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MAN, 65, FOUND DEAD.
Michael McIntyre's Body Is Dis
covered Near Shack.

The body Of Michael Mcintyre, IS
years old, who for the past three
years lived in a shack near the dump
at Benning road and Twenty.sixth
street northeast, was found on the
ground near his little shack early
this morning by Mrs. Fannie Simms,
who lives on Cottage Hill.
Police OF the ninth precinct super
intended the removal of the body to
the District inorgue. DIR. J. Ramsay
hewitt, city coroner, stated this morn
ing that death resulted apparently
from natural causes, although he has
not yet issued a certificate. Efforts
are being made to locate his relatives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-19
Inca Uprising Quashed.

BUENOS AIRES, August 10 LP.--
Dispatches to La Nacion received
from La Paz. say that the Inca re-
bellion in Bolivia has been put down,
according to official information, and
that "a leaders will be tried by the
regular courts for their part in the
lInrisine
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Appearance Held Revolving.
Hit by Lightning, Woman Lives.

CHARLOTTE. N. c., August 10
R.-Struck above the heart by
bolt Of lightning which hurled
through the roof of the home Of Mrs.
Louis Gattis, Mrs. w. e. Lanier OF
Columbia. s. c.. late yesterday escaped
death with only a few flesh wounds
and a shocked nervous condition. Mrs.
tanisr is visiting Mrs Gattls. -, 80
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-19
Three Killed in Engine Blast.

SHREVEPORT, La, August 10 CP).
Three members of a Texas & Pacific
Railroad freight train crew were
killed early today when the boiler of
the engine exploded 8 miles north of
Shreveport. The men, all white, were
said to be from Texarkana. The cause
of the explosion was not learned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-19
JEWS IN TURKEY PROTEST
Thousands in Demonstration al
Slain Girls Funeral.

CONSTANTINOPLE, August 10
H@.-The Turkish authorities were
faced today with the first grave mi
nority incident since the Inaugural.
ton OF the republic when thousands
of Jews, following the hearse of a
'swnk girl murdered by a Turk.
staked a dramatic demonstration,
blocking traffic for hours and re-
pulsing the attempts of the Turkish
police to establish order.
Scores of manifestants were ar
rested. the governor and chief of
police are carrying on an investiga-
ton. while the entire Jewish colony
Is agitated, -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-19
FARMERS MARKET
SITES SUGGESTED
Removal to Ohio Avenue Pro-
posed-BIick Offers K
Street Space.

Two suggestions for taking care Of
the farmers who bring produce to
Washington IL the present farmers
market has to be abandoned before a
new one Is ready were received by the
Commissioners from outside sources
today.
John s. Blick, president Of the
Washington Convention Hall Co, Of
fered to give the farmers space at
the K Street Market while the prob
lem is being settled permanently.
Leo Simmons, an attorney, proposed
that the farmers be allowed to park
temporarily along Ohio avenue be-
tween Twelfth and Thirteenth streets
and extending up Thirteenth street
from Ohio avenue.
Blick Offers Use OF Site.
In his communication Mr.. Blick Of
the Convention Hall Co. said:
I'VE have on the property OF. this
company approximately 10000 square
feet, part of which Is covered, which
is available for this purpose, in adj
dition to which there are sidewalks
on Fifth street, K street and l. street
between Fourth and Fifth. which a
number Of years ago were used by
farmers. We beg to submit. gratis,
the use of the property Of this COM
pany for. the farmers, either tempo
rarily, permanently, or until such
time as a permanent site may bes Sc
lected."
The area around the K Street Mar
ket was one of the three general To-
calities discussed last year when the
problem of selecting new permanent
market center was under considera-
ton. The other two proposed sites
were in lexington and near the
waterfront in the southwest.
Board Meeting Delayed.
The Commissioners were delayed
this morning in beginning their regu-
lar board meeting, but they may con-
vene later in the day. They plan to
discuss the letter from the Treasury
Department which brought the Farm
er's Market question to q head by ask
ing information as to the latest date
on which the existing farmers space
can be vacated to permit construction
to start on the new Internal Revenue
Building.
While 1t Is not expected the city
heads will solve the question at this
board meeting, they may draft some
reply to the Treasury communication.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-19
EDUCATIONAL BODY
OPPOSES ARBUCKLE
Group Warns Appearance
Here Is UndesirabIe-Citi.
zens Protest.

