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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02
c. 0. T. OF FLORIDA
SETTLE QUARREL
Factions Mend Difficulties
Over Patronage Control
in State.
BY the Associated Press.

ORLANDO. Fla, June Behind
closed doors today, the Republican party
in Florida ironed out the differences
hat had threatened the organization
with schism since the Ocala meeting
several weeks ago.
Through a compromise effected by
the same delegate who sat in the Ocala
meeting, A. F. Knots, Yankeetown. was
continued as chairman of the State
central committee.
At the same time Knots agreed to
ask for the resignation of a patronage
committee which he had appointed in
opposition to that named by Glenn B.
Skipper, national committeeman.
The compromise was made following
long conferences here last night and
this morning between leaders of the
Skipper and Knots factions.
Immediately after the party voted to
rescind the South Jacksonville meeting,
where Knots was declared deposed, the
Yankeetown man took the chair and
presided over the meeting, which turned
It's attention to regular party matters.
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fed by a manned right hand and a

fed by a manned right hand and q
fishing license.
Preuss was gassed and wounded In
France. His wife said he had been
drinking steadily for three weeks. The
day before Memorial day Sc spent re-
counting experiences in France, which
led. his wife believed, to a desire to
kill.
Yesterday Mrs. Preuss told him she
would leave him II he did not stop
drinking. The threat enraged him and
he became so menacing Mrs. Preuss
called for help. Neighbors summoned
the police.
Officers John Conley. Herbert Hag-
berg. Joseph Murphy and Bert Nc
Inery responded. Conley and Hagberg
were shot down by Preuss, who used
a repeating shotgun. Murphy was
seriously wounded. John Chorazak, a
neighbor, was the third man to be kill
ed. He had run to the scene u of
curiosity, a. did two others, Frank
Vodica and Gus Karos, who were
wounded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02
MAID SLAYER Wells
EXPOSURE" STORY
Prosecutor Also Refuses to
Reveal Her Threats to
Employer Victim.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND. Ohio. June AS
sistant Prosecutor Frank J. Merrick re-
fused tonight to reveal the basis of
embarrassing exposures" with which
Mrs. Anna Szenen said she threatened
her employer, Mrs. Dorothy Snyder,
prominent Cleveland society woman.
and which Mrs. Szenen said led to the
Staying of Mrs. Snyder at her palatial
home here yesterday.
The kind of exposure" which Mrs.
Szenen said she threatened. lacks proof.
and might be merely a Pigment OF a
distorted mind, Merrick said. Mrs.
Szenen, who was a house maid in the
Snyder residence, pleaded guilty today
to a charge Of first-degree murder, sup
posedly with the intention OF alleging
that she killed in self-defenSe.
Judge Stanton A. Adams Of East
Cleveland Municipal Court marked the
docket examination waived" however
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LIBRARY HAS FEW
LOSSES ON BOOKS
Dr.. Bowerman Reports High
Standing of Institution
in This Respect.

Library patrons in Washington are
conscientious.
This on the word of DR.. George F.
BowerTnan, librarian of the Public Lii
brary. For While libraries in many
parts of the country are experiencing
great difficulty in getting back books
Sa3ed and are suffering considerable
loss in consequence. the P1olic Library
of Washington pursues the even tenor
of its way with a total loss of less than
one-tenth of / per cent.
The most recent figures, for the fiscal,
year 1928 reveal a total ~cIrCula LICl
of 1873, 422 volumes, either from the
main library or branceS, from which
not more than IA, 1892 books were either
lost or necessarily drawn from circula-
ton. These figures are the more I'M
usual, since they include books loaned
to children by the juvenile department,
which takes no inventory.
Method of Recovery.
At a conference held by the repre-
sentativeS of libraries throughout the
country in Chicago a few years age DR..
RoWerman declared the nunlu-l "a
books lost by his institution 50 few. lii
comparison with the number cIrcuiatcu,
that 1t has often cost the library more
to maintaln a messenger service ior the
recovery OF those books than the value
of the books themselves.
Were it n o for the fact that the
Public Library has a duty to perform
in safeguarding. so far as possible,
Government property it would be more
pradDdOla to stand the occasional losses
.1ziAn to attempt a recovery of the books.
A Few figures quoted by DR.. Bower
man showed the total circulation of
the adult department of the Central
Library, exclusive of branches, to be
$40, 900 volumes for the fiscal year
1924-5. Out Of this number all
were voluntarily returned by the hold
ers within the time specified except
5000 volumes. or about 2l2 per cent.
me mailing of letters of reminder TO
the delinquent holders further reduced
the number of u%nreturned books to
acre, or one-half Of l per cent.
BY resorting to telephone calls or
mailing the messenger card threaten
ing to dispatch a messenger to the
homes of the holders, the number was
reduced to 513, or one-fifth of l per
cent. Finally the messenger service, or
last resort of the Library, succeeded in
recovering all but 800. This left less
thar one-tenth of / per cent unrecov-
cred. and a loss.
While the figures quoted were COM
posed of a number of years ago, the
proportion of wastage has not mate
rally changed, DR.. Bowerman declared.
Present Policy.
The present policy of the Library is
to send letters of warning to holders of
books one week overdue, and if there is
no result, to attempt to reach them by
telephone before resorting to the mes
coaOer The latter lie cent nPThan IN
the Office of a delinquent or to the home.
If the delinquent is in Government m
ploy, an appeal may be made to the
chief of bureau.
Attempts have been made by DR.. Bow
erman to obtain the passage Of a law
making it a theft punishable by fine,
imprisonment or both not to return a
book borrowed from a library within a
definite time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02

