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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-13
Body of Capt. Norcross Found.

body of Capt. Pliny Norcross, former
member of the Wisconsin assembly
and of the board of regents. of the
University of Wisconsin, was found in
a millrace here today. Capt. Norcross
was drowned last Sunday by accident.
He was seventy-seven years old. OF
recent years he had lived in Troy, Pa,
and was here on visit.
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NOT SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE.
Charges Against swaboda, Alleged
Spy. Likely to Be Dismissed.

PARIS. July 10, sol ANIMAL. JUL
lien of the Paris permanent court mar
tiaI has completed the report he will
present to that tribunal regarding the
case of Raymond Swoboda, who pro-
fesses to be an American citizen, and
who was charged with espionage after
having been arrested on suspicion that
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SCOTCH GOLFER WOUNDED.
Lieut.. Norman F. Hunter Listed
Among Missing in France.

NEW YORK, July 13-Word was re-
ceived here today that Lieut.. Norman
F. Hunter. the Scotch golf PLAYER who
MADE many friends in America during
Two visits to the United States, has
peen listed as wounded and missing.
by the British army authorities He
was acting as captain in a charge
"hich resulted in the capture of two
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Earl D. Babst Heads Sugar COMPANY

NEW YORK. July 13-Earl ID. Babst
was today elected president Of the
American Sugar Refining COMPANY 81
multaneous with the announcement of
Mr. Babst's election it was asserted
that Edwin +. Atkins of Boston has
retired as chairman of the board and
executive head of the company
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he was responsible for the fire aboard
the steamship La Touraine.
Inasmuch as experts have decided the
steamer fire was the result of an acci-
dent, and as there is no strong evidence
that Swoboda was a spy, it is con-
sidered probable the case will be dis
missed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-13
Earth Shocks in Canary Islands.

PARIS. July IA Las Palmas.
Canary Islands. dispatch to the Hayas
Agency says that frequent intense
earth shocks on the Island of Fuerte
Ventura. in the Canary archipelago,
have cracked or destroyed buildings
and forced the inha bitants to seek
refuge under tents in the open. Smoke
is issuing from crevices in the neigh
boring mountain and a volcanic erup-
ZION is feared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-13
Powder Plant Blast Kills Three.

LOUISVILLE, KY, July 13.-Willam
c. Waddell. superintendent. and two
negro workmen were killed and sew
eral other workmen injured when an
explosion wrecked the mixing house
of the United Safety Powder Com
pany's plant at Jeffersontown, near
here, today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-13
KEEP UP CUSTOM IN LORRAINE.
Strasburg Monument Declaration on
Anniversary of Fall of Bastile.

PARIS, July -, 9:15 p.m.-Attaches
of the municipal council who decorate
the Strassburg monument in the Place
de la Concord with wreaths of crepe
each year July IA. the anniversary of
the fall of the Bastile, will decorate
the Lille monument in a similar way
this year.
Strassburg is the capital of Alsace
Lorraine, the province which was taken
from France by Germany after the war
of 1870. Lille is the capital of the de-
partment OF Nord (French Fianders),
which was occupied by the Germans
October 10, 1914.
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Thousands View the Liberty Bell.

SPOKANE, Wash, July 13.-Thou-
sands of persons viewed the Liberty
Bell during it's four-hour stay here 10
day. Patriotic exercises were held.
Gov. Lister was one of the speakers.
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Oxygen in the Air
Taken Up BY Fruit.


