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Evening star., 1927-04-25
BETTER HOME WEEK
OBSERVANCE OPENS.
Mrs. Coolidge Heads List OF
Homemakers Aiding at
Girl Scout House.

Better Homes week obseTvances,
which are being held throughout the
United states this we < in connection
with the sixth annual Better Homes
campaign, viii begin in Washington
this afternoon at $50 o'clock with
homemaking demonstrations to be
held at the Girl Scout Little House,
New York avenue at Eighteenth
street,
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge heads q long
list of distinguished honemakers who
have been invited to participate in
the exercises here, which will be
under the auspices of Better Homes
ia America educational organization,
of which Herbert Hoover is president.
In keeping with similar observances
to be held in $500 other cities over
the Nation the local demonstration
VIII continue each afternoon this
week, eliminating Saturday after
noon in two programs lasting from
10 am. till $50 pm.
Hub If Demonstration.
All activities in the better homes
demonstration here win center in the
Girl Scout Little House, which was
built during the better homes COM
paign Of 1923 by the General Fedora
tion of Womens Club and presented
10 the Girl Scouts as a home-traininS
center. IN this house the Girl Scouts
Of Washington are taught the rudi.
ments of h0men2king, for which
they are awarded hoaor badges.
Among the demonstrations which
Will he conducted during the week,
between the hours Of $50 and $50,
and on Saturday from 10 to !
and 3:30 10 $50, viii be the making
of cookies from the Girl Scout recipe,
the proper getting Of the table for
the family meals child care, sewing,
knitting, the Girl Scouts serving as
hOsteSses.
Mrs. Hoover Active.
Mrs. Herbert Hoover. chairman OF
the executive committee, and past
national president Of the Girl Scouts
and Mrs. Henry Flather, commission.
er. are taking an active intreest in the
program and viii assist the official
hostess. Mrs. g. l.. Bowman, during
the week. Mrs William Howard Taft
and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson are honor
arv vice presidents of the Girl Scouts
and viii be invited as special guests
during the week, together with Mrs
William M Jardihe, wife of the Sec
retary of Agriculture, and Mrs. James
j. Davis, wife Of the Secretary oi
Labor,
Others who will be invited to wit
ness the home-maiung activities o
the Girl Scouts win be DR.. james
Ford, executive director Of Bette
Homes III America; Dr. Louise Stan
ley, chief of the Bureau OF Homt
Economics, Department of Agricul
ture; Miss Grace Abbott, chief OF tn
Chidren's Bureau; Miss Mabel Board
man, national director Of the Re,
Cross. and Miss Clyde b. Schuman 0
the nutrition service OF the 'Red Cross
Mrs. Isaac Cans heads the commit
tee which is making preparations foI
Evening star., 1927-04-25
Chosen Queen of Nav.
specIal Dlspatch to The stnr-

opecaI Dispatch 70 The Star.
DANVILLE, Va, April 25.-Nriss
Elizabeth Dodson, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Il. l.. Dodson, has been chosen
Queen of the May by the student body
of Averett Baptist College, the event
to be staged in the city park about
the middle of the coming month. She
is member of the graduating class.
Evening star., 1927-04-25
CITY MANAGER BREAKS
ANKLE PLAYING TENNIS
Alexandria Official Injured as Po-
lice Start Drive on Sunday
Base Ball.
speelal pIapatch o 1,he star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
ALEXANDRIA,, Va, April 25.--City
Manager Paul Morton yesterday
broke his left ankle while playing
tennis at the Bellehaven Country
Club. while in the city the police
started a drive against Sunday base
ball and other sports.
The city manager is able to so 10
his office on crutches.
Police yesterday threw open the
gates at the baiIpark, allowing every
one to pass in free. since the law
prohibits chargiug admission on Sum
day.
Evening star., 1927-04-25
WOOdsnnen Held
Past Masters at
Basket Ball Play

