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The Washington times., 1924-08-07

Most Foods Poisonous
Man Claims; Fasts
For s. DAYS

NEW YORK, Aug. Harry
H. M. Manley, Freeport lawyer,
who has been fasting thirty-five
days, will break the fast at the
end Of forty days.
Since he has been starving, as
an experiment in his studies Of
diet, he has dropped from 148
pounds to 10.
His theory, worked out from
a study of hunger strikes, is that
food brings more poison than
nourishment into the body. Be-
fore beginning, he said, his teeth
were discolored, whereas now
they are pure white. He has
taken nothing into the system
but water.
During the fast he has had
only about four hours sleep a
day.
The experiment is being
watched by several New York
physicians.
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GIRLS DEATH FOLLOWS
DOSE TO "QUIET HER"

DAYTON, Ohio. Aug. death
- Mildred Kilmer. twepty-seven, of
Rochester. y. Y. in a room Of a
kDcal hotel. will be thoroughly in
wessiEafed when Harry Kilmer.
ehtrty-eight, Of Dayton, RECEIVERS
sufflcisutly to talk. The young
woman j. said 10 have been given
. dnse 20 drug TO quiet her." She
VS. removed to one hospital and
her COMPANION TO another.
son after the girl died. Kilmer
was taken from the hospital to
Whirh ~ was sent and removed to
ths Dayton Hospital for the Insane.
The girls hodv was shipped 10
Rnchester. There Is an understand.
f-E that the two were married al
sA1uEh this Il questioned by the
authoritieS-
The Washington times., 1924-08-07
RELY
ON JOHNSON
TODAY
McNeeIey, New Fielder, Will
Report at Chicago-Four
Games to Play There
By LOUIS A. DOUGHER

CHICAGO, Aug. To-day the
Griffmen open their final series
of this second tour of the West
and it must be sadly admitted that
their chances of going home next
Sunday night with respectable
record are far from bright. Until
the hitters who put the team up
around the top resume hitting, the
Griffmen must depend wholly upon
their own fielding and watching for
the follies of the foe. The Jolt they
got from the Browns in st. Louis
has left its marks.
Four games are booked with the
White Sox on this visit and Mana
ger Harris expects to send Wal.
ter johnson after the opening vic.
tory today. Whether he wins or
not hangs largely upon whether
or not the hitters find their batting
eyes and come to. his assistance.
something they have been chary of
doing recently.
Johnny Evers has been compelled
to use so many of his Fingers
against the Mackmen that he is in
doubt which will be ready for to.
day and viii make his selection
Just before the game begins.
Outfielder Earl McNeeley is ex.
pected to report here from Sacra.
mento. Cal. tomorrow morning.
The formalities of signing done.
making him eligible to play. he
VIII be given a uniform and told
to get busy. He may not get into
the lineup, though, until Saturday.
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HIGH FOR
MAYFLOWER
SAILORS
Two Pay $117.5o in Norfolk
Court for Taking Nips
in Public

NORFOLK, Va, Aug 1.-THE
"cost plus" was very expensive
for two chief petty officers aboard
the presidential yacht Mayflower in
port the past three days.
Arraigned in police court on
charges of violating the prohibition
law by drinking in public, they
were fined $40 each and costs, the
latter amounting to $4S.75 each,
or a total of $117.50. Police ar.
rested the men at a nearby beach
where, it is explained, they had
just sampled" a bottle of gin,
barely a half inch having disap.
peared when the officers arrested
them.
Officers aboard the MayAower
asked Norfolk police to turn the
men over to the navy for trial,
but this was refused. The men
bear excellent regulations, their SUI.
periqrs aboard the presidential
yacht declared.
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BROTHERS, RIVALS AT RUM
SELLING, LAND IN CELL

