Evening Star Newspaper, November 8, 1931, Page 16

WASHINGTON; D. C, NOVEMBER 8, 1931—PART ONE. IRISE IN L PRICES POSTAL TWINE BIDS | [ Coolidge Urges Relief f’ B2 * THE™ SUNDAY | TAXI GROWTH LAID UPTURN IN STEEL TOPOOR CAR LINES Keech Holds Trolleys’ Failure to Modernize Hurt Their Business. (Continued From First Page) existing low rates, even assuming, as stated at the hearing, that one and two- thirds persons ride for each fare paid. Travel by air is constantly growing, and with the increase in use there have been decreases in charges. One follows the other. Is there any one who would have the audacity to say that, inasmuch as the airplane is making an inroad into the business formerly con- troled by steam train, that commercial travel by air shall cease, or that prices for travel by air shall pe made prohibi- tive to persons in the ordinary walk of life, in order that’the steam railroad may continue to prosper. To my mind, the answer must of necessity be no Especially is this true if we are to take history into consideration. Had persons living in the years past entertained ideas such as seem to be possessed by some today, we would still be traveling by stage coaches for the reason that the change to another and more mod- ern medium would have been impairing the existing stage coach business. The fact of the matter is that steam rail- roads realize the necessity for advance- ment and are endeavoring to compete with the march of time by making their medium of travel sufficiently attractive to hold their patrons. Many Wways might be cited, but this writer, due to his limited knowledge, will suggest only a few of which have came under his eye. The railroads are speeding up their schedules, improving the types of cars—the ordinary day coach of today 18 practically the equivalent of the par- Jor car of yesterday: they are installing cooling systems. Much of this is being done at a substantial but necessary cost. Electric Engines Contracted. One of the great lines has contracted at a cost of millions of dollars for elec- tric engines with high speed which will necessitate great cost in adjusting their beds. What are the street car lines doing other than complaining and asking. that competition be stified? Nothing. They claim that the taxicab is getting the short-haul riders, but do nothing to hold .hem. (While the old line cab companies claim that the taxi- cabs are getting only the long haul riders, the street car companies claim the flat-rate cabs are getting the short- haul riders. It is impossible for both to be correct.) And this, notwithstand- ing the ever-growing school of thought that the salvation of the street car in- dustry lies in the merchandising of its service. No less authority than John A. Beeler, in a series of articles, one ap- pearing on the 21st of last month, states that the way to retain their pa- trons and yet secure more revenue is through. the combination of 5-cent fare for short-haul riders and 10-cent fare for the basic city-wide haul. Even if the rommission regulaie to the Nth degree the low rate taxicab industry, practicaliy to the point of an- nihilating that industry, the street car companies will not substantially help their condition as to revenue or good will until they take affirmative s such as the steam railroad companies are , to speed up their sevice, ‘modern! their equipment and mer- chandise their service by putting into effect the zone system with a 5-cent charge for the short-haul rider, and if need be or their best judgment dictate, a continuation of the 10-cent fare for the basic city haul. The speeding up of their systsm. the modernizing of equipment and the making of a charge more commensurate with the service rendered will do far more toward per- mitting the railway companies (o re- tain their present passengers and re- claim lost ones than any regulation or prohibition whicah may be attempted a< to any existing progressive agency of transportation by the Public Utilities Commission or any other body. ‘The 5-cent short haul and 10-cent basic city haul were suggested by me more than a year ago. I believe now, as I e d then, that if the com- panies are to roturn to a healthy basis, such action is necessary on their part. It is my belief that a 5-cent and 10-cent zone would meet with far greater pub- lic res) e than any pass system that tht inaugurated. ~First. people do not want the tryuble of fooling with a pass, with possible loss, nor are some financially able to tie up the cost of a ‘Then, too. the price of 5 cents is & natural one, so far as street car riding is concerned. Effect of 5-Cent Fare. It is further my belief that a 5-cent fare for the short-haul rider would eliminate from the congested district many automobile: The increasing of rates, and especlally when followed by no improvement in service or equioment, tends to destrcy good will and likewise cause persons to seek other modiums of tion. ‘The companies claim that nothing has been done to assist them. On the other hand, many persons claim that through parking restrictions in certain parts of the street the ban of taxicabs from F street were all done to assist the street car companies and that they in turn have done nothing to assist themselves. ‘While the car companies complain of the encroachment in their fleld