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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-03
Earl to Sell Properties.

DUNGANNON. County Tyrone. Ire
land. March Gp-The Earl of Ran
furly. a descendant of William Penn.
has decided to sell Northland House
and his other properties in Tyrone.
His decision, which is attributed to
heavy postwar taxation. means the
severing of a link which has bound
his family with Ulster since 1892.
Lord RAnfurly possesses several
books and documents which belonged
to William Penn. II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-03
GROCER WOUNDED
BY STORE BANDIT
Shooter Is One of Gang OF
Four in AutO-ViCtim in
Serious State.

Four negro bandits. travelling in an
cally wounded Nathan Menick. 80
years old, in his store at 626 Fourth
street northeast. and were only pre-
vented from holding up Morris Levy,
storekeeper. 2o12 Third street, by IS
year-old Harry Levy, who drove them
from the store by bombarding them
with bottles.
His lung torn by bullet which
entered his back below the heart, Mr..
Menick Is In serious condition at
Casualty Hospital although physi'
clans there said that he was holding
his own" this morning. He is the
father of Ave small children.
Asked for Candy.
The four men entered the Menick
store shortly after o'clock. One OF
them asked 9-year-old Sol Menick,
who was helping his father, for some
candy. Another approached Mr..
Menick, who turned his back to get
something from shelf. As he did
so, the bandit drew revolver and
fired. the storekeeper falling to the
floor only a few feet from his 12-year'
old daughter Ruby, who was standing
in a doorway leading to living room
at the rear of the store.
Brushing by customer, Mrs. Lii
liam Morrison, 620ia Fourth street
northeast. the gunman ran from the
store, accompanied by his compan'
ions. alarmed by the screams OF the
little girl and boy.
Cries I'm Shot"
Regaining his feet. the wounded
man staggered into the rear room,
where his wife, Mrs. Sarah Menick,
was nursing 10.months-old Thelma.
and cried:
I'm shot"
Obtaining his pistol he reeied
as an alarm. The bandits had already
made off in their car, described by
neighbors as Ford touring car.
Four Suspects Freed.
After firing the shots the injured
man fell to the sidewalk and was taken
to Casualty Hospital by Policemen
Robert Langdon of the Ninth Precinct,
who arrived with Lieut.. Sidney d.
Marks few minutes after the shoot
ing. Ninth Precinct police later ar
rested four suspects, but released
them after they had established salts
factory alibis.
Less than half an hour after the
attempted hold up Of the Menick store.
four colored men in Ford touring car
drove up in front of the store Of Mr..
Levy. Three of them went into the
store. the fourth remaining at the
wheel.
Mr.. Levy was standing near the
cash register when the trio entered.
Recalling that bandits had invaded
stores in the neighborhood. he became
alaramed and called in Jewish to his
wife and son, Harry, who were In
back room:
Come in here; / don't like the faces
OF these men,"
Gun Bullet Fails.
The son entered the room Just In
time to see one of the intruders point
a revolver at his father and pull the
trigger. The hammer snapped several
times. but the gun failed to go off.
The boy stopped down behind the coun-
ter; grabbed two bottles of soda and
let fly at the bandits. One Of them
hit the man with the gun on the face
He ran out Of the store and his ac-
followed him.
Police are working on the theory
that the bandits responsible for last
nights crimes are the same despera-
does who held up three storekeepers
Tuesday night, obtaining $40. Last
night they failed to obtain anything.
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George F. Baker Improves.

BRUNSWICK, Ga. March CP).-
George F. Baker, New York financier,
was reported greatly improved today
by E. n. Groh, superintendent Of the
Jekyl Island Club, where Mr.. Baker
is spending the Winter. Mr.. Groh
said Mr.. Baker was able to eat break
fast and probably would go for ar
automobile ride during the day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-03

NEW YORK, March 3 R.-Rev.
John Stuart Coming OF New York, di.
rector Of the Department OF Jewish
Evangelism of the Presbyterian Board
of National Missions. will represent
the Presbyterian Church In the United
States at two European conferences
on the relation Of the Christian Church
to Judaisfn and the Jews, 1t was an
nounced Today.
Conferences will be held In Buda.
pest Apfn 2 . 70. and at Warsaw
April 1910 IS
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Nv the Associated Press.

