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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-25
Open Forum
for the discussion
PSYCHIC
PHENOMENA

KiMdlu keep all contributions 70
this cOLumr Uithin 500 ac0rds and
Write on one side Of the paper
Onlu. Letters Wiu be published
as soon as space permits md
Writers are requested to not %
impatient If their, contrib uttOns
are not printed immediately.
BY j. s. EDGAR
Mr.. veeder's suggestion, in q re.
cent issue of the Forum. as to the
church taking up the mediums,
should receive more than passing
attention from the seriously in.
clined churchmen. Owing to the
rapid strides Of science the cen
turtles old cut and dried philosophy
OF the church Is now helpless as .
new born infant before the attacks
made upon it by certain type Of
scientific men and the infidel and
his kind. BY taking up the me-
diums such state Of affairs could
be remedied BY doing 20 It would
enable those interested to set IN
touch with ones whose thoughts,
symbolically. allegorica1ly, Ia par
able and otherwise, compose the
biblical teachings. While It might
not help to establish the truth Of
the creeds and dognas as taught,
1t would serve the purpose OF prov
ing the truth of Immortality, which
the opponents Of that thought de-
llouIce as q myth.
The first type of medium to re-
ceive consideration In that line
should be the physical type; the in
dependent voice and those trumpet
gifted. The advantage Of the trunl.
pet voices lies In the fact that 1t
enables ones to get first hand the
thoughts and views OF, these gone
before. The mental nediumshfp
has much to commend Ii, yet, at
times, Ii is handicapped by the llIl-
conscious prejudices of the medium
coming to the fore, forcing the e.
forts Of the spirit into the back.
ground, and that received resolves
itself into nothing more than the
carnations of the subconscious
mind; q condition which must be
overcome ere that type OF medium
ship can rank with the physical for
accuracy.
The trumpet medium seems to be
a rare article along the Atlantic
coast. That type fIourishes largely
in the Middle and Far West, where
the best results could be obtained
provided the church could be
brought to see the suggestion as
being beneficial rather than detri.
mental to its cause. The trumpet
medium under test conditions, with
the Richardson voice cut off"
playing q. part similar to that en-.
ployed in "the Margery seances, :"
should serve to do away with any
possible claim Of fraud a. to the
results obtained. With such q con-
dition existing It would prove to
Be similar state to what Sir
Conan Doyle contends as to the
early church. a state which serves.
as q logical explanation Of and iii.
all probability caused the origins.
ton OF the biblical injunction, him
that hath an ear, let him hear
what the spirit saith unto the
churches
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!. NJ. \. A. SHOW
SCORES HIT

The Y. M. H. a. minstrel troupe
last night presented its eleventh an
nual entertainment before crowd
that filled the large auditorium at
the Jewish Community Center.
The outstanding star proved to b.
Lee KatE, the six-foot dancing IN.
terlocutor," who was called back
for numerous encores. Others who
made distinct hits were Hershey
Kaplan. whirlwind Charleston step
per: Gertrude Feldmarl, Baby
Margaret" Levy, Esther Osin and
Bella Goldenberg, juveniles, in dance
numbers; Lillian Friedman, In char.
acter songs, and Shirley Kolker,
The female lend men,, Bee
Greenberg and Charlotte Luber
Rosenblatt, were enthusiastical
received, and the other two ends,
Mike Jolson and George Levy, were
responsible for much Of the comedy.
Features Of the performance were
parOdies on topical song hits Ct the
expense Of prominent Jewish lead
ers, written by the director. Adlat
M. Mann.
A telegram was received last night
from Eddie Cantor, famous come.
dian, now playing here, expressing
regret that he could not attend.
The show Is being repeated to-
night. "A number Of local clubs
have reserved biocs Of seats The
Sidney Seidenman orchestra played
for the dancing after the perform
ance, and will repeat tonight
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IS SAVED FROM
LOST SHIP

NEW YORK, March 25.-Another
heroic rescue at sea by an Ameri-
can vessel was revealed today when
Capt. Harold Bell, Of the freighter
Casper. arriving from Germany, re-
ported saving 10 men from drown
ing in the North Sea last February
10, shortly before their ship sank.
The foundered vessel was the
Norwegian freighter Pinto. The
rescue took place during a gale,
one lifeboat overturning before the
Pinto's crew were successfully re-
moved.
The rescued men were four days
without food. their vessel storm
tossed and in danger of going
down.
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STEAMER ATTIRE
MAKES PORT
Ry International Sow service

