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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-22
FOREST FIRES. INCREASE

TUCSON, May 2t.} R-High winds
in the Catalina mountains which
have whipped about a forest fire
raging just west of Mt Lemon, have
made the task Of holding the fire
difficult and indefinite, with the re-
suit that additional ire fighters have
been rushed to the area, increasing
the number on the fire line to more
than 100 men.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-22
TpnI1rIET WINS

WOODBINE PARK, TORONTO,
Ont. May 81 lP)-Troutlet, owned by
Ryland H. New, won the historic
kings plate from a field OF l6
horses at the opening OF the On
tario Jockey club spring meet here
today. Mrs. Gaiety was second and
Gems to Let third. Troutlet ran
the mile and an eighth in 1:55 4-o
to gain the $4,000 added purse The
race was restricted to three year
olds and up foaled in Canada.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-22

/ ROCHESTER, N. Y, May 81 tP-
A jury today returned a verdict OF
mot guilty but insane" in the case
OF Harry Gordon, the Mad Butcher
confessed slayer of Harry Katz and
Sam TolitZ business rivals.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-22
FLATlRoN THE MINNER

LOUISVILLE, May q (Rl The
Granger Memorial handicap with
$4,000 added was won by Flatiron
at Churchill Downs this afternoon
Boot-to-Boot was second and Rnin-
,ock third. Seven5 went. The time
for the mile and a quarter was 2:04.,
The race was worth $4,000 net to
the winner
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-22
LACK BENrLEY SOLID

NEW YORK, May 81 R-Jack
Bentley, veteran southpaw pitcher,
was sold by the New York Giants
today to the Newark club OF the
International league.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-22

Barrett is now trying to figure
lust what GrabOwski thinks OF
the White SOx of tOday--Or was
he referring to last year?.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-02
&c H { s APP AXE
| LURES MANY

Bauman and Heinzman, local
realtors and developers of shore
properties. report that yearly Ches-
apeake Beach is becoming more and
more popular with Washingtonians
One Of the strongest points in
favor of the increasing popularity
is the Chesapeake Beach Railway.
The railways system of commute.
ton tickets has made hit with the
local business men who wish to go
to their waterfront cottages every
evening after office hours and again
return in time to their business in
the city the following morning.
Children this year will find a
number of free amusements along
the sandy stretch of beach. The old
Derby over the water has been re-
moved and longer and more
thrilling one known as 1.-THE Comet"
erected in its place. over the water
Chesapeake Beach boasts of a mile
long boardwalk with attractions of
dancing. bowling, and chance booths.
One of the most famous Ches.
apeake Beach attractions of the past
and one which will forever find
lasting popularity with the entire
family is the spacious backgrounds
where tables and benches have been
provided free of charge.
But Chesapeake Beach Is more
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-02
ALTORS plan
OUTING

The associate division Of the Wash
ington Real Estate Board will hold
its first annual outing at the Manor
Club next Thursday. According to
M. P. Candy, chairman of this d.
vision, all arrangements have been
completed for an exceedingly full
program.
The afternoon viii be started by
golf tournament at 2 o'clock. This
tournament will be conducted on a
blind handicap basis. Swimming, in
door baseball, horseshos pitching and
the entire grounds of the club will
be at the disposal Of the members Of
the division.
The president OF the board, Mr..
John F. Maury, and the executive
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-02
CAFRITZ 4 D s I
To statesmen

Morris Cafritz. president of the
Cafritz organization. was host to his
sales force and invited guests at an
evening putting at Piney Point,
Tuesday, June 20.
Shortly after Z o'clock in the
morning the guests assembled and a
caravan Of automobiles started on
the trip to Piney Point.
The first event on crowded days
program was a baseball game be-
tween two evenly matched teams,
which resulted in a tied score.
After the game the guests boarded
u yacht for which special arrange
ments had been made and a delight.
IuI cruise was made around ST,
Georges Bay. during which a barbe-
cue lunch was served
From time to time stops were
made at different places to enable
the party to enjoy swimming and
diving contests and give them an
opportunity to fish.
When the party landed after the
cruise a splendid dinner was served
at the Piney Point Hotel, where Mr..
Cafritz addressed the gathering.
He ikened the sales force of his
organization to a baseball team and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-02

than just an amusement park wher
a family may spend a day Of
pleasure and then return to the hot
city homes at night.
Behind the excitement of the
boardwalk there is a quiet little COM
munity Of home life, a tract set
aside where families may purchase
lots and build dainty cottages, where
they may enjoy a summer Of cool
sea breezes during the night. and
an enjoyable dip in the water dur.
ing the day.
Looking into the future Bauman
and Heinzman foresee Chesapeake
Beach as a well-built town having
a year round population made pos
sible with the rapid construction of
homes, the improved roads, and the
year round train service.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-02
BIG PRODUCTION INCREASE

