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New York Letter

ed over for . handful OF the costly
hot-house grapes that adorned the
decorative fruit howl. His host
caught his hand and gently requested
him not 10 touch the grapes. ex-
planning that they had been hired
for the evening.
Dear old Nellie RevelI. who prob
ably is getting Belshevist gold or
something for doing II. Nv spreading
the report thai the florists' asso.
citation pays $4,000 q year 10 the
woman who created the idea Of Moth
er's day, which certainly has meant
d lot to the florists. III not 10 mother.
BootlegRers are using the air 20
advertise. In n program broadcast
late in the evening by a less prom
inent New York station there was
mentioned . name and address with
the information, $3.50 for the white
stuff"
A New York undertaken tells n
OF the strangest stories I have ever
heard.
One night a man opened the door
OF the undertaking parlor and fell
dead. He carried a ball Of twine
In one hand. leaving n train. The
undertaken followed the Irvine for
three blocks and found the other end
attached 10 the door Of what was
obviously the mans dwelling. a base
ment In mn abandoned factory build
ing. A detective figured out that the
man. suffering from heart disease,
realized that death was near, and
chose that means OF making sure his
body was found and identifying him
self. He had no telephone and he
couldn't write.
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NEW YORK.-New York has two
Coney Islands. with the larger one
running full blast In the district
usually referred to as Broadway.
Forty-seeond street. between 7th and
sth and Broadway, from 4lst
TO s5th, are a street-carnival mid
way, with legitimate business finding
il difficult to get along IN the COM
pany Of the fake jewelry stores,
s~tick-selling agencies. penny arcAdes,
men only" health lecture halls, Bar
num-like museums. shooting gal
lcries. phcny auction rooms. boot
leg dispensaries. hot-dog and syn
thetic Juice stands. secondhand
auto stores and out and out ballyhoo
sideshows.
Also Forty-second street has gone
Harlem. with negro theatrical COM
panies holding forth in three the
aters in ore block.
Gyp Joints which 60 boldly after
the coin OF the 100000 careless
Spenders who attend theaters in the
district nightly. are able to pay
higher rents than legitimate con
Germs could afford. Broadway rentals
average from $4,000 n year upward,
for from 20 to 80 foot frontages.
The rent on the Lucky Strike dem
onstration store nj 45th street, Is
100000 n year, and nothing Is sold
there. A fake auction house Is pay
ing 500 a day rent. A ticket agency
pays $1,000 a month for N ~favorahly
located nook in a hallway. A sec
ond floor costs a s~peakeasy oper-
ator $4,000 n year.
You can rem anything in New
York, the great show off place. At
a dinner party, Leroy Miller reach
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CHApTFR 2

