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The Washington times., 1929-02-15
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come to him from what he con.
sidered reliable sources.
The charges originated in Mrs.
Gorham's accusation that her
mother killed six unwanted babies
by mixing "sore mouth medicine
with the condensed milk in the
babies bottles.
Three of these children were
born to the mother and three to
the daughter.
Hard to Prove
Sheriff Fred G. Bryant today de-
clared his intention of taking steps
toward detaining the women as
public charges, even though the
accusation of one subnormal person
against another may prove insult"
ficient to secure a conviction for
murder.
The women are obviously fire.
sponsible," the sheriff said. Butts
it's tough case to prove. In the
event of an acquittal, or dismissal
of the murder charge, l shall prob
ably petition for hearing to secure
commitment of the women to the
State hospital for the insane at
Kalamazoo"
Several angles of the alleged
wholesale baby murder plot were
still under investigation today, how.
ever. Psychologists of the State
laboratory at Lansing began their
analysis of the vital organs of 5.
months-old Clarence Wesley Cor
ham, who died last Sunday by his
grandmother's hand. according to
his mother.
Under constant grilling, Mrs.
Lewis. several times, seemed on
the verge of confessing. then veered
skittishly away from the subject.
I'm telling the TRUTH" the slight,
crippled woman insisted, stubbornly.
bornly.s
~ suppose you think I choked it.
I suppose you think l poisoned it.
Why, think that would be awful -
Both women wore old-fashioned
plush coats, and ragged knitted
capes. Their high shoes. only
partly laced, flopped about their
ankles like galoshes,
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Lawrence of Arabia May
Become Movie Actor

LONDON. Feb. 15.-Col. T. E.
Lawrence-"Lawre of Arabia
the worlds foremost adventurer and
man of mystery, and the man ac-
cused by Soviet officials of fomenting
the Afghanistan revolt, may go into
the movies. This possibility became
known here today.
Colonel Lawrence may work for a
new film cOmpany-Supremacy
Films, Ltd, new British concern.
Announcement of the formation of
this new company will mark the be-
ginning of the greatest attempt ever
made by Eurpean movie interests to
compete with American films.
Backed by capital of $1,250.0O0.
this company will be floated under
the name of Supremacy Films, Ltd.
1t will be the first of four companies,
which, when completed, will be
merged into what is planned to be
the worlds largest film combine.
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have been dressed as policemen.
They drove up to the garage. &C.
cording to persons living near, in
large curtained automobile re.
sembling a bureau squad car.
A few minutes later, the men
sauntered out calmly and walked
to their car as leisurely as a squad
of detectives on a round of investi-
CATION. They bore arms but Chi
cagoans are accustomed to seeing
police raids, and nothing was
thought of this angle. The men
drove away in the car. There was
no indication of haste.
DR.. Schwimmer for hours was
thought to be Frost. He finally
was identified in the county morgue
by DIR. Carl Meyer. medical warden
of that institution, who operated
upon him recently and recalled him
as a successful eye specialist.
Until early today Drs. S. y. Gum.
Paol A. @. Schmitt and +. L. Ben.
jamin worked on a post mortem ex.
animation of the slain men. DR..
Herman n. Bundesen, coroner, as
sisted them.
DETROIT. Feb. Is n.N.Sl.-Tn-
spector Henry J. Garvin. head of
the Detroit crime and bomb squad.
today characterized as ridiculous
the theory of Chicago police that
six gangstesr and an innocent. by.
stander in that city were slain by
Detroit's so-called Purple Gang
sters" yesterday.
The Purple Gang no longer
exists" Garvin told Police Commits
sioner William P. Rutledge today.
We smashed them and they stayed
smashed" Garvin's squad was or
iginally organized to combat the
activities of the Purple Gang.
Rutledge said he did not believe
Detroit gangsters We're implicated
in the Chicago killings and added
graphically: II certainly sympathize
with the Chicago police depart
ment''
He would not elaborate on the
statement.
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"Are you planning to make expert
ments while you are here?"
Yes" he said. I'VE are always
trying to improve automatically. /
mean to say that things made by
machine are better than those made
by hand. They are more accurate.
Only tools are made by hand nova
days"
Ford talked enthusiastically of the
work now being done at Dearborn.
Mich.-the building of a museum
which will preserve a record of the
accomplishments of Edison, the late
Luther Burbank and others. A num-
ber of buildings are being con-
structed on 125-acre plot. One sec
ton of the museum will be an exact
duplicate of Menlo Park, N. j.. con-
tanning the original laboratory where
Edison did his first research work.
Near by will be Mrs. Jordan's
boarding house, the first house illumi-
mated by electricity, where many of
Edison'S fellow.worksrs used to live.
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SHIP. AGROUND;
AID ARRIVES

