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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08
WORTHY JODLESS
GIVEN HELP AT "Y
George B. Lands Explains
Search for Sincere Work
Seekers.

The uncomfortable searchlight of in
quiry has driven to cover "unenploy-
ment racketeers," to the advantage Of
sincere Job seekers and society in gen.
eral, according to George B. Lands, in
charge of the experimental lobby lab
oratory" recently established at the
Central Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation, 1896 @ street.
The laboratory" sponsored by the
Washington Y. M G. A. with the co.
operation Of the District Of Columbia
Committee on Employment. was de-
signed to test the sincerity of self
styled unemployed men who had been
using the "Y" lobby as an habitual
rendezvous. he said.
BY eliminating the unworthy. employ
ment officials are able to devote closer
attention to the needs OF men really
looking for work. and a call has gone
out to householders and business inter-
ests for more jobs" to I'LL the needs
of those deserving Of aid.
MANY longtime residents Of this
city are honestly seeking employment. :"
Mr.. Lands pointed out in report pub
1ished in the current issue Of the
Y News oficial organ of the local
Y. NJ. C.. A. Some are competent
men. idle through no lack Of capacity
or ability to work Some are victims
of seasonal occupations Others are
handicapped by inadequate schooling.
by want OF technical training or by
faulty occupational experience.
"To befuddle this already complicated
situation. many transients, out Of work,
float in" he declared.
These have been advised TO move
on promptly, and generally they have
done so after first visiting places Of In
terest and spending hours in the gal
leries of Congress"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08
TRIO IN TENNESSEE
INDICTED IN LOSSES
Judge Withholds Names Of Men
Until They Are Arrested on
Two Failures.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March Like
the sword Of Damocles, indictments
both Federal and State, hung tonight
over the heads Of principals involved
in the testimony given legislative COM
mittee tracing State money caught In
series of bank failures last Fall
The United States today Joined Ten
nessee in pointing an accusing finger
at three prominent Tennesseans In
Federal Court at Greenville, Tenn
three secret indictments Of two counts
each were returned by the grand jury
but Judge George C. Taylor refused to
permit their publication until the de-
PENDANTS are placed under arrest.
Three indictments of two counts
each have been issued against three in
dividuals in connection with the failure
of the Holston Union National Bank
and the Holston Trust Co. Of Knox
VILE" he said.
The Holston Union National Bank
failed with State deposits aggregating
$2,630,000, and the Holston Trust Co
with $256,000. The national bank
owned the stock of the trust company
and j. Basil Ramsey was president OF
both institutions.
A State grand jury in Knoxville yes
terday returned five indictments of two
counts charging fraudulent breach OF
trust and larceny against Ramsey, who
is now at Jacksonville, Fla.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08
Staying SUSPECT
HELD IN ILLINOIS
Sheriff Says Man Answers
Description of Paul Brown,
Wanted in Nashville, Ind.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MARSHALL, Ill, March 7.--Sherif
j. N. Turner today notified authorities
at Nashville, Ind, that he has under
arrest a man answering the description
of Paul Brown, who has been sought
since last December for the Staying of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Brown.
The man held by Sheriff Turner has
given his name as Paul Brown The
sheriff says in age, appearance and
mannerisms the man answers fully de-
scriptions sent out by Indiana authori-
ties of Paul Brown. The man came
to Casey, Ill, last December shortly
after the fire which destroyed the
Brown County, Ind, farm home of Mr..
and Mrs. Lee Brown. Bodies we're found
in the ruins of the home and were be-
lieved to be the remains of his parents.
Former Purdue Student.
Paul Brown, the son, was formerly a
student at Purdue University. The man
who has been living at Casey was en-
ployed as an expert mechanic and had
interested a group of men in the de-
velopment of gas engine which he
had invented.
Sheriff Turner said that the man,
since his arrest, has refused to discuss
his past life. The sheriff said he had
received word that Sheriff Fremont
Weddle of Nashville. Is en- route to
Marshall tonight to interview the man
under arrest.
Officials at Odds.
Various groups of Indiana officials
investigating the Nashville tragedy have
been at odds over the case. Sheriff
Weddle and Coroner Joshua Bond be-
lieVe that Paul Brown killed his parents
and then set fire to their home.
Charles C. Bolte of the State Bureau
of Criminal Investigation, who has been
making an inquiry has sought to have
the Nashville authorities take into
custody Chester Bunge, a laborer on the
Brown farm. Bunge has said that he
was wounded by Paul Brown after the
young man had killed his father and
mother.
A medical expert who recently ex-
amined the bodies that were taken
from the ashes of the Brown home de-
clared that both were males This casts
doubt upon the theory that the victims
we're the father and mother.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08
EARNINGS DECLINE
SHOWN IN SURVEY
Drop of 20 1-2 Per Cent From
1929 Revealed by Account
ing Firm.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March IA compila-
ton of earnings statements issued for
1880 by 1882 corporations published
today, showed a decline of 281a per
cent from 1929.
This survey, completed by Ernst &
Ernst, accountants, included 972 in
dustrials, III railroads, 103 telephone
companies, 95 other public utilities and
81 financial institutions.
For the 972 industrials the compila-
tons show that net profits for 1880
were in the aggregate 39% per cent
less than for 1929. Two of 81 groups
show greater profits: Amusement
companies, / Clio per cent, drugs Sis
per cent. OF the 972 individual COM
panies, 1873 show better, results and 784
poorer results, compared with 1929.
Railroad Income Lower.
For the I'll railroads net operating
income was 30la per cent lower than
Operating income of the 103 tele-
phone companies for IL months was OH
2I-1O per cent. But profits of the 95
other public utilities for IL months
were / 9-10 per cent better.
The group Of 81 financial inStitu--
tions, including banks, investment
trusts and others, showed net earnings
for 1880. So 9-l0 per cent lower than
for 1929.
Seven Groups Show Profit.
Comparing 1880 with 1923, analysis
shows that the aggregate net profits for
1880 of $50 industrial corporations In
the 80 different groups and miscella-
neous, were % 2-3 per cent lower than
for 1928, and 80 2-3 per cent lower than
for 1929. Seven of the groups show
greater profits for 1880 than for 1928:
Amusement companies, 81 per cent;
bakeries, 5 per cent; beverages and con-
fections, 81 per cent; drugs, 25h per
cent; railroad equipment, 80 2-3 per
cent; restaurant chains, 111s per cent,
and tobacco products, 29-10 per cent.
Better results In 1890 than in 1928 were
shown by 265 Of the S86 individual COM
panies; poorer results by 62l compa-
mics.
A further comparison going. back
to 1927, is made in the analysis and
shows that earnings of 1872 tndustrlaS
for 1880 were in the aggregate 10 2-3
per cent under that year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08
SUIT WOULD SET ASIDE
SALE OF PENNEY ESTATE
Depositors In Failed Bank Allege
Fraudulent Transfer of Florida
Property.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, March Efforts to
hold the Belle Island estate of j. c.
Penney in Miami Beach subject to
claims of persons who had deposits in
the City National Bank when it failed
in December were supplemented by a
creditors bin filed in Federal Court to-
day to set aside alleged fraudulent con-
Veyances and for other relief.
Robert j. Boone. attorney, said one
portion of the suit seeks to set aside
the recent sale of the property by Mr.
Penney to Charles w. Crosby of New
York and subsequent assignment of the
mortgage to Harold A. Written of
Brooklyn.
Defendants named in to action be-
side Mr.. Penney were MIS-. Caroline
Penney and Mr.. Crosby and Mr..
Written.
The action asserts Mr.. Penney was
being sued in State courts and charged
the transfer of the property was made
for the purpose of defrauding creditors.
1t recited quotations in which Mr.
Penney was alleged to have promised
to back the City National Bank and to
protect depositors from loss. The COM
plainants are depositors in the bank.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08
tress Of a health gymnasium, hires.

