Evening Star Newspaper, September 23, 1927, Page 17

Tunney Retains Hea MIXING IT IN THE FIFTH ROU. THE EVENING ' STAR. WASHINGTOX. D. C. FRIDAY. ND OF THE BIG FIGHT. speed and boxing ability in the open exchanges accounted for his triumph. Tunney (at left) Is playing for Jack’s body in the clinch here while the challenger has both hands clubbing at the back of Gene's head. The well matched brawn of the two battlers gave either little advantage in the clinch fighting, while Tunney’s superior Copyright by P. & A. Photos. TUNNEY STANDS GROUND AGAINST BODY DRIVE. This shows Dempsey (at left) playing for the body, while Tunney effectually ties him up after an exchange of blows in the early stages of the fight. Gene generally was able to smother Dempsey’s attempt in the clinches to land the punishing body blows which have sapped the strength of other ring opponents. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. SEPTEMBER 23, 1927 17 vyweight Crown in Thrilling Battle With Ex-Champ DEMPSEY CLUBS TUNNEY'S HEAD IN THE CLINCHES. This sixth-round action photo, transmitted by telephone with the other pictures on this page, shows a typical bit of the in-fighting in which the champion more than held his own with Dempsey in their gruellinz battle last night at Soldier Field, Chicago. Tunney (at right) has Jack’s right tied up in this clinch while the challenger swings his left against the champ’s head. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. THE CHAMP WEIGHS IN FOR THE BATTLE. Gene Tunney weigh- ing in on the scales at the Ilfinois Athletic Club, in Chicago, yesterday afternoon, while Tex Rickard, the promoter (wearing white fedora hat), and members of the boxing commission look on. at 18975 pounds. Gene tipped the scales Copyright by P. & A. Photos. at the Hlinois Athletic Club in the THE CHAMPION LEAVES CAMP FOR THE BATTLE UNDER POLICE GUARD. Lakeville, where the champion finished his training for the fight. The party motored the 90 miles to Chicago to In front, left to right, are Billy MicCabe, Jimmy Mahoney, secretary; Michael Grady, Jim Notter and Police Sergt. William Smith. afternoon, Gene and his personal bodyguard ready to leave camp at arrive in time for the weighing in Tunney, Chief of Detectives Copyright by P. & A. Photos. in at the Illinois Athletic Club. 1924 pounds. poundage down to his best fighting JACK TIPS SCALES AT FIGHTING WEIGHT. The scales showed Dempsey just three pounds heavier t n the champion when he weighed Jack showed he had brought his weight when the scales registered Copyright by P. & A. Photos. LEEPING-ON-POST | ONVICTION UPHELD | Secretary Wilbur Approves‘ Court-Martial Action Against| Henry Kaiser, U. S.'M. C. . Denying a last-minute appeal of e- fense counsel for revocation of the verdict, Secretary Wilbur today ap- proved the action of the Navy court martial _which found Pvt. Henry Kaiser, U. 8. M. C.. guilty of sleepiug at his sentr on the Bellevue | Magazine rescrvation, near - Indian Head, Md. ¢ i The Navy Secretary cut to_half the | , court’s sentence of 12 months' n prisonment, taking into consideration the fact that Pvt. Kaiser already has been in confinement three months. The Secretary aiso approved a recam: | . mendation of the court that the ma- | rine be discharged for “bad conduct.” | Charge Made by Attorneys. E. P. 8. Newman and Richafd’ J. Taggart, attorneys for Kaiser, had ap- pealed to President Coolidge about the case, charging that the trial was conducted irregularly and that the Navy Department had procrastinated in announcing the verdict. Kaiser | had contended that he was not sleep- | ing, but was in a falnt on the nigi of June 12 last when found reclinin in a small sentry house on the rese vation. He declared Navy physicians | had examined him and found him physically unfit for military duty pe cause of heart trouble Secretary Wilbur, in announcing the verdict today, denied of counsel that the trial was irregu and that the Marine was ill when found in a sleeping position. “I went carefully into this case and it was reviewed twice by the judge advocate’s office,” Mr. Wilbur stated “We found that tke charge was amply proved by the testimony. View of Naval Physicians. “Naval physicians have found that Kaiser’s heart misses a beat now and then, but that fact could have no bearing on the charge in question, namely, that Kaiser was asleep at his post. He might also have had a toe missing, which would render him unfit for military service, but it would not affect the charge of being asleep, the c(m\(\nlinn} BIDS ON TREASURY WORK. | Proposals Opened for Jobs at De-| partment Cash Room. Bids were opened at the Treasury | late yesterday for further work in | redecorating and rearranging th cash room of the United States Trea: ury. These bids are for work in addition 1o