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The Washington times., 1929-03-25

schooner I'm Alone. some zoo miles
off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf
of Mexico, by Coast Guard cutters,
resulting in the death of British
seaman.
The report, which was from Capt.
A. L. Gamble, commanding the
Coast Guard forces in the Gulf, was
given the State Department by Rear
Admiral Billiard, commandant of the
Coast Guard.
Gamble declared the sinking of
the I'm Alone by the cutters Wal
colt and Dexter on Friday was
proper and commendable." and pre-
cisely in accord with international
law.
What action the British embassy
will take remains to be seen, but
the State Department officials be.
lieve Sir Esme will conduct an in
vestigation of his own. He was
expected to obtain reports from the
I'm Alone's captain and members
of the crew.
The most serious aspect of the
case was believed here to be the
killing of a British member of the
I'm Alone's crew. In a statement
given the press on receipt of
CANDLES report Admiral Billiard
was silent on this phase of the
sinking.
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RED-HA|RED
. GIRL STILL .
SOUGHT

Two blood transfusions
proving unsuccessful Charles
Wesley Poutra, 80, died in
Emergency Hospital early to-
day Of q bullet wound suf-
fered early last Wednesday in
a fight over, a red-headed girl
in the Green Gables roadhouse
near Suitland, Md.
Physicians had been attending
Poutra almost constantly since ho
was shot in a free-for-an fight BY
a man who has evaded Maryland
and District Of Columbia a6tt "'RA-
ties. Police have questioned :, -.
Gus bootleggers in an unsuo ASsfuI
attempt to learn the identity Oe
the gunman.
Joseph Houser, 80, Of the 1900
block Pennsylvania Ave. N. Wa
wounded in the same fight, still n
a patient at Emergency Hospital
but Is expected to recover.
Two Held Az Witnesses
Louis Fred Behrens, alias Bunny
20, Of the 1900 block s st. N. W.
and John s.. Bremen, 81, Of the
1900 block Twenty.first st. N. w.
were taken into custody here the
night Of the alteration. They
were turned over to Prince Georges
county authorities to be held as
witnesses.
Charles e. Early. sheriff Of Prince
Georges county, announced after
an investigation Of the affair. that
Behrens and Brenner were not sus.
pected Of shooting Poutra and
DR.. Leon 8. Gordon and DR.. G.
B. White, both Of the Emergency
Hospital staff, volunteered . pint
OF blood each in the fight to save
Poutra's life, one Of the trans.
fusions being made shortly after
Poutra was shot and the other last
Friday.
Red Head Is Missing
Poutra's home was In the 1900
block s st. N. W.
The titian.haired beauty over
whom the fight II said to have
started IL believed by police to have.
been Ruth Bradley, Of the 1900 block
8 St. N. W. Several efforts to locate
her since the fight have proved
futile. rs "
While information obtained by in.
vestigators conf1cted, the row ap.
parently began because the unidenti.
fled companion Of the Bradley girl
resented having her dance with other
men,
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F FEDERAL s
HAL 7 j. 8.
KILLING

MEXICO CITY, March 25
I.N.S).-With federal troops
still holding Mazatlan after
repulsing and inflicting heavy
losses upon the rebel force
which has beleaguered the city
for more than two days, two
new government offensives
began today for the subjuga-
ton of the rebellion in the
state of Sinaloa, Sonora and
Chihuahua.
At dawn today. Gen. Lazaro
Cardenas. leading an expeditionary
force of 10000 federal troops. moved
northward out of Tepic. capital OF
the state of Nayarit, and headed
for Sina1oa and Sonora with the
determination of the rebels besieg.
ing Mazatlan as his first objective.
Almost simultaneously. Gen. J.
Andrea AlmaZan. leading $4,000
troops, set out from Bermejillo. in
the northwestern part of the state
of Durango, and headed for Jiminez.
Chihuahua, where the main body
of rebels who recently evacuated
Continued on Page 2, Column u
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SPAIN BRAZIL
FL|ERS SEEN
OFF AFRICA

