Evening Star Newspaper, January 20, 1931, Page 6

FAILURE OF BANKS LAID TO LAW ABUSE Harrison Tells Committee {That Multiplicity of Finance Systems Also Hurts. George L. Harrison, governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, told the Senate Banking Investigating Committee today the “abuse of the privileges provided by law” rather than wviolations had caused a lasge part of | the 6,000 bank failures in the last 10 years. ’ Mr, Harrison also said the multipl ity of banking systems in this country had done as much as any other thing cause “some of our present trouble. mAxmlher factor entering into the situ~ ation, he said, was the loans banks are suthorized to make on real estate. Pole First Witness. . Pole, controller of the cure rengy. ippearéd yesterday as the first witness when Llwéquulry got _under vay, and repeats Thade in his last two annual reports for amendment to the McFadden banking act to permit banks in large commer- cmi centers to extend t({heir facilities to by rural communities. DeGtch branches would give the rural ‘communities the best type of banking, he explained, as compared to the pres- ent. situation where the Tural banks operate under obvious handicaps. In the past 10 years, Controller Pole told the committee, 6,000 rural banks have failed, due to the great economic and social changes. Much of the busi- ness which formerly went to the local bank now goes to_institutions in the nearest city, he said. Cites Kentucky Case. Legislation to give the controller wegr“m remove national bank officers for inefficiency }rlmd ig-nsmnmszemem also would help, he said. In one case which the committee dis- cussed, in 8 general survey of recent bank failures, Mr, Pole expressed the opinion that such a law would have n invoked. be"rbn was the National Bank of Ken- tucky, where the failure, he said, was brought about “by its domination by a single arrogant person” and by bad real estate investments by the Banco Ken- tucky Corporation, the holding com- hich later assumed control. %‘mnomm depression, he said, had resulted in few failures of city banks| in every case of this kind the fail- fi maye;ey trhced to “some specific sbnormal situation.” Norbeck Takes Issue. Senator Norbeck, Republican, South Dakota, chairman of the full Banking Committee and a member of the sub- committee, took issue wifi; wfi’ole for emphasizing the failure of rural banks. He contended the city bank failures have involved as much if not more money than the rural closings. Mr. Pole said the public was not aware of the number of banks “saved from failure by his office. He estimated 500 banks had been -withdrawn from the brink of disaster in the last five by examinations and advice of staff, Eugene_Meyer, g‘ vernor of the Federal Reserve rd, was to have been the first witness, but inasmuch as he has not yet. been confirmed by the Senate his appearance was waived for the time being. 5 300 MILES AN HOUR HOPED OF NEW RACER Australisn Loanied Engine of Tre-|§ mendous Speed by British Press. AUCKLAND, New Zealand.—Norman (“Wizard”) th, racing car builder les an hour. Smith's car, whioh when completed like $75,000, will 3 new engine which has ent him by the British govern- ment on condition that he keep all de- tails if its construction secret. It will develop twice the power of the Golden Arrow used by Segrave. A feature of thé new engine is a super-charger, running at many thou- sands of revolutions per minute, which keeps the cylinders full of gas even at stupendously high speeds. The en- gine develops its greatest power at more than double the revolutions of the ordi- nary airplane engine. ‘The new car is s0 shaped that very little wind can get underngath it, and what little does get there can escape with ease, The top surface is so shaped ‘that the wind pressure will hold the car firmly to the ground instead of giving the upward thrust of airplane design. ‘Trial performances of this latest road greyhound will be made on the New Zealand beach. If they prove satisfactory, Smith intends to bring his car to the United States. