Evening Star Newspaper, October 26, 1930, Page 22

LEGGE PENS SHORT REPLY T0 KANSAN Board Cannot Lend Support , to Competitive Organiza- tions, He Writes Mercer. The conflict between representatives of commission merchants and the Fed- eral Board flared up anew to- day when Alexander Legge, chairman of the Federal @ letter to J. H. Mercer of the Kansas Live Stock Association, and don't want to have any, but the jcultural marketing act provides we should work with and through mnfln organizations, producer- ' and producer-controlled.” In his usual terse, direct manner, Mr. Legge told Mr. Mercer, who had | criticized the board's activities with l’flm‘ to live stock, that “while some of commission merchants that you zefer to probably have live stock ranches of their own, it is not as pro-; ducers, but as dealers in the com-, modity h:‘lln_t you insist that they be Tecognized. | To a criticism of the board's failure | to extend drought relief, Mr. Legge said that “we tried our best to make 1t clear that the farm board had no authority %0 undertake relief operations as such.” Reference to Program. He referred to the program of organi- gation adopted by the majority of live stock producers throughout the coun- try and to the availability of money through the national live stock organi- sation, and said: “Ne are enjoined not to encourage compatition among the co-operatives themselves and, obviously, we cannot lend support to a lot of different or- tions which will use the funds t emeh other simply because of differences of opinion among them as to what the national set-up should majority, that a little time and experi- ence :gm work out whatever changes were to make the set-up most efficient. It is hardly reasonable to ex- that every contingency can be met e samizaiion. of co-operatives m of c0-O] o d chang:fi from time to time in order to meet the conditions that will have to be met.” Reply on Lamb Market. . Mercer had accused the board of nothing when a surplus of lambs sd on the market, affecting the * To this criticism Mr. Legge re- you know of any industry which blindly, without any reference market demand, tha any length i [ll'. i i g% ¥ El 2o HOT g8 i £ JOU | one was for the Legion at Boston. the P st what 1 13 you you have t we might have done to assure you most positively we have only good will toward the live-stock growers of Kansas. The only trouble is that the leaders of the tion ist on our doing some- differefjt from what the glmty co-operative growers er wmnnld domfi:'obvimlé, it is for us to impose your ideas on the subject on everybody else. Any time that you are willing to come along the program adopted by the ma- jority, as most distinctly it is their and not any program of this we will be glad to extend every assistance possible.” SMYRNA IS SUBMERGED UNDER DELUGE OF RAIN Thousands of Buildings Inundated. Calor of Sea Causes Supersti- tious to Become Fearful. e By the Associated Press. ISTANBUL, Turkey, October 25.—A rain storm of deluge proportions today was submerging the city of Smyrna. The rain began last midnight and con- tinued this evening. Thousands of houses and shops have been inundated. Hundreds - of . small wooden dwellings have wlug:.d. ‘The sea turned an unusual choco- 1ate color, causing Smyrna’s population, whom rests a past full of calami- | Yos, to become superstitiously fearful. No deaths had been reported tonight. FIGHT OF EIGHT MEN , QUELLED BY FIVE POLICGE! Three Arrested in Melee at Dance of National Fellowship Club on G Street. Five policemen were required to quell | s fight between eight men at a dance given by the National Fellowship Club in & bullding formerly occupied by the City Club in the 1300 block of G street shortly after last midnight. Two police- men said they were assaulted and three of the participants were taken into cus- lward Lacovey, 29 years old, of 213 | H street was charged with assault upon | Policeman James A. Mostyn; James 22, of 304 Third street was wi drunkenness, disorderly conduct and assault upon Policeman S. B. Smith, and Jack Plerry, 20 years old. of 215 K street northeast ws charged with drunkenness and disorderly con- ‘The fight started 1. the center of the | dance floor with eight men battling | with fists, police were told. Grid Player in Hospital. PHILADELPHIA, October 25 (A).