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2 ex THE SU BROUSSARD SPLITS ] WITH HUEY LONG Charges Governor lllegal In- eumbent and State’s Worst Executive. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, July 25.—United States Senator Edwin S. Broussard charged today that Huey P. Long was violating the law by serving as Gov- ernor and that he was the worst Gov- ernor Louisiana ever had. The Senator ‘declared when GO Long filed his credentials of ele tion with the United States Senate he became a Senator on last March 4 and | forfeited his right to serve as Gov- ernor. He also charged Gov. Long was not content to be Governor, Senator and a member of the State and Dem- ocratic National Committees at the same time, but was attempting to name a slate of State officers to be dominated by_him. The Senator's statement, issued from’ his home at New Iberia, was regarded by political observers as the first open and definite split between Senator Broussard and Gov. Long. Calls Service Worst. “We find him doing worse than has ever been done by any predecessor,” said the Senator’s statement. “~And all the power and influence vested in a Governor for the public good mis- used to elect himself to the Senate of the United States, yet is not satisfled. | “Although he has filed his own cre- dentials of election with the United States Senate prior to March 4, 1931, and consequently became a United States Senator on March 4, 1931, in violation of the State constitution of Louisiana, providing that he cannot be Governor ‘and Senstor at the same time, he persists in illegally discharging the duties of Governor. Charges Patronage. “Senator Long not only wants to hold the Governorship, but he is now con- spiring to elect a State ticket that will be controlled by him by wire from | ‘Washington, if elected. He insists he must have State officials for the next four years who are his tools. The people’s free expression of this matter. he thinks must be controlled by pat- | ronage and waste of public funds.” The Senator concluded by asking the voters to vote against the Long-in-| dorsed candidates. From the new Governor's mansion at Baton Rouge, Gov. Long said he was not in politics at this time as he was too busy getting over his $100,- 000,000 program of public improve- ments. BOY DIES AFTER ARM IS LOST BY POISON Maryland Youth Breaks Limb in Swimming Pool—Death Fol- lows Amputation. Epecial Dispatch to The Star. LONACONING, Md., July 25.—Roy, 12-year-old son of Albert Stevenson and the late Flora McFarlane Steven- son, died yesterday at Memorial Hos- pital, Cumberland, following amputa- tion of his left arm at the shoulder. He struck the bottom of the pool in Seldom Seen Run while diving from the bank and the arm was fractured in three places, the bone protruding from the elbow and the hand. Gangrene de- veloped and the youth was removed to the hospital Thursday afternoon, and later in the day the arm was ampu- tated by Dr. William A. Gracie. DEMOCRATS TO HEAR SENATE CANDIDATE Arlington Voters Will Get Two Opportunities to Meet Office Seekers. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. CLARENDON, Va. July 25—Two opportunities will be presented the voters of Arlington County during the coming week to hear the two Demo- cratic candidates for the State Senate ~—Charles T. Jesse of Arlingtop County and John W. Rust of Fairfax County. The first opportunity will be provided Tuesday afternoon by the Organized ‘Women Voters of Arlington County at a meeting to be held at the Lyon Park Community House. Following an EX- ecutive Committee meeting at 13:30 oclock and a luncheon at 1 o'clogk, the candidates will be given the ofter- noon in which to present their views and platforms. Friday night there will be a mass meeting in_the auditorium of thel Cherrydale Firemen's Hall for the same purpose. The meeting will be under the auspices of the Cherrydale Citizens' Association. According to Julian D. Simpson, president of the association, the meeting will be open to any per- sons in the county who wish to attend. Records in the office of the county clerk today showed that 24 perscns have actually filed notice of their can- didacy for the five places on the new county board. Thete were approxi- mately 10 other persons who had an- nounced their candidacy. The latest to file as an independent is William Friess of Clarendon, who was climin- ated at the Republican county primary last night. PROMISE OF $250,000 AVERTS $10,000 FINE Former Wife of Consular Officer Seeks to Recover Part of $800,000 Given Him. By the Assoctattd Press. NEW YORK, July 25.