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Evening star., 1924-07-04
RUSSIA'S GRAIN CROP
HELD EQUAL TO NEEDS
Premier Sees No Necessity for Ask
ing American Relief Asso-
citation for Help.
By Radio tc The Star and Chicago Daily


By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright. 1924.
MOSCOW, July 4.-Premier Rykov's
remarkable speech before the Com
munist convention, in which he dealt
with Russian economies, now is pub
lished in part. He stated that the
harvest this year was worse than last
year, but that owing to the larger
area sown, the yield about equals
that of last year.
The government, which calculated
to have eight million tons of grain
to export, will have under four mil
lion. This means a smaller national
program I'VE shall have enough
grain so that we will not have to ask
the American relief for help" he
added.
Industry today, Rykov declared, is
pre-war scale, and wages paid are
about 60 to 70 per cent of the pre-war
figures. Even the pre-war wages
were inadequate. he declared.
Rykov clearly indicated the govern
ment's growing unwillingness t to
are more careful in talking with
Prime Minister Macdonald about con-
cessions than we were with Urquhart
He said grain cultivation still was
10 to Is per cent less than before the
war and that cotton cultivation is
only SO per cent of the pre-war total.
The government, he stated, controls
practically all wholesaling and heavy
industry, but IS per cent of the re-
tail business still is in private hands.
Rykov maintained that the figures,
generally, showed a remarkable i'm
provement over previous years, citing
as one instance that wages two years
ago were only 80 per cent Of the pre-
war figures.
Evening star., 1924-07-04
PROHIBITION PARTY.
CAMPAIGN STARTED
Candidate for President Mott
fled and Tells of Plans
for Election Fight.
By the Associated Press.

Ds tHe hSSOcldttu IrS6c.
CLINTON, Mo-. July 4.-Promising
that when he is elected President and
placed in the White House, 1T shall
be white indeed, and not splotched
with either oil or BOOZE" Herman P.
Faris. presidential candidate of the
National Prohibition party, today re-
sponded to the notification commit
tee and formally accepted the nomi-
nation.
He called attention to the keynote
address delivered at the national con-
vention of the party in Columbus.
Ohio, June 5, in which it was asserted
that the prohibition party 'is the one
great party which has originated and
promulgated every forward-looking
measure that has, since our organ
ization in 1869 been enacted into
law" He declared that while the
Prohibition party has elected the lis
sues" the other parties have elected
the Officers" In urging the voters
of America to back the Prohibition
lists at the polls he called upon them
to dare to do the right and leave
the consequences with God Almighty"
Enforcement of Law.
The problem that faces the Prohi-
bition party, he said, is how to get
the people who believe in the laws of
God and the Constitution of the
United States and who desire the
eighteenth amendment respected and
the Volstead law enforced, to put that
desire into the ballot box, at the No
vember election.
1T is my candid Conviction" he
said, that if only one-half of the
good men and women in America will
at the ballot box express their real
wishes the prohibition candidates
will be Overwhelmingly elected"
He declared it was unfair to the
nation as well as to the Prohibition
party to keep it our of power.
Does not this prohibition child of
yours demand of you that you put a
party into power pledged to it's sup
port and maintenance?
why adopt a dry law and then
elect q wet nurse for it?''
Evening star., 1924-07-04
YOUR BONUS
Questions That Bother You
Will Be Answered in
This Column.
: Address; Room 7c2, News De-
partment, The Evening Star,
Washington, ID. C.