The total manufacturing produc-
ton in the United States has in.
creased about IS per cent in vol
ume from 1914 to 1925, or at a
rate of about az times as fast as
the population, which has increased
less than Is per cent during the
same period, according to the Ma
tional Industrial Conference Board.
Real wages. that is the weekly
earnings Of Industrial workers as
measured by living costs, since
1914, have increased about 80 per
cent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-02

told the men that he attributed the
success of the Cafritz organization
to the splendid team work of the
individuals and stated that it was
the whole-hearted cooperation of
the men that produced such a splen.
did morale and resulted in such a
large number Of sales.
After dinner a number of athletic
events were run off and a prize
awarded to the winner of each. This
closed an eventful day and the party,
tired. but happy. returned to Wash
ington by automobile.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-02
MINAR SALES IN.
NEW RECORD

The office Of Ruby Lee Minar,
Inc, which specializes in nearby
Virginia properties. reports 95 sales
for the past month. Mrs. Minar
stated that this was the largest
volume of June business ever done
by her office and the largest vol
ume in the history of her office
with one exception. August, 1925
when there were 105 sales recorded
Of the IS June sales. So were in
Greenway Downs. the new home
site tract adjoining Falls Church
which was placed on the market
June 1S by Mrs. Minars A record
of So sales in IL days is believed
to set a new record for nearby Vir
Einia subdivisions.
A record also was made in the
construction of the Greenway
Downs office, a permanent struc
ture of six rooms. bath. basement
and attic. The office is of bunga-
low type and is built of cinder
block attractively succeed. 1t was
started June | and is already fin
ished and in use. with the lawn
Many Inspect New Sites
Large numbers of people have in
Bpected the new subdivision, many
of them attracted by the reports of
the exceptionally rapid progress be-
ing made in the construction of
streets and sidewalks and the com.
pletion in one month of a building
which ordinarily requires about
three months to. finish.
The location on the Lee High
way, Immediately adjoining the
corporate limits of Falls Church,
also has proved an attraction to
many who desire to have their
homes on or near a main paved
highway. Greenway Downs Is
being developed from the 10O.acre
tract known to residents of
Northern Virginia for many years
as "the Trip Farm
1t is the first Fairfax county
property to be developed and sold
by Mrs. Minar for BODYBUILDING,
her activities having been confined
heretofore to Arlington County
Where she sold Lyon Park, and
owned and sold Lee Heights in
the County Club section.
Greenway Downs IL to celebrate
the Fourth with a series Of ath.
letic events for boys md girls Is
years of age and under. accom-
panied to the property by their
parents or guardians.
Prizes also are to be given to
the older folks for photographs
taken on the property the Fourth
a prize of $25 is to be awarded
the picture judged the best Other
prizes of $40, IS, $3.50 and 81 will
be given.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-02
U. S. WAGES HIGHEST

Real wages in Philadelphia are
SO per cent higher than in Lon
don, England; 139 per cent higher
than in Berlin and $50 per cent
higher than in Rome, according to
calculations of the international
Labor Office of the League of Ma
lions, the purpose of which is to
show the comparative amounts of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-02
TAXES IN 1926

Taxes collected by Federal, State
and local governments in the
United States in 1926 amounted to
So, 499, 600, 900.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-02

food which can be purchased in
various representative cities with
the wages Of 4s hours work.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-04-23