of Jow-rate taxicabs, the fact is that the street railway companies, through their entry into the bus business, are com- peting with independent sightseeing operators al likewise, even with the steam railways in the transportation of rsons to the race track and the like. e answer to the situation is that people are progressing and will always make use, so far as their funds aill permit, of the mediums which show progress, and unless ‘the competing agencies likewise progress, they will fall by the wayside, notwithstanding any attempted stifling of competition born of progress. If the Public Utilities Commission substantially destroys the low-rate cab! industry, this in nowise will assure al return to the street railways of pas sengers who have made use of the low- rate cabs. for they will find some medium of transportation which will serve their purpose as to speed and comfort. The companies must help themselves by making their service meet present-day requirements and at ® charge which is attractive. GIRL, CUT WITH AX, WALKS TO HOSPITAL 8-Year-0ld Is Victim of Accident ‘While Brother, 7, Is Chop- ping Wood. Accidentally cut on the head with an ax wielded by her 7-year-old Wrother, Grace Howard, 3, of 523 Eighteenth street, walked to Emergency Hospital last night and was admitted for treat- ment. Physiciars said the child’s condition From the Front Row Reviews and News of Washington's Theaters. Shakespeare Series Leaves Fine Impression in Capital. ™ acquaintance with Shakespeare were dependent upon the im- jon that has been left by the Stratford-Upon-Avon Festi- val Co. he would be far removed from any thought of & sculptured figure in history. ‘Through = the medium of this trained group of players from the Memorial Thea- ter in the home town, he has been revealed to ‘Washintgon »s a typical crea- tive genius, fashioning hu- man figures that breathe in their respective lives all the emotions of the race. Bright and clev- er thoughts and expremk)n;m ‘lre ever - 1iving Hilda Coxhead L SR 0 who enriched the language and dis play types which are common to the present or the past. It would be distressing to hear these words utter- ed by unbending figures from an imaginary period of mechanical art, but with players who are as closely in touch with the informalities of real life as are these chosen per- formers, the great poet and drama- tist is made to reveal the reason for his survival through the centuries. He had escaped from the conven- tions of the years that were past history to him, and approached the modern ideal of a stage which is good only when it is peopled by com- mon folks. This company, which gave the last of its eight performances at the Na- . tional Theater yesterday afternoon and last evening, closed with two fine performances—"As You Like It” at the matinee and “The Taming of the Shrew” last evening. As in the oth- er selections of the week, it was to be observed that each member of the organization gave some distinction to an individual role, whether of major or minor importance, and that the result was enlarged understand- ing of dramatic force, of human characters and of the harmony of surroundings. This was especially noticeable at the performance of “As You Like It,” which drew a crowded audience, made up partly of persons who had studied the play as a con- tribution to literature. Such persons joined with the casual auditors who sought and found a performance which entertained and appealed to the senses. The fanciful nature of the story had its customary Shakespearean appeal. and there were further im- pressions created by several well- drawn personalities which are out- standing. Some great actresses have been noted for their concep- tions of Rosalind. They are a part of the history of the stage. The Rosalind of the Stratford Company has its distinctive merits in the hands of Fabia Drake, whose sustained feminine quality, com- bining the merry dhwsi‘é)n that has been noted in her other work for the company with a purposeful mentality, was of the creative kind. A valuable adjunct in the experi- ences of Rosaind was the almost perfect acting by Cynthia Bridge as Celia, who shared in many of these scenes. Another player who continued his record of distinction was Randle Ayrton as the omni- present Touchstone. One of the striking comedy parts was that of Audrey, a country wench, played with force by Hilda Coxhead, an im- portant member of the company. The closing day was creditable to this most interesting compas and the members left Washingto: after a week which was both sat- hlncwrf most ple to the organization and asing to '.hntersoera. -D. C. G “Left-Over Ladies,” at Rialto, Teaches Domestic Lesson. WHEN the story has reached its conclusion, “Left-Over Ladies.” the film at tthe Rialto Theater, em- phasizes the point that “it is all wrong.” That is the redeeming quality of the story by Ursula Par- rott, which has been adapted for the screen by Robert R. Presnell. It presents the experiences of two young couples, with their friends, under the influence of the divorce epidemic, and the rearrangement of apartment life, which grows out of the tendency to seek separations for “career” purposes, and the various other influences that enter into city life. The restoration of the original status of the young persons