Q. When the war broke out l was
not a citizen of the United States, but
nevertheless l was drafted. Some time
after | was in camp 1 put in a claim
for exemption on account Of my
alienage, but it was absolutely ignored
After the armistice l was honorably
discharged with a character rating of
very good. Am 1 entitled to the bonus !?
p. p. p
A. Since your request for a dis
charge was denied and you served out
your enlistment honorably you will be
entitled to the benefits of the adjusted
compensation act. If you had been dis
charged on account of your alienage
you would not receive adjusted COM
penSation benefits.
Q. I was eighteen years old when l
enlisted in the Army, but gave my age
as twenty, so as to get in the service
without permission from my parents,
as was required at that time by re-
cruiting officers. 1 am now going on
the War Department will show that l
am twenty-seven. Will it be all right
to put my right age on my application
for the bonus?-T. z. r.
A. Put your correct age record on
your bonus application The amount
Another mistake will not correct your
first error, which should be condoned,
and will. l am sure, by the War De-
partment.
Q. I desire to name my aged father
as my beneficiary. If he should die
and then 1 died before naming a new
beneficiary who would receive the bene-
fits of my adjusted compensation? Or
can l name an alternate beneficiary ,
B. l. f.
A. You might name your father as
ota l.a will 1oou-
ing your estate to whomever you might
desire to benefit, for the amount of your
policy would become payable to your
estate If you never named beneficiary.
or if you died right after your bene-
ficiary and had not named another.
No provision is made either upon ap-
plications for the bonus or under the
law for alternate beneficiaries. You
can change the beneficiary at will by
writing to the director of the Veterans
Bureau.
Q. In my present circumstances the
bonus in not providing any immediate
benefits does not do me any Sood at
all. In fact l have to die to get
bonus and then / will not get it; some
body else benefits-not l. Do you
think the next Congress will amend the
law so it will do poor veterans some
good RAY.
A. Probably Congress will amend the
adjusted compensation act. as 1t has
amended all other beneficial acts for
veterans to meet changing conditions.
Just what the nature of these amend
ments will be it is impossible to tell.
Certain features of the law are certain
to be changed. Whether or not the act
will be liberalized depends entirely upon
conditions which cannot be predicted
O. ] am applying for the New York
state bonus and have been informed
that my application for it will have to
be approved by the American Legion.
Please tell me il this is true?-Mrs.
G. l.. G..
A You do not need the approval of
the American Legion to secure the bene-
fits of either the New York state bonus
or the federal bonus.
Evening star., 1924-07-04
DETECTIVES BEATEN
AT ITALIAN MEETING
Seven Arrested After Breakup of
Ant-Facist Session in ::
Philadelphia. :
By the Associa ted Press.

os tHc ASSOCIATED Pre6S
PHILADELPHIA 4.-Polics
interference at a meeting here last
night in protest against the assassi-
nation Of Giacomo Matteotti Socialist
deputy of the Italian Chamber of
Deputies, resulted in the serious
beating of two detectives and the ar
rest of seven participants in the
meeting.
Among those arrested were c. will
liam Thompson. editor of the New
Jersey Leader. a Socialist publica-
ton; H. M. Wicks. arrested a month
ago for alleged infiammatory state
ments. and Emedio Pistilli, chairman
Of the meeting and president of local
No. 81. United Shoe Workers of
America They are charged with in
citing to riot.
After addresses directed against
collection would be taken to aid the
anti Fascist Association Of New York
to erect memorial to the slain
deputy. Detective Joseph Mazzeo
told the assemblage it had no right
to take up such a collection, the
police said, but left with his COM
panion. Dominic Gadalati, when
shown the credentials of the leaders,
including their permit to meet.
According to the police, number
Of men followed the pair outside the
hall and attacked them. Gadaiati
was stabbed in the left shoulder
Mazzeo was severely beaten about the
face, but was able to send in a riot
call and return with a raiding squad
which broke up the meeting and
arrested the Leaders,
Evening star., 1924-07-04
EX-0FF|C|AL FREED
IN ExTORT|ON CASE
Corcoran, Former Boston
Prosecutor, and Daniel
CoakIey Found Not Guilty.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
CAMBRIDGE. Mass, July "A ver-
dict of not guilty on every count was
returned last night by the jury trying
William J. Corcoran, former district
attorney of Middlesex County, and
Daniel H. Coakley. disbarred Boston
attorney, on charges of extortion. The
jury had deliberated nearly 81 hours.
Throughout the day crowds assem-
bled about the building, in an upper
room of which the jury had been de-
since $50 o'clock Wednes
day evening. The district attorney
summoned fifteen state detectives TO
reinforce the police guard about the
courthouse when it was reported that
signals were being made by persons
outside the building to the jurors
within.
Coakley and Corcoran were indicted
on charges of having conSpired with
others to extort money from various
persons by threats of prosecution and
exposure. One of the witnesses for
the state at the trial was Harry e.
LevenSon Boston lawyer, who said
that he was formerly a member of
group of attorneys engaged in ex-
tortion. but who turned states evil
dence when he was on trial with Cor
coran in Suffork County on blackmail
charges. On that occasion Ievenson
testified that the jury trying the case
and mistrial was declared.
Tufts Case Recalled.
Testimony recalling the cases of
Nathan A. Tufts and the late Joseph
c. Peletier, removed several years
ago as district attorneys of Middle
sex and Suffork Counties, respectively.
for misconduct in office, was given in
the trial.
Edward D. Barbour. an aged china
merchant of Boston, had testified of
having paid s3s7,00O to settle claims
as a result of a. "pettng party" in his
Office with a young woman in 1915.
A raid on Mishawam Manor, a road
house at Woburn. in which several
motion picture magnates were found.
was mentioned in the testimony. The
picture men, according to witnesses,
paid $S5, 200 to have the case settled.
Evening star., 1924-07-04

