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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-24
MRS. MARGARET e. THOMAS

Mrs. Margaret E. Thomas, 80
years old. died early today after a
protracted illness at her home, 604
B st. S. E. She was a member of
st. Economics Church, but of late
years had attended st. Peters
Church.
A native of Washington, Mrs.
Thomas had spent her entire life
here. She is survived by her hus-
band, Sterling Thomas, Jy two
small daughters; by three brothers,
Clarence, George and Herbert Lud.
lam, and by a sister, Mrs. May
Bland. Funeral services will be
announced later.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-24
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-22
PRESIDENT OF
FRANCE CABLES
APPRECIATION

WASHINGTON, May 81 (R-Pres-
idant Doumergue OF France, in a
message of congratulation to Presi-
dent Coolidge tonight viewed the
successful trans Atlantic flight OF
Captain Lindbergh as the dream OF
Nungesser and Coli come true, ana
as bringing about the aerial union
OF the United States and France.
In his cablegran, President Dou-
mergue said:
con the morrow OF the attempt
cf our aviators whose misfortune was
SO keenly felt by the khadly-hearts
OF your countryn'en, Charles Lind
Lergh made true the dream OF
Nungesser and Coli and by his audac-
ious flight brought about the aerial
Union of the United States and
France. All FrenchInen unreserVedly
admire his courage and rejoice in
his success. I congratulate you most
heartily ir the name OF the gov
crnment Of the republic and OF the
whole country"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-22
COAL STRIKE is GOAT
FOR ALL BRITISH ILLS

LONDON, May 81. (P = The coal
dispute in Britain last year has been
blamed for nearly everything even
the falling off of the appetites of the
British members of parliament.
The latest report of the select COM
mittee which controls the house Of
commons restaurant arrangements
shows that, although the house was
in. session in 1926 on more days than
1925, the receipts in the refreshment
room showed a decrease.
The emergency sittings of the par
liamentarians from May to Novem-
ber during the period of the coal tie
up and the uncertain nature of the
business somehow affected the mem
bers' desire for food, says the COM
mittee, and the receipts were 884
pounds less than the year before.
The number of meals served last
year was 1881 on ISL days, COM
pared with 159 686 on 1876 days in
1925, q decline of 2,065 meals. Break
fasts were in greater demand last
wear, and "tea" continues the most
nopuar meal at the house. 1896 hav-
ing been ordered in 1926, or 367 more
than the year previous.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-22
FRANCES BEST GIRLS
GIVEN HONOR WREATHS

PARIS, May 81 tR-The best girls
Of France, the most "yirtuous" in
general sense, are being crowned
with wreaths of rosebudS and award
cd money prizes this month in a
great many towns
Usually this presentation is the
big event of a Sunday ceremony
organized for the distribution OF
various local prizes. Some are for
long service, others for special
achievement of many kinds.
The Prize Of Virtue dates back TO
the year 525. Saint Medard, Bishop
Of Neyol, is, by tradition, gen credit
Fo; initiating the custom and Great
ing a public fund out OF his own
property to supply the prize money.
The custom spread through the
centuries, and it is observed still,
mostly ir northern France. p
Generally the prize is awarded to
a poor gir1 who is the main support
.cf family.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-22
ASK CUARDSMIEI;N
TO PREVENT CUT
in RIVER LEVEE,
Flood Path $50 Miles Long
and so Miles Wide
Across State

Unidentified persons tonight were att
tempting to cut the levee between
Meta and Simmesport on the west
bank of the Atchafalaya river oppo-
site McCrea, scene of the municipal
fight to save the east side. from mum
dation, said q; naval radio message re-
ceived here from ]. E. Pettaway, CAV
ernment engineer.
The cut, if effected, would cause
great damage" the message said, and
the men there were too exhausted to
prevent the carrying out OF the
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-22

threat Immediate aid was requested.
In response, ten guardsrnen we're dis
patched from Organza, about Is
miles away
The radiogram did not state
whether an attempt to cut the levees
had already been made or was about
to be made It has been runored
that McCrea has been strongly in.
favor Of cutting the west side in the
hope that McCrea would be saved.
NEW ORLEANS, May 81. tR-The
restless gurgle of muddy water
echoed from the northern boundary
OF Louisiana tonight to within so
miles of the Gulf of Mexico after
having. cut path $50 miles long
and SO. miles wide across the state.
One-seventh of the total area of
the state was under water and the
flood was threatening weak points
aIong the Atchafalaya, 140 miles
northwest of New Orleans, with a
total acreage amounting to almost
half as much as already has felt
the weight of the waters.
A stubborn fight was maintained
al N6cCrea, on the Atchafalaya, where
the current was ripping embankments
to pieces. More than 1000 workers
were fighting in the mud and rain
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-22

