which all are pledged to observe in daily practice. Membership in the colony is obtained by signing the working contract with one year'’s probation, at the end of which either the individual or the col- ony may cancel it. The membership fee for an adult man or woman is $1,000, and in the case of a canceled contract after probation, the money is returned. This fee is the amount of cash capital believed to be necessary to provide the worker with tools and equipment, including a place to work. Food Crops Produced. ‘The cultivation of a variety of food erops is the major occupation of & ma- jority of the workers. The list of such crops now under colony cultivation in- cludes all sorts of vegetables, peanuts, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, grains, sugar cane, forage crops, all kinds of fruits, such as berries and melons, plums, figs, peaches, persimmons, and €0 on down the list. The colony owns a rice ranch 70 miles to the south, about 433 acres in extent, which is operated by shifts of workers. Food production far exceeds the actual use of the colonists. 4 Alongside the direct cultivation of the land stand various productive and use- ful industries SCHROEDER THOUGHT T0 KNOW VICTIM Befuses to Reveal Where He Stayed Just Prior to Burn- ing of Car. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June 28.—The refusal today of Harold H. Schroeder of | Mobile, Ala., to reveal where he stayed while in Indianapolis prior to the find- | i, ing May 31 of his burned automobile in which was the charred body of an un- identified man. led officials to believe he may have known the victim. Sherif George L. Winkler said he thought Schroeder knew the man he killed and that the revelation of his stopping place might give a clue to the victim's identity. The Alabaman steadfastly has maintained the man was a stranger to whom he offered a ride and who was killed when the automo- bile plunged into a ditch. Schroeder admitted setting fire to the car and body because, he said, he feared being accused of murder. el e SHOT DURING DISPUTE KILLS COLORED MAN Arthur Johnson, 42, Victim of Fray at 320 V Street—Police Hold ‘Walter Byrd, Colored. Pired upon during a_ dispute last; night, Arthur Johnson, colored, 42 years | old, whose address is not known, was | killed by a man said by police to be ‘Walter Burris, colored, 38 years old. The shooting occurred at 320 V street. Johnson was rushed to Freedman's Hospital and pronounced dead on ar- rival. The assailant fled after the shooting. Burris later was arrested on information furnished by persons at the scene. While police of No. 8 precinct were investigating further, Corcner J. Ram- say Nevitt was notified and an inquest EVERETT District entrant in the model aircraft Detroit, leaving Hoover Field yesterday by airplane for Detroit.—Star Staff Photo. MEEKS, tournament being held this week In Special Dispatch to The Star. AUSTIN, Tex., June 28.—Three is- sues, two of national import, confront Texas voters today as candidates in a free-for-all race for governor swing around the turn and prepare for the | final stretch and the Democratic pri- mary in the last week of July. Smith | and anti-Smith rivals and wet and dry | foes are joined in combat in the two | major issues. The third issue, ever present in Lone | figure of Texas elections, James E.| Ferguson, impeached as governor in | 1917, but ruler through his wife from | 1924 to 1926. Ferguson again is a con- | tender, with Mrs. Ferguson as the family entry, as the courts have barred him from being a candidate. A fourth issue, of minor character, hinges on the an. Eighteen candidates are registered on the Republican and Democratic primary tickets. Thirteen Democrats—there were 14 until two weeks ago—and five members of the Grand Old Party seek | to occupy the governor's mansion at Austin. Lynch Davidson, formerly a lieutenant governor and ‘many times candidate for governor, withdrew from the Democratic fleld recently. G. 0. P. Vote in September. The five Republicans, none of whom | is conceded much of a chance for vic- | tory, will settle their differences in Sep- tember, after the Democratic run-off | election in August. Then there will be the first general election in some 50 years of Texas' history, where general | elections usually are mere formalities. | Dr. George C. Butte, who was beaten by Mrs. Ferguson in 1924, is considered | the strongesi of the five Republican candidates. ‘To indicate the wide split in the Democratic fold, friends of R. B. Creag- er of Brownsville, Republican national | committeeman, recently presented his name as a candidate for the Democratic | primary. The petition bore the re- quired number of names for entry, but the Democratic State committee, under | the impression it was being made fun of, refused to admit Creager to the party’s election. As in Virginia and North Carolina, the