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New Britain herald., 1927-10-22
City Items

William Crowley of 267 Chapman street reported to the police last eve ming the theft of his bicycle from the Central Junior High school.
 New Lunch Specials, Crowell's.- adyt.
 Nash Suit or Ovcrcoat. s22.90. McCabc 49 Walnut. Tel. 45i.-adv.
 Norden lodge is giving whist party at Nordon bungalow tonight. -adyt.
 Halloween Social and Dance given by lndlanola Council D. Of r. at Red Mems hall, Tuesday evening, Octo- ber p. 1927.-advt.
 Turkey dinner at FaIlon's Grill, $l.oo, all day Sunday,-advt.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-22
RICHARD DIX IS
 STAR AT CAPITOL
Shanghai Bound" Is Said to Be
 One Of the Best

Authenticity is an outstanding characteristic of Richard Dix new Paramount staring picture. 'Shang- hai Bound" which will be shown at the Capitol theater today for four days.
 The Chmeses background is faith fully represented. The situations in the thrilling story are true to pres ent-day life in China. shanghai Bound contains scenes which, soAz people may say, could not happen in modern times. There are hand-to hand fights between Dix. as a steamboat captain. and hordes Of Chinese river pirates, for instance. These things do happen.
 The authorry for this statement is Edward <, CTex) O'Reilly, the author Of Shanghai Bound' an original screen story adapted by John Goodrich and Ray $. Harris. For several months O'Rcilly, an ad- vcnturer soldio. and writer, was d member Of the International Police Force at Shanghai. from where his duties took him up and down the YangSte River, the locale of the pie ture. Thon he became drill master for the Chinese Imperial Army, re- turning several years ago to Amer ica to write of his exciting eXper- fences.
 His observations. set down in tho scenario Of shanghai Bound' were verified during production by Tom Guhhins. known as the King Of Los Angeles Chinatown" who acted as technical adviser. Guhhins spent many years in China before he re turned to this country to help pro ducers make Chinese pictures.
 On Sunday night there will be , two complete shows at G:3o and S:15 Beginning Wednesday the en- tire program will change and will lring Constance Talmadge with An tonic Moreno in "Ncnus from Ven ice" great comedy that will prove real entertaining and as a compan- ion feature Johnnie Walker will be offered with Silvcrstrcak the dog star in "Whcre Trails Begin."
New Britain herald., 1927-10-22

The white opulation of the world ,S estimated to increase at the rate of about 5,o00,00O every year.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-22
tT Jfij PALACE,

Lewis Stone and Anna Q. Nils son in Midnight Lovers" the First National offering which opens at Ih" Palace thoator sunday and ending Monday night
 These splendid artists have long been noted for their emotional in terprctations ot serious character izations. roles in which they grippcd audiences by the realistic emphasis with which they delivered dramatic clmaNes. Midnight Lovers" gives Stone and Miss Nilsson an entirely new reputation.
 The second attraction will offer Ken Maynard who rides to new hon ors as q western start in his latest picture, The Land Beyond the Law"
New Britain herald., 1927-10-22
KIAITO THFATE'R

The great dramatic star. Lida Gys in "Nobody's Children" in ten parts will he shown at the Rialto theater Sunday and Monday, A grip ping picture full of heart throbs and human emotions, marvellous in act ing and superb in direction and pho tography. One of the greatest pie lures ever produced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-15
MERCURY TO DROP
TO 5 ABOVE ZERO
New Low Record for Season
Is Expected Late Tonight.
Monday to Be "Warm."

