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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-04
OWES LIFE TO BUCKET
Air in COntainer Keeps Workman
From Death in Cave-In.

From Death in Cave-In.
BB United Press
READING. Pa, Aug. 4.-Christo-
pher Kirchner owes his life to a
water bucket. He was working in
a sewer excavation when it COL
lapsed. burying him completely.
When freed thirty minutes later
fellow workers found the bucket
over his head. The attending ply
sician said the air in the container
had saved Kirchner from suffoca-
ton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-04
No Trace of Machine Is Seen at Islands
Where 1t Was Thought 1t Might Land
If Weather Conditions Were Bad.
FOG AND HAZE ACROSS ATLANTIC
Radio Message Says Filters Were 700 Miles
to Northwestern Azores Early Friday
Night; All Seemed Well.

D' LONDON Aug 4-The British steamer Amakra
radoed today that at midnight e. s. T arplane circed
her in mid-Atlantic.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-04
LINDY TOWN GROWS
Nebraska Hamlet Shows Increase
in Buildings.

RB United Press
BLOOMFIELD, Neb., Aug. =
Lindy, a new town fourteen miles
northwest of Bloomfield, is growing
moSe rapidly than was expected.
Seven new buildings have been
completed in the past three weeks
and more are being contemplated.
The Washington times., 1928-01-25
BIRTH
MISGUIDED"
CONTINUED from FIrst Page.l


venture would engender, the liIxeli-
hood Is she would have formulated
her plans differently
Interest in the story centers nat.
uraIly around identity of the baby's
father. 1t ii as much this unnamed
mans sheer obligingness as we'll as
Mrs. Burnham's supreme contempt
for convention that lends whatever
tang attaches to the case.
In the two weeks following Vera 3
advent into the world on January 10,
in Lying-in Hospital, the mother
was naturally seduestered. But now
that she's back home in her duplex
Greenwich Village apartment, she
finds herself practically besieged.
Yesterday reporter gained en-
trance to the house and refused to
leave when Miss Sally Mailhouse,
the maiden aunt with whom Mrs.
Burnham lives, signified that the
"interview's was at an end.
The reporter had a lot more ques-
tions tn nut to Miss Sally and Miss
SALLY didn't want to listen. So she
did the only logical thing under the
circumstances. She summoned q
policeman and had the young man
arrested.
Later, In Jefferson Market court.
MAGISTRATE McAndrews turned him
loose, cautioning him not to permit
his zeal to outrun his discretion.
And then a policeman from the
Charles Street station took UP sem
try duty outside the door at is Bank
st. and demanded the password and
the high sign from all visitors to tho
house.
The Washington times., 1928-01-25
GERMAN ENVOY
DUE TODAY

DIR. Friedrich Wilhelm Won Pritt.
witz und Gaffron, the new German
Ambassador, is expected to reach
ernoon and will go directly to the
ernoon and will directly to the
embassy at 1899 Massachusetts,
Ave, n. w.
He arrived at New York yester-
day on the Hamburg American
liner Albert Ballin, accompanied by
his wife, the former Countess
Strachwitz and their 4-year.old
daughter, Marisa.
There was no word at the EN-.
bassy as to just when the new
Ambassadors train would arrive,
but definite message was ex.
peoted later this afternoon. Ar
rangements have been made for
embassy attaches to be at Union
Station.
The Washington times., 1928-01-25
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Fhe Kind That VIII Take Pride In
a Manly Figure

How much better a man feels
when his weight Is normal.
He nearly always has plenty of
energy; seldom gets tired and always
looks like real honest to goodness
man.
There was an exceedingly thin
man in Atlantic City-he was all
In. rundown and needed a lot of
flesh. He took McCoy's Tablets
and within two months wrote that
he had gained 2S pounds and felt
like q new man.
IL you are underWeignt McCoy's
offer ought to interest YOU.
Mccoy takes all the risk-Read
this ironc1ad guarantee. If after TAX
ing 4 sixty cent boxes of McCoy's
Tablets or One Dollar boxes any
thin. underweight man or woman
doesn't gain at least pounds and
feel completely satisfied with the
7 marked Improvement in health
your druggist is authorized to re-
turn the purchase price.
The name McCoy's Cod Liver Oil
Tablets has been shortened-just
ask for McCoy's Tablets at Peoples
Drug Stores or any drug store in
America.
The Washington times., 1928-01-25
Isles Off New England
Coast Searched; Four
Identify Her Photo

