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The Washington times., 1927-09-10
MISSIVE 5
CON Tain
CLUES

ENID, Okla, Sept. TO-
Daintily bound letters exr
changed between a clergyman
and a nurse, who lived in his
home, and subsequent deaths
Of the minister's wife and 49,
year-Old daughter, today led to
the detention for questioning
of the Rev. Charles Bailey,
pastor of the Episcopal Church
here, and Miss Mary Atkinson,
trained nurse.
Letters Give Clues
Discovery of the letters in Miss
Atkinson's room together with q
poison label, and the nature Of
the letters contents, led police to
piece together the events which
in the past month have made the
Reverend Bailey ) Widower and
taken from him his daughter.
q Wife Died Suddenly
: ri es 80 e - 3 H. &
Mrs. Bailey. who was attended
by Miss Atkinson, died suddenly
on August rs. Mary Jane Bailey.
the pretty daughter succumbed
yesterday, equally as sudden She
too was administered to by the
nurse.
Then police became occupied.
They learned that the Rev. Bailey
nAvnoo l1ntE f,.f11rr FNeas1. GSs,rt;lfn
recently. Then they learned that
Miss Atkinson soon followed them
and took up residence in the Bailey
home.
A month ago all members of the
came suddenly i'll. Mrs, Bailey
recovered, but Mary Jane fingered
between life and death. Then on
August &c the wife and mother
again became suddenly ill and died
Last Saturday the minister -
said to have ordered Miss Atkinson
to take up residence elsewhere
She moved but shortly thereafter
she telephoned the clergyman, say
ing she was going to commit sui
eide. Rushing to her new resi-
dence with physician, the Rev.
Bailey is said to have dissuaded
her. j
Leaves For Colorado
The minister then left for Col.
'orado. taking with him one of his
younger children for the purpose
OF placing the child with relatives.
In the interval. Mary Jane was
again attended by Miss Atkinson,
and when she died suddenly yes
terday. police arrested the nurse
and questioned her.
When the pastor returned from
Colorado yesterday afternoon. he
was met at Newton, Kansas, by
two members Of his church and
was taken by automobile to this
city for questioning.
Police today requested authorities
in Gainesville, Tex, to forward any
information about the relations of
the two in that city, it having de-
veloped here that the minister and
nurse have long been acquainted.
Town Is AgOg
Meanwhile, Enid was in state of
excitement it has not experienced
since the thrilling dsys of the World
War. The main topic of conversa-
ton on street corners was concern.
ing the scandal" which seldom
comes to this little community. All
day long there were small crowds
wandering to and fro in front Of
the county offices that Some glimpse
might be had of the minister and
nurse
The Washington times., 1927-09-10
NJ " { ID
FLIGHT. At
TOKYO

BY International News Services
TOKYO, Sept. 1O.-Efforas
Of j. V. Walker, represents
tive in Japan for Edward 4.
Schlee and William Brock,
round-the-world filters, to
charter a boat to carry the
men and their plane, the Pride
Of Detroit, across the Pacific,
were Intellectual today. Walker
stated the flight would prob
ably be abandoned at Tokyo,
because it would be impossible
for Brock and Schlee to break
the time record for circling the
world without flying across tn
Pacific.
The Pride Of Detroit Is
pected to fly here from Shans
hal Sunday, arriving in TIL
afternoon.
Schlee and Brock, arrived at
Shanghai in the Pride of Detroit
at 5:21 o'clock this afternoon from
Hongkone, u distance of 7eO miles.
SchIee and Brock did not land
at the Shanghai race course. as
had been expected, owing to the
saortness OF the runway and the
weight Of fuel aboard the plane.
They landed at the Hungjoa air.
drome after circling overhead for
an hour.
5000 Disappointed
About 5000 foreign residents and
thousands OF Chinese had gathered
at the race course, waiting all az.
ternoon for the plane There was
deep disappointment when it failed
to land there.
After being showered with con.
gratulations, the American airmen
were taken to a hotel where thew
bathed. dined and Immediately
thereafter went to bed, leaving
word they would hop off for Japan
at dawn Sunday if weather con.
ditions permit.
The roumd-the-world flierS have
now passed the halfway mark of
their, long and hazardous Journey.
From Shanghai they hope to nv
here, a distance Of 1,130 miles. and
then before them will spread the
broad Pacific. -
Government aviation experts have
vetoed an alternate transpacific
aerial route-yia Guam as proposed
by advisers Of William S. Brock ana
Edward r. Scillee, now flying the
Pride Of Detroit on q round-the-
world trip, it was said today.
After urging Brock and SchIee to
abandon their proposed flight from
Yokohama, Japan, to the Midway
Islands, advisers Investigated the
Guam route. This would entail 4
,6O0-mile flight from Yokohama 10
Guam and 3,S00-mile journey from
Guam to Honolulu. Although the
Navy has had seaplanes at Guam,
there is no regular landing field for
land planes, Navy officials said.
Belief was expressed here by Of
ficials that Brock and Schlee would
take 3 steamer from Japan. They
could, it was said, break the present
record Of Is days, Ia hours ana 81
seconds made by Linton Wells and
Edward Evans in circling the globe.
The Washington times., 1927-09-10
T ANGUS ARTIST
CALLED BUST

