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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-15
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Los AN ETsES, Eel, 15
microscopic examination of the
brain 81 William Edward Hic
man viii be demanded # the.
kidnaper killer Of Marian.
Parker IS made to pay for his
crime On the gallows,
This was the declaration to-
Day Of jerome Walsh, chief de-
tense counsel, as Hickman
awaited trial On a second MUIR
der charge, growing ont Of the.
fatal shooting Of @. Ivy Thoms,
Los Angeles pharmacist, IN a
drugstore hold-np on Christmas
I'VE 1926.
Sure " Spot Is There
Il am sure white spot viii Be.
found Walsh predicted in an
nouncing that he would demand
IN autopsy of Hickmans brain to-
determine his mental condition, If
De il hanged.
Walsh, who has plunged into q
fight to save Hickman from the.
gallows, declared he would insist
that the kidnaper-slayer's brain.
Be dug out Of his skull for ex1
animation BY the foremost scien-
lists in the country in the event.
the death sentence imposed ii
carried out.
Prove He Was Mad
The final outcome Of such an
autopsy would prove to the medical
world. Walsh predicted, that Hick-
man Nas stark mad.
Walsh said he would insist that
Hiekman's body be turned over to
HIS mother. Mrs. Eva IA. Hickman,
who would consent to the scientific
Investigation II her son pays the
extreme penalty.
Hickman faces death on the gal.
ioW1 as q result Of the sentence I'M.
posed upon him yesterday BY Su.
perfor Judge ]. J. Trabncco. who
presided over the trial on the
Marian Parker kidnapping and muir
- laarges.
Second Trial
Meanwhile. the Kansas city youth
stands on the threshold Of a second
trial for the Thoms murder. To-
gether with his confessed confed.
ecenklnusd On PAR cclun 81
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TIE Transit company
wilI be a anne 81 tlis li-
lied tra ten of Tie Dis
trics III Columbia under Tie
provisions q erger
nt filed eaav ith tie =
TJtilit Commission 81
present atiYes 81 The two cleo
tie tens aud the bu con
pasl
Accompanying tn 1nitirs-
ton agreement II petition
the commission to voice
|its pproval 81 TIE plan and.
recommend = Congress the
necessary legislation to make
Eit operative.
Signed By Hanna
The etition il signed 81 John
d Hanna president of tie Capital
Traction Company William II.
Ham, president 81 the Washington
Railway and Electric Company,
and Harley II Wilson, owner Of
~ ,237 shares Of the outstanding
~ n . &tss.s.ss. & g AZ NJ - -
Rapid Transit Company.
Explanatory Letter
Mr.. Wilson also delivered to John
W. ChildrAss, chairman Of the com
mission aaa explanatory letter III
which he said that while the merger
act passed BY Congress in 1926 does
not 20 provide. ne II DESTROYS of
having as early as practicable, pub
lie hearings on the new plan
The merger plan. submitted today,
was the result OF series OF c0i1-
ferences by officials of the tnree
transit companies affected. The
boards OF directors Of each COM
panX have approved the new plan.
After approval BY the Utilities
Commission and Congress Ii re-
duires twO.thirds vote 81 the
stock to make 1T operative.
The merger plan was presented
by George II. Hamilton, for the
Capital Traction Company. Charles
j. Beil for the washington Rail.
way and Electric Company. and
Harley r. Wilson, for the washing
ton Rapid Transit Company
The Utilities Commission an
.nOunced that 4 public hearing would
begin at 10 b clock, February 29.
Ordinarily. utilities corporations are
entitled to 80 days notice. How.
ever, they viii waive that right III
the present case.
Chosen BY Directors
The plan, as submitted, avoids
mention of the official personnel
which will operate the proposed new
company. Mention Is made that
the officers will be chosen by the
is directors, who win be chosen
as follows:
Six nv the present board Of the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company; six by the board of the
Capital Traction Company and three
to be chosen by the Public Utilities
Commission.
Free transfers on both busses and
street cars are provided in the
new plan, but no mention ID made
of half fares for school children.
as originally reported,
The plan calls for 4 valuation
OF $50, GOO, 900 for the New Conn
pany and guaranteed return of
4 per cent.
The conferees used the valuation
Continued on Page 3. Column ~
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LONDON, England Feb Isl The Earl 81 Oxford and
Asquth Crest former premier died bis country
estate, The Wharf so M today
Nontlnned on Eaee ID
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Ex-SUeetheQrt Bares.
Doomed Girls Past