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF, TODAY. Meeting, Columbia Historical clety, Cosmos Club, 8:15 p.m, Lioyd V. Berkner. Dance and reception, Massachusetts Euw Society, New Shoreham Hotel, pm. Card party, Ways and Means Com- mittee of Joseph H. Milans Lodge, Chapter No. 41, O. E. 8, Northeast Masonic Temple, tonight. Annual dance, Capitol Lodge, No. 3, So- Speaker, Shepherds of Bethlehem, 801 I street, | 8 pm. Card Party, Ladies’ Auxiliary, Na- tional Capital Post. No. 127, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Burlington Hotel, to- night. Meeting, ‘T and S Auction Bridge Club, 658 Fifth street northeast, 8 p.m. Meeting, Citizens’ Forum of Colum- bla Heights, Wilson Normal School, Eleventh and Harvard streets, 8 p.m. Meeting, Anthropological Soclety of Washington, United States National Museum, 4:45 pm Lecture, Italy American Society, Chinese yoora of the Mayflower Hotel, tonight. Card party and dance, Indiana State Soclety, Willard room, Willard Hotel, 8 pm. Dinner’ and ‘meeting, Clinical Society, Hamilton Hotel, %:30 p.m. FUTURE. Dinner, Sixth Presbyterian Church, Sixteenth and Kennedy streets, tomor- Fow, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Luncheon, University of Michigan Cosmos Club, tomorrow, Concert, United States Navy Band, Navy Yard, tomorrow, 8 p.m. Luncheon, ‘Soclety of American Mili- tary Engineers, and Navy Club, gomorrow, 12;30 pm, Card party, Keane Council, Knights of w\m'.k’.u C. Hall, 518 Tenth strect, 8 p. recommendations | Georgetown | Ok! | group, left to right, are: Mrs. Mary L. Mrs. H. M. Lowry. The officer is P. C. Parent-Teacher Association members passing out cocoa to schoolboy patrol of the Peabody School, Fifth and Stanton streets northeast. The women in the Boswell, president of the P.-T. A, and 'heeler of the ninth precinct. Auto Parking Lights No Longer Required | On All D. C. Streets Exception Made When Mumination Makes Per- son Visible 200 Feet. The District. Commissioners today modified the regulation requiring park- ing lights on autcmobiles by adopting a traffic regulation stating that the park- ing lights need not be displayed nights on streets where there is suffi cient electric illumination to reveal any person for a distance of 200 feet. The regulation was recommended for | enactment by Traffic Director William | H. Harland, who wrote: “The present parking light regulation requires park- | ing lights on all cars left on the streets l"’ night and was adopted at a time when most of the streets in the Dis- | trict were poorly lighted. Since that | time electric lights have been installed on most of the main streets through- out the city, and it is believed that it ! is perfectly safe to park cars on all streets which are electrically lighted. “The proposed regulation is copied from the model municipal traffic ordi- nances prepared by the National Con-| ference on Street and Highway Safety | and is modified to suit local condi-| Sions.” French Banker Held. BASEL, Switzerland, January 20 (). —Lucien Kahn, director of the Bank Lucien Kahn at Strasbourg, France, which closed its doors Saturday, was arrested here yesterday and will be held for the action of French authorities. The bank’s liabilities were reported | yesterday to be in the neighborhood of | 100,000. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Fair tonight and tomorrow, somewhat colder tonight, lowest temperature about 32 degrees, moderate winds mostly west and north- west. Maryland—Generally fair in east and probably snow flurries in west portion t and tomorrow, somewhat colder tonight, moderate southwest shifting to west or northwest winds. Vi nerally fair tonight and tomorrow, somewhat colder in north and west portions tonight, moderate | westerly winds. | ‘West Virginia—Mostly cloudy tonight | and tomorrow, probably snow flurries in north and central portions, somewhat | colder in north portion tonight. Record for 24 Hours. Thermometer—4 p.m., 43; 8 pm., 42; 12 midnight, 40; 4 am,, 39; 8 am, 38; | noon, 41. Barometer—4 pm., 29.69; 8 pm 29.72; 12 midnight, 20.79; 4 am., 29.8 8 am., 29.88; noon, 29.84. Highest temperature, 44, occurred at 2:30 pm. yesterday; lowest tempera- ture, 36, occurred at 8:30 p.m. yesterda ‘Temperature same date last year— Highest, 29; lowest, 9. ‘Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) ‘Today—Low tide, 3:39 am. and 3:54 pm.; high tide, 9:11 a.m. and 9:30 pm. | ‘Tomorrow—Low tide, 4:20 am. and | 4:36 pm.; high tide, 9:51 am. and 10:08 p.m. . The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 7:23 a.m.; sun sets 5:15 p.m. ‘Tomorrow—Sun rises sets 5:16 p.m. Moon rises 8:50 a.m.; sets 7:04 p.m. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- half hour after sunset. b Weather in Vari 7:23 am.; sun Stations. Weather. | Abtlene, Tex.... 3 ny, N. Y., 29 3, les, . .. Ky.. ia. PR a3 Eobisvitfe, i iph. Phoenix. Pittsbi Cle (Noon, Greenw today. Horta (Payeh, Asores... Part cloudy Cusrent obsérvagions | Michigan, |large and young, OPINION FAVORS PAPER COMPANY Justice Holmes Rules Firm Is Entitled to Recover $300,000 Losses. In the only written opinion handed down by the Supreme Court yesterday, Justice Oliver Wendell I"olmes, who will celebrate his 90th birthday in March, ruled that the International Paper Co. is entitled to recover losses on approxi- mately $300,000 suffered in 1918. ‘The losses were sustained when the Government, to promote war industries, prevented the concern from using power from its Niagara Falls plant, The court decided three Gther casés without written opinions, It ruled: Three Cases Decided. ‘That the present California com- munity property laws permit husbands and wives in that State to submit sep- arate Federal income tax returns; that the North Carolina tax on motor vehi- cles operated for hire over fixed routes of more than 50 miles is valid, and that a case brought to challenge the Texas law permitting suits in counties other than that in which the defendant had |its principal place of business had not been presented by the Bain Peanut Co. and others in proper form and must be dismissed. Hearing Dates Advanced. It advanced for hearing on February 24 an appeal challenging the validity of chan in the by-laws of the Modern ‘Woodmen of Ameorica, affecting insur- ance policies, and an appeal to deter- mine the right of States to impose li- cense taxes on automobiles used by Army 05“" stationed on military reserva- tions, ‘The Delaware Bay & River Pilots’ As- sociation was refused permission to bring up for a review a judgment for approxi- mately $31,000 rendered inst it fol- lowing a collision in Dela Bay be- tween one of its pilot boats and the sub. marine L-1. The court announced it would review a case brought by the Georgia Public Service Commission and others to test the validity of an order of the Inter- state Commerce Commission fixing rates on sand and gravel shipped between points in that State. It also decided to review an Interstate Commerce Commis- sion order reducing rates on fertilizers shipped between points in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania and New York. BRIDGE BILL BLOCKED La Guardia Objects to Extending Time for Dahlgren, Va., Span. On objection of Representative La Guardia of New York, action was pre- vented in the House yesterday to au- thorize further extension of time for | beginning and completing a proposed bridge across the Potomac River at Dahlgren, Va. Representative Gam- brill of Maryland and Moore of Vir- ginia have been supporting this legis- lation. The Secretary of Agriculture was quoted as calling attention that, al- though five vears have elapsed since authority was granted for building this bridge, those sponsoring it have not yet started the work. Representative Gambrill explained that the present economic situation has handicapped those behind the bridge-butlding proj- ect. Washington Produce Butter—One-pound prints, 35a36; tub, 33a34. Eggs—Hennery, 23a25; Poultry, alive—Turkeys, young, 35a 36; old, 30a32; chickens, 28a30; fowls, small, 18a2( Leghorn ducks, 15; keats, 50a60; old, 25a30. Dressed—Turkeys, young, 40a42; old, 35a36; chicke 32a33; fowls, heavy, 24a25; small, 23a24; Leghorn fowls, 18a 20; capons, large, 37a38; small, 32a35; ducks, 24a25; rc‘aslwrl, 15; keats, young, current re- | ceipts, 20a21. fresh shoulders, Smoked—Hams, 23a25; dew, Chile and Arj oranges, California, 2.50a6.00 , 1 i pears, box stock, 2.00a3. kegs, red, 4.00; white, 4.7! V .onfiluwm. 5.25a6. egetables—Potatoes, ds, 2.40a2.50; Idaho bakers, per_bushel, 3.00; bushel, 1.50;2.0)0 sfring 5.00a8. 4. s &'..t‘ ’ SELF-RULE AGTION NOW UP T0 INDIA Chances of Nationalist Ac- ceptance of British Plan Seem Slim. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, January 20.—The scene of India’s fight for self government today shifted -back to India, where the Brit- ish government hoped its proffer of eventual qualified dominion status would prove acceptable to the millidns who asked outright independence. ‘The next step in the long process, Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald pointed out in bringing to a close the round table conference here yesterday, must be taken by the natives of India themselves in composing their com- munal and racial differences so that the details may be supplied the skele- ton federal government scheme evolved during the two months of work here. First reports from India of the re- ception given there to Mr. MacDonald’s pronouncement were anything but hope- ful of its acceptance by Nationalist ele- ments, who boycotted the round table sessions. Pledge Not Satisfactory. ‘The promise of self government, with British reservations and safeguards as to foreign affairs, finance, defense and emergency prerogatives of the governor general, was described: as mass of vague verbiage, high sounding to the un- thinking, but far from satisfactory. There was considerable disappoint- ment in India, too, that the 50,000 political