—Upon his re- newed promise to repay her $250,000, Mrs. Virginia Harrison Gross today withdrew her application to have her former husband, Christian Gross of Chicago, in the American Consular Service in Ottawa, fined $10,000 for contempt of court. Last May Mrs, Gross, daughter of a former governor general of the Philip- pines, told of having turned over $300,- 000 to her husband in an effort to in- duce him not to abandon her. Supreme Court Justice Peter Schmuck thereugon ordered him to repay $250,000 of that amount, in accordance with a written agreement which Mrs. Gross said he had made w that effect after their separation. When payment was not made in the time stipulated by Justice Schmuck, xn. Gross filed the contempt applica- jon. Britons are acquiring the “sody- pop” habit to such an extent that a school has been opened in London for | l ining of soda fountain Jispensers. | , these trained attendants are learn- ing the delicate are of baking. !planning to participate in the York- | GOLD STAR MOTHER RELATES STORY OF 148 VISITING FRANCE National President Returns to Capital After Vcyage and Battlefield ,Tour. Mrs. George G. Seibold Says Spot Most Sacred to Her Was Where Son Died. Heading a delegation of 148 Amer- ican Gold Star Mothers who visited battelficlds and cemeteries in Europe, where American soldiers rest, Mrs. George Gordon Seibold, of this city, na- tional president of the American Gold | Star Mothers, has just returned home. Mrs. Seibold, who was accompanied | by her husband on the trip, said “of all the places in France, an unknown spot somewhere near Bapaume, was to me the most sacred, for it was there, fight- ing 5,000 feet above the earth, for you and me and all humanity, that my brave boy, Lieut. George Vaughn Seibold, 148th U. S. Aero Squadron, gave his 2ll. I stopped for a brief period near the location of the fight in which my boy was shot down and killed.” ‘Wreaths Cast Into Sea. Mrs. Seibold wes all praise for the treatment afforded the American Gold Star Mothers on the trip. She related the entertainment for them in New York before sailing early in June. In midocean two impressive ceremonies took place—the casting of wreaths in memory of those who were lost there during the World War and later the de- positing of & wreath in the name of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of Hoboken, N. J. After touching at Queenstown, Ireland, and Plymouth, England, the ship finally docked at Cherbourg, Mrs. Seibold said. Entraining _there, the | mothers, escort:d by Capt. Frank Burns, Infantry, went to Paris and stopped a% the Hotel d'lena, near the American embassy. Held Rites at Arc de Triomphe. Mrs. Seibold told of exercises con- ducted at the Arc de Triomphe, beneath which the Unknown Soldier of France | rests. An official wreath was placed on the tomb by one of the mothers, who | was followed by Mrs. Seibold, as na- | tional president of the American Gold Star Mothers, to place the only gold star on the tomb. She later was welcomed by Ambassador Page. There also were | sightseeing_trips about Paris Mrs. Seibold told of trips to various cemeteries in France where flowers were placed on the graves of sons of those in the party. She told of an interesting | hour spent at the spot where the Armi- stice was signed. Lille, Cambria, Can- tigny and other historical places were visited, she added, while on the way to Amiens. The trip was not without a serious incident, Mrs. Seibold said, in which she and her Lusband, while riding on | a front seat of a bus on the way to Amiens, when a small car, containing four persons was crushed by the bus. | The four persons were killed. Mr. and Mrs. Seibold narrowly escaped injury when they were showered with giass. Mrs, Seibold was cut beneath the left | eye. Visited Exposition. Mrs. Seibold said the great number of cemeteries in the Somme _sector, numerous French, British and German cemeteries dotting the countryside was remarkable. She said only one Amer- | ican cemetery (Somme) has been es- tablished in_ this region. She also visited the Colonial Exposition, where the replica of Mount Vernon attracted considerable_attention. ~Gen. William | Horton of Washington, a member of | the American Exposition Commission, greeted the mothers. | Art_galleries, the tomb of Napeleon and Versailles, where the treaty of peace was signed by President Wilson, engaged their attention during one day of the trip. The Gold Star Mothers of the Dis- trict gathered at the home of Mrs. Seibold last Tuesday to welcome her. The chaplain, Mrs. Etta Nash, offered prayer, and Mrs. Carlysle M. Gordon read a report on the last meeting. Mrs. R. E. Jacobs led in the pledge of al- legiance to the flag. Invitations were accepted from Col. H. N. Cootes, commander of Fort Myer, to attend the exhibition of the Citizens' Military Training Camp on July 28, when a trophy will be presented by the mothers for excellence in citizenship. Four New Members Listed. Four new members were enrolled as| follows: Mrs. Edmonia Lee Beatty of | Bluemcnt, Va. mother of Russell T. Beatty, of Company E, 319th Infantry, who died of wounds in action October 3, 1918; Mrs. Kate Roberts of Hart- line, Wash., mother of Walter E. Rob- erts, of Company I, 16th Infantry, who was killed in action January 20, 1918; Mrs. Emma Hawkins of Finger Butte, Mont., mother of John Newman, un- located. missing in action near Verdun September 30, 1918, in Company A, 138th Infantry, 35th Division, and Mrs. Lois Emma Templeton of Seattle, Wash.. mother of James A. Templeton, of 109th Infantry, 28th Division, who died of wounds in action December 1, 1918 The American Gold Star Mothers are town Sesquicentennial in October and ix the George Washington Bicenten- nial celebration in 1932. MISS CONSTANCE WATERS BRIDE OF R. M. TARDIFF Prominent Prince William County Girl Wed to Long Island Resident. Special Dispatch to The Star. DUMFRIES, Va., July 25.—Miss Con- stance Waters, popular member of the younger set of Prince Willlam County, and Mr. Roland Malcolm Tardiff of Long Island, N. Y., were united in mar- riage Saturday night at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Alexander Waters, with Rey. A. H. Shumate, pastor of the Dumfries Metho- dist Episcopal Church, performing ceremony. The bride, wearing a chiffon ensemble with accessories to match, and carrying a bouquet of sweetheart roses, was at- tended by her cousin, Miss Rose Rat- cliffe of Manassas, who wore peach- colored chiffon and carried Pernet roses. Mr. Leon Ratcliffe Waters of Culpeper, brother of the bride, was best man, The wedding music was played by Mrs. George Francis Waters. Fol- lowing the ceremony a buffet supper was served, after which the couple left for a trip to Washington, Norfolk, Vir- ginia Beach, and Newark, N. J., where they will make their home. The guests included the m's mother, Mrs. Marie Tardiff of Long Island; Mr. and Mrs. G. Raymond Rat- cliffe of Manassas, and a few close friends of the bride from Prince Wil- liam, Fairfax, Loudoun, Fauquier Coun- ties, and Washington, D. C. * Post and Gatty at Chicago. CHICAGO, July 75 (#).—Wiley Post and - Harold ~Gatty, round-the-world fiyers, arrived at Ford Airport today from Cleveland and were met by a Re- ception Committee of the American Legion and escorted to luncheon. It has been a century since the reaper invented by Cyrus McCormick and father was first successfully tried—in | hand, Washington | terprises MRS. GEORGE G. SEIBOLD. CAPITAL IS ONLY CASH BASIS CITY Washington Only One Among Largest 250 Operating Without Indebtedness. Washington is the only city in the country that is operating on a strictls cash, pay-as-you-go basis, with not one cent of the revenue leaking out in in- terest charges on municipal debts, ac- cording to the comparative financial statistics of 250 cities having a popu- lation of 30,000 or more for the year 1929, announced yesterday by the U. § Census Bureau. The other 249 cities paid in 1929 a giand total of $365.