Evening Star Newspaper, September 7, 1930, Page 20

B4 & PLANS FOR SEASON - Committee Will Recommend Four Full-Length Plays in Year. tions for & more extensive for the Community Drama Guild of Washington are being made through the various standing committees ap- pointed last July by the new board of governors, The executive committee, as a result of a recent meeting, will recommend to Wofl for the 1930-31 season the uction of four full length plays, culminating with the popular outdoor mumon at the Sylvan Theater in Tourney to Be Suggested. Other recommendations will include the customary one-act play tournament * this Winter, the second annual play- writing contest in the Autumn, elimination of the usual “drama confer- . ence week” and the substitution of its features interspersed through the sea- son, to begin with the annual Drama Guild dinner in October. It also will be | proposed to have monthly lectures, play- readings and social events, including private appearances of well known writers and players. The play-reading committee, which is included within the production commit- tee, will meet Tuesday evening at the Franklin Administration Building, when it is ted & list of four first choice Bl:n and four second choice ones will decided upon and submitted to the governors for & final decision. Many Plays Urged. Among the plays that are being urged strongly by various members of the play-reading committee this Winter by the Guild are “The Queen's Husband,” Horseback,” “The Old Home- rhys are now under consideration by he members of the committee and they . | other debts to foreign nations and citi- WAR DEBTS, Senator Returning From Moscow Convinced of Changed Conditions. Believes U. S. Will Have to Consider Formal Recog- nition Soon. BY WILLIAM RUFUS SCOTT. Soviet Russia, as recently seen by Senator Alben W. Barkley, Democrat, of Kentucky, is showing greater prog- | ress, stabilty and order than he had | expecied to find, and Soviet officials | frankly discussed such issues as re- pudiated war debts, recognition by the United States, credits, alleged convict- made goods sold to American firms, col- lective farming, religious antagonism and other subjects. That Soviet officials are ready to ne- gotiate on the loans made by the United States during the World War to the Kerensky government, which ex- isted about six months prior to the Communist assumption of power, in 1917, and on confiscated private prop- erty of Americans, with accumulated interest now amounting to about $700,- 000,000, was the- conviction Senator Barkley brings back, but he found the officials unwilling to admit in advance any liability. They felt such admis- sion would vitiate negotiations, from their viewpoint, at the outset. More Obdurate on Csar’s Claims. As for the debts of the former Crarist government, amounting, to Eu- Topean nations principally, to severi§ billions of dollars, the Soviet officials are more obdurate, but here, as with the zens, the Soviet puts forward counter- claims running into huge figures, The presenee in Russia of American and Allied troops in 1918 and 1919, the Soviet contention goes, resulted in losses to Russia, and to claims for Rus- include a large ion of plays well suited to popular taste, among them being comedies, farces, mystery plays of many varieties. It is even hinted that a musical revue with local setting will be_included. The advisory council, headed by Wil- liam E. Bryant, will hold a meeting soon to consider a possible inferchange of play productions among the member groups of the Drama Guild for purposes of mutusl advancement in their stage work. Among the member groups of the guild are the Columbia Players, Jewish Community Center Dramatic Club, the Masks, Pierce Hall Players, ‘Washin, Readers’ Club and the ‘Woodlothians. RS SPEED OFFICER HELD IN KILLING OF BABY Shot Fired to Frighten Occupants of Auto, Says Kentuckian. Citizens Stirred. By the Associated Press. HAZARD, Ky, September 6-—The 20-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles of Hard t‘“flq .