AIlAI LIN
II was near four o'clock in the
morning when their taxi stopped be-
fore Stella's apartment house. He
felt. at once. wrung and exultant.
"My word" he cried. You don't
know what a wonderful time I've
had! And ! owe every bit OF IL to
you. oh, | do hope | can see a lot
Of you."
She laughed in real pleasure. "I've
had n good time myself"
"You sec. I've held myself down
pretty close. Ham and | have been
the sober sort. anyway. I've never
really stepped out. All this is just
a wonderful new world to me-" His
eyes were bright and his speech came
in reckless flow. "And I'm for it.
II has hit me pretty hard that I've
got to live n little before I can hope
TO find myself" The excited voice
dropped. "And II has hit me, that
Ill see just about rs much of you
as you can stand Tor"
"Tll Re glad to see you again"
when? Answer me that. Wher p
Her ewes wera bright, too. How
about tomorrow?" Mischievously,
r0t rHiu luhNs nuu t0t was CndTm-
ing.
Wonderful Lunch?"
Lunch. And then, VI you like. we
can play around"
am | like? I'm wild TO-"
She slipped out of the cab and
ran into the building. Had she left
a wisp az soft merry laughter float
Ing on the air behind her?
But when she reached her office
in the morning. she found 2 special
delivery letter on her desk. II read:
Dear Stella: A terrible thing
has happened. Ny brother was muir
dered last night in that LAKELAND
roadhouse. Shot TO death. l can't
write more. Am on my way home
Homer Pew"
Scattered here snd there 10 the
~
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front in 1882 with q ~"favorite
daughter" candidate who'll demand
a place on one Of the major party
tickets sure enough?
Plenty Of political ~forecasters are
To be found in Washington who don't
mind saying IL wouldn't surprise EN-
a bit.
Women prominently identified with
public life, in its sarious manifesto
tions nj the national capital, have
been saying for quite a while that
our first "presidentess" probably
will break into the White House
finally via the vice presidential
route.
Now we have such a nomination
suggested in 20 many words.
IL was rather vaguely limited ut In
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson's favor, at 4
women's meeting ut the Iowa state
fair in Des Moines a number OF
months AFRO. Wyoming puts IL w
regular official form in Mrs. Ross
behalf.
The honest fact Is that it wouldn't
require much OF a stretch Of the
imagination to conceive of the
plans adoption this very time-ii
politicians weren's the notorious cow.
ards they are&A
a good many OF them genuinely
believe the party which had the
nerve 70 try II would make a great
hit.
Not that they'll do It-not vet. Tn,
hour hasn't quite strick. The mar.
ayers look at one another question.
ingly-and then they look rcared-
and after that the subjects drop
ped. without actually having been Re
ferrcd TO out loud mt all. But A
VIII De, sooner or later. It's sim
mering i'm the back or a whole ~
Of political heads.
The sticker lies In the possibiIit,
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Who am Il; Who were my com
psnions In what famous flight? What
is my nationality?
What II the capital OF Nicaragua?
Name the first state admitted TO
the Union after the original 10
sttaes?
Which state was the last one sd-
mitted into the Union?
"Woe unto them that call evil
good, and good evil; that put dark
ness for light and light for dark
ness: that put bitter for sweet and
sweet for bitteri"--Where does this
passage appear in the Bible?
JIMMY JAMS
Today In the Past
On this date. IN 1914. the steamship
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Of . mid-tSrm white House VA
cancy.
Ultimately that will have to b.
risked.
Otherwise either Of the big parties
would be perfectly willing 70 spare
the vice presidency TO n woman.
Il isn't . nomination the managers
put n high value on.
A big he-politician doesn't want il.
He wants the presidency. rubbed off
with the consolation prize. he not
only isn't satisfied-ne's sore. Sc
are his friends.
The mar who does fight for Il II
sized up as second class.
The chap it goes to seldom adds
appreciably to his running mates
strength. OF course, the theory Ia
that he's picked with q view 70 ac-
complishing just that. but it's well
recognized that II very infreouentiy
works out that way IN practice.
In short. the vice presidential nom
lnation generally is regarded as haF-
ing gone largely 20 waste hitherto
"a kind of convention b~y-producL
which the captains Of the political
industry never have been able 10
utilize to much account.
Now. suddenly. they begin 10 sense
n market value for IL.
With a woman candid8te!-gee
whillikinsl-maybe the second place
on the ticket wouldn't be worth ~
weight In gold.
What might happen after about the
ateenth time when the electorate
had begun TO get used to its-per-
haps that would be different-1ut
it's hard 10 think OF IL as meaning
anything but landslide. II only Tor
novelty's sake. first off.
IL certainly would be- % vhaA "a 4
J stunt. however II turned out
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The Grab Bag

Empress OF Ireland sank In Y colli-
sion in the Gulf Of St. Lawrence.
There were 1923 lives lost.
Today's Horoscope
Persons born under this sign are
cheerful and pleasant most Of the
time. They are fond Of flattery.
They enjoy the comforts of life. like
pretty surroundings and are fond on
their families.
A Daily Thought
"Alone each heart must cover up
its dead; alone. through bitter toll,
achieve its rest.'-Bayard Taylor.
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Washington
Letter
WOMAN ON 1882 TICKET CONSID
Erred PROBABLE
Nv CHARLES ?. STEWART

WASHINGTON. - Wyoming demo-
cracy's vice presidential indorse-
ment or Ex-Governor Nellie Taylor
Ross. the other day was only a
polite gesture. insofar as the Hous-
ton convention in Jure's concerned.
But how about four years hence.
Maynt some state come to the
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Timely Views
APT AND BEAUTY SEEN AS CONTROLLING FACTOR
IN AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT
BY CALVIN COOLIDGE
President of the United States.

