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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-13
RESTORE PEACE
IN SENATE !
By WILLIAM K. HUTCHINSON

By WILLIAM X, HUTCHINSON
The Republicans prepared today
to make their fltular control Of
the SEVENTEEN Congress matter
Of official record by formally or
ganizing the Senate.
With peace restored with the
insurgents the Senate Republicans
were certain To sweep their candi-
dates into office. retaining ma.
jOrity control OF all committees
The House Republicans, with an
overwhelming majority. organized
the lower branch Of Congress last
week.
The generous distribution Of
high committee assignments to In.
surgents and a pledge By admins.
tration leaders to secure votes for
them on certain legislation ended
all talk Of rebellion. The insur-
gents seemed pretty well satisfied
for the first time in many years.
OF the seven Republicans In their
ranks, five win act as chairmen
of committees. OF these. Senator
Borah, Of Idaho, was renamed to
the Foreign Relations Committee,
and Senator Norris, be Nebraska.
to the Judiciary Three of the
group were given new chairman.
ships. These were Howell, Of Me-
braska, on Claims: Nye. Of North
Dakota, on Public Lands and
Frazier of North Dakota, Oh In.
dian Affairs.
With the insurgents quieted, the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-13
Bill PARK JAM
ND FOUGHT
HHHEAH -
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IntsFnasienal N.vsrssl Photos

a motion to dismiss condemna.
tion proceedings for cutting through
i new street from Florida Ayenus.
to Ninth Street Northwest. to relieve
congestion ct the bah park, filed by
the two traction companies waS
cverrulsd today III the District SUI
prenle Court. "
I The two companies complain that
they are being forced "a pay the
costsof opening the street without an
adequate return on their investment.
The real purpose IN opening the
street Is to relieve automobile con-,
gestiOn, the companies declare.
Under present conditions, with an
street car traffic and motor traffic
routed out Florida Avenue, motor
lists frequently are tied up in the
parking spaces from 10 to IS min
utes. MI
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-13
6OV AND JUDGE
NNPEACHED
lConsinued fronn Tirat Pare.l

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Court had not acted upon ! tenn
porary Injunction granted Governor
Johnston ii strict Court yesterday
egainst the members meeting At any
place within the state to impeach
any state official.
Ex.G Gov. j. 6. Walton called upon
Governor Johnston last night and
ehided the executive.
We'll. wen. well, z the former
t,Iron Mar" confided / !, Governor
Johnston. You've not got q chance.
Hell, I called out 800 guards to stop
the legislature and they iiinpeashed
me.
Six charges were voted against
the Governor, the first Of which.
alike the case of Governor Walton,
four years ago. was wrongful and
dllegals suppression Of the State
Legislature and preventing said
body from fllnctionfng In its legal
capacity 1T the state Capitol. !,
Other charges were based on al.
legged general incompetency
The six impeachment charges
against Governor Johnston, adopted
today by the legislature, are:
I. Intimidation Of the Common.
wealth through the use Of troops.
2. General inco1npentenc
3. Action harmful to public good
IN coz ssioning Jose AIvarado,
former Mexican sharpshooter and
convicted burglar, wanted ii Texas
Tor bank robbery. IS q special State
officer.
4. Misuse Of public funds IN the
payment Of Alvarado for his serN.
ices.
5. Commission 81 nisderae
IN the illegal issuance pf deficiency
certificates o9 payment to kirby
Fitzpatrick. extra state banking al
partment attorney.
8. Commission cf felony in 4
Conspiracy to extort money 10 BE-
paid to d Mrs. Cline IN return for
payment Of highway claim. Of
man named Mccormick. Aitus.
GAla.. contraction
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-13
GIRL NE is THANI
IN NEW SUIT
CONTINUED rom FIRST PAGE

