davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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UTE appropriately, in season


 @ H of ultra feminine styles, neck H wear belongings are as soft and " dainty and exquisitely fine as they can possibly be. Handkerchief linen, sheer as cobweb, soft batistes, organdie, mousseline de soie and washable net go into the new collars and jabots, and very often there is marvelously beautiful hand embroid- cry, wrought on the fairy fine fabric.
 French shops give the preference to cream tinted neck belongings, and there are some very beautiful speci- mems of hand embroidered>cream "blonde' net-which include collar and cuffs; the collar usually in some odd and original shape. different from anything likely to be worn by the rank and file. A new collar for wear with silk frocks, and made of this creamy net with delicate hand em- broidery and scalloping, appears to be turned around hind-side-before on the shoulders. A narrow, circular strip surrounds the neck, lying fiat like an ordinary round collar of the Jane Eyre type except that the opening is at the back. and down the back, half way to the waist line, hang square pleatings of the embroidered net.
 There are round collars. square col
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1IA ANY women deplore the fact
 H that diet which reduces the
 unA figure shows it's results also in the face; but this Is not invariably so deplorable after all. A fat face may be happy, jolly. good natured, but
 never, never can it be interesting and
 spirituelle. the latter French word
 expressing refinement and delicacy of contour and feature only to be found
 when the spirit shines through the flesh. It is this delicacy of feature and the wiping out of material lines that makes the face of convalescent often so appealing and interesting. So long as the complexion is healthily white and pink. the lips rosy and the eyes bright with vitality. a thin face is no detriment to beauty-rather the reverse. Even child with fat face is not beautiful. The woman who fears to make her face thinner by dieting should remember that thin face will certainly make her eyes ap-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-23
PETTICOATED LIGHTS FOR THE
 BOUDOIR,

" INSTEAD of dignified candles on
 the dresser now. there are two
 cleverly arranged electric lights, each one concealed beneath the frilly skirts of little doll-lady logged out in appropriate Watteau style, or Flu genie style if one prefers. Two of these little dolls. dressed in ruff fled pink silk skirts, tight pink bod ices with puffed sleeves. and poke bonnets with nodding roses, stand guard over the electric lights that H. lumine the dresser in charming bou- doir. The glow of the light through the pink petticoats is alluring.
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THE WILLOW SANDWICH TRAY.

H@ FRY attractive trays for serving \ N sandwiches at tea hour, or hot
 " rolls at breakfast time, come in the shape of handled shallow bas- kets, platter of old-fashioned blue willow ware fitting in the bottom of the low basket. ;. The tray is about twelve inches long and comes in green. brown or ivory colored wicker and the blue willow porcelain plat ter is included in the price. If you have a genuine blue willow antique about the size and shape of the DOT celain accessory of the tray, this will be splendid way to make use of it; for resting in the shallow wicker basket the valuable bit of old china will be comparatively safe from acci- dent in the way of breakage.
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any way uniform. Nurses and nursery maids wear neat, long coats of dark blue over their linen gowns; and blue coats are worn by certain protestant sisterhoods. There Is some thing eminently practical-yet not black-about dark blue coat. so to
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upstanding collar of sheerest organdie
 finished at the edge with a corded hem only. This collar is two inches high and is crisply starched. and it stands straight up from the neckband. Rut--and here is the secret-the neck band Is at least two inches lower than normal and the bodice is cut out at least an inch lower at the back than 1t is at the front. The cuffs to match
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-23
Is Your Face Too Fat?

pear larger and-provided other con- ditions bespeak health and vitality will make her look younger than the fat. heavy-Jowled cheek and chin of middle age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-23

are especially useful for smaal, one- widowed rooms where wind anx1 rain are apt to blow directly on the foot of thG bed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-23

Rookie" Coats for Smart Street Wear Many Good Looking Models In Navy Blue . Sumptuous Silk Coats for Warm Spring Days : Stitchery, En- broidery, Braiding and Buttons On the New Coat Models for Spring.
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tune a finished touch and certain
 formality and distinction. It is ateo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-23

~ HE choice between spring coat and a spring suit-if one cannot manage both-is a distracting
 and puzzling problem this sea-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-27
Animosities Result of Case.

