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Fruit CO,npOfe

DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
Should one eat sliced pineapple
with a spoon or a fruit fork?
The restaurant / went to served
a spoon. think fork should
have been served instead.
A READER.
The really correct way to serve
sliced pineapple is with a dessert
spoon on the right, and a fork,
dessert fork, or any medium
sized fork, on the left, That Is
the Continental manner of serv-
ing desserts Of that kind, or
The Washington times., 1929-06-24
Hot Seats for Church

church in Hermsdorf Siesa is equipped with heating
system which visitor to heat his seat as much as
desired along the benches and every seat has
switch for regulating the heat
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Shakespeare's Vocabulary

Shakespeare vocabulary different words
compared 1900 Milton, 1000 Of the Bible
Homer and $500 Of Dante OF these words 5000 used
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that makes the eyes Of the flowers glisten with a
brance that 0utshines the dewdrOps their flower
namesakes. For love always brings beauty and hap
piness, even to the planest countenance And all
those who are but spectators at this time of times,
find themselves remembering the day when they, too
were part of "he June Bouquet" and Love brings to
them happy memories, it brings glad anticipation
of eternal bliss to the Lily who is indeed the farest
flower of the bouquet.
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Timely Topics

More than half the arabic land
in Japan il in rice.
The world uses eight matches
per day Per EhhabltanG g.,
The Washington times., 1929-04-25
1OIN BOAT,
DRIFTING 7
DAYS. SAFE
BY CAPTAIN MaeLAUGHLIN

Master Of the Yacht Amida
Copyright. 1929, International, News
sarvice).
ABOARD THE YACHT AMIDA
(Via radio to International News
Service), April 25.--Ten men. the
survivors Of the American schooner
James e. Coburn. were rescued from
an open boat and taken aboard the
Amida early today, $50 miles north
OF Bermuda.
They were all IN desperate condi-
tion, due to exposure, hunger and
thirst. suffered during the full week
that they had drifted in the lifeboat
since their vessel foundered in
gale on April II. The lifeboat also
contained the body Of the Cohurn's
cook, who had succumbed to ex.
posture.
The James e. Coburn was owned
by j.. Fonceca, Of New Bedford,
Mass, and was bound from Baltimore
to Martinique with coal.
1 sighted the drifting lifeboat
at dawn in north latitude 34.25, west
longitude SASS, and changed my
course to bear down upon it. /
picked up the boat at 5 T. m,
eastern standard time.
The survivors were in a sorry
plight. Their food was all gone,
and they had had no wafer for two
days, drifting helplessly in q
rough sea. Their hopes were nearly
dead when we picked them up.
The. survivors were Jose Pereira,
master of" the Coburn; Edward Rice,
w. Milliken, Eugenic Semedo, Joe
Delgado, Joseph Madeiros, Manuel
Silva, John Britto, Henry Andrews
and Ambrose Montero.
The body OF the cook, W. e. Sar.
gent, was buried at sea.
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EXPOSE LOOMS, U. S.
FLA. ATTORNEY QUITS

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. April 25
QN.SJ.-The promise several weeks
ago of William NJ. Gober, who re-
Gently announced he had quit his
post OF United States district attor-
ney for southern Florida. that he
would have Startling exposures to
make" when he left office was
echoed here today.
After telegraphing his resignation
to Washington, Francis L. Poor,
senior assistant district attorney
issued a statement which he said
would create nationwide attention"
regarding a. shake-up in the district
attorneys office here.
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Author Ser
Tract Loses
Appeal
staff Photo
Nv nAVInP. SENTNER

