Evening Star Newspaper, December 30, 1930, Page 4

EXPERTS ON FARM | RAIL RATES URGED Representative Jones Would Give Board Aides to Appear { atl C.C. Hearings. Represéntative Jones of Texas an- nounced yesterday he would insist on a special _corps of rate experts for the Farm Board as soon as Congress reas- sembles to aid rate battles on behalf of farmers before the Interstate Commerce ‘Commission. “I shall offer a joint resolution di- recting the Federal Farm Board to es- tablish a rate adjustment division for the purpose of filing applications to cor- rect the freight rate discriminations against the shipment of farm products,” the Texas Democrat said. Jones said “the American farmer is charged a higher freight rate for Ameri- | can-made machinery than his foreign; competitor, who has the advantage of cheap farm labor as well as cheap freight rates, and that unless discrimina- nations were removed agriculture would suffer an economic handicap in freight rates no matter how skillfully the Farm i Board's marketing plans were carried out. “Every railroad and practically every major industry has highly paid, trained Tate experts to handle their cases before the Interstate Commerce Commission,” Jones added. “The unocrganized farmers have no such advocates to fight their rate bat- tles, and the result is obvious in the glaring discrimination to which agri- culture is subjected in our rate struc- ture. The Federal Farm Board has the authority and ample funds at its com= mand to represent the interests of agri- culture with respect to freight rates.” Mo added that iron, steel and farm machinery shipped abroad were given freight reducticns of from 25 to 40 per cent from the factory to port of ex= port. “But if the machinery is for the use of Texas farmers the full rate is charged.” Cotton and wheat shipped abroad get no reduced rates, Jones continued, and he added the Interstate Commerce Commission had informed him that no person authorized to speak for the farm group had applied for reductions. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Fair and colder tonight, minimum temperature about 17 degrees; tomorrow partly cloudy; mod- erate to fresh northwest winds. Maryland—Partly cloudy and colder tonight; tomorrow - partly cloudy; slightly colder in east portion; fresh northwest winds. Virginia—Fair and colder tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy; fresh northwest winds. West Virginia—Partly cloudy and colder tonight; tomorrow fair. Record for 22 HBurs, ‘Thermometer and barometer readings since 2 p.m. yesterday: Thermometer—4 p.m., 37; 8 p.m., 33; 12 midnight, 33; 4 am., 35; 8 am., 32; noon, 36. \ Barometer—4 pam., 29.75; £2.73; 12 midnight, 29.70; 4 a.m., 30.67; m., 29.72; noon, 2.78. Highest temperature, 39, occurred at 1:45 p.m. yesterday. Lowest tempera- ture 32, occurred at 8 am. today. ‘Temperature same date last year— Highest, 52; lowest, 32. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) ‘Today—Low tide, 9:58 a.m. and 10:53 3 tide, nd 4 pm.; ; am, orrow—Low tide, 10:. 11:48 pm.; high -tide, 4:20 4:50 p.m. "The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 7:27 a.m.; sun sets dzs’lfopmA morrow—sSun rises. 7:27 a.m.; sets 4:55 p.m. o mms l!-l)l a.na.): :%21:115 p.m. e Jam - half hour after uu?:\sset. Tt Condition of Water. Potomac and Shenandoah Ris Muddy this morning, WSS Weather in Various Citles. Temperature. *F e 1y 2 Stations. g 14 sapamaoTeg -+ ogupIasak AUIE —_— Abilene, Te Albany, N, S SpuptsuLEiNL ey P T T ot 85 uron,'S. Dak. . Indianapolis Ind JacksonvilledFla. 3 Kansas City, Mo ngeles. . .. Louisville. Ky.. 3 Miami, Fla_.... 3 o Atz Pitteburgh, Pa.. Portland. Me..’ 29 Portland, Raleigh, ' N. Clear P.cloudy FOREIGN. (1 a.m., Greenwich time, today.) Stations Temperature, Weather. 36 Clear 'l 38 Clear (Noon, Greenwich ‘time, today.) Horta (Payal), Azores... 