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The Washington times., 1927-02-01
Charlie Chaplin Annoyed First
Wife With His Long SiLenceS

ptoured the principal cities. Chaplin
pay was $40 a week ii England and
$50 in the United States.
Actually. strange as u may seem,
almost an ! know Of Charles ealy
hife Is what have read or what
other peOpe have told me.
We spent q weeks honeymoon at
Catalina. having no time for longer
trip. as we were both working on
pictures. Our honeymoon was q
happy one. Charlie was still the
wooer. We were happy. just to De
together.
There was not the slightest doubt
in my mind about our love. Charlie
became more serious. but It was q
happy sort of seriousness, with no
indication Of his truly melancholy
spirit.
Stared Into Vacancy
Even when his moods began to
return I was not alarmed. had
had no experience with them ]
thought only that l was learning
a new side Of Charles nature. and
| / never dreamed how that side
could overshadow everything else.
/ knew that he was an artist,
and I knew something Of the in.
tense nature of the artistic mind
realized that his work meant the
world to him. but did not realize
that It meant all the world.
There were times, even during
the honeymoon, when he would
sink into an easy chair and sit
there. staring into vacancy. ]
knew that his active mind was al
work, endlessly revolving the prob
lens Of the studio.
When we returned and he went
back to work. these periods Of
utter Darkness became more fire.
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rquent. He would come home after
"a long day at the studio and sur
round himself with q cloak OF
silence, staring into the fire or
straight ahead Of him. Sometimes
would try to make conversation,
would say;
Charlie, did you have 8 hard
day at the studios
Or would ask about his new
leading woman or his new story
anything to show that / was in.
terested. as really was.
Il was Ike talking 10 q brick
wall. He didn't know / was there.
He did not consciously mean u
ignore me. He did not mean TO
be unktnd. 1t was simply that at
the moment nothing existed for
him but the thing that was on
Tomorrow Mildred Harris viii
tell how she kept house as The
young bride of Charley Chaplin
and Of his strange moods,
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CONTINUED from Page il

love. and you are the only woman
who has fulfilled my ideals.1
What girl would not listen to such
words and feel that her dreams were
coming true?
As / knew him better, even before
we were married. ] came to know
how lonely his life had been. It
seemed strange to think OF him as
lonely; man who, through his pic.
lures, had established q common
bond of understanding with millions
of people of every race and degree.
But In those long talks before we
were married. In the days when we
were trying to persuade my mother
to let US carry out our plans. Charlie
Chaplin made me see that something
was missing In his life.
Charles Early Life
1t was not that he ever talked
much about his actual experiences.
Even as his wife. knew little of his
early years. He seemed to want to
leave all that In the past. all the
early poverty and struggles, all the
life that had been his before he
found success In his chosen field
Note by editor: Mildred Harris
was asked to tell all that she knew
OF the childhood and early life of
her husband. It has always been
shrouded IN some mystery. She an.
swered that her own information on
that subject was meagre because Mr..
Chaplin very seldom spoke of his
early life or childhood. His Intimate
friends knew his birthday, April IS,
1885, but some Of his friends be-
lieved that he was born In london.
others had heard that he was born
in Paris Of English parents. His
father was Charles Spencer Chaplin
an English actor and singer Of
capability. but not brilliant. Ills
mother, Hanna Chaplin. was also on
the stage and sang minor parts In
Gilbert and Sullivan operas in Eng.
land. Later she appeared IN con-
cert halls with her husband, and
while they were in vaudeville Charlie
Chaplin was born.
On Stage as Infant
Charles first appearance on the
stage was as an infant in his
mothers arms when he was 2 or 3
years old. His father died when he
was 4. His mother continued to earn
her living at a modest salary in
vaudeville.
The boy went to the public school,
but when he was IA or Is years old
he was forced to leave school and
seek employment. For q time he
was the father boy" In small Lon.
don barber shop in Cheapside or q
similar district. He took charge of
the shaving cups Of customers.
But he had talent as q mimic and
first appeared on the speaking stage
with a troupe of juvenile dancers
called 1.-THE Eight Lancashire Lads. =
While still In his teens he played in
music halls In London and in the
provinces as one Of Fred Karno's
comedians. The tite of the first
piece in which he had a speaking
part was "A Night in a London
Music Hail." He earned only "a
500 a week. His part was a minor
one.
Toured q. s. In 1910.
But his talent for humor and
pathos won some recognition. He
was one Of the English vaudeville
actors engaged In London to appear
at Hammerstein's Victoria Theater
New York. in 1910. The company
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over the side Of steamship return.
ing to the United States from
Australia and rescued the two
granddaughter Of willard Bassett
New York man. who died 4 year
ago.
Today he is one OF the weaithiest
Of Houston ministers, although he
arrived here in 1913 down and
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NU RISE KILLS
SELF BY GAS
b Internationai News ssrvio.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE body
81 Gladys Richardson. pretty young
dental nurse. was found today IN
the Ras-filled office of her en-
ployer3 DR.. j. Roswell Hasbrouck.
At the girls side lay the nfeless
form OF her brindle puppy.
Bunny
The girls mother could advance
no direct motive FOR the act, be-
yond saying her daughter had been
respondent since the departure of
her employer on an annual vaca-
ton three weeks ago. Colleagues
OF DR.. Hasbrouclx, who share his
office, declared there was no at
tachment. between the nurse and
doctor. who Is said to be about go
years old.
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he was giving . cup At cowss and
q second eKing's Cup" would be
confusing. ASK my son" he said.
ThereupOn the Prince Of Wales
Immediately agreed to give a cup
open to The world.
This win be raced for interna.
tionally next Yachting season.
The Washington times., 1927-02-01
Citizens May Oppose
Developing Grounds

