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Little Pompom.
TINE romantic spinster twitche


TINE romantic spinster twitched
gently at her delicate sleeve ruff
fies and glanced across the
A. snowy cloth at the silver-haired
man who was methodlcally read
ing his morning paper.
"Yes?" the bachelor brother rather
reluctantly put down the sporting Sec
ton, "go on. / suppose the lanitor has
been delivering another ultimatum."
NO" the romantic spinster giggled,
hes whistling selection from the
Bohemian Girl which always means
some one has tipped him"
And he things he's already residing
in the marble halls" said the man, his
fingers on the spot that related the
British hopes for international golf
honorS.
Il was thinking" the romantic spin
ster put her very white hand upon the
region of her heart and drew in her
breath, "of that woman who lives across
the hall She has no children and she
really acts silly about that big yellow
dog of hers. She talks to it and"
"It?" cut in her bachelor brother,
who was a firm believer in the lack OF
gray matter beneath feminine curlS.
The romantic spinster eyed him
sternly, SO sternly that his face brought
reluctant grin to her mouth. she
calls the great hound 'SWeetie,' and
she waves up at the window to him
when she goes out. think it is
shame when so many children are
homeless, waiting for bit of petting,
to pamper brute-dog like that"
well. If the lady has no children"
began the bachelor brother practically,
and l understand she's a widow"
Don't be silly" begged the other with
Nofipnnns
that there are thousands Of children
needing homes? I expect in Japan
there are numbers of helpless tots whose
parents persisted in the Toxic disaster,
in Russia"
Thine for my train" interrupted the
bachelor brother hastily; tell me the
rest tonight. Why don't you adopt
some delightful boy to race through
the fiat and spend the golden hours of
or mailing down the piano keys?"
"As though I could leave child
here when I'm away all day. Anne
would leave on the spot and then where
would we be?"
well, do as you like, only keep Anne
at all hazards. A girl who can cook as
she can is treasure above rubies."
Men are so heartleSS,' sighed the
romantic SpinSter as she pinned on
vastly becoming hat; still one expects
that but woman who will lavish her
affections upon a creature without a
soul is hopeless. I suppose she is a
savage throw-back in spite of her aris-
tocratic connections. I love humanity"
That evening the bachelor brother
paused in the act of inserting his latch
key. From behind the black oak door
came odd, incoherent sounds. Endear-
mentS uttered with an Understandable
Il i Ill Not
ended crooningly.
1T sounds to me-" he murnured,
after an appalled, interval, ''as though
she'd found her adorable, helpless mite
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Lima. Their Bellanca monoplane left
ard time.
The flight was made in 13 hours and
6 minutes without a stop. A Mexican
army band struck up the Peruvian ma
tional anthem as the plane touched the
ground. Peruvian Minister Barrenechea
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asked to have the entire amount rein
vested. From that point the scheme
grew to surprising proportions, the de-
tectives declared. They said her VIC
TINS numbered some 800 persons.
Miss BitZinger declared no one except
herself knew her business was swindle
She started it about five years ago and
was discharged from the bank three
years ago.
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Railroad Inventor Dead.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, June 4 Up.
John M. Scott, IS, of Racine, Wis, in
ventor Of plate to hold railroad rails
in place, bumper used at the end Of
railroad tracks and other devices, died
here yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-04
Noted Engineer Dead.

THIBODAUX, La. June R.-
Walstan E. Knoblock. IS, nationally
known flood control expert and one of
the foremost engineers of the Missis-
sippi Valley. died at his home here yes
terday after a prolonged illness.
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y Reygadas greeted the aviators while
a crowd Of 500 persons cheered.

In spite of the trouble caused by the
tornado, savings in Porto Rico banks
are now $1,000,000 greater than a year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-04
WOMAN is IMPLICATED
IN HALF-MILLION FRAUD
Former Bank Employe Charged
With Conducting 'Get-Rich-Quick'
Scheme at Friends Expense.

