Evening Star Newspaper, March 2, 1931, Page 5

NOTED CLERGYMAN. ACCEPTS CALL HERE Dr. Allan A. Stockdale Chosen Successor to Dr. Jason Noble Pierce. Dr. Allan A. Stockdale, former pastor .of Rogers Park Church, Chicago, IIl <20 has been supplying the pulpit of he First Congregational Church, Tenth | end G streets, for the months of Jan- vary and February, yesterday accepted a call to the pastorate of the local church. He will begin his new ministry on April 1. Dr. Stockdale succeeds Dr. Jason Noble Pierce, who resigned as pastor of First Church to accept the pastorate of Collegeside Church and the chair of | homiletics in Vanderbilt University School of Religion, Nashville, Tenn. Dr. Stockdale is & graduate of Boston University School of Theology with the honorary degree of doctor of divinity conferred on him in Berea College, Kentucky. Upon graduating from Bos- ton University School of Theology Dr. Stockdale was a pastor in Boston for four years, being called from the school to the pastorate of Berkley Temple, which united with Union Church in Boston, and he was chosen as the pastor of the combination, where he remained | for six years. Went to Toledo. From Boston he was called to the | pastorate of First Congregational Church of Toledo, Ohio, which also was a com- bination of two churches, the c'd First and Central Church. He remainzd in this pastorate 14 years, in which time the new auditorium of the First Church was built and a highly organized insti- tution was established. During thess 14 years he reccived an average of 100 members a year into the church. In ‘Toledo he was a member of the Cham- ber of Commerce, the Rotary Club and a trustee of the Toledo Art Museum. He is a Thirty-second Degree Mason, having taken a leading part in Scottish Rite work in Toledo for a number of years. About six years ago, Dr. and Mrs. Stockdale had a sabbatical year of for- eign study in Oxford University, Eng- land, taking the full three t:rms of work and traveling through Belgium, France and Germany. After giving up his pastorate in Toledo at the begin- ning of 1928 he was for six months stated supply at the American Presby- terian Church in Montreal, remaining there until Dr. Lynn H. Hough took up his pastorate there as the permanent minister. Noted as Lecturer, Stockdale has been known throughout the country on the lecture platform as a college speaker, having delivered the Simpson lectures at De- Pauw in 1927. He is also known as an editorial writer and contributor to the Congregationalist and many o‘her magazines in the countiry, also as a writer of verse. In November, 1928, Dr. Stockdale be- came the pastor of the Rogers Park Congregational Church, Chicago. His Chicago pastorate was the only short one that he has served, that being a little over two years, characterized by a highly specializ in refinancing the church from Dr, Stockdale was read to the congregation yesterday, as follows: “Through the proper official sources _end methods I have been informed of the hearty call extended to me by First Congregational Church of Washington to become the pastor and leader of the well known historical Congregational Church of the National Capital. I do hereby accept the call with real enthu- siasm. Sees Great Future Here. “Pirst Church has a great chance for a spiritual ministry. Her oppor- ! tunity for the future is a thrilling chal- | lengs to the mind and soul of a min- ister who believes in mystical commun- fon with God, radiant fellowship with Christian people and constructive and redemptive work of service in the spir- itual and social life of our age. “In accepting this call I desire to express my great admiration for and confidence in the officers of the church and my deep love for and pleasure with the efficient and consecrated member- ship. All this I have had opportunity 1o test to the full .n my two months® supply work in the church during Jan- uary and February of the present year. I am in hearty accord with the details of arrangements as set forth in the official cail. “1 will endeavor to be a prophetic preacher of God's word and a shepherd pastor to every member of the church. “I desire to mention the fine cour- tesy with which I have been treated by | the chairman of the Pulpit Committee, | Mr. Thomas G. Sherman, and every member of his careful and consecrated committee. “By the grace and wisdom of God we will work together, officers and mem- bers, to maintain and set to her divine task a church which shall be like a: river of water, ever flowing to freshen | and enrich and make glad the kingdom | of God on earth. | | DISTRICT WIFE SEEKS 9 DIVORCE FOR “CRUELTY”| | | | | { | Mrs. Mary B. Murphy Says New York Man Has Failed to Pro- vide Home for Her. Donald V. Murphy, said to be a| rominent business man of Syracuse, Y., is named defendant in a suit for a limited divorce filed today in the Dis- trict Supreme Court by Mrs., Mary B. Murphy, 1212 Delaficld place. The wife says she was happily mar- ried until April, 1929, when, she charges, her husband began a systematic course of cruel treatment. She declares he has asked her to come to New York, but ha: never provided a home there, and s has refused because of previous treat- ment. She is represented by Attorney Madison L. Hill. A. HUNTER BOYD DEAD General Attorney for B. & 0. Rail- road Expires in Baltimore. