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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-25

HOLLYWOOD, Calif-Now that the
World war has been screened from
all angles, picture-goers are to be Of
fered a satiric screen version of the
Trojan war, suggested by John Frs
kine's novel, '.%,The Private Life of
Helen of Troy" Carey Wilson, writer
of the adaptation and producer of
the picture, is making no attempt to
follow the ub-tftles of Erskines book.
On the screen Maria Corda, a ravish-
ing blonde importation from Hun
gary, will be seen as a Helen whom
neither Menelaus nor Paris really
wanted around the house, but over
whom they had to fight a war to
please their political advisors.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-25
Peripatetic Paris

Paris, played by Ricardo Cortez,
will be shown as the popular travel
ing prince of the ancient world, and
Lewis Stone will play a King Meme
laus who would like to escape from
war and his beautiful wife long
enough to go fishing.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-25
Air, Land, Sea


In the clouds over a flying field
northeast of Hollywood pilots and
photographers were busy with the
thrill scenes of Wallace Beery's and
Raymond Hatton's latest. NOW We're
in the Air. Hoot Gibson was making
q wild western in the mountains Of
Zion national park, Utah; Tom Mix
was in the desert $50 miles east;
Olive Borden was playing in pa
jamas" at Lake Louise in the Cana
dian Rockies; Rod LaRocque and
Wilma Banky we're honeymooning
somewhere in Canada; Buster Keaton
was making a steamboat comedy on
the Sacramento river; H. B. Warner
was on location in Cambridge, Eng
land, filming part of "Sorrel and
Son." and several companies were
offshore doing sea pictures.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-25

Youll find it in Dispatch want-ads.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-25
''The Glad to See You Store"

Make New Store the of 10th Street and Avenue
your headquarters for the four days during Fair WeekO
veeny located opposite the post office the intersection of
two principal business streets-affOrding the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23
Young Singer From Washington
Makes Sensational Debut Abroad

Washington, turning from the way
of importing singers, has sent TO
Europe young singer who has just
made a sensational debut in grand
opera in Turin. and who has now
gone to Monte Carlo to sing under
Sir Basil Zaharoff.
In the Summer of 1925 the Wash
ington Opera Co. put on a season
of light opera, backed by Henry G.
Sheridan, one of the guarantors of
the grand opera season In choos
ing his cast, General Director Albion
discovered singing in the Capital
Theater i'm New York a Young con
trato. Eleanore La Nance. jim whose
voice he saw great possibilities, and
he brought her to this city for the
light operas
She made an immediate success
and won high praise for her work,
but her future hung in the balance
one evening during a performance of
Robin Hood" Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan
were delayed in attending the Robin
Hood performance. and the time ap
preached for Miss La Mance's big
song, the lovely aria. 20 Promise Me"
Just at the moment she started to
sing. MIR. and Mrs Sheridan entered
the auditorium. They stood at the
pdth ulltil TIE SotlS was uHlSHeu dHu
then hurried To Mr. Albion and de-
clared that her voice was the kind
that should be developed to the ut
most. A conference was arranged be
tween Miss La Nance, Mr. and Mrs.
and Mr.. Albion. the outcome
Of which was that Mr.. Sheridan made
her gift that made possible her trip
to Europe for study
She will remain in Europe for some
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23
TREATMENT OF HOUCK
IN BALTIMORE is ISSUE
Assistant U. S. Attorney George
D. Horning May Decide Cues
ton Tomorrow.

