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Evening star., 1927-04-21

The way has been found to com
bine Pepsin with other corrective
stomach agents so that 1t viii do the
most good in the shortest possible
time.
Why bother with slow actors,
since one tablespoonful of this splen-
did and pleasant liquid remedy us
ually causes gas, bloating, heaviness,
heartburn or that upset condition of
the stomach, when due to excesses
or faulty elimination TO speedily van
ish.
And why should any man or wo-
man suffer another hour with indi-
gestion or annoying stomach misery
from such causes when the remedy
that acts almost instantly can be
easily procured?
But there is more to say about
this remarkable remedy-somethin
\ that win inter9 Il thousands of de-
NEpondent people.
Evening star., 1927-04-21

Large circus tents cost from $40, 90
to 5000.
Evening star., 1927-04-21
No Hum-nO Distortion

Perfect power always of the required
strength and without interruption. Your
set reception is constant and uniform
with the Philco ALB Socket power.
Evening star., 1927-04-21

Beecham's Pills scientifically cleanse
the bowels of poisonous substances by
eliminating them from the. system,
thereby protecting you from the count
less ills which result from clogged in
testines.
These little pills are easy to take and
gentle in action, but positive. In no
way do they dynamite" the system
or produce strain. Children can take
them as safely as grown-ups. Not ex-
perimental but long proved.
For sale at drug stores eue,yzDheye.
&c and soc.
Evening star., 1927-04-21

WHENEVER you read the life
w stories of successful men, note
their emphasis on health. They keep
themselves in fine physical trim.
The first rule of success is health and
the first rule of health is keen appetite
and perfect elimination. Intestinal
poisons rob you of pep.
Millions of people are ready to advise
you to take Beecham's Pills, gentle,
laxative. For nearly 100 years the peo-
Piles of all nations have found them
superior for constipation, and resultant
indigestion, sick headache, biIiousness
and "that tired feeling"
Evening star., 1927-04-21
Mail the Coupon or Phone

The coupon is not an order. 1t does not place
you under any obligations 1t is merely your re-
quest to bring you free the details of this great
offer-the easy payments, the trade-in allowance
on your old battery and the free installation Sign
and mail the coupon today or telephone our Radio
Department.. Or-better still-yisit our radio de-
partnent as soon as possible.
Evening star., 1927-04-21
AID CLUB PLANS EVENING.
Will Go to Keith's and lie Paradis
Cafe Monday.

The Washington Ad Clubs annual
evening affair will be held Monday.
The club is going in body to Keith's S
Theater, where special features are to
be added to the regular bill. From
Keiths the members and guests will
go to lie Paradis cafe, where a sup
per dance and program will be given.
Sidney Selinger is chairman of the
entertainment committee; Walter
Coates is chairman of the prize COM
Mite. Normal Kal, president of the
club, is general chairman.
Evening star., 1927-04-21
Says CoIored Vote Is Needed.

Rev. w. B. Wiseman of Washing
ton, the last speaker, made the state
ment that ''the colored vote is badly
needed in a close campaign and con-
sequently of great weight in deter
mining the results of elections which
may be of great moment to the Nation,
and that the preacher who has the
intellectual capacity, combined with
the qualities of leadership, is in the
best position to render this service"
Evening star., 1927-04-21
Will Plan Years Work.

The ctsairmen and vice chairmen of
the standing committees of the
Washington Chamber of Commerce
will meet at l o'clock tomorrow at
the offices of the organization in the
Homer Building for a study of the
work planned for the coming year,
Dorsey w. Hy''e, jr., secretary of the
chamber, announced today. Martin A.
Leese, president of the organization,
will preside.
Evening star., 1927-04-21
Trade in your old
"A' Storage Battery

You won't need your A battery with
the Philco, so we shall allow you gen.
erous amount for it on the purchase of
the Philco during this sale. No matter
how old it is-and in what condition!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-23
HICKMAN SUBMITS
TO WILL OF GOD'
Youth Sees Capture as Fate.
Boasts of Escape From
Police Dragnet.