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. | CUMBERLAND, Md., March 2.—The funeral of A. Hunter, Boyd, jr., general | attorney for the Baltimore & Ohio Rallroad, who died suddenly in Johns | Hopkins ' Hospital, Baltimore, having been stricken in his apartment at the Baltimore Club, Baltimore, early Pri- | day, was held this afternoon from the | First Presbyterian Church here, with Rev. William A. Eisenberger, pastor, of- ficiating. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery, where rests his father, the late A, Hun- ter Boyd, who was chief judge of the | Court of Appeals of Maryland. Mr. Boyd is survived by his mother and one brother, J. Thruston Boyd, this city, HAITIAN ENVOY GUEST antes Belgarde, Haitian Minister to | United States, was the guest of of the Mu-So-Lit Club, Inc., Sat- ur evening at the organization’s headquarters at 1327 R street. Introduced by Dr. E. J. Scott, sec- getary-treasurer of Howard University, f the honor guest spoke in French, his arks being translated by Perry W. " Called Here DR. ALLAN A. STOCKDALE. NEWSBOYS’ TRAINING FOR BUSINESS AIM Salesmanship, Courtesy and Indus- try Taught to Youth by Cir- 3ulntion Men. PHILADELPHIA (#)—To fit nearly | 300,000 newsboys of today to become business men of tomorrow is the aim of the International Circulation Man- agers’ Association. ‘The boys are being taught industry, courtesy and salesmanship, while mem- bers of the association keep a close watch on their health, scholastic stand- ing and general welfare. In 1929 more than 279,000 boys un: der the age of 18 were selling and de- livering newspapers in the United States. Most of them were schoolboys engaged in outdoor work an average of an hour and a half a day. Members of the circulation managers’ organization have adopted a resolution pledging co-operation with health au- thorities and boys’ parents in giving the newsboy advantages in health and busi- ness training over youths who have no regular activity in leisure hours. Commissioners on uniform State laws have suggested a uniform State child labor act that would put the newsboy in a class by himself. Their sugg:stion provides that boys under 16 who work at street trades must comply with legal school requirements, must obtain a permit and wear a badge. It would exempt, however, the newsboys ir line with the circulation men’s belief that the newspaper boy | should not be considered as engaged in a street trade. ‘To determine whether newspaper selling was detrimental to scholastic standing of boys in Philadelphia a sur- vey of 14 elementary schools was made. Among the newsboys the promotion percentage record was over 88 per cent, while the percentage among other boys was 85.8. . Auto-Train Race Broadcast. Races between railway trains and au- tomobiltes is becoming almost a craze in New Zealand. A recent race between a car and the “Vellington to Auckland train was broadcast throughout the country. The event took place at night, and despite the handicap of bad and very hilly roads, the auto won by half ai hour., THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1931. SOVIET TRIAL OF 4 ON TREASON BEGUN Social Democratic Party’s Leaders Confess Plot to Upset Republic. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, March 2.—Fourteen Jead- ers of the Russian Social Democratic Party today began detailed confessions on the witness stand after pleading guilty yesterday to plotting the over- throw of the Soviet government by means of sabotage and foreign inter- vention, The Soviet prosecutor, N. B. Krylen- ko, spent most of the session examining the defendants on the organization of the Social Democratic Party, questions j!( lcllu ideology and other related sub- ects. He conducted the examination in fiw parts: First. organization; second, ac | tivities of the party in foreign mun\ | tricz; third, the connection with other | counter revolutianary organizatior | fourth, sabotage, and fifth, dccumentary | evidence. Vladimir Groman, Soviet economist; Boris Berlatsky of the Sovict Sthate | Bank and Abraham Ginsberg, member |of the Supreme Council of National Economy, defendants, told of Soclal Democratic Party politics, their plans to slow down industry and their b lief that the Soviet scheme of govern- ment would not work in Russia. Vasily Sher, manager of the state bank, said that he had been appointed | by “Herr Danr, prominent Social Demo- crat in Germany,” to represent the party in Russia. He said he had invited | Groman and Ginsburg to join, and that | the party had then gotten under way. Berlatsky, who once was Soviet finance minister, said he had been convinced that the bolshevik scheme would never save Russia, and that “the policy of the Soviet government and Coimunist party was going from bad to worse.” Moscow accepted the trial with apathy. Almost an empty gallery heard | the 14 defendants last night as they stood up one by one and pleaded guilty 10 counts which, if the court is 50 mind- ed, can lead to execution. ‘There was none of the glamor which accompanied the trial of the eight en- gineers on s.milar charges a few months ago. The Kleig lights, movie cameras | and amplifiers were missing, as were the parades by crowds demanding the deaths of the “traitors.” While the defendants are