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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08
SCIENCE MAY
CURE CANCER
BY. ELECTRICITY
Tests Made on Mice Are
Successful, Says U. S.
Health Expert.
BY ROSCOE b. FLEMING
Times staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.-"Prom-
iSlng results in the solution of the
cancer problem have been obtained
by experiments with high frequency
electric currents, DR.. Hugh S. Cum
ming, United States surgeon general
told the house appropriations COM
.mittee in pleading for money to
carry on the work.
Cumming, in hearings just re-
leased, testified that the death rate
from cancer in the United States, is
higher now than that from tuber-
culosis. The committee approved
The appropriation.
w Schereschewsky, of the public
hea'th service, has been successful
in curing mice afflicted with cancer
at the Harvard laboratories, Cum
ming said.
TumOr Quickly Cured
HE has not felt the time has
come when he could try it On human
beings, but I am persuaded he could
get a great many volunteers, Cum
ming added.
Mice we're inoculated with a viru-
lent cancer sarcoma, he said. Those
subjected to the rays recovered,
while others died in four to six
weeks.
Only few minutes exposure to
high frequency currents applied
through an electro-static field was
sufficient to kill the tumor, he said
From three to three and one-half
minutes usually was sufficient.
The frequencies used were from
100000 to 68,000,000 cycles a Sec
ond. Some experiments have indi-
Gated that higher frequencies have
still greater effect on the cancer
cells. There is some indications,
Cumming said, that there is a re-
1ationship between the frequency
and the size of the cell nucleus
Research Is Needed
He said the budget bureau had
cut out the $4,000 asked to carry
out the provisions Of the Nicely bill,
providing for joint research by the
public health service and the Ma
ton Academy of Sciences.
A conference of leading scientists
and physicians agreed last spring on
a four-way program for research in
the cancer problem, he said.
Most of the money being spent |
on cancer IS being spent on cure and
not on research, he said, doubling
if there is 100000 a year being
spent all over the world on the lat
ter subject.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08
new RUM FOE
JARS DETROIT
BOOZE BARONS
Quiet District Attorney
Gives Promise of Cor
ruption Cleanup.
BY MARBEN GRAHAM
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press staff Correspondent
DETROIT, Mich. Dec. 9.-Strid-
ing boldly a new figure suddenly
has doomed on the horizon of De-
troit's rum front.
The cool, calculating poker faced
higher ups; the loud mouthed, and
domineering braggarts and the
Sneaking wharf rats" who do the
dirty work of run row. all are sit
ting up and taking notice of John
ME D. Watkins, district attorney.
And Watkins makes a picturesque
figure in this sordid setting of graft
ing customs officers, mapping pro-
hibition agents and cock-sure law
violators
Choice is Surprise
A middle-aged, tall, slightly frail
man, wearing colored glasses and
bearing a tired but composed look,
he came upon the scene through
chance ard hard work without the
feVor OF the bigot, or the slot Of the
let-well- alone.
Born on the plains of Kansas,
Watkins moved to Bay City, Michi-
gan, when very young and by hard
struggling graduated from the law
school at the University of Michi-
gan. He came to Detroit and while
not spectacular, worked without lost
motion into a cracker jack attorney.
Somebody whispered about him to
the president a year ago, when the
latter was searching for a capable
district attorney for this section
one of the toughest sections in
America to handle. His selection
came as a surprise to Watkins and
to Detroit political circles. who had
looked for a more partisan nomina-
ton
Sheriff Faces Trial
First day on the job he collided
with the liquor octopus whose cor
ruption. he learned had seeped as
far as the office of his own chief
clerk, where bootleggers had been
released by forged names to court
documents
The sheriff of Jackson county,
the undersheriff and several of the
deputies we're scheduled to go to
trial within few days, charged
with protecting liquor shipments.
Working in federal court here by
day, Watkins motored to Jackson
at night and conferred with scores
of witnesses and officials until early
morning hours. whipping his case
into shape.
The result was the Jackson Off
Gals were convicted and sentenced
to prison.
Federal Judge Charles c. Simons,
commenting on conduct of the case,
said Watkins cross examination and
presentation of facts was "the best
have experienced in many years
on the bench"
The evidence showed that huge
| shipments of liquor were travelling
overland to the west from down
river towns about Detroit. The
sheriff had been paid for protec-
ton and some of his deputies had
I joined in the hauling.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08
POSSES SEARCH FOR SON
OF MURDERED WIDOW
Large Amount of Money and RevOl-
yer of Missing Woman.