President Coolidge's reply follows
II thank you for your cordial mes
sage which I share with the Ameri-
can people. I rejoice IN the success
of the young man who SO courage
ously set forth on his lonely flight
but neither I nor the people OF the
United States forget to STARE in the
sorrow of France in the recent loss
Of your two brave ayiators. It is
largely due to the genius OF France
that aviation has progressed SO rap
idly and as it brings us closer as
measured by hours so it must in
crease cur heritage OF sympathy and
understanding
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-22

surer; Manuel Vazquez, secretary; Joa-
quin r. Tena, director; Antonio Gabl-
londo, director; Juan Marshall, director
and Ignacio Noriega, director.
Special committee: Ignacio Soto,
Cayetano Solano, Jr., Juan Marshall,
Ontonio Gabilondo Donations COM
mittee: Manuel Vasquez, Ingac1o
Noriega, Cayetano Solana, Jr., Joaquin
Tena, Ignacio Soto. Decorations COM
mittee: IT. de la Cara, Leo Lubbert
Jesus Soto, Juan Marshall, Modesto
Acosta.
Lunch committee r. Breton, Leo
Lubbert, Jesus Soto. Advertising COM
mittee: T. de la Cara, Juan Marshall,
F.. Mendoza, Ignacio Soto. Entertain
ment committee: T. de la Cara, Este
ban Mendoza, Fernando Mendoza, Mo
desto Acosta, M. Yasserman, Jesus Soto
and Guadalupe Gascon.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-22


out injury each time.
NEW YORK, May 21 OBJ. F.
MahOney, president of the Ryan
AirpIane company of California,
and c. G. Peterson, assistant to
the president of tho Wright Aero
nautical corporation of Paterson,
N. j., told today of the plane and
engine that carried Lucky Lind
bergh, aviatiOn's lone eagle, to
France.
The plans for the plane, MahOney
said, were drawn in the 20 hours
after Lindbergh went to the San
Diego plant and revealed what he
had in mind. 1t took so days to
build the plane and during all that
time young Lindbergh stayed on
the ground seeing that each piece
was just as he wanted it.
when it was ready to fly, Ma
honey said, Lindbergh made the
first flight and nobody else has
ever flown that plane yet"
No alterations had to be made
after the test flights, the airplane
man said proudly, although
plane of just that type had never
been made before.
The engine decided on was a
Wright whirIwind, the same engine
that Clarence Chamberlin and
Richard Byrd are depending on to
carry on over the airpath that
Lindbergh has bIaZed.
Peterson explained that the en-
gine is air cooled, has nine cylin-
ders of the radiaI type, that is,
they are placed like the spOkes of
a wheel, and is of 225 horsepower.
Lindbergh's engine, he said, is a
regular model taken out of stock
and was not made especially for
the trip.
By having the engine air cooled
much weight is saved, water
radiator having to carry about n
pound of water per horsepower.
Peterson said that the engine
operating cost of the trip in
Lindbergh's plane would be ap-
proximately S175, including gas, oil,
and deterioration. The engine
uses approximately one gallon of
gasoline for every ten miles, not
more than heavy automobile, and
one pint OF oil an hour.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-22

and many film favorites may have
looked all right in knee breeches,
but Bond street fashion designers
have no thought Of taking chance
on trying to put the modern Eng
lishman into the attire or the French
empire London comic papers have
enough sport as it is poking fun
at the legs Of men who squeeze
themselves into black satin knee
breeches for formal affairs at Buck
ingnanl Palace
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-22
ANCIENT HORSE GUILD
NOW DEALS in AUTOS

LONDON, May 81 #9-The ancient
Company Of Lorinlers. which in old
en- times was made OF manufacturers
of bits, brides and other trappings
for Londons. horses, mas found it
proper occupation gone.
The change from horse to motor
cars has meant the scrapping CT
bit and bride, so the company is
devoting It's attention to automobiles.
and is gathering into its RANKS many
prominent figures OF the British
motor world
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-22
$4,000 ORTElG PRIZE
MONEY AWAITS AVIATOR

