Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1931, Page 24

CHIEF OF ENGLISH PRISONS ARRIVES osuover Mauretania Docks 36 Hours Late With Alexander Paterson on Board.’ By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 3.—A storm- harried Mauretania docked here late to- day, 36 hours late, bringing Alexander Patarson, English prlmn commissioner, to study the American penal system. Others arriving were Miss ‘Ellen, Wilk- nson, or “Red Ellen,” as she is known among her labor constituents, who have sent her to Parliament since 1924, and Paul Robeson, colored singer, who will make a national concert tour. Paterson spoke with the English ret- {icence. Asked '\hlt he thought of pro- hibition, he said: “It may be that after I have studied prohibition in the United States I will become a prohlbltlonnt But I haven’t studied it yet.” 3 His views on capital punishment were more definite. He still believes it to be the one great crime deterrent. He sum- med it up thusly: “The average criminal in England has more fear when he says ‘I'll swing ‘for it' than when he says, ‘I will do a stretch for it."” No English “Racketeers.” He said there 'was nothing in Eng- | land to correspond to the word “rack- eteer.” “If a condition arose in Eng- land when men of a criminal class de- cided to administer justice, the police would soon put a stop to it,” he re- marked. In England, he said, a commission of medical, trained psychiatrists examine all young offenders before trial, and on recommendation of a court a prisoner may be subject to examination by ex- perts to determine his mentality. The average age of criminals in Eng- | land is about 30, he asserted® The prison population there has been cut 25 per cent in the last quarter century. He is the first of his office to visit the United States since 1897, when Sir Evelyn Brice came here. He will spend four months visiting the principal prisons. Asked whether he had expressed & wish to see Al Capone, he laughed: “I may have said I'd like to see him. There are a lot of people I would like to see, but I have no intensity in the matter.” Defends Dole System. Wilkinson, who will visit Phila- del‘phll Detroit and Montreal, among other cities, spoke in the United States on English labor problems in 1921. She defended the dole as something unemployed labor was entitled to. “As for persons receiving benefits and not working for them, what of your Fifth avenue millionaires?” she asked. “I don't ever recall having heard that they did any work.” She checked her- self and added, “Now, there I have said something I shouldn't have said.” AUTHORITIES CALLED TO ECONOMIC PARLEY Third Annual Institute of States- manship to Be Held at Rollins College. : By the Associated Press. WINTER PARK, Fla, January 3.— ‘The economic structure of the Nation will provide the principal theme for the third annual institute of statesmanship at Rollins College Monday. Authorities on economics in the United States will present views and opinions on various phases of commercial life during the meeti which runs throughout next weel Chain stores and large business mergers will be one of the chief topics to be discussed. Dr. Hamilton Holt, president of Rol- lins College, founded the -institute and it has been the policy from the outset to allow free chn on mptu chosen lo Ralph R&d unsberry, dlrecmr of the institute; M. H. Aylesworth, president of the National Broadeasting Co.; John M. Chapman of the School of Business, Columbia University; Mrs. Florence ; R. W. Ly. an official of the Nlfionll Chain Store Association; Myron F. Watkins of New York University, and Mrs. Henry W. Peabody, chairman of the Woman's Committee for Law Enforcement. of Representative| Acclaimed as London’s. Most Popular Actress. Happy Not to Be in Love,| Brings Home Maid and -Prized Portrait. ly the Aumma Press. 'HAM, England, January 3. —Tlllu.llh Blnkhtld, slim and blonde, with a soft Alabama accent, who came to Piccadilly and made a hit after Broadway had refused to take her seri- ously, appeared here tonight—for the last time, she said, on the English stage. Her farewell to England was: “Pluck and luck, the bromide boys, have just as much to do with success on the stage here as they have in America. And I've never had a great part yet.” Will Enter Talkies. Miss Bankhead—named Tallulah after her grandmother, who was named after Tallulah Falls, in Georgia—has sold her little house made out of a garage on Berkeley squarcand is sailing January 7 for home and the talkies. “I'm so excited I haven't slept for three nights,” she said. “I'm glad I'm not in love. A heavy romance, on top of going home, would just bs more than 1 could stand.” Eight years ago, Miss Bankhead, daughter of a United States Repre- sentative and a miece of a Senator, de- cided that on Broadway she was “just another actress.”” So with no contracts but plenty of grit she packed up and came to London. London Suecess Achieved. For some years now she has been probably the most popular actress in the capital. They stand around the stage doors to see her come out. “I think I could have gotten ahead in New York if I'd stayed there,” she said tonight. “But I think it might have been tougher. I didnt even have a contract when I came over here; only determination to get on in spite of everything. “Well, I did get a part, and