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The Washington times., 1927-10-31
Beauty ParlOr Is Sued
For 100000 by Customer

Emile. Inc, beauty parlor, at 1921
Connecticut Ave. N. w.. today was
named defendant in a suit for $50 900
filed by Miss c. r. Millstead, of 1917
X st. N. W., in the District Supreme
Court.
Through her attorney, William
Wendell, she tells the court that on
October S, 1925, she went to Emile to
get him to remove some surplus hair
on her face. but that he bungled the
job, burning her seriously and per-
manently with the electrical equip
ment.
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When Won shift your worries to the
who's Who" firms. a. difficulties are
amply provided for. See their ads ON
frequently.
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Of
BODY IN
DOUBT

Mystery surrounds the identi.
ty Of the body Of a woman
washed ashore yesterday at
Matthias Point lighthouse in
the lower Potomac, and first
believed to be that Of Mrs.
Laura NJ. Purvis, 49, years old,
Of 1852 Seventeenth st, N. W.,
who disappeared from d Nor.
folk boat Saturday night.
When doubt was east on this
possible identification, an at.
tempt was made to identify it
with Mrs. Beatrice Coe, sc
years old, also Of this city, who
disappeared in a similar man.
ner also from a Norfolk boat
October 10. This failed.
Son Is Notified
Word of the possible suicide
of Mrs. Purvis in the waters Of
the lower Potomac on the down
river trip Of the Norfolk and
Washington steamer Saturday eve.
ming was received by the son, D. R
P. Purvis, a student at George
town Foreign Service School, yes
terday morning. ......s
Left Here Secretly
|Gg Unknown to her son, who lives
at 1902 N st. N. W., and her
mother Mrs. Alice Mills. so years
old. with whom she lived at 1852
Seventeenth st. n. W., Mrs. Purvis
went on board the boat and bought
a ticket for Norfolk with all the
money she had with her--a five
dollar bill. 800
She did not have sufficient left
to obtain q Stateroom. and after
sitting part OF the evening in the
salon. Mrs. r. B. Pironne, OF $50
Irving st. N. W., offered to share
her stateroom with the woman.
They entered the room together
and Mrs. Pironne left for a mo-
ment. When she returned Mrs.
Purvis had disappeared. When tine
boat reached Norfolk Sunday morn.
ing no trace was found of Mrs.
Purvis. and q check.up indicated
she had jumped overheard about
$50 p. M. soon after she was last
seen by Mrs. Pironne.
A few hours after the time she
Is believed to have disappeared in
the dark waters of the river, q
body was washed ashore at Matthias
Point and found by the lighthouse
keeper there. Yesterday it was
believed to be the body of either
Mrs. Purvis or Mrs. Coe, with the
probability that 1t was the former
Today however, at the home OF
Charles II. A. Montgomery, 1902 N
ST., N. W., where young Purvis
lives. it was said word had reached
the son that the body was not
that of his mother, but believed to be
that of Mrs. Coe.
The son IL said to be staying al
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The Washington times., 1927-10-31
Revolt Against Premier
In Rumania Reported

LONDON, Oct. S1.--An uncom.
firmed report that revolution has
broken out in Rumania against the
dictatorship of Premier Bratianu
has been published by Budapest
newspapers, according to a dispatch
from Vienna this afternoon.
1t was said that the first outbreak
took place Sunday night.
The Washington times., 1927-10-31
SAILOR IS
NAMED
KILLER
BY International News Service

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 31.--
Henry Moity, sought through
out Louisiana and the Gulf of
Mexico for four days following
the discovery of the bodies of
his wife and sister-in-law, be-
headed and dismembered, in
two trunks at his home, today
denied that he committed the
revolving murders.
Identified by tattoo marks upon
The Washington times., 1927-10-31

off, La. District Attorney Eu-
gene Stanley, who returned Moity
to New Orleans, declared that
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his body, chief among which was
the figure of a nude woman on
his arm, Henry Moity was ar
rested Sunday afternoon at Gut
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-04
Is Your Child
Gaining Weight
Mothers of School Children
Should Cut This out