BY the Associated Press.
LOUISVILLE, April 25.-Back-
woodsmen may be far from sophis-
ticated, but some Of them are past
masters at the art of basket ball,
Six Of the seven members of the
Marrowbone, KY. squad had never
ridden on a train until they came
here recently to compete in re-
gional tournament for high school
teams. They finished in second
place, despite the fact they were
handicapped because one member
of the team remained at home to
avoid initiation into the mysteries
Of locomotives.
Evening star., 1927-04-25

the demonstrations and will assist the
hostesses during the week.
Better Homes week is being oh
served from coast to coast, and even
IN Alaska and the Hawaiian Islands
Demonstrations OF better homes will
be given in cities towns, villages and
the most remote rural communities
to show the ways that each commu.
nifty can contribute to the improve
ment of housing conditions and pro,
mote wholesome home life.
Evening star., 1927-04-25

The system of trained nursing which
now prevails through America. Great
Britain and In many other lands orig.
mated in the Deaconesses' Institute,
founded by Pastor Fliedner and his
wife at kaiserswerth, a little village
en the Rhine, in 1886,
Evening star., 1927-04-25

The Parent-Teacher Federation Of
British Columbia has undertaken to
raise fund of 5000 for endow-
ment of a chair Of home economies
Evening star., 1927-04-25

In nearly every instance the litera.
ture of modern European nations
began with the translation of the
Bible.
Evening star., 1927-04-25

A shipment of 100000 butterflies
was recently sent from France to
England.
Evening star., 1927-11-06
FRANCE FOSTERS SPORTS.
Cross of Legion of Honor Awarded
for Outstanding Successes.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
PARIS.-France's sports heroes are
being given unusual honors by their
nations government.
Robert Benoist, world champion
motor car driver this year, is to re-
cetve the Cross Of the Legion of
Honor in recognition Of his victories
in four international Grand -Prix races
Builders Of the winning machines will
b. similarly honored
The victorious Davis Cup team. in
being received recently at the Elysee
Palace by President Doumergue,
we're treated in a fashion hitherto al.
most unthinkable for a mere ''sportif. -,
- Japan nese women are preferred to
,nen as pearl divers. because they can
stay under water longer.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-18

major surgical operation and ordered
the cutting off of the patients
head"
The bill relates to the capital
stock Of banks, loans, to officers of
banks, loans to corporations and
persons by banks, the legal reserve
of commercial banks and prescriD.
ing regulations with reference to
borrowing by banks. During his
message of disapproval, the COVER
nor reiterates, 81 am of the opinion
that if this bill is retained in its
present form that the only banks
which will probably be left in the
state system will be the weaker In
stitutions that are not able to COM
ply with national bank requirements
Reason for not vetoing the bill is
found in the governors concluding
lines: "As banking legislation was
one of the major issues in the last
campaign, stringent banking legts-
lation was promised, this bill having
received practically the unanimous
support Of the legislature, / am
permitting it to become law but I
am not approving it,
But one negative vote was cast
against the bill in the senate While
approved by theS house was unani-
nous.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-18
N. M. FIRE FIGHTERS
SHOT AT FROM AMBUSH

ALBUQUERQUE, n NJ, March II
(Fs;-(R--A truck load of men en-
route to fight the forest fire al,
Captain, in the Lincoln national for
est. were fired on by an unknown
party, according to word to officers
in Carrizozo
One man was reported injured
Edwin S. French Of Albuquerque,
attorney for the United States forest
service, and Supervisor o. FREQ
Arthur of the Lincoln forest with
headquarters at Alomogorda have ar
rived in Carrizozo to assist in the
investigation of alleged incendiarism
in the forest, and the subsequent
shooting. Previous fires in the same
section are believed of incendiary
origin. One in 1924 destroyed 1900
acres, one in 1926, 20 acres. The
fire now is under control but the
region still is under a heavy guard.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-18

grant probation after prisoner has
begun serving his term, and few
cases thus far tried appear to be in
conflict, according to Assistant District
Attorney j. Forrest McCutcheon.
In holding in favor of Cook, Judge
Wilson stated that the new law is
radical departure without parallel"
and gives the trial judge control over
the prisoner until the termination of
the latter's sentence.
"The act gives district judges, i'll
some sense, pardoning power not en-
joyed by the president" said Judge
Wilson.
He stated that in his opinion the
original sentence against Cook was eX-
cessve, that Cook now is pauper, and
that if he served his full sentence he
would be 10 years old when released
Probation amounts virtually to sus-
pended sentence At the end of five
years he will be eligible for complete
freedom by pardon and will be forced
to return to prison unless the presi1
dent commutes the sentence, or grants
pardon.
Probation differs from parole Under
parole a prisoner continues under OBJ
servation until the limit OF his sem
tence.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-18

