Newspaper from Monday, October 25, 1926

OCR text: Appeal to Massachusetts to Elect Gov. Fuller as Well Gets Same Interpretation. By publicly indorsing Senator Wil liam M. Butler of Massachusetts, chairman of the Republican national committee, who is a candidate to succeed himself in the Senate, and Alvnn T. Fuller, who is seeking an other term as Governor of Massachu setts, President Coolidge has made himself the real Issue in the cam paign in that State. This is virtually the unanimous opinion here in political circles. Re publicans and [democrats are in ac cord on this one point.

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OCR text: Holmes, Mcßeynolds and Brandeis in Dissenting View Hold De cision Is Revolutionary. The right of the President of the T'nlted States to remove postmasters nnd other executive appointees from i office without the consent of the Sen ate was upheld today by the Supreme Court in the Myers case from Port land, Oreg. In an opinion by Chief Justice Taft the court held that Federal statutes which have been regarded as with holding that power from the Presi dent are void. The case, involving removal by President Wilson of Frank S.

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OCR text: The children of Richard Croker, the one-time leader of Tammany Hall, to day were denied a Supreme Court re view of their unsuccessful effort to overturn the settlement of their father's estate. The highest court refused to inter fere with the action of the Fede

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OCR text: By the Associated Press. The revolutionary leaders in Nica ragua have tkken so non-conciliatory an attitude that officials here are won dering whether the revolutionary cause has not been buoyed up con siderably by support from Mexico. Peace negotiations at Corinto. in augurated by the I'nited States, are getting nowhere. In ah effort to avert collapse of the negotiations. Secretary' Kellogg lias warned the' participants that their wisest course is to get together on the merits of their quarrel without regard to out side influences.

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OCR text: Four Subcommittees. Difficulties experienced at St Eliza beth’s Hospital as well as the whole problem of how to improve Govern ment care of mental incompetents and minors of the World War were pre sented today at the inaugural session of the legal advisory council of the Veterans’ Bureau. Following a welcoming address by Director Frank T. Hines of the bu. reau. and a response by Charles S. Whitman of New York City, president of the American Bar Association; Maj.

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OCR text: Smaller. HI DAVID LAWRENCE. Snei-uii Dispatch to ’flu* Star. BUFFALO, N. V.. October 25, — Western New York has a hunch that Gov. A1 Smith will be defeated by a narrow margin. Coming from a sec tion of the State which in 1924 gave young Theodore Roosevelt a substan tial lead over the governor, the wish may be father to the thought. But nevertheless there is a certain strength possessed here by Represent ative Mills which is greater by far than that of Mr. Roosevelt. All fac tions of Republicanism and many of the independents are united for Mr. Mills.

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OCR text: By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 25.—Cotton prices broke approximately $1.50 a bale, to the lowest levels since 1921, to day, as the New York market was thrown into confusion by the Govern ment’s forecast of the largest crop on rec0rd—17,454,000 bales. Although the official estimate far exceeded private forecasts, which averaged around 17,000.000 bales, heavy buying of cotton for trade ac count absorbed the flood of selling orders which followed publication of the figures and kept the decline with in reasonable limits.

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OCR text: pital From Abdominal Hurts: Appendicitis Also Reported. Bt the Associated Press DETROIT. October 25. Harry Houdini. escape king and magician, collapsed at the close of his opening performance last night. A consultation of physicians will take place today. The hospital reported Houdini to be suffering from abdominal Injuries suffered during one of his performances. Dr l.co Dretzka, physician attend ing Frank Tinney, the comedian, who collapsed during a performance in which he was starring several weeks ago.

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OCR text: Leaping from his stalled au tomobile just as a speeding Baltimore and Ohio express train bore down upon it early today, saved the life of Ken neth Mcßurncy, 1629 Columbia Rd. N. W. Mcßurney was on his way home from a week-end visit when his car came to a dead stop on the railroad tracks near Riverdale, Md. Wreck Strewn Half-Mile His frantic efforts to get the machine started again failed and he jumped from the car just as the locomotive struck it.

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OCR text: By International News Service FEDERAL BUILDING, KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 25. A slush fund investigation of the Oregon Senatorial cam paign was ordered today by Senator James A. Reed (D.) of Missouri, chairman of the Senatorial Campaign Fund Committee. Reed instructed Senators McNary (R.) of Oregon and King (D.) of Utah to conduct the inquiry as soon as they complete present investigation into the Washington Senatorial campaign. Senator Reed asked them to in vestigate specifically the campaign of Fred Steiwer, the Republican nominee.

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OCR text: By DAVID P. SENTNER International News Barrica NEW YORK, Oct. 25.—The ape* clal train carrying Queen Marie, of Rumania; _her eon. Prince Nicholas, and her daughter. Princess Ileana, left the Grand Central terminal at 7:50 o’clock this morn* ing en route for West Point, Albany, Buffalo, Chicago and the Pacific Coast. Only a hundfu! of the curious were on hand to get a glimpse of the Queen, and they were disap pointed. as she was asleep when the train pulled out. The royal party spent the* night aboard the .

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OCR text: By International News Service SOMERVILLE, N. J., Oct. 25. Ob the heels of a definite break be tween the Somerset county grand Jury and State Senator Simpson, special prosecutor in the Hall-Mills rase, it was understood today that when the grand Jury meets tomor row it will Inquire into the way Rimpson has conducted the revived Investigation of the strange crab apple tree murder mystery of four {roars ago. Hostility between the prosecutor and the grand jury crystalized with statements from both sides.

