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Evening star., 1927-10-11

1926, and at the end of the fiscal year
numbered 307, All volumes. Gifts re-
ceived from the collection of the late
Henry Z, Davis and the Hispanic So
ciety, as well as transfers from the
Library of Congress, review copies
from The Evening Star, non-fiction
purchased at the request and expense
of G. II. Paine and 500 volumes trans
ferred from the library of the Depart
ment of State, added useful and val
liable material to the collection.
Requests for book service to child
rem come from all over the District of
Columbia" the report states. THE
distances are great, traffic conditions
unsafe. These citizens seeking library
service have a right to service equal
to that given in any comparable city.
1t must not be overlooked that they
are not receiving it, though the juve'
nile book circulation for the year had
a gain of 1918 over the preceding
year, and though the staff strives to
accomplish as much as possible and
to make each book as useful as pos
sible. TO do more for the children of
the city in this constructive way
means more branches, more staff
more books, and more working space. y
The Library Staff.
Referring to the library staff, DR.
BoWerman said that 1.-The better salary
situation and the occasional introduc
ton into the staff of we'll trained re-
cruits from other libraries and the
library schools, the setting up of con
stantly improving standard of service
TO the public, the steady expansion OF
the library and the prospects of a still
greater expansion have all combined
to serve as tonic and a stimulus for
constantly improved individual achieve
ment on the part of the staff members
with the result that fine professional
spirit of service pervades the staff"
Evening star., 1927-10-11

Sawdust made into briquettes makes
better fuel than cordwood, and has
three-f1fths the fuel value of good coal.
Evening star., 1927-10-11
PULASKI HONORED
At MEMORIAL RITES
Leieune Places Wreath on
Statue of Hero of
Revolution.

The 14Sth anniversary of the death
of Count Casimir Pulaski, Polish hero
of the Battle of Savannah, was COM
memorated today at 10 o'clock with
the placing of wreath on the statue,
at Pennsylvania avenue and Thlr-
teenth street, by Maj. Gen. John A.
Lejeune, commandant of the United
States Marine Corps, at impressive eX-
ercises under the auspices of the Sons
of the Revolution in the District of
Columbia.
Hannibal Price, Minister of Haiti,
which had 500 of it's native sons in
the Battle of Savannah, attended the
ceremony, while Poland was repre-
sented by Witold WankowicZ, com.
mercial counselor from the Polish le-
CATION. and Lieut.. E. Paul Duban. as
sistant naval attache at the French
embassy, represented France.
The flag of the United States, Con
tinental standards, the Bourbon em-
blem of France and the banners of
the Sons of the Revolution in the Dis
trict of Columbia rested on the statue
during the ceremony. Patriotic mu.
sic was rendered by the United States
Marine Band. Invocation and bene-
diction were delivered by Chaplain
Maurice M. Witherspoon of the United
| States Navy.
Count Pulaski died of wounds re.
ceived in the Battle of Savannah. The
| statue is the only one existing in the
District of Columbia that has been
erected to- an officer of foreign birth
who died in the service of the United
States during the War of the Revo.
| luton.
The committee of the Sons of the
Revolution in charge of the cere.
| monies included the following: Brig,
Gen. Charles L. McCawley, U. S. NJ
c., chairman; Brig. Gems. George
| Richards and Dion Williams, Col
George C. Thorpe, Lieut.. Col. Russell
3. Putnam, Capts, John M. Arthur
| George r. Jackson and Theodore C.
Johnson, U. s. M. c. They were ac.
companied by officers and members of
the board of managers of the society
Evening star., 1927-10-11
MANY CLAIM RELIEF
IN HEALING SERVICE
Full Gospel Evangelist Leads
Stricken in Prayer for
Physical Aid.