KEY WEST, Fla, March 2o.-Hl
occidente. Southern Pacific
freighter en- route from Galveston
to New York, was tied up along
side the Mallory wharf here today.
with fire smouldering in her NO.
2 hold under control. after a stiff
fight during the night. :
The freighter tied up here last
night after run for port when
fire was discovered in the hold
when she. was 100 miles off South
Kew West. The fire originated In
a shipment of several hundred bags
of cotton bagging. Capt. w. camp
bell is In command.
The ship is $50 feet long, $1,000
gross tonnage and has 1000 tons OF
cargo aboard.
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G. w. U. CLEE CLUB
CONCERT AND DANCE

George Washington IJniversity's
Mems Glee Club will give Its an
nuai concert tomorrow night 1T
the university gymnasium, 201O Fl
st. N. w, after which 3 dance will
be held.
The club Is composed almost en-
tirely % local talent, and appeared
at the washington Auditorium dur
ing the National Education Con.
kress recently, besides being heard
over the radio.
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TAX on Human, Radio

''The Human Radio will be the
topic Of q lecture by DR.. J.. ID.
Levine, editor Of the Health Mes
senger Of Chicago and noted iriolo-
gist. at the Playhouse tomorrow
night at 3 o'clock The program Ii
under the auspices OF the Longevity
Legion OF the District.
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MON I COME RY
NEWS BRIEFS

ROCKVILLE, Nd, March 25.--
With more than a hundred and fifty
guests in attendance, including
members and their wives and
others, the first annual banquet of
the Silver Spring Chamber of Com
merce was held Tuesday evening at
the Indian Spring Golf Club, near
Silver Spring. Frank l.. Hewitt
president of the chamber, was ,ast.
master, and toasts were responded
to by Representative Gibson of Yer.
mont, Representative Frederick N.
ZihIman, State Senator Eugene
Jones. and DIR. A. c. Christie.
After the banquet. program Of
songs was rendered by George
O'Connor, Frederick East, William
Raymond and Arthur Pierce, Of
Washington. President Hewitt and
Secretary Fred l.. Lutes were in
charge of the arrangements.
Within the past few days the
Rev. B. w. John, pastor of the
Methodist Church, officiated at tie
marriage here Of Robert A. Peachec
and Miss Katherine Martin, of
SpotsyIvania county, Va; Paul
Ellis Serene and Miss Elizabeth
Frances Cunningham, of Washing.
ton; Russell D. Stone and Miss
Mamie v. Hoens, of School, Va;
Carl T. Denekas and Miss s. Mar
garet Shartzer, Of Washington.
Edward Bellison, of the vicinity
of Cedar Grove. this county, waited
for several months by the equity
improper conduct with Beatrice
Oden, aged Is, of the Clarksuurg
neighborhood, is now in Jail mere.
He will be tried in the Police court
within the next few days.
Licenses have been issued by the
clerk of the circuit court here for
| the marriage Of John Faber John
son, 26, of Washington, and Miss
Mary Josephine Merlina. 10. of
Hedgeville, Va, and John Bennett,
g. and Miss Valma Orr, "a, of
Washington.
There is understood to be a
strong probability that William l..
Aud, chief of police for the county
for the last two years, will be
candidate for the Democratic nomi-
nation for sheriff to succeed Sheriff
Clay Plummer, whose term expires
at the end of the present year.
Articles incorporating the Rock
Vile Fuel and Feed Company have
been filed for record in the office
OF the clerk of the circuit court
here The officers are G. Edding
ton Bell president; w. Scott Col
Inns, vice president; Curtis l.. Ward
secretary and treasurer, and Harold
&C. Smith, resident agent. The
capital stock Is $4,000 and In, 1t
ID stated, fully paid up.
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There is understood to be a
strong probability that william l..
Aud, chief of police for the county
for the last two years, will be a
candidate for the Democratic nomi-
nation for sheriff to succeed Sheriff
Clay PlummerS whose term expires
at the end of the present year.
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Licenses have been issued by the
clerk of the circuit court here for
the marriage Of John Faber John
son, 26. of Washington, and Miss
Mary Josephine Merlina, 10, of
Hedgeville, Va, and John Bennett,
26, and Miss Valma Orr, "a, of
Washington.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-18
Boy Wizard Wall
Street in Trouble
Over Florida Land

