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Dry Officer Gets ‘What He Ordered, Not What He Wants By the Associated Press. A Safe for Over 42 Years SALOON FOUGHT BY PRESBYTERIANS ROOSEVELT PLANS RAILROAD STUDY From the Front Row Reviews and News of Washindton's Theaters. - SMONE, RELEASED, FEARS VENGEANCE {Tea House Murder Prisoner, Who Turned State’s Evi- dence, Will Lie Low. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., December OMAHA, Nebr., December 10.— One of a group of Federal agents who entered a home to serve a liquor warrant found nobody was home 50 he answered the tele- phone when it rang. “Do you want anything to- night?” asked a male voice. “Five orange,” said the agent, and this is important because the word “orange” is sometimes used by Omaha bootleggers to designate raw ®hisky. A few minutes later a car was driven to the house and a man Ask Guarantee From Roose- velt and Request Hoover to Oppose Repeal. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, December 10.—The General Council of the Presbyterian “The Match At Warner's E‘l‘rnlf' ONSIDERING the fact that Ivar Kreuger and the lady whom fiction has linked him with, Miss Greta Garbo, are two of the most dramatic figures of this decade, the possibili- ties for a film such as “The Match King,” now current at Warner's Earle, were endless. ‘The result, it must be confessed, is disappointing. Warren William is Miss Bennett and Mr. Tracy In “Me and My Gal,” at Fox. \OMEDY of light texture, suit- able for the pre-Christmas season, engages the atten- tion of Joan Bennett and Spencer Tracy at the Fox Theater. Thelr play, “Me and My Gal,” touches the borderline between crime and re- spectability, with a weak sister respon- the end and love will conquer all. Nevertheless, Mr. Sale, Miss Dvorak and Mr. Manners have canspired to take just that narrative and, by their honest, well-directed dissem- bling. convert it into presentable en- tertainment. If you like your cinema Will Confer With Executives This Afternoon on Prob- lems of Carriers. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y., December 10.—Pres- ident-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt turned for careful and responsible service in bandling, packing, shipping and storing valu- able and fragile articles and all household and personal effects. 1140 Fifteenth Street Church in the U. S. A. yesterday made public communications urging President Hoover to oppose repeal of the Volstead act and asking President-elect Roose- | velt whether he will guarantee there shall be no return of the saloon. The action of the council, made pub- lic by its secretary. Dr. Lewis Seymour Mudge, was adopted at an executive | session in Chicago, November 16, and| ublic announcement withheld until the | etters were transmitted to the Presi- dent and President-elect. Communication Sent Hoover. Stating that the council is mindful | 10—Thomas Simone of Philadelphia, who became the star witness for the State in the old Colonial Tea House trial which sent two men to the peni- tentiary for 18 years, claims he isn’t afraid, but is “going to be careful for awhile.” | Simone testified that he became & State witness when promised that the | murder charge against him would be | nolle prossed. He was freed yesterday. | “I'll be on the spot all right if the | three men I named as members of the | too much the actor to be the man and Lili Damita’s role is too ordinary to be more than averagely inter- esting. Hence the career of this phenome- nally distorted genius of fi- nance is re- | duced to an episodic re- counting of sible for the overlapping of the two separate spheres. Put forth as a “rol- * licking comedy romance,” it is just that, and Tests with no particular weight upon the mental equip- ment of actors, playwright, director_or rustic, this should fill the bill. Noah Beery plays the heavy vil- lain ‘of the piece and Lyle Talbot is h’l..swughmr but more sinister asso- F \ carrying a package stepped out. The agents politely greeted the man, relieved him of his package, opened it and found — five oTanges. He was not held. PANTER SQUIRMS, his attention back to national affairs today after recommending legislative action toward relieving New York City and up-State municipalities of tax bur- dens and toward a reorganization of New York City's government. Mr. Roosevelt planned to go to his home at Hyde Park this afternoon to confer with railroad executives on prob- lems confronting the carriers. His 3,000-word message to the extra- ordinary session of the State Legislature yesterday made