PENDLEToN, ores.. December "a.
Whether William Edward Hickman
IS the clever. resourceful fox" that
nus ransom letters indicated. or wheth.
or ne is only deluded youth secretly
nieased With the columns Of news he
mas made in engineering the Marian
iarker kidnaping still remains a
matter or question TODAY
DO You think I will set as much
publicity SO Leopold and Loeb" ne
was quoted as having asked his cap.
Tors. lie was represented as having
heen hoastful of escaping The police
machinery Of the his cities and Of
having thought il unusual that small
'own officers effected his capture. hu!
sScrlbed ii To the will of God"
his confession showed none Of the
hristling confidence that cropped out
IN the ransom letters. II was dis.
!ointed and often unSrammatical He
IS more the soft-spokcn young hank
messenger than the holdup man and
kidnape
The slecn which he began last night
was that IF an extremely carefree but
tired hoy.
Thus far his words and actions
nave evoked neither pity nor scorn.
But his cartors took nothing for
granted. They have bcen told that
ne talked himself out of prison sen.
,ehce IN the Los AnSeles forgery case.
feadlng the court to believe he was
under the prison age limit. when he
really was old enough 10 have been
SO punished
The Jail hristles with guns and
guards, Hickman was stripped and
given new clothing 10 forestall any
pnSSlhilltS that he micht have been
CARRYING weapons or narcotics in his
regular apparel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-23

contributed by the canal. has a pop.
ulation about equal to Racine. Wis.
What Explorer Sees.
The geography Of the six nations
will unroll itself beneath the flyer in
panoramas granted few explorers or
travellers. The shadow of the Spirit
of St. Louis will trace the route Of
the uncompleted Pan-American Rail.
way and the Path of the proposed Pr
American Highway. That famous
shadow will play tag with palm trees
spreading fronds like starfish in a
green ocean. with monarch mahogany
trees OF the tropic forest. with the
chewing gum tree" and the lowlv
coffee and banana tree
To understand the geography of
Central America without an airpIane
one must 20 hack To the inclined plane
OF high school physics. The cross sec
ton nf Central America Is an inclined
plane. The long slope runs 10 the Al.
lantic. II stretches 200 nsiles long in
Nicaragua ard Is miles long in Pan.
anna. The peak Of the inclined plane
appears as the mountain ranges and
highland plateaus. And as the barrel
was rolled up the inclined plane and
dropped off so Central America drops
off into the Pacific Ocean. Lndbergh
will follow the peak" because the
capitals of Central America have heen
located in the highlands. where al'i.
iude aids the peon in his trying battle
against green growing things.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-23
rtE GIVEN TO CRtMER.


Suits BLI'FF, Hebt,. Deertolet
~ m. hndr"w TRAINER, named by
William f. Hickman AZ HE a,roin.
lIi'e ~ 1hs kidnapping nud murder ~
Marian Parker. ~ NrDi old as An.
aFlTS S'ho0iRiri formerly lived ia
Njil't : Dak. and mneed - i.os
Angeles n II Kane iIrs Angeles bust
h"es man, sald here last might pun
reading description ~ fFaniei IN q
ti"# Fpapei Kane case the chief ~
itDlns herr the names ~ tneu ~ .us
Angles y bonn he thought knew
tFunicf
Telegram s"ti 10 the chief nf ae
tr"tifes 90 Los An2"iss jasi ni2ht b.
COY faljspn, 'hief III poijce IT SCOTS
t}iuH reads.
1.orais john C1qGlleiie, Hho knew
Andiem ttamer when he llYed Ia
Miller. :. iGh II tDliiistte tannot
recall frhiner jls vii REMEMBER his
br3iiiefs IN law Hny Trotutah sti Jim
W WtliilR ishb lived ia Miller"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-23
NIGHT CLUBS WARNED.

