davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
K. OF c. ARRANGES
LECTURE ON MEXICO
Churchmen and Government
Officials to Hear Joseph
Scott on January II.

The entire Supreme Council or the
Knights of Columbus and number
of grand knights from all parts OF
The country will attend a mass meet
ing and lecture on ''MeXiCo--the
Facts" which is to be held under
the auspices of the Knights of Column
bus at the Washington Auditorium
on January q.
Members of Congress, high Govern
ment officials. the Mexican Ambassa-
dor and his staff will be invited to
the affair, which begins at s pm.
Joseph Scott. California lawyer
and orator, will deliver the lecture.
Archbishop Curley of Baltimore will
he present. Bishop Freeman. all
Protestant ministers and jewish
rabbits as we'll as leaders of other
faiths will be~ invited.
Mr.. Scott, who lectured to more
than 1900 persons in Los Angeles
is coming to Washington at the re-
quest of the local Knights of Column
bus. He has made Il study OF the
Mexican situation and has been
awarded the Laetare MedAt rom
Notre Dame University for conspicuous
work in the cause of higher eauca-
ton. He is a graduate of London
University and was awarded the
Knighthood of St. Gregory by Pope
Benedict for his relief work in the
World War.
A special committee under Charles
W. Darr is carrying out the local
arrangements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
THE DAILY
HOROSCOPE
Monday, January 10.

Astrologers read tomorrow as an
extraordinarily unfavorable day in
planetary rule. 1t is we'll to proceed
with caution. Aviators should be on
their guard, as accidents may be cas-
lily brought about and there is indi.
cation of storms in certain regions.
Whlle this configuration prevails
there may be a tendency to criticize
and to pass severe judgment on ones
neighbors.
1t is not an suspicious day for Jury
trials, since faults will magnify and
charlty will be rarer than usual.
Ii one would pass the day happily.
one must be blind to all except the vir.
tues, for the mind quickly reflects
what is bad, instead of what is good
Inc sway is menacing to literature
which this year will offer even more
sordid tales of life then have been
published in the past.
While 1927 may mark the lowest
level in certain forms of character in.
depreciation on the stage and on the
printed page, reactionary forces are
gaming impetus, the seers announce.
Thls is a most inauspicious rule
under which to seek employment or
promotion, as heads of business de.
partments may be difficult to please
and generally disgruntled.
On day like this routine tasks
should be pursued and all discourag
ing thoughts should be resolutely de-
MED entrance to the consciousness
Severe weather is to cause great
suffering in certain cities of the
United States, according to astroloey.
Persons whose birth date it is Lave
the augury of a year of mixed ex-
periences. They should make no
changes.
Children born on that day may be
sensitive and difficult to manage
They are likely to have unusual tai
entS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
MAYFAIR'S YOUNGER SET
HAS FREAKISH FETES
Celebrated 1o26's Going With Par
ties Out of Ordinary-Roof
Dances Are Given.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. January S.-Mayfair' S
younger society set observed the holi
days with more or less freaklSh
games and stunts.
Just before Christmas they wound
up the little season with party
round watchman's braZier in the
middle of a West End street. The
host brought several kippers in a
paper bag and the guests cooked
them over the red-hot Goals in turn
at o'clock in the morning. Another
party was held after midnight at a
coffee-Stall which has been patronized
several times during the season.
One young hostess celebrated her
birthday anniversary by entertaining
friends at smack counter" She
placed a sum of money before each
guest on the counter, and the guests
ordered and paid for what they liked.
During the last fortnight of the old
year a series of dances were held on
the fiat roofs of Mayfair houses.
These affairs, in which the guests
wore khaki overalls to protect eve
ming clothes. were called ''cat parties"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
ANCIENT CULTURE
STILL IN EVIDENCE
Traces of Old BabyIonian
Achievements Found in
Persian Gulf.


