Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1930, Page 20

SOVIETS TIGHTEN COMMUNIST RANKS Central Committee Eliminates Al Leaders Who Offer Any Opposition. By the Associated Press. 'MOSCOW, U. 8. 8. R, November 22. —While other European capitals heard reports and denials of ufloua unrest in Russia, political observers in this seat of the Soviet government today regarded recent changes and transfers in government posts as evidence that the Communist party, headed by Joset Stalin, intends to strengthensits finances all along the line to complete the five- plan for the industrialization of 1a. Unswerving Loyalty Demanded. 'l'he Central Committee, realizing that reconstruction plan could be re- umd or blocked by even the slightest opposition, some time ag move to eliminate both the “Rig] “Left" blocs in the party and to install in the most rorunt posts only men known h hl of unswerving loyalty to p-)r:gn o! '.he dissidents, under strong appeared before the last All- nlon P y Congress, confessed their political sins, and either received abso- lution or were ousted. It may be that the pruning process is not yet over, but it is fenarflly believed ‘that all the principal leaders now are united in support of the pro- gram by which Stalin hopes to make Soviet Russia one of the world's great- est industrial nations. Internal Troubles Denied. ‘Meanwhile, government officials have characte! as ‘“utterly ridiculous” abroad of serious internal trou- bles in Russia. ‘They denied categorically reports that communication between Moscow and Berlin had been cut off, and they scouted several reports that Stalin hnd been assassinated. The government today esubnmed two independent commissariats in place of the existing organization whic! vl!vl- ously handled both domestic and foreign me be a commissariat of in- will Qorml supply and distribution, and the second a eommunfllt for lnreu-n trade. TWO AIDES SELECTED BY GEN. MACARTHUR Chief of Staff of Army Names Officers Who Saw Active Service on His Staff. Onemo{ the first official acts of Gen. Medico-Chirurgi cmmdmmlmmnzm ‘was commissioned h the Medical m in March, 1911, ““w the grade of major in Iny. Ocpt. nm- is from South Carolina llifl i I"l:M lieutenant in the the World War. In July, 1920, he was commissioned secon: db&u METHODIST MISSIONS REMOVED FROM FRANCE Consolidation With Other Denom- inations and Municipal Author- itles Is Voted by Board. By “x.:-w mYO ted Press. RK, November 22 —With- drawal from France as a field of mis- mmuumyvuvoudmd.ywm cf Foreign Missions. ’Rle board decided to turn over its existing enterprises in that country to other evangelistic denominations or m municipal authorities. Figures in Meth year book for 1929 show m ‘members o( the denomination in France. 1 Church throughout the ing negotiations of the board with other denominations for consolidation of efforts in foreign areas ‘was approved for transmission through ohurch publications and pulpits. The message declares a deficit of more than $300,000 in the year's income will necessitate a readjustment that “will mean a serious and tragic crippling of the work in many fields and stations.” TORNADO RELIEF WORK WILL BEGIN MONDAY Death Toll Is 22, With 47 Seri- ously Injured and 108 Fam- ilies to Be Cared For. By the Associated Press. BETHANY, Okla, November 22— Construction of new homes and business houses in the desolate path of the tor- nado, which Wednesday clalmed 22 lives | and seriously injured 47 will be | started Mondoy, offic! { the Red Cross and co-operating agencies said to- | night. A check by the Red Cross today showed 198 families, representing be- tween 600 and 650 persons, would be ured for in the permanent relief pro- er.h 10 of the 47 seriously hurt still in ecritical condition today, the death toll was raised to 22 by the death of a bwy and another man. Bobby Yayne Gill died in an Okla- “{ hospital. His mother, Mrs. nnd Q'Io small brothers still the hospital. Jlm Cole. 32 also died in an Okla- | homa City Hospital. CHICAGO GREETS MAYOR Parade Staged From Hospital to Dedicate Bridge. CHICAGO, November 22 (#).—Mayor William Hale Thompson left the hos- today for the first time since appendicitis operation to dedicate the new Roosevelt Road Bridge over the cago River. Bund.led in & huge fur coat and wav- gally to the crowds as he rode in touring car, the Mayor well on the way to full cal | Fairfax to Hear Appeal for| AMERICANS ARE FOR ORIGINS Retired Diplomat Heads New!