primary fight seethes mainly around the question of Alfred E. Smith and what the candidates did in 1928. The Klan problem is a throwback to 1924 and 1925, when it appeared as if that | TEXAS GOVERNOR RACE ENTERS STRETCH WITH 3 LIVE ISSUES Smith and Anti-Smith Rivals, Wet and Dry Foes, and Ferguson Line-Up Hold Political Stage. | the ballot was denied by the Texas will be hcld, probably Monday. FIRE DESTROYS OIL Damage to Tank and Countryside Put at $200,000. OLEAN, N. Y. June smashed and smoke-blackened tank to- [AANA P PR 88 B ARPIL A LS TN B0 8 R rels of crude oil were destroyed in a fire which burned itself out during the | night, after causing damage estimated ! at_$200,000. ‘Workmen today started clearing away the wrecked tank snd the debris left in the wake of the flaming ofl when it | spread over surrounding land, destroy- ing fruit trees, flower bulbs and a barn. Officials of the Vacuum Oil Co., owners of the tank, estimated the company's loss at $150,000, while owners of sur- rounding property placed their loss at $50,000. day marked the spot where 25,000 bar- | ST s PATENT INFRINGED Judge Stanley Corp. in One of Four Cases. ‘WILMINGTON, Del, e 28 (). — Judge Hugh M. Morris in United States District Court today eatered a memo- randum in the suit of General Talking Pictures against the Stanley Co. of America alleging infringement of atents, to the effect that the defense ce) had not been sustained. The judge ruled that the Rels patent was valid and infringed, but that the three Deforest patents, if valid, were not infringed by the defendant. Decides Against MINERS DEFY ORDER Trouble Threatens in Taylorville Subdistrict Clash With Lewis. TAYLORVILLE, Iil, June 28 (#). of coal mines of Christian County when officials of the Taylorville sub- district of the United Mine Workers of America defied the order of John L. Lewis, international president of the old-line faction of the union, revok- ing the charter of the subdistrict. President Lewis chlrsed officers of the subdistrict with dual unionism because of their wpwn of the faction of the United Mine Workers headed by Alexander Howat. The revocation order ‘would oust Jack Glasgow, president, and other officers and replace them with a mphm&wchu-.lmsdm organization might gain control of the State. The wet and dry question also is raised in the senatorial campaign. Mor- ris Sheppard, senior Senator from Texas and the father of the eighteenth amend- ment, is being opposed for re-election by R. L. Henry of Houston, a former Representative. Henry is running on a platform urging repeal of the prohibi- tion act, in the belief Texas may seize the opportunity to repudiate prohibi- tion as did New Jersey. Most observers believe, however, that Texas is dry and that Senator Sheppard will be returned by a large majority. Third Term Declined, Gov. Dan Moody, who toppled the Fergusons in 1926, has decided he will not seek a third term. Moody is bas- ing his failure to oppose the Fergusons again in his belief that there are equal- ly as unforgiving enemies of the Fer- gusons in the race. Had Moody seen fit to enter the arena, there would have been little doubt of the outcome— another victory for Dan. Moody, with Mrs. Perguson in 1924, crushed the Klan. In that memorable encounter Texas elected the first wom- an governor. Dr. Butte, the Repub- lican, Klan-backed candidate, came nearer to winning than any other standard bearer of his. party, Then there came the breach between Moody, the attorney general, and Mrs. Fergu- son, the governor. In 1928, Moody over- whelmingly routed Mrs. Ferguson and Jim. Again in 1928 he repeated. State Senator Thomas B. Love stands out today as the most likely threat at the domination of the regular Demo- crats. Love, their able leader, is the candidate of the anti-Smith Democrats. His strength is uncertain, but in 1928 the . Republican-anti-Smith coalition was powerful enough to unseat the reg- ulars by 25,000 votes and send Texas' 20_electoral votes to Herbert Hoover. Due to the great field of Democratic candidates—and Love is running on the Democratic ticket after having fought his way through the courts—it is en- tirely possible that the division in the regular strength will be widened suf- ficiently to permit the State senator to lead the fleld, or at least be in the August runoff. There is little likeli- hood, in view of the number of con- testants, of any one candidate being =ble to pile up a majority and do away with the necessity of a runoff, Three-Cornered Fight. ‘The three-cornered fight, over Smith and ant{-Smith, Ferguson and anti- Ferguson, and the wet-dry question, is more .important than the Klan prob- lem. Only for the entrance of -former United States Senator Mayfield in the questioy, would have race, the Klan been missing. Former Senator May- ' field was elected to the United States Senate by the Klan. He was