Animosities have been born as "a re-
salt of the case. it was pointed out in
the arguments. which will live through
unborn generations in the community.
These sparkled and fiared up into fame
again and again during the arguments,
notably when Mr. Laskey. the district
attorney, charged that MIR. Hogan,
when he drew the celebrated affidavit
which caused their Indictment, had
drawn ii "adroitly."
You have all marYeled at Mr.. Ho-
gans accuracy, Mr.. Laskey told the
jury; you have marveled at his mem
ory- No man at this bar is better able
to express anything in exact shades
and niceties of language. This aft
dayit was adroitly drawn to meet the
Wesley 3. Bennett affidavit. and not,
as Mr.. Hogan says. the statements of
Mr.. tntermeyer during the equity in
junction proceedings before Justice
Mccoy last year"
This attack upon Mr.. Hogan aroused
feeling of bitterness which had a re-
'neN all through the arguments that fol-
lowed and strong defense of Mr..
timonE when he appeared on the stand
as g witness for the defense and of his
action a lawyer in counseling his
clients to sign the affidavit, was adj
dressed to the jury by those who ar
gued for the defense. Mr.. Hogan did
not argue, although he engaged in COL
loquies With Mr.. Fits and the court as
to statements made by Mr.. Fits, which
he said were not borne out by the evil
dence III the case. and which Justice
Siddons ordered stricken from the rec
ord. For the defense. Mr.. Stanchfield
spoke an hour and half. George p.
Hoover aslf an hour, and ". u. O'Don-
sghue half an hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-27
MILITIA CAVALRYMEN GO
TO EDSALL RIFLE RANGE
Evacuate Camp at Radio. Va, to
Receive Instruction in Com
bat Firing.

Militia csvalrymen from the District
of Columbia, Pennsylvania. Delaware
and New Jersey. who have been camp
ing with the regulars near Radio. Va.
for the past week, early today eNacu-
ated that camp. and, with an automo-
bile truck train loaded with food for
men and horses. proceeded to E,dsall.
Va. the army rife range. 1t is about
a nine-mile ride from the base camp
at Radio. The troopers went on their
horses.
There the militiamen are receiving
instruction in combat firing, using ball
cartridges. They are receiving pistol
instruction. and instruction in the use
of both arms while on the horse and
engaged in combat.
Camp will be broken tomorrow morn
ing, and by noon it is expected that
the majority of the militiamen will
have left. Those who wish Will be
permitted to leave the camp tonight
as the instruction periods end with
the return this afternoon of the troops
from EdsalI.
Yesterday afternoon the students
listened to two lectures. one by Capt
Samuel r. Gleaves. on the training of
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no evidentiary force in the claim of
the Indictment that the affidavit was
false.
Defining perjury to the jury. Justice
Siddons said. 1T is a false statement
made under oath and willfully and cor
ruptly made. such statements having
material influence upon the case under
consideration and believed by the max
er not to be true at the time of max
ing"
Justice Siddons explained carefully
the various elements necessary to CON
stitute the active perjury. The gov
ernment, he said. claims that all
these elements exist and the defense
the matter. gentlemen Which of these
conflicting claims is the truth in this
case? That is the ponderous question
which you must decide
The arguments between the prosecu-
ton and the defense as to whether or
not the Riggs Bank bought or sold any
stock on its own account was then
touched upon by the court
Stating that the government claimed
that the affidavit means buying and
selling stock as stock broker as we'll
as on their own account. Justice Sid
dOnS continued:
The language used in the affidavit is
susceptible of construction of that it
denies that the Riggs National Bank
ever bought or sold stock in any char
acter. But the question as to what It
dlu convey under the evidence before
you, you and you alone are to deter
mine"
The court then volunteered an in
struction TO the jury not involved in
any of the prayers in counsel for the
defense or the prosecution.
The jury are instructed that until it
is proven beyond reasonable doubt
that the Riggs National Bank bought
and sold stock of Lewis Johnson & Co.
for itself or others. and that the de-
PENDANTS believed that to be the fact
and willfully and corruptly swore to
the contrary, their verdict must be not
guilty"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-27
DR.. sTRATT0N, PRESIDENT.
Elected Head of Conference Of
Weights and Measures.