New York, March II. (AP) -
Charles Greenhaus, who made rep
utation as the "Boy Wizard of Wall
Street" in 1924. and was indicted
for stock swindling, is now in trou-
Bile over a Florida real estate scheme,
Greenhaus and five men were ar
rested at the instigation of United
States Attorney Buckner yesterday
in connection with the operations of
the Griffin Development and Con-
struction Co. He was acting secre-
tary of the corporation. He and the
president, Harry f. Griffith. were
held in $4,000 bail each and four
statesmen were held in $4,000 bail
each ont charges of using the mails
to defraud.
Greenhaus is only Is years old. His
previous troubles were over deals in
Middle States oil stocks for which
he still faces trial The Florida
scheme, authorities said, was on SIM
liar lines.
Investigators for Mr.. Buckner say
the Griffin company bought several
hundred lots in Putnam county, Fla,
for SIS to $40 lot. These were Of
fered to prospects on initial pay
ments of $40 and SO a month until
full payment had been met.
After one or two payments, the
investor would be. shown a check for
the purchase of his land, provided
the investor obtained clear title
by the immediate settlement of de-
ferred payments.
Then something happened. the au-
thorities claim, which prevented the
consummation of the deal, and the
investor was shorn.
Greenhaus started life as news
boy in the financial district.
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Kills Self After
Failure to Find
Golden Treasure

oakland, Cal, March 17-(AP)-
me ashes of Eugene c. May, scholar.
chemist and adventurer, will sink be-
meath the waters of the Pacific to rest
upon the treasure trave that he
sought so hard but failed to find in
| life.
May died yesterday in the county
hospital here from knife wounds self
| inflicted as result of disappointment
over repeated failures to reach the
treasure box Of the schooner General
Grant, which sank in a storm off the
Auckland Islands in 1866, while car
rylng q group of miners from the
Ballarat gold fields in Australia TO
! their homes in England. There were
oS IN the ships company-but Is were
saved.
One Of the survivors showed Nav
| where the Grant was sunk in but a
few fathoms of water. He also told
MIN that there was 100000 900 in
Ballarat bullion and dust in the
| ships strong box.
Fired by the nearness of the treas
ure, May fitted out an expedition in
| Australia in 1912. He was ready to
| square away to the Aucklands when
the Titanic went down. There was a
hue and cry around the world for
costlier and safer ship equipment and
May could not meet the demand. He
abandoned the expedition after los
ing some $4,000.
Later he tried again. planning to
! start from California. But once
more the scheme failed while the
S1O,O00,0O0 in sunken gold continued
to taunt him.
Other ventures collapsed, and sick
and respondent, he finally gave UP
| and put a knife to his wrists in his
cheap Oakland lodgings. Friends
! found him before death came and
sent him to the hospital, where he
died.
r. FL. Simpson, a friend is to take
his ashes to the Aucklands with an
expedition that he is fitting up for
another try at the Grants long sub
merged treasure. The ashes will be
spread over the ocean where the
Grant went.
May who was 6S, was a graduate Of
three universities, an expert chemist
and a. soldier of fortune. He obtain
ed some rich farming lands in Mexico
number of years ago, but Pancho
Villa came along later and stripped
him of these holdings. He was a ma
7 tive of France but was naturalized
in 1880.
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Arrest Woman Striker

