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Evening star., 1927-04-27

Nine. Simopoulos, wife of the Min
lister of Greece, will entertain at lunch
con tomorrow at the legation IN honor
of Mrs. Anna Papadopoulos of Greece,
who arrived this morning to spend
few davs. Mrs Papadopoulos is of
one of the most distinguished families
of Greece and is prominent in social,
welfare and relief work.
Evening star., 1927-04-27

st. Marks, having as their guests Mr..
and Mrs. Thompson, their son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. J. u. Vol,
and Mr.. George Dixon Thompson. Mr.,
and Mrs. Thompson and their family
formerly lived in ShelbyVille.
Mrs. John c. O'Donnell of Wash
ingtoh has leased the Pinard cottage,
No. 4, at Newport fer the Summer,
and will have with her her son, Mr..
Charles Oliver O'Donnell of New York.
Mrs. Samuel r. Ansell entertained
at luncheon today at the Congress
sional Country Club when her guests
were Mrs. Raymond McCarl, Mrs.
William Showles, Mrs. j. Z. Wade,
Mrs. j. s. Newcomb, Mrs. William
Mills, Mrs. NJ. O. Leighton, Mrs. John
Christian, Mrs w. E. Richardson,
Mrs. w. S. Chesley, Mrs. William
Bishop, Mrs. M. f. Mayfield Mrs.
James Phalen. Miss Jessie Dell. Mrs.
Frank Hopkins, Mrs. James Orme,
Mrs. l.. b. Moodey Mrs. Edward
Brandenberg. Mrs james Carmalt,
Beebe, Mrs. o. A. Price, Mrs. Fielder
Beaf and Mrs. John Leighty.
Mrs. Frederick Young entertained
at luncheon today at the Cosmos Club
in honor of Mrs. Byron S. Amber,
who sails Saturday to spend the sum
mer in Europe. Among the other
guests were Mrs. Andrieus A. Jones,
Mrs. George Tiske Dudley, Mrs.
Frank Morrison, Mrs. Rose Gouver-
neur Hoes, Mrs. Frank Cutler Mar
shall, Mrs. Drury Mitchell, Mrs. John
Munce of Richmond, Mrs. Lee Day
ton, Mrs. Robert Lee Ettenger, Mrs
Ralph Howell, Mrs. James Halsey Of
Evening star., 1927-04-27

Lombard, assistant military attache
of the French embassy.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson will go to
New York for the annual Spring lunch
con of the Women's Democratic Union,
Inc, which viii he held Monday at
the Park Lane at l o'clock Mrs Will
son will be the guest of honor and Mrs.
John Blair is chairman. Mrs.
Alfred i. Smith and Mrs. James j.
Walker and members of the late Pres
ident Wilson's cabinet will also at
tend the luncheon, as will Mr.. Frank
Lyon Polk, Undersecretary of State
during the Wilson administration; Mr.
Henry Morgenthau and Mr.. John w
Davis, former United States Ambassa-
dor to Great Britain. The former Unit
ed States Ambassador to Japan, Mr.
Roland s. Morris, will speak.
The Earl of Denbeigh, who was a
guest at the British embassy a short
time ago, viii visit Mr.. and Mrs c.
Wilbur Miller in their place in the
Worthington Wallvey near Baltimore
They will attend the Maryland Hunt
cup steeplechase, which will be run
Saturday afternoon at o'clock on the
estates of Mr.. Charles l.. A. Heiser
and Mr.. G.. Bernard f'enWick.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Thompson had
as their guests last week the latter's
brothers and sisterin-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred w. Kennedy and Mr. James
b. Kennedy Of Shelbyville, Ind, who
spent several days here on their way
home from a stay in New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred w. Kennedy and
Mr.. James E. Kennedy were hosts at
dinner saturday evening at the Cafe
Evening star., 1927-04-27
SOCIETY
The Secretary of Labor on Speaking
Tour--Will Be Joined in New York
bv Mrs. Davis Tomorrow.