all liable to the death penalty, prison sentences probably will be meted to them just as in the case of the eight engineers, five of whom were sentenced to death, but had their sentences commuted to prison terms. The men are regarded as still useful to the Soviet and while serving prison terms can be put to useful tasks. Coincident with opening of the trial the government disclosed that 138,000 government public employes in the Soviet Union had been dismissed from service. More than 123,000 were said to have been thoroughly examined and “cleansed.” Others were transferred to different jobs, many were demoted \n% t. large percentage dismissed out- right. Radium Museum for Berlin. Berlin, Germany, is to have one of the first radio museums in the world. Inventions pertinent to radio progress from the earliest crystal set to a tele- vision apparatus will be displayed. There also will be studios and labora- tories for radio research. The museum 'will huge broadcasting center. fronzthe Frqnt.Row Reviews anci News of Washington.s Theaters. “Making Mary” Has Its Good Points. HE first harbinger of Spring, & cheerful musical sundry called “Making Mary,” broke into the spotlight at the National Theater last night. Full of humor such as “I'm not going to be your Man Friday until I'm paid Sat- urday,” it went along rather more breezily on its songs than on its lyrics and never either touched rock bottom or scaled to mam- moth heights. It seemed a well inten- tioned enter - tainment with scarcely” any thing to distin- guish it by, Somewhere along toward the end of the first act, how- ever, the chorus, a group of comely and Wil Abern. commendably proportioned ladies and their swains, broke into a dance that smote the stage forcibly, made the rafters ring and reminded one of the good old days of “Good News.” This number, in fact, shook all the slumber dust out of the audi- ence and sent it into the intermis- sion with smiles and other evidences of pleasure. Then along in the sec- ond act there was the remark made by Willlam Frawley, “Young man, you shame me—you Wickershame me!” And with that the show seemed downright good. In spite of the tidle, it was all—as suggested above—well intentioned. Even Will Ahern, who is funny when he isn't trying too hard; Wil- liam Frawley. who comes by it natu- rally, and the cast, full of new- comers, may achleve great and lesser things eventually. At the moment Miss June Martell, upon whose shoulders falls considerable of the dialogue which might easily be showered to the ducks, does two mildly convincing impersonations, one of La Ulric and the other of the great Dietrich; Edith Davis gets up on her toes and wins the most ap- plause of the evening and Audrey Christie doesn't have half enough to do. Then there is Tom Monroe to warble the best song, “You Know How to Say Lovely Things”; Helen Patterson, who dances twice—once too much—and the hard-working cherus, which, as a matter of fact, brings home most of the gravy. “Lest ye forget” the idea of all this is—well, there is the old home college, the boy's blue sweaters, the sorority with a shower bath (do they ever have tubs?), the country girl who proves to b a “wow,” a gin bottle, which is the excuse for the plot, and lots and lots of nolse all over the place, The music is, however, “right” catching, everybody seems having & good time—and you will, 100, if you go in the mood to see an innocuous little creation which neither excites nor enchants nor really does anything much but along without mishap until it lld‘t: out tactfully at 10:43 pm. E. De 8. MELCHER. Tree-Borden Recital Draws Distinguished Audience. T was to b: expected thdt a dis- tinguished audience should ap- lasco Theater last vard. Other mktrn included Judge . Kelly Miller, Prot, 3 A. Locke, Dr. A. M. Curtis, Dr. "rant Lucas, precidont of Howard . Icas, N ar versity, preside Ethel than the daughter of mflmmn‘:hmhm recital of dramatic such, for instance, as had only re- cently been a center of attraction with the celebrated Ruth Draper giving the portrayals. And regardless of the fact that the audience was most generous in its reception of these talented young . ladies, it must be conceded there were frequent instances where the offerings themselves were entitled to hearty acclaim for the excellence of their presentation, notably the “Old Mother Hubbard” number, presented after the manner of Shakespeare and with a suggestion of Eugene O'Neill’s “Strange Interlude”; “Can- delabra” and “C'est Vous, Madame,” in the latter two of which Miss Bor- den’s dramatic gifts were especially apparent. “Rome Express,” presenting # titled English lady and a French- woman of lower degree, who discov- ered they had something in common when it came to a cigarette, de- lightfully presented both the young actresses of the evening with highly creditable equipment. The daughter of Sir Beerbohm Tree won high laurels as a come- dienne in “A Paris Bed Room.” in which a Russian woman peddler sought to dispose of her assortment of lingerie. The applause of the audience at times reminded one of that which goes with a startling hit in the thea- ter, both in volume and persistency, and doubtless brought joy and con- fidence to the young performers, if they are really contemplating a ca- reer in dramatics. Junior Theater