Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1931, Page 3

RITCHIE AND HULL URGE BOLD POLIC Democratic Leaders Advance Broad International and .# National Programs. By the Associated Press. A broad and constructive proggam of national and international policies has been set forth by two Democratic lead- ers as the need for the United States Garernment. Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland declared in a radio address last night over the Columbia Broadcasting Sys- tem's network that the Hoover mora- torium had placed the United States in international econorfiic and political circles. He added that future action of this Nation depended on the leadership at the helm. Senator Gordell Hull of Tennessee, in a statement through the Democratic National Committe, declared “the world today, uncer American leadership over the last 10 vears, is in a virtual state of economic war.” “There can be no real progress,” he continued, “toward confidence or per- manent trade recovery while retaliations and bitter controversies rage. * * * Calls Prosperity Myth. “In a large sense we are now witness- ing the climax or culminating effects of 10 years of unsound economic pol-: icles of the Harding, Coolidge and Hoo- ver administrations. The slogan which they preached to all nations. that for a country to isolate itself by high tariffs and the very minimum of trade rela- tions, would insure domestic prosperity, has now been proven to have been a pure myth from the beginning.” Gov. Ritchie also declared the isola- tion policy of recent administrations had been brought to an end through development in the world-wide eco- nomic situation and the American Gov- ernment’s _participation in European affairs. He said the situation could ot _be treated except with entangling political conditions. “We cannot escape consideration of the future and the fate of other na- tions,” the Maryland Governor said, “because their future and fate may in- volve our own. Whether we like it or not, whether it is a_departure from American_traditions or not, whether it violates Washington's warning against the danger of entangling alliances or not, the fact remains that we are in the maelstrom of world economics. Our era of isolation is over.” Urges Clear Policy. Ritchie said no one could say what the consequences of the moratorium would be, but added they would be momentous. He predicted that when the moratorium ended, the German reparations would not be resumed on the present basis and that the United States would have little opportunity to collect European debt payments. He urged that the United States meet the situation with “wide-open eyes.” “If we have our eyes shut to the truth about prohibition, about the on- rushing business depression, about the destruction of our export trade, about buying wheat which we dare not sell, about the duty of industry to its labor, about the virtue of local government, at least let us approach with wide-open eyes the realities which are involved in our entry upon the world's stage. “We need not be alarmed about it. We need not regard it as a bolt from the blue. With the role we played in the World War, with our boundless re- sources and our power, with the inter- dependence of nations in a complex world, surely some measure of interna- tional leadership or participation is re- quired of us now, if only for our own national security and economic good.” Economic Peace Necessary, In his statement Hull also sald: “Treatment of the effects only of the existing panic by means of the mora- torium and other methods to aid Ger- many and Austria temporarily againgt financial collapse and to improve tie world business psychology, should as soon as possible be followed by a broad and. constructive program of national and international economic policies dealing with the causes of the depres- slon. * & o “World peace depends largely upon the sort of economic policles maintained by the important nations. Economic control means military control when- ever undertaken, To establish military peace we must first establish_economic peace, and this latter step is prerequisite to extensive and permanent disarma- ment.” SERVICE CROSS AWARDED PENNSYLVANIA HERO John W. Smith Cited for Extraor- dinary Heroism in Meuse-Ar- gonne Offensive. The War Department has awarded the Distinguished Service Cross to John W. Smith of Aliquippa, Pa., former private in Company G, 320th Infantry, 80th Division, for extraordinary heroism in action during the Meuse-Argonne of- fensive September 26, 1918, when he Jead a small force of soldiers in an ad- vance which resulted in the capture of several machine guns and a number of prisoners. The department also has awarded the “Soldiers’ Medal” to Pvts. James W. Palmer of Franklin County, Va.; Frank R. Romps of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Ed- ward J. 