A minimum temperature of about s
degrees is forecast for the District of
Columbia late tonight or tomorrow
morning before sunrise, the Weather
Bureau announced today.
The thermometer is on the decline
and will reach it's new low level for
the Winter season while the city
sleeps, and then probably will slowly
retrace it's route, halting occasionally
at uncomfortable figures until Mon
day, when the mercury will reach the
warm" zone.
The biting wind may die down be-
fore midnight, Forecaster Mitchell
said, leaving the atmosphere clear and
cold.
The disturbance, which has been
felt in virtually every section east of
the Rocky Mountains, was centered
this morning over Illinois and Mis-
souri,, but by the time it reaches this
area those States will be feeling warm
er weather. The entire Atlantic sea-
board is affected by the cold wave.
While there were snow fiurries here
early this morning and in some of the
Atlantic States, no general precipita-
tion is in sight for several days, it
was predicted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-15
BELGIAN KING ENDS
HIS DICTATORSHIP
Currency RehabiIitated by
Economies-Some Taxes
Are Removed.

by LHe AssooJt - - sfEsst.
BRUss. ~ the ana : =, e ,15.-King AL
bats "diccart' = instituted six
tbs ago to - 49, franc and re-
eRilitate the treasury, ended today.
The government is well satisfied with
the results and will not ask Parlia-
naent for renewal of the dictatorial
powers
The King yesterday signed a decree
removing several special taxes i'm.
D9 ed last Summer, when the franc
was sinking. Among the taxes re.
moved was one of 10 per cent levied
| on foreigners for meals, apartments
and hotel roe:ns. Restrictions on the
use of coal and electric lighting also
We're lifted
The chief measures credited with
improving the government financial
: condition were the stabilization of the
| franc and the return of the country s
currency to a gold standard with the
creation last October of the "belga, >
| a new denomination. equal to {
| francs.
Coincident with the ending of the
| governments dictatorial power in
| financial matters, the first note ot
| the new money appeared today. The
only denomination issued so far is il
| 100 belgas, which equal 500 francs
but bills of smaller denomination viii
| be printed shortly.
! One fly in the ointment of salts
/ faction over the Improvement in th'
/ financial situation was the announce
ment that railroad rates Throughout
| Belgium win be raised 10 per CEN
dating from todaya -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-15
LICENSES URGED
FOR NEWS DEALERS
Dougherty Believes Method
Would Be Best Aid to
Ban on 0bscenity.

Aware that many obscene publica.
tions are being sold here under GOV.
err" despite police vigilance, District
day two measures regarded as effec.
tive weapons in officials hands If the
traffic in this form of filth is to be
broken up.
Commissioner Proctor l.. Dougherty
was studying the sis suation with view
to recommending to Congress the en-
actment of legislation, if necessary, re-
quiring the licensing of all news deal.
ers in the District. Officials believe
that a law, giving the Commissioners
authority to revoke licenses as in the
case of violators of automobile regu.
lat1onS, would serve as an effective
threat against news dealers.
From Maj. Edwin b. Hesse, super
intendent of police, came the warning
today that unless the news distribut.
ing agencies of the city get together
of their own accord. as in New York
recently, and agreed to ban certain
publications, the responsibility of such
sales would be put upon them. Maj.
Hesse declared he was heartily in
sympathy with any movement to
that the licensing of news dealers
would be OF great assistance to the
police and District attorneys office.
License Law Favored.
Commissioner Dougherty is taking
the license question up with the cor
poratiof1 counsel's staff to see what
legislation. If any. is needed to put
this power in the Commissioners
hands. without the power to revoke
Continued on Page a, Column L.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-15
SENATE WILL SUE
FOR WARE BALLOTS
Court Order Believed Needed
to Get Pennsylvania Votes
for Hearing.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A court order directing the transfer
to the Senate of the ballots cast in
Philadelphia in the Pennsylvania
senatorial election last November win
be sought by the Senate campaign
funds committee, which is considering
the election contest brought by Will
liam B. Wilson, the Democratic nom
mess. against Senator.elect William
S. Ware.
This course was decided upon today
by the committee after Mayor Ken,
drick and John NJ. Scott, chief clerk
of the Philadelphia courts, had in
formed the committee that under the
State law they regarded such an order
as necessary.
Lists Technically Delivered.
1t developed that the registration
lists of the city and county of Phila-
delphia had been technically delivered
to the Senate sergeant-at-arms at
Philadelphia yesterday, although the
sergeant-at-arms himself seemed nn.
aware of that fact. He sealed the
metal cases in which the books are
kept.
The mayor and Mr.. Scott agreed to
cooperate in securing a court order
for removal of the election parapher-
MALTA to Washington
Replying to Chairman Reed, Mayor
kendrick said there was a State law
against turning over the boxes, which
would act as barrier in the absence
of any other from the courts.
Counsel for the Philadelphia officials
and the committee then went into
session to discuss the form of appli-
cation for the order
Owen j. Roberts, of special Gov
ernment counsel in the naval oil re-
serve cases, appeared as counsel for
Mr.. Scott.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-15

