Evening Star Newspaper, June 6, 1931, Page 4

| King Soken-John is said to rule over ROUTE FOG-BOUN National Geographic Society Describes Probable Pas- sage of Lindberghs. Alaska’s island-hedged inland pas- sage, the Aleutian chain, Kamchatka, | the Kurile Islands and ‘Japan—these are the stepping stones that the Lin- | berghs will use in crossing from Amer- jca to the Orient, if they follow. the usual North Pacific airplane route, says | & bulletin from the National Geographic : Bociety. “The thousands of islands of Alaska's southeastern ‘panhandle’ are rugged | and offer few places suitable for land: planes to alight,” continues the bulletin. | “But for the plane equipped with pon-; toons there are innumerable resting ! places in bays and coves. Harbors witi } gasoline supplies are available at # number of ports in this section of | Alaska, including Ketchikan, Sitka and Juneau. 1 “Eastward across the Gulf of Alaska, ! Kodfak Village, on Kodiak Islund, fur- nishes the last’ possible base before the | beginning of the long crescent sweep of | the Aleutian Islands, which extend for 1,500 miles almost to the peninsula of | Kamchatka, eastern outpost of the Boviet Union. i Many Uninhabited Islands. i “In winging their way westward above the Aleutians, Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh | will be back-(racking an important mi- | gration of 186 years ago and probably other even more important prehistoric migrations that brought to the New | World the forbears of the American | Indians. ol “After the survivors of Bering's dis-| eovery voyage to Aluska in 1745 Te-| turned to Kamchatka, Russian adven- turers poured into the 1slands in search of furs, exploiting, enslaving and kill- ing the natives. Few survived, and since that day the islands have been ;[:arsrly settled, muny of them unin- bited. “It was because they were opened up from the eust thal the islands are known as the Aleutians. The name is derived from thut of & Kamchatkan eape. “Although the Alutians are as. far north as Central Canadi their climate is not severely cold. Rather they may be said to be wlways ‘chilly’ damp and foggy. Fog is anythiug but mn Asset to the fiyer: but the Aleutian fog has the good point, &t least, of being less dense than the fog of more southern lands. Dutch Harbor Important. “Dutch Harbor, Unalaska, is the first harbor of importance in the islands. This_deep, lund-locked harbor is one of the finest in the North and has played an lmportant part &s & way station for ships during the gold rushes to the Yukon and w Nome. It is con- nected with the rest of the world by a radio station. Dutlch Harbor is on the shortest route from Sealtle 1o Tokio, and with the establishment of coaling stations may conceivably become such a Pacific way station for the northern route as Honolulu is for the southern. “Atka, several hundred miles farther west, 15 approximately the half-way house of the Aleutian chain and on| it is the last settlement but one west | of the mainland. Nazan Bay, which gives an excellent harbor to Atka, 18 often clear of fog when it hungs heav- ily outside. There is & government | school in the little village on the inner harbor but no post oftice, and ihe only connection with Dutch Harbor s/ through occasional small trading schooners. “After Atka is passed the islands for 500 miles westward are uninhabited. Then comes Atty, the last of the Aleu- tians, the westernmost bit of land at all connected with the American Continent, over which the Stars and Stripes wave. ‘This little outpost of America is beyond the 180th degree of longitude, and so is technically in the Eastern Hemisphere. The international date line has been buiged out around it, however, 5o that all the Aleutlans sre included in the same time system. Kuriles Fog Covered. “Kamchatka, where Eastern Hemi- sphere territory will be reached, is a smaller and much less valusble version of Alaska. The northern portion of the peninsula and the region farther norih is bleak tundra. In the south are tim- bered mountains. The most important port is Petropavlovsk in the