Evening Star Newspaper, November 10, 1931, Page 2

N \; ; A'—-Z w2 JOHN B. LARNER, BANKER, EXPIRES Civic Leader and Philanthro- ' pist Had Been Ailing Since "« Early Summer. | John B. Larner, president of the Washington Loan & Trust Co. and chairman of the George Washington University Board of Trustees, died last night at his home, 1708 Nineteenth street, after a long illness. He was 73 years old and a life-long resident of Washington. Death was due to a gen- eral breakdown caused by age. Mr. Larner, for many vears active here as a civic leader and philanthrop- ist, had been in poor health since the beginning of the Summer. He had re- ufned here only recently from his Summer home at Miffiintown, Pa. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, with Rev. Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo, pastor, ofli-T ciating. Burial will be in Rock Creek Pallbearers bad not been | named today. i President Edward J. McQuade of ‘the District Bankers' Association, ®p- pointed the following to repre- sent the association at the funeral: Corcoran Thom, president American Se- curity & Trust Co.; William D. Hoover, president National Savings & Trust Co. Ge~ e E. Fleming, vice president Union Trust Co.; John Poole, president Fed- e:21-American National Bank & Trust Co.; Robert V. Fleming, president Riggs National; Henry H. McKee, president National Capital Bank; George W. White, president National Metropolitan: Lanier P. McLachlen, president Mc-: Lachlen Banking Corporation; Victor B. - Deyber, president Second ~Natlonal;y Frank J. Stryker, president Columbia i National, and Francis G. Addison, jr., president Security Savings & Commer- cial. Mr. McQuade. as head of the as- sociation d of the Liberty National Bank, also will attend. Long and Brilliant Career. John Bell Larner was one of the most wversatile of men. Not only was he an unusually successful banker and lawyer but he was & guiding spirit in many corporations, intensely interested in education, stanch churchman, and & writer on many different subjects. Mr, Larner was born in Washington August 3, 1858, the son of Noble D. and Anna M. (Keller) Larner. He was edu- cated in the public schools here and graduated from what is now the George Washington University Law School in lsgfi with the degree of bachelor of jaws, while the degree of doctor of laws was conferred upon him by the same university in 1904. After the World War he was decorated by the Red Cross of Germany, through the German government, for distinguished service rendered . during the great 8 le. ";gr'mtted to the District of Columbia bar in the same year of his law school graduation, in 1879, Mr. Larner was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court in 1886. As an attorney he specialized in the law of estates, wills and corporations. He was closely connected with the Washington Loan & Trust Co. from its organization, being vice frelldent and general coun- sel of the trust company from 1889 to 1917, when he was elected president to succeed John Joy Edson, who was then made chairman of the board. Preferred Banking to Law. Dufl% this period as counsel for the bank . Larner found that he liked bansxng even better than law. Almost unconsciously at first he found himself glving more and more time to finance and less and less to 1 matters. ‘While he gave up private law practice, yet Mx, ] Always. t deal g 5 dent“and counsel of the H Glass Insurance Co. of Wi president of the National Union Insur- ance Co. and of the Equitabie Co-opera- tive Bullding Association. Many jears ago he was vice president and counsel of the Board of Trade. Few bapkers or business men have ven as much of their executive ability outside civic and social - interests. Mr, Larner served on all presidential inai ation committees from 1904 to and including the induction into office of President Hoover. Several years ago he served as treasurer of the Near East Relief Fund in Washington, and played an extremely important role in the great amount of financial help rendered that part of the world at that time. It was during this crisis that the term “philan- thropist” came to.be fittingly applied to Mr. Larner more than ever before. From the days of his early manhood Mr. Larner was one of the pillars of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. He was serving as president of the Board of Trustees at the time of his death, and at 73 was intensely con- cerned with every department of the church’'s activities. hree years ago, when the congregatiop voted to buy additional property adjoining the fa- mous “Lincoln Church” to the west, Mr. Larner did a great deal in molding sentiment in favor of the purchase, and aided in the financial plans necessary in carrying out such a step. John Dickson Home Official. At the time of his death he was vice president of the John Dickson Home, president of the Presbyterian Home for the Aged, trustee of the endowment fund of the American Red Cross, and president of the Washington Home for Foundlings. On account of his deep interest in religious progress and wide acquaintance among church leaders, he was elected a trustee in Princeton Theo- logical Seminary about three years ago. In Washington educational interests Mr. Larner rendered great service.| When he died he was chairman of the Board of Trustees of George Washing- ton Uniyersity, having served the insti- tution for a great many years. He was a strong advocate of higher ejucation, | his co-operation with tre faculty to- ward advancing standards was always notable, and his enthusiastic efforts to- | ‘ward the establishing of a real college | campus and the addition of new build- ings were equally valuable to the insti- tution. From 1912 to 1819 Mr. Larner was a member of the Washington Board of Education. When away from the city on motor trips he enjoyed nothing more | than visiting the camjey s of leading | Eastern colleges, aler; for ileas which he thought might b> carried out here. He often said that he regretted the de- clining interest in the classics in the higher institutions of learning. He was such a brilliant linguist himself that many years ago he was the author of the first English translation of Alexander | Dumas’ “Life of Napoleon,” which caused a great deal of comment, both in this | country and abroad. | Other literary efforts included con- siderable writing for financlal maga. | zines and the editing of the records of | the Columbia Historical Society. Since ! 