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St. N.W. » Dec. 2700—Evenings, Clev. 0618, l} From THE EVENING BTAR, WASHINGTON, D. the Front Row Reviews and News of Washington's Theaiers: Constance Bennett in “The Common Law.” HOSE who back a few years ago cried “Constance Bennett is no actress! She's a clothes model with a pretty face and a smug exprassion,” had bet- ter take to sackcloth and ashes and devote the rest of their lives to pinching themselves. For in “The Common Law,” which began what should be a prosperous _ca- reer at R-K-O Keiths yester- day, Miss Ben- nett plays her role with many of the graces of one of our first actresses, and proves that with or without fine clothes her act- ing ability has reached some- thing of a boil- ing point (and this is from someone who, in the late 1920's, groaned every tims she appeared on the screen, but who now has started the sack- cloth process!). Miss Bennett is not only lustrous, silken and likeable in this film, she is consistently charming, and this, perhaps, helped by the engaging performance which her leading man, Joel McCrea contributes. Here may be seen love scenes which neither gush nor pant, which seem, in fact, humanly possible. The director, Charles Rogers, has painted the whole with great good taste, and the result is that the well worn and oft- tried theme of “t> marry or not to marry” comes out again neatly dust- ed, polished and glittering with a sly if sometimes slightly forced sense of humor. Another point that strikes the eye is that Mr. Rogers has not enlarged on our “real estate.” Houses are not palaces; yachts are not ocean liners; ball rooms are not innards of the Grand Central Station. When a ball is given in a Parislan house the dancers do not scuffle about with a thousand others and smile at the camera as they go by, and while the pictures of the Beaux Arts ball are gaudy and riotous, the scenes are not exaggerated, if stories, photos and whatnot haven't lied heretofore. It is, however, Miss Bennett's and Mr. McCrea's picture, plus a short pithy performance by Robert Wil- liams. ~ Their dialogue is amusing, and the way they conduct them- selves is amusing. Even in a brief moment of “drahma” one's emotions are not laid raw all over the place. And in spite of the fact that Miss Bennett couldn’t ever look like a shabby model, and that Mr. Mc- Crea's artist’s smock is padded in the shoulders and emblazened with initials on the chest (can you imagine Whistler going around with a large “W” embroidered on his shirt), these minor discrepancies take but little from the pleasing ef- fect of the whole. You know the story—the lady with the past falls in love with an ideal- istic artist who wants to marry her, and then—well anyway don't miss the first few scenes. Miss Bennett in the “model” sequences is a satis- Constanee Bennett. 1ying eyefull (there's a long “shot” of her left or right kneecap) and al- though toward the end you wish it was the beginning, there is little- that would trouble you and little to get mad about. E. de 8. MELCHER. “The Secret Call,” Good. Story—Well Presented. MELODRAMA of morality is made - vivid in “The Secret Call” which exploits a young actress, Peg- gy Shannon, at the Fox Theater. The devices of the writer of thrill stories are well preserved in this pro- duction, which, on the legitimate stage, has been shown with the ad- vantage of the genius of David Be lasco behind its successive scenes. The story of politics that it unfolds is subordinated to the task of de- fending the ieputation of a woman of prominence, with as many hair- breadth escapes and as numerous list of human touches as if it were & story of the old frontier. As a study of modern politics, it is one of the best of the group that has engaged the attention of play- wrights, the author of this plece being Willlam C. De Mille. There is none of the frothy deflance of political dictators and the artificial devices of those who have viewed public affairs through glasses of limited power is absent, but, with the instinct of the dramatist, there is presented a mast attractive study of the ruthless political leader who overreaches and is compelled to view the prospect of disaster brought upon himself by his own traditional methods. The outstanding interest is in the experiences of the daughter of an associate of the dictator and her share in the course of events that follow the sacrifice of the as- sociate to political expediency. It is worth while to record the fact that Peggy Shannon. with the assistance of Richard Arlen, whose name already stands high in motion pictures, is properly endowed to rise in the film world. It would be un- fair