Herewith begins first of remarkable series articles deal
@ ths TIC most ipoytat gad egtcal gsgrs o
tans of Mount to hdng March 2 n Quebec
dpe IT i told Wbo her Ue0 former sweethsot
By THOMAS d'ARooURT HOLLAND
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the boys Mount Vernon first began to notice Doris
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It was in q dingy. rather gloomy
room. even at its best, known as
Parlor A, where Lincoln received
word he had been nominated for
the presidency of the United States.
A few blocks away from the site
Of the ancient hosstelry, which
is to be replaced by a Chicago
club building. the square red
banner of the auctioneer flutters.
Here has been carted the we'll
rubbed, age-stained furniture of the
old hotel. Quaint desks with twisted
legs: dressers, all aglitter with
marble and mirrors. and bedsteads,
almost 10 feet high make up the
selections of the auctioneer.
A prize among the antiques, now
quoted at rather fancy prices, is a
hatrack, studded with old-fashioned
DegS
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,and rather than disclose certain

band rather than disclose certain
family secrets to the public.
Undoubtedly one OF the main fac
tors in keeping couples together
these days Is the lack OF houses and
apartments. One must think twice
before breaking up a home for the
simple reason that he will be obll-
gated to remain on the streets.
And it is generally the wife who
has the hard luck In this case. for
French laws are still patterned after
the Code Of Napoleon.
On the other hand, there are
those who take more optimistic
view Of the situation and attribute
the decrease in divorces to revival
of the French family spirit and q
growing desire on the part or mar
ried couples in France to adopt the
principle OF give and take for the
sake of the family.
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Seville Exposition To
Test Spanish Men
On Blondes
By international News Service


NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-If a
blonde wins in the Spanish"
American beauty carnival, one OF
the features of the exposition next
October in Seville. Spain. she
indeed will be beautiful.
For brunets predominant in the
countries which have been in
vited to send their fairest young
women to the Ibero-American ex-
position. These nations include
the United States, Spain, Portu-
gal, Argentine, Bolivia, Brazil,
Mexico, Peru, Chile. Columbia,
Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guta-
mala, Panama, Philippine Islands,
Porto Rico. Salvador. Uruguay,
Venezuela and the Dominican Re-
public.
The main purpose Of the expo
sition is to promote good will and
friendlier trade relations between
Spain and Portugal and the coun.
tries in the western hemisphere. ,
1t was from Palos, the little
port a few miles from Seville.
that Christopher Columbus, in the
Santa Maria. set sail for the
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GUN RUNNING
ST|RS EUROPE
BY international News Service

BY International News Service
BERLIN, Feb. 14.-Gun running
is becoming quite a business IN
Europe, almost like rum running in
America.
With little wars going on In
China and Central America, with
an armament prohibition imposed
on the defeated Central European
powers, and with various armed
and diSarmed powers secretly pre-.
pairing for the new war which Is
held inevitable, the business OF
supplying secret ornaments to
actual or prospective contestants is
proving profitable.
The most spectacular case is that
OF the five car loads OF Italian
machine guns seized from Austrian
customs officials by Hungarian
military forces at st. Gothhard, on
the Austro-Hungarian border.
The Little Entente charges that
these machine guns were destined
for Hungary's secret ornaments
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CHICAGO D0ONS
BRIGGS HOTEL
BY COPELAND C. BURG
international News Service

CHICAGO, Feb. 14.-They are
tearing down Chicago's famous
Briggs House at 1873 West Ran
doiph St.. for many years one of
the city's leading hotels and for
almost three-Quarters of a century
headquarters of Midwest officials
and politicians.
Built in 1852, 1t was long a show.
place Of Chicago, with its huge red
plush lounges in the lobby, i'm.
mense leather armchairs and deco.
rations, at the time. considered the
dernier cri in artistic effect.
Abraham Lincoln once made his
Headquarters at the Briggs House.
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KosciuszkO No Pole,
Lithuanian Asserts