— | George Munger, Philadelphia substitute | halfback on the University of Pennsyl- vania foot ball team, was in the Uni- versity Hospital tonight under observa- tion for a possible silght concussion of | the brain. He was injured in today's game with Lehigh. Town Prays for Rain. BERRYVILLE, Va. October 25 (Spe- elal) —The stores and other business concerns of Berryville closed Monday afterncon for half an hour, when sev- eral hundred people of the county gath- ered in the Court House yard to join with the ministers of ‘the various churches of the town in offering prayers for rain and ending of the long drought. Junior high schools of California have a toal enroliment of 97,886, com- high school enrollment of rm Board, made public | in which hej made it plain that “we haven't any | with the commission merchants | ¢| Editor White in New G. 0. P.| | task of cleaning the exterior of the buildi THE SUNDAY CAPITOL GETS ANNUAL BATH District firemen turned their hose on the Capitol yesterday in their annual ing with high-pressure streams of water. —A. P. Photo. HOOVER'S RECENT SPEECHES PRAISED Weekly Tells Ideals Look- ing to Greater Era. In the second number of Washington, the weekly publication recently begun by Republican leaders, which came out yesterday, Willlam Allen White, in an | editorial, declares that four recent| speeches by President Hoover “‘embody ideals of American Government,” and gives these speeches high praise. Mr. White refers to the speeches at Cleveland, Boston and Kings Mountain as “four major speeches.” One was directed toward the American bankers, third was directed to organized l-bcr,‘ in convention at Boston, and the fourth at Kings Mountain pictured the Amer- fean ideal. Mr. White declares the speeches were not casually conceived and were parts of | one message, “a lofty appeal to the| American people for a major political | “The program,” Mr. White says, “was not necessarily a legislative program. | Government Welfare Tool. i “It would necessitate the extra legal | co-operation: First, of organized capi- tal through the banks and the leaders | of finance; second, through organized labor; third, through the men of the younger generation; and fourth, the m challenged the attention, the | oyalty, the patriotic duty of the plain | homemaker. Briefly stated, the Presi- dent was saying to the country: Gov- ernment is only one of the many tools to be used in promoting human -wel- fare. Co-operation between labor and | capital outside of Government is & | definite workable tool in our days u!‘ depression through organized credit and | the patriotic wisdom of our leaders of finance. We have gone through a crisis without industrial unrest mani- fest in strikes. The restraint, the moral courage, and the wisdom dis- played during this year of stagnation and unemployment have developed an attitude of mind, a noble courage and | judgment which, if it can continue and | set itself into the habits of the people, | will be institutionalized outside of poli- tics and a tremendous engine for the | promotion of national welfare and in- ternal peace. | “Then he said to the men of the Legion: Your high place in tne pat- tern of the new scheme is to make sen timent for peace, to restrain those of | your fellows who would go too iar and | too quickly in these heavy days. For | unless we can have peace through in- | ternational good will, the cost of peace through building ships and armaments will make recovery impossible in a war-burdened word. Promise to Labor. “To labor he held forth a promise that America would go further toward | abolishing poverty, toward making a | standard of living so high that every | man who would work might find work at a wage high enough to provide for & self-respecting home in which might be [ound all of the common luxuries produced by our sophisticated civiliza- | tion. And the climax of this ideal found its statement most eloquently pro- claimed in the Kings Mountain speech. In this speech, the President set forth his notion of the American 1deal, of its physical statement . in. . a . minjmum standard of living which should be the common heritage of all Americans, and of his conception of the spiritual ideal to which Americans must hold if they do abolish poverty intellectually as well | as in its economic phases. It was a | noble speech. Millions of his country- men were thrilled by it. That speech deserves a high place in American ora- tory. Yet it wasn't a political speech. It ‘was the calm, qualified declaration of a realizable hope for better things