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The Washington times., 1926-02-05

doubted Mr.. codding's story, that
he didn't know how that rum got
into his cellar. That was quite 4
while before anything was proved
on me.
Every cent I could get ahead OF
the game, paid on the house. The
day I got clear possession of it,
decided 1t to Eileen-she should nave
a roof over her head, anyhow.
Hi.jackers kept us from getting
ahead very fast. We never found
any way to beat their game.
They'd run truck out in front Of
us from O. side road and we had
to stop or get smashed.
Then, stick 'em upy and eight
or ten men would be pOlxing gums
i'm our faces. Get down out Of
thereg' and off they'd drive. Tie
next day the police would find
our car abandoned, with two or
three quarts of corn Wl1iskey IN
it, and the machine would be
cOnfiscated.
Lem and / couldn't do anything
against a crowd like that, even
when we had Danny Harris along
with us. Danny was a rising young
bootlegger by that time, 81 years
old and a marvel with gun. He
came to us few days after our
CockleyviIle fiasco, three weeks
after he buried his mother. Mrs.
Harris never did recover from the
night Danny was slugged.
But after the latter part of 1928
there wasn't any more hi-jackfng
to speak Of. There wasn't anything
worth hi-jacking. The supply Of
high-grade stuff gave out about that
,ime-We couldn't gather in truck
load week-and we fell back on
corn whiskey and rebuilt gin-gin
made out Of cooked" ALCOHOLICS
I'!ed from denatured alcohol when
We could get it, or embalming fluid
when we couldn't I guess it was
enbalming fluid-anyhow. a bank.
rupt undertaken furnished raw ma.
terial for us.
Children Tended Stills
But of all the hideous things Il
saw in my five years nightmare,
the most awful, I think, was little
children-scores of them, hundreds
of them-helping their parents
make corn whiskey for illegal sale,
in the tenement house distilIeries
And there are whole blocks of such
houses in some parts of the town.
Those children know the Volstead
law is violated every minute of the
day and night in their own houses.
You tell them it's no worse to
break other laws than it is ito
| break the Volstead law, and they
believe you.
| never drove a rum car again
after my sentence, partly because
! appreciated what the judge had
done for me. and ! didn't like to
disappoint him--if you doubt that
Recording Angel. leave it out of
the reckoning-I'm a goner any,
how, and little thing like that
won't make much difference when
my account is balanced. And / was
| losing my nerve, too. / had been
drinking heavily between trips for
quite a while back. and wasn't any
too particular what / drank-any-
thing to make me feel, not necessar.
| lily better, but, we'll different.
When resigned the car to
/ Danny Harris there was no re-
straint OH me at all, and ! post
pOned the time of SOLDERING up rs
long as j could.
My drunken brutishness around
the house was more than Eileen
| could bear, try as she might, and
! she told me to go~-not in hatred
nor in anger-on her own account
she would have endured-anything
The Washington times., 1926-02-05

If you haven t already COM
menced reading Sandy,
Eleonore Meherin's delight
full love serial dealing with
the modern girl and the
modern man, it ism t too late
for you to start The third
installment begins on Page
] today, and the adventures
Of Sandy, " the heroine for
whom the story is named,
haven't been so much ex-
plotted yet but what you
can pick up the threads. of
the yarn and pursue it to its
very end.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-16