The Federation Of Citizens Asso-
Citations will probably oppose ap.
preparation OF money for the beau.
tification of local public school
grounds, following an adverse report
reached last night at a joint meeting
Of two Of its committees called to
consider the proposition.
An appropriation item is now
pending in Congress to provide for
employment of landscape architect
to plan Identification Of the school
properties by the planting of shrub.
berry ana trees.
The committees on education and
highways and parks and waterways
last night proposed that the school
grounds be graded and drained for
Fairgrounds instead Of beautified for
lawn purposes.
The Washington times., 1927-02-01
Prince of Wales Plans
Encourage Yacht Races

MILFORD HAVEN. wales. FEB.
1.-THE Prince Of Wales is to
encourage yacht racing. on the
orders Of his father.
The Fembrokeshire Yacht Club.
which has done much to encourage
YACHT ing in Wales, recently
approached King George, and asked
Il he would give cup to foster
international racing.
King George replied that. already
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OUT an inmate Of the Star Of HOPE
Mission. Bassett's WIN contained q
paragraph which read:
TO =. =. Clark. my lifelong
friend. 100000.
The Washington times., 1927-02-01
$500, 900 WilIed Parson
For Rescue at Sc,

HOUSTON. Tex. Feb. 1.-Thirty
years ago the Rev. F. E. Clark, now
2 Baptist pastor. then a young man
rapidly running through the fortune
left him BY his father, Howard
Clark, Wall Street operator, jumped
The Washington times., 1927-02-01

Watch for the autographed
slIeker contest. Coming IN THE
Times soon. Watch for details.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
OLEARy WILL OPEN
new PHONE ROUTE
Chamber of Commerce Head
viii Talk Tomorrow Over
Seattle Line.

The newest transcontinental tele-
phone line. mst completed between
Chicago and Seattle, will he opened
for service from Washington tomor-
row afternoon by John W. OLeary.
president OF the United States Cham
Der of Commerce.
Mr.. OLeary will take to the presi-
dents of the Seattle and Portland
Chambers of Commerce, John W.
Spangler and Raymond B. Wilcox,
Edwin c. Graham, president Of the
Washington Board Of Trade, and
Martin A. Leeso, president of the
Washington Chamber Of Commerce.
with newspaper men and telephone
officials will be Mr.. O'Leary's guests
during the ceremony
f, The first conversation over the new
, line will be held with Seattle and Port
land telephone officials by w. S. Gift
ford. president of the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Co., who will
speak from New York Then the
circuit will be turned over to Samuel
M. Greer, vice president Of the Chesa
peake and Potomac Telephone Co,
who will introduce Mr.. O'Leary.
The new line starts at Chicago and
passes through MINNEAPOLIS. Fargo.
Bismarck, Helena, Missoula and Spo-
miles. Its construction required a
year and cost more than $1,000.000.
About one-third of the line lies with
in the State Of Montana. 1t follows
the Yellowstone River for $50 miles,
crosses the Rockies at the transcon-
tinental divide at an elevation of
$3.50 feet, and then follows tribu-
taries of the Columbia through the
Ritterroot Valley over the Bitterroot
Mountains, and thence on the Seattle.
A various points the new line con-
meets with north and south toll lines
1T Helena it connects with new line
recently installed at Calgary.
The first transcontinental line was
opened between Boston and San
Francisco in 1915, and was considered
and epochal event in the history of
telephony. Distance telephony de-
veloped slowly. The first longdis
lance call on record was put through
in 1876 between Boston and Cam
bridge, distance of two miles. BY
1880 it was possible to talk between
Providence and Boston, 45 miles. In.
1884 New York and Boston were
connected. Then began the progress
westward. Buffalo was reached In
1889, Chicago in 1892, Denver in
:1911 and Salt Lake City in 1913.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
STATE SOCIETY TO MEET.
Virginians Will Hold Ball and Re.
-ception Saturday.

