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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-11

*Batted Tor EDWARDS IN seventh.
""Batted for Richbourg in eighth
Score by innings: sa
Philadelphia ....-.............. 200 sol OOO--6
Boston ........................... 900 900 0OO-G
Two base hit: Spalding. Stolen
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-11
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The Dispatch.

Dispatch Telephones 81 and 80.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-05
ONE PERENNIAL
THAT HOLDS
UP

That old standby OF the bur
Iesque world. Wine, Woman and
Song" all decked out In new trap
pings. is at the Gayety this week.
That Producer Dave Sidman has
done good Job in revamping
this hardy perennial. adding new
faces and giving his henchmen
something to work on was made
manifest by the hearty applause
that sprinkled the performances.
Something q little different in
the way Of comics is presented
by Vic Plant. who has little diff
Guilty in making the customers
laugh. Jimmy Gallivan, besides
being the son Of Representative
James Gallivan. of Boston, Is a
comedian OF considerable ability.
His wise cracking tickled a lot Of
the folks.
Dixie Mason. agile and fun Of
animation. had her audience with
her right from the start. Dolly
Baringer and Florence King did
well with their songs and dances.
The Pasha's dream. I'm Hol-
land" and the tropical scene were
among the best things in the per-
Torrance.
A dramatic playlet written by
Miss Kaa Hamilton. and in which
she takes the principal part. won
favor. Ruth Barker and Jack
Reddy played the other charac-
tiers.
The chorus ls above the aver
are in pulchritude and singing
and dancing ability.-H. w.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-05
DIR. M'COLLUM IN
SERIES OF u
TALKS

DR.. Harriet Luella McCollum,
psychologist. lecturer and teacher,
Il now presenting series Of pub
lie lectures at the Masonic Temple
auditorium. Since her last visit
to this city Or. Mccollum has
toured almost the entire United
States and Canada, and has spoken
before thousands Of interested lis.
teners on her new science of cor
rect living, as she terms the study
Of practical psychology.
DIR. McCollum, who is nearly 60.
years Of age, is certainly an ex-
ample of the working of her
methods, as one would Judge her
to be no more than 80. She has
made q record in her field Of en-.
deavor that proves her to be mas.
ter OF her subject. She has q
mild, charming, vet forceful per-
sonality which holds the attention
of her hearers. A native OF the
United States, she Is able to talk to
the everyday man or woman in
simple, understandable language.
More, she is able to show her lis.
teners how to apply practical ply.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-05
INDEED
TO START A
FAD

Do you know that bottle of
perfume casually placed by .
property man on Gloria Swan
sons dressing table brought .
fortune to the manufacturers OF
the perfume?
Do you know that Rudolph
Valentines sleek black hair
brought hair oil hack to popular
demandf
In the April issue OF Photoplay
Magazine. Terry Ramsaye tells Of
the wide influence Of screen styles
on the taste Of the film.going
public.
Here are some Of the styles in
fashions and housefurniShings that
Mr.. Ramsaye attributes to the ALL
prevailing influence of the screen.
A set of publicity pictures show
ing Rudolph Valentino wearing
suspenders gave the suspender
business a new lease on life. N.
Cecil De Miles exotic bath.
rooms changed the plain, white
tiled bathroom into q colorful and
Oriental affair.
Mr.. De Mile also made the
French doll telephone cover an
American commonplace.
Irene Castle started the ''bob'
and Anna @. Nilsson In Pom
Jola" started the extreme boyish
clip.
Mack Sennett made the sensible
one-piece bathing suit possible for
women. Probably" writes Mr..
Ramsaye. MACK made It possible
Tor Gertrude Ederle to swim the
English Channel"
Wally Raids motion pictures
helped the sales Of racing autono-
biles even in far-off South Africa
The little flower, pinned on the
shoulder, started IN Hollywood
rehabilitated the artificial flower
industry.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-05
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

