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was nothing strange in the fact thai
Miss Swami possessed a rifle.
Miss Swami, after coming to this
section for her health, he said toileC
as laborer, doing her own farming
Her reputation was flawless, he said
Mr.. Offutt said that Mosser, who was
a large man was extremely disagree
able in his conduct with his tenant
and at one time attempted to caress
her. He related Miss Swann's actions
after the shooting occurred. She
rode to Swanton on horse, he de-
clared, and failing to get aid from
several people whom she met there
went to couple of business places
and to the railroad station. When
several men did go to the farm, they
found Mosser dead.
Every action and every movement
of Miss Swami, Mr.. Offutt stated
showed plainly she was innocent of
shooting with intent to kill.
Tuesdays Testimony
Miss Swami herself was on the wit
ness stand on Tuesday. "Of course
| never made any threats against the
life of Dan Mosser. Why should 1?
He never gave me any serious trou-
ble." Mabel Swami made this state
ment Tuesday afternoon when she ap-
peared on the stand as the first wit
ness for the defense. During the tes-
tlmony there was constant quarreling
and wrangling between the attorneys
Miss Swami vigorously denied much
of the testimony offered Monday by
the States witnesses.
Outside of trivial disputes over rent
and one occasion when Mosser attem-
pied to put Miss Swami on his lap
there was, she stated, no trouble be-
tween them until the day of the shoot
ing. She denied that she thought
Mosser had informed Federal author
tiles that she was manufacturing IL
quor on his property. $50 help me
heaven" she cried, when Julius c.
Renninger, States Attorney of Gar
rett county, who is conducting the
prosecution against her, questioned
her about this matter, "Mosser neve,
mentioned my making moonshine
Why should he report me, when he
made it himself on the place!"
Outlines Past Life.
David A. Robb, who, together with
former Chief Judge William C. Walsh
Fuller Barnard, Jr., and William R
Offutt, of Oakland, is defending the
accused, questioned her AIS to her past
life. Educated in a private school
and a business school, she then worked
several years for a wholesale millin-
cry store in Baltimore, she said. Miss
Swami, according to her testimony
then went in training as nurse al
Mercy Hospital, where she spent sew
eral years. Her last case was in West
minister, Nd, where she remained for
a little over year. On her return to
Baltimore her health broke down, she
stated.
my nerves were practically gone;
I was a total wreck" she told the
court and jury. Because of her poor
health, she declared, Baltimore physi-
clans would not allow her to resume
her nursing. Miss Swami then went
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to Fairmont, w. Va, according to her
testimony, where she was employed
as head waitress at a hotel for six
years.
! Ran Taxi Cab.
Soon she bought car, she said, and
went into the taxi business, operating
the machine herself. General farming
near Fairmont occupied her time after
this. Moving to Garrett county about
three years ago, she rented various
farms in this section, she said. All of
the farm work, Miss Swami declared,
was done by herself. Once in a while,
during the harvesting season, she
would hire help for a few days, ac-
cording to her testimony.
Prior to the time she rented the
Mosser farm, she was engaged in gen.
eral farming on the Rodeheaver es-
tate, Whites farm and the Charles
Harvey farm, all in Garrett county.
She sold her produce in Oakland and
Deer Park, she told the court and Jury.
Met Mosser Last February.
Miss Swami first met Mosser the
first week in February last, when she
had an engagement with him at his
farm to see about renting it from him.
81 got there about 10 o'clock in the
morning" she said. 81 knocked at the
door. Somebody hollered come in l
went IN but sow no one. Dan was on
the second floor" The terms of the
lease were then arranged and it was
agreed that she could have the use of
the farm for S125 year, payments to
be made quarterly, she said.
Although Mosser agreed to repair
the roof of the house and fix the
fences on the farm, he never did it,
she claimed. She moved in the fol-
lowing week-between the first and
tenth of February. Including the first
meeting when the terms of the lease
were arranged, and the final meeting,
when she shot and killed Mosser, she
saw Mosser on the farm on six differ
ent occasions, she said.
Attempted to Caress Her.
"Two or three weeks after I had
moved in" she declared, "Mosser came
to the farm, hunting a harness, he
said. AS it had been showing and
was cold, l asked him in. AS I passed
him on my way to the spring to get
some water, he suddenly lunged at me
and tried to pull me over on his lap.
God - you,' he cried, 'I1l get you
sooner or later" Nothing more hap
pened, she said. Warding him off, she
continued her way to the spring I'M
molested.
When he came again several weeks
later, Miss Swami testified, she asked
him when he was going to make the
repairs he had agreed to make. "I'm
not bothering about any REPAIRS" she
quoted Mosser as saying, "what l
want is rent" There had been a
previous agreement, indirectly made
between her and Mosser's sister in
Cumberland, that she, Miss Swami,
was not TO pay Mosser the rent, as
the family wanted it used to keep up
the place, which, Miss Swami said,
was in extremely poor shape.
On another occasion, Miss Swami
stated in her testimony, she returned
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Defense Admits Facts