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, January 15.--A deep tnge
of mystery today pervaded reports or
an attack yesterday near Ripley, sur
rev. by six men on Frederick A.
Mitchell Hedges, noted explorer and
author.
The famous explorer this morning
declined to discuss the versie3 OF the
attack as printed by the D&aiy MAIL
other than to declare that 1t was not
a"prank played upon him and to say
cnyptically:
Something very serious took place
$tst~n. What happened was so serious
that every motor car was stopped
throughout the whole of southern Eng
land"
Hedges, who walked with difficulty
and seemed to be suffering this morn
| ing. made an address last night at Lon
don before officials of the Bank of En- ,
land in which he told them that til
/ old spirit of adventure seemed to be
diving in the youth of England. There
| is too much of what one might call
safety first he said
| Denies Prank Theory.
| This morning the explorer who has
| led a life of adventure which carried
| him through several Central American
revolutions, emphatically rejected a
suggestion that the attack was stunt
arranged by group of young men
who wanted to show him that the
spirit of adventure was not yet dead.
at was not "a prank" he said, land
tell you honestly that | would give
/ $4,000 to undo what was done last
night"
! Meanwhile search was being made
for the six men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-15
DISTRICT SUFFRAGE
MOVE SHOWS GAINS
Citizens Committee Maps
1927 Campaign-Board of
Trade Rally Aids Cause.

Progress made in arousing the
Nation to the demand of vote
less Washington for voice in Con-
gress and the Electoral College was
set forth last night at a meeting of
the executive committee of the citi-
zens' joint committee on District ma,
tional representation.
The meeting was held at the home
of the chairman of the committee.
Theodore w. Noyes, 1880 New Hamp-
shire avenue. It's purpose was to
review the work undertaken in 1926
and to pave the way for continuing
an intensive campaign in 1927.
"Americanization of the District OF
Columbia" is not yet in sight But
as disclosed at the meeting, the move
ment in that direction lis steadily and
substantially advancing. 1t was the
consensus that education of the peo,
pie of the country--for the most part
in ignorance Of Washington's DO.
litical disabilities-is mainly all that
is necessary to bring about consti
tutional relief. Along that line the
Citizens Joint Committee hencefor-
ward will concentrate it's efforts.
Board of Trade Rally.
National representation will be the
special order of business at a big
rally of the Washington Board of
Trade at it's monthly meeting in the
New Willard Hotel on Thursday eve
ming, January 20. Discussing the
meeting. Il. C.. Graham, president of
the Board of Trade. said: "Our organ
ization has long had a committee of
it's own on national representation
and 1T has decided that the hour is
ripe for devoting one of our general
meetings to that paramount subject" +"
The speaker of the evening will be
Representative LeonidaS G.. Dyer, Re-
publican, of Missouri, ranking mem
bef of the House judiciary committee.
Not only is Mr.. Dyer a fervent and
effective advocate of national repre-
sentation for Washington, but the
committee of which he is second-in-
command is the one which last Spring
gave extended consideration to the
Districts demands. BY the time of
the Board of Trade meeting the atti-
tude of the House judiciary commit
tee may be known, which, through
it's chairman, Representative George
S. Graham, Republican, of Pennsyl.
vania, enabled the full presentation of
the national representation cause.
f. C. Brandenburg. chairman of the
citizens subcommittee on congress
sional hearings, reported to last
nights meeting the hope and pros
pect of a favorable report by the
House judiciary committee based on
the 1925 hearings before the present
short session of Congress adjourns.
Mr.. Brandenburg paid tribute to the
patience and interest displayed
by the House judiciary commit
tee when disfranchised Washing
ton aired it's grievances. He
CONTINUED on Page 4, Column 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-15
MYSTERY FORCE STOPS AUTOS
FOR MILES AS SIX ROB EXPLORER
Mitchell-Hedges Describes Strange Attack
In Southern England-Victim
Suffers Injury.