Passaic, N. j., Mar. 17-(AP)-The
attempt of 600 textile strikers to
picket the Gera' Mills and Passaic
Worsted Spinning Company this at
ternoon resulted in the arrest of a
woman striker and the injury of two
men as squad of As police dispersed
the crowd.
The woman arrested as disorder
Passaic. Those reported injured in
the melee were Elias Schof1l and
Charles Firdau.
The strikers participating in the
demonstration came direct from a
mass meeting at Russian National
Hall at which Elizabeth Gorley Finn
was speaker. Six hundred men and
women led by Lena Chernenko
marched to the Gera Mill to join the
picket line. Police enforced their
rule allowing only eight pickets and
kept the strikers moving.
The workers circled the Passaic
Worsted Spinning Company and at
tempted to return past the Gera Mill
A halt occasioned by the woman
leaders, insistence on their right to
parade resulted in the police break
ing up the crowd by the use of
mounted officers and motorcycle men,
Pending the outcome of the nego-
tiations for peace in the textile in
dustry on plan submitted by Sec
rotary of Labor Davis to Albert
Weisbord. strike organizer, in Wash
lngton, strike activities today were
almost at a standstill before the Gera
Mill incident.
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HOSPITAL AID
TO PRESENT PLAY

The Hospital Aid plans to present
it's play The Spell of the Image at
the Town hall the last week in April.
The play is in three acts and pro-
logue the latter a colorful scene of
Revolutionary times. with minuet. a
gipsys warning, rejected love, and
a string of hidden pearls woven into
a dramatic story. The pearls appear
again in the final act of the play, more
than a century later. to save the for
tunes of the second Phyllis and fulfill
the giysp's prophecy.
The cast:
Prologue-The Host, Eugene York:
Phyllis Castleman, his daughter. Ethel
Hartman; Rupert Huntley, Francis
II. Bate; the Gypsy. Lottie E. York;
dancers, guests, ETC.
The play-Kitty AIdrich, secretly ro-
mantle. Miss Gladys Kinds: Belinda, a
maid, also romantic. Miss Frances
Edwards: Mrs. breckenridge, an aunt
on the Castleman side, Mrs. Nell
Bate: Phyllis Castleman Aldrich. OF
modern tendencies, Mrs. Ethel Harri-
man: Carolyn Alexander. her closest
friend, Miss Antoinette prapeau: Mac
Donald Dunbar. young millionaire.
c. p. Gale; John Harlan. his friend
and lawyer, II. C. Bishop: Mrs. Van
Alstyne, an aunt on the Aldrich side,
Mrs. Lottie York; Terrence Donovan.
Adventure" Marsters York; Ted, the
office boy, Earl Harris; Lester Ross,
managing editor of the Clarion, +. H.
Bate; Frederick Farr, a reporter, Mrs.
Mary Beatty; Burton Matthews, bust
ness manager. William Loon: Henry
Carter, a political candidate, Eugene
E. York
Mr. and Mrs. York are in charge of
the production.
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President Stills
Speaks on Art
At BOWdOin Chapel
Especial to Kepnebec JournaD

(Speclai TO kepneDec JOufhdij
Brunswick, Me- March 17.--At the
Bowdoin College chapel service this
morning President Stills spoke on the
art collection and art building. He
traced the growth of the collection
since 1911 when James Bowdoin, the
first benefactor of the college lett
his collection Of drawings and paints
ings to the college. This collection
had been made while he was min
inventory of his will 142 drawings
were valued at $7.75. These same
drawings are today extremely val
liable and are considered the second
best group in any American collec-
ton of the. studio drawings Of old
masters. The first formal course in
art was given 100 years after the
Bowdoin bequest.
In 1921 Gilbert Stuart visited the
collection and made copies of his
portraits of Jefferson and Madison
which are considered the leading
portraits in the Bowdoin collection.
The art collection was first housed
in a wing Of the chapel. In 1894 the
Walker Art building was presented
to the college as the gift of the
Misses Walker in memory of their
uncle. Theophilus Walker. This
building is considered one Of the
most beautiful of it's kind in the
whole country. 1t was later used as
a model by the architects for the
Morgan Library in New York. The
art collection is distinguished for it's
early American portraits and it's COL
lection Is distinguished for it's early
American portraits and it's collection
of studio drawings. he collection is
continually being added to. the latest
purchase being a prize picture of
Woodward, the marine artist, which
is now on exhibition at the. .Corcoran
gallery in Washington. This was
purchased from the James Phinney
Baxter fund.
President Stills spoke Of the Insti-
tute of Art which is being planned
for May 1927 and said that IN cosi-
nection with it it was hoped that a
rea study could be made or the pre-
sent art collection by some critk Of
distinction.
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Drifts Still Block
The Road to Plymouth