south. Along the southern rivers are semi- eivilized natives lving in log towns. “The Kurile Islands, lust stage of the Journey before Japan is reached, are fog enshrouded like the Aleutians, They are a string of volcanic peaks, dead and alive. Yetorofu, largest of the Kuriles, has & Japanese settlement. The natives, who sparsely populate the isles, are Ainus, a strange race of brown and hairy individuals. Many Ainus still live in holes burrowed in the ground and hunt in primitive fashion.” ' WOLMAN HOLDS U. S. PROFITS FROM BONUS V. F. W. Commander-in-Chief Says Compensation Loans Cost More Than Borrowing. By the Assocliated Pre. ST. JOSEPH, Mo, June 6—Paul C. Wolman of Baltimore, commander in chief of the Velerans of Furelgn Wal charged in an address last night tl the Federal Government was making s profit from adjusted compensation leg- islation. Wolman said he was prepared to go before the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Com- mittee and offer proof that the Gov- ernment is borrowing money at from 1 to 3%, per cent and, in turn, lending ft to veterans at 4!, per cent. Wolman, addressing _approximately 400 persons at a Chamber of Commerce dinner, criticized Secretary Andrew Mellon of the Treasury Department for what he termed the Secrelary's opposi- tion to the compensation legislation, QUEEN OF GYPSY TRIBE SERIOUSLY ILL IN OMAHA| Best of Medical Care Obtained by King Soken-John, Who Keeps Bedside Vigil. By the Associated Press. OMAHA, Nebr., June 6.—Queen Mary ®oken-John of the Soken-John tribe of Gypsies s critically 3l in & hos- pital here while King Soken-John keeps vigilance at her bedside. Queen Mary was brought to the hos- g2l Bunday. Immediately King John lemanded the best room, the best at- tendants, and the best doctors in i Omaha for her, He got them, ‘The iliness of the 50-year-old queen 'Bas not been dlagnosed. 800 familles. The tribal home 1s in { Brasil. The caravan travels in costly motor cars, ! 106 Grasses Found 0. K. OKLAHOMA CITY, OKla.- (P)— More than 100 types' of ‘grassed ‘and 60 varieties of oats are adaptable to Southern Oklahoma farms, Curtis Floyd, Johnston County agent, dis- vovered In & series of investigations 1 gonducted over & period of a year, -n’u: motion he Reviews and—Newl of Wusl’lindton'l Theaters. Janet Gaynor Delightfal at the Fox. ADDY LONG LEGS" is 6 Janel Gaynot's best film since “Seventh Heaven.” One should go tmmedi- ately to the Fox Theater, where this film opened yeste! 0 see Miss Gaynor, s she always should be, playing & quietly dignified Ie, with naiicy to It, free from such tur- bulent sequences ay were forced upon her in “The Man Who Came Back." It is a relief to be able to sit back once more and see this u n o stentatious young lady, whose smile re- mains the most memorrble on the screen, in- dulging her dulcet talents in the sentimental little fable in which Ruth Chatterlon created & men- orable character and Mary Pickford staried 1 & screen vtl’sll;])n - du:e'l_l jears ugo. As personable as ever, inuk little of the familiar Hollywood veneer wbout her, Miss Gaynor still is uble to delight with that elfin Peter Pan quality and thal expres- slon of spparent romanticlsm which invariably “gets” one after the first uncertain flashes. This Lew p Janet Gaynor. re, which comes at Just the right moment of early Summer, when graduation leoms great in the eyes of colleglans and proud parents give their sons and daughters the necessary push into the (ald, cold world, is mild and soothing and _satistying in slmost any way one happens 1o look at it. It has charm, it has humor, and it has Miss Gaynor, Furthermore, the Supporting cust is more than ade- quate, und were it not that one or two of them swallow thelr syllables, they might strike high in the hooor role. The story, which has worn well throughout ™ the years, concerns an orphan who receives the lecessary wansformation to_becoming & mod- ern Cinderells. Taken care of by & gentleman guardian who prefers to work incogiuto, she gradually, with- out knowing it, falls in love with her benefactor and in the end becones one and &ll to hilm-—to the huge de- light of the sudience. 