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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
YEARS RUM DEATHS
IN NEW YORK B7
Health Department Reports
Seven of the Number Due
to Wood Alcohol.
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, January S.-Seven
hundred and fifty deaths from al
coholism and seven from wood alcohol
were reported to the Health Depart
ment of New York City in 1926, DR..
Louis |. Harris, head of the depart
ment said in a letter Thursday. lie
explained that he did not know how
many of these deaths were from al
coholic poisoning and how many from
chronic Indulgence in alcohol,
The letter was to Dr. j. Nj. Doran
head of the technical division of the
prohibition administrator office, who
told DR.. Harris that Gen. Lincoln {.
Andrews. Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury, wanted the information. DR..
Doran also asked whether any deaths
were caused by methonal.
LAS the figures stand at the pres
ent moment" DR.. Harris wrote,
there were $50 deaths reported to the
Department of Health of the city of
New York in the year 1926 as due to
alcoholism. The information given in
the death certificates is very meager
with respect to certain important
points; for example, we do not know
how many of these deaths were due to
alcoholic poisoning and how many
were the result of chronic Indulgence
in alcohol.
ION the basis of clinical and official
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
SAYS ARMY IS NOT THE PLACE
FOR MISFITS OR MAYNARD BOYS
Adjt. Gen. Davis Vigorously Criticizes, as
Popular Delusion, Proposal Often Ad-
vanced for Disposal of Undesirables

Within the last year Gen. Davis has
personally investigated the operation
of new. simplified psychological tests
designed to bar out men with lawleSs
tendencies. He is aiming at reduction
of the Army desertion and imprison-
ment rates, for one thing, and is sat
isfied that results are beginning to
show. It's quite natural, therefore.
that he sees red whenever an instance
comes to his notice of a Judge letting
off a minor offender against civil law
on promise of the culprit to enlist in
the Army. The general explodes with
all the vigor of a hand grenade and
sharply worded correspondence en-
sues.
The adjutant general has had years
of first hand experience with troops
to settle his views on the kind of sol
diers Uncle Sam wants. He has been
through the Infantry mill with them
from "shavetail second louie" to bri-
gade command, even division for
time.
Origin of "COrky's" Name.
The Army at large regards that
nickname, "Corky." as probably sig
nificant in a slangy way of the kind
of an adiutant general of the Ameri-
can Expeditionary Forces he made,
or of his work now in Washington.
Not so. It was hitched to him In West
Point and has TO do with his legs.
The immaculate, raZor-edge- creased
white uniform pants of the West
Pointers are the special pride of the
most swanky dressers Of each sue
ceeding class Cadet Davis was, and
still is, all of that. And he was. and
still is, equipped with pair of rather
rf q Logs Thew
set off a pair of white ducks to ad-
miration. An envious and more bulk
lily built comrade once complained that
he also could show cadet class as
white pants wearer eff I had cork
legs
After that, of course, Cadet Davis
became "Corkleg" Davis. Perfectly
simple that "Corky" should follow
and stick for life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09

the fascinating things about this con-
test that troops just will not stay
put"
The 1st Division held its annual
swimming meet Friday evening at the
Boys Y M c. A. pool.
The Sd Division will hold Its
swimming meet at the Boys pool
January IS at o'clock.
Three Scouts could not pass the
hiking merit badge last month because
they had not kept a diary showing the
record of their daily hikes.
BY permission Of the Red Cross a
d. Soverhill, a Red Cross instructor
and examiner, will conduct a first aid
training class for older Scouts and
Scout leaders of the District Of Column
bia Council The course will be held
in the first aid room of the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Co, 719 Thir-
teenth street The class will be or
ganized January II at pm. and will
meet from s to 10 o'clock each Mon
day thereafter for eight weeks.
Those passing the Red Cross exami'
nation will be awarded Red Cross GER
tificates which will make them eligible
for appointment as first aid examiners.
All commissioned officers. troop COM
mitteemen and older Scouts who have
qualified for the first aid merit badge
will be admitted to the class. The
claS SIS is free
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
PLANS TO FINANCE
WHISKY MONOPOLY"
Gen. Andrews Arranging for En-.
forcement Method Contemplated
in Bill Before Congress,

Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Andrews in outlining the proposed
financing of the whisky monopoly
set up in a bill now pending in Con
gress disclosed that there would be q
public offering of 10000, 900 OF pre-
ferred stock; that the corporation
would have a stock authorization OF
10000, 900, but would be capitalized
at $70,000,000
Declaring it imperative that the
measure be enacted at this session OF
Congress in the interests of proper en-
forcement, Gen. Andrews said he
would go before the House ways and
means committee at It's invitation next
week to urge early action.
Values of the corporations securi.
ties would be determined. he ex-
planned, by the price of the subscrip-
tons to the stock. Later the $35 ,000, .
600 Of gold secured notes carrying 5
per cent interest would be offered
with the Government having the
option of purchase.
In the purchase of outstanding sup
plies of medicinal whisky the corpor.
alton would pay one-half in stock and
one-half in cash. Whisky owners have
agreed to the acceptance of stock after
long consideration. and Gen. Andrews
expressed qualification over the sur.
of this big stumbling block
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
BOY SCOUTS.

Troop 81. of the Mount Pleasant
Congregational Church, Edward Lyles,
scoutmaster, is leading in the ad-
vancement contest. With 51.37 points
per scout, the troop not only leads
in its own grade E, but has more
points than any other troop in the
city. Troop of the All Souls Prot
estant Episcopal Church. William
Westlake, acting scoutmaster, STANDS
second in grade B, with 46.77 points,
and Troop So, Harold Finch, scout
master, the deposed leader of last
points. Troop 100, winner of last
years contest. is in fourth place.
In grade A, Troop AZ of the All Souls
Unitarian Church, Odell Whipple,
scoutmaster, takes the honors from
Troop % and now leads with 1873
points, while the latter troop drops to
second place, with 17.43 points.
Troop2. with Archie Davis as scout
master, is on top in grade c, with
26.15 points. Troop Is. Maj. F. T.
Norcross, scoutmaster, is second, and
Virginia troop, 1874, of Christ
Church Alexandria, A. T. Smith,
sc0utmaster, threatens from that side
of the Potomac, with 11.25 points.
as follows: Grade A-First, Troop AZ,
1873 points: second, Troop 20, 17.43
points; third. Troop, 70. 500 points;
fourth, Troop 81. sos points. Grade
B-First, Troop 81. 51.37 points; sec
ond Troop s, 46.77 points; third. Troop
35, 4143 points; fourth, Troop 100,
32.11 points; fifth, Troop II, 22.77
points; sixth, Troop 43, 1899 points;
seventh. Troop IS, 17.04 points;
eighth. Troop 76, 1888 points; ninth,
Troop 10, 1909 points; tenth, Troop
So, 1913 points. Grade C-First,
Troop 2. 2615 points; second. Troop
Is, 22.5 points; third, Troop 1874, 1928
points; fourth, Troop /, 1877 points;
fifth, Troop 1913, rs points; sixth,
Troop So, 7.21 points; seventh, Troop
70. Cts points.
Next month, in addition to Troops
2 and Is moving into grade b.
Troops 81 and 50 will advance into
grade A, thus changing the standing
in those divisions also. 1t is one of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09

ing the Army. Other complicated
machinery works out how soldiers are
to be fed, clothed, drilled, educated,
disciplined transported, organized,
hospitalized, entertained, paid, retired
and even buried. But it all begins
with finding the young chaps to whom
these processes are to be applied.
Good Soldiers, Good Citizens.
That's "Corky" Davis job. Last
year he collected and fed into the
Army machine nearly $4,000. Pres
emily the vast majority of them will
he good soldiers. Still later they Will
be much improved civilians again,
with honorable discharges to show.
But so far as Gen. Davis and his
far-reaching recruiting service are
able to guarantee it, they were all
good citizens to begin with. If there
was a physical misfit or moral de-
linquent in the lot he sneaked IN
somehow through elaborate barriers
erected to keep the morally, mentally
and physically unfit out of the ranks
of Uncle Sans modest-sized fighting
machine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09

Folks who still harbor the notion
that the Army in peace times is a sort
OF house of correction to which way-
ward NOllfhS CO.., 10 com r,ittod 70 tInn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09

Although the shortest day of the
year was the beginning of Winter,
December %, the sun now gets up
over the eastern horizon a rev
minutes later than on that day.
This apparent laZiness of the sun
is due to the fact that earthly clocks
keep their time by what astronomers
call the "mean sun" rather than by
the true sun, and that therefore the
sun is directly on the meridian at
high noon on any day of the year
except about April Is, June 10,
August 81 and December "a. The
late rising of the sun is compensated
for during these early January days
by the even later setting of the sun,
so that the daylight period is actu-
ally lengthening. The earliest sunset
occurred some time between Decem-
Der 2 and a.
The irregularity of the true sun
is well realized by those who rely
on sundials for their time. The diff
ference in time between that kept
by the true sun, recorded on the
and the mean sun, by which
clocks are set. is called the equation
of time The necessity for this
equation of time is due to two fac
tors, the eccentricity of the earth's
orbit about the sun and the obliquity
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
COP RELEASES ROBBER.
Policeman Pays for Goods Father
of Starving Family Stole.

