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pie and blue. They're what Able
KabIbble calls ''fa They
have autographed eP pie eK Fay
King and p. L. Cro-Ss awings
All you have to do Ii to copy
down the line, make up your rhyme
and then send It with your name.
address and school to the SLICK
ERITE Editor, Washington Times,
Hearst Building, Washington. D. c.
And get it in the mail as early AZ
possible.
Two days later the winners will
be printed in the Times. On Monday
the Saturday winner will be printed.
Here's today's line
Skippy's DUST u Playful Lad
Now there are lot of words that
rhyme with lad. such as mad, bad
cad sad and whole lot more
Here's a hint.
Try and be original.
Study the rhyn1ing lines OF those
who have won slickers. Hit on that
happy line which is clever and
catchy.
That's what makes hit with the
SLICKERITE editor.
Answers Are Good
Washington boys and girls are
sure a credit to their teachers.
The addresses on tile letters, which
are running about 800 a day, are cor.
rect.
The names are spelled correctly
and the wording and spacing is good.
The last lines are a real credit to the
boys and girls and their teachers and
parents.
Here are the winners Of the Kabi
bic last line which appeared in Tue
days Times:
Able Kabibble's a nifty gent.
The best the comic gods have
John r. MilIilSin,
434 Critteiiden st. N. w.
But to speak good English, he
simply kent"
re-. ~ Raymond Bates,
426 Tenth st. N. e.
Oy! But such q ph0y accent.
Rosetta Marsh,
40 Seventeenth st, S. e.
Oy! How he could squeeze .
Helen Farhood,
1855 LaIlier PI, N. W.
On tickling our funny-bone he's
Mary Jane HARRINGTON,
1922 Quebec ri. N. w.
The girls have q slight edge on
the boys.
Don't quit.
Keep trying, maybe you'll win
one OF those Handsome sIickers
The SLICKERITE editor reports
that Rosella Marsh won on her
second trial More tomorrow.
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are probably peeved that it has been
given publicity"
Mr.. Notes also denied that he had
authorized the case to be dropped.
Gordon. and Notes. each received
letters threatening some dire mis-.
fortune unless they left money in
designated vacant apartments.
The letter to the former demanded
$4,000 and the one to the latter
$4,000.
The realtor furnished the police
with the name of another real
estate operator whom he said was
in constant need Of money ami
when he thought might be the
writer of the letter.. ...-
Since. Notes does not know this
man and the letters apparently
came from the same person or per.
sons. police are inclined to disre.
gard this man as q suspect.
Police yesterday placed money in
the places designated by the so.
called blackmailer but ne or she
failed to arrive upon the schedule
set out in the letters.
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81 $4,000 Sc I
FOR GARDEN

A total appropriation OF 81.
e7S.ooo is to be asked Of Congress
for the purchase Of land in the
construction of a conservatory in
the new Botanic Gardens.
This was decided upon by the
joint Congressional committee on
the Library today. An appropria.
ton Of 100000 will be necessary
for the purchase OF a few squares
directly south OF the present gar.
dens and $4,000 will be required
for the new conservatory, which
will be the finest structure Of lite
kind in the country. +
The Budget Bureau is to be
asked to authorize this expenditure
as an amendment to the second de-
ficiency bill, to be presented to
Congrsse within the next week.
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He ADS SECRET
rum WORK

Major Philip Hamlin, Of Quincy,
Mass, today was appointed chief
prohibition Investigator in charge
Of undercover work. He relieves
Vincent Simonton who was made
assistant legal officer of the dry
unit.
Hamlin's appointment indicates A
change Of policy regarding the
Governments under.cover acr:vities3
Simonton had charge of the Gov.
ernment's linder.cover work Ia New
York and other places which ret
suited in sharp Congressional at,
tack. 1t was revealed that the
Government had conducted speak;
easies and other schemes to Ell trap
liquor law violators.
Hanlin IL now assistant prohi.
bition administrator for New Eng
land with headquarters in Boston.
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polite effort to side-track the pro.

