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The Washington times., 1923-09-17
FREAK APPLE-coTfoN
MAY THvVART WEEVIL

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Sept. IT,
Former King Cotton, now de-
throned by the boil weevil, has de-
signed to mix his blood with the
lowly apple and the interesting
progeny of the two have been dis
played in Birmingham.
An apple tree, which had been
surrounded by cotton plants for
several years, this year bore three
apples that were shaped like cotton
hollis and had their fruit arranged
iii cotton boil formation: faithful
reproduction Of the cotton boil ex,
cept it was apple instead Of cotton
Cotton pickers are now hoping
D. M. Henderson, Of Cleveland, !,
Ala, upon whose farm the fruit
was grown, will now produce a
brand OF cotton fashioned afteg
the apple, with the cotton growing
upon a stem instead of in a boil
simplifying the picking process.
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Farmers Want Ford
To Keep His Deer
To Himself

DETROIT, Sept. 17.-Henry
Ford had better keep his deer
in his own back yard if he does
not want the State authorities
to get after him. This is the
threat made by the farmers
living near his Dearborn estate.
Ford has a herd of deer esti-
mated between 400 and 500
living in the ravines and woods
of his big estate. These deer,
the farmers complain, leap the
fences or wander through open
gates and damage their crops.
The farmers are unable to pro-.
tect themselves because Of a
provision in the State law which
prohibits the shooting of deer
in Wayne county at any time.
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men MORE VAIN
THAN WOMEN,
SHE SAYS
Mrs. Clarence c. Calhoun
Thinks Habiliments OF
Males Ridiculous.
By PEGGY WELLS,
Cosmopolitan News Service Staff
Correspondent.

Women are not more interested
in dress and the matter OF personal
adornment than men, according to
Mrs. Clarence C. Calhoun, presi-
dent of the Women's Universal
Alliance.
| Mrs. Calhoun, who is interested
! in the problems of modern educa-
ton, architecture, and home econom-
| les as we'll as those of the al
lance, declared today that while
everyone wants. to appear at MS
or her best, this desire IS not
confined TO one sex.
Sees Women Advancing.
.'There have been the Beau
Brummels as well as the Madame
Pompadours in the history of
| the world" said Mrs. Calhc un.
To-day there are more and more
women devoting themselves to the
serious problems of living. It ls
| the era of women and they ere
taking advantage of that fact.
"The exaggerated interest taken
| in clothes and personal adofnment
| is not particularly feminine. Inc
boys of the country are just as
careful of their hair cuts and the
creases in their trousers as their
sister fIappers are of the length
of their skirts. And do not ad-
mire mems styles. The funny little
sacks in which they encase their
legs and with which they take such
/ infinite acare as to out and texture
are too ridiculous for words.
In many cases men are much
more vain than women. There is
my own family. l have little time
| to devote to shopping, as there
are so many things of Importance
| for me to attend to. When feel
| that need a new gown / rush
into a shop and tell my needs
Then, like the fire horse of olden
days, I trot to the fitting room
a gown of the correct size and
color is dropped over my head
there is swapping of fasteners. |
take fleeting look to get the
effect of the style and then my
shopping is over. I am ready tc
dash onward.
mot SO with my husband. He
gives time and much thought tC
his tailor. His clothes must fiji
call nodded to the form Each
3IAOIAAAB DcA0IC AC1NhIS IOEe tue
office he consults me as to what
shade of cravat he shall wear with
the business suit ne has chosen fol
that day.
Fortunately for me, have {
friend who conducts a little shoI
on the Avenue and when she goes
to, New York she selects something
/. for me. Then she tells me thai
esshe has d gown that would like
sisuitable for e. wedding, a funera
Ior afternoon tea, an unobtrusivt
style. that she knows prefer. Us
tually it is just what want.
4 Vanity is not a womanis vict
Exclusively"
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PROBE IS BEGUN
IN MYSTERY
Staying
Youth Known by TWO Names
Is Shot Down in Street
Of Atlanta, Ga.
-, rrtarnat tionaI News Service.