1904 he had edited 25 of these volumes. | His collection of rare books and book plates was a notable one. Planned Big Bank Addition. In 1921 and 1922 Mr. Larner was president of the District Bankers' Asso- ciation, bringing his mature banking judgment to the problems of this or- ganization. He was a member of the American Bankers’ Association, at one time being vice president for the Dis- trict of Columbia. Under his guicance the Washington & Trust Co. prospered greatly. In 1026 he conceived the idea that the bank must have increased facilities for present needs and future growth. Abcit a year later a splendid addition was wmpleud which doubled the institu- tion's banking and office space, the uni- ivic Leader Dea JOHN B. LARNER. yers, National Press and Washington Bond clubs, as well as the Acacia and Phi Delta Phi fraternities and the Asso- ciation of Oldest Inhabitants. At one time and another he had done a great deal of committee work for most of > organizations. Other organiza- tions t> which he had given much time and advice are the Public Library, Washington Humane Society and the Young Men's Christian Association. Mr. Larner was a director of the Gar- fleld Memorial Hospital, trustee in the Community Chest, treasurer of the Aravelers' Aid Society, Sons of the American Revolution, and the National Fruit and Flower Guild. He was a mem ber of the Masonic fraternity and a Re- bublican in political views. He served on all pregidential inaugural commit- tees from 1901 to President Hoover's in- duction. Mr. Larner was one of the first Wash- ingtonians to register on the national honor roll of the American Tree Asso- clation when it began its campaign for tree planting to mark the bicentennial of the birth of George Washington. He registered tne planting of 40 trees in honor of Washington on the highway in front of his Summer home at Mifflin- town, Pa. Mr. Larner is survived by Mrs. Lar- ner and five daughters, Mrs. A. Cham- bers Oliphant, Mrs. A. S. Wetherspoon, Mzs. Charles A. Stott, Miss Anna South- ard k&lrner and Mrs. Hugh McAlister Banks. COBLENTZ TELLS OF SIGNING DATA IN PITTS’ DEFENSE (Continued From First Page.) after all, they might not be used im- properly. When I got home I tele- phoned Frank G. Raichle of New York, one of Pitts' attorneys, and told him under no circumstances to introduce in evidence at the tri any of the papers I had signed without consulting me. He promised that he would not do so without talking to me first. Warned Attorney. “On November 15, just a week or so before the trial, I went back to Florida and asked Raichle if either of the build- ings on which the authorizations were drawn were involved in Pitts’ alleged ‘peculations. - When he ‘replied in the affirmative, I warned him not to in- troduce any of them in evidence. “Raichle then called in Pitts and, T think, another attorney, George D. Horning, to discuss the matter. Pitts was reluctant not to use the papers I had signed, but he finally gave in and said he would not use them. He ex- plained that he had found the original authorization.” Edwards Tells of Fraud, The story of the preparation of the allegedly fraudulent defense offered in the conspiracy case, hidden for nearly a year behind secret grand jury pro- ceedings, was publicly disclosed today. Knowing that his testimony tended to incriminate himself, Edwards told in detail of the preparation of nearly 100 alleged spurfous authorizations and re- ceipts, which were introduced in evi- dence at the trial of three officers of the company last November. Edwards’ testimony linked Coblentz with the preparation of the alleged spurious papers. Used Different Pens. He said Coblentz came to Pitts’ home in Palm Beach in September, 1930, when he signed a considerable number <f authorizations drawn on the Beverly Building Corporation. In signing these Plpers at that time, Edwards said, Cob- lentz used three or four different pens and several different kinds of ink. Justice Letts usked the witness if Coblentz was in court. Edwards scanned the spectators and pointed out the Maryland banker, who was sitting in a front row. Justice Letts asked Coblentz to stand for purposes of identification, and the latter complied with this request. Ed- wards said the authorizations, although signed a month or two before the open- ing of the trial, were dated back as far as 1927 in some cases. He said Pitts was present part of the time in September while Coblentz was signing the authorizations. Coblentz, he sa.d, spent most of that afternoon in a »atio at Pitts’ home con- ferring with Pitts and two attorneys. ! One of the lawys, he said, was Raichle and the other, he believed, was Horning. Thomas' Signatures Destroyed, Edwards testified that John Thomas, a brother-in-law of Pitts, had signed seme of the authorizations. He said these - were destroyed, however, after Thomas talked to Raichle and the lat- ter told him not to sign any documents for anybody. He said Pitts then affixed his own signature to a set of authori- zations duplicating those Thomas had signed. Edwards testified that the bill of par- ticulars granted in the case was trans- mitted from Washington by telephone to Raichle in Florida. He said he pre- pared the authorizations to coincide with the items set forth in the bill. ‘The third Smith Co. official convicted at the trial, C. Elbert Anadale, is also expected to appear as a witness for the Government. ‘When court opened today Justice Letts passed favorably upon a request by Assistant United States Attorney William Gallagher to release to the Gov- ernment four typewriters belonging to Pitts which had been impounded by order of the court. Denies Motion to Quash. A motion to quash the contempt pe- tition was denied by Justice Letts yes- terday. Counsel for Pitts pointed out he is under indictment for perjury in connection with the same matters and ! that to compel him to disclose his de- | tense to that charge in a contempt pro- | ceeding would be highly prejudicial. BELGIAN PRINCE HOME THE ‘EVENING LAVAL FAGES FIGHT ON GERMAN ACCORD Own Party Opposes Plan, Radicals and Briand Spurn Offers. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star. PARIS, France, November 10.