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GUARDSMAN WINS !
PRESIDENT’S MATCH
Mississippi Sergeant Beats
1,724 Riflemen for
Gold Medal.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
CAMP PERRY, Ohio, September 5
After shooting 145 points out of possible
ISO to top 1.724 competitors In the Na
tional Rifle Association President's
match, the largest number of shooters
ever to fire in a single competition In
the history of rtfledem. National Guard
R?rgt. Reginald A. Hcrin. 155th Infan
try, Jackson. Miss., received an auto
graphed letter from President Hoover,
commending him for his marksman
ship.
Easily the proudest gold medal marks
man In camp, Sergt. Hertn is also the
possessor of the Army Ordnance Asso
ciation prize, a .30 caliber Springfield
“sporter” valued at SIOO. and of the
National Guard Association trophy.
Staff Sergt Harry B. Parsons, Com
pany E. 121st Engineers. District of
Columbia National Guard, copped the
stately bronze plaque and miniature
medal offered by the American Society
of Military Engineers to the high Engi
neer. Parson totaled 140 over the
the course, which consisted of 10 shots
standing at 200 yards, and 10 shots
prone at both 600 and 1,000 yards.
Corporal Is Infantry Winner.
The Farnsworth Badge, offered to
the high United States infantryman,
and silver medal honors were captured
by Corpl. Charles W. Wills, 29th In
fantry. Fort Bennlng, Ga., who was
tied, but outranked, by the Mississippi
led.
With a 144 tally, First Lieut. Raymond
T. Presnell, U. S. Marine Corps,
headquarters, Washington, took third
place bronze medal and the Appre
ciation Cup, which was presented In
1913 by the United States Cavalry
Seventh-place medal and the Clarke
Memorial Trophy, presented to the high
est civilian, went to Ralph A. Allison,
Ban. Jose, Calif., with a 143.
Ensign John F. Harper, Jr., of Center
ville, Md., shot a 143 to win the Cres
cent Athletic Club Trophy, presented to
the high United States Navy man, and
eighth-place medal.
Special Awards.
Other special awards are as follows:
Cavalry Cup. won by First Lieut. Ray
mond D. Palmer, Fort Riley, Kans . 142:
Coast Guard Trophy. Coxswain Marcus
N. Cobb, Charleston, S. C., 141; Reserve
Officers' Association Trophy, First Lieut.
X. B. Shaffer, Vicksburg, Mich., 139
and the National Society Scabbard and
Blade Prize, Parke D. Morgan, 6th Corps
Area R. O. T. C.. Wood River, 111.. 136.
Six Washingtonians, wearing the
brassard of the President's Hundred,
•will parade next Sunday before Col.
Osmun Latrobe, executive officer, na
tional matches, and former military
aide to President Coolidge. Their In
dividual scores and brassard numbers
are as follows: Capt. Just C. Jensen.
Ordnance Department, State staff, 141,
twenty-sixth: Staff Sergt. Parsons, high
engineer, 140, thirty-eighth; First Lieut.
Thaddeus A. Riley, Headquarters. 121st
Engineers. 139, fifty-fifth; Douglas C.
McDougail, jr„ 1746 K street, 138,
eighty-fifth; Bergt. Theodore L. Har
rell, Ordnance Detachment. State staff,
137, ninety-third, and Sergt. Prescott J.
Blount, 714 Nineteenth street, Virginia
Militia, 137, ninety-ninth.
Cash Prises Given.
Seventeen cash prizes were also
awarded to the following Washington
sharpshooters: Civilian class, 813 entries
-•-McDougal, seventeenth; George E.
Cook, Jr., 1719 Eighteenth street, twen
ty-third, 137 points; William Cook,
same address, thirty-first, 136; George
E. Lindsay, 3541 Eleventh street, Na
tional Capital Rifle Club. 120th, 130;
Clay D. Perkins. 1728 Eighteenth street,
121st, 130; Alfred H. Yeomara 3324
Nineteenth street, 127th, 130; William
H. Siosson. Georgetown University R.
O. T. C„ 138th, 130, and Ralph T.
Sterling, Maryland University R. O. T.
