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Other Chinese Factions in Powerful
Position ii They Act.

PEkING, January 10 P).Most
comments from abroad regarding the
Chinese situation appear to take Ii for
granted that the Nationalists, or Can
tonese. are certain to continue their
advance and soon control Shanghai
and probably all of China. Such a
development is by no means certain.
Marshals Sun Chuan-Fang and WI
Pei-Fu are at least holding their own
against the southern, forces at present,
while Gen. Chang Tso-Lin, Manchurian
dictator, has not vet entered the fray.
Foreign militarists all declare that
Chang Tso-Lin possesses much the
best military machine in China. 1t
is superior to the Cantonese in mum.
Der. munitions. training. equipment
and staff organization. Hence, If a
clash comes the Manchurian general
Continued on Page 4, Column s.
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APPEAL TO PRESIDENT.
Important Persons Favor Arbitration
of Mexican Dispute.

NEW YORK, January f9 LPl.--An
anneal signed by 400 prominent men
and women throughout the country,
for arbitration instead of force as the
best means Of settling differences be
tween the United States and Mexico,
was forwarded TO President Coolidge
yesterday.
4. Among the signers We're the gov
ernors of two States. George w. p.
Hunt of Arizona and J. Il. Erickson
Of Montana. and Newton ID. Baker.
former Secretary of War; DIR. Ray
T.vnan wilbur, president, and David
starr Jordan president emeritus, OF
Leland Stanford Junior University;
Bishop Charles l.. Mead of Colorado;
Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale: DR. Va
lefia Fl. Parker, president Of the Ma
Continued on Page q Column ~
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FAVOR RATION INCREASE.
House Tentatively Approves Plan
to Benefit Soldiers.

BY the Associated Press.
Increase of Army rations from ap-
,,roximateiy 35 to 40 cents was given
tentative approval today by the
iouse.
Action came on defeat Of an amend
tnent by Representative La Guardia.
Republican, New York. which would
have eliminated from the appropria
tion bill $2,600,000 to provide for the
increase zA--
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ARKANSAS JUDGE NAMED
ON TRADE COMMISSION

President Coolidge today settled
the troublesome question of select
ing a Democrat from the South to
serve on the Federal Trade Commits
sion by appointing Judge Edgar A.
McCulloch of Arkansas to fill the
vacancy caused by the expiration of
the term of Huston Thompson.
Mr.. McCulloch at the present time
is member of the Supreme Court of
Arkansas and his selection was made
upon the recommendation of Sena-
tor Robinson of that State, minority
leader of the Senate.
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School for Bandits
Raided i'm Russia;
Members Captured


By the Associated Press.
VLADIMIR, Russia, January 10.
A school for bandits" with a
veteran chief. Gregory Ouvaroff,
acting as professor, has been dis
covered in the depths OF a forest
near here.
The students we're boys and
girls, who We're drilled in the use
of weapons and instructed in the
sciences of the underworld.
The school was full when the po-
lice made their raid
All the members were captured.
Among the scholastic equipment
seized We're weapons. field tele-
phones and other paraphernalia.
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EXTEND TIME FOR TAGS.
February Is Set as Final Date for
1925 Plates.

Extension of the time for the use of
1925 District automobile Identification
tags to February Is was ordered to-
day by the Commissioners. The origi-
nal limit of February l was set be-
cause of the delay in the delivery of
the tags.
Issuance of the 1927 tags will start
Monday. and Wade I'll. Coombs. super
intendent of licenses. has advised the
Commissioners that he expects to com
plete distribntion by February 10.
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HINES WOULD LEND
TO WAR VETERANS
Takes Proposal for Direct
Advances to White House.
Extra Cost Small.
By the Associated Press.


