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Evening star., 1932-02-06
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 6.-H Clar-
ence Darrow could have his way he
would tear down all jails. strip Judges
and juries Of their power and abolish
all criminal court proceedings.
Instead of Furnishing those guilty Of
crime he would have their mental con-
dition. their environment and their past
studied by experts, who then would de-
eide whether they should be set free
sent to hospital or kept under super
vision until they became normal
again"
Darrow's sweeping condemnation OF
the present system of fighting crime is
contained in his autobiography THE
Story of My Life" which was published
here yesterday.
Many strange experiences the famous
Chicago lawyer had during his half
century in courts from one side of the
country to the other are recounted.
Tells OF Loeb and Leopold.
In chapter on the Loeb-Leopold
case, one of the most celebrated he
fought he says Nathan Leopold had
and has the most brilliant intellect
ever met in a boy" Richard Loeb, he
writes, was not only a kindly-looking
boy but he was and is kindly boy"
He calls the murder they committed
"the most foolish. most motiveleSs act
ever conceived in diseased brain" He
presumes the slayers know less about
the reason than those who have studied
the case and the boys as well"
He tried to save the youthful pair
from the gallows. Darrow writes, TO dc
what I could for sanity and humanity
against the wave of hatred and malice
that, as ever, was masquerading under
its usual nom de plume, Justice
I'm terrible crisis there is only one
element more helpless than the poor
and that is the rich I knew then, and
I know now, that except for the wealth
of the families, plea of guilty and a
life sentence would have been accepted
without contest I knew this and
dreaded the fight.
Strongly Against Killing.
mo client Of mine had ever been put
to death "a record still unbroken) and
felt that 1t would almost. If not quite
kill me If it should ever happen
have never been able 70 read story of
an execution. I always left town il
possible on the day of hanging. I am
strongly-call it m0rbidly, If you will
against killing
Il felt I would get fair fee If
went into the case, but money never
influenced my stand one way or
another"
Some Of Darrows comment on the
American system of Jurisprudence are
| There is no more excuse today for
tndicting and trying a person in a
criminal court than Inors is for hang
ing him for being ii or insane"
Every criminal rial is man lunt
where the object Of the pack is to ge.
the prey"
1T is a game where the dice are
/ loaded and the victim is almost sure tc
lose"
| Fair Trial Impossible.
| "All courtroom proceedings seem more
Evening star., 1932-02-06
.RECAPTURE CLAUSE
HIT BY RAIL COUNSEL
Repeal Proposed at I. c. c. Hearing
Valuation as Basis for Rate
Making Assailed.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Repeal of the recapture clause OF the
interstate commerce act was urged yes
terday by Alfred P Thorn Of this city,
general counsel of the Association OF
Railway Executives.
Before the House Interstate Com
merce Committee, Thorn said the pro-
vision under which the Government
takes over all earnings in excess Of 534
per cent has been found impracticable.
The Government, he said, has spent
s4U.0oO,0OO and the carriers Sl37,000,-
600. or a total Of SIT 100000, in seek
ing a valuation of the railroads. He
declared that as long as the recapture
clause is in force the valuation never
would be completed.
Thorn maintained valuation of rail-
roads should not be used as the basis
fof rate making. Instead, he asserted,
it should be on the basis of economic
conditions and the movement OF trafhc.
Giving a free hand to the Interstate
Commerce Commission to make rates,
with Congress insisting only on adequate
public service. was urged by the rail-
road counsel.
Evening star., 1932-02-06

All in all--it is a smart pic.
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rather dramatic way with
them-they are becoming
and we predict you will like
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than any you have in sew.
eral years.
DRESSES. SUITS, COATS
THIRD FLOOR.
Evening star., 1932-02-06
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Evening star., 1932-02-06

WOODWARD
&LOTHROP
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Repair Desk Is
Now on The
Eighth Floor
where the Receiving
Desk for hemstitching
and blanket cleaning is
located, adding to the
convenience of having
all of these services in
one place. Take the F
Street Express Eleva-
tors direct to the Receiv-
ing Desk-for any OF
these services
Handmade Eyelets
Buttons Made-to-
Order
H a n d m a d e
Button-hoIes
Marking of Linen
Feather Stitching
Blanket Cleaning
Making of Loops
Blanket Binding
Applique Work
Hosiery Repair
Hemstitching
Cat Stitching
Repleating
Hemmlng
Faggotlng
Shocking
Fnnging
Picoting
Binding
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Pinking
Basting
You will find these Serv-
ices as satisfactory as
they are rapid, and the
prices most moderate.
RECEIVING DESK
EIGHTH FLOOR.
Evening star., 1932-02-06
Sketched Above

