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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-09
COOLIDGE CUTS
OF
NEGRO RIOTERS

WASHINGTON, March R-Presi
dent Coolidge today Topped 1S months
eff the thirty-year sentences of 20
negroes, former members of the oath
infantry, who were originally sen>
fenced to death or life imprison-
ment for participation in the race
of August %, 1917.
By the action of the president
taken on recommendation of the
war department, the men will become
eligible for parole within the next
year.
With their release the last of
the SO negro soldiers tried by court
martial of participation in the riot
ing that caused II deaths in Hous.
ton during the war period, will be
taken off the prison rolls.
The outbreak in Houston came
when troops of the first battalion
of the 24th regiment seized their
arms at the barracks and ran riot
| in the city Of 20 sentenced to
death, 18 We're executed under the
war time authority of departmental
military commanders to approve
death sentences
! President Wilson commuted the
I sentences of the others to life i'm,
! prisonment The original sentences
! of a number of others were life
! imprisonment.
i The names of the 20 affected bS
/ President Coolidge's action an
rounced today were not made public
by the war department.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-09
One Woman Killed When
Plunging Freight Car
Crashes Into Automobile

MIAMI, March 8 P).-One woman
was killed, another slightly injured
and a brakeman was more serious
ly injured and a refrigerator car
set afire near here today when two
gOndOIas escaped the control of a
Southern Pacific train crew and
plunged down twO-miIe grade.
crashing into an automobile at "a
crossing.
Mrs. Curtis Evans was killed
when the runaway cars struck the
automobile in which she. and Mrs.
Herbert l.. BeasIey were riding. The
brakeman. Joseph Griffin, jumped
from the careening cars and suffer-
ed such injuries that he had to be
carried to nearby residence for
treatmenty
The refrigerator ears were set
afire when the runaway gOndOlas
crashed into them. The blaze was
extinguished by the Miami fire de-
partment.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-09
Canton General States
He Has No Intention
Attacking Shanghai City

LONDON. Mar. s. [P)-A dispatch
from Shanghai 10 the Westminster
says the Cantonese commander in
chief, Chang Kai-Shek, has an
nOunced he has no intention of tax
ing military measures to capture
Shanghai, but that he is resolved
to obtain retrOcessiOn of the in
ternatiOnal settlement by use of
the economic weapon.
The correspondent says that in
connection with the general strike
agitation, strenuous endeavOrs are
being amde to institute a blockade
on fresh fOOdstuffs ON the inter
national settlement.
Bands organized by students were
reported patrOlling the country dis
trictss intercepting and destroying
bOatIOads SOf vegetables and telling
the owners to charge the cost to
the account of E'patriOtism.'
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-09
SHANGHAI THREATENED

SHANGHAI, March R-Generai
Chang Tsung -Shang, Shantung lead>
er, who rushed to the defense of
Shanghai a few days ago, when the
army of Marshal Sun Chuan Fang
started crumbling before the assault
Of the Cantonese, now is threatened
with being isolated there.
The southerners, continuing their
progress northward, have occupied
Wuhu, about 200 miles west of
Shanghai. They are reported ads
vancing around both sides of Lake
Taihu, trying to reach the Nanking
Shanghai railway ard cut off Chang
Tsung -Chang's lines of cornmunica-
ton. If Chang Tsung- Chang even.
tually is defeated the reverse will
be attributed largely to his old
enemy Governor Chen Tiao Yung of
Anhwei province 1t was the alliance
Of Chen Tiao Yung with the Can.
tonese which became definitely
known yesterday that opened path
for the Cantonese to penetrate to-
ward Nanl1ing and Chang Tsung-
Changs communications. Abe Anhv
wei governors change of front is
attributed here less to devotion to
the principles of the Kuomingtang.
than to hatred of Chang Tsung-C
hang, the former Shantung guerilla
who now is regarded as the de-.
fender of foreign lives and property
at Shanghai.
A new front was being formed
today in northern Anhwei. With
Wuhu occupied, Chen TiaoYung and
his Cantonese allies claim to hold
Continued to Page Eight
Anhwei as far north as Luchow
Chang Tsung- Chang still holds
northeastern Anhwei, and is bring
ing more forces .nto that region to
protect his 60O-mile line of com,
n,unications from Shanghai to Tsin-
anfu, and especially it's main artery
the railway to Tientsin.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-09
HE'LL,
DESCRIPTION
Of DISASTER
Half of Population of Town
OF 5000 Either Dead or
Wounded.
MANY HOMELESS
Suffering of Women and
Children Intense as
Homes Are Destroyed.