defeated because of it in the anti-Klan reaction | that swept Mrs. Ferguson and Dan | Moody into office. Now that he is in | the race, it is expected that the rem- D. C. KIWANIS WORK TOBETOLD SESSION Edwin F. Hill Arranges for| Distribution of Publication at Atlantic City. ‘The work of the Washington Kiwanis Club In aiding crippled children will be called to the attention of Kiwanis Clubs from throughout the United States and Canada at the fourteenth annual con- vention of Kiwanis International, in At- lantic City, which opens tomorrow and continues through July 3. Edwin F. Hill of the local club has arranged for the distribution of some 500 extra coples of Ki-Grams, the locul club’s publication, containing articles by Radford Moses, past president of the Washington Kiwanis Club and now District trustee, and Harry G. Kimbali, former president of the local club and past governor of the Capital Kiwanis district, in which they set forth In de- tail the work of the local club among crippled children. ‘The Washington Kiwanis Club has blazed the trail in work among Kiwanis Clubs for crippled children. It also takes pride in the establishment of two schools in the Natlonal Capital for crippled children. In the latter con- nection, Mr. Moses states in his article in Ki-Grams, which is to be distributed at the convention: “Lobbying in Congress may be a high crime. If it is, the Kiwanis Club of ‘Washington stands convicted, for it was through the efforts of the Kiwanians in interviewing congressional committees that the establichment of the two schools for crippled children were au- thorized.” New Buildings Aim. Mr. Moses concludes his article with the statement that “Kiwanis looks for- ward to the day when the crippled chil- dren of Washington will occupy new buildings constructed and equipped for the purpose for which they are to be used.” He praises the efforts of As- sistant Supt. of Schools Jere J. Crane for making the existing building, now in use, usable as schools for crippled children. Mr. Kimball, telling of the work of the club in treating and caring for crippled children under the auspices of its orthopedic and welfare committee, declares: ““The cost of this worthwhile humani- tarian accomplishment has been rela- tively small. In the eight years the club has expended $25,362. Hospital- ization has cost $14,796, nurses’ salaries, $9.466, and automobiles for the use of nurses in visitations, $1,100. “Surgeons and doctors have donated their time and skill. Otherwise the activities of the club would have been lessoned somewhat. Telling of the number of cases treated, he says: “From April, 1923, through 1929, the list of cases has mounted to over three hundred. A brief summary of these 300 cases may be of interest. Seventy-Six Paralysis Cases. “Paralysis heads the list with 76 cases. nants of the Klan will rally lru\md} him. “Farmer Jim” won that sobriquet by | his self-advocacy of James E. Ferguson | as the farmer’s friend. For many Star politics, centers on that stormy | years it was said around Texas that, ble in 8 cases. There were many more Jim Ferguson had 350,000 votes in his | vest pocket. That was before the im- | peachment. Some of the votes slipped away after that, but enough had re- | turned by 1924 to get Mrs. Ferguson in | on a vindication platform. The “first | official act of Mrs. Ferguson was to| push through the Legislature an am- nesty act for her husband. The first act of her successor, Dan Moody, was to repeal that law. Ferguson fared worse in court than | did Love. His plea for admission to Supreme Court on two grounds: That the amnesty act was unconstitutional and that the amnesty act had been re- pealed. This decision had greeted him in 1924, when he entered Mrs. Fergu- | son. He adopted the same course this year, and sent her clambering upon the prohibition ' bandwagon. That is tHe official platform. The issue, however, is between Fergusonism and anti-Fer- gusonism. Mrs. Ferguson gave notice in filing her candidacy that she would, in event of her election, “receive the aid and advice of my good husband.” She phified this statement by adding: “If consulting with one's husband be trea- son, then make the most of it.” Meets Heavy Defeat. When Mrs. Ferguson sought re-elec- tion in 1926, her campaign sticker read: “Me for Ma.” For each of these posters, there were two others in the State that read: “No Ma for Me; Too Much Pa!” She was beaten almost three to one. The_Ferguson house divided when Mrs. Ferguson. announced her 1930 platform. Jim had just announced, prior to his being barred by the court, that he would veto all liquor legisla- tion. Mrs. Ferguson declared: “Instead of promising to veto all liquor legisia- tion I want to strengthex\ our liquor laws and see if some impro¥ement can- not be made in their enforcement.” The platform of State Senator Love is the simplest of any