William R. Offutt, in opening for
the defense said Monday morning that
they would admit the facts concern
ing the shooting were, in the main,
correct. However, he said, the entire
affair was an accident and that there
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Salient Points of the Play.

Trick 2. Declarer must lose at least
his only chance for game rests in
picking up the Queen of trumps. He
can finesse either way, if a finesse is
necessary, but as there can be no adj
vantage in an immediate lead of
trumps, since no suits are established
or establishable, he may endeavOr
first to discover the distribution of
the adverse suits in order to regulate
the play of trumps. AS South prob
ably holds the Ace Of Clubs in view of
his original bid and rebid. the Declarer
takes the opportunity while in Dummy
Of coming through South's Clubs
Trick 4. West leads for finesse in
Diamonds, playing the from Dummy
to force the King or Queen If the
10 is in North's hand.
Trick 8. Unless South false-carded
on Trick 6, he held but two Diamonds,
the Queen and 8. Therefore North
must have held originally four Dia-
monds, with three Spades and three
Clubs, and therefore three Hearts.
South then can hold but two Hearts,.
Since the Queen Of Hearts is more
likely to be one of three than one of
two cards, West assumes that North
holds the Queen and illnesses accord
ingly.
Trick II. Leading the last trump
would mean the loss of Diamond to
North at the end. Declarer therefore
first ruffs East's losing Diamond.
The same result could have been ac-
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SUMMERTIME
BYD. C. PEATTIE.
Old-Fashioned Roses.

Every year somebody asks me what
kind of roses are being grown these
days. A few questions generally elic-
it the information that the speaker
is already growing, or allowing to
grow, some old-fashioned roses that
grandmother planted, but perceives
that the blossoms, like clothes gone
out of fashion, look a little dowdy COM
pared to the sleek elegance Of the
modern rose.
OF course, it is easy enough to tell
people what roses are being grown
today. But I always wonder why
they are in such hurry to dig up
grandmother's roses. / admit that
the modern rose has made progress
in the direction of compactness and
in perpetuity of blooming, in variety
of color. Foliage, too, has become
firmer and finer, roots harder. There
is no end to the virtues of the rose of
today.
But those who know the old fash.
toned roses know, too, that there Is
a something about them that the
smart trimness of new roses can never
give. In sweet fragrance, in sOftness
Of texture, and the billowing abund-
ance of the blossoms forms, there is
a touch of the lady Of the crinoline
age-fragile, tender and immortal.
How many country porches, even
mud-daubed cabins, are glorified with
the old fashioned ramblers. And what
Of the Cherokee, that burst Of silver
moonlight? To be sure, it is not
Cherokee at all, having come to us
from China, though long supposed to
be a native Of the United States. But
it belongs to us now, as surely as the
lilac or the iris.
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LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