Closing its eleventh annual confer
ence with a session yesterday after
noon at the Raleigh Hotel. the confer
ence of weights and measures elected
DR.. s W. Stratton. director of the bu-
reau of standards, president. Other Of
ficers chosen were William l.. Waldron,
vice president: DR.. Louis A Fischer
bureau of standards. secretary, and F.
@. Barnard, treasurer.
named. consisting of DR.. Stratton, DR..
Fischer. John F. Farrell. Thure Han
sen. Charles G. johnson, Burr B. Lin
coin. Thomas F. Egan, James Smith,
Frederick Tighe, Joseph Hartigan, W.
F. Cluett. O. Fl. Creswell, James
Sweeney. L. NJ. Howell, J. NJ. Mote and
f. {. Lytton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-27
BIG AIR TRACTOR INSPECTED.
Many Look Over Aero Club Gift for
Patrol Duty in Mexico.

Secretaries McAdoo. Lane and Daniels.
Gen. Miles. Jerry South. clerk OF the
House OF Representatives: a sprinklinx
of congressman, Assistant Secretary Of
War lnGraham. aviation enthusiasts
and hundreds Of citizens went to the
speedway polo grounds yesterday and
today to see the Curtiss military trac-
tor j. y. which Victor carlstrom
drove from New York to Washington.
This morning several members OF the
military and naval committees of the
House and Senate inspected the ma
chine. and capt Taylor and Lieut.. Bag
nell are about to crate and ship IL to
the New Mexico National Guard, the
gift of the Aero Club of America. to be
used for patrol duty in Mexico.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-27
ARGUMENTS SHOW
INTENSE FEELING
Attorneys in Riggs Bank Case
Attack One Another in
Addressing Jury.
ANIM0SITIES ARE BORN,
DESTINED TO ENDURE
: ;urtroom Is Packed by Notable
Assemblage Eager to Hear Bat
tie Between Counsel

Arguments in the Riggs Bank case, as
il has come TO be known, despite the
fact that il has been the trial of past
and present Riggs Bank officials. closed
in Criminal Court No. l yesterday at
$50 pm. before Justice Siddons and the
Jury The arguments We're characterized
by many lawyers as notably brilliant. and
were marked by evidently earnest eff
forts by counsel both sides They
were marked. too. by the most intense
feeling: by still another clash between
Frank j. Hogan, of counsel for the de-
Tense, and William c. Fits. assistant to
the Attorney General: by an attack on
the Commercial National Bank by Mr..
Stanchfield. of counsel for the defense
by an attack on Mr.. Stanchfeld by Mr..
Fits. because the New York lawyer con-
jured with the name of Col Roosevelt
among the iurymen: by an attack on the
district attorney by George p. Hoover. of
counsel for the defense. in Mr.. LaskeE's
conduct Of the case: by an attack on
Henry II Father. former cashier of the
bank. and many other features.
The courtroom was packed and jam
med by a notable assemblaee of men
and women of prominence in Washing
ton. and standing room only was al a
premium throughout the long. hot aft
ernoon. notwithstanding the sitting
air among the dense crowds of human
ity, more and more lawyers tried to
crowd into the room. to hear the battle
between counsel, Mr. Fits pointing out
that in combating MIR, Stanchfield he
was being opposed by one OF the
greatest lawyers in the world and
lawyers for the defense taking eXcep-
ton to the fact that the Department
of Justice-o1, the administration. as
they sometimes called the government
III an evident effort to make what po-
litical capital they could of the cir
cumstance-had sent 10 the district
attorneys assistance. in the person of
Mr.. Fits, one of the highest legal Off
GERS of the government. The fact that
both Mr. Fits, who comes from Ala
bama, and was the attorney general
of that state. and Mr.. Stanchfeld who
comes from New York. are not in
timately connected with the life of
Washington, lent an added interest TO
their participation in the case, and
counsel declared that the afternoon
would live in the history of the bench
and bar of the District
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-27
Weakness of Case Shown.