by mining men not connected with the
Tornado as worth between $4,000 and
$4,000 a ton. TOO much 'gopherin'
ard not enough real mining around
here" one weather. beaten old timer
observed as he came down the noun
tain. IF they dig through a ledge to
find out what's in it, We'll know how
we stand" The mountain" incident
ally is a part of the Dripping Springs
range, which separates the Cowboy
mine on the north side from the 20
claims of Joseph E. Lee. This par
ticular hill might be called Mount
Anonymous" since no one around here
seems to know its name, if it ever had
one. Joe Lees claims and six others
to the east belonging to George p.
Bauer, of Dexter Calf, have now been
taken over by the newly organized
Tornado Gold Mining company, of
which James 3. Grand Of Phoenix, is
president and managing director and
Daniel H. McGraw, of Nevada, is vice
president and general manager. The
new company holds about so claims in
the Dripping Springs county. Lees
property has been reported as being
on4 of the richest of the Tornado
group.
After a hike of two miles over a
steep path across Mount Anonymous
which looms upward about 1,500 feet
from its base, the correspondent
reached Lees place. There is cut
six feet wide which exposes vein
that Lee says is probably 40 feet wide,
judging from the place where the
limestone forma ton begins. The corre-
spondent asked Lee to put some of the
ore through a rocker or cradle so that
first-hand information could be OBJ
tanned regarding the ore contents. The
mining man replied that his hands
were not in condition to do the work.
Whereupon Ed l.. Pomeroy, a mining
maa, and l.. B. Johnson, prospector,
both of Mesa, volunteered to do the
work under Lees direction. Lee did
not take advantage of the offer and
the matter was dropped.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-18
GAS WELL Is STRUCK
AT HARRINGTON, N. M.

FARMINGTON, N. NJ, March II (9
A conservative estimate of ono
million feet at top sands is placed
for the gas we'll discovered at the
west end of Farmington Wednesday
The well will be used as a gas
producer, according to- announce
ment of the San Juan Petroleum
company, and will possibly be used
to furnish gas to Pennington, while
another well will be drilled on higher
ground nearby for oil.
The well, 1858, blew some 500
feet of water in eight-inch casing
over the top of the derrick and
cleared the hole completely of water
Gas production was obtained in Pic
ture Sand and is increasing in flow
since. the initial strike. The strike
was made at depth of LOIS feet.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-18

keep the books of the company he
was furnished with an eitirely new
set. He said that McKinnon had
stated in a conversation that the
books were out Of balance but that
was all that was mentioned about
it, He stated that the cash drawer
was never kept locked to his knowl-
edge, and that he knew nothing
about the condition of the lock- At
one time, according to the witness,
Nc Kinnon had come into his cage and
said that Sperry had admitted talk
ing some money. 81 asked him if he
ness. well, he practically admitted
it," McKinnon answered
D. Sperry, father of the defendant,
was called to the stand. He told of
one side of the conversation between
his son and Robert Rae when Sperry
had called Rae UP and asked him to
come to Douglas, as he had been
accused of taking some money. He
said that Sperry had said in refer
ence to the shortage, "I did not, l
did not / did not" saying it over
several times, meaning that he had
taken no money.
e. C. Piper, auditor, was next
sworn in. After stating that he had
had many years experience in the
business world, in banking, keeping
accounts, bookkeeping, etc, was put
on direct examination by Gilmore.
He testified that he had worked on
the books of the Commerce Realty
and Trust company for only twelve
days and had not audited all the
items. At the request of Gilmore,
the witness was told to audit a cer-
tain item for the benefit of the jury
During the course of the audit, Attor-
ney Murray objected several times to
the way he was explaining his work
to the jury, but the objections We're
overruled on the grounds that this
was the manner in which the audit
was made. At the end of this pro-
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-18