The Virginia State Society will hold
ball and reception at the New VIII
lard Hotel Saturday evening. with the
Virginia members of Congress as
guests Of honor.
Following the reception there will
be an address by Col. Leroy Hodges,
manager of the Virginia State Cham
Der of Commerce. which is sponsoring
the Greater Virginia" movement.
Dancing will begin at 8 o'clock.
The president of the society, j..
Cloyd Byars, will preside, assisted by
Miss Myrtle Ketcham. chairman of
the entertainment committee. The
entertainment will consist of a group
OF songs by Mrs. Elvina Howe. accom-
panied by Mrs. George l.. Farnham.
and dancing by little Jane Kincheloe,
daughter of Representative and Mrs.
Kincheloe of Kentucky.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
$4,000 Damages Asked.

Donald II. McConville, administrator
of Charles S. Keller. has filed suit in
the District Supreme Court to recover
$4,000 damages from the Washington
and Rockville Railway Co. for the
death of Keller. Through Attorney
Godfrey l.. Munter, the administrator
tells the court that Keller was struck
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16

would end under a bill before the
State Legislature. But the bill is not
aimed at the juvenile seeker of apples.
1t goes after his modern uncle-the
man who dashes by a farmyard in a
swift motor car, stops, gathers a
bushel of apples and then speeds on.
The measure makes 1t grand lar
ceny in the third degree for the re-
moval of any property from a farm
yard, with a fine of 500 to $500 and
prison terms running from 80 days
to months.
Many farmers have sustained losses
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16

by a car Of the company near Be
thesda, Md. and died of his injuries
March s. Negligence is charged
against the operator of the car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16

that run more than 500 in a season.
Fowls, vegetables and fruits fall prey
to the thoughtless and sometimes in
territorial thefts of city folks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16

Intelligence tests given to convicts
In American prisons showed their aver
age mentality to be higher than that
of the guards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16

Cecilia Fl. Papne of London, Eng
land, has been appointed research fel
low of Radcliffe College.
The Washington times., 1927-03-07
Habeas Corpus Right
Denied Patients
By DONALD McDoUGAL

legal device which, in effect withhods the right Of
habeas corpus from persons alleged to be insane,
operative in the District and is proving satisfactory to those
officials whose activities lately have been cramped by certain
provisions of the Bill of Rights heretofore held to be naen
able.
The Washington times., 1927-03-07

A new filter for lubricating oil
supplied to Diesel marine engines
uses renewable bags and when one
of them Is clogged warning bel
~ sounded pr red lamp lighted.
The Washington times., 1927-03-07

PLEA FROM
Citizens
By WILLIAM K. HUTCHINsON

BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
The Seventeen Congress war
formally petitioned today to con-
vene in special session, without
call from President Coolidge. for
the purpose Of enacting farm relief
legislation.
The petition. signed by 4 group
OF PhiIadelphians led BY John Park
err, declared the Congress had the
power to assemble without a call
from the President and declared
the necessity for farm relief jt1sti-
fled this extraordinary step. The
original was sent to Senator Walsh
Cd Of Massachusetts.
The usual homeward trek Of Con.
gressionaI members. however, was
well under way today. The move
ment was accelerated by the EN-.
phatic announcement from the
White House that President Cool.
ldge saw no need for special ses-
sion and that none would be called.
Philadelphia Named
The Pennsylvania petition. how.
ever. urged the new Congress TO
convene at once in Philadelphia to
enact farm relief legislation as 3
measure to prevent further dis
cord between different sections Of
the country and between different
industries .
The Presidents own declaration
in favor of farm legislation, de.
livered as part of his veto mess
age on the McNary-Haugen act,
was recited at length.
Although the petition came from
the industrial East and affected
the agricultural West, House and
Senate members paid it little atten-
ton. Administration leaders ques.
ton whether Congress could con.
vene without a call from the Presi-
dent and no leader appeared to
father such an extraordinary &C.
ton. AS result, the homeward
trek went on as Congressman and
Senators hurried away to repair
political fences in their home BALI
wicks.
The Washington times., 1927-03-07
VoteLnpou17di71gCh Challenged
Col Goes
TO C(N|JRT