A paradox indeed-this dis
tinctive afternoon suit-of al
most military mien - vet
charmingly feminine. 1t is
in a new dull black ribbed
silk-and do note the new
shorter sleeves-the white
fox trimmines-the way it
buttons up to give shoulder
width-a rather perfect pic.
ture of all that is new for
Spring ...............S49.50
MISSES WALNUT ROOM.
The Washington times., 1932-07-14
When the Feature Is
Shown on the Screen

EARLE-Jame> Cagney in
"Winner Take ALL" At 1920 a.
m, 200. ABS, 7:2O and 10 p. m.
Stage shows at 100, 1885. $40
and 900 p. m.
METROPOLITAN-Lupe Velez
in The Broken Wing" At 1875
a. M, lao, $40. $40. 7:4O and
9:4O p. m. Zane Grey's South
Sea Adventures" At 11:OO a. m.
100. 800, 500, TOO and 900
p. m.
LOVES FOX-Violet Heming
in almost Married" At 1900
noon, 2:05, 4:40, 7:35 and 1915
p m. Stage shows at lis, $50,
GAS and 9:25 p. m.
COLUMBIA - Marion Shilling
in Shop Angel" At 1915 a. m,
100, 2:45, 4;30. 6:15, sos and
$50 p. m.
PALACE-Marion Nixon in
"Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm :"
At 1870 a. M. 1870, $3.50, $50,
7:35 and $40 p. m.
RKO KEITH'S-C ons S t n e
Bennett in What Price Holly
wood" At 11:0O a. m, 1897,
2:23, 400, 5:55, 7:41 and
9:27 p. m.
The Washington times., 1932-07-14
A Capitol Merger

1 doubt much whether the cor
respondents on the National Press
Club roster will find much to en-
thuse about in the screen por-
traits of alert Washington re-
porters. For these glib and sup
posedly well-informed scribblerS
are shown awaiting the arrival of
a Western Senator-elect at the
Unic / station and then mistaking
a veteran Congressman for their
quarry. This is one of the
slightly silly episodes in an other
wise t. ughtful and provocative
film fiction.
Also can forgive Hollywood,
but not forget that House and
Senate chambers have been
merged in this picture. That is
to say you frequently see Sena-
tor jefferson Keene Grating in
the Senate chamber and the long
distance shots show the member
ship of the House listening in
tently. AS a matter of fact a
good many otherwise bright Amer
leans beyond the Potomac are
Under the impression that Sena-
tors and Representatives use the
same roStrum for their speel hes.
So why quibble. It just happens
to be a celluloid faux-pas that
will be commented upon chiefly
in this movie jurisdiction.
The Washington times., 1932-07-14
Bancroft Lucky

It's a long time between good
pictures for George Bancroft but
Carter Barron assures this de-
partment that Paramount's
brawny actor at last has gotten
a good one. It is Lady and
Gent" due at the Palace Tbeater
tomorrow. Paramount had just
about decided to wash up with
Actor Bancroft as an expensive
luxury Che gets a very fat pay
check when they pre-viewed
Lady and Gent AS a result
of this preliminary peep they
gave him another contract.
My impression is that George
Bancroft was the first of. the
treat 'em rough" screen actors.
He made his greatest hit in the
first of the underworld pictures
entitled, oddly enough, Under:
world" which also did great
things for Evelyn Brent and
Director Joseph Won Sternberg.
Thereafter Mr.. Bancroft was
seen in a procession of red shirt
and corned beef and cabbage roles.
A few were salty but the majority
were hammy. Not even the
moderned Charles Dickens story
of "Dombey and Son" satisfied
the Bancroft following. At last
he has a role he can bite into.
They tell me that Wynne Gibson
also shares in the honors of
Lady and Gent"
The Washington times., 1932-07-14
Barrymore Shines

AS for Lionel Barrymore'S por
trait of q United States Senator
I have nothing but praise. He
has been given some pretty effec-
tive dialogue and some smashing
good speeches to recite. Dressed
up with his complete knowledge
of the actors art, including, of
course, apt expression and voice
modulation, you have COM
poSite of a statesman which looks
and sounds genuine.
This U. S. Senator goes crooked
and I don't imagine they will like
that up on Capitol Hill. He ac-
cepts "a bribe from the forces who
are trying to control the nations
public resources and resigns his
seat. His cheating wife, egged on
by the master lobbyist. gets him
to sell out his principles and the
cause which landed him a toga.
There is a Senate probe, as we
say, and Jefferson Keene, broken
and Inundated, confesses his per.
fidy. Then he dies.
The Washington times., 1932-07-14
Tea-Cup Lobby

