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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-17
Says Sun Spots
Make Good Wine


PARIS, April 16 C(P))--Sun spots
and atmospheric disturbances appar-
emily contribute to the making of
fine vintage wines.
Circumstantfal evidence to this eff
feet has been offered to the Academy
of Sciences by Dr.. Arsene d'ArsonNal'
an eminent scientist, in behalf of DR..
Lakovsky,. a specialist in biology.
Every fine vintage year from 1911
called the Comet Year'-down to
the present, was found to coincide
with intense activity of three pheno-
mena, sun spots, the aurora borealls
and magnetic perturbations.
Wine is full of living organisms, in
its early stages, and it is suggested
that they "vibrate" or perform in some
manner in sympathy with the atmos-
pheric activity.
The three score scientists of the A.c-
ademy, the supreme body of its kind
in France, were the more impressed by
the discovery of why wine is good
because Lakovsky utilized official re-
cords.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-17
Cseniuses Are Often
Sons Of Clergymen

LONDON, April 16 (P))-Great Brit
aims men and women of genius have
generally had fathers, who were mid
die aged or elderly at the time of the
distinguished childs birth, while the
mothers have generally been at the
age of greatest vigor. This is the
conclusion drawn by Havelock Ellis
in his latest book, "a Study of British
Genius"
Very young couples seldom have dis
tingushed children, according 10 Mr..
Ellis. He also holds a brief for the
Celtic race as producer of geniuses.
Unmixed Saxons are generally
stupid, he concludes, and the Scotch
are the best endowed mentally, while
the English, Welsh and Irish rank
next in the order named.
Parsons have had famous children
far out of proportion to their numbers
Mr.. Ellis declares, for "the proper
ton of famous men and women con-
tributed by the clergy is simply enor-
nous"
Doctors, lawyers and army officers
combined, have not produced as many
famous children as the clergy.
Mr. Ellis finds that social and po-
litical reformers are generally fair.
Famous lawyers, scholars, men of
science and philosophers generally
classify as blondes, but brunettes pre-
vail among prominent explorers, act
ors and divines.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-17

terrifying.
Several times great cracking bolts
of lightning came hiss ng 'and flash
ing through the air. / was in the
pilot seat up on top between the
two .hulls and under the engines.
1T seemed to me as though those
lightning bolts passed only within
ia few feet of us.
You know we fly the Santa Maria
the way you sail a ship. We take
our observations with a seXtant, and
fly by compass and maps. And here
with one tropical storm following
another-five Of them in swift sue
cession without chance for the sky
to clear between any of them-we
could not see the sun and, of course,
could take no observations. 1t looked
bad for awhile.
Down below in the jungle there
was not a landing place in sight.
Just mile after mile of green jungle
growth above the deep, Shiny swamp
mud. Not even a stream big enough
CONTINUED on Page TWo)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-17
Mechanical Models
Used In Style Show


LONDON, April 16 (P)-Living fash
ion models at fashion shows will
soon be things of the past if the
drapery exhibition, Londol's annual
spring fashion show, is an indicator.
Of more than 200 exhibitors at
the show, only five or six employed
living models. The others had me-
chanical models to exhibit their wares.
One stocking manufacturer featured
his display by a pair of silk stock
inged mechanical legs, which auto
matically cross and uncross them-
selves. Another displayed waxen
leg, down which a gartered stocking
fell at intervals and rose again
without any visible external aid.
A prominent shoe manufactures
dispensed both. with living and wax
models and exhibited pair of shoes
Charlestoning by themselves upon a
pedestal.
The dressmakers and tailors have
also turned to mechanical models.
Some accomplished figures tip their
heads coyly to one side, look at
themselves in mirrors, rouge their
lips and perform other feats'
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-17
Forty-four Cities
In Beauty Contest

BERLIN, April 16 R-Germany is
soon to have a beauty queen worthy
of the title "Fraulein Deutschland
to participate in international beauty
contests
The crowns of all gretchens, in
Guiding that of Hide Quandt, who
was recently chosen as the prettiest
girl from so competitors have been
challenged as unrepresentatiye, So
the League for the Cultivation of
Physical Beauty has organized a
contest on the American plan. Forty
four cities already have consented
to select their priced beauties.
The rules provide that girls will
not have to wear bathing suits unless
they desire, 'but mo artificial eaids
to shapeliness'- are to be permitted
beneath whatever single tight-fitting
garment the contestants want to
wear. The bathing suit regulation
was made optional, the league an
nounced, because many provincial
gretchens shy at revealing too much
of their figures in public The win
ners of the city contests will then
enter the finals in Berlin.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-17
TWO YANKEE NEGROES
WIN FAVOR in FRANCE