of the 13 Demo- cratic candidates. He seeks neither vindication nor evpression on prohibi- tion. He stands squarely upon the Smith issue. He wants Texas to re- pudiate the “Tammany-controlled State Democratic organization,” to quote him. His fight is against the regular party and all of its candidates. The heaviest batteries of the regu- lar Democrats are drawn up against Love. Whether hé could win in a run- off is a moot question among the party leaders, but his known strength is suf- ficlent to bring forth the best efforts of the Democrats. Barry Miller, thrice the leutenant governor, seeks to replace Moody. Mil- ler is probably the strongest of the regular candidates. Ross S. Sterling ot Houston, multi-millionaire chair- man of the State Highway Commission, who seeks election on a good roads, “down with Perguson” platform, is an- other of the stronger contenders. The contest within the party candidates will be_between these two. ‘The Fergusons and Mayfield aren't being taken very seriously. Should either, however, acquire the command- ing lead in the primary, it is extremely likely that Gov. Moody will emerge from “retirement” and run as an inde- pendent. There is another woman in the race besides Mrs. Ferguson. Miss Katle Daffan of Ennis, a Democrat, who fol- lowed Smith, is among the other candi- dates. W. Gregory Hatcher, formerly State treasurer, is one of them. Oscar F. Holcombe, for several terms mayor of Houston, the State's largest city, desires to live in the governor’'s mansion. Among the other candidates are E. G. Senter of Dallas, T. N. Mauritz of Ganado, Charleton Brown of Mineral Wells and James Young of Kaufman. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. ‘Tea meeting, National Woman's party, 4:30 pm. Speaker, Miss Mary Jane Simpson. Hike, Red Triangle Outing Clul Meeting place, terminal, Twelfth street nd New York avenue, 2:20 p.m. "Exhibit, American Electroplaters’ So- ciety, Mayflower Hotel, Pan-American room, all day. FUTURE. Meeting, American Electroplaters’ So- clety, Mayflower Hotel, grand ball room, tomorrow, 10 a.m. Rk ‘Wheat from Ci are aver- exports ‘% | were mental, and in 22 cases the cause | tributed to various other causes. 150 CHILDREN LEAVE CITY Rickets is a close second with 73 cases. Congential troubles and malformations were the causes given in 17 cases. Bad tonsils and adenoids were the sqle trou- cases « where there were tonsil and adenoid operations in connection with operations for other troubles. “Tubercular conditions accounted for 10 cases, accidents caused 9, curvature of the spine, 12; club feet, flat feet, and other foot troubles were responsible for the condition in 35 cases. Eight cases of the trouble was not given. Other cases he points out, were at- FOR REST IN COUNTRY | Group Goes From Episcopal Home on Free Outing—Will Have Health Supervision. Bound for their annual Summer out- ing at Colonial Beach, 50 children from the Episcopal Home for Children left Washington yesterday for the Bell Home, given by Prof. and Mrs. Melville Bell in 1895 as a free Summer outing place for the children. Special supervision is given the un- dernourished children and those in need of physical upbullding. According to Mrs. David Meade Lea, president of the board of lady man- agers of the Episcopal Home, the new home now under construction at Ne- braska avenue and Rock Creek Ford road, in Chevy Chase, will be ready for occupancy by Fall. Two of the five buildings in the cottage-unit plan are well under way, and plans have been completed for their equipment. When completed, 104 children can be accom- modated. At a recent meeting of the board it was reported that the dental clinic at the new home will be known as the Leila Draper Clinic. Mindful of her long term of service as treasurer of the board, a group of Miss Draper’s friends are equipping the clinic, and prominent Washington dentists are giving their services to the children. Mrs. Lea further reported a gift of $250 to the bluilding fund by Miss g’e‘rt;ude Hoffman, a member of the rd. PATROL GETS NEW FUNDS President Signs Bill for Use in Pro- viding Border Facilities. By the Assoclated Press. President Hoover yesterday signed a House bill to autiorize the Treasury and Labor Departments to use funds appropriated for general maintenance of the Customs and Immigration Serv- ices for construction of border patrol facilities. No_specific projects were named in the measure. ’ Queen of London’s Night Clubs Faces Illegal Rum Charge Mrs. Meyrick, Mother-in- Law of Two Peers, Re- cently Left Prison. By the Associated Press. LONDON, June 28.