Tadeusz Kosciuszko. Revolution.
airy general whose birthday ami
versary was just celebrated, was
not a Pole, as he is generally &C.
credited with being, but a Lithu.
anian, according to r. B. Brands.
a Lithuanian-American.
Brands declared that General
Kosciuszko, who rendered such
great aid to Washington and La.
fayette in training and leading the
Continental troops. was born in
Lithuania but went to the military
academy in Warsaw, Poland, be.
cause there was none in his own
country.
Brands has written to Mayor
william Hale Thompson, OF Chi
cago, who is revising the histories
used in the Windy City schools,
informing him of the mistake in
the nationality of the man who
helped drive the Redcoats out Of
this country in 1888.
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meal time is
dhdppy event

When you get your blood
cells back up to normal,
that sluggish, let-down feel
ing, loss of appetite, rheu-
matism, boils, pimples, and
skin troubles disappear.
You get hungry again;
sleep soundly; solid flesh
takes the place of that
which was once flabby.
You fell strong; and your
nerves become steady.
S.S.S. proven record OUeT
100 years
For more than 100 years
SIS. has been helping peo-
pie regain their strength
and charm. Thousands of
users have testified to it's
benefit in unsolicited let
tiers of gratitude.
Made only from the fresh
vegetable drugs gathered
at the proper season of the
year, SIS. gives to Nature
what she needs in making
you yourself again.
All drug stores sell SIS.
Get the large size. 1t is
more economical.
.>Hoa1fh
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Now!

T T is all so wonderful, I
l. I can hardly believe my
eyes. When I think how
badly you u s d to feel
didn't want anything to eat
perhaps sometimes a lit
tie grouchy and miserable,
and just driving yourself
by main force, I almost
shudder. I know it worried
you, too. You seemed to
feel as though you were
slipping. Then one day you
brought home a bottle of
SIS. and told me you
were going to give it a trial.
That was only a few weeks
ago. Today you look like a
new person. Your appetite
is keen, your flesh is firm,
and your whole being seems
to radiate happiness and /
am happy too, because you
are well and strong again."
Loss of appetite only a
syHsPtOnE
1t is a known fact that
when ones system gets
rundown" they haven't
che resistance to ward off
disease. Loss of appetite is
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only a symptom. General
weakness pervades the en-
tire body. There is no de-
sire to work or play.
Rich, red blood builds
and SWsfGinS
Your physician will tell
you that lowered vitality is
the result of an insufficient
supply of red blood cells
those vitalizing elements in
the blood that build and
sustain the body.
Without plenty of rich,
red blood, there can be no
strong, sturdy, powerful
men, or beautiful, healthy
women.
The Washington times., 1928-02-14
DIVORCES DROP
IN PARIS
By international News Service

PARIS. Feb. 14.-Divorces are APP
parently on the decrease in France
and the Paris courts are having less
work to do.
During the first nine months of
1926, divorces in France numbered
1889. and in the corresponding
period of last year. only 1884. The
proportion, which was 20 per cent
in relation to the number of mar
riages. thus descended to so per
cent with IL months.
A number of reasons are given
for this downward tendency, among
them the high cost Of law suits.
Divorce in France today costs any
thing from $500 to 5000, without
counting the added expense of ALI
mony afterward. Many unhappy
couples prefer to make the best of
matters rather than incur this ex-
pense.
Others prefer to put up with
cross-patch wife or brutal hus-
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100000 WILL FILED

The entire estate OF Mrs. Linda
Webb, who died February 3, last,
valued at over 5000, 900 is to be held
in trust for the benefit OF her
daughters, Eliza III. Mitchell, and
Sidney w. Chappell, and her son,
Hayward, according TO q petition
for letters Documentary filed in
the Probate Court. The Union Trust
Company is named executor.
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which she is acquiring In violation
of the peace treaty.
Hungary vigorously denies this,
but the Little Entente has asked the
league to investigate and the league
might have to undertake this Job
unless Mussolini, who has not said
a word about the matter yet, decides
to put his foot down and squash an
investigation which might be embar-
RAISING to him and to his ally.
Other gun running cases are:
A whole ship load of rifle amuni-
ton was held up by German custom
authorities at Kiel. The German
government is anxious to avoid any
noise being made about this case,
and It's news agencies hint foreign
origin.
For Smuggling
Independent German papers, how.
ever, assert that the ammunition
comes from Germany itself and was
to be struggled out Of the country
in violation of the law.
A load of $4,000 rifles and a NUM-
Der of armored cars shipped to
Chang Tso Lin on the Czech steamer
'Praga" was being hunted by the
whole South Chinese navy.
Mexican customs officials discov.
cred lot of pistols and ammunition
on the German steamer "Schleswig.
Holstein" at Tampico.
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EASTERN STAR TO MEET