— French Premier Pierre Laval is meet- ing serious political opposition in his attempts to carry out the plan of a Franco-German understanding dis- cussed at Washington, it is learned to- day. In other.words, not merely the ardu- ousness of reconciiing the French and German viewpuints is preventing the taking of rapid steps in the reparations questions, but the complexities of French internal pclitics also present an obstacle. Time is short. Most statesmen agree that the first ana most necessary step toward restoration of confidence and the final solution of the world crisis is the achievement of better Franco-Ger- man relations, It is also agreed that some basis of hoiter relations must be reached before February, when, on the one hand, the Disarmament Conference meets and, on the other hand, Ger- many’s short-term credit payments again fall due. Suspicious of Germany. Unless meanv-hile some measure of understanding Las been reached by France and Germany it is difficult to sec how disarmament can greatly prog- ress or how Geimany can meet the payments to ifts foreign creditors, in- cluding American banks. The situation which M. Laval, to his dismay, is said to have found on his return from his American trip is briefly this: The French Nationalists, who form most of M. Laval's majority, are intensely suspicious of Germany. They seem sincerely to believe that Germany's financial policies are a de- liberate swindle, designed to frustrate France of its reparations, andl they con- sider the French evacuation of the Rhineland, which took place a year ago last June, a terrible mistake. They are therefore opposed to any further French concessions to Germany unless Germany is prepared publicly to forswear its Polme-l agitation for treaty revision, which Germany refuses to do. Radicals Block Move. Even aboard the steamer on his re- turn voyage M. Laval began to receive warnings from his Nationalist friends. Since his return to Paris these warnings are said to have been redoubled. M. Laval accordingly began to study the possibility of dropping some of the more extreme elements of his majority, as, for example, the so-called Marin group, and dropping also perhaps Finance Minister Pierre Etienne Flandin and Minister of War Andre Maginot and of extending his majority toward the Left, taking former Minister of Commerce Louis Loucheur and former Premier Edouard Herriot into the government. This alleged plan, however, has been blocked by the decision of the strategiz Radical Socialist Left group to remain in the opposition, at least until the election next Spring. Briand Withholds Help. M. Laval, it seems, then sought the support of his forcign minister, Aristide Briand, who is popular with the Left Here again he vas checked. Between M. Briand and } Laval bad feeling has been developing tur months. M. Briand apparently resents M. Laval's incursions into foreign policy. ‘When, therefore, M. Laval appealed the other day to Briand for help, M. Briand seems to have replied that he himself, if he had been consulted, would have handled ine Washington trip ot and that hence he could not now accept any responsibility for the situation. This misunderstanding seems to have gone so far that Andre Francois Poncet, French Ambassador at Berlin, was unable to obtain instructions from the Quai d'Orsay last Friday prior to his talk with German Chancellor Hein- rich Bruening and hence has been obliged to come to Paris, where he will be received by M. Briand today. Public Appeal Looms. In political circles it is even said that M. Briand may try to overthrow M. Laval when the Chamber of Deputies meets on Thursday with a view to be- coming premier himself. Some. of M. Briand's friends, however, fear that his waning physical energy is no longer equal to such arduous duties. In these circumstances M. Laval's best chance appears to be a public ap- peal to the Left for a concentration government in order to carry out the policies of his London, Berlin and ‘Washington negotiations. Such a move, however, would take considerable cour- age. (Copyright, 1931) PRESIDENT’S ‘IN-LAW’ HELD ON DRY CHARGE Husband of Hoover's Sister Ar- rested—Enters Plea of Not Guilty. By the Assoclated Press. SANTA MONICA, Calif., November 10.—The arrest of C. Van Ness Leavitt, brother-in-law of President Herbert Hoover, on a charge of possession of 19 pints of liquor was learned here today. Leavitt was taken into custody late yesterday with CHff Dailey by twe Federal prohibition agents and a local police officer. He sald the liquor was not his, but_had been placed in his hands when Dailey saw the officers ap- proaching. The arrest was made in a grocery store owned by Dailey. The two men were released on bail of $250 each. They appeared in Police Court today and pleaded not guilty. Leavitt, who is 57, is the husband of the President’s sister, Mary Hoover Leavitt. Rob Sheets and Fern Woolman, Fed- eral agents, and Thomas Carr, Santa Monica policeman, made the arrest. As the two Federal agents entered the front door of the grocery store, Carr appeared at the back door. Leavitt was arrested as he emerged from the rear door with the liquor in a gunny sack. Leavitt sald Dailey saw the officers and handed him the sack, saying “Here, take it out.” Leavitt said he did not know what the sack contained until officers told him. JUDGE’S SAFE ROBBED Yeggs, Only 50 Yards From Jail in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Get $4,000. TUSCALOOSA, Ala., November 10 (#). klnf.;lthln 50 yards of the county Jadl, by early todsy broke into a safe in the office of Probate Judge W. Returns After Seven-Month Travel and Study in United States. BRUSSELS, Belgium, November 10 (#) —Prince Charles, second son cf King Albert and Queen Elizabeth, re- turned Sunday from America after a seven-months abscnce. Traveling incognito, he arrived in fled plan producing one of the most at- tractive and conveniently arranged banks in any city in the East. Ottside the banking fleld the finan- eier was a member of the Archeological F-~iety of Washington, Cosmos, Metro~ Folitan, niversity, Chevy Chase, Hw- New York last April and began a tour which took him over most of the United States. He studied mechanical meth- ods in a number of factories and gen- erally agq himself. with .the people, ‘W. Brandon in the Tuscal County court house and escaped with approxi- mately $4,000 in cash and checks. Judge Brandon, a former Governor of Alabama, said the funds were not in- sured, but had his personal guarantee. Peru Accepts Arms fi:}idly. GENEVA, November 10 (#).