prisoners there, among them the Nationalist leader, Mahatma Gand- hi, were not granted amnesty. The prime minister promised only that if the results of round table conference brought peace and quiet to India the government would not be slow in recip- rocation. MacDonald to See Willingdon. Only a skeletonized federation scheme, involving a bicameral legislature, was evolved here. Its detalls cannot be supplied until Moslem and Hindu, Sikh, and high caste and low caste Brahmins have settled their differences, and when a constitution finally is evolved it must receive the indorsement of Parliament. It is believed that nothing more will be done here until after Mr. MacDonald confers with Lord Willingdon, present governor general of Canada, who will replace Lord Irwin Soon as viceroy of India. BRITISH OFFER SCORED. Widespread Condemnation Ts Heard in Nationalist Quarters. BOMBAY, India, January 20 (#).— Widespread condemnation was heard in Indian Nationalist quarters today of the scheme of Federal India evolved at the London Round Table Conference and the British government’s proffer of an eventual qualified dominion status. ‘The Bombay Chronicle, Nationalist organ, said: “As far as one can see in the wilder- ness of MacDonald's glib phrases is that the Labor government intends to impose upon this country a system of camouflaged self-government in which the safeguards for Britain are the prin- cipal element and the bestowal of gen- uine responsibility upon the Indian people a minor item. “Mr. MacDonald's pompous declara- .tion of what his government means to do in shaping a measure for the grant of further political advance in India will cut no ice in this country.” Under the heading, “Words, Words, "” the paper asked if the premier was teaching Sunday school or was talking to a set of responsible men for India when he made the final confer- ence speech. Shankarlal Bankar, one of Mahatma Gandhi’s right-hand men, said: “If the remier had ncthing more to offer the ndian people at this juncture than such a feeble empty speech it would have been far better if he had said nothing at all, because the people of India would then have remained calm, patiently awaiting the outcome of the present negotiations and discussions. His speech, barren as it is of any con- crete pledge of genuine self-government, will flll the masses with disappointment :x;lesgm" t and lead only to further GANDHI WEIGHS ONLY 96, Loss of Eight Pounds on Prison Fare Is Revealed. AHMADABAD, India, January 20 (&) —Mahatma Gandhi has lost eight pounds on the prison fare at Yeroda, near Poona, where he is confined, friends here revealed today. He now weighs but 96 pounds. A letter from him published today said: “It is true that I am not in the best of health and must make constant changes in my diet to keep myself in condition, but I am going through my daily routine of spinning, studying, meditating and praying as usual.’” ‘The famous Nationalist leader lives on curds and milk and “works” 16 hours daily. MYSTERIOUS KILLINGS IN ALASKA INVESTIGATED Federal Authorities Probe Disap- pearances of Boatmen—Circum- stances in Several Cases Alike. By the Assoclated Press. KETCHIKAN, Alaska, January 20— A series of mysterious disappearances of boatmen in Southeatsern Alaska is being investigated by the United States marshal’s - office and Department of. Justice agents. ‘While the circumstances in several of the cases were similar, officers said yes- terday they had found sufficient evi- dence to prove the disappearances were plotted by a single killer. Those missing include Albert Farrow and L. G. Davis, who left Petersburg, | near here, for the west coast of Prince of Wales Island about November 9, and were never heard from; Albert C. An- derson, who went hunting ashore from his boat and failed to return, and John Wickstrom, a troller, who disappeared together with his boat near here. A violent death being investigated was that of John Marshal, fish buyer, who was found slain aboard a boat which left Kechikan in October, Prince to Become General. ‘TURIN, Italy, January 20 (#)—Re- orts that the Prince of Piedmont, heir 0 the Italian throne, would be trans- ferred to another big provincial city or |woud be sent abroad were dissipated today by a semi-official announcement that he would be made a brigadier general about March 15, assuming com- mand of the 1st Infantry Brigade with eadquarters he ENTERPRISE SERIAL BUILDING .ASSOCIATION 7th St. and La. Ave. N.W, Money loaned to members on easy monthly payments _.IA- ;i Connelly n-;:al““:;n COMMISSION REPORT AGAINST REPEAL; SIGNERS LEAN TO MODIFICATION (Continued From Fifth Page.) not appreciated, lack of experience