Services at the Full Gospel Taber.
nacle, North Capitol and X streets, last
night We're marked by testimony of
many worshipers who claimed to
have obtained relief from physical all.
ments after attending the series of
services conducted by Rev. Harvey
McAlister, Canadian preacher.
Claiming no supernatural powers to
heal. but advocating instead fervent
prayer and anointment with oil in
accordance with the biblical practices.
Rev. Mr.. McAlister conducted another
faith healing service" last night aft
er several persons had testified to ply
sical improvement. When the congre.
cation stood at his request, the minis
ter directed the men and women to
stand before hts pulpit with hands
raised above their heads and sing a
hymn. TAT the conclusion of the sing
ing the members of the congregation
were directed to pray audibly while
Rev. Mr.. McAlister accompanied them.
After a period the upheld hands were
withdrawn and other hymns We're
sung.
At the conclusion of this demonstra-
ton. many persons of the congrega-
ton answered in the affirmative when
asked If they felt physically improved.
A
Evening star., 1927-10-11

guages Of the sessions, with the un-
derstanding that if any dispute arises
over translation, the Spanish text
shall be used as a guide. A summary
of the proceedings with the text of
the resolutions is to be translated
into Portuguese and French for the G::e
of the governments using those Ian
guages when the sessions are termi-
mated.
Upon the unanimous vote of the
conference it was agreed that the ses-
sions would continue through Thurs
day when recess would be taken
until October "a. Meanwhile a COM
mittee would make report on all
controversial matters unsettled at the
time of the recess.
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I'D areas; the equipment as branch
libraries of suitable rooms in public
school buildings not exceeding 25, and
of suitable rented quarters, not eX-
ceeding s, in neighborhoods where
rooms in school buildings are not
available; the equipment as branch
libraries, not exceeding three in num-
ber, of suitable rooms in Federal and
District Government buildings, If
available, to provide library service
convenient to the offices of Govern
ment employees: and in general. to
provide in the District of Columbia
program that will eXemplify the
best in planning, construction and
equipment of library buildings and
rooms.
Early Action Is Urged.
The five-year extension program bill
has been forwarded by the library
trustees to the District Commission
ers for their approval In their con-
sideration of it they have had study
of costs made by one of the assistants
to the Engineer Commissioner. who
reports that the outside cost of the
enlargement and equipment of the
Central Library, the state and build
ing for IL specific branch libraries
and the alteration to the Conduit
Road School for use as branch
library will be S1,796,500. The library
trustees urge the Commissioners to
make the program their own, to for
ward it to the District committees of
the Senate and House promptly at
the beginning of the next session of
Congress for reintroduction and to
cooperate in securing its enactment
into law
One of the first considerations in
the library extension program will
be to secure sites. The trustees point
to the growing scarcity of suitable
localities and high prices at which
they are held So urgent do they
consider this phase of the matter
that they express the hope for sub
stancial appropriations at the coming
session for this purpose.
Library Estimates.
.sThe estimates for 1929," according
to the report, 'as approved by the
library trustees and filed with the Dis
trict Commissioners, total $505, 90.
OF this total, $112,500 is proposed for
the purchase of branch library sites
and for plans and specifications for
buildings and $393,250 for library
service. OF the maintenance item,
s337. $50 is proposed to bring the pres.
ent organization. central library and
branches, up to higher standards, and
$4,000 is proposed to establish and
maintain branch libraries in six more
school buildings and another branch
in rented quarters"
1.-The Census Bureaus estimate of
the population of the District on July
/. 1927. was $4,000. 1t is, therefore,
safe to say that for the fiscal year
192S-29 the population will be not less
than 505,750, so that if the estimates
of the library trustees should be ap-
propriated entire they would repre-
Evening star., 1927-10-11
Blind Gardener Wins Prize.

Although totally blind, Charles
Worsdale, a basket and brush maker.
was recently awarded first prize for
the best cultivated garden in Great
Dalby. England, his home town.
Worsdale has never had any assistance
whatever in his pastime He has
remarkably sensitive touch, and
claims to know every inch of his
garden, every flower, vegetable and
even the apples on the trees of his
orchard
Evening star., 1927-10-11
Amateur Wild West Fatal.