nary graduates who had grown to
love the old mare arranged to turn
her over to a life of ease at the ami
NAL rest farm.
Her Pals Mt Farm.
Fanny, in her prime, numbered
among her closest friends the most
elite of horsedom's social aspirants,
but none of those was as dear to her
as are her pals today in the Mary
land hills, even though these pals
hold a lower station in life than
steeplechasing. Perhaps the stanch-
est of Fanny's~ pals today is Dandy,
who claims the distinction of having
been one of former Secretary Phi
lander Knox's favorite driving horses.
Dandy was sent to the farm not long
ago by Mrs. George Tod Ford, who
wished him to rest after a long career
of faithful service.
Fanny also. rubs noses with ex-
trash cart horses, ice wagon steeds,
dray animals and the like, all OF
which are lolling in luxury, Immune
from the hard knocks, overwork and
i'll treatment to whicn they had been
subjected by cruel or thoughtless
owners.
once in a while ranny is almost
overcome by strange impulse that
urges her once again TO try. her legs
over a rock or fence. The wire in
closure that confines her to the slopes
of the rest farm is not high-lower,
in fact, than some of the barriers
she took with ease many years in
the past. These devIlish impulses on
several occasions have almost led her
to jump the fence that keeps her in.
On second thought, however, Fanny
has stayed this urge.
For what If she didn't have enough
strength left to jump p~back2
Evening star., 1924-07-04
Famous Race Horse of Y0re
Spending Old Days IN Peace
Fanny Sent to Animal Rest Farm
after Days of Glory and Use
fulness We're Ouer.

of food and care when her racing
days were over. but often human
beings forget, especially when dumb
animals are concerned, and more than
likely. the reader no doubt will muse,
Fanny fell by the wayside like the
remainder of her lot and no one
mourned her passing.
Kind reader, you are wrong. Fanny
was not offered up as a sacrifice to
the glue industry or razor strop man
ufacturers. Fanny still lives. and at
this moment she probably is doing
a little dreaming herself about the
halcyon days that have gone before,
as she munches a mouthful of nice,
juicy meadow grass beneath shade
tree on her eighty-acre estate in
Montgomery county, Md.
Found Peaceful Home.
For Fanny has found a final home
where she may round out her fitful
life on the Be Kind to Animals Rest
Farm, maintained by the Humane
Education Society.
Fanny's legs are considerably
sitter than they were twenty-five
years ago. Her joints are somewhat
rusty" her eyes little dimmed and
her tail not quite so full nor proudly
held as in the old days. But the
spirit that carried her over obstacles
on the race track while shouting
crowds urged her on still remains.
The exact details Of Fanny's career
after She began to lose her grip on
the race track are not available now.
1t is known. however, that she
eventually came into the possession
of the National Park Seminary, at
Forest Glen, where she served to
teach many a young debutante the
intricacies of riding and jumping.
Fanny finally got too old even for
that, however, and one of the semi
Evening star., 1924-07-04
ARMY WORM PEST
HALTED IN ILLINOIS
Voracious Hordes Eat Every
Green Thing Unless Farmers
Act JuickIy.
LIKE LOCUST ONSLAUGHT
Ditch Dug Around Field Traps
Enemy of Crops-Cannot
Climb Out.
LIKE LOCUST ONSLAUGHT
BY Consolidated Press.