Sunday afternoon me and Pubs
Simkins was sitting on Mary Wat
kinses frunt steps tawking to her
about different SubieckS and Pubs Sed,
G., Mary. maybe l dident have a funny
dreem about you last mite, / dreemed
a King and a Queen Wawked pass,
and the Queen sed, There she is now,
iZzent she bewtiful? and the King sed,
III say she is. if you was ony half as
beWtiful as that, Id never complain
agen.
l don't call that a funny dreem,
that's wonderful dreem, Mary Wat
derfill as the dreem 1 had about you
last mite.
o, wat was it, tell me? Mary Wat
kins sed, and / sed, Well G WIZ
dreemed you was sitting out heer on
cushions jest like you are now look
ing jest the way you do now, and
about a million people came running
down the street waving flags and
blowing horns and everything and
yelling, Herray for the bewtiest look
ing gerl in the werld. herray for Mary
Watkins she won the ferSt prize in
the worlds bewty contest, and you got
up looking modest and you sed,
Ladies and gentlemen this is too
mulch but will try to deserve it.
Me jest making it up, and Mary
Watkins sed, o, that's the loveliest
dreem I ever herd, that's even Won
derfuller than Pulses.
Making Pubs look jelliss as eny.
thing and making me feel CRATE, and
jest then a big blue automobeel
stopped going pass, and who was in
it but Persey Viewer with some man.
Persey saying, Look, Mary. this is
my unkles new automobeel and he
says you can come for ride in it If
you wunt to, do you wunt to?
o, Id love to, how wonderful, Mary
Watkins sed. And she quick went
and got in without even saying TX
cuse me, and Perseys unkle blew his
horn and quick drove away as il he
thawt he was racing somebody. and
me and Pubs sat there vile dis
kusted and then took wawk jest for
the wawk
Proving dreems are cheep.
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Everyday Law Cases
When WW Court Presume
That the Defendant
Was Negligent
nv THE rnUTNCET IN 4
BY BRIGGS.
BY THE COUNSELLOR. =

Henry Johnson was standing on the
sidewalk near light post. viewing a
passing parade, when he heard some
one yell, Look outp' He looked up
and saw one of the lamp globes falling
toward him. AS he threw his hand
above his head to protect himself the
lamp globe struck him, cutting a deep
cash in the palm and causing serious
injury. Shortly thereafter, Johnson
entered suit against the company
operating the lighting system.
Before a person can be awarded
damages for injury, declared the COM
pany defending the suit, the party
being sued must be guilty of negli-
they contended, did not, of itself, show
negligence. To prove that they had
been careful, the company showed
that the lamp was of substantial
make, was daily inspected and was
firmly fastened, making it impossible
for the globe to loosen or fall unless
it was struck by something. Why the
particular globe in question had fallen
they were unable to explain.
Johnson's attorney, answering these
contentious, asserted that the falling
of the lamp showed that the lighting
company must have been negligent in
it's installation. AS further evidence,
it was proved that it was clear day
with but little wind blowing, and that
no missiles of any character were
being thrown in the air.
The case was decided according to
the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur."
and Johnson was awarded adequate
damages, the court stating:
Literally translated, the phrase
res lpsa loquitur' means the thing
speaks for ITSELF and signifies that
the circumstances attendant upon an
accident are themselves of such a
character as to justify a jury in in
ferring that such accidents do not
happen except through the defend
ants fault, unless otherwise ex-
planned"
Harvard gives diploma in dramatic
writing and the University of Cali
forna a scenario writing diploma.
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could come to so much. and after it
was all over and she found she
couldn't make ends meet, she de-
termined to work harder than ever.
The first Of July was sweltering and
she had promised to pose for Richard
Allen. She hadn't felt very we'll that
morning. It was an effort for her to
conceal her feelings from Tom as she
got breakfast. But as she squeezed
their orange juice and boiled their
eggs, and fixed their toast and made
coffee, she wondered how she could
possibly get through the morning.
What on earth was the matter with
her? She was never ill. Perhaps she
hadn't been taking enough exercise.
That was possible. The late Spring
had been so unseasonably warm, and
after she had finished a hard day in
the studios, she didn't feel like exer-
cising.
Usually she hummed as she fixed
breakfast. Tom noticed the absence
of it this morning and remarked upon
it.
Nan was non-committal.
"Just one of them there morn
ings," she called back flippantly.
Don't you think it's hot?"
81 don't mind the heat"
"What are you planning to do to.
day, dear?. Are those drawings ready
for the Beardsley people?"
Tom felt suddenly irritated and cut
his chin.
mo, why?"
"Theyl ought to be in"
ooh, Let them wait. notice they
make me wait for checks
Nan sighed, and said nothing more
A moment later Tom emerged, fresh
and sweet for breakfast.
He stopped over to kiss her, but he
did not notice how pale she looked this
morning. He was wondering If she
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A BOwKNOT OF TURQUOISE BLUE
RIBBON FASTENS T II r f F
STRAND OF PEARLS, AS SHOWN
ABOVE. IN THE CENTER A
NECKLACE OF TWO STRANDS
OF PEARLS FASTENED AT THE.
SIDES WITH LARGE PEARLS
WORN WITH MATCHING TUR-
OUOISE AND PEARL EARRINGS.
BELOW A TURQUOISE PENDANT
SET IN GOLD WORN WITH A
FINE GOLD CHAIN.
careous concretion deposited in layers
around a central nucleus in the shells
Of various nollusks-scientifical
speaking, of course.
Putting it bluntly-the turquoise
Is the new rival for the pearl. Capt.
Molyneux, the famous soldier-dress-
maker of Paris, is sponsoring this re-
viva1; and turquoises are already to
be seen hanging in pendants or coiled
around the necks of many of the best
dressed women Of fashion.
II you want to be in the vanguard
of fashion in this country, wear tur-
quoises. If you cannot quite wean
yourself from your pearls, wear them
fastened with turquoise ribbon, or
wear pearls and turquoises set to-
gether.
Jeweled sports emblems are worn by
some Of the smartest of the we'll
dressed sportswomen. If you play
tennis wear a jeweled tennis racket
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LAUGHING AROUND THE WORLD
WITH IRWIN S. COBB