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. Lieu.
tenant Whitworth and a squad Of
police raided the places Of Samuel
and Frank Kentzes, brothers, on
opposite corners of Tenth and Win.
ter streets, and found a quantity
Of liquor In each.
Samuel has a Furniture store on
the southeast corner and Frank has
a laundry on the southwest corner.
Neighborhood talk limited that ri.
valry in rum as a side line caused
bad feeling between the brothers.
The competition ended with the
brothers locked up in the same cell.
Lieutenant Whitworth also raided
the restaurant of Pedro Bilongo on
Ninth street above Arch and got "A
quantity Of liquor. Bilongo special
led in selling two-ounce bottles to
his patrons and a number Of these
were confiscated. He also was ar.
rested.
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DAWES IS UNDER
HEAVY FIRE
Of ALL.
Organization Spokesman Says
Material on Labor Record
viii Be Used
By KENNETH CLARK
International News Service.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Aug. Z.
Strongly intrenched behind the
La Toilette Wheeler lines, the heavy
guns Of the American Federation of
Labor today swung from the Demo-
Gratis to lay down a. new barrage
against the Republicans.
This time Charles G. Dawes, Re.
publican vice presidential nominee,
was made the special target of the
federation's artillery that already
| has raked John w. Davis, Demo.
cratic candidate for the presidency.
Matthew VOL, official spokesman
for Samuel Gompers, Federation
president, in a formal statement
following the secret session today of
the federation's executive council
here, declared that while Dawes
takes second place on the Repub-
lican ticket he is doing his best to
take first place in the ranks Of
Bourbonism.'
Dawes Labor Record.
the correspondence between William
ID WASOH anu OduluS1 bumpers
should not lead to the conclusion
that the American Federation of
Labor is expressing itself in only
one direction" Woll said. Eve have
accumulated a considerable mass
Of material relating to the record
OF Dawes in connection with labor
and this we intend to use as the
time seems opportune."
a %
Wilson, former Secretary of Labor,
to Gompers, urging the federation
not to indorse Presidential candi-
dates until after Davis acceptance
speech. Gompers replied that the
suggestion was utterly impossible
and inconceivable." At the same
time, the Federation chief denied
Wilson's statement that Davis took
the lead in passage of such labor
legislation as the Clayton act and
the Adamson law, and in averting
the 1917 railroad strike.
Davis Sought Data.
Gompers pointed out that Davis,
| shortly after his nomination, had
tried to arrange an interview, and
also sought to get from the labor
chief "a statement of questions in
which labor is chiefly interested
at the moment" Gompers offered
to meet Davis "at any time desig.
mated by YOU (Davis), but could
not submit questions which would
not be equally submitted to other
candidates for the presidency"
II have heard nothing further
from Davis" said Gompers, dis.
cussing the subject.
VOL said: ut is not impossible
that both sides may seek TO recover
some of the lost favor through the
medium of acceptance speeches,
but no amount of talk can change
a record of action. We have had
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,MATRON INVITED FOR RIDE
Is FLoCCED BY. WOMEN

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Aug. T.
Mrs. Frances D. w. Edwards re-
ceived treatment at hospital here
for injuries. Police said she re-
ported at headquarters that uni
Identified women offered her a ride
in their automobile and then took
her outside the city, forced her to
leave the car, removed most of her
clothing and beat her with a whip
and club.
Mrs. Edwards, according to the
police, said that she was standing
on street corner in a residential
section waiting for a street car
when the women drove up and
offered her a ride. When she got
into the automobile, the women
told her. she said. they had to drive
out few blocks" but would bring
her back. They took her, she re-
lated, to point beyond White
City, a suburb, and after administer
ing the beating left her.
The Washington times., 1924-08-07
MONSTER BOMBING PLANE
UNDER WAY FOR SPANISH