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reception ct the winchester home
of her intended husband. He was
not even there, although she de-
clared she had come in response to
letter urging her to come. She
saw only man named COnn0iiy.
manager on the magnificent estate
she hoped to be mistress Or. After
being knrned away from the door,
she and her mother ana brother.
without funds. were cared tor by
the proprietor of tourist camp 81
the outskirts 81 the Virginia city.
and after giving up all hope 81 OBJ
tanning redress from Thaw there.
returned to the coast with money.
collected BY sympathetic citizens.
Yearned Two Years
The Girl declared she had been
corresponding with Thaw for two
years although she never had seen
him. The romance, she said at the
time grew out Of letter of con-
eratnlatiOn she wrote him on his
regaining his freedom from re-
straint following his killing Of
stanford White and subsequent
flOgging Or q boy.
In the suit filed here, Forest says
she spent five evenings with 4
man she declares was ThaW at
I.agtlna Beach, Cal, when she was
on location with d motion picture
company as an extra. They sep
arated. she said, when she re-
turned to her home and Thaw went
back to Pittsburgh, where, he told
her, she said his mother lived and
tronble raced him.
Details Mixed
They correspondent for three
years, and during that time she re.
ceived from his various small
sums Of money totalling $500. IN
May, 1926, she says. she got 4
letter from Thaw telling her 10
come to Winchester. va, and
marry him.
The suit differs from the story
she told then, iii other particulars
than not ever having seen Thaw.
Then 1t was q mail romance. and
she said the letter telling her ia
come, while 1t promised marriage
eventually, she was to be his house
keeper until the wedding could be
arranged with the approval 81 the
aged mother. That's why she
brought her mother with her, she
said then.
Absurd, He Says
Her charges are absurd.
never saw the sirl. don't know
who she Il, never wrote her
any letters, not single one.
That was the answer of Thaw,
10 The girls suit.
Thaw arrived here about q week
ago, to transact motion picture
business. he explained. He was ac-
companied by two young women,
Anita Rivers, OF New York, and
susanna Hughes, 81 Lexington, KY,
both of whom have film ambitions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-13
FINEST LINK 5.
NEAR PARIS

PARIS. Dec. Isl within en-.
hours run 81 Paris has just been
completed what even the scotch
experts say Ii the finest golf.green
in the world. The Coli de Morton.
tains has N holes ana surpasses
Ia picturesque and sporting Tea
lures either Gleneagles Or Fcntaine.
bleau.
There are ponds. small lakes,
bills valleys, rayines. r1oorIand,
forests. great massive heaps 81
sandstone. and IN fact anything
that the golfers heart could de-
sire, The sandy soil which covers
this region is much better for
chasing the ball than the rocky
surfaces Of the Highlands. But.
on the other hand, there are q
large number of great houIdere
which are the refuge of the wild
boar Abundant III this region.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-13
Spring Flowers Bloom,
Ira-La II Fan
Glamour

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 13.
Mother Nature has taken over the
slogan. say II with flowers, !
and has gone 50 far a. 10 do
her best to make Il an all.year
expression For instance:
Roses are IN bloom III the yard
Of Commissioner William Jones
cf Abingdon Township
Policeman Murphy of New
Hope. strolled into headquarters
yesterday with bouquet of
viclets plucked in 4 nearby field.
DandelIons have sprung into
full color on the lawn fronting
Abingdon Township police station.
Besides all that. reports from
the Main Line are to the eject
that forsythia Is ia fun blossom,
and lilac buds. buds on peach
trees and other jewels Of spring
have begun TO swell ready to.
burst into bloom. And ii ii all.
blamed on the freak weather 81
the last ten days.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-13
Miss Skinner to Lead
Community Program

Cornelia Otis SINNER. daughter
Of the distingn Ed actor, Oils
skinner. win feature the program
of the Community institute at Cen.
tral High School. Thursday night
At 5 o'clock.
Miss SINNERS program viii In
6lnde her most popular offerings. !
series Of one act dramas written
and presented By herself.
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| NVDBERGH OFF
FOR NE K|C0