TOKYO, March 8. tP-At least 1000
persons lost their lives in the three
minute earthquake which rocked cen
trail Japan last evening, 1000 alone
being killed in the town of Nine
yama
Numerous villages in Mineyama
district were destroyed, while fire,
which came close on the heels of the
quake, accounted for a great number
of casualties, which it is expected
will reach several thousand in burn
cd and injured. Home office advices
from the prefecture of Kyoto re-
ported the following casualties:
Mineyama, 1000 killed, 1000 houses
destroyed; Iwataki, 100 killed, 500
houses destroyed; Ishikawa, 20 killed,
21 injured, 492 houses burned; Ichiba,
20 killed, S5S houses burned.
The official advices also indicated
that numerous other villages had
been laid waste and that at least
500 persons had been killed at vari-
Gus places in the same district
The Kioto prefectural governor also
reported that so persons had been
hlIl6U anu oU AOuSCc QCSlIOySu at
Yamada, that several other villages
were believed virtually destroyed, and
that the casualties in them were not
known because communication had
been cut off.
Relief measures are being taken
by the government $50 police and
other relief workers being sent from
II; AL.
stricken district. Army airplanes
also were sent out from Kioto to
investigate the extent of the disaster.
Various reports Of the casualties
and damage caused by the quake
were still most speculative because
of the interruption of communication.
1t may be days before accurate fig
ures can be obtained by the govern
ment.
The shock, which at first was hori-
zontal, became perpendicular before
it subsidized and APPARENTLY extended
over a wider district than the
quakes which are Of frequent occur
renee in Japan. Houses collapsed.
tiles fell and fire broke out almost
Immediately these three causes ac-
counting for virtually all the cas-
ualties. A majority of the inhabi-
tants of Toxic felt the shock, but it
was no worse than others which have
been of no Importance. Consequently
for some time there was tendency
to minimize the Importance Of the
quake and it was not until this
morning that the full realization
came Of how serious the tremors
had been.
The Asahi Shimbun sent an air.
plane over the stricken region, the
aviator reporting he had sighted 20
or 80 villages which apparently were
devastated The paper estimated that
of the 5000 population in Mineyama
at least 1000 were killed, while the
relief headquarters at Miyazu on the
Sea of Japan, reported that half of
the population of Mineyama had
been either killed or wounded. Mi
yazu also felt the shocks strongly,
hundreds of residents seeking refuge
on the sea in boats while others fled
to the open country Osaka and
Kobe felt the shock, 22 persons being
killed in Osaka. Several foreigners
were reported to have been injured
in these two cities, but their names
were not given. An American woman
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-09
NEVADA is IN GRIP OF GOLD
RUSH RECALLING DAYS OF OLD

gentry of the gaming table. Camp
followers, both men and women,
smirEing, Over-Ornate, bland, are
there, too, in force.
The maIapai, as the Indians call
the ba1 lands of the lower Nevada.
desert, is roaring again with the
flank of the movement of man,
mule. truck and ear, apexing to-
ward the staked lands of Weepah,
40 miles away, where Frank Hor-
ton. who lost fortune as "a low
grade ore man at GOIdfieId and
won it back again, has come upon
some dirt that assays thousands Of
dollars to the ton. His SON.
brOnzed desert prOspectOr. despite
Continued to Page Eight)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-09

TONOPAH. New, March P).-
Once more Nevada is in a grip of
n gold rush. whether it will pro-
duce the glamour and the treas
ure of the old California, the Com
stock, the KIOndyI<e or GOldfield.
remains to be seen. 1t got off to
whOOping start and gathered
momentum every hour.
One flank of it has lashed
against TOnOpah, filling the streets
with automobiles of every make
and breed, streakcd with aIkali
dust. A mixed breed of men mill
through the hotel lObbies; hurry
ing clerks in white collars, big
hated and booted prospectOrs
with square jaws, the slim, trim
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-09
WILL ESTABLISH
SUMMER HOME IN THE WEST

the agricultural west for the sum-
mer, it was said ON his behalf that
hd did not want to be too far from
Washington, or go too far south.
In the past he has expressed
preference for a retreat at some
altitude. so he might find relief
from a slight trouble that bOthers
him during the summer months I'm
WashingtOn's climate.
The decision of the president to
go into the farming region of the
west, rather than spend his SUM
mer in the northeast as he has
done since entering the White
House, is i'm line with the advice
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-09