64 Partcloudy (Current Hamilton. Bermuda. . n Juan, Porto Rico operations.) -6z Cloudy 7 Part cloud: .i.iME SAVING AR aviL WASHINGTON —between New York and \Washington in luxurious 18- gfluengcr heated sky-liners. moking compartments, perfect ‘comfort all the way. —to Richmond and pointssouth to Atlanta. To Hartford and ‘Boston, with direct connections at Newark, or Dallas and Los Angeles via Adanta. For plane- times, rares, reservations, call EASTERNAIR TRANS! THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1930. From the Front Row Reviews and Newa\ of Washington's Theaters. Delightful Foolishness. T'S not what you say so much as the way you say it, and “It's a Wise Child,” the Belasco comedy by Laurence E. Johnson that has come to the National Th ater to spend New Year in Washing- ton, leaves nothing much unsaid, but says it so inof- fensively and so delightfully that an audience which otherwise might shrug its shoulders ovef™ the extremes of modern sophis- tication spends an evening roaring with laughter over a lot of delightful foolishness. This is due in part to many clever lines, but more 50 to a perfect cast of 10 members that defies improvement in any di- rection. For those who want to spend a pleasant evening and forget some of the pressing problems of the day—or regard them froi a new angle—"It's a Wise Child” can be highly recommended. Minor Watson. A fast-moving first act loses no . time in developing a ridiculous situ- ation that requires two succeeding acts to unravel. Cool Kelly, the ice man, explains it succinctly and can- didly when he complains of the maid Annie, who for six years was the trusted servant in the Stanton home, but has now been discreetly re- moved, “While I was busy getting pennies together to keep the wolf from the door, this here stork flies in the window.” Annie's refusal to ac- count for the stork furnishes Joyce Stanton with an excellent idea of how to rid herself of the attentions of the town’s bigwig banker and financial czar, to whom in a moment of boredom she has allowed herself to become engaged. Her electric an- nouncement that another unac- counted for stork is expected to put in an appearance in the Stanton household in a rather indefinite fu- ture puts the finishing touches to the ensuing complications. While there is a gentle irony in the portrayals of some of the foibles of respectability, the play is not in- tended, thank heaven, as a sermon or a fable with a moral. The less sald about morals the better. The play concerns itself exclusively with the business of being funny, and its success is noble. The extraordinarily fortunate as- sembly of & cast so capable of de- veloping character through type is gl?{nce of Mr. Belasco's fine hand Leila Bennett was able to give the .whole case history of Bertha, the substitute maid, by the way she tied her apron strings, and Harlan Briggs did not content himself with a single G. A. Appleby, the banker and booster, but successfully por- trayed all the G. A. Applebys of America, and there are many. And so with the rest of them—with such lights as Mildred McCoy and Minor Xlntmn shining with particular bril- ance. “Bird in Hand Continues at Belasco. OHN DRINKWATER'S delightful fable of the moderns versus the ancients, “Bird in Hand,” which has been drawing large and appre- ciative audiences at the Belasco, is remaining for another week. This comedy, the first from the pen of the usually serious historian- dramatist, may be classified among the more pronounced comedy hits of the decade. Mr. Drinkwater has applied himself to his task with a cheerfulness that is unfailing, and his characters, reminiscent some- what of Pickwickians, are convinc- ingly and amusingly portrayed throughout. The situation, a mild one under microscopic examination, concer ing the midnight and innocent re dezvous of a_ “pub” owner’s daugh- ter with the son of a lord and the owner of a Rolls Royce, which plunges the father tnto anger that lasts for the better part of the play, has been built into somethirg more hilarious than otherwise. Although the scenes are indefinable in a meas- ure, since the humor of the second act, for instance, is mostly done in pantomime, its virtues are brought out with astonishing skill by an ex- cellent cast—without which Mr. Drinkwater might not have fared so well. Walter Edwin’s characterization of the father whose obstinacy puts the play on wheels, is a bit of acting wizardry not visible every day or year, as is the case of Eliot Make- ham as the sardine virtuoso. These two shine particularly in a cast which, howevef, has not a trace of a blemish. John Warburton as the lad who smokes himself to sleep and Frank Petley, who can't get to sleep on account of the smoke, provide the most mirthful scene of the play, while Daphne Warren Wilson is a comely heroine and is pursued with extreme good sense by her million- aire lover. Ronald Dare. These skilled actors, plus Mr. Drinkwater's skilled words, and set- tings that melt unostentatiously but convincingly into the mood of the whole, provide an evening of unques- tioned amusement and holiday—-or any other kind of