Hogs Receipts. 1900; market
1o@15c higher; top. 1910: bulk.
$l0.zo0l1.s5: heavy weight, s1o.50@
ills; medium weight. $10.65@1l,s5i
Light weight. s1i.2o@12.o5; light
lightg $11.10@12.10: packing sows.
$500 1925: pigs, $11@12.
C4ttie Receipts, 5000; market
strong. Calves. receipts, 5000: mar.
ket steady. Beef steers, good and
choice. S110I3.50; common and
medium, $7.50010; yearlings, $50
$3.50. Butcher cattle, heifers, $3.50
oil: cows. $5,25@9. bulls, $5.50@S;
calves, $9Q13; feeder steers, $500
800; stocker steers, $6@s.75: stocker
COWS and heifers, $4@6.50. Western
range cattle.
Sheep - Receipts, 5000; market
15c higher; medium and choice
lambs. S15@16.75; culls and COM
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-05

Advance men ana q crew Of as.
sistantg viii arrive at the colleges
about q month before the actual
shooting dates. At least ten men
will be screened az every school.
Makeup experts viii prepare him
10 that he IL given every ad.
vantage.
First National guarantees each
man 90 selected eight weeks
work at $50 per week and to pay
the transportation OF each man
from his college to the studios at
Burbank, Calf, and return.
Following is the schedule ar.
ranged for the screen tests:
University Of Chicago, April 16;
Northwestern, April Is; Univer.
sity Of Michigan, April 10; Ohio
State, April 20; University OF
Notre Dame, April 81; University
Of Indiana, April %; Purdue, April
%; University Of Illinois, April
IS; University Of Wisconsin, April
q; University Of Minnesota. April
%; University OF Washington,
May 2; Oregon Agricultural Col
lege, May 3: University of Ore.
gon, May 4; University OF Cali.
fornia, May 6: Stanford, May s;
University of Southern California,
May 3; Harvard, April %; Brown
April 26; Yale, April 26; Cornell,
April q; Syracuse. April 90; Uni.
versity Of Pittsburgh. April 20;
Carnegie Institute Of Technology,
April %; University Of Pennsyl.
yania, April 30; Princeton, May 2;
Georgia Tech, May s; University
Of Georgia, May Z: University OF
Alabama, May 3: Tulane. May 10:
University Of Texas, May 12; Uni.
versity OF Oklahoma, May IA:
Vanderbilt. May Is; University Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-05
BOND ISSUE APPROVED

The street and sidewalk Improve
ment bill which recently passed the
State legislature providing for a
bond issue up to 8 per cent Of the
assessed value Of the real estate Of
a community was approved ct q
special election at Mt. Rainier. Nd.
The towns assessed value Is ST.,
nan 0ff
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-05

chology to their daily living to
obtain the best results.
The lectures will continue for
fourteen evenings, ending April
IA. Some OF the subjects are:
How to Grow Brains" How to
Quit Worry" "The Sub-conscious
Mind" How 20 Make q Million
Dollars, = The Psychology Of Per.
petual Ycutlas''
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-05
IIBERIY BONDS

NEW YORK April 5.-openins
Liberty bond quotations: LIST Ans,
$103.t3; End AIS, $100.14; 3rd AIS,
$101.s; 18th AZ, S104.2; new Ans,
S114; new Is. $106.20. and new 3zs,
sos 80.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-05
FIRST NATIONAL RAIDS
THE CAMPUS

Plans complete for the launching Of First
College Humor screen tests through which young
recruited colleges contract TO the First
National Studios at Burbank, Calf
This effort to enlist for work the available
be found universities leading preparatory
promises to reveal and leading before many
haya &.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-05

Whenitisunderstood that areductionofIcOn IN.
operating ratio i equal to saving approximately
17.ooo.ooo, the continued efforts Of the manage
ment to produce the maximum amount of trans
portation with the greatest economy and eff
cheney viii Be realized.
PAYAGESTSTo FOR WAGES, TAxEs AHODMATERIAIs
The Pennsylvania Railroad operates directly
about 50 per cent Of the mileage Of its entire
systsn. Ths remaining lines are controlled
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-05
YrAN0

