Evening Star Newspaper, December 5, 1934, Page 6

A—6 % RODELL KNGHTED IURNALST, DS Outstanding British Figure Widely Known by His Writings. By the Associated Press. WALTON HEATH, England, De- cember 5.—Lord Riddell, 69, one of | the most outstanding figures of the | British journalistic world, died today of the effects of a cold contracted in October. The baronage of Walton Heath was | created for him in 1920 as a result of | his position in journalism. He was born George Riddell, May | 25, 1865, and was well known on both | sides of the Atlantic for his work. He | began in life as a lawyer, but went | into newspaper work in 1888 and | steadily increased the scope of his journalistic activities His most recent work was the pub- | lication of a three-volume diary giv- ing behind-the-scenes glances at the world stage before, during and after the war. The first volume, published in June, 1933, covered the war ye the sec- | ond. published in November, 1933, | covered the half decade after the ar- mistice, while “More Pages From My | covering the period from 1908 to the eve of the war, was published only a few days after he caught a chill. Riddell leaves no heir, and the barony therefore becomes extinct. Lord Riddell came to Washington in the Winter of 1921-22 as semi-official spokesman for the British delegation to the arms conference. Although not v a delegate, he was in close with the movements of his government's representatives at the parley and acted as a one-man infor- | mation bureau for newspaper men, | BUILT UP FORTUNE. Lord Riddell Became Powerful In- | fluence in Britain. : Lord Riddell, English publisher. au- | thor and philanthropist, built his name | and fortune from a London Sunday | newspaper, News of the World. I journalistic career started when he a quired an interest in the Western Mail Cardiff. He obtained control of the News of the World early in the present century. Developing the paper along popular lines, he made himself wealthy and powerful. In 1934 this publication claimed a certified net sale of more than 3.350.000 copies. Meanwhile, he had gradually extend- ec his publishing interests, becoming | chairman of various publishing com- Ppanies. Knighted in 1909. By 1909, when he knighted, he had become one of the most influential personalities in London journalism, and after the outbreak of the World War he became the chief publicity link | between the press and the government. | In this capacity he represented the | British press at the peace conference | in 1919 and at all important allied conferences subsequently. | He was created a baronet in lDl!,' and in 1920 his war services were re- warded by his elevation to the peer- age as baron. He married Annie Mollison, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Allardice. They had no children. Though he was frail in appearance, he was an indefatigable worker. + Liked to Work. ‘When he was 68 years old, he said: “I work all day because I like it better than anything else.” He was a non-smoker and a teetotaler. He was a liberal donor tp hospitals and served as president of the Royal Free Hospital from 1925 onward; as president of the Medico-Legal So- ciety, 1930-33, and as chairman of the London Voluntary Hospitals Commit- tee from 1930 onward. He was an honorary member of the British Medi- cal Association and an honorary fellow of the British College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. | Sees Himself Decorated. l PHILADELPHIA, December 5 (P).— Lieut. Col. C. H. Lee enjoyed the thrill of a lifetime when he visited a current motion picture and saw a sequence of | Gen. Pershing pinning a decoration on an officer. Lee was the officer. | Death Bares Relief Hoax. MILWAUKEE, December 5 (#).—As | she stood in line to receive her food allotment at an outdoor relief station here, Mrs. Frances Jankowski, 65, dropped dead. When Emergency Hos- | pital attaches examined her clothing and belongings they found $122 in her purse. Vi ek IV, \/ AN (D) The best-dressed GALAPAGOS DEATH walls are wearing THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO D. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1934 LABOR RACKETEER DECLARED MENACE LORD RIDDELL. PROBE UNDER WAY Scientists Land at Lonely Isle Where Two Men Were Found Dead. # By the Ass LOS ANGELES, December 5.— Solution of death and disappearance mysteries as puzzling as any that ever confronted a detective of fiction was sought in the lonely Galapagos Islands today by a party of scientists. Radio messages said the party, headed by Capt. G. Allan Hancock, expected to identify the bodies of two men found on the uninhabited and waterless Marchena Island and to confirm, after inquiry, the theory of shipwreck and starvat The bodies have been tentatively identified by a Los Angeles mariner from radioed descriptions as Alfred Rudolph Lorenz of Paris and Arthur Estampa, a Norwegian, both inhab- itants of the lonely Galapagos After visiting Marchena Island, where the bodies were found a month ago by fishermen, the scientists ar- rived off Charles Island yesterday. There they also hoped to learn about the reported disappearance of | Baroness Eloise Bonsquet de Wagner, | formerly of Vienna and Paris, who brought Lorenz to Charles Island three years ago. Baroness de Wagner, Dr. Ritter! wrote Capt. Hancock last July, left Charles Island with Robert Phillip- | son some time ago. Dr. Ritter stated | there was something about the affair that he dared not write, but that he would like to talk personally with Capt. Hancock. ed Press. ANTHRACITE Kohler Says Activities May Void Economic Progress in United States. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 5.—Walter | J. Kohler, former Governor of Wis- consin, speaking today before the | Congress of American Industry, warn- | ed that “labor racketeers” may de- | stroy the economic progress of the | United States. | “There is grave danger today that the combined efforts of the possibly sincere theorists advocating the Xal-l lacies of spreading employment and | making extravagant governmental ex- penditures, together with labor rack- | eteers who are obsessed with a rule | or ruin program * * * may disrupt and destroy the unparalieled economic ! ¥ oy * Mt X xrx P ¥y xx¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ux progress our Nation so far has made,” he said. Individual Rights Upheld. “It is essential for our future in- dustrial program that the right of employes to deal with their employers individually or collectively, in mi- nority as well as majority groups, be maintained * ¢ *. “It is axiomatic that no general economic recovery is possible if in- dustrial strife, such as characterized the past year and a half, continues.” Re-establishment of prosperity, said Kohler, can be attained only through mutual confidence between employer and employe. He voiced the fear that unemploy- ment reserves supported by public funds would become a pawn in the game of partisan politics. “Far more important than unem- ployment insurance,” he said, “is em- ployment assurance. It would be no | service to the workers themselves to | impose a system so burdensome to industry as to lessen the ability of in- dustry to provide jobs.” Co-operation Pledged. Industry’s “‘whole-hearted” co-oper- at business doldrums out of the country was pledged by C. L. 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