The boy or girl attending school,
who Is not steadily gaining weight,
should be watched carefully Nearly
every school child undergoes a con-
stant, physical, mental and nervous
strain that slowly but surely saps re-
serve vitality. They need a Body
Builder to help carry them through
this period of danger and prevent colds
and contagion.
Nothing could be better than Cod
Liver Oil. Children used to hate it's
nasty fishy taste, but now the Douglas
Drug Co., and other druggists offer.
instead McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Com
pound Tablets-giving all the benefits
of the old fashioned oil, but as easy to
take as candy. Insist on McCoy's.
Children everywhere are ga n N g
strength and weight with it's use, and
your druggist is authorized to refund
your money if your child, too, doesn't
show a splendid gain in 80 days.-Adv.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-04
Agnes Gerarghy Makes
New Swimming Marx

BUFFALO, N. Y, Feb. 3 P.-The
second world records in as many
evenings was broken in the national
A. A. u. women's swimming cham
pionships at the Buffalo Athletic
club tonight. In an invitation 220-
yard breast stroke event Agnes
Gerarghty, of the Women's Swim
ming association, of New York, won
the race and broke her own record
of S:21.6 when she did the distance
in S:2O.
The spring to record featured the
card national events as titles were
retained by the fayorites, Helen
Meaney, of the Womens Swimming
association, and team No. l. of that
organization in the low spring board
dive and 4OO-yard relay respectively.
Miss Meaneys average score in the
dive was 109.34, against 1924 for
Miss Rice, of the Detroit Women's
Aquatic club.
The winning relay team from New
YoEE swep. to the front on the first
lap when Virginia Whitnack gained
two yards on her rivals, and from
that point the team continued IN
front. The real fight was between
the Carnegie Library team and the
second team from the Women's
Swimming association, with Susan
Laird winning by some two feet
over Dorothy Golfer.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-04
Ask Chaplin $ Arrest
On Non-Support

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 3.-(P)-A COM
plant charging Charlie Chaplin with
failure to provide for his wife, Lita
Grey Chaplin, and their two children
was asked at the district attorneys s
office today by attorneys representing
Mrs. Chaplin in her divorce suit
against the comedian.
In disclosing that request for such a
complaint had been made to him, Dis
trict Attorney Asa Keyes said that he
would take it under consideration and
probably would confer with Chaplin's
attorneys before making his decision.
Attaches of the district attorneys s
office said the request probably will
be refused.
Lloyd Wright, attorney for Chaplin,
who now is in New York, said he con-
sidered such. charges without basis,
since he is sending Mrs Chaplin
through her counsel $1OO a week for
the maintenance of the children. Re-
ceipt of the checks from Chaplin's at
torney was disclosed several days ago
by members of the comedians wife's
legal staff, who said none of the
checks would be cashed since they
were inadequate.
Mrs. Chaplin has been unable to
collect a court award of $4,000 tenn
porarN alimony, due to income tax
liens against the actors property and
a writ of prohibition obtained by his
attorneys.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-04
Democrats Inquire In
Mills Resignation

WASHINGTON, Feb. R-House
republicans were asked today by
Representative Garner, democrat,
Texas, why the resignation of Rep
.resentative ogden L. Mills, of New
York was announced in the house
yesterday and removed ,Mter to
Speaker Longworth's private office.
why did Mills, after a visit to
the house, try to remain in the
house instead of Immediately accept
ing the duties of the under-secretary
of the treasury?' demanded the
Texan.
Then, without waiting for reply,
he proceeded:
81 don't know whether Mills is to
stay because of the McNary- -Haugen
farm bill that is coming up; whether
it is because of alien property or
whisky bill, or whether the president
feels there isn't another member on
the republican side who has the
capacity to put over his views.''
Garner then said he considered Mills
perhaps the ablest man in the house
on taxation and regretted to see him
leave.
Speaker Longworth explained Mills
letter of resignation had been with
held from the Congressional Record
until after the New York representa-
tive had decided not to resign but
at the request of Garner and Rep
resentative Garrett, the democratic
leader, he agreed to have it printed.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-04
MARY CABINET
is IN BALANCE I'M
THE REICHSTAG!