is based upon the author’s conception that the proceedings did violence to the proper relationships, and that the choice of husband and wife is not a passing whim. The end is whole- some, but the route traveled offers very little in the nature of inspira- tion. It is to be sald of the production as & drama that the characters are well drawn, as such persons are to be found in the community, and that the leading actors are well chosen, including Claudia Dell, Walter Byron, Alan Mowbray, Dorothy Revier and several others, including Marjorie Rambeau, who, as a friend of the chief characters, turns out a typi- cally attractive plece of work. ‘The program at the Rialto also in- cludes several short features of good caliber, including a unique travelaugh in the American desert, a lively musi- cal cartoon, & story of the inevitable punishment of the slayer and the newsreel. Organ selections also add to the variety of the en(e%fllsmpnb, Cagney Week At the Earle. HE best part of the show (which is a good show at the Earle this week) is seeing James Cagney put in a two- ed performance as & semi-racketeer on the screen, and then watching him walk out on the stage (In the flesh) and speak, talk and act like & hundred per cent human being— devoid of every- thing except what seems to be a small bit of fright. Mr. Cagney at the first perform- ance was as in- grating as & young, success- ful actor can be ~—and did noth- ing so much to please the audience as to suggest an ink- ing of nerv- ousness. Of all the male “heroes” of the screen who have hit this town none have been more enthu- siastically received than this young man, whose cinematic star has been in the ascendent but for a short time. He is, too, just what the ladies hope he will be—natural, amusing and evidently shy. His act is short—but it more than serves the purpose of giving him a great big hand from the local star-gazers. This particular observer almost arose from his chair and gave & tremendous cheer when Cagney omitted saying: “This is my favorite city—Washington—how I love it!” bologna, bologna and etc., bologna. He didn't even say he was “glad to be here”—hurray—or “I've always wanted to come here” boo. He began his little talk with evident embarrassment and no_ affectations and ended it by a dance which brought the rafters ringing with applause down on his ears, Mr. Cagney does a splendid job as well in “Blonde Crazy"—an amusing enough little film which hes been villainously misnamed. While the title suggests the mere chasing after feminine frills and the pursuit of gin and happiness, it is actually a lightly told yarn of a boy who wanted his house in the clouds and couldn't seem to get there any other way than by get- ting mixed up in some kind of a “racket.”” ‘The trouble with him fis, of course, that he never quite gets there—but the film often does, and this through Cagney's amusing per- formance as the ex-bell-boy-would- be-almost-gangster. His way of saying “honey,” it is expected, wiM resound through the local alleys for weeks—and his acting with Joan Blondell and Miss Blondell's acting with him are extremely natural and pleasant. ‘The picture is further enlivened by an amusing perform- ance by Guy Kibbe and a credit- able characterization by Louis (“Brief Moment”) Calhern. Besides Mr. Cagney there is to be seen on the stage, Maxine Doyle, without = (belleve it or not) her “thank you's”; Dennis White and some clever dancers in a short and swift revue, Block and Sully, who are funniest when they help out gney, and the Rubio sisters, who show astonishing feminine strength. E. de S. MELCHER. James Cagney STANDARDS BUREAU DISCOVERS i NUCLEUS OF ATOM SPINS ON AXIS Find Is Held One of Most Notable Advances Yet Made in Atomic Physics. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. ‘The nucleus of an atom spins on its axis Discovery of this fact, just an- nounced at the Bureau of Standards, constitutes one of the most notable ad- vances yet made in atomic physics and knowledge of the fundamental proper- ties of matter. It was made possible through a 250,000,000 times magnifica- tion of the characteristic spectrum line of the atom of rhentum, a newly dis- covered element. Atoms, the fundamental units of matter and so small that several bil- lions of them are contained in the head of a pin, long were considered in- divisible and ‘motionless units. There were 92 kinds of atoms, constituting the 92 elements in nature from hydro- gen_to uranium. ‘Then it was found that each atom constituted an energy system which could be compared roughly to the solar system of a heavy central body cor- responding to the sun and sattallites corresponding to the planets revolving around them. Enormous energy Was required to hold these systems together. If some way could be found of break- ing up an atom and releasing this energy it would mean—the wildest dreams of physicists couldn’t quite com- pass what it would mean. Then it was found that the outer electrons not only moved in orbits around the central body but that each electron was spinning on its own axis, just as the earth spins. The discovery Just announced by Dr. William F. Meg- gers, chief of the spectroscopic division of the Bureau of Standards, carries the picture & long step foreward. The nucleus also spins on its axis, just