major contracts recently let for construction of the cash counters and bronze grill. The low bidders for the new contracts are as follows: Paint- ing, Harry K. Taylor, Inc., of this city, $480; rubber tile floor, Sanitary Floor Corporation, $1,795; bronze grill doors and transoms, Art Metal Con- struction Co., 85,100, and additional metal work, Art Metal Construction Co., $2,196. . FIRE SHOWS WEALTH | OF NOMADIC LAPPS Wandering Tribes - of Northern Sweden Maintain Own Schools | | i | on Travels. Correspondence of the Associated Priss. * STOCKHOLM —~How - much - wealth is sometimes accumulated by the shy nomadic Lapps of northern Sweden | was revealed by a recent fire in a Lapp storehousz at Laukkojaervi, far north of' thé Arctic Cirdle. ~ In the’ wooden hut that burned down there had been kept furs, reindeer skins, clothing, an- tique Lapp trinkets, ornaments of sil- ver, bons handled Lapp knives and other implements ds well as over $1,000 in cash. The entire loss amounted to more than $5,000, but, though there was no insurance, the Lapp chief own er will not be ruined. His main wealth consists of his reindeer herd, which gives him food, shelter, raiment and transportation. As a rule the Lapps are very secret- ive, and the Swadish government’s tax collectors have to go about their work diplomatically. Asking a Lapp out- right how many reindeer he owns is a social error which ranks with asking a white man-how many dollars he has in_the bank. Though nomads, the Lapps have their own schools, managed by Swed- ish school mistresses, who follow the ever-changing camp sites, and there are no illiterates among the Swedish Lapps. In religion they are fervent Lutherans. [the two-story frame house long has OUSE OF MYSTERY FINALLY VANISHES Believed to Have Been De- stroyed by Vandals in Search for Gold. Correspondence of the Allncl!lefl Press. ALAMOSA, Colo.—The mystery of ““Alamosa’s haunted house” has deep- ened with its disappearance. Situated in an-expanse of prairie, offered a neighborhood enigma. Flick- ering lights were seen through win- | ‘dows on ‘dark’ nights, with ghostly figures fluttering from one disman- tled room to another, tales said, Holes Cut in Walls. | Finally Sherift Thomas W. Taylor visited the place and discovered that | the interior of the old dwelling had | been. .literally . hucked to pieces. Gaping holes had bheen cut in the| walls, the ceilings, the floors and the foundations. The evident purpose of the vandals was to ferret out the hiding place of a package of cur- | rency and gold amounting to several | thousands of dollars, supposed to| have been hidden by a woman who { occuipied the house years ago. The searchers had cut holes in a | manner that enabled them to explore | every recess of the house. | Taxes Long Overdue. | Sherifft Taylor searched the records ! jof the county assessor and learned!| that no taxes had been paid on the place since 1911. Failing to find the owner, he returned to have another | [look at the place. Instead of finding any further clues, the sheriff made the discovery that not a “stick” was left of the mystery house. It is the theory of the sheriff that the treasure seekers, failing to find | the money, determined to make a thorough “hunt and dismantled the place a stick at a time, carting away the lumber. | Cyril Jefferson, colored, was sen- tenced to six months in jail by Judge the trial, tending to prove the defend- ant's guilt. which is an entirely separate matter Charges of the attorneys that the record in the case was altered were denied by the Navy Department. It had been contended that false testi mony was inserted in the record after The court, which sat July 8 and 9, was headed by Comdr. muel L. Henderson and had as its judge ady te First Lieut. Lester A, Dessez, U M. G e Mattingly in she Police Court this morning for stealing a tire, tube and Sentenced_in Tire Theft. | THREE PRISONERS PICK LOCK AND ESCAPE FROM D. C. JAIL |One Fugitive Listed as Fever Patient. Commotion Prevents “Listen-In" by Inmates on Tunncy-Dempsey Bout. Prisoners at the District jail failed to hear a radio report of the Tunney- Dempsey fiight last night. Two hours before the fight began three prison- ers, one of them a scarlet fever pa- tlent, escaped from the new east wing by picking the lock an an iron door and removing a panel from an outer wooden door. Excitement occasioned by the suc- 1 delivery, the first in eight coupled with threats to escape made openly earlier in the day by prisoners confined in the “eriminal wing,” who had been companions in court of a prisoner who made a futile dash for freedom across Judiciary Square, impelled Maj. W. L. Peak, mevintendent of the fail, to cancel the broadcasting program. Program Abandoned. Amplifiers had been erected in the rotunda of the jail, and all