tubs that had been sealed for several
days. The air that they contained was
drawn off and examined 1t was found
that it had lost all it's oxygen, and was
strong in carbon dioxide. The fruit had
evidently taken up the oxygen.
Just before this the government scien-
fists had developed through experiments
the theory that fruits breathe. This
tended to substantiate that theory. These
persinmons had been breathing the air in
this tub and had taken out the oxygen
The carbon doxide that remained had
produced peculiar effect on the fannie
acid AS a result of this it's taste was
destroyed. Carbon dioxide was responsible
for the desirable effect produced upon the
persimmons in the cask. That mellowing
might be FASTENED by filling the casks
with carbon doXide at the beginning of
the process.
So was this simple problem solved after
an investigation that lasted several years
Persimmons now are given this treatment
and are finding their way to the market
because of the possibilities it opens up
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IL you want work, read the want col
umns Of The STAR - a4".''' -srFs- . w. 2
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it might become disable on the markets.
This was not possible under normal con-
ditions, because the persimmon is soft
and mushy when ripe and will not stand
Shipment 1t ripens only when the frost
nips it. Until that time it is SO intensely
bitter and vigorous in its puckering eff
feet upon the mouth that it is impossible
to eat it.
An agricultural explorer reported to
the department that the japanese sub
jected the persimmon to some process that
rendered it palatable while still firm. The
process was a secret 1t was only known
that in its working out the fruit was kept
for a certain period in sake cask-
that vessel which is the container: OF the
favorite drink of the japanese. Could the
experts discover the secret of this process?
xA
1t was shown. in the first place. that
the pucker of the persimmon was due
to the presence of
FUCKER Is Caused fannie acid. which
by Iannlc Acid. Of to make the
fruit palatable. If the japanese used a
sake cask to accomplish this end the
chemists might do the same and OBJ
serve results. Consequently. some casks
of sake We're purchased, the liquor
poured off and the persimmons sealed
in them. as had been observed in ia
pan. They were kept there awhile and
then opened up. The persimmons re-
tanned their firmness. but had lost their
pucker The thing had been accom-
plished. but the chemists were still in
the dark as to how it came about.
1t was then necessary to wait for the
ripening of new crop of perSimmons
to continue the experiments. On the
theory that the alcohol of the sake
casks had some effect on the fannie
acid, persimmons were the next year
sealed in whisky casks. Happily, the
effect was equally favorable and the
quicker was removed. Another season
had passed. however and the chemists
still failed to understand the action
that had taken place in the fruit.
The third season butter tubs were
used as containers, and sponges sat
urated in alcohol were ipclosed In one
tub the persimmons were merely sealed
up without putting in any alcohol or
other foreign substance. These butter
tubs. including that which had no al
cohol produced firm, puckerless per
simmons. Evidently the alcohol had
nothing to do with the action that took
place inside the fruit. and three years
OF work had been done on a false
hypothesis. Sealing the fruit in an air
tight vessel accomplished the result.
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Process Is Discovered
Only by Accident.


orange juice in attempts to clear it
frozen in the brine. tank Saturday. and
over Sunday came back to normal tenn
nerature on a laboratory table. In ex-
amining it Monday one of the chemists
| noticed that the top of the can con-
tained water with little orange juice
in it, while at the bottom of the can
was very rich, thick strip. The
freezing process had in some way re-
suited in a separation of the sirup
from the water.
This incident led to other exueri-
ments and it was found that if fruit
1u1ces were frozen the water il them
turned TO ice first. and that the other
portions remained unaffected Imme-
u ,rate tne possibility of freezing the
water out Of these fruit juices APP
peared, and work to accomplish thai
end was begun.
Apple cider was one of the first fruit
luices TO enter the tests. 1t could not
be boiled down. Could it not he frozen
down? Some. of the cans in which ice
Is made were filled with apple cider.
paced in the brine tanks and frozen,
me blocks of ice that resulted had
cores tnat were imperfectly solid. and
contained rich sirup.i These masses
were ground UP in an ice crusher and
paced in "a sugar centrifugal machine.
rms Is a device which has perforated
sides. and may be spun aaround at a
terrific rate of speed. In. sugar mann
facture the Yirup is flung out of the
sugar by spinning it in such ma
cnlne. ANY liquid may in this way be
separated from solid. The idea was
10 separate the unfrozen fruit ilice
from the frozen water that the cider
mad contained. .*:e
-. TT II -
u
The experiment. was in every wav
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UNCLE sam MAKES YO0
MONEY. '''
Wy New Uses of
Fruits.
By Frederic J. Haskin.

| Have you ever drunk apple cider con-
| centrate? If you have. you are one of
100 or so people in the world who have
had that privilege. for cider concentrate
is brand-new thing 1t has come into
! being as d result of the work the gov
eminent bureau of chemistry is doing
| in its attempts to further utilize the out
put of the American orchard and garden.
Many new products have been de-
veloped as result of the activities of
this branch of the government but none
is more promising and none accom-
plished through more interesting proc
ess than those that ,haHe, resulted from
attempts to conserve the waste of apple
orchards.
Uncle Sam found that of the apples his
farmers grew Qile-fourth. Mere serving
no purpose. To be sure. the majority Oh
these were inferior. and therefore might
not ne marketed in the usual way. Tnsn
| there was the excess of apples at GER
tain periods and at times OF overproduc-
ton.
The growers were converting 4 part
of this waste into apple cider. Here
was a product that might be marketed
with difficulty Tor two reasons. In the
first place it was of great bulk in pro-
portion to its value. In the second
place 1T would not. keep. Apple cider
was usually produced at considerable
distances from points where it might
be consumed and freight on bottled
goods is high.
The experts had then tried boiling it
down, but cooking spoiled the taste.
They might keep it from spelling by
the use of benzoate of soda. but such
conservatives have grown unpopular.
There was need of new method.
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Hollis Grave Being Watched.

