davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1927-10-21
GOER

just because these words have
only four letters, don't hold them
lightly. 1t took us nine steps to
change Play to Goer. but perhaps
you can beat that number. Re.
member to substitute a single let.
ter only in each new word with.
out transposing the remaining let,
ters. Only useful or familiar words
in good dictionary standing are
allowed. Answer will appear to-
morrow. Solution of Clock. Works:
1. Clock; 2, Block; 5, Blocs; 4, Blots;
5, Boots; 6. Boris; /, Worts; s,
Works.
Copyright by Public Ledger)
The Washington times., 1927-10-21
CHINESE fire
RED GENERAL
BY international News Service

ny INTERNATIONAL news Service
SHANGHAI, Oct. 21.-Denouncing
General Tang-sen-Chi as Commu-
mist and condemning him for an al
legged alliance with the Picking
forces of Chang.Tso-Lin. the ma.
tionalist military council at Marking
today dismissed Tang.Sen-Chi from
the command of the Wuhan armies.
The council also ordered a punt
tive expedition launched against the
city Of Hankow. The first step in
this offensive was taken yesterday,
when the nationalist forces occupied
Wuhu after a short struggle.
The new offensive win make the
Yangtse Valley the scene of more
hostilities and win retard the efforts
to reopen the ports to foreign
trade. 1t will also make the return
of missionaries and business men
impossible
The Washington times., 1927-10-21

members were taken into the so
ciety at a meeting in Memorial
continental Hall
The constitution hall committee
reported that $471 ,901.38 in cash has
been received and that payments
now due will raise this total to
! 800 900.
The Washington times., 1927-10-21
Real" Daughter Named
To ID. A. r. Membership

Mrs. Katherine Dart, 81, Of
Illinois. daughter of an American
to membership in the d. A. r.
yesterday. More than 1880 new
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-31
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, Aug. Slater alb.
eorbing further speculative selling
and profit.taking, the local cotton
market firmed up today and prices
registered moderate recoveries on
substantial buying for the rally.
Improved demand came largely as
the result Of the Governments un-
favorable weekly weather report
and advices Of good call for SPOT
in the South. Prices fluctuated
narrowly in relatively quiet trading.
First dealings were orderly, with
prices moving slightly lower by re.
newed selling by the South, spot
and Wall Street houses. Liverpool
Cables came somewhat lower than
due and early weather reports stated
that temperatures were much higher
In the Southwest and slightly
warmer in the East.
Buying was INDUCED in by the
trade ana commission houses. also
Liverpool and local interests.
The Governments report stated
that with the exception of Texas,
the past week was generally cool
In the cotton belt. Rainfall was
mostly light, except in some Allan.
tic coast sections and around Arkan.
sas and eastern Oklahoma.
The crop in general, the report
declared, continued to make poor
progress, with further deterioration
reported in many districts.
The condition Of the crop was
placed by Clement Curtis & Co.
ct 59.1 per cent Of normal, indicat-
ing a yield Of 13,253,0o0 bales.
Noon prices were December, 22.6T,
up %; January. 22.66, up ~, and
May, 22.S9. up IL.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-31
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO. Aug. 31.-Demand was
not strong for hogs, but on account
OF a small supply today the market
gained Toe to 15c after slow start.
There were only $4,000 hogs on the
market, including 5000 left from the
previous market. Top for light was
lifted TO $1,000. with the best heavy
at $10.25.
Good granted steers sold strong
ana the grassers weaker. Cows and
heifers sold slowly.
The lamb market was slow and
dull.
HogsReceipts, 10000; market
strong to Toe higher; top, 1918;
bulk, s.25010.s5; heavy weight,
9.10@10.40; medium weight, also
1915; light weight, 9.5O01O.75:
light lights. 8.5O@10.50; packing
sows. 7.50@s.75; pigs, 7.500s.50:
followers, 5000.
Cattle Receipts, 10000; market
steady. Calves Receipts, 5000:
market steady. Beef steers-good
and choice, 12.5O@i4.25: common
and medium, S@12; yearlings,
S@14.50. Butcher cattle -heifers,
S@13.25; cows. 5.50@9: bulls, sos;
calves. 12@14.50; feeder steers,
7Q9.5O; stocker steers, 7@9: stocker
cows and heifers, 4.60@7. Western
range cattle-beef steers, 8@12;
cows and heifers, SOLO.
Sheep Receipts, 10000: market
weak: medium and choice lambs,
12.75@13.75; .culls and common,
BOIL; spring lambs blank; year.
hngs, 9@11: common and choice
ewes, 4.50@6: feeder lambs, 1880
@13.S5.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-31