Scheme at friends Expense.
BY the Associated Press.
FORT WAYNE. Ind, June "A get
rich-quick" scheme involving 100000
was laid today at the door of Miss Irma
Bitzinger, 80. a former bank employee.
Her attorneys indicated she would plead
guilty to the grand larceny charge which
resulted from it.
Miss Bitzinger began by borrowing
500 from a friend, detectives related.
saying she would invest the money in
bonds to earn profit of $50 in 80 days.
Before that time was up, they said, she
obtained 5000 from second friend,
using $3.50 of it to pay the first debt.
This so pleased the first friend that she
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-04
PERU'S GOOD WILL FLYERS
ARRIVE IN MEXICO CITY
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, June Capt. Car
los Pinillos and Lieut.. Carlos Zegarra.
the Peruvian goodwill flyers, landed
at Valbuena Field at Gil pm. yester-
day after a flight from New Orleans.
They are en- route from Washington to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-04

American tractors and binders are be-
ing used in Denmark wheat fields.
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W0MEN'S GLEE CLUB
SINGS AT Y. w. C. A.
Elizabeth Somers Group Presents
Second Annual Concert in
Barker Hall.

The Elizabeth Somers Glee Club,
composed of 81 Washington singers,
made its second annual appearance in
q concert in Barker Hall of the Y. w.
9. A. headquarters Tuesday night be-
fore an audience generous In applause
and appreciative of the clubs progress.
Miss 1mogene B. Ireland, director Of the
club, led the group
An outstanding feature Of the clubs
work was the beauty of tone quality,
accompanied by excellent diction and
instant response to their leaders di-
rections. It is noteworthy that the
club members gave all numbers entire
~ without notes. Two especially at
tractive selections were Schumann's
''The Walnut Tree" and Nevins' Mar
cissus," arranged by John Martel. To
both these numbers Katherine Moritz's
violin obbligatos added much beauty
and appeal. Another number that
found particular favor with the audience
was 'Marys Lullaby" in which Alta
Smith sang the soprano solo.
The two assisting artists were Emily
Coville, soprano, and Katherine Riggs
harpist. Mrs. Coville, who is a recent
addition to Washington music circles.
has an unusually beautiful voice and a
fine sense of the dramatic in her sing
ing. Miss Riggs. who Is well known to
Washington audiences, played her two
groups. one of traditional and the other
Of modern works, with charming deli
cacy of Interpretation.
Catherine Benson showed herself
again an able accompanist, both for
the Glee Club and for Mrs. Coville.
The members of the club are Jean
Anderson, Helen Andruszkiewicz, Alice
Burden Trancos p1ftlcr Malta Water.
field Cannon, Mildred De Hart, Kath-
crime Erwin, Margaret Fisher, Helen
Fullenwider, Jessie Cove, Edythe Ham
tlton, Ruth Harris, Miriam Huddle,
Clara Jeffery, Lois Kline. Natalie Koban,
Lorene Kreider, Julia Maxwell, Pauline
Myers, Bertha Oksendahl, Viola Ran
dolph, Doris Redfern, Ruth Riepe, Alta
NJ Smith, Mary Stonik, Louise Thorne
Freda Thornton, Hazel Tysinger. Ber-
nice Waterman, Ruby Weik and Estella
Wolfe.
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WARRANTS SOUGHT
/. IN MORAY DEATH
Information From Several
Witnesses win Deal With
Various Phases of Mystery.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TULSA, Okla, April 4.--County au-
thorities today planned to file warrants
charging John Doe" and MARY Doe"
with murder In connection with the
mysterious death of William S. McCray,
millionaire oil operator. so they may
apply to the District Court for permits
sion to obtain testimony under oath
from witnesses who have withheld in
formation from investigators.
Byron Kirkpatrick, prosecutor, said
about 80 witnesses would be summoned
He declined to say whether the war
rants would be aimed at particular In
dividuals.
Admits "Tormenting" Mrs. McCray.
Mrs. Annette Abrams, comely New
York and Tulsa divorce; Mrs. M. A.
Dickerson, mother of Mrs. Norma Small
wood Giicrease, Miss America" in 1927,
and j. o. Denton. jr, McCray's nephew,
already have furnished valuable EVIL
dence," the prosecutor said.
Mrs. Abrams, divorced only last week,
admitted she had "tormented" the oil
operators widow. Mrs. jeanette McCray,
by telephone suggestions that her hus-
band had been having affairs with
other women, the prosecutor said. The
0ANOAOCC, WAAO 1AuA UCCt1 living az bAlC
hotel where McCray was fatally injured
under mysterious circumstances on the
night of March "a, offered to submit
to blood TRANSMISSION operation in the
hope OF saving McCray's life.
Mrs. Dickerson told investigators that
Mrs. Abrams had called Mrs. McCray
from her apartment.
Blackmail Plot Revealed.
Denton was said to have spent much
time with him. and to have witnessed
will made by his uncle shortly be-
fore his death last Saturday.
Investigators said woman who at
tempted to blackmail McCray has been
traced to Mobile, Ala, where she now
lives.
Others to be questioned by investiga-
tors include employees Of the hotel
where the oil man was assaulted by an
unknown man; physicians who treated
him; Miss Bertha Chism, his nurse
private detectives and attorneys, who
were said to have refused to file a
"blackmail" suit against the million
ARE.
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Michigan Revokes
Life for a Pint Law
And Other Penalties
!. .5As.oriatefs press