LONDON, Aug. Spain is aim.
ing at possessing the worlds mon
ster bombing aeroplane.
Tests just carried out with a new
air-marine bomber, built for the
Spanish government by the Super
marine Aviation Company, at
Southampton, have been markedly
successful. 1t is believed that the
powers of this new machine are
greater than those Of any other in
existence.
The new monster is an amphib-
ian and can either 'land on or
take off" from the toughest water.
Pilot, gunner and observer are
accommodated in the forward posi-.
ton of the boat, and the bombs are
carried In the hull.
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CALLS " DISGRACE NOT
TO PREVENT APPENDICITIS

LONDON. Aug. Z. Appendicitis
A. d.sxrace 90 the medical pro.
f--stun. IN the opinion of Doctor
tisrt~rt Craiger. well-known Eng.
ash 6uCtor
1T - disgrace TO our profes.
500 thuf ne have not been able TO
e~rWver the cause 81 appendicitis. s.
TN--fuE CraiEsr told the assembled
Hr~mhers q the British Medical
t-@nrtathun ~ their annual meetin ;
e. Rrzffert
rh~re r. strong reason to be
EsEs - adsied that the disease
= cunnecse6 with our civilized mode
- ca=t- Those q uncivilized habits
- nuf -
The Washington times., 1924-08-07
Former Cop Accused
Of Taking Penny
Envelope
INTERNATloNAL.ANEW REFIl

George E. Watson, former
policeman, 1916 East Capitol
street, was arrested today
charged with taking a penny's
worth of property.
Watson is accused of taking
a letter from Ellis Duke, 1119
D street northeast, last month.
The letter concerned Watson.
Whether or not a used en-
velope and writing paper is
worth a cent will be threshed
out in Police Court tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1924-08-07
LEGION POST MAKES
CHILD WELFARE SURVEY

PROVIDENCE, r. l., Aug. "a
survey of child wNlfare conditions
in Rhode Island is being made by
the American Legion for the pur-
pose of determining how many war
orphans and dependents need the
services Of the organization, which
has pledged itself to care for the
children Of all war veterans when.
ever such service becomes neces.
sary.
The Washington times., 1924-08-07
5AeY's FIRST TOOTH ROW
LEADS TO DIVORCE PLEA

Los ANGELES, Aug. Thirteen
years ago little Alfred Leo Pen.
nington had his first tooth.
The boys father, Charles n. Pen.
nington. didn't enthuse.
The boys mother, Nellie Lee Pen.
nington. nursed resentment in her
heart for thirteen years.
Now she is suing her husband
s'r fN'f'. "'e"'"% no .,r.categ
,.sel;. ror'C - iIAa-..ed ,l.In ,i:e
a." z atGtLds 40 Pennington when
Alfred Lee cut his first tooth.
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DESCRIBES.
HIS QUEER
ANT|CSAT
PARTY
Lorraine Tells How He Tried
On All the Hats and Smash
ed the Chocolates
By GEORGE R. HOLMES,
International News Service.