C, 147th, 129
National Guard group. 624 entries—
Capt. Jensen, sixth; Staff Sergt. Pear
son, eighth; Lieut. Riley, tenth; Sergt.
Harrell, eighteenth: Sergt. Blount,
twentieth; Sergt. Walter E. Jessup,
Company E, 121st Engineers, forty-first,
136 points; Sergt. Henry M. Boudlnot,
Company E, same regiment, seventy
fourth, 134; First Lieut Walter R.
Stokes, medical detachment, same regi
ment, ninety-eighth, 133, and Sergt.
Gilbert L. Johnson, Company E, 111th,
Post Wimbledon Results.
Publication yesterday of the official
bulletin on the Wimbledon Cup match
showed the following Washington men
to have won prizes in their respective
class;
Civilian division, 753 competitors—
Robert H. Hartshorn, 903 Webster street,
149th place, 85 points.
National Guard class, 587 entrants—
Lieut. Riley, second, 99 points; Staff
Sergt. Alex J. Thill, Ordnance Detach
ment, state Staff, third, same score;
Sergt. William L. Spicknall, Company
F. Ist Maryland Infantry, Hyattsville,
twenty-sixth, 93; Sergt. Harrell, twenty- 1
eighth, 92; Second Lieut. William R.
Lane, Company E, 121st Engineers, next
place, same score; Pvt. George F. Kern,
Ordnance Detachment, seventy-second. l
90: Second Lieut. Edward D. Andrus,
Company E, seventy-seventh, same
score; Pvt. Louis W. Panneton. Ord
nance Detachment, ninety-third, 89;
Capt. Jensen, ninety-eighth, same
score, and Sergt. Blount, one hund
red and first, 88.
Guardsmen Place.
In the Casewell trophy team event.
District of Columbia Guardsmen took
third place bronze medals with a total
of 2,362 out of a possible 2,500, accord
ing to a small-bore range bulletin re
leased yesterday. The match, compris
ing 20 shots per man at each of the 50
and 100 yard ranges, was won by Ohio
civilians with 2,371. The American
Lpgion team, coached by Marine Gun
ner Ollie M. Schriver, U. S. Marine
Corps, retired, 1414 V street, Washing
ton, nosed the Militiamen out of sec
ond place by a single point.
The Individual scores of the District
medal winners are as follows: Lieut.
W. R. Stokes, 397x400; Staff Sergt. Par
sens, 395; Capt. Jensen, 394; Sergt.
Harrell, 393: Lieut. Riley, 392, and
Staff Sergt. Thill. 391.
, A tie resulted in the long-range two
man team match consisting of 20 shots
Jrom both the 100 and 200 yard ranges,
when V. Z. Canfield and W. Russell
O'Neal, Ohio civilians, shot 395 and
393, respectively, against a pair of 394 s
by Dr. Emmett O. Swanson and Henry
J. Adams, jr„ Minnesota and California
Civilians, respectively. A toss of the
coin gave the former pair gold medals
And the Hercules Powder Co. Trophy.
• Sergt. Harrell. 393, and Staff Sergt.
Thill. 389, qualified for seventh and
last prize among the 36 teams entered.
[TAX HITS SCOTCH WHISKY
“Wee Drop of Liquor May Be Cut
Because of Duty.
ELGIN, Scotland, September 5 UP).—
It appeared today that a wee drop of
Scotch whisky In Scotland might be
reduced In size because of high taxes.
«, The Pot Still Malt Distillers’ Associ
ation has recommended that the manu
facture of Scotch malt whisky during
the coming season be drastically cur
tailed. and It is believed that hardly
one quarter of the home barley output
will be bought for distillation.
< With the present rate about $lB a
Sillon, excessive duties are regarded by
lstillers as strangling the industry. 1
Distillers have gradually decreased their
Output singe 1925, and with a large I
stack In warehouses it Is expected that
the-business will almost come to a
Standstill.
From the Front Row
Reviews and News of Washington's Theaters.
“Waterloo Bridge”
Sherwood's Play at Rialto.