. BY the Associated Press. ss
LANSING. Msch., April
Michigan Tuesday revoked Its
famous s.life-for-a-pint' law.
Gov. Fred w. Green In the after
noon signed the Watson House
Bill, eliminating 100 minor"
felonies from the list Of crimes
which draw the life penalty for
fourth offense.
The amendment became effec-
tive Immediately. Under D grad
uated system of penalties, the
dry law offender convicted of o
fourth offense now Is subject to
q term Of from 71s to Is years.
Gov. Green said he would
commute the life sentences Of
Mrs. Ella Mae Miller, Channie
Trip, Tony Papic and others
who are serving life sentences for
liquor felonies. Such cases as
that of Fred Palm. who was
sentenced to life, imprisonment
when he was convicted Of pos
session OF q pint of gin but whose
previous three convictions were
for other felonies, will be i1vesti-
gated, the governor said.
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no national prohibition enforcement law
has been made to the United States Cir
cult Court Of appeals by counsel for
Marie Beyington, Sioux City hotel pro-
iprietor.
The law firm Of GIotz, Schuyler &
Brown base their appeal on the conten~
ton that Congress, by passage Of the
The attorneys, In their appeal, argue
that the Willis Campbell act re-enacted
All internal revenue laws Of the United
States applicable to Intoxicating liquors
for beverage purposes which previously
had been repealed by the Volstead law.
They contend further that since the
Supreme Court has held that passage
Of the national prohibition law auto
matically repealed this portion Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04
TRANSATLANTIC PLANE
TO CARRY UNIQUE CARGO
Canaries, Cameras, Doughnuts and
Dog Form Part Of First
Air Shipment.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 4.-Canaries and
cameras, doughnuts and dog-of such
diversified articles win the first cargo
Of transatlantic airplane freight be COM
posed.
Representatives here of the Rohrbach-
Rostra flying boat, which Is expected to
make westward flight in May, yester-
day made public a partial list of the
cargo already contracted for. It in
cludes perfumes and toilet articles,
Hartz Mountain canaries. women's
clothes, camera supplies. fertilizer and
seeds, Norwegian doughnuts, machinery
and tools, a German shepherd dog,
radio equipment, gold bullion and mail.
Miss Mildred johnson Of Philadelphia
Is to be a member Of the crew Of the
fiying freight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04
PLEDGES DOCTORS PAY.
Oakley, Idaho, Was Without Ply
stefan for Several Years.

OAKLEY, idaho, CP.--After being
without a physician for several years
because there were not enough sick
people here to support one, residents of
this city pooled their resources and
engaged a doctor.
The medical man was brought here
under contract which specifies that
any month his fees fall below speci-
fed '.proper income" he will be paid
from q fund made up by assessments on
citizens.
AS an initial reserve. each family
was assessed $40 and the money was
placed In local bank for the physi-
clan to draw upon. The towns pop
ulation Is 1,l00.
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ady usually begins IN the form Of gland
tuberculosis, to which young children
are susceptible. He stressed the impor-
lance OF medical examination for chill
dren as precaution against this in
lection, and that OF pulmonary tuber-
cuiosis. which develops later In life.
The meeting was held at the apart
ment OF DR.. Edith Seville Coale In the
Hay adams House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04
MEDICAL SOCIETY HEARS
TUBERCULO SIS LECTURE
Or. Peabody Tells Of Treatment
and Precautions Against
Malady.

An illustrated lecture on the early
diagnosis Of tuberculosis was presented
Tuesday night at the monthly meeting
Of the Wonen,s Medical Society of the
District Of Columbia by Or. J. Win
thrOp Peabody, superintendent of the
Tuberculosis Hospital and chairman Of
the committee Of an early diagnosis"
campaign under way here.
DIR. Peabody explained that the NAL
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Lecture on Beavers Tomorrow.