| Institute of Persian Art and Archeology. Teheran Parliament Lifts 25- Year-0ld Monopoly of French. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. American genius and pluck having | played a yeoman's in the disco of the North and South Poles, Yankee energy is now going to turn its in- quisitive attention to a fleld of ex-| ploration of even farther-reaching im- rtance. The is no less than the ocation of the sources of modern civil- ization. ‘They are believed to lie in th buried cities of ancient Persia, made fa- mous by the names of Darius, Xerxes, Oyrus and Cambyses. These century-old ruins will soon yield their secrets and clear up many of the world's cultural mysteries, if the plans of the newly or- ganized American Institute for Persian Art and Archeology meet with the suc- cess predicted by their sponsors. Headed by Retired Diplomat. The president of the institute is Franklin Mott Gunther, until recently American Minister to Egypt. Mr. Gunther has retired from the foreign service for the purpose of devoting his entire time henceforward to the Persian archeological campaign. Plans have been held in abeyance Be“dms action | by the Majlis (Persian liament) to | annul 25-year-old French monopoly of excavation rights and establish the “open door” for the archeologists of | the world. The State Department hav- | ing just received word that the nec to this end have now been e American Institute for Per- jan Art and Archeology is ready to clear for action. As an indication of the treasures awal the American excavator's spade, the officers of the institute point to the discovery of the unusual archaic and _Achaemanian bronzes recently | found in the Luristan Province, Ghe‘ most important archeological “find” unearthed during the present year. | Through the good offices of the insti- tute a generous portion these bronzes has been brought to America. Parts of them were added to the col- lections of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the University Museum, at Philadelphia. Evidence has long been accumulating that the bq\nn.\nn of what is known u modern dl\lrm-uon are to be found ol uuhllshed the fact that the ancient civilization of Egypt was derived from | ln even earlier Sumerian culture which had been develovlnx and flourishing in | the Euphrates valley. Recent scholarship has | This TO EXCAVATE OF CIV. ILIZATION FRANKLIN MOTT GUNTHER. The American Institute already has effective representation in Persia and has established cordial relations with the Teheran government. Some of the most eminent names in archaeology are identified with this ambitious project to find out, as to modern civilization, “how come.” The honorary president of the institute is A. V. Willlams Jackson, president of the Omar Khayyam Society of America and professor of Indo- Iranian languages at Columbia Univer- sity. He is probably America's fore- most_authority on Persia. One of the world’s outstanding archaeologists, Prof. James H. , eminent lo- gist and director of the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute, is on the | board of directors. Among other direc- tors are Horace H. F. Jayne, director DI the Unlvmlty Museum, Philadel- Edward Jackson Holmes, director Boston Museum of Art; Dr. Rob- ert 8. Harshe, director of the Art Insti- tute of Chicago; Dr. W. R. Valentiner, director of the Detroit Institute of Arts: Arthur Upham Pope of San Mateo, Calif., honorary adviser in art to the Persian government and advisory cura- tor of the textile museum in Washing- ton; Mortimer L. Schiff, Peicy R. Pyne, jr., Mrs. W. Murray Crane and Frank Crowninshield of New York City. Prepares for International Exhibit. One of the enterprises to which the American-Persian Institute is at present devoting much time and energy is the International Exhibition of Persian Art to be held at the Royal Academy in London in January and February, 1931. will be on the same pretentious scale as last year's magnificent Italian exhibition in London, which brcught together the finest collection of Italian art treasures ever assembled under one 2 CRAMION BILL 0 BE DISCUSSED State Aid for Federal River Control Plan. Special Dispatch to The Star. mwrln' - publlc meeting to be house Wednesday nmln‘ntlo'cloek to consider provi- | of the Capper-Cramton bill, p.