q polite effort to side-track the pro.
posals.
A widespread impression prevails
here that President Coolidge intends
to exercise pressure through the
debts owed the United States to
force France to accept the proposals.
How far such a measure would
succeed is problematical.
French naval circles are aroused
over the proposals. since they are
still sinartinR under the decision of
the Washington conference placing
France IN q naval equality with
Italy.
In newspaper circles there are
many suggestions that President
Coolidge is aiming d torpedo at
both the League of Nations and
the Leagues disarmament con-
ference.
The Petit Journal points out the
improbability OF acceptance of Pres.
TENT Coolidge's proposition since
II In necessary for the League coun.
Gil and assembly to discuss and
approve any notifications in the
program of the Leagues preplra.
tory disarmament commission.
"The United States would gain
by the realization of this policy.
which would Furthermore permit
President Coolidge to realize his
great ambition to be one of the
Apostles of Peace" said LIE Petit
Parisien. 1.-THE Coolidge proposition
attempts to sweep the French dis
armament thesis from the table.
The French thesis demands first
interdependence OF security ard dis.
armament: secondly, consideration of
war personalities, and third, the
entity OF land. sea and air arma-
ments."
President Coolidge IL probably
haunted by the 1928 electoral cam.
paign, where his chances of success
are doubtful" said the Echo De
Paris. 1.-THE best thing to do is
to submit the proposition to the
League Council. For once the
council can be Of some use."
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materially improved since 1921, and
in addition there has arisen Musso-
lini IN Italy. with his outgpoken am.
bition to revive the glories Of the
ancient Roman empire, with the
Mediterranea as its lake.
1t Is an ambition that France has
regarded in recent years with dis
tinct distrust and misgiving, as ex-
emplified by some recent fist bran.
dishing In both Paris and Rome.
II France and Italy now accept the
Coolidge proposal--that auxiliary
naval craft be limited generally along
the ratio fixed by the Washington
Conference--it means that both
countries accept, probably for all
time. position or naval inferiority
10 the three principal naval powers
OF the world. the United States,
Great Britain and Japan.
The ratio was established by the
Washington Conference as 5,5.3-1.67.
1.67--Great Britain and the United
States with 5. Japan with 3. and 1.67
each for France and Italy.
The Coolidge proposal is a direct
challenge TO the whole French posi-.
ton on disarmament. and for that
reason there was little expectation
today of an early favorable response
from Paris
President Coolidge has now taken
the matter out of the n1orass Of
theoretical discussion at Geneva
and placed it coldly on the table
for acceptance or rejection.a He has
proposed that there be action In
stead of talk, and he has said that
Americas delegates at. Geneva on
March 81 will be empowered to me-
gotiate actual treaties. Accordingly,
the French will not have much time
to make up their minds. March 81
lie only some six weeks away.
The Presidents move came as a
complete surprise, 1t was indicated
today. not only to Europe but to
Congress as wen. There is reason
to believe, however. that Great
Britain was not unduly shocked.
The positions OF Washington and
London on the question Of disarma.
ment are so close that Il is sus-
pected that the American govern
ment would not, have moved SO
boldly had it not been assured be-
forehand that the move would be
welcomed in Downing Street.
The bigger Navy bloc announced
today, however, they will not aban.
don their fight to add three cruisers
to the American Navy Immediately.
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snug. comfortable rooms in deslra Bile
districts are listed daily in the Rental
Columns Of The Times ana Herald
CLASSIFIED section,
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Times STAFF Photo
PETE DALEY

late from the fixed practice of the
Army or to make any exceptions
from Army regulations in the case
Of Lieutenant Colonel Bell,
The actio. was taken in executive
session and ii is not known whether
an active fight was made by any
of the committee members to per-
nit the Engineer Commissioners to
remain at his post.
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NOTED RAIL MAN
!. DIES BY LEAP

by INTERNATIONAL news service
SAN FRANCISCO. FEB. 11.--After
beating q, nurse and barricading the
door. Edward Chambers, IS vice
president of the Santa Fe railroad,
leaped to his death today from his
room il: st. Luke s Hos.
pital, here.
Surgeons at the hospital expressed
the belief that the Chicago rail.
road executive had experienced a,
sudden attack of insanity. He was
recovering from a minor operation
performed 10 days ago. ..
Chambers awoke early this morn.
ing and suddenly attacked the night
nurse, Miss Florence Yatas. who
was sleeping in a chair beside his
bed. The nurse. after struggle,
broke away and ran into the corr
ridor, screaming for help.
Chambers started TO follow her,
then seeing other nurses rush up,
he returned to his room and locked
the door. When doctors and attend-
ants tried to enter. the demented
rail executive smashed the lock
with a blow from a chair. The ter.
rified Attendants then heard him
tearing about the room in a frenzy,
breaking up everything.
Finally the door was broken down.
As the hospital staff started to
enter his. room. Chambers. leaped
from the window sill, falling four
stories to concrete surface, ).
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BY HAROLD r. FLORY