Calvin Coolidge was born in Plymouth, VT, in
1879. After having been graduated from the Uni
versity Of Vermont, Mr.. Coolidge studied law with
Hammond and Field. Northampton, Mass. He be-
gan practice at Northampton in 1897. Mr.. Coolidge
served as city solicitor Of Northampton from 1900
to 1901; clerk Of courts in 1904; member Of gen
ersl court Of Massachusetts, in 1907; mayor Of
Northampton from 1910 to 1911: member OF state
senate from 1912 to 1915 and governor OF Massachu-
sets from 1919 to 1920. He was elected vice
president Of the United States for the term 1921
to 1925. Mr.. Coolidge became president of the
United States after the death Of President Hard
ing in 1928. Re was elected president Of the
United States in 1920.
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Other Papers
WHERE NEW ADVENTURES LIE

(Chicago Daliy news.
Adventurous souls are looking forward with spprs-
hension to q time when. like so many Alexsnders, they
will find no more worlds to conquer. and will have to
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Scattered here snd there Ia the
southwark and westward Of Wash
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-16
BY CHAs. A. LRDBERGH
Chantos. X

Chapter 4
The next day conditions were
ideal but Klink wanted to go to a
dance chat evening, and the day
after the wind was blowing from
the opposite direction. Our remain
ing time was passing rapidly ana
we were both anxious TO get to
California before my return to
Brooks Field. II we could get the
plane to a larger field six miles
south of Camp Wood we would nave
room to take-off with a full load
of gasoline.
One of the town streets was wide
enough to take-off from, provided /
could get a forty-four foot wing be-
tween two telephone poles forty six
feet apart and brush through Few
branches on each side of the road
later on. We pushed the ship over
to the middle of the street and l
attempted to t"ks.off. The poles
were about fifty feet ahead and just
before passing between them there
was a rough spot in the street. One
of the wheels got in a rut and l
missed by three inches of the right
wing tip. The pole swung the plane
around and the nose crashed
through the wall OF a. hardware
store, knocking pots, pans and
pitchforks all over the interior.
Quite Pleased
The merchant and his son thought
that an earthquake was in progress
and came running ont into the
street. He was highly pleased to
find an air-pIane halfway into his
place of business and not only re-
fused to accept anything for dam
ages, but would not even allow us
to have the wall repaired. He said
the advertising value was much
more than the destruction.
The greatest damage to the plane
was a broken propeller, although
from that time on it always carried
left rudder. We wired for new
propeller and a can of dope from
Houston. and in few days were
housekeeping the mountain tops in
true Canuck fashion on our way
west.
more or less than a Canadian Jenny
and while it is lighter and per-
forms g. little better than a Jenny,
II Is subject to the same character
istic of being able to just miss
most everything it passes over.
We passed over the Rio Grande
and cut through a corner of Mex
leo, then landed on one of the Army
emergency fields at Pumpville and
induced the officer in charge to sell
us enough gasoline to continue our
flight.
Dusk overlook us near MaXon,
Tex, and we landed between The
cactus and Spanish dagger west of
the town, which consisted Of A
section house and three old box
ears OF the type used throughout
the Southwest for housing the Next
can section hands.
The section boss was living alone.
He was soon to he relieved and sta
toned in some more populated
locality. We spent the night with
him and in the morning cleared a
runway for the ship. Maxon was
quite a distance above sea level, and
as the air was less dense, an air
plane required a longer distance to
| take-off in. There was a small
mountain on the east end of the
field and the land sloped upward
| toward the west. We worked until
midday cutting sagebrush and
cactus. There was a light breeze
from the west and the air was hot
and rough. After using three-quar-
tiers of the. RUNWAY the Canuck rose
about fouA feet above the ground,
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fox To FACE
ALIENISTS
BY Information News Service
'TnC AN1ErT .ES Ca1if Ian. Ia


LOS ANGELES, Calf, Jan. 10
Alienists, retained by both State
and defense, were scheduled to
enter the cell occupied by William
Edward Hickman today and con-
duct a searching psycho-analysis
into the sanity of the youthful
kidnaper-slayer of 12-year-old Ma
rion Parker.
With the defense having had the
Fox" under scientific scrutiny for
several days, the prosecution was
to begin today it's collection of
direct observation data by which
il hopes to explode the plea of
mot guilty by reason of insanity"
and send Hickman to the gallows.
On the basis of well-grounded re-
ports that Hickman had altered his
hostility to- State specialists, It was
expected that DR.. Frank M. Mikels,
psyche pathologist engaged by the
prosecution, will not encounter the
difficulties met by other State
alienists when they sought to inter-
view the prisoner on previous occa-
sions.
DR.. Mikels prepared to enter
Hickman's cell today.
His questions, it was expected,
will be answered by the prisoner.
Meanwhile, two additional brain
experts, hired by the defense were
to interview Hickman today.
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l63Il[3;7
NEWS SECTION |
Pastor Calls Dry Foes
'HypOcrites and Liars