Detectives. watching the factory
some days earlier. say they saw
two men leave the building and
drive by automobile to Newark. The
detectives followed them and saw
the men unload several packages
through the window Of q house in
Clinton Street, they said. A woman
received the packages, It was further
reported. Last Saturday the detec.
tives arrested the two men on the
pretext Of speeding. but failed to
find any counterfeit blades in the
automobile. A total OF 100000 fresh
blades was found In the Clinton
Street house. It was said, and SINH.
lar seizures made elsewhere.
First information of the alleged
manufacture Of spurious Gillette
blades reached the company's
Boston offices by anonymous letter.
which contained package Of them.
Mr.. Caldwell was put in charge of
the search. He communicated with
Chief Of Police Frank Brex, Of New
ark, and Chief William Garex, Of
1rvington, and obtained their help.
The blades are said to be an excel.
lent imitation Of the trademarked
article.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-31
Note Says Girl Is Held
Prisoner On
Rum Ship

BALTIMORE, Aug. 81
George Pfeiffer picked I'D 4
crumpled note at the corner
of Baltimore and Light Streets
this morning, reading:
Il am captured and held Z
prisoner on q rum ship near
Cape Hatteras. Send help at
once.
"(Signed) MISS ADELE
MACON, Philadelphia.
Pfeiffer carried it to Captain
Morheiser Of the Southern Po-
lice Station, who sent it to
headquarters.
On the reverse side Of the note
were fragments Of printing
which the police said indicated
that the writer had used q
shipping report.
Pfeiffer said the note was
rolled up and looked like it had
been In a bottle.
The police asked the author
tiles nearest to Cape Hatteras
to investigate any rum ships
that might be anchored or
cruising down that way and to
make . search fcS "Miss
Macon"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-31
Cleveland Will Bid
For G.. o. p. Convention

CLEVELAND, Aug. 31.-When
the Republican national committee
names it subgroup to select the 1928
Presidential convention city, Cleve.
land will be among the first cities
to enter bids to entertain the gath.
ering.
A sufficient amount Of money to
finance and entertain the Republican
national convention here in 1928 has
already been raised, according to Col.
Carmi A. Thompson, who heads the
Cleveland group seeking the meet.
ing. It Is anticipated chat $3.50, 600
will see the convention through and
that amount has been raised at this
date, the colonel's secretary states.
Forty times as sensitive az the
usual film, q motion picture film
developed in Germany can be used
to make pictures Of street scenes at
night with ordinary street lighting.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-31
Market I 0 n {
IS STRONG


NEW YORK. Aug. 31.-Under the
leadership Of United States Steel
Common and General Electric FOR
the industriaIs. and Western Mary.
land for the speculative rails, the
stock market displayed q strong
tone In the early trading today. a
Few Of the market favorites, includ-
ing Houston. oil and Texas Land
downward to points.
Freight traffic for the week Of
August 90 showed an increase Of
1856 cars over the previous week.
This was q measure Of encourage.
ment for the bulls, who we're also
encouraged by the aggressive leader
ship displayed by United States
Steel. The stock, selling ex-diyidend
$1.75 a share, advanced to 1861
equivalent to 1881. General Elec-
trio rose brilliantly TO 141, another
new record and a 2.point advance,
to the accompaniment Of rumors Of
q new split-up Ia the stock.
The commodity markets were
quiet In the early trading, with
cotton down about 10 points, wheat
down a cent a busheI In Chicago
and New York, corn, rye and oats
fractionally lower. Coffee and sugar
were firm, and all Of the foreign
exchanges steady. Can money was
unchanged at 81 per cent.
Speculative operations were re-
sumed In few of the non-diyidend
rails, including Western Maryland,
Peoria and Eastern, Chicago Great
Western. ETC., with prices up I to
{ points. Pan.American Petroleum
B recovered 3 points Of its recent
losses ia fair active trading, while
various low-priced independent oils
stiffened on the prospect OF Gov.
eminent Intervention to stop the
present overflow and waste Of crude
oil.
Slowing down Of the market in
the second period was attributed to
the proximity Of the holiday and
the early departure Of a number Of
prominent traders for the weekend
and Labor Day vacation. Motor
and steel stocks held the center Of
the stage in this period.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-31