Authority for making direct loans
on veterans bonus certificates will
be sought by Director Hines, OF the
Veterans Bureau. who made plans
today to have the necessary Iegisla-
ton introduced in Congress.
After a call at the White House to
day. Gen. Hines said he would confer
Immediately with Chairman Green of
the House ways and means commit
tee, and Chairman Smoot of the SEN
ate finance committee,
Under the plan discussed today at
the White House, the Veterans Bu-
reau would serve merely as a supple
nentary agency to the banks, making
the loans in localities where veterans
are unable to obtain money from the
banks.
Would Place No Limitation.
Gen. Hines, however, would place
no limitation upon the power of the
bureau to grant the loans in any in
stance. If the veterans preferred to
deal with the Government rather than
the banks.
1t would be necessary, the director
of per cent interest SO as not to
Jeopardize transactions already en-
tered intA by the banks at a similar
rate. He told the President that H.
900 loans had been made by the banks
on the 100000 certificates which ac-
ouired loan values on January /.
Gen. Hines said the bureau has
money to make the loans and only
slight additional appropriations would
be required to- meet the increased ad-
ministrative costs.
I'VE feel there is an obligation on
our part to grant the loans" Hines
said, ''and that it is the part of the
bureau to carry out this duty"
The insurance certificates had to-
tai loan value of $215,00G, 900 on Jam
uary /, and this will DE increased to
$341 900 by next January /.
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MOTHERS BILL GETS o. K.
Sheppard -Towner Measure Sent to
President From House.

By the Associated Press.
The bill to authorize extension of
the appropriation for the Sheppard
Towner maternity aid act to 1879 was
ee,,t IN President Coolidge today after
tho House had agreed to a Senate
amendment automatically repeating
the act in 1929 when authorization
for it's funds expires.
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CHARLOTTE DIES;
KING At BEDSIDE
One of Europe's Most Tragic
Lives Ends as Widow of
Macmillan Expires.

BRUSSELS, Belgium, January 19.-
Charlotte. once Empress of Mexico as
the wife of Emperor Maximilian, died
at her chateau near Brussels at
o'clock this morning. Thus came TO a
close one of the most tragic careers in
European history. for her mind had
been clouded ever since she heard of
the execution of her husband, Maxi.
milan, at Queretaro, Mexico. in 1867.
Several times in the last few years
her strong constitution enabled Char
lotte to withstand serious illness, but
when last Saturday she was stricken
with severe attack, of influenza
the physicians took into account her
age-she was S6-and held out little
hope for recovery.
Pneumonia Proves Fatal.
At times over the week end she
seemed to improve, then on Tuesday
morning pneumonia developed. There
was a hurried consultation of physi-
clans. and Charlotte's nephew. King
Albert, and Queen Elizabeth and the
others of the royal family were sum.
moned 10 the sickroom. They were
at the bedside when she died peace
fully.
Throughout the ex- Empress illness,
| in fact through the years of her re
tirement. she had a constant attend
ant in Baron Auguste Goffinet, who
was a close friend of her brother.
King Leopold II of Belgium.
Baron Auguste. knowing that the
| Empress was soon to die, spoke wist.
| fully of his relations with the Belgian
raf Iaa hnu md oh,
of Charlotte as girl before she mar
ried the Austrian Archduke Maxi
milan.
Fortune Had Shrunk.
1T is my sad privilege" he said
ito bury the royal family. Leopold
| was right when he told me years ago
! Empress Charlotte is to bury US all,
except yourself
| The baron, as administrator of En-.
press Charlotte's property, added that
| there was no truth in the report OF
| her great fortune. While it was once
! something like 10000, 900 gold francs
| he explained that 1t dwindled consider
ably the last few years because Of
the depreciation of Russian and Ger.
man shares.
only July 27, King Albert and
| Queen Elizabeth paid a special visit
| to Charlotte at her chateau, the oc.
casion being the sixty ninth anniver.
sary of her marriage to Maximilian.
She talked a long time with the King
| and Queen, addressing them as prince
| and princess, as she had never been
| informed of the death Of her brother
| Leopold III.
Appeared to Have Recovered.
| Members of her encourage said at
| the time that she had entirely recov
cred her mental powers and that she
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ANTI CHR ISTIAN FEELING RISES
IN CHINA UNDER RADICAL SPUR
American Women Missionaries Sail for
Manila-British May Ship Planes
and Tanks to Shang ghai.

number of small tanks and additional
airplanes from England to China for
for the defense of Shanghai.
MAY STOP CANTONESE.
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WEATHER.