Whether DR.. Knutt Houck, psychi-
artist at ST. Elizabeth's, now under
treatment at Walter Reed Hospital.
whose wife, Mrs. Gladys Houck has
been missing for several weeks, will
be permitted without objection to
leave this jurisdiction for treatment in
a Baltimore sanitarium is a question
which will be answered tomorrow by
Assistant United States Attorney
George D. Horning, it was indicated
last night.
The matter came up yesterday as
the result of telegram from Mrs
w. *. Houck Of La Crosse, Wis.
mother of the physician, to officials at
the United States Veterans Bureau
asking that arrangements be made for
the removal of DIR. Houck from Wal
ter Reed Hospital, SO that he could be
taken to sanitarium in Baltimore.
When Mr.. Horning heard of this de
velopment he stated that he would
have TO take the matter of obiecting
to DR.. Houck's leaving this jurisdic
ton under advisement and would an
nounce a decision tomorrow.
Detective Ben Kuehling. who has
been investigating the case for the
Police Department. stated that he de
sired to have another interview with
DR. Houck before he is removed and
would attempt to have his departure
from local territory postponed until
this could be effected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23
POWER ESTIMATES
BARRED AT HEARING
Warm Contest Develops Over St.
Lawrence and Niagara
Diversion Plan.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated fFess
Testimony bearing on estimates OF
hydro electric power potentialitieS in
the st. Lawrence and Niagara Rivers.
as affected by the diversion of water
from Lake Michigan into the Illinois
drainage canal, has been barred from
the record in the lake level contro-
versy now being heard by Charles
Evans Hughes for the Supreme Court
Before adjourning the hearings until
February %. Mr.. Hughes upon motion
of counsel for the defense, yesterday
ordered stricken from the record
portion of the testimony of Hugh
Cooper. hydro-electric engineering ex-
pert, which dealt with the power po-
tentialities contained in the volume of
water now being diverted from the
st. Lawrence and Niagara Rivers
through withdrawals by the Illinois
sanitary district.
The motion was holly contested by
Newton d. Baker. former Secretary of
War, on behalf of States complaining
against Chicagos withdrawal pro-
gram, and who are seeking to have
the power issue included in testimony.
Mr.. Hughes ruled that the question
of power potentialities represented a
collateral issue and that evidence re
specting it's bearing on the economic
interests OF complainant SLdI6S dS d
whole could only be Of speculative
and hypothetical nature.
He announced his readiness to re-
ceive testimony bearing on the direct
relation of the diversion to each of the
complainant States excepting New
which, which has undertaken indie
pendent action on the co,power issue
as involved in the lake level litigation
The reservations interposed by New
York will be the subject of a special
hearing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23
HEAD Of PRINTING
FIRM IS ARRESTED
Ralph A. PackWoOd Held in
Connection With Alleged
S6,592.77 ENLIGHTENMENT.

Ralph A. Packwood. president of
the Packwood Printing Co., Inc, of
1912 Seventh street. yesterday was ar
rested, on warrant charging embez-
Element of $6.592.77 from the firm, by
Detectives Kelly and Darnall.
Police allege Packwood had admit
ted the shortage reputedly shown by
a check-up of the books of the corpo-
ration.
The sum Of $13, 900 was listed as the
amount of the shortage on the com
pany9 books after the check-up. the de
tectives said. but Packwood declared
he had made good approximately
SIS 200 of that amount
Frank S. Smith. treasurer of the
company. with Offices at 1901 Hill
Building. was listed as complainant.
Detectives said Packwood had put
% shares of stock in the hands of the
treasurer of the company as collateral
to make good his alleged shortage.
Until a short time ago Packwood was
manager as we'll as president of the
company. Recently he had been act
ing as salesman. The alleged embez-
element operation extended over a pc.
Rod of several months, police said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23

Virtually all the entertainment was
provided by members of the order.
The new members admitted into the
order were: Eugene c. BacZenas. Fran
els j. Becker, Thomas p. Brown, NJ. +.
Calnan. James Bernard DAILY, Robert
E. DAILY, Hal B. Deane, Joseph, FitZ-
gerald jr., Algernon S. Gardiner,
Frank c. Hall, Thomas ]. Howell, Ed
win c. Jones, Albert James Kearney,
Timothy r. Lane, Francis p McLaugh-
lin, Thomas A. Mcnamara. r. M
Morris, J. 3. Mazzulto. Daniel j.
O'Brien. William Lillis Peters, Louis
r. Rouleau, A. J. Scullen. Raphael
Semmes, James A. Sullivan, il, VII
liam c. Sullivan, Rev. Benjamin =.
Tarskey and Edward l.. Tucker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23
REPRESENTATIVE
WINS ENUMERATION
Second Grand Jury Returns
"No True Bill" on Charges
Against J. Will Taylor.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press,
NASHVILLE, Tenn. January %
Charges that Representative j. win
Taylor, Republican national commit
teeman for Tennessee. had solicited
campaign funds from Federal office
holders were qllashed today by Fed
eral grand jury. The jury, the second
to investigate charges preferred by
J. +. Morrow former postmaster at
Mount Pleasant, that Taylor had
solicited funds because Of patronage
he had received, returned a no true
bill
The preceding grand jury also had
returned no true bill. Morrow
sought to have the former jurors
cited for contempt for failing to re-
turn true bill Federal Judge Smith
Hinkenlooper of Cincinnati sitting as
a special judge, today sustained de
murrer to the Morrow petition and
purged the grand jury of any con
tempt.
At a recent meeting of the Repub-
lican executive committee Representa-
tive Taylor was given vote of con
fldence in a resolution adopted with
out a dissenting vote.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23
SMELLS HOLIDAY TRADE.
Credit Buying, Inaugurated in
Berlin, Is Success.

BERLIN, January % LP-Credit
buying on a large scale helped to
swell the heavy holiday business done
by the big Berlin department stores
and other large shops The plan has
only recently been instituted here. as
cash on delivery for retail purchasers
has been the general rule since the
war. 1t has already proven popular
and is surrounded by such safeguards
with regard to credit prospects that
the percentage of losses is expected bv
the dealers to be extremely small. The
credit limit is put at sum not ex.
ceeding the equivalent of two months
full pay for employees Of firms or civil
servants. Installment payments run
from six months to one wear. with
interest at the rate Of I per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23
ARMY FAV0RITISM DENIED
Officers From Ranks Declared to
Have Equal Chance.