WOODS HOLE, Mass, Jan. 20
Cape Cod, from the art colony cot
tages at Provincetown to the
presidential estates" at Buzzard' s
Bay and the Islands of Martha S
Vineyard, Nantucket and the lesser
isles off the southern New England
coast was con1bed today for some
clue to the whereabouts of Miss
Frances st. John Smith, missing
Smith College freshman.
Four persons identified photo
graphs of the missing New York
city heiress as that of a girl who
was in Buzzards Bay and later
took the train for Woods Hole last
Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Smith had been a summer
visitor at the estate of Charles r..
Crane, Chicago millionaire, at Juni.
per Point. Woods Hole. and at the
cottage of a school friend at Lam
bert's Cove, West Tisbury, on the
north side of the Island of Mar
tha's Vineyard.
Estates Searched
The search here and at Buzzard's
Bay had been hampe ed somewhat
by fog, wind and rain, but continued
intensively today.
Local and State police were aided
by coastguardsmen and volunteers.
Not only were the so-calleG "presi-
Dental estates of Grover Cleveland
and Woodrow Wilson--an estate sle-
ected by the latter as a summer
White House but never occupied by
hin-and the beautiful! estates of
Crane, Nine. Jan Masaryk wife of
the Czecho- Slovakian Minister to the
United States. and others looked
over but searchers visited hundreds
Of cottages
While the search on the mainland
was underway, ether searchers
visited estates and cottages on the
islands off the coast and questioned
fishermen and other all-year.round
residents.
George Christopulos hotel pro-
prietor of Buzzard's Bay, and Miss
Mary Magterson. waitress identi-
fled photograph of Miss Smith as
that ia girl who spent four hours
at the Buzzard's Bay hotel. George
Hobbs, New Haven railroad con-.
ductor and G. B. Fasnurl station
agent at Buzzard's By, identified
the same photograph as that of the
girl who rode on tl1e afternoon train
last Tuesday from Buzzard $ Bay TO
Woods Hole.
May Have Talxea Auto
However, John Wallis. local agent
of the New Bedford, Martins Vine
yard and Nantucket Steamboat
Company, stated positively that no
girl answering the description Of
Miss Smith embarked mere for the
islands off the coast or for passage
to New Bedford. Neither have any
railroad men been found who saw
the girl return by train froom Woods
Hole.
The only otIsr means of egress is
by automobile.
The girl tallying with the descrip-
ton of Miss Smith wore a black felt
hat with broad brinl. Miss Smith
was thought to have been hatless
when she disappeared.
Handwriting experts have been
comparing the writing of Miss Smith
with that in an anonymous letter re-
ceived by Boston police from Vine
yard Haven, Martha's Vineyard: two
days after the girl sought was OBJ
Coupled with this was the report
from Vineyard Haven that a girl
answering Miss Smiths description
had been seen on the streets Of Vine
yard Haven. That village is only
few miles from Lambert's Cove
West Tisbury, the summer home of
school chum of the missing college
freshman.
The Washington times., 1928-01-25
Police Seek Detroit
Author of Blackmail
Note Asking for $4,000

DETROIT. Jan. 25.--Police today
continued their guard on an apart
ment house at 2739 Second Boule-
ward, the address given by The mys-
terious writer of a ransom note to
the mother of Frances st. John
Smith, 1S.year-old Smith College stu
dent heiress. who has been missing
II days. The letter threatened death
to the girl
While admitting the letter may be
a hoax, police are Gparing. no pains
to check on its authorship. and the
search for the girl was widened to
include practically all law enforce
ment and welfare agencies.
Every possible clue Is being
checked carefully. ana experts are
examining the handwritin" of per-
sons in the neighborhood of the
Second boulevard address in an eff
The Washington times., 1928-01-25
Chinese War Lords
Meet In Conference
international Hewsreel Photo
arr

PEKING, Jan. 25.- Important
changes in the present Picking re-
gime were foreshadowed today by
the arrival of Generals Chang-Tsun-
Chang, and un-Chuan-Fang, and
other northern war lords for mill.
tary conference with Marshal Chang
Tso-Lin.
The conference is expected to re-
suit in the separation of civil and
military administrations in those
provinces now under the rule OF
Peking
The Washington times., 1928-01-25
George III. Murray
Heads MusOlit Club

George I'll. Murray today II presi-
dent.elect 81 the Musolit Club FOL.
lowing his election last night to
succeed Mortimer III. Harris,
others elected were: DR.. william
81. wilson, first vice president:
Daniel /. Renfrc, second vice presi.
dent: III. w. Clifford, secretary.
treasurer: Mortimer AZ. Harris,
Augustus WI Gray, DR.. Ulysses r.
Houston, and M. Grant Lucas, ST.,
governors.
The Washington times., 1928-01-25
NEW CLUES To.
SNI H GIRL