BY Consolidated Press.
CHICAGO, July 4.-Its appetite ap-
peased, the brown tide of DESTROYING
army worms, which for the past two
weeks has been marching across
northern Illinois leaving ruined farm
crops in it's wake. had about run its
course today. The strange spectacle
these voracious hordes have made in
their onslaught is suggestive of the
great locust invasions in years gone
by.
Phalanx after phalanx of the army
worm host attacked the northern
farm counties of this state, and de-
tached corps moved in limited areas
in Iowa and Indiana Living on some
farms has been made most disagree
able, trains have been all but stopped
at times and farming made precarious
wherever the pests have appeared.
Quit When Fed Up.
Now, however, their period of activ-
ity is almost at an end. They have
staged their spectacular offensive,
which grows in force with their appe-
tites, and having reached their full
growth have about completed the at
tack.
When the present movement
started entomologists at the Uni
versity of Illinois issued warning
to farmers Of the seriousness of the
attack to which they would be sub
jected But onslaughts of army
worms are not common occurrences
and the farmers at first paid little
heed.
The army worms started on grass
and timothy. AS their hunger grew.
they headed for rye as satisfying
ration. Then they moved toward the
young corn crop and devoured the
tender corn crop and devoured the
height of an Unsuitable munger, they
attacked everything in sight.
Move Across Country.
Fast moving during this process,
the countless army, which blanketed
the ground with its closed phalanx.
set out across country on it's mission
of destruction. Thousands upon
thousands of dollars In damage was
done to the young growing crops.
every vestige of which was wiped
During the past few days they have
eaten almost everything In sight with
q tinge of green to it,.
AS soon as the seriousness OF the
movement was impressed on the
farmers, they set out to stem the at
tack. but few acted in time. Those
that did dug trenches about their
, CROPS. so that the attackers in their
blind race for a good green meal
would drop into the trench. and, un-
able 70 scale the perpendicular wall,
were easily exterminated. This
Evening star., 1924-07-04
No Building Permit
Issued in Week byI
D. c.; Short of Cash

No building permits were issued by
the District government. this week
because of a shortage in the fund
from which permit blanks are pur-
chased.
The supply of blanks became ex-
hausted several days before the close
Of the fiscal year, and the building in
spector could not place an order for
more until the new appropriation be-
came available on July 1. 1t is ex-
pected the blanks will be ready Mon
day.
AS an expedient the building in
spector issued letters of permission
for urgent work, with the understand
ing permits would be obtained next
week.
Evening star., 1924-07-04
DAWES AND HOUGHTON
LEAVE FOR new YORK
Republican Nominee for Vice Pres
ident and Ambassador to Ger
many Recent Guests Here.

Charles G. Dawes, Republican vice
presidential nominee, and Alanson B.
Houghton, ambassador to Germany,
left Washington today for New York.
Both have been guests at the White
House, and conferred last night with
the President on the political stu
alton as well as on the forthcoming
allied conference on the Dawes repa-
ration plan.
Gen. Dawes expects to return to
Washington tonight or tomorrow to
join Mrs. Dawes. who remained over at
the White House, and then return to
his home in Chicago.
Preliminary plans for the national
campaign were mapped out during the
visit here of Gen. Dawes, in conference
with President Coolidge and Chairman
Butler of the Republican national COM
mittee. Mf. Butler left last night for
q brief vacation at his home in Boston.
Evening star., 1924-07-04

proved the only effective method of
destruction
At one time, when the invasion
was at it's height, railroads reported
that their trains were being held up
by the worms, which persisted in
moving across the tracks, with the
result that engines were able to
make but little headway over slip
perry rails.
One large farmer early this week
went on a picnic. He came home to
find his whole place invaded The
worms had eaten his crops and were
so thick that they covered acres and
acres of ground. His years work
had been wiped out by the attack.
Evening star., 1924-07-04
TROOPS PUT IN CHARGE.
Take Over Property of Oil Company
in Tampico.