The annual banquet of past ma
irons and patrons of Washington
Centennial Chapter, No. 2, Order of
the Eastern Star, will be held to-
morrow night at the Grace Dodge
Hotel. A bridge party will follow.
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CITY CLUB TEA

The weekly tea and bridge party
for wives OF members of the CaSy
Club will be held in the blue room
Of the clubhouse today at p. m.
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TWO CHANCES
LEFT HICKMAN
U. S. Supreme Court Fight
Is Next Step.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
SAN QUENTIN PENITENTIARY,
Cal, July 6.-With only two avenues
of escape before him, William Ed
ward Hickman, convicted slayer Of
Marion Parker probably will be
hanged this fall.
Hickman heard with outward
calmness yesterday that the State
Supreme Court had denied him a
new trial.
An appeal will be made to the
United States Supreme Court, Rich
ard Cantillon, attorney for Hickman
announced. Should that plea be
denied, Governor Young of Califor-
mia will be asked to commute the
sentence to life imprisonment, Can
tillon said.
Hickman originally was sentenced
to hang April 81, but the appeal
prevented it. Now he must be re-
turned to Los Angeles, where a new
date will be set for the execution.
Officials of the prison estimated
that his second sentence would be
given some time in August and the
hanging would not take place until
November.
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NORRIS LEANS
TOWARD SMITH
Senator to Back Al If He
Fights Power Trust.
Ell Tnited Presa

Rg United Press
WASHINGTON, July 6. The
congressional progressive" bloc will
battle on the "anti-power trust"
issue in the coming campaign IN
less Governor Smith denounces the
public utilities propaganda cam
paigns in his speech of acceptance
next month, Senator George w.
Norris revealed today.
The Nebraska insurgent is ready
to support Smith If the latter de-
nounces the utilities and makes an
issue of the revelations of the Fed
eral Trade commission investiga-
ton.
Norris deplores insistence upon
"wets" and "drys" as a false issue.
and has proposed to his colleagues
and to hundreds who have sug-
gested that he run for President on
a third party ticket, that liberals
concentrate instead on electing
anti-power Congressman and SEN
ators.
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and your compatriots, sweating
and Tuning, mix with the horde
from the other side, take few
slugs at nearby opponents, side
step a man about to hit you be-
low the knees, stiff arm a woman
with bundles, hurdle another
sprawling in the street-and per-
haps emerge, victorious on the
other curb.
Then you wait for the autos to
quit their part of the party, so
you can get across to the other
corner.
When you get so tangled in
that first rush excitement that
some are left behind wien the
whistle blows, the white glcYed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-06
REED BOOMS WET
AS HIS SUCCESSOR

paign" by Governor Alfred E.
Smiths wire of acceptance to the
Houston convention.
Reed added that his statement on
prohibition at Houston-in which he
said the Eighteenth Amendment and
the Volstead law would remain
until the moral forces of the nation
become convinced there is a better
way to handle this queStion"-had
been given "a very peculiar con-
Struction.
THE term moral forces has been
construed to mean the Anti-Saloon
League" he said. Nothing was
farther from my thoughts. Every
body but an idiot knows that the
Anti-Saloon League never would
consent to any change except to
make more drastic and offensive the
present laws"
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water boys to rush out with towels
flying, after each play, and as
yet the cheering sections lack real
leaders.
Chief Worley and his boys say
it is a success. 1t does get them
across faster.
But pedestrians know that a
good well-lubricated bumper is
so much softer than an old maids
elbow.
The best way to get across is to
get a couple OF good former half
backs, experts at interference.
Form your plan of attack, put
shoulders low. stick together and
hit the weakest point in the line.
In point of entertainment, it is
much better than Democratic
national convention.
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BY MORRIS MOORE