NEW YORK, May 81 Up = Ar
rangenaents tor the payment OF Ray
nond Orteigs $4,000 prize to Charles
A. Lindbergh will be made soon at
a meeting of the trustees designed
by the donor, it was learned tonight
Certification OF the flight Will be
made by the Federation I11terrla-
tionale Aeronautique and the Ma
tional Aeronautical association.
The prize money is on deposit at
the Bryant Park Bank.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-22
UNCLE SAM WANTS SOME
OF LINDBERGH'S PRIZE

WASHINGTON, May 21 R--Tie
$25, 900 Crteig prize won ny Charles
I.indberg apparently will have to be
shared with Uncle Sam.
No sooner had word flashed across
the Atlantic that tic lone aviator
had reached Paris than internal
revenue bureau statistieians figured
that he owed the government ST.
223T5 of mis- prize money. They eX-
planned that the law provides that
any money earned through services
performed" is subject to income tax.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-22
SHORTS SUGGESTED If
KNEE BREECHES GO

LONnON, May 81 R9-Why not
wear shorts" ii trousers are to be
discarded tor sanitary reasons?
This is the retort British creators
OF male fashions make to the French
tailors Who contend that knee
breeches would make for comfort and
health.
"Shorts" is the British term for the
abbreviated garments beneath which
hoy scouts display their bare knees.
Napoleon, Louis the Fourteenth
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-22

to hold the flood waters off Of sugar
plantations Of Pointe Coupee, AS
sumption, Iberville, West Baton
Rouge and Terre Bonne parishes
With the situation critical along
the levee line, the evacuation of the
Evangeline country proceeded rapidly.
The population of the concentration
camp at Lafayette had sprung to
10000, passing the total number of
inhabitants of the city itself
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-22
DEDTCATE CHURCH

PHOENIX. May 21 R.-In brief
ceremony as beautiful as it was simple,
DR.. John Timothy Stone, nationally
known clergyman and speaker, placed
the cornerstone of the new half million
dollar First Presbyterian church of
Phoenix tonight before a crowd of
several hundred members and friends
of the church.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-22
F her S Mother Receives
News With Joy Tears
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it plain she did not believe he had
made an impulsive decision to fly
across the Atlantic.
"He always has been cool, calm
and collected" she said. HE was
not of the daredevil type Since he
was a boy I have always permitted
him to decide things for himself. He
was taught to make his own decisions
and abide by what he decided"
Asked whether she wanted him to
continue flying, she replied:
"That is entirely up to him.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-22

1T wasn't sucn bad trip" he
said. II ran into some snow and
ice in the early part OF the trip;
the rest OF it wasn't SO bad.
'"The biggest trouble was in stay
ing awake went to sleep several
times, but was lucky enough to wake
myself up right away 1 was afraid
Of the sandman all the time
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-22
RATHGNER SUICIDES

. TUCSON, May q H9.-William e.
Rathgber, of Fulton, ILL.,, patient at
local hospital, today took his own
life. Dependency over his i'll health
was believed to have been responsible
for his act Nurses discovered the body
hanging from railing of the bed.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-22
Lindbergh 'sExperience
Preparation for Trip

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place his life in the effectiveness
Of his parachute. He escaped with
out injury each time.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-22
Historic Flight Is
Successfully Ended

Continued from Page Onel
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05
Beige And Gray
Are Spring Rivals

PARlS-Beige continues to hold it's
popularity in Paris despite the adj
vance publicity given it's rival color.
gray For sport clothes the former
'0oiiiS even more popular. For after
noon ana evening gray is ahead.
Inc most striking costume seen
liis week in Paris is by Cyber,
Anaoe OF beige and red hecked kasba
with skirt and vest of creme do
chine Tucks on the vest are stitched
in red. This model has one Of 49,
ne" low collars so popular in France
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05
COUNTRY CLUB GOLF CROWN
GOES TO MRS. LYNN PALMER

