Newspaper from Thursday, October 28, 1926

OCR text: DOWN THE LINE FOR US’ Zumbrunn Interested in Seating of Members, Reed Inquiry in St. Louis Is Informed. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS. October 28. —William F. Zumbrunn, general counsel of the Ku Klux Klan, was described here today before the Senate campaign fund committee by George XV. Meyers of Marion, Ind., as the legislative agent of the Klan at Washington.

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OCR text: Senate Seat, With Odds Seen Favoring Tydings. 1 BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Stiff Correspondent of The Star. BALTIMORE. Md., October 28.-*- The milk-and-water campaigns adopt , ed by the Republicans in their efforts to defeat two "wet” Democratic Qov -1 enters, Smith in New York and ' Ritchie In Maryland, are getting un der the skins of the Democrats. Here in Maryland it is water, or rather water power, which the Re publican campaign managers are seeking to make the chief issue against Gov. Albert C.

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OCR text: Desire to Plan Entire Tract Before Erecting Any Offices Leads to Dispute and Impasse. The $50,000,000 Federal building pro gram for the Capital has been brought to a temporary halt because of serious differences of opinion among officials charged with carrying it out, and the situation thus reached has reopened the whole question of how architec tural treatment of the entire famous triangle South of Pennsylvania ave nue will affect the future of Washing ton, It became known today.

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OCR text: Purchase Issue. Preparations for the next move against the Washington Rapid Transit Co., upon which the Public Utilities Commission has cast the onus of proving that its legal status is un tainted, were started today by Cor poration Counsel Francis H. Stephens and William McK. Clayton, chairman of the public utilities committee of the Federation of Citizens’ Associa tions, who will appear' in a new role as the temporary legal aid -to the commission. 1 As -a result of Mr.

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OCR text: The new Peruvian submarine R-2, on her maiden voyage to Callao, lies 150 miles east of Cape Henlopen, Del., with her main bearings burned out and her sister ship, the R-l, has re turned to the New London, Conn., sub marine base to secure assistance. News of the breakdown of the R-2, sent to the Navy Department today by the New London commandant, helped to clear up a mystery which resulted from receipt of an SOS signal last night indicating that the R-l was In distress.

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OCR text: By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. VIENNA, October 28. —* The Wiener Tageblatt, local neM-spaper, today published a communication from Bucharest, marked "official,” saying Queen Marie is breaking her American trip and returning to Bucharest. King Ferdinand’s illnes is sup posed to be the reason for her re ported decision. (Copyright. 1920.

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OCR text: If the Government gave full credit to the stories of those who say it OM-es them money, the Treasury would be flat all the time. Figures just compiled show that at the end of the last fiscal year, June 30, suits pending against the United States in the Court of Claims totaled $1,602,987,166.

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OCR text: The opening gun in a new campaign to obtain the passage of an elective school board bill at the coming session of Congress was sounded today by Mrs. Mary T. Rannerman, as chairman of the committee on legislation of the District of Columhia Congress of Parent-Teacher Associations. In a form letter addressed to "all organization* and individuals interest ed in the public schools of the Dis trict," Mrs.

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OCR text: By International Nows Service NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Oct. ’28.-rThe body of Mrs. Eleanor Mills will be lifted frorii it* foUr-year-old grave in

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OCR text: •■• . I Can people of widely diversified taeles be happy together? James Mills was content with his evening newspaper and an occasional movie and vaudeville show, but Eleanor, his wife, sought the finer things' of life-classical music, literature, romance. Hungrily, she reached out for these and found —death! For the first time her husband bares the events of their married life, trivial and momentous, that finally led to the tragedy which stirred a nation. By JAMES F. MILLS Huband of Stain Choir Singer (Copyright. 1926. Famous Feature* Syndicate.

