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The Washington times., 1927-09-20
Tells OF KHAN
JOB DEALS
ny InternatlonaI Nsr. s.r,le.

-
INDIANAPOLIS, Sent. 20.---Mayor
John L. Duvall today continued to
face singing barrage Of questions
concerning his alleged political
deals. Prosecuting Attorney Will
liam H. Remy cross.examined the
indianapolis mayor on charges of
political corruption.
Duvall has registered nearly q
general denial 10 ali charges, but
he was hazy in his reply to ques-
lions concerning agreeing to the
klan's political policy.
One OF the mayors most sIgnifi-
cant admissions was that he APP
pointed George s. Elliott, former
exalted cyclops, superintendent of
banks, and Harvey w. Bedford,
Khan organizer. a. traffic depart
ment head, and that he Endorsed
notes Of $1,000 each given by the
two men. who left the city.
The transactions occurred about
the time the first Marion county
grand jury began their Investigation
Of city and State political corrup-
ton.
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cAFE owner BANKRUPT

Listing his debts at $s.22S. which
he says he Is unable to nay. and
assets at $2.5s5. which he Is unable
to collect. C. w. Riesley. cafe
owner, 1906 H Street. n. w. has
voluntarily asked that he be adj
judged bankrupt. Attorneys
Shefferman a11d Aronson represent
fim in the suit. filed in the District
Supreme Court,
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coming EXPERT
IS ADVISED

ARLINGTON COUNTY. Sept. 20.
Unless the people OF Arlington
county do more than pass resolu-
tons favoring Zoning ordinances
and worthy public improvements
the county win find itself out
stripped by other sections in the
Greater washington area, declared
Milfords Wits, secretary of the
Arlington County Chamber OF Com.
merce today.
'Zoning Is the backbone Of well
built communities and people plan.
ming to come TO Arlington County
want to know whether their homes
viii be in a residential or business
district" he said.
The Zoning Commission Is will.
Ing to give spare time to the
subject, but people occupied with
their own business cannot be ex.
peeted to work out q comprehen-
sive plan, nor have they data
necessary for proper xoning Of q
community
"zoning and city planning are
subjects demanding expert treat
ment and Arlington County will
never make the proper progress
unless zoning expert Is put on
the job"
Arlington county public schools
opened yesterday with the largest
opening day enrolment in their his
tory. Principals of the IL white
schools reported an enrolment Of
4,163. With the three coIored
schools still to be heard from Super.
intendent Fletcher Kemp said today.
that the total opening enrolment
will exceed 5000. He declared that
IL the school population continued
to increase as it has in the past
two years new schools viii be neces-
sary.
The names of Charles R. TAYLOR
and Thomas d. Bailie, who filed
improperly for the office OF county
clerk, respectively and George III.
McCrillis. who filed for overseer Of
the poor, and H. II. B1andford
whose papers were not certified,
will be placed on the official bal
lots the Arlington county electoral
board, upon motion OF Robert E.
Walker. decided last night.
The Arlington precinct Repub-
lican club will meet tonight in
the auditorium Of the Old Column
bia Pike schoolhouse at o'clock.
President John p. Agnew announ-
ced today that at this meeting all
committees win be appointed at
this meeting.
The committee on arrangements
for the Arlington county water
carnival in October viii meet to-
night in the rooms Of the Airing
ton county Chamber Of Com
merce.
Lyman M. Kelley. Democratic
candidate for supervisor from Ar
lington district, Edgar w. PUN.
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PAIR ARE WE'D
AS DAY DAWNS