ATLANTA, Ca, Sept. 17.--Offi-
GERS today were conducting an In
vestigation into the death Of L. A.
HamiIton. twenty three, who died
early this morning after having
been shot down. on an Atlanta
street. HamiltohB home and iden-
fify. other than his name, are un-
known to authorities.
AT first police believed the motive
was robbery. On searching the
body, however, hospital attendants
found q watch and $50 In cash.
The youth was registered at q
loca1 hotel under the name OF
ssI. G. Jones'" according to police,
hut efforts to find his home or
,.elativea have proven futile. 1t
was during brief periods Of con.
sninusness shortly before his death
that he gave his name and age.
Persons who rushed 70 the scene
of the tragedy shortly after hearing
the shot reported seeing two ne
groes running down q nearby street.
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WILL not
FORGIVE HIS
8 WIVES
Mother-in-laW Of ]. r. Varnunt
Also Is Hostile Over Check
He Gave Her.

The man is John p. Varnum,
thirty-one, a clerk, who gave his
nother-in-law a worthless check for
$500, the police say, on the day he
married her daughter, and told the
police he had no address. His
father is a retired United States
army colonel of California. Among
other indiscretions said to have
been attributed to Varnum are
three wives, none of whom was
divorced and all Of whom are liv-
ing.
Detectives Mullen and Murphy
arrested Varnum when q flood Of
alleged worthless checks came in.
He is said to have financed his
romance with Miss Dora Cross, OF
Cherrydale, Va, on bad checks.
He Is said to have married Miss
Cross several weeks ago. They
went to Colonial Beach to spend
their honeymoon, the police say,
and when Mrs. Cross, the mother
in-law, found out the $500 check
was worthless she went to Colonial
Beach In e hurry.
Varnum Is said to have taken
the next boat back to Washington.
From here he went to Philadelphia,
returning here q few days ago.
Then he fell into the hands Of the
police.
Al sunstroke suffered twelve
years ago is said to have been the
reason assigned by Varnum for his
alleged Irregularities. The disconso-
late bridegroom, languishing IN 4
cell at the First precinct, Is friend
less and penniless. and the charges
against him. continue TO pile mp,
the police say.
Miss Cross Is said to have told
the police that she could forgive
her husband anything, but she could
not forgive his having three wives,
If he has that many
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Nd. RAI[WAIC CD.
MUST RESUME
SERVICE
Mandatory Injunction Granted.
Receivership to Follow
Refusal.
By international News Service.

TRENTON, N. j., Sept. ia
mandatory injunction requiring the
Public Service Railway Company
to resume service forthwith
throughout its New Jersey lines
was granted today by Chancellor
Walker. Under the State law, re-
fusal to comply with the court
order would result in appointment
of q receiver.
Scores of cities throughout New
Jersey were affected by a strike
on the company's lines several
weeks ago, and numerous attempts
at a settlement proved unsuccess.
full.
1t is expected that the company
will apply for a stay Of the in.
junction pending an appeal.
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POLICE HORSE LUNCHES
STAW HAT TOO SOON

NEW YORK, Sept. 17.-Sparkfire
Savoy, a rollicking bay with q poor
memory for dates, ridden by Patrol
man Frank Cahill, forgot Friday
that September Is was still several
the straw hat of George Miller as
Miller passed the policeman and his
mount.
Miller punched Sparkfire Savoy in
the nose and Cahill did the same for
Miller, arresting him as well. In
night court Magistrate SiIberman
took one look at the bandaged coun.
tenance of the hatless Miller and
told him he was discharged.
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COOLIDGE WON I.
FORCE COURT /
ISSUE
President Refuses to Discuss
PIans-WAl Not Use big
Stick" Is Belief.
By GEORGE r. HOLMES,
international News Service.