tresS of a health gymnasium, hires.
Joe as her assistant, but the tables
seem to be turned in the picture, for
Winnie seems to be constantly COM
ing to Joe's assistance, rescuing him
from assailants who several times
during the play were on the point of
shaking the last breath out of him.
Needless to say, however, Joe al
ways comes up smiling, If not bois-
terously laughing, and In the end
gets his man" in the ring with the
assistance of a burning cigar BUTT
and also wins Winnie, the lady Of
his heart.
For those who are fond of the
indoor sports, wrestling, boxing and
knockouts, combined with Joe
Browns antics, and the hard-bciled
repartee Of Winnie Lightner, an en-
tertaining picture Is promised In sit
Tight" q. .. o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08
BODY FOUND BENEATH
TRESTLE is IDENTIFIED
Uncle Says Dead Man Is Walter
Wood, 81, of Atlanta-Death
Held Accidental.
~ the Assoelated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ATHENS, Ga, March THE body
Of q man found under a railroad trestle
here today was identified tonight as
Walter Wood, 81, of Atlanta.
Identification was made by G. L.
Pridgeon, Woods uncle, who said he
had been advised his nephew left Lex
ington, N. c., recently, hitch-hiking to
Atlanta.
A coroner's jury expressed the opinion
Wood was killed in an accidental fall
from the tTestle. Earlier confusion
as TO the mans identity was caused by
laundry marks OF Benson" in his
clothing. It was later established that
Wood had brother, Benson Wood, OF
Lexington, and his mother, IN Atlanta,
said Walter was wearing coat belong
ing TO his brother.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08

