Newspaper from Saturday, October 23, 1926

OCR text: Another one of the so-called “sure tips" In connection with the investi gation of the shooting to death of Detective Arthur It. Scrivener in an alley near Wisconsin avenue ami X street the morning of October 13, re ceived late last night, brought In spector Henry G. Pratt, chief of de tectives, and detectives investigating the case to police headquarters. “And the tip was'like so many oth ers,” observed a member of the mur der squad this morning.

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OCR text: Executive Indicates He Will Offer Modification of Act. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. President Coollrige frankly admits he Is all at sea in the matter of selecting a successor to Cuno If. Rudolph, who has asked to he relieved as soon as possible as a member of the Board of District .Commissioners. At present he has no one in mind for the place, and moreover he sees little possibility of making a selection In the immediate future.

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OCR text: By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, October 23. Heartened by the trend of testimony in her case, Aimee Semple McPher son, the evangelist, today predicted a complete defense victory and vindica tion for herself as she turned from the 18-day ordeal of her preliminary hearing on charges of criminal con spiracy to plunge into the week end services at Angelus Temple. Reviewing the testimony of yester day’s court session. Mrs. McPherson declared it had been a “wonderful" day for the defense. Mrs.

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OCR text: By the Associated Press. AXX ARBOR, Mich.. October 23. Tear gas was used by poliee last night to break up a student demon stration following a “pep” meeting preliminary to today’s MichiganIllinois foot ball game. The gas was used when several * score of the students after a “snake” dance up State street at tempted to rush a motion picture theater. Upon recovering from the effects of the gas the students followed the officers toward police headquar ters, hurling eggs, cabbage and 'other soft missiles en route.

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OCR text: Dirigible to Stop at Lakehurst on Way Back to Langley Field. BOSTON, October 23 (A 3 ). —The Armv’s non-rigid dirigible T< '-5 took off from the Boston airport today on its return flight to Langley Field. Va, The big ship planned to pass over Mitchel Field, N. Y., and will •top overnight at Lakehurst, N. J. The main purpose of the cruise of the J 96-foot airship here was to ac quaint the crew with the Atlantic Coast line.

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OCR text: COOLIDGE FOUND STRONG IN TALK OF 1928 RACE Porter, ‘ Democratic Senatorial Can didate, Making Active Fight in Confident Mood. B\ <• GOULD LINCOLN, staff Correspondent of The Star. DES MOINES, lowa, October 23. lowa, storm center of agricultural un rest, is going to the polls November 2 with every prospect of electing the Republican ticket. In the first place, the Republican leaders of the State, including the candidates on the ticket, have taken a lead in the demand for farm relief. Col. Smith W.

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OCR text: 9.000 ORPHANS ESCAPE UNDER AMERICAN CARE Doctors and Nurses of Near East Belief Do Great Service in Treating Those Hurt. LEN'INAHAN, Armenia, October 13. —Many persons were killed and scores Injured and the whole popula tion was thrown Into panic by an earthquake which shook all of Armenia late last night. Many houses collapsed, telegraph Wires were wrecked, trees uprooted and cattle killed. There was no loss of life among the large personnel of the American Near East Relief or the 9.000 Ar menian orphans tinder its care.

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OCR text: State Prison. By (he Associated Press. MICHIGAN CITY. Ind., October 23.—For a second time since Thomas H. Adams, publisher of the Vincennes Commercial, made his charges of al leged political corruption in Indiana, interest in Lite ensuing investigation centered at the Indiana State Prison here today. The publisher and Will O. Feudner and Court Asher, associates in his publication of statements charging that high State officials had. corrupt dealings with D. C.

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OCR text: SOMERVILLE, N. J, Oct. 23.—With one . alleged acces sory to the Hall-Milla . dual murder held for the grand jury and another

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OCR text: By International News Service ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Oct. 23.—Harry Greb’s death was indirectly traceable to his efforts to a statement issued today by Dr. Borenda Wein

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OCR text: HAVANA. Oct. 23.—With Cuban airplanes crippled. American war chips and planes from the American naval base at Guantanamo are en route to the Isle of Pines to aid in relief work. Efforts to send relief to the Isle o 2 Pines from Havana have proved fruitless as t

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OCR text: Eight men narrowly escaped death early today when the automobile in which they were riding emashed into a tree at the south entrance of the Anacostia bridge. The Casualty ambulance removed all eight to the hospital. Three men remain there, seriously Injured. The seriously injured are: William Lusby. 26. 1624 V St. S. E.. possible fractured shoulder. Howard Satterfield. 25. 2245 Four teenth St. S. E., possible fractured knee and hip. Harry Walsh, 24, 2635 Michigan Ave., S. E.. fractured ankle.