Robert sherwood mod
estly says that he likes
"Waterloo Bridge,” which be
gan Its film career lut night
at the Rialto with sficn an
air of prosperity. He says, In fact,
"I hate to admit It, but I thought
the picture a lot
better than the
play.” Which
should be. of
course, a feather
in the cap of
the cinema in
dustry --even
though there
was never any
particular
cheering over
the play.
Remembering,
however, the
villainous scowl
that appeared
on Mr. Dreiser’s
face when he
reviewed his
“American
M
Mb* Clark.
Tragedy,” the fact that an author of
such commendable virtues as Mr.
Sherwood likes a film version of one
of his cherished brain children is a
very good sign and an Indication
that the films are not waging war on
the litterati, as so many protest.
The especial brilliance that la at
tached to this film, one has to ad
mit. Is not due to any particular
mental struggling on the part of the
author—the theme being as old as
Moses —but rather to the perform
ance of Mae Clarke as the unfor
tunate lady of the streets whose
taste of the better things of life is
brief and tragic, and to the super
direction by James Whale. Miss
Clarke, recalled chiefly through her
short but electrical performance In
"The Front Page,” is a young actress
whose methods of evoking sorrow
rank high among this season’s his
trionics. The undoubted truth that
many ladies who first witnessed her
emotings found themselves wrestling
with handkerchiefs Is a tribute to a
skillful manipulation of a role which
might easily have failed to click.
“Waterloo Bridge" being the chief
background for the unraveling of
the theme. Director James Whale —
late of "Journey's End” —has seen
fit to introduce his heroine to his
hero there —as In the play—and also
has killed her there—as not In the
play. The ending meant, it is said,
to be a sop to certain fault-finders
who invariably complain of the
happy untangling of the plot, in this
case seems more theatrical than
necessary and far too abrupt. No
sooner has this lady of the streets
said good-bye to her soldier lover,
whom she has promised to marry,
than she starts running across the
bridge, and before you know it—
presto!—she is trodden under by a
giant shell, which has reduced her
to nothing. Psychologically, this has
happened so quickly that you don’t
have time to be sorry for her—or
rather you have Just seen her lying
sprawled out on the pavements—
when the lights are flashed on and
you catch your next-door neighbor
on the verge of again reaching for
the handkerchief.
Much, of course, has been said and
will be said about this ending. Some
like It—others don't. Here Is a mild
(but how else would you have It)
don’t.
Other than the talented Miss
Clarke, the brief comedy Is supplied
1 admirably by Geoffrey Kerr, and the
very young and ardent soldier-lover
is played by Kent Douglas, who used
to be with the Theater Guild and
who still is a trifle too self-conscious
to be better than average. However,
most of the ladles say he Is grand—
so perhaps he is.
A morbid story this—but well done
and "different.” E. de S. MELCHER.
“Rebound” With Ina Claire
And Robert Williams at Keith's.
ANY dialogue emerging from Don
aid Ogden Stewart's shop Is
meant to be smart and brightly so
phisticated. and any play to which
he puts his hand, full of bibulous
children and grown-ups who talk
about spinach and "weedle-weedies."
Sometimes this Is funny—but not al
ways. This can be said about the
new’ film, "Rebound,” at R.-K.-O.
Keith's—which sparkles In places,
crackles In spots, delights a few and
Insults the others.
Ina Claire, whose best theatrical
moments have come In speaking Mr
Londsdale's effervescent lines. Is the
lady In this who tries to do a Hope
Williams—and doesn’t. Effective be
yond a doubt during the first part
(except the very first), squeezing the
most out of some exceedingly lop
sided lines, making much that Is
only mildly witty seem absolutely
so, she yet fails on the whole of be
ing more than a highly affected the
atrical celebrity.
As far as this reviewer could see,
the film lay triumphantly in the
palm of Robert Williams, who a*
Johnny the drunk was not only
amusing but believable, and abso
' lutely the only character of them
I all who had one grain of chivalry
in him. Otherwise Robert Ames
seemed natural and unaffected as
the “rebound” husband, and Myma
Loy looked much better than Miss
Claire in an Identical dress.
