Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1932, Page 4

PROBES SLUGGING | - OF PHOTOGRAPHER Virginia Governor Orders In- i quiry Into Arrest of Four Others at lisley Rites. An investigation was under way to- day into a Virginia State policeman's action yesterday in assaulting one Washington newspaper photographer and arresting four others because they refused to obey his instructions not to take pictures of the funeral of Mrs. es Boeing Ilsley, at Middleburg, Va. The inquiry was ordered by Gov. John Garland Pollard, following receipt of vigorous protests from Washington edi- IS Joseph Roberts, Herald camera man, ‘was attacked by State Policeman T. P Btafford of Warrenton, Va. when he protested the no-photographer order, said to have been issued by Rev. Dr. D. Campbell Mayers, who officiated at the slain soclety woman's rites. Family Gives Permission. Previously, members of the Tisley gamily had given the newspaper men mission to snap pictures of the serv- F::s, They had taken photographs of the casket being carried from Emanuel Protestant Episcopal Church, Middle- burg, and were preparing to leave when Stafford rushed to the church and de- manded that they hand over their plates. The camera men protested, and Staf- ford arrested Roberts and Fred Cole, News photographer. The policeman later arrested two other cameramen, J. Abner Beale of the Times and Robert Clark of International News Service. He attempted to arrest several other pho- tographers, including Gus Chinn of The Star, but they eluded him. Knocked to Ground. Stafford » struck Roberts when the photographer objected to the policeman grasping his arm while escerting him and snother cameraman to_ the office of Magistrate Roy Seaton, Hit behind his ear, Roberts fell to the ground and was too dazed to arise for several minutes. Roberts and the other newspaper men subsequently were released by Magistrate Seaton. Following his re- Jease, Roberts swore out & warrant for Btafford, charging him with assaulting & person wearing eyeglasses The policeman was ordered to appear before Magistrate Seaton Monday morning. He retained Attorney Stilson H. Hall to defend him. Meanwhile, Gov. Pollard has ordered T. McCall Prazier, Virginia's director of motor vehicles and commander of January 13. “sweetheart of France during the dark days of '18. & THE E\‘ENING‘ STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1932. Here’s Elsie and Her Hubby NEWLYWEDS IN A HAPPY MOOD AT TARRYTOWN, N. Y. Photo. THOUSANDS ROUTED the State police, to meke a thorough investigation of the case. The Gover- nor telegraphed Washington editors that & report of the result of the in- quiry probably would be forthcoming at once. DUAL SLAYER HUNT ABANDONED HERE AND IN VIRGINIA (Continued ¥rom First Page.) Bank, prominent Middleburg ecitizens decided a “competent police officer” was necessary to protect their homes and families. To procure the services of such an officer, it was decided to increase the corporate limits of Middleburg by an- nexing adjacent villages of Ridge View and Windy Hill. This may be done, according to Virginia law, through court action., Further plans for effecting the annexation will be made at a meeting et the bank Monday. Women Fearful. Expressions of indignation and alarm were general throughout Middleburg on the part of woman folk. Since the murders, committed in the early hours of Tuesday morning, the women of Mid- dleburg have been virtually afraid to retire, and it was as & result of this feeling of tension that the men held the mass meeting yesterday. Among the more prominent Virginia gentry who attended the mass meeting were Raymond Belmont, son of August Belmont and owner of the Bel Ray Farms; Brig. Gen. William D. Mitchell, former Army Air Corps chief; Daniel Sands, banker; Thomas H. Dudley, Maj, Turner Wiltshire, who owns a string of racing horses; L. C. Leith, sports- man, and William J. Luck, mayor of Middleburg. After a fast chase into the Virginia mountains about 50 miles from Mid- dleburg on a supposedly “hot tip,” Lieut. John Fowler, Washington Police Department ballistics expert, and De- tective Sergt. Dennis J. Murphy of the Washington homicide squad returned to the Capital last night when the tip proved fruitless. Mysterious Phone Call. They had been acting on a mysterious telephone call into Washington police headquarters from Alexandria from a m id he was Ben Durrett of Brandy, to the effect that Craw- ford had spent the night on a farm near Brandy. Receiving word of the call while he was in Leesburg in conference with Sheriff E. S. Adrian of Loudoun County, Murphy immediately telephoned who was in Richmond | 7 Galle- | ing aul Alexander, ulpeper, where he picked up a Culpeper County deputy sheriff, Perry W. Hatcher, and