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OCR text: CANTON, Ohio, Oct. 25.—Start ling disclosures' in the murder of Don R. Mellett, crusading publisher of the Canton Daily News, who was assassinated three months ago, were expected to be made Ao Prosecutor C. B. McClintock and Detective Ora B. Slater today by Patrick Eugene McDermott, alleged “key man” in the case. Surrendered By Brothers McDermott was in the county jail today, following a nation-wide search for him lasting 90 days.

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OCR text: MRS. VERA E. CHAPPELLE, of Potomac. Va., was last seen when her husband put her on a bus bound for Washington, Fri day night. She was coming to see a movie. • .A-

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OCR text: la a word peculiar to football. How would you like to have an all-American team of football coachea tell you juat how to play the game? And how would you like to have these all-American coaches illustrate their football talks by citing the greatest play ers they ever saw or coached. That’s what is in store for readers of The Times on Monday. Names like Zuppke, Doble. Roper. Little, Howard Jones are on this all-American coaching team. . J*.

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OCR text: THE LOCAL ORGANIZATION of the Woman’s Benefit Associa tion will have as their guest the National president, Miss Bins M. West. Miss West, who will arrive for a three-day visit on Sunday, the business world.

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OCR text: Bu United Press CANTON, Ohio, Oct. 25. —Patrick McDermott, hunted more than three months in connection with the mur der erf Don R. Mellett, Canton pub lisher and former Indianapolis man, was in county jail here today fol lowlrig his capture Sunday in Twin Rocks, Pa. He is believed to have made a full confession of his part in the murder for which he is under indictment and to have implicated others.

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OCR text: Bl> United Press BROOKLYN. Oct.. 25.—Two years ago, Mrs. Isidore Meyerson threw caustic soda In the eyes of her hus band to "fix him so that he couldn’t see how pretty were the customers at his woman's dress shop.” They continued to live together, although Meyerson became totally blind. Re cently they quarreled and Mrs. Mey* erson had him arrested. Then Meyer son discarded pride that had sealed his lips and told the story of how ho was blinded. Mrs. Meyerson was indicted. A jury found her not guilty Sunday. Judge Nova asked Mrs.

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OCR text: Bu United Press CHICAGO. Oct. 25. Eleven months ago, triplets were born to Mr. and Mrs. Gun Wambler. Sun day, Mrs. Wambler gave birth to twins, Fred and Ted. The tripleia are named Mike, Ike and Tjke and they look alike.

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OCR text: Ah, he! It’s come. Indianapolis had its first snowfall today, though many residents may not have known it. A few flakes of the “white blan ket” were seen about noon, and lit tle boys thought, with delight, # of the days ere long when there would be enough snow for sledding. But the papas of these samq little boys groaned inwardly. They were thinking of coal bills, und possible bursted water pipes later. Incidentally, the 'city had its first freezing temperature today, the mer cury registering 32, just freezing’, at 7 a. m. At 1 p. m.

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OCR text: Aaron (Red) Qohen, famous south side Republican leader, sang his po litical swan song today. Intricacies of Indianapolis politics have become too involved for Red, therefore he soon will be on his way to the frurer atmosphere of Bos An geles. In a letter sent to Mayor Duvall Cohen revealed some of his perplexi ties. Bong a cog in the G. O. P. political machine, Red admits he is be wildered, non-pulsed, defeated. Cohen, although a Jew, worked for Duvall and the Klan slate in the last election.

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OCR text: Bu United Press LONDON, Oct. 25.—The British government has decided to continue its restrictions on rubber for another year. This decision was made known when the government Issued its new rubber regulations, operative under the Stevenson restriction Os produc tion plan, which will become opera tive Nov. 1. The Stevenson plan was conceived after the war when Rubber prices slumped and ruin menaced the grow ers of Malaya and Ceylon.

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OCR text: State Candidates. For the first time in many years, Republican State leadere admit their senatorial, State and county candi dates are in peril. Predictions of heavy majorities, recorded early in the campaign, to day were thrown overboard from the god ship G. O. P. and the slo gan was “every man for himself.” Whether the call for self preser vation will cause the factions of Senator James E. Watson and Sena tor Arthur R. Robinson to begin fir ing at other was a matter of con cern.

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OCR text: Bu United Pres* BUCHAREST, Oct. 25.—Queen Marie will curtail her present vis't to the United States and her return to Roumania was announced as im minent today in an official com munique. The communique said that the shortening of the royal tour of the U T nited States was due to the advice of her majesty’s physician, who had pronounced her to be suffering from grippe. 1 The inepssant rain in the United States had induced this illness, ac cording to the communique.

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OCR text: LONDON, Oct. 24—The British admiralty apparently has given up all hope that more than 19 of the 104 men aboard the admirality sloop Valerian, which sank in a hurricane of the Bermuda coast, are alive. The names of the 19 survivors, in cluding the commander, William Usher, were published by the ad miralty Sunday.

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OCR text: 000 for Charities Quietly and without any such for mality as that which accompanies the opening o'X military and political campaigns, 1,000 men and women workers of this city, will take the field—or rather, city—at 9 o’clock this morning to conduct the sixth annual finance drive in behalf of the Federation for Social Service, made up of 14 charitable organiza tions.

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OCR text: By L'nited News: WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.—Auto mobile fatalities during the four weeks ending Oct. 9 increased by 125 over the previous four week period, reaching 565, the Department of Commerce reports. The statistics cover 78 cities.

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