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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
STUDY OF BUSINESS.
DATA|S GIVEN OUT.
Credit, Mortgages, Construc-
ton Treated in. Report of
Survey Groups.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A study of the present state of
national and international business
which was explicitly divorced from pre-
dtction on Interpretation, was issued
last night by the National Business Sur
vey Conference, through Julius H.
Barnes, its chairman.
The organization, set up last Fall 1t
President Hoover's suggestion, has pre-
viously recorded findings as to commerce
and finance fluctuations since the stock
market panic last Fall, and the present
statement declared that it was intended
to submit facts in order that Inter
ested individual judgment should form
its own opinion"
Easing of interest rates on short time
credit, plus q resumption OF long-term
lending on bonds and mortgages was
said TO characterize the money Situa-
ton. Foreclosures on mortgages In
May were less than those of last Nav
and declines In New York State savings
banks deposits were said to have been
negligible in May and much less than
year ago at the same time"
Improvement in the financial state
OF building and loan associations con-
tinues." 1t was added, while INSTALL
ment selling and retail collections were
described as showing little change since
early Spring. Life insurance policies is
sued In May we've less than last year. as
were fire insurance policies.
Construction was found to be running
at slower pace than last year, though
road building Is ahead of 1929 records.
number Of industries associated with
construction and furnishing were reg
istered rs having a less volume of busi-
ness during the period this year than
last
Car loadings, real estate sales and
electric railway passenger trafic were
among the factors of business also indi-
eating decreased volume as compared
with last year. Telegraph, telephone
and cable communication was holding
closer to former standards, though cleo
trio power consumption was lower than
last year. Price declines as to a num-
Der OF commodities. and decreased auto
mobile output, with a recession in mis-
cellaneous manufacturing were also re-
corded. General employment during
May was set at about the same as in
April.
Although business depression con-
I tinues to be world wide" the summary
| concluded, there are some signs of
recovery in a few countries. Hopeful
signs are apparent in France, Sweden,
Czechoslovakia, Jugoslavia, Switzerland
and Denmark"
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COOPERATIVE WORK !
IS CALLED SUCCESS.
President of LIano Colony, in
Louisiana, to Speak at
Meeting Here.

The successful working of co-opera-
tive agricultural and industrial settle
ment. the Llano colony of Western
Louisiana, will be described tomorrow
night at All Souls Unitarian Church
by George T. Pickett, president and
general manager Of the enterprise.
The colony consists of $50 people,
who collectively own and cultivate sew
eral thousand acres IF rolling upie=ds.
and has been operating for 16 years
since it started in Southern California
under the leadership of the late Job
Hartman.
Hartman was leader in the Los
Angeles Socialist movement, and called
upon his followers to put their ideas
to a practical test.
Form of Organization.
Full legal responsibility is reposed in
the board of directors of the corpora
ton and this board delegates its au-
thority to a general manager and fore
men. The members of this board are
elected annually by stockholding resi-
dents. Thus the workers remain in
control of their property.
The affairs OF the colony are Kept
before its members through regular
town meetings There is no conSti-
tuition, but only a declaration of gen.
eral principles. which all are pledged
to observe in daily practice.
Membership in the colony is obtained
by signing the working contract with
one years probation, at the end of
which either the individual or the col
ony may cancel 1t. The membership
fee for an adult man or woman Is
81 900, and in the case of a Cancelled
contract after probation, the money is
returned This fee is the amount of
cash capital believed to be necessary to
provide the worker with tools and
equipment, including place to work.
Food Crops Produced.
The cultivation of variety of food
crops is the major occupation of a ma
jority of the workers. The list of such
crops now under colony cultivation in
cludes all sorts of vegetables, peanuts,
sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, grains,
sugar cane, forage crops, all kinds of
fruits. such as berries and melons,
plums, figs, peaches, persimmons, and
so or down the list. The colony owns
a rice ranch 70 miles to the south,
about 433 acres in extent. which is
orerated by shifts of workers. Food
production far exceeds the actual use
of the colonists.
Alongside the direct cultivation of the
land stand various productive and use
full industries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
so CHILDREN LEAVE CITY
FOR REST IN COUNTRY
Group Goes From Episcopal Home
on Free Outing-Will Have
Health Supervision.

