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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-31
TENNIS BODY PLANS
TO AVOID CONFLICTS

Plans for the coming season are be.
ing made by Louis I. Doyle. newly
elected president, for the Washing
ton Tennis ASSOCIATE ton.
The association plans to prepare a
condensed schedule, which would
eliminate conflicting dates in city
tournaments The organization is in
terested in promoting inter-city
matches between Public Park teams.
A committee to be appointed by the
association will have charge of rank
ing local players. The local organi-
cation will cooperate with the Mid
die Atlantic Association.
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Summaries.
RECORDS ARE SMASHED
BY RITOLA AND PLANT

HAMILTON, Ontario. March 81
Cp).--Willie Ritola, Finnish.Anerican
distance star, set q new Canadian
record Of 9 minutes IA 3.5 seconds in
winning the two-nile run at the 91st
Army meet.
Ritola broke by 20 seconds the
record of T. Connect, set September
world mark of Paavo Nurnli.
Willie Plant of New York broke
the Canadian one.mile walk record in
defeating Phil Granville OF Hamilton
by 40 yards. Plants time, 6:33 So. cut
IL % seconds from the old mark.
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NEW YORK i. STICKMEN
TO VISIT COLLEGE PARK
Old Liners Are Crippled for Game With Powerful
Foe--Catholic U. Beats Callaudet-C. u. to
Entertain Springfield Today.

fixture on Americans sport calendar.
tennis combination comprising
five singles players and two doubles
teams is planned. AS many matches
as possible will be carded.
The Methodist athletes also have
hopes of being admitted TO the meet
May q at Catholic University
Stadium. in which the Cardinals,
Johns Hopkins and George Washing
ton will compete. Galaudet also may
enter this affair.
If Emmett Pare and Fred Mesmer
are allowed to compete Georgetown
will flash strongly on the tennis court
this season. Pare is Western indoor
champion and ranking Midwest Junior
and the cleverest player perhaps in
Georgetown's history. Mesmer doubt
less is the Blue and Gray's next
strongest player.
However, both Pare and MeSmer
probably will be unable to play be
cause of the one-year rule, and it
seems that the Blue and Gray's
chances for success will depend on
whether Freshmen will be allowed to
compete by consent of opposing teams.
Most of the talent is from the first
year class, including Tom McDevitt.
Nevins Mcbride and Jack Dudley.
Bill Illig alone remains from last
Springs squad.
Manager William MCGOWAN an
nounces that courts at the Hilltop
will be in shape within a day or two.
Navy and Syracuse will be met April
and 8 in the Blue and Gray's open
ing tests. Yale. Carnegie Tech and
North Carolina also have been booked,
and negotia tons are on with Johns
Hopkins and Washington and Jeffer-
son.
Rifiemen Of Penn State College will
compete here next week in a match
with George Washington, Navy and
Hopkins John G. Hesse of this city
has just been awarded letter in
wrestling by the Nittany Lions.
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pionship that were dealt a
~ lusty blow as the result OF
graduations last June have
just been further dimmed through
the loss of Harry Mullen. sprinter.
and Omar Jeter. who handles the
weights. While neither were figured
AS world heaters they We're among
the most promising members of the
squad. Mullen is out at least so far
as this advisory is concerned because
Of scholastic difficulties and Jeter
has withdrawn from the squad.
Naturally enough. Hap Harden
willy little Tech mentor, is not espe-
cially optimistic of his proteges
again cleaning up" this Spring, but
feels that they will account for not
a few points and have a fighting
show of retaining their crown.
Tech will get it's first outdoor
but friendly rival, Episcopal High
The meet will be on the Virginia
schoolboys' track at Alexandria
Last Spring the Manual Trainers
after stirring battle for points,
scored their first triumph over Epis-
copals since the schools have been
meeting. However, Hardell frankly
does not expect his boys TO conquer
this sea son, although he is confident
Tech will be in there waging q
doughty fight. 1t has not been de-
cided whether the Manual Trainers
will be represented in the Penn re-
lays April 90. Their colors are.sure
to be borne, however in the Uni
versity of Maryland scholastics at
College Park on May and in the
annual dual meet with the old line
freshmen also on the Marylanders'
field week later Tech will, Of
course. have it's full strength in the
g Club games on May II and the
interhigh championships May 27.
Because of the unfavorable weather
the Manual Trainers have been ham
pered in their outdoor training thus
far but if 1t becomes warmer within
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~ HANCES of Tech successfully
defending it's track cham .
pionship that were dealt a
~ lusty blow as the result OF
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~ GEORGETOWN Convent hockey
4 laurels still hang in the bal
n ance with the title match be-
tween the Graduates and Sec
nnd Seniors remaining to be
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KELLIHER WILL PILOT.