TN the new system for control
Il ling and bruising pedestrians
downtown, eX-college football
stars who now sell bonds and at
tend luncheon clubs have the
edge on their more unfortunate
friends who lack the culture and
gridiron experience of univer-
sity education.
This new system-at the Wash
ington st. intersections of I'LL
nois, Meridian and Pennsylvania
Sts.-has made a football game
out of getting across the street.
You must be an expert broken
field runner, line plunger, or at
least know how to skirt the ends
If you don't, then you're out of
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But during that forty-f1ve sec
ond period, civil war prevails. Not
having to worry with lodging
tenders, the pedestrians give vent
to their wrath on the army ap-
preaching from the opposite curb.
Really, it is wonderful exer-
else. You wait on the curb while
hot MONDAY sun pours down,
as autos whiz by and white gloVed
cops keep pushing you back.
Some gets offside, and the cop
puts him back. Then comes the
keynote blasts of the whistle,
meaning the quarterback is call
ing signals. You poise for the
rush. Three short toots and you're
off.
In the middle Of the street, you
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-06
u. S. TOURISTS USE
ANTELOPE TIRES
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
BANGKOK, Siam, July g.
Twenty-three punctures are too
many for trans-African motorcycle
tourists.
So thought James Wilson, former
Columbia student and Saxophonist,
and Francis A. Flood, agriculture
student and Nebraska newspaper
man.
The punctureS we're due to sharp
thorns in the midst Of untraveled
country. There was nothing but
native ingenuity to fall back on, so
the two Americans shot an ante
lope and dried its skin.
when the skin was thoroughly
dry, we cut it in strips and put it
inside the tires to protect the tub
igs," said Wilson. "And, believe it
or not, from then until we reached
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BD United Press

BB United Press
ST. LOUIS, July 6.-With reitera-
ton Of his consistent opposition to
the dry laws, Senator James A..
Reed, today virtually launched a
wet Democratic campaign of support
for James A. Collett to succeed him
at Washington.
Collett, lifelong friend and
generally classed as wet, is opposed
by Charles M. Hay, an avowed dry
Democrat and leader of the Will
sonian wing of Missouri Democracy,
which eight years ago read Reed out
of the party.
After comforting with Collett
yesterday, Reed said in an interview
that repeal of the Eighteenth
Amendment and the Volstead law
were brought sharply into the cam
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-06
CROP LOSS IS HEAVY
State Damage $2,O00,000.
Says Farm Bureau.

Indiana Farm Bureau officials es-
timated the crop damage of
Wednesday nights storm at $780,
900 today. This estimate was based
on an unofficial survey made Thurs
day afternoon.
Oats suffered the greatest damage
the officials said. James R. Moore,
bureau publicity man, estimated the
total small grains damage at $1,000
900 and placed damage to orchards,
shade trees and timber at another
million.
Oats, he pointed out, had Just be-
gun to head and was beaten to the
ground by the high wind and
sweeping rain. While much of it
will rise and ripen, he predicted, a
large quantity will be lost.
Wheat, which already has been
curtailed by winter freezes, also was
beaten down and a short crop is
predicted. Corn. belated because of
constant rain, was blown down but
will largely recover Moore declared.
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Massauah, nearly 5000 miles away,
we never had another puncture."
A lost rubber bearing from the
magnetic when 1900 miles from a
repair shop was replaced by rub
Der from a dental bridge plate con-
tributed by Flood, the travellers said.
Other troubles included price of
81 gallon for gasoline at one re-
mote point.
The two youths passed India by
steamer, but went overland on a
hot 125-mile tramp from Karkarak
to Meh Sod, whence they proceeded
by ponies and raft.
After leaving Bangkok they ex-
pected to go on by bicycle, train and
boat, returning to the United States
via the Philippines.
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By United Press
CHICAGO, July 6. - Relics Of
three "lost Cities" built by the
Maya Indians in the heart of Bri-
fish Honduras, were unpacked to-
day at the Field museum here.
Revealing traces of one of the
earliest American civilizations, the
relics were brought back by j. Eric
Thompson, assistant curator of
Mexican and Maya ethnology, who
discovered the three cities in the
Cayo district, 40 miles inland
from Belize.
One of the cities, named "TSimin
Cax," Magyar for mountain COW, was
at the height of its power about 200
B. G. The other two, "Hascap
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ARGUES BALL POOLS
PROOF OF GAMING
TattHng Heat
BIZ Times Special

Bu Times Special
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, July
6.-Arthur Gilbert is in Jail
here charged with prohibition
law violation after hot weather
aided in his capture following
a raid at a house.
AS officers entered the house,
Gilbert leaped from a window
and ran so fast he out
distanced Deputy Sheriff Stat
on, who kept going, believing
he recognized the runner. The
officer finally came upon Gill
bert walking leisurely, but his
red and sweaty face showed
results of his speed on a warm
day and he was arrested.