was in readiness for the round-by-round re- nart of tha fizht. which was to hava been heard by the prisoners standing v Jandineg of the tiers overlook. ing the rotunda, when the rumor of the escape ran through the jail. Word {was sent to all the precincts, but this morning no trace had been found of the fugitives. Prisoners received their first inkling of what they had missed through the elusiveness of some of their compa ions and threats of others when they were released from their cells this morning and saw the radio apparatus provided for their entertainment last night being dismantled. Entertain- ments which afford the prisoners an opportunity to get out of their cells at night are never announced in ad- vance, Maj. Peak said, removing any opportunity of planning in advance an ‘organized attempt at escape. List of Missing Prisoners. Those who escaped are: Ray Beahm, 19-year-old farmer of Riley- ville, Va., awaiting trial after an in- dictment for grand larceny and recov- ering from an attack of scarlet fever. and his two orderlies, colored “trus- ties,” Douglas B. West, 26 years old, 705 Fifty-fitth street northeast, await- ing action of the grard jury on a grand Jarceny charge, and William rim from the garage of the Dorsch | Brown, 19 years old, colored, serving i Baking Co. last iarch. he bought the tire from an unidenti- fied colored man. Jefferson sald 'a 30-day sentence for assault and awaiting a larceny hearing. The janl de]lvel‘ was accomplished between 7 and 7:30 o'clock with neat- ness and dispatch. After picking the lock and swinging wide the big iron- barred door on the south side of the wing the prisoners removed a panel, taking care not to mar the door, but pulling loose the molding and then taking out the panel. They even car- ried the pieces of wooden molding back and laid them neatly across their cots, A dirty blue jacket, torn an be- draggled, was found between the in- ner and outer doors, but jail officials have been unable to fathom what part it played in the delivery, They sald that they never siw it before, but thought it was probably an old blanket used for cleaning purposes. How Implements Were Obtained. The improvised instruments used in picking the lock and removing the panel were obtained probably by tak- ing parts from a pile of iron cots which were stored in a corner of the room occupied by the two colored orderlies, Maj. Peake stated. Beahm had been ordered isolated by the Board of Health, the two colored pris. oners had been detailed to attend him. | Although he was in a weak condition and would have heen in quarantine for 10 more days, the fever had about run its course. Escape of the prisoners was made possible, according to Maj. Peake, superintendent of the jail, be- cause the fail 1s short of guards, due to the failure of the second deficiency bill to pass the last session of Con- gress. No guards are quartered in the new wing and prisoners there are inspected only at.half-hour intervals by guards who come from the main building. . Malady Kills 15 Children. LEIPZIG, Germany, September 22 (#).—Fifteen school children have died and eighty-four are ill in a sud- den outbreak of cerebral spinal menin. gitis here. : e Painting Teacher Wanted. A position as a practical painting teacher at the Lennox Vocational School at a minimum salary of $1,400 is open, it was announced today at the Franklin School hy Assistant Superin. tendent of Schools Stephen Kramer. W. L.| WOMAN IS INJURED WHEN HIT BY AUTO Mrs. R. F. Irwin Walks Into Passing Machine—Other Traffic Mishaps. Stepping from a street car loading platform at Fourteenth and U streets about 7 o'clock’ last night, Mrs. Rich- lard Floyd Irwin, 56 years old, 5‘06! | Nevada avenue, walked against the iside of the automobile of Wallace Daniels, 1100 Connecticut avenue, was | knocked down and injured about her body, arms and left leg. The injured | woman was taken to Emergency "los- pital, treated and discharged. James Peters, colored, 16 years old, 1126 First street, was knocked down at First and K streets about 8 o'clock last night by the automobile of Ches- (ter Bailey, 815 Maryland avenue northeast. The boy was treated at Sibley Hospital for injuries to his ribs. A street car in charge of Ashton Grimes, 1630 Eckington place north- jeast, early last night knocked ‘down William Carroll, 45 years old, 334 In- diana_avenue, on G between Fourth and Fifth streets, cutting his head and shocking him. Carroll was able to go home after receiving treatment at Casualty Hospital. EANTHROPOLOGICAL TEST DETERMINES PARENTAGE Correspondence of the Associated Press. for Police. VIENNA, Austria, September 23 (P).