—Mrs. Kate Mey- rick, London’s “night club queen” and mother-in-law of two peers, was arrest- ed again this afternoon and charged with unlawfully lelflnf intoxicants at the “Forty-three” Club without a license, The arrest of Mrs. Meyrick, who al- ready has served two prison terms after conviction on similar charges, followed & visit by police to the club early Thurs- day, when the names of patrons were remanded until Thursday at a hearin; lndl:l" LMJ Police Caun." x t January Mrs. Meyrick wa: releaséd from serving a 15-month sen STUDY OF BUSINESS DATAIS GIVEN OUT | Credit, Mortgages, Construc- tion Treated in Report of Survey Groups. By the Assoclated Press. A study of the present state of national and international business which was explicitly divorced from pre- diction on interpretation, was issued last night by the National Business Sur- vey Conference, through Julius H. Barges, its chairman, The organization, set up last Fall at President Hoover’s suggestion, has pre- viously recorded findings as to commerce and finance fluctuations since the stock market panic last Fall, and the present statement declared that it was intended to submit facts in order that “inter- ested individual judgment should form its own opinion.” Easing of interest rates on short time. credit, plus a resumption of long-term lending on bonds and mortgages was said to characterize the money situa- tlon. Foreclosures on mortgages in May were less than those of last May, d declines in New York State savings anks deposits were sald to have been egligible in May and much less than & year ago at the same time.” “Improvement in the financial state of building and loan associations con- tinues,” it was added, while install- ment selling and retail collections were described as showing little change since early Spring. Life insurance policies is- sued in May were less than last year, as | were fire insurance policies. ! Construction was found to be running at a slower pace than last year, though road building is ahead of 1929 records. A number of industries associated with construction and furnishing were reg- | istered as having a less volume of busi- ln“tl during the period this year than as Car loadings, real estate sales and electric railway passenger trafic were among the factors of business also indi- cating decreased volume as compared with last year. Telegraph, telephone and cable communication was holding closer to former standards, though elec- tric power consymption was lower than | last year. Price declines as to a num«| ber of commodities, and decreased auto- mobile output, with a recession in mis- | cellaneous manufacturing were also re- | corded. General employment during | May was set at about the same as in April “Although business depression con- tinues to be world wide,” the summary | concluded, “there are some signs of | recovery in a few countries. Hopeful | signs are apparent in France, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Jugoslavia, Switzerland and Denmark HOUSE ANDERSON PROBE TO BE HELD IN MEMPHIS Federal Judge of Tennessee Will Be | Investigated as Result of | Judiciary Body's Inquiry. ' | By the Assoclated Press. The House judiciary subcommittee appointed to in-estigate Federal Judge Harry B. Anderson of the Western dis- trict of Tennessee yesterday decided to gqh;zhearlnls at Memphis on Novem- r 12, Representative Hickey, Republican, | Indiana, chairman of the subcommittee, | said the full group would be preseat at | the hearings under the present plans. | ‘The House authorized the inve: tion several weeks ago on the recom- mendation of the judiciary committee, which had conducted a preliminary in- quiry into the official conduct of the | Jurist. | The Inquiry was initiated by Repre- sentative La Guardia. Republican, New York, on the basis of information held by the Justice Department with regard to_Judge Anderson’s official conduct. Besides Hickey and La Guardia the committee is composed of Reprcsenta- | tives Sparks, Republican, Kansas, and | Summers of Texas and Browning of | Tennessee, Democrats. | BODIES OF THREE FOUND BY VICTIM'S DAUGHTER Slaying of Man and Housekeeper's Son and Suicide by Woman Are Indicated. By the Associated Press. | TERRE HAUTE, Ind., June 28.—The bodies of Wesley Oakley, 55: Mrs. Clara Raney, 28, and Mrs. Raney's 5-year-old son were found today in Oakley's apart- ment under circumstances that police said indicated the woman had shot and killed Oakley and her son and then| committed suicide. Mrs. Raney has been employed as housekeeper in Oak. ley's apartment. Oakley’s body was found this morning by his 15-year-old daughter, Alice. Po- lice broke open the door of Mrs. Raney'’s room and found her body and that of | her son. No motive for Mrs. Raney’s act could be established. Oakley's wife is confined in a State hospital. LIQUOR PARTIES ALLEGED Columbia Mayor Orders Police In- quiry in Finance Matters. COLUMBIA, 8. C., June 28 (#).