WASHINGTON, March P).-
President Coolidge has decided to
establish summer White House
somewhere west of the AIIeghen-
les. just where he will go, or
how long he will be away from
Washington has not been deter
mined.
There is little prospect that he
will settle down for the summer
mt any point as far west as the
Pacific coast, although he may
make a swing across the continent
before re;yIrning to the capitol.
At the White House. where it
was definitely disclosed today that
the president intended to go into
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-09
Hectic 6O-Day Session Draws Near It's End
RUSSIANS EXECUTION ORDERED
Lumberjacks Awarded
Basketballs Showing
Southwestern Champs

FLAGSTAFF, March 8 (F9.-COach
E. III. Lynch of the Northern Ari-
zOna Teachers college, in a state
ment issued TO the Associated Press
tonight said that he was awarding
his varsity basketball squad gold
basketbaIIs bearing the inscription,
.'1927 Southwestern Champions" as
an extra merit of award for win
ming the southwestern Champion
ship.
Tke Lumberjacl1s recently refused
two offers from the University of
New Mexico and the University of
Arizona. both runners-up To the
title. for another opportunity to
take away the lnurels that right
fully belonged to them.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-09-30
ROCKVILLE MARYLAND. FRIDAY MORNING. 80 1897
Rom. = { ID Flo,Uers
in Long Association

In : development of gift-making
In Co., sip certain amount Of ro-
manc, 1ter4 3, ound the flower. The
flower 10 &c gift Of lovers, and In
early Greek times flower was worn
as sign Of the engagement. the full
blossoming flower suggesting love
awakened. The Polynesian men, as
well us the women, wear flowers be-
hind their ears when they are In love.
The survival of another picturesque
medieval custom centerlng around the
flower Is found In the brides flower
girls of today. In Olden times these
little girls, usually sisters, dressed ex'
actly alike, carried garlands Of wheat
before the bride In the marriage pro-
cession as symbol of fruitfulness
and plenty. The very old and univer-
sally observed custom of throwing rice
after the departing bride and BRIDE
groom as a symbol Of fruitful union
had Its origin with the ancient Per-
SLAMS. Rice has always played an i'm
portant part In the marriage ceremony
of these people, while the wheat show
er, expressing the same sentiment,
was common among the early Anglo
Saxons, and certain other people en-
ployed corn. Another interesting ira
ditlOn regarding the rice shower Is
that rice was thrown after the bride
and bridegroom for the purpose Of
giving food to the evil spirits that
were believed to accompany newly
married people, and that 1t was to
appease these spirits that rice throw
Ing originated.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-09-30
Lite. airy Fame Came
SlotplY to Johns On

Samuel Johnson gained little money
when he compiled an English diction-
AIRY, but the work served to make his
reputation secure. He had been In
London ten years, living Obscurely as
a hack writer and slowly winning a
reputation when he was given q
chance TO prepare the dictionary, for
which he was TO receive $500.
II took him seven years to complete
the tremendous work and he had to
pay several assistants. The work Ii
remembered not because OF It's merits,
but largely because of Johnson's letter
to the end of Chesterfield, who had
rebufed the editor until he heard the
dictionary was nearing completion and
then hoped to be regarded as one OF
the benefactors Of the scholar.
Upon the publication Of the dlction
airy. johnson was given recognition as
the greatest living figure In English
literature. Fielding was dead. Rich
ardson was living In retirement, Glib
bon Was In Switzerland, Gray and
Cowper were publishing little. John
son was hailed as England's greatest
scholar. The honor had been slow In
coming, for Is years had passed since
he had left Llchfleld to make his for.
tune In London.-Kansas City Star.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-09-30
Hawaiian Island Has
Many Claims to Fame

