Newspaper from Saturday, November 20, 1926

OCR text: Admit! Knowledge of Weapons, But Says He Has Not Fired Pistol in 25 Years *T the Associate*! Prww. COURTHOUSE. SOMERVILLE. X. J., November 2°.—Taking the witness Btand on his birthday. Henry Stevens, charged, with his sister and brother, with the murder of Mrs. Eleanor R. *lllls. September 14. 1322. told a Jury here today that he was at his home/ »t Lavallette, X'. J , more than 50 snllee away, that day and night. The witness said he spent the morning "downtown” and fished In <b® afternoon and evening. Mrs.

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OCR text: By the Associated Pw*. HARPERS FERRY. TV. Va., Novem ber 20.—Queen Marie's special train left here shortly after 9 o'clock this morning: for New York, after she and her party had been whisked througrh the historic Shenandoah Valley in au tomobiles. The Queen was due to reach New York late this afternoon on the last lap of her American tour. Her majes ty plans to sail on the Berengaria November 24. Misses Waiting Crowd. MARTINSBURG. W. Va.. Novem ber 20 UP).

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OCR text: By the Associated Prsss. DENVER, Colo*, November 20. Confronted by evidence collected by State and Federal authorities, Earl A". Pivan, 28-year-old Denver advertis ing man, has confessed to living a "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" existence here for five months as head of a brokerage firm that sold $240,000 worth of forged Denver municipal water works bonds. Much of the busi ness was transacted with Eastern firms, he said.

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OCR text: By the Associated Press. Members of Congress who are re turning from their constituencies with a varied assortment of plans for spend ing the Treasury’s surplus are being heard, but not encouraged, at the White House. Their arguments, they find, nave had little or no effect on President Coolidge's position with respect to the plan he and Secretary Mellon have worked out to return the surplus, now estimated at $300,000,000, to income taxpayers.

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OCR text: Nine Others at Top Unaware of Jump—Noise Like Pistol Shot Attracts Watchman. Leaping through an unguarded window at the summit of the Wash ington Monument early today. Henry C. Anderson, 46 years old, a resident of the United States Soldiers' Home, plunged to his death on the concrete pavement 604 feet below. It was the second time that a man. suffering from ill health, had sought death In the dizzy drop from the top of the the top of the Monument, and the third suicide of the kind there, a woman, in ill health, ending her life by the plunge.

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OCR text: tain Indicates Toll In cludes 12 of Crew. FOUR MEN UNIDENTIFIED ARE BELIEVED SEAMEN Burning Oil-Generated Gas Is Re puted Cause of Blast at Spar rows Point, Md. - Br the Associated Press. BALTIMORE. November 20. Search of the cooling ruin of the Nor wegian tanker Mantilla, rent apart by an explosion in its hold while In dry dock at Sparrows Point, today had accounted for only eight of 16 men believed killed. A check made by Capt. Nils Daniel sen Indicated that the death toll in cluded 12 of the Mantilla’s crew of 35.

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OCR text: $89,000,000 for Aviation in Ail Services. Appropriations for the Army and Navy for the fiscal year 1928 have been estimated by the Budget Bureau at $354,345,000 for the War Depart ment and $322,051,000 for the Navy. 1 1 while provision has been made for approximately $89,000,000 for aviation In all services, the Army and Navy Journal says today.

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OCR text: New System Put in Operation, With Officer in Booth Op erating* Signals. Fifteenth street and New York ave nue became amodernized traffic-con trolled intersection today with the turning on of the recently installed traffic lights. Simultaneous ■with the operation of the lights the intersec tion was opened to the north and south bound traffic. The lights were turned on at 10 o’clock by Col. I, C. Moller. assistant director of traffic. Traffic Director M. O. Eldridge. Maj. Edwin B. Hesse. I superintendent of police: Inspector E. W.

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OCR text: BALTIMORE, Nov. 20.—Nine members of the crew of the Nor wegian tanker Mantilla are known to be dead. 21 still were missing at noon today, and 50 are injured. 24 of them seriously, as a result of the explosion of accumulated gas and oil in the hold of the vessel

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OCR text: Bv United Press CHICAGO. Nov. 20.—The entire Middle West was gripped by freez lng temperatures today, weather forecasters predicting the mercury would slump still furtner. Shippers have been warned to pro tect merchandise against near-zero temperatures. The cold wave is said to be spreading to every corner ot the United States save the southern part of Texas and California. The temperature reached zero at Calgary; it was 4 degrees above at Helena, Mont., and 8 degrees above at Rapid City, S. D. At Bismarck. N. D., It was 12 above.