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OCR text: By International Newa Service BROCKTON, Mass., Oct. 23. James Stoddard, a 38-year-old father, in a fit of insanity early today killed with an ax his three small daughters in the garret-apartment they occupied at. 11 Everett St., this city. A fourth daughter dodged a wild swing of the ax after witnessing the slaying of one of her sisters and was knocked through the doorway of the room when struck by a second glancing blow of the weapon and escaped from the house.

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OCR text: fl COL. Yarmt A PRESIDENT COOLIDGE'S per Id the wSWpines, Col. C. A. Thompson, narrowly escaped a serious train wreck when the Cantonese spies wrecked the Pek ing Express some distance out of Shanghai. Colonel Thompson's special passed over the spot where the r

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OCR text: THE WEDDING CEREMONY . of Countess Maria Ratti, niece of the Pope, will be performed by His Holiness, on October 31, in the great hall of the consistory in the Vatican. For the fflSt time since 1870 such a Vatican func tion will be attended by Govern ment representatives and Italian nobles. Her fiance is Countt Ego OK® ■. ' ■ . wEr ». anMMMasswaaasmMMUNMNMUMMi COUNTESS MARIA RATTI BUSH 115.

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OCR text: Head. Bv United Press NEW YORK, Oct. 23.—The strain of Friday’s three speeches combined with the head cold that has clung to her since her arrival Monday proved too much for Queen Mario's throat today and her majesty was forced to call in a physician. When the Roumanian ruler awoke art. 7 a. m.

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OCR text: to Rescue. Bv United Press HAVANA. Oct. 23.—Thirty-one known (lead, including many Amer icans, probably forty more believed dead and 146 injured, were casual ties reported today by Eladio Villa, who arrived from Nueva Gerona, principle city of the Isle of Pines, swept by a hurricane Wednesday. “Tlie destruction is indescribable," he said. “The hurricane must have gone 130 miles an hour. The new prison, the church, the fire station, the radio station, and practically ev erything except the Hotel Nueva ■Gerona were demolished.

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OCR text: Tempestuous discussion of the pro posal tb .allow .filling stations to be placed at the south end of the Dela ware St. bridge over Fall Creek is expected at city council meeting Monday night. A movement has begun to bring the ordinance to discussion at the meeting. The measure was adopted at last meeting with six votes. City Attorney John K. Ruckels haus contends the ordinance should have received seven votes, or three fourths of the persons present, in asmuch as it had not been approved by the board of zoning appeals.

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OCR text: Bu United rresn TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Oct. 23 The body of Eugene V. Debs, noted Socialist, will be taken to Indl&napo lis this evening to lie in state from 8 p. m. to 9 p. m. at the Flanner and Buchanan funeral parlors. The bodv will be cremated and the ashes re turned here Sunday for burial. Public funeral services were held this afternoon on tho veranda of the Debs home. Thousands of Debs’ neighbors viewed the body while it lay in state at Labor Temple here Friday.

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OCR text: Bv United Preen PARIS. Oct. 23.—The former Ethel Delmar, musical comedy star, today was granted a divorce from Al Jolson, blackface comedian . They were married in 1922. Bv United Prenn BOSTON. Oct. 23.—" Why. Ai thought he was already divorced!" said John Sneckenberger, Al Jolson’s manager, when Informed today of advices from Paris stating that Mrs. Jolson had Just been granted a di vorce. “We heard more than a week ago that the divorce had been granted,” said Sneskenberger. "And I ckn’t understand this latest news.

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OCR text: The last official act of Senator James A. Reed before transferring his probe into Indiana politics to his offices in Kansas City, where it will be resumed Monday morning, was to send out a call for Mrs. Vivian Tracey Wheatcraft, woman manager tor Senator James E. Watson and vice chairman of the Republican par ty. He had just given one more chance to Clyde Walb, Republican hairman, to make good his charges of money in every precinct in a cam'- paign of corruption and Walb had again failed.

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OCR text: Near East Relief. Bu United Press NEW YORK, Oct. 23. A devastating earthquake rocked Ar menia last night, the quakes re curring today “kilting hundreds and injuring thousands,” according to a cablegram to the Near East relief today front its offices in Erivan, capital of Russian Armenia. The quakes were most severe, it was said, at Leninakan, where the $1,500,000 Near East relief orphan age is located. The orphanage con sists of 300 buildings in which 15,000 orphans are being cared for. It was badly damaged, it was said.

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OCR text: Bv United Press BROCKTON, Mass., - Oct. 28.—8 e coming suddenly insane, James B. Stoddard, 38, a widower, killed three of his four daughters with an ax as they slept in their home here early today. The dead: Florence, 18; Edna, 12, and Ml’drod, f. Marie, 14, th

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