Mickey Kelliher, local sandlot prod
uct and last season the leading hitter
of the Blue Ridge League. has been
appointed manager of the Chambers
burg Maroons in that loop, following
a deal whereby Marty Brislin. first
baseman. goes to Martinsburs for the
veteran.
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HOCKEY SERIES rs TIED.

VANCOUVER, r. c.. March 81
R).-The Toronto graduates evened
up the Allan Cup series for the senior
amateur hockey title Of Canada here
last night. when they defeated Fort
William. Ontario, 4 to /. The deciding
game will be played Friday night.
Each team won one game, while the
second contest ended in tie.
Milford chronicle., 1927-12-16
Home Education
THE TIMID CHILD
Mrs. Luther c. Smith

We all admire a boy who is brave
and NcOurageOus-one who is not
afraid of football or in fact of any
thing-but not all boys are natural
ly fearless. Sometimes this trait of
character must be encouraged and
cultivated.
know little boy who was natur-
ally timid and shy-afraid of the
dark, afraid to climb, afraid of GER
tain boys, afraid to play the rough
and tumble games that other child
rem played. He would come home
from kindergarten day after day,
crying, and when questioned, would
say that the other boys had chased
him. He often went around the
block to avoid meeting some of
them.
His mother realized that she must
help him to cultivate courage if he
were ever to be a self-reliant man.
She taught him to defend himself
when necessary. She told him not
to begin a fight, especially with a
child smaller than himself, but to
stand up for himself when attacted.
He learned this lesson slowly, but
in a years time could hold his own
with the other boys, and to his
mothers regret, would sometimes
even start a fight.
Milford chronicle., 1927-12-16

The fear of the dark she handled
very carefully. When he was old
enough to occupy room of his own,
for time she allowed him to have
light in the hall near his room.
Then sometimes she would turn out
the light, and always when he called
would turn it on again for a short
time. One night he surprised her by
saying that he guessed he didn't
want light any more.
AS he grew older, she bought him
rOlle-skates, then ice-skates, any
thing that required self-mastery
and control of the muscles. Next
came a baseball and bat, and fin
ally, though she disliked the game,
football. At first he would play
with the ball only by himself; then
one or two other boys were allowed
to play with him, soon he had his
regular team. OF course, this
brought lot of noisy boys to the
yard, endangered the windows and
spoiled the lawn, but it was worth it
all, for it taught the boy, valuable
lessons, and he became almost fear
less in the game and gloried in a
black eye or a lame leg received
while playing.
The first summer they went camp
ing he was afraid of the water. His
mother bought him a bathing suit
and encouraged him to paddle along
the shore. She never allowed the
older children to brighten him or
coax him beyond his depth. Gradu-
ally he came to like the water and
though he has not yet ventured to
swim, he has an ambition to do so.
Milford chronicle., 1927-12-16
Dip Cattle in Autumn
to Control Parasites

If your cattle become poor in
flesh, lose the hair over the Shout
ders and neck, and spend consider
able time in rubbing and scratch
ing, they are probably infested
with lice.
''ThiS is especially likely to Oc-
cur and is usually more prevalent
in the young animals. Not only
are the animals constantly irri-
tated and lose flesh, but their re-
sistance to other diseases is low
cred.
One method of controlling lice is
to dip the cattle during the fall
and spring. Dipping of cattle is
not advisable, however, during the
winter months on account Of pneu-
mOnia. Hand treatment in many
cases may relieve the animals until
spring, when they may be dipped.
Three different treatments are COM
monty used. Equal parts of ground
Sabadilla seed and flowers of sui
phur in the form of a busting pow
der is a good treatment. One-half
pint Of kerosene to one pound of
lard makes a good grease treat
ment. Any of the common coal
tar dips made up in a 8 per cent
solution with warm water and then
applied with rag, brush, or spray
pump will give some relief.
Milford chronicle., 1927-12-16