1t 18 & pretty little story, full of lace and senu- ment and tears, and 18 done 50 sus perlutively by Miss Gayuor that one could willlngly go back snd see it again, Warmer Baxter is the gentle- man godmother—und he is good, very goud. Expert touches ure ndd- ed here and there by Una Merkel, John_Arledge (s lad to walch for) and Elizabeth Patterson. The stage show, Fanchon snd Marco's “ley-Hot' Ides, oduces the new and capable master of cere- montes, Al Mitchell, who lesds the Music Musters through & grand mu- sical number; Big Bill Blomberg and the cleverest Alaskan huskies you ever saw- -they sing, they jump, and they skip rope mund such supple contortionists us the Three La Groh Herss and Wallace and Helen Mq Farland. Besides these, lere ure scores of dancing beauties and Bob Hamilton in oue of those organ- logues, which Jou may like or Iy DoL-—#s you wish. A E. de S, MELCHER. Mae Clarke Makes Good In a Difficult Role at Keith's, AN example of sympathetic expres- slon, somewhiat rare in the mo- tion pictures, is offered by Mae Clarke in “The Good Bad Girl"” which is the feature at R-K-O Kelth's, ‘I'ne observer might well conclude, In viewlng & production which 15 & reminder of the artistic days of the speaking stage, that this ucliess hias been permitied to study the chief character of the play, with under- sanding and & desite to create realily, and she hias had free rein in working out her relation to an ef- fective plot. A long leap is taken in following the career of & woman who abandons the place of sweelliearl 10 & gang- ster and becomes e wife of & man of wealth and standing. There are lmiuess possibilities w1 such & de- velopment which have been utilized with skill by the producers snd di- rector, ‘The outstauding thought, however, in viewing the flm is that Miss Clarke shines in the dual pusi- tlon without loss of effectiveness in the transformation. Sincerity is de- pleted, and there s & bearing in the midst of dangerous living that is likely to leave an impression. While the criticism may be made that the gunman picture sill sur- vives, it 18 not obtrusive in this story, which rathier emphasizes the singular experience of ohe Who moves up from a position condemned by law observers to one of high standing in the communily. As & malter of reality it 1s extremely rare, but in this instance the chief character is in the favorable situation, from the dramatic standpoint, that she is ut- terly fgnorant of the standing of the man she marries, and has no real interest in the enviroument from which she is rescued by u simple affalr of the heart. As is 0 be ex- pected in a play of this sort, there are disclosures und separation, which ive rise 10 suspense and the appenl of humsn interest. Jumes Hull and Robert Eliis, in the priucipal male roles, give good portrayals of character, while the Easy to Pay Monthly Amt.of Deposit Note For 12 $120 $180 LOCALSLONG DISTANCE MOVING CRATING PACKING & SHIPPING AGENTS ALLIED VANLINES RUG UR AND STORED PHONE NORTH 3. VACUUM CLEANED OR SHAMPOOED FUMIGATED AND || STOREDINMOTH | PROOF ROOM 1313 YOU STREET, N.W, 42 4T-9¢ Front Row rienced Marle Prevost has no culty in imparting reality to the mctions of & coutented but unprin- clpled member of the predatory world. Nance O'Neil and Edmund Breese, actors of the first rank, are cast for & successful couple in the higher ranks of society, and make their valuable contribution to & worth-while story in which there genuine emotional element. The remainder of thie Kejth pro- gram includes short subjects which have a somewhat greater excuse for exhibilfon than the bulk of such films in recent months. They in- clude an Aesop Fable in the cartoon realm and a_Mickey McGuire piece called “Play Ball,” the newsreel and “Screen Shots from Hollywood.” D. . PUAEAE LOTTA CRABTREE “HEIR” JAILED FOR CONTEMPT Made Unsuccessful Fight in 1925 to Prove Herself Daughter of Famous Actress. By the Associated P BOSTON, June 6-—Mrs. lda M. Blankenburg of Tulsa, Okla., was com- mitted to jall for contempt of court yes- | terday afternoon & few hours after she had surrendered to Judge Fred Fileld of the Massachusetts Supreme Court. She made an unsuccessful fight in { 1925 to prove herself the daughter of | Lotta Crabtree, famous actress, and | hielr 10 her estate, Cuban House Leader to Quit. HAVANA, June 6 (#).