Maui, one of the islands Of the
Hawaiian group, has for Its motto the
phrase maui no ka OIL" meaning
MAUI the First" The island author
tiles have just cited number Of his
torlcal facts In support of their boast.
Maui has Haleakala, largest extinct
volcano crater In the world, the scene
In 1928 Of the first Christian funeral
Of Hawaiian chleftain. The earliest
Island newspaper, as well as the first
on the Pacific ocean, was published
there In 1884. The paper was called
Ka Lima Hawaii, meaning The Arm
of Hawaii.
David Malo. earliest Hawaiian his
torlan, was q Maui man. The island
also had the first telegraph line strung
between Haiku and Waikiki In 1878.
The first Hawaiian wheat was planted
at Makawao, Maui, In 1845, and not
long afterward the first potato plan
tatlon was started at Kula, where tu-
bers were raised for the California
gold miners.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-09-30
Oxygen in Air

Normal air contains about Fl per
cent of oxygen, says the United States
bureau of mines. Man works best at
this proportion of oxygen. A candle
or oil flame will not burn In atmos-
phere containing less than approx.
mately 10h per cent oxygen, yet man
Is sufficiently adaptable to get along
fairly well in II per cent Of oxygen.
lie will breathe little faster and a
little deeper. But most men cannot
work In air with oxygen below IS per
cent, the point where an acetylene
flame is extingulshed by oxygen de-
ticlency. In an atmosphere containing
between 10 and IS per cent oxygen,
men become dizzy, pant, have a rapid
heart beat, and often suffer from
headache; 8 to 10 per cent usually
produces unconsciousness and ulti-
mately death.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-09-30
TroIIope's Cigars

Lord Blrkenhead recently boosted q
lifelong devotion to cigar smoking, but
he can hardly claim to have given
more thought and time to his hobby
than did Anthony Trollope, remarks
the Manchester Guardian. Trollope,
rs soon as his income was large
enough to stand the expense. had one
entire wall of his library equipped with
alright little bins fitted with slid
Ing doors and numbered. These he
kept filed with choice cigars, laid
across and across like planks Of tim
Der, to get thoroughly seasoned. True
to the Trollope tradition, be worked
through the bins In methodlcal fash
ion, refilling each as 1t was emptled
with special imports from Havana.
Thus, he declared, he attained the
most perfect smokes In the world.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-09-30
Famous Last" Names
on Pages of History

LAST of the Fathers" was a title
given by the Latin church to st.
Bernard, who lived from 1901 to 1853
Last OF the Cloths" was the title given
to ROderlck, the thlrty-fourth and last
OF the vlslgothic line Of kings. who
filled the throne Of Spain from Ala a.
I'll. To Phlllipoemen, who lived from
253 to 1888 b. c., u native Of Arcadia,
was given the uppellation Last Of the
Creeks; and he was the last really
great and successful commander OF
the ancient Greeks. Last OF the Mo
hlcans" Is the title Of Cooper's novel
Of the same name, under which title
the Indian chief Iuncas Is personnted
The general Aetus has been called the
Last Of the Romans" He checked
the first Invasion OF Attlla by the re
lief Of Orleans In Gaul, modern France,
In the year 450 A. ID. With his death,
which occurred In 454, the last support
OF the western empire fell.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-09-30
Sesquiped0lian Words

Mark Twain was not the only per
son to find amusement In the German
Language. A foreigner thus accounts
for the deliberatlon with which the
negotiations held at Locarno were
carried on.
sour lnterlocut0rs cannot end their
explanations said this foreigner
with the best will In the world they
cannot pronounce rapidly such words
as this: Acknowledgements
erverze chnissesdruckko stsnvoran
schlagprufungscommissionsve
Observation-Disclosures"
This little word means Invitation
cards for the meeting Of the commits
sion for verifying the accounts of the
expenses of printing the list Of mem.
bers Of the anti-alcoholic congress-"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-09-30
Porpoise's Fish Appetite

The porpolse has great appetite,
Is feeding constantly as opportunity
offers and lives principally on fish,
and scientists we're able recently to
get clew to the number Of fish a
lively porpOise may eat when giant
porpolse was caught and 1913 Oto-
llths were found In its stomach.
The otollth Is the earbone OF fish,
is very hard. supposed to be the last
remnant of fish that Is reduced by
the chemical process in the mammals
stomach, and the large number found
may be far less than the number Of
fish served live and wlgglIng for the
satisfaction Of the porpolse. AT any
rate. It bids fair to hold first place
as a fish eater
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-09-30
Truth at ANY Price

