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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-23

has invited Miss ASpden to come
to Los Angeles at the officials cX-
pense to mid in the investigation.
At the time investigation of the
baby farm was opened two years
ago. Miss ASpden was said to have
disappeared at the same time aS
Mrs. Minnie FOss-Hines, then
known as Mrs. Foster, who was
prOprietreSS of the place.
Mrs. FOSS-HineS is held in Jail
here ON charges of trafficking in
babies and ON statutory charge.
She and Clarence Hines, her huS-
band, previously pleaded guilty to
had check charges and were await
ing sentence when Identified aS
connected with the baby ease.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-23

In an interview with a representa-
tive of the Arizona Gazette concern
ing the situation confronting the
state as result of the action of the
legislature, Governor Hunt made the
following statement today:
ION January the highway de-
rartment of the state of Arizona was
indebted to contractors and merchan s
of this state in the amount of about
$625,O0O, which amount could not be
fully paid before July 1. If the de-
partment was to continue, a like
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-23
PANIC SPREADS
OVER JAPANAS
SIX BANKS FAIL

LONDON, March % R)-Dispatches
from Toxic to- the Exchange Tele-
graph company announce a condi-
tion approaching financial panic
therel Three banks announced to-
day that they had closed for ADJUST
ment, making a total of five which
since the, first of the week have
heen unable to pay current with !
drawals.
The Bank of Japan has called q
meeting of bankers to consider cop
ing with Che situation. 1t is under
stood that the minister of finance
has effected a compromise by which
the unpopular bill embodying a re-
lief scheme for sufferers in the
1928 earthquake will be modified and
passed Immediately by the diet thus
eleasing about t00,000,0O0 yen which
is believed TO be sufficient to pre-
vent any further crashes.
The closing of the three banks
today started runs on number CT
the smaller institutions.
NEW YORK, March % R-six
Japanese banks having an aggre-
gate capital of S0,175,OOO yen and
total deposits of, 127,747.OOO yen have
closed their doors as a result of runs
created by uneasiness developing
ever the economic situation as II
result of the governments financial
program, it was revealed in private
cables received here today by Jap.
anese bankers The large japanese
banks have not been affected, cables
said and measures have been taken
to extend government and otner
support TO the smaller institutions.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-23
SMUGGLING PACT
: ******** **8** y *
Gasoline War Started
In Los Angeles Cuts
Price Dow. to II I-2c

: Los ANGELES, March % (P).
: The retail price of gasoline
: in 5iie Los Angeles area today
: reached the lowest level since
World war days, when Edward
l.. Dohcny, chairman of the
z board of directors of the Pam
: American Petroleum company,
: ordered "a two cents Il gallon
reduction to 141a cents, not in
Guiding the two cents state tax.
: Officers of the Pan-Amcrican
: company aEnOaHced that the
reduction was not the result of
economic condition but was
made necessary because of
. sbittcr' competition between
rival companies for gallOnage.
This was construed i'm oil
circles TO mean that the ever
increasing number of filling
stations had curtaiIed the turn
over to nonprOfitabIe basis.
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-23
ACUTE DANGER
BELIEVED To
HAVE PASSED
French Foreign Minister
States Appeasernent Is
Approaching.
GERMANY AIDS
Stresemann Reiterates De-
sire to Be Friendly With
All Europe.

PARIS, March 22 > QP)-The gov
crnments of France, Germany and
Great Britain continued their efforts
today to lessen the tension which
has arisen between Italy and Jugo
Slavia following italian charges that
Jugo Slavia has been mobilizing
troops on the Albanian frontier.
Foreign Minister stresemann of
Germany particularly, made a strong
plea for peace in u speech before
the Reichstag in Berlin He ex-
pressed the belief that thre was no
acute danger
Foreign Minister BRAND also was
optimistic tonight. After comforting
with the Italian ambassador yes.er
day and The Jugo-Slav minister to +,
day, NJ Briand remarked:
Il have an impression that we
are on the way toward appeasement
The cnancellories of the European
capitals are trying not only to con-
ciliate the present disputants but
propose, if possible, to arrive at
some arrangement to prevent re-
cuTrence of friction in the Balkans
The French and English officials
arc discussing the possibility of
some sort of Balkan Locarno'' which
would De supported by the league OF
nations. By this MEANS it is hoped
to bring all the Balkan countries
into an arrangement which would
dispel the frequent crisis in Balkan
relations
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-23
Widow Would Collect
$3.50 for Husbands
Death in Aimee Case