Nv the Associated Press.
WEYMOUTH, Bingham March g.
Fire today destroyed the historic
wing of Gloucester Hotel in which
King George III signed the treaty
OF 1888. acknowledging the independ-
ence of the United States.
In the same wing the King received
the news OF Lord Nelson's victory
over Napoleon's feet at Trafalgar In
1905, In which Nelson was killed.
King George III and Queen Char
lotte made their Summer home In
the wing OF the hotel, which com
,prissd GlaucesteE lodge. Il Eaa On
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LENROOT TO ENTER
LAW PRACTICE HERE
Will Become Senior Partner, with
Hanson, Smith and Lovett
Other Firm Members.

Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin, who
goes out of the Senate tomorrow, Is
to practice law in Washington. it was
formally announced today. There
have been many rumors he would be
appointed by the President to q Fed
eral Office. and perhaps Secretary Of
State in the event of the retirement
of Secretary Kellogg.
Senator Ienroot will become senior
partner in the Arm of Lenroot. Han.
son, Smith & Lovett. with Offices in
the Southern Building.
The other members OF the firm are
Elisha Hanson, John Lewis Smith and
Eliot C~Lovett.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-03
POLICY is COMMENDED.
House Foreign Affairs COMMITTEES
Upholds Presidents Stand.

BY the Associated Press.
President Coolidge's Nicarag,lsn
policy was commended yesterday in
report by the House foreign affairs
committee on the Fairchild resolution
proposing that the House indorse the
administrators action. The resol,,.
ton recently was approved by the
committee over the protest of Demo.
cratic members.
Drafted by Representative Fair.
child, Republican, New York, the re-
port said that the information fur.
nished, Congress by President Coolidge
in his special message on the Nacara.
guam situation fully justified an nm.
divided support of the President nv
all patriotic citizens in and out of
Congress"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-03
Flames Destroy Wing of Famous Hotel
Where King Acknowledged y. S. Freedom

the waterfront at Weymouth that
George III introduced sea bathing into
England and a band used to 70 to
the beach and play God Save the
King"
The fire occurred early this morn
ing. many guests fleeing in their
night clothes. William DECKER, a
page, climbed waterpipe so feet to
ledge near the roof, where he
smashed a bedroom window and res
cued two women, guiding them one
at time around the ledge to ladders
In the rear. Later he returned and
saved their jewelry1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-03
WILL BE ENVOY TO SIAM.
Harold Orville Mackenzie Of Cap
ital Is Named Minister.
Nv the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
Harold Orville Mackenzie Of the Dis
trict of Columbia was nominated yes
terday by President Coolidge as Min
lister to Siam.
He was born In Trenton. N. j., April
81, 1894; Is a graduate Of Yale and
for the past few years has been In
the advertising department OF Dor
rance & Co., publishers Of foreign
trade material. In which capacity he
has travelled extensively.
He succeeds William W. Russell,
who retired from the diplomatic serv-
Ice December 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-03
NEW PHONES ARE READY.


Hand set telephones, with the re-
ceiver and transmitter on single
handle. will be available now to local
subscribers of the Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Co.. c. T. Clagett,
division manager at the local ONCE,
announced today.
Although these sets are not better
telephonically, Mr.. Clagett said. than
the ordinary style desk or wall phone.
they will be introduced for subscrib-
ers who believe they are more con-
venient A small increase In monthly
charges will be made where these
phones are installed, he said. Only
q limited number will be available
fog some months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-03
University Cancels
Classes to Honor
Alaskan Dog Hero


BOSTON. March 3.--For the first
time in local history, a university
viii suspend classes 10 welcome a
dog.
Northeastern University an
nounced the departure yesterday
through Carl p. Ell. vice president,
who disclosed that a student coun.
ell petition for cessation Of academ.
ic activity tomorrow afternoon had
been approved.
The animal. an Alaskan husky.
In To be the gift Of Ieonhard Sep
pala, famous sled dog derby winner
and hero of the Nome serum race
several years ago.
The students plan a parade from
the North Station 10 the univer-
sity grounds. whore President
Frank Palmer spesre will accept
the new mascot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-03