AEN fDitk. iterenber % H1
Etett night club and restaurant H.
AeN York hnd i3rouklpn viii be undei
siii Veiiinnca 81 prohibition officers
az, &eW Year sps. Maurice tampl,ell
Federal prohibition administering fo,
tHT fliN trstDfdHt
III the law IN tioitted IN any ~
Ties" pits'~, he etid some ~ n,il
citizens max tiud ihenheise.. prsaeni
~ raids ih,, cannot helu bui be EN-
batft@~ttQ ~ them as iudlNi,itais f"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-23

cash and pledged sums 10 more than
ssS.ooo-today was eyed hungrily and
ekpectantly by many of the persons
VINO had part in the pursuit and cap.
tured nj the accused fox.
The penalty for first degree murder
IN California is hanging. unless a jury
recommends life Imprisonment. The
later verdict would mean "A sentence
81 from seven years 10 life under the
ln0eterminate sentence law.
Inc penalty for kidna ping Is from
TO 20 years, depending on the nature
OF the onense. According tn Hick.
man e confession. he was an accessory
TO the murder of Marian Parker before
and after the fact and under Cali.
iornia law Is a principal in the MUIR
der
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-23
Mer Rouge Investigator Dies.

M-iRkSNII.LE. La. December %
tP.-A. V. Coco. IS who. as State
attorney general conducted the In
curry into the famous Mer Rouge
slayings In 1899. died at his home
here today Of angina pectcris. He
had been in apparent gocd health
until recently
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-23
Follows Engineers Report.

With the single variation of con.
:truction NJ a dam en- the south branch
Of tho Potomac River, Mt Petersburg
W. Va. the latest application follows
closely the development as set forth
in the report Of the Army engineers
contained in the TYLER report OF 1927
1T being the desire Of the applica MT
TO develop the power possibilities OF
the Potomac River basin to rs great
an extent as shall appear TO Your com.
mission To be consistent with the
public interest. The application In
signed by &. D. Jones, president of
the South Branch Power 20.
Three dams and reservoir dam
are To he constructed along the upper
reaches of the river and it's tributaries.
in addition To the two proposed at
Great Falls md Chain Bridge. the ap.
pltcation states. One dam with an
elevation Of go feet. would he con.
stducted In the intersection Of the
souih branch Of the Potomac and the
main river. Another would be con.
structed with 200 feet elevation near
Petersburg. and still another. with
6'0.foot levat!on ut Berkeley Springs.
w. Va. The reservoir dam viii he in
the mountains. near Brooks Gan.
Va. and will have an elevation Of
| $50 feet
In addition to the applications Of the
south Branch Power Co, and the po.
iomac River Corporation. another ar.
plication for Potomac River devciop.
mrn', filed by Siineman & Quick ~
RAJ 'imofe. IL pending before the com.
mission
Mai Somerveli's report takes IN in
detail all The projects for DEVELOPMENT
az III" river. and will make definite
recommendation "a tn the easibilisv
"t tn" projects from the engineering
viewpoint
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-23

TIHANA, Albania. December - LF1.
NJ, Ntioni, Albanian foreign minis.
ter. left for Rome today. where he
VIII represent Albania In the ratifica.
lion 90 military conventions IL IL
believed that he also will visit Paris on
n political mission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-23
Lenore Uric to Wed in June.

NEW YORK. December - up -
l.enore Uric and Sydney Blackmer
stage stars. will he married next June.
The announcement was made today
hy the actors manager.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-23

