Evening Star Newspaper, October 16, 1925, Page 35

PTOMAINE POISON IS DECLARED MYTH Harvard University Professor Quotes Numerous Authori- ties to Prove Assertion. By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, Minn!, October 16.— Ptomaine poison is now declared only a myth. There is no such thing. Numerous authorities were quoted to prove this contention by Dr. Milton J. Rosenau. Harvard Unliversity, yes- terday before the Interstate Post- graduate Assembly of America, which closes {ts annual sessions here today. Ptomaine was thought to be a de- =enerate product of protein foods, but five vears' ex erimentation has proved proteins cannot yield anything which gives the ptomaine symptoms, Dr. Rosenau stated. These are due, he sald, to infected, not decayed. food. The sickness is seldom fatal. Diet is the most important single factor in health, the doctor declared. Lord Dawson, personal physician to King George of England. added to quiet day in bed, followed by an eve- PLANS BIG THEATER. Zeigfeld to Build $1,000,000 Structure in Chicago. CHICAGO, October 16 (#).—Erection of a million-dollar theater on Michigan avenue within a year is promised by Florenz Ziegfeld, the producer, who plans to inaugurate in it an annual musical production comparable to the Follies. ‘The theater will,be known as the “Ziegfeld” and construction will start as soon as the site is bought. The project will be financed without out- side help. Mr. Ziegfeld says Chicago theaters in which his productions are run, aye too small and ticket scalpers are charging $11 for tickets for which the theater gets $4.40. Mines Laid in Canton River. CANTON, October 16 (#).—The Can- ton River in the vicinity of the Bogue forts was mined yesterday as a pre- caution against any activity of two hostile Chinese warships from north- ern China which are now eruising in this district. — e round of golf on the following day. Heart muscles, according to Lord Dawson, are better for exercise, as well as rest. To the average individual, Lord Dawson stated, heart disease means sudden death. The heart, however, has a flexibllity or safety margin 600 to 700 per cent. All that i3 necessary, Lord Dawson sald, is care in the use THE EVENING TAKES POISON ON TAXI CRUISE WITH WOMAN Unidentified Richmond Man Dies as Police Trail Fugitive Companion. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va. October 16.—An unidentified man was taken to a local hospital shortly before last midnight by a taxicab driver and was found to be suffering from poison, from which he died within a few minutes. A woman who had been riding with him was described to the police. A card in the man's pocket bore the name of Ray E. Wantz and upon the back the name and address of a woman of Sus- sex Court House, Va. The driver sald the man hailed him in front of the Murphy Hotel about 9 o'clock and was with the woman. He was told to drive about the city, and it was after 11 o'clock when the driver heard the woman call out the 3200 block on Park avenue. Driving to that block as directed, he sald, he stopped his car upon a signal of the woman, and she jumped out of the machine and fled. A number of detectives were sent out on the case, and a search is being made of the Park avenue block for the woman. Whether she is the one whose name was written on the back of tho card and whether the man was Wantz or merely carried Wantz's card the police have not solved. victim of the tragedy was about 33 The | STAR, WASHINGTON, FIND DROWNING VICTIM. Body of Man Lost in Florida Storm Is Washed Ashore. MELBOURNE _Fla., October 16 UP).—The body of John T. Salmans, 50, of Wichita, Kans., was found on the shore three miles south of Sebas- tian Inlet .yesterday. It was taken to a local undertaking company. Salmans was a victim of the ill- fated yacht Clara A, which capsized last Sunday afternoon in a rough sea outside Sebastian Inlet, causing the drowning of 14 persons. DIES BEFORE GAME ENDS. Fan Anxiously Awaits Victory of Favorite Ball Club. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., October 16 ®).—John W. Willls, 40, million- afre ol operator of Tampico, Mexico, dled here yesterday only a few hours | [IF before he could have learned that his favorite ball club had won a world championship. former resident of Pittsburgh, has inquired frequently during the last| i days of his life of the success of the Pm\tee TIGE NONE BETTER A. G. HERRMANN Mr. willis, a | GINGER | D. ©, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16. 1925. CHINESE SOLDIERS HALT STRAWN PARTY’S TRAIN United States Delegate to Customs Conference at Peking Proceeds After Protest. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, October 16.—A train on the Shanghai-Nanking Rallroad, on which Sflas H. Strawn, American dele- gate to the Chinese customs confer- ence, his daughter and Mahlon F. Per- kins, technical expert of the State De- partment; Mrs. Perkins and other for- elgners were proceeding to Peking, was seized by Chinese soldlers yester- day and forced to return toward Shanghal. Later, through the intervention of the Peking authorities, to whom pro- tests had b sent by consular off-| “Radiant” Coal | |l 1 Recommend for Hot Water and Steam Heat Stove and Egg Sizes $9.00 Per Ton : 1 J. Edward Chapman || i 37 N St. N.W. Phone N. 3609 Better and Cheaper Than H cers, the train was allowed to proceed “ on its journey. Railway officials assert, that tHe train was held at Nanziang, a short distance from Shanghai, as the rails; had been torn up. Traffic on the Shln[hli .Nanking Rallway Is sus. A swarm of bse! usually numbers about 16.000. $3.50 Philadelphia | $3.25 Chester $3.00 Wilmington AND RETURN SUNDAY OCTOBER 25 Special Train. Leaves Washington (Union Station) 730 v 10:05 AM.. Chester A% 1‘3"’"‘"{"’" Eh Ofaatipnia, “Broad Street, 10:50 ’ ee Broad Street Station Retyrnin. Jeayes Bgoat Fhiladelphia 7:38 P.M..' Chester 7:60 Wflmmxtun 8:19 P.M. Tickets on ul« l-o h)l preceding Sl November Stmilar ¥ Elrnnkm u."-r o Pennsylvama Railroad The Standard Raiirond of the World Kite Perfect Homes=—————=x=1 Tomorrow —we’ll give you the details of the solution to the Housing Problem The scarcity has been not so much of “places to live”—but of the RIGHT TYPE of HOMES at a price the family of moderate means could afford to buy. Now you can OWN YOUR OWN HOME—a cozy, comfortable Home, that has all the conveniences—and all the exclusiveness that every family wants. . Ideally located in a neighborhood that will be dominated by this development. Read Saturday’s Star and Sunday’s Post —and then SEE these Homes—and what they offer. ning at the theater, with an easy of tea and coffee and in exercising. vears ol i and well dressed. 750 Tenth St. S.E. 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