PARIS, Feb. 1.-THE French
government today declined to make
any comment on President. Cool.
idge's disarmament proposals until
it has consulted Great Britain and
Italy and the Cabinet has given con-
sideratiou to the matter.
The Foreign Office admitted that
the proposals came as "a great sur.
prise"
There seemed but little doubt that
the French government would make
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3|l De. GREE
IN BUSCH
CASE
CLUMSY THING THEN
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trict Jail who testified that he ex.
amined gun-shot wound In Nor
eno's left leg q couple days fol.
lowing the shooting.
As the result Of his examination.
he recommended that the boy We
placed under treatment, and Mrs.
Anna Hart. social worker, who
testified she had known Moreno
since his childhood.
Ole Friend Talks
She told Of difficulty Bhe had ex.
perienced in seeing Moreno at either
the Tenth precinct or headquarters
police stations, when she had
learned that he was held In connec-
ton with the shooting.
She said that as boy. Moreno
always, had displayed q certain
slowness Of Lind, nd that she had
come lin contact with him shortly
after three of his fingers were &C
cidentally blown off. by the explo-
sion of g. cartridge.
She said that- when she saw him,
at the Tenth precinct station two
days. after the Shooting, he was cry
ing and apparently in pain.
Defense Motive
The defnese apparently was seek
Ing to show that Moreno had made
, the statement while in great pain
and suffering from the effects of a
heavy incubation Of anti-tetanus
serum land that any statement was
given through pressure by the police.
while, he was in a state OF mind
which would prevent him from pay
.,ing close to the statement that he
/. signed.
!, Busch and his partner, Frank
l.. Ach, Tenth precinct policemen.
were shot when they attempted to
/, arrest the four men on Upshur
Street near Grant Circle early on
the. morning of last September 20.
Busch died two days later, while
Ach survived to be the prosecu-
TONS star witness. <
Accuse Each Other
Thus, tar in the testimony of the
defense, Proctor and Moreno have
pointed. the finger Of accusation
at each other, each denying it
was he who fired at Busch.
In his testimony Proctor, who
said he is '18, said he did not have
a gun and that ''either Moreno or
Eagles began the shooting, while
Moreno was emphatic in his dec
laration that Proctor passed the
word along to him and Eagles,
as they were being escorted by
the officers. to 'put the things on
en- and a moment later wheeled
and fired point-blank at Busch.
Both have testified that McCabe
did not have q gun, did not fire and
had been drunk during. the entire
night while the trio of others
staged a series. of hold.ups out on
the Baltimore Pike.
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ToDAY's SCRATCHES
E. P. BATEMAN
At New Orleans

FIRST RACE--our Luck. Mary witt.
Fair Lark, sheepsheaas Bay. 1ndra.
sEcoND RAcR--Bonas sg1ure. Climax.
Repeater. Junlata. Lucky fscnna. Hawk
THIRD RACE Colonel Seth. Leila.
ShAdowy, Fine Manners lest Friend.
SIXTH RACE--Kiyi. DaBe1lg Fool
SEVENTH RACE--Never nst, Tippe-
mir. Realization, See BEa Amy A..
weather. clear; track. fast,
AT Miami
FIRST RAcE--Ssa Hawk, Davenport
SECOND RAcE--owena. princess
Tina, Regal Stranger. Out step, Storm
Maiden, Sweet Polly Colored Servant.
THIRD RACE--Overdraft
FOURTH RACE--Gareth. Brown
Trout. Slow Time Nabisco, Coyne.
Weather, clear; track fast
At Havana
FIRST RAcE--pantsics village Of
Hit Mountain Slide. Miss Loving May
SECOND RAcE--poubIe star. Cissr
View, Henry Fox Bltsy Bee, Pueblo
THIRD RAcE-Eik Crest, commits.
sioner cahii. Tar Baby sea Pen, Lady
Nswtown, verbena, Rambler F1oy Lii
FOURTH RAcE--sunny Girl, Actaeon.
qsSGsvENrH RAcE-HAmpton Ml.a
" wsatAsr. clear, track. fast.
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Crew Is Rescued When
Italian Steamer Sinks

DOVER, England, Feb. III. The
Danish steamer Signe collided with
the Italian steamer francesca
Ciampa in heavy fog In the Eng.
lish Channel today.
!. The Italian steamer sunk. but her
entire crew was rescued by the Signe.
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the other two cars coming south
on Sixth Street. One was driven
by Lawrence q. Hawkins, 1O11
Irving st. N. W., the other bv Ed.
ward A. Cooke, 1922 willard St.
N, W., both colored.
All three cars swerved Ii an eff.
fort to prevent collision but ran
together at the southwest corner
OF the intersection. The big bus
was damned against a tree by the
two smaller cars. The damage was
slight
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AS Years with Santa .Fe