BIZ United Press ,4.e
TOWANDA, Pa, Dec. 8.-Posses
patrolled roads and searched in out d.
Of-the-way places today for Arthur
Leonard, 81, adopted son of Mrs
Samuel Jones, 63-year-old widow
whose body was found in her home
Wednesday, night.
The boy was released severa!
weeks ago from Huntingdon reform
atory, to which he had been sent at
the request Of his foster mothers
Neighbors of Mrs Jones reported
having seen him near the home sew
eral days before the womans body
was found.
A large amount of money which?
Mrs. Jones was reported to hava
kept in the house is missing.
1t is belived the widow was shot
with her own revolver, which has
not been found.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08
The Ctyin
Brief

Members of the Indiana Egg and
Poultry Association will meet in
special session at the SEVERN hotel
next Wednesday, The meeting was
called by William Berling, president.
George Seals, 20, of 100 North
hIiley avenue. is in the Marion
county Jail today awaiting trial on
vehicle taking charge. Seals.
with a boy and girl, both minors,
were arrested in an alleged stolen
automobile at Paducah, KY, early
in the week. Detectives Michael
Mynes and Jack Stump returned
the trio and placed the youth and
the girl in the detention home
Jessie johnson, "a, who gave his
address as 2242 College avenue. was
arrested today on a grand larceny
charge. He had in his possession
when arrested $500 diamond ring
he is said to have stolen from
the home of Max Rodden, 1898
Washington boulevard.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08
DEATH DATE FIXED
Pennsylvania Slayer to Die First
Week of New Year.

By INITfU PfeSS
HARRISBURG, Pa, Dec. 7-Gov-
ernor Fisher today fixed the date of
execution for Paul Jaworski, Al
legheny county murderer for the
week beginning Monday, Dec. 81.
Jaworski is said to have asked
prison authorities to urge the Gov
ernor to set an early date for the
execution. He was implicated in the
hold-up in western Pennsylvania in
which a pay roll car was destroyed
by dynamite.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08

A voluntary bankruptcy petition
was filed in federal court today by
Walter S. Wood, farmer, living on
r. R. 3, Cicero, Ind. listing liabil-
tiles of $6,529 and assets of 1898.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08
BUSINESS is HIS HOBBY

Art Work of Architect to Go OH
Display Monday.
BIZ UAitcd Press
NEW YORK, Dec THE first
public exhibition of the art work OF
Mortimer j, Fox, architect, will go
on display here Monday. Fox, a
former vice-president of the Manu-
facturers Trust Company, gave up
business a few years ago to be a
painter. He says he is not a ousi-
ness man with art as hoppy, but
art with business as hobby.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08
HONOR STATE RESIDENTS
Leslie Made Director of HarbOrs
Congress Meetings.

BU Tunes SDeciNI
WASHINGTON, Dec. AT the
sessions of the National Rivers and
Harbors Congress here, j. E. H.
Ward of Jeffersonville was named
Indiana president, and Cover
nor-elect Harry G.. Leslie; Mrs. Vir-
GINA E. Jenckes, Terre Haute;
Henry w. Marshall, Lafayette; c..
B. Hale, New Harmony; Ed Was
muth, Huntington, and c. A. Great
house, Indianapolis, were named di-
rectors. Mrs. Jenckes was named
Indiana chairman for the Wabash
valley district.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08
FIGHTS DREAM WILL