YnIAlgcB
The Company expended approximately
Ay.ooo.ooo in 1896 for improvements on its
own road and equipment. Its financial position
Is stronger than at any time since the war.
The Company met its maturing obligations
and provided for It's capital expenditures with
out issuing additional stocks and bonds
excepting 9I7,o3oooo Of Equipment Trust
obligations to pay for portion Of the new
equipment acquired during the year.
Tho Company has paid return upon its
capital stock every year since the first section
ofthe road was opened in Is4e. Its now owned
by I4I ,ao1 stockholders residing in every state
Of the union and nearly al foreign countries.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-05

mon. S12@1s.5o: yearlings. S1i@14.so;
common and choice ewes, $5010.60;
feeder lambs, $13@15.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-05
OPERATING EFFICIENCY

Steady improvement in operating efficiency
ever since the end of the period Of Federal
control is reflected in the progressive reduction
In the ratio Of operating expenses to operating
revenues. This ratio for the last six years was
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-05

INA polI conducted throughout
the United States by Film Daily
last year "Potemkin" secured IL
votes although It had been shown
In New York alone. This meant
an almost unanimous selection by
those critics who had been privil.
edged to view this cinematic mas
terpiece.
Searching for funny old com
edies, such as the first Chaplins,
John Bunnies, and keystone Hops,
and early one-reelers, like the
Pickford- Griffith Biograph master.
pieces, and film novelties and rare
reels in general. the Motion Pic.
ture Guild has established q scout.
ing branch in New York city,
"A special representative Of the
guild, which win open the new
Little Theater, between f and G
on Ninth Street Thursday, stays
on the lookout in Manhattan at
all times, and viii soon be assisted
by an agent in Paris, who will
watch the foreign product.
On the opening program at this
house will be one Of Charlie Chap
Inns comedies, IA Dogs Life" q
witty film written by Leonard
Hall, and a unique reel with
George Bernard Shaw az leading
man.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-05
mDERAL VALUATION

The total physical property
and other assets found BY
the Commission for the entire
eighty companies comprising
the Pennsylvania Railroad
System aggregated. ....
The total par value of all
securities outstanding on the
dates mentioned was.
Of this latter total, a par
value Of. ...............
were owned BY companies
comprising the Pennsylvania
Railroad System. leaving cap
ital issues in the hands Of the
public Of. .......
against total physical proper
ty and other assets Of ..~~..
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-05
The PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
SUMMARY OF ANNUAL REpoRT FOR 1870

SorH the Railroad covering
operations for the will be formally presented the stockholders
the annual meeting April The shows that company
performed the largest public service realized gross
net earnngs its history.
The net income for amounting equivalent 1891
upon the capital stock outstanding
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-05
SHORT TERM SECURITIES
fFurnished BY W. 3. Hibbs Cal

BID Ask.
Anaconda Copper Sc .....l % saN
Anaconda Copper Il llosMliosK
Am. Tel. 3 Tel L. Tr. ss....lS I tsK
American sThead SIS ...... .liOiHil0s
BALTIC 4 Ohio Sec. es.....,. lio2lto2A
Cont. q. p ist s. .s... .Jio0 Ji0oM
Gulf on 4 Gas Sc ........iioo lIook
e 2. Pa; " $4,000 esk 100
STANDARD oil ". z. SIS s..ii04 kIi0s
swift Go. Sc .........-... j 99X loo
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-05
OPERATING RESULTS