to herald an actress as the suc- ressor of some other performer and it is to be recorded that Miss Shan- non comes not as a successor of any other leader in the cinema world, but in her own right as a promising de- pictor of human qualities. She is equally at home in the comedy of water sports, or in the role of a telephone operator, who Is cleverly playing & game ywith the fate of other persons. At only one point does she display crudeness, and that is in the time of triumph, when the expression is so exaggerated as to spoil an excellent scene. The show at the Fox is well bal- anced and contains many good fea- tures arranged under the general title of Fancheon and Marco's “Gol- den West” idea. The entertainers are Harriet Hutchins, comedienne; Allen Riker, Bee Ho Gray and com- pany, in cowboy entertaining; Chief Eagle Feather, in Indian and tap dancing; Valerfe Wade, dancer, and Jimmy Ames, singer. The orchestra under Al Mitchell and the organ played by Bob Hamilton add their contribution. A serial starts at the Fox, under the name, “The Vanishing Legion,” with a cast including Harry Carey, Edwina Booth, Prankie Darrow, Rex, the wild horse; Willlam Desmond and Phila McCullough. D.c.cC. Music and Mousicians Reviews and News of Capitnl.s program!. Thousands Attend . Outdoor Festival Program. AST night's festival at the Sylvan Theater, given by the Neighborbood House and as- sisted by the 13th Engineers Band from Fort Humphreys, Va., was a picturesque affair wit- nessed by several thousand on the velvet-like slopes which roll high and away from the theater prop- er. An operetta entitled “The Feast of S1 thg,” was _presented which hag er its climax 3 Mmatern procession starde ing at the monu~ ment and drifting down toward and onto the stage. A hundred or more children took part dressed in brightly colored *ostu:lle: and sl g the Ruth Kaldenbach. 205 SR et somewhat thin voices ‘which were unfortunately swallowed up by & pianp which had been loud-speakered into ‘more or less thundering volume. Even if, however, the first part of the operetta was lost to the ear it was amply made up for by its consistently handsome aspect to the eye—the children doing their parts with a sly insouciance, and only an occasional “Come on Girls!” echo- ing unsuspectingly through the over- strong detection of the amplifiers. Later on the voices became stronger and the piano better modulated, and the whole was loudly applauded by the large audience attending. As a beginning to the night's festivities the Engineers Band, ably conducted by Warrant Officer Lud- wig Seitz, played a group of inter- esting selections—although gluring their rendition there were a serfes of variegated sputterings which emena- ted from those same diabolic loud speakers which played so much havoc with the young voices shortly afterward. Whether a plano as ac- companiment is desirable or not in a spot of such large dimensions, cer- tainly if the microphone is placed directly in front of it something should be done to increase the volume of the human voice. It is a question if even a powerful virtuoso such as John McCormack could have made himself heard. Two delightful dances, “Push the Business On” and a “Scarf Dance,” presented by the Tiny Tots Club and the Jolly Juniors Club, were easily one of the high spots of the eve- ning’s entertainment. These, it seems, were presented at the egg- rolling celebrations at the White House earlier in the year—and as coached, trained and what not (as was the remainder of the pageantry and the drama) by Marie Moore Forrest they were a splendid in- terlude and really much more. The principal roles in the operetta were handled in convincing fashion by Ruth Kaldenbach, Nancy Nickell, Erna Jasper, Mary Nickel, Margaret Koehler, Katherine Twiford and Helen Hutten. The “flowers,” who sat very primly and very attractively in their flower-beds, were Gertrude Poore, Doris Peterman, Lillian Miller, Cora Johnson, Anna L. Nickell, Julia Lee, Margaret Johnson, Eileen ‘Tomardy, Sarah Moore, Alice Wise, Lillian Snyder, Elsie Connor, Teresa Hennessey, Mary A. Hayhoo and Mildred Naylor. The silkmoths were Dorothy Huth, Jenney Tucker, Rose- mary Tomardy, Elane St. Claire, Katherine Poore, Katherine Hart, Cora Nickell, Hazel Johnson, Fran- ces Lowrey, Lillian Kendrick, Helen Grivakos, Betty Hall, Ethel Jones, Helen Schwanner, Margaret Keese and Irene Penn. Others who took part were Dorothy Cohen, Mollie Cohen, Sarah Geppin, Thelma Duck, Frances Hayslip, Eva Laskin, Margaret Jasper, Agnes Hodgkins, Thelma Hodgkins, Alice Hennessey, Lucille Hart, Agnes Hen- nessey, Eloise Reed, Mabel Beavers, Mary ~Gallagher, Ruth L. Bailey, Margaret Barghausen, Christina Schwanner, Mabel Beavers, Margaret Caninen, per, Mary Nickell, Barbara