BOSTON, Feb. Is n.N.S).-
Aground on Handkerchief Shoals, off
Chatham, the steamship Pacific,
with 40 men aboard, sent out an
S OS call today.
The distress signals were picked
up by the Coast Guard. The cutters
Acushnet from Woods Hole and the
Tnscarora at sea Immediately started
to the aid of the stricken Pacific,
The patrol roat Antietam. on duty in
Nantucket Sound. also answered the
call.
The Antietam was the first to
reach the side Of the Pacific. Ef.
forts were being made to release her
at high tide, as it was believed that
the Pacific was not seriously dam
aged.
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GRIPPE TAKES
1000 VICTIMS
IN LONDON
Times staff Photo

LONDON, Feb. IS U.N.s)-LoAp
don today faced a water famine a.
a result Of continued intense cola
as the city counted 1000 dead dur.
ing the past week in a wave Of
grippe which has reached epidemis
proportions.
Four days Of a severe freeze with
temperatures the lowest in many
years have depleted the water sup
ply in many sections of the city.
Train schedules all over England
have been disrupted. Passenges
trains have been stalled for hours
at a time in huge snowdrifts.
Sickness Alarming
The situation caused by the
grippe epidemic is alarming. Ex.
traordinary measures are being
planned to check the spread Of
sickness. Grave fears are held for
the public health if the water sup.
ply fails further during the epi.
demic
Billiards are raging in the Eng.
lish Channel, delaying steamers to
and from the continent and imperil.
ing coastal and cross-channel ship.
ping.
Gales Sweep Channel
Towns along the coast have been
battered by snow-laden gales and
heavy damage is generally reported.
The Thames and other rivers are
freezing over. Important lines Of
communication will be closed with
the rivers blocked.
Authorities hope for break In
the cold if further acute suffering
and a possibly sharply mounting
death rate are to be avoided.
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Society of D. C. Natives
To Hear Fred A. Emery

The Society Of Natives, District
of Columbia will meet tonight in
the Washington Club, at 8 o'clock
A program will be rendered by the
quartet of the Chevy Chase Presby-
terian Church. An address by Fred
A. Emery on George Washington"
will be given also.
Lee D. T4atimer, president Of the
society. will preside
The Washington times., 1929-02-15
Girl Sues for $4,000
For Hurts by Auto

Suit for $3.50 has been filed in
Circuit Court by Viola Javins, a
minor, through her mother, Mary a.
Javins, against Grace Transue, of the
Mayflower Hotel, and Herbert Sim
clair, 11O0 block Seventeenth Street
Northwest, claiming she was run
down by the Transue automobile,
operated by Sinclair.
Through Attorney Ralph A. Cusik,
she alleges that the accident occurred
on a road near ERicott City, Nd, on
April 25, 1927. She lost her right
arm and was otherwise permanently
injured, according to the decalara'
ton -..-.y--A.i-..4A 4AMaI .A4I
The Washington times., 1929-02-15
lard WORK ONLY FORMULA FOR SUCCESS
B | B
ENVIS|ONtu
IN PLANS

