Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1930, Page 23

<ANGLOULS. ACCORD WITH FRANGE GAINS Alleged Rapprochement Cred- ited to Developments in Italy and Germany. (A new grouping of European powers, with consequent shifts in the direction of policy, have resuited aiready from the “apparently increased sympathy af the United States and Great Britain lor ance's sition on the continent, ?- F Bonts ‘Mowrer declares in the fol- special cable.) ul Sc owing BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star. # PARIS, France, December 20.—Fresh results of the alleged recent Anglo- American rapprochement with France are now visible almost daily. This alleged rapprochement has been due to the distaste conceived by some leading British and American bankers and politicians for the more truculent phases of Premier Mussolini's oratory, for the Hitler policies and the gel’len‘dI German agitation against the Young plan and the peace treaties and in THE SUNDAY Music and Mousicians Soloists Announced Fgr Chorus’ “Messlah.” ANIEL THEW WRIGHT, 3d, baritone, is to be one of the soloists at Kurt Hetzel's presentation of “The Mes- siah,” which takes place Tuesday night at the Central High School Auditorium. Other soloists, recently announced, will include prano; Dorothy Sinnott, con= tralto, and Louis bass. will be further represented by Charlotte Klein, dean of the Dis- trict_of Colum- bia Chapter of the American Guild of Organ- ists and or- ganist of the Church of the Transfiruration, and, of course, Kurt Hetzel, who is major- domo of the whole affair. Incidentally, Mr. Wright will have a busy evening Tuesday. After do- ing his part in “The MesSiah” a speedy conveyance will rush him Daniel T. Wright IIL favor of rearmament, and especially for the vague menace to peace and| * prosperity involved in what has bt'én‘ termed the “Desperadoes’ League’ 0([ Ttaly, Russia, Germany, Hungary, Bul- | garia and Turkey against the present | European order. A | Among the latest consequences of | better Anglo-American relations with | France may be enumerated the follow- ing: 'l. A more conciliatory attitude by PFrance toward Great Britain and the United States in matters of naval ley. mfl. The possibility of a revival of the Anglo-French entente. ; 3. signs_of a more conciliatory at- titude by Italy in naval matters. 4, Indications that France and Ger- many may soon seek a new basis of understanding. Main Outline Accepted. France, by the memorandum which s now in the hands of Hugh S. Gib- son, American Ambassador to Belgium, has formally accepted the main out- lines of the naval compromise suggested by Mr. Gibson and seemingly approved by Great Britain. It is willing, in other words, to cease submarine construction altogether and to limit construction in other categories solely to replacements. Purthermore, if no agreement with Ttaly along these lines proves possible, France is ready to make a_four-power treaty, leaving Italy out. Both Great Britain and the United States are care- fully studying the French replacement tabies. ; ‘While France is particularly pleased that the United States, through Am- bassador Gibson, is taking such an ac- tive though disinterested part in the negotiation, there is not the slightest doubt that Prance earnestly desires an entente with Great Britain. i Now that Great Britain and the United States s:l?m cgsg."bcd at Ad:. velopments in Italy and Germany, An- lle?&ench relations have undoubtedly improved. Dispute Near Settlement. Great Britain, in the disarmament debates at Geneva, supported the theses in the r:hun and, Wh:finlh even more significant, the long-standing dispute between Great Britain and Prance is about to be settled regarding the Mosul oil fields pipe line. It is now virtually that the pipe line will be forked through both Syria and Palestine. If Great Britain accepts the latest French naval concessions, another important step toward an entente will have been accomplished. Ttaly, meanwhile, is hesitating. It desires to make sure to what extent the Anglo-American trend toward France, is real and durable. Meanwhile, it is suffering from a severe financial and economic crisis. Italy Indltltais :hlt X“ is ‘mlm.on‘n accept Anglo-American naval com- ' mmaggnlon provided France -to replace ships which are superannuated, but only those which teach their age limit between now and 1936. The fundamental situation between France and Italy is that France can afford to build and Italy cannot. Would