DR.. White did not know about it. and
that he should tell him, but he never
received any reply from DIR. White.
Mr.. Blanton and Mr.. Gibson both
advised the witness that if any at
tempt was made at the hospital to
punish him In any way for the testi-
mony he had given before the com
mittee he should advise the commit
tee. Mr.. Gibson said that such action
would be considered as contempt of
the House and that the committee
would SEQ that the parties attempting
it would be dealt with.
Mr.. Gibson questioned Mr. Hayden
over how long period and to what
an extent Mr.. Finotti had been tele-
phoning to Mr.. Fenning about vet
Grams cases. He said it had been
done about Civil War veterans, Span
ish War veterans, and wholesale"
in regard to World War veterans. He
otti that If he didn't look out he
would get in Dutch" the latter had
said that he knew his own business.
Mr.. Hayden testified that since Mr..
Finotti had left the institution he had
seen Saul Lichtenberg looking up
relords and that he had had several
rows with him warning him that he
should keep out of the record. He
said that he had forced Mr.. Lichten-
berg to admit that he had broken into
the files oyer which Mr.. Hayden has
custody and said II threatened to
knock heck out of him"
Mr.. Lichtenberg was the next wit
ness called. He gave his age at p.
stated that he had been employed at
the hospital since December a, 1922,
as clerk stenographer. He denied that
he had ever seen Mr.. F'inotti receive
any money from Mr.. Fenning, or
checks. He said ne had seen Mr.. Fen
ming at the hospital only once in all
the time he had been there, and that
he had never seen him consulting the
records. He had merely heard him
ask Mr.. Finotti for the correct spell
ing of mans name. He said he had
had trouble with Mr.. Hayden over the
files. He said that he had gone into
Mr.. Haydens record once during his
absence.
Mr.. Lichtenberg in reply to ques
lions said that Mr.. Hayden was very
jealous of the records in his custody
and guarded them very efficiently.
He denied that he had ever broken
open the files. but said that he had
gotten the key from the chief clerk.
In reply to questions from Mr.
Blanton, Mr.. Lichtenberg testified
that he had recently been at the court
house on 10 different days looking
through the official papers for in
formation DIR. White might need
when called again before the commit
tee.
The hearing will be resumed Mon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-16

DIR. George p. Merrill. head curator
of geology in the National Museum,
under the Smithsonian Institution,
sailed Wednesday for Madrid to repre-
sent the Smithsonian and the Geo
logical Society of America at the four
teenth International Geological Con
gress.
The sessions Of the congress, OF
which King Alfonso of Spain is hon.
orarv president, will last from May
"a to May 81. They will be attended
by leading biologists from every land'
who will discuss some of the major
problems facing their science.
The congress has decided to empha'
size narticularly the worlds resources
in nhosphates and pyrites, and has
enlisted the collaboration of the geo.
logical and mining surveys or all
countries in the presentation OF mate
rial on this subject. Other topics TO
he discussed include the geology Oh
the Mediterranean, modern theories
of metallogeny, Cambrian and S1lu-
Ran faunas and tertiary vertebrates.
DIR. Merrill is particularly anxious
to attend the excursions to study the
geology Of Spain and of the canary
and Balearic islands, which VIII pre-
cede and follow the sessions or the
congress. Spain represents many fea
lures of peculiar interest to biologists
It's mercury mines are the most i'm
portant in the world.
After the congress DR.. Merrill in
tends to visit the principal museums
of France, England, Austria and Ger
many to study their geological collec
lions. For the last 10 years DR.. Mer'
rill has specialized on the study of me
feorites, and is now the leading au-
thority on these interesting objects
which are the only material evidences
we have of what composes other
worlds. He has prepared mono
graph on meteorites, and wishes tC
make a first-hand study of material
in European museums before publish.
ing and concluding his long years Of
study.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-16
MARRYING PARSON
SILENT ON DEMAND
EIkton Minister Was De-
nounced in Chassis for Not
Having Passionate.

BALTIMORE, May 15.--Rev. En-
nest e. Weaver of Elkton, known az
the Marrying Parson." declined to-
night to discuss the demand" of the
Maryland Chassis of the Reformed
Church of the United States, of which
body he is a member, that he leave
Elkton and resume pastoral work.
The demand" was voiced at the
annual meeting of the Chassis, held
May 3, and at Manchester, Nd
1t was pointed out that Mr.. Weaver
performed approximately 5000 mar.
riage ceremonies last year, it is said
The clergyman, who was present, ex-
planned at the time his reasons for
going to Elkton.
Mr.. Weaver has been Il clergyman
in the reformed church for MANI
years. During the World War he was
associated with the Young Men :
Christian Association and following
the war he became interested in the
work Of the Near East Relief. His
last charge was the Reformed Church
at Walkersville, in Frederick COUNTY
He has beer living in Elkton for
three wears, but is not connected WIN
a church.
The Chassis is the governing Eor.
of the Reformed Church and performs
the same functions which in other de
nominations are delegated 10 bishop
The MARYLAND group is composed p
81 ministers and % elders. reDreSel'k
ing 1900 members of the sect in Tn"
MARYLAND territory west of Baltimore
The announcement OF the demand
was made by the-stcV. Guy =. Brean\
of Taneytown, the CHASSIS stated
clerk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-16
100 KILLED IN FIGHTING.
State Department Also Hears Several
Hundred Were Wounded.