ROCKVILLE Sept. 2o.-Richard
E. Dunkley. of Stuart. Va. a
student of medicine at a Richmond
medical school. and Miss Margaret
Mckinley a clerk in Government
department at Washington. were
mcrried in Rockville at dawn Mon.
day by Rev. S. j. Goode. of the
Christian Church, at the home Of
the minister.
The wedding took place at such
an unusual hour because the
couple did not reach Rockville
until after the marriage license
bureau had closed on Saturday and
they had to search for the clerk.
He later returned home. and
going to the Mayor he issued the
license.
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AS result OF an automobile
accident on the Rockville Gathers
burg pike July ~, in which Mrs.
Solomon Pleets, OF $500 Whittier
Ave-, Baltimore, was killed and
six Of seven others, ali of Baltimore.
were injured. Louis Kaplan. OF sol
West West ST., Baltimore. was held
for theh action Of the November
Grand Jury on q charge of man
slaughter at q preliminary hearing
before Judge Samuel Riggs In the
police court here yesterday. He
was released on bond in the amount
Of $1,000.
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phrey, Republican candidate Il
commonwealth attorney, and B. NJ.
Hedrick. Republican candidate for
supervisor from Arlington district
VIII speak at meeting of the
Ashton Heights Citizens Associa-
ton tonight. at o'clock in the
Ashton Heights Woman's club
house, Clarendon Ave.
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Governor Ritchie has appointed
James I. Hambleton a deupty forest
warden for this county and his
commission has been received by
the clerk of the circuit court here.
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REALTOR is FETED