marily clever Edmund Goulding.
Although there is much that Is anus
ing in 1t and much that stimulates
the Imagination, this hardly seems
the best sort Of thing for its star.
Mr.. Fairbanks has unquestionably
throne of his own, which he has
won by long and arduous, but al
ways sincere means. His reputa-
ton abroad is almost as great as
that of the great Chariot" Charlie
chaplin. When he travels to an
other country he plays golf with
kings and princes, and when he
stays at home, the kings and princes
come and play golf with him. His
position Is analogous to that of
West Coast diplomat. And therefore,
when he stoopS to something as
frivolous as this. one would like to
shed a lukewarm tear. Which Is
not to say that there will not be
many people who will like this.
Yesterday afternoons mammoth
audience seemed to be teeming with
laughter But. and just the same, it
does seem a pity that this great en-
tertainer should have succumbed to
such a vapid streak of modernism.
The story concerns the capitulation
Of q howlingly successful business
man to a lady who has discovered
that he was considered untamable as
far as women were concerned. He
leaves Wall Street, follows her on
board an ocean liner, makes love
to her violently, and eventually wins
her at the end Of the trip, because
she finds that he has gone broke in
the Wall Street Panic.
Not much Of story. But well
directed by Mr.. Goulding. And
nicely acted by Mr. Fairbanks and
Bebe Daniels, who looks exception
ally attractive In what seems to be
greying hair. Edward Everett Hor-
ton overactS villainously as the
butler-and others in the cast in
clude beautiful blonde with bass
voice.
E. de S. Melcher.
Clara Bow Has Typical Role
In "No Limit" at Palace.
WHEN Clara Bow undertakes
dramatic piece she succeeds in
merrily driving through a great va
riety of situations which under other
circumstances might quicken the
pulse. Marriage Is mere incident
along the way. Grand larceny of
jewels by the family partner is TO
be deity eliminated without undue
ceremony. A prison sentence is ex-
pscted to be terminated for good be-
havior, and so 1t turns out. The
reunion of the prisoner with the
faithful wife is one heeting picture
just as the story ends. A present
from an admiring friend, of a
palatial apartment and costly car,
is first scorned as joke, but later
its giver Is placed among those
things which one first etdures, then
pities, then embraces, in a purely
impersonal way. Gambling for big
stakes is carried on regardless OF
sources of revenue.
While these things are true, mo
Limit" which Miss Bow now illuni-
mates with her highly appreciated
personality. at the Palace, has no
duh moments, and the star of the
piece has every opportunity to return
TO View in great variety of moods
which do. not detract one bit from
the positAn that she already holds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08
FRANCE TO DRAFT PLAN
FOR ATLANTIC AIRMAIL
Committee Decides Government to
Accept Responsibility for Line
to Brazil.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, March THE Aeronautic
Committee of the Chamber Of Deputies
decided tonight at a special meeting
that the government should assume
responsibility for the drafting of new
airmail contract with Franco-South
American Lines, suspension of which is
threatened because of financial diff
culties.
The committee also declared the set
Element of other pending questions with
the airnail lines should be turned
over to the government, whose bill to
relieve the situation has not met with
the approval of the committee.
The desire was also expressed that
the French government take UP with
the Brazilian government through Dip
lomatic channels the matter of 81, 000,-
600 francs (about $4,000. 000) Que soon
to Brazilian creditors to make certain
there will be no seizure of the COM
panies' materials and planes If Brazil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08
HOOVER
NOMINATION IN g
La Toilette Quoted as Saying
He Will Head G. O. P. on
"Bone-Dry" Platform.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, March THE
Philadelphia Record last night quoted
Senator Robert M. La Toilette, jr., Re-
publican, Wisconsin, as stating In an
interview that the denomination Of
President Hoover on "bone-dry" plat
form at the Republican National Con-
vention in 1882 was q "foregone conclu-
sion," and that split in the Repub-
lican ranks was not probable.
The Senator was here to address the
Philadelphia Forum on I'm Defense Of
Congress"
Sees No Third Party.
"In my Judgment" the Record quoted
him in the interview, new parties are
created only when there is a sufficient
upwelling of public sentiment on impor-
tant public questions. At this time, OF
in the near future, can foresee nc
third-party movement Of sufficient
strength to become factor in the next
presidential campaign.
The denomination of President Hoo.
yer is foregone conclusion, and all In
dicattonS are that the Republican party
will not alter its stand on prohibition
at the national convention next year.
Hits Failure of Democrats.
The Wisconsin Senator also wa.
quoted as having expressed diSsatiSfac.
| ton with the manner in which thu
Democrats had failed to cooperate
with Progressive Republicans during the
recent session of Congress, and as criti
cizing the administration for its insist
ence on only small expansions of pub
lie works during this economic crisis"
But the Progressive Republicans are
hopeful Of change in spirit among tn,
Democrats" he said. THAT is why W,
are going to have conference of Pro
gressives in Washington next week
There we will formulate plans to forc'
our economic program on the attention
of the next Congress"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08
NEW CONGRESSMEN
MOVE INTO OFFICES
Quarters Taken by AZ, But Rest
Wait for Predecessors to
@zyr vacate Space.
D tna Aasociated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
Behind the out-front desolation Of the
dead Congress stage, scene-shitting
already Is In progress for the next
great national legislative performance.
Forty-seven Representatives-elect last
night had taken possession Of their
quarters in the House once Building
Before the exodus Of the old House was
completed. many Of the new Represent
atives were waiting for their predeces-
sors to vacate. The eagerness TO get
busy was marked.
One new legislator told the outgoing
Representative:
wen have to get in Immediately.
don't want to have to rent another
room in hotel to make these tele-
phone calls TO the administrative de-
partments for my constituents"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08
New Fairbanks Film
At the Columbia.