Be U. S. Triumph. Settlement of+ the Franco-Italian naval dispute would, most diplomats think, change the entire European sit- uation for the better. The “desperadoes’ league” would Jwrumpfly vanish, and all attention could be devoted to finding common measures for combating the world’s economic difficulties. Inci- dentally, such a settlement, obtained under American auspices, would be & remarkable mcafi for President Hoover and American diplomacy. ‘Meanwhile there are signs of possibie in Franco-German rela- German dip! seems to want an entente with France, but it wants Prance to purchase this entente at the price of important financial, military or territorial concessions. The intima- tion is that unless France makes such concessions _ Germany will definitely join Italy, Russia and the other mal- contents. The German potash magnate, Arnold Rechberg, in a recent open letter to the French press develops this thesis. The United States has withdrawn from European affairs, he says. Great Britain is half paralyzed and will re- main neutral. Italy is dreaming of a vast Mediterrancan empire and s irrev- ocably hostile to France. Russia 15 plotting to divide Europe, provoke a | war, win Asiatic markets and thus by | war and unemployment provoke a world revolution. Herr' Rechberg claims to know that the recent Itaio-Russian commercial tresty is really military. Germany, disappointed in the republic, discouraged and despairing, is leaning, he says, to- ! ward Russia and Italy. | Says Reichswehr Is Hope. Its hope, he affirms, is almost wholly in the Reichswehr. “Although the Ger- man constitution is democratic and | republican, the truth is that never under | the monarchy of the Hohenzollerns did military chiefs bave so much influence | on Ge policy as in the present re- public.” The minister of foreign af- fairs, he asserts, is a mere subsidiary of the Reichswehr. And, such being the case, he urges France to seek an alli- | ance with the Reichswehr chiefs by, making QGermany “some concession ' everybody can understand.” Certainly there i* no immediate pos- | | | y seems to “be | seeking conversations. France, on its part, is quite willing to talk. M. Briand | in & speech broadcasi Wedncsday | night declared that despite all crit- | icism, he intended to persevere to the end in the task of keeping France at| the head of the world peace movement on the platform of arbitration, security and disarmament. In January the League of Nations for & Eurcpean Union will | . Former French been portant conversations there looking to- ward close economic relations between | FPrance, Germany, Luxemburg and Bel- gilum. | M. Briand's hope seems to be that | with Great Britain and the United States seemingly sympathizing with Franee in the cause cf peace and sta- bility, Germany will presently be will ing to come to new terms with France down to the Willard Hotel, where he will do ancther song act at the Young Peopie’s meeting cf the Ken- tucky Society. His accompanist at this~ gala function will be Eula Alexande. Mr. Wright, whose career has been put under the microscope of late, through his rapid rise into the local musical world, began his musi- cal training in such’ widely separated poles as Parls, New York and Wash- ington. In Paris he studied with Thomas Salignac, in New York with Elsa Leon, and he has traveled about this country under the musical ban- ners of Hammerstein and Ferl Car- roll as well. He has, too, done much in the way of singing over the radio. FROM Karl Holer, treasurer of the District of Columbia Federation of Music Clubs, comes a plea for all federated clubs to send in their dues, as, says Mr. Holer, he must send in half of the amount to the national treasurer before the first of January has flown. QOPHIE SNYDER recently gave what seems to have been a par- ticularly pleasing planoforte recital Ann Wilson, so- - Reviews and News of Capital’s Programs. at the University Women's Club. Miss_Snyder, who is a graduate of the Peabody Conservatory, confined her talents to Beethoven and Chopin and is said to have done more than well by them, News Briefs Of the Week. MRS. MARTIN A. MORRISON, director of the Washington Pianists Club, will entertain next Saturday in honor of former mem- bers of this club returning to Wash- ington for the holidays. A program of music will be given by Winifred Michaelson, Katherine ~Wardner, Betty Baum and Benjamin Ratner. 