Ruby Lee Minar, local real estate
OPERATOR was the guest Of honor at
the annual dinner Of the women's
committee Of the washington Chap.
ter, American Institute Of Banking,
held in the Women's City Club, last
evening. More than 100 women
heard addresses by w. w. Spaid.
president of the local bankers asso-
citation: /. ]. Roberts, and Raymond
3. Dickey. Mabel ". Royce pre-
sided.
Northumberland who rent apartments
VIII have no trouble in finding the
one they want n they consult the
Rental Columns Of the Classified Ads.
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The committee on arrangements
for the Arlington county water
carnival in October will meet to-
night In the rooms Of the Airing
ton county Chamber OF Com
merce,
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Times Readers
Voice Vices
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
As I am a daily reader OF The
Times and an admirer of your fear
lessness in uncovering things OF an
unsavory nature which has not only
undermined but destroyed the good
name of our city and State, the
writer can not hold himself in re-
strainst for asking for space in your
paper to release his long pent-up
feelings of disgust and shame.
The present political disgrace that
has engulfed the entire State is not
to be regarded as cheap shelf-worn
goods; but it is to be driven out by
the loyal support of every citizen in
this commonwealth.
We can hear 1T said that 1t is
only an effort of few disgruntled
citizens that were disappointed in
politics and that Thomas Adams
chose to be the leader, with The
Times falling in line. .al
have been a lifelong resident Of
Indianapolis ard have taken notice
of the many things that have trans
pired politically and religiouSly since
1894 and have noticed that those
who have raved most about keep
ing the church and State separate
are now, and have been for some
time, endeavoring to effect union
in the disguise of an organization
called the Anti-Saloon League with
DR.. E. S. Shumaker at the, head, or
as some may say, the chief f1xer
and dictator of all things that may
enhance the filling of his pocket
book.
To the writer's view he can only
see ruin ahead for all churches who
fall for his doctrine. The writer
himself was at one time church.
goer and took an active interest in
religious work, but such fanatics as
we have today have driven myself
as we'll as thousands of others away
from the church. Society and the
church would be more healthy So
cially and otherwise without those
destructionists of the E. S. Shu-
maker type.
There is not room enough in the
u. S. A. for those of the above mem
toned class. The Office seeker who
has not enough courage to tell such
persons to attend to their own pri-
vate affairs and not speak his name
has not the business qualities to
transact the public's business in a
legitimate manner. .T~
The writer is prohibitionist and
wants E. S. Shumaker and all who
follow him to use more common
sense in their efforts to keep whisky
out.
Does DR.. Shumaker know that 1t
is a crime to deny the use of alco-
holic liquors in treating disease, and
that he and all those who partici-
pated in making the Wright bone
dry law are law violators them
selves? If not read the law on
criminal neglect, then be penny wise
and not pound foolish. No super
government for me.
E. G.. BROWN. 49,.
] 2752 Cornell Ave. ~
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who forecast the Dolores Costello
atrical tastes were
not wrong. And so, 1t is not sur
prising to see underworld stories ar
rive on the screen.
I consider "Old San Francisco" as
rather modest gesture In the dl-
rection of this type of play. This
movie does not get underworld IN
complexion until the old Chinatown
in Frisco before the earthquake, Is
introduced.
The last half of this movie is
filled with the sort of melodras''
that one expects to find in the myS-
ferrous circles in Chinatown.
"Old San Francisco" starts In a
rather lofty atmosphere, showing
the explorers of a King OF Spain
claiming California for that king.
We are then concerned with a
fine old Spanish family by the name
of Vasquez. We see the early splen-
dor of this family, and then when
the actual story begins we see
Frisco in 1906. We then meet other
descendants of the Vasquez family.
They still have pride and fine
sense of family, but not too much
cash. Dolores Vasquez, as played
bv Dolores Costello, is beautiful
and good girl. She knows that
most of her ancestors, mainly the
men. have died in combat and
finally she remains as the only one
of the family.
She then becomes the center OF
a plot on the part Of a dirty and
corrupt political leader in Frisco to
wreck her socially and financially
Our hero this time is Terrence,
nicely played by Charles E. Mack,
who looks much like Jack Pickford.
Of course, our villain is Chinese
under the, skin and he worships
foreign gods in a strange way. Some
of the grotesque touches in this
story reminds me of "The Shang-
hal Gesture"
The earthquake scenes have been
splendidly handled. 1t is about as
realistic an earthquake that one
would like to see any place.
Sometimes one gets confused be-
cause the real thread of the story
gets lost now and then, but on
the whole, I think, you will find
"Old San Francisco" an entertain
ing gesture toward a type of en-
tertainment that is going to be
popular this season.
The bill includes the first OF
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ton for Casey\ in his affair de
cour" with Luke's daughter, but in
this case the opposition comes out
the better and Doris becomes the
wife of the son of the president of
the road.
Loud talk and loud laughter on
the part of Bancroft and a dumb
look on the part of Conklin make
the film funny in spots. There are
parts where the comedy aspect is
strained, and instead of the plot be-
ing funny it becomes ridiculous.
But, in spite Of the few weaknesses
and flaws, the film upholds the COM
edy tradition and gets the laughs
across in a right good fashion.
Doris Hill has the part of Doris,
the daughter of Luke. and as such
she wins the heart of Jack, played
by Jack Luden. While their work
is not brilliant, it is wholesome and
good.
This picture is just good old-fash-
Toned comedy and netherlands"
mixed together, and has a particu-
larly Savory flavor.
Joe Alexander presents another
OF his "organlogs," and the Univer-
Sity Trio has arranged several num-
bers of the more popular variety for
presentation. A news reel and a
comedy complete the bill.
At the Ohio the rest of the week.
(By the Observer
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-03
Reviewing the Past

1t is good thing now and then
to go back and review the past,
especially its rough spots.
Generally speaking, the rough
spots have been too well concealed.
We like our history sweet.
Once in a blue moon, however,
some author or biographer comes
along with vivid picture of what
actually took place, and we learn
with amazement that ours is not
the first or only generation to
have suffered from graft, crooked
politics and other human weak
neSSes.
Dennis Tilden Lynch performed
a real service in his recently pub
lished Life of BOSS" Tweed.
It is one of those fascinating
accounts which hold the readers
attention chiefly because of the
colorful background painted in
and the clear delineation of char
acters who played important parts.
This book is more than a BIZ
ography. 1t is an etching Of what
was one of the most glorious and
disgusting epics in our history.
1t reveals the clover patch in
which Tweed and his kind fed
the thievery that was made posi-
BILE.
It is a book that every student
of the mid-Victorian period ought
to read.
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Law and Justice
BY Dexter M. Keezer