DALLAS, Tex. July ia watchman
has been placed at the grave here Of
Frank Holt, or Erich Muenter, who
shot ]. p. Morgan. Mrs. Hollis family
employed the guard at night TO prevent
any possibility OF Dissertation of the
grave. No tombstone has yet been
placed, the grave being marked by "A
board bearing the name, Frank Holt
One-tenth of our total population to-
day lives in New York. Philadelphia
and Chicago.
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G d
Scores of Fruits same wa
Tested Same Way. < a u c I

be possible. but It's commercial utility
is not usually so readily obvious as in
the case of elder.
Another new product that the fruit
juice experts are urging is grapefruit
juice. They have found that upon oc-
casion there is an abundance of grape
fruit in southern orchards for which
there may be no market. Experiments
have shown that if this juice is ex-
tracted. if II Is heated to boiling in
"a non-metallic vessel and properly
filtered. q clear liquid of good keeping
qualities will be obtained. 1t differs
from orange and lemon Juice in this
respect for these latter may not be
heated without spelling the flavor. The
grapefruit juice may be concentrated
by the freezng-out process if desired
one of the most interesting expert
ments that the government has ever
ca rried on in it's naturalization work
was that in connection with its at
tsmpts so TO treat the persimmon that
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Inc experfmsnt was in. every way
successful q. OF five gallons of cider
placed, in the
Experiment Proved eezin.g can
to Be- Successful here emerged

1850 80 from it four gal
ions OF ice and one gallon of toncen-
trated juice. Further examination
showed that the cider hatd lost nothing
OF us fruit content and that the frozen
part contained nothing but water.
Inc CIDER concentrate was filtered
after the addition o. "A small amount of
ih1usorlal earth, and became clear and
Oh a-rubyllke color. 1t contained all
the navor of the fresh fruit in con-
cehtrated form. It made very pala-
table drink. and might be restored to
the original cider by putting back the
TOUR parts Of water that had been re-
moved. IT was found that it had keep
ing quahtles that greatly exceeded
those or cider. Under, refrigera ton If
would remain good from one season TO
another an accomplishment impossible
to cider,
BoIiefis of cider agree with the gov
sInmsnt experts that here has been
deVeioned process that will reyolu-
tionTesian Industry, and give to it
possibilities that Z has never before
known; II cider .isl-made among The
grsatsappie Orchards OF Wa sbington
one1nfth us bhlIsfor> Saaini1,ant N ma
be Kept indefinitely. When it comes to
be used the consumer has but to turn
the splgot of his hydrant to restore IL
70 Ihe natural form. In the consump-
ton of five quarts OF the annie cider
the necessity of handling four of those
quarts on all Ihe journey between the
producer and the consumer has been
eliminated.
Having proved its case in freezipe n.
water out of cider the yovcrnm.nt
laboratory began on other products
Grape juice was one of the substances
investigated. 1t, was found that the
water might be extracted from Crane
Juice by freezing as effectiyejy AZ
from cider. but there were certain re.
suits obtained in this concentration
,hat seemed not to be desirable. The
bureau has not as yet obtained satis
factory results with this fruit.
Strawberry juices, cherry juices. the
juices of scores Of fruits. are heinz,
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But the scientists We're determined
that they would find out how the trans
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The possible process was discovered
by accident in the government labora-
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Strawberry juices, cherry juices. the
juices of scores Of fruits. are heinz
Evening star., 1915-11-17
D. A. R. WINS ON APPEAL.
Jury Sets Aside Verdict Against II
for $264.5O.