Los ANGELES, March % up.
Mrs. Florence l.. Harrison,
whose husband died of injuries
and exposure as a result of div
ing into the surf in an attempt
to locate the supposed body of
Mrs. Aimee Sempler Mcpherson,
evangelist, presented her claim
for $3.50 from Los Angeles at
hearing today before the
state accident commission.
While Harrison. a constable,
waSl diving off the Ocean Park
pier, where Mrs. Mcpherson was
reported to have been drowned,
the evangelist was held captive
i'm Mexico by kidnappeTS, she
said after her reappearance.
..
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-23
j. ). S.-MEXICO
GESTURES ARE
N Us STER|0US
President Confers With
Mexican Ambassador Tel
lez Tuesday.
TALK is SECRET
No Inkling Of What Trans
pires In Conference Is
Given Out.

MEXICO CITY, March p R-An~
ncuncement today that the United
States will terminate the anti ,
smuggling treaty with Mexico next
Monday, has started speculation here
as to whether this move may be
followed by the lifting of the Amer
ican embargo against shipment Of
arms into Mexico.
Many think the lifting Of the EN-
borgo would result in increased
revolutionary activity against the
Gales government
Officials of the Ungted States
embassy here confirm that they have
transmitted to he Mexican foreign
office formal notification that the
United States government has de-
llounced the anti-smugglin treaty
which will cease being effective
March 20. Both the embassy ana
the foreign office decline to COM
ment further
In other quarters, however, spec
ulation started Immediately as te
Of the arms embargo 1t is recalled
that President Gales himself, in re-
ceiving Hubert c. Herring and a
SOOQ VIII InlSSlOu OL AuHerlcdIS
early this year, declared that lifting
Of the arms embargo would pre-,
cipitate revolution Immediately
against his government by making
ii possible fer rebels to obtain arms
from the United States.
Termination of the smuggling
treaty will relieve the Mexican auth
critics of any obligation to assist
american prohibition officials in
preventing rum running from Mex
ico into the United states.
WASHINGTON, March % R-De.
velopments in the American Mexican
wrangle over oil and land legisla-
ton in Mexico advanced a step 20.
day but with no indication that the
respondence published last Novem-
Der was in sight. The state depart,
mont announced that Mexico had
been notified that the United States
would terminate the smuggling con.
vention on March %. Lack of
commercial treaty or other arrange
ments with Mexico to Safeguard
American commerce against possible
discrimination" was the reason or
ficially assigned.
The decision was reached after
Ambassador Tellez had conferred at
the temporary executive residence
tContinued to- Page Eight)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-23

BERLIN, March % (R-Apparentiy
aiming to help calm world opinion
regarding the Italo-Jugo-S ten
sion and Anglo-Russian differences
Foreign Minister Stresemann appear
ed in the Reichstag today and pub
licly formulated Germanys position
on the international situation. Ger
many, he said, does not expect this
Balkan dispute to become acute and
trusts to the general desire of all
Europe for peace to condemn severe.
ly and breach of peace. He added
however, "evcn when one views tho
situation in the calmest possible
manner. one cannot overlook the rae
that we still are far removed from
final consolidation of the general
International situation"
Referring to discords between Eng
land and Russia the foreign minister
reiterated that Germany desires to
be friendly with both nations and
opposes the idea of dividing Europe
into two camps as was the case be-
Continued on Page Seven)
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THREE INJURED
IN BIKE CRASH