RAPID CITY. s. Oak, March 8 Gp.-
Herbert Gray, 16, high school student,
shot himself through the heart with a
.22-caliber rife last night after lock-
ing himself in his room. Brooding
bean the cause.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-03

LONDON. March OP.-The army
estimates again show a reduction this
year. The 1927 estimates, made
public today, provide for net expendi-
lures of 41,565,000. compared with
f42.500, 900 in 1925 and f44,7s3,329 in
1925. The estimates provide for a
maximum army personnel of 166,5OO
officers and men. which la an in
crease of 100 over last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-03
DEMAND JURY TRIAL.
Two Accused of Running Rum
Obtain Bail.

Richard A. Manager OF Baltimore
and Thomas Jefferson Brooks OF Rich
mond, charged with transporting ZOE
gallons of liquor. when arrested by
Sergt. George M. Little and Revenue
Agent Schultz on Bladensburg road
last night, entered pleas of not guilty
in Police Court today and demanded
jury trials. Judge John F. Mcmahon
fixed the bonds at $500 each.
Manager. alleged driver Of the au-
tonnobile. also was charged with car
rying a concealed weapon. He de-
MED the charge and a bond Of $4,000
was fixed by the court.
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IS OF ST0RM-T0SSED
SHIPS IN PERIL OFF
ATLANTIC COAST
Continued from First Page.)

reported to Coast Guard headquarters
this morning that the barge Bangor
is drifting helplessly with both her
anchors gone. about % miles off Cape
Henry. She is moving south at the
rate of about knots an hour. The
barges were both being lowed by the
tug Bath Gate of the Southern Trans
portation Co.. and they broke adrift
between Hog Island and Chincoteague.
The Bath Gate stayed as long as
possible and came back to Sewells
Point, returning this morning to aid
the Coast Guard Cutter Mascoutin in
searching for the barges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-03
Lays Straus Corner Stone.

JERUSALEM, March JP.---In the
presence OF large gathering. Field
Marshal Baron Plumer, British high
commissioner In Palestine. yesterday
laid the corner stone OF the Nathan and
Lima Straus Health Center. Nathan
straus. New yQEk, provided the funds
SaE the work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-03
Chains Clean Chimneys.

Chimneys, especially those In soft
coal districts, require cleaning from
time to time. This task can be made
easier by using a bundle of automo.
bile skid chains on the end of a rope
for scraping. the SCOT from the .hues,
says Ne Popular Science Magazine. )
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-03
7EauLE.AN-HOUR WIND.
Coast Storm Is Central Southeast OF
Nantucket.
~ -


The coast storm was charted by the
Weather Bureau today as central
about $50 miles southeast Of Nan.
tucket. The highest wind velocity 80
far reported was "a miles an hour
from the northeast at Highland Light,
Mass.
Freezing weather and killing frost
were reported today from Jacksonville.
GAINESVILLE, Orlando and Pensacola
Fla, and Mobile, Ala.
The temperature is expected to re-
main below normal tonight east Of
the Mississippi River. although 1t will
rise slowly on Friday. except in New
England. Warmer weather generally
in the East is expected Saturday.
Killing frost is probable tonight in
extreme northern Florida and light
frost as far south as Miami
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-03
MILLS TO TAKE OFFICE.
Will Be Sworn In as Undersecre
tAry of Treasury Tomorrow.


tAry Of Treasury Tomorrow.
Ogden L. Mills of New York, whose
term as a member Of Congress ex-
pires tomorrow. will be sworn in to-
morrow as Undersecretary of the
Treasury. His nomination was con-
firmed by the Senate February /, since
which time he has been continuing
officially as a member of Congress,
but spending much Of his time at the
Treasury Department becoming ac-
quainted with the position, which is
second only to the Secretary Of the
Treasury.
Mr.. Mills by taking the oath tomor.
row will be enabled to sign his own
name to documents for the first time,
although 1t is known that he has
been functioning as undersecretary
for some time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-03
Husband Doesn't
Have to Listen to
Wife, Court Holds


KANSAS CITY. kans.. March 3.
A man doesn't have to listen to
his wife's talk II he doesn't want
to. rules County Judge G. A. Miller.
He refused to modify an order
restraining Mrs. Huldah Neuge-
bauer from attempting to converse
with her spouse. Andrew Neuge-
bauer.
She also is enjoined from lay
ing hands upon" her husband.
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Journalism Instructor Dead.