NEW YORK, April rs G.N.S.).-
The motion by defense counsel for
Mrs. Mary Ware bennett, grand
mother-author of a scientific sex
pamphlet, requesting 10 days in
which TO prepare arguments to have
the conviction OF Mrs. DenBett on
the charge of sending obscene matter
through the mails set aside, was
denied today by Federal Judge War
rem b. Burrows in Brooklyn.
Judge Burrows said he would SEN
tence Mrs. Bennett next Monday.
The white haired prisoner faces a
Federal penitentary term or fine
or both.
Norris Ernst, attorney for Mrs.
Dennettt, argued today that the bar
ring of his expert witnesses at Mrs.
Dennett's trial might have led the
Jury to believe that the defense
claim that the pamphlet was used
by reputable educators was not well
founded.
Ernst also argued that the "wel.
fare of the youth of the country was
at stake" and that it was not good
for the future of the nation in per-
mitting the Postmaster General to
decide what was and what was not
obscene.
1T is not because Mrs. bennett
Is liable to be sent to iail." pleaded
Ernst, E'but because the welfare of
the youth of the country is at
stake. How are the children to
get information II the author of a
pamphlet such as this is to be
branded as a feIon. There is no
such case in all the annals of juris-
prudence"
In denying the motion for time
in which to supply the court with
expert opinion. Judge Burrows said:
81 have given this case a great
deal of thought. Nothing new has
been adduced here today The yer.
dict was in accordance with the
facts and was proper one
At Mrs. Dennett'S trial for send.
ing a pamphlet entitled, "'The Sex
Side of Life" through the mails,
the court ruled the pamphlet was
the hest evidence. 1t was read to
the jury which decided It was oh.
scene. The court barred attempts
10 introduce az defense witnesses
number Of authorities on educa-
ton. medicine. morals and pxy-
chology. These were prepared to
testify that the pamphlet was a
worthy educational treatise.
A copy of the pamphlet is to, be
mailed to President Hoover, Forrest
Bailey, director of the American
Civil Liberties Association announced
today.
"a committee like the famous
n 4 49, u. a.
process of being formed," said
Bailey. ut will be composed of
prominent educators. medical men,
sociologists and others who con.
slider this pamphlet an important
educational factor rather than an
cbscefts thing.
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GIRL, IS, FACES 6-YEAR
Term IN CURFEW CASE

CAMDEN. N. j., April 25 U.N.S).
The heart and hands of City Judge
Garfield Pancoast refused to work
in harmony today when a 15.year-
old girl appeared before him as the
violator of the West Virginia cur
few law.
He ordered the girl held pending
sxtradition proceedings to Chester,
W. Va, where she faces a six.year
prison term. But he Indicated that
his heart favored her release IN
custody of her parents who live in
this city.
To this end, with the local police
Of the same opinion. Judge Pan.
coast is working for her release,
while in West Virginia every eff
fort is being made to bring her
hack.
The girl is Ruth Marie Cundtff
Because she was found on tile
streets of Chester. w. wa, after
$3.50, At night she was arrested.
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Board of Education for funds must
be submit to the Bureau of the
Budget and to Congress by the
Commissioners in toto and without
revisions, allowing the Commission.
ers only the recommendation as to
what part of it shall be allowed
and what part disallowed."
Simmons declared that no other
divisions of the District govern.
ment have asked him to aid in max.
ing up their estimates, and he held
that ito make an exception in the
case of the schools would, of course,
be to discredit the District Com.
missionePs in their action and to
limit their very necessary activity
in submitting a balanced budget to
the Budget Bureau and Congress
and to that extent. break down the
budget law"
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SIMMONS REBUKES
cARUSI OVER BUDGET

Representative Robert G. Sim.
mons of Nebraska. chairman of the
subcommittee of the House Appro-
priations Committee. in charge Of the
District budget today addressed a
singing letter to Charles F. Carusi,
president of the Board of Education,
declining an invitation to sit with the
school board and discuss budget.
policies tomorrow.
Simmons plainly told Carusi that
he thought 1t would be discourteous
act to the Commissioners and the
Budget Bureau "for me to sit in with
any division of the District govern
ment when it makes up its request
for funds"
II am not in sympathy with the
plan that has been advanced by
the Board of Education under your
leadership" Simmons wrote. ''to the
effect that the request OF the
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BOY, Is, ADMITS He
STARTED SCHOOL FIRE

Teachers At the, school and his
parents said that they have not
noticed anything unusual In the
boys conduct.
The Cooke School, which is at
Seventeenth and Euclid Streets
Northwest. was discovered in flames
Tuesday night. The blaze was
started with, gasoline in. six differ
ent sections of the building, the fire.
men said. 1t was the second at
tempt to burn the school in a few
months.
The boy denied that he was re-
sponsible for the other attempt to
burn the building, and no amount
OF questioning on the part of the
police or his parents could shake this
statement.
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ACCUSES cult Head
OF Staying WOMAN