NDON. March 25 Q.N.S.).
Spanish Aviators .Jiminez and lyle.
sias, who hoped off at Seville,
Spain, late yesterday for Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, passed Cape Judy.
Africa at midnight, said an Elk.
change Telegraph dispatch from
Madrid this afternoon. r,
SEVILLE, Spain. March 25.
UNS).-The Spanish Avia ors
Francisco Jiminez and francesca
fglesias today were enroute to
Rio De Janeiro in a nonstop flight
attempt across the South Atlantic.
Their plane Jesus Grand Poder'
lifted easily from the flying field
here at $50 p. m. yesterday;
although loaded with 4.122 litres OF
gasoline and 236 litres of oil.
The fliers carried. bananas. COP.
densed milk, eggs and chocot ke
as food.
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He admitted that he had been en-
gagged in rum smuggling for some
time, but declared that he was out.
side American waters when he was
first hailed by the patrol boat.
II knew l was right, so did not
stop when they ordered me to-" he
declared.
No Aliens Aboard
He denied that any aliens were
aboard the I'm Alone.
The I'm Alone's home port, he
sid, was Montreal, and she was
owned by the I'm Alone Transporta.
tion Company. He identified the
dead seaman as Boatswain Leon
Maingay, a native of st. Pierre,
Miquelon. French possession. Main.
gay leaped from the sinking ship.
Captain Randall said he was 40
years old and was born in Trinity,
New Foundland. He Is now a resi-
dent of Liverpool, Nova Scotia, he
declared. He asserted he was mas.
ter mariner and that he carried a
master o and c license that was
issued at Cardiff, Wales.
Capt. A. L. Gamble, commander of
the Gulf division of the Coast Guard,
today insisted that the cutter had a
right to sink the I'm Alone when 1t
failed to submit to seizure.
The statement Of Captain Gamble
followed an a!l-day secret examina-
sunken schooner behind locked doors
at the custom house here The men
were taken ashore early yesterday
tn 11ov 11YN ~ svn
separate taxicabs for the run to the
customs house. Arriving there they
were taken to th+ examination room
under heavy guard
No Official Statement
No official statement by the Coast
Guard Officia was available. Tie
British consul. Henry Tom, hal asked
that he be notified of the investiga.
ton but it is understood that his
office was not officially notified of
the quiz until late In the day.
Vice Consul Simpson Is believed
to have reached the crew at about
o'clock yesterday afternoon. after
they had been questioned for seven
hours.
The skipper of the I'm Alone and
seven of his crew were being held
awaiting formal charge of con.
spiracy to violate the prohibition
law.
Body Recovered
Captain Gamble said that Main
gay, the boatswain, died when he
leaped from the sinking ship. His
body was recovered by the crew OF
the Dexter, Captain Gamble said
and was brought here for autopsy.
The State Department today for,
warded to Sir Esme Howard, British
ambassador, an official report or
the sinking of the British auxiliary
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I Al
IN
DRUG CASE

Chief Justice Walter I.
Mccoy in District Supreme
Court today directed the jury
in the trial of Mrs. Lorraine
Horner, attractive wife Of a
local automobile dealer, to re-
turn a verdict of not guilty to
all 10 counts Of an indictment
charging forgery and uttering
of narcotic prescriptions.
The Government had accused Mrs.
Horner of raising the amounts of
drugs prescribed on the prescrip-
tons to obtain larger amounts.
The action of the court was no
surprise to those who have followed
the case. In fact, it is understood
that the decision was ready Satur'
day but was withheld because OF
the fact that the jury had been
excused until Monday in order to
allow the court to attend to Other
business.
Mrs. Horner's counsel, Attorneys
John II, Burnett and Milton King,
filed the motion late Friday after
noon. A previous motion earlier in
the trial had been over-uled by the
court but a new proposition offered
in the later motion was given more
serious consideration.
Prescriptions Called Void
Defense attorneys had. insisted
that the prescriptions were void on
their face and could not have been
forged under the law. They pointed
to the provisions of the Narcotic
act which provide that all narcotic
prescriptions must not only bear
the signature of a registered ply
sician, but must be dated as we'll
None Of the narcotic prescriptions
issued by DR.. M. c. Doilman to Mrs
Horner were dated. Both DIR. Nor
ris Rodman and c. P. Becklev. oi
the A~gyle Pharmacy, where the
prescriptions were filled, testified as
to the prescriptions they had filled
and admitted that none OF the pre-
scriptions presented by MRS. Hor
ner's agents were dated at all. The
dates were written in by themselves
they said.
Possibilities of a further prosecu
ton were i1inted in the courts state
ment. Justice Mccoy told the jury
that they were entitled to- know
WHY he was directing the verdict
I'm this case" Justice Mccoy be
gan, "the defendant is charged with
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column 81
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GUARDS TO
SEARCH
COAST
LINE