MEXICO CITY, July 4.-The proper
ties of the, Mexican Eagle Oil Com
pany, in Tampico, have been occu-
pied by federal forces, say dispatches
received here. The military COM
mandant Is quoted as declaring that
the occupation is not connected with
the strike of the company's employees,
but the Regional Federation of Labor
has sent a me ssage to President Obre-
gon asking an explanation.
Evening star., 1924-07-04
Postal Receipts Record.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va. July 4.-Postmas-
ter Stewart has made it known that
the receipts of the local post office
for the last year were $1.825,7S2.25,
the largest in the history of the Office
and an increase of more than sill, 900
9eeer the preceding. year. =
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-14
Ribbon Rosettes
 for Baby Caps

Dainty pink, blue and white, hand-tied rosettes-some knot ted. Sets priced at BOG and $1.
 (Main Floor)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-14
Spiced And Salted Nuts

Nuts to be salted or sugared should be fresh. Peanuts for salting should, of course; be raw.
 The shelled nuts should first be blanched by placing in bowl, pour boiling water over them and allow to stand 2 minutes. Then drain and run cold water through them until they arc cold enough to handle.. The skins may then be readily slipped off with the fingers. Peanuts and almonds are the nuts most commonly selected for salt ing, although there is no reason for limiting the selection. Filberts and pistachio nuts may need to stand in the boiling water 8 to 5 minutes in order to remove the skins easily. After re- moving the skins, dry the nuts care fully with towel. T
 The next step is the browning. There are three ways--on top of stove, in the oven, or the most satisfactory way, ln deep fat. < ts. For the latter choose any good veg etable oil or fat; place it in deep fat kettle and heat to 300 degrees Fahren- heit, using a fat thermometer to de- termine the temperature. Make sure the nuts are free from all moisture
 Then place layer of them in the bot tom of frying basket. Immerse them in the hot fat and fry until delicate brown. This takes about two minutes Remove immediately from the fat and drain thoroughly on brown paper
 Then sprinkle generously with fine ta. ble salt and spread out to cool and crisp before serving. In the top stove serving, for each cup of blanched nuts place 1 tablespoon
 of fat or oil in hot frying pan ana
 heat. Then distribute the nuts in T thin, even layer over the surface oi | the pan. Fry slowly, stirring often un
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-14

this. break in pieces quarter of al pound of fresh marshmallows, chop coarsely a quarter of pound of pc cans or blanched almonds and quarter of a pound each of candied cherries and pineapple. Mix all together well and stir into, them pint of stiffly whipped cream. Let stand several hours to become thoroughly ripened, then fill the cake, smoothing the. top over neatly and ice all over with thick marsh mallow icing made as follows:
 Marshmallow Icing
 Boil together to 240 degrees Fahren- heit 2 cups of sugar and # cup water. pour gradually over the stiffly beaten whites of 8 eggs, whipping all the time, then add tablespoon of gelatine moist ened with 4 cup of cold water, then dissolved over hot water. Beat until almost cold. Flavor with almond or vanilla extract. Pile on the cake and decorate with cherries.
 Christmas Nut Salad
 l cup boiled chestnuts
 1 cup finely cut apple ,> 1 red apple ls
 l cup of finely cut celery
 A cup dressing
 Shredded or whole lettuce leaves.
 Peel and slice the boiled chestnuts mix with the apple, celery. and dress ing. Place on shredded lettuce and garnish with pieces of a bright red apple that has been polished and cut into eiphths. Put the skin side up when decorating.
 Christmas Fruit Salad
 1 can of sliced pineapple
 l canned pimento
 6 canned cherries 1a cup French dressing Shredded or whole lettuce leaves. Cover a salad bowl or individual plates with the lettuce; place the pine apple upon this and decorate each slice with five strips of pimento, forming Il star; in the center put cherry. Serve with French dressing. Christmas Vegetable Salad
 1 large red beet 1a cup mayonnaise dressing F, ( { cups shredded lettuce or cab bage
 N cup French dressing The red beet is cut into quarter-inch slices; then cut into stars and placed upon the shredded lettuce. On each put little mayonnaise and on top ol the mayonnaise tiny star. Serve with French dressing. Tomato aspic can bt made, put on platter to harden, cut | with star cutter and served on. let | tuce.N
 Uncooked F'rostings For Christmas l Cakes 2 tablespoons liquid
 F teaspoon flavoring extract | 1A cups confectioner's sugar | (1a pound). Uncooked frostings will keep longer i one or more teaspoons of corn syrup l added to the liquid.
 To mix: The water, corn syrup an flavor being well mixed, the sugar added spoonful at time and thor oughly beaten in after each addition c sugar It should not be too soft t run off the cake, nor stiff so it wi not spread easily. More or less tha . the 1% cups may be needed; it take'