on this continent. It was more than an essay, that Kings Mountain speech. It foreshadowed many things. One who reads that can see that Herbert Hoover is deeply dissatisfied with things as they | are; that he is a Progressive; that he is | ready now to submit blueprints and | specifications for the world in its im- mediate next stage. There was a speech of a seer looking beyond horizons into ¢ another and better day.” | Articles on Government. Numerous articles on governmental matters feature the publication. In an !interview with Gen. Frank T. Hines, director of the Veterans' Bureau, it is | set forth that the goal sought by Gen. | Hines is “veteran reilef on permanent, rational basis.” | One page is devoted to the many im- | portant positions in the Government which are filled by women. Much at- | {tention is given to the unemployment relief program of President Hoover. Noted Chicago Doctor Dies. CHICAGO, Octcber 25 (#)——Junius Clarkson Hoag, ”;,,X“’““"'“‘ Chicago physician died ay. He was a member of the Chicago Medical % Germany Disclaims Owning Secret Ray Which Stalls Autos War Department Denies Czechoslovakian Reports of Powerful Machine. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, October 25.—What it may be that mysteriously has been stalling cars on the Saxon highroad has not developed, but it's not a secret ray cast across the unsuspecting countryside in government experiments. ‘The war ministry took official cog- nizance yesterday of reports filtering in from Czechoslovakia concerning the re- puted invisible ray. It was flatly denied any such experiments were being car- ried on at the time anywhere in Ger- many. And even if they were, it was added, they would be conducted in some isolated region and not on the public highway near the Czechoslovakian frontier. One of the reports quoted a chauffeur as saying he and about forty other drivers on the road between Risa and Wurzen suddenly found their magnetos out of action. He sald an official of the Saxon government told them experi- ments were being carried on from a station four kilometers away with ray capable of stopping automobile or airplane engines at long range. After about an hour, the chauffeur said, the magnetos suddenly began working again UNIVERSITY TO AID PROHIBITION SURVEY Request of Law Enforcement Head Is Granted by Wisconsin In- stitution Officials. By the Associated Press. MADISON, Wis., October 25.—The University of Wisconsin is willing to co- operate with the Government in making a survey of the economic aspects of prohibition, Prof. Wililam H. Kiekhofer, chairman of the department of eco- nomics, said_yesterday. Prof. Kiekhofer, who received a let- ter from Amos W. W. Woodcock, na- tional prohibition enforcement head, asking co-operation, said he had re- quested Mr. Woodcock to inform him of the specific duties for the University Wisconsin and if some member of the economics department was inter- ested in the research requested the work would be undertaken. MAN IS SHOT BY BANDIT AS LATTER FLEES CRIME Gun Victim Believed Companion of Excited Robber Who Took $285 From Woman. By the Associated Press. EVANSVILLE, Ind., October 25.—An excited bandit, fleeing from a residence here after he had robbed a woman of $285 last night, shot and killed a man who police believe was his companion in_crime. The dead man was partially identified as Virgil Smith, about 28, of Lagrange, Mo. He had, been shat twice through the head, one bullet entering the left eye and the other about a half inch below the eye. The bandit, who escaped, entered the home of Mrs. Jennie Moore and at the point of a gun obtained $285 which she had on her person. As he left he was confronted by John T. Hays, a roomer at the home. The hold-up man switched off the lights and struck Hays, knocking him down. Police said they believed the bandit, running from the house, saw his com- panion on the steps in the darkness and | not recognizing him opened fire. Praises Kingsford-Smith. HARVE, October 25 (#).—Who is the greatest aviator? The answer of Dieu- donne Coste to the question was: “Kingsford-Smith.” Weds by Phone, Bride Flys to Distant Husband By the Assoclated Press. GALVESTON, Tex., October 25. —Mrs. Laufa Cook of Galveston and Fred E. Dixon of Oklahoma City, Okla., were married over long-distance telephone today. Justice of the Peace Randolph Pierson read the ceremony. Mrs. Cook was here and Dixon was in Oklshoma City. Mrs. Qxon left for Oklahoma Oity by airplane soon after the marriage. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. @, OCTOBER 26, 1930—PART ONE. SUMMERALL WINS Division Society—Other Officers Are Named. Gen. Charles P. Summerall, soon to * retire as chief of staff of the United , States Army, was re-elected president of the 1st Division Society and eulogized at & banquet of 1st Division veterans, marking the close of their twelfth an- nual reunion here, in the Willard Hotel last night. Gen. Summerall is a former war-time commander of the 1st Di- vision. Maj. Gen. Prank Parker, also at one | time commander of the 1st Division during the World War, was re-elected | vice president. Other vice presidents, ail newly elected are: Brig. Gen. L. R. Holbrook, formerly an artillery officer in the 1st Division during the war and now in command of the present 1st Division; Col. W. F. Harrell, Col. 'Theodore Roose- | velt, Col. Hjalmar Erickson, Maj. A. M. | Patch, Gail B. Selig. Harry D. Willier jand A. B. Butler. Col. Harrell also was elected secretary-treasurer, and D. E. Meeker, assistant secretary and treas- urer. Named As Directors. Adolph N. Sutro, jr.; Edward 5. Bow- erfind, A. F. G. Lucas, Sergt. David Friesel, Col. R. R. McCormick and Rice M. Youell were elected to the board of directors to serve three years. Besides Gen. Summerall other speak- ers at the banquet were Maj. Gen. Han- son Ely, Maj. Gen. Parker, Brig. Gen. L. R. Holbrook, and Brig. Gen. Campbell King, former chief of staff of the 1st Division. Music was rendered by the United States Army Band. Capt. George J. Forster was pre- sented with a loving cup for his work in behalf of the 1st Division Soclety. ‘The place of next year's reunion is to be decided later by the officers and di- rectors of the soclety, it was stated. Gen. Summerall placed wreaths on the 1st Division monument and de- livered an address at impressive cere- monies held by the veterans at the monument yesterday afternoon. The wreaths placed included a 1st Division wreath, one by the 2nd Division and l?mer by the Reserve Officers Associ- a Praises War Sacrifices. Gen. Summerall in his address said: “We believe that in this monument we have recorded forever the noblest vir- tues 8 man may possess. Nothing is more spiritual than life given for coun- try, for home and for loved ones. We come here again to renew that bond which has been the greatest privilege.” Gen. Summerall was introduced by former Chief Justice Walter 1. McCoy, who praised Gen. Summerall as an offi- cer and a man. A feature of the ceremony was the mlu‘ln( of the colors at the monu- ment. D. C. REPUBLICANS DEEDED NEW HOME | Residence at Sixteenth Street and Scott Circle to Be Permanent Headquarters. Deed to the residence at the south- west corner of Sixteenth street and Scott circle, which is to be the perma- nent home of the National Capital Re- publican Club, was formally transferred to_the club yesterday. The temporary quarters of the club on the second floor of 1331 G street was the scene of this formality. Sam- uel J. Prescott, president of the club and chairman of the Republican State Committee for the District, accepted the deed on behalf of the club at a special meeting of officers and com- mittee members. Since the purchase of this residence last Spring the deed has been held in trust by the Republican State Com- mittee. ' The actual transfer yesterday was made by Joshua Evans, jr. secre- tary of the latter committee and a di- rector of the new club. It was an- nounced that the club will not move into its new home before next Spring. At present it is leased to the Japanese embassy for a chancery. Prescott announced that after a few alterations on the inside of the build- ing it will be available not only to house the National Capital Republican Club, but to serve as headquarters for several other Republican organizations in the District. The other officers of the new club are: Vice presidents. Ed- ward P. Colladay, John Joy Edson, Charles C. Glover, jr.; John Lewis Smith, Mrs. Virginia White Speel and Thomas P. Littlepage: secretary, Alney E. Chaffee, and treasurer, Cuno H Rudolph. HAGERSTOWN. MINISTER ELECTED BY KIWANIANS Capital District Convention Closes at Norfolk With Baltimore | 1031 Choice. By the Assoclated Press. NORPOLK, Va., October 25—Rev. F.