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Evening star., 1925-04-04
IDENTITY STILL MYSTERY.
Reported From Respected Family,
But Hides Antecedents.

NEW YORK, April 4-Gerald Chap
man remains a man Of mystery, his
real name, his antecedents, his birth
place and his family history un-
known.
He has revealed with frankness
some details Of his career of crime.
But much of his life story remains a
sealed book.
He has used many names during
his criminal career of Is years, Of
which only have been spent out
side prison walls. But Gerald Chap
man IS not his name, nor Is his name
adopted as aliases.
He is said to have been born in
New York about 81 years ago, of a
respected family, of which he is be-
lieved to be the only member who
has swerved from proper paths.
It has been said that he has a
brother who is a business man of
high position and repute. Chapman
has verified none of these things. He
has consistently refused to lift in the
slightest the veil with which he has
shrouded his personal past. He has
protected his family.
Manifests Culture.
Chapman-as it is indicated he will
continue to be called-has given evil
dence of considerable culture, al
though his education is supposed to
have been confined to high school.
Much of this is attributed to his read
ing and study while in prison. and
also to the influence of George
Dutch Anderson, college graduate
and supercrook, who was his fellow
prisoner and pal and later his asso-
ciate in the great $2,400,000 mail
Evening star., 1925-04-04

tontlnueO from FIRST f3se.t AZ
islative majority believe it is unwise
to ask the French people to go to
nomic disturbances, which are ineyi
table during an electoral campaign.
They consequently advise US not 10
accept a fight with the Senate, but
to ask some of our friends to vote
against us. the whole cabinet then
reSigning. as
Advantage In Course.
Should the cabinet resign our fu-
ture position would be excellent. We
would go down because We insisted
upon adopting drastic financial meas
ures to save Frances finances instead
of taking palliatives, which would
only ease the situation temporarily.
Issuance of several billion paper
francs, as advocated by former FL
nance Minister Clementel, and which
so badly frightened the people in
France and abroad, would not help
the country much. This is the only
reason why Premier Herriot and a
majority of the cabinet opposed it,
There is no question of imitation.
AT the end of the war. when the
franc was worth 20 cents. France had
5000, 10000 francs Of paper money
in circulation. Today, when the franc
is worth only ia cents, we have only
Al 900, ,000,0 900. Business is suffering
greatly on account of the shortage
of money, and the Bank of France is
confronted with the situation of re-
f,,sing to discount commercial paper.
Business More Active.
since the war business has been
more active than before. The cost
Of living has gone up some 200 per
cent. The peasants, seeing the state
bonds deprecated, do not buy them.
They prefer to hoard bank notes. Out
of the 41,000, 100000 francs issued by
the Bank of France, some 5000, ,o00, 900
have disappeared, either through
boarding by peasants or by falling
into the hands of bankers abroad or
by being destroyed. Twenty billion
are held by the treasury. Conse-
Quently, only $1,000, 100000 are avail
able for the needs of trade. Every
body can realize that this sum is
much too small. Consequently, the
Clementel proposal for issuance Of
5000, 100000 more would not have cre-
ated the muoh-feared imitation. Yet
we opposed It because we did not be-
ieve 1t was wise to adopt a. monetary
policy without a sound financial pol
icy, and the only financial policy
\ ~~@@
| levy
Believe Days Numbered.
The general feeling is that the days
| of the Herriot government are num-
bered and that by the END Of next
week it will be compelled to resign.
1t Is unlikely that the next premier
| Will be chosen from the present ma
1ority. The probabilities are that
| France will have in a short time a
concentration cabinet with Aristide
BRAND and Louis Loucheur An COM
mand. If this combination inspires
confidence among the wealthy classes,
and they decide TO bring back TO
France the billions which have been
exported from the country since Fail
1t is likely that Frances financial
situation will improve without auop-
tion Of the drastic capital levy meas
ure advocated by M. Herriot and his
| Socialist followers
| Copyright. 1925. by Chicago Daily News Co. }
Evening star., 1925-04-04
COSTLY AUTO is SEIZED.
Carried 13 Jars of Corn Whisky.
Car Believed Stolen.