and Mrs. Laggard Couger. Mr.. ana
Mrs. Peter A. Drury, Mr.. and Mrs. n.
r. Dial and the Misses Dial, Miss
| Suzette Dewey, Col. and Mrs. Charles
| r. Drake and Miss Drake, Mr.. ana
| Mrs. d. Bey, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. a.
iC. Dalton.
Mrs. Henry r Dimock, Miss Eliza
| beth Powell Dunlap, Mr.. Edward e;
! Van Dcyanter, Nine Ekengren and
| the Misses Ekengren, Capt. and Mrs.
John Rufus I1die, Mrs. Morris Evans
Miss Evans, Mr.. and Mrs. Morris
Evans. MIR. and Mrs. Henry G. Finkel,
Mai, and Mrs. Joseph G. Fegan, Mrs.
s. A Fremont, Mrs. Goodloe Falconer
Mrs. Campbell Forester, Mr.. and Mrs
w. s. Croesberg Fowler, Col. and Mrs
Alexander Gregor, Judge and Mrs
Samuel J. Graham, Mr. and MRS.
Joshua Evans, Mr.. Joseph X. wilson,
MT Thomas Hamilton Wilson ana
Miss Abercrombte. Lieut.. Francis John
Grazing, Capt and Mrs. Harry Martel
Cwyn7. Mir. and Mrs. Gade and Miss
Gade, Mrs. Goneator Guell, Mr. and
Mrs. Edward A. Hartman, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Dean Gillett Hill Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Hume and the Misses
Hume. Mrs John B. Henderson, Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph III, Hines, Mr.. John
Stuart Hunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
Hanes, Mr.. Writ Howe, Rear Admiral
and Mrs. Harry =. Huse, Col. and Mrs.
EIarlee, Mrs. Halstead, Miss Eileen
O'Meara. Mrs. Pattie w, .Hcndrick,
Miss Lillian WillistOn Hendrick, Lieut..
Comdr. and Mrs. Harold DriscoH Hun
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Elias Lyman HUFF
fan. Mrs. Emerson Howe. Mrs. Robert
Henderson, Miss Hartman.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul EVarts Johnson
and Miss Johnson. DR.. and Mrs. Philip
NJ Julien and Miss Julien, Mrs. OIL
lie James. Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Charles
w. ennedy, Mr.. A. a. Kiachif, Mr..
Frank Josepr Kelly, Mrs. William
Rufus Kennedy, Mr.. and Mrs. Claude
Langlais, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Lans-
ing, Mrs. Won Lewinsky, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Mather Lewis and Miss
Lewis. the Misses Tytus, Miss Mary
Phelps Morgan, Miss Louise MacDon-
nell, Mr.. and Mrs. James Nicholas w.
Mcclure, Mrs. Lindsay Morehead, Mr..
Chalmers Seymour Mcconnell, Mr..
and Mrs. S. w. Morgan, Mr.. John II.
MacVeagh, Mrs f. J. Moore, Mrs.
Robert Lobe Taylor, Col. and Mrs.
George c. Thorpe, Mr.. and Mrs. Law
renee Townsend, Mrs. Elonzo Tyner,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman,
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore H. Tiller, Capt.
Anthony J. Vadala, Mrs. Joseph Ed
win Washington, Mai. and Mrs Par
ker w. West, Mr.. and Mrs. Hyman
Wallace Witcover, Miss Evelyn
Mathews, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles c.
McChord, Mr.. and Mrs. Mckenzie
Moss, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank W. Mondell
and Miss Mondell.
Mr.. Wilhelm Munthe DE Morgan
stierne, Mr.. Joseph w. Madden, Mr..
James Mcdonald, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Hewitt Meyers, Mrs. Barbara Miller,
Mr.. Ali Kuli Khan Nahil, Nine. Kuli
and their daughters; Mrs. Fitzgerald
Evening star., 1927-04-27

Nj. Wilhelm Munthe de Morgen.
stierne. chief of the division of the
ministry of foreign affairs of Norway,
and Nine. Morgenstierne have visit
ing them at the Wardman Park Hotel
MIR. Alf B. Bryn, who is an attorney
of Oslo, Norway, and Mr.. Owe Collett,
also Of Oslo.
Evening star., 1927-04-27

Maj. and Mrs. ID. I. Sultan will be
joint hosts at dinner tomorrow eve.
ming with Mai. and Mrs. Francis r.
Wilby, when they will give a farewell
party at the Congressional Country
Club for Mai. and Mrs. Edward Roth.
Continued on seventeenth Page)
Evening star., 1927-04-27

New York, Mrs. Ford Adams and Mrs.
Copeland. The table had an effective
centerpiece of lilacs, daisies and
maiden hair fern.
Evening star., 1927-04-27

-HE Secretary of Labor Mr..
James ]. Davis, left Washing
ton last evening TO make ad'
dresses in Providence and New
port, R. /. lie viii then so to
; -aw York, where Mrs. Davis VIII
! -ohably join him tomorrow and re
/ srn with him at the end of the week.
Mrs. Davis is celebrating the annI-
varsary of her birth today.
Evening star., 1927-04-27