| met to the letter and argued that this sians killed, which Soviet Russia asks to be balanced against outside claims. The question of convict-made goods shipped to America was acute while Senator Barkley was in Moscow. He says Soviet officials offered him, and Senator Wheeler of Montana, and Cut- ting of New Mexico, airplanes to fly to lumber camps or to manganese ore mines, to see for themselves that the lumber, or pulp-wood, or manganese and other products sold to the United States ‘were not being &mducod by eonvict or enforced labor, in the ordinary defini- tion of the word. Declare Exiles Are Paid. Some Russians exiled to Siberla and other remote areas of the nation for political offenses are working in such production but Soviet officials contended that such workers receive the usually paid, and are not convicts, but living and working freely, with the ex- ception that they are not allowed to re- turn to the sections from which they had been exiled. These workers, it was stated, are not criminals in the usual sense, but were deemed . opponents of the prevailing Communist regime. Senator Barkley did not have the time to make the trips suggested. Soviet officials were apprehensive of a movement to exclude all Russian prod. ucts from the United States. They serted '.hg:mnunw to only about one sixth of $150,000,000 worth of goods bought in the United States by Soviet Russia, and that in a boycott game the United States had most to lose. Soviet Desires Oredit. Credits are more desired by Soviet Russia now than he found. Officials was that recogniti by the United States was vital, but that hav- ing survived 13 years without such s n."l'cn?u eomld.ere‘d thn‘t recognition ot & mount requi- site, although the d-mor it u‘n:gml keen. , needed to finance pur- chases of American machinery and products, would be facilitated by rec- ognition, it was conceded. Soviet offi- cials declared that every contract made with Americans for purchases has been justified confidence in inting further }:;nl, in their talks with Senator Bark- the Dej the policy For the it the Soviet govern- ment is countries b; ing everything that can be spared and making the Russian people tighten their belts and do with- out many things to permit such ex- portations. Food is closely rationed to the people by the card system, and the Soviet, after making this meager allowance to the people is selling food- stuffs, including wheat, to other na- tlons. PFurs, as well as the lumber, manganese, ol and other products men- tioned are being sold abroad and the used to pay for goods bought countries where credits are limited NEW YORK VETERANS FAVIR DRY REPEAL American Legion Concludes Con- presen paying for purchases in other regime y export] vention With Vote for Return of Btates Rights. , De- partment of New York, concluding its annual convention here Mn{. passed » resolution favoring repeal of the eight- eenth amendment and the return of Btates’ rights. ‘The vote was 370 to 166. ‘The resolution that the eighteenth amendment ‘“violated the fundamental American right of local self government and that it “sur- rendered to Federal authorities police duties over the habits and conduct of individuals which rightfully belong to the State.” The Legion further resolved that it demanded “redress of these wrongs, through restoration to the States of the right of their msple to enact such liquor laws as they may vely choose.” LATIN AMERICANS KNOW HOW TO MAKE CARNIVAL Easy Grace With Which Cubans and Others Spend Money Makes Them Popular in Europe. NEW YORK (N.AN.A).—Theaters, night clubs and amusement resorts will approve the efforts of a steamship line to attract Cubans and Latin Americans to New York as Summer tourists. The Latins to the south of this country are natural seekers of hilarious and effer- ‘vescent e;:mm:‘mn‘mm "l,nd have the money and are pay. In Europe the easy ice with which the South Americans let go of money is fast putting them in the place of favor which tourists from the United States have held. If they come in suf- ficlent numbers, Gotham’s life may be much enriched, for these visitors make carnival more naturally than do Anglo- and other Nordics. (Copyright, 1930, by North American News- paper Alliance.) several e titer s ZANE GREY UPHELD Court Holds “The Thundering Herd” Is Not Plagiarism. LOS ANGELES, September 6 (#).