man and his wife, unable to live together pleas
antly, made separation agreement providing for an
equal division of their property Six years later they
reconciled and again lived together for nine
that they could not get along together and the wife,
in suing for divorce asked for equal division of the
property.
The husband whose property had increased in
value much rapidly than that of his wife, OPP
posed such division the ground that fifteen
years before they had made property division and
agreement to manage their property separately The
wife admitted this agreement, but claimed it had
been wiped out after their separation they had again
to live together for nine years.
HOW WOULD YOU DECIDE THIS CASE?
The actual decision: The Supreme Court ,of the
State of Washington decided that the wife was en-
titled to division of the property on the ground
that the first agreement had been eliminated when
after separation they came to live together again
as man and wife.
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Start EMPLOYEES Young

Refusal on the part of certain
corporations to consider appli-
cants for work above 40 does not
necessarily imply an intent to
Shelve old men.
What they are trying to do, as
I understand it, is to start en-
ployes young enough so that they
can derive substantial benefit
from training and experience.
1t is probably wrong to lay
down any hard and. fast rule, as
years seldom tell a mans true
age, but institutions like railroads,
street car companies and steam
ship lines, which have to depend
to measurable extent on person.
al responsibility, training and ex-
perience, are probably right in in
sisting that their employees start
young enough to become of the
greatest possible value.
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green freshie in female form. And
Bebe is that sort Of. well meaning
person at college. She is very stu
dious, is this Bebe. She wearsSawful
looking glasses which makes her
look like the wrath of the campus.
She is wild over bugs and insects,
and it was only when a collection
of bees impressed upon her the i'm
portance of leaving them alone that
Bebe turned from bugs to athletics.
Bebe goes in for athletics just be-
cause the leader of the school is a
guy who is wild over athletics, es-
pecially when good looking girls are
present.
And so our freshie heroine decides
to take up swimming. Her record
was good because her mother was
the champion wader at a girls
school years ago. And Bebe be-
lieved that water wings were the
salvation of any young girl who
wanted to learn to swim.
Swim, Girl, SWIM" is regula-
ton Bebe Daniels story. 1t is full
of life and pep, and has more than
enough comedy. 1t gives Bebe a
chance to look very awkward ana
very sad, and she also has chance
to be the good-looking girl that
she is.
Miss Daniels has sure comedy
sense, developed after years and
years of work before the camera.
She loves to work. That have no
doubt of, because I have seen her
work several times when I visited
the studio in New York. Have seen
her work before the camera on
board an English ship bound for
Bermuda. I know that she has the
Joy of work in her, and her photo
plays reflect that joy. Especially SO
does "Swim, Girl, Swim" in which
Bebe turns out to be a champion
swimmer with the aid of Trudy.
James Hall is the good-looking
male who plays opposite. He has
that made-to-order college look
about him which is somewhat SINH
lar to the patent leather type.
The bill includes a Mack Sennett
comedy, a news reel, Emil Seidel
and his orchestra.
At the Apollo all week.
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NJ. e.
NJ. e.
TRACY
SAYS:
The Habitual Criminal
Laao Makes Us Think
We Are Netting Fish
When We Are Only Net
ting MinnoWs.

The theft of 20 cents, which he
was not allowed to keep, sends a
New York man to prison for life,
and possession of pint of gin,
which he was not allowed to drink,
does the same for a Michigan
man.
Both we're victims of the hab-
bitual criminal law-petty triflers
with too little imagination to do
anything very bad and too dumb
not to get caught.
Your real thief is not going to
bother with two dimes and your
real bootlegger is not going to
risk his life for pint of gin.
What is more to the point, your
real criminal is not apt to be
caught and convicted four times.
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decent name at home and abroad which can
only come from a thorough, honest and COM
plete investigation of the evil days of super
government, of the rule of hate, of the capture
of Indiana through deception, bigotry and cor
ruption.
Is there not one member who will call to
his fellow members to assemble if the Governor,
whose present position makes such action I'M
probable, should refuse to do the right and
decent thing?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-03
Can We Cut Taxes?