cross that bridge. when 1 come tc
it,
Should Barry at the direction OF
republican leaders decline to so to
Pennsylvania the committee might
send it's deputy sergeant at arms,
Jerry South who assisted in obtain
ing possession of the ballot boxes
from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
which now are stored in the base
ment of the senate office building.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-18

cedure, Gilmore continued with his
direct examination and Piper identi-
fled several checks and, entries on
the books.
row, with Piper still on the stand
Gilmore stated today that he would
exert every effort to finish the case
by Saturday evening, and Murray
answered that he would cooperate
with him to this end
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-18
Conclusion of Sperry
Case Draws to Close
CContinued From rage one)

accused him of having shortage in
his books but that he was sure it
was only mistake in the placing
of his accounts, the witness stated.
At the afternoon session the first
witness for the defense called was
Walter J. Helm, a booSkeeper in the
Commerce Realty and Trust company
between the dates of September 2S,
1925, and August, 1925. His home is
now in Los Angeles. This witness
testified that when he started to
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-18

WASHINGTON, March II. (P-The
latest charge that liquor is sold on
the Leviathan failed to arouse ship
ping board officials, who have heard
such claims before, only to find on
investigation that in no case was a
ships officer involved.
In some instances it has been
found that stewards and other mem
bers Of the crews of American ships
under the control of the board were
doing some bootlegging on their own
account, but reliance has been placed
in the assurance given by command
ers of the various vessels that they
were doing their best to break up
the practice.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-18

sure was being prepared persisted to-
night, which bears out intimations
which have been made from time to
time throughout the session that the
legislature is determined to pass high
way legislation and then leave it up
to the governor as to whether such
legislation was to become law
Recession from the commission form
Of administration of the proposed re-
organized department is not considered
likely, even by administration mem
bers.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-18

TCOHIIHUtU FTOITI I dSt OHt1
to meet with the committee He
asserted today that he had not told
the senate leaders that he would
refuse to go to Pennsylvania on
private funds furnished by commit
tee members for the purpose OF oD-
tanning and bringing to Washington
the ballot boxes used in four Penn
sylvania counties, in the senatorial
election last November.
81 have not made up my mind on
that subject he said. Il will
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-18

AS for house bill 148, which was
sent to the secretary of state with
out executive action, the governor
says: "I am of the opinion that this
is another of the bffls where the
patient was suffering from black
eye, and the physician prescribed q
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-18

TUCSON, March II P-Frederick
Almy, wealthy sportsman, former
Arizona cowboy, who was fined be-
cause of liquor found in his bag
gage, which he declared had been
secured aboard the Leviathan, was
arrested here by prohibition officers
some months ago and charged with
the transportation of liquor, accord
ing to M. p. Cosby, of the federal
prohibition forces. Almy who was
iii this city visiting friends prior to
his departure for Europe, had a
quantity Of liquor in his car when
caught by the officers, they said.
He was arraigned before the Unit
ed States commissioner in Phoenix.
and made bond for his later appear
ance on the charge. The car, the
officers said, was confiscated.
Almy, who is well known in France
end England as we'll as in this coun-
try, recently imported some thor,
cughbrcd Arabian horses for l.. H;
Manning, prominent stock man here.
1t was in connection with the pur-
chase Of the horses that Almy was
in Tucson, it was said at the time.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-18

TORNADO CAMP. March II R9.-
There is high-grade gold in these parts
but the showing SO far made as to
quantity is not sufficient to warrant
any ones mortgaging the old home
steady to come out here.
That is the consensus of opinion
among the scores of veteran pros
pectors interviewed today by the staff
correspondent of the Arizona Daily
Star Those grizzled men of the hills
who have spent their lives scratching
about for pay dirt were almost un-
animous in their enthusiasm over the
highi quality of ore that has been
found-and equally cautious in making
predictions, in view of the small guam
titles of gold so far taken out. They
were impartial judges with nothing
to buy and nothing to SELL
Released by a pick and pair of
pinchers in the hands of fellow
visitor, a shower. of gold-laden ore
particles fell from the roof of drift
from an open cut upon the head and
shoulders of the correspondent. Some
of the pieces which were later given
to the newspaper man were estimated
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-18
Former Arizona Cowboy
Pays Fine; Liquor on Ship