,ar stopped Gurdane lraped out and
! covered the driver Lieuallen ap.
| preached the automobile from the OPP
Dosite side.
Covered by Pistol.
Il covered him with my gun" said
Gurdane. 'and opened the car door
with NY left hand and told him To get
out. An automatic dropped tn the run
ming board. The two passengers
stepped out.
They ordered Hickman out Of the
automobile. hands in the air. Gurdane
grabbed his hands and kept his gun
in the youths ribs. while Lieualien
searched the car and the drivers
pockets, taking a purse conta inning
81, 400 OF The ransom money which
Parker had handed the kidnaper.
Hickman calmly looked at the officers
md said
Well. ] guess it's all over
the most exciting man hunt ever
staged In this part of the country
and PcndlHton is one of the last out.
posts Of the old West. In which man
hunts were communicative indeed
over as soon az the words escaped
Hlckman's lips. lie was In handouts
Jack and Bill Merrill aged - and
II. respectively Of Garfield. Wash
we're the two passengers in the car.
We had no idea that we were rid.
ing with William Edward Hickman =
Jack said. when he visited the police
station. He and his brother immed.
lately "ra"led 10 vantage points on
the Top Of the cell block when Hick.
man Was being interviewed
Abs0iveS Two Boys.
Hickman turned 30 the boys in the
course Of his confession and said:
Boys, ! am sorry IL have brought
any trouble upon YOU"
Local officers said they were satjs.
| fed the two boys had no connection
| with the crime and that they we're in,
| nocent passengers in the machine. hut
stated that they probably would I've
| he'd until The Los Angeles officers ar.
rive
The boys said Hickman voluntarily
picked them up AZ they we're walk ing
along the Columbia River Highway.
The Coast vide search spirfed on,
| ward by widespread Indignation and
oncTE ~ rewards totailIng almost
300. o1e. "ane 10 an rnd Within nm
noun ~ exactly ssYen daYA from the
time the suave Young man appeared
~ Mafl3n's school In Los Angeles nd
/ irith"6 her '.acheta into iettlng her
80 away With him on the prrtense
/ 'hat her father had banc injured
Rushed into pendeion, iIlcku,nn
Vas ihken ~ cell. where. IN the
presence ~ Parker Branin, correnpor.
dent ~ the Astociaied Press. and tile
officers. he told his story. All Pen
dlfirn, which II the center ~ one ~
he few regions remaining where the
cnWb0% lives az he dld IN the DAYS
when irupromp'u Justice often was
rendered. gathered around the huiid.
! Ing. MOT II sign 0f violence appeared
TIL" officers heard Hickman'r story
! "Hbou' INTERRUPTION.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-23

in were true. hut the last paragra nh
YOU put in was not tEne. You told
me To do as YOU said"
When the paper was handed to him
to road kidwell admitted he lust
glanced over Nollr part because
really hadn't thought much OF what
YOU had said"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-23
FLIGHT TO PANAMA
TO TEST L|NDBERCH
Only 500 Miles Shorter Than
Hop to Mexico-High
Mountain Ranges.