Officials Of the National Education
Association Of the United States wired
protest today to the New York book
ing office responsible for the scheduled
appearance tomorrow on the stage Of
local theater Of Roscoe Arbuckle.
former screen comedian, involved in
a scandal on the Pacific Coast several
years ago.
Formal objection Of the association
buckle, which Is booked to extend a
week, is couched in terms similar to
sentiments expressed in scores Of in.
dividual letters registering emphatic
protests against his appearance.
Citizens in Protest.
The Columbia Heights Citizens As
ISOLATION, through Cora c.. Curry,
chairman of its welfare committee,
heartily Endorsed this morning the edi-
torial attitude Of The Star in disap.
proving Of the public presentation Of
the former motion picture actor.
j. w. Crabtree, secretary of the Ma
tional Education Association, sent the
following telegram to the booking Of
fee:
proposed appearance or Roscoe
Arbuckle in the Nations Capital re-
garded as undesirable by civic educa-
tional and religious organizations who
recall the revolving scandal which led
to the dscontinuance Of all Arbuckle
films only few years ago. His pres
ence will permanently injure the thea
ter presenting him. Officers of the
National Education Association, rep
resenting $4,000 teachers urge you to
discontinue all efforts to return him
to the SCREEN"
Appearance Held Revolving.
The expression from the Columbia
Heights Citizens Association stated:
I'm behalf Of the Columbia Heights
Citizens Association I write to heart.
lily indorse and approve every word
of your forceful and timely editorial
Business vs. Decency.
public service and the interests OF
the moving picture business itself de-
mand plain words at this time. ExhlD-
itors and producers should recognize
that a publicity based upon loathsome
memories Is revolving to the public
and that self respecting people Will not
continue to patronize houses staging
such characters"
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tContinUed from FIFst FdEeJ
and expect to make all Ave hops on
schedule time.
Copyrirht. 1927. in all countries BY North
American Newspaper Alliance.
SPENT Is YEARS IN ADVENTURE
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GILES, OUT OF GAS,
is FORCED DOWN IN
FIELD IN INDIANA