NEW HAVEN, Conn, January S.
Architecture, navigation, irrigation
and date cultivation of today's inhabi-
tants of the region north of the Per-
sian Gulf still show distinct traces of
ancient Babylonian culture, Prof.
Raymond Philip Dougherty says in
report he has just made public on his
recent archaeological survey in south
ern Babylonia. He is professor of
Assyriology and Babylonian literature
at Yale University and curator of the
Babylonian collection at Yale.
Many remains of the former Sumer-
ian, Babylonian and Assyrian centers
of population exist in the Tigris-
Euphrates Valley" Prof. Dougherty
says in his report. Some of these
ruins have been identified and par.
TALLY eXcavated, but the names and
contents of others are unknown.
There is no more fascinating task
than that of examining the debris of
mounds teeming with antiquities
capable of throwing light upon the
past.
"Water-lifting devices for irrigation
purposes never failed to interest me.
A mechanism similar to the 'Shaduf'
of Egypt is in common use. How
ever, it is called 'daliyah' in southern
Iraq, which 1ncl1neS one to think of
the Babylonian 'dalu.' It seems GER
tain that the Babylonians had to raise
water in order to supply their fields
with proper amount of moisture.
THE picture presented by a modern
Arab manipulating a 'daliyah' at the
edge of a date palm causes one to
feel that he is looking upon a typical
Babylonian scene.
Signs of preservation of Baby
lonian practices are present in the
architecture, navigation, irrigation
and date cultivation of today. What
has made this possible for a people
whose cities disappeared and whose
language ceased to be spoken and
written?
THE most outstanding cause is the
close contact of the Babylonians with
the Arabs long before the Mohamme-
dan subjugation of Mesopotamia.
"Babylonian blood must be cours
ing, to some extent at least, in the
veins of the present inhabitants of
Iraq. Such a historical DEVELOPMENT
would contribute not a little to the
preservation of certain elements of
the ancient civilization of the land"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
HOPE FOR MOTHERS BILL
Senate Supporters to Seek Vote on
Measure This Week

Supporters of the maternity bill,
which has been before the Senate for
varying intervals of time during the
past week, are hopeful of bringing
the measure to vote this week. OPP
ponents of the bin have kept debate
going each time il has been up for
discussion.
The bill would extend for two more
years the existing law under which
Federal aid is granted the States in
carrying on educational health
work relating to maternity and infant
care. 1t already has passed the
House and Senator Sheppard, spon-
sor of the legisla ton in the Senate,
said he would make every effort to
have it acted on by the Senate. The
measure is the unfinished business of
the Senate, and will come up again
q. 9 o'clock tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
FRENCH GETTING AWAY
FROM FUNERAL CUSTOM
Standing Uncovered at Graves in
Severe Weather Starts Revolt
in Paris.


PARIS, January S.-France is at
last revolving against one of its most
characteristic funeral customs, that
of those at the graveside remaining
uncovered even in the worst weather,
during the usually long ceremony
Members of the Academy of Inscrip
lions and Letters, composed of men OF
learning. signed round robin at their
last meeting that read:
"Out of regard for the health OF
those who survive me, l forbid any
speeches at my obsequies.
This leadership is crystalliZing a
long, latent movement to be more hui
name to the living. who in France
show the greatest respect for the dead
The funeral of Jean Richepin, the
poet. a short time ago, brought illness
TO many aged persons who stood in the
cold rain, trembling with cold, over
wrought with emotion, while notable
speakers grated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
THREE ARE ACCUSED
OF EMBEZZLING FUNDS
Officers of New York Bank Charged
With disappointing $4,000
i'm Two Years.
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK. January S.-Three
men We're under arrest last night
on charges of embezzlement of funds
of the Broadway Central Bank. They
are Harry RedholZ, 3S, Of Union City
y. J.. cashier; George II. Cook, 90
of Baldwin, y. y. assistant cashier
and Anthony Ziesat, 81, Hollis, n, Y,
who was second vice president until
his resignation. three days ago.
They are charged specifically with
embezzling $4,000 from the bank s
accounts, classifying items and appro.
priating money TO their own use
with which, police said, they specu
lated on the stock market.
Police said the juggling of the
banks accounts had been going on
for the past two years and was dis
closed recently through the examina
ton of bank customers account.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
WOULD USE SOLDIERS.
Anti-Prohibitionist's Plan 70
Guarding Poisonous Alcohol.