PARIS, April 16 i((P)--The two
Americans most in the public eye of
Paris at present are negroes.
One is the limber-legged dancer,
Josephine Baker, and the other is a
boxer, Al Brown. Not a day goes by
but one of them is the subject of a
sketch, article or funny story in some
newspaper or magazine. Neither the
White House spokesman nor Sena-
tor Borah fills half so many columns
of the French press.
Brown, originally from Panama, ex-
poets to return to America as soon as
he has knocked out a few more am
bilious boxers on this side of the wa
ter Jazz-mad Josephine is making so
many francs, what with being the
star of the Folies Bergere and the
owner of the most chic might box
in Montmartre, that she hasn't any
idea of when she will go back to St.
Louis.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-17

and did not notice any signalling
by them.
Engine Never, FaItered
The Santa Maria is the greatest
boat T have ever flown. Those mar
yellous engines never efaltered once
from the time we started them NiH
the time we landed. If they had
Of course no man could tell what
would have happened.
We were very comfortable on the
trip. We cooked our food in an
arrangement on the exhaust. even
stopped to shave once, wnen things
were going smoothly. I have a tine
arrangement for shaving on board.
I have a pet-cock that draws water
OFT of our cooling system, where
it is just under the boiling point
Fine hot water, ju., right for
shaving.
But the Atlantic crossing was easy
compared to that flight across the
Brazilian jungles, particularly our
hop from Manaos to Para.
They had given us the name OF
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-17
by COMMANDER FRANCISCO
Marquis DE PINEDO

We started from Italy. We are
here in the United States. We had
no trouble that we have not been
able to overcome.
There was nothing but smooth
going from Cagliari in Sardinia to
Rabat in Morocco. We made that
other day to go from Rabat to Villa
Gisneros on the African Gold Coast.
In another day we had flown to
Bolama, in Portuguese Guiana. Three
days later we were at Dakkar in
West Africa.
For three days we tried to get
off the water with heavy load
of gasoline that would carry us
across the Atlantic at one hop. The
Santa Maria was carrying the heaviest
load she had ever carried. But at
last, on February 1S, we took off
from Dakkar to Port Praya in the
Cape Verde Islands and landed there
the next day. Then we flew straight
across the South Atlantic to Fernando
do Noronha Island From there, we
flew to Port Natal in Brazil, next
to Porto Alegre, which we reached
March l. And then we flew to
Buenos Aires.
Flying AS Low AS 20 Feet
That Atlantic crossing was rough.
There was a high sea and high
winds The shifting winds forced
us to change our altitude many times.
Sometimes we We're flying as low
9s 20 feet above the water. Again
we would be flying 1000 feet above
the surface.
None OF, US got any sleep in the
13 hours and 40 minutes between
the Cape Verde Islandsi and Fernando
de Noronha.
We sighted seven ships while we
were crossing the Atlantic. But
did not try to signal any Of them,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-17
Schoolbook Germs
Worry the French

PARIS, April 16 ((P))-Too many
germs and the high cost of disinfec-
ton have put the Paris school author
tiles in quandary.
Scientists have warned school Of
ficials that the free textbook system
here is spreading disease. They have
suggested solutions that cost money
and that consequently have been re-
jected.
Sunlight, it has been concluded,
would best kill the germs, but the
idea is not practicable. Another emin-
emily unacceptable proposal was to
give each pupil his books and let him
keep them
Text books now get long, hard us
age In the smaller schools when the
binding wears out and pages get
loose, it is the pupils job to paste
them back. Pupils are graded on the
care of their books.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-17
NOTED FRENCH ROADS
AGAIN NEED REP AIRS

PARIS, April 16 (R)-France's
once famous roads again are in a
deplorable state in the opinion OF
Charles Faroux a leader among au-
tomobile engineers and touring au-
thorities.
Faroux has called upon Andre Tardi-
eu, Minister of Public Works, for an
explanation, declaring that parts of
the 10000 lilometer system of main
highways are almost bogs and that
hundreds of kilometers are barely
passable.
Besides this main system of hard
roads, France has more than 100000
kilometers of small roads and lanes
but it has been the governments
policy to see that the chief arteries are
in good condition.
War, says FarouX, wrecked the
macadam roads but after the war
they were rebuilt and repaired until
last year they were in fair condition.
Now, he declares, the whole road sys-
tenn is going to pot and the work of
years is all but undone.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-17
German Ex-Minister
Holds Many Degrees