HAROLD w. HOLMAN
OF st. Paul won the first Gardner
Trophy plane race from East st. Louis
to indianapolis.
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She Finds People Unchanged.

To learn whether people of today are
different from those who provided the
pilgrims of the Middle Ages with beds
and meals, a young Swedish newspaper
woman recently hiked over the route
between Sweden and Rome used by the
pilgrims. On her arrival at Rome she
reported that men, and women have
changed very little. They are still far
more interested in their daily lives than
In anything else.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02
Two Years for Dry Violation.

Alfred Pryor. colored, who pleaded
guilty 70 q violation of the Jones'
Stalker law, was sentenced yesterday by
Chief Justice Mccoy to serve two years
in the ~penitentiary. He was arrested
by police OF the eleventh precinct two
months ago. following an automobile
chase, and charged with transporting
liquor.
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Rocket Sled Speedy.

During the test of a new rocket sled
in the Bavarian Alps last Winter a speed
of more than 60 miles an hour was at
tanned. The vehicle was piloted by a
woman. The manner of propulsion Is
similar to that of wheeled vehicles
which have been run by Harvesting the
force of exploding powder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02

h perfect dia-
mond weighs just
three points m o
than three = fourths
of a carat t. The
price quoted is I'M
usually low for a
gem Of this char
acter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02

and ordered her held to the grand jury.
Tonight Merrick was examining the
evidence In the Staying, which occurred
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02

Latest estimates show that nearly &c
per cent of the earth's area has need
for more adequate transportation, and
it is expected that the airplane viii
care for a large part of this.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02
TRIPLE MURDERER
IS found SUICIDE
Police Determine Rum-crazed
Veteran Ended Life
Voluntarily.
By the Associated Press.

~ N%A~
CHICAGO, June 1. - Ferdinand
Preuss, triple slayer, who wounded three
others yesterday. expiated his crime
by committing suicide. Police conc!ud-
ed he met death voluntarily through
decapitation ~ a railroad train.
Preuss' mind apparently became Ell
veloped in d fog and frenzied with
liquor. he shot at detectives who an
swered an emergency call to his home.
Later. it was believed, his mind cleared
sufficiently for him to realize the
enormity Of his crime and he took his
wi life.
Found Body on Tracks.
The position of the body, found on
the Northwestern Railroad right-of-way,
indicated suicide. 1t lay away from
the tracks with the left arm and head
stretched over a rail. He was identi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02

st. Bartholomew Hospital, estab-
lished In London in 1923, is still in use,
and has accommodations for $50
D%atientS-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-12
Employment Slavery

1t would indeed be of little use solemnly to abolish slavery if con- ditions of employment analogous to slavery were still to be main tained in the form of forced labor. For this reason the assembly of the League of Nations in 1926, after adopting an international slavery convention, passed a resolution drawing attention to the import ance of the work being undertaken
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-12
NEWS CARTOON and COMEDY
Attractions At Theatres
MIDNIGHT LIFE" IS
 AT PALACE TONIGHT
1O-25-4O-Loges Soc

Midnight Life is at the Palace tonight and tomorrow.
 The story is concerned with the mysterious under cover" gang leader, identity unknown, who op- crates through his chief henchman, Steve Saros, owner of fashion able cabaret. With the inexplic- able murder of two detectives who have been hot on the scent, Detec- tive Lieutenant Logan (Bushman) takes up the trail. It leads him into a veritable orgy of crime and degeneration, and thrills follow each other in the breathless se- quence that is climaxed by the death of "the man higher up" A very pretty little romance is wo- ven into the mesh of the story roles taken by Gertrude Olmsted and Eddie Buzzell, Broadways most famous dancer. Miss Olm- stead and MT. Buzzell are dancers in the cafe.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-12
GENERAL CLERICAL EXAMINATIONS WILL
 BE HELD IN APRIL

