Newspaper from Wednesday, December 8, 1926

OCR text: By the Associated Press. GENEVA, December B.—League of Nations’ Council members not directly connected with the negotiations being carried on by the Locarno powers he lieve that an accord in principle al ready has been reached on the cessa tion of interallied control of German armaments, to be replaced by the right of investigation by the League. ■ Their opinion is chiefly based on the fact that jurists have been called in to study modification of the League plan of supervision of German arma ments to the satisfaction of Germany and the allied powers.

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OCR text: WOULD COST $75,000,000 Theater and Club Dues, Corporation and Stamp Items Also Would Be Ended. By the Associated Press. The Democratic tax reduction bill, calling for a 5335,009,000 cut at the . present session of Congress, was in1 troduced in the House today by Rep-1 resentative Garner of Texas, the minority financial spokesman. The bill begins its legislative jour ney faced with a hostile Republican majority both in the committee and , the House itself. It.

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OCR text: Plans are now being perfected by S. Kann Sons Co. to move from its pres ent location at Eighth street and Mar ket space to Thirteenth and F streets, where it will open a large modern de partment store, it was learned today. While this move has not been finally authorized by the officials of the com pany, it is understood there is little doubt about the fact that the plan will be carried through.

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OCR text: William H. Blackburn, head keep er at the Zoo, vouches for this story: The other day Mr. Blackburn was standing in front of the cage of the shoeblll, the rarest and most valuable of the creatures recently brought to Washington by the Smithsonian-Chrysler expedition. The shoebill, as is the habit of this odd bird, was standing on one leg, the other drawn up under his wing. A kindly old lady came up to the keeper. “Sir,” she asked, “are you con nected with this institution?’’ Mr. Blackburn admitted that he was.

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OCR text: By the Associated Press. ASHEVILLE, N. C., December 8. —A famous editor once pointed out that if a dog bit a man, that would not be news, but if a man bit a dog, that would be news of the first water. What is it when a man bites a dogcatcher? That’s what happened here when City Dogcather Oscar C. Wilson and Frank Roberts bad a fight. Roberts bit (he dogcatcher on the hand. The dogcatcher hit Roberts on the head with his pistol. Rob erts was taken to a hospital.

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OCR text: John Hertz to Offer Plan to City Council, Using Elevated Largely for Long Hauls. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December B.—John i Hertz, chairman of the Chicago Motor I Coach Co., came to the fore in the city’s traction tangle today with a proposal to supplant surface car lines with motor bus transportation similar to that of London. The plan was prepared, for submis i sion to the city council, resuming today its efforts to decide what to do i when the surface line franchises ex i pire on February 1.

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OCR text: Senate District Committee to Con fer on Dougherty and Taliaferro Soon. The Senate District committee will be called to meet within a few days to consider the nominations of Commis sioner Proctor li. Dougherty and Sid ney F. Taliaferro, Senator Capper, chairman, announced today.

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OCR text: and Marine. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN'. Healthy and reassuring financial conditions of the Government are revealed ii,t the budget message transmitted to Congress today by President Coolidge. The President estimates the total receipts of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, the present fiscal year, at $4,026,780,688, and the total expenditures for the same year at $3,643,701,593. This leaves a surplus of $383,079,095. It is to this surplus that the pro posal by the President for a so called temporary tax reduction runs.

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OCR text: COURTHOUSE, CANTON, Ohio, defense attorneys for a change of •• i" vcnu©. 1 Dec, S--—Judge E. W, Diehl, this Court was then recessed until 2 afternoon over-ruled the motion of o'clock this afternoon.

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OCR text: dence. Bn United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. B.—A Sen ate investigation of the charge of bribery made against Senator Arthur R. Gould. Republican, Maine—first of the series of moves against Re publican Senators-eiect—was set In motion today by tne privileges and elections committee., A subcommittee of five, headed by Senator Guy D. Goff, Republican, West Virginia, was selected to meet next Monday to begin hearing of the evidence against Gould in connection with his doatlon of SIOO,OOO to the premiership campaign of J. K. Flem ing, New Brunswick, Canada.