together with Galleher and Lieut. Fowler, rushed over to Brandy. At Brandy they met Durrett, who de- nied having made’ the telephone call or having been in Alexandria at all yesterday. Gone North, His Theory. Durrett, superintendent of a State prison camp, told the officers he had not seen Crawford for nearly a year. He expressed the opinion the colored man, who worked for him at his home at Brandy after he was released from the penitentiary, had gone North “From what I know of Crawford in the years he has worked under me,” said Durrett, “I don't believe he would stay in Virginia. He always talked of oing North to work for ‘wealthy white olks." A group of younger Middleburg resi- dents visited Windy Hill, colored settle- ment near Middleburg, last night “to | Jook for Crawford.” There was no vio- lence, the group returning to Middle- burg ‘when the search proved fruitless. 8,000 OPPOSE SUNDAY BARBER SHOP CLOSING Petition Bearing Names of Capi- tal Business Men Presented to Congress. A protest carrying the signatures of 8,000 business men who oppose the Copeland bill to close the barber shops here on Sunday was presented to Con- gress yesterday by the National Liber- ties Association, Inc. The move was taken on behalf of ‘Washington barbers belonging to the association, whose membership totals 22,000, it was explained. ‘The association is against any Sun- | housebreaking charge. BY 3LEVEE BREAK Tippo Basin,” Mississippi, | Raging Torrent, With Many Homes Swamped. By the Associated Press. GLENDORA, Miss, January 16.— Tallahatchie County’s flooded Tippo Basin became a raging torrent today, sending marooned families to their housetops and threatening life and property, as a result of three major levee breaks. Relief forces hastened the task of re- moving several thousand families from | the basin, across the river from here, before it was too late. Expressing fear that the breaks last night, bringing sudden rises of water, had caught many families unawares, the flood workers called for immediate concentration here of all available boats to bring in the estimated 11,000 Tippo Basin residents over whose farm lands the released waters were rolling in some | instances 10 feet deep, | Refugees Brought In, Throughout the night refugees were brought into Glendora and other towns in the area, already crowded with the homeless, and most of them knee deep in backwater. The latest crisis in the month-old fight against the rampaging Delta rivers was precipitated when the three breaks occurred in the Tallahatchie | River east bank levee in quick succes- sion north of Swan Lake. The crevasses sent 10 feet of water sweeping down on a thousand homes, still oc- cupled by farm families, who had hoped against hope that levees would hold. A. B. Webb, Swan Lake Red Cross relief director, describing the situation a5 a major disaster, said $100,000 would be needed to care properly for the flood victims. 50,000 Persons Affeaed. He estimated that 50,000 s were aflected by the Delta flood. e hous- ing problem in partially flooded towns being used as refugee centers, presents | a major problem. Cold and rain have | added to the discomforts of refugees. Dr. J. A. Hartis of Swan Lake, pre- paring_to head a rescue party into Tippo Basin this morning, said the area was thickly settled and expressed fear that there may have been loss of life in last night's breaks. He pointed to the fact that some of those rescued and | brought into Glendora during the night | had been taken from housetops and as- | serted they had been rescued just in time, | MAN HELD IN THEFT Suspect, Baid to Have Broken Storo‘ Window, Is Arrested. Arrested after he is said to have! smashed the window of & jewelry store | at Seventh and G streets and removed several _watches, Leon Curtls, alias James R. Anderson, colored, was held for the grand jury in Police Court yesterday under $5000 bond on a Ira B. Meyers of 518 H street, night watchman, told Judge Gus A. Schuldt that when he was standing a couple of doors away he saw Curtis toss a brick through the store window. Then, he said, the man snatched sev- eral watches and ran. He 1as over- taken at Seventh and E streets, with the help of a taxicab driver and a street car motorman. REED SEES NEED FOR DEBT REVISION But Warns Europe to Avoid Linking Them With Reparations. Benator David A. Reed, Republican, of Pennsylvania, said last night it was “Inconceivable that the United States would not sympathetically consider a proposal for a temporary adjustment of Great Britain's war debt, based on her temporary diminished capacity to pay.” Europe as a whole, however, was re- minded by the Pennsylvania Senator, an administration spokesman, that there is no relation between war debts to America and Germany’s