as the sun does. While the picture of these infinitely little, is not exact. tually material. | itself, to say nothln%eol its infinitely | small nucleus, would be about as far as | ever beyond the limit of vision. But he observed in his laboratory that under high magnification certain spectrum lines, indicating the orbits of outer electrons which penetrated very close to the nucleus of the rhenfum atom, ’hecnme very complex and that one line seemed to split up into several lines. Physical theory required the hypothe- | sis ‘of & spinning nucleus to explain this | Phenomena. An element is determined by its spec- trum, or the wave iengths of light which it omits when it is made lumi- nous. Wave lengths are measured in angstrom units, one angstrom unit be- {ing a ten-billionth of a meter. The | rhenium line which excited Dr. Meg- | gers’ interest only measured half th: | Under the greatest magnifications pos- sible at the Bureau of Standards lab- oratory, it appeared as a_single line, but with something suspicidus about it. ‘This Summer Dr. Meggers went to the Mount Wilson observatory in Cali- fornia, where he was able to make use | of a spectroscope attached to a tele | scope set in a well on top of a moun- | tain, which had a focal length of 175 feet. The spectra were photographed and with the wave length magnified 250 | million times, the single line appeared as six lines closely bound together. Physical theory demanded that this | be interpreted as the reiction of elec- | trons with deeply penetrating orbits | with a spinning nucleus and, by the ap- | plication of mathematical principles the mechanical moment of nucleus spin can be deduced. The penetrating elec- | trons react with the spinning nucleus | s0 as to produce small changes in th | atomio energies. | " "Dr. Meggers was concerned especially in determining the properties of the atom of rhenium, the newly discovered solar systems which constitute the | element which is found as a black, indivisible units of all naturs is a fair approximation, Dr. Meggers explains, it Neither the electrons nor the protons can be looked upon as ac- They are too minute. The former are considered as particles spongy material which can be com- pressed into a metal with a very high specific gravity. Its atom was extreme- 1y complex, with 175 outer electrons moving in orbits around a central nucleus of closely packed electrcns and of negative and the latter as particles | protons, or particles of positive and of positive electricity. in which they are bouad material did not appear serious. Her brother Frank was cutting wood in the back yard of their home when Grace leaned over to pick up a nail cutt! e bone. Accom- p‘nm mlfluwr. the child walked to the hospital. Physicians thought it advisable for her te remain overnight. ‘Their father, Frank Howard, was not present at the time. He told police that another . som, , 13, ran away from home ‘yes- terday morning. A lookout for him has been broadcast. p atomic -nucleus magnifica see an . Even at &/ heart tion of 250,000,000, the atom. It is the system | negative electricity. Most of the elec~ together that constitutes something approaching a rticle and the conglomera- tion of billions of these particles that constitutes the minutest fraction of “matter” as it appears to the human | trons are arranged in sheils around the nucleus, but some of the shells are in- complete and it is electrons from this ‘The revelations of the greatly mag- constitute tion yet made into the of the atom, Which is the ultl~ mate reality in nature. | producers are aiming to maintain is‘to | | use up the surplus of ofl now in stor- | group that have the deeply penetrating | orbif IS LAID TO HOOVER Murray and Sterling Adopt Idea Wilbur Advanced to Curb Market. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. ©Oil, which smeared the Harding ad- ministration with indelible stains, is now accounted the fleld in which the Hoover administration has accom- plished one of its major constructive achlevements. ‘The circumstance that oll is selling today around 45 cents a barrel instead of the 15 cents it was fetching not so many months ago is acclaimed as the direct result of the policy of conservation and opposition to overproduction initiated in March, 1920, as the very first public policy announced by President Hoover. The ofl industry is not waliowing in prosperity with 45-cent prices. Not until a barrel is selling for $1, the in- dustry claims, vill conditions approach a point at which real profits can be realized. But a 200 per cent increase in middepression times is a develop- ment which has put_ producers in. Call- fornia, Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas in a better humor than they have reg- istered for two years. They contem- plate with confidence the gradual re- turn of “the good, old days.” Credit Given to Wilbur. Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, elongated college president and medical man who was pitchforked into the Secretaryship of the Interlor straight from his sanc- tum at Stanford University, in 1929, took office blissfully ignorant of tho oil problem. Yet today the industry is inclined to accord Dr. Wilbur chief credit for pulling it out of the distress into which it had fallen as the result of wholesale and senseless overproduc- tion. When the Hoover administration took hold two and one-half years ago, oil was selling at $1.25 a barrel, but overpreduction was bearing down heavily on prices. Ten times as much oil as the country needed was bein, produced. The whole world was del- uged with ol Nine days after Dr. Wilbur became Secretary of the Interior—on March 13, 1929—He issued an order through the General Land Office to accept no turther applicaticns for permits to prospect for ofl and gas on the public domain. The rejection of all pending applications also was ordered. These instructions were in accordance with President Hoover's opening official statement that there wculd be *com- plete, conservation of Government oil in this administration.” The proclama- tion of this pelicy caused consternation and_protests, but the new policy was resolutely adhered to. Kettleman Hills Field Curbed. ‘Three months later the Hoover- Wilbur conservation policy bore fruit in a significant agreement covering the Middle Dome of Kettleman Hills in California. The Kettleman Hills fleld, which was discovered in_ 1928 by Harrls Hammond, son of John Hays Hammond, is described as the richest ofl field ever found in the histcry of the world—richer even than tne South African _mines of gold whence John Hays Hammond derived fame and fortune. Half of the Kettleman Hills fleld is Government land. Secretary - Wilbur determined to make it a model of how an oil field shculd be developed 50 as to avold wastage of output through overproduction. To that end, Wilbur concluded an agreement with a group of private companies wnereby & pro- gram of “deferred develcpment” was adopted, looking to orderly and ra- tional production in strict accordance with consumption needs. They entered into an understanding to delay tapping the great reservoir until both gas and cil could be taken out without glutting the market. The Kettleman Hills field is the “East Texas” of the West. Last September the Interior Department officially announced that the field had finally ‘been “harnessed.” It is now scaling its production down to a total yield of 60,000 barrels a day, where it might produce many times that amount. Murray Tries “Wilbur” Idea. Just about the time Secretary Wilbur was moving to prevent these gigantic Southern California deposits from be- ing squandered and contributing to fur- ther depression of ol prices, the Amer- ican Petroleum Institute (in June, 1929), appealed to the Interior Department for the right to let its members, the great oil-producing corporations, grap- ple with overproduction in their own way. The result was an opinion from Attorney General Mitchell saying that the proposed plan would be in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. There- upon the oil people came to Washington again and in tearful accents told Sec- retary Wilbur that they “were at the end of the road,” that the jig was up and that ruin stared the 6il industry in the fare. Secretary Wilbur didn’t see things through these gloomy spectacles. In- vited to participate in a meeting of the | oil producers at Colorado Springs dur- | ing the ensuing Summer two years ago, the Secretary of the Interior succeeded in selling the down-hearted industry the idea that what the Federal Govern- ment couldn't do, or permit private pre ducers to do, in'the direction of arbi- trary curtailment of production might be done by the sovercign States under their practically unlimited local police powers. The Wilbur idea caught on gradually, if not at once. It did not ripen into full fruition until this year, when, under the vigorous leadership of Gov. “Alfalfa Bill” Murray, Oklahoma, that ofl-gush- ing State, proceeded to show just what could be ‘achieved in the way of keep- ing unrequired oil underground. “Al- falfa Bill" had to call out the Okla- homa State Militia and scatter it among the ol fields to prevent the un- necessary working of wells, but even- tually his strong-arm methods obtained the desired result. Murray's one-time idea was that production should be choked off until ofl was selling at $1 a barrel, but he did not stick to that program. Output Now Below Demand. Soon after Oklahoma demonstrated what could be accomplished, Gov. Ster- ling of Texas followed Oklahoma's ex- ample, and chaotic conditions in the great Lone Star State oil flelds soon| reveal-d signs of improvement. Prices | now were steadily mounting, until at present they are three times as high as| they were ‘earlier in 1931. Meantime the oil industry in the great mid-con- ticent oil belt, including the flelds of | Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas, reached an allocation agreement for the regula-! tion of production in accordance with market needs. Production today is authoritatively said to be below consumption. America uses about 2,333,000 barrels of oil a day, the lion's share of it for automo- bile traffic and fuel for ships. The policy that the Government and private age, 5o that sooner or later the indus- try will be on a basis where it will take out of the carth only so much as is| requisite for actual consumption plus supplies to last 150 days. Tariff for Oil Wrangled. During the past year there has been Western agitation for: a tariff on oil.