Each man should learn what II
within him, that he may strive to
mend; he must be taught what is
without him, that he may be kind to
others. It can never be wrong to tell
him the truth; for, in his disputable
state, weaving as he goes his theory
of life, steering himself, cheering or
reprovlng others. all facts are Of the
first importance to his conduct; and
even II fact shall discourage or
corrupt him It is still best that he
should know It, for It is In this world
as It Is, and not In world made easy
by educational suppression, that he
must win his way to shame or glory.
Robert Louis Stevenson.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-09-30
GeoloQicol Wonder

Juniper mountain, 30 miles west OF
Craig, Colo, Is geological wonder.
The United States survey says that II
Is the deepest mountain on the west
ern hemisphere. This means that the
bottom Of Juniper Is buried 10 the
earth deeper thnn any other on this
continent. II is walled with rock,
and is one Of the outstanding sights
10 the region reached from Craig.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-09-30
Well Foretells Weather

In eastern Oregon Is an interesting
well that not only gives supplies OF
good water but acts as a sort Of ba-
rometer to tell the approach OF storms
or changes In the weather. From II
to "a hours before storm. It tex
hales" a current Of air. The draft In
crenses AZ the storm approaches,
sometimes reaching the intensity Of
whlstlIng, roaring Jet and shooting up
a mist of water with lt.-Popular Me
chanIcs Magazine.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-09-30
Notice to Creditors.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sub
scriber of District Of the Columbia has OBJ
tanned from the Orphans Court Of Mont
gomery county. Md. letters testamentary
on the personal estate Of
LUCY BURDICK.
late of Montgomery county, deceased.
All persons having claims against the said
deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the
same, with vouchers thereof to the sub
scriber on or before the 4th day Of Feb
ruary. 1928; otherwise they may. by law.
be excluded from all benefit Of said estate.
All persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this End day of
August. 1927.
BEATRICE RICE. Executrix.
1913 Park Avenue. N. w.,
aug SGT Washington, d. C.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-09-30
In a SO Gold Piece

BY accident, California banker
touched the letter u on so gold
piece. He was amazed to see the side
bearing the spread-eagle open, disclos-
ing a tiny photograph Of an up-to-date
woman. Beneath this picture was an
other Of woman Of an earlier gen
GRAFTON with pun sleeves. An odd
keepsake. Did II get In circulation
by mlstarc"- -C2"'rr's Weekly.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-09-30
Notice to Creditors

NOTICE is hereby Given ,ho, -,
scilDer' Of Montgomery connty h. SUI w
.alned from the Orphans Court Of ~ no ~
gone county, Md. letters Of adminIs,,a
ZION on the personal estate of
MAURICE E. EGLlN,
late OF Montgomery couotv a...
Al persons having claims aoalnst ~ .sti
deceased are hereby warned TO exbih,, ' sha
same. with the vouchers thereof 10 The s sIo
sclloer on or before the End day of Eau. Juu
airy; lsSs otherwise they may. bv law =.
excluded from all benefit Of said es,o i""' o9
DECISIONS Indebted tor said estate mr.. a. a.
9I ssu % make immediate payment
August, 1927. Nhu uay Oh
ALBERT d. BROOKS
n Administrator.
.,aso. Route No. II. Bethesda. Md
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-09-30
The Kiss in Hisfoyy

Kisses between men were common
In England until the Seventeenth cen.
fury. Medieval knights used to kiss
each other before they began jousting,
as modern beavywelghts shake hands.
Pages In France used to kiss articles
they were given to deliver, both when
they received them from the hands Of
senders and Just before they delivered
them to recipients, as sign Of honor.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-09-30
The Arabian NIGHTS

The author Of the original Arabic
work, and the period In which II was
composed, is unknown. But the Ara.
bian Nights, as II stands at present,
Is the work Of many hands, and nu.
Inerous references In the stories show
that they were added at different
times The work was introduced into
Europe from Syria. where II was OBJ.
tanned In the latter part OF the Seven.
teenth century, by antoine Galland,
French tray,!er II was first trans
lated ARA r"lfl he'd by him between
1901 and iTi7.