'HIS afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Sophocles Papas will present some of their pupils in recital. Next Tuesday Mr. Papas will take part in a program of Tudor music at the Arts Ciub, and will also be heard over the air in a radio recital on Christmas eve at 7:30 o'clock. 'HE National Capital Choir, of which Dr. Albert W. Harned is director, will present one of the major musical broadcasts of the week on Christmas eve, when & pro- gram of Christmas carols will be transmitted to the air from the National Press Club festivities. UNDER the direction of Mrs. 8. Carroll Coale, and with inci- dental music, the Eldbrooke Young People's Society will present “The First Christmas,” by Marjorie Mar- quis, tonight at 8 o'clock. WORD comes that the December recital of the children’s class of Louise Coutinho will take place tomorrow afternoon at the Chevy Chase Studio. Some of those taking part will be John Nugent, Joan Croarkin, Beal Lowry, Marion Doyle, Milton Coutinho. 'HE annual “Wclnnnc)\'.subend," of the German Literary So- clety took place last night at the home of Anita Schade. Among the features of the evening, which in- cluded many things musical, was a rendering of Miss Schade’s composi- tion for women's mixed voices,.“Good Night,” which, incidentally, sung_over the radio a week the Lovette Choral Choir. ALL of which is not to forget that day before yesterday at 11 a.m. the Friday Morning Music Club burst into exhuberant Christmas carolling. Mme. From the Front Row Reviews and.News of Wasl’lington's Theaters. Stuart Erwin Steals New Rogers Film. HE mirthful insanities of Stuart Erwin in the new film at the Palace, “Along Came Youth,” carry it out of the s0-50 class into the-way- above-the-average class. In fact, this gentleman, in his usual humble role, is just about the funniest comic that has graced the screen since the Arbuckle days. ‘With nc evident effort, his hu- mor is more than far reach- ing and makes the very slight backbone of the story swell to hflarious pro- portions. Mr. Frwin, and a very large lady, whose name escaped notice on the program list, are very much the stars, beg- ging Mr. Charles Rogers' pardon, whose smile and profile are still in- tact. Mr. Rogers— with the “Buddy” left off and—(could it have been?) a slight downy substance on his upper lip, seems more ill at ease in every new suit he dons, and there are at Jeast 10 in this ilm. Although meant to be a starving American turned cook, every time he appears he has some new shimmering tailor display on his back, until it is al- most with a sigh of relief that one sees him tossed into a mud hole, soiling the spotless breeches that he had worn for a horse race. ‘Thankfully, SBtuart Erwin bobs up every time the story tries to get serious over a love aflair which brings Frances Dee into Mr. Rogers’ immaculate arms. Mr. Erwin, inci- dentally, has an affair on the side, too—and what with the trouble he has to see without his glasses, and the sub-miniature golf course that he rigs up in the kitchen, the film is shot full of laughter which, with- out him, might have been tears. The story, adapted adroitly by George Marion, jr., but exceeding even molecular intelligence now and again, concerns a millionaire horse fancier who goes broke over the Grand National, becomes a cook to keep up appearances—and how!— and finally wins a race, a small fortune and the hand of a winsome lass whose mother had hoped to drop her into the lap of a rich American. Apart from certein long-drawn- out references to “poached eggs,” the comedy proceeds with speed, foolishness, and plegsing results— and, th holiday blessings on Mr. Erwin, is recommended without stint to those who crave complete foolishness in their entertainment— as is the lot of this observer. The stage show, presided over by Allan Rogers in appropriate Christ- mas attire—a Palm Beach suit—is called “Knick Knacks.” It contains Phyllis Rae, a first-class dancer, assisted by the first-class Ambassa- Charles Rogers. |» dor boys. Coscla and Verdi, comies, the Trado Twins, and lots of melody and rythmn of the kind the audi- ence wents—and gets. Chris greetings, newsre<ls and comedies conclude the com- mendable show. E. de 5. M. Griffith’s “Abraham Lincoin” Offered at Columbia. W. GRIFFITH'S impressive * talking motion picture, “Abra- ham Linclon,” is offered for the first time as a popular attraction at the Columbia Theater, with Wal- ter Huston in the title role, which has added distinction to his flin career This production reveals the Grif- fith