NEW YORK, March %
(IN,S.).- With the beginning
of the fourth day without
word Of T. Raymond Finucane,
Rochester IN. " business
man and sportsman, and three
others, who left Norfolk, Va,
for Curtiss Field, Friday
morning, 30 planes were to
swing aloft and continue scan
ming the coastline from Vir-
ginia to New York for the
missing party.
The naval dirigible Los Angeles
t5s search, but the order was re-
coming either of the first order or
it's withdrawal.
One report has plane crashing
between Toms River and Atlantic
City, n. j., Friday afternoon.
II was about 4:30 when the plane
was sighted and, IL this was tire
missing amphibian. 1t was then
hours overdue since on schedule it
would have arrived at Curtiss Field
before noon.
Guardsmen will search the 10.
cality today. ..
,CURTISS FIELD, n. Y, March
25 N.NS9.--Three planes took off
here today to renew the search for
the sikorsky ampliibian which dis.
appeared shortly after it left Nor.
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Lita Wont Discuss
Return to Chaplin

NEW YORK, March 25 Q.N.S.).-
"I'd rather not discuss, Charlie. 1t
is a very touchy subject with me
and still a sore spot"
A panied expression crossed the
face of pretty Lita Gray Chaplin
today when, as she arrived here for
a vaudeville engagement, reporters
asked her about a widely circu.
lated report that she and Charlie
Chaplin are about to be reconciled.
She refused to talk about the
comedian, and denied a story that
she has. been engaged to Roy
Darcy, film star, and that they
had quarreled.
The Washington times., 1929-03-25
SHOT IN ROW
OVER DANCE DIES
Prisoner Quaffs Glass
And Broken Razor
Blades

HAGERsTOwN, Md, March
25.-whiIe awaiting trial in Jail
here on charges of forgery, ED.
ward Miller attempted suicide by
swallowing a mixture of broken
glass and safety razor blades in
water.
When Miller became Ill yeste"'
day, Scott Kline had him removed
to the Washington County Hos
pital, where he is under guard
and in a critical condition.
After Miller had opened a de-
tective agency in Hagerstown,
he was arrested for Baltimore
authorities. charged with the
larceny of clothing. While IN
custody there he swallowed poison
tablets, police say.
The Washington times., 1929-03-25

folk, Va, with four men aboard
early Friday.
Two of the ,es were scheduled
to fly over WareSown, N. j., where
their searching activities were to
be supplemented by Is coast guards
men. The third ship headed for
Lakehurst, N. j.
The ships we're ordered ito head
for Waretown as a result of re.
mort by John Walk. of Atlantic
CITY, that he saw a plane ,wobble
into a nose dive over the weeds hear
that town.
The planes sent to Waretown are
piloted by Clifford Webster and
Robert Crew and Harold Nc
Mahon and George Berry. b
The third ship, a Cessna mono
plane, piloted by Randolph Enslow
and Kindon Normington, Is being
sent to Lakehurst to await develop
mentS.
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Police to Drag PimlicO
Pond for Lost Child

BALTIMORE, March rs G.N.s).
Police here are preparing to drag
Pimlico quarry pond for the body
Of Stanley Bozman, s, who dis
appeared from his home more than
a month ago. following information
received from Vincent Poole, If.
who told them today he saw STAN
lev fall into the pond on the day
he disappeared.
Young Poole said he had not told
before because he was afraid he
ould be blamed for it.
The Washington times., 1929-03-25
Gar Wood to Try for
Sneed Boat Record

MIAMI BEACH. Fla, March Is
U.N.sl-Weather permitting, Gar
Wood will attempt to break the
worlds speedboat record today.
He said his Miss America VII.
which holds the record of 92.S3S
miles an hour, was in perfect shape
for the run.
The attempt was postponed yes.
terday at the request of Miami
Beach officials, due to its being
Sunday.
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Escaped Convict Slain
In Battle With Police

DETROIT. March 2b u.N.S.(-
Fred Haight, 20, formerly OF Seville,
Fla. who was shot and killed in a
gun battle with police. was an
escaped convict and wanted for q
Canadian mail truck robbery, police
learned today.
Eaight was shot down after he
had opened fi-e on police who had
prevented him from an alleged at
tempt to slay his 19-year-old wife,
Patricia.
Canadian postal authorities said
he was wanted for robbing q mail
truck at Mimico last March 2. He
escaped from the Mimico refor1na-
tory January T., where he had been
sentenced Tor assaulting a police
man.
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TrOtzky Ban Expected
By German Cabinet