- 691,000 in interest on municipal in- debtedness. This is further officlal Government confirmation of the statement made by the U. S. Bureau of Efficiency, in its last report on fiscal relations, which said: “It is evident that most of the other cities are living beyond their in- come and running into debt in order to undertake extensive programs of public improvement. On the other is living strictly within its income and has no bonded indebtedness.” Per Capita Cost High. Washington, in 1929, paid for opera- ton and maintenance of general de- partments $29,337,000 and for operation and maintenance of public service en- $1,050,000, making the total cost for operation and maintenance $30,387,000. This was a per capita cost of $63.19 as compared with $60.49 in 1928 and $27.77 in 1917. This per capita was higher than the average of $55.69 for all the 250 cities, and higher than the per capita of $51.93 in Chi- cago, $60.91 in Philadelphia, $46.46 in St. Louis. $49.20 in Baltimore. $58.91 in San Francisco and $56.89 in Mil- waukee—all of which have a larger population than Washington. The outlay for permanent improve- ments here in 1929 was $8,889.000. Washington had no net debi, while the net debt per capita in New York had increased from $219.51 in 1928 to $226.33. had decreased slightly from $93.27 in 1928 to $92.04 in 1929. In Philadelphia the per capita debt $215.13 in 1928 to $224.67 in 1929. In Detroit the per capita debt decreased | frem $169.58 in 1928 to $166.45 in 1929, In Los Angeles the per capita debt de- creased from $188.57 in 1928 to $184.76 in 1929. In Cleveland the per capita debt increased more than $10 $144.59 in 1928 to $154.95 in 1929. from $48.76 in 1928 to $57.29 in 192! In Baltimore the per capita debt i creased from $174.40 in 1928 to $186.27 in 1929. In Boston it increased from $133.95 to $135.66. Other Cities Cited. In other cities in the same group with Washington, comparable in_size the net debt per capita was: apolis, $11.22; New Orleans, Cincinnati, $181.86; Newark, $212.8’ Kansas City, $121.06; Seattle, $222.03; Indianapolis, $95.56; Rochester, N. Y., $144.57; Jersey City, $222.57, and in Loulsville, $81.58. In the group of 13_cities with a larger population than Washington the net debt in 1929 increased in each and every city, the largest increase being $69,434,000 in New York and the small- est $1,522,000 in Boston. In the 10 other cities in the same population group with Washington Minneapolis and Louisville, Ky., were the only ones that showed any reduction in the net debt, while Newark, N. J., led the group with an increase of $9,532,000 in the net_debt. Total indebtedness of the cities in 1929 was $6,130,189,000, an increase over the previous year of $304,017,000. STILL AND MASH TAKEN, BUT NO ARRESTS MADE| Virginia State Prohibition Officer Continues Drive Against Manu- facture in Prince William. Special Dispatch to The Star. DUMFRIES, Va., July 25—Continu- ing his drive to eliminate the manpu- facture of avdent spirits in Prince Wil- llam County, State Prohibition Inspec- tor M. A. Lynch, yesterday seized and destsoyed & 100-gallon capacity still and 1,700 gallons of mesh, in the forest h;gw Independent Hill. o arrests were made as the two men operating the still were warned of the approach of the officer in time to make their getaway, but not in time to pre- vent recognition. It is expected that.the illicit manu- facturers will be apprehended in short the | order and lodged in the county jail at Manassas to await trial in the October term of court. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JULY 26, 1931—PART O FIND 1§ “SC00P" Masani Nagata, Japanese Ranch Foreman, Modest in Beating Scientists. Special Dispatch to The Star. BRAWLEY, Calif., July 25 (N.AN.A). —Masani Nagata, ~Japanese farmer- astronomer, who scooped the scientific world last week when he discovered a new and hitherto unreported comet with a 4-foot telescope nted on a tripod out in his vegetable garden, sat in the shade of an arrowweed ramada adjoining his little ranch house today and disclaimed any credit for the fame that suddenly has been thrust upon him. He first saw the new comet at 8:15 o'clock on the evening of July 15. He recognized the bright speck nestling close to the Planet Neptune as an un- charted comet. It attracted his atten- tion because