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mid simply. ~ they wished him
luck
The Weather Bureau report indi.
Gated the trana.At lantic flier would
encounter showers III the Appalach-
Ian mountains this afternoon. but
could avoid difficulty BY going 10
the eastward 81 the low pressure
area Strong winds would also be
encountered along the Texas gulf
coast late tonight, with possible
light showers, but otherwise wealth
81 conditions were indicated as good
for the flight. Boiling Field was
soft this morning from heavy rains
but Lindbergh expressed confidence
to could get his ship into the air.
Marks Danger Spots
Capt. u. @. Mulzer and Lind
bergl1. clad in gray business suit,
soft hat, and rubber boots, walked
over the entire field, and placed
white klags In the danger spots
The Spirit or 81. Louis was
Wheeled to the extreme eastern end
Of the field for the talxe-off
Fully 500 soldiers, civilians, pho.
tographers and newspaper men ac.
conlpanIed the plane from the en-
cheering hangar as Ii was pushed
TO the take-off point
While waiting Tor the hOp-Off, one
news photographer. Henry Miller.
OF the Henry Miller service, ran
afoul Of the Boiling Field authori.
ties. He was escorted 70 the guard
house upon orders 81 Major H. s.
Burwell. commandment. when he
failed to obey orders to stand aside
fast enough.
Lindberg plans to arrive IN Mex.
leo City at the end Of approximate
~ ~ hours Of flying he will so
via Birmingham ana Montgomery.
and will cross the Mexican border
in south Texas. The noon start is
planned to give him plenty Of day.
/ light leesway, II lie u delayed ~
winds or loses his Way
Carries sgS Gallons
Plans for The flight to Havana
will bs held III allegiance, Lindbergh
said. until he arrives In Mexico
city, and ascertains weather con-
ditions.
The Spirit of. ST. Louis viii carry
about 325 gallons Of gasoline. The
same careful, methodical prepara-
tons as were made for the Paris
hop were being carried out BY the
youthful aviator for the Mexican
jump, and he will not hesitate to
break the flight, making q landing
wherever necessary, Il conditions
are unfavorable for nonstop
Journey.
No part OF the flight win be over
water, IL Lindbergh follows his an
nounced route, as he will skirt edge
Of the Gulf.
Coolidge Hopes High
President Coolidge hopes that
the flight Of Colonel Lindbegh to
Mexico City may contribute much
to the development of airways the
United States and Latin America.
Although the President has no
official INTEREST," In the flight, II
was stated In his behalf at the
White House today that he bears
keen interest IN Lindherghs at.
tempt merely as citizen Of the
United States. He regards nebu.
lous plans for flight to Havana,
Cuba. in the same light.
Members OF the Senate already
have been informed Of the Admin
istration,s approval OF 4 project
TO extend the air mail service to
Latin American cities a. soon as
practicable.
~ 4
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-13
Piney Branch Citizens
Urge SO so Fiscal Plan

The piney Branch Citizens As
ISOLATION i urging : return BY
Congress to the $3.50 plan Of Dis
trict. Federal government fiscal re-
lationa
At last nights meeting . reho-
luton was adopted urging the Com.
mlssiOners TO remodel the old care.
takers house at the Sixteenth st.
reservoir and convert II into q
branch library More policemen for
The LslstEIet also was urged.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-13

Republicans expected 10 re.elect
David Barry, Of Rhode Island. as
sergeant.at-arrns. and Col. Edwin +.
Thayer. Of Indiana. as secretary Of
the Senate.
With this out Of the way, the
Senate was prepared to buckle
down to It's long legislative program.
The first OF the appropriation bills
q S206,00O, 900 deficiency measure.
topped the program.
Leaders, however, expected little
action on the major legislative pro-
gram until after the Christmas laoii.
days. The tax bill, farm relief leg
islation and a flood control measure
are on. the program. but an three
must undergo COMMITTEES considera-
ton before reaching the floor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-13
Victim Of Cops Club
On WAY to Recovery

/ No fracture WAS revealed BY *
ray pictures taken Of the skull Of
Edward Tyson stephens rs. 1870
Ninth st. N. w. who suffered q
severe laceration to the scalp early
Sunday morning when struck by the
baton Of Policeman R0land Kirby, of
the Fourteenth precinct.
Playsielans at GalIinger Hospital
said today that the absence Of 3
fracture leads them to believe that
stephens win quickly recover.
Stephens ana the policeman are
said to be rivals for the affections
Of Mrs. Dorothy fl. Segar 1852 Car
field ST m. WI. ana Stephens was
struck, II IL claimed, after Kirby
arrested him for annoying Mrs.
Segars while Kirby was visiting her.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-13
so Americans Run Out
OF Mexico as Race
Hangers On

SAN DIEGO, Calf, Dec. a.
Fifty Americans are back III
their home land after forced
exodus from Tia Juana, Lower
California. The Americans de.
ported were for the most part
race track denizens, according 10
the Tia Juana authorities.
The Mexican government de.
ported them after thorough
combing Of the barns or CoEfrOtii
Hill at the race track.
Unless they found legitimate
employment in Mexico and oh.
tanned passports they could not
come back, the Mexican imigra-
ton officers told them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-07
Brain TeaSerS