CRIMINAL COURT, CHICAGO,
Aug. IA breath Of romance
came into Judge John r. Caverly's
somber old courtroom today to
tighten the sordidness of the trial
Of Nathan F. Leopold, jr., and
Richard A. Loeb for the murder
of little Bobby Franks.
It came in the person Of Miss
Lorraine Nathan, a pretty eight
een-year-old girl, who was
"Dicky's girl" before he conceived
and executed the plan Of commit
ting the perfect crime" by the
kidnapping and Staying Of the
Franks boy.
''DicLy" Slightly Affected.
She came to testify that "Dicky"
was somewhat queer" She came
as a part Of the defense play to
show by the young slayer's ac'
quaintances that both boys were
abnormal and thus back up the
alienists' contention that they are
mentally diseased"
"Dicky" came nearer to real
blush when the pretty young miss
took the stand than at any tino
during this long, and at times en-
barrassing trial.
Under the kindly careful question"
ing Of Clarence barrow, Lorraine
said shes had known Dicky very
we'll for several years and had gone
to parties with him.
I'VE were school friends" she
said cofnposedly.
Thought Him Childish.
'For a university graduate" she
said, II thought Richard was
She told of one evening at
party at her home, when Loeb acted
queer" He went out into the
reception hall, she said, and tried
on all the hats, and when the
chocolates were handed around he
"stuck his thumb in all of them
trying to find a hard center"
II said to my sister, Richard Is
acting idiotic.' And she said, mo,
i Lnlnk ne IS COO-COO.
"Coo.coo means irrational" she
concluded naively.
Acted Very QueerIy.
From what you have seen of
Dick, do you think he is rationale"
asked Darrow.
mo, he has acted very queerly
at times, irrational, and irrespon.
sible."
"Infantile tendencies" was an
other term used by the demure wit.
ness to describe Dicky's habits.
He drank good deal, she said,
but never appeared in her presence
drunk
From your observation Of Rich.
ard Loeb" finished Darrow, would
you say that, he was balanced, or
unbalanced, normal or abnormal?"
IT don't know" she replied,
whether these infantile tendencies
had anything to do with that or
not"
Habit Of Taking Things.
Not once but several times, the
girl said, "Dicky used to come to
the house." and when he would
leave he would produce some orna-
ment he had taken and say:
Here you better take this, your
mother might need it."
It would be something he had
picked UP around the house, she
said, and he seemed proud Of his
ability to take It without detection.
She told him he was "coo.coo."
: Lorraine st2ted calmly that she
The Washington times., 1924-08-07

Heat records-even the one set
yesterday-were due for smash.
ing today, as the sun climbed to
its blazing zenith over Washing
ton.
Government and business &C.
Invites were perceptlbly slowed
down in Difference to King Sol.
Orders were given out at the In
ternal Revenue Bureau to release
workers in temporary buildings
when the temperature within
passed the 100 mark. The cur
tailment Of postal deliveries,
authorized yesterday by Post
master William Mooney, will be
continued today. In addition, In
spector A. J. Headley gave all
traffic policemen a rest between
IL 80 and / 80 o'clock.
Ten U. S. Employees FeIIed.
At 11:45 o'clock today the Weather
Bureau announced officially a tenn.
perature Of "a degrees. The Penn.
sylvania avenue kiosk showed 81.
This represented a gradual, steady
rise since early morning and indi-
Gated a scorching heat later.
Although the heat had not reached
its peak, two men were overcome
Ut IL 4
pitfalls for treatment.
Ten women employees were pros
trated at the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing during the morning
hours, and several employees i'll
temporary buildings Of the Agricul-
tural Department were overcome.
Practically all the Government de-.
partments reported heat cases
treated in the buildings, but none
OF these were so serious as to war.
rant cessation of work for the day.
Francis Jarboe, a carpenter, Of
314 Tenth street southeast, was re-
vived at Sibley Hospital, and David
Murdoch, employed in street rail-
way construction, of 1923 Fifth
street northwest, was given treat
ment at Emergency.
Thunder showers, which threat.
ened this city several times during
the past two weeks but failed to
materialize, may afford relief to,
night, although the weather viii
continue warm for the remainder Of
the week.
Third on the List.
The entire country is affected by
the wave, with Washington the'third
city in point of heat. Yuma, Ariz.
led yesterday with a nigh mark Of
10s. Phoenix, in the same State,
was second with 106, and Washing.
ton followed with 102 degrees, al.
though the street temperature was
at least four degrees higher than
the official figures.
Rest rooms in downtown stores
today were crowded with women
shoppers, who had been overcome
by the heat. The great majority
Of these cases were of slight i'm.
portance, and the sufferers recov.
cred sufficiently to go home.
Scores Of persons were brought to
hospitals, police stations, and into
public buildings for relief.
The coolest building in the Mail
today is the world war records sec
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column 81
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WAL TON IN
LEAD IN
OKLA.
Enemy Of Khan Gathers New
Strongth-Has 4,127 Ma
jority Over Howard