Norman McCiintock viii ten LIE
crafty ways Of the beaver, describe its
instructive engineering knowledge and
its many humanlike habits when he lee
lures before the National Geographic
Will be the last Of the present season.
Mr.. McClintock viii show motion pic
lures Of beavers at work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04
THE Evening STAR WASHINGTON C. THuFsDAY APRIL 1873

internal revenue law, the re-enactment
Of that law under the title Willis Camp
bell act would In turn repeal the Vol
stead act.
plans to carry the case To the Supreme
Court, II necessary.
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Doctor Dies at Patients Bedside.

PALERMO. Sicily IP).-Dr. Fran
cesco di Chiara, 81, obeyed a hurried
summons to the bedside Of his fellow
practitioner, DR.. Salvatore Santomauro,
one year his junior. While he was TAX
ing the pulse. he himself died. The
patient recovered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04

The international Council for the Ed
cation Of Exceptional Children held It's
seventh annual convention in Detroit.
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ATTORNEYS CLAIM
| THERE Is NO DRY LAW
Volstead Act Automatically Re-
pealed BY Willis.Campbsl, Meas.
ure, Lawyers Aver.
Nv the Associated Press.

by tMS AHtVE1Hteu ktShss asaa
SIOUX CITY; Iowa, April A plea
that the Volstead act has been auto
naaticaliy repealed By subsequent legis-
Iation and that in consequence there is
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Eleven emergency parachute Jumps
have added 10 new names to the roster
Of the mythical Caterpillar Club, com
posed Of aviators who have saved their
lives by jumping from disabled aircraft
since the last rail- call by Frank Har-
mel, Army Air Corps information sec
ton keeper Of the club records.
Lieut.. James T. Hutchinson, Army All
Corps, stationed at Wheeler Field, Ha-
waiian Islands, became o second degree
member of the club by virtue OF his
second jump to save his life.
Ten New Members.
The new members and the dates and
scenes Of their emergency jumps are as
follows: Lieut.. Lloyd G. Blackburn and
staff Sergt. Lloyd w. Thacker, Army
Air Corps, June 3, Fort Robinson, Nebr ;
Lieut.. p. M. clyde. u. s. NJ, June "a,
Tent City, Calf: Richard H. DePew, jr.,
and Atwood Woodruff, civilians, July l,
YOUNGSTOWN, Pa; Lieut.. Reuben c. Moi
fatt and Lieut.. James T. Hutchinson,
Army Air Corps, July 2, Wheeler Field,
Hawaiian Islands; Chief Radio Elec-
trician o. z. williams, U. s. NJ, July 16,
Philadelphia; Lieut.. George H. Beverley,
Army Air Corps. July 20, Kansas City,
Mo-; Cadet Benjamin Fidler, Army Air
Corps, date not given, San Jacinto,
Calf, and Lieut. James Doolittle, Army
Air Corps, September l, Cleveland.
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AIR CORPS HELPS
CIVILIAN FLYING
SummeraH, in Speech, Cites
Aids to Commercial Aero
Development.

Peace-time activities Of the Army Air
Corps make 1t an instrument for the
building I'D Of all phases Of commercial
aeronautics, Gen. Charles p. Summerall,
chief Of stan, said in q recent address
on the activities Of the various branches
OF the Army.
"It was the Army Signal Corps" Gen.
Summerall said, that FIRST pioneered
aviation and the Army Air Corps that
first demonstrated the capabilities of
airplanes In the historic flight around
the world. More recently still 1t dem.
onstrated the practicability Of sustained
flight by Its experiment with the Cues
ton Mark.
"On the purely technical side, to
mention only Q few, we owe to the Air
Corps such things as the earth inductor
compass and the perfection of aerial
photography. The highly efncient avi-
ator'S parachute was brought forward
to Ill the Army needs. To this must
be added the extensive activities Of orr
aerial arm In crop busting and In the
Of reforesting bare and eroded noun
tain slopes.
But the purely technical activities
Of the Air Corps are the least Of their
contributions. In the years immedi-
ately following the war the graduates
of the Army flying schools were . tire.
mendous factor in the development Of
commercial aviation. While no longer
almost the exclusive source Of our high.
ly trained pilots, these schools continue
their contribution to the Nations flyers.
Nor Is this all. The Air Corps has
borne the burden Of engineering devel-
opment and Is in many respects q gil
gaIltic aeronautical laboratory. The
spectacular flights that demand the ut
most from the aviator and from his
machine, that telescope distance in
terms Of time, are not by any means
stunts. They are rigorous tests of ma
terial and Of mans ability 10 handle It.
They are to aviation what . speedway
Is to the automotive industry. From
the bombers and transport planes Of
the Air Corps have evolved the air
freighters and passenger carriers Of
commercial aviation. In the pursuit
plane lies the germ of the sky sportster
of tomorrow"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-08
Our Model Plane Pilots
Sammy Walker Is Erecting a Miniature
Air Model to Be Propelled by
Four Skyrockets.
Four OKyrOcketS.