—Austrian metal workers will re- fuse to help in the manufacture of armored cars intended for use by the police, the Austrian Metal Workers' | Union informed the government to-| day. The police, who say they need | eight armored cars to prevent a repe- tition of such occurrences as the riots | fore, to order them from abroad. Each car will cost $30,000. FRENCH DISCARDING PROVINCIAL DRESS Residents of Rural Sections Adopt Correspondence of the Associated Press. PARIS.—Provincial costumes, once joy to the eye of every traveler in France, have almost ceased to exist, but an effort is being made to revive them. In these days of the men of the provinces try to look as much like the Parisians as possible. Their woman folk dress according to what they believe is the style in the Rue de la Paix, as interpreted to them in movies that hail from Hollywood. There was a time when almost every province had its own distinctive coif- fure, head dress and costume. One seldom sees them now. Cour s are as anxious to bob their hai their skirts and wear flesh coloy stockings as are those of the cities. Provincial pride in traditional head dress still exists. On any fete day in standardization, VIENNA.—The paternity of a child has been established to the satisfaction of a Vienna court by anthropological tests, made by Prof. Reche of the University of Vienna clinic. Exami- nation and comparison of distinctive marks is the basis of the test. Only 50,000 persons out of 500,00 {have identical ‘“papillary grading," according to Dr. Reche. Of these only 10,000 will be found to possess heads of the same general shape. In the third test perhaps only 500 will show |noses of similarity and hardly 100 of :ha number will have ears of the same ype. Fewer than 20 will show the same shaped eye and only 5 the same color of hair and eyes. Finally, but one person remains whose fingers show plpllhi drawings similar to those of the ¢l whose parentage is being sougl : the French villages—and every com- mune has its own at least once a year—one sees scores of women, young and old, dr mothers used to look. For the most part, however, the Alsatian bow is Seen In Alsace only on postcards! the “fire pump” head dress of Normandy is an equally rare sight and so with the others. The Bretons and the Basques, men as well as women, have retained the manners and modes of their race nfore than any other provin- clals. In_prosperous, touristridden Nor- mandy a series of competitions is being organized, with prizes for the t coiffures, head dresses and gar- ments in the manner of the country. It is thus hoped to keep old customs and old costumes alive. — Some men are s0 meek and lowly that they are even gvilling to do an honest day's worfl METAL WORKERS ‘STRIKE. | Refuse to Turn Out Armored Cars of last July, will be compelled, there- | POISON IS LOGATED INBODIE OF S Parents of Two Men Ac- cused of Causing Death | of One’s Wife. By the Associated Press, BLAKELEY, Ga., September 23.— | Poison in sufficient quantity to pro- duce death was revealed in the vital |organs of Amos and John Hayes, who {died under m: us circumstances {at the home of their parents here sev- | eral weeks ago. the sheriff’s office was informed y erday by Dr. Edward Paris Costumes—Girls Like |Everhart, State chemist, who exam- ined the bodies. Flapper Styles. Whether it was the same as that found in the viscera of Amos’ 16-year- |old wife, whose death occurred after she had come here from her home in Detroit following that of her husband, however, was not revealed. Two Under Arrest. Mr. and Mrs. Harris Hayes, promi- nent farm péople of this community, and parents of the two men, are under arrest charged with having poisoned | their daughter-in-law, and officers or- dered the bodies of James and Amos disinterred in an investigation of the possibility that all three may have been the victims of a poison plot. Physicians said the two sons exhib- |ited symptoms similar to those mani- fested by the voung Mrs. Hayes be- fore their deaths. To Grand Jury. The case against the 60-year-old couple will be presented to the grand Jury when it convenes October 3, av- thorities announced. Whether indict- ments also would be sought against them in connection with the deaths of their sons was not announced. For the time being at least, investi- gating officers said they do not intend to exhume the bodies of the eider Hayes' mother and his 18-year-old daughter, both of whom died a year ago. Following the recent series of deaths in the family, authorities said they expected to inquire into the cir. cumstances surrounding those of the mother and daughter, the latter of whom was said to have committed sui- cide and the former to have died of natural causes. Lindbergh Hop; Off to Tucson. SAN DIEGO, Calif., September 23 (#).—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, fly- ing his monoplane Spirit of .St. Louis hopped off here today for Tucso) Ariz., where he is due at 2 p.m. § =