MINNEAPOLIS, January 8 LF).-
A cry of "robber. thief" caused Pa
trolman George Egels to chase and
catch a robber here, and finally re-
lease the robber, after which the Off
Ger paid for the stolen goods.
When arrested the robber related
story of a starving family. and his
inability to get work. The officer in
vestigated, paying for some bread and
butter the man had taken, and added
a basket of other groceries for good
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
WINS SKUNK HIDE.

CHICAGO. January P).--An
argument over ownership of the hide
of a skunk which resulted in broken
nose for Edward Grimm, and a sub
sequent suit for damages against his
cousin Ernest. ended here yesterday
when Edward was awarded $3.50 dam
ages and the pelt. The argument
started when each claimed the animal
was found on his farm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
MOTH IN NEW ENGLAND.
Fruit Blight Wages Successful
Fight Against Spray.

AMHERST, Mass, January s Op).-
The Oriental fruit moth has invaded
New England orchards
Its habit of splitting out the first
few mouthfuls of twigs or fruit" rem
ders poison sprays useless in protec-
tive campaigns and no other success
full control has been found.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
SENTENCED TO HOUR.

CLEVELAND. Ohio, January Up.
Because he broke into a candy
store, which was in the hands of a
Federal receiver. to remove a ma
rooned cat, II. NJ. Lemgwell, agent
for humane society. was sentenced
by Federal Judge Paul Jones to one
hour in custody of United States
marshal.
Judge Jones said he wanted to
curb Intrusion of state and county
officers into the affairs of the Federal
court
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09

experience. it is my belief that some
of these $50 deaths were possibly due
to methonal or other substance EN-
ployed to denature or medicate alco-
hol. l have found that physicians who
are not experienced in observing the
effects of wood alcohol poisoning can
not readily diagnose the conditions,
and may frequently overlook it en-
tirely. but frankly, these are just
questions which come to my mind and
which 1 am not prepared to answer
In a scientific, dispassionate spirit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09

Will NbNhy w liiS
financial and men.
tai relief of their
home communi.
ties, are apt to fall
foul of a hustling
and sometimes ex.
plosive Washing
ton official known
to his intimates as
"Corky" Davis.
His official title is
the adjutant gen
eral of the Army.
He appears in the
Army list as Rob
ert G. Da Wis,
major general.
A m o II 6 I h g
amazingly diverse
duties of his Office
is that of recruit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
Legionnaires to Save Fee.

CHERBOURG, France, January s
P).-Members of the American Lee
gion coming to France for the 1927
convention will be saved the usual
landing charge when they get off their
boats here. The Chamber of Com
merce, which controls the docking IA
cilities, has offered this rebate as a
courtesy to Frances comrades-in-ar arms
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
Sun Now Rises Few Minutes Later Each
Day. but Makes Up Daylight in Setting

of the ecliptic or path in which the
sun appears to move around the
earth.
This path does not encircle the
sky directly over the earth's equator,
but is at an angle of 2312 degrees
from the celestial equator. These two
factors combined make the sun seem
to be "slow" at this time of the year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09

Alone in a house in an isolated spot
in Duffus. Scotland. Mrs. William
Davidson carried her three children
through the flames, then +ried to save
her home, which was totally destroyed
by fire,
Evening star., 1927-12-13

Rayon Knitted and
Swiss Knit Four-in- m
Hand Neckwear, also n
cut silk Bow Tiesj
beautiful patterns T
and colorines espe.
eiaily pleasing to the @1k
boys.
Evening star., 1927-12-13