a number of recom- mendations, including a proposal for Established 1890 as the Storage Department of the American Se- cunt{ and Trust Co, and still closely affiliated with that Com- pany. In the Paramount news reel th\ C. A. ASPINWALL, President . Al esiden week Secretary of Labor Doak is pleading for the five-day week to in- crease employment. A senseless Mickey McGuire com- edy, so-called, and a mild travelogue are on the Columbia program. R. B. P, JR. e hold-up gang find out where I am. he said, in bidding farewell to Sherift ‘W. Curtis Hopkins. Simone told Hopkins and Frank M. Hall, assistant prosecutor, he intends to go straight. He was lucky in that the State afforded him an opportunity for freedom, he said. Admitting he had been arrested sev- eral times before and once served & three-month term in Philadelphia for carrying a gun, Simone insisted he al- ways fought with his fists and was afraid to handle the 45 automatic which he said was given him when he accompanied the bandits who held up the tea house. “I must have been crazy to Bo in there without even & mask or coat on,” he said. None of the hold-up party was drinking, he said. YOUNG MENJOU FREED Appellate Acquits Son of Actor in Auto Fatality Blame. LOS ANGELES, December 10 (P).— An appellate court yesterday directed a verdict acquitting 20-year-old Harold Menjou of a second-degree murder charge for the death of his 16-year-old companion, Marjorie Ann Guthier, in & motor car collision June 18. The jury, instructed it might convict Menjou of murder in the second de- gree, of manslaughter or acquit him, re- turned a verdict of not guilty on the murder charge, but reported itself dead- Jocked, 8 to 4, for conviction of man- slaughter. Young Menjou was adopted by Adolph Menjou, movie actor, when the latter married the boy's mother. She has since remarried, and the youth has re- mained with he E — SPECIAL NOTICES. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK- holders of the Real Estate Title Insurance Company of the District of Columbia. for the purpose of electing fifteen trustees of the company for the ensuing year, will be held at_the office of the company. 503 E 8 .W.. on Tuesday. }-llnul‘ry 10th, cen pm. Tl Bom ke inclusive " 'CHARLES E. 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CHAIRS POR _RE] SUITABLE BRIDGE PARTIES banquets. weddings meetings, 10c up per day cach: invalid rolling_chairs for STATES STORAGE Metropolitan 1844 both dates’ inciu: FOR d rent or sale €O 418 10tn ¢ nw TREASURY DEPAR’ Oftee of e ngton, D) 23, 19: Bank." Washington. D, th ust’ be presented to W B, Alman m o iver. with the legal ree rfiwmibfi-n- s e disallowed: ginea) . . AWALT. Actin troller of the Cus HALIAPIN WILL APPEAR AT CONSTITU. FAlL Decerber 15th and will - use utiful Baldwin Concert Grand Piano fur- pished by O. J DeMoll & Co., 12th and G - APPLES, Rockville Fruit Farm. Drive to Rogkrille, Md., Then One Mils TMENT. oller of the Currency. date or they may TN CRITES STERN Nursery Themes Meet Con- stant Objections When Defects Appear. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 10.—Henry more than one artist's ordinary share of direct, blunt criticism. It comes from children. Painting primarily for the nursery, agination the better—but just let them the toy. The artist will hear about that. A 5-year-old squinted critical eyes at one of Beekman's canvases that repre- sented animals filing two by two into Noah's ark. got five fishes! You got five fishes!” ing that fishes must have had the time Noah wasn't bothering about counting them. But the little critic wasn't fin- ished. “The squirrels,” any eyes.” critic, “they're sittin’ up. Beekman had a lot of trouble, too, about a three-panel mural he painted. The third panel was the first reversed, 5o that smoke coming out of a stack and blown by the wind was in the di- rection of the center from both panels. The children notice those things. SMOKE SCREEN CHARGE Arrested on charges of possession of smoke screen equipment and transport- ing 284 half-gallons of liquor, Wiliam A. Thompson, co'ored, 26, and James Hawkins, colored, 24, were held for grand t}’m'y action under $3,000 bond after they had entered pleas of not guilty before Police Court Judge Ralph Given yesterday. Policcrnan Willlam McEwen said he observed a large touring car, apparently heavily loaded, pull up to a hous: in the 2300 block of Champlain street Thursday night. Hidden behind a parked car across the street, the officer said he saw several men unloading caces of liquor from the machine. He walked up end arrested Thompson and