IOWA CITY, Iowa, March 3 0P.
Prof. c. H. Weller, 81, head OF the
department Of Journalism at the Uni
versity of Iowa, since its founding
In 1924. died today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-03
BAND CONCERT.
Tonight.

By the United States Navy Band
orchestra, at the Marine Barracks,
8 o'clock, Charles Benter, leader.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-17

hundreds of priests and Levites who dared to approach it too closely. It must surely have been charged with an accumulation of forces unknown to us to-day"
 Of course, it is not generally believed that the "curse" inscribed on the slab over Shakespeare's grave has the ter rible potency that has been ascribed to the so-called curse of the Pharaohs. but there are plenty of people who are con- vinced that it would be just as we'll not to go into the tomb in Stratford Church.
 It is not recorded that either 'Dr. Con- molly or Miss Bacon suffered any dire consequences because they seriously con- templated opening the forbidden vault. But neither actually got to the task.
 Most of the English colleagues of Pro- lessor Haines, however, agree with him that the time has arrived when the great
New Britain herald., 1927-05-17

thorities . gem
 uine death mask of Shakespeare, but by others pronounced an ingenious fake produced in Ger.
 many during the last century
 The other two victims were French men-Professor Casanova of the College de France and Dr. Georges Benedite, an able Psychologist and director of the Egyptian antiquities section of the Louvre.
 The ancient rulers of Egypt took elaborate precautions that their tombs might remain inviolate to the end of time. The entrances were cleverly con. cealed and the interiors were maze of passages and chambers designed to con. fuse intruders.
 At the door of some of the tombs in the Valley of the Kings have been found
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mystery that obscrres Shakespeare.
 Outlining his plan in recent issue of the Antiquarian Quarterly, Professor Haines says, "The most authentic re- mains of the poet, namely, his bones. rest still undisturbed @ in the chancel of Stratford Church. At least we must assume so.
 "The doggerel lines on the tombstone, intended to scare gravediggers from casting out his bones into the charnel house hard by, have acted as a charm oA the superstitious, and at Least on one occasion revented the opening of the tomb.
 About 1921, Dr.. Connolly, a medical practitioner at Stratford, with a friend or two, planned the opening of the tomb in order to examine the remains scien- tifcally. The party entered the church at the dead of night, with the proper tools, but on reading the 'curse' upon the tombstone they gave up their purpose.
 Forty years later Miss Della Bacon. one of the earliest 'Baconians,' seems ac. tually to have got faculty for exploring the grave, expecting to find manuscript of Bacon in it, but she never carried out her intention.
 "1n l796, while vault was being made for MT. Robert Davenport adjoining shakespeare's grave, part of the side earth fell in, leaving a large cavity into the poets grave. The sexton and at least one other person looked through the opening, but while the former saw nothing but dust, the latter deserted skull. In spite of Halliwell. Phillips, the latter account is more likely to be the true one, for the skull and larger bones would almost certainly be in being.
 "Some think that the grave has been rihed and the poets skull extracted.
 "To set this point at rest, and to sat- isfy our legitimate curiosity as to the shape and size of Shakespeare's skull, an official examination of the grave is much to be desired.
 Carried out reverently and scien. tiically, an inspection of the remains would be in reality an act of homage to his greatness, as well as of immense in- terest to the whole world.
 "To call this sacrilege or dissertation is mere misuse of words. It was no desecration to look upon the noble fea- lures of our great Plantagenet King Ed. ward l, 500 years after his death. There was no outcry when the coffin of Charles was opened, or Napolean's, or when a cast was taken from the cranium of Burns"
 Professor Haines' arguments in favor of opening the tomb are, of course, very convincing to cold-blooded scientists and historians and they are almost unani- nous in the hope that the task will soon be undertaken. But the superstitious minded hold up their hands in horror at the idea and warn them to beware of the consequences
 Even were there not an epitaph over the tomb saying. "Cursed be he that moves my bones," many intelligent peo- pie think the disturbing of the tomb would be sure to be followed by disaster for those taking part in it.