A court clash between the Reed
campaign fund committee and the
Republican organization Of Penn
sylvania doomed today over the pend
ing effort Of the committee to seize
ESQ., 900 additional ballots in connec-
ton with the contest Initiated by
William B. Wilson, Democrat, to
unseat Senator William s. Ware, Re
publican.
The committee unanimously voted
to impound the ballots in Luzerne,
LackaWanna. Delaware and SchuyI.
kill counties following a request from
Wilson. All these counties were
Ware strongholds and were the only
upstate counties carried by the Re-
publican in the general election.
The move. it was said. will be fought
by the Republican organization.
which challenges the power of the
committee to function during the
recess of Congress. The courts will
be asked to decide the issue.
''The issue of the committees
authority certainly will be raised IL
it attempts to seize these ballots. .
said Senator David A. Reed (R.) of
Pennsylvania today II think the
ballots should be surrendered by the
Pennsylvania authorities only to the
Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections"
Senator James A. Reed CD Of Mis-
souri,, chairman of the committee,
however, declared it would proceed
to impound the ballots. The COM
mittee has ample power to do this.
he said. under the recent decision of
the Supreme Court, which held that
Senate committees could act during
the recess of Congress.
The Washington times., 1927-03-07

This new legal device Is made pos.
sible by the power, recently assumed
by the courts, to appoint a guardian
ad Item over an asylum inmate who
petitions for a fabeas corpus writ
or for release on bond.
How the system works is illus
trated by the case of Hannah X.
Cook, a st. Elizabeth's inmate, and
until recently a ward Of F. A. Fen
ming.
According to the court records in
the case, Mrs. Cook had an estate OF
something more than $4,000. She
drew up a will. in which she stipu'
lated that $1,000 should be set aside
for her funeral expenses. the under.
takers firm of Joseph Gawler's Sons
to officate.
Taken TO GaIIinger
The record indicates that in Feb
ruary, 1924, Mrs. Cook called at Mr..
Jennings office in response to a
letter from that gentleman, in whom
she had great confidence, and on
leaving his office she was taken by
the police to Gallinger Hospital for
mental observation.
Later she was tried on charge of
lunacy and the jury returned a. YER
dict of unsound mind. In view OF
the 5000 estate the jury could not
find her to be INDECENT. nor was she
declared by the jury to be OF homi
cidal or otherwise dangerous
tendencies.
The District code gives authority
for committing lunatics to the asy.
lIlm only when they are INDECENT or
dangerous. Nevertheless, Mrs. Cook
was condemned to st. Elizabeth's,
and Mr.. Fenning was made com
mittee of her person and $1,000.
At the time of her arrest, Mrs.
Cook was making her home with
Mr.. and Mrs. James r. Rice, to
whom she had expressed the inten,
ton of cancelling her former will
so that she might leave all her
estate to the Rices. This she could
not do after being declared OF un.
sound mind.
The records indicate that the
The Washington times., 1927-03-07
STRESEMANN IN
LEAGUE CHAIR
By international News Service

GENEVA, March Foreign Min
lister Herr Stresemann of Germany,
for the first time since Germany
entered the League of Nations. occu-
pied the presidential chair at today's
opening session of the league coun-
ell, the forty-fourth session of the
council.
While none of the more than
twenty questions on the agenda is
considered of international import
ance, Geneva attaches the greatest
Importance to the craftsmanship at
this session because the agenda in
cludes the Saar Basin and Upper
Silesian issues.
The summoning of an interna-
tional conference to consider control
of private manufacture of small
arms, control Of the drug traffic
and preparations for the interna.
tional economic conference are the
three most important subjects for
discussion.
The Chinese delegate. Chso Hsin-
Chu, today allayed the uneasiness
in league circles over the Chinese
question by denying any intention
Of bringing it before this session Of
the council.
Herr Stresemann's Craftsmanship
was watched with some interest to-
day, for in January he asked to be
excused from presiding because of
his imperfect knowledge of French
and English. There was also con-
siderable curiosity today to see
whether he has been a good student
of languages in the interim.
The Washington times., 1927-03-07
WIDOW P[UNGES
To DEATH
BY International News services