it was vraveling in the wrong direction. Other comets passing across the sky during June and July move toward the south. The new comet was moving northeast. It was this fact which caused him to send a telegram to the Mount Wilson Observa- tory, at Pasadena, calling attention to the unusual phenomenon. Astronomy Is Hobby. Astronomy is merely a hobby with Nagata. His occupation is that of | ranch foreman. He superintends the | ralsing of lettuce and cantaloupes for Sears Bros. on the George Butters Ranch, 12 miles northeast of Brawley. He speaks excellent English, and also reads it. He studles astronomy in two languages. His library, which consists of a rough table piled high with books In Chicago the per capita debt | increased from | from | In | St. Louis the per capita debt increased and magazines, contains the works of both Japanese and American sclentists. | "His interest in the stars dates back to his boyhood days in Japan, when his father, without the aid of any instru- | ments, pointed out the visible constel- lations in the heavens overhead. As lad he was interested, but gave no serious thought to the study of astron- | cmy until 10 years ago, after he had moved to Imperial Valley for his | health. His first investment in astronomical equipment was one of those $3.99 tele- scopes featured in the mail order cata- | logues a few years ago. It was the | enlarged vision of the moon and other | solar phenomena disclosed through | this cheap telescope which sroused his | interest to the point that he began to save his money for the purchase of | more elaborate equipment. Telescope Is Three-Inch. The telescope with which he discov- | ered the new comet has a three-inch |lens. Recently he purchased the glass for a nine-inch lens. He plans to grind it down himself and is looking forward to the time when he can penetrate deeper into the mysteries of the uni- verse. The greater part of his knowledge of | astronomy and other scientific subjects was gained during long hours of study, with nothing more than a coal-oil lan- tern for lighting purposes. More Te- | cently he has installed a small elec- trical plant at his ranch headquarters. | He has a homemade rain gauge and | keeps temperature readings charted daily—merely as & pastime. Nagata is 42 years of age and has been in the United States since 1907. He has had little schooling and none |in the United Statés. But he is of a | studious nature and has acquired a | broad general knowledge of the sciences. | His main limitation has been his lack | of mathematics and he points to this | fact as one of the reasons why he is entitled to only a very modest place in the scientific world. Modesty is bne of his outstanding characteristics. He was puzzled to know why inter- viewers and news photographers be- sieged his little ranch house today. He had not even read the newspapers ear- rying the announcement cf his discov- ery. But he received them with all the courtesy of a well bred Japanese and discussed his pet subject in terms | of the layman rather than the scientist. (Copyright. 1931, by the North American Newspaper Alliance. Inc.) POLLUTION WARRANT ORDERED DISMISSED Virginia Commission Suggests Apple Company Replace Fish Killed by Ammonia. Special Dispatch to The Star. | WINCHESTER, Va., July 25—A | eriminal warrant charging Virginia Ap- ple Storage, Inc., with poliuting a | stream near here, resulting in the death of more than 100,000 young vellow perch, was ordered dismissed today by the State Game and Inland Fisheries Commission. The commission made a proposition to officials of the storage company to replace the fish, and this is being con- sidered. It was said the fish had a money value of around $5,000. They had been placed in a large popl for storage and were to have been dis- tributed in streams of Northern Vir- | ginia. Officials of the apple storage company said an ammonia pipe sprung a leak ‘and that the stream. flowing through the pool, became poliuted be- fore they knew it. Large quantities of the fish died be- fore the water could be diluted suf- ficiently to_counteract effects of the ammonia. Maj. A. Willis Robertson, chairman of the commission, and Dis- trict Supervisor Fletcher made the pro- posal of replacement to the storage company officials. EVICTIONS PROTESTED West Virginia Mine Company Told Plan Is Inhuman. NEW YORK, July 25 (#).