of Federal enforcement of a law of this sort, the attempt to enforce the na- tional prohibition act as something on another plane from the law generally, an assumption that it was of paramount importance and that constitutional guarantees must vield to its enforce- ment, the influence of politics in ob- Ifinlnmg appointment to enforcement of- ces. \ The report admits frankly that the state of public opinion, “certainly in many important portions of the country, presents a serious obstacle to the ob- servance and enforcement of the na- tional prolubition laws.” Attention is called to a “significant change in the social attitude toward drinking,” and the report continues: "It is evident that taking the country as & whole, peopie of wealth, business men and professicnal men and their families are arinking in large numbers in quite franx disregard of the declared policy of the national prohibition act.” The importation of illicit liquor, the report says, is chiefly from Canada. Mention was made, too, of the importa- tions from the West Indies, mostly rum, and thLat brandy and wine are imported from France and gin from Holland. ‘The diversion of industrial alcohol to the bootleg trade, the report says, has been cut down, but still provides a great source of supply to the bootleg trade. It is held, however, that. illicit distilling has become the chief source of supply. No longer are small stills used, but the plants are comparable in size to the ola distilleries before national pro- hibition. The business is well organized and the locations of the stills are changed from time to time. Much of the whisky put in circulation from these illicit stills, according to the report, is “good whisky.” The prices charged for it are an indication of the ineffective- ness of enforcement against this source of supply. The commission reports that necessity seems to compel the abandonment of efforts to prevent the making of beer and wine in the homes. It recommends that the law be changed so as to class home making af wine illegal just as is the home-made beer. Backing up its recommendation that the limit placed upon the prescription of liquor by physicians be abandoned the commission says: “We are satisfied that in several particulars the causes of re- sentment on the part of the medical profession operate against a favorable public opinion to such an extent as to the advantages of enforce- Enforcement Failure Hit. _The failure of the enforcement agen- cies to bring to justice the leaders in the bootleg business is severely criticised by the commission, which says: “It is common knowledge and a gen- eral source of dissatisfaction with the enforcement of the prohibition laws that the big operators, or headmen, in the traffic are rarely caught. Those who are caught distiliing, or transport- ing, or selling are merely employes. Be- hind them are the heads of the organi- zation, supplying the capital, making the plans and reaping the large profits,” The commission is divided over the advisability of whether the purchasers || of illicit liquor should be punished along with the seller, but a majority | of the commission held that it would increase rather than lessen the diffi-|| culties of enforcement. The commission devotes four pages to discussion of the “benefits of pro- hibition” and subdivides them as eco- nomic and social. Among the economic benefits it lists increase in production, greater efficiency of labor, elimination of “blue Mondays,” decrease in indus- trial accidents, increase in savings and decrease in demands upon charities and social agencies. It admits that there is some doubt as to whether the better conditions are due entirely to prohi- bition. “There is general agreement among social workers that there has been a ?ls’tmct t;’:npmvemenl in standards of iving.” the report says, turning to so- cial benefits, P = 7 Against Present Rigidity. The report concluded: “If there eighteenth amendment, the following requirements should be met: “(1) The revision should be such as to do away with the absolute rigidity of the amendment as it stands. It should give scope for trying out further plans honestly with some margin for |||/ adjustment to local situations and the settled views of particular communi- ties. It should admit of different modes | |\ | of types of prohibition or control in different localities in case Congress ap- proves. It should aim at keeping con- trol in the Nation and committing de- ||/l tails and initiative to the States. “(2) It should be such as to con- serve the benefits of the present situa- tion by national and State repression of saloons and open drinking places, and yet permit, where