Opponents of prohibition were
denounced az ''hypocritical and
lying by the Rev. Mark Depp.
pastor of the Calvary Methodist
Church Columbia Road and Six
.teenth Street Northwest. in his
sermon yesterday.
Governor Richie, Senator Bruce
and former Representative John P.
Hill, of Maryland, were not plead
ing for state rights when dear old
Maryland was flooding Virginia
with booze he declared.
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AWAY
WITH boy
Theory

NEW LONDON, Conn. dan. 16.
Frances ST. John Smith. missing
18.year.old student Of Smith Col
Iege. was seen here today accom-
panied by a young man in q
roadster, according to a govern
ment forester from California en-
route to Weathersfield, Conn.
The forester said he recognized
the missing student from her pho
tograph in q newspaper. He said
the girl was in roadster auto
mobile parked outside 3 store here
and that the machine was being
stocked IIp with provisions.
The girl was tearing up 3 let
ter. throwing it in an ash can, he
said. The forester claimed he
fisl1ed out the letter which showed
the name Smith" to be written
on the envelope.
New London police said the IN
cident had not been reported to
them.
NORTHAMPTON, Mass, Jan. 8
Spurred by the offer of a reward
of 81 900, efforts were redoubled
TO-DAY 10 LAllA ~ 49,
Frances st. John Smith, 18-year
old daughter of a. New York broker
who vanished from Smith College
under circumstances as mystifyins
as those surrounding the unsolved
disappearance in November, 1925,
of Miss Alice NJ. Corbe.t, of Utica,
n. Y, Smith College student. Both
girls disappeared on Friday, the
18th.
Al Westhampton farmer reported
today that on Saturday he saw a
girl resembling Miss Smith near
his farm, six miles from the col
Iege. A posse was sent to the
Westhanpton woods.
Parents of the girl, whose home Is
at 129 East SEVENTEEN ST., New
York. and who had summer home
at South Amherst, were here TO-DAY
personally in touch with the search
for their daughter.
State detectives were checking
up a report that Miss Smith haC
a love affair at Christmas tins
with a. man living in the vicinity
of Boston. According to the story
which was vigorously denied by
her relatives, she met the man last
year when she was a student al
Milton Academy, on the outskirts
of Boston.
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; 81
GENERAL.
| NEWS SECTION
chamberlain To
TRY AGAIN
BY international News Service

CURTISS FIELD, N. ", Jan. Is.
Undaunted by their failure on Satur-
day, Clarence D. Chamberlin and
Roger O. Williams will start a new
attempt today to break the worlds
endurance record for sustained
flight.
stalled in the Bellanca plane in
place Of the leaky tank which cost
the filters new record last week.
They were within 80 minutes of sue
cess when the flight ended.
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Montclair, N. J., where the body
of Henry Judd Gray is buried.
Though time never will heal the
wound of anguish in the sorrowing
heart of Ruth Snyder's mother, II
will at least soften its bitterness.
Even yesterday, removed briefly
from her first knowledge OF her
daughters death in the chair, Mrs.
Brown was able to face the world
and face facts with stamina and to
sigh resignedly that perhaps it was
for the best"
She was sufficiently recovered
from her collapse to see visitors.
She received them gratefully ana
talked with them about my Ruth.
''Great Wrong Done''
PERHAPS" she ventured, "it was
for the best that she went quickly
and painlessly. Her last wish to
me was that she die rather than go
through life imprisonment. A great
wrong has been done my poor
daughter. But it is all over. APP
parently it was Gods will
Mrs. Brown asked that the news.
papers express for her and her SON,
Andrew Brown, their thanks to the
many hundreds who have wired
and written messages OF sympathy.
She pointed out that with more
than 1000 such communication in
hand, 200 Of winch came Saturday.
it would be physically impossible to
reply to them individually, partic.
ularly since many persons failed TO
sign their names or give return
addresses. Letters have come from
all parts OF the world.
Brother Places Wreath
Andrew Brown, the brother placed
a wreath in Ruth's crypt yesterday.
Only one other was there, tribute
from Mernick Mincon, a Colombian
furniture decorator, whose interest
in the case led him to become .
close friend of the family and one
of it's most welcome CONSIDERS.
The Rev. George B. Murphy. chap
lain of Queens County Jail. who
converted Mrs. Snyder to the Ro-
man Catholic faith and gave her
spiritual solace in her last hours
will officiate at the burial.
Prayers for Mrs. Snyder and her
mother were offered yesterday in
several Lutheran churches. Mrs.
Brown is a member Of that church
and Mrs. Snyder was q member UNI
til her conversion to the Catholic
faith several months ago,
. y. I'll *
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Boasts Of Smallest
Feet IN World