Jozef Sigall, internationally known
artist, who has painted the nor.
traits of President and Mrs.
Coolidge and other celebrities, was
today pictured as devoid of talent
and Waster OF canvas and good
paint In the reply of G. Bryan Pitts,
local financier who was sued for
$4,000 by the painter for the
portraits of himself and his wife.
Pitts through his attorneys,
Roger J. Whiteford and Ii. G.
Clark paints word picture OF his
own of the noted artist.
Pitts declares that Sigall did the
best he could in painting the
pictures but that the net results
We're. that Mrs. Pitts looked like a
bale Of cotton and Pitts himself
did not recognize his portrait which
was "atrocious. stiff. over.colored
and which wore an unnatural and
strained posture. :,
Pitts says he was harrassed hv
the painter for two weeks ~
Palm Beach before he finally rave
in and consented to sit with his
wife for the painting.
sat ana sat and sat, he
SAID, but as the canvases neared
completion Pitts declared that he
realized then it was waste of
time and that Sigall was only
running canvas and paint.
SigaI In. his suit filed August IL
asking for $4,000 for each Of the
two paintings declared that Pitts
had come to him and asked that
he paint their portraits.
Pitts declares in his answer that
SiSalfs International reputation
was self.styled and without war.
rant or justification and that his
self-laudation IL a ''lot of hokul1n"
and that the painter is entirely
void Of the slightest artistic ability
and progresses no technique
The Washington times., 1927-09-10

Mrs. Molie Collins. Of 24o4 Sec
ond st. n. E.. accused Mrs. Mary
g. Stickney, 240O Second st. N. f..
her neighbor, of having an affair
with her laundryman.
Mrs. Stickney retaliated by suing
Mrs. Collins for $40 900 damages for
libel against her morals. On An
gust is, when she filed her suif. she
told the court that Mrs. Collins ac-
cusations nad simply ruined her
reputation. .
: Through her attorneys, O'Shea 4
Burnett, Mrs Collins today filed q.
demurrer, the legal Import of which
is to say to Mrs. Stickney:
Wen. maybe / did say you had
an affair with your laundrymsll.
but what of 1t? That's no libel to
say that lady has an affair. There
are all kinds cf affairs and what j
said about ycu did not Involve your
moral turpltude.n ts
The Washington times., 1927-09-10
Los Angeles Escorts
Leviathan Down Bay

LAKEHURsT, N. j., Sept. To-
The dirigible Los Angeles and the
semi-rigid airship J-3 left the naval
air station here today for New
York to act as escort for the liner
Leviathan which Is to carry q
large number of American Legion
men and their relatives and friends
to Paris.
After flying down the bay as
far as Ambrose lightship, the Los
Angeles turned toward Westchestsr.
Pa, over which city it win fly
during the celebration there os the
150th anniversary of the battle Of
Brandywino.
The Washington times., 1927-09-10
Is affair "A Sinister
Word? Court to Rule

The question to what constitutes affair between
married another today thrown into the
legal hopper of the District Supreme Court for definit,on
The Washington times., 1927-09-10
New York Auto Found
Abandoned at Station