Partial organization of the Sec
ond division of the inaugural pa
rade was announced yesterday by
general inaugural committee. Hu-
bert Work. Republican national
chairman, will lead this division.
A cross,section of the civic, social
and political life Of the United
States will be reflected in the
makeup OF this division. In it
will march organizations of the fol-
lowing characters: veterans, patri-
otic, marching clubs, state COVER.
nors and their stats, civic organi-
cations and special units.
Wild West Feature
Effete Fasteners will be treated
to a glimpse of the conventional
West when q band of cowboys and
cowgirls from the Dakotas swing
up Pennsylvania Avenue on cow
ponies. Several members of the
House and Senate, who once rode
will also join the DakotaA' delega-
ton. The age-old ANTAGONISTS Of
the cowboys, the Indians, will be
represented by a band of about ESQ
from various Western reservations.
The District Commissioners, Proc
tor l.. Dougherty, Sydney F. Talia-
ferro and Col. William B. Ladue, will
he among the leaders of the division.
DAI 4NE
march a number of Republican ma
tional committeeman, members of
the inaugural committee, who did
much work in getting the inaugural
celebration organized, and many
school and college delegations.
Kiwanians Will Be There
Visiting kiwanians, whose organi-
Zation Is urging its membership to
journey to the Capital for the in
augural fete. will have headquarters
in the Washington Hotel. 1t is ex-
pected that representatives of ITO
United States and Canadian kiWanis
clubs will be here.
The committee on housing and hos
pitality, of which Mrs. Virginia
White Speel is chairman, met last
night to hear the chairman outline
the housing program. After the
meeting Mrs. Speel was presented
with large basket of carnations.
The general committee on national
representation for the District of
Columbia is discussing plans for TAX
ing advantage of the situation exist
ing here on March 4 to get in a great
amount of propaganda dealing with
the un-American treatment of Wash
ington residents.
Votes For ID. c.
The committee will probably open
headquarters from which will be dis
trihuted literature showing that
Patrick Henry's famous speech
doesn't mean anything when Wash.
ingtonians are concerned. Taxation
without representation is tyranny"
the Virginian is quoted as saying,
and the committee will try to inn
press upon the thousands of visitors
that that Is exactly the situation in
the Capital City. 1t was said.
Mrs. Mollie Carran, who taught
Herbert Hoover his three RS in a
rural Iowa school, will ride with the
Iowa delegation in the inaugural
parade. it was announced yesterday.
The Coe College Band of ~ pieces,
also of the Corn State. will march in
the parade.
The Washington times., 1929-02-15
Two Prisoners Fire Jail
To Escape: Trapped. Die

BERLIN, Md, Feb. Is u.N.SJ.-
Two unidentified prisoners were
burned to death in the frame Chinco-
league Island Jail, 35 miles south of
here yesterday when they attempted
to burn their way out.
No others were in the building.
Unable to get out. they perished
as the building was consumed in
flames.
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MERGER D. KID
IN HOUSE
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the committee an open letter urging
them to take action on that matter.
As soon as Clayton had consumed
his allotted time, Representative
Underhill moved that the commit.
tee go into executive session. The
doors were closed and for almost
45 minutes the committee discussed
the terms of the resolution.
Chairman Zihlman then made pub
lie the action of the committee.
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40 ARRESTED IN
WEIRD GANG
KILLINGS

CONTINUED from flfsL FasD
the murders to a Detroit gang,
but this has almost been discarded
inasmuch as Chicago has its own
gangsters and there apparently
could be no reason for Detroit or
st. Louis gangsters trying to buck
such q combine as exists here.
Chicago gangsters purchase large
amounts of liquor in Detroit but
that Is done on a working agree.
ment," police said.
While police are hunting clues,
mild aftermath occurred today
when three bandits were shot and
seriously wounded by a policeman.
Patrolman william Kate elhu
standing cody in the middle of
street, exchanged revolver fire with
the bandits and brought each one
down with five we'll directed shots.
They were rushed to a hospital.
The three dashed from q grocery
and Katelhut asked them to stop.
They began firing at him and the
policeman then drew his revolver
and wounded them.
The men had just robbed the
grocery, the policeman learned later.
Coroner Herman n. Bundesen mas
empanelled q jury OF expert busi-
ness men to hold an inquest. A
jury of business men and profes-
sional men also held an inquest
over the bodies of Dion O'Banion,
Hymie Weiss, Tony Lombardo and
| countless others-meeting in the
end a stone wall of silence.
Police Commissioner Russell blamed
prohibition for the massacre.
States Attorney Swanson pre-
pared for a conference with his first
assistant, Frank ]. Loesch.
Russell ordered roundup Of all
| criminals and gangsters inhabiting
well-known saloons and gambling
resorts. The Federal Government
is sending Assistant United States
District Attorneys to attend the in
quest.
In gang killings there is no one
| who can positively identify anyone
as the actual slayers, police said.
Witnesses, and there were few yes
| terday, saw only the forms of men
committing the brutal Staying, not
faces.
All Done Quickly
The seven men were trapped like
rats, lined up against the rear wall
Of the garage and shot full Of lead
from machine guns. They didn't
have a chance. Six died in their
| tracks. The seventh, with 90 slugs
in his body. crawled to the door as
| the police arrived. He died a few
hours later in a hospital.
The victims:
Clark. James, 50; brotherin-law
OF George C'Bugs'O Moran, and his
associate since early gang days.
schwimmer, pr. r. H., Parkway
Hotel. with offices at Wabash and
Congress Streets.
Gusenberg, Frank, S6; known as
Hook" member Of North Side
gang formed by O'Banion. Moran
and others, and Moran's lieutenant.
Gusenberg, Peter, IS, known as
"Goosey," member OF Moran gang
for three years.
Myers, Adam, alias Frank
Schneider, 20. business man Of the
gang.
May, John. 80. a North Side gang
ster.
Weinshank, Alfred. IS. cleaning
and dyeing emissary for the gang.
Was Paying Visit
DR.. Schwimmer, a social associate
Of the notorious Gusenberg, but
apparently otherwise a good char.
acter. seems to have dropped in on
the gangster for a friendly chat.
He was killed either on suspicion
or because to spare him would have
left witness against the assassins.
The gangsters were executed by
| five men. two Of whom are said to
The Washington times., 1929-02-15
KLOTz HELD SANE