Hawkins, who, he said, had been pas- sengers in the machine. Three other men escaped. . McEwen said the machine contained smoke screen as well as a false bottom trap which was filled with liquor. As- sistant United States_Attorneys David A. Hart and Roger Robb represented the Government. NEVADA DIVORCE WON BY PRINCESS OBOLENSKY By the Associated Pr Princess Alice Obolensky, sister of Vin- cent Astor, and Iris Tree Moffat, Eng- lish actress, were divorced here Wednes- day, it became known yesterday despite efforts of the principals to suppress the news. Records in each case have been seale and the complaints are listed under number only in the register of actions. Judge Clark J. Cuild of the first judicial district, presided at the hearings at which Princess Obolensky was di- vorced from Prince Serge Obolensky. former Russian Minister to Poland, and tion of her marriage to Edwin C. Moffat, an American. Judge Guild confirmed reports the two had been divorced only after County Clerk Ruel E. Lothrop had refused newspaper men permission to see the court records. Lothrop said he jucge in Reno denied this. Emerson Meyers Gives Fine Recital. MERSON MEYERS, a young pianist of unusual talent, played a taxing program last night 8t the Instityte of Musical Art. Mr. Meyers is already an artist, deserving this title by reason of the finish and bril- liancy of his performance and his musicdl understanding. No one could attempt Beethoven, Chopin, Mendelsschn, Brahms, Debussy and Liszt in succession without showing of what metal he is made The “Scnata in F Minor” of Bee- thoven was given in scholarly man- ner, carrying a true and thoughtful note. Of the 12 Chopin Etudes, the more familiar among them were the best played. the A Minor one being especially dashing. The Brahms “Intermevzo” and Debussy's “Pois- son d'or” were not so successful from the interpretative viewpoint, the “Poisson d'or” missing by a greater margin than the “Inter- mezz: Meyers has a scintillating technic and powerful touch. His trills, runs and arpeggios are sweep- ing, well demonstrated in the “Rondo” of Mendelssohn and Liszt's “Campanella.” While the gifts that can lead him to prominence are in abundance. he still needs pro- founder thought to ripen and enrich his playing. His presentations are simple, ‘sincere and unaffected and therefore, plezsing, but the poetry SWEET CIDER and deeper meaning in the composi- tion should come more to the fore and take equal place with his tech- nltglol pruflck‘n(‘y. g well did he succeed in the “Casipanella” of that he had to saill A E. HOLDS 2 MEN FOR JURY| | smount of industrial alcohol produced in this country in the fiscal year 1932, was reported yesterday by Dr J. M. Doran, | cohol. YERINGTON, Nev., December 10— | | | of the limitations which the Presby- | terian Church imposes with regard to political action, the communication to | President Hoover asks him “to make every effort to oppose the repeal of the Volstead act and the return of the saloon and the inevitable cans!quencesi of the legalization of the sale of in-| toxicating” liquor.” TThe communication to the President- | elect asks three questions: “Will you fulfill the guarantee that has been given that there shall be no | | return of the saloon? recommend that this can be effected if How will you | | the control of the liquor question is left Beekman represents toys against fan-|cs) attention to assurances given tastic, but _consistent, backgrounds. His | peatedly during little critics are content about the | campaign by the advocates of repeal as background—the more it stirs the im- | follows: R. Beekman, star of a one-man show at | to the individual States? How will you the Ferargil Galleries, probably gets | protect dry Temain dry? States in their efforts to! Letter to Rooseveit. The letter to Mr. Roosevelt also in- cludes the following: “The General Council would e the recent political “That the repeal of the Volstead act find a defect in the representation of |and the eighteenth amendment would | diminish unemployment. “That it would lessen taxation by | transferring it to the liquor traffic. “That it would do away with the speakeasy, bootlegging and the illegal | “Ho, Mr. Artist,” he exclaimed, “you | sale of liquor. That it would diminish crime and Beekman got around that by explain- | racketeering and law violation. “The General Council asks the pub- € bad and that |lic consclence to watch the effects of SE e Sups eihes toe Soet the possible return of the liquor traffic {and to require of those who have ad- | vocated it the fulfillment of these