/ BERLIN, April 16 #9--Friedrich
schmitt- OFT Of Berlin, former Prussian
minister of education, can boast of
being a doctor in every faculty
known in German universities.
Z. The recent award OF honorary de-
gree of doctor of theology by the
theological faculty Of Berlin uni
versity completed the chain of doc
torates which began with a doctor
of laws, then continued through
philosophy, medicine and technical
science.
Schmitt-Ott's chief claim to fame,
in recognition of which the various
faculties honored him with DOCTOR
ates, is the organization of the So
called 'Notgemeinschaft der Deutschen
Wissenschaft," an emergency organ
ization aiming to help all German
scientific effort, no matter. along what
lines.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-17
EASTER CROWDS SURGE THROUGH HOLY CITY
Sepulcher Is the Mecca
OF All ChrislidndClh
During the Holy Week

JERUSALEM, April 16 0R-The
Holy City is crowded with pilgrims
land tourists here for the annual
Easter celebrations tomorrow
Sacred alike to Christians, Mos
lens and Jews, Jerusalem today pre-
sents a Bewildering variety Of garb
and head-dress worn by the faithful
who are gathering from many parts
of the world.
Americans outnumbered all other
acknowledgements than $4,000, the
largest number in history, already
have visited the Holy Land this year.
A special committee of American
residents, headed BY Edward Blatch-
ford, of Chicago, is assisting visitors
from the United States to find a
place to eat and sleep in the crowded
city.
There are Roman Catholic priests
from New York, Chicago and other
midwestern cities here to guide their
followers to the holy places con-
men from the Atlantic seaboard to
Jesus Christ, and Protestant clergy
offioate at Holy Week services.
Politically, conditions in the Bible
lands are more tranquil than at any
time since the World war. In
Palestine the Arabs are getting along
better with the zionists and across
the hills in Syria, the Drusess ap-
parently have tired of their struggle
with the French se
The cactus-lined roads through the
olive groves from the seacoastsl and
the river Jordan are aliveH with
travellers on horseback, in automobile
and on foot, all bound for Jerusalem.
Once inside the three miles of walls
which encircle the Holy City,. the
dusty streets are full Of animated
life Busy practical goth century
life has permeated Jerusalem and
altered many of the Biblical scenes.
American pilgrims in sun helmets
and golf suits elbow their way
through throngs of Moslem women
in colored silken garments ande half
transparent wells. Greek priests rustic
by in black robes and stovepipe hats.
Bedouins from the. desert and pale
faced Jews in velvet gabardins with
camels, goats, donkeys and sheep
join in this picturesque confusion
while the modern automobiles honk
their way through the crowd. In
David street there are queer things
to eat and wear, hundreds of per-
sistent bootblacks and ingratiating
merchants with olive wood souvenirs
of the Holy Land, made in Germany
as before the war.
I Tomorrow morning special Easter
ceremonies at the Church of the Holy
Sepulcher, built by the Emperor
Constantine on the site of the burial
place of Jesus Christ, will mark the
close of Holy Week.
The Sepulcher, in the heart of tho
ancient town, is reached through the
Via Doloressa, one of the narrowest
land steepest of Jerusalem's streets
Tomorrow it will be packed with
struggling, perspiring humanity
squeezing through to standing room
around the tomb.
The habitually dark interior of
the sanctuary is lighted with thous-
ands of candles on the glittering
affairs and in the hands Of wor-
shippers
The different sects Of Christendom,
the Latins, Arfnenians, Greeks, Copts
and Abyssinians all take their turn
in professions around the tomb. There
is strict regard for tradition.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-17
Goldsmiths To Fete
6O0th Anniversary

t
LONDON, April IS (P)-The Ancient
Company of Goldsmiths will this year
celebrate the 6OOth anniversary of
the foundation of the company.
The headquarters of the company
contains more than 100 priceless pieces
of plate. Among these is the Gress-
'ner cup, dated 1903, made for John
SGressner, who was knighted by
Henry VIII in 1913.
The most interesting possession of
the company from the historical point
of view is the Bowes. cup, which was
given by Sir Martin Bowes in 1854.
Tradition has it that this "faire
gylte standynge Cuppe" was pre-
sented by queen Elizabeth to Sir
! Martin after she had drunk out of
1T at her coronation.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-17
BALDWIN LOSES PIPE
RANK TO ESSEX MAN
-----.----