CHICAGO, Feb. 11.-Edward w.
Chambers was declared today by
w. B. Storey. president of the
Santa Fe, to be zone of the greatest
railway traffic officials in America,
perhaps the greatest"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-28
SOX Will BEAT
ARMY If TAKES
ALL SUNNI Err

The feud between Camp Harry J.
Jones and the White SoX is raging
and will break out again Sunday
afternoon at o'clock at the Tenth
street ball park when the White SoX
will try with all they've got to take
the game. They lost with 10 to
IS finish last Sunday to the army
team in one of the bitterest con-
tests ever played in this city.
This Sunday Corporal Clark OF
Camp Jones, who is captain of the
army team and one of the best ball
players in the state intends to put
Corporal Adams on the mound and
hold Corporal Dancy and Private
Bird in reserve. This means. that
| Camp Jones will have bunch of
pitchers on hand that will hold the
SoX down to next to nothing
Corporal Deeming will catch for
the army. He can grab all the hot
ones and put them where they should
go and the Sox are spending the
week framing a set of batteries to
go in against this gang of fighting
men who have been winning pen
nants in army tournaments for years.
The SOx are confident. They state
that they intend to play the army
| team until they win if it takes all
summer The grandstand at the
park has been completely repaired
and is in fine shape, There is ad-
ditional space for the parking of SO
cars. Last Sunday saw a large crowd
at. the game but this week it is
expected to be about twice as big.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-28
Americans in First
And Second Place In
British Golf Tourney

LEEDS, Eng, July II F-William
Mehlhorn and Larry Nabholtz, the
only Americans in the Yorkshire
Evening News thousand guineas golf
tournament, occupied first and Sec
ond places respectively. among the
80 qualifiersl at the end OF today's
play.
Mehlhorn's total for the two
rounds, yesterday and today, was
14O. Nabholtz was only one stroke
behind.
George Duncan the famous Brit
ish golfer, made a sensational round
of 68 today, duplicating Mehlhorn'S
score Of yesterday and equalling the
course record. He took rs 20 negoti
ate the 70 holes yesterday
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-28
N. Y. ELIMINATED
FOR TITLE BOUT
BY TEX RICHARD

NEW YORK, July 81 R-Before
leaving late today for Chicago, prob
able scene OF Gene Tunneys heavy
weight title defense against Jack
Dempsey this fall, Tex Rickard dealt
what appeared to be final blow TO
New YorkS chances Of staging the
seasons fistic plum.
Although Rickard declared he will
not know for at least two days where
the fight will take place, he COM
pletely overruled the suggestion of
Charles A.. Stoneham, president of
the New York Giants. that the Polo
grounds here offered a site large
enough to accommodate a $2,000,00C
house at $50 top.
Stcnehain's statement. which, in
effect, offered the promoter use OF
the grounds, was made "in fairness
to the press and all lovers of box
ing" AS proof that there is a
"place in New York City large enough
to warrant Richards conducting the
proposed Tunney-DempSey contest
here at a. profit to the promoter.
Coming after the announcement
yesterday of James A. Farley, chair
man of the New York state athletic
commission, that he expects the
fight to be. held in this city, Stone
hams statement aroused consider
able conjecture as to the probability
of the battle site landing in New
York after ALL
It was pointed out by business
iVAko &c hof inlrC CrSl
gained sizeable profit from the
heavyweight elimination tournament
and that undoubtedly pressure would
be brought to bear to stage the final
of the series before the same fans
who patronized the earlier matches.
Nevertheless, Rickard. apparently
eliminated New York from consider
alton when he declared that he was
"more concerned with the seating
capacity than the top price" for
seats at the September renewal of
last falls record breaking struggle.
What I want is an arena seat
ing 125,0OO or more spectators and
New York has none of that sort. .
Rickard declared. Chicago offers
that and SO does Philadelphia and
in both cities top price seats can
be sold for $50 in comparison with
the $25 maximum here But my
mind is still open and won't know
definitely where the fight will take
place until I return from Chicago"
A crowd of over 10000 could not
be handled adequately at the Polo
grounds, Rickard said. Less than that
number paid to see the Dempsey
Firpo match and choked the arena
he added.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-28
SISLER INJURED