method at the h'gh point of its development, and the crowd'ng of the action, the stirring effects and the tbrill of human emotions which are so pictured that little is left to the imagination, make it a picture which will be remembered for its execution. / There 1s also the historic phase which lifts it to a position as one of the landmarks in the realm of the screen. The attempt to repro- duce the voices of those who have appeared on the pages of hl.swr{ i leved to ' approximate reality, while that very fact subjects actors, producers and director to the severest test from the public, for the general characteristics of Lin- coln end his contemporaries have been a metter of common knowl- Edgz since the period in which he ved. ‘The Griffith spirit is discerned in the fact that there is, as in all his big productions, a touch of that striving fory a worthy = goal that ception of the whole career of one of the world's great figures at a single view is illuminating. One lives with Lincoln, understands his problems, the necessity of dealing with imperfect leaders and hope for the achievement of ideals, while witnessing the death which follows the final solution, with a feeling that he was the personification of the hopes of a nation. Steadfast clinging to an ideal by a strong person is seen in every detail. In addition to the fine work of Lowry and Helen . e Columbia presents an Gang” comedy, and the newsreel. i D.C.C. o5 ,” at Earl Lives Up to Tts Name.” SOMETHING new in high flying comes to faee Earle this week. N war i aplenty, furnishing chills and sheiis with zooming planes and risky para- chute jumps, but the screen has yet :‘;‘m pr?:luce mlon" dare-devil flying n seen in Joe Brown' tm'n‘oedy. “Going Wild.” s r once a screen productior seems to have been given ghe pmpe'l“ title, ~ Doubtless the plane, sup- posedly piloted by Joe Brown, is ?n many of the scenes driven by a sec- ond; but whoever he be, the person handling the stick in several of “Otr)‘ipnsg nwlulx“';m most gripping scenes certainly knows wellhu the air, W Da e ‘The complications caused timid soul, mistaken for hem‘.’{ll-r: ing to pilot a plane in a race for the first time rather than reveal his identity have been used again and agaln, since the long-ago days of the musical comedy “Going Up.” In “Going Wild” the same theme is used. A young newspaper re- “temporarily out of a job,” es in a_town where crowds are awalting the of Robert Storey, a famous war ace. Meeting one of the young ladies delegated to greet Robert Storey, the reporter is mistaken for the aviator. At first, out for a good time, he pretends he is the man upon whom the honors have been prepared. Later, he is forced to take part in an endurance race. An added complication to the in- experienced pilot’s situation is when he turns for assistance to the per- son in the cockpit, whom he believes to be an experienced pilot, and finds to his dismay that it is Peggy, his sweetheart. The final scenes show the two descending contentedly by parachute from the abandoned plane. Throughout the picture Joe Brown and his extraordinary mouth produce volley after volley of laughter. Rivaling Brown on the screen with his mirth-provoking propensities, comes Anne Suter to the stage, after four years in European capitals. Miss Suter, who is one of Washington's very own, has not, like many stars. had her brilllance dimmed by the passing of years. Her mimiery, her songs and her graceful manipula- tions of hefty limbs leads one to be- lieve that, abroad, she must either have found the fountain of youth or visited one of those famous Viennese doctors one hears about. At any rate, the repeated encores which greeted Miss Suter proved that Washington was highly entertained by its native daughter. Harry Burns, former Ziegfeld co- median, also figures on the vaude- ville program this week. In addi- tion are Tommy Monahan and his Six Girl Priends. The girl friends “indulge” in a dance which tempo- rarily transforms the Earle into a burlesque house. Seeing it, one is forced to acknowledge that censor- ship sometimes might be put to good use Bill Talent, comedian, gnd Flo Merit, songstress, entertain with an amusing number. Looking at pretty Maxine Doyle, mistress of cere- monies, one wishes she were not quite o polite. The Earle News reel and usual short subjects complete the lgocrnén. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C; DECEMBER 21 DONOVAN REFUTES MCARL CRITICISM District Auditor Declares His Record Adequate for Revenue Control. District Auditor Daniel J. Donovan yesterday registered a dissent from the statement that his records provide no means of centralized control over the revenues of the District, con in the current_annual report of Controller General J. Raymond MeCarl. “I am familiar with those criticisms,” Mr. Donovan said. The controller gen- eral would like the District to adopt the uniform accounting system in use in the Federal Government. As I see it, it is simply a question of judgment, a in my judgment our system is adequate.” Desires No Controversy. Purther than this he would not go, because, he said, he did not want to “enter into a public controversy with another public official.” report had stated that Mr. Donovan's accounts are “slmplr & set of memorandum ac- counts built up from reports of collec- tions by the collector of taxes, and therefore do not reflect the true status of receivables accruing through the ac- tivities of the various departments.” Denies District Court Shortage. On the matter of the accounting sys- tem at Municipal Court, which Mr. Mc- Carl claimed had resulted in a “shortage of $466.35, represented by differences in more than 1,000 cases,” Mr. Donovan said that it was his duty as auditor to see that the District received all earned fees paid into the court. His Investiga- tion, conducted in connection with the investigation of the General Accounting Office, in which the shortages were noted, showed no shortage in earned fees paid the District by the court, and s0_the matter, as far as he was con- cerned, was closed. He would not dis- cuss what the alleged “shortage” re- ferred to by the report was, nor who had lost by the shortage, except to say that the District had not. 14 JAILED IN FILM RIOT Beflin Crowd Fights Steel-Helmet Members at Movie. BERLIN, December 20.—~Demonstra- tors against the motion picture film “The Flute Concert of Sans-Souci,” fought with members of the Steel-Hel- met 'o‘rgmlnnon tonight and 14 were arrested. Protests against the picture, attrib- uted principally to Communists, began last night. The film portrays the life of Prederick the Great and is termed by those who cbject to it “a monarchist and militarist show.” Another minor disorder was caused tonight by about 100 unemployed men who shouted, “We're hungry,” and at- tempted to raid market halls in three sections. A number were arrested. Kin of Hoover Dies. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, December 20 (#).—Mrs. Jessie Hoover English, a fourth cousin of President Hoover and a resident of Daytona Beach for the past six years, died here yesterday. She formerly lived in Lafayette, Ind. Before Christmas Instead of After! FURNITURE Reduced! RE AD every item in this List for Sensational SAVINGS! A practical and \ economical solution to many of your Gift Problems! Man. Damask Upholstered $19.50 $22 Solid Mahogany $7.50 Console Mirrors . . . . $39 Overstuffed Lounge Chairs. . . $16.50 Occasional Chairs. . . $2.98 Book-Trough End Tables . . Other Items at Similar Reductions! $2 Upholstered Foot Stools . Mahogany Coffee Table, was $12.0 o o e . .o $.7S Boudoir Chairs. . . $14.95 Martha ‘Washington $39.50 Secretary Book Cases . $1.98 Pottery Base Lamps . $15.50 Junior Lamps . . . . $2.50 Axminster Rugs, 27x54 size . . $8.50 Smokers’ Stands . . . $15 Octagon-shape Library Tables . . $11.50 $12.75 Console Tables, walnut $59 Restrite Overstuffed Easy Chairs, $39.50 $50 Tapestry Upholstered Comfy Chairs, $35 $22 Poster Beds, all sizes .. . $18 Nursery Chest of Drawers . . . $9.95 Lo 7NRIGHT= N Cabinets, $12.95 $3.75 $22.50 $9.50 $1.98 $28 $1.49 $9.95 $1.65 $4.95 o v e $8.50 $13.75 Convenient Weekly or Monthly 1930—PART ONE. OLD BOOK YIELDS JEFFERSON WRITING ON UNIVERSITY MEETIN Atlanta Man Has Original Account of Literary Fund Directors’ Action in 1824 and Other Documents of Historic Value. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga, December 20.