Correspondence of The Star
PLATTEVILLE, Wis. - Eileen
Heating, II. daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs
Ray Heating, was dragged to death by
a pony. With other playmates, the
girl was watching a boy mounted
initiating a cowboy roper, He lassoed
the Heating girl but the pony became
frightened and ran away. dragging
the girl several blocks.
Evening star., 1927-10-11
LIBRARY EXTENSION
HELD URGENT NEED
IN TRUSTEES REPORT

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Co nditions of life on the Great
BARRIER Reef of Australia viii be in
YES dgated next year by special com
mi'ctee of the British association,
Which will remain for IL months on
oIsp section of the reef Mainly of
coral formation. the reef is a vast
catural breakwater 1000 miles long
skirting the coast of Queensland.
Evening star., 1927-10-11
Masonic Lodge to Meet.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

POTOMAC, Va, October 1.-THE
Henry Knox Field Lodge of Masons
will meet in the auditorium of the
Town Hall Building here tonight. The
meeting will be called at 8 o'clock.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-09-07
Sweet Clover Hay
Pretty Good Stuff

All sweet clovers are variable in
their habits of growth, and many in
dividual plants Of distinct type and
form may be found in nearly any
sweet-clover field. This offers an op-
portunity for the development of new
strains of sweet clover for definite
uses, according to L. w. Kephart,
forage crop specialist of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
There is considerable interest at
present in the production of better
hay varieties, he says, since the COM
mon sweet clovers, especially the
white-f lowered species, are too coarse
and heavy to make good hay from the
second years growth. Several good
hay varieties have already been de-
veloped, notably the early Towering
Grundy County, Crystal Dwarf, and
Early Dwarf of white sweet clover,
and the Albotrea and Switzer varle-
ties of yellow clover bearing many
more and finer stems than the COM
mon sorts was found at two of the
western Canadian experiment sta
lions. 1t resembles alfalfa so close
ly that it is easily mistaken for that
plant. This important discovery will
no doubt add a distinct new type OF
forage plant to the present list.
The need for winter-hardy types
has been met with the Arctic, or Han
sens Siberian, a white flowered vari-
ETY. from western Canada, and Abbot
rea, also from Canada. A sweet
clover much better suited than the
common sorts to the cold, dry climate
of the northern Great Plains appears
to have been developed at the Red
field, S. D., field station of the Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture.
Several persons are endeavoring to
find a sweet clover that will grow on
acid soils, lack of lime being a SER
ious hindrance to culture of the crop
in many localities. Still others are
trying to develop a strain suited to
the drought and hot winds of the
southern Great Plains.
A type of sweet clover that would
be exceedingly useful, according tt
Mr.. Gephart, is one that would re.
main green late in the fall, start
growth early the next spring and re.
main green and in good feeding con
dition we'll into the following sum
mer. A number of experimenters
IL. both on farms and at experiment sta
lions, have approached this type will
selections of common white swee
clover. Perhaps even better result
will come from tests now being mad
with species and varieties brough
from Europe and eastern Asia, on
such species this year having re
manned green six weeks later thai
any sweet clover heretofore grown.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-09-07
CLOSED SEASON ON
WILD CHICKENS URGED

Urging the closing of the prairie
chicken season in South Dakota and
advocating the removal of 10000 bass
from the Wylie Park lake to nearby
waters, has been made by Brown
County chapter of the 1zaak Walton
league of South Dakota.
1t is estimated that there are more
than 100000 bass in the lake at Wy
lie Park, two and one-haf miles
northwest of Aberdeen and that the
removal of 10000 would in no way no.
ticeably reduce the supply. There
is not enough food in the lake for the
present number Of fish and the half
starved "catch" have proven unfit to
eat.
The county chapter also requested
that the state game and fish COM
mission 60 through with Scatterwood
lake project this fall. The plan con-
templates damming Rush slough at
the Snake creek entrance and then
digging a ditch south to Scatterwood
lake to handle the overflow waters.
This will keep the lake at high level,
it is stated.-Minneapolis Journal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-09-07
PROFITS IN TREES

"Why should farmers plant trees 2"
is asked and answered by Alfred B.
Hastings of the Forest Service, Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture.
Trees set idle acres, too rough or
too sterile for planting, to work grow
ing an always marketable crop.
Though trees take a number of years
to reach maturity, young plantation
adds cash value to farm, just as a
young orchard does. In a few years
it yields small material in the form
of Trimmings, such as poles and fence
posts; later fuel and pulp wood; and
finally tie and saw timber. 1t is a
savings bank that pays compound in
terest. Timber growing is a neces-
sary part of diversified farming, af-
fording employment and wages for
winter work. A farm wood lot is Sc
curity to the banker and the farm
loan board.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-09-07
PREUS TO VISIT NORWAY