The United States Civil Service Commission announces the follow ing open competitive examination:
 General Clerical
 Receipt of applications for the General Clerical examination will close April 5. 1929 The date for assembling of competitors will be stated on the admission card sent applicants after the close Of receipt of applications.
 The examination is to fill vacan- cies in the Federal classified civil service througnout the eleventh U. s. Civil Service District. The usual entrance salary for this position ranges from $i260 to $156o a year The position of Inspector in the Customs Service is filled through
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-12
WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY
 March 1851. aIad I4th

at 6 o'clock. Afsernoons will be devoted to study and evenings to recreation.
 Floodlights will light up the ath- letic field for night sports. Movies will be shown in an open air thea Ire.
 The daylight saving" program was devised to accommodate wtat is expected to be the school lsrg- est enrolment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-12
NOTICE OF ELECTION

Notice is hereby given to the el- ectors of the City of Douglas, AL aska, that pursuant to the pro- visions of City Ordinance No. 55 a General Municipal Election will be held on Tuesday, April 2nd, 1929, at the City Hall Building, between the hours of a. m. and D. m, of said day for the pur- pose of electing the following off cerS:
 Seven City Councilmen;
 One member of the School Board. Dated at Douglas, Alaska, March 12, 1929.
 FELIX GRAY, -adv. City Clerk. Dell E. Sheriff, Juieau's piano tuner and rebuilder. Phone 573.
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this examination, with an entrance salary of $2,1O0 a year.
 Full information and application blanks may be obtained from the Secretary, eleventh U. s. Civil Serv- ice District, POT Post Office Build ing, Seattle, Washington, CT the U. s. Engineers Office. Juneau, AL aSka
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-12
REGULAR FEATURE
 COLISEUM TONIGHT

Owing to the steamer Yukon be- ing late and on which are the cos tunes for "The Lass of Limerick Town, that production has been postponed until tomorrow and Thursday nights. Manager Tuckett will however present good movie feature at the Coliseum tonight in place of the comic opera production by local talen under the auspices of the Juneau Women's club.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-12
MAD HOUR" IS AT
 PALACE THURSDAY

One of the most important casts in a recent picture has been as- sembled for Mad Hour" the adap- tation of Elinor Glyn's ''The Man and the Moment" which comes to the Palace Thursday.
 Heading the list are Sally O'Neil, whose achievements during the past few years have been out
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-12

standing; Donald Reed, Alice White and Larry Kent.
 Other important roles are filled by such well-known players as Ed die Clayton, Norman Trevor, Low ell Sherman, James Farley, Rose Dione, Fully Marshall, Margaret Livingstone, Jack Eagan, Kate Price, Mary Foy and Iona Holmes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-12
Texas College to Try
 Daylight Saving" Plan

DENTON, H-cx., March 12.-An in daylight saving ed ucation will be tried this summer at North Texas State Teachers Col iege.
 More than 5000 students will get up with the sun five mornings a week to attend classes beginning
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-12

by the International Labor Office with view to studying the best means of preventing forced or com pulsory labor from developing into conditions analogous to slavery"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-12

lenders it has been customary to impose a fine-work sentence. By this, says the quoted author, it is meant that the offender has the choice between paying cash fine or working a specified number of days in chain gang.
 The report defines forced labor as "all work or service which is ex- acted under menace of any penalty for it's non-performance and for which the worker concerned does not offer himself voluntarily" The bureau does not suggest that any international convention regulating forced labor which migh be adopt ed should prevent the self-govern- ing people of an independent state from imposing compulsory labor upon themselves. The forced labor dealt with in the report is that of dependent peoples, whether found in independent states, colonies of mandated territories, who can be compelled by existing laws and regulations to work on plantations for private employers, or on public works of various kinds. The ex- perts say:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-12
CHICKEN DINNER WEDNESDAY, NIGHT

By request our Chicken Dinner will be served Wednesday night in stead Of Thursday night. Served Right-Priced Right FORGET MET NOT TEA ROOM. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-12
League's Slauery
 Report Examines
 Conditions in U. s.