—Eight leaders of religious organizations, head- ed by Bishop Prancis J. McConnell, president of the Federal Council of Churches, today sent telegrams to the Paisley Valley Camp Coal Co. at Ward, W. Va., protesting the scheduled evic- tion on Monday of 90 miners from company houses. i The message said: “The eviction of these miners seems to be both inhuman and against sound public policy.” The best way to avoid the Heat Wave —in the kitchen is to take the family for a pleasant drl,e into the country and dine at one of the excellent eating places listed under classification— Where to Motor and Dine Turn to the Automobile Section, Part 4, Page 4, and refer to the map and your trip. the Valley of Virginia, July 25, 1831— an invention that revolutionized meth- ods of farming. advertisements in planning AMATEUR'S COMET || 7 ,_ 9 0000606 060 0000 006000000000 ' rom the Front Row Reviews and News of Washington's Theaters. Miss Boardman and Mr. Lnkas In Strong Play at Palace. LEANOR BOARDMAN again in a strong dramatic role, to which she gives the best of her talent, and Paul Lukas in the even more difficult task of making the idle and irre- sponsible artist an exhibit of flesh and blood, lead the cast of “Women Love Once,” which is offered on the screen at the Palace. It is a leasure to see hese two actors ina ‘n.y of the- atrical _interest, which has al- ready had its place on the stage with the more e fective title, “Daddy’s Gone & Mr. Lukas might have been better cast, for he is es- sentlally a man of action and the erring husband in “Women Love Once” presents a too thoughtful part to be adapted to the qualities of this excellent actor. Yet he puts force into those stronger scenes in which he reveals the qualities of loyalty that are really inconsistent with his place in the plot. ‘There is no reason to doubt that real life presents instances that are parallel to the story in this play— the picture of the wife who feels confident that the husband, hB\'lnT forfeited hope of forgiveness, will return to make her happy. Human qualities are such, however, that many may be inclined to doubt that anything could remain but the shell of character after a life of immo- rality. The same doubt exists in endeavoring to find consistency in the author’s portrayal of the men. Yet here is the story and the family is reunited. An emotional feature is the devotion of both parents to their child and the pathetic death of the girl. This part is played with skill by Marlyn Knowlden, adding one more child role to the screen. Others who contribute to the story are Juliette Compton and Geoffrey Kerr. The customary products of the artist are found in the setting of the stage presentation at the Palace, while the Chester Hale Girls give a well drilled series of performances. ‘The individual acts of singing, danc- ing and comedy are supplied by Eddy Conrad and Marion Eddy, Gold and Raye, and Harrison and Fisher. They are all good. Car- toons, traveltalks, selections by the orchestra, a film devoted to Bee- thoven in the Music Masters’ Series and a newsreel complete the pro- gram. D.C.C. “Confessions of a Co-Ed” Draws Crowds to Earle. ’I‘HE “anonymous college girl” who revealed her past as a co-ed at a university might as well have f the trouble. For her s portrayed in a ve , “Confessions of a Co- which opened yesterday before a much-excited audience at the Earle—are a pale form of entertain- ment and certainly neither so bois- terous nor so believable as to bring about much sympathy from the casual observer. Not having been privileged, or otherwise, to see what goes on on a State university campus, it is per- haps unfair to say that this story is not true. Perhaps it is. Perhaps it isn't as crude as it might be. What matters is that it doesn't make par- ticularly hearty entertainment— which is. after all, the prime func- tion of the cinema kingdom. While there is much to make the person who has been part of such a life sit back and say, “Well, if that isn't just about the truest thing that ever happened,” one finds such verbal theme-songs as the one re- peated from