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1t IS great to
have a clear skin

a breaking-uut that itched terribly.
I also had boils one after another
I tried different kinds of remedies.
but nothing did me any good until
friend advised me to take S.S.S.,
which 1 did. This was some time
ago. Now / feel well, and / am
getting along fine. S.S.S. stopped
the itching and it cured me Of
boils. I advise all weak and run.
down people to give S.S.S. a trial.
1t clears up the skin and makes
you strong and fills you with en-.
ergy." Mrs. ]. w. Barker, 1887
Walnut Street, Cincinnati, Ohio.
SIS. is made from the fresh
roots of medicinal herbs and plants,
and is prepared in a scientific way
in modern laboratory. 1t is time
tried and reliable.
S.S.S. is sold at all good drug
stores in two sizes. The larger size
is more economical.
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Cable: "Ahll nevah git an.
othuh lax him."
Myers: LESS Noise Urged;
Jockey Urged To Set Price
Cabbie: Fifteen dolluhs, boss,
is the leas' I could ask"
Myers: Rival Promoter APP
preached For So Loan"
Gimpus: Loan O. XII. Jockey
Paid
The money was paid into the
hands Of the weeping cabbie, as
his companion stood with bowed
head over the remains of the
racer. The promoters faded into
the night with a speed incom-
patible with their dignity: and as
the shadows swallowed them, to
the ears Of the cabbies floated
back this solemn avowal from the
lips of the sponsors:
Race Promoters Retire; Game
Too Steep, They Aver"
New York critics pronounce Ed
Wynn, the stage comic, q dismal
flop in his first film, Rubber
Heels" The Morning Telegraph's
critic wisecracks that o'Sullivan's
are better.
Mack sennett has not gone
wrong, however, we confidently
predict, in signing up Daphne Pol
lard, the Keith Coincidence, for a
series Of travesties on bathing
beauty pictures. Is the Old Massa
of the Bathless Bathing Babies
making fun of the work that
brought him fame? Not at all.
Little Daphne, an excellent screen
possibility. will be surrounded by
as many dimpled cuties as Mr.. Sem
nett can corral.
IneZ Courtney and John Price
Jones, featured in "LeMaire's Al
fairs" which went bust in New
York, have dropped into a new
show. They're rehearsing Good
News" the latest Schawb and
Mandel musical comedy. Also in
the cast is Gus Shy. seen here last
in Sweet Lady" The production
will open in Atlantic City, Au.
gust /.
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aDoub Us aAl--WltA1ll bAlC O1AASCo
The little drama which we here
relate was enacted within a good
stones throw of this department,
and the principal actors are even
now within a paste pots throw of
the writer. They are two estima-
BILE gentlemen who write ead-ines
for their daily bread. We shall
refer to them, for divers purposes,
as Myers and Gimpus.
\ y
These two worthless, homeward-
bound from a committee meeting
or something, in the deadest dead
Of night, were feeling particularly
young and sportive as they strolled
through Mcpherson Square. But
as they reached the southeast tip
of that square, they stopped to
look at the familiar line of sleepy
cabmen and their seagoing hacks.
Their sporting blood raced high. A
: contest between two horsesi A
great idea!
The following conversation en-.
sued:
Myers: Two Bucks Bet. on
Equine Tilt"
Gimpus: Wager Deemed Lost;
Course to Be Named.
Myers departing from head
linesl: well, say from here to
Fourteenth and H-that's a good
block. You pick your cabhie and
I'll pick mine"
Gimpus: Sponsors To Farley
With Jockeys On Big Race"
CO khATy koIlyoH fxr1n VaAItYaf - -
cabmen into entering their champ
ing Arabian steeds into dash
to Fourteenth Street.
First Cabbie: Boss, / dunno
kin nah boss go so fas'."
Myers: Jockey Signed BY
Myers; Don't Go Fast-Just Beat
Opponent Is Promoters Coun-
SELL
Second Cabbie: ''Mistah, nah
boss laigs amt what dey used to
be-"
Gimpus: "Gimpus Confident of
Victory; Gives Pep Talk To Cab
bic
With these remarks. the Whit.
neys of Mcpherson Square
strolled to Fourteenth Street.
The course was clear; the streets
were dark and deserted. Step
ping into the street. the two pro-
moters waved their arms-the
starting signal!
*
The two cabbies rose in their
seats, gave their whips to the as
tonished horses and dashed down
the course.
The Gimpus entry shot out
ahead, straining every muscle.
But the Myers nag, sensing pros
pective defeat, and knowing he'd
be unable to raise his head again
if he lost, gave burst of super.
equine strength and clattered
across the line. beating his OPP
ponent, by full length.
And then. before the laurel
wreath could be placed upon his
brow. the victorious animal
paused. heaved heavily and-to
paraphrase Mr.. Browning -
smiling, the horse dropped dead"
The cabbie was loud in his i'm.
precations-to loud for the COM
fort of the promoters. They had
not anticipated this tragic turn
of events.
Over the form of the fallen
hero. horribly conspicuous in the
street, the following conversation
ensued:
Myers: Promoter Queries On
Indemnity
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One kilowatt-hour Of electricity Is
the equivalent Of the power exerted
by an average man in a days
work.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-30