President Coolidge is not going to
resort to any big Stick" methods
to jam through the Senate the
World Court proposal which he in
herited from the Harding Admins
tration, it was learned today in
authoritative quarters.
The President himself is pup-
licly silent abou: future moves con-
corning the court, but 1t is s:gnifi-
cant that the word is being passed
quietly around in Republican Sena-
toriaI circles that the Senate is to
be left to deal with the court in
its own way and in its own good
time under the new regime.
Considering the opposition to the
court that exists among such
leaders as Lodge of Massachusetts,,
Watson of Indiana, Brandagee of
Connecticut, to say nothing Of the
Borah-Johnson-La Toilette irrecon-
cilable group, and considering
further that these opponents largely
control the Senatorial machinery,
it begins to appear that the courts
Immediate future is decidedly hazy
20 far as America is concerned.
President Silent.
President Coolidge has largely
kept his own counsel with respect
to his court policy. How much so
may be judged from the fact that he
has consistently passed over or ig-
n0red the written questions that are
submitted twice a week at the press
conferences by capital correspon-
dents. Questions on all other sub
jects, from coal to ships, have been
answered readily enough, but ques-
tions on the court have met only
silence.
Has Discussed It.
The President, however, has talks
ed OF the court situation with few
callers, and these have come away
with the decided impression that CAL
vim Coolidge is not going to press
the matter before the Senate If it
appears that to do so win be to IN
vite violent disagreement and the
danger of a split in the party. He
realizes, it is said, that the Republi-
cans, with their slim majority in the
new Senate. will have a hard enough
row to hoe without courting any
troubles that can be avoided
It is expected, of course, that in
his regular message to Congress iJf
December, President Coolidge viii
remind the Senate that there is still
pending in the Foreign Relations
Committee the original Harding pro-
posal, and he will recommend to the
Senate that it be acted on without
delay.
But there, according to high Re-
publican personages, the matter win
be allowed to rest-at least for a
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STICKS THROUGH FIRE
TO GET FIGHT RETURNS

STROUDSBURG, Pa, Sept. IT,
While the Dempsey-Firpo prelim-
inaries were being megaphoned
from the piazza of the Penn Stroud
Hotel here, fire broke out within
the hotel.
The telegraph operator. however,
stuck to his key, and the an
nouncers refused to disappoint the
big crowd outside, remaining at
their posts while firemen fought
the blaze behind their backs.
Smoke filled the room where the
telegrapher sat. binding him, but
he tied a damp rag around his
head and remained in touch with
the Polo Grounds.
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PoMP TO MARK G. w. U.
HEADS INSTALL ALTON

Prominent educators are expect
ed to attend the elaborate cere-
monies November Z. at which VIII
liam Mather Lewis. new head OF
the George Washington University,
win be iriaugurated. s.
While preparations for this event
are under way, as large enrolment
to the institution has been record
ed, it was stated. When the school
opens for the term, large in
crease Of students is expected.
The Washington times., 1923-09-17

anything about the other two cars
you were blocking?"
well, I had business to attend
to there and the street. was pretty
crowded"
There seems to be a campaign
on to get after these people who
park their cars without reference
to the rights or convenience Of
others. You can pay SIS for park
ing overtime and So for parking
abreast"
The Washington times., 1923-09-17
Sale Of
Fall Sport Coats
Srpnssing eUen your most exaggerated Hopes
for good-IOOking coat At q lou price
S 1 5

Coats smart enough to an
swer every one Of the seasons
needs, in many new styles
that will be found among the
most approved Of Fashion.
They are warm and snug
enough for midwinter wear,
yet so simple and sportalike
in appearance they are just
the thing for September, too.
Some are shown in man.
nish coatings or plain polaires,
while others choose a NOSE
swagger fabric in mixtures,
herringbones, overplaids and
large box plaids. Some are
double-faced fabrics with a
contrasting color underneath,
and others are lined through
out. Wood browns, dark tans,
grays, wintry greens and
copen blue are among the
many. combinations from
which you may choose.
SECOND FLOOR
LANSBURGH & BROTHER
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WITH THE
ALIBI
ARTISTS
THE TRAFFIC COURT
IN CROSS SECTION
Being a Skeleton Reeprd Of
\ Cases Tried in Judge
McMahOn's Tribunal.
Read 'En1 and Worry
BY DONALD McDOUGAL.
Hog Parking.