, billets. They were grave with fatigue
and nerve strain; many Of them were
slightly wounded.
AS they staggered in ragged forma-
ton along the road they met re-
placement outfit going in to reinforce
the hammered forces at the front-an
outfit made up Of men who had as yet
seen no action against the enemy.
One somewhat nervous greenhorn of
private hailed a swaying doughboy
whose head was bandaged.
"Hey, bo," he said, with an attempt
, to be jannty, anything going on up
in the font lines?"
The damaged veteran sank his voice
to a husky confidential whisper.
'Listen, kid" he said. don't tell
nobody where you got it, because it
amt been confirmed yet and I'd hate
to be the one to go round spreadin'
idle gossip. But strictly between our
selves, did hear tell that some way
or other Teller got killed up there
yesterday"
tCopyrieht 1927
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THE DAILY
HOROSCOPE
Tuesday, July %.

Astrologers read tomorrow as a day
unfavorable to many activities. For
this reason it Is wise to be cautious
in business.
The early riser should benefit, for in
the morning friendly aspects guide
whatever is constructive and progress
sive.
There Is fairly promising sign for
seeking employment. provided appliCa-
tons are made in the opening hours
of the commercial world.
Both men and women who exercise
authority should give orders In the
first part of the day If they desire
cheerful cooperation,
AT this time there may be a wide
spread temptation to speculate, but
brokers should be avoided while this
configuration prevails.
Judgment is not to be trusted under
this direction of the stars, and this
applies as much to choosing a wife as
to selecting a rising stock.
Merchants may find trade quiet. but
they may be assured that intense ac-
tivity will mark the Autumn months.
Under this planetary rule upheav-
ais regarding installment plans of pur.
chase may be widespread. and agita-
ton regarding credit schemes NAV he
expected, the seers prOphesy.
F1nanciers and professors of eco.
nomics are to express opinions that
Will cause new interest in thrift. as
trolOgers declare.
There Is sway said to encourage
deception and dishonesty among nor.
sons of good reputation.
Greed for money will cause increase
OF certain crimes, such as forgery. en-.
bezzlement and counterfeiting, it is
foretold.
Children born on that day NAV he
secretly intensely ambitious and in.
2lined to seek the society of the
wealthy. They should be taught the
true value of hard-earned success.
Copyright. 1927
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on your shoulder. The golf enthusiast
sports a diamond-studded niblic. while
the equestrienne fastens her collar
with a jeweled riding crop. These
brooches serve as first aid to small
talk. The bashful young man can
tell at a glance when he meets a
girl whether he ought to discuss the
latest tennis tournament, the merits
Of this stroke or that, or start in dis
cussing the relative merits Of the
single-foot or the trotter.
Speaking of sports and jewelry. 1t IS
now considered CONNIE IL fat in
France. perfectly good form in Eng
land and abs luly all right in America
to wear earrings with your sports
clothes.
1t is the simplest trick in the
world to make the new wing drapery
and a new crush Eirdle. Add this
trimming to an old evening frock and
it will look like new. III send you
the pattern which a clever dressmaker
made for me if you will send a
stamped, addressed envelope.
(Copyrght. 1927
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design. It Is a Sheraton tanbour
desk, an exact copy Of very old
piece. Like the original it is of finest
San Domingo mahogany and satin
wood.
The serpentine front and graceful
feet are characteristic of the period.
The tambour work which makes the
two sliding panels inclosing the desk
section was the forerunner Of the
modern rolltop desk.
A desk like this would be at home
i'm the most dignified setting, and con-
stitutes what we firmly believe is a
gilt-edged furniture investment.
DOWNRIGHT 1907
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Member 81 Look Up Legion.