"a NEWS
POISON WEEDS .
a WILL KILL SHEEP

The sudden death of one or more
sheep in a flock is sometimes
caused by their eating poisonous
plants which may thrive, unnc-
ticed, along growing fence rows,
muddy or marshy places, or creek
banks.
The more general symptoms of
poisoning, according to d. S. Bell,
in charge of sheep Investigations
at the Ohio agricultural experiment
station, are frothing at the mouth,
cOlicky spasms, loss of control of
feet and legs, head drawn back,
and intense agony of pain, indi-
Gated by a hard gritting or grind
ing of the teeth. Death usually &C.
ours three to twenty-fOur hours
after the first symptoms Of illness
appear.
Treatment in practically all
cases of poisoning is useless. The
destruction of all poisonous plants
in the pasture is the only sure
method of preventing loss.
Under certain conditions wild
cherry and choke cherry are poison
GUS to sheep. White snakerOOt
is quite common in pastures in
southeastern Ohio and is "killer"
If eaten in sufficient amount. This
plant is a member of the same FAM,
lily as bOneset, which it resembles.
White hemlOck is the most deadly
of all, especially if the fleshy, tu-
berOus root is eaten. 1t thrives
only in marshy places and along
creek banks. Its anchorage to the
ground is so weak that it may be
easily pulled out of the marshy
soil and the root eaten.
In general sheep do not eat of
these poisonous plants, as they are
not very palatable. But in early
spring when first turned out on pas
ture and again in late summer
when the grass becomes dry, sheep
become reckless in their grazing
and may eat of them. Often sheep
just nip these plants, not taking
a sufficient amount to cause death,
and because of the quick action in
these pOisOns the sickness usually
goes unncticed.
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SINKING FUNDS
SINKING FUNDS

In the trust indenture or contract
under which bonds are usually is
sued it is frequently provided that
stated sums shall be set aside peri
odically out of earnings to provide
for the payment of the bonds year by
year, on call or on a given date set
for the maturity of the entire issue.
Almost any type of bond may have
this seriOl redemption or sinking
fund feature. Where it applies to
preferred stocks, it may offer the
only means, excepting dissolution,
through which the issue can be re-
tired, since stocks have no maturity
date.
The sinking fund may be held in a
bank or invested in other securities
until the bonds mature, and then
be applied to their payment. 1t may
be used to purchase the securities
in the open market from time to
time. This plan, however, may re-
suit in forcing the market price Of
the bonds to a higher level than they
would possibly enjoy without this
support. Consequently, when such
method is used the price at which
the bonds may be purchased is us
ually limited in the sinking fund
agreement. If they cannot be bought
at or below that figure the trustee
of the fund may be empowered to IN
vest in other ways.
A third method is by calling by
lot a certain number of bonds an
nually. Unless they are callable at
a substantial premium, this plan
is very Objectionable from the in
vestor's standpoint, since it makes
the life of the investment very I'M
certain and may prevent the securl-
ties from advancing.
Sinking funds do not always add
to the security of bonds, as many in
vestors suppose. If the require
ments of such a fund are so exact
ing as to hamper the profitable OPP
Grafton of corporation, if they take
no account of fluctuations in earn
ings, they may tend to decrease
rather than increase the security
behind the bonds. Sometimes, this
money might be used more advan-
tageously in an intelligent extension
of a company's activities than in
sinking fund.
Milford chronicle., 1927-12-16

Here is a swagger vanity to carry
on dress occasions. 1t is of black
MORE silk bound with gold lace
galloon. 1t shows quality in every
detail, especially in it's shirred silk
Innings, which are all one could
hope for in exquisite finesse. A
choice floral done in genuine petite
point embroidery adds a touch of
refined cOlOring. Keep this in mind
when jotting down things to buy
''on the next Christmas shopping
tour"
Milford chronicle., 1927-12-16
Young Cattle Gain on
- SiLage, Hay and Meal