DO you gentlemen beIieve"-aidress-
ing the jury-'that a gentleman who
stands as Nh Glover stands in this
community would resort TO such a
puny, picayunish thing as that to make
La few dollars? No. YOU don't and no
one else does. The district attorney
has endeavored to bear down hard on
Henry Father. That is not in this
case If any one has been guilty of
misapplication of the banks funds why
not indict him for that. You cannot
indict man for one thing and try him
for another, This only shows the weak
ness of the governments case"
Here Mr. Hoover again Numbered at
the district attorney:
81 say that your whole conduct of
this case shows that you want to be-
smirch these men"
Then he said.
Let us see what is underneath this -
Re declared some one" in this gov
eminent wanted these men indicted
and went on to attack Mr. I.askey, in
addition. for refusing to allow Mr.
Hogan to appear before the grand
jury at the time that body had under
consideration the question of whether
Messrs. Flather Mr. Hoover recalled
the testimony in the case which show
ed that Mr.. Hogan, having drawn the
affidavit which caused the indictments.
asked Mr.. Laskey to allow him to APP
pear before the grand jury In regard
to il, and said that Mr.. Laskey had
refused to let the grand jury hear what
Mr. Hogan had to say.
Daniel W. ODonoghue followed Mr.
Hoover in arguing for the defense
and gave the jury a homely illustra-
ton of how a Hypothetical pound of
steak might be purchased by his serv-
ant for use on his table He drove
home the points the defense has been
making in regard to the stock trans
actions for the banks customers, de-
claring
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-27
Mr.. Hogan Not to Be Goat.

For She government. Mr. Laskey
spoke hour and a half and Mr.. Fits
a little more than hour. concluding
when Justice Siddons told him his time
was up. with humorous story of
country town and man who, never
ha wing been in stained glass window
church where there were robed preach
ers and who thought himself in
thester, volunteered TO be the goat"
upon demand during the preaching
Of the sermon that some one should be
the goat in separation of iocks in
TO sheep and goats. The wanderer
who found himself iii the elaborate
church Tor the first time and who Of
fered 20 be the goat, in his ignorance,
Mr. Fits said was in the same posi-
tfon Nj. Hogan had found himself
with relation to the indictment of his
clients.
And" Mr. Fits told the jury I'VE
are not going TO let Mr.. Hogan be the
goat. either.
But although Mr.. Fits found much
of humor TO bring before the jury, no
other member of counsel during the
arguments found aught but the most
serious and impassioned charges and
pleadings to make. The government
found II necessary to respond to the
heaviest kind of broadsides leveled at
John SHELTON Williams, controller of
the currency, the controversy between
whom and the bank has resulted in
the trial. OF him Mr. Stanchfield said:
From the time he took Office he be-
gan systematic attack on the bank
There are volumes filed with the
printed correspondence between John
SHELTON Williams and the bank. These
letters show that the persecution of
this bank was born in him in spirit
Of envy and malice and conducted with
a desire to obtain vengeance. No man
connected with this prosecution can
stand in a tribunal of justice and JUS
tify or palliate the language of John
SHELTON Williams letters to the bank.
Blackguardism is no argument. but 1
simply say of John Shelton Williams
that this correspondence demonstrates
that he is temperamentally unfit to &C.
cupy the position of controller of the
currency
1t was Mr.. Laskey who opened for
the government. beginning all of the
arguments, and Mr.. Fits closed for
the government. ending them all. Mr..
Laskey charged:
Charges by Mr.. Laskey.
las much as twenty days sometimes
elapsed before the bank notified Lewis
Johnson & Co. whom stock which had
been purchased was for Lewis john
son & Co. notified the Riggs National
Bank: We have bought this stock
for your account and risk and the
Riggs National Bank money paid for
1t. and that is a stock purchase by the
bank and you can't make anything else
out of it,
Walking up and down, close to the
jury. the district attorney exhibited to
| the members OF that body papers in the
case which, he said. supported his con-
tentions. and drove homo his points
with forceful. sweeping gestures. The
other government attorneys were
chewing Eum. under nervous strain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-27
Col. Roosevelt's View of the Hyphen

ON1EK BAY, Ny. May 21.-Col.
Theodore Roosevelt, in a written ad-
dress. which he has sent to a number
of prominent authors. declared that III
across the national coat of arms we
draw the bar sinister of the hyphen
this republic will have before IL only an
ignoble life, and will be even in peril
of seeing that ignoble life ended by ig-
noble death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-27

cavalry, and the other by Lieut.. Ebert
+. Farman. jr.. on the employment Of
cavalry in the present European war.
They also received instruction in the
parts of the pistol
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-27
Where It Hit.