-ad at the last session of Congress. as these affect the future deulopmut of Fairfax County. Opinion on Plan Divided. Hugh Lee Kirby of the Arlington County Chamber of Commerce will | address the meeting in favor of the bill. Kirby has been commissioned Arlington trade to speak before all the chambers of commerce of Vir- ginia in an effort to arouse le'nunent in favor of a State to match the Federal Govzmmenu f\xndl in order to make the measure effective in Virginia. Opinfon on merits of the Capper- Cramton bill is divided in Fairfax County. A large number of citizens resent efforts of the Federal authorities to obtain control of the entire river frontage of the county and to with- draw another section of the county territory from local control. Still other citizens hold that Government owner- ship of the banks of the Potomac and | the area around Great Falls would mean a death blow to the development of water power at Great Falls, a project | to which the Fairfax Chamber of Com- merce has repeatedly committed itself. Maryland Commission Sought. The chamber last year, through efforts of Thomas R. Keith of Fairfax, secured enactment by the State Legis- lature of a bill creating the Potomac | River Commission to x(udy the rights | and duty of the State in regard to| water power in this section. Ex-Gov. appointed by Gov. Pollard as the three members of this important commission. An effcrt will be made to have Gov. | Ritchie appoint a similar commission | in Maryland when the Legislature of | that State convenes this Winter. Citizens from Alexandria and Arling- | ton County, as well as residents of | Washington and Fairfax County, are/ invited to attend the meeting on| Wednesday. —— DYNAMITE PLOT LAID TO FOUR UNION MEN Strike Troubles Lead to Indictment of Five on Charges of Sabo- tage on Home. By the Associated Press. DANVILLE, Va.,, November 23.—Four men, said by police to be union members now on strike, were indicted today in connection with an attempt yesterday to dynamite the home of Henry Swann, colored worker in the Schoolfield textile mill here. A fifth man was indicted as the al- leged procurer of the dynamite. The indicted men are R. I. Cook, Joe Barrow, Floyd Setliff, Louis Yeatts and Dan Setliff. The explosives were al- legzd to have been purcl Dan Setliff. A special grand jury of the Puuyl- vania oireult Court considered Thekuses will come up for t.rhl next week. Another explosion late last night at_the shook part of the city, but police were unable to find the site of the blast. It was believed to have occurred in an | open field near the cl'.y Ruth Nichols lhku Flight. MIDDLETOWN, Pa, November 22 (A)—Miss Ruth. N\eboh. New York | Appearing in Recital I SOLOMON GOLUB. JEWISH POET-COMPOSER TO APPEAR AT CENTER Solomon Golub Will Be on Pro- gram of Own Works Tues- day Evening. Solomon Golub, Jewish poet-composer and singer, will appear Tuesday evening lt 8:15 o'clock at the Jewish Com- mlmkl‘tyOenlcrlnlprwflmofhlam works. Mr. Golub ranks high as a creative artist in expressing the Jewish sense of | humor, but above all in his charming romances of Jewish home life. He has been active as a propagandist for the W o(':leu;‘:h u; m\lllemlyhcmflnl. ing, and espec! ener- getic in the effort to develop apwech- tion of choral music among masses of the Jewish people. In his recital, Mr. Colub will be assisted by David Sepiro, planist. VACANT LOT IS ASSET, REALTY EXPERTS FIND Pewee Golf Only Ome of 32 gested Uses That Are Sources of Income. By Loe Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 22—To those who have been wondering what to do with that vacant lot or untilled acre, the National Association of Real Estate Boards makes some pertinent sug- gestions. ’ First, of course, comes the miniature golf course, but the tion finds many other uses for unoccupied real estate besides the prosaic filling station or hot-dog stand. For instance, the association points out that land has been rented to good advantage the sale of second-hand automobiles, for ient tabernacles for re- ligious services and for alligator, ostrich, lion and wolf farms, “where such ani- mals are Phyefl far from their native haunts.’ Among the other possibilities—and there are 32 in all—are pony rings for children, private zoos, public open-air nurseries for babies, airports, picnic grounds, cabin sites, Christmas tree dis- plays. open-air dance pavilions, displays of various kinds of dogs. “You don't have to wait,” advises the realty association, “for a sale to make money on your land.” il - ELECTION IN SILESIA MARKED BY FIGHTING Poles and Germans Clash Brzbzie Village, With Sev- eral Injured. By the Associated Press. WARSAW, November 22.