The ownership and past history
of an automobile bearing New
York tags, found abandoned last
night at Second and T. Streets
m. E., is today being sought by
/ Ninth precinct police.
I The tag numbers were N. Y.
s8N1624. Because 1t was aban-
doned near the Union Station.
police think that it may have
been driven here by some person
who fled by train.
The Washington times., 1927-09-10
Man, n, Arrested for
| Dangerous Weapon Row

Sought for several hours in con-
nection with shooting at 200 L st.
NJ. W.. Ford Muse, colored, 81. 1903
Half st. Ct: s. W.. was arrested
early today and lodged In a cell at
the Second precinct under charge
Of assault with a dangerous weapon,
Muse. It Is claimed by police. en-.
gagged in an alteration with Jerome
Peters, colored, 1929 New Jersey
Ave. N. W. in tailor shop at the
L street address.
The Washington times., 1927-09-10

Hemne hays with a lprwa
sslee&aan fr8tn which 20 choose the
ere ZSa want are found In taday's
Ws@&g&&K@8 Asa -
The Washington times., 1927-09-10

lsey his wames through tlAe Real WsaaSa
foe Sale eelalnna Of the ClRssifiea Ads.
The Washington times., 1927-09-10

Next Friday, the court will pass
on the demurrer. Should 1t be sus-
tanned the suit ends there, but
should it, be overruled then Mrs.
y Collins must answer specifically the
$4,000 damage suit.
]. the decision hinges on the courts
Interpretation OF what an affair
with . laundryman might mean.
The Washington times., 1927-09-10
CLOsE on coUNTEREEITER

NEW ORLEANS, La, Sept. 10.
Local Federal men and police here
believe that they have uncovered
the ring that has been passing
counterfeit 800 and $50 bills on race
tracks, y well az in payment of
liqpor for shipments from the Ba.
haHnas for the United States and
over the International boundary line
The Washington times., 1927-09-10
Greyhound Racing is
Popular in London

LONDON, Sept. 10.-London il
going to the dogs!
When the promoters OF the
northern England greyhound racing
meetings announced they would open
a greyhound racetrack, at the White
City, the famous pre.war play.
ground OF London and Of late years
practically derelict, there were many
who scoffed, declaring that dog
racing would never catch on with
the phlegmatic inhabitants of Eng
lands capital city. They have lived
to see their prediction COMPOUNDED.
The Washington times., 1927-09-10
Girl t, IS
]. s. PRIZE
BEAUTY

ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 10.
Nov | must rush home and
take up my studies. You see
I'm a junior in high school
and certainly want to finish
my course. -
That's the most beautiful girl
in America" speaking.
Besieged with the prospects of va
rious promoters, 16-year-old Lois
Delander, OF Joliet, ILL.,, newly
crowned Miss America, was busy
bundling up her trophies today to
rush back to school.
Lois was somewhat alarmed over
the possibility that she might al
ready be late for school, and with
the business OF winning the annual
Atlantic City beauty review dis.
posed Of, the big problem on hand
was the immediate return to her
Fart course.
Her Only Love
While the simplicity and charm
WIFI WHICH SHG JuuSES IOuHu nGE
amply equipped, might stand in
good stead for a movie or stage
career, Miss Delander said today
that her sole inclination Is cart"
my ambition is to become sue
cessful artist. ] feel / am inclined
toward an artistic career" she said.
In school am deeply interested
in my art course and intend to fol.
low it,
''Of course I'm happy. I'm thrilled
to death. l really didn't dream of
winning the title,'' she asserted
rather breathlessly.
Miss Americas" chief charm Is
her simplicity, coupled with golden
brown hair, which she arranges in
a simple manner.
Close Victory
But Lois victory was not a
Landslide" In fact, the matter OF
selecting the prize bit of pulchri.
tude this year was downright
labor, the weary judges declared.
Miss Delander took a three vote
margin to win the title when the
judges balotted 8 to in her favor
over Miss MOZelle Ransome, miss
Dallas" the runner-up.
Miss Dallas and Miss Joliet had
earlier eliminated the other final.
lists, Miss Philadelphia, Miss Tulsa
and Miss Hammond. but not with.
out considerable perplexity on the
part of the judges.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-27
GEO. E. JACK SON
1900 Avenue Douglas
PONTIAC SIX
1900 G Avenue