A clear skin means everything
70 the popularity of men and WON.
en-. You cannot get it with external
applications. If you are unfortunate
enough to have pimples or skin
blemishes, in justice to your friends
and yourself, you should treat the
source Of the trouble. Nature will
then provide the complexion which
is so much desired.
Thousands have been enabled to
free themselves of unsightly blem-
ishes and painful annoyances by
taking course of S.S.S.
You owe it to yourself to try
S.S.S. 1t helps Nature build up red
corpuscles. 1t improves the proc.
esses by which the blood is nour-
ished.
Il suffered from impure blood
was weak, and l had lost so much
weight l didn't look natural. had
pimples and was also1 bothered With
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Barney Filmed

For what is probably the first
time, historical figure appears on
the screen in a re-enaction of the
famous events of his life in
Warner Brothers production, THE
First Auto" Barney Oldfield
himself plays in the picture, re-
peating in his famous 1899" the
race against time which brought
him world fame in 1902.
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Select home fhr0ugh Times and
Herald classified ada- and make home
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MO matter where It is, how bad
IN it hurts, how long you've
had it, or what kind of corn it is,
"Gets-It" will stop the pain in 3
seconds. All pain goes at q touch.
Then the corn shrinks up and goes
away altogether. You walk, dance,
wear tight shoes all you want. For
your own sake try "Gets-It." At
druggists. Costs only a few cents
for several months supply.
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Simultaneous

Coincident with the publication
of P. G. Wodehouse's latest novel.
The Small Bachelor" Universal
has completed its perturbation of
this farce comedy. which features
Barbara Kent, Andre Beranger
Ned Sparks and Gertrude Aston.
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The Washington times., 1927-12-20
CAT CLUES HIT
BY PRATT

Announcement made last night
by Inspector Henry G. Pratt. chief
Of detectives that the blood found
two weeks ago in an alley In the
rear of 1880 X st. N. W., was not
human blood, reveals Pratt said.
that the blood was planted" in an
effort to make police believe that
it had flowed from the wounds OF
the famous ''Cat" burglar.
Pratt also declared that the pistol
ana cartridge found behind q log
back Of the apartment house could
not have been dropped there by the
Cat because the police had care
fully searched the spot previously.
It further has been developed,
Pratt said. that there was rain be-
tween the time that David Jones,
colored janitor Of the apartment
house, fired at q supposed burglar
and the time the pistol was found.
Despite this, however, there was no
rust on the pistol. J.
An investigation into the circums
stances surrounding the finding Of
the pistol and the subsequent offer
of a man who at first declared that
he was q policeman, to purchase
the gun for $50 from JONES' is
under way.
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and that you did not believe any of
gave no such intimation to the coun.
try until you were faced with the
question on the witness stand. In
fact. on December 8, 1927. when the
Hearst papers first published this
alleged order giving the money to
four United States Senators. there
was spread clear across the front
page OF The Washington Herald, this
remarkable statement:
"$1 ,215,000 ORDERED PAID TO
FOUR SENATORS BY
MEXICO"
You have admitted before the
committee that, in your judgment,
the Senator'S were entirely innocent.
Why then. did you permit your
papers to publish such misleading
and damaging headlines and why
were you silent during all the time
from December 9Th until you ap.
peared on the witness stand on De-
cember 18th?
Implies Motive to Hearst
The real reason why you pursued
This course was to save yourself
from q libel suit, and the fact that
you took this course shows that
you, yourself, did not have confi-
dence In the genuineness of the
documents you were publishing. be-
cause, IL they were genuine, you
ran no risk In their publication.
Your admission that in taking this
course you had in mind the saving
II yourself from damages in a libel
suit In an admission that you be.
lieved, yourself, that these alleged
official documents were forgeries.
You must have known what was
common knowledge among the news
paper men of the United States
that many alleged official docu-
ments from Mexico were being of.
fered for sale to all kinds Of organi.
zations and to all sorts Of publ.
cations.
There is not q newspaper man in
the city Of Washington but has NOT
known for the past year that it
was possible to buy forged docu-
n.ents relating to the Mexican gov.
ernment.
Peddlers Of this kind Of merchan-
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situation after the event / can
not see how / could have decided
properly upon any other policy.
During the five months i'm
which I held these documents.
additional efforts were cOntin-
ually Inade to substantiate their
authenticity.
Clerks Left Mexico
The two clerks who delivered
the original documents to MIR.
Avila and to Mr.. Page and the
American business man above
mentioned became apprehensive Of
their situation and left the coun-
try, carrying with them a general
gathering Of additional documents
relating more or less definitely to
the original documents, and ar
rived at San Antonio, Tex.
These documents were also se-
cured BY Mr.. Page and the Amer,
lean business man above men-
toned, and they tended i'm their
detail and i'm the variety of their
reference further to confirm the
authenticity Of the original group
of documents.
Finally, in New York city. after
the lapse Of some four m0nthS,
some additional documents were
discovered In the office Of Mexi-
can Consul General Elias, half
brother Of President Gales, which
dOvetalIed with the two sets Of
documents already secured and
tended In every elaboration fur
ther to confirm the authenticity
Of those documents.
And e was only when the au.
thenticity Of the documents be-
came almost overwhelmingly es.
tablished. that publication began.
When publication began, 1 ex-
pected that the Congress OF the
United States. then about to con-
vene, would take iMmedin1e no.
tice Of matters, Of such impOf..
tance TO the welfare OF the peO.
PIE Of the United States as the
general distribution. Of BOIshevist
propaganda by the Mexican GOV.
crnEneIlt In the United States and
% the outrageous action Of the
Mexican government In support.
Ing with money and with arms
and with every possible influence
tho revolution In Nicaragua,
against the duly elected and con.
stituted government Of Nicaragua,
which government the United
States was supporting in accord
ance with the treaties entered into
between the United States and the
Central American States, as Pres.
ldent Coolidge has explained. In
his message.
For Congress Notice
thought. tOo. that tbe Con-
gress q The United States would
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APPE Al MADE
FOR [EPERS

NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-A Christ
mas message to the children Of iso-
lated Culion Island, the leper
colony Of the Philippines. will be
sent from the headquarters OF the
Leonard Wood Memorial for the
Eradication of Leprosy, announcing
an appeal for funds to save the
children of leprous parents, it was
announced at the memorial head
quarters, Madison Ave.
The appeal. by Gen. James G..
Harboard, national chairman of the
memorial asks 100000 to enlarge
and improve the home in Manila
for the children.
Need for the children's home
was emphasized by message from
DIR. II. Windsor Wade, chief physi-
clan at Culion.
when I saw these little chill
dren rescued from living death, I"
he cabled, 81 realized how big a
job there IL to do and yet how little
in terms of money IL required to
do it. Only q very few have been
taken, 50 far, from Culion."
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fishing these documents there
was strong probability fact,
the near-certainty - that these
properties would be cOnfiscated
at the earliest possible moment
by the Mexican government.
In fact. q Mexican subsidized
newspaper. the Excelsior. nj
ready accuses me, according to
the New York Herald. Tribune
Of Monday morning. Of land
plots and cOnsptracies, which
il probably the preliminary TO
some trumped-up procedure dl.
rected at the ultimate cOnIisca.
tiOn of these properties.
However, can stand the loss
Of these properties through the
publication Of the Mexican dOcu.
ments better than could have
stood the loss Of my self-respect
through the cowardly suppression
OF these documents out Of consid.
Grafton for my own interests
rather than the interests Of my
fellow American citizens.
Finally, as to the alleged evil
motive In endeavoring to reflect
upon the insurgents IN the Senate
through the publication of these
documents that seems to me 60
be the most asinine statement
that can be picked out Of Senator
Norris scrap heap Of misrepre-
sentation and biIlingsgate.
Supported Insurgents
My papers have always been
In the main supporters Of the
insurgent group Of Senators.
Senator BOrah i have had Oe-
casIOn to support and commend
probably more than any man in
the Senate.
i do mot know that I have ever
supported Senator Norris, but then
j cannot recall that he has ever
done anything worth supporting.
Young Senator La Toilette de-
cIared in his statement before
the committee that the Hearst
papers were the strongest sup
pOrters that the Administration
had.
/ would like to ten Senator
La Toilette that the truth II
that the Hearst papers are the
strongest supporters his father
ever had. and that when his
father was being cFuCifled DUR
ing the war by false reports Of
his utterances In other news.
papers. and when his expulsion
from the Senate was even con.
sidered. the Hearst papers day
In and day out stood loyalty
by him and denounced the false
hoods which OccasiOned the at
taclSs upon him, and declared
that his utterances were patriOtie
- the Iight Of Ms bfllefs. and
that In this free cdVntry no
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this was the right course to pIlr.
sue or whether any other course
would have been a wiser course
to pursue.
/ might have, IN the first place,
refrained from publishing any Of
the documents, In which case, my
possession Of the documents being
known, ] would eventually have
been accused by persons IS care.
less Of facts as Senator Norris, of
having been too cOwardly and too
concerned for my property inter
ests In Mexico TO have revealed
facts through the medium Of my
newspapers, which affected the
welfare Of the American people,
and which the American people
had . right to be acquainted with.
In the second place. ] might
have printed some of the dOcu.
mentS and suppressed others, I'm
which case ] could have been ac-
cused Of suppression Of the facts
or perverslOn Of the facts to suit
my own prejudices or opinions.
Considered Senators
In the third place, / might
have interviewed the Senators
mentioned and published their ex.