The substance of "Rebound” is the
rlng-around-a-rosie existence of four
“idle rich,” half of whom marry
for love and the other half (divided),
one for money and the other to for
get having been given the "gate."
On their respective honeymoons
they meet In Paris and get all mixed
up with each other again. Then,
later, back in the “States,” they get
mad. and sentimental, drop down
on their knees to each other, and
behave much like you or I—wouldn’t
before a camera. A good deal of
this is splendid—but the knee-drop
ping Isn’t. E. de S. M.
“Huckleberry Finn" at Fox
Is Juvenile Film Surcess.
other boy characters of
fiction are Just parts of the
printed page, there is American his
tory In the Imaginary contributions
of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Saw
yer to the vigorous life of the Mis
sissippi Valley. They are national
characters Just as surely as the
Presidents of the United States and
the great leaders In Congress. They
are better known than any of these—
their thoroughly natural qualities
are more easily recognized than
would be those of a company of
statesmen, for they represent Idealized
national traits. Viewed by Mark
Twain, In the remarkable period of
his career when he w’as performing
prodigious feats In the creation of
living and typical characters, mere
ly that he might accumulate the
funds to pay a great debt of honor,
they w’ere American boyhood develop
ing American character. Huck Finn,
made chief character In the film
bearing his name, now shown at the
Fox Theater, was a real vagabond,
but an even more real American In
the making. His instinctive sense of
duty and of loyalty shone through
the mischief and rebellion that at
tached to a lowly origin, and he
was a part of the life along the
great river in a day when the steam
boats of that liquid highway repre
sented the highest conception of
speed that the world was able to
produce.
The play at the Fox is Just an
incident in the long story of Huckle
berry Finn, but It has a plot In the
happiest mood of the great na
tional humorist, and what was left
undone orlgipally has been perfect
ed for screen purposes by the pens
of Grover Jones and William Slavens
McNutt. In Its presentation requi
sitions have been made on the
THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D, C„ SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 5, 1931,
juvenile contingent of the film
colony, and there Is in “Huckle
berry Finn” a piece of dramatic
work which would be worthy of more
experienced actors. The roster In
cludes Junior Durkin, Jackie Coogan,
Mitzt Oreen and Jackie Searl, and
their performance has the quality
that creates life. Young Durkin's
work as the hero of the story Is un
qualifiedly clever, with a combina
tion of smiling diffidence and quiet
determination which is only possible
In a Juvenile role. In addition to
these, the fan is able to discern in
the acting of Charlotte V. Henry as
Mary Jane, the girl who discovers
the greatness of Huck. natural
qualities that should contribute to
her eminence In the movies. Others
in the cast, young and old, all of
whom are factors In a successful pre
sentation, are Eugene Pallette, Clar
ence Muse, Jane Darwell, Oscar
Apfel, Lillian Harmer, Guy Oliver,
Clara Blandlck, Warner Richmond,
Doris Short and Cecil Weston.
The most notable feature Is that
In which Huck routs the robbers of
his young friehd’s home with a strik
ing battle in the cellar, while the
display of qbaracters In the school
room scene is worthy of attention.
The stage show at the Fox In
cludes the Fanchon and Marco
"Olympic Games” Idea, with a pro
gram which Includes Paul Remos
and his midgets, Hal Haig, Francla,
a singer who Impresses; Sunny and
Vina Jean Rooney, and an ensemble
In which the nations are repre
sented in crinoline. D. C. C.
VICTIM NAMES MEN
IN KIDNAPING PROBE
Attempt to Make Him Repudiate
IT. S. Trade Inquiry Affidavit
on Tobacco Charged.
By the Associated Press.
BOSTON. September 8. —George J.
Wemyss of Quincy, In an affidavit
which he signed at Boston police head
quarters today, named three executives
of a tobacco company he said respon
sible for kidnaping him and confining
him In the cellar of a Long Island,
N. Y.. shack.
He attributed the kidnaping to an
attempt to force him to repudiate
affidavits he gave the Federal Trade
Commission concerning the practices of
, a tobacco concern for whom he had
' worked. The name of the company
was withheld.