Lady Douglas Expects
Her ToOtsies To Garry
Her MoUie Fame
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It was decided not to open the
casket containing the body either
before or during burial services in
the mortuary at Woodlawn cen1e-
terry, where it now lies awaiting in
terment, probably this week. Mrs.
Brown will not look again on the
features of the blonde sashweight
murderess.
Special policemen have been sta
toned at the receiving vault to
keep away the crowds who visit the
cemetery out of morbid curiosity.
At one time yesterday more than
100 cars were parked outside the
cemetery. The same scene was
witnessed at Rosedale cemetery,
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Hairy Legged College
Men Shock Girls
In Coffee Shop

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Jan. Is.
Hairy legs of Harvard athletes
who patronize a collegiate coffee
shop in Harvard Square so shocked
college girls of Radcliffe and Sar-
gent that they complained to po-
lice of the Brattle Street Station.
Police took the complaint under
Mdvisement.
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Police Keep Crowds
From Ruth s HauH
By international News Service

NEW YORK JAM 16Mrs. Josephine Brown was suff1clent
recovered today physical and mental collapse to discuss
plans for the burial of her executed daughter
Ruth SNYDER
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Lir1dy'S Own Story
WE

,but stopped there, and when the end
of the runway was passed the wings
and landing gear scraped along on
the ssagebrush. AS soon as we
CONTINUED on Page 8, Column 81
The Washington times., 1928-12-05
President Coolidge's Views On
Civil Service Salaries
oREsmENT COOLIDGE says that mo other body Of public

REsDENT COOLIDGE says that mo other body Of public
servants occupied such fortunate position as the
Oiyil service workers Of the Government.
TO prove this the President who makes recommenda
lions on the subject to Congress but simply calls attention to
che happiness and that should prevail among
federal workers figures from the Board Of Acuares
Indicating An average in salaries in the last eight
SeArs Of So per cent
Il Ill sounds mighty good but the bulk Of civil service
workers those ii low salary grades will lot Of scratch
ing Of their heads to ascertain why they do not get the 6S
The President says that July 1921 the average salary Of
set raised to $2,O92, 63 per cent increase.
The President finds that in the upper brackets Of Fed
bra pay rolls the pay much smaller than in private
plOyment while in the lower brackets ranging well over
5000, it Is much higher
II higher not only ii money paid the President finds but
n extensive vacation and leave privileges granted.
Figures o the Board Of Actuaries are subject to serious
dispute much depending the angle they made from
bus these figures do not show they should that the bulk
@ % = % ss ss .s, rss '' gone =
The upper brackets have Jared badly in increases
ne Wsch se for example gave large numbers q 3, these
year while thousands in the lower brackets had to be
tented with increases Of from $50 TO 500 year.
FOR that matter all Federal workers deserved increases and
and with large responsibilities and high mental
sbiIes getting too much Men and who
human though and who must eat have homes TO live in and
pay doctors bills ARE THE ONES who are today
shs ones whose salaries range BELOW year they
haven't shared just degree in that average increase
which the Board Of Actuaries tells about
Economic conditions in this country are most serious they
affect the great middle classes The real sufferers are those
get Low salaries those who get good salaries which
may still be less than they entitled TO because Of special
abilities, training and knowledge.
Statesmen of the United States must eventually deal with
ke disastrous effects Of this low pay problem and they should
first deal with in Federal pay rolls for Uncle Sam should
Get an example to employers all the land
Nothing good Of the bulk Of the people Of the
country living day-today basis