Incidental shots of a White
House reception, scenes in the
Senate press gallery and Sc
quenceS designed to show the in
fluence of Washington's social
lobby are things which give a
touch of verisimilitude to Wash
ington Masquerade" help to make
it consistently engaging.
If I have any criticism to make
of washington Masquerade" it
is that it is a trifle too "talky."
That, incidentally, has been urged
as one of the faults of that great
deliberative body known as the
United States Senate.
The Washington times., 1932-07-14
Girl Was Happy

The scene is very clear in
my mind. Earl Carroll. one of
the main judges, was rushing
happily about, big badges hang
ing from his lapels and honeyed
words dripping from his lips.
Fay Lamphier, who was dcs-
tined to win the contest and
then drop into deepest obScur-
ity, was posing prettily in
every conceivable fashion.
Having just watched this
same sham and nonsense for
several seasons, it was all just
a little dull to me. l walked
from the schoolroom and looked
out at a little group that had
formed on the grass to the
right. In the center of the
group, confronted by three or
four photographers, stood a
very pretty girl in a bathing
suit.
Pretty girls in bathing suits
were a dime a dozen in those
pageants, but this kid had more
than the others. She possessed
a definite charm. Black hair
done in little curls. Brown eyes
that sparkled. A little nose
that turned up in the cutest
fashion. And a trim little fig
ure that I would rather not at
tempt to describe.
asked the man next to me
who the kid was.
That's Kitty Banks" he re-
turned. "a Philadelphia girl.
She just won the professional
beauty contest, which doesn't
mean very much. She's a
chorus girl or something, I
guess. Cute, isn't She?"
I nodded, and walked toward
the girl. After all, reporting a
beauty pageant had to have
some compensations. Soon I
was talking to her.
I'm just 49," she said un-
affectedly, land Tn practically
thrilled to death about all this.
OF course, the professional con-
test doesn't mean as much as
the other one-but I'm happy
to have won it just the same.
Wouldn't you?"
1 tried to look as handsome
as possible--a rather vain ef-
fort-and assured her that I
would. We talked or.
Night Club Dancer
What is my ambition?" she
smiled, II feel successful when
I'm asked that question. I'll
stick to the stage, / guess. Hope
to get somewhere. too.
I'm so glad to have known
you. Maybe I'll see you around
Broadway some time. Going TO
live there soon, I guess. When
you're going to make good on
the stage. that's the best place
to be, isn't it?"
I nodded. There wasn't much
else to do. She hastened away.
I liked Kitty Banks
About a year later. I sat in a
Broadway cafe. The same old
story and the same old scene.
The Washington times., 1932-07-14

until the first show at the Earle
Theater tomorrow may see their
favorites close up. At last ac-
counts yesterday, Bill Ewing was
arranging to have George Brent
shake hands with the Pennsyl-
vania locomotive engineer who
brings him here. and Miss Young
df not too temperamentaD to
bestow a Warner Brothers caress
on the fireman. Mr.. Ewing plans
to direct this scene for the Wash
ington press photographers.
The Washington times., 1932-07-14

Yellow Jackets, Harry Losee and
the Chester Hale Girls. Fox
Movietone news and selected
short subjects will complete the
program which will be opened
by Phil Lampkin overture,
Classics Moderne."
PALACE-George Bancroft in
what is said to be his best picture
in months, Lady and Gent"
comes as the main screen attrac-
ton opening Friday. It is
described as a vigorous story of
American life by William SlavenS
McNutt with Wynne Gibson given
very prominent supporting role.
The Washington times., 1932-07-14

screen attrac.
ton, Edmund
Lowe, in cat
torney for the
Defense" It is
a story of the
courts, W it h
Lowe cast as a
district attor.
ney who con.
victs an limo.
cent man. In
the supporting
cast are Evelyn
B r e n t, Con.
stance Gu m
minpS. Dorothy
Peterson and
The Washington times., 1932-07-14