— Pederal Judge George Cosgrove ruled today Zane Grey's “The Thunderi Herd" did not infringe the copyright o John R. Cook, author of “The Border and the Buffalo,” published in 1907. In a $500,000 damage suit brought \v'y Charles A. Maddux, assignee of Cook's alleged Grey pirated or non-existent. Five-Year Plan Uneven. The five-year of economic de- ‘yelopment, Barkley was told by Soviet officials, has passed expecta- in some and - hind in others, but, on the whole, is ahead of the program lald out, and will be finished a year ahead of time. This includes state farming, as well as trans- portation, mining, manufacturing and all other activities under socialistic control. Hundreds of American engineers, technical assistants, mechanics, farm advisers and others were found at work helping the Soviet government to master the problems of setting up a com- munist state. Senator Barkley found everywhere high admiration for Amer- ican industrial ability, manifested by workers and peasants no less than by leaders. On one of the largest of the state farms he saw American agricultural machinery in operation and the work: being paid wages as is the system in i dustry, but there remain millions of in- dividual small farms, and the co-op- eratives, or organizations of peasants to buy their own machinery and harvest crops in common. Soviet leaders ex- pressed confidence that the collectivi- cation program would both increase the food supply to the people and permit # larger export business. Sees U. S. Goods Market Gain. As the wealth of Russia increases, the market for American goods will in- crease, Senator Barkley judges, though the aim of the Soviet regime is to equip Russia to make everything for itself. With 150,000,000 population which never have known even a mod- erate scale of luxuries, and many who never have known ordinary necessities, measured by American standards, the capacity to absorb Russian output is deemed ample for decades to come, and makes purchases abroad, too. A number of textile mills were closed during his visit from lack of cotton. The operatives went out to help the peasants harvest crops, and when they learned that Americans were inspecting the farms, they gathered around and something like the following conversa- tion is reported by the Senator. “You have much cotton to sell in uuyunlted States?” es” Rassian Mills Need Cotton. “And we have mills closed becavse there is no cotton for them! Why can't you sell what vou want to sell, and why can't we buy * hat we need, ! s0_our mills can run?” | ‘The explanation of credits was too the Russian workers snd |ing conversation to the Americans. tor Barkley visited a number of THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. DRAMA GULD LAYSFOVET, Fae o picuse RS RANT RITE BARKLEY FINDS SENATOR A. W. BARKLEY. —Underwood Photo. the Communist leaders are against re- ligion, and are doing what they can to discourage it, the campaign has been relaxed somewhat and the future alone can tell whether religion, as gen- erally understood, will be uprooted, or retain a foothold, or take some new expression. ‘There appeared to be good order everywhere {i Senator Barkley went with no more display by military or police than other Europ:an countries manifested, and with such dis. play than in some other Europeau countries. Peopie Undergo Hardships. ‘That the people are undergoing hard- ships which would crush most other nations was not disputed. Yet, Senator Barkley recalled, hardships have been the lot of most Russians for centuries and they accordingly stand up under them better than Western peoples think possible. If any effective opposition to the Soviet regime exists, Senator Bark- ley said it was not visible. Owning one-sixth of the land area of the world and having about one-tenth of the population of the world, Soviet Russia is bound to be an important fac- tor whether the present or some new form of government prevails, he con- cludes, in view of the great and varied resources of the nation. If Soviet Russia continues to main- tain the progress internally that he noted, Senator Barkley believes that the United States will have to consider the question of recognition, Receives Many Impressions. In this view, Senator Barkley does not assume that recognition of the So- viet Government involved approval of communism, or of some n‘ncu of the dictatorship now ruling Russian people, which he does not find compati- ble with American democratic ideals. Senator Barkley to having received such a muititude of new im- pressions and startling ideas that he wants time to digest them. The world, he feels, will be powerfully affected by the experiment in Russia, whether it stands or falls. He makes no prophe- sles, SEFismBER 7, ANNAPOLIS WATER |POLIGE LACK CLUES CRISIS 1S DENIED Care Urged on Consumers as Reservoir Has Only Nine Days’ Supply. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md, September 6.