IT, s. Weather Bureau Foreeast.1
Rain tonight and tomorrow: warmer
tonight colder late tomorrow after
noon: much colder tomorrow night.
Temperatures--High At. at noon
today; lowest, SO. at am today.
Full report on page Z.
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Senator Deneen referred specifi-
callv TO the cases of Senator Smoot
of Utah in 1908. Senator John w.
smith of Maryland in 1908, Senator
William f. Kirby OF Awkansas in 1916.
The Washington times., 1927-08-31
my BEST Girl, =
JUST ABOUT
READY

With the completion Of the.
final steamship sequence at Los
Angeles Harbor last week
camera work on my Best Girl
Mary Pickford's new United
Artists comedy.romanee, is now
finished. Allen Mcneil Is cutting
It to proper footAge, and Direc.
tor Sam Taylor expects to have
the production ready for review
within two weeks. with the ma.
tional release date scheduled for
October 8.
my Best Girl" Is Kath-
leen Norris story OF the s.and.IO-
cent stores. and 1t represents
Miss Pickf0rd's most ambitious
effort at comedy romance.
Tim Whelah and Clarence Hen.
necke, gag men, assisted Di.
rector Taylor m providing comedy
touches. Among the cast, headed
by Charles Rogers as leading
man, ana Hobart Bosworth are
Mack Swain. Sunshine Hart, Car.
melita Geragity, Lucien Little.
field and William COPYRIGHT.
Pat Harmon, Evelyn Hall. Avonne
Taylor, Harry Walker and John
Junior also are supporting
players.
The Washington times., 1927-08-31

on opening nights than the
rankest amateur.
He never laughs at a joke
except to be polite. If the joke
happens to be really witty, he
looks at the raconteur with a
perfectly straight face, and
says, That's very funny" How
ever, he laughs uproariously at
clowns.
At a benefit in the Century
Theatre during wartime, he
had his most difficult assigns
ment. George NJ. Cohan lad
just stopped the show" and
Caruso was to follow Cohan.
The greatest of all tenOrs con-
cluded his turn by singing "Over
There" in English. The audience
went wild. The cheers and
applause continued after Caruso
had returned to his box. Jol-
son was to appear next. How
could he follow such a demon
stration? Suddenly he appeared
before the fCotlights, and, hold
ing UP one hand, whistled
shrilly. The clamor ceased.
Jelson looked at them, rubbed
his hands together in a bust.
like manner and said, Now
you're going to hear some sing
ing" Caruso laughed as heart.
lily as the rest.
He is highly superstitious. He
knocks on wood frequently.
He loses an average of four
pounds every performance. He
regains it with about six hours
sleep.
He is gOod-natured; but on
occasion he displays a furious
temper. When in this state. he
mas q pretty far right hook.
lie has 20 read something in
order to get to s'eep. Ususliy
he selects a newspaper.
He likes to play Hearts with
his friends. He makes elaborate
alibis if be loses and gloats If
he wins-which he usually
does.
He is very democratic. He
viii genially return the greet
ing Of q perfect stranger.
He has about 400 neckties.
He wears perhaps six Of them
one at . time, OF course.
He cracks his knuckles when
he is particularly nervous.
He owns . g6odly Share Of
the st. Louis National Baseball
Club.
He will not sleep in 4 hotel
room one of whose windows
opens on q fire-escape.
He originates many of the
remarks that get him his big
gest laughs.
Y He was a close friend Of
Harding's and Wilson's. He
knows Coolidge and thinks he is
q great President.
/ always tell him, to the ac-
compartment Of jeers and cat
calls, that his greatest artistic
achievement was his discovery
Of the songwriter, B. G. De
Sylvia.
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observation-disclosures TONIGHT