—Peru in- formed the League of Nations today the one-year arma- holiday proposed the League. brings-the number, of adherents to 49, 4 STAR, WA |HOOVER TO GIVE ARMISTICE DAY SHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, KEYNOTE, DEDICATING TEMPLE Services at Memori Veterans to al to District War Open City's Festivities. Sounding the keynote of Armistice ) Mrs. George G. Seibold, who is both day for both this city and the Nation, President Hoover tomorrow will dedicate in West Potomac Park the Greek Doric | temple of matble which grateful citi-| zens of the National Capital have erect- ed in memory of their veterans of the | World War. Scheduled to start at the historic hour of 11 o'clock, when the armistice stilled the guns of battle on November 11, 1918, the ceremony is designed to be vivid with the colors under which many sons of this city died on the field of actlon, stirring with the martial music to which they marched. Tribute to Living As Well. To the ceremony have becn invited not only the leaders of the Nation, but the surviving veterans of the World ‘War, whose memory thus is to be hon- ored. The memorial is to be not only a tribute to the heroic dead, but also to those who still remain of the Capital's participants in the great struggle. This tribute is plainly emphasized in the in- scription about the top of the temple, which reads, “A memorial to the armed forces from the District of Columbia who served their country in the World ‘War."” i Supplementing previous invitations to the veterans to attend, Frank B. Noyes, chairman of the Memorial Commission, today officially welcomed all veterans. He explained a special place has been reserved for them and they will be given special attention. A place at the ceremonies has been reserved by arrangement of Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the Capital, who is in charge of the grounds. All members of the American Leglon, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Dis- abled American Veterans and American Gold Star Mothers are urged to attend. The general public is welcome. Other Ceremonies Planned. Dedication of the war memorial will be the outstanding ceremony.in the Capital and will be preceded and fol- lowed by other ceremonies at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, at Arlington, and at the tomb of the War President, Woodrow Wilson, at Washington Ca- thedral. ‘The dedication ceremony at the war memorial will be preceded by a concert by the U. S. Marine Band at 10:40 o'clock, which will last for 20 minutes, prior to the official opening of the pro- gram at 11 o'clock. Capt. R. C. Montgomery. U. 8. A, superintendent of Park Police, an- nounced this afternoon that special traffic arrangements will prevail tomor- row in the vicinity of the memorial. Vehicles will enter the memorial grounds south of the Tidal Basin, from Seventeenth street at the John Paul Jones Statue and travel on the park roadway, which in reality is an exten- sion of B street southwest, just north of the West Potomac golf course, the captain said. . Traffic will leave the memorial grounds by way of the park roadway, making exit past the Lincoln Memorial Capt. Montgomery said parking a rangements, as far as space will per- mit, will be provided in the vicinity of the memorial. Special details of United States park police will handle the traffic, the captain asserted. Lieut. Col. Grant will introduce as chairman of the day Mr. Noyes. The invocation will be by Chaplain Benja- min J. Tarsky, U. S. A. John Philip Sousa, famous march king, will lead the Marine Band in playing his “Stars and Stripes Forever.” Mr. Noyes then will present the memorial to President Hoover, who will accept it for the Na- tion and officially dedicate the temple. Mothers to Participate. One wreath will be laid on the tem- ple as indicative of the tribute from the whole District of Columbia by Mrs. George Gordon Seibold, national presi- dent of the American Gold Star Moth- ers. Taps will b2 blown by a bugler, the benediction will be pronounced by Rev. Arthur L. Smith, department chaplain, American Legion, and the ceremonies will close with “The Star Spangled Banner.” A significant feature of the scene will be the grouping of colors between the columns of the memorial. Color guards from the active services and veterans' organizations in uniform will complete the military, colorful picture. The distinguished assemblage at the dedication will include leaders in the Nation’s civil and military life, and members of the diplomatic corps. Prominence 1s being given to leaders of the World War, among whom is to be Gen, John J. Pershing. The national and District of Colum- bia departmental commanders of out- standing veterans' organizations of the World War plan to be present. These include American Legion, National Com- mander Henry L. Stevens, jr., of North Carolina and Department Comnrander Ferdinand G. Fraser; Veterans of For- elgn Wars, Commander in Chief Darold D. DeCoe of California and Department Commander Charles B. Jennings; Dis- abled American Veterans, National Commander E. Claude Babcock of this city and Department Commander Lee T. Turner; American Gold Star Mothers, national and department commander. The memorial is a thing of beauty, in a sylvan setting which enhances its significance. It is a Greek Doric tem- ple of Vermont marble, circular in de- sign, with a dome celling and roof sup- ported by columns. It is 47 feet high. The floor, raised 4 feet above the ground, is 44 feet in diameter, with two stairs on opposite sides leading up to it. About the base are being carved the names of the men of the National Capital who died in the World War. This list of names will not be completed by tomorrow, and the stonecutters will finish the work afterward. The vaulted ceiling is in a paneled design and rests and 12 fluted columns. The entire memorial is of white marble of enduring beauty from the same quarry in Danby, Vt., which supplied marble for the Arlington Amphitheater. The architect is Prederick H. Brooke of this city, Associate architects are N. C. Wyeth and Horace Peasley. The -entire dedication program will be broadcast to the Nation by both the National Broadcasting Co. and the Columbia Broadcasting