Recent charges by Representative
Blanton, Depocrat. Texas. that dis
tinction existed in the Army between
West Point graduates and officers who
come up from the ranks were denied
in the House yesterday by Representa-
tive Barbour of California. who was in
charge of the Army appropriation bill.
Barbour said that men who received
commissions from the ranks We're ac-
corded equal recognition with academy
graduates in appointments to service
schools, and referred to a number of
high ranking officers who had not
received West Point commissions.
He also had a clerk read letter
from Maj Gen. Allen, chief of Infan-
try. denying the charge. Allen Is a
former enlisted man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23
IT RECEIVE DEGREE.

Twenty neophytes were put
through the third degree by Alcantara
Caravan, No. II. Order of the Alham-
bra, at its first 1927 initiation and
banquet at Rauscher's last night.
Headed by Louis A Payne, grand
comma nder of the order. and it's other
members, the neophytes were taken
across the burning sands, and before
the evening closed had become full
fiedged members of the organization.
Several novel features in the way of
entertainment were given during the
banquet at which Mr. Payne presided
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23
THREE KILLED IN CRASH.
Another Seriously Hurt When Auto
Collides With Florida Train.

JACKSONVILLE Fla, January %
R).-Three persons were killed and a
fourth seriously injured late today
when an automobile collided with
Florida East Coast train No. So at st.
Nicholas station, south Of Jacksonville.
The dead: Mrs. Florence Lamp, 80,
South Jacksonville; Stanford Bryan,
TO- and Charles Bryan, Is, sons of
Mrs. Lamp.
Wilbur A. Lamp, step-father of
the children. is in a hospital in a.
critical condition.
Pennsylvania leads the United
States in mineral production
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23

motorist travelling 80 miles an
hour could drive for years and 16
days over American highways with
out seeing the same milepoSt twice
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The Washington times., 1927-09-01

boys BY importing such husIxies 1
as Paul CavaIiere, Billy Vidar-
beck and Frank Muske into my
camp. They are boys who can
take punches, who like the
rough work, and can give me
plenty back for what / give
them.
I am not meeting a dancing
master when meet Dempsey. i
am up against a slugger, q slug
ger who is deadly with a left
hook, whose rushes have annihi.
lated many a hopeful young fight.
er and who, at any time. is liable
to stop the fight with one punch.
Not that I am foolish enough
to believe that can stand up toe.
to-toe with the Manassa Mauler
and outslug him. But l want to
protect myself in the clinches and
If Jack should happen to walk
into one of my rights this time,
the fight may stop then and there.
Copyright. 1927, King Features syndi.
cate.
The Washington times., 1927-09-01
Eight Flyweights
Entered In
Tourney

NEW YORK, Sept. IA fly
weight elimination series to
establish a successor to Fidel
La Barba, retired champion,
will begin here on September 12.
Eight candidates are entered
in the tournament. They are:
frankie Genaro, Reuter- PARA,
Bias Rodriguez, Billy Kelly,
Joey Ross, Newsboy Brown,
Icy Schwartz and Eddie Flank.
The Washington times., 1927-09-01
Ruth Adds Another To
: Place Him 2 Up
On Gchrig

NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-Ap-
parently Babe Ruth has no in
tention of relinquishing the home
run crown this season. The Bam-
bino hit his forty-third homer
against the Red Sox yesterday
and is now two ahead of his
team mate, Lou Gehrig. Ruth
is still five homers behind his
1921 record, however.
The Babes homer was a tre-
mendous clout and nearly went
out of the park. Gehrig wal
Hoped a triple and a long fly
which reached the edge of the
bIeachers.
The Washington times., 1927-09-01

Every day now new coaches and
observers from neutral and news
paper sources drop in TO camp to
watch the Blue and Gray gang go
through their daily maneuVers.
Lou Little is thought well of
throughout the country as a condi.
toner of football teams and, as his
is the first in. the East at least 10
get under way, many visiting coaches
and football celebrities are spending
what time they can here before they
go to take charge of their own.
teams.
The Washington times., 1927-09-01
ROL And MACKENZIE
DESERVE5GREAT CREDIT.
N CHAMPS
By Robert 7. Jones, IT,,
British Open and sOuthern Champion.