Policeman Thomas d. Bailey of the
fifth precinct seized an expensive au-
tomobile and Is jars of corn whisky
on Harrison avenue southeast early
today after failing to catch the driver,
who disappeared when he saw the
officer. 4 colored man, alleged to
have been an occupant of the car
and who also escaped, was arrested
when he returned to the scenes He
gave his name as JOHN Enders, 45O
Ninth street southwest. and was
charged with illegal possession and
transporting intoxicating liquors.
Policeman Bailey entered the ave-
nue. at daybreak when he saw the au-
ton1obile and the driver alight. AS
soon as he saw the officer, the col
ored man started g. game comparable
to round the mulberry BUSH and,
seeing an opportunity to escape, dis
appeared. The automobile and liquor
were turned over to agents OF the
Internal Revenue Bureau Police OF
the various precincts were notified to
hold any person who might report the
car stolen.
Evening star., 1925-04-04
ALLEYS REPORTED
IN CLEANER SHAPE
Annual Inspection Brings Need of
Fewer Orders to Change
Conditions.

The annual inspection just complet-
ed by the Health Department indi-
Gates that the alleys OF washington
are in better sanitary condition than
year ago, Health Officer Fowler
said today
Il base this belief on the fact that
there were not as many notices
served on owners and occupants of
alley dwellings to correct objection
able conditions as were necessary a
year ago." DR.. Fowler said
During the survey health inspect
ors went through all of the alleys
and served a total Of 1888 notices on
owners and occupants. Thus far $50
nuisances have been reported abated
The health inspectors found a num-
Der of complaints coming under the
jurisdiction of the plumbing ONCE,
building inspectors office, street
cleaning department, water depart
ment and other municipal agencies
They all were referred TO the proper
officials for action.
Evening star., 1925-04-04
COUPLE WIN APPEAL
IN RAID CONVICTION
Bradford Ramsey Case at Rock
vile Dropped and Further
Prosecution Seen Unlikely.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Speclal D1Spatch TO Inc star.
ROCKVILLE, Md. April Follow
ing dismissal yesterday of the appeal
case of Granville c. Bradford and
Mrs. Frieda Ramsey of Chevy Chase,
who were convicted December 13 last
on charges Of keeping a disorderly
house as result of a raid conducted
by the wife of Bradford, it was be-
lieved here today no further prosecu-
tion is likely.
At a conference between the couple s
attorneys, States Attorney John Gar
rett and Circuit Judge Robert Peter
yesterday. Judge Peter asked the
prosecutor just what he expected to
prove. When informed. he said the
evidence would not be sufficient to
convict the couple of the charge upon
which conviction was obtained in
police court. 1t was then agreed to
nolle pros the case.
Bradford is a real estate broker and
had been living at the home of Mrs.
Ramsey. following an estrangement
from his wife. In police court he
and Mrs. Ramsey were fined $3.50 and
given a suspended sentence of six
months Imprisonment.
Evening star., 1925-04-04
PORTERFIELD APPOINTED
DRY DIRECTOR IN OHIO
Assistant to Commissioner Haynes
Named to Succeed J. E. Russell,
Now Under Indictment.

A. l.. Porterfield, special assistant
to Commissioner Haynes, today was
appointed acting prohibition director
of Ohio. He succeeds J. E. Russell,
who was indicted for alleged com
pIicity in illegal liquor Withdrawals.
Mr.. Porterfield has served for two
wears as assistant to the commits
sioner, and previously was divisional
chief at Toledo. He will be acting
director at Columbus until settlement
of the case involving Mr.. Russell.
Mr.. Stone, as divisional chief. VIII
have charge of enforcement in Ohio,
Indiana and southern Michigan.
Thomas E. Stone, who has been act
ing director at Columbus, was ap-
pointed chief of the tenth district,
with headquarters at Cleveland. He
succeeds H A. Dykeman, resigned.
Evening star., 1925-04-04

truck robbery in New York City
one Of the biggest jobs modern
crookdom has known.
Chapmans criminal career is be-
lieved to have begun in 1907, when he
was 10 years old, when he was sent
to Elmira reformatory for petty
thievery under the name of George
Chartres.
Even then he refused to reveal any
details whatever regarding his fam
lily.
After the first sentence at Elmira he
alternated until 1912 in periods of
brief freedom and comparatively
short sentences for petty burglaries.
In 1912 he was sentenced to Sing
Sing for IL years for petty larceny,
and served until 1919, when he was
released for good behavior.
During this time he came to know
Anderson, who is supposed to have
exerted much influence upon his
career.
Evening star., 1925-04-04
FEARS TYPHOID OUTBREAK
Relief Director in Murphysboro
Advises Inoculations.