— ‘While alarmist reports of imminent famine are denied, officials of the An- napolis Water Co. are urging consumers to be extremely careful in use of the supply. The company has absolutely pro- hibited the use of water to sprinkle lawns, wash mo}:flw& ag:; pur- poses exc of absoluf 5 A unle\?l‘ survey of actual conditions at the station of the Annapolis Water Co., 4 miles from Annapolis, show that in spite of extreme care taken by most of the consumers s little more water has been used daily than the plant has been able to replenish in spite of emerg- ency measures. There is now in storage at the reser- voirs about nine million gallons of wa- ter and at kl.l!!. a million gallons are being used daily. %Vncr Recedes to Some Extent. The sources are annl z !::;m‘ feeding into the sou m-e-m‘ which has been utilized in the emergency and from which the appa- ratus of the Annapolis Fire Department is pumping into the reservoirs. In spite of all that can be done, how- ever, the water is receding to some ex- tent, but not so fast as to create any serious alarm. ‘With about nine days’ supply in the reservoir, and that amount dropping but slightly in spite of the hot, dry weather, officials of the company and consumers are hepeful that there will be rain or at least cooler weather. Even if there is no rain, conditions will improve of the temperature drops, as consumption will drop, and it has been found that the streams run in greater volume while evaporation from the reservoir is less. Baltimore Aid Arranged. In the meantime Naval Academy offi- cials have permitted Annapolians to take water from the academy supply, and wlél connlx;ue to do 80 even to & larger degree necessary. 'l!ehrnugh the offices of Gov. Ritchie an arrangement also has been made to bflng“wlur from Baltimore in tank cars if necessary. Former officials of the water com- pany are being criticized for permit- ting artesian wells, which formed a reservolr supply, to become choked. These if running as they did formerly would save the situation now and pre- vent any shortage. ‘The water mmrny has approved a proposition to sink another well, guar- anteed to supply a million gallons of good water a day, and the nning of the work depends on the action of the City Council, which must approve the proposition to make it effective, NINE PETTY THEFTS ‘The first appearance of Moscow and Leningrad were disappointing because of the torn-up stre: ls, unpainted houses and other evidence of devastation and neglect, but looking closer he saw signs in the torn-up streets of new sewer systems, new paving and other munici- pal improvements, which, if carried through, will restore the reputation these cmhu h“t oll mu';\_.l'flunm :r;.: surpass the ory. There was utmost hmmu!y and _friendliness among all classes toward the American vmwts.m:nd there was no l:':lcuon upon sightseeing or freedom of move- ment either for himself, or tourists, that Senator Barkley could discern, aside {from the care every nation exercises as to military secrets. Senator Barkley had an hour's talk with President Hindenburg of Germany on his return from Russia, besides see- ing high officials in England, France, Poland and other countries visted. CONGRESS TO DISCUSS RUSSIA Government Remains Unchanged on Policy of Non-recognition. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Although official announcements from rtment of State declare that of the American Government toward reoo(nh lm lh:h:m-hn !n'rvle.t unc , prospect there will be more discussion of this subject in the next session of Congress than heretofore. Several members of Congress have been visiting Russia this Summer and some of them already have indicated their belief that a change of polcy by the United States is undesirable. Fol- lowing what it believes to be American public opinon and whie there have been & number of evidences here and there that important and influential leaders wish to see crystalization apparent, Russia Buys Millions from U. 8. ho!‘r'n‘umt hin the ml.