Boston police were inclined to be
lieve Wemyss’ story. He recounted sev
eral attempts on his life previous to
his abduction from a Boston beach.
The story he told Boston police has
not changed from the tale he told po
lice of New Hyde Park, N. Y., Thurs
day, seeking protection.
A check-up with the Federal Trade
Commission at Washington revealed
that no investigation of a tobacco con
j cem Is being made.
MEXICO NEAR LEAGUE
UNION, REPORTS SAY
Secretary Estrada Promises State
ment Regarding Move
Next Week.
By the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY. September s—Re
ports that Mexico would shortly be
come a member of the League of Na
tions were circulated yesterday In well
informed circles.
Asked to comment on the reports,
Foreign Secretary Genaro Estrada said
that probably early next week he would
have an important statement to make
on the subject.
In his annual message at the opening
of Congress Tuesday President Ortiz
Rubio touched on the League question.
"It is my duty to announce,” the
President said, “that the old situation In
Mexico in regard to that higher organ
ism (the League 1 has changed almost
radically and that in an exchange of
good will and effective collaboration we
have reached a point which promises a
brilliant future.”
The President recalled that for more
than a year Mexico had been co-oper
ating with the League through an ob
server at Geneva and by attending vari
ous technical conferences under League
auspices.
Mexico until recently held aloof from
the League, as she was not Included
among the nations that assisted In
forming it.
SCIENTISTS PLAN SERVICE
“Man’’ to Be Lesson Topic at
Churches of Christ.
“Man" is the subject of the lesson
sermon in all the Churches of Christ,
Scientist, tomorrow. The golden text
Is from Ecclesiastes vi 1.29: ”Lo, this
only have I found, that God hath made
man upright.”
Among the citations which comprise
the lesson-sermon la the following from
the Bible: “And God said. Let Us make
man in Our image, after Our likeness,
and let them have dominion over the
fish of the sea. and over the fowl of the
air. and over the cattle, and over all the
earth, and over every creeping thing
that creepeth upon the earth So God
created man in His own image, in the
image of God created He him: male
; and female created He them.” (Genesis
! 1.26, 27.
PANAMA CANAL TOLLS
DECLINE $1,674,915
$11,342,498 Receipts in Six
Months and 2,516 Commercial
Vessels Are Reported.
By the Associated Press.
Panama Canal tolls for the last six
months were $11,342,498.
The War Department said this was
$1,674,915 below the total of the pre
vious year for the aame period.
From March 1 to August 31, 2,516
commercial vessels passed through the
canal, as compared with 2.914 in the
corresponding months of 1930.
The August totals showed 390 ships
using the canal, as compared to 476
last August. The tolls collected were
$1,770,202, against $2,080,230 last August.
ALFONSO'S AUNT DYING
Former Xing Hastens to Archduch
ess at Budapest.
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia. September
5 ()P) —Former King Alfonso of Spain,
who has been visiting here, yesterday
received a telegram from Budapest
summoning him to the bedside of his
aunt, the Archduchess Isabella.
The telegram said the archduchess
was dying. Alfonso immediately caught
a train for Budapest.
Rail Magnate’s Son Weds.
FRANKFORT ON MAIN. Germany.
September 5 UP)- —James Thornton, son
of sir Henry Thornton, president of the
Canadian National Railways, was mar
ried here yesterday to Elena Mumm
von Schwarsensteln. Lady Thornton
and her daughter, and many of the
most prominent families in this dis
trict were present at the wedding.
INTERNATIONAL GUN
MAMS STARTED
Railway Riflemen Compete
With Englishmen in
Opening Event.
Br the Associated Press.
CAMP PERRY, Ohio, September 5.
The first of three International rifle
matches was to be fired here today.
It was the International Railway
men's match, with a score of crack
American marksmen defending the title
wrested from Great Britain In 1929 and
held for a second year in 1930.
The United States team, representing
American railroads, is captained by
Frederick Pauch. Summerville, N. J..
and coached by Frank J. Kahrs, New
York City. W. S. O'Neill, Steubenville,
Ohio, Is team adjutant.