Visiting for the first time the coun-
try from which his forefathers came,
former Governor j. A. o. Preus of
Minnesota, sailed for Norway Satur-
day. Mr.. Preus, since vacating the
Minnesota gubernatorial chair in IA
vor of Governor Christianson, has
been connected with a Chicago insur-
ance firm. He is accompanied by
Mrs. Preus. They booked passage on
the S. S. "Stavagerfjord" Of the Nor
wegian-American Line.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-09-07

The receipts of the Nicollet county
fair, held the forepart of last week
total about $4,000. The gate on the
three days of the fair yielded about
$4,000, while the grandstand receipts
were SITS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-30
BITUMINOUS COAL MINERS ARE ENJOINED

by International News Service
PITTSBURGH, Sept. SO.-The
United Mine Workers of America
suffered their worst defeat of the
present bituminous coal strike when
Federal Judge F.. F. schoonmaker
today issued temporary injunction
restraining the union from interfer-
Ing with operation of the Pittsburgh
Terminal Coal Corporations non
union mines.
Granting Of the temporary injunc-
tions means that the United Mine
Workers organization is restrained
temporarily at least from picketing
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-30

The testimony came as a startling
blow to the States case and was
hailed by the defense az a virtual
admission of acouittal for the So
year-old nurse who, while her life
was being argued before the bar of
Justice, sat smiling complacentIy be.
side her brother, Harry Atkinson, of
Pawhuska.
Miss Atkinson was charged specif.
cally with administering poison to
Mary Jane Bailey, because, the State
commended. she desired to remove the
1e-year-old girl so that she might
bestow her affections upon the girls
father, the Rev. Charles Bailey,
pastor of the Episcopal Church here.
Mrs. Bailey, mother of Mary Jane,
died August 20. and two weeks later.
September 8, the girl succumbed to
mysterious poisoning. Several other
children of the cIergymen were i'll
at the same time.
In the nurses room were found
several poison bottle labels and four
love letters addressed, but unmaiIed,
" hitC phStOL. L CStGEudNg at Inc
opening hearing of the murder
charge, Stewart Bailey, 16-year-old
son of the minister, created a sensa-
ton when he testified that Miss
Atkinson had sat on his mothers
bed the day after the latter was
buried and had kissed his father sew
eral times.
Upon resumption of the hearing
today, DR.. w. H. Bailey, Oklahoma.
City pathologist and no relation to
the Bailey family. testified that ex-
animation of Mary Jane Bailey
viscera failed to reveal any poison.
He gave as his opinion that tho
girl. as well as Mrs. Bailey, had died
of hotulism, a disease resultant from
eating diseased fruits or vegetables.
He was born out in this contention
by DR.. Bert C. Bahr, medical expert
of Kansas City. whose telegram was
read to the court.
DIR. Bahr's telegram stated in Eff
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feet that the poisons described as
having caused Miss Bailey's death
would not in fact produce death.
Crowd With Her
1t was at this point of the hear.
ing that many spectators cried,
Turn her loose"' and Let her so!''
After listening to the testimony, Jus.
tice David Fogelsong took the case
under Amusement and announced he
would make known today whether
or not the nurse shall stand trial on
a murder charge.
THE only thing the State has
proved so far" Harry Chaser, de-
Tense counsel, declared after the
hearing. lis that Miss Atkinson loved
DR.. Bailey. And she would have
admitted that without all this fuss"
Pending action by Justice Fogel-
song, Miss Atkinson was returned to
jail to await resumption of the hear.
ing today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-30
Times staff Photo

largest union coal operator in the
country to renounce the union and
endeayor to operate its mines with
non.union labor since the bituminous
miners walked out on April ! at the
expiration of the Jacksonville wage
agreement.
Philip Murray, International vice
president of the miners union re-
ceived first information that the in.
junction had been granted from In
ternational News Service.
Il will have to examine the in
junction" Murray said, before I
can make any comment"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-30
School Student Strike
In Gary. Ind. Is Ended

GARY. Ind. Sept. s0.-Gary's
school strike ended TODAY when
$500 students voted TO return to
CLASSES following promises ut the
city council that "a colored students
would be housed in temporary quar-
tiers in . portable school within
ninety days.
az victory Of the students who
marched. cheered and yelled their
approval. Segregation Of the stud
eflts in classes will be sought i'm
mediately. 1t was announced.
The students officially accepted
the new. terms. at mass meeting
in the school auditorium today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-30
Pr Ill,
DIRECTOR
ASSERTS