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OCR text: tb ■■■ x '*.. •• A j x x B y \ ETHEL BARRYMORE “IF ONE EXPECTS to be so very well dressed, one must pay the piper” says a New York inodiste of Miss Ethel Barrymore, the famous actress. Judgment has been entered against Miss Ethel Barrymore for a clothing bill o

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OCR text: ♦ *>£♦'■ "*- ' ’< - ■■-'■ " .-•‘■Jfc' -■■* v V '■ fire <rf undetermined origin early today. The loss #aa es timated at more than $250,- The* plant was one of the largest in this country. The blaze was discovered about; 1:30. ;a. m., by William Dunlap, who, with 15 other men, was at work in the plant.

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OCR text: Modern developments of the radio age continued to draw a crowd of visitors on the fourth (kjv of the IffHianapolis Radio Exposition at the State fairground today. Breaking all records, 7,500 per sons were estimated to have visited the show Wednesday night. I Miss Rebecca Ally of Shelbyville, formerly of the "Blossom Time Com pany.” a artist will be a feature of the program tonight. She will sing In the Crystal hallroom about 10:30 p. m- ' Other Features _ Other features on tonight's broad casting program at 8 p.

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OCR text: Teacher’s Murder. TOLEDO, Ohio, Oct. 28.—A Toledo business man whose identity may be revealed soon was questioned today in connection with the murder of Miss Lily Croy, 26, a school teacher who was beaten to death Monday by a "slugger.” It has been determined the mur der of Miss Croy was not connected with that twenty hours later of Mrs. Mary Ann Alden. whose body was found In her home Tuesday. She had been shot and beaten to death.

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OCR text: The Marion County grand jury to day swung its searchlight from the period When D. C. Stephenson was “the law” into Indiana to a time closer to the present. There was every indication that the spotlight was trained upon the present city administration. Witnesses called were men who could he expected to know little about the period two years ago, but much about what has transpired since Mayor ..John L. Duvall was nominated a year ago last spring. Two Officials Two of the five witnesses examined this morning were cuy officials.

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OCR text: Woman Won’t Have to Go to Prison I tec a use It’s Full. Mrs. Elizabeth Balmer, 37, Irving ton and Southeastern Aves., was sen tenced to sixty days in the Indiana Woman’s Prison today, but she won’t have to go. Judge Paul V. Wetter, Municipal Court 'Three, fined Mrs. Balmer SIOO and costs and gave her the prison sentefiee on a blind tiger convic tion.

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OCR text: MEXICO CITY, Oct. 28.—Rumors persisted today that rebel movements have been instituted In the States of Oaxaca and Puebla, led by the 90year-old Eugenio Aguilar. They lack confirmation here. $54,403,914 Asked

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OCR text: RERUN. Oct. 28.—A dispatch to the Telegraph Union from Bucharest today said Queen Marie of Roumania had been requested to Interrupt her tour of the United States to return to Roumania because of King Ferdinand is about to tile. Another dispatch said Prince Carol had been summoned to the king's bedside.

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OCR text: Attorney Jesse D. Hamrick, con victed with his wife on charges of conspii-acy to commit arson, was sen tenced to ttfo to fourteen years in State prison and fined SI,OOO by Spe cial Judge James A. Leathers in Criminal Court today. Sentence was not passed on Mrs. Hamrick, whose appeal from the conviction is pending. The husband and wtfe were implicated, with their Negro house boy, James Ecton, in the burning of Hamrick's home on the Michigan ltd. tn January, 1925.

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OCR text: Bu United Press CHICAGO, Oct. 28. —11 will cost the city of Chicago $54,403,914 to operate its city government in 1927. according to the budget released to day. This figure represents an in crease of more than $3,500,000 over 1926. C. 0. D., DRY VERSION ‘Caught on Delivery’ Was Case as Police Seized Alcohol. Fred Magsam, 619 N. Illinois St., was arrested at Alabama and Ohio Sts. Wednesday night and charged with operating a blind tiger. Police say a Negro had just delivered three pints of alcohol to Magsam's auto. The Negro escaped.

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