Continued from First Page
appearance at Pleasant View Beach
of a girl wearing clothing answer
ing the description OF that worn by
Miss Frances st. John Smith, miss.
ing.
westerly police. rushing to the
beach, caught only fleeing
glimpse of an automobile with a
Massachusetts, license plate and
containing two men heading at top
speed for the Boston post road.
The Washington times., 1928-01-25
Arthur L. Clark, Noted
NeWsnanerrnar. is Dead

SAN JOSE, Cal Ian. 25.Artnur
Il. Clark, managing editor of the
San Jose Mercury Herald, and one
of the foremost newspaper men In
the country, is dead here today at
the age of So.
He was formerly editor-in-chief Of
the Boston American and managing
editor OF the New York World,
Death followed 4 prolonged illness,
The Washington times., 1928-01-25
HOW'S THE
OLD BEAN :?

'.oh wad some power the giftis
TO see ouraers as ithers see M
MR.. BOBBY BURNS, un-
doubtedly, never heard Of an
Intelligence test. But science has
now. provided a method by which
each OF us Is able to see or APP
praise his mental self.
al series OF problems. which
each OF us may submit to him
self serves to indicate whether
we are clever, mediocre, stupid
or feeble-minded.
Below you will find five series
OF numbers. These numbers have
d certain definite rate Of pros
erosion. The rate IL different
IN each line. The problem in
each case Is to tell what would
be the next two figures il the
same idea were carried out fur
Their.
For instance, Ii we have the
series q, 4,6. s, 10, the next two
numbers III. the series would be
quite obviously 10 and IA. We
have established a rate Of pro.
sressiom in that particular series
by simply adding two to the
previous number.
Now. take out your watch or
place yourself 50 that you can
see b clock, note the time and
write the correct numbers IN
the blank spaces in the follow
ing problems:
Ia 8 q IL Is u? s?
C0 - ILL.,? -
tcJ ii 20 IS II II - -
Id so 8 y? -
e, s 10 20 IS IS - -
Now look at the watch Or the
clock. How long did Il take
you? Now try II on someone
Persons who "have no head
for figures" should not be dis.
couraged IL they make poor rat
ings in these problems. This
type of problem furnishes ID test
for only one factor OF general
intelligence.
Tomorrow we shall have an en-
tireIy different type of test.
Don't be downhearted IL your
rating Is poor today; you may
show UP well tomorrow. Also,
don't become self-satisfied IL you
rated high today. You may lose
some Of your conceit tomorrow.
Answers (a) is, 81: Oh is, 20;
lcl H. II; cd II. 10; te) SO. 10.
Copyright. 1920
The Washington times., 1928-01-25
HOW IS Y 0 J. R
OLD BEAN?
(continued from first Pake.j

Continued from First Pase.)
Times repudiates ali claims for
damages resulting from reading
it. We hasten to introduce to 9
FACILITATING public our latest and
most diabolical idea, "How's The
Old Bean Z"
The Washington times., 1928-01-25
GREEK DEBT PACT MADE

ATHENS. Jan. 25.-The Greco
American war debt agreement was
ratified by the chamber today. The
early flotation of the new Greek
loan is planned in the United States.
The Washington times., 1928-01-25

INSIST--On the delivery Of your
Times or Herald every day. II
you do not get your Herald by
I n. ~, The Times by %. ~.
or The Sunday Herald by y
a. M. call Main $3.50. Delivery
is guaranteed and your COPY
will be sent you Immediately
from The Times Company Office
By special messenger.
The Washington times., 1928-01-25
Famous Historian
Succumbs In Italy

ROME. Jan. Ex-senator Pompeo
Molmenti. famous Venetian his
torian, art critic and politician, died
here today at the age of IS.
Bronchitis was the cause OF his
death.
The Washington times., 1928-01-25
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The Washington times., 1928-01-25

ElectrlcaI appliances are featured in
enc Of the shops whose announcements
@ppears in the who's Who" columns
NJ the Times and Herald today.
The Washington times., 1928-01-25
TIMELY TIPS

To Exctdnge-ReGl Estate
WILL accept small house,
building lot or acreage as part
payment on new, detached brick
house in best Northwest suburbs.
Price, $4,000. For details see
Classified.
The Washington times., 1928-01-25
See Revenge Motive