NEW YORK, March 7.-As the
result Of the worst six-day bike rac-
Ing accident in sixteen years, Mrs.
Frank D. Walker, spectator, and
two riders were nursing severe in
juries today. The accident occurred
when Emile Rohrback, Of France.
and Edward Ratio, Jersey City, coll
hded while rounding a turn at Madi-
son Square Garden last night.
RohrbacE's bike, out Of con- !
troll, crashed into an iron rail.
ing, ROhrbacIx and his bicycle
were catapuIted over the railing
and into the box where Mrs.
Walker sat with her husband,
vice president Of an investment
company here.
The handlebars Of the cycle in.
flicted a nasty wound on Mrs.
Walkers forehead, and she was
thrown to the floor. Rohrback was
knocked unconscious. Ratio was less
seriously hurt.
The Mcnamara eorgetti combt-
nation, favored to win the classic,
was tied for the lead at 3 o'clock
this morning with the team OF
Goosens and Vermeerbergen. The
leaders were one lap ahead OF the
next three teams but had covered
only PIT miles and laps, far be-
hind the record.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-07
SOCCER TEAMS
REACH FINALS

Soccer enthusiasts enjoyed two
interesting soccer tits over the
weekend when the Walford and the
Concord teams entered the finals
In the Washington Soccer League
cup championship by virtue of their
victories over Marlboro and Monroe
respectively. Walford nosed out
Marlboro, to 0, while Concords de-
feated Monroe, 2 to /.
Earl and Abby Clark played
great game in the oncord-Monroe
clash, while the loss Of Jess Burton,
who helped Walford win its game,
may prove costly when the winners
Of yesterday matches meet for the
championship title. Burton injured
his shoulder during the game.
Dave Mclean played great game
for Walford.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-07
Golfers
Governor

COLUMBIA, S. c., March r.
South Cardinals now famous blue
law controversy probably win be
carried to the State supreme court,
Governor Richards intimated today.
The high court at an early date
will be asked to pass upon the
authority Of a superior court judge
restraining officers from enforcing
the law, the governor declared.
South Cardinals new governor
insisted he was positively right"
in saying that Judge Hayne r. Rice
was without authority In restraining
officers from arresting Sunday golf
ers at Aiken, winter resort, but
that he would rather go to an
extreme than to carry a point by
force"
Golf was played at the resort yes
terday after Governor Richards re.
called four State constables back
to Columbia and while no arrests
were made at Aiken, over at Cam.
den, another resort, ten local golf.
ers were nabbed.
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DURABLE
IN RING

Ruby Stein, Brooklyn Junior
lightweight, who meets Al Fore
man at the Arcadia Sporting Club,
on March is, for ten rounds has
started to get himself into the pink
OF condition.
Stein knows he has task before
him when he clashes with the hard
hitting Foreman ana Is leaving no
stone unturned to get himself into
the best condition possible. The
Brooklynite has plenty Of expert.
ence against hard punchers and 90
far has always at least held his
own against all Of them.
Foreman Il no doubt q hard
puncher, but no one would compare
him with Billy Petrolle, Of Fargo.
N. D., yet Ruby spotted PetrolIe
eight and six pounds in their first
and second meetings, respectively.
The Fargo Express was un.
able to make any impression
on the rugged Brooklyn ring
steF, just barely nOsing out
Stein in their first meeting after
the judges disagreed.
Their second meeting was a no.
decision affair with honors even
after ten furious rounds. Ruby
easily defeated Allentown Johnny
Leonard and fought Billy Petrolle,
three days later, proving the
Brooklynite's durability and what
Foreman is up against q week
from tomorrow night.
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Public Courses
| TOOpenNOOn,
Saturday

Open spring will enable un.
attached golfers to begin the season
much in advance of previous ones.
Rock Creek Park and East Potomac
Park course will open Saturday,
but not until noon. Opening time
for Sunday has been set at 8
o'clock a. m. and win remain open
until shutdown.
Both courses have been put in
first class condition, therefore, the
advance sale Of monthly and season
tickets will begin at, both courses,
Thursday morning.
Those who care to obtain lockers
may do so, starting o'clock
Thursday morning. There viii be
no advance In the price Of a round
oG BOlk
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BIC Ten IN.
HOT RACE:

CHICAGO. March with only
five games remaining on the 1927
basketball card Of the Big Ten
Conference. University Of Michigan
today reposed in first place. assured
OF at least tie for that position.
Whether the Wolverines win hold
the treasured championship berth
alone or share It with one or two
other teams will depend on games
yet to be played.
Running true to form, Michigan
81 to is. The wolverines play
night at Ann Arbor with Iowa as
the opposition. Unless all signs
fail, Iowa should meet the same
fate as Chicago. Such q result
would give Michigan undisputed
claim to the title.
Indiana, runner-up to Miclli.
gan, also has one game left to
play. The HOOsiers kept the
trail hot by beating North.
western Saturday night, "A TO
rs. Their last game will be
played Wednesday at Columbus
against Ohio State. III Michigan
should lose its final game to
Iowa, and Indiana beats Ohio
State, then Michigan and In.
diana win finish the season in
. tie for first place.
Purdue has chance to horn In
on the possible tie, but to do 20
the Boilermakers must win both Of
their remaining games. They would
have to beat Northwestern tonight
at Evanston and Chicago next Sat
urday at Lafayette. Purdue's poor
showing Saturday night against
the weak Minnesota team, when
the Boilermakers won by the mar
row margin Of point, 20 to %,
makes it anything but certain that
they can take" both Northwestern
and Chicago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-07
COLLEGES
PLAY BALL

With basketball over and spring
at hand, baseball fever has hit the
Washington colleges. Big squads
have reported at Georgetown, Mary.
land and Catholic universities, and
now are practicing daily.
Yet the most unreasonable
sport of all at this time, foot
ball, is having an extra inning
at Georgetown and Maryland.
The gridironers are hard at
work in preparation for tough
campaigns next fall.
Curly Byrd, at Maryland, and Lou
Little, at Georgetown, are searching
hopefully for material to plug gaps
in their teams.
None of the coaches in this vi
entity have found any reason to
criticize the changes made recently
in the football rules. Their opinions
In general favor the revisions.
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Warwick Five Defeats
Roses Team BY 1926

Warwick Collegians have added
another court victory to their string.
this time 1t being tho fast Epiphany
Roses five, by the score of 1925.
From the start the game was fast
and well played.
The winners, however, proved
more adept from the foul line and
Melted IA out Of as many tries.
They also bettered their opponents
in scoring from the court,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-07
Eagles Stop Olympic
Team of Baltimore

The Olympic team Of Baltimore
found the Anacostia Eagle basketers
stronger than they anticipated, for
the locals sent them home stinging
under a 1922 defeat.
The Birds jumped into an early
lead with Ralph Bonnie and Leo
Fitzgerald playing in great form.
At half time the Eagles were lead
ing 1914. Cohen, who accounted
for half OF his teams points, played
a sparkling game for the Victors.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-07
Detroit Tenpiners Are
Leading K. Of c.
Tourney

DETROIT, March detroit
pimen were setting the pace
today in the annual national
Knights Of Columbus bowling
tournament.
The leaders:
Singles: Henry Mas, Detroit,
656. Doubles: Henry Mas and
P. Bauer, 1924 and five men:
Pickups, 1902.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-07
Cue Tourney Will
Be Closed This Week

One OF the most interesting cue
matches staged at q local billiard
parlor will be brought to q close
this week at Scanlons Billiard
Parlor.
Everett Crouch, jr., win meet
Steve Uhlarick tonight at 8:15.
Tomorrow night Bert Watt and J..
D. Moye will meet, Carl Green and
Carey Martin are scheduled for
Wednesday evening.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-07
MID DIE s
CLEAN Up

with more than haIf Of the win.
ter season Of sports completed and
having met many Of their most
worthy opponents. the Naval Acad.
envy boxing. gymnastic. fencing
and water polo teams have clean
records against all collegiate foes.
The swimming team sue
cumbed 70 Princeton Satur-
day, an unexpected defeat.
However, there was little chance
that the Navy would have won
from Yale, as it lacks sprinters
and . good bachstrOke per-
former. These lacks prevent
the Naval Academy from have
4 ING really well balanced team.
The Naval swimmers are, how
ever, likely to make q very good
allowing in the Intercollegiate on
account Of their stars. On the
team are Allan, breast stroke:
Cooper. fancy diver, and Coale. mid
die distance swimmer, all Of whom
won intercollegiate championships
last year.
The Naval boxers meet Yale
. at New Haven next Saturday,
and by . comparison Of records
should win. The Navy has
yielded 60 Yale ON the elimina-
ton Of the heavyweight bout,
but this should be no handicap,
rs e has been weaker in that
class than any other this season.
Though first indications were for
q weaker team than usual. the
Naval Academy has developed, I'm.
der Coach Spike Webb, one Of its
best, its hard hitting being a fea-
ture. Captain Collins, lis pounds;
Weintraub. 12S pounds; Germ, 14k
pounds, and Coleman, lis pounds,
carry particularly telling waIlops.
Coleman has won all four Of his
fights by knockouts this wear.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-07
SELDOM BEATEN