YIJU,VUU ACIt TUT OIIIIuICH I1UIIIV'
to Draw Interest Eighty Years.
BIZ United Press
NEWPORT, r. /, Dec. Mrs.
John Dixon Johnson asked courts
to break the dream will' of her
husband, who left $150,OOo and Or
dered it to be kept for eighty years
at compound interest, when it would
have totaled $11,o0o,0oO This would
have been given to a home for Grip
pied children. Mrs. Johnson was
given $4,000 a year under the will.
The Washington times., 1928-08-24
Radioto Heat Homes,
Cook Food, Claim

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug 24-The day is coming when
the lord of the manor the head Of the household with
less e worrying about the amount
Of fneln nnt in basement.
The Washington times., 1928-08-24
HEALING RIT ES
tn Re PUBLIC

with the doors open TO the gen
eral public, as we'll as to ministers
of every denomination and ply
sicians and surgeons. the first pub
lie healing service Of the Bosworth
evangelistic campaign will be con-
Quoted at 7:30 o'clock tonight In the
washington Auditorium.
Public invitation has been ex-
tended to ministers and surgeons by
the Rev. n. r. Besworth, evangelist,
who il conducting the revival cam
paign under the auspices Of a COM
inittee OF washington ministers,
physicians and surgeons and civic
and business leaders.
The revival campaign which was
begun Sunday will continue nightly
except saturday. with services at
7.SO o'clock. Prayer services are
held in the auditorium daily at 10
o'clock in the morning. Several
hundred persons have attended the
services held so far.
Several have professed cures OF
serious physical ills from which
they have suffered for long periods
but, until these cures are pronefly
authenticated, the evangelist refuses
TO permit announcement of them as
cures"
The Washington times., 1928-08-24

Invest In washington real estate ~
. meamS OF assuring yourself Ot future
9emily happiness. See fOday'B CLASSIFIED
The Washington times., 1928-08-24
.]A|L 8 AUTqSTs
AFTER LONG
CHASE

After being pursued nearly mile
~ noliceman and citizen, who
o,a,red that their automobile had
crowded his own into the curb. three
colored men were arrested early
today.
Tbe fleeing automobile, driven by.
aaris walker, colored, %, the 400
,.lock sixth st. n. W.. tore hole
= the corner of q house in the 500
,,locr - u of o st. N. w, as 1t swerved
% ,,to an alley. police said. Walker,
.hs noIice report specified. Is not d
conan. % despite his feminine name.
Tha car he was driving, accord.
ir ~ q complaint made by Ellis
.,,eerth Holland, the 100 block Seventh
81 s. e., crowded the latter's
car close to the curb on Pennsyl-
vania. Ave, at Thirteenth st.
Captured In Chase
r1olland escaped and drove up
Thirteenth st. AS ne was reporting
ln'r'iid thn incident fo Acting Sergeant
II n Davis. OF the First precinct,
at Thirteenth st. and New York
Avenue. walkers car drove by.
Dayis climbed In Hollands car and
they pursued.
The chase led north on Thirteenth
Ct. to Rhode Island Ave-, thence
- Fifth and o Sts., where the
Fugitive car attempted to enter
w when il stopped after the crash
walker fled, police say. Holland
heId two other occupants Of the
oar bv nnenacing them with 3
crank handle, and Davis pursued
| Walker.
walker was charged with reck.
l,ess drivimg. His companions were
| charged with Investigation. One of
them Philip Davis, colored, 81, the
400 block Florida Ave. ~. w. e
lin serious condition Ia GalingeF
| HospitaI from cuts received In the
crash His throat was cut. The
other man gave his name AZ James
Harris. colored, 36, the 1900 block
Twelfth st. n. w He IS held Wlta
Walker az the First precinct.
Four Cars In Crash
paul v. Richmond. the 1900 block
River Road N. W. was charged
with reckless driving early today
after q collision on Highway Bridge,
which caused $3.50 damage to four
automobiles
RichmOnd's car IL said to have
struck that of J. r. Carver. 40, Of
Alexandria, causing Carver's com.
panion. James Murphy. SO, to be
taken to Emergency Hospital later
with cuts about the head, received
when the windshield broke.
Carver's car was showed into an
sther driven by Albert Tussing. II
OF Gum Springs, Va. and Tussing,
car In turn rammed that Of Reamis
Jones. the 1900 block Irving st
n. w.
The Washington times., 1928-08-24
BE GEARS REAP
HARVEST IN
| L0ND0N
NJ TnternationaI News Service