—Rafael Guag Inclan, president of the House of Rep- resentatives, yesterday announced his in- tention to resign because the Conserva- tive-Liberal alliance which elected him seemed on the verge of collapse. than four threads, for one hose. £ Hosnry Rerarxine, Amsiz 17, [ - Sum Bath Soap, made by Rofer Tintex, in a large colors. 3 for .. size jar . that vacationi Special e 8-piece Toilet Sets, of imi prices will be furnished upon inspection. minimum charge of 25c is made for work on Unwrapped, and in violet, rose, s and earnation scents. Cake, 25c. Box of 6 cakes....... Absorbent Cotton—a fine grade —in a one-pound package ...... tion peerl on imitation amber BAPTISTS SCORE CHURCH COUNCIL Birth Control. Pronouncement Called Outside of Province of Organization. By the Associated Pre KANSAS CITY, June 6.—The Nnrlh-l ern Baptjst Convention turned to the subject of missions and elections to- day after declaring its stand on the birth control report of the Federal Councll of Churches of Christ in Amer- ica. A resolution criticizing the council and disclaiming any approval by the convention of the council's report was sdopted yesterday. No action was taken, however, on a proposal to reduce by $2.240 the convention's annual appro- priation to the Federal Council. The measure was referred to the Finance Committee. Mattison Boyd Jones, Glendale, Calif., lawyer, who is the unopposed nominee for president, declared that *“without doubt the convention is disturbed over the recent pronouncement of the Fed- eral Council of Churches on subjects 10t delegated to it by the Northern Bap- tist Convention or by any co-operative organization of the Baptist denomina- tions. Mr. Jones asserted that the report, such as the one on birth control, rep- resented the expressions of individual members of the council and tha ther the convention nor sny co-operating organization had | requested a decision by the council on birth control. Nomination of new officers, which, leaders said, was tantamount to elec tion, was snnounced last night. Nom- inees, in sddition to Mr. Jones, are: H. T. Sorg, Newark, N. J., vice presi- dent: G. I Neal, Huntington, W. Va. second vice president;: Rev. M. A, Levy, Pittstield, Mass., corresponding secre- tery; Rev. C. M. Gallup, Providence, R. I, recording secretary, and O. R. Judd, New York, treasurer. VOLUNTARY WAGE CUT IS VOTED BY WORKERS Stage and Film Employes Take $450,000 Slash, for Ten Weeks to Help Large Operators. . By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 6.—Members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes and Motion Picture Machine Operators have voted s vol- untary wage cut of $450,000, William Canavan, international president ‘has announced. ‘The money is to be taken from pay envelopes -of individuals during a 10- week period, lie said. The reduction approximates 5 to 7)2 per cent cuts in_individual salaries. Canavan said the action was taken to help large operators of motion pic- ture houses through a period of finai cial difficulty. At the end of 10 weeks the rate of pay is to be restored to the present level under the agreement. The cut starts June 8. . BULL LIKES MUSIC Big Beast Visits Owner’s House and Bellows for Piano. GENEVA, Ind., June 6 (#)—C. O. Ryan may have to buy a player-piano. He sald so following discovery that & bull on his farm likes music. Ryan added that the animal comes to & point near his home every after- noon and bellows and paws until Mrs. Ryan sits down and plays on the plano. Then he stops his noise and stands still. Cabby Dies in Crash. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. June 6 (4).