Col. Charles I.indbereh. in flying
from Mexico City to the Canal Ione
VIII make a Journey only 500 miles
shorter than his nonstop flight from
Washington TO the Mexican capital.
The six Central American Republics
which Lindbergh has announced he
Will visit. Guatemala, San Salvador
Honduras, Nicaragua. Costa RIGA and
Panama. seem similar. from the aver
age Americans viewpoint. says bulle
tin from the National Geographic So
ciety. Yet. like our own States, each
differs from the other.
Guatemala. the land of the nnetzaJ
is the Texas of Central America in
point of size and has the largest non
1lation.
San Salvador, the coffee republic
has been called the Swinging Ham
mock" because it's fertile high1a nd.
have been rocked by earthquakes sc
often.
No Railroad to Capital.
Honduras has the only capital in
the New World. excepting Colombo,
which has no railroad The nation /.
roughly the geographical center OF
Central America.
Nicaragua, the land Of lakes. ma,
yet see canal through it's territory
connecting the oceans by virtue OF it,
ownership OF two large bodies OIL
water. Managua and Nicaragua.
Costa RIGA, the banana republic
sent 1850 900 punches to the United
States last year.
Panama once was the hyphen be
tween the North and South Americas
hut with the building Of the canal tbs
bars Of the hyphen were bent to max.
sea gate for the ships Of the world
After leaving Mexico City Lind
bergh will pass over Mexico's high
eat mountains and will begin to sigh
the smoke plumes atom craters whict
serve as aviators' yudeposts on tn.
volcano circuit all the way to tn.
Canal Zone. AT Salina Cruz he vii
pick mp the route of the Army goo,
will trail blazers who circumna viga te,
South America last year. Guatemal,
City. the fret stop. and capital o
Guatemala. lies $50 miles south o
Mexico City by airplane
Comparison With States.
The whole area of Central Amer
lea. including small British Honduras
which Lindbergh does not plan t,
visit. about equals the area OF ou
four South Atlantic States, Nortf
Carolina. South Carolina. Georgia an,
Alabama. The shorter growing sea
son and lower soil fertility of thes.
four States supports. nevertheless
twice the population OF Contra
America.
Col. LindberSh will sweep down Il
smaller crowds because the drift I,
the big city has not yet been adde,
to Central Americas problems. I,
terms OF United States communitie.
the capitals the young good vii
ambassador goes 10 are small: Guate
mala city IL III. size OF Reading, Pa
san Salvador. the size of Harrisburg
Pa: Tesucigalpa. Honduras, n,
larger than Stamford. Conn: Ma
naSua. Nicaragua. a town like Bloom
ington. III: San lose. Costa RIGA. ,
city with the population OF Decatur
H.. and Panama. despite the hoop
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-23
SIX ARE ARRESTED
IN RUM SEIZURES
Police Flying Squadron, Capt.
Collins and Others Con.
duct Liquor Search.

Acting on a tip that trucklosd
OF liquor was to ne delivered this
morning at vacant house AZ 1892
Thirty-thirh street. police reached
the premises TOO late to witness the
unloading. but in time TO confscate
I20 gallons Of corn liquor concealed
in a false compartment under a piece
Of linoleum covering the kitchen
floor. II was the fourth large
seizure here In IL hours.
Capt Maurice Collins Of No.
precint. who received the informa
tiOn. accompanied by Patroinen 9. z.
Stronen and W. &. Hodkingon Of that
precinct and Officers r. o. Mont.
gomerv ard Leo Murray of Serzt.
ron. directed the raid The liquor
was packed in 20 cases. gallons 10
a case. Titles squad made the
other seizures also.
Found Liquor in Closet.
About an hour before the raid on
Thirtv-third street Montgomery and
Murray visited 1882 Thirty-sixrh
street. where they stated they found
II gallons Of corn liquor In closet.
AZ thew approached the house. thew
aid. the occupants ran away leaving
the doors open.
Two Virginia cars carrying s43
quarts Of corn" from MARYLAND md
one local machine with 10. were seized
last night by the police liquor squad
who arrested three women and three
men against whom charges Of illegal
transporting and possession were filed
Sergt. Little and his aides-Georze
g. Deyoe. T. D. Montgomery and Leo
Murray-were in the vicinity Of Fiji
teeth and II streets northeast on the
lookout fnr possible influx OF Christ.
mas spirits, when they picked up the
TWO cars.
A man Who described himself az Ed.
ward Douglass Lacey. 80 years old. of
Richmond. was driving one Of the au-
tomobiles. carrying ess quarts: the
other car also listed TO Lacey was
in charge Of A man who said he was
John Edgar William. -. Of Richmond.
He was accompan MED by Young WON.
an giving her identity as Ethel John
son. IS wears old. Of High Point. y c.
Police found $50 quarts in their car
Other Prisoners.
The raiders said Lacey told them
IL was worth $500 To him to be allowed
10 go on his way. although ne had but
$50 In his possession.
The other prisoners are Roger Lee,
Il wears old. 1881 8 street northeast.
and Ruth Crowner. 10, ass y street.
and May Curley. 10. 90s Twenty-sev-
enth street. They are col0red Lee
was driving and the position Of the
girls perched high on the rear seat Of
. h. SNfs tn E~V
squad In addition to the LIQUOR
charge. Lee also was charged with
having no driving permit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-23
TWO ACCoMPLICES
NAMED BY HICKMAN
ARE SOUGHT IN VAIN