The Open Air Opera Gardens
Of the Washingtonians, at 45s N
st. s. w, will be formally dedi.
Gated this evening with a pre-.
sentation OF Planqnette,s 70.
mantle light opera, "The Chimes
Of Normandy" Elsie Schulze.
Gayle Hunt, Agostino Ararlcio.
Harry Myers. DIR. Charles g. Cor.
don, Wesley B. Peckham, Oswald
Barker, Dorothy Davenport.
Gladys Hunt. Bessie Doolan and
Betty Waters in principal roles
Will Be supported by the pappy
ana personable chorus that has
distinguished the IS previous per.
formanceS Of this civic light opera
company in Washington. Rollin
Bond win conduct a professional
orchestra supporting the singers.
Community tickets may be oh.
tanned at 1910 G st. N. W., ana at
the DOOR
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.BEIASCO SEASON
OPENS NEXT
MONDAY

The Shubert. Belasco Theater
win begin Its season next Mon.
day night with a new detective
nnelodrama entitled Secret sServ..
ice Smith,. which comes here
under the managerial sponsorship
{ OF Ramsey Wallace, who will play
the title character.
The author Of Secret Service
Smith" Is Lincoln Osborn, who
came into New York prominence
q few years ago as the author Of
q most unusual play called aUps
town West, Mr.. Osborn has
fashioned his present play from
the widely read story called aTile
Black Magician" q detective tale
by Major r. 7. M. Scott, q story
filled with adventure, mystery and
excitement.
The scenes Of the play az.
which there are four, are laid in.
New York. and have the same
thrill OF Smiths earlier experiences
In India. Major Scott lived III
India for 10 years. where he went
to superintend the installation CT
9 new system OF marine lighting
for the Indian government. His
knowledge Of Eastern mysticism
was thus gained at first hand
during his long sojourn in thar
country. Ramsey Wallace has
given the play an elaborate pro.
duction and surrounded himself,
with 4 cast OF distinction, includ.
ing Norma Phillips, George Por.
bert, Doan Borup. Charles Horne,
@. Lester Paul, Harriet Ross,
Katherine Moore, Charles Gibney.
Anita Fugazy and q score Of
others. The most favorable re.
ports Of the play have come from
Boston, where 1t Is now playing
at the Plymouth Theater.
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lHcnes nj NJ MadGe BeIlamy
an imitation of Gallagher and
Shean, a spectacle bearing the
title of Sunny Mexico a violin
solo. Charleston contest and
numerous other turns.
The extra added attraction will
be comedy sketch, 1.-THE Faker."
with Smith and Barker cast in
the co-stellar roles. There are
five scenes of this fast moving
comedy playlet. Another star
of the bill will be Artie Mehlin.
ger. "the Dynamic Songster and
Composer" whose phonograph
records are well known. The bill
viii be opened by the Steel Trio,
In Varieties in Blacksmith
Shop"
The feature photoplay for the
week beginning Sunday, Septsrn.
Der A. at 8 o'clock, will be the
William Fox production OF "Coi.
leen," in which Madge Bellamy
is the pictured star supported by
Charles Morton and j, Farrell Mae.
peRald.
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. , :
birthday this year and his fifty
seventh anniversary on the stage.
Jack Benny will act as master
OF ceremonies throughout the
bill and will be seen In a new act
by himself.
Harry Roye and Billie Mays
return az the feature, following a
tour of Europe. They are well
known as Americas Aristocrats
of the Dance" other acts: Gus
Folwer. we'll known as the original
watch king: a late feature OF
the Ziegfeld F'olIies. Dare and
Wahl In Two Ambitious Youths";
Peter Higgins, America 8 Young.
est Irish tenor: Van Cello and
Mary in foot feats";; Van Lane
and Veronica in Pictures in
Sand.
STRAND-The Moulin RouEs
Revue" musical production,
swings into the Strand next yreAIs
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A Change Is Made