The Minister of Czechoslovakia, Mr..
Zdenek Fierlinger, will be the honor
guest at dinner this evening of the
naval attache of the French embassy
and Nine. Willm.
Evening star., 1927-04-27

Mrs. Copeland was the guest in
whose honor Mrs. Robert l.. owen,
wife Of former Senator owen, enter
tanned informally at luncheon in her
apartment at the Wardman Park
Hotel today Senator and Mrs. Cope
land are being extensively entertained
prior to their departure the last of the
week.
Evening star., 1927-04-27

The Minister of Uruguay and Nine.
Varela entertained company OF is
at dinner last evening at the legation.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-30
Cremations in Berlin
Outnumber BurialS

BERLIN P-Berliners prefer Gre
nation of their deceased to burial or
interment in mausoleums. The num-
ber of funerals in recent months has
been about 210O per month. OF these
the number of cremationS was usually
about 1O75, that of burials 1925.
The chief reason for the preference
given cremation is an economic one.
In a world city like Berlin burial lots
are expensive, and the cemeteries
are far beyond the confines of the
city and difficult of access. Then,
too, the crematories furnish double
coffins-that is, the outer coffin is
heavy oak and the inner pasteboard.
The family pays only for the inner
coffin, which is burned with the
corpse, while the oaken coffin re-
mains property of the crematory and
is loaned successfully to bereaved
families.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-30
Loss in Attendance
For Prussian Schools

BERLIN R-There has been a
marked decline in the number OF
children attending the public schools
of Prussia While in 1921, when
school census was. last taken, the
number of pupils was 5,461 ,594, fig
ures recently published by the Prus-
sian ministry of education show that
there are only 4,1S6,665 in attendance
now.
This decline Of more than "a per
cent is explained, as being due to the
great retrogression in the birthrate
during and Immediately following the
war. ar
Fortunately the number of teachers
has declined by only 6.34 per cent.
This means that the classes have be-
come somewhat smaller and conse-
quently more attention can be given
to each pupil While in 1921 each
teacher had on an average AZ pupils
to look after, he is now responsible
for only 38.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-30
ReuOlUers Are Urged
For London Boobies

LONDON (P)-Firearms for police
men in England are being urged
again in some quarters as a measure
to cope with the increase of crime
specialists who use automobiles as
well as revolverS.
Not even the London hobbies carry
anything more than a light club and
owing to the fact that several police
men have been shot and killed at
night recently there has been a re-
action which has led to movement
favoring better protection for them
against law breakers.
Times have changed in every par
ticular, it is being pointed out since
days when the policeman's truncheon
was first designed as his only weapon
and there have been numerous in
stances where thieves and burglars
used guns, something seldom heard OF
prior to the war, and in addition
high-poWered motored cars in which
to make their escape. 1t is because
of the changed conditions that the
policemens' friends are contend1ng
that officers Of the law should also
be armed to meet the enemy on
an equal footing.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-30
Shoe Forces Prisoners
To Watch Their Steps

BERLIN P-German jailbirds will
have a hard time making getaway
once they begin to wear the specially
devised crooks shoe" invented by
the commissary in criminal cases of
Magdeburg
The shoe is of sheet steel, lined on
the inside with felt, so that it occa-
sions no discomfort to the wearer.
The lock automatically adjusts itself
to the ankles in such a manner that
the prisoner can move from place to
place only by walking slowly. Run
ming or jumping is impossible.
It is claimed for the shoe that the
hardness of the steel precludes the
possibility of it's being filed through.
Even an expert locksmith, says the
inventor, cannot open the lock with
out the special key.
The new invention is first to be
tried out in connection with trans
ports of criminals from one place to
another, to prevent their escape en-
route.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-30
Hindenburg Sponsors
Thousands Of Children

BERLIN R)-President Won linden
burg is god d-father to at least 5000
children, he recently confided to
Mayor Goerlitz of Oldenburg.
Before I became president, I was
godfather to. about 500," he said.
''Now 1 am asked about five times a
day to stand sponsor"
AT times. these god-children prove
somewhat troublesome.
'Not long ago I visited smaller
city, the president continued. i
had just taken my. seat in the car
riage, when suddenly little one and
one-half- year -old youngster was lifted
into the seat opposite me. I asked
in some surprise what this meant,
when the tots mother replied, rather
reproachfully but don't you remem-
ber that this is your god-son?' The
mother actually wanted him to drive
through town with me.
"I was just wondering how my
little friend and would get along
during the drive, when he began to
cry SO boisterously that his mother
considered it wise to relieve me OF
him."
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-30
MAIL LETTERS
EARLY TO GET
BEST SERVICE