Continued from First Page1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-23
Lindbergh Notes

ny tHe AspFiaLcH Press.
MEXICO CITY. December o3.--F.s
peranza Velasco, n dark.eyed senorita
Of Is years, who IL an enthusiastic ad.
mirer Of Col. Lindbergh. today re.
garded herself the happinSt girl In
Mexico. az she had received q nomen-
to from her hero's mother.
The girl. who sees in the flying
colonel the tabled bIue.eyeh prince
who dropped from the clouds. spent
several hours last night in front Of
the American embassy hoping to get
n glimpse Of him when the university
students screnaded Mrs. Lindbergh.
Her patient waiting was rewarded
when I.indy and his mother appeared
on the balcony. Mrs. Lindbergh no,
knowing how to demonstrate her ap.
probation To the students took her
necklace from her neck and dropped
it down 10 the thrnng below. It fell
into Esperanza' outstretched Ia nd
The girl departed saying that her
prayers had been answered
Mrs. T.indbergh for the first time
tasted tamales and broke an old ira
dition by Introducing new fashion
in eating the Mexican national deli
cacy.
4 local tamale maker. finding his
way blocked by the serenading stu
dents. decided to climb the wall 10 the
balcony. on which Lindbergh and his
mother stood. He carried a huge pot
Of hot tamales with him.
Lindbergh embraced Pedro Pelavo
the athletic cook, for his feat in true
Mexican style.
The pot was then carried into the
dining room. where the tamales were
eaten without the traditional atoIe. a
Cruel made with corn -four. milk and
vanilla.
ThrOngs gathered at the aviation
field in TampicO To welcome Mrs. Lind
hergh were delighted when she spoke
/ in Spa nish. dispa tches from Tampict
say. She replied TO the welcoming al
dress Of Mayor Morales by saying
! oh. Muchas gracias. esta bien'' ooh
Tha nix you. it's all right. At that
/ the enthusiastic WAS which had
greeted her when she arrived by plane
from Detroit increa sed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-23
FORMER CAMPAIGN
. METHODS DROPPED
CId.F Fashioned Headquarters
Abandoned as Candidates
Discard BaI|yhoo Tactics.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE,

Where is the old fashioned cam.
paign headquarters with the reels If
mimeographed publicity and tons NJ
pamphlets extnllinc the virtues of the
candidates for the presidential nomi.
nation
Certainly there are no such activi.
ties in the National Capital now: in
fact, the only avowed candidates are
in the senatorial group. Nor have
Vice President Dawes. Herbert Hoov-
er. former Gov. Lowden or Gov.
Smith nf New Yorn~-eaCh expect %.
10 10 serious contenders for the re.
spective nominations Of their parties
become aVowed candidates in the
usual sense Of that term.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-23
Heavy Penalties.

For violation Of the proposed law
the bill provides a fine OF not less
than 5000 nor more than $500 and
imprisonment for term of not less
than 80 days nor more than $50 days
Upon a second or subsequent con.
viction the punishment would con
sist OF imprisonment for term not
less than one year nor more than
five Years.
The charge for each original Ger.
fificate of title issued would he 81
This charge would he in addition to
the present charge for the reGstra.
ion of motor vehicles The ccrtifi.
cate Of title. however, would he good
for the life of the car SO long as il
is owned or held by the original
holder of the certificate. II would
not have 10 he renewed annually.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-23

plication. 'ani that the subsequent
application covers the entire Potomac
River Rasin. although such applicat ton
IL being opposed In respect To the de-
velopment ~ the lower Potomac River
Ivy the communities bordering on the
development. the South Branch pow-
or 60. desires n permit for develop
mont Of the entire Potomac River
Basin pro ieci -