as- he said, “haven't [ surances.” | Cpeee Soher thappea tne e INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL PRODUCTION DROPS| 19,063,433 Gallons Under 1931 Fiscal Year's Output, Reports Commissioner. A decline of 19,063,433 gallons in the commissioner of industrial al- In his annual report the commissioner said production of alcohol totaled 146,- 950,912 gallons; attributed the decrease from the year before to lessened de- mand by industries raw material, and to the bureau’s pol- | iy of limiting production to the coun- try's requirements. using alcohol as The cereal beverage producers turned out 85,741,598 gallons, a drop of 11,- 1501,930 from 1931 Six whisky distilleries operating | under permit, produced 1,711,028 gal- | 1 ons, a drop of 724,602, while two rum | distilleries produced 1,097,777 taxable | gallons. | i | | | | The commissioner said there now are equipment for the laying down of &|,4480929 taxable gallons of distilled | spirits in warehouses, and wine in stor- age on June 30 totaled 18,659,481 gal- ons ‘Wine production in 12 months totaled 5,210,453 gallons, a drop of 1,448,400, WILL LEAVE FOR AFRICA Adventist Official to Receive Hos- pital From Abyssinian Ruler. Rev. Cecil K. Meyers, secretary of the Foreign Missions Board of Seventh-day | Adventists, will depart from New York 4 | formal hospital which the ruler has offered to he denomination as a giit. | | the former Miss Tree obtained dissolu- | December 15, | following an audience with the Abys- sinian Emperor, he will receive in a und for Africa, where, | ceremony the fully-equipped ‘The hospital, located in Addis Abeba, the capital, has been erected at a cost of $100,000, and is being offered as recognition of the church’s medical work in the country. BRI Chinese Editor Fined. HONGKONG, China, December 10 (P).—The editor of the Canton Daily News yesterday was fined $400 Mexican (about $80 at current quotations) or 133 was | days' imprisonment for the publication “acting under orders from Judge Guild | of an article derogatory to the Japanese !to show the records to no one,” but the | Emperor. The consul general protested | against the article a month ago. Music and Musicians Reviews and News of Capital's Programs. Friday Music Club Presents Varied Program. "THE program of the Friday Morn- ing Music Club yesterday at Barker Hall contributed its share in the Nation-wide celebration of the 70th birthday anniversary of Edward MacDowell and the 25th anniversary of the founding of the MacDowell Colony at Peterborough. Gertrude Smallwood Mockbee be- gan a group of piano sélections with the “Etuce in D Flat Major" of Franz Liszt, friend and patron of MacDowell, and finished with Mac- Dowell’s “Etude de Concert, Op. 36.” Mrs. Mockbee played the favorite concert numbers, following well the generally accepted line of interpre- tation She made rather too spar- ing use of the legato, and one felt a greater contrast could have been given had she displayed a more singing quality in her phrasing. Dorothy Sherman Pierson, soprano, gave an interesting group of songs by Norwegian composers. Mrs. Pierson caught the intimate mood of these songs, to which her delicate voice was admirably suited, and she was fully able to convey the character to the listeners. In response to the applause, she Jpve s charming en- core, a Swe song, “When I Was 17" The program ended with a duet ar- rangement of Ronald’s “Down in the Forest,” which Mrs. Pierson sang with Henry Nestor. Mr. Nestor re- strained his resonant baritone to blend it with the lighter quality of Mrs, Pierson’s voice. As this com- bination was most successful with the audience, they were forced to give an encore. . Eveline Monico, whose pianigic touch was a little too much in e'vtxl‘!‘el'n:ei h‘e‘:ffn howe_}l%l: musical support to gers. b ed with Mozart’s “So- events which merge finally into an ending Lili Damita. which is less dramatic than, any climax which the cinema has achieved. Mr. William's Match King is & smiling hypocrite who, the cinem: would have us believe, is more in- terested in femina than finances. While he pursues the handsome Miss Damita from Berlin to Salz- burg, and by the subtle methods of sending her violinists and France's best periminkles reduces her tem- porarily to his will, he allows his vast match projects to slumber in peace in the hands of those who are only his henchmen. Thus it is ihat he is telephoning across oceans for periwinkles when his match kingdom begins to crumble, and when at last he has crossed an- other sea to scatter false loans througnout Wall Street it is