There things that breaking right any
championship, especially play to
that lucky to win only recognition of the perfectly
obvious Championships simply without
Of fortune and Mnkahda was for me no exception
1t difficult to determine which
suddenly and surprisingly onto after first
squm through that first round did, by hairs breadth
If had onto lucky
would have done little good and similarly
world would avaled little Mccarthy had put me out
The Washington times., 1927-09-01
AXIS GO HAND HAND WITH GOLF TITLE, SAYS JONES

By Gene Tunney
Worlds Heavyweight Champion

SPECTULAIOR n " Sept 1Expe during the past days
surprise at sudden change of training tactics
There when
sparring partners" criticised by for this
1t has been policy andu the
punching bags Most the had retained
me were young speedy and clever demanded
IN order that ne could speed and edge
noxng style throughout fighting have mostly
The Washington times., 1927-09-01


Lately, however, / have been
forced to import heavier and rougher
men into my camp and the word
has gone out that the champ is
seeking Them
This fight. in my estimation, will
be the greatest heavyweight titular
battle ever held.
Dempsey, from what he has
shown me In the Sllartey fight,
viii be harder to hit i'm Chicago
than he was in PhiIadelpIIla
and when hit him this time
i must make every blow count.
/ am pretty well satisfied with
my left jab -now--the left that lab
bed Jack out of the title. 1t has,
throughout my fighting career, been
my best weapon.
My plan Of campaign was care
fully worked out with Billy Gibson
my manager. and Eddie Eagan, who
was with me in the Marine Corps,
and we decided that heavier and
rougher work would be necessary.
That Is why / surprised the
The Washington times., 1927-09-01
CHERRYDALE OPEN

The Cherrydale tossers are seek
ing competition for Sunday. Man.
ager Burch can be reached by phon.
ing Clarendon 546 after 8 O'Clock.
The Washington times., 1927-09-01
Speed and Pep Is Evident
In Georgetown Camp
BY Kirk Miller
Times Sports Editor

WILDWOOD n. j. Sept Lou Little willy veteran of many
football renue around him, pulled the high silk
hat early this morning when he of their
beds at daybreak and announced deep fishing trip before
breakfast. ~"
The Washington times., 1927-09-01

Yesterday they saw q live,
wideawake. alert band Of boys
go through q seIni-scrimmage
which included Iine-charging both
as teams and as individual
against individual. often two
men trying to stop one and
Wei versa. Today some plays
will be given the team to
execute and It is not unlikely
that some sort Of a game will
be framed mp for Saturday
probably game of eight or ten
minute quarters.
The Washington times., 1927-09-01
MIDGETS ANXIOUS

The Sam Rice Mideets are in the
tleld tor games. Phone Atlantic
The Washington times., 1927-09-01

Gene Tunney is boxer; I'm
slugger. The last time we met.
Gene, as ts the case with NIT
boxers, had to travel the entire dis
lance to win. He didn't have.
enough power in his punch to flat.
ten me. bad ais / was that mig t,
Ana Gene, in the sportsmanlike
way that is his, admits that several
times during that fight, / was only
IolloW-up punch away from floor.
ing him. Which means that sad
as was my showing. had enough
power In my shots to shake him
up and hurt him and that when I
had him in bad way, might
have dropped him il could have
MT MIN two successive shots.
so that bears out the cOnten-
ton that a Slugger is dangerous
every second that the fight
lasts: that be really isn't beaten
until the last bell has sounded.
Ana It also proves that q boxer
must travel the entire route
and run the constant risk Of
being knocked out to gain vic.
tory.
l didn't follow up when had
Gene in a bad way in philadelphia,
because ! wasn't right that night;
p never could get going and made
an all-around miserable showing.
But when we meet in Chicago
Wen. I'm promising that it will be
all different.
(coDyriEht, 1927. King Featured
Syndicate. Incl
The Washington times., 1927-09-01

man who wins = championship
at match play over q weeks
time must get away with at
least one bad round. Won Elm
got away with one against
Augustus last year, and failed
TO get away with q better one
this year against Harry Legg.
I most certainly was allowed to
get away with murder in the first
round: Playing Maurice Mccarthy,
a very good young player. sup
pose we were both \ bit loo wary
Of each other. At any rate, we
played wretched golf and he had
me one down with three holes to
play. And I know he would have
put me out if he had not suddenly
become afraid that ne would do it,
for it was all / could do 10 finish
in three shaky tours, while he, most
luckily fer me. took three fives.
Thas match took great load
off my chest. you NAV be sure,
and / began to feel shat The luck
might be waiting for me.
Copyright. 1927, by The Bell
Syndicate. Incl
The Washington times., 1927-09-01
GAMES WANTED

The Achenian Peewees are iesir-
Gus of competition. CAN Adams
1921.
The Washington times., 1927-09-01

To your observer here, the
two sessions put In by the
! Georgetown candidates yesterday
were the most satisfactory VI
the present stay. In contrast to
the previous days when stiff
ness and soreness beSet the
bodies of the boys, Wednesdays
chapters were gratifying to all
hands. including the coaches and
the hired observers here who
are clOcking the progress Of the
team.