reparations. Senator Reed fssued a formal state- ment in response to “constant press re- ports from Europe attempting to class debts due to us with reparatiofs.” He called attentlon that Americas loans to the allles were made after the armistice and represented money from the people of the United States. Regarded as Concession. His willingness to consider a “tem- porary” readjustment of the war debts for “certain nations” was a concession on Reed's part. He previously has de- clared against the proposal of President Hoover to revive the War Debts Com- mission. But he insisted that each na- tion be dealt with alone. Significance was attached to the Reed statement because of his closeness to the administration and because of the conferences now proceeding in Europe looking to a readjustment of the Ger- man war reparations. “It is impossible for the United States,” he said, “to admit that if Ger- many is or may be unable to pay fur- ther reparations, this automatically cancels the debts, since the debts have no relation to the reparations. When the debts were created, no reparations existed. At the time of the funding the amount of the debts was estimated on the normal capacity of the various nations to pay, irrespective of repara- tions. Cites British As Example. “It is obvious that since that time the world-wide economic crisis has in certain nations deeply affected that ca- pacity and that certain nations may, in_ consequence, have to request con- sideration from the American Govern- ment as to thelr temporary capacity. “I have in mind, for example, the sit- uation of Great Britain at the present time, Every one knows the difficulties there in the very heavy taxation, and knows that if the depreciation of the pound continues it will probably greatly affect the British capacity to make the payments which will fall due next De- cember. It is inconcelvable that the United States would not sympatheti- cally consider a proposal for temporary adjustment based on temporarily di- minished capacity. “There should be no repudiation of the principle that the debts are valid and sacred obligations and that these obligations are individual to each na- tion, not collective to the debtors as a whole, or to be dealt with in that | fashion.” Wants to Remain Senator. Reed also removed himself yesterday from consideration as a possible candi- date for Ambassador to Great Britain. He had been mentioned in this connec- tion after the recent resignation of Ambassador Charles G. Dawes. The Pennsylvanian indicated he preferred to remain as a Senator. This statement was made after Henry P. Fletcher, former diplomat and chair- man of the Tariff Commission, frankly asked the Pennsylvania congressional ! delegation to urge his appointment as Dawes successor. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 16.—Lack of a sense of responsibility, sald Mrs. Cecile Pilpel today, is what is wrong with most children today. Mrs. Pilpel, director of the study groups of the Child Study Association of America and mother of four children and grandmother of three, went on to explain: “It is all right to teach children to be self-reliant. It is all right to teach them initiative. But most parents are learning that these things do not de- day closing either in the District or nationally. The association contends that such Jegislation constitutes discrimination and tends to injure merchants depend- ent on Sunday sales and entitled to eperate under their license. velop a sense of responsibility in the chudlren toward themselves or other o ity parents complain to Mrs. Pilpel that their children are not nice toward | others, that they “take all and give nothing.” MODERN CHILD SEENfi LACKING IN SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY Giving Each a Share in Family Work Is Greatest Help, Juvenile Study Leader Believes. This attitude, she sald, is due to the fact that children who live in metro- politan areas rarely see the effort that goes into the production of the things they want. “Country children see cause and ef- fect before their very eyes,” she ex- plained. “Artificlally giving children chores to do in city homes doesn't work very well. The child sees through the propaganda,” Mrs. Pilpel added. “The only way to develop responsi- bility in children is to teach them to do things, not because these things are good for them, but because it is their duty to do their share toward helping other people be le. It works | better than any other theory,” Mrs. Pilpel said. SOVIET SOUNDS OUT JAPAN ON TREATY Proposal for Non-Aggression Pact Meets With Little Encouragement. By the Associated Press TOKIO, January 16—The question of & non-aggression pact between So- viet Russia and Japan was discussed by Maxim