Plymouth, VT, March 17-(AP)--
To aid in solving the transportation
in Plymouth where the presidents
father. Colonel John C. Coolidge. lies
critically i'll, three motor-sled were
brought here tonight from West Os-
sipee. The vehicles. a combination
of sleigh and tractor, made the $50
mile "trip in one day.
While road gangs have labored for
some days on the highways to Lud-
low and White River Junction, the
two railroad outlets to the presi-
dents birthplace, drifts still block
most of the country roads to auto
mobile traffic. 1t will be several days
before the going on the freshly OPEN
ed routes will be satisfactory for the
n1otorist.
Several news photographers here
resorted today to the ski route in or
der to send their pictures to New
York and Boston. Several ski-run-
ners left in the afternoon to cross
the mountains to Rutland with ship
ments Of plates. The distance is
about II miles.
Dr.. Albert NJ. Cram Of Bridgewat-
er, physician to Colonel Coolidge,
planned to use his automobile to-
morrow for the first time since the
early February SHOWS testing the
newly cleared road between his home
and Plymouth.
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Examiner Probing
Baking Merger for
Possible Violations

New York. Mar. 17-(AP)-John
w. Addison, examiner for the federal
trade commission tonight extended
his investigation into the Continen-
tai Baking Company. by making a
personal inspection of one unit of
the Schults Bread Company, one of
the larger concerns taken over by the
Continental Company. He is seeking
to determine whether the Continent
tails acquisition of SO baking COM
painies constitutes a restraint OF
competition.
George A. Krug, regional manager
for the Schults Company, testifying
today, said that come minor COM
petition" had been eliminated among
three companies by the Continental
combine.
Mr.. Krug said the Schults Com
pany operated five routes into New
Jersey and sent some bread into
Connecticut. where there had been
competition with the Consumers
Baking Company of New Jersey and
the Massachusetts Baking Company
in Connecticut.
Charles O. Swanson. head of the
Massachusetts Company, with head
quarterS in Boston, following Mr..
Krug. testified that his company,
which was acquired year ago by
the Continental. did a weekly bust
ness of 100000 before the combine.
He said the company operated thir-
teen bakeries in Massachusetts and
Connecticut, but only small per-
centage of the business was of an
interstate nature
He testified that whenever bread
was sent out of the state of manu-
facture the company's own men made
deliveries to the dealers.
He also testified that supplies now
We're purchased from practically the
same concerns as before the merger.
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New Haven Acquires
ReadVille Race Track

Readville, Mass, March I7.-(AP)-
Readville's famous track, center for
big line" light harness racing for
more than quarter of a century, has
passed into the hands of the New York.
New Haven & Hartford Railroad. The
title has not yet been passed, accord
ing to the announcement, but ell ar
rangements with the present owner, c.
w. Leonard. were said to have been
completed. The property is to be used
to further plans for the DEVELOPMENT
of the New Haven freight yayds here.
Hardly year after the track was
built in 1896. the track sprang into
prominence as enc of he country's
fastest courses when star Pointer
paced around the mile oval in 1851.
This vas the fret time a mile had been
negotiated by a light harness horse in
less than two minutes. The perform
ance. long ago added to the list of
broken records, created a sensation at
the time.
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Harvard LampoOn
Observes St. Patrick's
Day at Cambridge

Cambridge, Mass, March 11-(AP)
Editors of Harvard's comic peri
odical, the .Lampoon, suitably attired
in green in commemoration of st.
Patrick's Day, today sailed forth and
plastered the building of the Har-
ward Crimson with orange paper.
Pomp and ceremony attended the
performance. The editors of the
Lampoon, all decked out in broad
green sashes, paraded behind three
piece band, a drum. a fife and cor
net, through the yard. A green flag
headed the procession.
The front of the Crimson building
and its windows were smeared with
paste and sheets of orange paper ap-
piled. Another sturdy sheet of or
ange paper was hoisted to the top of
the Crimson's fagpole The manag-
ing editor of the Crimson later sue
ceeded in getting the janitor to clean
the window.
Meanwhile the Lampoons quarters
were modestly decorated in green
and green flag. bearing the likeness
of an enormous harp, floated from
the front of the building.