System. Gen. Pershing to Speak. Another radio feature of Armistice day will be a second program to be broadcast from 9 to 9:30 o'clock by the National Broadcasting Co., when Gen. Pershing and Comdr. Stevens of the American Legion will speak. There will be music by the United States Army Band. This radio program is under the auspices of the American Legion. Mr. Stevens also will lay a wreath on the Tomb of the. Unknown Soldier to- morrow morning. The traditional Armistice day cere- mony of the National Order of the Knights of Columbus, will take place at Arlington at 12:45 o'clock, when a wreath will be laid on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by William G. Feely, acting state deputy for the Dis- trict of columbia, and Willlam A. Mul- ligan, State warden. This ceremony has been observed each year since the burial of the Unknown Soldier. Favorable weather was promised for all out-of-door ceremonies tomorrow. The Weather Bureau predicted for the day, “mostly cloudy and somewhat cooler.” At Bethlehem Chapel of Washington Cathedral several local posts of the American Legion will place wreaths on the tomb of Woodrow Wilson, during the annual commemoration service held in front of the former President’s tomb at 3:15 o'clock. The services will be broadcast over the Columbia Broad- casting System. The memorial address will be given by the Right Rev. James E. Freeman, D. D, Bishop of Wash- ington. Among the dignitaries pres- ent will be Gen. John J. Pershing, ;‘h(; is a trustee of Washington Cathe- ral. Relatives and associates of President Wilson in his administration and inti- mate friends will be among those in the congregation gathered for this impres- sive ceremony. It was announced at ‘Washington Cathedral that the public is invited to the limit of the seating capacity of the chapel. Bishop Free- man will conduct the service, assisted by the cathedral clergy, and hymns will be sung by the cathedral choir, under the direction of Edgar Priest, organist and choirmaster. Among these will be several which were favorites of the late President, including “Ameri “Oh, God, Our Help in Ages Past,” “God of Our Fathers Whose Almighty Hand” and “The Strife Is O'er, the Battle Done,” which was sung at his funeral in the Bethlehem Chapel. The services will last half an hour and will include readings from the Scriptures and appropriate prayers, as well as the memorial address and hymns. . Master William D, Davis, son of Maj. and Mrs. John F. Davis, will place the flowers on the tomb of the late Presi- dent on behalf of the Washington Woodrow Wilson Armistice Day Com- mitee, of which Mrs. Kate Trenholm Abrams is chairman. This committee is in charge of the arrangements for the service, Parties at Walter Reed. Sick veterans at Walter Reed Hos- pital will have an Armistice day narty, arranged for them by Gen. Pershing. The motion picture “Way Back Home" | will be shown. This picture features Seth Parker and his Jonesport neighbors, who are well known to the soldiers as radio listeners, for Seth Parker has been coming over the radio sets Sunday nights for years. In conjunction with this feature, Gen. Pershing also has arranged for the showing of a Floyd Gibbons subject, “Turn of the Tide,” which depicts the events in the World War that led to the final German defeat. Gen, Pershing arranged for the pro- gram through the management of the R-K-O Keith Theater, which is show- ing both of the features this week. The Carnegie Endowment for Inter- national Peace will hold a meeting in the auditorium of the National Press Club_tomorrow evening, with Frederic A. Delano, a trustee, presiding. Ad- dresses will be delivered by Huston Thompson, former chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, and Fred- eric R. Coudert of New York City. History Repeats Self Old “'Lesson of the Day” of October 10, 1857, De- scribes Situation and Anxiety in Depression and Political Unrest 74 Years Ago. _History, within the memory of many citizens, "is merely repeating today the cycle of world depression and inter- national strife that existed under very similar conditions 74 years age. - At that time the United States was con- fronted with “commercial prostration” and widespread unemployment, to quote from the public press. Great Britain was being tried sorely in coping with Indian insurrections; France was a po- litical cauldron, and Russia and China added to the uncertain political situa- i tion. A graphic description of those trou- blesome times, comparable to what is going on throughout the world today, was printed in Harper's Weekly of Oc- tober 10, 1857. A reprint of the article, entitled “The Lesson of the Day,” was sent to The Star by Frank M. Doyle, a local realtor. It reads: “THE LESSON OF THE DAY.” “It 1s a gloomy moment in history. Not for many years—not in the life- time of most men who read this paper —has there been so much grave and deep apprehension; never has the fu- ture seemed so incalculable as at this time. In our own country there is uni- versal commercial prostration and panic and thousands of our pocrest fel- low citizens are turned out the approaching Winter without employ- ment and without the prospect of it. “In France the political caldron seethes and bubbles with uncertainty; Russia hangs as usual, like a cloud, dark and silent upon the horizon of Eu- rope; while all the energies, resources and 'influences of the British Empire are sorely tried, and are yet to be tried more sorely, in coping Wwith the vast and deadly Indian insurrection, and with its disturbed relations in China. “It is a solemn moment, and no man can feel an indifference (which, hap- figy. no man pretends to feel) in ue of events. Of our own troubles no man can see the end. They are, gai]nly commercial; ose money, and by painful povert; to be taught wisdom—the wl.zsar,’:me c¥ honor, of falth, of sympathy and of charity—no man need seriously to despair. And yet the very haste to be rich, which is the occasion of this Wwide-spread calamity, has also tended !'\"oed:item');x the ;réornl forces with which e resist and sul - = bdue the ca Good friends: Let our c [ that the call comes to men who "have large hearts, however narrowed their | homes may be; who have open hands, however el 3 Mpty their purses. In time of peril we have nothing but manhood, strong in its faith in God, to rely upo! and whoever shows himself truly a God-fearing man now, by helping wherever and however he can, wil as blessed and bel el o oved as a great light fortunately, as yet and if we are ogly BAND CONCERT. By the United States Sold " Band this evening at sum”:ynil:iuo "t 5:20 o'clock. John §. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant. Symphono-jazz, Valse de cojncen. Strauss Finale, “Skippy”. *iTne Blar Spandied Baierr ™ Pope Names U. §. Archbishop. VATICAN CITY, November 10 (4).— Pope Pius today appointed Bishop John Gregory Murray of Portland, Me,, Arch- ournals,” NOVEMBER 10, . 1931 THEODORE DREISER AND GIRL INDIGTED Novelist Denies Misconduct Charges Made During Kentucky Inquiry. By the Associated Press. PINEVILLE, Ky, November 10— Theodore Dreiser, novelist, and Marie Pergain were indicted by the Bell Con- ty grand jury here today on charges of adultery. The offense is a misde- meanor under Kentucky law. The indictment charged the offense was committed at a hotel here during the tour of the Southeastern Kentucky coal fields by Dreiser and a committee of writers investigating the fatal out- breaks in the coal fields in the labor controversy last Summer. The bill was signed by W. A. Brock, Common-~ wealth's attorney, and R. N. Cornett, a retired merchant, foreman of the grand jury. Provides Small Fines. Bonds for each was fixed at $200, but court attaches said the warrants would not be served unless the defendants returned to Kentucky, as a misde- meanor is not an extraditable offense. A fine of $20 to $50 on conviction is provided by law. Dreiser left here yesterday before Circuit Judge D. C. Jones ordered the grand jury to inquire into charges con- cerning him and the young woman. The = 60-ycar-old author of “The American Tragedy,” denled at Bristol. Va.-Tenn., the misccnduct accusation and said it would be impossible for him to be guilty. He said he enjoyed “the companionship of ladies” and was “fond of their conver- sation,” but was incapable of commit- ting aduitery” and that the “perjured evidence of Judge Jcnes' jury would be powerless to prove otherwise.” Judge Jones also charged the grand jury to determine if acts of ecriminal syndicalism were committed at meet- ings of miners conducted by the Dreis- er Committee, and to return indict- ments if justified. He said if he had been governor he would have placed State troops on the border and never permitted the writers to enter Ken- tucky. The last two members of Dreiser's Committee were leaving the State to- day, after visiting miners charged with murder in their cells at Mount Sterling and Winchester, to where Harlan Coun- ty labor killing trials have been venued. The writers, John Dos Passos and M. P. Levy, assured the defendants they :\(;ullad have full legal service for their rials, MACDONALD HOLDS THAT WAR DEBTS ARE DEPRESSION CAUSE _(Continued From First Page.) white of evening dress worn by Ambas- sador Charles G. Dawes was in striking contrast to the brilliant uniforms of the rest of the dirlomlnc corps. From the galleries distinguished visitors looked down, many of them Indian potentates here for the round table conference. Text of King’s Speech. Following is the text of King George's speech: “My Lords and Members of the House of Commons: “My relations with foreign powers continue to be friendly. “My governmeat intends to pursue the policy of promoting peace and good will and to continue their aetive inter- est in the work ot the League of Nations. “Particularly are they giving close at- tention to reparations for the approa lnf disarmament conference, a success- ful result of which would, I am con- v‘r’f&'d' produce great and universal ben- efits. “The serious financial and economic situation of the world deeply concerns my government. They will do their utmost in co-operation with other gov- ernments and in a spirit of mutual helpfulness to fird ways for restoring the volume of International trade. “The Indian round-table conference continues. its work and a conferenc: with representatives of Burma will very shortly assemble. It is my earnest prayer that the deliberations of both these conferences may be crowned with success. Spirit of Free Cooperation. “In conformity with an undertaking rlv:n to representatives of my domin- ons in 1930, neasures will be laid be- fore you to give statutory effeot to cer- D | Jority of the new parliament confers on tain of the declarations and resolutions :l;galgme imperial conferences of 1926 and “This measure is designed to make clear the powers of the Dominion Par- llaments and to promot a spirit of free co-operation among members of the British Commonwealth of Nations. “My government has received from the government of my Dominion of Canada a proposal that the economic conference which adjourned in 1930 should be convened at Ottawa as soon as possible. This iavitation has been welcomed bv my ministers and will be considered in a most ngnlfllfllc spirit and with the earnest desire to come to some mutually advantageous arrange- ments with the government of my dominions. Economy Measure Indorsed. “The nation at a general election indorsed those measures for securing economy and balancing the national budget, which constituted the first es- sential steps in_solution of the financial and economic froblems with which the country has been confronted. “The nation was also invited by my ministers to_empower them to pursue a policy designed fully to re-establish | confidence in our financial stability and to give them authority to frame plans for insuring . favorable balance of trade. “They further sought from the na- tion unfettered discretion to consider every proposal likely to be of assistance in these matters. “My ministers now have received a clear, emphatic mandate to that effect. Important problems involved already are under detailed examination by my government. Decisions will be taken | and applied with the least possible de- Jay and In due course any legislation that may be required will be submitted to Parliament. “I pray that the blessing of Almighty Goy may rest upon your deliberations.” Almost Dictatorial Power. The unprecedented ministerial ma- the national government almost dicta- torial powers. Prime Minister Mac- Donald's appeal for a “doctor's man- date” to remedy the economic and financial distress of the empire, ans- wered by an overwhelming majority in his favor at the