1OS hEAAH&s
''I was standing at Fifteenth and
X streets northwest, your honor,
when a big Pierce-Arrow ran up
and parked so close to the car be-
hind him that the driver had great
difficulty in getting out. Then the
man between the Pierce-Arrow and
the curb came to me and COM
planned that he couldn't get out
at all> 1 left a card for the Pierce
Arrow man, but he didn't come
back. I watched for over an hour
and then went down the street as
though was going away. came
back suddenly just as the de-
fendant was turning on his igni-
ton. When he saw me he jumped
out and ran into q store and
phoned for a service car to. come
and tow him away. He said there
was something wrong with the
ignition. I waited until the serv-
ice car came and hooked on. Then
/ pretended to go away, but came
back at once and found the de-
fendant driving off under his own
power.
Marathon Explained.
'.He said his car just happened
to start up at that minute. and
the trouble was a loose connection
in the armature Of his magnetic,
but I told him the desk man at
No. knew lot more about cleo
tricity than i did, and he'd better
run down there and explain. He
explained for ten minutes, but the
desk man couldn't understand
either, and asked $40 collateral, 1t
must have been complicated cleo
trical phenomenon that kept the
car from starting while was
there, but began working perfectly
as soon as got around the cor
ner."
An Accident Breeder.
II was running north on Sher-
man avenue near Columbia road
when / saw the defendant driving
zigzig toward me in truck.
There is a sewer excavation there
and / had to run up onto the en-
bankment to avoid being struck.
/ stopped him and asked for his
permit. He didn't have it with
him, and / told him to drive to No.
10. Instead he stepped on
the gas and stepped on the run
ming board He said he was try
ing to find a place to turn around.
He found it right. there and !
mounted my wheel and told him
to follow me to the station. When
I turned down Park road toward
the station looked back and saw
his tail gate disappear up Sher-
man avenue. caught him again
and he said he ran past Park
road because his brakes were out
of order. The traffic bureau re-
ports that he never had per-
NIT"
Learns Something.
II ran by. Park road because /
kinda got lost. / didn't know
where Number Ten was"
where do you liver"
''3317 Sherman avenue"
You say you have a permit"
''Yes sir"
How long have you had it?"
''You see, 1 never went to
school much, so l don't know how
long I've had it,"
who do you work for?':
"I haven't worked there very
long, so I don't know the man
name"
How long have you worke
there?"
1.-Two months"
Reckless driving, $50; no per-
NIT, $40.
Gutter Grabbing.
The court: when you ran in
there and parked did you think
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COL. HARVEY TAKES UP
DUTiES or AMBASSADOR

Col. George Harvey. reported to-
the State Department today that
he had again taken up his duties
as United States Ambassador at
The Meeker herald., 1923-01-20