Bound for their annual Summer out
ing at Colonial Beach, so children from
the Episcopal Home for Children left
Washington yesterday for the Bell
Home, given by Prof. and Mrs. Melville
Bell in 1895 as a free Summer outing
place for the children.
Special supervision Is given the un-
dernourished children and those In
need of physical upbuilding.
According to Mrs. David Meade Lea,
president of the board of lady man
ayers of the Episcopal Home, the new
home now under construction at Ne
braska avenue and Rock Creek Ford
road, in Chevy Chase, will be ready for
occupancy by Fall. Two of the five
buildings in the cottage-unit plan are
well under way, and plans have been
completed for their equipment. When
completed, 104 children can be accom-
modated.
At recent meeting of the board it
was reported that the dental clinic at
the new home will be known as the
Leila Draper Clinic. Mindful of her
long term of service as treasurer of the
board, group of Miss Diapers friends
are equipping the clinic, and prominent
Washington dentists are giving their
services to the children.
Mrs. Lea further reported a gift of
$3.50 to the building fund by Miss
Gertrude Hoffman, member of the
board.
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From the Front Row
Reviews and News of Washins ton 5 Theaters
"The Big House."
Stirring Prison Drama.

1.-THE Big House."
Stirring Prison Drama.
IN 1.-THE Big House." at Loew's
Columbia, the screen has re-
corded in grim, masterful fashion
the sordid events that might tran
spire behind the prison wall. Taking
the recent mutinies that have flashed
from the front pages of newspapers
during the past year. as O basis for
Its theme, this picture progresses
painstakingly through the various
psychological causes for such things
and has for its climax a realistic
reproduction Of one of those riots.
That a story had to be injected
into 1t at ell seems a pity, for the
various pungent sequences Of prison
life, the faithful manner in which
the daily routine OF the numbered
men" has been recorded, the miser-
able cells. the rotten food, the OPEN
ing and shutting Of doors, the tram
ping Of feet along the corridor. the
yellow streak" that comes out in
some Of the prisoners, Is all done
with touch of genius. What makes
1t all especially remarkable is the
clarity OF the sound mechanism,
which allows nothing to escape, nor
includes any extraneous noises so
familiar to the ear of the talkie en-
thusiast.
Where this film has a weakness Is
In Its story. Only the thinnest YES
tige Of plot has been allotted to it.
and that is slightly embarrassed
when 1t drags in a totally unwar-
ranted love affair. Thankfully how
ever, most of the action disregards
plot and love and busies itself with
the saga of plain prison folk.
Among these folk" Wallace Berry
contributes characteristic that is
so good that 1t is hard to believe he
hasn't been q criminal before-no
offense meant, Mr.. Berry. AS the
rough. tough and totally convincing
Butch" who likes his girl friends
and Is sorry that he had to slit
their Threats, Berry gives the picture
about rs per cent of It's impetus.
Chester Morris, as his pal, who in
the Dig riot has to shoot this "bunky"
OF his, Is also excellent, and Robert
Montgomery, who turns stool pigeon
on the crowd, transforms himself
into an almost miraculously effective
coward.
The moral this picture paints is
perhaps questionable-since to some
the prisoners may be drawn as mar
tyrs-but when one Of the charac-
ters says at the beginning. The
whole prison system is cock-eyed."
the cause of the whole may be ex-
planned frankly and in a nutshell.
splendid picture this and proof
that the screen can do quite as
mucn Tor itself as the stage with
such masterpiece as THE Last
Mile" ''
Laurel and Hardy dissipate the
tense atmosphere with their latest
comedy. Other Shorts" newsreels
and such-like complete a fine pro
gram. E. de S. M,
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have found 1t necessary to inject