The National Society of the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution has
saved $264.50 by an appeal taken by
it from a judgement of the Municipal
Court, which had awarded that amount
to j. w. Lewis. former manager Of
the Memorial Continental hall, for ex-
ira services rendered when the hall
was rented by other organizations. A
jury in the Circuit Division of the
District Supreme Court, rendered a
verdict in favor of the Daughters,
which vacates the finding of the lower
tribunal. r.
Mr.. Lewis, who was manager under
the administration of Mrs. Scott as
president general. neglected to collect
his charges for overtime, and when the
succeeding administration came into
power he sought to collect The
change in control led to a diagree-
ment, and Mr.. Lewis not only did not
get his extra compensation, but lost
his job. He then brought suit in the
Municipal Court and secured a judg-
ment The jury after hearing his tes-
timony and the evidence of several
prominent members of committees of
the Daughters found against him.
Several prominent members of the
organization attended the court hear
ing. Attorneys Phillip and Phillip ap.
peared for the plaintiff and Charles A.
| Merillatt appeared for the defendants
Evening star., 1915-11-17
MEMORIAL SERVICES HELD.
Colored Schools Pay Tribute to DR..
Booker T. Washington.

Brief memorial services in honor of
the late DIR. Booker 2. Washington
were held in every colored school class
room today by order of R. C. Bruce,
assistant superintendent of coIored
schools. Tonight. at the institute of
the colored teachers. to be held in the
Miner Normal School. Georgia avenue
and Euclid street northwest, Archibald
H. Grimke is to deliver an address in
memory of the cofored leader. Last
night graduates and former students of
Tuskegee Institute living in Washing
ton met at the home of S. S. Jefferson,
112s 23d street northwest, and adopted
resolutions of sorrow for DR.. Wash
ington's death.
Preliminary plans for national
memorial meeting in recognition of the
life and work of the colored educator
are being made by group of colored
citizens. 1t is proposed to hold this
meeting in the Metropolitan A.. NJ E.
Church, probably in January in order
to allow time to complete details nee
essary for considering a matter Of
such wide scope.
The committee in charge consists of
Henry Lassiter. chairman; R. w.
Thompson, secretary; Rev. c. H. Step
faeu, r. d. Lee, James A. Cobb, Judge
r. II. Terrell and E. L. Scott A meet
ing to make further details is to be
held tomorrow evening at 1915 18th
street northwest.
Evening star., 1915-11-17
5000 AT FUNERAL
OF NEGRO EDUCATOR
Men From All Sections Pay
Last Tribute to Booker T.
Washington.
PLANTATION MELODIES
SUNG AT THE GRAVE
Simple Episcopal Burial Service Is
Used, and Many kilograms Of
Coincidence Are Read.

TUSKEGFE. Ala, November 17.-Sim-
plicity marked the funeral of Booker 7.
Washington, noted negro educator, race
leader and author, which took place
here this morning at the institution
which he made famous and which has
played such an important part in the
elevation of the negro race. Fully 5000
people came to Tuskegee to pay the
last tribute of respect to DR.. Wash
ington, only $500 Of whom could get
into the chapel.
The line of march formed in front Of
the administration building, headed by
the members of the board of trustees
who were present, among them William
G. Wilcox of New York, w. w. Camp
bell and Charles w. Hare, Tuskegee;
A. ]. Wilborn, William ]. Scheffelin,
New York; Bolton Gilreath, Birming-
ham, Ala; Frank Trumbul', New York;
Victor n. Tulane, Montgomery. Ala.
William H. Baldwin. Sd. New York, also
walked with the trustees. -
Sing Old Plantation Melodies.
The trustees Were followed by MEM
bers of the faculty and the executive
council of the school and a number of
visitors, educators and
students. The simple Episcopal burial
service was read. and many old planta-
tion songs which DIR. Washington loved
so well were sung. followed by the read
ing of few of the thousands Of tele-
grams of coincidence from all parts of
the country.
Prominent men from all walks of life,
white as well as colored, attended the
obsequies. Among the most notable
were Charles Banks, Mound Bayou,
Miss. first vice president of the Ma
tional Negro Business League; J. c.
Napier. Nashville, chairman executive
committee National Negro Business
League; DR.. R. H. Boyd, secretary ma
tional Baptist publishing board. Nash
Vile; Ira 7. Bryant, secretary A. NJ. E.
Sunday School Union, Nashville, W. H.
Hale. president A. and l. State Normal
school of Tennessee; DIR. James B.
Dudley. president Agricultural and Tech
nical College, Greensboro N c.; DR..
Stephens H. Newman, president, and
George Williams Cook. secretary, How
ard University. Washington. d. c., and
many other noted negro educators and
leaders.
Evening star., 1915-11-17
Board Awards Contracts.