| Berry Plummer, Hagerstown, Md., today | was elected governor of the Kiwanis, Capital District at the conclusion of the | twelfth annual district convention. Mr. Plummer succeeds Jesse H. Binford of Richmond. | Baltimore was selected as the 1931 convention city. E The ‘convention re-elected Robert E. | Turner, Norfolk. secretary-treasurer,’ and the following lieutenant governors First division, Robert A, Hutchison, Manassas, Va.: second, Rev. Carleton | Barnwell, Lynchburg, Va.; third, Prank C. Wiley, Salem, Va.: fourth, George T. Eiliott, Hampton, Va.; fifth, James L. Howe, Lexington, Va.; sixth, Charles A. Linhardt, jr., Baltimore, Resolutions were adopted indorsing a “Buy Now Campaign” and President Hoover’s unemployment efforts. ROADS EXTEND AID Rural Committee Continues Emer- gency Freight Rates. | LOUISVILLE, Ky., October 25 (#).— | A committee representing railroads in | the Central Freight Association terri- tory has agreed on extension of emer- gency freight rates to drought-stricken | areas and addition of transit privileges to distribute more widely the benefits of a greater reduction in tariffs. Harry A. Volz, chairman of the Ken- tucky Drought Relief Committee, in an- nouncing this today said he conferred with executives of the railroads at their meeting with shippers in Chicago Fri- day and urged the widening of the scope of the rates so that they would apply from the point of production to | actual destination. The Carriers’ Com- | mittee told Mr. Volz it would make a | favorable report to the railroad manage- i ments. DUCHESS OF CROY SUES BERLIN, October 25 (#).—The eve- | ning newspaper Tempo today printed | a dispatch from Westphalia stating that | the Duchess of Croy, formerly Helen Lewis of New York, was suing for a | divorce. | Telephone inquiries at Duelmen Cas-, tle, the Westphalian residence of the duke and duchess, the lnfor-l mation that neither duke nor duchess was in the residence. All other information was refused. VETERANS TRIBUTE Re-elected President of First| FIRST DIVISION il £ An aerial view of the ceremonies about the 1st Division yesterday afternoon. HOLDS RITES - merall addressed the veterans at the ceremonies. Monument in front of the State, War and N: Building | The ceremonies were part of the reunion of the 1st Division veterans. s ties 7 Sum: | AT Maj. Gen. Charles P. Sum- —Harris-Ewing Photo. From the Front Row Reviews and News of Waahington.s Theaters. Lewis Ayres Has New Success In Gang Film, Shown at the Earle. EWIS AYRES' place of distinc- tion in the motion picture world is made even more secure as a result of his ability to create the illusion of a gangland leader who is a per- son of sensibilities and at the same time can rule associates an iron another to his list of successes with a role of that type. To the credit of the author, Row - land Brown, it is to be con- ceded that he tells a story of dramatic force, and in addition to the chief character, has provided & series of types, all of which are well drawn and add to the impressive character of the talking screen play. While there have been some rather futile attempts to create sentiment in an atmosphere such as is found in “The Doorway to Hell,” there is here presented, in all its vividness, the theme that those who are caught in the clutches of the under- world, whatever their qualities, must face destruction in the end. Louls Ricarno (an assumed name) is the character that enlists the tal- ents of Mr. Ayres. He organizes the rival factions on the basis of “big business,” sends his kid brother, under the real family name, to & private military academy, and pre. pares to retire with his wealth, but cannot escape the clutches of the thing he has helped to create. He becomes the dupe of the female associate of his closest gang friend, loses his kid brother, returns to the underworld war, and lightly steps into the trap that means death. The role of Doris, whom he weds, but who is unfaithful to him, is played with ability by Miss Dorothy Mathews. An outstanding bit of splendid character acting is that by Robert Elliott, as Capt. O'Grady, detective, who tries to save the gang chief from his fate, and it is a most sympathetic bit of acting. James Cagney puts into the character of Steve Mileaway, lleutenant to the chief, the wavering qualities in face, tone and bearing that are essential to_the plot. Other clearly drawn roles are in the hands of Charles Judels, Kenneth Thompson, Jerry Mandy and Noel Madison. As the youthful brother in the military academy (Jackie