Gives a Fine “Robin Hood.” KEEPING up to the high mark which the National Junior ‘Theater has established with much success this season, “Robin Hood,” the second in the series of its Spring productions, was presented Saturday morning and afternoon at the Ward- man Park Theater, with a joyous, appreciatiye audience of youngsters. Leonard” Rogers Davis, who has appeared so prominently in many of this company’s plays, played the title role, which, as a matter of fact, is less important than many of the others, but which Mr. Davis made seem especially dominant. Kate Conway was a fine, winsome Maid Marion, and Mason Gardy seemed almost best of them all as the pleas- antly bibulous Sheriff of Notting- ham. Others who contributed much to the morning’s and afternoon's festivities included Mary Buckner, Christine Ramsay and John Shellie. On March 14 this company will present “Alice in Wonderland.” on March 28 “Preckles” and on_April 8 “Quality Street. R.W. “Jazz Babies” Eat Fire, Chew Nails and Charm. THE most unusual offering in bur- lesque that the Gayety has yet presented is being shown this week. under the title “Jazz Bables.” St employing the, description of the title, it certainly has a cast of “bables” of the “jazz” type. One of the gay galaxy especially vents his exuberance in his own pe- culiar way. Samuel Connor says he hails from' the West Indies, and doubtless he comes from somewhere far distant. Among the lighter feats which he performs are such as eatin, fire, chewing nails, razor blades an IS SOCIALIST PLAN Headquarters' Here for ’32 Proposed at Meeting of Committee. A plan to move the national head-; quarters cf the Socialist party from! | Chicago to this city. to serve as head- | | quarters in the presidential campaign in 1932, was made known last night! following meetings of the National| Executive Committee of the party yes- terday in the Hamilton Hotel. ‘The question will be brought before the delegates to the convention of the party in Milwaukee, June 19 to 21. The Executive Committee decided to emphasize three issues in preparation | for its campaign—unemployment in- surance, old age pensions and abolish- ment of child labor. Decision to carry on & campaign to raise a fund of $50,000 for distribu- tion of literature and information re- garding the aims and objectives of the | parly was announced. | Vienna Delegates Named. A group of 16 national peace organ- izations will meet in New York next| Saturday and Sunday to discuss inter- national peace, it was announced. | The following committee was appoint- | ed by the National Executive ~Com- | | mittee to atlend the Labor and Social- ist_international meeting in Vienna, | Austria, July 25 next: Morris Hillquit, national chairman of the Executive Committee; Clarence Senior, national executive secretary: | Dr. Harry W. Laidler, representative of the National Bureau of Economic Re- search; Miss Jessie Wallace Hughan and Miss Evelyn Hughan, New York school teachers. Last night the mombers of the Na- tlonal Executive Committee were guests of the Victor L. Berger National Foun- dation at & banquet mceting, held in the Press Club auditorium, in commem- oration of his seventy-first birthday anniversary. Sees Fascist Danger. ‘The accasion was featured by pledging of an additional $3,500 to thg founda- tion, for its permanent press fund. The fund now amounts to approximately $8,500. The goal is $100,000. Mr. Hillquit, the chairman of the National Executive Committee, speaking at last night's session, declared there is danger of Fascists getting control in practically the whole of Continental Europe. Other spcakers were Mayor Daniel Hoan of Milwaukee, James H. Maurer of Reading, Pa.; Rev. Eliot White of New York, Mrs. Meta Berger, widow of Victor L. Berg'r; Mrs. Lillith Wilson and Charles Edward Russell. HITT GIVES SOLDIER YEAR FOR SHOOTING HIS WIFE Intoxication Charged to Colored Private by Mate, Hurt by Wrist Wound. Entering a plea of guilty to shooting his wife in the wrist with a service pistol, Porter Umbler, colored, U. 8. Army private, was sentenced to serve a year in jail by Judge Isaac R. Hitt in United States branch of Police Court today. Testimony by Umbler’s estranged wife was to the effect that they ted some time ago and that he had been contributing $10 a month to the sup- ort of their child. Umbler visited her at her home, 1017 Falrmont street, last night, she said, and in the course of a quarrel which ensued shot her. Mrs. Umbler said her husband was intoxi- cated. Testifying in his own defense, Umbler said he had come to the District to discuss with his wife the custody of the child, since he learned his wife plan- ned to obtain a divorce, but that he did not intend to shoot her. —— . DESERTION IS ALLEGED IN WIFE'S DIVORCE SUIT A. L. 8impson, Navy Yard Employe and Chiropractor, Charged With Cruelty. Mrs. Mary C. Simpson, 1304 S street southeast, has filed ‘suit for a limited divorce from Arthur L. Simpson, 1301 Massachusetts avenue, who is described as a choir singer, Navy Yard employe and chiropractor. Cruelty and deser- tion are alleged. 'y were married June 29, 1904, and separated October 4, last, the court is advised, the wife charging that her husband abandoned her and their 14- year-old daughter. 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