Fourteen-year-old Sammy Walker Of
AL B street northeast. who spends most
of his spare time interrogating pilots
at Congressional Airport and riding In
planes with them. thereby adding
gray hair daily to the heads Of the
parental section Of his family, ambled
day and explained that these guys
who are gonna skyrocket themselves
to the moon haven't got 30 much on
him."
In the first place, Sammy displayed
q model airplane. which he new In the
District model aircraft tournament last
week, which Is propelled by minia-
ture skyrocket attached to the fuselage
OF the craft. But that isn't all-Sammy
says he il going to build q dynamic
model on which he will attach four
rockets.
One rocket will be placed on each
wing and two will be bound to the ends
of the fuselase or motor stick Of the
craft. The rockets then will be ig-
nited and the plane launched into the
air.
"Of course" said the diminutive
model plane pilot, II won't be able to
ride on the plane like those fellows
who want TO get to the moon. but any
way I'll have the rockets and plane
that will fly"
Sammy,s present skyrocket model
stayed aloft for SIS seconds in the tour
nament last week. It has o 21a-foot
wing spread, . 2-foot motor stick and
weighs ounces. The Lad says ne ex-
poets TO get IS seconds duration when
he completes his proposed four-rocket
model.
Sammy suggested that the model air
craft editor say something In his story
about the fact that he was going to
study aeronautical engineering. At pres
ent the youth Is attending Eastern High
School In the third semester.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-08

tore out of the plane. plunging to the
ground. williams jumped to tighten the
weight in the tail and counterbalance
the missing motor, after which Comdr.
Erickson landed the crippled plane
safely,
Lieut.. Beverley was putting an expert
mental plane through spinning tests
when 1t went into q nat spin and passed
out Of control. He came down In the
spin 2,500 feet before getting out.
Cadet Fidler Joined the Caterpillars
as the result Of a spin in one of the
ancient De Havilands. The salvaging
crew put the plane on the wrecking
truck with shovels.
Lieut.. Doolittle left an Army pursuit
plane In q great hurry when the wings
tore of in power dive at q height Of
only 1000 feet. Landing safely, he got
another plane and repeated the dive an
hour later for the beneft Of $4,000
spectators at the national air races
This time the wings stayed on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-08
TEN NEW MEMBERS ENROLLED
INMYTHICAL CATERPILLAR CLUB

Lieut.. Blackburn and Sergt. Thacker
escaped from a Photographic plane by
parachute after half the landing gear
assembly had let go and was hanging In
such position as to make o safe land.
ing impossible.
Lieut.. Clyde was forced to jump from
Q Navy F3B plane which had passed
out of control In q spin. He was in
jured in clearing the ship and dropped
into the Pacific Ocean four miles of
Tent City. floating more than three
hours before rescuers reached him.
DePew and Woodruff took to their
chutes when their plane ran out Of gas
over O portion of the Allegheny Noun
tains where no landing could be made
safely.
Ran Out Of Gas.
Lieuts. Moffatt and Hutchinson were
forced to Jump for their lives after
their pursuit planes collided in forma-
ton maneuver at an altitude Of 1000
feet over Wheeler Field. Both planes
were badly smashed In the collision,
and were falling to pieces as the men
left them. Lieut.. Hutchison's right arm
was broken in the collision, and he had
to operate his parachute release ring
with his left hand.
Chief williams went overheard from
q Navy T3M torpedo plane, piloted by
Lieut.. Comdr. o. w. Erickson, when q
propeller blade broke and the H9otor