In letter to President Coolidge, w.
H. Stayton, national chairman of the
Association Against the Prohibition
Amendment. has suggested the use of
soldiers, Marines and Coast Guards
men in guarding poisonous industrial
alcohol supplies.
In this way, he said, "the horrifying
loss of lives now resulting from the
beverage use of liquors which have
been poisoned by the Government"
could be reduced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
McConville Wills Rejected.

Justice William HitZ. in Probate
Court, has rejected three wills OF the
tate Daniel McConVille and has
granted letters of administration on
the $450,000 estate to Arthur II. Nc.
Conville and Paul b. McConville, two
of the sons. The bond of the admins.
traitors is fixed at $25 900. The wills
were rejected at the request of the
executors and other heirs because the
third document, which would have
governed the distribution of the estate
was executed two days before the
death of the deceased from pernicious
anaenia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
SOLD "SMOKES" TO BOY.
Maximum Fine Levied Against
Proprietor of Store.

Found guilty of selling cigarettes to
minors under Is years of age, Florence
Hazelwonder, proprietor of a delicates-
sen store at 701 Newton place, was
fined $40, the maximum fine, in Police
Court yesterday.
Noticing Hans Bigier, 10 years old.
OF 35332 Georgia avenue putting a
cigarette at noon recess, a teacher of
the Parkr View School inquired of the
boy where he had obtained them.
Learning from whom he had made
the purchase, the teacher notified the
tenth precinct police, who in turn
swore out warrant against the dealer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
STUDYING D. c. AFFAIRS,
Chairman Gibson of House Com
mittee Calls Meeting.

Chairman Gibson of the special sub
committee of the House District com.
mittee which is making a systematic
and comprehensive study of the ad-
ministration of the municipal affairs
of the city of Washington. has called
a meeting of his subcommittee for to.
morrow night at 1880 o'clock. Mr.
Gibson said yesterday that he has not
yet invited any District officials to
appear at this meeting but that the
subcommittee will consider any re
ports to be made by the expert inves
tigators who have been working under
Mr.. Gibson's direction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09

An Atlantic liner just being com
Melted will oAEIy 1890 passengers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
Will Consider Dam Bill,

The House rules committee yester-
day set January 20 for a hearing on
| the advisability of giving preferen-
tial legislative status to the Swing
Johnson Boulder Canyon Dam bill.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-04
Electric Homes Are
Featured In London

LONDON, March 3 (49.-Houses built
to contain wireless set, violet ray
apparatus for treating the skin, an
electric refrigerator, an electric wash
ing machine, central heating, room to-
room telephones, loud speakers and an
electric vacuum cleaner. Nearly 5000
of these houses are to be built on the
estate, a large park, and the builder
says that he is trying to strike a new
note in what may be callde middle
class homes by providing benefits and
advantages usually reserved for the
rich
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-04

The Legion Etrangers of France,
prominent in Paramounts road-show
Beau Geste," which comes to the
Grand tomorrow, for matinee and
night showing only, was founded
by King Louis PHILIPPE in 1880.
"To offer refuge to those foreign
ers who. by reason of the troubled
state of Europe have come within
our borders and whose presence, un-
employed and harassed by necessity,
may constitute public menace"
was the proclamation of it's found
ing.
Since the first few years of ex-
istence, when it's troops in the large
majority We're made up of mercen-
aries, of various countries, it's repu-
tation of "no questions asked" has
caused it to be used as refuge
for those foreigners" in different
sense than Louis probably anticipated.
The legion at times has been term
ed 'the refuge heap of Europe"
All types of criminals from the
sneak-thief to the muyderer are
found in it's ranks. Clergymen, law
yarS coIIepa nrofaSSOrS TniIliOnaires
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-04
Pay Thousand Francs
For Paris Dinner On
Invitation by c a f e