Editors Note: Beauty contests
Were condemned az a menace to
the morals, character and am
billions of American girls By the
National Convention of Catholic
Women at their convention here,
this Week. In pieW of the tcide
interest in the subject. Inferno
tionGl News Service has under
taken to obtain the Vie1Us of those
tOkO haze had experience IN beauty
pGgeGmts, and herewith follows
the first of a series Of articles:
By JAMES L. KILGALLEN
international News Service
NEW YORK, Sept. 3O.-Beauty
contests are in no sense democrat
izing to young girls; in fact, they
serve a good purpose, for they
bring out" the best qualities in
the entrants and prove that the
United States has the most beauti-
full young women in the world.
This Is the opinion of Armand
T. Nichols, director-general for the
last five years Of the Atlantic City
beauty pageants. and the man who
probably knows more stunning girls
than any one in the country.
Like the Experience
IT am constantly receiving letters
from girls who have been in our
contests. They are not hard luck
letters, expressing regret. No, In
deed, they say they never would
have missed the experience: that. in.
variably. their visit to Atlantic City
proved a stepping stone to some
thing better"
Nichols recalled the Miss
Americas" of the last seven years.
since the annual pageant has been
in operation. They are:
1921-Miss Margaret German, of
Washington, d. c.
1922 and 1S23-Miss Mary Kath-
crime Campbell, OF Columbus. Ohio.
-1924-Miss Ruth Malcolmson, Of
Philadelphia.
192s-Miss Fay Lanphier, Of Oak
land, Calf
1a2s-Miss Norma r. smalIwood,
of Tulsa. Okla.
1927--Miss Lois Delander. of
Joliet. Ill
Happily Married
Miss German Is happily married
to a well-to-do real estate man,
Victor Carlll, of Washington, said
Nichols.
Miss Campbell has had a mum.
Der OF good movie offers, but her
loyalty TO her sick mother in Co
lumbus has prevented her from &C.
cepting them. She has made several
public appearances on the stage and
has made good money.
Miss Malcolmson is now touring
Europe.
Miss Lanphier is in the movies.
where she Is doing well.
Il have lost track of Miss Small
wood, but / understand she Is 60
ing to college in Oklahoma
Miss DelanderS father has Just
signed her UP for remunerative
vaudeville contract
How Judging Is Done
He denied the girls are put
on the block and judged, point by
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-30
I Greeks Held in Plot
For PangaIOs Comeback

LONDON. Sept. 30 Seven Greek
army officers. including son Of
former Premier Pangalos Of Greece,
have been arrested following the dis
covery Of an alleged plot to restore
Pangalos to power. according to q
dispatch from Athens today.
A warrant has been issued for the
arrest Of Madame Pangalos, the for.
mer dictator's wife, the dispatch
stated.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-30
By JAMES L. KILGALLEN
international News Service

He denied the girls are put
on the block and judged, point by
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-30
Plot to Assassinate
Mayor of Jerusalem

JERUSALEM, Sept. 3O.--F'ive
persons were arrested today and
held without bail charged with com
plicity in a plot to assassinate
Mayor Nashashbi. Of Jerusalem.
and two of his friends.
One Of the prisoners Is an
official of the MosIem Supreme
Council.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-30
OLDEST INHABITANTS

The Association Of Oldest In
habitants will hold its monthly
meeting October s, 1870 p. M, in the
Union Engine House. Nineteenth
and H Streets Northwest, 1t was an
nounced today by Theodore wi.
Noyes. president.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-30
NURSE SCORES Crowd
SHOUTS TOFREEH HER

ENID, Okla, Sept S0Circumstantial evidence based on
what may prove to be the most singular coincidence
while aroused spectators shouted Turn her oose State
pahOogist tesying for the prosecution and against Mary
nurse trial for poisoning Mary Jane Bailey told
the court that there evidence of poison the alleged
victim yiscera
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-30

the Pittsburgh Coal Corporations
several mines in this region.
The Terminal Corporation is the
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point as a pure bred animal is
judged" and before large crowd.
asserting that the selection Of the
winner liz made before a very re-
stricted xroup.