Mrs. Lynn Palmer is the newly
crowned champion of the Douglas
women golfers as result of her defeat
of Miss Portia Morhous, last years
titleholder, on the links of the Douglas
Country club Saturday morning.
In tournament play last year Miss
Morhous defeated Mrs. Palmer in the
finals for the championship and this
season the order was reversed.
Mrs G. w. Patterson took consola-
tion flight honors by defeating Mrs.
c. G. Weaver. Mrs. Ralph Williams
won second flight honors through her
defeat of Miss r. L. Scott, Mrs. w. v.
Mahon winning the consolation in that
flight.
The closing of the women's tourna-
ment does not mean the expiration of
golf for the season. The committee in
charge has planned some kind of match
for every Saturday in April. Special
matches and special prizes are being
offered to golfers to keep up the game.
All players are urged and requested
by the committee to keep their scores
and put all possibilities for ringer and
, ladder scores in the box provided for
that purpose on the porch of the club
house. The season ringer and ladder
entries are closed April 80. All scores
are to be kept up to that time. There
are seasons prizes for these two kinds
of play, also.
Definite plans for each Saturday of
the month will be announced later.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05
Calf. Legislature
To Probe Newspapers
Fighting Boulder Dam

SACRAMENTO, Calf, April 4. (Pl-
A resolution authorizing legislative
investigation of newspapers alleged
to be subsidized by power companies
for the purpose of defeating the Boul-
der canyon dam project was adopted
today by the assembly after the nj
troducer, William. M. Byrne of Los
Angeles, had been charged on the
floor of making political gesture"
in connection with his candidacy for
councilman of Los Angeles.
Assemblyman Byrne asserted on the
floor of the assembly that the Los
Angeles Express employed one man
who devoted most of his time to
writing against the Boulder canyon
dam and that there were a dozen
other papers printing power company
propaganda. He also mentioned a
Sacramento paper, without divulging
its name.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05
ZAHAROFF BETS DOCTORS $500
DAILY HE CAN'T EAT CAVIARE,

MONTE CARLO, Monaco, April
P)-Sr Basil Zaharoff, once par
owner of the Monte Carlo casino
has the biggest gamble of his career
On his hands.
He is betting $500 a day will
medical specialists that they cannot
bring his digestive organs back tc
normal so he may eat caviare again
Sir Basil, whom NJ Clemenceau
European power" is living here or
dry toast, milk and fruit juices. II
is another strange chapter in the
interesting life of the money king
who played a powerful role in the
war.
Born in 1852 in the slums OF
Constantinople, his rise to fame and
fortune has been one of the out
standing romances of the postwar
Europe. 1t was because of his
.power, contained in stocks of arms
and munitions, that Sir Basil is
one of the few men on whose head
dead or alive, Germany set a price
curing the war.
In 1914 Sir Basil was the leading
arms manufacturer in Europe, and
during the war played an important
role as an adviser to Lloyd George
the prime minister of Great Britain
on many political questions
1t was Sir Basil who was credited
with bringing Greece into the con,
flict against Germany.
Then, in 1919, the British govern
ment conferred knighthood upon him
Sir Basil now is a citizen of France
but his personal interests are al
in Monte Carlo. Some time ago he
sold his casino shares to Prince
Michael Radziwin.
Sir Basil is under the constan
care of nurses. The specialists have
hopes, they tell him, that by
stringent diet, he may get back ;
suggestion of his old time vigo
end digestion. But the dieting mus
be of the most careful order.
| The story is told here that re
Gently Sir Basil, his appetite sharp
ened by ride along the coast offere
to send an aeroplane to Russia TO
a fresh supply of caviare, with
| 800 bonus for every pound pro
duced. The specialists informed thei
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05
Slayer of l3 Seeks
To Escape Gallons By
Appeal to Texas Court

AUSTIN, Tex, April R)--George
j Hasscll, of Farwell, Texas, con-
fessed slayer of 13 persons and SEM
ttnced to be electrocuted, today
filed appeal in the court Of criminal
appeals here.
Hassell has been granted two 30
day repricves from death by Gov
ernor Dan Moody in order that he
might perfect appeal.
A written confession Hassell made.
later objected to by his counsel was
included in the papers filed III the
court Of appeals here. 1t contained
the description OF the manner l..
which several members of the Has
sell family were slain in one night.
The case probably will be heard
carly in May.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05
tAfter the ''Flu" is over
---you need a Tonic

system so that you may have your
old-time strength and energy restored.
S.S.S. is unequalled for restoring
strength and vitality.
You owe it to yourself and family
to give S.S.S. a trial. It helps Nature
build up red blood corpusc1es. 1t
improves the processes by which the
body is nourished. 1t is time ried
and reliable. s.s.s. is made from the
roots of fresh herbs and plants, and
is prepared in a scientific way in
modern laboratory.
SS.S. is sold at all good drug stores
in two sizes. The larger size is more
economical.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05
PARADE OF FASHION
1927 Bathing Girl
AocoutS WaiStIiue