Although large numbers of people
use the postoffice, comparatively few
seem to be familiar with the actual
working of it, in the opinion of E. j.
Huxtable, postmaster. In the belief
that most persons are interested in
better mail service, he has inaugurated
campaign of education which should
be productive of good results.
Most people think of the postoffice
as a sort of thing apart, a great soul
less institution with it's headquarters
in the national capital" said the post
master "In reality the United States
postoffice, which includes the one in
Douglas as well as every other office
in the country, is an organization Of
highly trained workers whose sole
duty as employees is to give to the
public the best service possible.
"The Douglas postoffice is made up
of men and women who live in this
city, are interested in it. and are de-
sirous of rendering the best service of
which they are capable. But this
service could be made better if there
were only little more cooperation on
the part of the public.
''Here is one way in which the public
could help: Instead of waiting until
nearly 6 o'clock to mail the days
accumulation of letters, it would aid
wonderfully if these letters could be
mailed along through the day, say at
noon and again at O'Clock. Or, bet
ter still, why not E3ail he first ones at
II o'clock and catch NO. 4, the 1924
p. m. train.
(" '"The Douglas office is only allowed a
certain number of clerks and each one
is permitted to work only eight hours.
They do the best they can, but when
large quantities of mail are dumped
in the chutes about $50 in the after
noon it is impossible for them to do
Justice to all of it in a short space OF
time The mail must be worked and
if they have only 80 minutes in which
to handle it when the quantity is such
that two hours would be necessary,
some of it has to be carried over. So
your letters which were mailed in the
expectation that they would be dis
patched on the next train, were prob
ably held over until next morning be-
cause you had imposed a task on the
clerk that was not humanity possible
to fulfill.
"By mailing along through the day
and not holding all letters until late
in the afternoon, patrons are helping
themselves, not us. 1t simply means
quicker service for their letters, for, as
I have said, no clerk works over eight
hours day. When his quitting time
comes, he stops, regardless of whether
there are a dozen letters or thousand
to be dispatched.
@Patrons are not accommodating us
by mailing early. They are merely
helping to speed up their own mail
Self-interest ought to dictate the wis
dom of the course I have just outlined.
support you make it a practice in
the future to send your letters to the
office at II a. M, p. m. and 5 p. m.
If you will do this, it will mean
great deal to you"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-30
Experiment in HypnOtism
In Investigating Crime

BERLIN lR-For the first time in
the history of German criminology,
hypnotism was resorted to for the
detection of crime. The experiment
was conducted by Dr.. Georg Flatau
of Berlin, noted authority on hypno-
tism, on Frau Neumann, housekeeper
for the late Professor Rosen of Bres-
lau, who was murdered over a year
ago under circumstances which still
BATTLE the police.
Frau NeuInann was suspected of
being implicated. She has steadfastly
denied this, and the police, after re-
arreSting her several times, has
dropped the charge. But Frau Neu-
mann felt that she owed it to her
self to be cleared of even the sem
,blance of suspicion, and therefore
accepted the suggestion Of her attor-
ney that she be hypnotized and in
this state be induced to testify. DR..
Flatau hypnotized her in the pres
ence of police commissioners and OF
her attorney The testimony given
in the hypnotic stage differed from
her previous testimony only in that
her mind seemed to concentrate bet
ter on details. She also remembered
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-30

appearance. A very purity thing hap
pened. Jest as tn last notes O. tn
weddin' march died away tn sun
peeped through tn west dinin room
window an lit up tn groom'S gold
upper teeth. He wore one O. tn late
zebra varsity suits, forty-eight at tn
knee an tn same at tn bottom, an
broad, double-Stitched willow tan low
cuts with extension soles, but he does
not play tn saxophone. He looked
ever inch a man, while ther' wuz no
doubt about tn lovely bride at his
elbow. The ring wuz finally found,
tn groom havin' it in his hand.
Rev. Ephraim Purviance, tn brides
uncle, who drove all tn way from
Hastin's, Nebrasky, in a repossessed
Ford that had 100000 miles t. its
credit, spoke tn words that sewed up
tn young couple, fer a time at least
DR.. Purviance praised tn young
groom's courage an DARN in takin'
a wife when tn front page is COW
cred with divorces, addin' that only
tn strongest mutual attachment would
tide them over till times got easier.
''I've known tn bride since she wuz
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-30