The captured blades, whose retail
value is put at $4,000 and whose
cost OF manufacture the police es.
innate Il $4,000, are only part, it
Il believed. Of the product Of an
international ring which has been
selling unknown quantities OF them
In South America and Ia Europe.
Leo +. Caldwell, . member Of
the legal department OF the Gillette
Safety Razor Company, whose Of.
fees are in Boston. has been work.
ing with Newark detectives and
with the Matawan and Irvington
On. J.l police in tracing the bogus
articles, and several raids were
made in those three places. No
arrests were made. Previously the
police had raided the factory Of the
Peerless Blade Corporation. Irving.
ton.
The police said several hundred
thousand blades, unwrapped, were
found there and the blades and
dies confiscated. Many OF the
blades found In other places dur.
ing the search were wrapped In
green envelopes. like the regular
Gillette package,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-31
I R ADE UP To.
10 BILLION

Americas commerce with the rest
Of the world will near the 100000
100000 mark for the year 1927,
according to trade reports issued
today by the Department Of Com.
merce.
For the first seven months of
the year, Americas international
trade totalled $5,155, 054, 900, despite
q noticeable slump in July.
This included $2,712, 490, 900 in ex.
ports and 81, AZ, $4,000 in imports
and gave the nation a favorable
trade balance Of approximately
1910, 100000 for the first seven
months, in sharp contrast to an
unfavorable balance OF SOS 900 900
In the same period Of 1926.
The greatest imports were in
crude materials. which showed q
total of $685., 2S1, 900 for the seven
month period.
This was decline of $153, 200, 900
in the total as compared to the.
same period of 1895.
Other imports included $685.
$4,000 Of crude foodstuffs and
food animals, $276, 422, 900 In manu-
featured foodstuffs, $4SS, 766 900 in
semi-manufactures and $4S3, 204, 900
in finished manufactures.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-31
Rochester May Ban
Milk by the Glass

ROCHESTER, N. r, Aug. 3l.
To guard the health Of persons who
consume milk In public places,
Health officer George w. GoIer has
drafted an ordinance which win be
presented for consideration to the
common council, prohibiting the sale
of milk by the glass.
Milk dealers have combined to
fight the measure, which provides,
among other things. that mo mix
may be sold in glasses, and any
restaurant, hotel, drugstore, soda
fountain, confectionery store, or any
other public place, must serve it ia
bottles bearing the name of the per-
son or concern bottling the milk"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-31

John D. Lends His Car
And Gives Cop Soc
To Catch Speeder

MATAWAN, N. j., Aug.
31.-John D. Rockefeller has q
thrill today for his memory
book.
1t was worth ct least fifty
cents to the aged millionaire,
also to Patrolman Leroy Sproul,
who owns five new Rockefeller
dimes today.
Al m o torist disregarded
Sprouts warning whistle when
he passed q traffic signal.
The next car was stopped by
Sprcul who ordered the chauf-
feur to pursue the offending
automobile.
Sproul turned TO the passen-
ger and recognized Rockefeller.
Keep after him. said the oil
king.
Sproul did. The speeder was
caught. The law was salts
fled. So was Rockefeller, the
oil mans estate lost five dimes.
Everybody was tickled except
the speeding motorist.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-31
Persian Radio Stations
To Be Manned by French

TEHERAN, Aug. 3D. Persia's
new wireless stations will be man
ned by French experts in conse.
quence of decision of the Meilis
authorizing the government to re-
!ect the offer Of the services of
Soviet experts.
The Soviet embassy here is said
to resent deeply the action Of the
Persian authorities, which they de-
clare was entirely unexpected.
The refusal to take on Russians
is said ito be based on the fact
that recently there has been much
leakage Of government information
In the direction Of Moscow. and the
Persian government prefers to de.
liver Russian agents from tempta-
ton,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-31
Britain Has Worlds
Speediest AirnIanes

LONDON, Aug. s1.-since the
time has arrived when the phrase
Britannia Rules the Sea- has be.
come doubtful in the minds OF the
people and Englandis supremacy OF
the seas is threatened BY America.
Great Britain Is striving hard to
gain worldwide recognition above
the seas and transfer their suprem-
acy to the air.
Six new seaplanes. In quest Of
the greatest speed ever attained by
man, and ordered built in the
closest secrecy by the Air Ministry,
constitute another step forward in
the nations air DEVELOPMENTS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-31

they, believing he might be try
ing to stage q holdup stepped on
the gas.
A negro was arrested late last
night near the scene Of the shoot
ing, but was released after he
proved he had been night fishing
in Benning Greek and was en-
route home.
The wife Of the injured man, at
Casualty Hospital today, said her
husband had no enemies. They
live at 1913 Twenty-fourth st. N.
p. and have two 4-year-old daugh.
observation-disclosures and Kath.
leen.
Last spring the McBreens went
to Ireland on an extended visit. -.
McBreen was born in Dublin.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-31
PLAN
STIRS Conn.
BY r. I. BULKELEY
international News Service