The Commissioners, in board session
today. awarded a number of contracts.
James L. Marshall of this city was
given the contract for building engine
house No. 28. to be located on Con-
necticut avenue between Ordway and
Porter streets. The consideration named
is $4,000.
Sewer contracts were awarded as
follows: To Warren F. Brenizer. for
sewers in Connecticut avenue and Van
Ness street, $3.07s: George Hyman,
for Benning road service main, between
34th street and Anacostia road, $8,465;
Warren F. Brenizer, for sewers in 18th
street from N to P streets northwest,
$1,399.50.
The Commissioners accepted the
resignation of Miss NJ. Allen, a s720
clerk in the Office of the purchasing
officer. and promoted Privats r. H
Mansfield to bicycle duty on the police
force at an increase in compensation
Of $50 per annum. vice Private Philip
Brown. who was demounted at his own
request.
Evening star., 1915-11-17
Booker T. Washington.

To the Editor of The Star:
Our country is poorer in men of true
greatness by the death of Booker T.
Washington. Among his many admi-
rable characteristics love of his country
stood out prominently. While he deep
ly deplored the unfortunate outbreaks
now and then in different sections of
the country, of which the negro was
the innocent victim, yet he always
maintained that America was the home
of the negro, and that he was far bet
ter off here than he could be any
where else. l believe that If he had
lived longer he would have done a
most effective work toward bringing
all Americans to an appreciation of the
value of the negro as a part of the
body polite, both as citizen and as
an economic factor in the business life
of the country. The death of DR..
Washington is a tremendous loss to
the negro race. The educational sys-
tenn to which he devoted his life, and
which he developed to a remarkable
degree among his people. will be his
greatest monument. He has given the
spirit of industrial training for the
colored youth an impetus that no force
can check, and which will become a
greater and greater blessing to his
race as the years go by.
ROBERT H. TERRELL.
Evening star., 1915-11-17
Mothers Circle Announces Luncheon

School announces luncheon to be held
Friday and Saturday. from 1880 am.
to 2:30 pm, at Old Masonic Temple,
9Th and F streets northwest. Music
will be a feature of the affair. the pro-
ceeds Of which are to go toward the
shoe fund of the club. The Mothers
Circle of the Fsirbrother School. or
ganized about year ago. has for its
officers the following: President, Mrs.
H. F.. Lutz: first vice president, Mrs.
G. H. Fraser: second vice president,
Mrs. M. S. Olmstead; secretary. Mrs. j.
H. Neitzey. and treasurer, Mrs. j. N.
Turner
Evening star., 1915-11-17
WARDMAN PLANS HOTEL
TO COST HALF MILLION
Will Be Built at Vermont Avenue
and K Street as Result of Amend
ment to Building Regulations.

Washington is to have another big
hotel, an eight-story structure. costing
approximately half a million dollars,
as result of the Commissioners ac-
ton today in amending the building
regulations so as to declare Vermont
avenue between K and L streets a
business street.
The site for the proposed hostelry,
which is to be built by Harry Ward
man, is the northeast corner of Yer
mont avenue and K street northwest.
AS long as Vermont avenue was classed
residential street no structure could
have been erected at this point which
would exceed eighty-five feet in
height. On business streets the maxi
mum height allowed is 100 feet, the
rule being that the height of build
ing may exceed by twenty feet the
width Of the street on which it faces.
Preliminary sketches for the hotel
have been submitted to the building
inspector. and it is expected that a
permit for it's erection will be issued
at an early date.
Evening star., 1915-11-17
EVERETT DUF0UR ON TRIAL.
Alleged to Have Caused Boys Death
While Operating Automobile.

Everett Dufour was placed on trial
today before Chief Justice Covington
and jury in Criminal Division l to
answer an indictment for manslaughter
in causing the death of Raymond Nor
ris. twelve years old. Mr.. Dufour was
operating. an. automobile at 10th and
ID streets northwest, November 16, 1914.
when the machine collided with a
bicycle ridden by the boy and ran over
the boy. causing his death, it is al
legged. The government claims the
automobile was operated at an unlaw-
full speed. The defense reserved its
statement
Assistant United States Attorney
Hawken is conducting the prosecution.
Attorneys Henry E. Davis and George
e. Sullivan appear for the defense.