PARIS. Feb. 15.-Former Finance
Minister klotz, under arrest charged
with caShing worthless checks, was
declared sane for the second time
by a commission of alienists. He
must stand trial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-17
No Harm in Pure Cascara

Whenever coated tongue, bad
breath, disordered stomach or
general rundown" feeling tell
YOU Nature needs little help in
promoting normal elimination you
can take a Cascaret without any
fear of unpleasant after effects,
Cascarets are a pure vegetable
product, made from Cascara
Sagrada, a substance which
UNREASONABLE authorities say
actually strengthens the bo7oei
muscles.
That's why you can take these
pleasant-tasting tablets as often
as you please-and give them
freely to children or old folks.
They are not habit forming, like
SO many laxatives; they make it
unnecessary to use violent purga-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-17
LARGE P|MPLES
OVER BODY
Itching and Burning
Severe. Cuticura Heals.

First the pinples started on my
hands and face and then spread all
over my body. They were large and
red, and the itching and burning
were so severe that / scratched,
causing them to bleed. could not
sleep at night on account of the
irritation.
~ tried different remedies but
they did not help me. / began using
Cuticura Soap and Ointment and
got relief, and after using two or
three boxes of Cuticura Ointment,
together with the Cuticura Soap, !
was completely healed" (Signedl
Miss Alma Kallunki, 1921 Acorn ST.,
Calumet, Mich, Nov. 2, 1928.
Use Cuticura to clear your skin.
Soar ssc Ointment 2s and 5oe. Talcum &c: Sold
everywhere Sample each free. Address :
] "cusieura Laboratoriss, Dept u, Maiden. Mass.
DE- cutieura Shaving Stick 25e.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-17
NATURE TAUGHT TO GROW
TWO KINDS OF NICOTINE
Pennsylvania State College and
U. S. Agriculture Bureau Com
D1ete ExDeriment
plete Experiment.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. LR.-Cigar-
cite makers have appealed to nature to
produce tobacco with less nicotine.
The appeal is found to be. surpris-
ingly effective in a series of expert
ments by Pennsylvania State College
and the United States Department of
Agriculture.
Differences in soils and fertilizers
produce all the way from more than 2
per cent nicotine in tobacco plants
down to less than per cent. The
university has not raised the low nicos
tine plant in commercial quantities, but
has found a cross variety with only
125 per cent in nicotine.
The object is to raise both extremes,
tobacco with little nicotine for smokers
and plants highly poisonous with nico-
tine for making preparations to kill
insects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-17
The Toll Acidity Takes

You go to bed dog-tired, but the min
ute you hit the pillow all sleepiness
vanishes. If you do sleep at all, it's
only In snatches and you wake out of
these "stupors" with a strange, startled
feeling, sometimes in a cold sweat
Morning finds you a rag, gaunt and
hollow-eyed and barely able to crawl
out OF bed.
Acidity is due to our unnatural eat
ing habits, our excessive smoking and
irreRular hours. The excess acid up
sets DIGESTION and causes acid-indiges-
ton with gas and heartburn. It causes
putrefaction and fermentation in the
o-intestlnal canal which frequently
results in ragged nerves, sleeplessness.
logsy days and general loss of strength
and vitality.
A remarkable new corrective of acid
ity has been developed by . famous
l00-year-old pharmaceutical house in
Germany. As an acid corrective 1t be-
Gins where milk of magnesis and BIZ
carbonate of soda leave off. This new,
improved magnesfa comes in the form
OF small white tablets called Magnesia
Oxoids which do not have to be
cheWed, but which may be swallowed
whole. Magnesia Oxoids, upon con-
tact with the acid in the stomach,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-17
Society of Natives to Meet.