~ OBIN HOOD has gone far
- into the greensward and
D'Artagnan has faded into
i Partisan gloom now that
Douglas Fairbanks has be-
come modern and forsaken the ro-
mantle roles in which he built up
such a tremendous reputation. In
Reaching for the Moon" which be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08

bride, not quite 10, left Toxic for Eu-
rope shortly after their marriage In
February, 1880. They have visited now
nearly every capital in Europe. Formal
visits of state were made in LONDON and
Madrid The visit to London, principal
reason for the tour, returned the visit
made to Japan in 1929 by the Duke Of
Gloucester.
VIII Tour U. S.
Prince Takanatsu, second in the line
of succession to the throne of Japan,
and Princess Kikuko will be the first
members Of the imperial family to pay
more than heeting visit to the United
States Other japanese of the imperial
line have crossed America on their way
between Europe and the Orient, but
none has made q sojourn like that
planned by the Takamatsus, which will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08

gan q week S run
yesterday at the
Columbia, Mr..
Fairbanks has
turned back the
wheel and be-
come almost as
you t h. full, as
energetic and as
debonair as his
son.
The lightest,
the ARREST, and
in spotsthe
foolishest comedy
that this likable
artist has ever
undertaken has
been fashioned
for his talents
hu the P1Icfn-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08