really for the asking Miss rry him rather than for the sake of bolstering his com- pany that he ventures on this last venture of grandeur. Moderately amusing, but too the- atric to be convincing, “The Match King” is a sometimes colorful pic- ture which somehow just doesn't click. You will be interested in it because some’ of the scenes are said to be fact. But you will never become absorbed. Miss Damita is only occasionally as handsome as she actually is. Mr. William is smooth, but not literal in his char- lcterk:jz:tlo;'n.ht finddfllrdle Albright as right-hand partner seems badly miscast. » The stage show, headed by Sid Gary, popular radio baritone, is only so-so this week; Paul Kirkland juggling a ladder around is the best of the acts, which also includes the Dawn Sisters and Paul Cadicux in “Sing a Little Dance Song”; and George Wiest and Ray Stantop in a musical comedy revue. Miss Doyle is also to be seen in a black dress which is the peer of all blagk dresses. E. de S. MELCHER. Indo-China Romance With Gable and Harlow. ¢RED DUST"'—and not “Red Rust” as half the world is saying—is the answer to any maid- en’s player. Devotees of Mr. Gable and the hotlands, and admirers of the white-haired Miss Jean Harlow, nleed n'r;ly be 'S?:]d dthn these three elements " are boun t and foot in this saga m’&fcfifn"f now playing before heated audiences at Loew’s Palace to realize that their a‘au ardent wishes have been satis- While the story is merely the re- vival of the old triangle game, and does not bristle either with novelty or genius, its suggestion of primitive emotions is s0 ardent and its theme 50 lighthearted that if you believe in Miss Harlow as a comedienne and Mr. Gable as the king of all he- men, you will unguestionably be stirred by the goings-on. It is Miss Harlow's potential evi- dence of turning into a roystering comedienne that is half of the fun of this picture. You have onmly to see her soaping herself gently in an Indo-China bath barrel, and Mr. Gable's ducking her subsequently, to appreciate the fact that this lady’s smile is a contagious affair, and her_way of saying bright lines (due to Writer John Mahin) thoroughly amusing. It is, of course, Miss Harlow's nonchalant way of wearing loosely contrived garments that still carries her high in the way of box-office appeal. However, before long she will have been given more to say and more to wear, and after that her career should be plain sailing. She is admirably qualified for this role of a well-meaning temptress, and particularly suited to fight the good fight with dark-eyed, handsome Mary Astor, who loves Mr. Gable also, but is unfortunately wed to Mr. Gene Raymond—who continues to be one of the best of the younger actors. Kot, but not heavy, this is what it is meant to be—a rcaring romance of the sizzling tropics. E. de 5. M. “Goona_ Goona” Offered At the Metropolitan. IF any one believes the lure of pristine_romance has ceased to sway the hearts of the American male, & glimpse at the audience of “Goona Goona” in the Metropolitan Theater will dispel that horrid illu- sion. There seems to be something about a simple, tropical tale of Balinese life which fascinates the most sophisticated of modern men as Tarzan (nee Weissmuller) is said to excite the ladies. From busi- ness man to office boy, they flocked to “The Isle of Paradise,” and now to “Goona Goona,” outnumbering the women 10 to 1 at any per- formance, and plainly keen to par- ticipate in an immediate revival— at least in imagination—of the late beloved cave-man days. Heartening though this is to all who had despaired for the corpuscles of the pink-blooded, hollow-chested man of today, there are some who insist the great reawakening of biceps and hair on the chest cannot alone account for the box office appeal of South Sea sagas. A few suggest it may be the sea pictures and the pretty boating scenes. the native orchestras or the tribal architecture which brings the cus- tomers rolling in. Yet another school has observed the Balinese manner— unaffected, unadorned—possesses & fatal charm. Whatever the secret, if you go down to the Metropolitan this week, you will watch the easy, mobile mimicry of native Thespians all tangled up in a story about a tan- skinned boy and girl who love each other very much but get nothing for it cxcept a rough deal, because the prince of their tribe also loves the girl. The goona goona (love drug to you) is what the prince gives the heroine, and it leads to a lot of trouble. The heroine’s coolie lover finds out all about it. He kills the prince, and the prince’s father