A Worthy Project

Decision of Bismarck community chest directors
&c hold campaign for funds next Friday and Sat.
urdy calls for reconsideration Of the purposes for
which this group organized.
When 4 solicitor comes to you to ask for
trbution, remember this: When you contribute 70
the community chest you are freeing yourself Of
bother from the frequent drives which have char
acterized charitable and community work in the
past. Instead Of doing out contributions to ind.
vidual organizations, you contributing your
share toward the maintenance Of 10 groups which
are performing noteworthy public service.
You know that your money will be wisely spent.
for a budget committee keeps close check all
expenditures. This group should. Of course. sec
that all participating organizations allotted
sufficient money to operate on scale which will
enable them to do their work efficiently. Alot-
ments are being developed by the committee.
which will, doubt, solve the problem efficientl:
and economically.
The community chest has proved success in
other cities. II should prove success here, for
it fills a long-standing need. And if Bismarck
citizens pause TO think what a genuine benefit the
plan can be, there should be question about the
outcome Of this springs campaign.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-04-23

CAPITOL THEATRE

"a Hero Of the Big Shows" the
new Rin-Tin-Tin picture directed by
Norman Raymaker, will open on
Monday at the Capitol Theatre.
Kinty's mate, Nanctte. makes her
appearance in this new Warner pro-
duction, and the cast Of humans an
cludes Alice Calhoun, Don Alvarado.
Leo Wills and Mary Jane Miliken.
The story, by Ewart Adamson.
has the Canadian woods as its l0cain,
and deals with young wastrel, I'd
Nolan. who saves Rim Tim Tin from
the brutality 81 q trapper. Rinty
strikes up friendship with dog
belonging to Mary Mallory, a pretty
and plucky Canadian girl, and I'd
finds the girl good influence in his
unhappy existence.
When Mary's baby sister, falls i'll
and she starts out in q severe snow
storm for the doctor, Rinty aids her,
and, in q thrilling fight with a wolf
pack, brings the girl safely to her
destination.
Rinty had been suspected Of in
juring the Child, but in reality had
rescued her from the attack Of q
wolf. His loyalty /. and bravery
vindicates him Of the suspicion, he
saves the child, and brings together
the two young lovers, after series
Of thrilling incidents and encounters
with a starving pack of wolves.
This is said to be the most ex-
citing as we'll rs most beautiful Of
Rin-Tin-Tin's pictures, and those
who saw him in "Below the Line"
1.-THE Clash Of the Wolves" and 1.-THE
Night Cry" his recent Warner pro-
ductions, will realize that he has q
high standard Of entertainment to
surpass.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-04-23
@EE Bgck PRIVATE Does hack
& to FRANCE +. 4: az: 4. y

road leading over the hill to Buzancy.
On the copper plates are inscribed
the names Of 2,2l3 Amcricans-they
all fell in that action from the front
st. PIERRE l'Aigle-Cutry. The hat is
off. The bow Of reverence is auto
matte. In all, 2.ol3 good fellows,
to say nothing of the 6.3i7 that were
wounded.
On down the road; scissors shows
ahead. A city taken in one day by
Americans hopping off around Vii.
lcrs -Cotterets. Over the railroad
bridge. A sign: "Dancing"--in very
good English letters. An American
army truck lumbcrs past. A cyclist
goes by, shotgun slung by strap
over his shoulder. He is going hun,<
ing: up where it wouldn't have done
him so very much good ten years
ago.
Soissons-the last city to be held
by the Romans against recapturc by
Gauls-ruins there; new stone
house here. In tho main part Of the
city one would suppose there had
never been q guerre.
At $3.50 o'clock one afternoon an
attack was launched against Pleisy
that brought Scissors closer TO the
Allies. At $3.50 O'Clock now the Hotel
Du Lion Rouge is open for action.
The telephone number is l52. And
they don't serve bully beef and
beans. Well! Or. ~ the French
say: ".Voila!" which means: "That's
it--and that's that"
TOMORROW: Who Won the War!
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-04-23
National Forest Week

A chain of national forests approximately three
million acres in area, has been created in the cas-:
by the federal government within the last Is years
and the progress which has been achieved in build
ing up these forests, most of which are situated
along the Appalachian mountains from New Hamp.
shire to Georgia is not generally realized
Unlike the west, where the public domain pro.
vlded a vast area of forest land from which to
create national forests. the east had practically no
government to buy land direct for the national
forests. The enactment in 1911 of the Weeks law
sponsored by the late John w. Weeks was the
second great step in the conservation of Americas
forests and enabled the government to extend its
system Of national forests into the east where they
were sorely needed Since the passage of that
law nearly three million acres of forest land prn-
cipally in the White and Appalachian mountains
have been acquired and put under the administration
of the forest service.
The Weeks law, however, inadequate, for it
only permitted the purchase of forest lands that
were useful in protecting the headwaters of nav
igable streams later law, the Clarke McNar,
act in 1924 removed this limitation and the acousi-
ton program now looks forward to extensive rur.
chases in the lake states the Southern pine regions
and in other sections
With the protection from fire and with proper
methods of timber cutting and reforestation these
national forests steadily increasing in value as
= public investment. They represent conservation
OF public resources of great Importance.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-04-23
THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE
GSai4t|; t.; ~: ;: { ,'iiZn!!In!!lcr@