‘b.l; problem, ver, unquestional growing. The Russians are buying in the nellh'- borhood of $150,000,000 worth of American goods and services, Return- developmens i Rusbe " peseh e n Axg;n’cln methndlh 3 far as the State De ent 1is concerned, it is (ollo'!n'p-t;:':‘pollcy that countries operating on a capital- istic system cannot reconcle their views with a communistic theory. (There are many American business men, however, who believe that a freer intercourse be- tween the United States and Russia gradually will result in modifications on the Russian side.) There are, of course, certaln ques- tions and issues between the Russian government and the Washington Gov- ernment which will some day have to be resolved. It has never been decided Wwhat shall be done on the matter of war debts contracted by either the gov- ernment of the Czar or the Kerensky regime. The Russians always have contended that counter-claims would be filed whenever a conference on the debt question is held. Sanctity of Obligations Enters. Two other points also have never been settled. One relates to the sanc- tity of international obligations, which is a pre-requisite always to recognition. The Russians argue that they will not observe or respect obligations entered into by the Russian government before (:luelykclm:hlilto p(:l'!fl, but that they eep their word on any aj they themselves make, didnsiar The other point relates to world- wide propaganda. The Soviet leaders insist this has been much exaggerated and is an outgrowth of the plans made when the whole world seemed to be backing the counter - revolutionary movements in Russia. Satisfactory evidence as to discontinuance of this propaganda never has been received by American Government officlals. In fact, a committee of the House of Rep- resentatives is investigating at this time communistic activities in the United States. The report of the committee will be important in the discussion at the next session of Congress. All that may be sald at the moment is that more interest is bein recognition extended, dmflnnthub:no consider the question of r to enter into parleys with government as to a basis of agreement only when it is apparent that public opinion, as manifested either inside or | outside of Congress, favors such a | course, (Copyright. 1030.) Because foreign wheat is glutting the :hurehua‘lound them ;nu:‘fl' L} ‘m Palestine market the government re- cently increased the import guty. cafeteria at 1707 H street, NET $250 IN LOOT Articles Taken From Various Bec- tions Yesterday Range From Cash to Silverware. A series of nine petty thefts, involv- from cash to silverware & woman's cloth coat valued at $75. ‘Three bundles of clothing valued at $50 were taken from a truck of the Vogue Cleaning Co. while it was parked near Center Market. A dressed chicken was removed from a show window of a Simon Rubin, 1541 C street southeast, reported the theft of cigarettes and tobacco valued at $20 from his machine while it was parked near Center Market. ‘Thieves also broke into the Sanitary gister, but did not disturb the stock. Silver and glasses valued at $40 were removed from = locker in the Savoy Apartments at Fourteenth and Girard streets. Jacon Paregol of 2271 Ninth street reported the theft of $8 in change from a box hidden in his store. The garage of Clifton L. Bazzle of East Clifton Terrace Apartments was entered and and tubes valued at $50 stolen. ‘The Chero Cola Bottling Co. at Eighth and I streets southeast, also was entered, but an investigation showed that nothing had been stolen. The thieves entered the bullding by cutting the wire screening from an open win- dow at the rear, PARISH IN TENEMENTS GRADUALLY DISSOLVING Prominent Men Raise Money to Save Church for Father Duffy, Popular Priest. NEW YORK (N.AN.A.)—More old tenements are being torn down across from Holy Cross Church, whose pastor is Father Francis P. Duffy, war chap- lain of the 165th Infantry (old 69th), and often spoken of as the city's most popular priest. As this West Forty-second street dis- trict grows commercial, Father Duffy’s parish dwindles, but, more precisely, it dwindles as his people become prosper- ous and move to more comfortable homes on Long Island. Some time ago a committee of prom- inent men of all faiths was formed to help save Father Duffy's church. Otto H. Kahn appointed himself treasurer. Funds were raised and rish 1s solvent, but not exactly wealthy. Among a thousand stories of confi- dence in Father Duffy is one concern- ing the Dempsey-Tunney fight. As ‘Tunney, knocked groggy, lay there in the ring not yet able to rise, an adher- en’tedturned excitedly to the priest and cried: “Pray, Father Duffy, damn it, pray.” Father Duffy’s whimsical excuse for declining was that it didn't seem fair for an Irishman to have help in a flgxt. (Copyright, 1930, by North American News- Paper Alliance.) POLICE PROBE STABBING OF BOY ON PLAYGROUND One Accused of Using Butcher XKnife on Another Placed Under Father's Charge. By the Associated Press. MONTGOMERY, Ala., September 6. —Lasiter