merriment. E. de 8. M. Music and Mausicians Reviews and News of Capital's Programs. Cornell Clubs Present the Cornell Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Clubs returned last night to present before an appreciative Washington au- dience a well arranged program of music interspersed with comedy de- picting more or less the story-book college student. The concert was given at the-Shoreham Hotel and was under the auspices of the Cor- nell Club of Washington. ‘The concert opened with two Cor- nell University songs, “Alma Mater” and “Cornell Victorious,” by the Glee Club. In singing these numbers the group showed itself to be un- usually well trained. Perhaps the most beautiful spot in the concert was reached in the rendition by the Glee Club of “The Pilot,” a song- poem by Alfred Noyes, The olub was led in this by their director, Eric Dudley, A. R. A, M., of London. ‘Throughout the selection all seemed to have their voices under perfect control and sang with much feeling. G. L. Dillon, "31, trombone soloist, rendered Wagner's “Song to the Evening Star” in a manner that was interesting to listen to, handling a délfllculc instrument in commendable style. Interpolated here (thrust bodily would perhaps be the best words) appeared a young man, one Freddie Porter by name, attired in the colle-. glate raccoon coat, horn-rimmed specs and derby, who sang (with motions and dancing or rather prancing) a very humorous song con- cerning the trials and tribulations of a sophomore. Returning to the formal program the Mandolin Olub made its first ap- pearance of the evening in the semi- classical selection “In & Chinese ‘Temple Garden,” by A. W. Ketelbey. ‘The club, in reality an orchestra, worked admirably under the baton of William A. Southworth. Bruce Boyce, a freshman in the Glee Club this year, must be praised both for his work in the club and his offering of &' baritone solo, “The Border Ballad,” by Sir Frederic Cowen. Mr. Boyce possesses a full, rich voice and was forced to sing L] Smart Travelers Choose The Tourobe Novelty was added to the enter- tainment when a squad of Wooden Soldiers gave an exhibition drill while the Mandolin Club played Leon Jessel’s “Parade of the Wooden Sol- diers.” J.N. H. Mary Wigman's American Debut. AST Sunday night at the Chanin ‘Theater, in New York, Mary Wigman electrified a large and evi- dently noisy audience in her first - dance recital in this country. This is of especial interest to Washingto~ nians, since Miss Wigman is sched- uled to give a recital at the National ‘Theater here next week. Evelyn Davis, local dancer of note, who attended what seems to have been an historic event, has been good enough to wire her impressions of the recital. Says she: “Wigman took New York by storm. Curtain rose on absolutely quiet house. Per- sonality so dynamic that audience felt her greatness before she moved and broke into applause. Audience cheered ‘Storm Song,’ also cheered ‘Witch Dance With Mask.’ ‘Monotony Whirl’ dance an example of perfection of technique without effort. Gypsy moods more popular. Great controversy in audience whether Wigman is beautiful from Follles standpoint. Great demon- stration at close of performance. Audience refused to leave. Wigman appeals to intellect, Duncan ap- pealed to the emotions, Pavlova appeals to the eye. Every dancer in New York present.” THIS year's production of “The Other Wise Man,” which was brewed into dramatic shape by a local lady of prominence, has been more successful than ever, breaking all attendance records. However, it is said that the guards who shewed away latecomers with a switch have been removed, and that a certain blighted critic may now find a seat somewhere on the church’s steeple, looking down and into. FRDM Boston comes the report that Serge Koussevitsky took to his bed for a solid week"after his Beethoven troubles here. E. de S. M. The Hartman Tourobe is the answer to your trav- eling problems. Hangers for 4 to 6 suits or cos- tumes — compartments for accessories. Smart in appearance, roomy in ca- pacity, light in weight. Offered at only . . « 51 9.75 1314 F Street N.W. IFARMERS DISCUSS POLICIES OF LEGGE Resolution Is Drawn Up Con- demning “Speculation” of Farm Board. By the Assoclated Press. . DALLAS, Tex., December 30.