Young cattle which are being
carried along rather slowly on ST
lage and straw, together, perhaps,
with little hay and oil meal, will
ordinarily make a hundred pounds
of gain for one ton of silage, 100
pounds Of oil meal, 100 pounds of
hay, and a little straw. In other
words, it would seem that when the
rate of gain is between one and
half to two pounds per head daily
the feed cost of a hundred pounds
of gain would be somewhere around
SO or $40. When the gains are
from two to two and a half pounds
per head daily and the steers are
being fed heavily on corn, it would
seem that the feed cost Of a hun
dred pounds Of gain would be some
where around $13 or $14.
Milford chronicle., 1927-12-16
Fall Condition of EuUe
Influences Spring Lambs

It Is a general belief among cur
sheep breeders that the condition
of the ewes in the fall has a
marked influence on the offspring
of the following spring, and it is
universally accepted that uniform
ity in the condition of the ewes
means lambing period that is
short and satisfactory. The ewes
breed about the same time and
the lambs arrive uniformly as to
time, and besides this they come
stronger and are more able to look
out for themselves without much
attention on the part Of the care
taker.
Milford chronicle., 1927-12-16
Marketing Cattle When
Only Moderately Fat

Although the market usually
pays a premium for very fat cat
tie, the feeder must remember that
the cost Of grain increases during
the latter part of the feeding pc
riOd. A greater net profit is often
secured from cattle marketed when
they are moderately well finished
rather than holding them in the
feed lot long enough TO put on
the extra finish that results in a
top market price. If market quo
tations are satisfactory when the
cattle reach good condition, it is
safer to ship them than hold them
another month with the steadily
Increasing cost of grain.
Milford chronicle., 1927-12-16
vTRY THIS FOR AMUSEMENT

Here is a little problem to try
when you are lonesome. 1t is more
than odd and interesting. Set down
these figures 2 3 6 Z 9, leav-
ing out eight. Choose one of these
figures and multiply it by nine.
Then multiply 12345679 by the re-
suit. To your surprise the final re-
suit will be made up Of nothing but
the first figure chosen. For example,
suppose you choose figure five.
Multiplying five by nine gives 45.
Multiplying 12345679 by As gives
555555555. And no matter which
figure is chosen to begin with the
final result will always contain nine
duplicates.
Milford chronicle., 1927-12-16

This mother encourages and
praises her son when he performs
but surely he is developing into a
self-reliant lad. Moreover, she
teaches him in doing thing when
occasion demands, even though one
is afraid. This, of course, really is
the highest form of bravery.
When a man sits down to wait for
his ship to come in, it usually turns
out to be a recivership.
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Phoned Father for Money

when I phoned her father he
said he had the money and we
planned meeting on a certain
street and then 7 called up his
house from a drug store between
his home and the meeting place,
where I could watch him pass by.
II sat there in the car and
watched for him, and as I saw him
come up I noticed there were two
cars driven closely together and /
drove to one side and followed him
to the meeting place.
They lived on Gramercy ST.,
which was one block north, and
these two cars stopped, and then
I was absolutely certain. they were
detectives and that they were going
to try to trap me.
~ concluded to take the girl back
and turn her over to the man again
and I wrote another letter. This
man (Cramer) suggested that was
getting the time too near, but I
thought that would be safer.
f'They were making such g. big
search that he was afraid they
would find the girl, so Saturday he
came to the apartment with this
suitcase, and when he opened it up
and showed me how it was I was
sure surprised"
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LAYS KIDNAPPING TO HIS
DESIRE FOR EDUCATION

the teacher that her father had
been in an automobile accident
And this other girl came over
to see which one of the (Parker)
girls I wanted. I said the younger
one. She looked younger, but 1t
turned out they were twins. But
she didn't question me in any way
and when they asked what was her
first name I didn't remember, but
I told them I worked at the bank.
II didn't give my real name. I
forget the name I did give them.
They asked me if I wanted Marion
and 1 said that she was the one.
lone of the. teachers went and
got the girl and then I saw it was
the same girl I had seen in front
Of the house.
"She started asking uestions
about what happened and how it
happened and who hit him as we
left the school and made ans rs
to all her questions. I answered
everything. She got into the car
and we drove away.
"We talked. I really liked her
and couldn't look her in the face
when told her she was kidnapped.
When I told her nothing really
happened to her father, she didn't
scream or anything, but took it
easily. I told her I would have to
tie her hands and nose so she
couldn't get away or scream.
"She said, Please don't. I'll
promise not to make any noise
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Go to Picture Show