A British team of 20 will fire on their
home range tomorrow and results will
be cabled to the United States.
Small-Bore Match.
The match is fired with small-bore
rifles, at 20 rounds to a man, on the 50
and 100 yard ranges, under Dewar
match course conditions. The winning
team gets the Pennsylvania Railroad
trophy.
The United States team won the Inaug
ural match In 1927 and Great Britain took
It In the following year. In 1929, how
ever, American marksmen returned the
trophy to the United States.
Tomorrow the International small
bore team match will be fired by the
American team here.
It has been competed since 1909 by
, teams frtjm England. Australia. Canada,
South Africa. India and the United
States. The beautiful Dewar cup goes
, to the winning team. The cup has been
won by the United States every year
since 1927.
To Pick Ex-Service Team.
A team representing the United States
will also be selected today to fire In the
Interallied small-bore team matches for
ex-service men of the World War from
each of the allied nations. It waa won
last year by the American Legion team
of the United States.
Other matches scheduled for today
are the East and West small-bore
matches between teams of eight men
from either side of the Mississippi
River, the Myron T. Herrick Trophy
match for eight-man teams, the In
fantry team matches and the National
Rifle Association Pistol team matches.
LAND BANK CLEARS
PORTO RICO TROUBLE
Borrower* Told by Officials of Bal
timore Institution Interests
Are Identical.
Br the Associated Press.
SAN JUAN. Porto Rico, September 5
—Difficulties between the Federal Land j
Bank of Baltimore and Porto Rican
. borrowers have been ended, the Agri
cultural Association announced yester
day.
Three officials of the bank—Charles
S. Jackson. I. P. Whitehead and George
P. Alberson —said in a letter to Jose
Pesquera, president of the Farmers' As
sociation, that the interest* of the
fanners and the bank were identical
and that past misunderstandings had
been eliminated.
The bank has lent $12,000,000 here
and will continue to advance money to
eligible individuals and to establish In
termediate credits for co-operatives, it
was announced.
The president of the Farmers' Asso
ciation and the commissioner of agri
culture. Edmondo Colon, were requested
by the bankers to serve as advisers to
the institution.
INSULTS ITALIAN OFFICIAL
Mechanic Arrested After Shouting
“Assassin” at Minister.
PARIS, September 5 <JP). —An un
armed Italian was arrested yesterday
after he had climbed on the automo
bile of Gen. de Bono. Italian minister
for colonies, and shouted “Assassin” at
him. The minister came here to visit
the French Colonial Exposition.
The man was identified as Egidio
Cavalieri of Milan, a mechanic. Com
munist tracts were found on him.
COUPLE SAFE IN CHINA
HENDERSON, Nebr„ September 5
(JP). —John Boehr, sr., father of Rev. P.
J. Boehr, who, with his wife, was re
ported captured by Chinese bandits,
yesterday received word they are safe.
Boehr. In a message from the mis
sionary board was told that a cablegram
from the missionary said, “yes, we are
safe.”
Mrs. Boehr is a daughter of Rev. and
Mrs. W. 8. Gottshall of Quaker town. Pa,
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DUE TO CONFIDENCE
Feeling of Foreigners Toward
U. S. Seen in $5,000,000,-
000 Accumulation.
By the Associated Press.
The concentration of a vast portion
of the world's gold supply in this coun
try is considered by the Hoover admin
istration a problem not within the pur
view of governmental action.
Shipments from foreign countries
have increased so rapidly In recent
months that nearly $5,000,000,000 has
been accumulated. The administration
takes the view that at least *2,000,000,-
000 of the unusual surplus is not due
to favorable trade balance.
The inflow was attributed by high
Government officials to the feeling of
insecurity of nationals In foreign coun
tries about their governments. It wan
made known yesterday that the admin
istration resents the charges that the
surplus is the result of American
hoarding.
With a large number of governments
throughout the world more or less un
dergoing strained conditions, and in
some cases crises. Many nationals have
sent their gold to the United States be- 1
cause of confidence In American Insti
tutions.
It was made clear that the larger
portion of the gold here was held by
private institutions and that It came
from Individuals and bankers who were
uneasy as to conditions In other coun
tries.