NEW YORK, July q (R-GeOrge
Sisler, star first baseman of the
Browns, will be lost to the st. Louis
lineup for about week as result
of an injury to his left ankle. Sisler
turned on his leg sliding to the plate
on steal of home at the Yankee
stadium yesterday and after ne got
into uniform before today's game,
the injury was SO painful he was
obliged to retire.
Outfielder Harry Rice, who injur-
ed his side in a slide to the plate
yesterday was also unable to play
today. With Schultz and Schang
also out with injuries, the Browns
were left badly crippled.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-28
SPEED DEVILS TRIMMED

Captain Peryra'S All Stars won their
second straight game yesterday eve
ming by taking the Speed Devils to
an 8-3 trimming. The pitching of
Gotta was responsible for the Speed
Devils losing as he held the opposing
batsmen to six hits. Gotta got good
support throughout while McRae's
support was ragged at times. Krentz,
LauX and Dixon played good ball.
Rubio, Rivera, Molina and Peryra all
made hits that counted in the five
run rally in the second inning.
The Swastika's went into the league
lead as result of the All Stars vic
tory.
McRae drove in two runs with q
sharp single through second in the
fifth. A third run came in on Hiatt'S
infield out.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-28
American League

NEW YORK, July q, R)-The
Yankees drubbed the Browns, 4 to /
today. marking the 14th setback of
the st. Louis club at the hands of
the New Workers this season. Lou
Gehrig broke up a mound struggle be-
tween Ballou and Pennock by connect
ing for his 33rd home run in the 9th
inning with Ruth on base. The blow
put Gehrig in a tie with Ruth for
home run honors. During the same in
ming Tony Lazzeri drove out his 18th
homer. Penock yielded only three
hits.
Before the contest, Frank O'Rourke
of the Browns was presented with a
diamond ring by admirers from Eliza
beth NJ 7 lodge of OMOSe.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-28
National League

PITTSBURGH, July 81 0)-Pitts-
burgh resumed undisputed leadership
in the National league by defeating
Brooklyn by 2 to l today while the
Cubs were losing to the Giants. Vic
Aaldridge hooked up in a pitching
duel with Dazzy Vance, the former
allowing the Robins only five hits,
After Brooklyn leveled the score in
the 9Th the Pirates came back in
their half of the inning and Tailed
on Paul Waner's double followed by
two sacrifices
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-28

Bull Dodgers VS.. Senators at 1870.
Senator'S VS.. Mohawks at 3 p, IN.
Yanks VS.. SWastika at 5 p. M.
The Speed Devils were little un-
settled in the first two innings. In
tic first inning especially they al
lowed five 1u11s, one OF which prob
ably would have been, but for a few
'aobbles" The remainder OF the
game was very good ball by boz
teams.
The All Stars played good ball to
the man Their work in the outer
gardens was especially good. Gotta
looked good on the mound and was
given better support than McRae OF
the Speed Devils.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-28
OPE-WALKING RECORD

LOS ANGELES, July q, R-Sump-
ter Shaw, of Phoenix, Ariz., broke his
own four hour marathon slack rope
walking record here this afternoon and
continued to teeter back and forth in
hopes of keeping on his unsteady
perch all night.
The wire stretched across the top Of
the marquiSe of q local theatre. Shaw
{ limited his diet to one glass of water
per hour.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-28
BLLI5Yz'
FAAA[SIl
OQtf&
EXCEPTIONS TO RULE

UnqueStionably this is the era OF
slugging in baseball.
A powerful offense, featuring a cou-
pie of home run hitters, goes far to-
wards a winner.
However, there are two major
league clubs, the Chicago Cubs and
Washington, who are disproving the
accepted belief that a good offense is
baseballs greatest asset.
The Cubs rank seventh in the bat
ting averages of the National league,
while Washington holds down the
same position in the American. The
Cubs, some Is points less than Wash
ington, are out in front in the Ma
tional Washington is runner-up to
the Yankees.
These two clubs have been favroed
with excellent pitching, the Cubs par
ticularly, and they have obliged by
backing up the pitching in sensational
style.
New York is distancing the rest
of the American league field be-
cause it has excellent pitching, a
good defense and a phenomenal
Olfense, featuring Ruth and Geh-
rig.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-28
AMERICAN LEAGUE
YESTERDAYS RESULTS
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Boston To; Cincinnati 2-5.
Brooklyn /; Pittsburgh 2.
New York 6; Chicago 4.
Philadelphia 8; st. Louis 9.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-28
AMERICAN LEAGUE

st. Louis L; New York A.
Detroit 5; Philadelphia l.
Chicago Z; Washington 4.
Cleveland-Boston: postponed, rain.