plantations In my newspapers, but
! could not see, and cannot now,
see, how deniaIs made In my
newspapers would have any SUI
peri0r force or effect over demials
made BY them under oath before
. Governmental body.
Moreover, such course would
have necessitated the publication
Of the Senators names, and 1 was
In no way adequately informed Of
the probable course OF the Gov.
ernment, and as to whether e
ever would be considered meces.
saFy or desirable by the Govern.
ment to make public the Senators
names,
Therefore. mentioned mo In.
dsviduals, but merely printed the
dOculments deleted OF names, and
left the determination Of that
important point for the Govern.
Inent.
But I did print an editorial
vOicing my opinion and the Opin.
ion Of President Coolidge: Nstnely,
that IN all human probability
no penny had ever reached the
Senators mentioned. and that
these entries might have been
made to camOufIago the diver
sion or peFversiOn Of funds 10
other purposes.
Held Five Months
l held these documents for five
months, carefully considering what
was the best course to pursue
and what was the most cQnsids
crate course 70 pursue.
! finally decided upon the DoIicy
! adopted. and In reviewing the
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take notice Of the appropriation
indicated in these. documents Of
100000 authorized by president
Gales to be paid to the Brazilian
arbitrator Of claims, especially
when the people OF the United
States and the Government of
the United States had been out.
ragged by the unjust decision Of
that arbitrator, which deprived
American citizens Of hundreds Of
millions Of dollars undoubtedly
their due. +
/ thought. too, that the Con-
gress of the United States would
be interested in the intimate reIa-
tons maintained between the
BOlshevist government Of Mexico
and the BoIshevist government Of
Russia, and in the efforts OF the
Mexican government to support
financially and morally social up.
risingS and revolutionary move.
ments In other parts Of the world,
notably In China and i'm the zen.
eral coal strike In England.
/ thought, too, that the Con.
gress Of the United States would
be interested in the draft Of
secret treaty between Mexico and
Japan, under which Japanese
were invited to cOlOnixe in Mex
leo and In Nicaragua, under the
expressed provision that they
would be available in time or war.
and with the very probable inten.
ti0n-when combined with the
support Of the revolutionary
movement in Nicaragua-Of nulIi-
flying the interest Of the United
States In the Nicaraguan Canal,
and eventually securing the COM
troll Of that canal for Mexico and
Japan.
No Interest Manifested
But no interest was manifest
ed by Congress i'm these vital
matters which affected merely the
public welfare and nothing IN the
way Of activity In Congress oc.
CURED until the so-caIIed sen.
atoriaI letters were printed.
There remains to be discussed
only the question of my motives.
1t Is true, as Mr.. Norris said
and as / told the committee, that
! have property valued at apprOxi-
Hnately four million dollars In
Mexico, which / had possessed In
peace and security through the
friendship and favor of the Mex
lean government.
Certainly nobody but . perfect
1ackass--and Senator Norris Il not
that-at least not . perfect one
could imagine that my property
holdings were benefited by losing
the friendship and favor Of the
Mexican government.
As . matter Of fact. In pub.
The Washington times., 1927-12-20
n Patriotic Societies
Re-eIect Gen. Richards

With representatives Of "a local
patriotic societies in session, the
District Federation for Patriotic
Observance yesterday reelected
Brig. Gen. George Richards, u. S.
NJ. c., chairman of the arrange
ments committee Of the George
Washington birthday celebration.
The meeting was held In the board
room of the District Building.
Commissioner Proctor L. Dough-
erty addressed the federation and
Brig. Gen. Richards was voted the
right to name an executive COM
mittee as well as a committee Of
IS" to be placed in charge Of all
celebrations honoring heroes and
national events.