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27

and then include the cost In the 40
count OF cable for which they bill us
for the entire system. l have, there.
fore. arranged with the Potomac Elec.
trio Power Co. to take the matter up
with you direct
In a subsequent letter under date
of June 81, 1926, Moller advised Hills
that he would take up with the Poto.
mac Electric Power Co at once the
matter Of reimbursing you for the
cable" IF il is possible" he added,
II will arrange to have you reim-
bursed in cash instead of cable"
Admits Procedure Irregular.
Asked If he thought such a proce.
dure was proper, Hadley replied, II
do not think that is in regular order y
The specifications, it was brought
out, required the successful bidder on
the second contract for furnishing
the lights to provides the cable because
the District had used it's available sup.
ply and had no appropriation to pur.
chase an additional amount A prom.
Use was made in the Specifications TO
return the cable to the company which
provided 1t, as soon as it could be pur.
chased
Commissioners Sidney F.. Taliaferro.
who is directing an independent in
vestigation of Irregularities in the
traffic office, was present through the
entire hearing. Commissioners Bell
and Dougherty arrived shortly after
noon and remained until the commit
tee adjourned about 5:15 o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch To The star.
NEW YORK. February 26.-The
secret Of Houdini's spectacular "telep-
athy," with which he mystlf1ed mil
lions OF people before his death, was
divulged today Heretofore 1t was
believed the secret had gone to the
grave with Houdini.
Two years ago the press carried
stories of experiments In telepathy
conducted by Prof. Gilbert Murray,
the Earl of Balfour and others In
London drawing room.
The experiments indicated a GER
tain degree of success i'll thought
transference.
Houdini declared there was nothing
supernatural about the experiments
and that he could do as we'll himself
by natural means" He invited
committee to his home hero and there
duplicated, In part, the experiments.
System Was "Faked."
Today q reporter for the World
News Service learned from Houdinis
nephew, Louis G. Kraus, who had
worked with Houdini in developing
the telepathy idea, how 1t had all
been done. The revelations now
ratify the opinion Of Thomas A. Ed
son. expressed February l. on the
subject of telepathy: II don't believe
1t Is possible
For Houdini employed the idea of
Edison himself in developing CON
traption which would fake the SEM
blance of thought transference.
The secret is that Houdini wore an
electric belt which established an in
visible connection, by electromagnetic
with loops of wire concealed
under the carpet.
The belt, now possessed by Mrs
Houdini, was composed of many turns
of fine insulated wire, looped round
the body and wrapped with tape. The
two ends of this coil of many turns
were attached to a miniature telephone
receiver. which could be hidden in the
hand, the wires running down the
sleeves of a mans coat.
When the wire loops under the car
pet were energized by the current of
a telephone circuit, invisible lines of
called lines of f1ux,
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BY that order. however, l should have
certified to both matters. I did not"
Afterward Hadley admitted, under
close examination, that no effort
whatever was ever made by his de-
partment or by the traffic directors
office to check-up on the amount or
the quality Of the equipment for the
signal lights delivered by the Grouse
Kinds Co, nor did any one connected
with the District Government deter
mine whether the bill submitted by
the Potomac Electric Power co. for
S3,645.68 for cable or the one for
SS,623 for labor, were correct.
Says No Check Was Made.
Assuming that there was a short
age of 1000 feet of the cable. who
would know OF it," inquired Mr..
Gibson.
Hadley replied that absolutely no
check was made to ascertain whether
the amount billed was accurate.
''In other Words interjected Mr..
Gibson. 1.-THE persons who certified to
the correctness of these vouchers did
not know whether they were correct
or not?"
I'm admitting that I do not know"
answered Hadley.
Doesn't that come very near to
Moller's case?" interposed Mr.. Hous-
ton. I'm Moller's case 1t was a sin of
commission. This seems to be a sin
of omission"
Mr.. Gibson then quiZzed Hadley in
regard to the proposal of the Potomac
Electric Power Co. to drill holes into
street lamp-posts at a cost of so cents
a hole. The holes were necessary to
screw in horizontal bars to support
the new parking signs.
Hadley answered that the District
has employees who could drill holes
into lamp-posts, but expressed the
opinion that the person" who pro-
posed awarding a contract to the
power company for such work prob
ably was influenced by the fact that
the company would do a better job.
Cable Cost Questioned.
Another irregularity charged to Col.
Moler was revealed in correspondence
read by Mr.. Gibson during discus
sion of the cost of the cable and the
amount used.
One of Col. Moller's letters, dated
February 8, and directed to A. F.
Hills of the Cruose Kinds Co,
read by Mr.. Gibson. follows, in part:
1.-The auditor of the District of Co
lumbia tells me that the only way in
which we can take care of the cable
purchase is TO arrange for the Poto-
mac Electric Power Co. to pay you
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80 '
LIGHT FIRM EFFORT
TO DIG MOLLER OUT
OF "HOLE" CHARGED

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THE WEATHER

District Of Columbia and Maryland
Fair and slightly colder today; to.
morrow increasing cloudiness followed
BY rain In the afternoon or night.
Virg1nia-E~artly cloudy; tomorrow
increasing cloudiness followed by rain
In the afternoon or night.
West Virginia-Partly cloudy today,
tomorrow snow or rain: not much
change in temperature.
Temperature for "a Hours.
Midnight. Al; am, 80; 4 am. 81;
9 an, 81; s am, SO; 10 am, 40; 15
noon. 43; PM, As; 4 PM, 43; 6 pm.
81; 8 pm, 81; 10 pm, 3s. Highest,
IS; lowest. 81.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, SO; lowest. SO.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey.)
Today-Low tide, 1926 am. and
1925 pm; high tide, s:4s am. and
AIS pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 1925 am. and
1900 pm; high tide, 4:49 am. and
b:lS pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose Gas am: sun sets
s5S pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises 6:44 am: sun
sets 5:59 pm.
Moon rises 1888 a m: sets lie pm.
Automobile lamps TO be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27
HOUDINTS NEPHEW DISCLOSES
MAGICIAN'S TELEPATF1Y SECRET
Whole House Wired With Hidden Tele-
phone System, Former Aid Says In Prov
ing Thought Transference Faxed