kills him, and that will give you an idea ‘Goona ture), is that it has nothing to do with gangsters, politics, skyscrapers or airmail. The photography is fair, the native music full of quar- ter-tones unfortunately omitted in our scale, and the actors do not Joan Bennett. audience. For those who like light entertainment, which avoids a serious plot for some time after the opening scene, it is well prepared. An intoxicated man, with a tempera- ment of persistence, which is worthy of a better cause, falls literally into all sorts of trouble and finally brings prosperity to a member of the police force by giving him an opportunity to rescue a helpless man from the water. ‘The policeman so favored is played by Mr. Tracy, and Miss Bennett ap- pears as the young cashier of the quick-lunch establishment where the new young detective takes his meals. ‘With much sparring and maneuver- ing, Miss Bennett and Mr. Tracy create a match for themselves, and through their friendly association with eanother young couple are brought into contact with a pair of expert bank robbers, with more glory in the defeat of the criminals. Admirers of these two actors may find that they would prefer to see them in something with a little more of the element of thoughtful- ness, but they demonstrate that they are able to do the rough and tumble without missing any valuable points. Others in the company are Marion Burns, George Walsh, J. Farrell MacDonald, Noel Madison, Henry B. Walthall, Bert Hanlon, Adrian Morris and George Chandler. The stage program at the Fox is good and is accompanied by a Franz Lehar musical number from the orchestra, under the leadership of Phil Lampkin. One feature is an act by James Kirkwood, stage and screen star, who offers a dramatic bit, showing the disappointments of those who try to break into Holly- wood. Mr. Kirkwood is assisted by a young woman who acts and sings. Three foreign acts of merit are pre- sented by Molly Picon, in imitations and songs; the Le Gails, in dancing, singing and accordion playing on an a‘tractive scale, and the Mangeans, who do the finest acrobatic work without a single failure. Billy Far- rell and Dad, in dancing of various periods, are live performers. D.C. C. “Secrets of the French Police,” Stirring Drama at Keith’s. JO}!N WARBURTON, popular Washington actor, never ap- peared to better advantage than he does as the hero of the motion pic- ture that opéned yesterday at R-K-O Keith’s. Hidden under the prosaic name of “Secrets of the French Police,” this imaginative story, built around the mysterious Princess Anas has all the ele- ments that appeal to those who find pleasure in the intrigue of foreign colonies in European capitals, with uncertainties and physical dangers surrounding those who stand in the way of secret 3 Police workers are seen at work among the people, and in their sci- entific laboratory, a girl is kidnaped, her lover co-operates with the au- thorities, he courageously investi- gates the secrets of a royal and pa- latial home of the Russian emigres, finds that the girl is being used as a pawn, apparently as the missing princess, employes the second-story method to seek her rescue, is aided by a detail of police which arrives in time to save the life of the pris- oner, and assists in breaking up a dangerous game. Friends of Mr. Warburton, who remember his acting as a member of the National Theater Company, will find much to admire in his cinema performance. His natural poise on the stage, the touch of the quizzical that he gives to the inci- dents of a story, and his effective acting are important elements in the telling of & stirring tale of under- ground affairs in the life of a great capital. As a professional pick- pocket, who declare that his patri- otism always prevents his robbing a Frenchman, he is impelled to steal, even when he is engaged in a task for the guardians of the law. Gwili Andre appears as the sup- posed member of the royal family who is seized by the plotters as she walks along the street, and her contribution to the success of the play is notable, because of her per- sonal appearance and ability to make realistic the suffering which comes from imprisonment, and_the attempt of a man of ruthiess char- acteristics to place her under the influence of poison, so that she may appear to recall details of ex- perience in the royal family. The able cast of the play includes Frank Morgan, Murray Kinnell, Gregory Ratoff, Lucien Prival, Julia Swayne Gordon, Kendall Lee, Christian Rub and Arnold Korfl. The Keith program also has a long and finely photcgraphed