—A taxi driver was killed and sev- eral other persons were injured, two of them seriously, when a southbound Montreal-New York bus and a taxicab collided four miles south of Pough- keepsie yesterday. The taxicab burned. | All of the injured were in the bus, which turned over. London now has nearly 600,000 M- censed radio recelving sets. MANIAC CUTS TWO TODEATHON LINER 29 Others SIashed, 17 Se- riously, Wflen Filipino Runs Amuck in Yokohama Port. By the Assoclated Press. YOKOHOMA, June 6.— Running amuck, aboard the liner Empress of Canada 85 it approached Yokohoma yesterday, Graciano Bilas, 42, a Filipino, stabbed 2 persons to death in; 29 others, 17 :rulcllly.e S How Bilas suddenly ran wild with a knife and for an hour and a half, cut and slashed his way to and fro on the lower decks of the liner and ship's officers pursued him with drawn pistols was told when the vessel docked here. Sixty policemen met the ship, but Bilas was in irons. The police rushed the more seriously injured to hospitals. Attack Surprise. Ships’ officers said the Filipino was talking with Charles Campbell, ship’s plumber, in & passageway when Bilas unexpectedly struck the plumber on the shoulder. Campbell, believing the Filipino was in a playful mood, did not retallate and s minute later Bilas, smiling, struck again, This time Campbell felt s trickle under his shirt. Inspection showed two holes cut in the cloth and blood flow- ing. Bilas slashed William Caldwell, the assistant plumber, and Ito Kaischi, 8 Japanese interpreter, Then he ran wild from one end of the ship to the other, slashing every one he met. Terror reigned among the passengers. Bilas struck several from behind as he encountered them in the passageways of the steerage, The crew §:p:‘ him' from reaching the upper cks. Cornered in Bow. Officers armed with _pistols then started after the crazed pino. Bilas disappeared and a systematic search 10™ 11™™ F aAND G STREETS | conceal the crime. of the vessel statted. was finall; cornered in the ship's bow. Hz screamed for officers not to shoot, They turned a fire hose on him and a few minutes later he submitted without a struggle, He was Put in irons in the ship's brig. He will be taken ashore at Hongkong for trial, Campbell and Caldwell, both from ‘Vancouver, British Columbia, were the only Occidentals injured. The two dead SLAIN PAIR FOUND IN RUINS OF FIRE Poultry Raiser and Wife Believed Victims of Robbers Seeking to Hide Crime. By the Associated Press. CARTERVILLE, Ill, June 6.—The bodies of Marshall Richardson, 60, a poultry raiser, and his 32-year-old wife were found late in the ruins of their burned home and poultry house, | near here, apparently shot to death by robbers, who burned the buildings to | ‘The body of Richardson was found in the burning poultry house by two passers-by, Dave Bulliner of Cartersville and Harry Pollock of Herrin. Richard- son had been shot to death. Later as the flames died down, the charred body of Mrs. Richardson was found in the ruins of the home, a rifie lying near her., Deputy Sheriffs Abe Wingate and Joe Gualdoni of Herrin, who Investigated the killings, today expressed the opinion the couple was shot by robbers who then burned the bujldings. 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Sam- uel Harden Church, president of the Carnegie Institute, said yesterday the attitude of the institute toward the work of John Kane, house painter and exhibitor of pantings in the Carnegie International exhibition, would not be af- ’elc'fd by dLuclosnlAre that some of Kane's pictures were painted over photographs. “While T know nothing of the facts in the case, I am quite sure that all of Mr. Kane's pictures which have been exhibited in the Carnegle Institute have been painted on canvas, according to standard practice, and not over photo- graphs,” Col. Church said. “We must Tremember that Mr. Kane discovered quite late in life that he could paint beautiful pictures. He may not hai: learned all the ethical rules of his pro- fession.” Kane admitted yesterday that some of his minor work was painted over photcgraphs after a Pittsburgh artist had used varnish remover to uncover Pphotographs beneath the artist's paints. 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