More than 100 persons were killed
and several hundred wounded during
the fighting in Warsaw between Pill
sudski revolutionaries and loyal fed
eral troops. the State Department was
advised late yesterday by the Ameri-
can legation in Warsaw.
The legations dispatch said:
The President and cabinet have re-
signed.
The President and all but two of
the cabinet ministers are out Of War
saw.
1.-THE general strike is over and all
public utilities are functioning, except
the tramways and trains, which await
repair of rails.
Absolute quiet and order prevail in
Warsaw.
THE speaker of the Diet, in accord
ance with the provisions of the consti-
tuition, has assumed the presidency
during the interim.
IA PilsudSki cabinet has taken
charge of the government depart
ments.
The country is quiet.
More than loo were killed and sew
era1 hundred were wounded. No
Americans were killed or wounded"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-16

hospital in the Office or the chief
clerk, who said he had been employed
there for 81 years, was asked by Mr.
Blanton: isn't it fact that Mr.. Fen
ming had free entree to all records OF
the institution at will?" Mr.. Hayden
replied that Mr.. Fenning had looked
through the records time and time
again, and that he had never seer
any other lawyer or any one else ex
cept an employee of the institution dc
this.
In reply to other questions the wit.
ness said he realized that this was
improper, and he warned the chief
clerk of the danger of it. and that he
warned DR.. White three times over
his own signature. and in one of those
letters forecast what would happen
If 1t was not stopped. Still replying
to questions. Mr.. Hayden said that
Mr.. Fenning had enjoyed privileges
that others had not until orders came
from DR.. White" about December,
1921 or 1922.
Mr.. Hayden, in reply to questions.
said that Mr.. Fenning had been
granted this extraordinary privilege
by Frank NJ. Finotti, who was chief
clerk until July 1. Mr.. Gibson asked:
do you want this committee 10 i'm
derstand that Mr.. Fenning had ac-
cess to the records while Ffnotti was
chief clerk at the hospital?" and the
witness replied yes" Mr.. Gibson cues.
toned Mr.. Hayden closely regarding
how the records are kept and the diff
terent classes of records. He also
questioned him about the report made
by DR. Henry Ladd Stickney, who
made an investigation at st. Eliza
beth's for the Veterans Bureau, and
who also reported that Mr.. Fenning
had access to the records at st. Eliz.
abeth's. Asked concerning MIR. Fen
ning's alleged access to financial rec.
ords in the record room, the witness
said: Il know it to be a fact that he
went in there quite n good deal, and
didn't go in to play
Mr.. Blanton also drew from this
witness that Frank Finotti looked I'D
records Tor Mr.. Fenning. and kept
him posted all the time Asked if
ne had seen Mr.. Fenning hand Mr..
Ftnott any checks. he said that he
had. and that Mr.. Fenning asked Fin.
otti If he could use them, and Mr..
Fmotu replied that they had come
in the nick of time. as he had over.
drawn his bank account Mr.. Havden
said IT was quite evident to him that
Mr.. Finotti was getting a little rake
off,"
Mr.. Gilbert. by a series of questions.
had the witness confirm previous
statements and explain more definitely
regarding the letters he had written
to DIR. White, warning him against
Mr.. Fenning being allowed to go into
the records. He said he thought that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-16