| vibrated perpendicularly In the air
! several feet above and below the loops.
| These moving lines of magnetism cut
across the turns of wire of the electric
| belt and generated In each turn a
| minute electric current, the exact
counterpart of the current which
energized the wires beneath the
| carpet.
| As the turns of the belt were CON
| tinuous, their minute currents We're
added together. flowing together In a
| continuous current, and. IL was this
| sum total of induced electrical energy
| which vibrated the diaphragm of the
! miniature telephone receiver and re
| produced speech.
In short, this faint reproduced
| speech was the facsimile of the voice
| which sent electrical energy into the
loops under the carpet.
| Thus the trick was to pick up the
| utterances of the thought transmit
| ters," downstairs by means of plant
ed" dictaphones. such as detectives
employ, and then repeat these utter
ances on a strong telephone circuit
terminating In the loops under the
carpet where Houdini stood.
In this way the spoken thoughts of
| Houdini's irnpromptu committee in
York were actually carried to the ma
| gician, invisbly through wire and air,
but the method was electrical, not
| telepathic, the theory of which pre-
| cludes any contraptions other than
! two human minds.
Thoughts Written Down.
| An account of Houdini's 'demonstra-
| ton in 1925 read in part:
| am the presence of a committee of
| distinguished people including Ralph
| Pulitzer, editor; Bernard NJ. Baruch,
| former chairman of the war industries
| board; DR.. Edward j. Kempf. psychi-
artist; Arthur Train. writer of criminal
| legal fiction, and Walter Lippmann
chief editorial writer of the World.
Yesterday the magician placed the
committee in the parlor. He then
went to the third floor and remained
alone in the front room. The commit.
tee below selected three test thoughts,
following the Belfour method. The
thoughts were written down and then
/. repeated In whispers to the close cir
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Gle three times. Mrs. Houdini and
the brother of the magician were in
the room. but were asked not to re
peat the words. The three tests were:
by MIR. Lippmann: am thinking OF
Lord Curzon In the foreign ONCE last
January" Mr.. Houdini failed to get
this thought
ship Failure Iirst time, but on
repetition Houdini got "a sense OF
heaving water and a ship"
by Prof. kempf: Buffalo Bills
monument In Wyoming by Mrs. Harry
Payne Whitney"
'Houdini came down and said: / get
the picture OF q man killing cattle
no, buffaloes. see him bringing
meat to men building a railroad. He
has long hair"
Or. kenpf had said nothing Of this
part of Buffalo Bills activities, but
admitted this picture of Buffalo XIII
ers had been In his mind.
"Houdini then returned TO the third
floor. stripped to- nudity. and was
placed i'm cabinet under the super.
vision of Ralph Pulitzer and Mr.. I.lpp-
mann.
THE thought of the group that re-
manned downstairs in the parlor then
was:
Mrs. John Barrymore's portrait
done by ZuIoaga.
"Houdini caught the Barrymore
portrait, but missed the sense of a
painting or the name of Zuloaga-
Although he insisted that what he
had done was not thought transfer
ence. but an application of natural
methods and scientific knowledge
Houdini refused to explain his
method"
Cabinet Had Coil.
Mr.. Kraus said today: "The whole
house was wired. The room In which
the committee sat was so completely
wired that the least whisper was pick
ed up and carried electrically to all
operator concealed I'm the basement.
This operator held a transmitter in
his hand and repeated all he heard.
His repetitions were carried by other
hidden wires to the top floor. terminal.
ing In loops under the carpet.
'When Houdini stripped and climb
ed into the cabifset he relied on an
other. concealed coil. built into the
cabinet, this acted In place of the belt
when the cabinet was closed he
slid back a small, hidden panel and
pulled out an ear phone
When Houdini'S widow was ques
toned at the Houdini home she
verified Mr.. Kraus story. She re-
GREETED the disclosure of the secret.
as IL was an unwritten law of the
Society of American MagicianS, OF
which she is an honorary life member.
not to give away any OF the con
trivances whereby audiences are
mystified.
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YOUNG WOMAN FREED.