II didn't tie her and we drove
around all afternoon and even went
to picture show, the Rialto the
alter, in Alhambra, that night and
she didn't do or say a thing which
would cause trouble for me.
II didn't intend to do her any
harm. Here is where the other man
(Cramer) part came in. He was
supposed to have the hiding place
for the girl and I was to get the
money.
"He wanted only 5000 or $500 out
of the $500. He said he didn't want
much money, anyway, but seemed tc
like the idea OF kidnapping a CIR
and holding her more than getting
the money.
Thursday, that night after the
show, met this man and he took
the girl in charge. The next time ]
saw her was Friday evening. Well
I kept writing all those letters and
had her write to her father, making
it seem like she was being treated
bad.
"She didn't want to stay with this
man, but wanted to go with me in
stead, but we had to go through
with our plans. Anyway, called
up her father.
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fad to Stop Her Crying

1.-THE police were suspicious of the
place, he said, and told me she was
crying and he had to stop her or
something like that. He said the
safest way would be to go ahead and
fix it that way and for me to keep
my suitcase in the car and go to
this place and if police stopped me
before I could get rid of it they
might look at the suitcase and never
open it.
81 thought that was all right. He
already had gone ahead, so in this
letter I then wrote I told the girls
father that if were paid before 6
o'clock his daughter still would be
alive and I didn't find out until
after 8 when he came up to the
apartment what had been done.
Even if I had written this letter,
I Thought he would want his
daughter, no matter in what con-
dition, and I went ahead and called
him up and planned the meeting
place and he said all right.
"And if this fellow had not killed
her it would have come out all right
as we had planned. I am sure I
didn't want her to die, because when
she was with me she said:
"'I wonder what the school kids
will say when go back to school?'
81 am terribly sorry and felt like
killing myself, because I sure liked
her."
Hickman denied that they had
agreed on a meeting place in Los
Angeles following the crime, and
said the last time he saw Cramer
was in Los Angeles just before the
body was returned.
'"The last time I saw him was
when he brought the suitcase up
to the apartment and told me when
I got the money to go to San Fran
cisco as soon as could safely get
away from policemen, who were
awfully suspicious.
We'll, one thing did happen Sun
day morning. About 200 detectives
came up to the apartment and
searched 1t. They came into my
apartment.
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Makes Living by HoIdups

II think rented it Nov. %, or
just before Thanksgiving. On
Thanksgiving day drove down to
San Diego and when I came back
the next day picked up this man
and a lady.
1.-THE man said his name, was
Andrew Cramer, the lady, I think,
her name was June Dunning. 1 was
alone, not knowing anyone and was
making my living by hold-ups and
I thought if I could work with some
older man we could operate to
better advantage and it would not
be as much risk and I probably
could get away with hold-ups
easier"
I'VE just held up drug stores and
places like that. That is the reason
I had these guns (referring to a
pistol and shotgun found in his
car today. That pistol belongs to
Cramer.
HE (Cramer) wanted me to get
some chloroform for him and some
ether. didn't ask what for, so in
one Of our hold-ups I got out and
he drove the car.
I'm our hold-ups he (Cramer)
would sit in the car and I would get
the money and whatever he wanted
and go out and he would drive
away.
II really didn't intend to be a
crook, because you'll find out soon
enough you will get caught. But
wanted to go back to Kansas City
and go to work and get enough
money to go to college. Park College,
near Kansas City.
And I thought if 1 could get
enough money to go to school, and
by working some during the day,
could pay the tuition, I thought il
I could get $1,000 I would start next
September and no matter how got
it would go straight from then on
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any suspicion of me at all. I went
out into the hallway and talked to
seven or eight of the best detectives
in Los Angeles and asked them if
there was anything I could do to
help. They said there was nothing
and after searching my place they
left"
what parts of the girl did
Cramer have in the suitcase when
he came up to the apartment"
Hickman was asked.
"She was cut right across the
middle of the body and her arms
were fixed up" he replied, "Cramer
had her dress on her and a little
sweater thrown on her face and of
course she was dead. But the way
the mouth was set it didn't look
very death-like. He had sewn her
eyelids open with some threads
fixed to her eyebrows. I guess the
other parts of the body were thrown
away where they were found