Litvinoff, Soviet commissar for foreign affalrs, and Forelgn Minister Kenkichi Yoshizawa at Moscow Decem- ber 31, M. Yoshizawa sald today in an interview with representatives of Tokio newspapers. A similar proposal was understood to have been discussed here earlier this week with Premier Inukai by the Rus- sian Ambassador and to have met with little encouragement from the premier. The Japanese government rather frowns on such pacts, it was understood, and is rather proud of the fact she has none with any nation. Pact Held Unnecessary. Foreign Minister Yoshizawa said the question was raised during his visit to Moscow on his way here from Paris to accept the forelgn ministership by Litvinoff and that it grew out of.rumors before the battles at the Nonni River and Tsitsthar that Russia had fur- nished munitions to Gen. Mah Chan- Shan, Chinese commander. Litvinoff asured him that all such reports were groundless, M. Yoshizawa said. He informed the Russian forelgn commissar, he said, that he did not believe Tokio would favor such & non- aggression pact, pointing out, first, that he thought the Kellogg treaty, of which Japan and Russia are signatories, was sufficient, and, second, that such 2 TROLLING blissfully, hand in hand, Elsle Janis, famous actress, and ‘her | pact 18 wholy unnecessary, since Japan husband, Gilbert Wilson, were caught by the camera on the grounds of her home at Tarrytown, N. Y., yesterday, as above photo shows. The first news of Miss Janis’ marriage, which took place on New Year eve, broke She is 42, her husband 26. Miss Janis has been called the the A. E. F.” for the cheer she brought to the doughboys in —A. P. ‘1 absolutely has no intention of trans- gressing any Russian rights on the Chinese FEastern Railway in North Manchuria, or elsewhere. He said he told Litvinoff he would give a definite answer after consulting the home government. Entente Proposal Denied. The developments in North Man- churia, where activities of “Whife” Russian guards and other forces inim- ical to the Chinese Eastern Railway have been reported as increasing, were credited here with partial responsibil- ity for Moscow's sounding out Tokio on the non-aggression matter. s ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE URGED TO WAGE WAR ON STATES’ CONTROL (Continued From First Page.)_ agriculture of Pennsylvania, tald the convention that “the only chance the eighteenth amendment can be dis- turbed or nullified, or that the Vol- stead act may be modified, will be that the church people do not vote as they pray.” Delegates Visit Cangress. ‘This afternoon the convention re- cessed to allow the delegates to visit Congress and hear addresses delivered of prohibition. ‘Tonight the session was to reconvene, with Wayne C. Willlams, former attor- ney general of Colorado, presiding. Addresses were scheduled by Mrs. Ella A. Boole, New York, national and world president of the Women's Christian ‘Temperance Union; Bishop Thomas Nicholson, Detroit, retiring president of the league, and Rev. Howard Hyde Rus- sell, Westerville, Ohlo, founder of the Anti-Saloon League. Others who spoke this morning were Rev. Eugene L. Crawford, general secre- tary of the Board of Temperance and Social Service of the Methodist Episco- pal Church, South, who reviewed the history of prohibition from Colonial days to the present time; Rev. E. C. Din- widdie, executive secretary of the Na- tional Board of Strategy, and Dr. W. H. Anderson. Gov. Roosevelt Blacklisted. Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York was put on the Anti-Saloon League blacklist last night, along with former Gov. Alfred E. Smith and John J. Raskob. This was announced by F. Scott McBride, general superintend- ent, in a keynote address. “If the Democratic party can loosen itself from the stranglehold of John J. Raskob and nominate a constitutional Democrat, it will have a chance,” the speaker declared, “and if it submits to Smith, Raskob and Roosevelt, it will lose its great chance to perpetuate the memory of the party. “These three men would set around the table and decide who will be the next presidential candidate on the Democratic ticket. In the shadows overlooking this trio will be the wet influences that have enticed Mr. Raskob, a backsliding Republican, into the Democratic party.” The note of warning that the league must perpare for a hard fight in the coming ‘presidential election, sounded yesterday. in McBride's report, was Te= peated last night in the keynote speech and by Willis J. Abbot of Boston, editor of the Christian Science Monitor, and Rev. Dr. W. J. McGlothlin, Greenville, S. C., president of the Southern Baptist Convention and president of Purman University. Full Strength Required. “There is no doubt we can be vic- torious over the wets in the next elec- tion,” Mr. Abbot said, “but to do ®o we must get down and work and see that our full strength gets to the polls.” “For years we have been too sure of ourselves, but now we must awake or we will go down to defeat,” Dr.