— Mayor L. B. Owens today instructed Police Chief J. R. Swearingen to in- vestigate alleged liquor parties in the | Jefferson Hotel May 20, preceding the opening of bids on the $7,000,000 high- ‘way construction project. Mayor Owens also asked that the police investigate reports of drinking Plrtltl alleged to have been held by egislators in Columbia hotels prior to passage of the State's $65,000,000 road bond issue act. ‘The order followed charges made in campaign s) hes by Col. W. H. Keith of Greenville and John J. McMahan of Columbia, candidates for Governor. From the Front Row Reviews and News of Washington's Theaters. “The Bad One” Isn’t Kind to Del Rio. E third mutiny of the cinema week takes place at Loew's Palace, where Edmund Lowe seen blowing up dges and tryin7 generally to get himself out oi prison for “The Bad One.” This picture marks the debut of Dolores Del Rio as a high-powered talking star, is & cross between **C ondemned” and “Carmen,” and about as believable as “The Swiss Family Robin- son. ‘The trouble her, they have paid no atten- tion to scenery or dialcgue, and found 1t necessary to inject ny “ha-ha's!” “I Love You's!" and “other amatory noises, which, after the first haif-hour, begin to pall. When these are over, ihe story shakes itself, and for the last 15 minutes is better than one had begun to suspect it could be. In the title role of “The Bad One,” Miss Del Rio is seductive, when she is dancing a tango; fairly stimu- lating, when she is called upon to act, and not at all good, when forced to undergo long sequences of “mauling.” As the cause of Ed- mund Lowe's being sent to an island in the middle of nowhere, where he must serve sentence for having acci- dentally killed a man on his wedding day, Dolores is called upon to do a series of grimaces which are neither beautiful no convincing. However, since neither the story nor the role give her much of a “break,” it can't be said to“be her fauit. The remainder of the cast gets along as well it may, headed by Edmund Lowe, who periodically forgets that he is meant to be a “tough guy from Brooklyn.” And, for the first time in a moon's age, it seems as though the talkies had gone back a step in the matter of staging. The whole thing smacks of 10 per cent Hollywood. ‘The stage show, “Hit Bits of 1930," is the funniest seen along F street in a long, long while. Two well re- membered products of Broadway, Leavitt and Lockwood, are respon- sible for as many laughs as can be crowded into a fleeting half-hour. Their imitation of two deaf people in a movie-house is grand tonic for rabid melancholia. They have with them a fast-moving company that includes such dancers as Jones and Elliott, and w! with Ted Eddy's melodians, Eleanore Wood, Dick Terry and the Lawson Girls, their revue goes quickly—far too quickly —for anybody who is at all inclined to like such things. Dick Liebert, playing original cre- ations on the organ, the Hearst Metrotone News and the Pslace Orchestra complete a program which is at its best when Leavitt and Lockwood are around. E.deS. M. Dolores Del Ri “Midnight Mystery” . Has M‘ll‘rlcr Faked and Real. THRILLS by the score, with an - eerie wind and a lonely castle on a barren island, are blended in “Midnight Mystery,” the awesome film drama that started at R-K-O Keith's yesterday, with Betty Comp- son in the leading role. Those who like spine-chilling plots and situations dripping with blood will ind the answer to their prayers for a real thriller in the talkie. Quick action, with all the happen- ings taking place between dinner and dawn, and each scene fraught with forebodings, gives an idea of the story, taken from the play “Hawk Island,” and concerned with an oddly assorted group of love-the- other-fellow's wife guests. In a way, it is a travesty upon those who hang spellbound over dime-novel situ- ations. in which blood and gore and more of both are flung together and labeled. Lowell Sherman, Raymond Hat- ton and Hugh Trevor provide stellar acting in their respective roles. The denouement is startling and _the heroine is vindicated in the final shots. The skill of radio's camera- men is demonstrated amply in scenes of the raging waves pounding around the island. Betty Compson is cast in the role of an authoress of thrillers. Her flance pokes fun at her and the circle which surrounds her, whose sole topic of conversation is bigger and better murders. With s stanch friend, who later becomes the actual victim of “the midnight mystery,” he fakes a murder. At this point the villain, well played by Sherman, steps in, actually kills the friend and delivers a ready-made trap built to pin the murder on the flance e. ‘When the real murder is discov- ered, the thrill-writing authoress saves the day and her lover by tricking a confession from the villainous Sherman, who had hoped to take her for himself. Thus her “trashy writing” is vidicated and then the fadeout. In_special observance of Amer- ica’s birthday the management offers a short feature, “Independence Day,” which shows reproductions of Amer- ican heroes modeled in clay by