NEW YORK, March Mrs.
Nathalie Schley. widow Of Buchanan
Schley, cotton broker and former.
deputy collector OF the port in
Baltimore, fell or leaped to death
from her fifteenth floor room at the
Hotel Buckinham today. Her tllus.
band was a first cousin of the late
Read Admiral Schley.
The body of Mrs. Schley was dis
covered, fully clothed, lying on q
second story extension. Her son,
Buchanan Schley, Srd, found the
body.
Young Schley, also a cotton
broker. lived at the hotel with his
mother. When he discovered his
mothers room unoccupied and the
window opened he looked below and
saw the body.
The Washington times., 1927-03-07

ton, the Illinois Society for Mental
Hygiene, and the Central Council
for Childhood Education.
t''It is because parents and edu-
Gators refuse to recognize this rapid
change, and are not helping young
people to formulate new codes of
living based on sound biological facts
instead of on tradition and sentiment,
that we are headed in that direction, .
DIR. Watson said.
I'm this alone is seen the under
lying cause of the suicide wave that
is sweeping over the country"
The Washington times., 1927-03-07
Marriage to End In 50
Years Is Prediction

CHICAGO March Marriage doomed. In so years it
will cease to exist
Children will be cared for in groups by the State Family
life will thing Of the pastf present tendencies continue
The Washington times., 1927-03-07

Forty miles on gallon of gasoline
and speed of SIS miles an hour are
claimed for new three-wheeled atl,
tonapbile that has a two.cylinder e1
CINE.
The Washington times., 1927-03-07
GAN T0NESE GET
SOOCH0W
BY international News Service

LONDON. March THE Can
tonese have captured Soochow. fol.
lowing a lightning like thrust
across the Lake Taibu district. ac-
cording to the vernacular press, the
Central News correspondent at
Shanghai reports.
If the report is true it Is a severe
blow to the forces OF Gen. Chang
Tsung Chang, since it would mean
the cutting of the Shanghai-Nan-
king railroad.
Americans in FOochow
SHANGHAI, March THE bat.
tie fronts where the northern and
southern Chinese are at grips for
the possession of Shanghai were
quiet today, but hostilities are ex.
pected at any hour.
Gen. An Kuo-Chun, northern com.
mander, has fortified the Foochow
hills at the entrance to Wukiang,
preparatory to making deter
mined defense against the National.
lists, who have now advanced to
Panwang, on Lake Taihu.
Seven thousand northern troops
are now holding Wukiang, with an
Kuo-Chun reinforcements coming
up steadily from Marking. Foreign
observers declare that An Kuo-
Chun's position is impregnable.
Practically all Of the foreigners
have evacuated Foochow except for
some customs officials and few
American missionaries.
Red Government Proclaimed
HONGKONG, March T. - The
Soviet form of government has been
officially proclaimed in the Hankow
district, according to advices reach
ing here from Canton.
KarakhaD, the Soviet representa-
tive at Canton, reports said, will go
to Hankow to aid in establishing
the new regime.
The Washington times., 1927-03-07

The bell was rung on the Oldest
Institution since the beginning Of
civilization by DR.. John B. Watson,
noted psychologist, author OF BE
havorism, "a work that has attracted
world wide attention.
Codes Worn Out
"Worn-out codes of ethics, religion,
and laws have already been virtually
discarded by progressive youth" he
told 1900 parents and teachers at
tending the child study conference
conducted here by the Association
for Child Study and Parent Educa-
The Washington times., 1927-03-07

Twenty-seven days left to file
your Personal Tax Return. Auto
mobiles bought ON the installment
plan must be declared by the
person buying Il If the car was
h their possession ON January 1,
1879.
The Washington times., 1927-03-07
Hungary to Manufacture
Tinted State Cigarettes

BUDAPEST, March THE state
tobacco monopoly will shortly issue
new brands Of cigarettes. of which
the paper will be tinted in various
coiors.