Continued from Page one)
The Washington times., 1929-04-08
s PA[
SOUGHT IN
BIG HUNT

PHILADELPHIA, April 8 d.N.s.).
This irresistible desire to visit fanil.
lar scenes here was blamed today by
William S. Healey. alias James A.
Walton, escaped Ohio State convict.
for his recapture here.
Vie is in the Hahnemann Hospital
under heavy guard. suffering from
bullet wounds received In a battle
with police here, while Cleveland au.
thorities are en- route to this city TO
return him to Ohio, where he was
serving a IL to 25.year sentence for
highway robbery.
Meanwhile nollce have rounded up
125 suspects including one woman,
in an attempt to locate the man
who was with Healey when they
battled the police. Healey has re.
fused TO name his companion.
Discovered walking along Logan
Circle here with a friend, the shoot.
ing started when police attempted
to seize the two men. In the melee
Healey was. shot down but his com.
panion got away. The convict es.
capped from the Ohio penitentiary
with four others including Pat Me.
dermott, slayer of Don MeIlett,
Canton, Ohio, publisher. All were
recaptured shortly afterwards with
the exception of Healey.
The Washington times., 1929-04-08
Ashton Heights Club
Will Meet Tomorrow

ASHTON HEIGHTS. April S.-
The wonans Club of Ashton
Heights viii hold its monthly meet
.lng tomorrow at p. m. in the
clubhouse.
Besides the regular order Of bust
ness, the following program has
been arranged: Paper BY Mrs. G.
A. Cooke, to be read by Mrs. c. 3.
EMORY. Does Inliv;dual Effort
Count in Club Work." Paper by
Mrs. George Davies. What Three
Attributes Should Every Clubwoman
Cultivate?' Paper by Mrs. Goldie
n. Dagger. What Responsibility
Has the. Club to the Community"
Paper by Mrs. A. 3. Butler, THE
Guiding Hand in Club Work" and
a paper by Mrs. Hugh McGrath,
"How to Reach the Hearts of Your
Club Members"
The club announces the engage
ment of Emily Coville, soprano, for
a song recital to be given at the
clubhouse. Wednesday, April IL, at
5 p. IN.
The Washington times., 1929-04-08
GAY M SICAL
OF MOVIES
HELD OVER

Broadway Melody one Of the
finest pictures ever filmed, unique,
in that, 1t Incorporates synehroni-
zation and color photography, is a
master production. Metro-Gold.
wyn.Mayer have blazed the trail in
a broader and bigger cinema field,
and in so doing. they have pre-
sented marvellous and stupendous
show from every point of view.
Tn mobs assembled at Loews
Columbia Theater. where Broad
way Melody" is. starting its second
week, would Indicate that an ex-
tended booking will surely he
necessary. Certain II is, everyone.
must see this show.
Bessie Love is superb as "Hank"
one of the Mahoney sisters, team
of vaudeville artists aspiring to
Broadway. Miss Love has never
had such opportunity to prove her
versatility and histrionic ability as
as actress. AS though inspired.
she scars to dramatic emotional
heights. AS a dancer, too, she isa
wonderful. Anita Page and Charles
King co-star. Miss Page. as the
other sister whose blonde. beauty
wins the contract and the man, Is
perfectly cast, holding her own
throughout the play, and at the
same time intensifying Bessie
Loves position in the stronger
role. Mr.. King, as Eddie, erst-
while lover of Hank" who sdd-
denly find he cares for "Queenie"
instead is just about perfect.
Hank" the self.sacrificing sis
ter, gives up her love that the
the two she adores most may be
happy,
The. supporting cast from the
very human stagehand to the
director of the revue, rates the
best.
Probably the outstanding fea-
ture of "BreSdway Melody" aside
from superb acting. is the per-
feet synchronization. The sing
ing and dancing are lovely. You
Were Meant for Me-" is my favor
ite but other hits, Broadway
Melody" Painted DOLL and
BOY Friend" are hauntingly ap-
pealing and lingering tunes. A
further word of commendation is
accorded the beautiful colored
sets, which make the show scenes
SO exquisite.
As an added attraction, Robert
Ames and an able supporting
caste present short act. Con
fessions," which is the best sup
Elementary talking feature. this
reviewer has seen Fox news.
showing views of the cortege and
funeral procession of the beloved
French leader, General Foch
complete the program.-H K:
The Washington times., 1929-04-08
MENKEN
SHINES IN
"CONGAT'
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