SAN FRANCISCO, April 2s Il.
N.S.L-In an affidavit addressed to
the State supreme court in support
of habeas corpus proceedings. Mrs.
EVELYN Rosencrantz, now serving a
life term in san Quentin prison,
today accused William E. Riker,
head of religious cult In the Santa
Cruz mountains of Staying woman
and burying her body in quicklime.
The woman alleged to have been
slain by Riker. according to Mrs.
Rosencrantz, was Mrs. Margaret
White, who, she said, told her she
was Riker's discarded wife.
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Poor's resignation was sent 20
Washington to become effective
simultaneously with Gober's.
IF Mr.. Gober doesn't make the
statement" said Poor, ST viii. It
will come when certain pending
cases are ended so the public may
be fully informed about them.
Poor intimated that he referred.
among other cases, to that Of Rep
representative M. Alfred Michael
son of Illinois, indicted here by Q
Federal grand jury on a charge Of
violating the liquor law.
The Congressman trial has been
set for May s. at Key West.
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"a 1S.year-old eighth grade pupil at
the Henry d. Cooke School today ad-
mitted that he set fire to the build
ing Tuesday night.
The. boy. who was taken into Gus
tody at the school today, readily sd-
mitted to the police. that he alone
was responsible for the fire. His
parents were notified by the. police
and they were in consultation with
the authorities this afternoon as
to what steps were to be taken
by both.
1t is believed that the police would
consent to the parents taking the
child and placing him under the
care of a physician for some time
In order to ascertain IL there was
anything wrong mentally with him.
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MOCRATS OPPOSE
HOOVER ON FARM AID

formal vote was taken. dozen
speakers urged Democratic support
for the debenture plan. At the
end of an hours session it appeared
the Democrats would vote almost
solidly for this form of relief.
Senator Caraway 3D.. of Arkansas.
who sponsored the debenture. plan
before the Senate Agriculture Com.
rnittee and led the successful fight
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A Coroner's Jury deIlberated Tor
more than half an hour. finally find.
ing that Fleming came to his death
as the result of bullet wound in.
flicted by pistol held in Rouse's
hand and ordered him held for the
Grand Jury.
Beyond this the jury made no
statement. Rouse took the stand
as the last witness at the inquest
and told how he and Policeman B.
r.. Campbell. also of the Eleventh
precinct, pursued the rum.laden car
across Anacostia Bridge and how
the rum-runner tried to wreck the
car in which he and Campbell were
riding, and how. when they pulled
up close behind, the rum-runner let
The Washington times., 1929-04-25

Mrs. Rosencrantz was committed
to prison for life some months ago
under the habitual criminal act fol
lowing conviction on a worthless
check charge. She claims her con-
viction was the result of perjury,
conspiracy and bribery" upon the
port of Riker and others.
According TO Mrs. RosencrantZ
the crime was committed in Culver
City, Cal, in November, 1921 she
said the woman's home. was in
Minneapolis.
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go with a heavy smoke screen.
II drew my revolver and fired
four shots in rapid succession. !"
Rouse said. aiming at the tires
Just as I fired the fifth shot. we
struck bump in the car tracks
on Eleventh Street and that bullet
guess, was the one that struck
Fleming"
He then related how he n
chased John Stevens, 27, also OF 4
800 block of n ST. S. w, F'lem.r.
companion, into an allev bet@ ee:,
and K, Eleventh and TIVE
Streets Southeast, and there II
tIred him. He returned to
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8 Near Death after
'GRuDGE' GUN DUEL

ASHLAND. KY. April g6 d. .SSg 80.
Three men. including Chief of Police
II. D. Carter, of Olive Hill, Ky. and
Austin Fields, brother of W. g..
Fields. former governor Of Kentucky,
were shot and seriously wounded in
a gun battle at Olive Hill, near here,
today.
The shooting occurred in front of
the city hall.
Chief Carter, according to wit
nesses, drew a gun when Fields ap-
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JAMAICA RESULTS

FIRST RACE-Mile and 10 yards.
Crows Nest (W, Barrett) Ill is out
DR.. Rankin tImig) ...,. Al Us
Stage struck (R. Fischer) As
Necromancer and Scat also IAN.
Time, 1:47.
SECOND RACE-Three-fo fourth mile.
Pretense (Maiben). 49,. 17-I0 Ia out
Blustery (McAuliffe).. is out
Black Patricia iG. RoSe) out
Dark Screen also ran. Time, 1:14 AS.
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FLIER CRASHES, But
SAVES SACKS OF MAIL