a baby, an ther' haint lazy hair
in her head, but she'll require CO.
opertion t. make tn home what it
should be-" said Dr. Purviance,
chuckin' tn groom under tn chin
TIL hens served at tn weddin' din
ner were direct descendants of hen
an rooster brought from Wales t.
Massachusetts, by a great-grandfather
o. tn bride, an we're greatly relished
Many costly presents, includin' a
guitar, wuz received by tn happy
couple. TIL bride is poplar, an prac-
tically grew up in tn Monarch S &
10. where she presided DER tn pre-
cious gems counter, an from which
establishment she got a months leave
O. absence. Th' groom is unsettled,
an has been fer years. He has sew
eral things in view, none O. which is
exactly t. his likin'. After havin' his
car gone oyer, tn groom an his
charmin bride II strike south, as
both have a number O. relatives scat
tered along Route 90 as fer south as
Vevay, Indianny, on tn Ohio river.
Bon voyage
John F. Ollie co..
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-30

A beautiful, quiet autumnal weddin'
went gracefully into history at tn
quaint ole Purviance homestead Fri
day afternoon, when Miss Myrt Pur-
Vance merged her fate with that O.
Mr.. Wesley Mapes. Mr.. Laurel Kite
wuz tn best man, or as good at least
as tn general run, while Miss Babe
Mopps attended tn bride. TIL young
couple wuz joined in tn dinin' room,
an tn ole historic sideboard that Wuz
brought across tn Allegheny noun
tains on a pack mule durin' tn term
O. President Monroe, Wuz adorned
with a wealth o. dried zinias an
maple leaves, an elected enthusiastic
comments TIL bride wore a heavy
brocaded watered silk dress in which
her mother wuz welded durin' Sher-
mans march t. tn sea, tn jet orna-
ments on tn same datin' back t.
William Penns treaty with tn In
juns. Hoop earins, relics O. May
flower days, also Wuz worn fer tn
first time since tn second Grant ad-
ministration, an wuz made in Liver
pool, England. TIL skirt Wuz cut off
t. date, an tn bride made a charmin'
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-30
GRAVES OF EARLY EMICRANTS
ARE FOUND BY HISTORIANS IN
THE GREAT salt LAKE DESERT

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 20
P-The fate of more than 200 emf
grants who started westward in prairie
schooner days to seek wealth in Cali
fornia has been traced by Captain
Charles E. Davis, California historian,
to clusters of namelesS graves on the
Great Salt Lake desert and the sage
covered plains of Nevada and Utah
For 35 years Davis has spent much
of his time tracing old trails, aided
by John Yates, resident for more
than 70 years of the community of
Granville, on the south shore of
Great Salt Lake.
It is his aim to locate all the an
cient graves in the wilderness, and
to have permanent markers placed
over as many as can be identified
after a lapse of SO to 80 years.
The graves represent the resting
place beside the trail of members of
almost as many parties, victims of
hunger, thirst, hardships of travel or
Indian Sallies during the gold rush
of 1849 and the caravans which fol-
lowed in its wake.
ton, but they are those of eastern
pioneers who left their homes to hunt
for fortunes west of the Rocky noun
tains; men and women who endured
the wearying ride across the middle
western plains only to succumb to
the greater ardors of the desert.
Almost 200 burial places were found
by Davis near the Humboldt river in
eastern Nevada, almost in sight of
the high SierraS. Plain wood n
crosses designated some mounds, but
weather had erased whatever crude
markings they may once have borne.
One grave bears plain markings
that of Lucinda Duncan, pretty and
popular 17-year-old girl member of a
pioneer party, who was buried on a
site later chosen as the right of way
for the Western Pacific railroad. When
that line was, built in 1909 the grave
was moved ito spot nearby, where
the railroad company built little
fence around it and instructed a Sec
ton hand to paint the wooden cross
once every year
Captain Davis believes that his re-
search has established definitely the
grave of John Snyder, prominent
member of the Donner- Reed party,
which was all but wiped out in the
journey across the desert. He is en-
gagged now in hunt for the grave
of Luke Halloran, another member OF
the same party and the first member
of the Masonic fraternity to be buried
in the Salt Lake valley.
The Donner- Reed emigrant train
crossed what is now known as the
Wasatch mountain range, more than
a year before Brigham Young, Nor
mon leader, brought his band of pio-
neers down Emigration canyon
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-30
Professor Quits Class
To Enter Boxing Ring

BERLIN t9-Dr. Phil G. Bach, adj
junct professor at the Geological In
stitute of Heidelberg university, has
decided to give up his scientific ca
reer and become a professional boxer.
The promising champion, however, is
by no means a novice in the manly
art, as for the last three years, be-
sides holding. his geological lectures,
he filled the position of sporting
teacher at the university.