demanded by public opinion, an honest, general or local control of manufacture or im- portation and distribution, consistent with the minimum demand which otn- erwise, in very many localities at least, will tend to bring about a regime of nullification or deflance of law. “(3) It should allow of attempts by general or nationally approved local systems of control to do away with the enormous margin of profit which is at the bottom of despread corruption and general lawlessness. Wants Saloons Barred. “(4) It should allow of allaying the sources of resentment and irritation di- rectly and in accord with the spirit of the law, instead of impelling to courses inconsistent with the spirit, if not also the letter of the law, and inviting dis- respect for the legal ordering of society. “(5) It should allow of adjustment to local opinion, so as to do away with the strain on courts and prosecuting machinery involved in the attempt to force an extreme measure of universal total tinence in communities where public opinion is strongly opposed thereto, while subjecting the means of adjustment to national approval and so insuring against the return of the saloon anywhere. “(6) It should involve a minimum of interference with the existing system and a possibility of retaining it or re- turning to it as communities are or become ready for or reconciled to it. “It would seem wise to eliminate the provision for concurrent State and na- tional jurisdiction over enforcement contained in the second section as the amendment stands. This provision has not accomplished what was expected of it and there are no signs that it will ever do so. It is anomalous to have two governments concurrently enforc- ing & general prohibition. Action on the part of the States cannot be com- pelled. If it comes, it will come volun- tarily by State enactment and enforce- ment of State law. The States can do this without any basis in the Federal Constitution. "WHERE TO DINE? Confronts many each day, so The Star, to aid in the answering of this daily question, is today .w'w{, a classification *“ ere to Dine.” Under this heading may be found a list of Washington cafes which are ready to serve Star readers with meals carefully pre- pared under capable direction, | Refer to these advertisements | on page C-3. ] is to be revision of the|| CLARA BOW'S LIFE . BARRED IN TRIAL Actress Feels She Was Being; Tried Instead of Her Former Secretary. By the Associated Press. 1LOS ANGELES, January 20.—A legal curtain shielded the private life of Clara Bow from the public gaze in the trial of her former secretary, Daisy De Boe, on _grand theft charges today. Daisy’s promised expose of the inti- mate affairs of the film redhead fizzled quickly yesterday and the Bow-De Boe | audience frankly matched the jurors, | yawn for yawn. Silenced by Judge. Clara’s ex-secretary was shushed by Superior Judge Willlam C. Doran be- fore she could unlimber a single bomb- shell, the court ruling that the issue was simply whether Miss De Boe stole $15,300 from the actress, and that mud- slinging was not in order. | ‘The judge decided Daisy had told enough. She previously had testified of the redhead’s alleged gifts to boy friends and liquor purchases and had identified impassioned love letters and telegrams to_Clara from various admirers. Looking wan, but very pleased in her big canopied bed in the House of Bow, in Beverly Hills, Daisy’s former boss | sighed with satisfaction at the court’s | action. Denies Asking $125,000. “You'd have thought I was the being tried, instead of Daisy,” s: Clara, tossing her red mop indignantly. “Why, until I got my cold and broke | down and had to stay home from the | trial It was more of a trial for me than for her.” Clara had wept on the stand while testifying against Dalsy. | On the stand yesterday, Daisy denied | having attempted to obtain $125,000 | from Clara through the actress’ attor- ney on pain of disclosure of things “that would be better not known” about Miss Bow. She said the various articles which she is charged with having pur- chased with Clara’s money were all bought with her former employer's sanction. fe m Hypsophobia is the fear of being in high places. “Hypsos” is the Greek| for height | tions will be made Greater Reductions on Shirts $3.5 Shirts; collar _attached and separate collar..$2.59 3 for $7:50 $2.50 Glenbrook broad- cloth; nonshrinkable; col- lar attached and neckband. White -and plain .$1.69 colors 3 for $4.75 Imported Southampton broadcloth; white only; collar attached and neckband 3 for $8.50 $2, $250 and $3 fancy shirts; collar attached and separate collar to match L 3 for $4.50 High-grade Dundee Pop- lin shirts; collar dttached; white and plain shades ....... 