 One of the ideas most intimately bound up with the human race from the most primitive times is that the dead
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poets grave should be opened and his skull-if it's there-carefully measured.
 And those students of literature most actively engaged in the Shakespearean- Baconian controversy also seem to be backing the antiquarian in the belief that the exhuming of the Immortal Bard's remains would go a long way to- ward settling the argument that has been waged since the middle of the nineteenth century.
 If the skull has the high, full forehead and the unusually large brain cavity that the accepted portraits of the poet depict, the Shakespeareans will be more con- vinced than ever that he should have full credit for the thirty-seven dramas and the poems that have come down as his.
 And if very ordinary skull of com monplace capacity were found the Ba- conians would have added justification for their conviction that Shakespeare was merely the son of Stratford trades man who played parts in the Elizabethan theater, with the background of gram mar school education that could not possibly equip him to produce the mas. terpieces credited to him.
 The considerable number of people who believe that Sir Francis Bacon wrote the whole great array of Shakes pearean dramas and poems argue that he was the only Englishman of Elizabethan times brilliant enough to do such work.
 He chose to write behind the name of the Stratford player and theatrical man. ager because he was a great favorite of Queen Elizabeth and was afraid that the theme of some of his plays would offend her.
 That, in few words, sums up the persistent Baconian theory.
 On the other side is the great host of shakespeareans who give the Bard of Avon" full credit for every line that has come down to us as his. Bacon, they say, able philosopher and writer that he was, could no more have written the things that Shakespeare did than he could have walked across the Enrlish Channel.
 The late Sir Henry Irving, famou. for his interpretation of Shakespearean roles, was one of the staunchest defend. CTS of the great poets name.
 He says, When the Baconians can show that Ben Jonson was either a fool or a knave, or that the whole world of players and playwrights at that time wa. in conspiracy to palm off on the ages the most astounding cheat in history they will be worthy of serious consid. eration."
 And after a lifetime of investigation he could not find the least evidence that Bacon was interested in the stage or that he had any knowledge of playwritinp
 Professor Haines would defy the curse that has supposedly protected the poets tomb for more than three centuries, be- cause an examinationsof the skull seems to be the one way to throw new light on the mystery and the doubt that has SO long obscured the greatest figure that ever put pen to paper.
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should rest undisturbed in the places where their friends have laid them.
 The task of building sepulchers where the dead would be safe from wild beasts and from human ghouls was one of the first to engage the attention of every race of men.
 Everybody knows what magnificent monuments were erected as result of the Egyptians efforts to provide for their mummies places where they could rest in complete security to the end of time. And there are many who think it wicked and cruel to invade these tombs and scatter far and wide both the num- mics and the treasures with which their friends surrounded them.
 Among people not at all supersti- tious in other matters, the belief is wide spread that Lord Carnavon and a num- Der of his associates were victims of the vengeance the Egyptians pronounced ages ago to any one violating the sanc- tity of their tombs.
 They think that the untimely deaths of these men was the punishment meted out to them by some mysterious force for daring to open the tomb of King Tut ahnk-amen and carry away its treasures.
 As everybody knows, Lord Carnavon was the leader of the expedition that opened and explored the famous tomb. Within few weeks, and before much of the tomb's treasures had been brought to light, he fell i'll from the sting of an insect and was quickly dead.
 Carnavon's death was followed by four other men who were exploring the tombs of Egypt's departed rulers-three of them scientists of distinction.
 The first of these was Wolfe Joel, who passed away with mysterious suddenness when he returned to his yacht from visit to King Tut's burial place. The next to go was Sir Archibald Douglas Reid, who was about to make X-ray photographs of the mummy case of Tut ankh-amen when he was stricken with fatal and unexplained malady.