| McGlothlin warned. Bishop Ernest G. Richardson of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Philadel- phia, was elected president of the league, to succeed Bishop Thomas Nicholson of Detroit, who refused to seek re-election. Bishop Nicholson lon has been outstanding in his support o? prohibition. Before going to Philadel- phia, he was Bishop of Atlanta. ‘The board of directors decided to con- tinue all the other officers of the league with the exception of the vice presi- dents, in their present jobs for another two years. The vice presidents were to_be elected som time today. Dr. McBride appealed last night for a vigorous fight against resubmission of the prohibition issue to the States. “Resubmission is the first step in the he warned. “Senator Bingham’s repeal | resolution to be submitted through con- stitutional conventions instead of by legislatures is an effort to get repeal by coming in contact with the people there commemorating the annlvernry} wet program to destroy prohibition,” | as little as possible. They hope to use the multi-millionaires’ money to elect delegates, when but a small percentage of the people will go to the polls.” “If both parties offer candidates and platforms upholding the eighteenth amendment,” he continued, “the Anti- Saloon League will hold to its non- partisan position and take no sides.” A fight by the wets to keep the churches out of politics was seen by Bishep Willilam N. Ainsworth, Birming- ham, Ala, in a speech last night. “The enemy is now maneuvering for a strategic position in politics with the church forewarned to keep out,” he told the delegates. After the session adjourned last night the directors formulated resolutions expressing the sentiment of the con= vention on national issues. Music and Mousicians Reviews and News of Capital's Programs. La Argentina in " Colorful Dance Program. artist in her native climes, there is no denying that she is one of the most applauded and popular dancers on these shores. This fact, and a good many others, was demonstrated yesterday after- noon at the Na- tional Theater, when a giant audience greeted her with ‘round after round of genuine end e nthuslastic huzzahs. Among yes- terday after- noon's dances were the Tu- rina “Anda- louse Sentl- mentale,” the de Falla dance from the opera “Lavi da breve,” the dance of terror from the ballet “El amor brujo,” Albeniz’ “Classic Bolero” and the peasant dance by Guerrero, which is such a particular favorite with all audiences. After the inter- mission dances included the Grana- dos “Goyesca,” an Iberian dance by Nin (dedicated to La Argentina); a “Rumba” by Albeniz, “Seguidilla,” which is danced without music,and “La Corrida” by-Valverde. In analizing the effectiveness of Argentina’s performances, it may be said that what she lacks in her feet she makes up for by her hands and what' she lacks in her hands is handsomely made up for by her eloquent and almost verbal sense of humor. Her dancing is a smooth and lyrical picture which is as col- orful as the facade of a mosque, and, say, as unfathomable, She gives & picture preferably of human exalta- tion—whether as & Cuban woman, LTHOUGH it is said that Ya A Argentina is not a favorite La Argentina. or as & peasant of Toledo or as any kind of a person she chooses to be. And whether you admire her foot- work or not, in any case, you are bound to capitulate to her amazing character studies which are the re- sult of these external moods and actions. ‘Argentina is bound not to stir the true dance artist as does, for in- stance, a Wigman. But for the average person, who demands recre- ation in the midst of his “art” she gives far more entertainment dur- ing an afternoon. In the first place she knows her theater, and hence puts special stress on her costumes— all which are works of art in themselves—and in the second, she 18 s0 full of “fire and thunder” and so full of giving herself to the audlence that her mood is a definite and easily tangible quantity. She dances, of course, outwardly rather than inwardly—but there is no deny- ing that her movements are grace- ful, light and becoming—and that if she doesn’t vary these very much, or do more than soothe gently with her castenets, which in many cases are the whole dance in themselves, she is yet a grand person to watch and one who, by the way (shades of Frau Wigman), knows how to make a graceful exit, Argentina was assisted yesterday by Luis Galve, pianist, who among a series of piano solos gave es- pecial distinction to