Lamarr), Leon Janney displays conspicuous poise and spirit, which are to be com- mended in an actor of his years. In addition to a good film, the Earle also offers a stage performance with a continuous and meritorious program of comedy, music and danc- ing. The talented Ken Murray and Rae Samuels are seen at their best, and are surrounded by a group of singers and dancers which fulfills every requirement of such an offer- ing. In Mr. Murray’s group are Foster, Fagan and Cox, favorites of their fellow Washingtonians, while Miss Helen Charleston, also of this city, is one of the entertainers. A boisterous comedy. “The Servant Problem,” is playea vy Vivian Oak- land, John.T. Murray and Mary Stauber, and the news reel presents recent happenings. D.C. C “Way for a Sailor” at Palace It a Good §alty Yarn. IT IS a pleasant task to be able to report that having put his wrong foot forward in his talkie debut, John Gilbert gets back into step in “Way for a Sailor,” and with_ the help of Wallace Beery—at the Pal- ace—he becomes a sensible actor in a spicy tale of salty sea life. Mr. Gilbert isn't, of course, the best part of the show, because it seems an axiom that any film Wal lace Beery is in he automatically makes his own. Mr. Beery. in this case, is a roistering, cheerful vaga- bond of the merchant marine, with a passion for “Eureka” harmonicas and concertinas. His life, on the whole, is a quest for making music on these instruments and thereby supposedly luring to his arms—after the fashion of the pied piper—what- ever may happen to be around in the way of femininity. Curiously enough, his concerts never have the desired effect, and so—probably as a signal of despair—one sees Mr. Beery in the final flickers walking away with a baby seal under his arm. The story behind all this is the love of a sailor for a maid—played faultlessly by Leila Hyams—whose heart takes a long time to be set afire. After a cupid campaign of some two or three years, Gilbert finally wins her. Afterward she re- pents of having married him when he tells her that he is off on the Jjolly seas again. Everything, how- ever, comes out all right after the severest storm ever staged in a Hollywood tank reunits them. What makes this film better than the average is the general excitement and speed of action, the glimpses of Mr. Beery, beauty of Miss Hyams, who is rapidly becoming the loveliest blonde in the films, and the spirit of good fun and tom- foolery that the director has sup- plied with a cunning hand. The stage show that follows, “Birthday Party Revue,” has speed and the usual well enough talent. May Joyce, Montrose and Reynolds, and three splendid dancers, Mor- decae, Wells and Taylor, are chief luminuries. The remainder of the Lewls Ayres. “Billy the Kid,” Western Film, Is at the Columbia. A NOISY, shooting, dust raising, fast riding, Western film, “Billy the Kid,” showing at the Columbia this week, is the vehicle which brings to Washington the moving picture industry’s latest invention, “real life pictures,” so named be- cause pf the supposed ability of this method to portray figures and scenes as_though actually real and living. Technicians and producers may realize a great difference in this lat- est product of the cinema world, but it is to be feared that, to the average spectator, little or no differ- ence is to be observed between “real life” pictures and those which have entertained the public since the in- troduction of the “talkies.” The figures on the screen appear slightly larger during close-ups and also are not always quite so distinct as they might be. In one scene alone of “Billy the Kid” an unusually realistic impression was conveyed by the dust which rose from the horses’ hoofs. At one time, it actually ap- peared as though the dust might fly out into the audience. It is quite certain that “Billy the Kid” would have produced equally as many thrills had it been made according to the ordinary “every day” process. The story deals with the days of the great Southwest. when men took into their own hands the fulfillment of the law by “shoot- ing it out” in bar rooms or on prairies, or wherever rival parties happened to meet. John Mack Brown, as Billy the Kid, does some very expert manipu- lating_of guns, as well as leaping upon_ his horse’s back in a manner closely reminiscent of Tom Mix. One is forced to wonder if Mr. Brown's past experiences in tackling facilitated his ability to mount a