—The views of opponents and proponents of Chairman Alexander Legge of the Fed- eral Farm Board and the board's pol- icies were before cotton farmers of the country today after meetings of various farm organizations here. In an address yesterday before the Texas Farmers’ Union, meeting in con- junction with the Farmers' Marketing Assocaticr ~* America, John A. Simpson of Ok'....ma City, national president of the Y'ermers’ Union, charged the board had attemnted to depress the price of wh~2l, G created an unwholesome co'wlittori through buying and selling futures and wished to substitute cor- porate farming for individual farming. He demanded a congressional investi- gation. Meanwhile officials of the Texas Cot- ton Co-operative Association, sponsored by the Farm Board, quoted reports to show cotton would have gone as low as 7 cents this season had it not been for the activity of the board and the co-operatives. Dates were set for a meeting to tell members of the association its plans and to reply to attacks on Mr. Legge ‘and the Farm Board. Francis J. Clair, a New York pro- duction engineer, who also addressed the Farmers’ Union and Farmers' Mar- keting Asscciation meeting, disclosed a plan for organizing the American Eco- nomic League to work for betterment of American agricultural conditions. Resolutions drawn. up for approval called for a cotton price of about 18 cents, to be fixed by the Government, and condemned the Farm Board for “collosal speculative operations.” URGE FARM BOARD PROBE. Farmers’ Live Stock Marketing Directors Pass Resolution. OMAHA, Nebr., December 30 (#).—A congressional_investigation into activi- ties of the Federal Farm Board was urged in a resolution adopted by direc- tors of the Farmers’ Live Stock Market- ing Association last night. The association is a co-operative or- ganization which operates independently of the Farm Board. Besides its direc- tors, representatives from Farmers’ Union live stock commission houses at Denver, Kansas City, St. Joseph, Wichita, Sloux City, Chicago, Sioux Falls and Omaha, and from the Cen- tral = Co-operative Association of St. Paul and the Farmers' Live Stock ent. feeling prevalent among the farm public generally that the Federal Farm Board has not fully advised the public as to its activities as a public governmental agency. Another resolution, addressed to Sec- retary of Agriculture Hyde, urged the Secretary to dismiss without prejudice charges against the Farmers’ Live Stock Commission Co. of St. Louis, alleging that the concern was a Buying Co. of St. Louis and others. CITY NEWS IN BI{IEF. TODAY. Meeting, Gavel Chapter, No. 29, O. E. Dance, Sigma Tau Lambda Sorority, Mayflower Hotel garden, tonight. Luncheon, Lions Club, Mayflower Hotel, tomorrow, 12;30 p.m. O R e PR N To assist in stabilizing the price of rice, the Japanese government has shipped 10,000 bags of rice to China and may purchase 5,120,000 bushels of the 1930 crop. Were $59.50 and $69.50 Were $95 and $115 Were $115 to $150 Were $395 to $550 At $85 At $350 Were $495 to $550. Furs, THIRD FLOOR, Commission Co. of St. Louls were pres- | The resolution declared there is a | party to a con- | spiracy to boycott the National Order | 295 Of lapin (rabbit), opos- sum, caracul and wam- bat; lapin (rabbit) and caracul jack- ets. Were $115 to $150. Of beaver, Jap -mink, krimmer and broadtail. 'IMAJ. THOMAS M. DE'FREES, 72, hi FRATERNITY GROUP - TAKES BRIDE, 24, 1N~NORFOLK[ (ENDS 3-DAY SESSION Officer Retired in 1897 Vol- unteered for Service in World War. Wife Is Former Miss Barbara Bayley of Phila- delphia. Maj. Thomas Morris de Frees, 72- year-old retired Army officer of 1812 K street, and Miss Barbara Bayley, 24 years old, of Philadelphia, were married by Rev. R. B. Grinnan, pastor of the Colley Avenue Memorial Presbyterian Church, in Norfolk, yesterday. At the Pentilly Apartments, where the officer resides, it was said today that Maj. De Frees was not expected home for several days. Maj. De Frees, who is a widower, is a native of Indiana. He was born March 20, 1858, according to War De- partment records. He was appointed a second lieutenant in the 5th United States Infantry in January, 1880, and was placed on the retired list, with the rank of captain, in June, 1897, for “disability in the line of duty.” In September, 1918, Capt. De Frees vol- unteered for World War duty and he was assigned as a major in the United States Guards, an auxiliary to the Reg- ular Army. The officer served at various stations in this country until | Business Conference, MAJ. THOMAS MORRIS DE FREES. Harris-Ewing Photo. August, 1919, when he was returned to his retired status with his former rank. During the past Year, however, he w: raised to the rank