| The argument against it is that nor- | mally the United States imports only sbaut 10 per cent of all the oil it con- sumes. This comes mostly from Vene- | zuela. If Venezuela oil supplies are; prevented from entering this country, | the contention is that they would be| diverted to other markets, notably Great Britain, which is now the United 'I'rom the girl's mother, who had been States' largest export market for ofl. (Copyright, 1931.) Auto fatalities in Scotland are in- creasing. WILL INCLUDE JUTE Offers on Supplying 1,300,- 000 Pounds of Cotton String Are Rejected. Following demands that the specifi- cations for twine used by the Post Office Department in wrapping mail be altered to include jute products, it was an- nounced yesterday that all bids had been rejected for the 1,300,000 pounds of ;l;l;tl‘flll needed beginning January 1, Low bidders for the contract was the Highland Cordage Co., of Hickory, N. C., which quoted a rrlcl‘ of 10.40 cents per pound. The original specifications called for cotton twine. ‘The Department at the same time announced that new bids on both cot- ton and jute twine will be requested in_the near future. Representative Allen T. Treadway of Massachusetts recently advised the De- partment and Ludlow Manufacturing Associates of Boston, makers of jute twine, that unless specifications for the Government _contract were changed, a congressional investigation would be asked. Treadway charged that the jute producers could offer satisfactory ma- terial at $20,000 less than the cost of cotton twine. It was stated at the Representative's office today that the Department has used jute twine for the past 21 years, but that this year the specifications were modeled to exclude all possibility of a bid by the jute cordage manufac- s $45,000 GOAL SET FOR SEAL CAMPAIGN Big Total, to Fight Disease Spread in Depression, to Be Sought Starting Thanksgiving. A total sale of $45000 will be the goal in the twenty-fifth annual sale of Christmas seals by the Washington Tuberculosis Association, Mrs. Joseph Sanders, committee chairman, an- nounced yesterday. The figure would set a high mark since the sale started a quarter of a eentury ago. The proceeds will finance an extensive health program in 1932. An allotment of 9,600,000 of the newly designed Christmas seals arrived at the association’s headquarters, 1022 Eleventh street, yesterday. Final plans will be outlined tomorrow afternoon. The seals will be placed on sale from ‘Thanksgiving day to Christmas day. Advance orders from numerous busi- ness firms wanting seals for December mailings have been received. “We are aiming at this higher mark,” Mrs. Sanders explained, “on account of the increasing need of various kinds of preventive health service, due in large part to the effects of widespread unemployment and consequent under- nourishment of many families.” ANNAPOLIS EDUCATOR, PROF. WERNTZ, DIES Founder of Naval Academy Pre- paratory School, 68, Had Been IIl Three Months, Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., November 7.— Prof. Robert L. Werntz, 63, founder and proprietor of the Naval Academy Pre- paratory School in Annapolis, died this afternoon at his home here after a three months’ {llness. His death was due to a complication of diseases. Prof. Werntz was a-graduate of the Naval Academy, class of 1884, practi- cally all of whose members resigned from the service upon graduation. Since his resignation he has conducted the preparatory school, over 5000 of his having successfully entered the: Academy. He is the lone survivor of his family, his wife and three brothers having died some time ago. The funeral will be held from the home of his niece, Mrs. Mau- rice Ogle, on Prince George street, Tues- day afternoon. Policeman's Slayer to Get Life. DENVER, Colo., November 7 (#).— Willlam A. Piskoty, 21, of Gary, Ind., charged with slaying Patrolman William Keating, was convicted of first degree murder by a jury in District Court to- day. The jury recommended life sen- tence. Piskoty and Oscar Albert Carlson of Collinsville, Ill., were first tried jointly and both found guilty of first degree murder, but Piskoty was granted a new trial. Carlson was sentenced to be hanged. Mother 6verc0mes Lack of Funds to See Stricken Child Penniless, She MakesWay From Greensboro, N. C., to Capital, “Daddy” John Bennett was left in charge of the Children's Emergency Home of the Central Union Mission last week during the absence of Mrs. B{enn;;t fllnd,r :I‘;{e nxl]y foster father of a family of 40 sma! 5 his troubles began, Bt At first, like the old woman who lived in_a shoe, he didn't know what to do. But in the well regulated home things seemed to go on as usual. He packed the children off to school and saw tbat they were tucked safely into bed and by Wednesday was able to take his first easy breath, ‘Then at night a crisis arose. A sud- den case of acute appendicitis seized one of two little girls in the home, whose father was in jail and whose mother had gone out of town hunting employment. Mr. Bennett rushed the child to Gallinger Hospital, where an immediate operation was necessary. Thursday the little girl hovered be- tween life and deatn, while Mr. Ben- et sought in vain to get in touch with the motler and to console the T-year- old sister. Physicians said they could not tell until morning whether the al]-.l]ll‘:i would