The New York Theater Guild
production Of The Silver Cord, :
by Sidney Howard, one Of the out.
standing events of the dramatic
year, according to all reports.
comes to Washington little later
in the season in place of "Ned
McCobb's Daughter" by the same
author, az previously announced.
Miss Laura Hope Crews, TO whose
distinguished acting Of the leading
role is due a large share OF the
general acclaim Of the piece in
New York, will again head the
cast. The play is produced By
John Cromwell. whe staged Il In
The Washington times., 1927-08-31

- ~ ID n z X Clara H0er
presenting the Chester Hale Girls
with joyce Coles. premier dancer
and played musicalIy by Phil
Spitalny and his recording or.
chestra. This music and dance
combination IL said to be one
Of the finest stage attpacti0-
ever offered patrons OF Wash
ington's show place." Dick
Leibert's organ music, M-G.M
News, scenic, Assops Fables and
Loew's symphony Orchestra COM
plete the program.
Hula" as the title suggests,
Is tale Of the Hawaiian Islands
with the upper stratum OF society
In the limelight.
Give Brook, Arlette MarchaI,
Arnold Kent are leading members
of Miss Bows support. Victor
Fleming. who directed 1.-THE Way
Of All Flesh" starring Emil Jan.
nings, handled the megaphOne.
RIALTO-Dorothy Gish and.
Antonio Moreno are co-starred in
Madame Pompadour." the screen
The Washington times., 1927-08-31

W eAS > nuu u
fine reputation with patrons Of
Columbia Circuit shows and the
declaration is made that Fred
Clark has. for the current tour,
been lavish and unstinting In his
efforts to Guido himself in the
way of production novelties, cd.
dities in scenes and originality in
comedy creations. Eddie Hail is
again the featured one IN the
laugh department, with Johnny
O'Donnell second comedian and
Jack Reddy the leading man.
kEITH'S-Eddis Foy. "Ameri-
cas- Beloved Comedian" makes
his farewell appearance this sea-
SON and appears as the headline
attraction at B. F. Keith's next
The Washington times., 1927-08-31

at $50 a. m. and continuous
thereafter.
THE Big Parade" is q simple
story. simply. toll. Jim Apper.
son John Gilbertl, an easygoing.
likable young fellow. enlists at
the outbreak OF the war, leaving
his family and sweetheart. He
becomes deeply attached to his
two buddies, Slim and Bull.
played by Karl Dane and Tom
O'Brien. While stationed behind
the lines, he falls in love with
a French peasant girl, Melisande
Renee Adoree). and at the con.
clusion Of the war goes home
to find conditions changed. 1t
would be unfair to future audi.
ences to tell the rest OF the
story. How he works out his
destiny is the basis of b power.
full and human climax.
John Gilbert is superb a. the
American doughboy: he has never
done anything finer. Renee AdoreS
plays the part OF the French
girl to perfection. There Is
something in the love scenes
between these two that makes
the heart leap.
Frequently terrible in It's swift.
ness and emotional quality, ''The
Big Parade" is not all filled with
the terror of war. Its first
half Is filled with almost con-
tinuous laughter. The second
half shows, more clearly than
anything else ever has. its grim
realities.
METROPOLITAN - CrsndalI'a
The Washington times., 1927-08-31


Dorothy GIsh B anky.Ronald
Colman combination. The love
story which these two tell a.
Pompadour and her impoverished
sweetheart is one laid in France
In the Eighteenth Century. 1t
traces the life OF PonpadOur
from her humble beginning to the
height OF her fortune. 1t seems
that the Kings fayOrite wasn't
always content with what she
had. PompadOur Ventures out one
night and enters an Inn where she
meets and falls nladly in love
with Rene Laval, a poor young
poet. The plot develops until
Pompadour Is saved from diaas.
trous ruin by her own quick wits,
Japanette Edwards singing and
dancing revue is the stage presen.
tation.
COLUMBIA-'The Big Parade. 4"
which has been called the big.
gest picture in screen history.
The Washington times., 1927-08-31

early education
in the public
schools at Lex.
ington, and when
he was IL years
old, the Brown
family moved to
Hot Springs. Va.
On leaving school
Mr.. Brown went
/ n to telephone
a n d electrical
work, and In
1907 he gave up
his position and
went to Pitts.
burgll to study
electrical work.
He remained In
Pittsburgh three
The Washington times., 1927-08-31