Never before in the history of this
country, officials said, had such a situ
ation existed In the gold market. The
American Government feels that the j
solution rests in the ability of other
governments and their financial Insti
tutions to return to a stabilized basis.
FIRE CAUSES HEAVY
LOSSES IN OREGON
Destroys Two Logging Camps,
Three Skidwayi and Bums
to Edge o£ Towns.
Br the Associated Press.
PORTLAND, Oreg . September 5
Fire roaring through valuable timber
holdings late yesterday destroyed two
logging camps, three skldways and sev- ;
era! railway section houses and burned
to the edges of two towns 40 miles west
of here on the Portland-Tlllamook
Southern Pacific Railroad.
Twenty-eight loggers, for whom fear
was felt for a time, walked Into Coch
ran. one of the fire-circled towns, last
night and Joined the fire fighting crews,
which numbered hundreds.
Heat was so Intense between Cochran
and the other town of Mayo that the
railroad's fire-combating train dared
not enter the territory.
Although It was too early to esti
mate total damage, lumbermen said
they thought It might reach $500,000.
BARBARA STANWYCK SUED
"Jumping Contract" Charged by
Columbia Pictures, Inc.
LOS ANGELES. September 5 UP).—
Columbia Pictures, Inc., has brought a
court action against Barbara Stanwyck,
motlen picture actress. In an effort to
restrain her from working for any other
company on the allegation that she had
"jumped” a contract.
The complaint recited that the actress
had signed a contract with Warner
Bros, in violation of her agreement with
Columbia.
The dispute revolved about a third
picture clause In the Columbia contract
which, the complainants asserted, she
refused to make at a previously stipu
lated price.
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TUB ROUTE TO HISTORY LAND
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Hurley in Japan
GREETED BY MINISTER OF WAR.
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PATRICK HURLEY, Secretary of War, with Ambassador W. C. Forbes (left)
calls on Gen. Jlro Mlnaml, Japanese minister of war, on the occasion of
the former’s visit to the Japanese capital en route to Manila.
—Wide World Photo.
MODELS OF DEVICES INVENTED
BY WOMEN TO BE EXHIBITED
Will Be Displayed at New York Show This
Month —More Than 15,000 Patents
Issued to Fair Sex.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September B.—Women
used to spend their time thinking up
new recipes for pies and remedies for
their ailing children. Now they are
entering the field of Invention In In
creasing numbers outside the home.
Models of some of these Inventions
by women will be a feature this year
of the Exposition of Women's Arts and
Industries opening September 30 at the
Hotel Astor, Mrs. Oliver Harriman,
society matron, chairman, said yes
terday.
Though only one patent in every 50
Is granted to a woman, Mrs. Harri
man points out that records of the
Patent Office show that more than 15,-
000 patents have been Issued to women.
ITiese records also show a steady in
crease In the number of woman in
ventors during the last 15 years.
“Lady Edison" Is Exhibitor.
Beulah Louise Henry, sometimes
called "Lady Edison.” who now has
42 inventions, will exhibit her latest
device. It is an attachable ribbon
I for any typewriter which makes five
copies at a time without carbon paper.
Her first invention was a collapsible
umbrella. Others were a new ice cream
freezer, an advance on the original
model Invented in 1843 by Nancy John
son: an electric fan shield, a new pencil,
combination doll and radio receiving
set, and a clock device for teaching
time to children.
Another exhibitor will be Mrs. Kath
arine Sunderland, who invented a de
vice to save wear on hosiery and who
has now Invented a device to relieve
the pressure on the edge of the shoe on
the Instep.
New Electric Pressing Iron.
A new electric pressing Iron will be
exhibited by Albertine Ruelland. a for
mer lady's maid, who saw the need of
designing an Iron with round edges and
comers and a swinging handle. And
Mrs. Eugene Lamb Richards will ex
hibit her Invention, which Is a remedy
for uneven lighting.
Mrs. Havrimsn said that although It
la generally assumed Inventions by
women are largely restricted to house- I
hold articles. It Is proved by the Patent j
Office records that less than one-fourth
are In this field.