When some species of birds migrate
the males reach their destination a
day or more before the females, due
perhaps to slightly greater wing
spread of the males.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-17
BEING SERIOUS ABOUT BIG BILL
crhe Rritish-Ameriean


understand hnoo seriously"
Naturally the Bns after reading the outrageous things said of them
they realize
often dened British
country
mayor birthplace
pilgrimage
He Illuminated about
ready to ae Mayor Thompson seriously
Hughes damned liar
if
NO haven't" he shouted wouldn't
muckraker profit"
You can't take that Chicago
journalist of said
kindly way OF appng him the back saying
influenced the
John F. McEzeon
honpsons anBith
IN business Btos including Canadians
valuable elseWher
London Mike" may Thompson too
seriously
But Chicago did not take him seriously
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-17
] Mexican Bribe Fund Probe

After its
alleged official
paid to four United right where with
exception that the public
categocaIy denied receiving
while William Randolph publicity tes
of the senators
handling all
investigation
the office of the general in York
admitting that the
that the
them propaganda pleasing to
Senator Hln especially in
Gales church policy his but he
testified before the investigating
expenses from Protestant ministers others
Senators Boah LaFoette they
approached by
touching their advocacy of foreign relations
1t certainty
Tor while bribe is the
to do disappearing act shown
in the Elk oil
is sincerely hoped that be able to prove
t absolute innocence conviction injury
70 te cause OF popular
Wnen charges OF corruption proof
The presumption of
ter guilt IS proven beyond
CeV noud accept Judgment before
crimes and misdeneanors country simply
npeached members the intelligent person
IN the United States really believes
guilty of the charge.
Corruption government the republic to continue it's
successful march to its
exacted OF public servants who
Another scandal at this
the honesty OF government to threaten republic
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-17
Science Builds Sign Posts

Intelligence among the pupils of the Douglas
schools in the few parents and
teachers in assisting in directing of
Higher education for all the of the
nation standing state maintenance of
elementary
upon youth
proper supeructre sened by all
present thought
citzeny
increasing numbers sending the
higher learning.
education
paid
ficiareS, by private benefcience
pays to
publicly support colleges type
with
scientifically
tell the youth whether college education will
particular mentality
ecatons available
majority middle
higher education.
of college
intelligence reasonably
expected guide their
the that will minimize wasted endeavor
that college education will furnish the
it will provide
at
There able brilliant the world have
education is
himself outside college the penaciy
and self education high point
schooling by rather
history capacity to
English the first president
intelligence
they Of assistance in classifying pupils in
public schools
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-17

will with mechanical
in
a
build
that
would see it represent the past The wrecks
bricks would be worth they
Valuable material
built himself he
dead he
has completely changed its ideas old story something
spiritually
fciaHy direction
built high the there waiting
their eXtemnaed
exchanged their sheepskins for silk
probably
indifference
the
adusabiy
it the only the future?
Certainly but few minutes looking but
forever arising look into the east at dawn.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-17

ment issued three commemorative
tWo-cent stamps during the fiscal
year, which you may not have seen
These stamps all depicted Revolu-
tionary scenes. commemorating the
Battle of White Plains with an ar
tillery battery in action, the defeat
ot Burgoyne with a scene represent
ing his surrender at Saratoga and
Vermont's. Sesquicentennial of in
dependence with the figure of a
Green Mountain Boy clad in the
militia uniform OF the time.
Nearly 26OOO,OOo letters were "un-
deliverable" an increase of 1900 600
which Postmaster General New at
tributes to the Increased use of first
class. postage by direct mail adver-
tisers who used no return address
on the envelope or relied on obso-
lete and incorrect mailing lists. Tile
department destroyed 12700000 dead
letters containing circulars and ad-
vertising matter The department is
trying to get mail advertisers to bring
their mailing lists up to date and to
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-17

WASHINGTON-More than 10000
100000 postage stamps were moisIen-
ed last year in the United States ano
the citizen who didn't lick at least
l3O was so many icks short OF the
average.
About 12,OOO,OOO,OO0 ordinary let.
tiers were mailed, inasmuch as the
government issued that many two
cent stamps. More than 25,OOO,OO0-
0OO pieces OF mail were handled.
The national bill for postage was
$6l0,000,000, representing virtually 81
per cent OF the postoffice depart
ment's revenue, one learns from the
annual report OF Postmaster General
Harry S. New
The department handled about ESQ.,
100000 special delivery letters, af-
fixed 100000 postage due stamps
to the value Of $3,500,00O and sold
1900 100000 postal cards and 3,1OO,-
100000 stamped envelopes.
In addition to the Lindbergh and
other air mail stamps the depart
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-17
More Truth Than Poetry
By JAMES J. MONTAGUE
WARNING