finite attention, and mountains of hay
during their stay on the desert.
Seventeen freight trains hauled the
supplies from Los Angeles to Yuma.
Motor trucks relayed supplies as far
as the roads were passable out into
the desert, from where the plank road
started. Over this plank road SO tons
of supplies were hauled daily
Semi military regulations governed
the camp, starting with reville at $50
o'clock in the morning and ending with
taps and lights out" at 10 o'clock at
night A long rest period was taken
at noon each day to give man and
beast respite from the heat
The Arizona desert location was
typically African, according to Julian
Fleming, technical director assisting
Brenon. Fleming had lived on the Sa-
hara desert for many months few
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-27

president, and Thomas H. O'Brien, gems
eral manager.
Unsatisfactory condition of copper
prices makes the move advisable, they
said.
BY this move operations of the conn
pany viii be temporarily curtailed ap-
proxmately 80 per cent. Future oper-
ations of the company will be guaged
by the market prices of copper, 1t be-
ing the companys policy not to mine
great quantities for a low price.p 1t is
understood that the companys leach
ing plant will run to capacity but that
the concentrator's production will be
cut so per cent.
About $500 men are employed by the
company.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-27

years ago and was in position to
know.
And so was produced the great mo-
tion picture version of the French for
eign Legion in the wastes of Africa,
an outstanding example of "the per-
feet motion picture" And a lasting
tribute to Arizona's desert wastes.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-27
Inspiration Copper
Mine Cuts Output

MIAMI, Ariz., FEB. 26 F)-Approxi-
mately 700 men will be laid off by
March 10 by the Inspiration Console
dated Copper company, it was an.
nounced here today by L. d. Ricketts,,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-27

mo Breakfast Complete Without
The Dispatch"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-27

VXTHEN the Pontiac Six was announced
w some thirteen months ago, it caused
a sensation that the automotive industry
will long remember.
Yetfor all the furore it created, for all the
crowds it attracted, for all the tens of thou
sands of buyers it won away from longer
established cars, the Pontiac Six todayis an
even greater sensation than it was when
introduced!
All over the country Pontiac Six popu.
larity continues unabated. And bAyers are
selecting it with eVera greater confidence be-
Pontiac Six, $s25 to $e7s. Oakland Six, com
i't' at factory. ROdies by Fisher. EGsN to pay OF
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-06

A sensational Pre-
Holiday Sale bargain.
Coxwell chair uphols-
tered with velour; re-
movable cushion il
braided and spring
filled. Will make
some one a mighty
fine Christmas pre-
sent
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-06
PRE-HoLIDAY SALE

Special value --.----I---.-- ~A47.vO
s beautiful pieces: bed. large vanity, chiffochest, bou-
doir bench and rocker. Genuine walnut An combina-
ton with selected hardwpds- Dust proof construction
Handsomely decorated. Large mirror. YOU CANT
FIND A BETTER BARGAIN ANYWHERE-see i 70
appreciate the value offered.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-06

$4,000 Bed Room Suite ........ $695.00
s beautiful pieces Of genuine walnut combined with Sc
lected choice hnrdw0Cds. Decoration ia inland gold and
floral design IN circle pattern. Consists OF large war;
iv with biz mirror. high boy cabinet type. how end bed
every piece u masterpiece OF furniture craftsmanship.
Dust proof neutrality-suspicious. boudoir bench and
rocker. A VALUE THAT YOU A NEVER SEE
AGAIN.
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-02-24

shading into a darker green away
from the center. The air-brush, by
the way is the only means of doing
this shading. 1t would be impossible
to get the blending of color in the old
way. The spray of roses which deco
rates the front panel of the chest is
one OF the new imported decalcomania
transfers which show as clever work
as even an accomplished artist could
achieve If he painted the design di.
rectly on your piece of furniture.
When properly applied these transfers
are more durable than hand decora.
ton and stand washing admirably.
Another type Of work which has had
great boom in popularity because of
the ease with which it can be done in
this new way, is the painting of wick.
er and fiber furniture. Any woman
who has ever tried to give the baby
buggy or the sun room davenport a
new coat of color can remember how
she worried because the paint would.
mt go in between the reeds where
she wanted 1t to. Painting wicker
ware with an air-brush is simply play.
"Squish, squish," and it's done. No
paint on your hair and plenty just
where it should be.
Air-brush painting requires about
the same amount of material that or
binary brush work does, but it goes
on very much smoother. It is equally
adaptable for color work or the nat.
ural wood finishes, mahogany, walnut,
etc. There are two kinds of paint
that are suitable-the lacqueroid or
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-02-24
.egion Last Saturday.