—The Polish elections tomorrow, in which the coun- tryunvholewmchooun Senate and Province of Silesia a local Diet, hnvc caused considerable feeling The excitement in in ‘| man territory between Poles and Germans %{ Brzbzie, with several persons jured. s PUBLICITY ON ARMS GIVEN COMMITTEE Dutch Proposal Develops Dis- cussion of Article 8 of League Covenant. | By the Associated Press. GENEVA, November 3232.—The Pre- paratory Disarmament Commission of the League of Nations today referred to & subcommittee & Dutch proposal which would guarantee publicity for war preparations and materials. This measure, directed at secret preparations for war, was brought to & vote after considerable debate. Gibson for Plan. Hugh 8. Gibson, the American dele- gate, supported it, saying full exchange of information regarding war materials was necessary to the success of any disarmament treaty. The Japanese representative, M. Sato, condemned the A his country would 'd it as giving away secrets essen to national se- curity, while another objector was Rene e argument Anally developed about & AT en lo] uf lnterprehuon of Article 8 of Lhe League of Nations covenant, those in favor of the motion asse: that such an exchange of military informa- tion was required under that article. Referred to Committee. Muslxll declared that the discussion covenant article was not appro: in the presence of representa: tives from the United States, Turkey and Russia, who are not members of the League, and by general consent the question was referred to a subcom- mittee. ‘The members of this group will be delegates from the United Si m and ounr .mt powers, in addition to Bel- Spain, Norway, Holland and TWO HELD IN LAND QUIZ DENVER, Colo., November 32 (#).— Three men were in jail while officers were investigating the he J. A. Land & Cattle Co., an organ- ization claiming title to nsmwo TSR S e of violal e Tas curities act were filed against 8. R. McCorkle of Amarillo, Tex., president of the company, and three other men listed as officers In addition to McCorkle, officers of the district attorney's office wera hold- ing Paul K. Giddens, & W. P. Lawler, who was found in the company’s temporary offices here when District Atwmey hrl ‘Wettengel's men raided the place and seized papers and nnd):. No charge was preferred against wler. and | Rosenthal was taken in of Agricultural Consultants, photographed at ih inger of Philadelphia, Edward H. Barnett of cmfi ury. Back row, left to right—William A. Delano of Philadelp hia, WI A. San Francisco, and Louis A. Ayres of New York City. ussel Pope, when this photograph was made. John R Depart; K. ll-“l. A-Il'-lm Secretary of the Treas- nhonmmberulhnburd,mnoi t ment. Front row, left to right—C. ; Arthur Brown of —=Star Staff Photo. AUTO INJURES TWO Skids Into Telephone Pole Boulevard Near Elkridge. 8pecial Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., November 22— A skidding automobile careened into & telephone pole on the Washington boulevard near Elkridge today, severel; injuring its driver, Jerome Rosenthal, 20, of the 2800 block of Rock Rose lv:nue, and I.nmcunl‘ lesser m%unes on a passenger, Raymon At the Unlvermy Hoq;lm ‘where a car um ‘was following his at the time of the crash, it was said his injuries included a probable fracture of the left arm, sev- eral fractures of the ribs and cuts and oruises on his hands, arms and back. Rossi, who is a student at on the University of Maryland, was taken in another automobile to St. Agnes Hospital, and attended for minor cuts on his head and hands. The police report said that Rosen- thal was driving from Washington to Baltimore and picked up Rossi at Col- lege Park. WINS $22,609 ON $1 ALLIANCE, Ohio, November 22 (#).— A $1 ticket in the Cambri hire, Eng- land, sweepstakes brought u lhnlcy. 26, of Damascus, poultry deale: for $22,600.15 late today. e had his money on Racedale, which hccd second. The check was Mlvlfl rom the Army and Navy Veterans of St. .Yorlml Newfoundland, with whom he Part of the money will be used for the purchase of & farm, Stanley said. severe | had SUSPENDS ROAD WORK Arkansas® Highway Chairman to Learn Status of Finances. LITTLE ROCK, Ark, November 22 (P).—Dwight H. Blackwood, chairman | of the State Highway Commission, an- nounced tonight the suspension of all State force highway work until the exact status of highway revenues could be as- certained. He said the closing of several Arkan- sas banks which were depositories of State funds had caused the decision. ‘The suspension affects only State forces | and not work under conf contract. 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