BERLIN, March 25 Q.N.S).-De-
spite the fact that a majority of the
cabinet were understood to favor ad-
mitting Leon Trotzky into Germany,
the cabinet was expected to decide
officially against Trotzkys admis.
sion today.
This decision was anticipated be-
cause Foreign Minister Stresemann
had telegraphed that he had already
informed the Soviets that Trotzky
would not be admitted.
The Washington times., 1929-03-25
Menorah Societies to
Debate Jewish Agency

A debate on the value of the so.
called Jewish Agency will be held
next Sunday evening at the Jewish
Community Center by teams repre-.
senting the Menorah Societies Of
George Washington University and
City College of New York.
On the local team will be Esther
wecksler, Isadore Eavine, and
Jacob Ben Lightman.
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War Vet Drops Dead
Of Fright in Rum Raid

RICHMOND, Va, March 25
U.N.S.).-The death Of Joe Gregory.
6S, negro Spanish War veteran,
who dropped dead Saturday night
in the Sixth Virginia Club when
purity squadsmen rushed in to
search the place for liquor, was due
to fright. Coroner Whitfield decided
today, Gregory, who was drawing
Government pension, suffered
from heart disease.
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Lay Suicide Attempt
Of Man to Illness

Worried because of illness, Matt
F'incho, 43. Of the first block Of
Ninth st. N. E., today attempted,
police say. to commit suicide hy in.
haling gas fumes in the kitchen Of
his home.
Fincho was found unconscious by
friends. He was removed to
Casualty Hospital by Ninth precinct
police. After being revived there
he was sent to -Gallinger Hospital
for mental observation.
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BANK STATEMENTS

Washington Clearing House,
&4,186,517.14.
New York Clearing House bal.
ance, $1O9.OOO,0O
New York Clearing House ex.
change, $123, ,OOO, 900.
Treasury balance, $41O, 81, ,4O9. 9.65.
Customs receipts. $50 ,255, ,@S2.27.
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Child, 5, in Auto Crash,
Unconscious $50 Hours

ATLANTA, March 25 0.N.S).-
Ann Watson. 5-year-old auto-crash
victim. today passed her S56th hour
of unconsciousness.
Surgeons today will perform a
third operation to remove the
pressure of a piece of bone on her
hrafn
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Sinking Of Rum Ship
p. Called CowardLy
staff Photo

NEW ORLEANS. March 25-Capt John Thomas Randall,
skipper of I'm Alone ship sunk last week by Coast
Guard cutter today vehementy denounced the sinking Of
his schooner the 'most cowardy attack merchant
shin since the submarine warfare"
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AOVERTISEMENT

Low Rate observation-disclosures Havana.
Optional routes; Btopovers Florida.
March 80. April 20. May II; limit is
days. Inquire Seaboard, Tie ilth St.
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The OFFICIAL WEATHEF

United States Weather Burenn
\ Cloudy, probably showers tonight
a and Tuesday; warmer tonight;
y colder Tuesday afternoon or night :
? Temperature yesterday -, Highest
"a; lowest, 50.
The Washington times., 1929-10-09