many "ha-ha's!" Il Love You'si"
and other amatory noises. which.
after the first half-hour, begin To
pail. When these are over, the story
shakes itself, and for the last Is
minutes Is better than one had
begun to suspect it could be.
In the title role of THE Bad One"
Miss Del Rio is seductive, when she
Is dancing a tango; fairly stimu-
lating. when she Is called upon to
act, and not at all good, when
forced to undergo long sequences of
"mauling." AS the cause of Ed
mund loves being sent to an island
in the middle of nowhere, where he
must serve sentence for having acct
dentally killed man on his wedding
day, Dolores is called upon to do a
series Of grimaces which are neither
beautiful no convincing. However,
since neither the story nor the role
give her much of a break" it can't
be said to- be her fault.
The remainder of the cast gets
along as well 1t may, headed by
Edmund Lowe, who periodically
forgets that he Is meant to be a
COuHn guy 1IOIn DEOOklyH. ALu,
for the first time in a moons age.
1t seems as though the talkies had
gone back a step in the matter of
staging. The whole thing Smacks
of 10 per cent Hollywood.
The stage show, Hit Bits of 1890"
is the funniest seen along F street in
a long, long while. Two we'll re-
membered products of Broadway,
Leavitt and Lockwood are respon-
sible for as many laughs as can be
crowded into a fieeting half-hour.
Their imitation of two deaf people
in a movie-house is grand tonic for
rabid melancholia. They have with
them a fast-moving company that
includes such dancers as Jones and
Elliott. and what with Ted Eddys
melodians. Eleanore Wood, Dick
Terry and the Lawson Girls, their
revue goes quickly-far too quickly
for anybody who is at all inclined
to like such things.
Dick Liebert, playing original ere
atoms on the organ, the Hearst
Metrotone News and the Palace
Orchestra complete program
which is at its best when Leavitt
and Lockwood are around.
E. de S. M.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
Queen of LOndOn's
Night Clubs Faces
Illegal Rum Charge
Mrs. Meyrick, Mother-in-
Law of Two Peers, Re.
Gently Left Prison.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 28.-Mrs. Kate Mey-
rick, London's might club queen" and
mother-in-law of two peers, was arrest
ed again this afternoon and charged
with unlawfully selling intoxicants at
the "Forty-three" Club without a
license.
The arrest of Mrs. Meyrick, who al
ready has served two prison terms after
conviction on similar charges, followed
visit by police to the club early Thurs
day, when the names of patrons were
taken and club officials were questioned
The warrant for her arrest was Is
sued this morning, and on hearing of
1t Mrs. Meyrick surrendered. She was
remanded until Thursday at a hearine
in Bow Street Police Court.
Only last January Mrs. Meyrick wa,
released from serving q 15-month sen
tence IN connection with her part In thu
bribery OF a police sergeant, who also
was imprisoned.
One Of Mrs. Meyrick's daughters was
married to the Earl Of Kinnoull and the
other to Lord de- Clifford.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
BODIES OF THREE FOUND
BY VICTIMS DAUGHTER
Staying of Man and Housekeeper's
Son and Suicide by Woman
Are Indicated.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, June 2S.-The
bodies Of Wesley Oakley, SIS; Mrs. Clara
Raney, %. and Mrs. Raney'S 5-year-old
son were found today in Oakley's apart
ment under circumstances that police
said indicated the woman had shot and
killed Oakley and her son and then
committed suicide. Mrs. Raney had
been employed as housekeeper In Oak
ley's apartment.
Oakleys body was found this morning
by his 15-year-old daughter. Alice. Po-
lice broke open the door of Mrs. Raney's
room and found her body and that Of
her son.
No motive for Mrs. Raney's act could
be established.
hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
WHIST LEAGUE OFFICERS
CHOSEN AT CONFERENCE
A. P. Fairfield Leader of American
Organization, and Mrs. J. C.
Mott Heads Women's Learue.