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Aug.
-7.-Former Governor J. c. Walton,
long an enemy Of the Ku Klux Khan,
today had gathered strong lead
during the counting of the votes
last night for nomination for the
United States Senate on the Demo
cratic ticket over Congressman e.
b. Howard, Endorsed by the khan.
Walton's majority in 2,271 pre-.
cincts out Of 1896 was 4.127 The
vote: Walton, 81 .34S; Howard, 1921.
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DATA on DRY ERA HERE
TO AID BRITISH STUDY

GsNtsfN Aus The British
enEgnrnenr ha- decided to appoint
r@Eal c@snnllssson % inquire into
- Ei1< tram according 60 the
b. Ekrunsrie
~ EsNeTwuEent fs~nTssees o. -
go r~prf -u tn- effects d
$780,
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Local thunder showers
this afternoon or tonight;
cooler tonight; tomorrow
fair and somewhat cooler !;
moderate northwest winds.
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VANT4AW
NENWC/

Here are a few of the new wants APP
pearlng in today's classified section
Travelling bag lost on Takoma
Park car Tuesday.
Sewing machines, old and new, for
sale or exchange.
Store, fully equipped, for sale.
Bargains In motorcycles; 1924
Harley Davidson, $235.
Wood fathers wanted at once
Lyon Park, Va, room and bath
bungalow. lot 50x150. Price only
$500; terms.
An experienced solicitor wanted.
Five.room Colonial Beach cottage
for rent; reasonable.
Unfurnished house on First st. N.
r.. viii -ent reasonable to i'm
meGlai, tru'1t.
IOR FVRTHtR DETAILS TCRN TO
THE CLASSIFIED SECTION.
The Washington times., 1924-08-07
employees
lA|DLOW
BY HEAT
Ten Succumb at Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing.
Mercury Rising

The recorded temperatures for
the past "A hours, registered at
the kiosk. Pennsylvania avenue
and Fourteenth street. was rs
The Washington times., 1924-08-07

Tor FVRTHtR DETAILS TIEN TO
THE CLASSIFIED SECTION.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-02-21
WHEN EVERY MOVE HURT

Lame every morning, achy and stiff
all day, worse when it's damp or
chilly! Suspect your kidneys and try
the remedy your neighbors use. Ask
your neighborl
John Gennow, boat builder, W.
Second ST., Sank Centre, says: "My
back was giving me a lot of trouble,
due to my kidneys being out of order.
At times when l stopped or went to
lift anything, got sharp pains like
knife-stabs. Ny back was lame and
sore. knew this was caused from my
kidneys not being in proper condition.
I was told to try Doan's Pills
and I didn't lose any time in getting a
box. Shortly after taking this remedy,
I felt like different man again. am
glad to tell others about the merits of
Doan's Pills"
Coo, at all dealers. Foster Milburn
Co., Mfrs, Boffalo. N. Y.--adv.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-02-21
INNOCULATED ALFALFA ROOTS
Nodule Growth is Present on the
Roots. Innoculated Plants Grow
Bigger Roots and Yield Much
Heavier