They went out into the hall,
shutting the door behind them.
1t wasn't more than sixty sec
onds later that Alice came burst
ing into the room. her face ashen,
her body trembling from head to
foot.
You did that no purpose, Ann
Marie Macy" she cried, her voice
bitter with accusation and shrill
with anger. You knew l was in
there,-And you gave Johnny that
key so he could spy on me, didn't
you9-You low w-down little sneak''
Speeches. with astonishment.
Ann Marie could only stand and
stare at here.
Then Johnny came back into
the room. He came in very quietly
and stood just inside the door.
And very quietly he spoke to
Alice.
This means, of course, that
you don't want to marry me next
month" he said to her. And
that's quite all right with me.
certainly don't want to marry
girl who's in love with another
man"
Alice looked from him to the
engagement ring that sparkleu
like a two karat dewdrop on her
left hand.
she started to take 1t off. Then
she thought better OF 1t and put
1t back on her finger.
mo, won't give It to you"
she said to him In q loud, de-
fiant voice. Its the only nice
thing YOU ever gave me. and I'm
going TO keep 1t. And you try to
get It. and I'll sue you for breach
Of promise"
Johnny laughed.
"I don't want the ring" ne
said and he did not seem to be
hroken.hearted in the least. All
want Is clear understanding
that we're not engaged any
longer" ,4
Alice looked at him a moment
longer. Then suddenly she purst
into tears that rolled slowly down
her cheeks, making little whlte
streaks in the paint that was on
"You'd think he'd caught Neal
kissing me. wouldn't your she
sobhed, appealing to Ann Marie
and Jeanie. "Breaking our en-
vagement just because he saw
Meals arm around me in there
She 1erked her head In the di-
rection of Meals apartment.
"Why, Neal and 1 are always
fooling around with each other:
sha went oA crying as she talked.
And Ann Marie doesn't throw q.
fit about it-Please, please, please
do understand me, Johnny"
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to Jack for two weeks, and. when
/ did write, he did not answer.
Since then l have been the
most miserable girl in the world.
Don't get me wrong-I love him
now as much as did-maybe
more.
do you think it would help
me any to go back to that distant
city? 1 have not been there since,
and I feel just cannot continue
this way. Don't think ! am
tickle: when l love 1t is for a life
time. 1 have never really been
in love before.
please tell me what to do. I
will take your advice and DO
whatever you tell me. will be
waiting until I see your answer
to this letter in the paper.
JUST A MISERABLE GIRL IN
LOVE-"
II you can manage to do so.
my dear, why do you not go
back to the city where your rela-
tives and friends, including Jack,
live and see for yourself how
things stand! But be prepared
for disappointment! The chances
are, Jack was quite sincere in his
attachment for you, but it was
a light-hearted summer friend
ship, not the "once-in-a-lifetine"
love you refer to in your letter.
1t Is a mistake to assume a
man Is deeply, seriously in love
with you until he proves 1t by
clear.cut proposal Of marriage.
II he Is able to resist proposing
marriage to you, be sure he is
not deeply affected by YOU, regard
less Of sentimental scenes under
the summer moon.
But even though you find Jack
engaged to another girl-even
though he be married-Your trip
will set at rest the uncertainty and
doubts that torture you. Should he
prove interested in you once more
and seek your comradeship. try to
remember. won't you, that you
will encourage him far more sue
cessfully by taking an interest In
all your friends and good times,
leaving him little uncertain as to
how he stands. than by letting him
see plainly that YOU adore him.
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Johnny's jaw hardened in a stub
born line.
Il understand you all right"
he said levelly, "and I'm through
He broke off abruptly in the
middle of a sentence, turned and
went out of the room and down
the stairs.
Alice held her breath for long
moment Then there
came the distant sound Of the
street door closing.
"O-o-oh! He's gone" she walled.
Hes gone"
All at once she threw herself
upon Anna Marie, shaking her by
the shoulders, glaring at her like a
wild little tiger-cat.
.'And it's all your fault - you
nasty beastly girl" she shouted.
between great sobbing breaths.
"You-sent him in there"
No! l did" Jeanie had TO
shout, too, to make herself heard
above the uproar. 1T was my idea
to give the boys the key-Ailce.
please listen to me"'
1t took all of them a long time
to quiet her.
But at last she was quiet.
stretched out on the day-bed, with
The Washington times., 1929-10-09
THE BEAUTY
BOX
BY Helen FOllett-

Good.nature IL better than pep.
sin tablets as an aid to the diges-
ton. 1t promotes the circulation
of the blood by its influence ov
the vaso.motor nerves and in
that wav directs the blood pres
sure. 1t keeps the facial express
sion from turning acidy. 1t oils
the wheels of life, making the
journey easy and less jolly. i'll.
nature buffers no parsnips, and
women who indulge in 1t may
as well drop out OF the beauty
race. They are disqualified.
Blood purifiers belong to the
dodO age. In healthy body the
blood takes care OF its impuri-
ties and gets rid Of them. All
simple, well-cooked, nourishins
foods are beauty foods. The
average individual who Is not
Interested In the question or bal
anced diet eats too much heavy
meat and too much starchy foou.
Once a day there should be a
green salad, twice day there
should be vegetables. Milk and
fruits are necessary.
When applying hair tonics use
q medicine dropper. Part the
hair at various places and let
the liauid trickle onto the scalp.
After the growing medium is dis
tributed spread out fingers and
thumbs and claw the scalp.
Massage should he vigorous. It
must dig into the under layers
of tissue to he effective. Mere
rubbing is time wasted.