CHICAGO. February 2s Cp.-Helen
Neville, FL, returned from Pittsburgh
to face a charge of having forged her
fathers signature to a $1,000 order
for advertising. was freed by Judge
John A. Sbarbaro, when the complain
ant. c. F. Brooks Advertising Agency
manager, failed to press the charge.
Miss Neville, whose father is a Phil
adelphia publisher. told the police that
she argued with him and left home.
She admitted obtaining the money.
She had 500 when taken from train
at Pittsburgh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27
RIO POLICE ROUT
P|NEDO ADMIRERS
Welcome So Enthusiastic
italian Flyer Is Endan-
gered by Mob.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RIO JANEIRO, Brazil. February &c.
---Comdr. Francesca de Pinedo, Italian
aviator who arrived here today from
Bahia on his four-continent flight, was
greeted so enthusiastically by huge
crowds that the police had to use
vigorous measures to keep him from
being overwhelmed.
His automobile, In which he was
escorted by Mayor Antonio Prado.
could move only at snails pace
through the densely thronged streets.
Enthusiastic welcomers crowded the
tenders Of the machine and hung
wherever they could get grip. They
crowded so thickly that the police
feared that the heat would suffocate
the aviator and almost caused a fight
to give him enough air.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27
MUST FILL PENNLAND.
Legionnaires Informed No Berths
Now Available Elsewhere.

Announcement was made last night
by Joseph j. Idler, Department
France Convention officer of the Amer
lean Legion, that no further reserva-
tions would be made on the steamship
-Leviathan or any other ships of the
United States Lines for the pilgrimage
to Paris this Fall until all spaces on
the steamship Pennland have been
filled. Instructions to this effect were
received in a telegram last night from
the France convention committee at
Indianapolis.
The District Legionnaires, members
of the American Legion Auxiliary
and their families are scheduled to
sail from Norfolk, Va, September 9
next, while the Leviathan will sail
the next day from New York.
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AIR RACE is DENIED

ROME, February 20 R.-Any
idea that Maj. Tadeo Larre Borges
Uruguayan aviator, intended to race
the Italian ace, Comdr. Francesca
de Pinedo in his present flight to
South America, was refuted today by
the Uruguayan charge d'affaires, f.
Gruenwaldt Cuestas. in a letter to the
newspaper II Tevere.
The Uruguayan flight was not in
tended as a speed event, he said.
Larre Borges is now at Casablanca.
Morocco, and does not plan to con-
tinue until Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27

Miss Edith Beesley. just appointed
branch manager of a large insurance
company in London is said to be the
first Of her sex to hold such q posi-
ton In England.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-10

ing there is no chance for any one
to displace him.
Koenig played brilliantly as well
as erratically in the world series.
Those who do not figure him to start
are thinking only Of his poor play,
forgetting entirely many OF his
sensational performances.
Mark Koenig has the ability to
become one of the greatest short
stops in the game. Confidence and
poise will make him such. The big
chance is just ahead for him.
The outfield will be Meusel, Combs
and Ruth. quite some combination.
In starting the season with the
same lineup Of last year, Manager
Higgins faces one most important
situation which bears on his pitch
ing.
Will the veterans who performed
so nobly last season continue to
pitch consistently good baseball?
That remains to be answered. 1t
is asking considerable. There is o
possibility OF a slump in pitching
on the part Of the veterans. II such
Is the case, Manager Higgins must
look to some of his recruits to over
come this handicap.
SO from any angle, the smart Mr.
Higgins is justified in standing pat
with the hope that improved battery
work will make the Yankees all the
stronger, bringing him another
remnant.