Weldon, 14, was in custody of his father, J. L Weldon, today as police investigated the ecircumstances under which he is sald to have killed Edward Saunders, 12, by stabbing him n the heart, after a quarrel on & play- ground here yesterday. ‘The father brought his son to police headquarters last night and surren- dered him, but Judge H. M. Blue of Juvenile Court paroled the in his parent’s custody, pending a preliminary hearing. Saunders was stabbed with & butcher | knife, which young Weldon's mother said he took to the playground to cut a INJEWEL ROBBERY Chicago Theater Party Hold- up Victims Value Loot at $64,550. By the Assoclated Press. EVANSTON, Ill, September 6.—Four robbers held up Mr. and Mrs, Jason F. Whitney and & party of friends early today, escaping with jewelry the vic- tims valued at $64,550. After a day spent in running down leads, police were without a clue tonight. Members of the party were held up as they alighted from an automobile in front of the residence of Mrs. Gladys 8. Mehan, one of the victims. Other guests, who had attended a theater in the Loop district and were being returned to their homes, were James A. Hewett of Manchester, En, land, & house guest of the Whitney: and Mr. and Mrs. Oliver A. Blackburn. Mr. Blackburn is secretary of the Kraft- Phenix Corporation, of which Mr. Whit- ney is president. A 15-carat diamond ring, five brace- lets and a necklace were taken from Mrs. Whitney. One of the women was allowed to retain a moderately valuable necklace. Wedding Ring Recovered. Mrs. Blackburn lost a solitaire dia- mond ring valued at $1,000, and others she said were worth approximately $200. After the robbery she recovered her wedding ring from the floor of the machine. Police believe the robbers first ob- served the gems while the party was at a downtown restaurant for an after- theater supper and followed the group to_Evanston. ‘The loot was first valued at $130,000, but an itemization submitted to Evan: ton police today reduced the amous A $1,500 ring belonging to Mrs. Whit- ney, dropped by the bandits, was found on the Mehan lawn. 1Yo0—<Fak T ¢ SET FOR TODAY Services Will Be Held at St. John’s Church This Afternpon. Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Honore Grant will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock at St. John’s Church, Sixteenth and H streets. Mrs. Grant, mother of Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 34, director of Public Buildings and Public Parks, died Friday night following a lengthy {llness. She resided at 1711 New Hampshire avenue. Following the services here her body will be taken to West Point, N, Y., for burial. She will be lald to rest tomor- row beside the grave of her husband, Maj. Gen. Frederick D. Grant, who died Mrs. Grant was born in Loulsville, Ky., on June 4, 1854, educated at the Georgetown Visitation Convent here, and married Maj. Gen. Grant, then a lieutenant colonel on the staff of Gen. Sheridan, in Chicago. Mrs. Grant's visit to President and Mrs, Ulysses Grant at the White House was the beginning of a long series of social achievements in Washington. In Vienna, where her husband served as America Minister to Austria from 1889 to 1893, she likewise became a social leader. Surviving her, in addition to her son, are her daughter, Princess Cantacu- sene, and six grandchildren. ASKS $1,200,000 IN SUIT Effort Will Be Made to Learn In- come of Movie Producers. NEW YORK, September 6 (). —An attempt to learn the income of the Mo- tion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc., is to be made in the $1,200,000 suit brought by Ivan Abram- son, independent producer, his counsel Nick Altrock, who clowns for the fans at Griffith Stadium, congratulates the fleet-footed Redsecker, who won the 75-yard dash for girls between Martha 10 and 13 years old at the grand annual fleld day yesterday of the Bill Doak Lodge, No. 254, —Star Staff Photo. AIR EXHIBITION DRAWS FLYERS FROM 2 NATIONS By the Associated Press. MONTREAL, September 6.—Visiting fiyers from United States and Cana- dlvnn cities dropped from the sky at St. announced today. Counsel said he would seek a dis- covery order from the Federal Court and expressed the bellef the producers and distributors had & minimum income of $100,000,000 a year. Abramson charges the organization, through its al- 1 monopoly of the business, with forcing losses on independent producers and ti ter owners. 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