Wilkin. sons, June Lookabaugh, Sylvia Hornsteln, Loraine Wilkinsons, Lillian Hornstein, Edgar Poore, Robert Nickell, Franklin Cole, Roy Bauman and John Autrey Wolphrey. E. de S. MELCHER. e 1. C. C. RAIL HEARINGS ARE SET FOR AUGUST In an effort to hasten action on the railroads’ 15 per cent freight rate in- crease plea, the Interstate Commerce Commission has announced that all hearings will be held in August and that the group directing the hearings will be augmented by addition of Commissioners Porter and Eastman. Previously orly Commissioners Lee, Meyer and Lewis had been hearing the case. ‘The full schedule of hearings follows: August 4, Portland, Me.; August 10, ‘Washington; August 12, Portland, Oreé.; August 17, San PFrancisco and Atlanta; August 21, Dallas, Tex.; August 24, Salt Lake City; August 26, Kansas City, Mo., and August 31, Chicago. |GARGANTUAN WASHTUB WANTED TO SCRUB LARGEST OLD GLORY Big Swimming Pool, Lots of Soap and Tons of Elbow Grease Needed to Save World’s Biggest American Flag. A good, patriotic wash tub of approxi- mately 75 feet in length and 40 feet in width is wanted by the Post Office De- partment to give the world's largest Star led Banner a scrubbing. the Post Office Building, has just about reached the point where a bath is about the only thlnf that will prolong its life. For 11 years it has been hanging in the building’s court for decorative purposes, and it has reached such a condition that dry cleaning or other modern laundry methods would mean its de- mise. Mrs. Alice B. Sanger, private custo- dian of the building’s flag collection, said today that only pure soap and water with careful handling can preserve the the huge banner can be given such bath would be to metch“lz out p swimming_ pool! must volunteer its services. Many pounds of soap and no less than two tons of energy would also be flag was made'in 1920 at a cost of $300. It has two more years to hang in’ the Post Office Building's court be- fore it must be taken down to make way for the building's wreckers. Plans for the new Post Office Building have nmue&, u;.:rovwg m:“ suitable place for and, less given a m& ugl could be stored e arrangements could be made, the flag is doomed for destruction. INEW YORK CHEFS MEET AT LUNCHEON Roosevelt and Smith Sur- rounded by Many Leaders at West Hampton. By the Associated Press. WEST HAMPTON, N. Y., July 25.— A luncheon meeting of Gov. Roosevelt and former Gov. Alfred E. Smith at- tracted various leaders of New York State's Democracy to this section of Long Island today. ‘The luncheon was arranged by D. Basil O'Connor, law partner of Gov. Roosevelt. Among_those invited were James A. Farley, Democratic State . chairman; Secretary of State Edward J. Flynn and several judges“of the New York Courts of Appeals. Both Roosevelt and Smith went fish- ing here yesterday, but not together. The Governor set out in a cabin cruiser, while Mr. Smith remained be- hind to make his catch from the Hampton docks. Farley has expressed himself as in favor of Roosevelt for President. Smith has not made known whether he will run again. Mayor Cermak of Chicago, after calling on Smith Thursday, sald he thought Smiith was not a candidate and he praised Roosevelt’s attitude on prohibition. BARTON ASSAILS ROOSEVELT. Anti-Saloon Official Says Views Are Kept in Background. By the Associated Press. Charges that Gov. Franklin D. Roose- velt of New York and his sponsors for the Democratic presidential nomination were seeking to keep the Empire State executive’s anti-prohibition views in the background were made today by Dr. Arthur J. Barton. Barton, chairman of the Executive Committee of the Anti-Saloon League, warned party leaders against entering any anti-prohibitionist nominee in the 1932 campaign. He added that dry Democrats in the South were under “no delusion at all as to the fact that Mr. Roosevelt is thoroughly wet.” “If the lesson of 1928 has failed to impress those who have usurped posi- tions of authority in the Democratic party,” Barton continued, “it will be necessary to give them another lesson in 1932.” Barton assalled Joseph 8. Guffey, for- mer national committeeman from Penn- sylvania, for his prediction that 66 of that State's 72 delegates to the national convention would vote for Roosevelt. He declared such pre-primary methods were “utterly opposed to the ideals of democracy.” R POWER COMPANIES ANSWER QUERIES Questionnaires to Aid Commis- sion’s Study of Corporations Filled and Returned. ‘The Federal Power Commission has received returns on virtually all the questionnaires distributed a short time ago to the operators of the larger Gov- ernment licensed hydro-electric proj- ects, it was made known today. ‘The questionnaires were sent to 104 concerns and asked chiefly for the de- tails