"What happened next, Mr.. Bates
after Mrs. Wiley said, My God!
Dead! It's all your falt, Chris.
hate you. hate you'" Banning ask
cd repeating the preachers words
with crca: significance and emphas
sis.
MIR. Wiley tried to take the paper
away from mis- wife, and said some
think like this: You're making fool
Of yourself. Cherry. Get control of
yourself! This looks bad for US. Why.
good heavens"
Just a minute. Mr.. Bates" Ban
ming interrupted with smile. Are
you sure the defendants husband
said. Good heavens'-is that the ex-
preston ?"
"I-er believe il was stronger"
Bates said. flushing. "l-cr--believe
ae said. Good God or Jesus
Christ
Go right on. Mr.. Bates. with what
Mr.. Wiley said Banning directed.
triumphantly.
"He added. after the-er-expres
sion which | do not exactly remem-
Der. You must have been the last
person to see him alive! They'll be
looking for US, suppose. Mrs.
Wiley was still holding the paper.
and she tried to read the account of
the murder. or as much as the paper
could give. when told her that
had thought it my duty to telephone
:he police that had performed the
marriage the evening before, and
that they had left my house for the
Anderson farm to spend the night"
And what did the defendant say
to that" Bannig smiled significant
ly at the jury.
Mrs. Wiley seized her husbands
hand and said. We're going back.
Chris. Wes going to give ourselves
up for questioning. We have moth
ing to hide and we're not going to
act as if we were running away
told her ! thought that was the wise
thing to do"
"You did not see the defendant
again that day." Banning asked.
mo. sir. was not summoned for
the inquest"
THAT is all. Mr.. Rates" Banning
dismissed him.
Jus; before Churchill took the wit
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-04-23
FIRE SWEEPS
PLANT AFTER
EXPLOSION

Continued from page one)
the entire wall on Harper avenue
side seemed to crumble and fall into
the street. One man. he said, was
blown through the glass Of a large
window
Blast Came Without Warning
Floyd King, 90, checker working
on the third floor of the building.
who escaped with slight burns, said
"it was like standing in the mouth
Of cannon while it was being ex-
ploded."
The first explosion, he said, came
without warning and was followed a
second later by soaring xS-et of,
flame that engulfed Il spraying room
where so men were working.
at came like clap of thunder"
King said. Then everything be-
came fire. The fire passed over my
head like wave and burned my hair.
started running for my clothes to
get my money and my street car
tickets.
IL had taken no more than half q
dozen steps when some one bumped
AGAINST me and KNOCKED me down.
fell to the floor. While I was strug-
Cling to get up, the floor leaped into
flames and was burned on the
shoulder and arms.
81 was lucky" he said, Il don't
know what happened to the other
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-04-23

Editors Note This Is the 18th
chapter in the story Of former
aouphhoy who. going back to
France AS an advance guard Of
the Second A, r., ~" is revisit
INK al, the scenes that he and
his tuda,rs saw during the war.
CHAPTER XVI
In lucy-lc- RocaHc Monsieur Louis
Marie has built u story for himself
out of the stones Of many she'll
wrecked homes. On the front he ad-
vcrtiscs. in bold letters: "Vaissclc-
Chaussurcs Epiccric Mcrcric -
Wins Liquors Huilc-~-Cabinc Tclc-
phoniquc." In other words, MIR. Marie
runs general store. You Of the
Legion can give him Il "Ro' Jour
when you see him this fall.
Lucy-lc Bocage was just one of
the many villages that were reduced
during the drive on scissors in 1918.
There was Lizy- sur-OurcQ-
Torcy - Bellcau - Rocourt .--Aulchy-
le- Chateau Pierre rAiglc, Ber-
xy-lc-Sec and Missy Aux Bots. In all
the work Of reconstruction is still
going on. Many houses and business
have been assembled,
aud the progress that has been made
is truly remarkable. But ruins, al-
ready aged by the eight years that
have gone by, lend a melancholy note
10 it all.
Up on the heights above Missy
Aux BOis there's monument, just
ut the intersection Of u newly. stoned
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-04-23
IOWA WOMAN IS
ACQUITTED OF
BURNING GIRL
Judges Decide Girls Story OF
Being Burned With Curl
ing Iron improbable