MURPHYSBORO, Ill. April 4.--Dr
William r. Redden, director of Red
Cross medical service in the tornado
stricken area, last night advised all
relief workers and residents in the
devastated area to submit to inocula-
tion with typhoid serum at once to
prevent an outbreak of typhoid fever
The incubation Will start today
Declaring that Il is the only safe
and sure prevention, the board of
health in each State is urging every
one In the tornado area to be vac
cinated at once.
Every possible precaution has been
taken by the Red Cross relief or
ganization to safeguard the water and
milk supplies, but despite these ef-
exists.
Evening star., 1925-04-04
PREDICTS PASSING
OF STEAM VESSELS
Worlds Leading Ship De.
Signer Praises Rotor and
DirigibIes.

With the development of the new
rotor-driven freighter and the de-
mand for swift dirigible mail and
passenger service, the day of the
tramp" steamer and the Leviathans
OF the sea soon will pass, in the
opinion of DR.. Ernest Forester of
Hamburg, regarded as the world s
greatest ship designer.
American coastwise trade in the
near future will be revolutioniZed by
the new rotor-driven vessels. DIR.
Forester predicted in a lecture last
night before the Foreign Service
School of Georgetown University. In
view of their great economic value,
he declared. the average tramp
steamer and slow freighters soon will
be displaced by the rotor vessel.
The rotor-driven ship has passed
successfully through the stages of
experimentation. as proved by its
economic operation on several Eu
ropean trade routes. Development
soon will reach a point. he predicted
when these vessels will be in COM
mon use wherever there is demand
for slow freight service.
Their economic value lies. he ex-
planned. in the fact that only $50
horse power is needed for a desired
speed requiring 1000 horsepower.
The additional go horsepower is fur
nished by the rotor.
Sees DiriGibIes Success.
DIR. Foerster admits that he never
again will design a. sister ship to the
Ieviathian or the Majestic, the two
biggest vessels af1oat With the tre-
mendeus strides that are being made
in the development of the dirigible
service, he told the Georgetown stu
dents that the ocean "greyhounds" of
the future will be smaller and slow
er vessels of the combination pas
senger- cargo type.
The so-called big steamers of the
future will not exceed 10000 tons
displacement and % knots an hour"
DIR. Forester predicted 1t would be
an economic loss. he explained, to try
to compete with the dirigibles of the
future by building vessels the size OF
the Leviathian. With the air service
carrying mail across the Atlantic in
a matter of hours, the type of pas
senger steamers will undergo
drastic change in the next few years,
he predicted.
Evening star., 1925-04-04
OFFICER TRANSFERRED.
Mitchell's Predecessor to Take Post
at Kelly Field,

Lieut. Col. Clarence C. Culver,
Army Air Service, who will be re-
lfeved from duty on the staff of the
commanding general, 8th Corps Area,
at San Antonio, Tex, by Brig. Gen.
William Mitchell, the present assist
ant chief of the Air Service, has been
ordered to the regular air station at
Kelly Field, Tex, for duty. He prob
ably will be assigned to the command
of that important field as the success
sor of Col. James e. Fechet, Air
Service, who has been ordered to this
city for duty as assistant chief of
the Air Service with the rsnk0f
Evening star., 1925-04-04
Purse Thief Robs Woman.

After trailing Mrs. Louise Pinkey,
13 g street southeast, for several
blocks last night, a. colored youth
snatched her pocketbook at the cor
ner of Delaware avenue and c street
southwest and disappeared. The
pocketbook contained a small sum Of
money, car tokens and a key Mrs.
Pinkey gave the police a good de-
scription of the boy
Evening star., 1925-04-04
HOLLAND AND BELGIUM
SIGN SCHELDT TREATY
Agree to Keep River Open to All
Craft Except Warships in
Time of Hostilities.
By the Associated Press.

oy Ine AsscclkCeo FEcsh-
THE HAGUE, April 4-The Dutch
and Belgian foreign ministers yester-
day signed a new convention settling
a controversy that has lasted many
years over the treaty of 1889 regu-
lating navigation OF the Scheldt
The new convention provides that
the Scheldt shall be closed to war
ships in war time. but shall be open
to all other vessels both in war and
peace times. A new and more eff
ficient joint board, to replace the
commissioners provided for in the
old treaty, viii exercise supervision
both over the Scheldt and the Ter
neuzen Canal.
The question OF the contested
Dutch claim to sovereignty over the
Wielingen Channel was declared TO
lie outside the scope Of the new
convention, both Holland and Bel
gium maintaining their irreconcilab BILE
claims.
Evening star., 1925-04-04
Drop Shown in Auto Exports.