BERLIN, Feb. 3.-(P)-The POLITICAL
life of the new Marx bougeois coali-|
tion hung in the balance tonight after
the chancellor had given to the reichs-
tag a declaration of the governments
policies at home and abroad.
Already there are discernible fore
bodings of acrimonious debate between
the monarchstic right and the repub-
lican left, with the government hold
ing the balance.
The ministerial declaration was de-
void of anything startling 1t appears
that the Marx government will con-
tinue the foreign policy of conciliation
inaugurated by Foreign Minister
Stresemann, which policy brought him
a share in the Nobel peace prize.
The reichswehr-the German army
will be reorganized and reformed This
pledge appears ito have been made to
meet socialistic charges which brought
about the fall of the previous Marx
ministry.
The most important pronouncement
in the chancellor's statement was the
firm pledge to uphold the Weimar
constitution, which safeguards the
German republic, coupled with stern
warning that any attempt by forcible
or illegal means to change this form
would be regarded as treason.
A reference to Germany's past
glories was made by Herr Marx, when
he asserted that "active defense of the
Weimar constitution does not preclude
reverential attitude toward Ger
Mays past.
"The past and it's symbols must
therefore be honored," he said. RE
nunciation of any thought of revenge
must remain the guiding principle of
German foreign policy; nevertheless,
it will need earnest work to achieve
the moral and political equality among
nations due our nation, he declared
He expressed satisfaction that the
Ruhr and part of the Rhineland had
been evacuated by the allies and that
inter allied military control had been
abolished
Count Won Westarp's statement in
the ensuing debate that, "the national
sists are supporting the Locarno peace
policy only because Germany remains
forcibly disarmed," and his intimation
that public discussion of the question
of restoration of the monarchy must
be fostered, will be used by the left
parties tomorrow and Saturday as a
basis for renewed attacks on the sin
cerity of Chancellor Marks new minis
try.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-04
Registered RESTS
Only May Say Mass
In Homes, Is Ruling

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 8 (P)-Attor-
ney General Ramon Ortega today
issued formal orders stating that
Catholic priests may conduct reli-
gious services in chape1s of private
residences only when the priests SO
officiating have accepted the gov
ernment religious regulations, which
include the requirement that they
register with the municipal authori"
ties. Even then services may be only
for members of the family and their
servants.
Registration with the municipal
authorities is one of the chief points
of controversy in the present reli-
gious situation in Merico, the posi-
tion taken by the church being that
tc do so would be the acceptance of
the Mexican government rather than
the pope as the highest authority
in matters which exclusively como
under. the jurisdiction of the church.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-04
BANDITS KIDNAP
BANKER IN ARK;
.EVADE PURSUIT

MANSFIELD, Ark, Feb. P.-De-
feated in bank robbery attempt
and in their plot to gain ransom
money after Kidnapping the bank
president, two men had succeeded
early tonight in evading pursuit in
two states.
Returning here today from Howe,
Okla. just across the Arkansas line,
&c. G. Graves, president Of the ma
tiona1 bank of Mansfield. told how
the men sought to force him to open
the vault of the institution last
night and then took him and his
hrother-in-law, Frank Butler, away
in an automobile truck in an effort
to extort a ransom.
Mr.. Butler, of Oklahoma City, who
was visiting in the Graves home,
was dropped from the car near
Mansfield. The kidnappers demanded
that ne bring $4,000 for his
brother-in-law release.
The pair stopped in a deserted
farm house near Howe, bound and
gagged Mr.. Graves and left him.
! About midnight the banker released
himself and at 1 o'clock telephoned
Mansfield friends. A town officer
and r. W. Barger, cashier of the
Mansfield bank, hastened to the
Oklahoma town and brought Mr..
Graves back to Mansfield. The
banker apparently had received no
serious hurt. Pretending at first
that they had come to serve a sum
mons, the men drew pistols and
threatened their victims while they
demanded that they be taken to the
bank and aided to enter the vault.
The gunmen were convinced by
the bank president that he was un=
able to gain entrance to the vault
because Of time lock. Mr.. Graves
mapped.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-04
FAMOUS HOTEL
MAN COMING
HERE FEB. IS