New York. April 23.--CP)-Mrs.
Everett S. Pratt. wealthy resident Of
Des Moines, today stood cleared of
charges of burning Roberta Jane
Pratt, her six-year-old adopted child,
with curling iron and otherwise
mistreating her.
Arraigned in special sessions
court yesterday on a charge of third
degree assault. Mrs. Pratt was ac
quilted by two to one decision of
the presiding judges.
Although Mrs. Prat. told the court
she is fond Of Roberta and Mr. Pratt
expressed his love for her and his
his home, the child's future status
when she will be arraigned in Chill
dren's court as neglected child
Story Is Impossible
Judge Salmon. in delivering the
courts decision, said there is ,nu
doubt that the child has been burned.
but her version of the burns lis
improbable. 1t seems to the major
ity Of the court that her story is
impOssible.I
Roberta testified that as punish
ment for disobedience Mrs. Pratt
once whipped her with a mirror and
a clothes hook, and on another oc-
casion pushed a heated electric curl
ing iron inside her stocking, burning
her left leg. Under cross examina.
ton she admitted she sometimes told
stories.
The defense contended the child
had burned herself on a large cleo
tric atomiZer.
Mr.. Pratt exhibited scar on his
leg, somewhat similar to those or
the child's, and said it resulted from
coming into contact accidentally with
| the atOmizer.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-04-23
DAKOTA
WOMAN KILLS
DAUGHTERS
Says She Wanted Them to Go
TO Heaven-lS Taken to
State Insane Hospital

Flandreau. s. d.. April 23.-LP)-
Because she wanted them "to go to
heaven" Mrs. Lloyd Overdahl killed
her three young daughters at her
farm home l5 miles southeast Of
Flandreau.
Her explanation was given to
county authorities after she was
placed in Jail here today. Her hus.
band brought her here and turned
her over to Sheriff Edward O'Heran.
At an inquest today. it was held
that Mrs. Overdahl. who is 80 years
old. is insane, and she was taken
Immediately to the state hospital at
Yankton.
According to the version of the
tragedy given the sheriff, Mrs. Over.
dahl slashed the throats of the three
children while they slept.
After the crime, Overdahl told the
sheriff. his wife came to him. told
him what she had done and said:
1T will be all right. They'll 60
to heaven now"
Mrs. Ovcrdahl has been suffering
from nervous breakdown for the
past six months. The children were
three, seven and nine years old.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-04-23
The Coolidge Vacation

:. Just where and when President Coolidge will
spend his vacation this coming summer is matter
OF great interest and very general speculation
From all quarters of the United States the invita-
tions have flooded in upon him. He has been as
sured that in Florida and Texas in July he will
find bracing balmy air, so necessary to "a chief
executive. Minnesota, Colorado. California and the
dry southwest have also put in their claims for
recognition possibility for the presidential
vacation.
Many Of these invitations, Of course originate in
the desire of certain people and certain places to
advertise their existence to the world and thus
profit by the widespread publicity resulting. but
most of the invitations undoubtedly extended in
good faith and because Of real desire to be
helpful.
1t is a very healthy sign that this is So When
one remembers that in certain European nations "A
hint on the part of the ruler of his intentions to
visit certain section of his realm is many times
met with apologize but firm suggestions that he
please consider other locality, inasmuch as
the community to be honored does not feel COM
petent to promise the necessary safeguards of his
life and property. The fact that the president OF
the United States the field over withou,
meeting any such difficulty, is very good evidence
that we are citizens in good nation.
While much political significance will be reac
into the selection Mr.. Coolidge makes for his sum-
mer vacation period, much of it will undoubtedly
be overestimated and the country probably will fine
!. that the president has desire to find some rea
rest rather than play politics. during the hot
summer months