Exports of automobiles from the
United States during February to-
tailed s21,97S,227 in value, as COM
pared with $22,322,911 during Janu-
ary. the Commerce Department de-
clared today. The ratio of exports
to total production for February was
IT per cent
Evening star., 1925-04-04

Continued from First PageD
the murder charge which ended in
his conviction today. The Connecticut
law provides that a person decreed
guilty of first degree murder must be
hanged,
After dismissing the jury and con-
graduating the Jurors ION reaching
this verdict, which believe is a just
verdict" Judge Jennings recessed
court for half an hour, at which time
he set for hearing defense counsel
motion to set aside the verdict.
State Prosecutor Hugh NJ. Alcorn,
who prepared and presented the
States case against the mail-looter.
asked Judge Jennings to Immediately
pronounce sentence on Chapman, but
the jurist said he first would dispose
of the defense motion to set aside the
verdict.
Attorney Breaks Down.
"Chappie. I'm sorry" Groehl said
to the prisoner after the jury had
been dismissed and Chapman had
been returned to the courthouse
basement to await further develop
ments. The attorney, tears in his
eyes. reached out for the condemned
mans hand. Without a break of the
voice or a wavering of the cold, blue
eyes, Chapman squeezed his lawyers s
hand and replied, "Oh, that's all
right
Chapman's frail body was erect, his
striking head held high, the eyes
looking straight ahead and the lips
compressed as his guards manacled
him. He took a chair in his basement
cell. asked a cigarette of one of his
guards, lighted it and went into a
whispered consultation with Groehl.
Chapman was convicted of the
murder of Patrolman James Skelly Of
New Britain in the gray morning of
Sunday, October IL. 1924, in shooting
his way to freedom. after three
policemen had trapped him in the
rear of the department store Of
Davidson & Leventhal, where he had
just blown two safes.
Through Groehl. the seemingly un-
perturbed man now face to face with
the gallows, announced a few minutes
after the verdict that II really did
not think that / had a chance" He
added: The prejudice in the minds
of the jurors was so great they didn't
convict the man who committed the
murder, but they convicted Gerald
Chapman, the superbandit and arch
criminal, solely on his past record"
IDENTITY STILL MYSTERY.
Evening star., 1925-04-04

Col. o. H. Oldroyd will give ''Remi-
niscences OF Lincoln and His Assassi-
nation" Sis o'clock, at University
Club. Introductory remarks by DR..
A. Barnes Hooe. Music. Ladies well
come.
Evening star., 1925-04-04
HART JOINS UNITED.
Takes Place With Fairbanks, Tai
madges and Others.

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, April 4--For-
NAL afffiistion of William S. Hart
with United Artists was announced
yesterday by Joseph Schenck, chair
man of the organizations baord OF
directors.
The United Artists group now in
cludes Douglas Fairbanks, Mary
Pickford Norma and Constance Tai
madge. William s. Hart and Rudolph
Valentino.
Evening star., 1925-04-04

Bulgaria has a system of maternity
insurance giving the woman insured
care during child birth and a cash
benefit for three months after the
child's birth
Evening star., 1925-04-04

Federation of Citizens. Associations
will meet, 1880 o'clock, in boardroom
of Municipal Building.
Evening star., 1925-04-04
ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES.
TONIGHT.

The Music Club of the Government
Hotels will give a dance in Recrea-
tion Hall. North Capitol and B streets,
$3.50 o'clock.
Evening star., 1925-04-04

The Tennessee Society of Washing
ton will give a dance and entertain
ment, S:45 o'clock, in Raleigh Hotel.
Evening star., 1925-04-04

The Georgia Tech Club of Wash
ington will have a dinner meeting,
$50 O'Clock, at the City Club. All
alumni asked to attend.
Evening star., 1925-04-04

The National Fellowship Club will
give a dance at the Arlington, 1926
Vermont avenue. Visitors welcome.
Evening star., 1925-04-04

Some pilots in the United States
mail service have not had d forced
landing in five years.
Evening star., 1925-04-04

Almas Temple Legion of Honor
will give its second t-to-gether dance
at Colonial Hotel. Potentate Henry
Lansburgh and members of his divan
will be present, and a number of en-
tertaining features have been planned
Evening star., 1925-04-04

The Tivoli Pastime Club will give
dance, o'clock, in private ballroom
of the Arcade.
Evening star., 1925-04-04

Womens City Club: The forum
luncheon under the auspices of the
civics section, which was to have
been given today with DR.. William c.
Fowler as the speaker, has been
postponed
Evening star., 1925-04-04
CHAPMAN MUST HANG,
JURY DECLARES-BANOIT
HEARS FATE CALMLY

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star., 1925-04-04
CAPITAL. LEVY PLAN
FACING DEFEAT BY
FRENCH SENATORS