Virginia May. Franklin, Hancock, Jefferson, Adams and others of the signers of the Declaration of Inde- pendence are included. An assort- ment of short subjects, including an amusing comedy of the neighbor- hood kid-gang type, an Egyptian travelogue and the animated cartoon strip completes the bill. D.J'K. The Bank that Makes You a Loan with a Smile &> —it is no The terms of Morris Plan Loans are simple' and practical and fair have had t neces: to an account at this Bank to borrow. due. Deposits may be on a weekly, semi- monthly or monthly basis es you prefer. Loans are pass- ed within @ day or two after filing ;fi l;::tlon— tions. MORRIS PLAN notes are usually made 1 s thou; h’:'hcywmay be given for any of from 3 0 12 months. Under Supervision U. S. Treasury - 1408 H Street N. W. ““Character and Earning Power Are the Basis of Credit™ “The Big House,” Stirring Prison Drama, * N “The Big House,” at Loew's Colurpbla, the screen has re- corded in grim, masterful fashion the sordid events that might tran- spire behind the prison wall. Taking the recent mutinies that have flashed from the front pages of newspapers during the past year as a basis for its theme, this “picture progresses painstakingly through the various psychological causes for such things and for its climax a realistic reproduction of one of those riots. That a story had to be injected into it at ell seems a pity, for the various pungent sequences of prison life, the faithful manner in which the daily routine of the “numbered men” has been recorded, the miser- able cells, the rotten food, the open- ing and shutting of doors, the tram- pling of feet the corridor, the “yellow streal t comes out in some of the prisoners, is all done with a touch of gentus. What makes it all especially remarkable is the clarity of the sound mechanism, which allows nothing to escape, nor includes any extraneous noises so familiar to the ear of the talkie en- thusiast. Where this fign has a weakness is in its story. ORly the thinnest ves- tige of plot has been allotted to it, and that is slightly embarrassed when it drags in a ‘totally unwar- ranted love affair. Thankfully, how- ever, most of the action disregards plot and love and busies itself with the saga of plain prison folk. Among these “folk” Wallace Beery contributes a characterization that is 80 good that it is hard to believe he hasn't been a criminal before—no offense meant, Mr. Beery. As the rough. tough and totally convincing “Butch,” who likes his girl friends and is sorry that he had to slit their throats, Beery gives the picture about 75 per cent of its impetus. Chester Morris, as his pal, who in the big riot has to shoot this “bunky" of his, is also excellent, and Robert Montgomery, who turns “stool igeon” on the crowd, transforms himself into an almost miraculously effective coward. ‘The moral this picture paints is perhaps questionable—since to some the prisoners may be drawn as mar- tyrs—but when one of the charac- ters says: at the beginning, “The whole prison system is cock-eyed,” the cause of the whole may be ex- plained frankly and in a nutshell, A splendid picture this and proof that the screen can do quite as much for itself as the stage with such a masterplece as “The Last Mile.” Laurel and Hardy dissipate the tense atmosphere with their latest comedy. Other ‘shorts,” newsreels and such-like complete a fine pro- gram. E. de 8. M. \WHIST LEAGUE OFFICERS | CHOSEN AT CONFERENCE | | A. P. Fairfield Leader of American Organization, and Mrs. J. C. Mott Heads Women's League. By the Associated Press. NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario, June 28. | | —A. P. Fairfleld of Hanover, N. H., has | been elected president of the American | Whist League, it was announced today at the annual business meeting of the league. He succeeds C. W. Nokes of Cleveland Heights, Ohio. | Mrs. J. C. Mott of New York was ;l‘lcm‘: Dresld!g: of the Women's Whist ague, succeeding Mrs. C. W. Noke: Cl:)"!‘lnfl Heighf ' o er new officers of the American Whist League are R. K. Smith, Indian- apolis, vice president; N. G. Burleigh of Hanover, N. H., corresponding secre- F. W. Mathias of Toledo, Ohio, recording secretary, and R. A. Amerman of Scranton, Pa., treasurer. The other officers of the Women's Whist League are Mrs. R. K. Smith of Indianapolis, vice president; Mrs. Wil- liam Barnum of New York, second vice president; Mrs. George Jeremiah of New York, secretary, and Mrs. G. H. Read of Jersey City, N. J., treasurer. The joint conference of the two | leagues next year will - o e be held at Han. | night. | — CODE ON FORCED LABOR IS ADOPTED AT PARLEY |International Conference Leaves | | Question of Coal Mine Hours for Next Year. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, June 28.