nv international News Services
LONDON, Aug. "a. For the beg
gar with sufficient theatrical ability
to exploit his trade thorcughly,
London's pavenents are paved with
gold,
Periodically cases are heard In
court which reveal that the seedy.
begrimed individuals who stand on
the curb irnploring passersby to-
purchase box Of matches for q
penny. are often persons Of COM
Portable means.
One case that attracted wide at
tenti0n WAS that Of Ernest 4 d'EntOu,
describing himself As an ex-service
man, who ait his arraignment was
charged with driving daily from
Portsmouth to his place In London
m q high-priced automobile.
ShabbiIy Dressed
DsEnton, sfabbily dressed and
presenting 4 woeful appearances, was
IN the habit Of stationing himself
before b department. store Or other
OF matches in a battered suitcase.
He carried card on which WAS
written: Ny last hopez-Wife and
five children. Proofs given.
The sympathetic public gladly
bought his wares. and 30 engaging
were the beggar's ways when he
was brought into conversation. that
| he received many handsome gifts
from passersby.
On more than one occasion, the
police revealed, some kind hearted
stranger set DsEnton UP IN buss.
ness, but he failed to keep his ap-
.pointments and always found his
way back to the gutter.
Wrote Letters
He often wrote letters to wealthy
| individuals begging them to aid n
his 9l1eart-breaking struggle 20 Oh
tain mere existence IN this 30
called Christian country.
AT the court session. Il was re.
IveaIed that D'Enton's wife was an
attractive woman, very smartIy
dressed.
D,EntOn was ordered to leave the
city within "a hours. He promptly
kdid 50, and packed up for an un-
known destination.
The Washington times., 1928-08-24
Railway Employees to
Hold Beach Outing

one hundred Southern Railway
r,uInpany employees recently trans
ferred to Washington from the Of
fices 1t Atlanta, will be guests of
honor at an excursion to be given
tomorrow afternoon at Chesapeake
Beach by Lodge No. 943 OF the
brotherhood OF Railway Clerks.
Three hundred employees Of the
Southern will attend.
Special Washington Railway and
Electric Company cars win leave the
National Theater at 1880 b. m. for
Chesapeake Junction, where the
beach train will be boarded at 2;S0
O'Clock The program includes ath-
1etic events, prize dances, swimming,
fishing. grabbing, boating and pic.
nicking.
the arrangements committee is
composed of G. d. Timmons, e. II.
Owens, George Fairfax and John
Bunch.
The Washington times., 1928-08-24
Gen. SulnnieraIl Leaves
On Visit To Coolidge

Expecting to reach BrtIle tcnnor.
row, Mai. Gen. Charles z. Sum
neral, Army chief of staff, left
last night for the summer White
House to give President Coolidge
information regarding the national
defense and the possibility 81 modi-
fications as result Of the KEEL
logs anti-war treaty.
The conferences of the chief of
the Army follows one held BY the
President with Admiral Charles r..
Hughes. chief 0f naval operations,
last week on the same subject. Ii
Is understood the President also
wants to ascertain from General
SummeraIl all plans for the mill
tary establishment during the next
year and discuss the budget 0f
appropriation for the Army.
The Washington times., 1928-08-24
Worlds Biggest Looms
To Make Wider Carpet