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OCR text: Erdman Olson, wanted at Prairie du Chien, Wls., on a charge of mur dering his sweetheart, Clara Doro thy Olson, today was being sought In Indianapolis after four persons re ported to police that they saw him here last Friday. But Detectives Brlckley and Brum field, in charge, flund no trace of the missing youth. According to the four, who identi fied the picture of Olson in news papers as the young man whom they saw last week, the youth was seeking work.

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OCR text: Bu United press WASHINGTON. Dec. B.—Edwin Denby today testified at the FallDoheny oil conspiracy .trial that he. as secretary of the Navy, asked President Harding to transfer the naval oil reserves from the Navy’s jurisdiction to that of the Interior Department In 1921. “I told him the oil lands were be ing depleted and I wanted help, and asked him to issue an executive or der making the transfer,” said Den by, who appeared as a surprise wit ness for the defense.

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OCR text: Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. B.—A series of battles against nominations by President Coolidge to bill appointive office* were being organized in the Senate today. Opposition is being stirred up over selection of William J. Tilson, broth er of the House Republican floor leader, as judge of the recently ere ated Central district of Georgia. Coolidge withdrew the nomination last session, but gave Tilson a recess appointment. Independent Republicans plan op position to the nomination of Abram F. Myers, lowa, to Ihe Federal trade commission, and Edgar S.

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OCR text: Members of the committee ap pointed by Governor Jackson to re view the report of the Indiana rural education survey committee with the yiew of framing legislation dealing with rural schools conferred with the Governor today. It was the first meeting of the committee of five Senators and seven members of the lower house. Such a legisla tive committee was suggested in the survey report.

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OCR text: No further steps can be taken in the major track elevation program unless there is a levy In addition to the present 2-cent rate, Oren S. Hack, board of works member, de clared today. Hack said the 2-cent levy would only provide for carrying out the improvements contracted for by the Shank administration. The two projects undertaken are of the Belt Railroad. Tenth to Pratt Sts., and Pennsylvania and C. I. & W. tracks from Pine to Cruse Sts. The entire project will cost about $15,000,000.

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OCR text: lin United Press CANTON, Ohio, Dec. B.—Pat McDermott’s last chance to postpone his trial for the murder of Don Mel lett, of the Canton Daily News, was lost today v/hen Judge E. W. Diehl, overruled a motion of the defense for a change of venue. Immediately a spe

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OCR text: 1927 Legislature Indiana’s legislative halls are be ing refurnished and “the man with the feather duster” is busy these days polishing the Senate seats and the desks in the House of Repre sentatives. Lamps are being scoured and brightened, in preparation for their function of furnishing light on the subjects to be under discussion when the 1927 Legislature assembles on'Jan. 4.

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OCR text: severely burned and injured that little hope was held for their re covery. in a fire at Saperton, at 2:30 o’clock this morning. Property loss was estimated at $50,000. three buildings having been demolished by Clarence Pilley, 26. was killed while fighting the fire. A wall fell on him and his companions. Tom Park and Milton Steina. The latter two were taken to the Stamford sanitarium. The fire started in the Bell Cafe and market and spread to the E. D. Engleman Hardware and Grocery store and to Mrs. E. G.

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OCR text: WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dec. 8—(/Pi —Secretary Kellogg, was asked to day by Representative Boylan. dem ocrat. New York, to inform congress “what is going on behind the scenes," in Mexico with regard to the safety and property of Ameri can citizens. “I believe this information will furnish congress with a true picture of conditions in Mexico, where it has become more apparent that com munism similar to that in Russia now holds sway," he wrote the sec retary.

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OCR text: t NEW YORK. N. Y., Dec. 8.—f/SP>— A stock divident of fifty per cent on the $65,000,000 outstanding cap ital stock of the F. W. Woolworth rectors today, payable Feh. 1 to holders of record Jan. 20.

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