point. The second strong point is
their high PROTEIN and LIME con-
tent which makes them always inval-
liable for the dairy farmer to grow
for his herd.
Alfalfa bacteria or innoculation
when present on the seed or in the
dirt of an Alfalfa field, become at
tached to an Alfalfa root and begin
to grow, forming the innoculation
knot. Roots well innoculated will
have scores of these on them. They
are called modules, but we will refer
Nhem as knots
Innoculation
When first sowing Alfalfa in a
field you will have to furnish the in
incubation.
After you have grown it for years,
your ground will always contain
plenty of these nitrogen forming bac-
terra. Care must be taken to get the
first soil containing these bacteria
from clear fields, so that the roots
and seeds of noxious weeds and AL
falfa diseases will not be introduced.
Feeding Alfalfa hay and spreading
the manure on the field to be sown,
probably introduce some bacteria.
. Innoculation of any legume is not
generally well understood, largely be-
cause the people don't know the ma
ture of bacteria. Their microscopic
smallness and their different family
characteristics are not realized.
How to Innoculate
METHOD NO. 1 Go to an old
Alfalfa or sweet clover field that you
know to be innoculated, use a spade
and take dirt from around old roots.
Dry and sift this dirt. Take about as
many pounds, dry weight, as you will
sow of seed. After the dirt is sifted,
moisten it slightly and mix it
thoroughly with the Alfalfa seed, a
pound of dirt for a pound of seed.
This may be done any time before
seeding. This much dirt will not
hinder in seeding.
METHOD NO. 2 Take dirt in the
same way as above stated, only take
enough to broadcast 200 pounds of
reasonably dry dirt on each acre.
Broadcast this dirt on your field on a
cloudy day if possible and harrow or
disc right afterwards so the bacteria
will be covered as quickly as possible
from the sun.
METHOD NO. 3. Obtain pure
culture from the U. S. Department of
Agriculture. or from a private culture
concern and follow the directions
which are given on each bottle.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-02-21
These Uninnoculated Roots Do Not
Have Nodules and Could Not Add
Nitrogen to the Soil
Use Two Or All Method. for Sure

success
DR.. Away, Minnesota University,
tells the following story to illustrate
how to get perfect innoculation: A
man who wanted to be one hundred
per cent sure he was committing sui
eide, drank a bottle of life destroyer,
tied large stone around his neck,
jumped off of the bridge into the river
and shot himself on the way down.
The chances are he was not classed
with the living. He probably got
perfect innoculation.
The more ways you can use for in
noculating Alfalfa, the greater the
chances for success.
A Permanent Source for Alfalfa Dirt
A permanent source for Alfalfa in
incubation dirt can easily be estab-
lished on any farm.
Take a square rod of rich weed
free ground and sow it to Alfalfa, in
noculating it with soil or culture or
both. This small square of Alfalfa
will then always furnish you a dirt
innoculation supply.
How to Know When Plants Are In
noculated
If, upon careful examination of the
roots of several plants in different
parts Of the field, knots Cor nodules)
are found, the innoculation may be
considered reasonably thorough.
The roots should always be dug
when examining for knots. Pulling
them, scrapes the knots off. The
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-02-21

four ounces to the bushel of oats. In
the case of oats the new method is
not as effective as it is with wheat
Write the division of agricuItural
extension, University Farm, st. Paul,
Tor details concerning material and
methods. Special Bulletin No. 70,
busting Seed Grain to Prevent
Smut" will be sent free on request.
Good Interest Taken In Farmers
!nstitutes-The last of 80 one-day
farmers Institutes, held under a
schedule prepared by the agricultural
extension service of the university,
will be given the present month. The
speakers are A. j. Olson and A. J.
Lashbrook, both of whom have
learned in the hard school of exper-
fence the truths and principles. which
they teach. Mr.. Olson lives on a
farm near Renville and is a success
full feeder of cattle and hogs. He is
vice president of the Minnesota Farm
Bureau Federation. Mr.. Lashbrook is
a breeder of Holstein cattle and was
once with the extension department
OF the Washington state agricultural
cOllege.
The meetings are being divided
about equally between counties hav-
ing agricultural agents and those
without such extension workers. The
attendance has varied from 20, the
low point because the temperature
was extremely low, to $50 with the
average around 100.
Institutes have been held in west
ern and northern Minnesota counties
just now the work is being pushed in
south western counties. Mr.. Olson in
structs in the latest approved meth
dds of feeding cattle and hogs, while
Mr.. Lashbrook devotes his attention
to the dairy and the growing of le-
gumes. County agents, agricultural
high school teachers and farm bur-
eau members are cooperating in the
work.