LONDON, April 16 (tR)-Premier
Stanley Baldwin is an inveterate pipe
smoker and has we'll filled pipe.
rack, but he must yield the palm to
NJ P. Ceilings of Wivenhoe, Essex,
who has So pipes which he smokes in
turn.
Ceilings uses three each day alter
nately, and so, he says, he never has
a hot on wet pipe He has blended his
own mixture for 40 years and he
smokes 10 ounces per week.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-17
Recreation Center
Open For Students

BERLIN, April 16 (P-A one million
mark recreation home for Berlin's
1000 foreign students and scholars,
including 500 Americans, has been
opened in one of the citys beautiful
suburbs to foster international ex-
change Of ideas.
The home has been outfitted by
the Alexander Won Humboldt society,
which is promoting international good
will. There will be a reading room
of 100 newspapers and periodicals
from 40 nations, a dining room con-
Quoted by a branch of the German
Red Cross, a tea garden and a series
of lecture and meeting rooms.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-17
Old Age Pensions
Multiplying Fast

BERLIN, April 16 P)-A remark
able increase in the span of life
of the German people, attributed by
some authorities to the widespread
practice of after dinner maps, is
causing state and federal governments
much concern because officials high
and low are pensioned at the age
of 65.
The fact that spry old grandfathers
and grandmothers are growing rapidly
in numbers is revealed by the census
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-17
Paris Artists Hold
Unique Contest for
Homeliest Citizen

PARIS, Apr. 16 ((A0)-A prize
. for ugliness is to be awarded
. by the Montparnasse group of
. artists and literary gentry as
, counter-irritant, to the beauty
. contests that begin to tire the
public.
. The race for the ugly title is
a revival of a contest years
: ago of the brilliant group of
, BLACK Cat" cabaret artists,
. singers and writer's, Georges
. Ohnet, the novelist, Francisque
Sarcey, the dean of French
. dramatic critics, Jules Grevy,
. President of the Republic at
, that time, and other notables
. were the winners.
Beauty fades but ugliness
. remains, was the slogan of the
. speakers at the elaborate cere-
. mony of awards. Aesop, Cicero
!. and Socrates were pictured as
the most famous of unhandsome
people.
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-17
De Pinedo Tells Own
Story Of Flight That
Ended On Arizona Lake

a place to land and told us there
was all the water we needed to
land in. The Santa Maria can not
land upon solid land, as there are
no landing wheels under the twin
hulls. When we flew over that
spot, I looked for water for our
landing place 1t was foolishly
small, that spot. Just about like
trying to land in well.
Then we fought those tropical
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-17

bureau, which reports that there are
3,50O,OO0 persons over 65 in the
country, or per cent of the total
population.
If the longevity rate keeps up it
is estimated that IL per cent of the
population in 1865 and Is per cent
in 1875 will be about three score
and ten years old and over, with
proportionate increases in old age
pension funds.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-17

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Papers Read
at,NeetingS
ofGtyClubs

Mrs. Joseph A. Miner read a pa
per on Magazines" at the meeting
of the Fortnightly Literary Club
this afternoon at the Propylaeum.
The Independent Social Club met
at the home of Mrs. T. j. Clark,
2246 College Ave, with Mrs. Urla
F. Ellis as hostess.
Mrs. D. S. Adams, SO Irvington
Ave-, was hostess for the Irvington
Chautauqua Club today. Mrs.
Charles T. Paul, formerly mission
airy to China, read a paper on
China, Nation in Evolution" and
Mrs. Max Critchfield sang "Yester-
day and Today" 1.-The Lilac Tree
and THE Lightning Bug" She was
accompanied by Mrs. John Morgan.
Four members read papers at the
meeting of the Heyl Study Club
this afternoon at the Y. w. G. A.
Mrs. James L. Beatty's topic was
1.-THE Southern Campaign; Mrs
G. Raymond Miller's was Life OF
Gen. Nathaniel Greene; Mrs
Thomas N. Sinner read a paper
on warfare on the Sea" and Mrs
Charles F, Neu on Arnold the
Traitor"
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Shall She Eeaye2