BY the Associated Press.
NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario. June %
"A. F: Fairfield of Hanover, N. H, has
been elected president of the American
whist League, it was announced TODAY
at the annual business meeting of the
league. He succeeds c. w. Nokes of
Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
Mrs. j. c. Mott of New York was
elected president of the Women's Whist
League, succeeding Mrs. C. w. Nokes of
Cleveland Heights.
Other new officers Of the American
WhSt League are r. K. Smith, Indian
apolls. vice president; N. G. Burleirh
OF Hanover, N. H.. corresponding secre-
tary; F. w. Matthias of Toledo. Ohio
recording secretary, and r. A. Anerman
OF Scranton, Pa, treasurer.
The other officers Of the Women,s
Whist League are Mrs. r. x. Smith Of
indianapolis, vice president; Mrs. viii
nam Barnum of New York, second vice
president; Mrs. George jeremiah of New
YORK, secretary, and Mrs G. H. Read Of
Jersey City, N. j., treasurer.
The joint conference of the two
leagues next year will be held at Han
over, N. H.
The convention came to a close TO-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
SCHROEDER THOUGHT
TO KNOW VICTIM
Refuses to Reveal Where He
Stayed Just Prior to Burn
ing of Car.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June 28.-The
refusal today of Harold H. Schroeder of
Mobile, Ala, to reveal where he stayed
while in Indianapolis prior to the find
ing May 81 of his burned automobile in
which was the charred body of an I'M
identified man. led officials to believe he
may have known the victim.
Sheriff George L. Winkler said he
thought Schroeder knew the man he
killed and that the revelation of his
stopping place might give clue to
the victims identity. The Alabaman
steadfastly has maintained the man was
a stranger to whom he offered a ride
and who was killed when the automo-
bile plunged into a ditch. Schroeder
admitted setting fire to the car and
body because, he said, he feared being
accused of murder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
WILL SHOW PICTURES
AT COMMUNITY AFFAIR
Associated Charities Visitors Ar
range "Sing" to Be Held Tomor-
row at 8 Pm. on 9th Street.

row at 8 Pm. on 9th Street.
A community sing" will be held to-
morrow evening at 8 o'clock on Twenty
seventh street between M and o streets.
under the direction of Miss Louise w.
Harlow and Mrs. Ethel C. williams.
Associated Charities visitors. In addi-
ton to the singing, there will be a mo-
ton picture, THE Perfect Crime" and
music by Alfred johnson.
The groups assisting in this COM
munity project are the Georgetown
Civic Association, the Parent-Teacher
groups Of this section, churches and
schools. The committee in charge of
the occasion Is composed of F.. Bland
Tucker Of st. Johns Episcopal Church:
Mrs. Frederick Dubois, chairman of the
Georgetown Social Service Conference;
Mrs. F. w McReynolds; Alfred John
son, head of music in public schools Of
divisions 10 to 10; Mrs. Mary p.
thompson, president of Women's
Georgetown Community Club Mrs.
Mary H. Plummer principal of the
Francis Junior High School; Miss Vir-
ginia Williams, director of music in the
Francis Junior High, and George
Parker, chairman Of the committee on
arrangements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
LIQUOR PARTIES ALLEGED
Columbia Mayor Orders Police In
quiry in Finance Matters.

COLUMBIA, s. c., June % (R.-
Mayor L. B. Owens today instructed
Police Chief j. r. Swearingen to in
vestigate alleged liquor parties in the
Jefferson Hotel May 20, preceding the
opening of bids on the $1,000 900 high
way construction project.
Mayor Owens also asked that the
police investigate reports of drinking
parties alleged to have been held by
legislators in Columbia hotels prior to
passage Of the States SIS, 00O, 900 road
bond issue act
The order followed charges made in
campaign speeches by Col. w. H. Keith
Of Greenville and John j. McMahan of
Columbia, candidates for Governor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
SHOT DURING DISPUTE
KILLS COLORED MAN
Arthur johnson, AZ, Victim of Fray
at 800 V Street-Police Hold
Walter Byrd, Colored.

Fired upon during a dispute last
night, Arthur johnson, colored, AZ years
killed by a man said by police to be
Walter Burris, colored. 80 years old. The
shooting occurred at 800 v street.
johnson was rushed to FreedmanS
Hospital and pronounced dead on ar
rival. The assailant fled after the
shooting. Burris later was arrested on
information furnished by persons at the
scene.
While police of No. precinct were
investigating further. Coroner ]. Ram
say hewitt was notified and an inquest
will be held. probably Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
FIRE DESTROYS OIL
Damage to Tank and Countryside
Put at 100000.