A Western coroner. who had no par
ticular esteem for strangers, once
found a completely demised outsider
lying on a back street. After going
through the pockets Of the deceased
and finding nothing. he summoned the
ambulance and had the visitor taken
to the morgue. He then made the
following report to the Board of
Health:
'WiIl not require inquest. Have
already examined the remains. Died
of heart disease. The roof Of the
mouth Of the deceased was frightfully
sunburned, due to throwing his head
back while looking at our tall build
ings."
In Striotest Confidence.
On the day following the terrible
Sighting Of our men at Belleau Wood
o detachment Of shattered Yankee In
&antry came lurching out Of the zone
Of trouble on their way back to rest
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Nan Hartley, an artists model.
has t,ro men enter her life. One.
Martin Lee. Is rich and po,cerful:
the other. Tom Elliott. is just a
poor artist. Martin Lee falls mddlD
in lore 1cith her, but she lores Tom,
and then are married. After the
wcddino Tom is drd,cn into the 0dy
crotcd Nan kne1c before her mar
riagc. Nan meets Martin Lee again.
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HAND NO. ia
South is the dealer. What is the
proper bidding and plays

In the next issue Mr.. Whitehead
will explain the salient points in the
bidding and play Of the above hand
Fill out your own chart and compare
it with his method.
These hands must not be bid or
played Double Dummy" /. e., as
though all four hands were exposed.
NOTE-In recording the Auction, or
the play, use rs" for spades, III" for
hearts, I'D" for diamonds and &c" for
clubs. Use IN. r." for no trump
"DBL" for double, "REDBL" for re-
double.
Yesterdays Hand as Played by Mr..
Whitehead.
HAND NO. lis
SAKQJS43 VS4 8 Q8 %A9S|
W-A2 VAJ1052 N752 @KJ54
N-M1095 VQ76 HK1O43 &Q103
E-AA76 VK93 AJ96 te762
The Correct Bidding and Play
THE PLAY
(Byncksfed card sj,o1cs lead to each tyieO
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HOME NOTES
BY JENNY WREN,

Good furniture designs, like good
paintings, are always good for furni-
ture designing is as much an art as
landscape or portrait painting Any
thing which fulfills the highest re-
1uirements Of art remains art to the
end.
This desk Is shining example of
what constitutes true art in furniture
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CHAPTER XIII
Heat.

They seemed to get more and more
in debt as the Spring ripened into the
Summer. Was Tom buckling down as
he should?
Nan hated to question him. II
seemed so personal.
And so she sat at the small desk
and reckoned up grocery slips, ant
maryeled that an electric light bill
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Turquoise Becomes Rival for Pearl
BY MARY MARSHALL.

= Hydrated phosphate of aluminium,
associated with variable proportions
OF hydrated phosphate of copper, now
glands in competition with the cal
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complished by leading the thirteenth
Club at this point
Mr.. Whitehead will answer questions con-
corning your Bridge problems. Write to
him care of this paper. inclosing self-ad-
dressed stamped envelope.
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-fourths Of the $4,000 entered
at Columbia University are registered
in Teachers College, which suggests
that they are teachers or are prepar.
ing to TEACH,
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Prices realized Oh Swift & Company
sales of carcass beef in Washington. D. c..
for week ending Saturday July 81 1927, on
sold out ranged from 1900 cents
to Fl 90 cents per pound and averaged 1S.41
cents Der mound Acknowledgement
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Harvard gives diploma in dramatic
writing and the University of Cali
fornia a scenario writing diploma.