OPERATING RESULTS 1na.sov.,
1875
1orI oPEaATo REvRsUh amounted S7o9sI74s z6so4s7
IEAvno NET RIv1avr Of sI594s6sH 944s9as6
1Ax amounted 3hIIoIo5
EoPAnN1, Rents,
1E1NO NEE RAnwAr oPEISo oarR 3Io63A77
amounted TO- 22s2oo16 a6o8s46
MAKING e'Rc INCOME Of 5I463aa793 893aa96
Pam IEAED FUNDED
DEsT AND oTHEa cHAROE' amounted z8zshsas ssss66a
IvaO Nu1 ScOan equal Capital 67S670ss 34765+
Improved results well favorable business and financial conditions justified
creasen the dividend from 10 beginning November making
total for the 6 After providing for this payment stockholders and
sinking and other funds and for all other charges SURPLUS for yea.
amounted to $3o,a7oom,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-05

BID Ask.
Anglo American OIL Co new 1s% 1874
Borne Scrymser Co t..,..... So Sc
Buckeye Pipe Line Co... l6M 80
CHEESE borough Mfg Coil so 90
Continental OIL Co..G...44,l 10 1914
Cumberland Pipe Line 81 %
Eureka Pipe Line. ........l 51la 1914
Gaiena-Signal oil Co conn.,. 10 10H
Galena.Signal Oil Co pfd 49, so
Illinois Pipe Line Co. li37hti3s
Indiana Pipe Line Co.......l Sc 81
National Transit Co........ IA 14x
NY Transportation Co...s.i 3Ih 32h
Northern Pipe Line Co .s..sI 75h TN
Ohio Oil Co. ..s..s.....,..l 56hl 57k
Prairie Oil Gas Co... 47Ml 47E
Prairie Pipe Line Co.., 1f46% ll47K
Solar Refining Co......... E1s2 Iis7
Southern Pipe Line Co... IS 1884
South Penn Oil Co.,. ...... 36h 81
Southwestern Pa l. Col 6iMI SO
Standard Oil Co (Ind4 ,... 859s $50
Standard OIL Co tKan) 49,. i7M iTK
Standard OIL Co fKy1 siiI2& liT3M
Standard Oil Co (Nebi ..s..l 4e 46Z
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-05
GERMANY LISTS
"POTEMKIV" AS
YEARS BEST

''Potemkin," the sensational Rus
film, which VIII open the Little
Theater here Thursday night. has
been selected as the best picture
shown in Germany during the past
year, according to q dispatch re-
ceived by the Exhibitors Daily
Review.
A tabulation by the German
publication, B. q. Am. Mittag, lists
the votes of continental actors,
authors and critics an fnlInrns.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-05

X gsa &
through stock ownership. The consolidated sys-
TEN embraces 1854 miles of road with track
mileage Of aS,o4o miles.
In 1896 the Pennsylvania Railroad system
Employed on the average 2I7,ooo per-
sons to whom it paid in wages $780,
100000, or about 81 per cent Of all
It's revenues.
Paid in taxes SO, 100000, an increase
Of 100000 over the previous year;
Paid for fuel, materials, supplies and
improvements more than S26o,ooo,oo
FEDERAL VALUATION
The Interstate Commerce Commission has
reported its tentative valuation Of the property
Of all the companies Of the Pennsylvania Rail
road System. The findings Of the Commission
do not reflect entire present values. At least
9soc,ooo,coo has been expended for improve
mentssince thedates Of retrospective valuations.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-05

standard on Co (ohiol ...I2si 1874 /
standard on Co gohIoS pfd IiisKliis
swan 4 Finch Co..s.ssJ.s. 10 i76
sssensn 0 60 ies lies
Gulf OIL OF Pe....,........t SsHI %
1utnQie VII ..s.s.sssl 81 ~ Il /
iI I'M BAL OF Canada ....... e. -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-05
OIL STOCKS

tFurnlahea 81 y. 3. Hlbbs 9 co.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-05

sa,4Ss.r3s4or ]
sb793.a4o,oo1
s47r,a7S6o7
$I,311,o64,4s6
$a,4ss,I3s4oE
The Washington times., 1927-02-26