of their financial set-up and the sort of State regulation, if any, under which they operate. ‘The information is sought in order that the commission may have a pic- ture of the status of its licensees, it being the first time the information ever was collected in this form. 1In its study of the financial set-up of power projects, the commission has ap- pointed Dr. Philip G. Wright as special statisticlan to assist in the work of Dr. Walter Splawn, who is going into the intercorporate relationship of the several concerns. Dr. Wright was with the Tariff Commission as a special ex- pert from 1917 until 1922 and later served on the staff of the Brookings Institution. This study is to be com- pleted within four months. SMALL BOYS SEE FATHER MURDERED Police Believe Rum Ring Marked Victim as Informer $n Recent Raids by U. S. Agents. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 25.—John Balkovate, 22, reputed South Side alcohol cooker, was slain yesterday in the bed room of his home in the presence of his two small children. He was stabbed in the shoulder with an ice pick and shot in the neck. Police, acting on the theory that he had been killed because an alcohol ring suspected him of turning Government informer, raided a South Side cafe and arrested Nick Lask, 39, alleged leader of the ring. James Lask, 32, a brother, also was taken into custody. Balkovatz's body was found by his biother-in-law, George Leka. At Balko- vatz's feet the two children, Richard, 3, and Joseph, 2, sobbed hysterically. Nearby lay his own fully loaded and cocked snub-nosed revolver. Mrs. Balkovatz, who was away from home at the time, said her husband has been accused of “squealing” on the gang in recent Federal raids on the South Side because its members had not given him ‘“co-operation” when he opened an alcohol plant recently. FIND $2,000 BROOCH Police Recover Bichowsky Jewelry Lost in Home. A search by Detective J. J. Tolson and Pvt. P. W. Nicholson’ was rewgrded last night with the recovery of a $2,000 | Bichowsky while entertaining friends in her home at 3210 Macomb street. ‘The catch had slipped on the brooch and it fell unnoticed near a window. Will Rogers BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.— This must have been an awful hot spell. California papers are printing their own heat prostra- t American millionaire polo mfl? are having to play on Amer- ican horses. T didn’t know it till I was reading the other day, but the the statistios furnishes us over mu{:motmmmmd B0 coopvint, 10815 diamond brooch lost by Mrs. Russell F. O, SATURDAY, J l | Science New Light Is Observed in Sub-Arctic Sky. A strange light spread over the sub- Arctic sky at ngm has just been re- ported to the British Royal Soclety by Lord Rayleigh. This meteorological phenomenon, ap- parently new to science, was observed November 9 at 52 north latitude. The light was diffused over the whole sky. 3pectroscopic examination showed that it was of the same constitution as or- dinary night time sky light. But the sky was ver{‘ much brighter than usual and the light remained at a constant intensity for several hours. It was thought at first to be an auroral effect, The spectrum, how- ever, falled to show the sharp green line which is characteristic of the auro- ral light. Also the state of the earth’s magnetism, closely assoclated with the aurora borealis, was steady on this night so that an auroral effect would have been very improbable. T.R.H. (Copyright, 1931, by the North American e ewspaper “Alliance, 1nc.) BRIDGE BLOCKADE LIFTED IN TEXAS Writ Closing Free Span Across Red River Is Suspended. By the Assoclated Press. HOUSTON, Tex., July 25.—Federal Judge T. M. Kennerly suspended tem- | porarily today his injunction against opening of the Red River Bridge be- tween Denison, Tex., and Durant, Okla. The suspension is effective until August 3, at which time there will be a hear- ing on a supplemental motion to dissolve the injunction permanently. SOLUTION BELIEVED NEAR. DURANT, Okla., July 25 (#).—Okla- homa National Guardsmen guarded the north end of the Denison toll bridge over Red River today while citizens awaited the result of the signing by Gov. Ross Sterling in Texas of a bill designed to open a parallel free bridge barred to traffic by Texas Rangers. ‘The bill, passed by the Texas Legis- lature to clear the way for Federal Judge T. M. Kennerly of Houston, Tex., to dissolve an injunction preventing travel on the free structure, was signed by Gov. Sterling last night. It would permit the Red River Bridge Co., owner of the toll span, to sue Texas on a contract with the State highway commission for an amount not yet made known. Sidney Benbow, assistant attorney general of Texas, sald he would present Judge Kennerly a motion today asking that the injunction be dissolved. W. C. Lewis, assistant attorney gen- eral, asserted that no restraining order by the court could affect the martial law blockade. Bored by their uninteresting “war,” the Guards, called cut by Gov. W. H. Murray, made social contact with the Rangers when Capt. Atkinson of the Guard went across the river for a chat. Gov. Murray announced he was in- formed the majority owners of the Red River Toll Bridge at Gainesville, Tex., had decided not to oppose opening of a free bridge there when approaches are completed. INJUNCTION EXPECTED. MUSKOGEE, Okla., July 25 (#).