hero to heroine to the “villainess"—*“You're the first girl T've met that I'd rather talk to than kiss"—not especially devastating, nor so original as to make one tingle with interest. Both Sylvia Sidney and Phillips Holmes deserve better material. Miss Sidney, who occasionally seems as though she could get almost any place she wants cn the screen, and Mr. Holmes, who ever since he was the Princeton Triangle Club’s “lead- ing lady” in the annual “musicale” prior to his Hollywood debut, has seemed the same, are an engaging couple, who might be paired in fu- ture productions to great advantage. In this film they are in love with each other at the first eyeful, and for the rest of the time pout. sulk and behave (as they have to) like two little animals whose grey mat- ter is being saved until after cre- mation. ‘The best of the film is a skiing sequence in the Lake Tahoe country, which shows how grand nature can be—and for the rest there are the expected sofority dances, siestas and Eleanor Boardman. the intended theory that books are superfluous at universities. On the stage, Anotole Friedland’s “Twentleth Century Revue” holds the featured place with such enter- tainers as Yourloff, Loretta Denni- son, Una Cooper and Bobby Bernard, introduced at great length Irving Edwards, gracing the spotlight to best advantage. Before t] the Agemos do alarming things on their heads and their hands, Jerome & Ryan sing a song about “Egyptian Eila” and Mr. Edwards in an act of his own makes late comers feel that they would have done better by not coming at all. All this, of course, heralded by Maxine Doyle, whose wardrobe increases weekly by leaps and bounds. E. de 8. 'HER. ‘Wild ‘West Thriller Shown At the Columbia Theater. THE venerable Wild West thriller returns to the screen in an ar- comedy mask in “Dude at Loew's Columbia this tificial Ranch,” week, Laid against the novel background of one of those mesquite emporiums where atmosphere is served up steaming, the picture unfols like a recurrent dream of a William 8. Hart epic. The fact that the fa- miliar ranch_house is equipped, a: Mr. Lucius Beebe would say, with bot and cold running butlers, that the villains are modern gangsters, and the hero only a hired “bad man” does not serve quite to ob- scure the well remembered and somewhat creaky machinery of the “two-Gun Pete” silent flickers. inning as & palpable burlesque of the “mellerdrammy,” the film promptly works itself into that very ¢lass. A dude ranch owner hires a troupe of wandering and hungry Thespians to emulate the bold, bad characters of Western fable. His bored Eastern clients, who previous- 1y had threatened to go off in a high huff—a high huff with free wheeling, in fact—become enthralled by the pretended villainies of the troupers. The natural and expected com- plications follow, when some truly black-hearted tough mugs invade the plains, rob the nearby bank, it the shadow of blame across the in- nocent figures of Jack Oakie, who plays the pretended killer, and his friends, #nd plunge the entire cast into a maelstrom of melodramatic events. . The mistaken arrest of the hero, Kidnaping of the heroine and her appropriate rescue follow, with a precision very gratifying to one's anticipations. e incidents of the plot include & cross-country auto- mobile race, a free-for-all fist fight, and a shot of the heroine looseni; herself from her gag and ropes just in time to jump clear of the kid- naper's truck before a train hits it. ‘This obviously is the 1931 mode of tying Little Nell to the train tracks. Mr. Oakie, often a capable come- dian, supplies vigor but little comedy to this dramatic vehicle. Eugene Pallette, famed for his detective roles in the Philo Vance movies, is somewhat more amusing and de- serves a medal for his impersona- tion of a fake Indian. The beauti- ful June Collyer appears as billed. When the situation demands that | #he act, she opens her eyes very, | very wide. | The short subjects are dull. R.B. P, Jr \INTERSTATE BUS LINE | HEARING SET AUGUST 15 Recently Organized Company Has Yet to Ask Council for Route Through City. Special Dispatch to The Star. | _ALEXANDRIA. Va. July 25—The | Alexandria-Washington Busses, which | was ,ranted a charter for