From Puck.
Judge-Where did the automobile hit
you?
'Rastus-Well. judge. if I'd been car
rying a license numbah 1t would hab
busted TO thousand pieces.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-27

|cript of account with Lewis Johnson q
Co.. showing stock purchases and sales.
in the same way the johnson books
showed the account OF the Riggs BANK S
account with eight other national
banks.
Il pick out the Commercial National
Bank" Mr.. Stanchfield said, because
next to the Riggs National Bank this
account was the largest on the books
of the johnson firm. Items are there
for large amounts. Checks were made
payable to the order of the president
of this bank. but the government does
not say these were the acts of the
bank
Mr.. Stanchfield alluded to ]. ]. Oar
lington's presence in the case as coun-
sci for the defense. characterizing HIM
as the "Nestor of the Washington bar.
saying that he had never before partic-
ipated in a criminal case. and that his
advice and presence in behalf OF the
defendants carried weight He spoke
of the fact that Mr.. Glover is the presi-
dent of the board of the Corcoran Art
Gallery. the theasurer Of the Louise
Home and the treasurer of the Amer
lean University. asking, Does that
kind Of probity move along with false
swearing? ...-
He read the testimony of Mr.. Reeves.
the former bank examiner. who said
that the Glover & Flather account. to
carry the stock commissions of the
bank officials. had been discussed with
the then controller of the currency
and Judge Oldham. legal counselor Of
the currency bureau of the Treasury,
and that it had been opened on their
advice, which, said he. barred the
statement of the government that
there was any concealment of the &C
count
Mr.. Stanchfield took exception to
what Mr.. Laskey had said Of Mr.. Ho-
cams "adroitness" in drawing the eel
ebrated affidavit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-27
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-27
Principles of Criminal Law.

The court then proceeded to call the
jury's attention to the general principle
OF criminal law. which involves the pre-
sumption of innocence on the part of
defendant until jury of twelve men
decides otherwise.
The court pointed out that there lis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-27
Illustrates Banks Position.

Suppose ! send my servant to the
store for pound of steak | furnish
her the money to pay for it, but that
does not make her the purchaser. 1 am
the purchaser Suppose ! happen not
TO have the change. and tell her. You
pay for it. and l Will pay you when /
get the change. She is not the pur-
chaser 1 am. Suppose there is no money
handy, and the grocer lets her have
the steak, and even charges it on his
books to her. She has gotten the steak.
and even charges it on his books TO
her. She has gotten the steak for me.
But she is not the purchaser. / am"
This, Mr.. ODonoghue said. illustrated
the way the stock purchases were mad
through the Riggs Bank and Lewis
Johnson & Co. the johnson firm be-
ing in the position of the grocer, the
bank in the position of the servant,
and the customer of the bank being
the purchaser of the stocks.
After Mr.. ODonoghue had gone into
the subject of the intent in a per-
jury charge. pointing out that to be
guilty of perjury defendant must
have guilty intention of giving false
evidence, Mr.. Stanchfield began the
main, argument for the defense, prefac-
ing what the lawyers present describ-
ed as a scholarly, forceful and grace
full address with a tribute to the jury
system. during which he said:
NO man who knows of the inception
of this prosecution will ever lift his
voice in favor of the abolition of the
jury system" He added:
Perjury is the intentional giving OF
false evidence with the intention to
deceive the court in which 1T is given
He then took up the testimony of some
of the witnesses. particularly the bank
examiner, James Trimble, who testified
that he had found in the cellar of the
bank. among waste papers, order slips
for stocks with no spindle holes In
had been told that these orders were
placed on a spindle in the bank. Mr.
Stanchfeld continued:
Argument for the Defense.
He had been bank official, and had
become a bank examiner. He had gone
down the ladder. not like the former
bank examiners who testified here,
Messrs. Reeves and Ham, who had
been bank examiners and had gone up
big bank. and the other the vice presi-
dent of a big trust company Mr.. Trim
BILE was not concerned with important
big work. The four months work in
this bank of this modern Sherlock
Holmes was the finding Of papers with
out spindle holes in them-a tremen-
dous consequence where human liberty
is at stake.
Gentlemen of the jury. If your ver-
dict should by any chance be against
US, wonder you'd you wake some
sleepless night and in fancy see one of
these gentlemen in prison stripes and
pacing felon's cell on the testimony
Of this Mr.. James Trimbie?"
FIR. Stanchfield then took shot at
the Commercial National Bank, declar-
ing that he held in his hand a trans