— Judge Colin Neblett, who came here from New Mexico to preside at a hear- ing in which the Red River Toll Bridge Co. asked for a temporary injunction restraining the State of Oklahoma from maintaining a blockade of the toll bridge between Durant, Okla, and Denison, Tex., indicated today he would grant the pel CHICAGO SEEKS |, TWO CONVENTIONS Campaign Started for 1932 Repub- lican and Democratic Ses- sions. tion. Chicago is to be an earnest bidder for both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions of 1932. The Windy City's Chamber of Commerce, backed up by Mayor Anton C. Cermak and other officials, is already engaged in a campaign to bring to Chicago these conventions. Chicago has a new stadium, a huge buflding, completed in 1929, capable of seating 25,000 persons for a national convention. It is in this building that the political conventions would housed if Chicago were selected as the convention city. The stadium has housed on two occasions 30,000 per- sons attending conventions, it is said. The building occupies & city block and is almost square. ‘The Republican National Committee will meet here next December to pick a convention city* and the Democratic Committee holds a meeting for the same purpose in December or January. o UTILITY DEPOSITS HIT IN U. S. SUPREME COURT Riegel Appeals Action Dismissed in Lower Courts—Declares Charges Illegal. Orders of the Public Utilities Com- ‘mission of the District of Columbia, per- mitting certain public utility companies here to require deposits in advance of any service from gome patrons while others are served without preliminary deposits, were challenged in the United States Supreme Court today by E. Riegel. He filed a petition asking a re- view of the action of the District Su- preme Court dismissing his complaint, which was affirmed by the District Court of Appeals. In asking the highest court to pass on the controversy Riegel stated it was of _interest to practically every house- holder and business, especially “in times of economic depression.” The orders of the commission, under which & public utility in the District is permitted to exercise discretion in de- termining which of its applicants for service shall be required to make a de- posit. constiluted, he contended, un- lawful discrimination and extortion, as- serting that the act of Congress, under which the Public Utilities Commission acted, was aimed to prevent such dis- crimination. FOR RENT MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE PARK. hiteford & Jawish, Inc. WANTED ‘We have clients high-grade resi- Jawish, Inc. Whiteford Southern National 1800 & Bldg. ULY 25, 1931. . FIRST LIVES LOST IN CHILEAN REVOLT Dispatches From Santiago Indicate From 5 to 20 Casualties in Two Days. By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, July 25.—Dispatches today from Santiago, Chile, estimated the number of casualties resulting from anti-government demonstrations during ::)lezéut two days all the way from 5 Newspapers reported it was impossible to establish the number accurately. The situation was sald to have quieted down today, although in some quarters it was feared additional outbreaks might occur. President Ibanez called newspaper editors together and announced the gov- ernment had dominated the troubles in Santiago and expected to have the sit- uation in the rest of the country well in hand before the day was over. Dis- patches to Buenos Alres interpreted this as indicating there had been serious disturbances elsewhere in Chile. A cabinet meeting was scheduled at which representatives of workers and of students who barricaded themselves in the main building of the University of ’(llhlle dwere Lctlacdbeu::eul’d. The students have deman e resignation of the President. Santiago advices said there was street fl%htln‘ last night in front of the Brit- 1sh Club and one of the principal hotels, with two killed in each instance. The barricaded students and police exchanged shots. The heads of the military police said today the students fired first. MARTIAL LAW RULES SIX ARGENTINE AREAS Government Turns to Aid for Laboring Classes Following Failure of Revolt. By the