— ‘Thomas Jefferson's original written ac- count of a meeting of the board of di- rectors of the literary fund of the Uni- versity of Virginia in 1824 came to light here today. ‘The account was inscribed in Jeffer- son’s own fine script, made famous in the Declaration of Independence, and signed by himself as “rector.” It is contained in an age-yellowed book be- longing to John F. Burdine, Atlanta business man. Mr. Burdine the other day read an Associated Press story from Philadelphi of the purchase there by Dr. A. 5. W. Rosenbach of a Jefferson letter. He remembered that in 1895 he had purchased at a small bookshop here a volume containing considerable Jeffer- sonian writings. He carried it to the Atlanta Journal, which is printing a story of the find in its Sunday editions mmorr%w. S Account of Congress. The book contains, in addition to the University of Virginia board report, a day-by-day account of an early meet- ing of Congress, and a cipher letter ap- parently about Gen. Washington % 1782. e congressional account and the code letter apparently are in a dif- ferent handwriting from Jefferson's. ‘The volume also contains letters, un- signed, but in writing similar to that of Jefferson, to Edmund Randolph, com- menting on national matters. Once a fine volume, the book now is badly defaced. Some former owner used it for a scrapbook and pasted but 1t t suffice for instituting mlflm , far the present, and 3‘5.?& in thadn;vu-u m .n- ranged within the ‘comp u‘u?t!ll number, for a time, and until future and favorable circumsta ly the prof charged with dutles. therefore, to settle the o ition of Lh'e schools, and :':e distribution of the sciences amony i they eon- cluded on the s!umee: lo.ll‘::m: oo For Eight Departments. “In the University of Vi shall | instituted eight pmftmrm:': to m?: of n~enn el pistures over the fine script. | First, of anclent languages; A number of pages have been clip C.v, anu the boox had gone through a fire at some time. There are many perfect dine thinks it possible others may be restored by removal of the mattes pasted on them. The account of the University of Vlglnll board meeting is in the most perfect state of preservation of any of the signed matter. That section told of some of the financial difficulties encountered by the institution, and the inability of the directors to establish at once all the departments contem- plated by the Legislature in an act of 1819 establishing the school. After giving dn account of the stage of construction of various buildings on the campus, in which it mentioned the “lawyer building” could not be com- pleted at that time, Jefferson wrote that the work of 11 professorships con- templated for the school must be tem- porarily assigned to 8. The liberation of certain funds by act of the Legislature, he recounted. would permit operation of the law school to begin without awaiting com- pletion of the buflding. ‘The same act of the Legislature that liberated the funds (rum‘"cen-m en- cumbrances,” he sald, also named the University of Virginia. Concluding the discussion of finances, Jefferson wrote: “They (the directors) found from a view of the future in- come, consisting of the annuity, and such rents for buildings as may be rea- sonably required, that it would not be adequate to the full establishment of the 11 professorships contemplated by the Legislature, in the act of January pages, however, and Mr. Bur- | d | Inodern languages; third, mathematics; fourth, natural philosophy: fifth, nat- ural histary: sixth, anatomy and medi- ll“v‘v 5, seventh, moral philosophy; eighth, The assignment of various subdivi- ions in the eight departments followed. The list was complete except for the assignments to 13 of moral philosophy and law, which ap- peared on a page cut out by a previous owner. FUMES IN GARAGE FATAL James Barron, Oklahoma Manager of Henry L. Doherty, Vietim, OKLAHOMA CITY, December 20 (#). —James Barron, 50, State manager of the Henry L. Doherty interests,- was asphyxiated by gas fumes from his motor car in the garage at his home here today. Barron was believed to have been overcome when he returned to the ga- rage to stop his automobile after he had carried Christmas pareels into the house. A. E. Wilkerson, assistant fire chief, who answered a call to the home, said Barron apparently had been dead about two hours. Ships Crash Near Golden Gate. SAN FRANCISCO, December 20 (#). —The Jefferson Myers, Quaker Line freighter from Philadelphia, and the Governm:nt dredger A. McKenzie eol- lided outside the Golden Gate foday. No one was injured, and the 5, 1819, for establishing the university; was relatively slight. for XMAS RADIO | Here are a few of the marvelous values offered by POST-STANDARD—where you get higher : “Music Box” Midget : : . 4 4 .?ogplctc Three Screen Grids. with Tubes “Dreadnaught” Indestructible Chassis. 245 Power Output—Volume! Power Detection. Matched Coils Scientifically Shielded. 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