WORCESTER, Mass., Aug. -
three looms that are described as
~. largest and heaviest in the
world. are in process Of construc'
zion 1T the Crompton and Knowles
Loom Works, here.
They are designeA to weave y
seamless wilton rug 216 inches
wide. any length, for. domesuc
carpet manufacturer. When COM
pIeted the looms viii each do what
Is now done BY three or four looms,
The Washington times., 1928-08-24
To ASK
PART Of DRY
FINES

HAGERSToWN, Md Aug. 24.--
convicted Of murder and being held
in iail here pending an appeal, Regi.
maid walters, ex-Sunday school SUI
perintendent and dry infcrmer, has
announced that he will file an aI'.
plication with the board Of county
commissioners for half Of the lines
imposed in cases for violations OF
the liquor laws IN which he filr-
nished information.
walters was convicted by = jury
- the circuit court here last No
venaber OF the murder OF HunIer
Stotler, chief of prohibitlon
agents for this district, under Wnom
he had been working. -.
The jury recommended lIe-
ser, tence, which was imposed Dy
Judge Frank g. Wagaman. WalteIs a,Le
filed an appeal on the ground tnae
some Of the evidence IN the csss
was irrelevant. The appeal q nuw
pending in the court OF appeals oI
Nv Wsiters tiers alleged that stotler, who
had been q frequent visitor aE nis
home. was too friendly with MIS-.
waters and claimed that he shot
Stotler in self-defense. The snooting
took place along mountain roau'
near Boonsboro, while the Two men
were searching for liquor Stills.
Recently the commissioners, on -
opinion by their attorney HarEy lsy
Brindle, paid Elmer Dunn ana Jonn nan
Kinsey, dry informers. about *sov
FOR their share Of fines imposed u
cases resulting from liquor raids ~
which they furnished evidence.
since then James Cole, another m
FORMER. applied for half Of xl,UIO ln
fines collected In six hQuor cases
IN which he acted as inIormer. 4
Il understood that half dozen otner
informers will apply for their share
Of fines in similar cases
The Washington times., 1928-08-24
Jewish Center Aids
In Artist Concert Sale

The Jewish Community Center
has been added to the organizations
which are cooperating In the sale
Of tickets for the washington CO.
operative artist course IT was an
nounccd today. The concert course
is to consist or eight concerts at
popular prices. Each OF the organi-
zations co-opeprating In the sale Of
the tickets receive 20 per cent Ut
the moneys received through their
efforts.
The Jewish Foster Home also II
cooperating in the ticket sale.
The Washington times., 1928-08-24

Submitted by m. MI. Bartlett,
141O Potomac Ave-, s. 3.
HORIZONTAL
/. Misanthrope.
2. Pessimist
8. Sneering captioue person.
4.,One given TO despOnding views.
s. One who entertains distrnst q
fellow man.
VERTICAL
1. Oceans.
2. SagacIous
3. Type measures
4. Look 1t fixedly.
5. Perceives.
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Solution to Tuesday Puzzle
The Washington times., 1928-08-24

There Ii also some happiness In
store for the cook who utilizes
something more than q can opener
to prepare meals.
Radio, 1t Is predicted, win take
care Of both Of these items.
just Tune IE In
Turn ON the machine and broad
cast yourself . load OF coal, or,
il you desire just sufficient heat
to cook meal.
That's the probability that looms
in the near future as the result
OF experiments being conducted by
the General Electric Company, to
test the heat effects Of the short
wave radio, 1t was learned from
DIR. Charles Sheard, famous Roches-
ter, Mimi, scientist, who il work
Ing in cooperation with the COM
pany.
DR.. Sheard revealed that sausages
had been cooked by exposing them
10 wave lengths Of from to 10
meters. And in the cooking. he
said, there was actually no heat
involved at all.
Sausages Cooked
''The sausage simply cooked,
that's ALL" he declared.
DR.. Sheard then went on to ex-
plain that he thought it would be
possible to broadcast this sort Of
heat just as music IL broadcast.
The heat" induced by short
wave lengths was first noticed
when men working around this
sort of apparatus developed fevers,
DIR. Sheard asserted.
"If these waves were short
enough and intense enough" he
said, "these men would have been
cooked precisely as the sausages
were"
The Washington times., 1928-08-24
Wife Asks Divorce
From James O. Pier