Walters. Smoke. Music. A
cigarette girl. Fat men hiding
lean bankrolls. Thin mammas
holding stout hopes. Small
hopes. Small talk. Cheapness.
Boredom.
had neither seen nor heard
of Kitty Banks since that day
in Atlantic City. I sometimes
wondered about her, but that
was all. The Broadway whirl
has more beautiful girls who
come here to make good and
then disappear, then hell has
pavings of good intentions.
The master of ceremonies,
gentleman with much nose and
little ability, announced in
raucouS voice that Miss Kitty
Banks, from down Philly way"
would next appear. I sat up.
Yes. it was the same girl.
And yet it wasn't. She didn't
look well. Just as sweet as
ever. but there was something
wrong somewhere. Know what
I mean? You sense those
things somehow.
Goes to Colorado
Her dance was over. There
were a few cries of "attaboy"
and you'll do, honey" At a
corner table a man, fat-jowled
and obviously drunk, made
lunge for her hand as she
passed him. Deity, as if by
practice, she avoided him. She
disappeared behind a curtain.
I didn't speak to Kitty Banks
that night.
Another year went by, and I
wrote my first story about
Kitty Banks in a newspaper.
They told me that she had died
in Colorado of consumption.
And they told me how it had
happened.
So I wrote the story almost
as I've told it to you here.
And when I sent for her pic
ture to accompany the article,
I found the following ironical
notice on the back:
kitty Banks. Hotel DeS
Artistes. Physical Culture In
StructreSs."
The kidding I received after
that story was published was
the severest of my alleged
career For Kitty Banks
wasn't dead. She had been
severly i'll in the West, but
she had pulled through in okay
fashion. Thus, I had turned
out sob story with a slightly
different ending. The sub
ject was very much alive.
Died At Saranac
Some two years ago, I met
Kitty Banks again. I was sit
ting in a restaurant with Mr..
Barney Gallant when a pretty
woman spoke to me from the
next table.
"You can tell them in your
column that you saw me, Mr..
Hellinger," she smiled. But
please don't bury me again
until it's actually time. I'm
positive you remember me.
The name is Kitty Banks"
I was very affable when
returned the greeting, but
felt a rather chilly something
inside. 1 shook hands with her
and I tried to cover my en-
barrassment by explaining that
had meant no harm in the
article. She smiled again.
perfectly all right" she re-
turned. Besides, all that is
thing of the past. I'd rather for
get it. I've beaten the disease,
you know, and I'm going back
on the stage very shortly. 1t
has all turned out very beauti-
fully"
I was glad. ..
X X
Kitty Banks died in the N.
V. A. Lodge, at Saranac Lake,
about a month ago-and this
time there can be no return.
She died of the disease she
thought she had beaten-con-
sumption.
I told you there wouldn't be
much to this story. Still, there
is a great deal of irony in it
and not a little beauty.
The Washington times., 1932-07-14

ton beginning
Friday. Other
acts n the pro
gram will in,
clude Don Ze-
laya, philosoph-
ical m u S ician,
Living Jewelry,
G e org e Prize
a n d company,
and M a x i n e
Doyle. The
main screen at
traction will be
P a r a nj o unit S
m ar Fro m
We erd a v"
The Washington times., 1932-07-14
LIONEL BARRYMORE AS u s. SENATOR As5 oF" ?9s ps
Extra Attractions Are Listed for
Mid-JuIy Programs

of the screen detective heroes will
be shown in a new adventure as
the main attraction when 1.-THE
Missing Rembrandt" opens Fri
day. Holmes is again portrayed
by Arthur Wontner and the sup
porting cast includes Ian Fleming,
Minny Raynor, Philip Hewland
and Jane Welsh. On the supple.
mentary program will be the Para
mount news, Thelma White and
Fanny Watson in a short screen
comedy, I'm the Family"
LOEW' FOX-"Skyscraper
Souls" with an all-Star cast pre-
Senting Warren William, Maureen
The Washington times., 1932-07-14

LORETTA YOUNG with Claudette
Colbert and Give Brook CO.
starred. Selected short subjects
and the Paramount news reel
will complete the program.
POLITAN-Sherlock
Holmes, rated the most popular
The Washington times., 1932-07-14

AfANAA~A
more, traipsing
on the screen as
a United States
Senator were
i n d u C e ments
enough to pull
me away from
the edit ori a ]
desk yesterday
morning for a
Palace preview.
This also hap
pened to be the
first picture Of
a thre atened
Hollywood cycle
The Washington times., 1932-07-14
All In a Day

MARK hELLlNGER

NEW YORK, July IA
There isn't very much to this story because there WASH
very much the life involved STILL there's great deal OF
irony in it-and not little beauty. Listen:
1t Just about years that first saw Kitty
Banks. The the Atlantic City pageant and
they were judging the preIiminaries in the little school
house that bedecked with flags for the occasion
number of grls15 of them-were standing in row. all
hoping be Miss America before another two days had
The Washington times., 1932-07-14

On the supplementary program
will be the latest issue of the
Hearst-Metrotone news and Sc
lected short subjects,
The Washington times., 1932-07-14
Back to Screen

Claudia Dell, blonde screen
star. closed in the legitimate pro-
duction of The Blessed Event."
and after a short rest will return
to the screen.
The Washington times., 1932-07-14