Hadley appeared to have great diff
Guilty in remembering details Of his
conferences with Colonel Moller.
Several times members Of the
COMMITTEES asked him 10 talk more
freely and explain more in detail
but Hadley declared that he could
not remember the details.
The District electrical engineer
began his testimony by explaining
that his only connection with the
Traffic Department was in a con.
sulting capacity.
He said he was first called into
consultation shortly before the
specifications went out for the first
set OF traffic lights.
He denied knowing any of the
representatives of the Grouse Kinds
Company except Mr.. Mackall, who,
he admitted was present at several
Of the conferences between him and
Colonel Moller.
He denied that he had ever met
I. Lincoln Townsend or E. C. Ora
ham, local representative of the
Grouse Kinds Company, in connec-
tion with the traffic lights propo-
sition.
3 Hadley was asked how much time
he had devoted to aiding the draw.
ing up OF specifications for the first
set of lights. He replied that it prob
Continued on Page .. Column s.
The Washington times., 1927-02-26

The verdict was cIear-cut vic.
tory for the Government. George
D. Horning. jr.. who for more than
four months has labored with the
case and who. with James J..
O'Leary. prosecuted the case. asked
for first-degree verdieta for the
three convicted men and intimated
he regarded McCabe as not guilty.
After seven weeks of testimony.
the case was given to the Jury yes
terday afternoon 4:05 o'clock. At
10 o'clock last night the Jurors We're
locked up, following which they
voted until 1870 or 2 a. m. They
were up at 5:45 a. m. today and at
$3.50 o'clock had agreed on yerdicts
for all the defendants.
Eagles Is Dazed
As Jacob Lesher. foreman Of the
jury, reported the verdict in the
case of Eagles. the diminutive pris.
oner looked as If dazed. All the
blood drained from his face and he
moistened his lips. his eyes rolling
g1ddily for q moment. He appeared
as II he had not understood what
the foreman said.
Proctor's face, was ghastly white.
hir large mouth loose. his eyes
piercing the face Of the foreman
for some indication even before he
spoke, Of what his fate would be.
Guilty of murder in the first
degree" The 18-year-old bandit
stared at the jury and his shoulders
slumped.
Moreno Unconcerned
Moreno appeared least concerned
of the three. His countenance was
The Washington times., 1927-02-26
CL0TURE FAILS
ON DAM BILL

The dramatic eight-day battle for
enactment of the Swing johnson bill
for erecting dam at Boulder Can
yon in the Colorado River ended
this afternoon when the Senate re-
fused to invoke cloture to insure,
its enactment.
The vote was 81 to So.
The adverse vote killed all chance
for passage OF the bill at the pres
emit session OF Congress. The result
was q victory for tfie little group
of Senator'S headed W Aaharst % y
Of Arizona, who have filibusterAd
against the measure for the last
eight days, and rendered futile the
heroic efforts Of Senator Johnson
R.) of California, to force q final.
vote beore adjournment.
Following the vote, the Senate.
Immediately abandoned consideration
of the measure for other bills upon.
which cloture also has been de-
manded.
Senator .Ashurst took ten minutes
this afternoon to sum up the oppo-
gition's setnd on the BILL He de-
MED that Arizona was attempting
to hold up California by demanding
$4,000, 900 year in royalties ON
power that would be deeloped from
the project, and countered with
charges that California was trying
I to ride rough-shod" over his own
State by ''robbing'' it OF AZ per cent
of the water which would be inn
pounded by the dam.
The Washington times., 1927-02-26