Catherine @. Pier, 140O block
~ Pennsylvania Ave 81 r., filed suit
for absolute divorce. naming e CO.
respondent against her husband.
Tsraes 3. pier. of the 700 block Of
F'ifth ST. N. e., in Equity Court.
Through Attorneys Flynn and
IsIckett. the wife accuses her hus-
band Of deserting her on May o.
1925. They were married April 1o'
1922 and have no children.
The Washington times., 1928-08-24
Woman Seeks SIS, 900
After Fall Over Stool

Alleging that she sustained in
juries when she fell over foot
stool IN the shoe repairing place Of
Harry KohIhoss, 800 bloock Ninth
st. N w, Annie A. CARL. 200 block
New York Ave-, filed suit against
him for $4,000 damages in Circuit
Court yesterday.
She Is represented by Attorneys
Goldstein and QuigIey.
The Washington times., 1928-08-24

BERLIN, Aug. 24.-Hugo SHINES,
jr., was, accused today by his former
business manager and two Dussel-
dorf bankers of participating in a
huge war loan fraud. The police
deny that an order has been issued
for Shines arrest.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-10

Julius Caesar and Daniel Boone both live in Winchester, Va.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-10
LOCAL OFFICE
 OPENED TODAY
 BY DEMOCRATS
Democrat Divisional Com mittee Opens Head-
 quarters for Campaign

Opening of local headquarters for the Democratic Divisional Com mittee in the old Wunder Store building on Seward Street was announced today by s. Hellenthal, Chairman. The office is in charge of Mrs. Douglas Austin.
 The Democratic organization plans to conduct a vigorous cam paign during the four weeks re- maining before the general cleo ton on November 6, Mr Helen thai said. Ii will be active on behalf of all the party candidates and aid them to get the issues of the election before the elec- torate of Southeastern Alaska.
 The headquarters office will be kept open few hours almost every evening and those interest," ed in the election. whether for mally allied with the party or ganization or not, are invited to visit there and talk over the po- litical situation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-10
FAIRBANKS IS
 BUSY DISTRICT
Seyen Gravel Dred 2 e S Working - Revival in
 Land of Prospectors

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.-With seven gravel dredges extracting gold in the vicinity of Fairbanks things are beginning to look up in the land of prospectors, repre- sentatives of the Alaska Railroad report to the Interior Department.
 Installation of the dredges has revived Fairbanks to such an ex- tent that conditions border on the boom times.
 One of the three companies op- erating dredges employ TOO per sons and log cabins that have stood vacant since the gold rush on the nineties, now shelter a new type of gold diggers.
 Business activity in Fairbanks has stimulated the coal mines a. Suntrana which have increased their outputs to meet the needs of dredge operations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-10
GARDEN CLUB IS TO
 HOLD SESSIONS FALL
 AND WINTER MONTHS

The Juneau Garden Club will shortly resume it's regular fall and winter meetings, 1t was an- nounced today by J. w. Lievers, President. An interesting series of lectures on timely subjects has been arranged for the winter, h said.
 The first of the Fall meetings will be held next Friday at D. m, in Council Chambers at the City Hall J. P Anderson, horti- cultnralist for the Juneau Florists will lecture on Fall planting of tulips and other fall bulbs. c. II. Flory, District Forester, U. s. For est Service, and R. c. Mize, Met eorologist in charge of Alaskan U. s. Weather Bureau Stations, will deliver several lectures dur ing the winter, MT Leiyers said.
 All members of the club are urged 10 attend these meetings. Nonmembers, anyone who is in- terested in the work of the club and the culture of plants and flowers, are cordially invited to meet with the organization. he added.