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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-05-09
DARKEN
YOUR GRAY HAIR
Use Grandma's Sage Tea and
Sulphur Recipe and Nobody
VIII Know

The use Of Sage and Sulphur for re-
storing faded, gray hair to its natural
color dates back to grandmother time
She used it TO keep her hair beautifully
dark, glossy and attractive Whenever
her hair took on that dull, faded or
strcaked appearance, this simple mix
ture was applied with wonderful ef-
feet
But brewing at home is mussy and
out-of date. Nowadays, by asking at
any drug store fer a bottle OF "Wycth's
Sage and Sulphur Compound, you Will
get this famous old preparation, inn
proved by the addition Of other ingre-
dents. which can be dcpended~spon TO
restore natural color and beauty to the
hair.
Well-known druggists say it darkens
the hair so naturally and evenly that
nobody can tell it has been applied
You simply dampen a sponge or soft
brush with ii and draw this through
your hair, taking one strand at tlmc.
By morning the gray hair disappears,
and after another application or two, IT
becomes beautifully dark and glossy
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-05-09

The days of sunshine are just
ahead. There is no greater tonic for
a weakened system than the warm
penetrating rays of the sunshine. 1t
is natures most skilled physician.
To get its real benefits, one must
be in the sun and get the direct
rays. Sitting by the closed window
and feeling its warmth does not
bring the beneficial results that can
be acquired by spending as much
time as possible out doors.
For those who have the time to
give to garden, great blessings are
in store. Men and women who fan
in love with their little plot of
ground in The back yard about this
time of the year are certain to have
healthful, happy summer.
The annual coat of tan will be
becoming and the exercise for the
VIII add years to your life.
Tx.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-05-09
FIERY. ITCHY SKIN
QUICKLY SOOTHED
BY THIS SULPHUR
Page Seven

Mentho-Sulphur. pleasant cream.
will soothe and heal skin that is irri-
tated or broken out with eczema that
IS covered with ugly rash or pimples,
or is rough or dry Nothing subdues
hery skin eruptions so quickly, says a
noted skin specialist.
The moment this sulphur preparation
IS applied the itching stops and after
two or three applications, the eczema
is gone and the skin is delightfully."- clear
and smooth. Sulphur is so precious as
a skin remedy because il destroys the
parasites that cause the burning, itch
ing or Disagreement Mentho- Sulphur
always heals eczema right up.
A small jar of Rowles Mentho-Sui-
phur may be had at any good drug
store.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-05-09
Airfords.

1t may not be SO many years until
every we'll equipped American
household will have its "Airford"
so that the family can travel in a
straight line on a JOY ride instead of
being bothered with annoying de-
tours.
Then there will be a clear and
unobstructed view of the landscape.
with no billboards or other detrac-
tons that 50 ruffle the temper Of the
motorist
The dream Of Darius Green and his
flying machine fell far short of what
the Fords expect to accomplish
They will be family" cars in the
sense of the word that the Ford is
today. They will be all metal, will
have wing spread of sixty feet, a
fuselage of forty-eight feet. but
their total weight is less than that
of a sedan automobile.
The capacity, or as it is technic-
ally phrased useful load" is 1000
pounds and there will be room for
eight or ten passengers, in addition
to the pilots seat.
1t is the avowed intention Of the
"fliyver king Of the ain" 70 pro-
duce these machines ultimately at
the low figure made possible by
quantity production.
Ford now builds an automobile
every eight minutes, and who is
there to challenge that he can't
build monoplanes the same way.
Twenty years ago the man who
dared to predict that automobiles
would dot the country's highways as
they do today, was ridiculed as
dreamer.
Today he is the richest man in
America if not in the United States.
Not all dreams come true, but this
one did. And who makes bold to
say that in two more decades every
Community will not have its landing
fields?-Ex.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-05-09

Finding a four-leaf clover and put
ting in about eighteen hours day
working are looked upon as signs of
good luck
A British baronet has been found
to have shipped liquor to American
bootleggers. Sort of baron in a
net, as it were.
Why do people scratch for faults
and need magnifying glasses to see
virtues?
Will the time ever come when a
filler will be as cheap as a flivver?
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-05-09

the way.
This will meet with approval from
palaver and delays, and social and
courteous conversation with the re-
representatives. of the foreign nations
which still stand aloof on their debt
responsibilities. 1t is wholly possible
they may gain time, but it can also
be said that the most they can hope
for is delay. They can never escape
the payments
1t is also well understood now
that the American people will de-
mand full reimbursement for the use
of their money and that the foreign
nations in cash will pay for each
delay which they secure.-Ex.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-05-09

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