of major on the retired list under provisions of an act of Congress which gives dll retired offi- cers the rank they held during their World War service. Maj. De Frees' bride is the daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Bayley of | 4815 Locust street, Philadelphia. FARM BOARD INVITES PROBE Ok MARKETING Chairman Legge Says No Objection ‘Will Be Made to Investiga- tion of Activities. No objection will be made by the Farm Board . to investigation of its marketing activities, Chairman Legge sald yesterday. He made the statement in reply to a question prompted by a letter of John A. Simpson, national president of the Farmers' Union, at Oklahoma City, challenging Legge to join in urging adoption by the Senate of the “Walsh resolutio; which Simp- son said asked such an investigation. Neither the chairman nor the Senate bill clerk had any record that such a resolution had been introduced. Regarding Simpson's letter saying, feel sure that I could win over you in any name-calling contes the chair- The Chinese custom of paying all debts before the new year, we believe a very clever idea. You owe to your family and yourself the safety afforded by good Tires on your car. (Goodrich Si vertown And Goodrich Air Containers * Pay yourself that debt today and start the new year right. 'New Jersey Avenue Garage One Block From Union Station 419 New Jersey Avenue N.W. WoobpwarD & LoTHROP 10™ 11™ F anp G STREETS Save Y4 and More in This Clearance of Smart Winter Coats Women’s and Misses'’ Dress Coats Reduced One-Fourth and More Richly Fur Trimmed 339.50 s71 WOMEN’S AND Misses’ Coars, THIRD FLOOR. Fur CoatsReduced 1/, a nd More Were $195 to $295 Were $495 to $550 85 At $295 At $145 Were $79.50 Were $125 and $150 pony, broadtail and Were $395 to $550. man sald, “Our early training seems to have been much the same.” “My early training” Legge said, | “was on the cattle range, where a fel- | low had to talk straight and shoot| straight if he wanted to prosper or even exist.”” | The chairman added that Simpson's | training apparently did not go back | “far enough.” “BETTER HE.ALTH” TOPIC Elaborate Program New Year Eve at Takoma Park Sanitarium. An elaborate program in the sani- tarium gymnasium will be given New Year eve at 7:30 o'clock by the Wash- ington Sanitarium and Hospital of Ta- koma Park as a part of its “Better Health Campaign.” The business, professional, culina: domestic, nureing and music depart- ments will contribute to the program. C. C. Pulver, business manager of the institution, will act as chairman. Refreshments of sandwiches, fruit and | fruit punch will be served. $ 59.50 93 5145 3350 Of raccoon, Hudson seal (dyed muskrat), gray squirrel. Of raccoon, brown Sightseeing Trip and Dance Tonight on Final Schedule. Closing business sessions of ‘the an- nual national convocation - of Theta Upsilon Omega Fraternity, which has been meeting here for the past three days with Eta Alpha Chapter of George Washington University as host, were held this morning at the Cairo Hotel. This afternoon a sightseeing tour will be taken, with a stop at the George Mason Hotel in Alexandria for dinner. The convocation closes with a formal dance at the Carlton Hotel tonight. Last night the annual convocation banquet was held in the auditorium of the National Press Club, with Dr. Elmer Louis Kayser, secretary of George Washington University and member of the frateznity, acting as. ,, toastmaster. w ¥ ¢ Speakers at the banquet included Arch Master S8amuel M. McGinness of Pittsburgh, Pa.; Executive Secretary John N. Danehower of Philadelphia, « Pa.; Arch Ritualist Leonard W. How- ell of Worcester, Mass.: Arch Coun- cilors Arthur J. Knight, Worcester, Mass.; Robert F. Dirkes, Jamaica, N. Y., and_ Arthur W. Johnson of Durham, N. H, and Arch Editor Martin E. Jansson of Long Island City, N. Y. Entertainment was furnished by a quartet from the Epsilon Alpha Chape ter of Temple University, Philadelphia, which consisted of Charles D. Long, ‘William H. Morrison, C. Charles Her- ron and James Weaver, Six woman mayors were elected at the last election in England and Wales, —are always what they're “cracked up to be” at the PECAN SHOP 3021 14th St. N.W. Adams 5 fl. RRERERVERERERERY Reserve Tables Now for A Real Old Fashioned ¥ New Year’s Eve Party & at the Arlington Hotel Vermont Avenue Between K and L Sts, N. Phone National 6550 o Supper De Luxe $4.00 Music Dancing Per Person Entertainment Souvenirs, Etc. 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