last elections, leaves in the hands of the newly constructed na- tionalist government the problem of remedying the nation's national and CAUGHT IN RUM CHASE Trio Arrested and Cargo of Liquor Seized in Ohio. CINCINNATI, Ohio, November 10 (#). —A 21-mile pursuit that started last night at Walton, Ky., resulted today in the arrest here of three alleged boot- leggers when their truck crashed into an automobile. Federal agents said the truck contained nearly 100 cases of liquor. One of the trio, Nicholas Arrigo, 30, Cincinnati, was out on bond awaiting sentence on a_ liquor transportation charge. Sam Brown, 31, Charleston, 8. C., was alleged to be a big distributor and supply source for Cincinnati boot- leggers. The third man registered as Harry Gordan, 26, Baltimore 3 CERR INJURIES ARE FATAL TO MARION DUCKETT Prince Georges County Attorney's Arm Was Amputated After Crash. Special Dispatch to The Star. BLADENSBURG, Md., November 10. —Marion Duckett, 77 years old, & na- tive and lifelong resicent of Prince George County, for years a leading member of the Maryland and District bars and a member of a distinguistied Southern Maryland family, died last night at 11:30 o'clock at his home here, Mr. Duckett had his arm so badly in- jured while riding in a bus several months ago that he had to have it amputated. He never recovered from the sheck of the accident. Born at Fcrest View, near Bowie, December 24, 1854, Mr. Duckett at- | tended the Old Bladensburg Academy, from which were graduated many who later were prominent in various walks of life. Mr. Duckett studied law under the late Daniel Clarke and was widely known as a lawyer. ‘When 18, while studying under Mr. Clarke, he taught school in Arne Arundel County. He was admitted to the Maryland Court of Appeals in 1878. In 1879 Mr. Duckett married Miss Gabriella A. Du Val, also of a distinguished family. Mrs. | Duckett died in December, 1916. Though Mr. Duckett always mani- fested a lively interest in political and ecivic affairs, he never sought public office but for years was president of the Bladensburg Board of Town Com- missioners. He was an authority on the history of Old Bladensburg and environs. In 1882 Mr. Duckett moved to Bladensburg, where he resided con- tinuously. Surviving him are seven children, two having died. Those living are T. Howard Duckett of Hyattsville, chair- man of the Washington Suburban San- itary Commission, a prominent lawyer and a leader in Democratic political cir« 3:;: Mrs. John E. Selby of Northfield, vi Lieut. E. Du Val Duckstt, U. S. tationed at the Naval Proving Grounds, at Indian Head; Mrs. Clif- ford L. Johnson of Bladensburg; Mrs. J. Burton Glenn of Washington. and %;s. John B. Thomas of Catonsville, Funeral services will be held tomor- row afternoon at 2 o'clock at St. Luke's i Episcopal Church here, with Rev. Clyde Brown, rector of Pinkney Memorial Episcopal Church, officiating. Interment will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. THREE FOUND GUILTY IN TRIPLE MURDERS Detroit Gangsters Are Convicted on Eye-witness’ Testimony in Kill- ing of One Victim. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, November 10.—Ray Bern- stein, Harry Keéywell and Irving Mil- berg were found guilty of first-degree murder of three men, in the Colling- wood avenue gang slaying, by a Re- corder's Court jury at noon today. ‘The three men, said police to gangsters, were tried specifically for claying of Joseph Sutker. The two victims were Joe Lebovitz and Hymie Paul. The State's principal witness, Solo- mon Levine, friend of the victims and the defendants, said he witnessed the shoooting after taking Sutker, Lebovitz and Paul to what had been represented as a conference. He named Harry Fleisher, a reputed gnzster‘ as the fourth executioner. eisher has not been apprehended. . GRAND! TO RUSH HERE UNDER GUARD; DISORDERS FEARED (Continued From First Page.) groundw-y and a public reception at City a) ‘That part of the Itallan-American colony here which still looks upon Mussolini as the hero of their native land demanded that they be given a chance to cheer the dictator's right- hand man. But while the one group of Italian- Americans were eager to give Minister Grandi the kind of a welcome that would remind him of that day when the Black Shirts under his col and marched into Rome, overthrew a fotter- ing government and put Mussolini in power, another group, vigorously op- ed to the Fascist regime in their na- ive land, were preparing hostile demon- strations, GRANDI SEES OWN FLAG. Beholds Foreign Minister's Emblem for First Time on Ship. S. S. CONTE GRANDE, en route to the United States, November 10 (4).— Dino Grandi saw _his own flag—the flag of the Foreign Minister of Italy—for the first time yesterday as he stood on the bridge of this vessel near the gantic Fortress Rock of Gibraltar. Capt Lena, master of the Conte Grande, pointed out the flag to him. It is of white with an outline of blue for the House of Savoy and the Faseist emblem is in the center. Since the vessel left Naples the flag has been gylnx,&mz the Foreign Minister didn't now it. : | has been perched on the rock for 300 years. The tongue of Genoa still is spoken there, he was told. Marion Duckett, jr., of Mitchell- | & €T | his hat was in the ring to stay. IGRANATA PROTEST PLANNED IN HOUSE llinois Republican, charge-d With Gang Aid at Polls, Likely to Be Seated. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. There were reports on Capitol Hil today that the Democrats I'fll "yllg force Peter C. Granata, Republican, from the eighth Illinois district, whose certificate of election is challenged by Representative Stanley H. Kunz, t> step aside and not be allowed to vote for the election of speaker. The Democrats will challenge the right of Granata to a seat, as is always dore in contested election caszs, but it always has been the decision that the man holding the certificate of clection be allowed to take his seat until an EI?(':'tletl'\s Sommltue has studied the contest and reported its finding to the House for decision. » In the Granata contest, it is claimed, the House will be told that gangsters, including those under Alphonse Capone’s leadership, were active in Granata’s election, and that this will furnish ex< traordinary ground for denying him a vote in organization of the House. But some of those most anxious to prevent Granata from taking a seat admitted today that they personally studied the record in this case, and there is nothing to show intimidation by any gang. So g’o.utsesuc}‘ l; chtzrbl:, if made in the , could not oved befor El!