Albert Nebes, Of Boston. national
roller-skating champ, has won us
races out Of 7S7 in competition
against the best skaters both here
and abroad.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-07
PEERLESS TRAINER

With horses valued at $3.50, 900
under his care, Max Hirsch Is the
greatest Of all racing trainers.
Last year, horses trained by him
were in the money 129 times, with
tital winnings of $11s,440.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-07
CAMP MEADE TO PLAY

Camp Meade Tank Corps basketers
are ready to meet the Company r
team Of the Hyattsville National
Guards tonight In the Hyattsville
Armory. The Tank team Is rated
one Of the best among service teams.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-07

1BIISu UNIVERSITIES HdN0 H0FUt'
been troubled by suicide waves"
said DR.. Brooks, because more
than nine-tenths Of the undergrad
yates engage in one sport or an
other.
what the American colleges
should do to stop the epidemic Of
suicides il to force, directly or
indirectly, al their students to take
outdoor exercise.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-07
HOCKEY INCUBATOR

The Ontario Hockey Association.
the largest organization Of its kind
in the world, is nearing its fortieth
birthday. Practically all Of the pro-
fessional hockey players were devel-
oped in this league.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-07
lays STUDENT SUICIDES
To SPORTS STAR MANIA
BY H. K. Reynolds

OXFORD, England, March The American mania for star
college athletes is partially responsible for the
suicides the United States according to the view Of Dr. Walter
Oxford University in interview with the International
Service today.
all students forced to take outdoor engage
athletics instead of all concentration being
ton of few star athletes Dr. Brooks believes
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In case emergencies demanding I'M.
mediate action confront you. the
@WhO'g Who" columns OF The Times
and Herald Classified Section offer bus
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OWENS TO REPORT

Lem Owens, popular local baseball
player, is today speeding on his way
to Memphis to report for training.
Owens attracted the attention OF
Manager Clyde Milan Of the Mem..
pllis team last season.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-07
PLAYS For LOVE

DR.. Milan Vidmar, Of Jugoslavia,
one Of the modern chess wizards, is
a professor Of electrical engineering
and pays his own expenses in the
tournaments In which he completes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-07
ENJOYING HIMSELF

Bobby Cruikshank, midget Scotch.
man. who has established himself as
the best tournament player of the
winter season, has won almost
$4,000 in prizes thus far.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-07
RUNS m THE FAMILY

Archie Loeffler, Willow Springs,
Texas, golf pro. has some fifteen
brothers and cousins all engaged
in golfing proclivities.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-07
OLYMPlcS

The first modern Olympic Games
were held at Athens in 1896. al
though this ancient Greek sporting
event dates back to 1907 b. c.
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Many folks are searching for employ
nIent-sOme OF them are advertising
their wants I'm tOday's Situation Wanted
columns. See The Times and Herald
Classified Section. perhaps the man you
need for your firm is asking for work
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The washington center win con-
cede almost three inches in height
to Lopchick, but hopes to over
come the handicap by superior
jumping.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-07
HQRE MANS
!. AND HOPPE
('L ASH
Ii V2ASR7NcToN TINES SPORTS g g
by r. b. Thomas

Keyed to 9 pitch Of NERVOUSNESS
&hat would be the undoing of an
average performer. the seven bill.
Hard geniuges In the world 1872
balkIine championship tournament
IN the Arcadia Auditorium have
reached the stage where the com.
petition. as Eric Hagenlacher. the
German. puts It, Is .'toff." In good
old American that means tough.
Eric miscues a little when applying
Yankee English.
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"As long as Oxford and Cam
bridge Iay stress on games, as
they do now, there will never
be any need for 'anttsuicide
Clube' here.