film, “The Isle of Desire,” which shows the life of the South Seas, with the method employed by the young man of the race in winning his bride. This is accompanied by the char- acteristic music of the islands. There is also a Krazy Kat cartoon, and the newsreel has views of the hunger marchers in Wugkngton. Abbey Theater Players Change Their Program. - 'TH!NGS THAT ARE CAESAR'S,” a bitter but verbally rich play by Paul Vincent Carroll, was sub- stituted last night by the Abbey Players in place of “The New Gos- soon,” as originally scheduled. On account of the continued illness of cne of the members of the cast, today's plays will include Lady Gregory's “Spreading of the News” and Sean O'Casey’s “The Shadow of a Gunmen” in place of “Juno and the Paycock” at the matinee. Last night's performance, one of the most brilliant to date, was noted for the w:ork of Maureen Delany as the tyrannical Julia Hardy (her foot- work in the last scene was especially commendablz), Michael J. Doan as her husband and Kate Curling as the daughter. All three gave amaz- ing performances as thoze curiously opposite types in 2 play which, while slow of action, is a literary sermon on conditions and fancies‘in Ireland which rises to extraordinary beauty of langucge and thought. Tonight's selection will be “The Playboy of the Western World,” with “Kathleen ni Houlihen” as the E. deS. M. RUNAWAY FRESHMAN SEIZED A8 2-GUN MAN Needed Both Weapons to Protect 25 Cents, He Expl- :3 to Police. | By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, December 10.—A youth, who explained he was Edward William Murphy of Sioux City, Iowa, a freshman, who had tired of Nebraska | University and migrated South just to travel, was held here today on a charge of carrying ccncealed weapons—two of them, in fact. Qfficers said they arrested him last night with 25 cents in his pocket, one pistol in his coat and another strapped wlg leg. He was afraid of robbers, he said. “I didn’t have but 25 cents,” police sald Murphy told them, “and I didn't want to get robbed of that.” In Murphy's room in a small hotel police found a letter bearing the signa- ture of C. E. Murphy of Sioux City, advising him to “Please try to hold down your desire to grandstand. It will get you nothing but grief. CARNEGIE AID DECIDED Appropriations of $1,581.194 were au- thorized for scientific relief work dur- ing the coming year by the trustees of the Carnegie Institution of Washington at_their annual meeting yesterday. Representative James W. Wadsworth, jr., of New York was elected a member of the board, succeeding the late Gen.‘ William Barclay Parsons. District’s Heroes in the World War Compiled by Sergt. L. E. Jaeckel. S recorded in the official citation, Wocdell A. Pickering, lieuten- ant colonel, 369th Infantry, 93d Division, was awarded the Croix de Guerre of France for heroic gallantry in action with the enemy in the Champagne sector, Prance, Septem- machine gun _fire, establishing obser- vation stations and giving able coun- sel to subordinate officers. On two occasions he ad- vanced under heavy fire beyond | the “assault lines bravery did much to sustain the morale of his troops. Residence at appoint- ment, Wasbington, D. C. With the rank of major of infantry, he is now on duty in Washington, and resides at 2006 Columbia road north- west. legislation to permit $40,000,000 econo- mies in New York City. He asked the repeal of mandatory salary laws for New York City policemen, firemen and executives and reopening of the 1933 budget to permit other economies. SlEsn L JAILED IN ASSAULT Hot Water Alleged to Have Been Thrown on Two Women. Accused of throwing hot_water on | two colored women, James L. Brooks, colored, 32, was sent to jail for 180 | days when he appeared before Judge | Ralph Given in Police Court yesterday | on an assault charge. | The complainants, Josephine Chase and Mary Butler, said Brooks hurled | | boiling water at them when they were standing on the street near their home | in the 1100 block of Plerce court. s} i | | | Louella. - charge of experienced butter Many ordinary Kinds? daughter who had dif- ferent ideas about what was good for each other. By Nina Wilcox Putnam Beginning in Monday’s Star is the "Finest Batter in America Because only the purest sweet cream from canefully selected herds of the finest cows is used in making Because clean, moden strictly sanitary dairies, in makers selected by us and delicious butter for your table. y B SEoe e e Des g dairiesuntilitreachesyou. Itisalways''‘CreameryFresh”. 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