High in the night sky above Alex.
andria this morning. Verne Treat.
S2-year-old air mail pilot. decided to
risk his life rather than desert his
sacks of precious mail for the South.
AS he roared over the Virginia
city on the final lap of his flight
from New York. the motor of Treats
The Washington times., 1929-04-25

Her parents Mr.. and Mrs. How
ard Cundiff, Of Camden, are pre-.
pared to try every means to keep
her from being sent back to West
Virginia. II she goes back 1t will
be to the West Virginia State In.
dustria1 School for Girls until she
lis 21.
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GETS N.Y..D. c. MAIL.

The Postoffice Department hasl
announced that Baltimore win be
included in the new airmail service
starting May between New York
city and Washington. The plane
leaving New York at s a. m. will
reach Baltimore at $40 ann. East. |
hound planes leaving Washington
at 6:45 p. m. will leave Baltimore
AT 7:1s p. M, arriving at New York |
u Q D. N.
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N. {. IRWIN REFUSED
As 'GRAW' TRAINER

HAVRE DE GRACE, Md, April
25.-The Maryland Racing Commits
sion has refused trainer, license
to- Nj e. 1(''Dutch''l Irwin, of Wash
ington.
irwin wanted to train his own
stable. but the commission decid 4
he did not have enough experience.
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S. TO PROBE SALE
OF PAPERS TO TRUST

"A probe Of the far.reaching aims
Of the power trust to gain a grip on
the American press today was an
nounced by the Federal Trade Com.
mission.
1t will open its investigation with
hearings, beginning next Tuesday,
on the alleged purchase Of two
Boston newspapers by a. power
trust subsidiary-the International
Paper Company.
Summons have been issued for
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plane suddenly went dead. He
worked frantically trying OF start the
motor for few seconds and. finding.
1t useless turned away from the
city.
A parachute was strapped to his
back. He realized there was no
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preached him. Fields also pulled HIS
revolver. Both were shot several
times in the body, and Deputy
Sheriff James Walker, a bystander,
was shot through the chest. All are
in dying condition in . hospital
here.
The shooting Il said to have
climaxed 'tgrudge" between Fields
and Carter, which started several
months ago when Carter arrested
Fields for being intoxicated.
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BANK STATEMENTS

Washington Clearing House.
$4.199, ,182 .O3.
New York Clearing House bal.
Rnce. $l40, ,OO0. 900.
New York Clearing House ex.
change. $1,252 ,OO0, 600.
Treasury balance. $238, ,524 ,335. .O2.
Customs receipts. $39. 1886, 1855
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the appearance OF four leading
parties to the alleged purchase Of
the Boston Herald and the Boston
Traveller by the power trust inter-
ests. These men are:
Robert Lincoln O'Brien, former
president of the Boston Publish
ing Company, and former editor
Of the Boston Herald. He was
for n number Of years Washing.
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By international News Service

legislative battle of major pro.
portions over the export debenture
plan of farm relief was assured in
the Senate today when | Democratic
caucus decided informally to sup.
port the proposal President Hoover
has condemned.
The Democratic membership of
the Senate attended the conference
with few, executions. while no
The Washington times., 1929-04-25
COP HELD IN SMOKE VEIL DEATH
GRAND JURY T0PROBE
Staying OF YOUTH IN
RUM-RUNNING CASE

Policeman Clyde 0. Rouse Of the Eleventh precinct
held for the action of the Grand Jury today for the
death of and smoke screen operator Otter
Herman Fleming q years old the 800 block of St S.
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Four of Irwin's horses will be
moved to Pimlieo on Sunday.
ADVERTISEMENT
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10 men IN DRIFTING LIFEB0AT SAVED
Results at Havre de Grace


Al
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FFoxoatch her arm
on
emade n
tnihed Eaney.- ETock showed high speed MonEnoal
Went @ Of At an Start good stalls v srynS pe same. same
O.. Alexan E n
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1odaayEfivs q
Is sosf ,tSifIocbs
lMIEhl Low Last CSss. Sss

NEW YORk, April IS (T.N.sJ.-2:30
D. m. stock nrieeHs
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III. r. Archibald entry.
Two-eoIlar mutuels paid--Car
show. sllnclteh, S3.40 place, &S.10
Candy Hog, well up throuSho
Hp in the concluding strides.
faltered slightly near end. FniaI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-06
ARGENTINE VISITORS
GUESTS AT LUNCHEON
Educators Inspect Headquarters of
Y. W. C. A. and Are Entertained
by Fellowship Committee.