virtually the same as it has been
throughout the trial-one of inabil-
ity to understand the proceedings.
McCabe flushed slightly, then
paled as his time came. mot gull.
ty." the foreman declared, and Me-
Cabe regained his color and his lips
twitched uncertainty into smile.
A deadly calm hung over the
crowded courtroom, broken only BY
a seeming tension that was created
by the unprecedented number Of
armed guards who stood behind the
prisoners. At every door there
were deputy United States mar
shals, both inside and out, while a
large number Of members Of the
police homicide squad were sprin-
killed. about the court.
Only after the trial was ! Ter
it learned that threatening letters
have been received from time to
time by United States Marshal Ed
gar c. Snyder. These letters, Il
was learned from a reliable sor
apparently were written by an iIlit-
crate foreigner. The word ''kill'
was spelled keel"
Questions Jurors
In his chamber after the trial.
Justice William Hitz. after con.
graduating the jury for the serv-
ices, asked each man whether he
had received any communicated"
during the case. Each juror replied
in the negative.
The jurors presented Justice Hitz
with a testimonial of their esteem
~. -.
Continued on Page 2. Column IL
The Washington times., 1927-02-26

Hadley told the committee that he
was consulted on the specifications
by Assistant Traffic Directors I. G.
Moller some time before the specifi-
cations were issued.
He admitted particularly that he
had advised on the wording Of a
provision in the specifications re-
garding the clamps whcih would
fasten the lights to the street poles.
Representative Ernest w. Gibson
of Vermont, chairman Of the COM
mittee, then asked Hadley:
Confused by Wording
ibid you know that those Words
misled electrical experts of the high
est type in the country?'
II can see now that they were.
but I had never thought of 1t be-
FORE Hadley replied.
Gibson brought out that the word
ing apparently made 1t necessary
for the clamp and arms to be made
of cast iron and that the only com.
pany which submitted bids on cast
iron clamps and arms was the
Crouse-Hinds company.
In other words. the Grouse
Kinds company had information
which the others did not have?"
Representative r. G. Houston Of
Delaware interjected at this point.
Hadley was the first witness
called to the stand when the hearing
opened shortly after IL o'clock to-
day.
The hearing had been called for
1890 o'clock, but was delayed by a
conference between the committee
and District Commissioner Sidney
F.. Taliaferro.
Commissioners Bell and Dougherty
were not present at the hearing this
morning, but Commissioner Bell
was represented by his assistant.
Major w. r. CovelL
Throughout his testimony Mr..
The Washington times., 1927-02-26
DEATH PENALTY UNDER
VERDICT REQUIRED

Nick Eagles, of New York; Sam Moreno, 19-year-oId
Italian and John Proctor, 49, must pay with their lives
for the murder last September 26 of Policeman Leo w
K Busch
verdict of firstdegree murder returned against
each Of the three at 40 o'clock this morning after
Is hours and 81 minutes deIiberation
John Falls McCabe the fourth man on trial. was ac-
quilted the first ballot taken by the jury He walked
out Of court free man, but Immediately taken in
tody by Headquarters Detective Edward j. Kelly to be
turned to Maryland authorities charge of high
way robbery.
The Washington times., 1927-02-26
UTILITY | { n 7
insult FUND

After placing in evidence a
$4,000 check which covered
his contributions in the last
Illinois Senatorial primary,
Samuel insult, the multi-mil-
lionaire Chicago utility king,
today renewed his defiance of
the Reed campaign committee
by again refusing to name the
recipients of two $4,000 gifts.
Borrowed Money
insult testified he wrote the
check to cover most of the $751;
Continued on Page 2. Column 81
The Washington times., 1927-02-26
THREE BDSCHa AYERS
GUILTY, M'CABE FREE
TRICK LIGHT CONTRACT
Barred To GIBSON

Warren Hadley, electrical engineer for the District
med today before the Gibson subcommittee investigating
irregularities in the Traffic Department that had aided
drawing up specifications for traffic lights which had
fused electrical ure1s throaghout the country
Hadey denied to the committee that he had any knowledge
that OF the Company of Syracuse
had had anything to do with drawing up the specifications
Evening star., 1927-12-04
Bridge Party Honors
Miss Thelma A. Greelev

: Miss Helen Martin Wells enter
tained Saturday evening at bridge for
Miss Thelma A. Greeley, who is here
from Webster City. Iowa. for an in.