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OCR text: Bu United Press MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Nov. 20. —An American destroyer today prevented, temporarily at least, the establishment of a, revolutionary liberal government in Nicaragua in opposition to the conservative gov ernment of President Adolfo Diaz. The schooner H. S. Albert, with a liberal delegation aboard, was headed for Puerto Barries to bring the liberal leader, General Sacasa, to Nicaragua when it was met by the destroyer Norton and turned back at Cape Gracias. WEATHER FOR WEEK Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Nov.

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OCR text: Bfl VvUr,t press OLF/YELAND, Ohio, Nov. 20. Stockholders of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, who are at tempting? to oust present controlling Interests, face a five-year battle, at torneys Indicated here today. It will that long to get through all the red tape of litigation,.they said. The suit to remove Clarence Dil lon, New York banker, and John S. Sljerwln, Cleveland banker, was filed In Akron, Ohio, Friday by nine Goodyear stockholders.

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OCR text: Bv United Press SPRINGFIELD, 111., Nov. 20. Their movements guarded with se crecy, attaches of the United States marshal’s office at noon today re moved the three Shelton brothers, Williamson County gang leaders, from the Sangamon County Jail to a railroad station. Earl and Carl Shelton were taken to the Peoria County Jail, while Ber nle will be Incarcerated in the McLean County Jail at Bloomington. The brothers are charged with par ticipating In a mall robbery at Col linsville, 111., In January, 1925.

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OCR text: Bi‘ United Press GARY. Ind.. Nov. 20.—A giant Ne gro. identified by four women as the tporon who has terrorized women of the community for the last two weeks, was arrested here early to day and hurried to the county jail at Crown Point for safe keeping. The man. who gave his name as James Taylor, was captured after attempting to assault a Negress. He admitted that he has been an in mate at various times of three dif ferent insane asylums. Mrs. James Cooper, 47, mother of three children, fainted when she identified Taylor.

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OCR text: Bv United Press V> i.Nliimi ER, Ind., Nov. 20. The Republican State committee spent $139,662.68 In the recent elec tion campaign, according to the re port filed here today by J. T. Moor man, treasurer of the State commit tee. Actual -disbursements, the report said, were $f15,749.39 with a deficit of $23,913.29 still outstanding.

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OCR text: Bv United Press BOSTON, Nov. 20. Anthony Blmba, Brooklyn editor who stood trial at Brockton several months ago for alleged violation of one of Mas sachusetts’ “blue laws,” will speak at Faneuil Hall here, tomorrow night. Though once barred from this tdty, because of the alleged blas phemous statements made In his speech at Brockton, Blmba’s latest plans have the approval of Mayor Nichols and no effort to “hush” him will be made.

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OCR text: ALBANY, N. Y„ Nov. 20.—Five gifts of $15,000 from Ogden L. Mills, gubernatorial candidate; John D. Rockefeller, Sr.; John D. Rockefel ler, Jr.; Myron C. Taylor, and Wil liam Nelson Cromwell, helped to swell the receipts of the Republican State committee to $374,296, It was revealed by the statement filed at the office of the secretary of State The list of contributors reads like a combined social drectory and Brad street’s ratings. George F. Baker gave $13,000, while his son, Geofge F., Jr., contributed SIO,OOO, and the latter’s wife added $2,500 more.

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OCR text: NEW' ORLEANS. Nov. 20.—<A»»— W. Rattcliffe Irby, chairman of tho board of directors of the Canal Bank and Trust Compuny, committed sui cide in a local undertaking establish ment today. The suicide followed the selection by Mr. Irbv of a casket for his funeral. He visited the mor tuary establishment and made the se lection, telling the proprietor he de sired to be prepared for his funeral, which he felt was not far off. After making the selection, Mr. Irby mounted the stairs to the sec ond floor of the establishment.

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OCR text: MARTIXSBURG, W. Va., Nov. 20.— (/P)— Queen Marie and her royal part/ arrived here at 7:15 o'clock this morning on the final lap of their journey to New York. Th© party was transferred to auto mobiles from the special train for a 40-mile sight-seeing trip throug

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