Assoclated Press. BUENOS AIRES, July 25—With three provinces and three territories under martial law today, the govern- ment announced it is planning a com- prehensive sch:me for the betterment of the living conditions of the laboring classes. The decree of martial law affected the Provinces of Corrientes, Entre Rios and Santa Fe, and the Territories of Misiones, Formosa and Chaco. Corrien- tes, capital of the province of that name, recently was the scene of an un- successful revolt by an Infantry regi- ment. The government’s scheme to better laborers’ living conditions entails the creation of food and building co-opera- tives by the state. Attention was directed to the fact that a special committee was formed re- oently to draw up a plan to insure sta- bility for public employes. This plan is to be submitted before August 30, and the government promised that if it is favorable the project will be put in effect as soon as Congress approves. EMPLOYES OF STORE ON EXCURSION TRIP 100 or More¢ Prize Winners at Goldenberg's Given Week End Visit to Atlantic City. Amid a hilarious send-off, the “Gold- enberg special” pulled out of Union Station at 9:30 o'clock this morning for Atlantic City, bearing toward a week end vacation at the seaside resort a hundred or more prize-winning salespeo- ple who helped make last month one of the biggest Junes in the history o}rtgxe store. r a month during long hot da the trainload of week ne‘nd!n hlys worked hard piling up big sale records in a competition for which a free trip to Atlantic City was the special in- ducement. Arriving at the resort the employes will make the Grand Atlantic Hotel their headquarters. Goldenberg's store is !‘;‘:““‘“'" the bills. e trip was sponsored by Arthur Abbotts, general manager, and Leo Baum, controller of the store. A free trip was promised to the employes in all departments who showed the big- gest sales increases during the month of June, Mrs, Jesse Meridith, personnel di- rector, and Harry Ohmeyer, one of the executives of the store, are in direct charge of the trip. turn tomorrow. S MISSING HUSBAND LOCATED BY PHONE Olaude Harris, 47, in Hospital at Harrisburg, Pa., Seri- ously IIl Missing since he left Buffalo by train last Saturday for his home here, Claude Harris, 47, Eastern sales manager for the Van Camp Sea Food Co., was lo- cated by his wife last night in a Harris- burg, Pa., hospital, after she had spent almost a week of telephoning police, hotels and hospitals along the route. Mr. Harris is seriously ill from bron- chitis and asthma superinduced by gas poisoning suffered during the war. He probably will be confined to the hospital for some time. Doctors were confident, however, that he would recover. He had left the train at Pennsyl- vania city when he suffered’an attack and his weakened condition prevented doctors from learning his identity for C. | several days, Mrs. Harris said. Police were notified and co-operated with agents of the Pennsylvania Railroad in a general search. Mrs. Harris per- sonally had telephoned officials in every town where the train stopped while en route to Washington. LA REINE 5425 Conn. Ave. Living Room 70% Bed Room Reception Hall Dinette Kitchen service, playgrounds, garage. Resident Mana, . Bslges &"Lmqlog Tower Bldg. The party will re- | ‘Kills Two SHOOTS WAY OUT OF TRAP LAID BY AGENTS. GEORGE ADAMS, Reputed Fort Wayne, Ind., bootlegger, who shot and killed two Federal prohi- bition agents in an attempt to escape from the trap they had made for him, July 23. Adams was caught driving a liquor truck by four would-be captors. He shot it out with them, killing two, then escaping, although wounded. Fort Wayne police found him some hours later as he drove up to the home of Frank V. Kenierski. Adams was placed in the Allen County Jail.—A. P. Photo. St T MEXICAN CHURCH FIGHT AT CRISIS Catholic Bishop of Vera Cruz Orders Priests to Remain. Appeals to Rubio. By the Assoclated Press. JALAPA, Mexico, July 25.—The con- troversy between the Catholic Church and the state reached a crisis today when church officlals informed Gov. Adalberto Tejeda they could not obey the recently enacted state religious law. ‘The law limits to 13 the number of priests' who may carry out the duties of their office for a population of about 1,300,000. Under orders from the Bishop of Vera Cruz, priests .remained in their churches. The governor recently threat- ened to reject them, setting today as the last day on which they would be allowed to stay. Ordered List of 13. In a circular letter to members of the clergy a few days ago the governor or- dered that a list of the 13 priests se- lected by the church be submitted to The controversy was heightened by the disappearance yesterday of Father Jose Maria Cervantes Garduno, wWho is