CCC ASCNNhSO NAOO~sS
CHICAGO, Jan. 25.-The theory
that vengeance may have been re,
sponsible for the mysterious dis.
appearance of Frances st. John
Smith, of New York, Smith College
coed, today spurred Chicago au-
thorities 10 renewed efforts in their
search here for the missing heiress,
Relatives of the girl, it Is under
stood, testified against a man named
O'Connell, alias George Hamilton,
who is now serving a, term in Sing
Sing prison, New York. Eastern
authorities are proceeding on the
theory that friends of the convict
may have kidnapped the girl. per
haps killed her, in a spirit of re-
venge.
The Washington times., 1928-01-25


building lot or acreage as part
payment on new, detached brick
house in best Northwest suburbs.
Price, 5000. For details see
Classified.
Unfurnished Apartments
NEAR ROCK CREEK PARK
Newton st. Unusually attrac-
tive second floor apartment,
outside rooms, hath. pOrches,
yard: all cOnvenienceS; suitable
for family with children. Rea-
sonable. See the Rental Ads i'm
Classified for complete infOrma-
ton.
Motorcycles and Bicycles
1926 Henderson, real buy. $3.50
1925 Harley, looks fine e.. .s140
1925 Harley. many extras .S115
Consult the Classified Ads for
details regarding these.
Furnished Rooms for Rent
DUPONT CIRCLE 10 ST.
Large, clean, weII-furnisEed,
heated h. k. room, next hath;
gas range. SIS. Select your
rooms through the Classified
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~
UnfHrnished Houses for Rent
POTOMAC AVE. s. E.-Six
rooms and bath, electricity, hot
air heat, open now. See the
complete ad In Classified for
complete information.
The abOOe Wants and offers
are only a feW of the many
interesting preposftions you
mfH find 0dDertised IN today's
Times and Herald classified
-dUest.sEne sectfon.
The Washington times., 1928-01-25

fort to solve the identity OF m. r.
SPRING" signer of the ransom letter.
The letter, which was turned over
to New York police and forwarded
to Detroit for Investigation, is not
as crude, police say, as letters usually
written by cranks In such cases,
hence they are inclined to give it
rather more consideration than
usual.
Ask $4,000
The letter read:
Mrs. Smith--we have not harmed
your daughter so far She Is well
but not happy. Frances will be re-
turned to you unframed on receipt
of 81 900 in cash money and her re-
turn ticket money THIS cash mist
be mailed to me in a rlain package
as common mail Do not register
or insure your communication. Your
daughter will die the same time that
you expose us to police. No power
on earth can save her il you do not
follow instructions
she will be taken to Chicago
and you'n never hear Of her again
if we don't receive the cash before
January 26 (next Thursday.
You know what happened to
Marian Parker for lack OF prompt
tude and cooperation.
On the other side Of the sheet
was written:
.tThree 81. 900 bills: one $500; four
$50 and SIS $40 bills are the de-
nominations wanted.
'sP. S. Tt is up to you what hap
pens to Frances and her safety
depends upon your prompt cooper
alton.
Likes The Girl
"My intentions are to raise $1,000.
can make your daughter earn 1t
for me in Chicago. But she will
suffer. Because / like her and
don't care to see here live bad
life am acting on this slim chance
and suggestion of Frances of re-
ceiving money from you. So right
yourself about this, and you can
do as you please.
The letter was written on single
sheet of paper which apparently
was taken from a typewriter, for
the following words were typed on
the bottom of the sheet:
Eve greatly regret that we
failed to ship your last order. t2l
Every fellow of our society had"
On the strength of this clue,
police are considering the possibil-
ity that the letter may have been
written by a stenographer or
youthful student of .typewriting.
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1928-03-08

there is direct and defiant answer.
That answer Is The Private Life
of Helen of Troy" First National Pic
lures liberal screen version of John
Erskine's great novel, The local en-
gagement of the picture opens at
Gromhacher's Liberty tomorrow.
The traditions of the movies are
abandoned with such thoroughness
that it seems the producers of the
picture must never have heard of
them. The picture contains brilliant
comedy and sly satire. II makes its
characters human and at times ridicu-
louS. The most beautiful woman Of
all time-llelen of Trpy-is not Il per-
feet wife. She Is not even a perfect
sweetheart. as Paris speedily discoy-
cred. Paris, on the other hand, Is
human too. and Menelaos has all the
attributes of the tired business man.
There is no point in attempting to
convey 10 you what the picture con-
tainS because il is futile. II has every
thing.
Deserving of great credit are Carey
Wilson. who adapted and produced the
story. and Alexander korda. who drec
ted IT, \ fine intelligence, keen
sense of humor and IA grasp of values.
was displayed in the work of both
these men.
But there are other names on the
credit titles of the production which
cannot be left unmentioned.
The settings. designed by Horace
jackson. stand by themselves, as does
the picture. There is nothing with
which To compare them. Beautiful.
stately. slightly impressionistic, and
always i'm the mood of the scene, they
reflect genuine artistry and great
imagination. Max Rec, who costumed
the production, and Lee Garmes and
Eugene lIickox. who photographed 1t.
are also deserving of mention.
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1928-03-08