Upon learning that song is tonic
To the man who has got out of step
With the go-getting throng which is
forging along
Filled with steam and ambition and
pep,
purchased a new grand piano,
Which learned with some effort to
play
And with hope in my heart-which
was strong at the start
I sang for two hours each day.
I sang all the airs of my childhood
sang all the lays I'd been taught
At nv task I would Groom every
beautiful tune
In lovely new book 1 had bought
1 Joined a quartette and glee club
And we sang till our voices grew
gruff
And We wore out our throats with the
volume of notes
That we used in close harmony
stuff.
But 1 found that was not advancing
BY the means of the melody game
I grew daily more strong in the mat
ter of song
But no dollar more income incame.
And having contracted the habit,
Through my thoughts tun eff ul
rhythm would throb,
Till the boss said one day in a men
acing way
"Say I can't have men sing on
the job
So alas! I am now a weak addict
To mustcs dread opiate power
NV nerves get a-jerk and can't keep
at work
If I don't stop to sing once an
hour,
So I give this advice to my fellows
Who for fame and for fortune may
grope-
The habit of song never helps you
along
1t is really species of dope
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-17

use the return cards.
! About $113000 in loose money was
found in unbelievable envelopes and
$4,000 was restored to the owners
million and more letters were
found to contain money, stamps
checks and other enclosures of value
10 the total value OF some $52OOOOO
More than 100000 parcels and ar
tlcles of merchandise were handled
by the dead parcel post service OF
which more than 10000 were unad-
dressed. Of the total unclaimed
pieces, 121,O00 were delivered $1,000
destroyed as worthless and 267,177
auctioned off for 100000.
Expansion efforts OF American
manufacturers and producers are in
dicated by 10 per cent increase in
mail to foreign countries which
amounted tc more than $4,000 tons.
1t is estimated that 100000
pieces OF mail we're mailed free by
governmental establishments under
the penalty privilege, about $4,000
tons.
1NCW 4ClJoI lIldG I1lG DIdCClc6 OF
sending unsolicited articles through
the mail for sale is increasing to the
point where legislation to prohibit it
is demanded. He points out that
this is nuisance to the recipient
and that the recipient is under no
obligation to return the article or re-
nit the price REGARDLESS OF any
threatening folloW-up letters.
Money orders worth an AVERAGE
of $3.50 apiece were handled in the
fiscal year to the number of 198,-
100000 and a value of $1.7OO 900 O00
A wide variety OF fraudulent
schemes came to the attention OF the
department, resulting in fraud orders
against 239 concerns and individuals.
New mentions one promoter who ad-
mitted handling over a period OF
wears a total to S1OO.OOO,0O0 extract
ed from his victims and urges all
victims of mail frauds to make
prompt complaint to the department.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-17
Menus for the Family
BY SISTER MARY

BREAKFAST-O Juice,
Folled oats. cream. eggs poached
in milk on graham toast. extra
toast. milk. coffee.
Observation-Disclosures baked
with tomatoes. hearts of celery,
ginger pudding, milk, tea.
DIN N ER - Baked halibut
steaks. potato croquettes. creamed
green peppers. pineapple salad,
floating island. milk. coffee.
The ginger pudding suggested
in the luncheon menu is SO good
that it might take the place of a
rich plum pudding in a Christmas
dinner planned specially for chill
dren.
Ginger Pudding
Four tablespoons granulated
sugar, X, cup molasses. 4 table,
spoons butter. l Il cups flour. u
teaspoon powdered ginger, Il tea
spoon cinnamon. teaspoon soda,
II cup boiling water, II cup
seeded raisinS. IL cup cleaned
cuEfdHlS. 70 cup chopped HSSv
tablespoons each candied orange
and lemon peels. 2 teaspoons va
nilla, few grains salt, egg.
Cream butter and gradually
beat in, sugar. Add molasses and
beat we'll. Mix prepared fruits
with 12 cup -four. stirring with a
fork until thoroughly blended. Mix
and sift remaining -four with
spices. Add to first mixture and
beat smooth. Add half boiling
water and mix thoroughly. Add
Toured fruit and mix we'll. Dis
solve soda in remaining water and
add at once to mixture. Beat hard.
Beat egg until light and add with
vanilla aud salt to batter. Beat
well and pour into a buttered
mold. Cover mold closely and
steam two hours. Serve warm with
hard sauce, lemon sauce or whip.
ped cream.
Copyright. 1927. NEA Service, Incl