AT a meeting of the hotel committee
held in the chamber of commerce Of
flee Thursday afternoon a letter from
Manager Lee of The Breakers" hotel
at Long Beach was read by g. w
Graves, in which Lee stated that he
would arrive in Douglas, February 15,
to consider the taking of a lease on
the new tourist hotel to be constructed
here, and to advise the local commit
tee on the matter of the best site for
the hotel.
Lee also has lease on the new
"Conquistador" hotel being construct
ed at Tucson and is considered one of
the best informed hotel men in the
west. Those present at the meeting
Were r. w. Graves, Fred d. Hubbellt
J. w. Tardy James Logic, Rex Rice,
d. c. O'Neil, Ben Levy, A. j. McKin-
non and Albert Stacy.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-04

legal for an officer of the. law to
search private premises without def
mite information that Illegal goods
were concealed, are now before the
legislature. The second was introduce
ed today by Bettwy. Included among
the measures passed by the senate
were two bills by Joyner of Pima
creating a small claims court and al
lowing public defenders not less than
$40 nor more than $1OO for their serv-
ices whe nappointed by trial court,
and a third, joint memorial, praying
congress to pass the Haugen- -McNary
farm relief bill.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-04
Farm Relief Bill
Coupled With Bank Act
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Il object, I object to everything
won't consent to anything that
will permit loophole for a vote
on the Boulder canyon dam project"
Senator Norris expressed the opin-
ion that supporters of the farm bill
were attempting to pull the chest
nuts of the bank bill out of the fire.
'"rhe senator has the cart before
the horse" declared Senator Glass.
one of the principle supporters of
the bank bill. Supporters of the
bank bill are trying to pull the
chestnuts of the farm bill out of the
fire."
The debate finally was shut off
when Senator McNary Withdrew his
request and substituted his motion.
He plans to open the debate tomor.
row with an explanation of the bill.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-04
REPLY EXPECTED

WASHINGTON, Feb. P)-Com-
ment by Eugene Chen, Cantonese for
eign minister on the open invitation
extended by Secretary Kellogg for
treaty conference with delegates rep
, resenting the major factions in the
Chinese civil war is awaited with
interest in official circles. Chen
said in Hankow today that he would
/, reply in this way to Mr.. Kellogg's
announcement of American policy
within a few days, which is the first
direct ward as to intentions of either
the Canton or Peking regimes in re-
gard to the American suggestions.
It would cause little surprise if
Chen took up the question of Ameri-
can naval forces being concentrated
in the Shanghai area although there
mas been no intention on the part OF
the Washington government to land
any men unless an actual emergency
endangering the lives of Americans
develops.
Admiral Williams, comm a ndin g
American naval forces in Asiatic
waters, notified the navy department
today that he would draw to the
Shanghai area Immediately 250 ma
rines either now in the Philippines
or due to arrive there from Guam
They will go from Manila to Shang-
mai aboard the naval auxiliary vessel
Fecos and probably will either remain
aboard that ship or be scattered
among the other ships of the Ameri
can squadron at Shanghai
The movement of marines to Shang-
hal is in line with other steps takenI
to make quickly available suffic-
lent force to extend protection to
Americans although the holding of
additional warships and marines at
Honolulu, Guam and Manila is call
culated to reassure the Chinese that
no extensive American landing opera
tions in China are in prospect
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-04
MAN TOO Liberal

COLORADO SPRINGS, Feb. 3.-[R-
One of the passengers on Pueblo
Colorado Springs bus tonight, to whom
elton Beatty of Colorado Springs, for
mer Morley prohibition agent, offered
a drink from a flask, was j. l.. White
prohibition agent from Denver. White
arrested Beatty, who is in the hospital
ward at the Ell Paso county Jail.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-04
Gas in Mines is Detected
by New Device

ser zone before fire damp air accu-
1nulates.
Professor Judd explained that tests
had been made in soft coal mines In
Pennsylvania where he and an asso,
ciate wearing gas masks sat in an
atmosphere continuing rs per cent
gas, enough to ignite instantly if the
detector had not been devised to pre7
ciude this possibility. The device was
tested within a glass container dur
ing the demonstration.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-04

will be ''silly" when the sale of an
article is lawful. rhe governor found
fault with the penalty of a years
imprisonment for the sale of Gig
arettes to minors. He also objected
to the requirement of 500 license
fee from retailers in cities Of the
second class, the same fee being fixed
for cities of the first class.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-04