the Usandizaga “Basque Rhapsody.” E. de 8. MELCHER. University Glee Clubs to Give Concert Tonight. THE American University Glee Clubs will present a Midwinter concert tonight at the gymnastum- auditorium on the campus, begin- ning at 8:15 o’clock. ‘This is the first joint concert ever presented by both the men’s and women'’s glee clubs under their pres- ent organization, and will be di- rected by Harlan Randall. The con- cert is sponsored by the Student Council of the University. From the Front Row Reviews and News of Washington‘s Theaters. A New Gloria At Loew’s Palace. LORIA BWANSON is, of course, not by any means what Helen Gahagan was in Mr, Belasco's last stage production, “Tonight or Never.” Neither is the film as good as the play. Nevertheless, picture patrons will find the new Swanson opus, which opened yesterday at Loew's Palace, a breezy affair, acted superbly by every one but the star. ‘This is fair- ly obvious in spite of the fact that Miss Swanson has never been more ‘handsome nor worn more sumptuous re- galia, her mim- ing seems any- thing but op- eratic. She is coy and she is kittenish. In a few of the scenes she is downright excellent. But on the average her wearing of the fa- mous emeralds and her way of pro- voking romance is too forced. Her visualizing of how an opera singer comports herself unfortunately is not up to what others have decided was correct, before she tried it. The story, which has been diluted in certain sequences, is probably fairly well known. The idea is that an opera singer should find dear old human affection before she can ever hope to attain to the heights. In this case the star finds herself sud- denly full of Spring fever, due to a bad performance at her native opera house, and also to the fact that a debonair young man has been toss- ing violets in at her window. A handsome, wiliful but essentially childish young thing, she thereupon throws over her dinner engagement at the German embassy, (this all happens in Budapest) in order, frankly, to find herself a gigolo. And, wandering in to the debonair young man’s apartment, not by chance, she receives a kind of wel- come which she hadn't anticipated, but which results eventually in a blooming performance the follow- ing afternoon in “Tosca.” The filming of this story has been grandly done by Samuel Goldwyn, and Miss Swanson is equipped with a cast which resembles almost to a Melvyn Douglas is as he was —Fredinand Gottschalk gives a particularly lively performance as the star’s teacher and hanger-on. Allison Skipworth is splendid as the rallicking Marquesa, and Warburton Gamble and Boris (“Frankenstein”) Karloff are good in smaller mo- ments. All of them, however, are not allowed to be as hearty as they were in the play. It's a good picture though, and worth seeing. And you may like Gloria immensely. E. de 8. MELCHER. Gloria_ Swanson. “The Secret Witness.” Mystery at Rialto, SO many plays have been imposed upon a credulous public under the expansive term, “mystery,” that drama so advertised, no longer signi- fies suspense, thrills and the delight- ful “what nots” which go with in- trigue and enigma. “The Secret Witness,” however, is entitled to fly the full colors of the flag of mystery. It has assembled as interesting a succession of murder complications, as ever baffled & thrill-loving public. Imagination and originality have been employed in plotting the story: a_ generous supply of characters has been pro- vided, thus complicating the possi- bilities of “who did it”? and such favorites as Una Merkel, William Colller, jr., Zasu Pitts and Clyde Cook lend distinction to a competent cast. Around the murder of Herbert Folsom, a married man whose weak- ness appebrs to be women other than his wife, the story introduces a host of persons who might have com- mitted the murder, from the en- raged brother of one of the girls wronged by Folsom, down to Fol- som’s pet chimpanzee, which handles a revolver as skilfully s & man. One of the remarkable episodes 1S where the chimpanzee discovers the dead body of his master, and kissing the dead man’s face, sits beside the corpse, beating its chest and audibly weeping in an agony. For those who cnjoy suspense, two exciting murders before the play is ended, with shadows creeping in the dark, cleverly-devised murder instruments and s host of other original creep- producing _ qualities, “The Secret Witness” should be rarely fascinat- ing. q]nl Merkel, as Lols Martin, repre- sents the_ daughter of a police com- missioner, who sets about to find the murderer. This she does with originality and success, thereby win- ning the freedom and: the love of her young man, Arthur Jones, effec- tively played by Willlam Collier, jr. Purnell Pratt is convincing as Capt. MMcGowan, a detective captain, and Zasu Pitts, as Bella, the hotel tele- hone operator, really Tuns off with e feminine honors Others include Clyde Cook, lwfl Harolde, June Clyde, Ritta La Roy, Hooper Atchley, { Paul Hurst, Nat Pendleton and Greta Granstedt. ] A generous number of short pic- tures, including a news reel, a Holly- wood comedy, a sports reel and an “Oswald” animated cartoon, furnish supplementary attractions. G. 8. 