Visiting Argentine educators, several
Of whom are interested in Y. w. C. A.
work in South America, today made an
inspection tour through local head
quarters Of the Y w. c. A., Seven
tenth ar K streets following a lunch
con as guests of the world fellowship
committee of that organization.
Among members of the delegation
prominently associated with this work
in BuenoS Aires are Mrs. Ernestina Lo-
PEE de Nelson, member of the Y. w. G.
A. continental committee for several
years and vice president of the girl re-
serve committee of South America; Miss
Elena NJ Abeledo and Miss Lydia Abe
ledo, both members of the BuenoS Aires
Y. W. c. A. committees.
Mrs. Nelson will speak on the activi-
ties of South American women at re-
ception given by the National Woman's
Party, tomorrow afternoon, at o'clock,
at national headquarters, 81 First street
northeast.
Mrs. Nelson's husband. DR.. Ernesto
Nelson, is director of the educational
excursion The reception given is in
honor of the II woman educators In
the group.
Mrs. Nelson represents Argentina on
the Inter-American Commission of
Women created by the Sixth Pan Amer
lean Conference to study the status
of women in the Americas.
Miss Doris Stevens, the chairman of
the commission, also will speak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-06
AQU|L|NO COUNSEL
FLAYS DRY LEAGUE
Jarvis inundated Prosecutor
and Policemen, Burnett
Charges.

Charging that Thomas B. Jarvis of
the Anti-Saloon League had inundated
the prosecutor and policemen involved
in the trial of Tony Aquilino, alleged
dry law violator, John H. Burnett, de-
Tense counsel, in Police Court yesterday
denounced the league as NEEDLE
some" organization.
The jury. after a two-hour deadlock,
was dismissed by Judge Robert E. Mat
tingly. Aquilino will be retired at an
early date, Assistant United States At
torney r. F. Camalier, prosecutor, an
nounced.
Burnett charged that Jarvis was vir-
tCally conducting prosecution of the
case, and that the prosecutor and po-
lice witnesses were following his orders
Following charges made by Burnett
Camalier took the witness stand VOL
unfairly and denied he had been infiu-
enced in the prosecution of the case
by the Anti-Saloon League worker
Camalier said the defense attorney had
no valid defense for his client.
Burnett questioned members of the
police vice squad who arrested Aquilino
November % at Fourth and c streets
southeast TO del ermine if they were in
Clined to favor the Government in their
testimony because of the presence of
Jarvis in court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-06
QUESTION MARKS CREW
TO BE LUNCHEON GUESTS
Aero Club to Entertain Endurance
Record Flyers Friday at
Willard.

The crew of the Army monoplane
Question Mark, holder of the worlds
endurance record for aircraft. and
members of the crews of the refueling
planes now in this city will be guests
of honor at luncheon by the Aero Club
OF Washington Chapter of the National
Aeronautic Association at the New
Willard Hotel at 1890 PM Friday.
Invitations also have been sent to
members of the "air cabinet" F.. Tru-
bee Davision, Assistant Secretary of
War for Aeronautics; Edward P. War
ner, Assistant Secretary of the Navy
for Aeronautics, and william P. Mac
Cracker, jr., Assistant Secretary of
Commerce for Aeronautics.
Col. G. def. Chandler, president of
the club, which recently was merged
with the District of Columbia chapter
of the National Aeronautic Association,
will preside. Walter Hinton, pilot of
the NC-4 on the first fight across the
Atlantic ocean, chairman of the COM
mittee in charge, is assisted by Bur-
dette S. Wright and Ernest L. Jones.
Members of the club are asked to
make reservations for themselves and
guests, including women members of
their families, with Carl F.. Schory,
treasurer, at the headquarters of the
club in the Barr Building.