have two children and stepson. Have
t Reen married nearly seven years Our
when my husband slapped me across the
face for correcting my step-son, also a
getting up early. and cooking his b break ak.
last l lost all love and respect for him
then. Afterward I met fellow and fell
for me. He made. love to me and i lost
MY husband knows everything. never
denied thing. though goodness knows !
sure, was ashamed of ever meeting such a
crooked yellow dog. He didn't want me
TO leave, him. He wanted me to come
After this happened, know that he loved loved
me or he wouldn't have taken me back
But now he has lost all confidence in
me-. AT times he gets mad and throws II
up to me. and says he will never feel any
rere1 fb as long he lives de
lose my mind. We have a housek k VS. s.
years old. and she. is willing to take charge
Of things If step out: Whenever my
begs me TO stay. and says he can't stand
hate. TO leave the children, and ]
nas ever happened to me. What would
Dear Ruth: I would advise you
to stay right where you are and
live the thing down. Your husband
loves you, and if you try you can
make him forget this affair by your
own exemplary conduct.
Your children need you and your
husband wants you. 1t is only nat
ural that he has lost his confidence
in you, and you must be patient
with him until you win it back.
You have made a mistake, and
you must pay for it. But in time /
am sure you can straighten out
your life and be happy again.
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Woman s. Party
Plans Vigorous
Equality Fight
BD Times Special

BH Times Special
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. = The
National Womans party is prepar-
ing this winter for the most active
campaign it has yet waged in behalf
of economic equality.
Representative Clarence j. Nc
Leod, Detroit, Mich, will lead the
fight for passage in the House of the
Woman's party amendment to the
Constitution He is planning an ag-
gressive battle and believes the
amendment should be sent to the
States for ratification next year if
possible.
Senator Charles Curtis, Repub-
1ican floor leader, will introduce the
bill in the Senate.
The amendment reads: Men and
women shall have equal rights
throughout the United States and
every place subject to its jurisdic-
ton"
The effect Of this would be to
abolish all determinations against
women now existing in property
laws, marriage and divorce laws,
and laws affecting the status of a
married woman, and making all ap-
ply equally to men or women. It
would extend so-called protective
legislation, limiting hours of wom-
ems work or fixing minimum wages
to men az well as to women.
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SCHILTGES TOLD CLASS
OF FARM LOAN ACT

. The functions and methods of OPP
'eration of banks operating under the
Federal farm loan act were dis
cussed Monday afternoon before the
class in applied education at the
Woman's Department Club, by Will
liam B. Schiltges, vice president of
the Fletcher Savings and Trust
Company and one of the executive
officers Of the Fletcher Joint Stock
Land Bank. He described the diff
ference in operation Of the two
forms of banks authorized by the
land banks and the joint stock land
banks. He told his audience that
Indiana is in the fourth Federal
land bank district. He explained the
operation of joint stock land banks,
which are organized by private CAPT.
tai These banks, of which there
are five in Indiana, lend money to
farmers on form mortgages for
periods of approximately forty years,
repayment being made in relatively
small amounts annually.
'@The first object of the Federal
farm loan system, to provide new
capital for agricultural development,
undoubtedly has been attained"
Schiltges said. 1.-THE second object
Ito create standard forms of invest
ment based upon farm mortgages
has been equally successful. The
third object Of the system, to equal
ize rates of interest charged bor-
rowing farmers, has also been Sue
ceSsful.''
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BRIDGE ME
ANOTHER
copyright, 1927, by The Ready Ref
erence Publishing Company
BY w. w. WENTWORTH


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queen; Jack; X-any card lower than
1O')
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x; hearts-A x x; diamonds x;
clubs-x x; what do you bid ini-
TALLY?
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x x x; what do you bid?
Holding: Spades-K 10 x x x x;
hearts x x. clubs-X x; what do
you bid initially?
The Answers
I. Pass.
2. Three spades.
8. Pass.
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OIIlCe OF SIlOE)-dIlu Il6 Will 10 DeICeI
But through all Of the serious
problems of your home life, play
up to him squarely. Don't be a
common liar or an uncommon
cheat. Let your little batteries be
nothing more than a means to an
end-and the end will be a success
full domestic partnership, unless you
are unfortunate in having linked
yourself with man who is a
fraud at heart. Most men are not
frauds at heart. They merely are
wavering and remain wavering until
wise wives take them in hand with
out letting them know that they are
being taken in hand. Most men are
vain. Feed their vanity Most men
like to rule. Let them believe that
they are ruling.