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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-18

lack to Arizona at once, with his
bride, former mannequin of Paris.
and that out there, 10 miles from
a railroad, he expected to find
peace"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-18
4 Measures Remain
to Be Acted Upon

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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-18
Arctic Explorer Is Freed
From Federal Prison

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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-18
Legislature to Reconvene
Friday; Battle Sighted

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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-18
Sinclair Trial Adds
Strength to Slush Probe

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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-18
1000 Visitors See Ari-
zOna's New Gold Camp
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New Mexico, Ohio, Illinois and Ken
lucky.
Many newcomers especially those
from Arizona staked out new claims
today. There was perfect order at the
camp, however
Cal Bywater, of Globe, who with
three other Globe investors own IA
claims adjacent to the Tornado prop
erty, found himself the owner of
house with the only we'll in the vicinity
today. He paid visit to the camp
and refused to lease the place for a
boarding house. He will remove with
his family to the camp tomorrow He
plans to start exploration work at
once.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-02-25
Substantially Correct
BY WILLIAM PICKENS
(The American Aesop)

Early in the twentieth century
they enacted new constitution in a
southern state. Some said it was
part of plan to suppress the Negro
vote. the right of registration being
limited by educational tests and 9TH
er tests. At any rate in one city they
had decided to "test" and register
only 16 Negroes. This maximum
number was to supersede any other
qualification. And when the 18th
Negro, a farmer, came up to register,
they asked him the list of reasonable
questions, and he answered them cor
rectly. 1t was then up to the regis
trar to get rid of this 18th Negro
and so he stepped to the back of the
office and conferred with local
politician:
"By lingo this 18th Negro has
answered all the questions as we'll as
the others did. What am to do with
him?"
GO, out there" said the resource
full politician, "and ask him what is
a writ of habeas corpus ad testifiean.
dunn. That ought to stump him.
When he was asked the question,
the Negro proved to be resourceful
also in his answer: eyes sir, boss, I
know 'zactly whaut dat is. too; dat's
jes' a special kinder 'rangement an
device to keep a Negro f'om votin' r.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-02-25
Mischief Afoot

DlS0WNED and excoriated by
many of its former supporters the
Ku Klux Khan in its last dying gasp
is endeavoring to raise its battered
head to inject its Shiny fang of mis-
chief and intolerance into American
life by appealing to the prejudices
Of race and creed. and so poison the
body polite.
In every state above the Mason
and Dixon line and as far west as
Colorado, measures have been intro
duced in the Legislatures asking that
mixed marriages be forbidden and
also limiting the activities of Catho-
lies and Jews. Penalties as high as
$4,000 with prison term have been
mentioned for the violation of these
Grimes.
The New England States of Mas
sachusetts. Rhode Island and Con-
necticut have felt the full force of
this concentrated drive of the hooded
order. Anti-Intermarriage bills and
Anti-Catholic bills have been pre-
sented to their General Assemblies.
So far Rhode Island has been the
only enc to have acted and already
the bills have been postponed indef-
initely, thanks to the good offices of
a Catholic Democrat. There is no
doubt that these measures will re-
ceive scant consideration in Massa-
chusetts and Connecticut.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-02-25
Court Orders "Boy
Orator" to File Answer

NEW YORK.-Charles Satchel
Morris. Jr., Virginia Boy Orator. :"
has been ordered by the Hon. John
r. Davis, municipal court justice. to
file verified answer to complaints
filed by James c. Thomas, former
Assistant United States Attorney,
who is suing the former for fees in
connection with professional serv-
ices.
When Morris appeared in court
this week, he filed a general denial.
stating that his attorney was en-
gagged and that he was not ready
for trial. Upon this Thomas con-
tended he was entitled TO detailed
and specific answers to all of the
allegations in his complaint and
Morris was ordered to file them
within five days.
The case will come up for action
before a jury on March 9.