By the Associated Press.
A MERICA'S first royal visitors Of
~ 1881, Prince Takamatsu, second
"A younger brother of the Emperor
4 a of Japan, and his bride Of a
year, will reach Washington
about the middle of next month.
They are on a honeymoon journey
around the world that will have con-
sumed more than a year before they
return to Japan in june.
No formal notification of the visit has
yet reached the American Government.
Here for Week.
It is known, however, that the i'm
perial pair will remain in the Capital
at least week. They are expected to
be received at the White House and to
be the center of considerable oficial en-
tertainment.
The prince. IS years old, and his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08

occupy at least six weeks. After land
ing at New York about April 10, they
will come to washington, going then
to Boston and on to Ottawa, where the
princess cousin, Iyemasa Tokugawa, Is
ing to the United States they win fol-
low an itinerary through Chicago. one
or two other Middle Western cities and
the principal cities Of the Pacific Coast.
sailing for Japan about the end OF May.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08

A sponge is an animal. It lives, eats.
digests, grows. and propagateS Its own
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08
SUFFERS EYE TROUBLE
Reports That Floyd Gibbons Faces
Blindness Are Denied.

NEW YORK, March (P).-Floyd
Gibbons, journalist and lecturer, was
reported today to be suffering minor
eye affliction, which caused him no
alarm.
Gibbons lost his right eye during the
war when he was struck at Chateau
Thierry by machine gun bullet. He
was then a war correspondent
A report he was facing possible
blindness was vigorously denied at his
office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08
NEW TRIAL IS ASKED
Daugherty's Lawyers Cite IL Al
81 legged Errors in Case.

WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE
Ohio, March z. (P).-Attorneys for Nal
3. Daugherty, convicted recently Of
rnishandling funds of the defunct Ohio
state Bank while president, today filed
legged instances Of error in conduct Of
the case.
Hearing on the motion will be held
within the next week or 10 days, Judge
Charles s, Bell announced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09

Ever since the World war; when the American
Federation of Labor withdrew from the Amsterdam
International the American labor movement has been
the League of Nations, its chief concern has been
with domestic problems rather than world conditions
and their effect upon local wage scales and living
conditions
Today signs multiply of a wider viewpoint
In a recent speech President William Green came
out for cancellation of allied war debts and German
separations, on the ground that these stand in the
way of permanent peace and prosperity.
Celebrating his statement is an article by John
P. Frey head of the federation's metal trades de-
partment, urging cancellation based upon the con-
tngency of material reduction of ornaments, and
denouncing the Versailles treaty
"It is of immediate and direct Importance to the
trade union movement in Europe and to our own"
Frey stated, "for it is clear now that one of the
causes OF Industrial depression in Europe is due to
reparatonS, war debts, and the feverish expenditure
OF money for military purposes coupled with fear
of future wars"
Interesting also is the action of the federation's
executive committee at Atlantic City in voicinp a
determination to ask the senate to ratfy our entry
INTO the world court under the Root formula.
One thing more the federation should do to demon
Strate its broader world vision This is tn sneok
clearly in opposition to such hate-breeding atrocities
as the recent Smoot-Hawley tariff act and demand
downward revision in the name of world trade ond
peace.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09
RepOrts Without Action

President Hoover wildly described the stigma crime
has laid upon this country when he proposed the or
ganization of his commission law observance and
enforcement The commission finally made fourteen
reports, the results of two years work.
During that time crime has not decreased; recently
there have been terrifying outbreaks in New York
and elsewhere.
President Hoover probably has not yet had time
to read all the fourteen reports The public, never
theless, is awaiting his reaction to the reports.
The natural hope was that the Wickersham COM
mission might open the way toward something ap-
preaching a cure for crime. Obviously the Wicker
sham commission could do nothing of the sort. A
majority of the commission found themselves unable
to discuss comprehensively the of crime and
this implied inability to remedies.
But the commission did make several fine recon-
mendatons ways to treat phases of the problem
of crime.
Will the President request congress to enact the
reforms demanded of the federal government by the
commission experts?