Continued from tFSt rage
litical adventure eventually will turn
is a question puZZlin- European poll
ticianS.
Fears for Future.
Satisfaction that more boodshed
was avoided is mingled with appre-
hension as 10 the consequences OF the
return to power at this time Of a
statesman who passes for being anti
French, while the present interna
tional policy Of Poland rests on an al
lance with the French republic.
PilsudSki, who once was chief eTecu
tive of Poland. is represented 10y some
as a sincere democrat who wishes
only the good Of his country. and by
others as an adventurous character
whose violent intervention at this
time is not only calculated to spoil
J'oland'S chances 10 secure the place
she wants on the Council of the
League of Nations, but to compromise
Polish connections in other ways.
Support Is Uncertain.
The political situation in Poland,
despite the surrender of the govern
ment, remains uncertain. Parliament
5 so divided in consequence of the
electoral law providing for proper
tional representation for all parties
that it may be as difficult for PilSudski
rs it was for Count Skzymski. the
former premier. to find a stable ma
iority to support his government, un-
less the marshal decides to get along
without the support of Parliament
Any government he sets up it is
regarded as certain to meet with seri-
Gus obstacles.
100 KILLED IN FIGHTING.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-16
GROSVENOR LAUDS
i EXPLORERS FEATS
Says America May Take
Pride in Part Played in
Achievements.

America may take pride i'll the fact
sAat its energy and talent have played
40 vital a part in the AmundSen-EllS-
worth and Byrd expeditions, i'll the
opinion of DR. Gilbert GrosVenor, preSi-
dent OF the National Geographic So
ciety. These expeditions have matched
the achievements of the greatest nav
jgators in world history, DR.. Grosve-
nor says.
The full text of his statement fol-
lows:
Not since the great voyages of the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
has any explorer made such long
traverse across the unknown as this
3.000-mile journey of the Norge
from Spitzbergen to Alaska.
Match Greatest Feats.
"Amundsen, Ellsworth and Mobile,
as we'll as Comdr. Byrd, have added
as dramatic and important chapters
to world exploration and scientific
progress as the greatest nayigators OF
history.
We may take pride in the fact
hat American energy and American
talent were SO larSei- associated in
his extraordinary triple alliance "f
Norway, Italy and America i'll cour-
ageous and scientific endeavor
The progress of invention IS Illus
irated in the contrast between the
months of arduous and heroic effort IL
took Peary to raise :he American flag
at the Pole, and the few hours 1t re-
quired for Byrd to unfurl our nag
and later for Ellsworth to plant the
stars and Stripes presented by Iresl-
lent Coolidge The world did not learn
If PearY'S success until five months
had passed, but our knowledge of
Byrds and Amundsen's achievements
vas simultaneous with their accom-
plishment.
Sees Layman Puzzled.
'It Is hard for the layman TO ap
preciate the careful planning. taking
into account an amazing variety of
factors of safety and success, and the
close accuracy of aerial navigation re-
quired not only to cross the Pole, but
also to reach landing place.
The parts played III both flights
by the bubble sextant of Comdr.
Byrds invention. and the sun compass
invented by Albert II. Bumstead. chief
rartographe of the National Geo
graphic Society, and made for Byrd :
flight by the National Geographic So
ciety. are subjects Of keenest interest
10 students of aerial navigation.
Nor, aver. the SportSmanship evinced
by both men, and illustrated in
ByrdS presentation to his fellow OK
plorer of both these Instruments, Is
in accord with the finest traditions Of
the gallant company of explorers, who
track out the new places on the
earth"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-16
PHANTOM AND ST. ELIZABETH'S
DOCTOR In CLASH AT HEARING

charges and since so much had been
said about the mutilation of bodies
it had been more difficult to secure
permission 10 hold autopsies.
Mr. Blanton then said he was glad
to find out the attitude of the witness
and the hospital authorities in regard
to Congress interfering with your
cutting up at will of patients who
die" The witness declared en-
phatically that never had the back
bone been taken out of a corpse at
st. Elzabeth's as far he could find
any record and definitely stated that
none had been removed during the six
years that he has been there. When
DIR. Eldridge said, my resentment is
not against the committee" Mr.. Blan:
ton interrupted by saying, Then I
accept the full responsibility and
onus'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-16
HEINEN LAUDS AMUNDSEN
Says Los Angeles Could GO From
Lakehurst to Pole Every Week.