PARIS, March 3 B.-A thousand
francs a plate-or $4O-forg dinners
limited to 40 covers, IS whispered as a
luxury in store for the too rich in
Paris. The customers are to be lin
vited."
"Of course, they will be foreigners"
say caustic commenters, in discussing
this new stunt.
Whether 40 are found to pay this
price each night in the new and ex-
elusive restaurant on the Champs Ely
sees, it is remarked, there certainly
will be that many waiting outside to
see the parade of those with thousand
franc appetites. And. the curious on
lockers won't be the more ridiculous of
the two groups" says one.
TO justify the price the tentative an
nouncement says the principal artists
of several theatres will sing and dance
and play for the little audience of 40,
and, of course, that sort of entertain
ment is expensive.
Dispatch Telephones-81 and 80
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-04
Scholarship Mark
Taken by Seniors
In Past Semester

The senior class finally triumphed
ever the sophomores by taking first
llace in the coveted race for high
Eonors in scholastic activity at the
high school. During the entire ftrsr
semester the second year students
LED the way to all classes with a
fine average, but with the beginning
Of the new semester the seniors
launched out on a new road and for
the first six weeks of the second
semester hold a slight lead.
The seniors increased from 2.96 to
2.S7, while the sophomores dropped
from 2.68 to 2.96. The class average
for the year still rests with the
sophomores as the averages main
tanned for the first 1S weeks of the
school year have not been overcome
by dropping to second place for this
six weeks period
The juniors hold third place and
the freshmen are in fourth pface.
with averages of 313 and 1928, re-
spectively.
The class that maintains the hign-
est general average for the schoo}
year will be awarded the scholarship
cup on commencement night. The
seniors have one period to their
credit, while the sophomores have
three periods with two more periods
to count until school closes
The small margin of differences
between the two highest averages is
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-04
BIG MAN HUNT
IS ON TO CATCH
GUN FIGHTER

A. E. Webb, border patrolman, sta
toned at Osborn, who was shot Wed
nesday night by an unknown gunman,
was reported recovering tonight. Of
ficers both in this county and from
Phoenix are merging their efforts in
great man hunt. They believe that
there is some chance that the man who
shot Webb is Jack Mckee, who es-
capped from a deputy sheriff in Phoe-
nix on Wednesday. Two Phoenix of
ficers are in this county and searched
in Douglas and this district during
the day Thursday.
Sheriff Sullivan of AIaricopa county
has wired all police officers through
out tho state and in adjoining states
TO watch for a stolen Hudson coach.
Kee may be in this car. The man
has bad reputation and the officers
are warned by Sullivan to use due care
in attempting to arrest him.
Mckee handcuffed a dentist and a
deputy sheriff to a steam pipe in the
dentists office. He took the deputys
pistol. He had a pistol himself. Of
ficers are at a loss to know where
he got this as he supposedly had been
watched at all times and thoroughly
searched. Local officers are patroling
the highways for the stolen coach.
Mckee is described as five feet IL
inches tall, with dark brown hair, and
blue eyes. He weighs 143 pounds and
lis a bad man." He goes under a num-
ber of names, among which, are Arthur
p. Adams, E. e. Ray, A. r. Nelson and
W. T. Tanner. He was originally ar
rested on suspicion of completely in
theatre hold-up.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-04

and paupers also make up this mot
ley and dangerous crew. The dis
cipline to keep such varied types
within the bounds of soldierly or
ganization is necessarily iron-bound,
almost Teuton in it's execution.
Tyrannical authority, given to Of
ficers, in this famous organization,
is shown in Beau Geste" by the
brutal treatment of his men by Noah
Beery who plays Sergeant Lo-
jaunp.'
The company carries with it is own
symphony orchestra of 16 pieces.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-04