thickness and cut inro rounds. Place
one teaspoonful of finely minced
meat seasoned and moistened with
white sauce on each round. Brush
with cold wafer and fold over like
turnover, press the edges together.
Dip In egg diluted with water and
fry In deep fat.
For the filling take one-half cupful
of hneIy-chOpped cooked chicken.
with one-fOurth Of a cuptul Of minced
ham. moisten with white sauce. sea-
son with salt and cayenne. Pastry
shells hlled with this mixture are
called bouchees.
Cheese 9ovfss With pastry.-Beat
two eggs, add two-thirds of cupful
OF thick cream. One-half cupful Of
Swiss cheese cut into bits. one-half
cupfui Of grated American cheese. one
third Of cupful of Parmesan cheese.
cayenne. salt and few Rratings Of
nutmeg. Line the sides of ramekin
dishes with strips Of puff paste. FIJI
the dishes twothirds full and bake
In pan of hot water in a moderate
oven.
Lobster cream.-Remove the lobster
meat from the shell and chop finely !:
twopOund lobster will be sufficient
Cook together one-hnlf cupful each Of
soft bread crumbs and milk for ten
minutes. Add cne-fourth OF a cupful
-of cream, TWO teaspOonfuls OF anch0vy
essence. one-half teaspoonfnl Of salt
and little cayenne. Add the whites
Of three eggs beaten stiff Turn into
buttered mOIds and bake in dish of
hot water.
suprsms Of chIeksn.-Chop the
breast and second Joints of uncooked
chicken very fine. Bent four eggs, one
at a time. beating well between. Add
one and one-thIrd cupfuls Of thick
cream and season with salt and pep
per. Turn Into buttered molds and
bake In n pan Of Int water. Place
butteretl paper over the moids while
baking.
Popcorn wafsrs.-Prepare a boiled
frosting and stir into 1t tender, fresh
ly popped ccrn. Arrange crackers In
dripping pan or on a baking sheet
and drop spoonful of the corn mix.
ture on each. Place In the oven to
brown slightly.
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.ST'pEdd0!s
G1Nenn8
Fairy Tale
soMINc PIGEONS
~N.ARY RNlAM BOWER