TOMS RIVER, \. J., May Is (P).-
Capt. Anton Heinen, consulting en-
gineer and test pilot aboard the Shen-
andoah, declared that Amundsen's
flight across the polar wastes to
Alaska was "a fine performance"
Every inch of the Arctic Circle
could be mapped and surveyed dur
ing one season with the use Of q
rigid airship." he said. with the
Los Angeles and operating from Lake
hurst, | could make q trip to the
Pole every week"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-16
Overseas Women to Serve Tea.

The Women's Overseas League will
serve tea this afternoon from 4 to 6
o'clock, at the Soldiers, Sailors and
Marines Club. 1015 l. street, to all
service men who wish to attend. The
bi-weekly dance for enlisted men last
night at the club was attended by
many men from neighboring posts and
ships stationed here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-16
Norfolk Bid Is Accepted.

Formal announcement of the
acceptance Of the bid made by Nor
folk, for Willoughby Spit at q price
of $4,000. was made yesterday by
the War Department. All bids for
Phoebus Point, one mile north of
Fort Monroe, Va, have been officially
rejected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-16
Gets Reserve Commission

Sergt. Morse E. Smith. Army Med
ical Corps. on duty at the Army Med
ical School, this city, has been COM
missioned by the War Department
second lieutenant in the Medical Ad-
ninistrative Corps, Officers Reserve
Corps Of the Army.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-16
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-16

day at 100 o'clock in the caucus room
of the House Office Building, with
Justices of the Supreme Court ana
Auditor Herbert l.. Davis as VII
neSSeS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-16
Says He Is Worth Salary.

Mr.. Blanton asked Dr. Eldridge if
he realized that he was employed by
the American people. that the Ameri-
| can people were paying his salary
and that this investigation was being
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-16
PILSUDSKI SELECTS
CABINET OF left"
TO GOVERN POLAND

Continued from First ragen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-16

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litical adventure eventually will turf
is a question puZzlinS European pol
iicianS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-18
!. MARKET BASKET
NUT AND MUSHROOM LOAF

One cup cooked rice, one cup fresh
bread crumbs. one teaspoon salt,
two dashes of pepper. one cup
chopped pecans, two pimentos
chopped fine, one cup chopped mush-
rooms, fresh or canned. one table
spoon chopped parsley, one:half tea
spoon celery seeds, two eggs. Mix
all ingredients, add a little cream to
make mixture not 90 stiff. Bake in
an oiled bread pan for forty minutes.
Cool before taking from pan or 1t
will break down and not slice well.
1t should be looosened from sides of
pan before removing. Be sure tc
mix ingredients thoroughly and pack
firmly in pan before baking. Serve
with cream sauce or any other sauce
preferred. W
Mrs. Ergen Sparks, 962 w.
TwentSr Ninth ST., city.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-18
MITCH APPLE CAKE

Two cups flour, four teaspoons
baking powder, one-fourth cup
sugar, one cup. of milk, pinch OF
salt, two tablespoons of butter, one
egg. vanilla. Mix and sift flour.
baking powder, salt and sugar, add
the egg we'll beaten and then milk
Beat thoroughly and spread in a
buttered baking pan. Place sliced
apples ON top. Sprinkle with sugar
and cinnamon and bake one half
hour. Spread with beaten white of
egg, sweetened, brown slightly and
serve hot.
Miss Nettie La Gest, 767 n. Bel
mont Ave. Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-18
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

egg,- two cups flour, three-fourths
teaspoon Of soda, one-half teaspoon
of baking powder, one-half cup but
termilk, one teaspoon of ginger,
one-fourth teaspoon salt. Blend
honey and butter. add beaten youk
Of egg. Dissolve soda in buttermilk
and add to first mixture. Mix salt,
baking powder and ginger with flour
and add to other mixture. Add
white of egg beaten stiff. Bake in
moderate oven.
Anna McGoran, 1920 S. Merrill St.,
indianapolis.