3 for $5.50 Daffodil radium silk shirts; plain shades, sepa- rate collar and collar at- tached 95 Greater Reductions o Neckwear Mode make and others made for us by Welsh- Margetson of London. $1 grade .....oe.....§0¢ 3 for $1.65 $1.50 grade .. 3 for $2.50 £ and £2.50 grades. $1.29 > 3 for $3.50 $350, $4 and $5 5229 grades .oeeeeenenn-. 3 for $6.50 CANTOR JOSEF ROSENBLATT, Who will appear in a musieal recital ng the Afth anniversary meeting of the Jewish Community Center in it: building, Sixteenth and Q streets, to maorrow might. ACROBATIES COST.LIFE BRUNSWICK, Ga., January 20 ( Buster Day, 12-year-old colored g caddy, bet another caddy 10 cents he could stand on his head 10 minutes. aloft for five Buster kept his feet inutes and then toppled over. had ruptured a blood vessel and death | was immediate. Gives Ortiz $25,000 Horse. SAN ANTONIO, 'Tex., January () —A thoroughbred horse valued at | more than $25000, a gift from R. W. | Morrison _of San Antonio to Pa: Ortiz Rubio, President of Mexico, will| leave here this week for Laredo, where | it will be transferred to a special car| to be taken to Mexico City. Now Cofixes the Climax of Clearance When we open tomorrow (\Wednesday) morning at 8 o’clock—you’ll find Every Suit up to $85 Every Overcoat up to $90 Every Topcoat up to $75 Offered for Choice at Fashion Park and Mode makes—and every garmént of the present stock included—except Full Dress. (Any altera- 53 at cost.) Greater Reductions on Mufflers Fancy Silk, Cashmere, Ete. $2 and $2.50 grades..$].19 $3, $3.50 to $5 grades $2.39 $6 to $8 grades..... $395 Greater Reductions on Pajamas Included are importa- tions from Welsh-Marget- son of London. $2 and $2.50 grades..$].59 3 for $4.50 $3, $350 and $4 grades ......... 1A 3 for $6.50 and 7 " 3 for 950 $5, $6 grades ... Greater Reductions on Hosiery Silk and lisle, silk and wool, fancy lisle, etc. 75¢ and $1 3 for $1.65 $1.50, $2 and $2.50....8].29 3 for $3.75 $3, $3.50 and $4....5229 3 for $6.50 Greater Reductions on Golf Hose $1 and $1.50 grades. ... 79 $2 and $2.50 grades..$].69 $3 and $3.50 grades..$2.39 $4 and $5 grades.....$329 $6, $7.50 and $9 grades .....cepee... 5459 The Mode — F at Eleventh ALLEGED REDPAYS * FINE AT DANVILLE |Man Convicted of Spreading Libelous Material Spent 85 Days in Jail. | Special Dispatch to The Star. | DANVILLE, Va. January 20—W. T. | Murdoch, alleged Communist, convicted of disseminating libelous material bear- . R. Fitzgerald, president of the local cotton mills, F. J. Gor- man, union leader, was a free man to- day following payment of the remainder of his fine and costs, totaling $136, by the National Textile Workers’ Union, of which he is secretary. He was in jail 85 days. Murdoch came here, he said, to swing the leadership of the United Textile Workers’ Union, which is conducting a strike, to his own or- ganization. He is said to have returned | to New York. | Corporation Court was in recess today | following the sudden and swift annul- | ment of four pending arson cases yes- | terday, when J. R. Duffy was acquitted on an mstrutced verdict, and XDSU'IID‘ | which the State took a noll prosse in |the remaining _indictments against Michell Spivey, L. J. Branscomb and J. W. Jones. The cases fell flat for | lack of sufficient evidence, even before any defense testimony was heard. The arrests followed a recent fire at the | home of Mrs. W. T, Dooley, a non- | union mill’ worker. bl Palestine Has Surplus. JERUSALEM, January 20 (#).—The | Jewish Telegraphic Agency reports that | the Palestine government showed a sur- | plus of $209,570 between revenue and | expenditures during the first 10 months {of 1930 In this period the Palestine | administration disbursed $29,061,145 {and received in revenues $29.270,71. DOWNTOWN d%bPAKTMENTS ery Reasonable 1016, 1645¢. H.L.Rust Co. (). olf He 20 .75 Greater Reductions on Lounging Robes $5 to $9 Blanket, Terry, etcy ... 4 $10 and $12 all- Flannels f $15 and $16.50 Brocades and Flannels .. $20 and Brocades wool $25 Silk-lined K $35, $40 and $50 Silk- lined Robes 4. Greater Reductions on Underwear $1 and $1.50 Mode ma- dras athletic union 3 for $2.28 $1 Celanese Shorts...59¢ 3 for $150 $1 and $150 Medium- weight pull-over Athletic Undershirts, Size 40 only c.eieviiiee..e..39¢ 4 3 for $1.00 $2.50 Celanese Athletic , Union Suits, sizes 38 and 40 only..........$].19 3 for $3.00 Greater Reductions on Fancy Vests $10 Linen Street Vests, single and double breasted ........... 8] $6.50 Fancy Wool Veitg 413 s B Greater Reductions on Soft Hats Small lot_of $5 to $7 Mode Soft Hats.....$2.98 Small lot of $8 anlt $10 Henry Heath and Finch- ley Soft Hats .......$5.65