CLEAN, N. Y, June % CP.-A
smashed and smoke blackened tank to-
day marked the spot where IS 5000 bar
rels of crude oil were destroyed in a
fire which burned itself out during the
night, after causing damage estimated
at 100000.
Workmen today started clearing away
the wrecked tank and the debris left
in the wake of the flaming oil when it
spread over surrounding land, Destroy
ing fruit trees, flower bulbs and a barn
Ofhcials of the Vacuum Oil Co., owners
Of the tank, estimated the company's
loss at S150,000. while owners of sur
rounding property placed their loss at
$4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
MINERS DEFY ORDER
Trouble Threatens in Taylorville
Subdistrict Clash With Lewis.

TAYLORVILLE, ILL.,, June % Co.
Trouble threatened in the pit openings
of the coal mines of Christian County
when oficials of the Taylorville sub
district Of the United Mine Workers
of America defied the order of John L.
Lewis. international president of the
old-line faction of the union, revok-
ing the charter of the subdistrict.
President Lewis charged officers Of
the subdistrict with dual unionism
because of their support of the faction
of the United Mine workers headed by
Alexander Howat. The revocation order
would Gust Jack Glasgow. president, and
other officers and replace them with q
group headed by Clause Jones Of Hills
boro.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29

q cross between
90 C ondemned"
and Carmen"
and about as
believable as
THE 8 W ISIS
Family Robin
son."
The trouble
seems to be
t at having
found q per-
sonable type
for the lead"
and the thread
of a story to
weave around
her, they have
paid no atten-
ton to scenery
nH lial-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
CODE ON FORCED LABOR
is ADOPTED AT FARLEY
International Conference Leaves
Question of Coal Mine Hours
for Next Year.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GENEVA, June 28.-The Interna-
tionaI Labor Conference closed its
fourteenth session tonight after having
adopted by SO votes to none a conveno
tlon on forced labor, and by So to 81, a
convention on the hours of work of
salaried employees.
Convention on the hours of work in
coal mines was not adopted, and the
question was placed on the agenda for
next years session.
The conference now has adopted 80
labor conventions, Of which rs are in
force.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
PATENT lNFRINGED

Judge Decides Against Stanley
Corp. in One of Four Cases.
WILMINGTON, Del, Juue % GP).-
Judge Hugh NJ. Morris in United States
District Court today entered a memo
randum in the suit of General Talking
Pictures against the Stanley Co. of
America alleging infringement of
patents, to the effect that the defense
license had not been sustained.
The judge ruled that the Refs patent
was valid and infringed, but that the
three Deforest patents. If valid, were
not infringed by the defendant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
PATROL GETS NEW FUNDS

President Signs Bill for Use in Pro-
viding Border Facilities.
BY the Associated Press.
President Hoover yesterday signed a
House bill to authorize the Treasury
and Labor Departments to use funds
appropriated for general maintenance
of the Customs and Immigration Serv-
ices for construction OF border patrol
facilities.
No specific projects were named in
the measure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
"The Bad One"
Isn't Kind to Del Rio.

THE third mutiny of the cinema
week takes place at Loew's
Palace, where Edmund Lowe
Il may be seen blowing up
bridges and trying generally
to get himself out OF prison for
THE Bad One" This picture
marks the debut of Dolores Del Rio
rs o high-powered talking star, is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29

Wheat exports from Canada are aver
aging more than 4,0Ov0o bushels
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29

FUTURE.
Meeting. American Electroplaters' So
ciety. Mayfiower Hotel, grand ball room,
tomorrow, 10 am.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY.

Tea meeting, National Woman's party,
4:30 pm. Speaker, Miss Mary Jane
Simpson.
Hike, Red Triangle Outing Club.
Meeting place. terminal, Twelfth street
and New York avenue, 2:20 pm.
Exhibit, American Electroplaters' So
ciety. Mayfiower Hotel, Pan-American
room, all day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29

The shoes win appeal espe-
cially to the vital, active type
OF people. They will possess
most unusual fitting qualities
but will be smartIy styled also.
They will not be cheap shoes
but Of a superior quality.