horse. Wallace Beery is perfectly cast as the assistant deputy sheriff, who, despite his affiliations with Billy the Kid's enemies, takes & strong liking to the Kid through his admiration of the latter's ability to “hit a nickel at 30 yards.” Kay Johnson, as Claire, makes a satisfactorily attractive heroine. Her highly cultured, low modulated voice would be out of keeping with the rough Western setting, were her presence not accounted for by her arrival in that part of the world to join her fiancee, an English gentle- man rancher, whose arrival in the country is resented by the unscru- pulous” “boss king” of the country, Donovan. _An attack upon the Eng- lish rancher and his subsequent murder precipitate Billy the Kid into the affair, and from thence forward, a feud “to the death” results between the two factions. All are killed in the end, except Billy the Kid and the sheriff, who, officially after Billy, permits him to escape from his hiding place across the border near- by. The Sheriff also encourages Claire to follow the Kid into Mexico, showing her the way and lending her his horse to follow after. Some fine scenes of the Southwest, with stage-coaches and numerous bands of cowboys, lend background to the picture. Several amusing in- cidents, such as the balking mule which would not cross the stream, aroused much laughter. For those who like the thrills and excitement of an old-time “‘Western”; who go to see the picture, not expecting to see a new process, Billy the Kid is recommended as highly entertaining. A Hearst Metrotone news reel and an amusing “Dogway Melody” come- dy complete the program. G. S. 8. “Lady Surrenders” For Second Week. ACTED with expert skill by Gene- vieve Tobin—recently recruited from stage ranks—Rose Hobart and Conrad Nagel, “The Lady Surren- ders” continues blithely for another week at the Rialto, painting ite “sophisticated” portrait of the eter- nal triangle. A high standard of acting carries this picture to new heights. Punda- mentally, the theme of a man's dreary matrimonial homelife, which drives him into the sympathetic arms of another woman, is not startlingly original, neither is it espe- clally exciting. Responsible for the major compli- cations—apart from the wife being a selfish soul who writes her storles in the dim, sleepy hours of the morn- ing—is the publishing of a story called “The Marriage Trap.” which plunges the wife, her best friend and her husband into some unexpected and finally compromising situations. Following this, in furious fashion, come marriage between the “friend” and the husband after a supposed divorce which proves to be not a divorce at all, a homecoming by the “divorcee,” a suicide by the “friend” and a fadeout in which the wife de- cides that she’ll look around for a man that she could kill herself over. s $50,000 IN GEMS HELD Customs Officers to Question Wealthy Chicago Widow. NEW YORK, October 25 (#).—| Jewelry valued at $50,000 and several | pieces of luggage brought in on the liner Berengaria by Mrs. Joseph P. Long, wealthy Chicago widow, were held by customs authorities today for appraisal| and settlement of penalties. Customs men said they had examined Mrs. Long's baggage thoroughly on in- formation that she had made extensive purchases abroad, but only $5,000 worth of the jewelry actually is challenged for Mrs. Long said she had owned the rest of it for years. The luggage was held when Mrs. Long's appraisal of its contents differed materially from tentative appraisal by customs inspectors. It was sald that PINCHOT FILES SUIT |AGAINST G.0.P.GROUP Would Halt Collection of Cam- paign Funds in Phila- delphi By the Associated Press. | PHILADELPHIA, October 25.—A bill | n equity to enjoin 46 of the 48 mem- | bers of the Republican City Committee and the three county commissioners | from collecting campaign funds and | from receiving Republican watchers' | | certificates for the November election | was filed yesterday in Common Pleas Court. The plaintiffs are Gifford Pinchot, Republican nominee for governor; §. Davis Wilson, chairman of the Phila- delphia Pinchot Campaign Committee, | and others, | They also asked that the defendants | be forced to reimburse city employes for | | money “they have taken for campaign | | purposes,” and to turn other funds a ready collected over to the Republican State Committee. They seek further to restrain the ! 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