The political situation is just about perfect for
tax reduction.
With election in the offing the present admin
istraton, which has talkekd much about economy will
be anxious to cut taxes. And the Democrats aren't
likley to have the courage to resist such move.
Consequently, if there's any very strenuous agta-
ton for reduction thereM probably be tax reduc-
tion
That puts it up to the rank and file of the people
to decide whether they will be serving the country
well by getting behind the drive for tax reduction at
this time.
And in making such decision it's going to be
necessary to discard lot of misleading information
calculated to show how fabulously prosperous the
United States Treasury is.
Last year, for example, the general impression is
that the United States Treasury collected from taxes
about $635,O0O,OO0 more than required to run
the government.
1t did nothing of the kind, It's extremely doubt
full if it collected enough from ordinary sources of
revenue to finance the regular activities of the gov
eminent. Most of that huge surplus came from the
collection of back taxes and from repayment of
financing advances which had been made by the
Treasury to the railroads and the War Finance Cor
poration.
The surplus was temporary windfar that won't
be duplicated again soon.
This year it's extremely doubtful that the govern
ment will have surplus of much as 100000 O00
Most of the surplus like the last year, will be
caused by tax collections and repayments of govern
ment wartime advances. In year or two such
revenues as these will be wiped out entirely
Last year, the most prosperous in the history
of the country, and more prosperous than this one
has been so far, the government had surplus
except that caused by back bill collecting. This year
the government won't meet its operating costs from
regular revenue sources
There will be surplus but it won't be surplus
that will mean anything in the long run.
1t is proposed to cut the corporation income tax
from 1872 to 10 per cent Last year that brought
the government $1,30S,O0O0oO. Assuming that the
corporations of the country do we'll this year as
they did last chat means cut of about 1927 100000
in corporation tax receipts
Unless the country grows at fantastic rate such
tax cut will bring the regular Federal
below the regular cost of running the government.
Is that the kind of situation want the Federal
government to be placed in?
Before we write congressman let's think it
over.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-03
Individual Effort Lacking

AS Walter S. Hiatt points out in
splendid article on this subject
which appeared in Sundays New
York Times, we are all paying too
much attention to the needs and
requirements of organized bust
ness, mass production and STAN
dardized efficiency, while we pay
too little to the opportunities of
individual effort which are devel-
oping in so many lines.
The average young man, and
the older one for that matter,
shows altogether too much con-
Germ about what other people
ought to do for him and not half
enough about what he might do
for himself.
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Questions and AnszUerS

end to persecution of Christians in
the famouse edict of Milan "a. D.
313) and became the first Christian
emperor. The flag consists of red
or blue cross on a white field.
What are the chemical c0nstitu-
ents of compressed yeast?
Compressed yeast contains 65.1
per cent water, 1T pei cent pro-
teins or body building materials, 81
per cent fat and 1.8 per cent ash.
THE fermenting process in some
cases acts upon the blood as puri-
fer and laxative, and is recon-
mended by some physicians and
hospitals in the treatment Of boils
pimples, etc. y
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Problem Not Solved

1t is all right, perhaps, TO put
the trif1ers away, but let us have
no decisions about the effect on
genuine, up-to-the-minute law
breakers.
The judge who sent that Mich
igan man away for life because
he was found with a pint of gin
may think that it will put an end
to bootlegging, but Mr.. Lowman
has a better understanding of
the situation when he starts 400
dry agents for Detroit.
Neither will New York find her
self much freer of thugs and yeggs
because a pilferer of two dimes is
robbed of allthope.
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10 i've IN since
Smile, Brother,
Smile" has been
revealed to the
world. Here il
one of those wise
cracking movies
along h u m e n
lines that comes
mighty close to
being the funniest
thing of the
month. I am sure
that 1 would
select this Mulhall
picture as one of
the ten best of
the month even if