Making good on bluff won Lillian
Rich her first real part in motion pic
ture.
And now she has climbed the ladder
to an important supporting role in Uni
versals That's My Daddy" starring
Reginald Denny. which will open at the
Clemmer Theatre on Saturday.
Born in London. England Miss Rich
studied dancing after her schooling was
over. which later enabled her to secure
the leading feminine role opposite Harry
Lauder i'm his great musical comedy sue
cess "Three Cheers" Then she went to
Hollywood and pulled her big bluff.
A company was looking for a girl who
could play the feminine lead in a picture
filmed in the Canadian Rockies, one who
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1928-03-08

could skate. ski and handle a dog sled.
Miss Rich gliby admitted great ability
and was not found out until the troupe
was on location But she mastered the
arts so quickly that she won the respect
of the whole company and is still an
ardent advocate of winter sports.
She was a Wampas Star in 1924 and
has played many leading roles since. She
is a blonde with a rare classic beauty
which brings her many aristocratic por-
trayals
The supporting cast of That's My
Daddy also includes Barbara Kent, Tom
O'Bren, Jane La Verne, Mathilde Rrun-
dage, Wilson Benge. Armand Kaliz.
Charles Coleman and Art Currier.
Fred Newmeyer directed.
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1928-03-08
Loves OF The Worlds First Fapper Queen Produce Excellent
Entertainment AT Ray Crombacher's New Liberty The

Maria Corda. the Hungarian actress
brought to this country for the role,
takes her place Immediately among
the foremost screen luminaries. and
Lewis Stone, as Menelaos. adds anoth-
er feather to a cap already well stocked
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1928-03-08

with them. Ricardo Cortez. as Paris;
George Faweett. as Eteoneus, and
Alice White. as Adraste, To say moth
ing of numerous other players, give
performances of smoothness and un-
Outstanding.
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1928-03-08
The Private Life of Helen of Troy-Brant Version of Err
sknes Celebrated Novel-Alara Corda Lewis Stone and
Ricardo Cortez i'm Cast

To those carping critics. and that
portion of the public who assert that
there is nothing new in the movies.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-22
Husbands Cast Loose
 From Domestic Burdens

Last night was bad one for hus- bands and others of drinking habits, it seemed from police reports. Ofi- cer Louis E. Harper was called to 22 Short street at 7:30 o'clock and learned that Samuel 8natro was mis- behaving. At 10:t6 o'clock he was called to 12S Beaver street and re- ceived . complaint that Joseph Lo- sinski was intoxicated and disorder ly, according to his wife. The hus- band was not at home when tho of- ficer called.
 At 1:l5 this morning officer Wal ter Wagner found 1t necessary to break up noisy gathering in . basement tenement at 24 Clark street, . few minutes after he had been called to house in the rear of 22 Star street. where there was a drinking party.
 Shortly before 1 o'clock Officer Wagner received | complaint from Mrs. Delonovitch of IS Star street that her husband makes A practice of coming home intoxicated. He does not give her any money. she said, especially since the probation officer discontinued shis calls.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-22
SNEAK THIEVES GET
 $500 IN :JEWELRY
Woman in Yard Of Home While Burglars Work

Operating in the identical manner as the thief or thieves who have been successful in ransacking more than q dozen houses in this city during the past few weeks. one or more boys or men made of with rings, watches, pins. brooches and other articles of jewelry said to be worth between $500 and $500. in tenements at 32 McClintock road yesterday afternoon. The police were notified of the break at 4:3O o'clock. and later a full list of the missing articles was turned in.
 Detective Sergeant Ellinger learn- ed that the tenements are occupied by the families of Zera Kascezk and Stanley Dzedzec. and one of the housewives was in the rear yard while tho thefts were being commit ted. One gas meter was pried open and robbed and a ::econd meter had been tempered with, indicating that the operators had been frightened away before completing their job. A child's bank was smashed and the contents taken. and both tenements were thoroughly ransacked.
 A pair of gloves was found in one Of the tenements and the police are of the opinion that they were used so as to guard against the discovery of finger prints.