hconsai." a play set in the
exotic background Of French.
Indo-China and turning the cal.
cium on the flexible code Of NOR
als Of colonial civilization. offers
Helen Menken the most satisfying
role she. has encountered since
the unforgettahle Diana Of "Scv'
eTith Heaven.
1t is a tragic story-picturesque
pages from the life of hair caste
girl, Thi Linfl,s in the sweating
tropics--portrayln the futility OF
adapting primitive instincts to the
SOPHISTICATED customs OF the more
advanced races. Melodramatically
told, it is genuinely interesting
though well written characterize
ton and at least one high lighted
moment of emotional outburs'
which makes for smashing Sec
ond act curtain. -
"Congai," program note ad.
vises, is an Annamite word
meaning, literally. woman, and
Is symbol of the country. Thi
Limb. born with the power to
fascinate men, Is truly enamored
OF a native youth, Kim Khouan.
But custom decree he must marry
the choice of his father. Tni
Iinh then becomes, in turn, the
possession 1f French novelist
and the inspiration for his great
est fiction; the companion ann
plaything of Capt Paul LehrissEr
OF, the French soldiery, turned hv
tropic rigors into a cringing
coward and a drug addict; lastly
the poised courtesan of Gen. Gr-
hahn Chauvet. To all of these
men she gives degree OF service
and affection, but when kin
Khouan turns up Ter real love is
rekindled. although another touch
of tragedy eompels renunciation
and she remains what circum
stances have forced, ConRai.
This play by Harry Hervey and
Carleton Hildreth Is Of the out.
spoken school Of drama but Its
very frankness helps to create
atmosphere and thhy has been
further achieved by the unsparing
and careful attention to produc-
ton detail.
It is all made emotionally NOV
ing through a splendid perform.
ance by Helen Menken. She Is
the tragically unhappy Thi Linh
to the life Though a rare talent
for interpretative expression and
a voice which met superbly some
exacting demands for effective
ness. In the supporting company
Felix krembs perspired so con-
vincingly he had the audience
mopping fevered brows and his
Colonel Chauvet was all the
clustering and human soldier a
finished actor could make 1t. Ara
Gerald. Valerie Bergere, H. Dud.
ley Hawley Jerome Lawlor and
Theodore Hecht were others in
lengthy cast whose assistance was
substantial.
"Congai.', is recommended as
good melodrama, exciting and
coIorful, with the added advantage
of a real Broadway cast.
The Washington times., 1929-04-08
Alarm Clock, Shower,
Morning Exercises
RidicuIed

NEW YORK, April ! u.N.s.).-
The alarm clock. with its little
brothers. the cold shower and the
morning exercise, lost consider
able prestige yesterday when DR..
Jess r. Williams. professor Of
physical education at Teachers
College. declared that all three
unpopular pastimes were silly,
superstitious and artificial"
"The alarm clock as an insti-
tuition should be abolished. Cold
showers and morning setting up
exercises are a distinct shock to
the nervous system" he asserts
In a report issued for students at
the college.
Prof. williams offers "get up
by~nature" program as a substi-
tute.
The Washington times., 1929-04-08
CartOOnist's Ex-Wife
Is Wed to Him Again

PORT CHESTER, n. T.. April 8.
Less than a year after she had d.
vorced her husband. had married
again, and had her second marriage
dissolved, Mrs. Grayce NJ. Machamer.
wife OF jefferson Machamer, car.
toonist. was remarked to. Mr.. Ma
chamer. It became known today.
MIR. and Mrs. Machamer were di.
vorced in San Antonio, Tex. June
10, 1928. Shortly afterward Mrs Ma.
chamer married Edward Tarrant.
The second marriage was dissolved
in San Antonio on February 10 of
this year.
The Washington times., 1929-04-08
Amazing!
In 5 Minutes
Stomach Gas
Is Gone!

Simple glycerin, buckthorn bark,
saline, etc., as mixed in Adlerika.
helps GAS on the stomach in 5
minutes! Most medicines act on
lower bowel only, but Adlerika acts
on BOTH upper and lower bowel,
removing foul matter which poi.
soned stomach. The first day you
take Adlerika will be the best day
you had for years. Just ONE
spoonful relieves GAS and constipa.
ticn and takes away that full tired
feeling after meals, Adlerika is
sold by all druggists. Peoples Drug
Stores.
The Washington times., 1929-04-08
CHOSEN PRINCESS

MART1NsBURqs ". Va, April 8
Miss Ethel Webster. daughter Of the
late DIR. James 8. Webster and Mrs
Webster, hassbeen ssiscted as Han
cock, Mdls Princess for the an:
nual Apple Blossom Festival at win
chester. Miss webster Ii a sradu
ate Of Hood College, Frederick, and
is at present an instrhet at: Han
cock High school.