1927 Bathing Girl
Accepts Waistline
PARIS-Bathing costumes are among
the first to accept unqualifiedly the
waistline. This summers suits are
definitely two-piece and a belt is
essential A bathrobe which ac-
companies the smart model bathing
suit in France creates a ree-piece
ensemble.
Lucien Lelong, among others, shows
one pale blue costume with bindings
and belt of white. With it is worn
a warm bathrobe with a blue lining
and a mixture of dark and light
blue outside.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05
Help Is Needed to Restore
Your Wasted Strength

Flu" leaves the body weakened
and rundown. In such cases, tonic
is clearly Indicated. Restore the
appetite and rid yourself of that
let down feeling.
Flu" is a very enervating disease.
1t leaves it's victims so weak and
debilitated that there is as much
danger from the after-effects as from
Rthe disease itself. In other words,
BITTER an attack of the "flu," you
need a selective tonic to rebuild the
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05

Louise Boulanger shows an afternoon
dress which answers many require
ments of the women of large cities.
1t has the aspect of a coat and can
be worn in summer time without
wrap. A narrow turned back
collar is on the blouse, ending with
bow tie at the low waistline. A
lighter pink slip has row of Vene-
tian lace at the neck.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05
Fountain Design
For Beaded Dresses

PAKls-Evening dresses lightly
embroidered in designs which simu-
late fountain spray are one of the
spring fancies of fashionable Paris.
win the vogue of white at it's crest.
the fountain design is often worked
IN strass embroidery on plain white
10 form dresses of rare distinction
one fountain dress created bv
1ucieH Lelong is worked out in white
Ieorse'te crepe embroidered with
rhinestones.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05
Beautiful ShawIs
Branch OF Fashion

PARIS-Shawls are now such an
accepted division of the fashion that
almost every dressmaking house in
Paris shows them as matter of
course, just as lingerie and perfumes
form special branches of the style
creators art.
White shawls, deeply fringed, are
shown throughout the dressmaking
world. One of the most stunning
of the white models was seen at
the Drecoll ateliers.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05

NO breakfast complete without TIE
Dispatch i'e
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05

FARROW CHIX-For service and sue
cess buy genuine Farrow chicks
properly Matched, postpaid to your
door. 1O096 safe arrival. April 1st to
goth delivery, white leghorns $13, an
conas $14, barred rocks and reds SIG in
100 lots. 1sc less per chick in 500 lots.
D. T. Farrow Chickeries, Phoenix, Ariz.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05
Paris Wears Belts
Morning And Night

PARIS-Everything is belted in
Paris this season. From sport clothes
for morning wear right through
afternoon and evening dresses the
belt plays an important part of the
mode. To meet the situation Paris
has created dozens of new belts
of leather, ribbon and even of metal.
Perhaps the most popular belt seen
is the tailored kid of pale color to
match the dress. Usually it has a
plain buckle of silver. Belts for
black costumes are apt to have
buckles of brilliants.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05
Revive Popularity
Of AbSinthe Green

PARIS-Absinthe green, which had
an immense vogue in Paris last
summer, has been revived as a popular
color by several dressmak ers, and
this cool color and its varying tints
VIII undoubtedly be much on view
for the thin summer frocks of
georgette and chiffon.
Martial and Armand have one pale
green dress edged with the new
crochet trimming which this bouse
emphasizes. this season. A soft dra-
perry IN the front is edged with
crochet which extends around the hem.
Neckilne and sleeves have the same
finish.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05
Fashion Counts Dog
New Paris Accessory

PARIS-Dogs are now a consider
alton for the lady of fashion in
Paris. The dog that is being worn"
most this spring is the German
police species or Alsatian shepherd
dog. Partisan women have developed
craze for this particular breed
of animal and the proper dog is
as much a part of a chic costume
now as the handbag, the decorative
flower or the proper umbrella.
Under Paris law, dogs must be
promenaded on leash, which adds to
the effect of smartness.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05
BRITISH ADVERTISER
TO SPEND $25O,O0O

NEW YORK, April 4 H9 Sir
Charles TIigham, British advertiser,
arriving today on the Leviathan told
Of a plan to place more than $250,OOo
worth of advertising in American
newspapers during the year He
said he represented 81 clients.
Another objective outlined by Sir
Charles is to procure the photograph
of the oldest tea drinker in. America.
Zero Agha, said to be 151, who lives
III Constantinople, is the Oldest Euro
pean tea drinker, he Said.