pass the crisis success- Finally Mr. Bennett received a wire located in Greensboro, N. C. She was without funds. She wanted money to: return to Washington if the doctors believed her little girl had no chance. That night the child rallied and it was believed she was out of danger, so Mr. Bennett telegraphed to reassure the Pl’ll'i't(hextae r. Bennett was in his office Fri- day morning when a frantic woman burst into the room. It was the mother, whose love for the child had overcome every difficulty. She had not waited. By borrowing money in Greensboro and by bus rides and hitch hiking, she had managed to return to the city. She had gone without food, Mr. Ben- nett said, but would eat nothing until she had hurried out to the hospital. Friends are making a temporary Rom! il avne o s o Bennett. - “GIVE WHAT AMERICA IS WORTH,” HE PLEADS. Calvin Coolidge has informed Owen D. Young, Mobilization Commit-e chairman of the President’s Organ.za- tion on Unemployment Relief, that all that is needed to provide relief for the unemployed in the United States “Is for uj to give what we think America is worth to us.” A copy of the former President’s statement was received here yesterday by Joh1 Poole, president of the Wash- ington Community Chest, and was re- leased for publication by him. Full text of the statement follows: “The people of the United States are going through an experlence that is unusual for them. Situation is Novel. “Many of our inhabitants are suffer- ing from unemployment. This is a situation so novel that it is difficult for us fully to realize it. Our normal con- dition has been such that it has been easy for men and women of good health and an industrious disposition to find lenty of work to afford them a good iving. That is no longer the case. “However, much we may be ignorant of the reason no one disputes the fact that several millions of our people are out of work. Many of these had no sufficient savings to meet such & con- tingency and are now in want. Others have already exhausted their savings. Williams remarked after a defendant “By all the dictates of humanity these people must have help. They are in sore need for shelter, clothing and food. The number involved and the urgency of their wants are unpre- cedented in this country. Need Is Nation-Wide. “A situation as big as tris has to be met in a big way. Heretofore we have seen people in want from local conditions of fire, flood, storm, earth- quake and drouth. Now our needs are Nation-wide. “To help meet these conditions the President has set up an Organization on Unemployment Relief. There has also been formed a Committee on Mo- bilization of Relief Resources. These are neither collecting nor disbursing agencies, but act in a co-ordinating and supervising capacity. Their work is berl:z accomplished with a system and thoroughness never before’ equaled in this country. “Perhaps the most satisfying aspect of what is being done is its simplicity. Our Nation is organized on the theory of local self-government. Charitable relief associations, both public and pri- vate, exist in nearly every community. The machinery to meet the situation long has been installed. All that is needed is to turn on the power, Always Meets Situations. “These are the facts. Sometimes it requires considerable effort to get the ple of the United States to realize the facts, but when that is done, no duty has ever been too difficult for them to perform. When they really comprehend a situation, the harder it is the more eager they are to meet it. “The question remains as tc what the | ordinary incividual can do to help. The final solution for unemployment is work. Al those who have any kind of work that needs doing should start it at once.. “There are many who cannot give work who can give money. tributions should be made to the local relief organizations, Test of Local Government. “We are in a position where we shall test the efficiency of local self-govern- ment. It has always proved to be ade- quate and is certainly the safest way to administer relief. The amount given is | more likely to be enough and is less likely to be too much. When relief come developing because the personal co tact so necessary in such eases is en- tirely lost. “Besides that, the whole is no greater than the sum of all the parts. If the local authorities do not have the means to give relief, a national authority would be found inthe same condition. Every community will avoid loss and waste by taking charge of its own business. This Such con- | from far away and from an un- | known source abuses are in danger of | [L.