TOO Much HnmuShaklnS
Many of the oldtimers insist there
is too much handshaking in present
day professional baseball.
They insist that familiarity before
the battle tends to kill off tho
fighting spirit and destroys rivalry,
the basis of keen competition in
sport.
"The way these modern ball play
ers shake hands with each other
every time they meet and the seeming
pleasantries they exchange, make me
think they are attending a family
reunion.
"They should can those before the
game receptions, if for no reason
other than appearances
Game Has Changed
I must agree with the veteran star
with whom l talked that the ball
players of today are far more con-
genial with each other than those
of 20 or 25 years back
However, baseball today is a diff
feront game in many ways from
the brand of a decade ago 1t has
improved in some ways, retrograded
in others.
Dressing at the ball park has
thrown the players into closer con-
tact than when the visiting club
got into its uniforms at the hotel
and rode to and from the ball park
in an open bus.
Those were the colorful days. On
the way out the players bantered
remarks with those they passed on
the street. On the way back, they
often lodged various missiles thrown
by the irate fans.
More College Spirit
You don't see the college football
teams fraternizing on the field before
the battle continued the oldtimer.
They go about their work without
even noticing the opposition
me members of the football squad
ether than the regulars are stationed
on opposite sides of the field It's
battle for supremacy and while
the rival team commands the greatest
respect, it is regarded as an enemy
am inclined to agree with the
veteran that the fans would be more
impressed # the athletes went about
their work after the manner of the
collegians and canned" the before
the battle conversations
There is no doubt but that it would
look much better, and appearances
mean lot.
Mistake of Magnates
l believe it was a mistake to build
the clubhouses of the home team
and visiting team so close together.
1t would have been much hetter if
one were located under the stand
back of third and the other back
of first.
The ball park that houses the
Philadelphia Athletics was one of the
first of the modern stadiums. The
dressing rooms are so arranged there
That was the spirit of the times
when the Shibes erected the Phila-
delphia park. The two teams were
widely separated both before and
after the game.
It's too bad the modern sadiums
didn't follow that style of architecture
relative to the dressing room
Less handshalling might help in
more ways than one and there is
no denying it would improve appear
anccs, make the rivalry seem much
more intense, even if it was only
4 sham.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-04
Anti ti-Cigarette Law
OF Kansas Is Doomed

Topeka, Kans., Feb. 2 R-Repeal
of the Kansas anti-cgarette law be-
came a certainty today when the sem
ate passed the McGugin bill and
Governor Paulen announced he would
sign it. The governor, however, de-
clared he intended to send the Leg
islature a message expressing his
disapproval of at least three pro-
visions in the bill
Prohibition of advertising. he said.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-04

MEXICO CITY, Feb. R.-Be-
cause the Yaqui Indians in the state
of Sonora have refused to surrender
unconditionally, as the war depart
ment was recently informed they
would do, the federals have resumed
the offensive against these rebels.
The general staff has ordered an
aerial bombardment of the Yaous
and continuation of a general often
sive until they yield, or are exter-'
minated.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-04
Shanghai is Prize
Armies Striving For
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OF British imperialism in China and
elsewhere. He also declared against
American imperialism" because of
the United States holding of the
Philippines as a possession
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-04
MOVE AGAINST CHINESE

MEXICO CITY, Feb. Especial to
The Dispatch) Action has been
taken by the Legislature of the state
OF NueNo Leon against Chinese immi-
grafton and the intermarriage OF
Mexican women with Chinese. A
resolution has been passed urging
the national congress to restrc.
Chinese immigration and to pronibi,
intermarniage with Mexicans. This
matter was also called to tne@ atten-
tion of President Gales.
mo Breakfast Complete Without
NlI,o D:o-o4o1, /,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-04
4Oc Increase is Proposed
by committee

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