The Daily Nails account of the in
cident says Mr.. Mitchell Hedges and
a man friend were motoring from
Bournemouth to London at an early
hour when they were stopped by a
man who asked them to aid a Sc
riously injured person in an adjacent
lane.
Left i'm Mud
The explorer and his companion ac-
companied the man to the lane
whereupon they were set upon. bound
and left lying in the mud The rob
berS then returned to the car, bound
the chauffeur, looted a suitcase of
several documents and fed.
Mitchell-Hedges and his companion
released themselves with difficulty
and reported the affair TO the police
at GuiIford
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-15
RECOMMENDS EXTENSION
OF TIME FOR 1926 TAGS
Traffic Director Eldridge Makes
Suggestion to Com
missioners.

Extension of the time limit for the
use of the Districts 1926 automobile
identification tags until February Is,
due to the delay in the distribution of
the 1927 tags, was recommended to
the Commissioners today by Traffic
Director M. .. Eldridge. The 1926
tags, under a recent order of the
Commissioners, may be used until
February l..
Wade Fl. Coombs, superintendent of
licenses, has made plans to start the
issuance of the new tags Monday,
January "a, when a sufficient supply
is expected. Distribution cannot be
completed in. a week, however, and
an extension beyond February l for
the use of the 1926 tags will be nec-
essary.
The Commissioners are expected to
approve the recommendation at their
semi-weekly board meeting Tuesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-15
COunterfeits SIS
Bill Instead Of S25,
Error Ends i'm Jail

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, January 15.--Alfred
Jones. who told authorities he
served his apprenticeship as a
printer. was graduated as a boot
logger and became q counter
feiter of late. last night attributed
his downfall to a typographical
error"
Federal agents marveled at a
sample of Jones handiwOrk.
They had never seen anything
like it before, they admitted.
Neither had any one else. IL was
counterfeit SIS bill A suspicious
landlady to whom Jones rendered
it tipped off the mistake
ut was just a typogra phical
error" Jones told the sleuths who
arrested him yesterday. II in
tended to make $25 bill"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-15
INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC
IN EUROPE is AT PEAK
Disease Prevalent in IL Countries.
Egypt Has Highest Death
Proportion.
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
GENEVA, Switzerland, January Is
Health experts on the staff of the
League of Nations believe Europe s
influenza epidemic has reached its
peak.
j Reports to the League show that
the disease is prevalent in the IL
countries of France, Spain, Scotland
Norway, Poland, Rumania, Jugosla-
via. Greece, Bulgaria. Egypt, the
Netherlands and Switzerland.
Egypt had the high proportion OF
38 deaths in III cases during Decem.
ber: So deaths are reported for that
month in Scotland. and there were IS
fatalities in Amsterdam, Holland, fol
the week ending January /.
The rate of mortality was low In
Spain and Poland.
King Christian of Denmark is said
to be improving from his mild attack
although still confined to his bed
Queen Alexandria is among the new
cases there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-15
COMMUNISTS IN PLOTS.

LONDON, January Is R.-A
Reuter- dispatch from Warsaw says
that number of Communists have
been arrested in various districts of
Poland as a result of a recent dis
covery of plots against the govern
ment. Three members of the Diet
were among those arrested.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-15
Fought Escaped Serpent.

Frederick Mitchell Hedges has dis
II ished himself by exploration
anG9 deep-sea research work. chiefly
In the Central American Republics,
the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific
Ocean.
On returning to England from
Central America with Lady Rich
mond Brown last October, he brought
what was characterized as the only
collection extant of relics OF the
Chibohas Indians, ancient inhabi-
tants of Colombia.
Included in their collection of wild
life was an 1S~foot boa constructor,
which broke loose from its cage al
the Paddington Station, London. The
two explorers battled with the ser
pent and forced it back into the cage
averting q panic in the terrified
crowd of passengers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-15
Paste Tubes to Aid Hospital.