8. “Private Lives” Still Draws at Columbia. NOE’L COWARD’S light and bright satire on love, divorce and.remarriage among our younger set, “Private Lives,” at Loew's Co- lumbia is being held over for a sec- ond week. That it deserves such long life is apparent from almost any angle you care to take—its dia- logue, the smoothness of its pattern and the acting by two excellent cinematic thespians, Norma Shearer and Robert Montgomery, and its ap- proval of the crowds. Miss Shearer throwing a pillow at Mr. Montgomery and Mr. Montgom- ery throwing Miss Shearer neatly over the back of a sofa, are asamus- ing in their “Cowardesque” rage as they are through the chatter of the rest of it. While their main forte has, of course, been derived by imi- tating the antics of their theatric predecessors, Gertrude Lawrence and Noel Coward, they are still pleasantly themselves and conduct themselves with better effect than they have in any film of recent vin- tage. Miss Shearer is handsome, articulate and_feminine—Mr. Mont- gomery smooth, suave and caustic. Between them and Director Sidney Franklyn they have scored an abso- lute bull's ege © The other twopeople in the cast— that unfortunately misplaced and briefly and wrongly married couple, Reginald Denny and Una Merkel, deserve thelr share of the glory, too, since they are excellent in ungrate- tul roles. E. de S. M. Good Show At the Fox Theater. W!TH a James Dunn-Sally Eilers picture in association with a stage performance that offers clean interest and fast moving, finely mounted, well selected vaudeville acts, the Fox has a program that shows quality throughout. The mo- tion picture has just an average plot, but the theme is one which always carries the attention — the stage ambitions of a modest pair of performers, who drive right on toward the goal despite the diffi- culties that arise When common people challenge a circle that main- tains its rigid requirements based upon recognition «f talent. Both Mr. Dunn and Miss Eilers lend distinction to their work, be- cause they are among the movie performers who have natural per- sonality, independent of the tricks of thé stage director. The former has that wholesome spirit of good nature that usually obscures any examples of bad taste that may be involved in his screen effort. In fact, it is that same good nature that saves his career, when he in- dulges in violence in'a public place in the course of a fit of jealousy. Miss Eilers, in a different way, gives the impression of living in her role, and has the capacity to disclose a kindly nature to those who observe her work. The two make unusu- ally good partners in such an every- day play as “Dance Team,” with its plentiful supply of the surprises that follow each other through the professional career. Minna Gombell also has a role of some importance that contributes to the story. ‘The Fanchon-Marco “On Parade” idea is notable for the complete- ness of its settings, its richness of costuming and the high mark achieved by the regular dancers, while Natacha Nattova, dance solo- ist, has a routine marked by origi- nality and grace. Another act on the program is that of Paul Sydell and his dogs, which seem to have been endowed with human qualities as they perform gymnastics in close co-operation with their trainer. Joe Rose, eccentric dancer, and the Four Flushers, in nonsensical acro- batics, also are good entertaine Les Stevens and the “Diplomat: continue to please with thelr offer- ings which have become more elabo- rate as the weeks pass. D.C.C. POLICE TRAP SUSPECT Alleged Whisky in Coupe Brings Arrest of Francis E. Ruth. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., January 186. —Trapped by police who lay in walt for him on the Ashton road Thursday afternoon. Francls Edward Ruth, 31, of 1108 Eighth street northeast, Wash~ ington, was arrested on charges of possession of whisky with intent to | sell and operating an automobile with- | out a registration card i Several cases of alleged whisky were reported found in the rear com- partment of the coupe Ruth was driv- ing by Sergts. Roy Snyder and Guy L. Jones who made the arrest. Ruth Wi released on $500 bond for his appea ance in Police Court at Rockville Jan- uary 26. VERY SUNDAY startireg Sarary 174 ulL (OLOR PAGE Look for It Tomorrow And Every Sunday in The Sfar * k k K K Kk