I found English audiences liked me. Possibly it" was because I was an American— wmethln; a little different. audiences are more tolerant and friendly than American audiences. They have a personal interest in your welfare—and, if they like you, you're all set. Luck and Beauty Insufficient. “New York audiences are more stub- born, more critical. I think it is be- cause they are more sophisticated, hlrdtl’ though not more intelligent. “But after all, it isn’t audiences—it's yourself. They used to call it luck. Now they call it ‘the breaks’ The breaks that count are the breaks you fashion for yourself. “Luck and beauty are mnot enough. Unless you have talent, you might as well knit socks. The public will find you out. Beauty is a hmmcnp ‘with- out _intelligence behind it.” Next to her excitement over going home, Miss Bankhead is most interested in the kind of parts she will get in American talking pictures. Prizes Maid and Portrait. “I've never had a great part yet " lhe sald. “I think that's still to ‘There is only one great part for every actor, thou(h——-nd some of us never get it.” Miss Bankhead gained her popularity | with British ludwm when she cre- ated the role of Iris March in Michael Arlen’s “Green Hat.” But she never liked that part. Slender, blue-eyed still in her twenties, she has kept her Dixie accent. And the things she prizes most—an English maid and a ponnlt by Augustus John— she's t.nkln' along home. Miss Bankhead's father is a United States Representative from Alabama, and her uncle recently defeated J. Thomas Heflin for the Senate from that State. Glasgow Seeks Royal Visit. Glasgow, Scotland, may be visited by the King and Queen within the next few months. At a meeting of the Clyde Trustees a recommendation was adopted that the King and Queen be approched to honor the Trust by per- forming the ceremony of ing the | Shieldhall Dock No. 1 on a date to suit their majesties between the begin- ning of April and the end of September or early October, 1931. Y STAR, WASHINGTON, TALLULAH BANKHEAD TO COME BACK TO U. S. TO ENTER TALKIES _}IISS TAE&UL_A_I" BAN[HEAD. Gen. James Wolfe Was Given Unique Consumption Cure Snails, Worms, Milk and Spices Mixed by Mother for Concoction. By the Associated Press. 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Evidences of real poverty in Cuba or of more industrial distress than is to be seen in the United States itself were dis- claimed yesterday by Representative Stephen W. Gambrill of Maryland fol- lowing his return from & holiday trip to Havana. Emphasizing that his trip to the island_was solely on pleasure, Gambrill sald of the political situation that “there wasn't any excitement noticeable and everything _seemed to be going on quietly.” He explained, however, there was an undercurrent of unrest that could be sensed by talking with the peo- ple, although he did not know why. Many think, he said, that the unrest has_resulted from depressed economic conditions, expressed chiefly in the dis- D. JANUARY 4. tressed condition of the sugar industry during the past five He pointed to the recemt t and resultant reduction of employment ln some instances as another by some as conmuuun' to Lbe unres The "Maryland Representative said he drove into the country 20 or 30 miles from the capital, his trip taking him through a number of small villages. Gambrill, whose last visit to Cuba was 15 years ago, commented urflculll‘ly upon the progress he said he observed in the capital and elsewhere during that period. He explained there had been consldenhle improvement in the physi- cal condition of Havana, particularly in the erection of beautiful homes. He said he called soclally on Ambas- sador Guggenheim with Chairman Fred A. Britten of the House Naval Affairs Committee, of which Gambrill also is a member. OPEN SPANISH CENTER NEW YORK, January 3 (#).—Estab- lishment of the Casa de las Espanas as a center of Spanish culture at Co- lumbia University was announced to- day by President Nicholas Murray Butler. ‘The building is one of a group which eventually wiil represent all countries of the world. Houses representing Italy, Germany and Prance already have been opered. 1931—PAR'T ONE. LIBERIAN SLAVERY CAUSE OF SHAKE-UP Geneva Hears President and Vice President Quit After Probe. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, January 3.—The recently reported resignations of President Charles D. B. King and Vice President Allen N. Yancey o( the Liberian Re- | ublic resulted from findings of the e of Nations Joint Commission of ! Inquiry Into Slavery in Liberia, it was reported in well informed circles here last night. According here it was charged Vice President Yancey was directly concerned in ¢ tain transactions mentioned in the port of the inquiry commission and, though the President was unaware of the facts mentioned, he considered his resignation and that of Mr, Yancey as called for. Edwin H. Barclay, who has for 12 to the reports received | occupied the post of secre ur;n’ ll"& is sald to have been named visional President until new elections are held next May. Mr. educated in the United States and has Vlll'e? America a number of times in recen The nm of the lnqulry Commis- sion is expected to be made public in ‘Geneva shortly. Dispatches from Washington, D. 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