~Th[, Ia to he an interesting rnce.
ssid on. Homing Pigeon To another.
I'm going to do the best can foe my
owner"
80 am l." said the second dornin1
Pigeon Well. hope We vfii all do
well. For IL Il fne- think, to have
rh~ Homlng Pigeons all famous foe
their powers OF racing. and OF deliver.
ing messages and Of beiag brave and
of being clever and always knowing
wherp their homes ara"
That's the idea" said the arsr HON.
Ing Pigeon II think 1t Is splendid
tina, W. are 40 far--ighted. We can see
such great distances.
ave can see further than peopIe can
see. and 40 We are OF great assistance
TO them"
"What does assistance mean?" asked
the second Homing Pigeon.
'It would have meant the snnne II I
had said tha, we were great help 20
people, or that We were very useful
TO them, or that we aided them well,
said the nrst HomIng Pigeon
Il .ee." said the second HominS
Pigeon.
-os course you do" chuckIed the
nrat Hominz Pigeon.
-we can see all the old familiar
places" said fhe hrst Homlng Pigeon.
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"and 1t is partly because Of that, that
We do not loss our way. but then. too.
we just somehow know where We are
going. and where our home Is.
This is my first race. I'm not quite
n year old. was only hatched last
January"
"Irs my second race" said the sec
end Homing Pigeon. How well re.
member when nrst began to ny
with the family and then at. Inst I was
allowed to 60 on for little flying trip
by myself.
Everyone knew II wouldn't be for
long flying tripi OF course I was
nervous and yet was proud. 1t made
me feel really grown-up and as though
l could look after myself.
at made me so very proud even with
all my nervousness. that ! think the
pride WAS stronger than the nervous
ness"
"we will be going into these races
for quite a number of years to come, ]
believe" said the first Homing Pigeon.
"Soon you'll be at your best" he
added, "for hOming pigeons are splen.
did In races when they're q little over
two years old. It's splendid age In
Homing Pigeon circles"
"Yes," said the second HominG Pig
con. but Mrs. Horace Homing Pigeon
was the winner last year. She said she
had been resting"
.We like to ny during the daytime.
There are many creatures who like to
NJ at night. I'm thankful to say that
my master wouldn't let me 60 In the
great long race that Is held.
"He says these shorter races are nice
but that the long. long one Is cruel be-
cause We would only he worn out after
ward. This kind Of a race makes US
pleasantly tired like any good sport
will.
H.Aud n the owners are kind like
mine, 1 believe there are only few
who would let their pigeons go in the
great long race.
,..They have made sure that the
weather II nice. too. 20 that no harm
will come to U.s."
"Ah," said the nrst Homing Pigeon.
1--WE are faithful creatures und our
families have. done great deal OF
work.
IAN we ask IL that we are treated
we'll, and that we may not be dis
turbed at night when we want to sleep
--and when we need the sleep-and.
most Important Of NIL. that we are not
.aeparated from our beloved mates. For
But there was no more talking after
this for the race was about to COM
mepce and there was great excitement.
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The place where Salt Lake City now
stands was then 800 feet under water.
But by and by there was Iess rain.
Lake Bonneville grew smaller and
smaller until II was no lnrgcr than
Lake Erie. No stream now ran from
II. Tor Its surface was lower than
the pnss to the north.
Now. II you pour water into a pan.
nnd set 1t out Into the warm sunshine,
by and by the water will be gone. II
VIII have evnporuted. But II there
we're ever so little salt In the water,
the salt will stlII he In the pan after
the wnter is gone.
Thus II whs with Lake Bonneville
The rivers TINT rnn into II had a little
salt In them. so long as river
run out Of Lake bonneville II carried
TINS salt away as fHst ns IL cnme In
But when no river flowed from II, and
the wntcr went up In the air by evnp-
OrntIon, the salt remained.
In time Lake Bonneville grew very
salty. The scnsons grew drier and
drler until one hot summer day Lake
bonneville wns no longer a lake Of
wnier. but Just lake Of snIt. No
one knows how long Lake Bonneville
was dry. Eventually. however. nn.
other change cnme. The seasons grew
colder. The water did not evnp0rate
80 fnst. Perhaps more rain fell and
the rivers that ran Into the saucer
grew'inrger. At any rate. q new Inke
came where the old one hnd been. It
wns not SO large ms Lake Bonneville.
Al present this lake In very salty,
md II II chilled Great Salt lake.
Great Snlt lake covers 1000 sIunre
miles, In 10 miles long. 81 miles wide
and. In the deepest plnces, 30 feet
deep. II Is the most salty sen IN
enrth except the Dead sen. In every
Ave pounds Of wnter is one pound Of
salts. Of which II ounces nre com.
mon salt. Biologists hnve estimate,
that Grent Salt lake is Mt Ienst 23OOO
ycnrs old. They calculate, more
over. TINT there nre 4OO.OOOOOO tons
OF salt In It's waters.
Every three years and a hnIf the
sun draws up from the lake rs much
wnter ns is now In II. But the streams
f'uwlng Into the lake keep II pretty
well illed. Just The same. The water
In the lake is so henvy that one Gun.
not sink In II. There nrc no fish In
Grcnt Snlt luke. A shrimp rnrely ex.
ccc,ilng one;ti'ird Of nm Inch In length
lives there. Certain young nies llvs
In the lake before they get their
wings scngulls mike their home
niong the shore. nnd thousands OF pei.
IicRns hnve their homes on the islands
Of Grent Salt like. II Is said thRt
no one knows where they .can,e from.
FIFTY yenrs ngo and more. some very
enterprising md able men snid they
would build n railroad across the coun.
try. They did NO. They built the
Union Pacific enst from Snn Trin
cisco. In 1888 they cafne to tho nut,
broad bed OF Lake bonneville. But
Grcnt Suit like lay In the center and
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vel md strong again BY taking the Veg
It would do for ms, and before l bad
finished Tie fourth bottle I was much
better, The weakness stopped and the
severe pains In my sides left mo. !
an now much stronger and do my own
work and work IN the factory besides.I
am still taking the Vegetable COMPOUND
snd give It sllths prsise. .'.Mra NELLIE
QuILLoN, II Morris st. NuskeHoo, Mich.
Women should hsed such warning
symptoms - bearing down pains and
weakness, for they indicate son,e female
trouble, and Q persistent and faithful
use Of Lydia e. Pfnkham's Vegetable
CoenpoQnd Wi0 eeldom fail % help.