Nominating committees for the, cleo
ton of officers will be appointed at the
first meeting of the year of the Society
of Natives of the District of Columbia
1.-THE Washington Club. Seventeenth and
K streets. Offlcers will be elected the
third Friday in November. Lee D. Lati-
mer, president of the society, will pre-
side
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-17

lice have come right back at him with
document which demands that he
stop annoying them.
Maggie, pc 'tioning for an injunction
against casual arrest, contends that he
can hardly step outdoors for q bit of
exercise without being picked up by q
policeman.
The Police Department, opposing the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-17
Best Refrigerating Customer.

Canada is Americas best customer
for refrigerating equipment. Australis
is the second leading market
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z Hours in Bed and Not
z Minutes of Sleep!

generate ndseent or dctire, Oxygen!
Now, active oxygen, as any doctor will
tell you, when generated within the
digestive tract does Just the things
required for acidity. II stimulates the
secretion Of the alkaline mucus 1t
checks the putrefaction and fermenta-
ton in the sastro-intestinaI canal It
exercises stimulating effect upon the
activities of the intestinal walls and
aids the movement of the bowels.
All three effects are necessary to the
true relief of acidity and Magnesia
Oxoids supply them in perfect nat
ural manner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-17
EVEN KING NOT SAFE
FROM YANKEE SPEECH
London Critic Points Out Subtle
Growth of Americanism in
Grammar in England.

LONDON up. The Kings English
is becoming Americanized, even in sem
fences referring to the King himself.
So observes a British etymologist
who discovered in the London papers
the other day a headline to the effect
that 1.-The King plans a days shooting"
Use of the word plan" as a verb is
just one illustration, says this scholar,
of the subtle growth of Americanisms
in the speech of England. A stickler
for unadulterated Kings English would
have written the King has arranged
for days shooting"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-17
SUES CHICAGO POLICE.

CHICAGO, October II P)-Rocco
Maggie, who was once convicted of
murder and who has been accused of
some other things, including extortion
and blackhanding, has gone to court
to keep from getting arrested. The po-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-17
METEOR MYSTERY
SOLUTION SOUGHT
Harvard Astronomer Asks
Aid of Press in Tracing
Remote Records.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, october 1.-THE
meteor fisherman" of Harvard as
Economical observatory, DR.. Willard j
Fisher, asks cooperation of newspapers
in solving a mystery of the Leonid
meteorS.
These are vast swarms of meteors
that for thousand years have APP
peared about three times a century
dazzling displays. They are. due again
in November, 1892. or 1888; in fact, a
few should be seen this year on the
nights of November IS and IA.
But there is mystery. The Leonids
mostly failed to show up 80 years ago
when last due. Astronomers suspect
the gravitational attraction of the
planet Jupiter was to blame then.
Remoteness of Records.
They think that in almost forgotten
corners all over the civilized world there
exist written records that would go far
to assist their predictions about the
Leondds, that might help to show the
world whether it is going to be worth
while to sit up all night on couple OF
chill November evenings about three
years hence.
DR.. Fisher asks the press of the
United States, and of the world, to
broadcast the information about these
records, SO that they may be dug out of
hiding and given to astronomers. His
faith that news publication will bring
results is founded on his experience in
receiving hundreds of letters of infor-
nation about meteors in response to his
notices occasionally given to newspapers
in the past. His use of such notices
gave him the sobriquet of Meteor
Fisherman"
Believed in Many Places.
Written descriptions of the Leonid
displays in past centuries are believed
to exist in many places, particularly in
ships logs, in Chinese, Indian and per-
haps Egyptian literature, in the RE
lations'' of Jesuit missionaries of Canada,
civil and military reports from French
possessions to the home government, re-
ports of all sorts from Spanish America.
Brazil and the Philippines, to church
authorities and to the governments IN
Madrid and Lisbon, records of mer-
chants and Magyar astronomy.
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tives that upset the system and
soon call for more.
Cascarets are sweetened with
pure cane sugar and favored with
licorice; you simply eat them like
candy. Then, sleep right on while
they are preparing your intestinal
tract for a thorough cleansing in
the morning. Cascarets never
cause discomfort or that nauseous
feeling usually associated with
laxatives.
The next time you have that
bilious, headachy, detected feeling
that comes from a disordered
stomach-or for any reason you
suspect liver and bowels are not
functioning just right-take y
candy Cascaret.