The first five Of today's questions
deal with books and writer's in
America. Answers to all the ques-
tons are on page 16:
1. For what kind of writing is
Charles Brockden Brown famous?
2. Who was Cotton Mather2
8. Who is "the father of Ameri-
can free verse?
4. What is the title of o. Henry's
only full length novel2
S. In what book is Hester Prynne
the heroine?
6. What is the capital of Portu-
gal2
7. What position did "Uncle Joe"
Cannon hold before his retirement
from active life?
8. What country controls both
ends of the Mediterranean Sea?
9. When is "the French Fourth
of July" and what is it called?
10. After whom was the month
of July named?
II. When was the first Fourth Of
July celebration held in Indianapo-
lis?
IL. What famous tavern figured
in the early history OF this city,"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-07
Stricken Hero Walks

A pleasant sidelight on Com
mander Byrd's visit to Paris was his
interview with Captain LIE Gendre,
who was SO affected when he
grasped the American aviator's hand
that he rose and walked, though he
had been confined to a wheel chair
for nine years.
LIE Gendre is one of those heroic
wrecks of the war salvaged by mod
ern surgery. When he fell from the
skies in 1918, practically all his
limbs were broken, as well as many
important bones of the body. d.
While Nthe doctors were able to
save his life, none Of them ever
expected him to stand on his feet,
much less to walk.
When he got out of his wheel
chair and took Byrd's arm, nurses
screamed Historically while attend
ants ordered him to sit down.
mo-" he replied, II want to walk"
and accompanied the American
commander to NapoleonS tomb,
some fifty yards away.
ut is a miracle" cried General
Mariaux, the grim old one-legged
commandant of the Invalides, where
France houses her manned veterans.
AS for Byrd, he declared it suff1-
cient recompense for all the hard
ships he went through on his flight
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-07
"A Convict's Letter

Society may some day come to closer under
standing of the hearts Of the behind prison bars
The incident at Sing Sing in which 1000 convcts
begged in vain for permission to plunge into the
Hudson River to save three drowning boys gave
heartening glimpse into the souls of socetys outlaws
And glowing letter describing the. inspiration
meant to men whose independence is limited to the
prison yard whose flights made in lockstep for
nation, seems to reveal unsupported depths in those
whom we call criminals.
The letter written by Convict No. 35333 of
the New York State penitentiary at Auburn, N. Y.
It was addressed to Louis Ludlow president of the
National Press Club and it expresses the prisoners
gratitude of being able to listen the radio the
speeches delivered when the newspaper club held
reception here to the trans-oceanic f1ier.
what wonderful mother Colonel Lindbergh must
have and how proud of him she must be-" wrote
No. $685.
Rather different pride from that gave mine
All too late realized it, and then she had passed on
But they say the souls of loved ones hover near
us, and maybe she will know what aim to do after
I am released from here.
1.-THE help of such words as you and others spoke
and the example Of Colonel Lindburgh means more
to us than you realize. hope to discard
my number in the next eight months and am going
to try to live so will never need it again
Perhaps you think me impertinent for writing
but from what you said you gentlemen of the press
rather broad-mnded, and even II we did do
something that not to the letter of the law yet
we are human and can be taught better things"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-07
Mr.. Fixit

The aid of Mr.. Fixit was sought
today by a resident who desired to
eliminate mud puddle near his
home.
Dear Mr.. Fixit: Would like for
you to see about scraping Richland
st. between Aston and New York
SITS. There is q mud puddle of
stagnant water in front of 241.
PROPERTY OWNER.
Your complaint has been listed
with the street commissioner.
Dear Mr.. Fixit: Please see If you
can have the city put two or three
loads of cinders on our street in
the front CT 1884 and 1886 S. Talbot
st. This street is known as the
rockies of the south side" one good
jar and then another, and some
more mud holes.
Hoping you will look into this
matter at once, and oblige.
M. IF.
The street commissioner in
formed Fixit that this was looked
after some time ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-07
Champion of Champions

This has been year of a&ound-
ing records and achievements, some
good, some bad, and some merely
curious.
There was the tragedy at Bath,
Mich, in which maniac blew up
the school; there is Spider" Haines,
who, though he has beaten all rivals,
still adorns Denver flagpole after
thirteen days; there is Colonel
Lindbergh, of course, Chamberlin.
Levine, Byrd and the Hawaiian
f1iers; there is Lou Gehrig, who
threatens to rob Babe Ruth of his
championship; there is the Missis-
sippi, the Gray-Snyder case. and
Charles Dukes capture of a 1000
ton runner singlehanded.
Of all the outstanding feats and
performances of this irnmemorial
year, however, that of Lord Beaver
brook" is certainly the most
ridiculous.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-07
Figures From China