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Aug. 81.
Latest among periodical tempests IN
3 teapot In Connecticut Il an affair
growing out Of the States apparent
determination not to permit any but
clergymen regularly at the head Of
an active church perform the mar
rage ceremony. BENJAMIN w. All.
ing, the attorney general for Con.
necticut. has issued q ruling cover
ing this point, much to the horror ck
q few hundred clergymen who are
either retired or are holding berths
that do not involve pastoral duties.
Efforts are being made 70 have
the attorney general take a different
view OF the matter. IL the law Of
fetal does not take q new view oE
the situation then the next legisla.
ture viii be asked to validate = few
thousand marriages that have taken
place in the past.
Since the legislature does not meet
for 18 months or so, there is q dis.
position on the part Of some citizens
to be very much annoyed by the sit
uation,
Under the attorney generals ruI.
ing several dozen men who are pro-
fessors in Yale Divinity School, the
Hartford Theological Seminary, Berl-
eley Divinity School and some other
institutions of the sort are com.
pletely barred from performing
marriages.
The situation as It now exists de-
veloped when a retired clergyman
was planning to preside at the
wedding Of close relative. The
clergyman happened to mention e
to a friend connected with the State
government. That friend expressed
some idea that the thing simply
couldn't be done. He suggested the
retired clergyman write to the cap
itol. The letter went forth and its
answer started something.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-31
SHOOTS
GAS" MAN

The gas station bandit is at
work again, the police believe,
following the shooting last
night of William Samuel Nc
Breen, Al, night manager of
the Standard Oil Company sta
ton at 2611 Benning Rd. N.
E. At Casualty Hospital to-
day it was said he would re-
cover.
A motive, other than that of
robbery, was lacking today,
when neither McBreen nor his
wife could name anyone who
might be an enemy.
Shot Through Window
MeBreen was seated at the
window Of the gas station office
ct $3.50 o'clock when someone
fired through the window, the
bullet going through q lung and
lodging near his heart. He heard
the report and, not realizing his
condition started outside.
Feeling faint and realizing he
had been seriously hurt, he
walked to the highway and sought
to signal a passing car. More
Ghan two score motorists passed.
Instead Of stopping to lend aid
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-31
Counterfeiters Turn
to Razor Blades

spacy to counterfeit trademarked material probably will be
asked in connection with the capture Of 100000 spurious
Gillette safety blades in vngton Matawan and New
ark N The charges said to have grown Of the
questioning Of eight persons two Of them women by detectives
yesterday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-31

NsIsT-On the delivery Of
your TINES Or HERALD
every day. If you do not get
your Herald by Z a. M, The
Times BY 5 p. M. Or The sun
day Herald BY 8 .. M. call
Main $3.50. Delivery is guar.
anteed and your copy viii be
sent you Immediately from
The Times Company Office by
special messenger.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-31
lNEW ST. LOUIS BRIDGE

The War Department today ap.
proved the application OF John r.
Scott, Thomas J. Scott, e. e.
Green and Baxter L. Brown to
build a bridge across the Missis.
sippi river near the northern city
limits OF st. Louis.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-31

A self-starting attachment for
farm tractors that a Nebraska man
has invented makes it possible for
a field to be- plowed by unattended
machinery after the first furrow Is
turned.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-31
HOUSE REPORT

NEW YORK, Aug. Biz Clearing
house statement: Exchanges, $780,
100000; balances, $110, 900 900; Fed.
erai Reserve Banks credit balance,
SIS, 200, 600.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-09
ROMAN TUNNELS ID
 BE ELECTRIFIED
Old Spanish City Will Expose
 Relics