Andrew X. Kelley on national po.
litical affairs with a Capitol back
ground. The dialogue for Wash
ington Masquerade" was written
by Samuel G.. Blythe, whose Sat
urday Evening Post printed i'm
pressions of the game of politics
have always found interesting.
The Washington times., 1932-07-14
Union Station Note

Tonight at 7:45. I am told.
Loretta Young and George Brent
will arrive at Union Station, and
those enthusiasts who can't wait
The Washington times., 1932-07-14

o. S ulliv n,
A n i t a P a & e,
j e a n Hersholt
and Norm a n
Foster com e S
as the n a i n
S CT cen attrac-
ton beginning
Friday. Wesley
E d dy returns
as the star of
the stage show
which will in
clude the revue,
&C u r i oSitieS,"
featuring Yorke
and King, Dor
nthno and Her
The Washington times., 1932-07-14
Capitol Scri6es
Are Shown in
Action
BY ANDREW r. KELLEY

AS a graduate of the House and
Senate press galleries, Washing
ton Masquerade" and the oppor-
tunity Of seeing that good actor,
The Washington times., 1932-07-14

RKO-KEITH'S-Saturday will
be the opening day for the new
The Washington times., 1932-07-14
DID You Know

That Edmund Lowe made his
theatrical debut in Los Angeles
stock production of The Brat"
The Washington times., 1932-07-14

Bradley Page. on the supple.
mentary program will be the
Pathe News and selected short
subjects.
EARLE-George Brent and Lo-
retta Young in person will pro-
vide the headline stage attrac-
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1932-09-03
00ET GOLD VIII
DEVELOP nv

L4bby. Sept &c. w. Patey
son, n charge Of development
work on the Comet placer prop
erty on Little Cherry creek.
states that = telephone line from
the property 10 Ltbby win be
completed thia week. the line
win be connected with the Lfbby
exchange. A crew az men is
also busy on the property put
ting n new floors and roofs on
the cabins a. the esmp plans
contemplate the INSTALLING Of q
plant for gold slufcing with Op-
erations starting either late this
fan or tins FIRST thing IN the
spring, states M Paterson
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1932-09-03

2 II is recalled that during the
Worlds exposition held al
st. Louis some years ago, a
carload Of gravel taken from
the Yellowstone river was
shipped TO that city for the
purpose Of determining wheth
er II was gold bearing.
The report was sent back
giving the information that the
gravel taken from the river
produced over 30 cents in gold
from a cubic yard Of the
gravel, besides other valnables
in the black sand content.
It is contended that a re-
turn Of even 30 cents on the
same basis Of workings would
pay any person or group in
terested in securing q dredge
which would likely require q
outlay Of cash, If
the proper machinery were in
stalled. In fact, It is pointed
out, that money could be made
II 10 cents return from a cubic
yard of gravel when worked
over from dredging operations.
It is also reported that
ground from which gold is be-
ng recovered a. the rate Of
Is low as 10 cents per cubic
1ard is selling for 5000 per
lcre ia the vicinity Of Oroviile,
yalif., and that this price has
'een known 70 have been paid
Or land that yielded 30 cents
There are millions and mil
ions Of tons Of gravel that
Tin 60 20 cents 20 rs cents or
etter in the Miles City terri
DRY, IL is claimed.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1932-09-03
70 REOPEN
NINE GROUP
LONG DE

VIRGINIA CITY. septem-
Der s-waster X. MalIette.
owner OF the Prospect group
% claims and wcll-kn0wn
mining ana construction en-
Einees. was IN Virginia City
Thursday ana Friday o.
last week making plans for
the re0peninR q the Pros
pest, wtich has not been
operated except b. leasers
since tho death Of Afr. Mall
iette's father over SO gears
ago.
A s0-ton amaigamation and no
sation mill win be erected on
the property, according to Mr,
Maliette and win be in operation
BY the first Of the year
An announcement IN "Afining
rrath" official organ o. the
Mining association
published in Spokane. saga Fred
.. Galloway, consulting engineer.
md Edward Pohlman. 81 the
aohlman Investment company Of
spokane. are associated with Mr..
aaIlette and operations win be
conducted under the name Of the
Firgania City Gold Mining com
Iany. The company is 3 Wash
ngton corporation and is cap
Ealized at y2e0. 600. The article
Aao says the ore blocked out a.
roximatas $4,000 tons, from
'Asch numerous samples have av-
ragged $14.s1 a ton IN gold,
Thile there 10 ssms-deyeloued ore
own to the s6o-foot level.-vir-
infa City "Madisonian.