Vsevolodovitch Calm, one of the
Russian mystery men" who have
played such an important part in
developing the Cantonese move
ment, has furnished the. United
Press with an estimate of the
strength of the various Chinese
armies.
Because of the confused situation
which exists, the coalitions and al
liances that constantly are being
formed and just as constantly
breaking down, his detailed figures
mean little, no matter how accurate
they may be.
They show, however, that some
thing like one million men are I'M
der arms in China, commanded by
seven or eight war lords, each of
whom has ambitions of his own,
and that the struggle for supremacy
gradually is resolving itself into a
duel between Chang Kai-Shek in
the south and Chang TSo-Ilin in
the north.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-07
Ruth Badd Here From Ne10 York
Roof Shoe to the Palace Theater

the Charleston and Black Bottom
dances as well as a human being.
This is but one of the several sur
prises contained in this act.
Ergotti, a man of four feet in
height and Ruth, aboutNsix feet tall,
are teamed together in their humor-
GUS skit st Like That" Ergotti is
an acrobatic dancer who has been
featured with several musical COM
edies. Miss Herman is called the
girl with the million dollar legs.
1.-THE Last Outlaw" is. western
film starring Gary Cooper and Betty
Jewel Pathe News, comedy, and
topics of the day are the short reels.
Indianapolis theaters today offer:
Honeymoon Limited" at the Lyric;
Loose Ankles" at English's; "On
Approval" at Keith's; us Eat Sop"
at the Circle; "The Telephone Girl"
at the Ohio; "Quicksands" at the
Apollo; "a Million Bid at the In
diana and new movie bill at the
Isis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-07

Nine young men dubbed 1.-THE
Musical Maniacs," because of their
voices, poppy orchestral selections
and musical novelties are Austin
Mack's Gentry Serenaders, who open
their engagement at the Palace
Theater today for the last of the
week. This popular music combina-
ton plays as ore of its feature num-
bers Musical School Days." which
has proved popular wherever the
nine have gone.
Ruth Budd comes from Ziegfeld's
Midnight Frolic atop the new Am
sterdam theatre, New York; with her
surprise act. She is known as the
Girl with the smile" and has as
her accompanist Lou Melan, pianist.
Simpson and Dean are comedians
who dish out "Chop Stewy' as
their mair offering. These funsters
have put much seasoning in their
"Stew" and offer patrons to- taste
it to see if it satisfies.
Among the many Simian enter
tanners is a chimpanzee who does
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-07
Lac, and Justice
by Dexter M. Keezer

charge of bootleggng was brought against a
man. In the course of the trial it was established
that he had sold some wood alcohol, and he was
convicted in the trial court of violating the proh-
bition statute of Indiana outlawing sale of products
containing SO much as one-half of per cent of
alcohol" and reasonably likely or intended to be
used as beverage" On appeal the man contended
that while the wood alcohol sold contained than
the legal limit of alcohol the sale did not violate the
prohibition law which also provided that it must be
reasonably likely to be used beverage.
HOW WOULD YOU DECIDE THIS CASE?
The decision: The Supreme Court of Indiana
held that the sale of wood alcohol did not constitute
violation of the prohibition act. Tt said that to
hold that 1t did, on the ground that it contained
more than the legal limit of alcohol would close
commercial sales of product having many legitimate
industrial uses.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-07
The Navy's Estimate of Byrd

May offer my congratulations, as chief of the
Bureau Of Aeronautics the editorial in your
OF July l? am greatly impressed not only with the
way in which the editorial the entire situation
but with the appreciation which it shows of the diff
culties with which Commander Byrd and his COM
panions were struggling
1t was extremely fortunate that Byrd a sea-
man as well as naval aviator. His experience in
seaplanes made him realize that safey lay in putting
his ship down in the water the Shore instead of
attempting to land the ground where under the
conditions, almost certain death for himself and his
brave companions would have resulted His achieve
ment, If anything, is greater than if he had landed
in Paris
Very truly yours,
w. A. MOFFETT,
Real Admiral, U. s. N.