_!rclfloxacommltte& o o he Constitution provides that “each House shall be the judge of the elec- . tions, returns and qualifications of its own members.” But there will be no House organized when Granata presents himself. It will be the duty of the clerk, William Tyler Page, to preside at the :eetmz to;- otrg%r;‘nuon He swears in embers-elec ore cominy election of Speaker. T Frequently objection is made to some one whose seat is contested, and the clerk must then ask him to step aside. When all those whose credentials have not been protested have been sworn in, they act as the House in deciding whether protested persons who have re- celved credentials of election should be seated until a committee hasstudied their :ecm;d.l. Ust ll}y, if their credentials re in proper form, such allowed to take the oath m'v;;: for Speaker. In this way the clerk is sustained by the House itself. It is uncontroverted that the major- ity of parliamentary authority rules in favor of allowing the holder of creden- tials to be sworn in and take the seat until a committee considers the protest. There is one outstanding precedent of where a member-elect was forced to stand aside and was not allowed to take the oath. That was a Representa- tive-elect named Roberts from Utah, who was an admitted polygamist. Par- liamentarians says that there is nothing uuln&ul in the present protest against F f prospect that be allowed to vote, um lb‘ Republican, in the Speakership con- GARNER AND TILSON GIRD FOR BATTLE TO CONTROL HOUSE (Continued From First Page.) this time to confer with President Gol: Titson; who has § L , Wi as just returned to ‘Washington from Connecticut, admitted that it looked today as though the The omse and. theretore, woulh oogams e 3 ore, n- ize that body. ‘Majority rule has alwa: in the " said Mrfihfl:fld son, “and ibtedly it do 30 dur- ing the Dem crats have to majority, they will, of course, Speaker ‘and control the standing mittees.” Hat in Ring to Stay. Col. Tilson said that the Republicans of the House would go ahead with their plans for nominating a Speaker and other officers of the House at a party caucus which is to be held here No- vember 30. thout commenting on for the Speakership his own p romination, Col. Tilson indicated dfi: strongest opponent is Whfi" Bertrand Snell of New York, who has aeeen chairman of the Rules Commit- At a Republican caucus held early this year, when the late Speaker Long- worth was renominated for Speaker, the Republicans again chose Col. Tilson as P the-spinlon of G, his n the opi . Tilson and his friends. this action of the Republicans would appear to assure him of the floor leadership whether he be nominated for Speaker or not if the Democrats con- trol the House, In other words, if Mr. Tilson and the Republicans have suffi- cient smnilth to elect a Speaker, and the nomination has gone to Col. Tilson, he will become Speaker. If, on the other hand, as it now appears probable, the Democrats control and elect Garner as Speaker, Col. Tilson will continue as fioor leader for the Republicans. Tilson Forces Confident. The suggestion was made that if Col. Tilson, at the -E‘vwhl.u Republican caucus, was nominated for Speaker, the caucus might select some other man for floor leader and that if Col. Tilson failed of election to the speakership he would also lose out as floor leader. ‘The Tilson forces, however, believe that if they have strength enough to nominate Col. Tilson for Speaker they will also have strength eno in the ¢ caucus to return the floor lead: for him in the event of Democratic or- ngtzlaugrfi of the House. 4 ol. Tilson voiced the hope today that it would not be n p.ta in- was u ‘the upturn and that it might cause harn, ‘- increase the tax levies at this time. He said, however, that if the President and of the ury Mellen recommended tax revision when wou E H‘rumn'l }uwbucfi\ colleagues in the ouse, among lem Representative Bacharach of New Jersey, have already gone on record as favoring tax in-< creases at the coming session. Passage with comparatively little delay of the legislation necessary to make effective the Hoover moratorium for intergovern- mental debts is expected by Col. Tilson. Sees Bank Legislation. He said also that he believed Con- gress would put th recommended by the Beyond these measures, however, Col. Tilson made no prediction. With the When the liner entered the harbor | mojse Consul Carrara of Italy came aboard with an armful of flowers for Signora Grandi and newspapers and a wel- coming speech for the Foreijgn Min- ternational ills. mm his first formal announcement since the election, Prime Minister Mac- Donald declared last night that the two jmmediate problems confronting the government _are, first, to balance the rational budget and, second, to balance rade. m“‘tw cannot live on borrowing,” he said in discussing the first of these problems. “We cannot live on the de- struction of our capital. We must soive the budget matter as quickly as | ble.” POt ioid his audience, which included members of the British cabinet, leaders assembled to honor tic corps, in trade and industry and members of the diplomal ister. i the new lord mayor, Maurice Jenks, that the stabilization of the pound would l!\xrnl.nl: the solution to the trade prob- lem. “We intend as soon as practicable,” he said, “to take steps which will surely tend toward this end. If we can put te basis we will it independent of speculative movements or day-to-day transacting.” The prime minister also took occasion , to state that the newly constructed ! g?vemm:m would “work to the utmost secure the success of the Disarma- ment 9_0“"“3“-" A % Tetired naval officer, who served under ‘War and genera announ ing with the believe that the Democrats would undertake any general tariff revisio -— VETERAN'S RITES PLANNED ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Novem 10" (P Tient, “Louis “Fobért oy Admiral Farragut in the Civil at one time was in command of the U. 8. 8, Constitution, will be given a naval funeral at Arlington s Washi , tomorrow, it was an- nounced here last night. Lieut. Chester, who was 94 s il R y, he was. est xetired s of the Ni —