declared to have been kidnaped and expelled from the state. Appeals to Rubio. Mgr. Rafael Guizar Valencia, Bishop of Vera Cruz, has appealed to President Ortiz Rubio to intervene. About 10 days ago Father Daniel Mesa disappeared from Jalapa and later arrived at Puebla, saying he had been abducted and expelled from Vera Cruz. Father Vicente Orozco, in charge of the ca 1 at Panuco, returned to his post yesterday on orders from the bishop. He had left on instructions from the mayor. ‘The governor has forbidden street demonstrations by Catholics or anti- Catholics. Barkley Association Meets. A number of Washington members and friends of the Barkley family are expected to attend the annual meeting of the Robert Barkley Historical Asso- ciation at Charlotte, N. C., Wednesday Senator Barkley of Kentucky has been invited to address the session. John Burton of Helensburgh, Scot- land, is retiring as railway engineer after 53 years of service without an accident, and he and his father have & record of 103 years on Scottish lines. % A8 U.S. BUREAU FINDS - WORK FOR 245,000 Eighty Employment Offices Speed Work Under John Alpine. Constantly reiterating the urgent orders to all sections of the organiza- tion to “find jobs,” John R. Alpine, ap- pointed three months ago té e: and correlatc the United States Em- ployment Service, said today that by careful couht, 245,000 unemployed per- sons have been placed in employment. The period covered in this report 15 days short of three months, so is estimated that something more than a quarter of a million placements have been made in the first three months. During this same period the work of expansion was being pushed, so that now there are State directors and as- sistant directors in every State and & total of 80 ofi-es in operation. This number is to be still further enlarged, though what the total number even- tually will be is not being estimated today. Secretary Doak Helps. Secretary of Labor Doak has given the reorganization and e lon scheme first attention, and the achieve- ments thus far have been the result of close teamwork and co-operation be- tween Doak and Alpine. Alpine, ranking as director general and special assistant to the Secretary, sald he believed the expanded service during the Fall and Winter would make “a real impression” on the unemploy- ment situation, but conceded frankly that it will be impossible to go beyond finding jobs that are to be had—jobs cannot be made or forced into existence through an employment service. There has been, it is learned, a lot of slaughter of customary governmental red tape. Alpine has been trained in a school that compels delivery of re- sults. For a time he was acting presi- dent of the American Federation of Labor and for several years was one of its vice presidents. “Our most effective work at this time,” Alpine said, “is in the agricul- tural districts. In those large areas & great deal is being done to systematize the flow of seasonal labor, not only to find the work and bring men to the work, but to prevent too many men from gathering at any one place of em- ployment.” Agencies Co-ordinate. ‘Throughout the country every effort is being made to bring about close co- operation between the Federal service and State and municipal free employ~ ment services. Another important deve t came out of the Department of Labor this week. Secretary Doak, in a signed ar- ticle written by him especially for labor newspapers and which will be published generally next week, takes notice of the criticisms made of his policy regarding deportations. He declares that “the humanities” have been and will be ob- served in administering the immigration laws, and that in every case the “tradi- tions” of this Government will be ob- served. Unquestionably this will be accepted h“ the Becreuryh’s ll.:u'e't to critics who ave asserted he is sending deportees “back to be shot” or “back to be hung” for political opinions that differ from those of the powers in control of cer- tain nations to which deportations have been ordered, but not consummated. Secretary Doak admits that mistakes might be made, but he declares they are not made consciously and that they wre rectified when discovered. He em- phasizes his determination to push de- portation cases where illegal entry or illegal domicile is RIS ke such as 'n_cha i no of present official policy. (Copyright, 1931.) Innkeepers of Sutherland, England, have arranged to deposit Saturday ber recelpts at the central police station e — Upper Floors, 915 G St. N.W. —consisting of 8 rooms and 3 baths, | suitable for offices or apartments. In first-class condition. Will rent as & whole or in part. Reasonable rent. Apply— Mr. Gibson, 917 G St. NW. 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