The type of furniture decorated in
the studio by means of the air-brush
Of course varies greatly. A charming
breakfast set of table, four chairs
and high chair to match-was in
course of construction the day visit
ed the studio. 1t represented, up to
that time about two hours work. One
hour and a half were spent with the
air-brush putting on the single coat
of orange colored paint and about a
half hour with an ordinary paint brush
providing the needed contrast with
black stripings. This brought it to
the stage where it was to be deco
rated at the next sitting with ship
transfers, also in black.
This set showed a clever way of
solving one of the furniture problems
for the family with small children.
The high chair never does match"
is the constant complaint of the
woman who is particular about the
appearance Of her dining room. Any
furniture dealer would think she was
just little bit queer to expect such
a thing and yet there it is-solved as
usual, ny the Ingenuity Oh a woman.
The hope chest" shown in the pic
ture is the one awarded for the prize
drawing at the luncheon which the
American Legion Auxiliary gave at
the Elks' Temple on February 10. The
task of decorating the chest was done
for the auxiliary by Mrs. Grant Ware
and Mrs. T.. w. Robertson. It was
given three coats of Niagara green,
both on inside and out, with the color
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-02-24
BY Helen S. MilIgard.

prices they do charge for anything
worth having?! But | didn't see any
that were nearly so nice as yours
George must have come into a for
tune"
'oh. painted that myself. 1t cost
hardly anything"
"You painted il! Why, | didn't
know you were an artist"
I'm not. It's the new air-brush
painting and Grace, dear, it's just the
most fascinating thing you ever tried.
I'm perfectly wild about it,"
Change breakfast set" to tea
wagon" magazine rack" or ''tilt-top
table" and the foregoing conversation
may be heard frequently in Spokane
these days. The cause is the new air
brush painting which has become
fashions latest caprice. Moreover, so
far as is known, Spokane has the
honor of being the birthplace of this
newest fad.
OF course, the air-brush itself is not
new. For years it has been used in
furniture factories and big establish
ments where speed and finely fin
ished work are essentials but this
is the first time on record where a
paint store has installed the expen-
siye apparatus and turned it over,
free of charge, to its customers. In
the large work room which the Amer.
lean Paint and Wall Paper Company
has fitted up, quantities of both old
and new furniture daily receive those
decorative touches which enable
them once more to take their places
in the front rank of household treas
ures. In the short time this appar-
atus has been available for public use,
more than one hundred Spokane
homes have been beautified by its
use.
1t is an unusual type of apparatus,
this, and one which seems more cold
ly commercial in appearance than one
would expect from looking at some
Of the results achieved. Outside
galvanized iron booth, a huge engine
chugs industriously supplying the re-
serve tank of compressed air which
operates the brush. From the roof of
this tourist tent of tin (for that is
what it resembles) runs a "stove
pipe" also galvanized and some
twelve inches or more in diameter.
Inside the pipe is an electrically op-
Grated exhaust fan which draws off
the fumes Of the paint. The altar
upon which these pieces of used.to-be
furniture are consecrated to further
service is a turn-table Git used to be
a piano stool, but that matters mott
and the implement of achievement,
not brush at all but small gun
like thing surmounted by a can for
holding the paint.
In such surroundings, smock clad
may be seen many of Spokane's best
known women. Before Christmas il
was gifts they were working on but
now many of them put an old piece
Of furniture into the car in the morn
ng, bring it to the studio and in
lew hours take it home again, to all
ntents and purposes a new piece,
proud in the glory of its transforma-
ion.
Color is the demand of the age"
said William Solby, the. proprietor,
when questioned as to the origin of
lis new department. "The country
las been taken by storm with the de-
ire to place few vivid spots of color
n every room. II is often impossible
o buy finished piece of furniture of
ust the shade needed to accentuate
he color scheme. Then, too, many
ZONES already contain pieces with