80 'SSaesg2hA
productions of high school students
There are plenty of country songs,
country dances, husking bees and
side attractions that will amuse
you from the opening curtain
The tickets are now on sale for
so cents at the Owl Drug store.
Cast of Characters
Deacon Dubbs-Lee Bodenhammer
"a kind hearted farmer with an
open face, a warm heart and a he1p-
ing hand.
Amis Coleman-Allan Hood-juve-
nile lead.
Rawdon -Elgin Sanders.
g COOL calculating villain.
Major McNutt-James Reay-in-
clined to be dogmatic and conse-
quential.
Deuteronomy Edwin Park a
gawky, freckle-faced awkward boys,
who never says much.
Rose Observation-Disclosures Piper-an
emotional leading lady.
Miss PniIpena Popover-Frances
Jaclzs-a typical Yankee old maid.
1rixie Coleman-Eleanor. Arthur
Q lively soubrette.
Emily Dale-Louise Baker-a popu-
lar young lady.
Yennie acknowledgement Harris
"a Swedish girl in love with Deu-
teronomy.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-04
Re- Direct
German Cable Service

Direct cable service between the
United States and Germany was
formally re-established yesterday
with an exchange of messages be-
tween Won Hindenburg and Coolidge,
according to information received
through the local Western Union Of
flee.
Coincidental with the re-establish-
ment of the direct service, press
rates between New York and Ger
many We're reduced from IA to IL
cents a word and proportionately
for other points in the United States.
The Emden cable connects with
both the Western Union and Com.
mercial Cable company at Azores.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-04
AGED MINER DIES

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, March 3
tR)-Latham Carey Almond, 90, who
made two fortunes in placer mining
at Yreka in northern California,
where he came from Kansas in 1849,
died at the home of a daughter here
today. After the Civil war Almond
was a real estate operator at Pueblo,
Colo, and Kingman Ariz. He do
mated to Kingman the site of the
city hall.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-04

Avoid time wasting, money wasting detOurs on
the road to merchandise value. Read the
advertising road maps"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-04
JUNIOR CLASS.
GIVES PLAY AT.
GRAND TONIGHT.

Deacon Dubbs,' hilariously amus-
ing comedy drama will be presented
tonight at S:15 o'clock at the Grand
theatre. This comedy has proved to
be a real cure for the "blues" as
all the characters are strong, the
action is brisk and the lines humor-
Gus.
This comedy ranks with "a Pair
of SKIES" and clarence" former
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-04
SUSPECT Foil PLAY

BISBEE, March 3 P)-Foul play
may have some connection with the
disappearance of A. J. Pruner OF
this city. who has been missing
since February II, when he boarded
an eastbound train from a business
trip to Sanger, Texas, Sheriff George
Henshaw said today. City and coun-
ty authorities in the southwest have
been asked to aid in the search for
,-. a., ~ Hss srrRvYysp
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-04
LOSE FAT in THIS
PLEASANT WAY

Not by abnormal exercise or diet, but
by correcting the cause of excess fat,
as countless people now are doing.
That way is Marmola Prescription
Tablets, used for l9years., Today you
see the results in every circle, in fig
ures made girlish and slender. The use
of Marmola has grown to very large
proportions because of these proved
results. You owe yourself the test of
scientific help which has done SO much
for so many. The results will surprise
and delight you @
All druggists supply Marmola at ST
box. A booklet inseach box tells why
it acts. Go get it now and watch the
results on fat.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-04

Indicative Of high scholarship and
the students who fall below this
average keep the class below the
standard.
The senior classes for the past
four years have been the winners of
this trophy and nave their numerals
engraved upon it,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-04
BY MARGARET COWL

ture raised this age to ID. Now there is bill in
troduced to raise the age to 16.
According to the 1920 census, $4,000 girls in the
United States married at the ages of from IL to Is
years. Each year since, the number of child
brides increased To escape intolerable conditions in
homes and to get away from the factory is the
reason for most of the early marriages. The men
marrying these girls mostly unsked workers.
The low wages paid to these workers are not suff-
Gent to maintain family, making it necessary for
the wife to go back into the factory. The mother
occupied in the factory is not able to give attention
to the children The street attracts the children for
whom childrens courts and houses of correction are
established. Raising the marriage age to 16 will
not do away with the for the misery of these
thousands of chid-wives. Only when the govern
ment representing the interests Of the employers will
be abolished and Workers Government established
will the conditions Of girls, tho they will marry
at early age, be made better 1t is to the inter-
est of working women to cooperate with men work.
ers in the struggle for Workers Government