Toledo, Spain, Aug g. fPl-Poison- ous snakes and insects are to be chased out of the underground pas sages beneath the city and their wealth of Roman, Moorish, eJwish and Christian art objects disclosed to the public by modern electric lights.
 The entrance to the tunnels, which date back to Roman times, was found beneath the home of Fl Greco. tn" fam ous seventeenth cen- tury painter. The passages are tun- nelled five stories underground, and secret corridors go off for miles in several directions, some even con- ing out into the river below the city.
 Built by various holders of the ancient city. they contain valuable relics Of the Romans. the Moors, the Jews and the Christians. The home of the painter was once owned ty rich Jew, to whom certain of the tunnels are attrib- uted. and deposits of gold have been discovered in them. There also are splendid Roman vases, Moorish doorways and murals. By next year the city of Toledo will have many of the valuable relics restored ant many of the rooms lighted so that they may be easily accessible to tourists
 Many difficulties are being met in connection with the work The underground rooms and corridors, are so infested with scorpions snakes and others poisonous that few Workmen were willing to enter them. There were "bott omless' pits to be bridged: and just as the work seemed simplfied, new pas sages were suddenly discovered and they too were 10 be cleared out.
 Some of the tunnels have never been explored and the city has of- fered every induccment to workers who have constantly refused. It is estimated that some of the tunnels could not be gone through in ten days.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-09

thinks the upper chamber would not necessarily be improved by making it an elected non-hereditary assem. bly,.
 Surely" she says, 'the House of Lords Is the only representative body that now exists in the modem world.
 Elected assemblies are rarely representative. Candidates are chosen because of marked intelli- gence or marked docility. Persona ality may commend itself to tho electors or absence of personality to the party managers. But tho hospitality of the House of Lords is extended to all schools of thought or thoughtfuiness.
 Peers are criticized for not tt. tending and rot voting. If they nei- ther attend nor vote, what harm can they doo No doubt the House of Lords is an illogical growth. But English traditions are woven of anomalies"
New Britain herald., 1927-08-09
POLL PLAYERS IN | i. M. COHAN DRAMA
'1he Song and Dance Man Being
 Presented
(By Herald Reviewer)

"The Song and Dance Man." one of George M. Cohan's American dramas. is the offering of the Poli Players in Hartford this week and while the individual members of the cast headed by Walter Scott Weeks. Vincent Coleman and Robert Perry in the principal talking roles did well, the drama itself is a bit under the usual Conan standard. In brief it's theme Is "once an actor. always an actor" and the main plot seems to be to prove that a person who has been on the stage finds it inn possible to quit the footlights.
 'The Song and Dance Man" gets away ito a rather slow start and drags somewhat all the way through, at times giving a sort of much ado about nothing" atmosphere. There is genuine comedy in the dialogue be- tween Bernard Steele, in the role of a police officer, and Frances Will Hams as a wisecracking theatrical boarding house keeper, MT. Perry has the role of wealthy young artist who seeks to aid his fellow men. and Mir. Weeks is a theatrical producer with the same ambition. Miss Ann Merrick is a struggling young actress aided on the road to success by the aforementioned two and Mir. Coleman is her friend and even dares prison to help her. The romantic theme is somewhat cloud ed since the show starts strongly with the latter much enamored of Miss Merrick, shifts to her enga ge- ment to Perry and in the end stops abruptly without the audience know ing just who has captured the little lady's heart. Others in the cast in clude Patsy Ann O'Neal in minor
 mother role. Adrienne Earle whose lines consist of Yes sir" repeated several times, Harry Fischer in a i breezy bit of dialogue and John
 Burns Jr. and Jay Ray in minor parts.
 The play is not uninteresting and
 was enjoyed by a large Monday
 night audience but the vehicle itself is not on a par with the regular Conan plays.
 Next week the company presents Sure Fire" billed as sure fire 1 comedy hit
New Britain herald., 1927-08-09
Woman's Fame Brings
 Sadness, Says Princess

New York, Aug. (P)-The pure ly feminine woman as opposed to the successful feminist has a cham pion in Princess Alexandra Kropot- kin. who believes economic success brings sadness rather than joy be- cause with it's attainment she loses her natural attributes.
 "Nine out of 10 independent, un- mated women are dissatisfied" she declares in the Red Book Magazine. Every successful woman is faced a thousand times in her business career with the choice between as serting herself as an efficient work CT, and the trick of being purely feminine.
 Tt is every woman's instinct to hope for mate some day. if not 10 look for him. The ability to pro- tect herself makes it a thousand times more difficult for her 10 find that mate"
 If she were treated as a woman pure and simple. the Princess be- lieves her feminine pride would be restored to many a woman reach ing towards success and fame.