‘‘The greater number are In the larger
fields of industrial arts, transportation
and even agriculture,” Mrs. Harrlman
j said. •
'One of the most valuable of wom
en's Inventions is the Co6ton flare light,
j burning like a red flare, which Is used
by the Coast Guard and mariners all
! over the world for signaling.”
ARGENTINA OBSERVES
REVOLT ANNIVERSARY
Three-Day Fete on New Holiday
Commemorates Uprising of
September, 1930.
By the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES. September 5 :
Argentina reveled today in a three-day ,
celebration of Its newest holiday, com
memorating the revolution of Septem
ber. 1930.
The observance will reach its height
tomorrow, first anniversary of the date
on which Gen. Jose F. urlburu over
threw the regime of President Irlgoyen '
and instituted a provisional govern- f ;
ment, which Is still in power.
Military exercises and fireworks dis-, 1
plays are being held. A field mass is
! being celebrated and new classes of
conscripts sworn in. All business was
suspended. Excursion trains brought
j thousands from the provinces.
English Villages Flooded.
BIRMINGHAM, England, September
5 UP). —Remote country villages of
: North Yorkshire were Isolated by floods
which last night were spread over a
. large area of the Midlands and North- i
lem England. The Dublin district of |
■ Ireland also suffered from the floods,
which were caused by heavy rains.
FILIPINOS FOUND
UNITED FOR LIBERTY
Senator Hawes Denies
Newspaper Story of Ameri
cans Being Stoned.
Filipinos are unitedly and “without
qualification” In favor of Independence,
according to Senator Harry B. Hawes,
Democrat, of Missouri, who has Just re
turned from the islands.
Aroused by some newspaper stories
published in this country about his trip
to the Philippines and the attitude of
the Islanders, Senator Hawes denied that
Americans were ‘‘stoned at the liberty
parade given at Manila In his honor, or
that school children had been forced to
participate In the parade.”
He expressed confidence that the next
Congress would approve Philippine Inde
pendence legislation along the lines of
, the Hawes-Cutting bill reported last ses-
I slon by the Senate Insular Affairs Com
j mlttee. This provides for a plebiscite
an independence at the end of five years.
Left Almost Defenseless.
The Missourian stated he did not be
; lleve Japan would care for the Islands,
and he did not think she would take
them. Anyway, he said, the Washlng-
I ton arms limitation treaty of 1922 left
the Islands almost defenseless from an
American strategical view.
"Without qualification whatever,” he
said, "the Philippine people are for In
dependence. That was one of the pur
poses of my trip to the islands. At the
hearings before the Senate Committee
it was intimated that the people and
the leaders were really not for Inde
pendence. I say they are unitedly for it.
"I believe every one realizes that
Congress must now define the status of
the Philippines, not only for the benefit
of the Philippines, but for the benefit
of Philippines and Americans. I hope
it will not become a political Issue in
this country. Os course, Senator Cut
ting of New Mexico, who ts co-author
1 of our bill, is a Republican."
Blames Manila Paper.
■ Senator Hawes said his condemnation
of newspaper stories from the Phllip-
I pines did not refer to accounts carried
by the press associations. He produced
| copies of the speech he made before the
Philippine Legislature and noted that
he did not advocate anything not pro
vided in the bill reported to the Senate
by its Insular Committee last session.
He attributed the "untruthful stories”
of his visit to writers employed by a
Manila newspaper antagonistic to inde
pendence.
CLUB PLEDGED TO COTTON
Fifty Women Agree to Wear
Staple-Made Stockings.
OAKLAND. Calif. September 5 <&>.—
Members of the Alameda Housewives’
League hope to help solve the surplus
cotton problem by wearing ootton stock
ings instead of silk.
Mrs. Alice Caton, president of the
club, said today each of the 50 mem
bers had agreed to purchase three pairs
of cotton stockings and attempt to bring
one convert to the proposal.
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Landscape Painter Dies.
CHICAGO. September 5 (JP). —Alfred
Jansson, 67, landscape painter, died in
a hospital yesterday, after a short ill
ness. He was born in Vermland, Swe
den.
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