—The Interna- tional Labor Conference closed its fourteenth session tonight after having adopted by 93 votes to none a conven- tion on forced labor, and by 86 to 31, a convention on the hours of work of | salaried employes. | Convention on the hours of work in | coal mines was not adopted, and the Qquestion was placed on the agenda for next year's session. The conference now has adopted 30 ;lhol‘ conventions, of which 26 are in force. shoes. Fifty Dollars in Ca name submitted. - Every one or more suggestions. but this i acheme, We simply want line of shaes, The shoes will appeal espe- clally to the vital, active type of people. They will possess most unusual fitting qualities but will be smartly styled also. They will not be cheap shoes but of a superior quality. Simply write or Government po: Nothing i cted, th ly. What . " The convention came to a close to-l ame name do you suggest? Adv. Dept., Wm. Hahn & Co., 7th & K Sts. | FARM LOAN BOARD POLICY OUTLINED McKelvie Declares Regular Wheat Surplus Purchase 5 | Impracticable, By the Associated Press. 3 BALT LAKE CITY, June 28.—The | policy of the Federal Farm Loan Board is not to sell the wheat it controls in competition with the new crop at less | than tiae wheat cost it, Sam R. McKelvie | of Nebraskn, member of the board |told the Western Governors' Conter- ence today. Without indicating the volume of wheat now controlled by the board, Mr. McKelvie said that at one time or another within the last six months it had amounted to 75,000,000 bushels, or more than half the visible supply. “This means the same as if the en- tire wheat crop of Nebraska were wiped out until the price of the new crop gets up to what the Government wheat cost,” he said. Declaring that “it would be utterly impracticable for the Government con- tinuously to take up the surplus of any crop,” Mr. McKelvie sald that while this might conceivably result in an in- | creased price, it also would mean the | growing of wheat by farmers who now are raising corn, with a consequent in- creased surplus. He emphasized that the policy of the | board is not to fix prices or forecast | their trend, and said that whatever has been done so far to stabilize the price of wheat was purely an emer- gency measure. Assisting the farmers in the control of their own affairs is tlheedmlz purpose of the board, he in- sisted. —————e TUBERCULOSIS CAMP GIFTS ARE ANNOUNCED {Food Supplies, Motor Car Rides and Game Facilities Aid Care of Children. Miss Grace V. Maguire, superin- | tendent of the tuberculosis camp for boys and girls at Fourteenth and Up- | shur streets, announced vesterday that Mrs. Edmund Kaufmann, 4805 Cali- fornia street, has promised to supply the camp with five dozen fresh eggs each day and with a supply of choco- late and milk for all, once a week. Another volunteer, F. E. Carter. of the Parkway Motor Co.. has offered to ty of the children for a ride miniature golf | course, which R. J. Posson of the | Washington Dairy Council helped the boys make and equip, is also a source of constant pleasure to the children, Miss Maguite sald. Miss Mabel Tall- madge. assistant superintendent of the camp, said they are greatly in need of ‘utory and picture books, and additional | games which do not call for too vigor- ous_exercise. The usual Sunday services for the | children are to be held today by the Lutheran Inner Mission. Visitors may come from 3 to 5 in the afternoon | but the management asks that visits be restricted to the second and fourth Sundays of each month. Mrs. Thomas | Bheridan of 2033 Park road has volun- | teered to take the Catholic campers to | church every Sunday morning. The Army Band gave a concert at the Tuberculosis Hospital which was ;rnnled by the Kiwanis Club Thurs- ay. WILL SHOW PICTURES AT COMMUNITY AFFAIR Associated Charities Visitors Ar- range “Sing” to Be Held Tomor- / row at 8 P.M. on 27th Street. A “community sing” will be held to- ' morrow evening at 8 o'clock on Twenty- seventh street between M and O streets, under the direction of Miss Louise W. Harlow and Mrs, Ethel C. Williams. Associated Charities visitors, In addi- | ton to the singing. there will he a mo- tion picture, “The Perfect Crime,” and music by Alfred Johnson. | _The groups assisting in this com- munity project are the Georgetown Civic Association, the Parent-Teacher groups of this section, churches and schools. The committee in charge of the occasion 1s composed of F. Bland Tucker of St. John's Fpiscopal Church Mrs, Frederick DuBois, chairman of the Georgetown Social Service Conference; Mrs. F. W McReynolds; Alfred John- son, head of music in public schools of divisions 10 to 13; Mrs. Mary F Thompson, president of Women's | Georgetown Community Club: Mrs, | Mary H. Plummer, principal of the Francis Junior High School; Miss Vir- ginia Williams, director of music in the Francis Junior High, and George Parker, chairman of the committee on Tangements. . For One Word! 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