a bus line | between Al=xandria and Washington | July 3, will be given a hearing before | the Interstate Commerce Commission | on application for an interstate permit, | August 15, according to a statement to- day by Charles Henry Smith, attorney The recently organized bus line is prepared to start operation with eight busses. Charles P. Orr, president of the new company. formerly was con- nected with the Mayflower Sight-See- ing Co. of Washington, and it is un- derstood that the new company intends to use some of their equipment. Mayor Edmund Ticer stated today | that the Alexandria-Washington Busses | have made no application to the City | Council yet for a route through the | city, which application will have to be | made and passed upon before the new conpany can begin operation. Officers of the new bus company in addition to Orr, the president, are: Joseph_Magner of Silver Spring, Md., vice pisident; C. Cockerill of Boston, Mass., secretary-treasurer. Perthshire, Scotland, is considering a cut of 50 per cent in teaches HOOVER DECLINES 0 ACT IN STRIKE Lamont Writes President Un- willing to Intervene for Workers. By tho Associated Press. PAWTUCKET, R. I, July 25— Presidential intervention in the textile strike here was declined in @ letter re- ceived today by Representative Francis B. Condon of Rhode Island from Sec- retary of Commerce Robert P. Lamont. The letter, received in reply to one from ~the ' Congressman, stated that, while ~ President Hoover's position against wage cutting was well known, it was not the duty of the Govern- ment to interfere. Praises Hoover's Stand. Secretary Lamont, after stating that while the President’s conference at the White House had worked in a “mar- velous manner” to maintain wages in industries represented, said: “As the period of depression length- ens many corporations which were not well protected by reserves accumulated in years of good business find them- selves at the present time in extremely difficult, positions. Many of them have already cut dividends and salaries. Some of them are faced with the prospect of closing down altogethe and thus creating more unemployment or alternatively seeking tem) wage reductions.” . e Writes of Disappointment. Representative Condon, who had ap- ;pened to the President last week, fi:. mediately replied to Secretary Lamont, | saying his letter was a “distinct dis- apointment.” ug’(‘)]ndoln dch:rgedh t;llt profits o the e industry had been in big dividends, Sksieete i | Man, Wife and Son Hurt in Vir- ginia Accident. By the Associated Press. LEXINGTON, Va, July 25— Jack iCI]llhnn. manager of a hotel in Tam- pa., Fla, and vice president of the 1Stale Hotel Association of Hillsboro County, received a broken wrist and his wife and young son suffered bruises and shock in an automobile accident occurring 2'; miles south of here late yesterday. ‘The car driven by Callahan was in collision with one driven by Herbert Mutispaugh of Lexington. Mr. Calla- ban's car was demolished and he and his family plan to leave for their home by train tomorrow. They were on their way to Tampa from New England when the accident occurred. Pups Born in Plane. ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., July 25. —Dotsey, an_Eskimo dog owned by Joe Collins, and her litter of pups had their | first amwplane ride here. The pups | were born in the cockpit of an aban- doned plane at the airport. WHERE GOOD FURNITURE COSTS YOU LE FINAL REDUCTIONS of Wright Co.’s July Clearance All Quantities Limited—Read Items Carefully (1) $165 Overstufied Suite, color, Kroehler make . ... (1) $250 3-pc. Mohair Suite. tion and style ...... L HALF-PRICE for Most of These Items Floor Samples Discontinued Numbers Odd Pieces Slighily Marred Items Sumimer Furniture Splendid construc- $1‘ !5 (1) $149 2-pc. Overstuffed suite, pillow back, $77- 50 ONE EACH OF THESE finis| inch buffet . (1) $149 Seven-piece Dinette Suite, mahogany $ finish, corner china .. walnut, 72-inch buffet (1) $295 Ten-piece Dining walnut, artistic design ONE EACH OF THES Ro (1) $185 Ten-piece Dining Room Suite, oak $ DINING ROOM SUITES | .50 4.-50 (1) $195 Ten-piece Dining Room Suite, w alnu; $97.50 finish . 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