Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-05
TWO WOMEN GIVEN
PULITZER AWARDS
Novel by Margaret Barnes
and Susan GIaspeH Play
. Win $1,000 Prizes.
~ the Associated Press.

By Sno AbrOClAteu EIebSa
NEW YORK, May 5.-The Pulitzer
prizes in journalism and letters we're
awarded today for achievements which
ranged from novel of wartime Amer
lea to the solution Of q murder by a
newspaper reporter.
Years Of Grace" by Margaret Aver
Barnes, was chosen by the jury of
awards as the novel published in 1890
which best presents the whole atmos-
phere of American life" The prize
winning play was "Alisons House
written by Susan Glasnell and pro-
duced by Eva LIE Caffeine at the Civic
Repertory Theater. It's characters dis
guised by fictitious names, the play
deals with the belated recognition of
the poetry of Emily Dickinson.
Other Awards Made.
Other prizes in the field Of letters
were awarded to the following
In history, to THE Coming Of the
War, 1914" by Bernadotte E. Schmitt;
in biography, to Charles w. Eliot" by
Henry James, and In verse, to Col
lected Poems of Robert Frost The
jury's decision marked the second time
Mr.. Frost had won Pulitzer prize.
His New Hampshire" was chosen in
1924.
Prizes of 1000 accompany all awards
in the group except that for biography,
In which the award is $4,000.
Reporter Solved Murder.
The Atlanta Constitution was chosen
as the newspaper which rendered the
most disinterested and meritorious pub
lie service" in 1880. The award was
based on the fact that the Constitution
conducted a successful exposure Of
municipal graft, with consequent con-
victions.
A. B. Macdonald OF the staff CT the
Kansas City Star won the $1,000 prize
for the best example Of reporters
work which accomplished some public
good commenting public attention and
respect
Macdonald was sent to Amarillo,
Tex, at the suggestion of Gene Howe,
editor of the Amarillo News and Globe,
to investigate the murder of Mrs. A.
D. Payne. She had been killed by the
explosion of dynamite hidden in her
automobile and police had given up the
case as mystery too deep to be solved.
MacDonald's work brought about the
conviction Of her husband.
Scholarships Announced.
The remaining prizes in journalism
were awarded to II. r. Knickerbocker
of the foreign staff on the New York
Evening Post and the Philadelphia
Public Ledger for series of articles
on the operation of the five-year plan
in Russia; to Charles S. Ryckmau of
the Fremont, Nebr., Tribune for his edi-
torial, THE Gentleman From Nebras-
ka," published November z, 1880, and
to Edmund Duffy Of the Baltimore Sun
Going On" published February n,
1880.
Travelling scholarships in Journalism
were awarded to Frederick Daniel Sink
Of GAINESVILLE, Ohio, and David A.
Dawson and Winston Phelps Of New
York City. Elliot Grifis Of New York
won the scholarship for music students
and Samuel Klein of New York the
scholarship for art students. All Schol-
arships have a value of $1,000.
Miss Glaspell, the author of the prize
winning play, has written Is others.
The most important of them was In
heritors,' produced by Miss LIE Gal
lienne in 1927. Miss Glaspell was born
in 1882 at Davenport, Iowa, and edu-
Gated at Drake University, the Uni
versity Of Iowa and University Of Chi
cago. For time she was a newspaper
political writer, then began turning out
at Provtncetown, Mass, where she still
lives. With her husband, the late
George Cram Cook. she established the
Provincetown PlayerS'tn 1915.
Novel Deals With War.
Margaret Aver Barnes. author of
"Years of Grace" is the wife of Cedric
Barnes. Chicago lawyer. graduate of
Bryn Mawr and the mother of three
children. She began writing in 1926
while recovering from injuries received
in an automobile accident. Her novel
tells the experiences of Chicago girl
against the background of the United
States in war days. She dramatized
Edith Whsrton's THE Age Of limo
cence" some years ago, wrote another
play, "Dtshonored Lady" for Katherine
Cornell, and elaborated with Edward
Shelton in Jenny"
Robert Frost, porn in San Francisco
in 1875, lives in South Shaftesbury, VT,
on farm. He attended Dartmouth
and Harvard and at various times has
been a vagabond, teacher, shoemaker
and editor. His earlier books of poems
include "A Boys WILL" North of Bos-
ton" Mountain Interval" and west
Running Brook
Charles w. Eliot, the subject of the
winning biography by Henry James,
was president of Harvard for 10 years
and its president emeritus at his death
in 1926. Mr.. James is son OF VIII
liam James, American philosopher, and
nephew Of Henry James, the novelist.
He Is q trustee for the Carnegie Foun-
dalton and the Rockefeller Institute Tor
Medical Research and an overseer Of
Harvard. In 1920 he edited volume
Of his fathers letters and in 1928 pub
lished biography Of Richard Olney.
History Winner Is Editor.
Bernadotte E. Schmitt, winner Of the
history award IS professor of modern
history at the University of Chicago
and editor Of the J-urnal Of Modern
History. In 1926 and 1927 he inter-
viewed many Of the men who were in
power during the war.
The work of Hubert r. KEickerbock-
er, honored for his series en- the S;oviet's
five-year plan, came into international
prominence in 1929. At that time he
uncovered e story which led 10 the con-
viction of two men for forging docu-
mentS purporting TO show that Senator
Borah and Senator Norris lad received
100000 from the Russian government
Edmund Duffy, cartoonist for the
Baltimore Sun, studied art in New York
and Paris and has contributed TO many
magazines. His work is known for its
strength and simplicity