LONDON. January Is C49.-By the
sale of empty tooth paste tubes a Lon
don hospital hopes to raise from $3.50
to $500 a year, the former amount
being sufficient to maintain cot and
the latter d bed. The commercial
value of the lead and tin contained
in these tubes is considerable.
The same hospital maintains sew
eral beds by the sale of tin foil con-
tributed by cigarette smokers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-15
COLD WAVE ARRIVES.
Mercury Piunges i'm New York and
Upstate Particularly Chilly.

NEW YORK. January Is P1.-A
cold wave stole over New York today,
true TO prediction. The mercury
dropped steadily during the morning
hours, accompanied by flurries of fine
snow.
The thermometer here. which at
midnight stood at 81 degrees, had
dropped to 20 at 10 am. 1t was pre-
dIcted that the mercury would touch
10 before night.
Upstate temperatures were consid-
erably lower; at Rochester it was s
degrees above zero, with a biting
wind increasing the discomfort.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-15
ORPHANAGE is RAIDED.
Chinese Students Drive Out Nuns
and Abduct Girls.

FOOCHOW, January IS R.-A
mob of students representing Fukien
Students Union last night attacked
the Spanish Dominican Orphanage.
vicarage and church near here and
drove out the sisters abducted the
Chinese orphan girls and wrecked the
property.
The nuns are safe in the foreign
quarter at Nantai The Spanish sis
ters and priests, with the exception of
the bishop, prepared to leave today.
Although 10000 Nationalist troops
occupy Foochow, they did nothing to
prevent the attack.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-15

A complete, up-to-date list of
all radio hroadcasting stations
in the United States, Canada,
Mexico and Cuba. with call let
ters, power and wave lengths,
in addition to the airline dis
tance from Washington, will be
published in The Sunday Star
tomorrow.
The list has been compiled
from official Government rec
ords, as revised this week.
Every radio fan will want this
complete record of the broad
casters.
Changes in power. wave bands
and ownership, which have been
numerous in recent months,
haves made former station direc-
tories obsolete.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-15
MICE, BY THOUSANDS,
OVERRUN OIL FIELDS
u. S. and State Experts Called as
Pied Pipers--Field Rodents
Slay and Devour Sheep.

By the Associated Press.
BAKERSFIELD Calf. January
l5.-The United States Biological
Survey and the State Department of
Agriculture have been called upon TO
play the part of the Pied Piper.
Thousands Of field and meadow mice
are causing great annoyance To the
OIL fields near here and Federal and
State authorities We're appealed 10 TO
aid in controlling them.
The major oil companies are plow-
ing long burrows into which poisoned
grain is put. Thousands are being
killed in this manner.
From Il nearby ranch 1t was re-
ported that hundreds Vi field mice
had attacked a sheep in a small pen
and killed and eaten the animal Re
cent rains drove the mice from the
Enarsh landsA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-15
23 KILLED IN BLAST.
Toll of Mexican Longshoremer
Caught in Gasoline Explosion.

TAMPICO, Mexico, January Is L4').
The toll of death among the Mex
lean longshoremen caught in the gas
oline explosion aboard the British
steamer Essex Isles while they were
day at %.
More than a score of additional IA
talities are expected, as of the 20 in
the emergency hospital of the Mex.
lean Eagle Oil Co. only two are
thought to have chance of recovery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-15
u. S. HAS MUCH WINE.
Owns Several Millions of Gallons
But Cannot Use.

SAN FRANCISCO, January is GP).
The United States has several mil
lions of gallons Of wine in wineries in
Sonoma. Napa, Mendocino and other
counties that 1t must get rid of but
cannot.
The wine, through long exposure in
watts and lack of fertilization, is slow
ly turning to vinegar. The wineries
have been closed through the revoca-
ton of licenses.
Although Federal officials have held
several conferences, no solution to the
wine problem has been found.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-15

JOLIET, H., January Is R.-One
hundred and fifty convicts successfully
battled fire which for a time threat
ened the entire rattan shop at the new
penitentiary in Statesville yesterday.
No attempt at escape was made.
The loss was estimated at $4,000,
although $25 5000 worth of furniture
was stored in the building.