__° cour Ty CALVIN COOLIDGE. can only be done If all of us do our duty by giving what we can afford. “The emergency is very grave. Our form of government, cur form of so- clety, ajl that we call cur institutions, are the most precious heritage any people ever had. It is of infinite im- portance that they be preserved by demonstrating that they can meet the present needs for relief from suffering. “All that is needed is for us to give what we think America is worth to us.” MRS. A. C. TYLER DIES IN NEW LONDON, CONN. Former Resident of Capital Well Known for Many Years in Society Here. News of the death of Mrs. Augustus C. Tyler yesterday at The Elm, her residence in New London, Conn., brought sorrow to a wide circle of friends in Washington. Mrs. Tyler, widow of Col. Augustus C. Tyler, formerly lived in this city and occupied & permanent place in the soclety of the Capital. In recent years she made her home in the Con- necticut city. Col. and Mrs. Tyler built the house | at 1634 I street, now the University | Women’s Club, and when they moved to New London they leased the house to the then Russian Ambassador, Baron Rosen. Col. Tyler died more than 20 years Since his death Mrs. Tyler and ago. | her daughter, Miss Edna Tyler, have lived at The Eim. Besides Miss Tyler, Mrs. Tyler is sur- vived by a daughter, Mrs. Tyler Mar- shall of Abbington, Pa. and.a son, Frederick O. Tyler of Anniston, Ala. Funeral services will be held in New London at 2 o'clock tomorrow. VOTE STRIKERS AID Socialist Party Heads to Raise Funds for Textile Workers. BOSTON, November 7 (#).—The National Executive Committee of the Socialist party at the opening session today voted to raise funds and to pro- vide food and clothing for the 23,000 striking textile workers of Greater Law- Tence. Milwaukee was chosen for the annual convention to be held on April 16, 1932. Among committee members were Mayor Daniel W. Hoan, Milwau- kee, and Joseph W. Shorts, Dayton, Ohi present DECIDEDLY SPOTTY Leaders Await Permanent Recovery, but Believe Low ‘Point Passed. Special Dispatch to The Star. PITTSBURGH, November 7.— Ace cording to all accounts, steel produce tion has been rising in the last two weeks and the showing for the ine dustry as a whole is favorable as far as it goes, but there is not the general or universal upward sweep ordinarily seen when steel is beginning either a regular general or a long-range im- provement. The improvement is distinctly spotty in character. The only distinct funda- mental improvement is readily traced to recent advances in wheat and cotton, illustrated by heavier movement of fabricated wire fencing, barb wire, etc., to agricultural sections and to enlarged operating plans of farm implement makers, already resulting in heavier steel orders from that industry. Stocks Unusually Low. ‘There is no definite evidence of manufacturing consumers or jobbers buying any steel to replenish stocks, commonly held by steel producers to have been whittled down to less than a comfortable or economical working amount. There are some slight indi- cations in that direction, while it is pointed out that this is the poorest time in the year to expect such a movement, the vegular prattice in the past having been to reduce stocks against January 1 inventory. Week before last steel ingot produc- tion was at its low point, about 26 per cent of capacity, there being some 3 points rise in two weeks to a rate of about 29 per cent this week, putting the rate above September, but leaving it under any previous rate since Sep- tember, 1921. October pig iron pro- duction, as reported by the Iron Age, 37,848 tons dalily, represented a much smaller decrease than shown by any of the five preceding months, but it was :V’V;’-thflds under the rate of October, Prices Maintained. ‘While steel producers are decidedly encouraged by the recent increase in steel production, even though produced by spotty increases in demand and by the better sentiment they find among their customers, the majority are in- disposed to make any definite predic- tions except that time will probably show October to have been the low month, i e, that a turn has been definitely rounded. Going up grade is another matter, and even the most sanguine do not expert much, if any, further improvement in the remainder of the year. Even a maintenance of the current rate would be a very favor- able augury, for the tendency to sea- senal decline to the end of the year has always been pronounced, and if that is avoided the new year will be started under particularly favorable pices, with indications of a long e 2 1 sellers_have been experienciny little or no difficulty in holding prlces‘. and at any rate they have done so ex- cept for the slight decline in strips in the last fortnight, ascribed to cutting for automobile trade orders. Manu- facturing consumers in general have shown no desire for lower prices and have expressed satisfaction over the stable market ruling in the last few months, (Copyright, 1931.) . DESPERATE FELONS FLEE SAO PAULO, Brazil, November 7 (#). —Releasing themselves with duplicate keys, 36 desperate criminals over- powered their guards in the Rio Preto prison, Sao Paulo state, and escaped yesterday to the interior. Most of the fugitives are murderers, one being charged with 30 homicides. Attempts by a posse to surround the prison breakers were uneuccessful and the populace of the district was in ter- ror last night. Reductions g on all " DINING ROOM SUITES i $305 10-PIECE DINING ROOM SUITE—In walnui, elght-foot extension table, canopy-top china cabimet. $108 DINING ROOM SUITE—In ten pieces. Burl walmut DINETTE SUITES BREAKFAST SUITES Hlustrated SOLID COLONIAL OAK DINING SUITE Formerly $259 198 - SOLID COLONIAL OAK SUTYS--In server and wood in tapestry . #0-inch buffet . T2-ed paneled dmck Ay R e tl lo $130 10-PIECE DINING ROOM SUITE—PFinished in & fwo-tome 38 k=3 #2688 10-PIECE DINING ROOM SUITE—Queen Anne desgn wiik s § satin walnut finish. 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