Gayety The
alter, starting
with the Sat
urday matinee.
Comedy scenes
vaudeville spe-,
cialties an d
chorus diver
sions are prom
:sed. Lets
Co. has all
The Washington times., 1927-08-31


war on the Leona Powers
French front. John Warner, who
made pronounced hit in the
leading male role9 at the Nation.
al last year, has been brought
back to play the. part Of Chico,
who loved Diane with an ardor
that the wounds OF war and wars
enforced absences could not dim
Irish. Charlie Hampden will again
have his favorite role as Boul,
the old cab driver. L.eoTa Pow.
ers will be Diane and Kathryn
Givney win be her dcpe-ridden
sister.
The locale Of seventh Heaven"
Is In q squalid district Of Paris,
a district freduented by thieves
and other derelicts who border
LIES seanny side.
GAYETY-Fred Clark's Lets
Go. the entertainment that ran
for many weeks at the Columbia
Theater. New York, during the
summer, comes next week to the
The Washington times., 1927-08-31
PAUL WHITMAN

PAUL WHITMAN
Let the most important fact
come first: Paul Whiteman
weighs 240 pounds.
Although he is a true Kapell-
meister and occasionally bawls
at his men in a basso profundo,
he nevertheless talks baby talk
to his wife.
He was q viola-player years
ago in the Denver Symphony
Orchestra, and upon occasion he
offers to "out-cadenza any fid-
dler for two bucks a side"
Jazz, to him, is the true
American music. He does all
he can to encourage its develop
ment. 1t was at his suggestion
that George Gershwin composed
the Rhapsody in Blue.
lie wears pink nightshirts
which fall to his ankles.
His discourse, which most of
the. time concerns music and
musicians, is salty and RabeIais-
ian. He often lapses into an
odd kind of Pig-Latin, particu-
larly when he addresses mem
bers of his orchestra. This
consists of dividing a word into
two parts and adding the sounds
OF L and F, For examnIo
Jazz band" in his lingo BE.
comes "jal-fazz bal-fand."
He is a hypochonIriac. When
ne goes on the road he carries
a doctor.
His is the first and only
jazz band to receive $4,000
a week.
Besieged as he is by song
writer's and music publishers
who urge him to use their
numbers, he yet manages, in
the distribution Of his fayours.
to be fair to them all.
Custard is his favorite des-
sert; He calls it gap and
Swallow.
He consistently loses every
piece Of jewelry with which he
adorns himself.
He has 25O-acre ranch
near Denver where he intends
to spend his days after re-
tirement.
Having learned from expari-
ence that good jazz musicians
are temperamental, he found 4
way to make them behave. II
a saxophonist, for instance be-
comes too conceited Paul hires
another of the species-iust AZ
capable--and seats him newt
TO the "prina donna.0 The
prlma DONNA" then reaIizinR
that he is not indispensable.
Immediately becomes 4 verv
good boy.
He has to have his valet put
on and take off his shoes.
When he was playing in the
Scandals, one Of the princinal
girls in the company made him
2 declaration Of violent love,
he was very much embar-
raised.
He eats very little for one
of his size.
He tells interminabls, vet
amusing, smoking-car stories in
somewhat the literary manner
Of James Branch Cabell.
He was an intimate friend
Of the late Victor Herbert. ana
acmires his music.
he once enlisted in the Navy.
AL JOLSON
AL Jolson never took i sing
ing lesson until he was past
thirty-fiye, and then he took
no more than half-a-dozen.
They didn't hurt his voice.
Though the most sure-fire
performer On the stage, he vet
suffer- more from stage fright