Newspaper from Thursday, December 16, 1926

OCR text: ods and Conditions Due to Poor Facilities. Criticism of methods of commitment of patients to St. Elizabeth's Hos pital, ns well as conditions due to lack of facilities, overcrowding and lire hazards at the hospital itself, 1.- that institution submitted to the House today by Controller General McCarl in response to dictions from Congress since the last session. In his report the controller general says: “The laws under which persons:,suf fering from mental diseases are com mitted to the hospital are not ade quate unsufficiently definite.

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OCR text: By the Associated Prpss. late tonight began preparing for the death of her Emperor. Four warships were ordered from Yokosuka to Hayanma, where Em peror Yoshihito lies gravely 111 at his villa. Princes and princesses of the blood and other relatives of the imper

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OCR text: Jly tlio Associated Press,. Senator Walsh of Montana, prose-, cutor of the Senate oil inquiry which led to the conspiracy charges against Albert B. Fall and Edward L. Doheny, put into one sentence today his mental reaction to the verdict of acquittal. "Proof in a criminal case must show guilt of the defendant be „ yond a reasonable doubt,” he said, l'andIn view of that rule, I ap prehend that the widespread con viction that the transaction was a reprehensible one will not be dissipated.”. .

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OCR text: Run Elevators During New York Hotel Fire. NEW YORK. December 16 L4>).— Girl elevator operators stuck to their posts when a fire started in the Hotel Ansgnia early today, and during the 1 30 minutes before the blaze was brought under control carried hun dreds of guests from the upper floors to the main tlor. The 1,000 guests who left their rooms crowded the lobby and the streets outside. The lire started in an apartment on the tenth floor. The Ansonia, at Broadway and Seventy-third streets, is one of the city’s leading residential hotels.

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OCR text: Declines Committee Post. B.v the Associated Pres*. Unlike their colleagues in' the Sen ate, administration Republicans in the House have refused to let bygones be bygones and take the Republican insurgent group back into the party fold without some kind of guarantee of party regularity. I Because of this attitude. Repre sentative John M. of Wiscon sin. leader of House insurgents, has informed House leaders that lie would not accept the chairmanship of the House pensions committee, for which I post he is in line by virtue of long service.

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OCR text: "Whew! We're glad it's over!” J So cried a juryman, sneaking the I sentiment expressed in smiles and laughter by the 1good men and true immediately alter being freed this morning from the awesome office of sitting in deliberation iti an epochal J trial of a former cabinet officer and a multi-millionaire oil man and from a close confinement, virtually incom municado.

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OCR text: , U. S. Takes Action Against Amuse ment Association. Injunction proceedings were brought J by the Department of Justice here to day against all members of the Amer ican Amusement Ticket Association, charging violation of the anti trust law. The individual corporations named were the Globe Ticket Co. of Philadel phia. Arcus Ticket Co., Ansel Ticket Co., Simplex Ticket Co. and Columbia Printing Co. of Chicago, Automatic Ticket Register Co., Elliott Ticket Co. and World Ticket Supply Co., all of New York: international Ticket Co..

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OCR text: Colonel Still Silent on Offer, But Acceptance Is Taken for Granted. The fight to prevent Col. Frank L. Smith, appointed Senator from Illi nois today by Gov. Len Small, from taking his seat, began immediately after the Senate met at noon. No Sen ator, Republican or Democrat, be lieved he would be seated. Senator Ashurst of Arizona intro duced a resolution to prevent Col.

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OCR text: CHICAGO, Dee. 16.—C01. Frank L. Smith today was pre paring to go to Washington Ito take up his duties in the Senate, following his appoint ment by Gov. Len Small to serve the unexpired term of the late Senator William B McKinley. In accepting the appointment Colonel Smith ' said he would leave for the National Capital within a fe v I days.

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OCR text: Conditions at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital are highly unsatis factory and should be remedied by legislation and reorganiza tion, Comptroller General J. R. McCarl reported to Con gress today. 222-Page Report The Comptroller General’s office submitted* the results of a three months’ investigation in a. 222page report. Its conclusions, cov ering the recommendations, are as follows: Laws Not Adequate Laws under which persons suf fering from mental diseases are committed to thehospital are .not adequate or sufficiently definite.

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OCR text: The Senate moved quickly today to prevent Frank L. Smith from taking his seat, in this session as successor to the late Senator'William B. McKinley of Illinois. The Reed campaign fund committee decided to make an immediate report on Smith’s primary expenditures

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OCR text: Bv International News Service NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—“ I’m glad Mary Spas is suing Mr. Browning,” was the comment of Frances (“Peaches”) Heenan Browning today when advised of the suit for $500,000 filed against her husband by Mary Louise Spas, one of the other young girls in the millionaire’s life. . , “Maybe people will believe me now.” Then she added: “Wait until all of my story at Carmel. N. Y.. next month, comes out at my separation trial. Mary’s experiences with Mr.

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OCR text: Bv Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 16. The county grand jury this after noon was to resume investigation of alleged liquor traffic on the campus of Indiana University. Subpoenas have been Issued for officers in every fraternity, sorority and other student organizations, it said. A number of stud.ents testified Wednesday and others were to Ap pear this afternoon. The investigation is said to have been launched after the home coming footbgll game. A brawl it is said occured at one of the most popular gathering places for the students.

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OCR text: Times Washinutoh Bureau. 1,122 New York Avenue WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—Indiana lias completed much less of her Fed eral-aid road system than surround ing States, it is shown today in the Agriculture Department reports on Federal aid projects for the year ended last June 30, Indiana is listed has having spent a total of $22,596,- 658 since Federal aid began, of which is given as Federal aid. For this, according to the de partment table, she has now a total of 687 miles of road completed ac cording to Federal standards.

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OCR text: Total Salary, $4,900. While the city administration con tends the budget does not provide enough money to properly run the city govermnest. iL was learned to day that A. W. Brayton, Jr., has bern appointed plan commission con sulting architect and gained a sal ary increase from $1,500 a year to $4,900 in a few months. Brayton succeeded Lawrence V. Sheridan as park' board landscape architect at $1,500 figure. Sheridan resigned after writing a letter to the board saying that - there, was -not enough park board work to justify his drawing the $1,500.

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OCR text: Confessions of four youths held by police today solve six burglaries and one hold-up. Roy Surber, 17, of 25 Greer St., is charged with being one of the band -1045 E. Market St., Saturday night, Dec. 4, with loot of $l2O. A wrecked auto found at Dickson and Ohio Sts., containing a card bearing the name of Frank Richter, xp>, of 222 Davidson St. The car was owned by Surber’s father. Richt er was traced to Florida and re turned here Wednesday. In his con fession, lie implicates Surber, who had been released on bond.

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OCR text: Crown Point (Ind.) Man Chosen as Collector of Customs. Bii United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—George M. Foland of Crown Point, Ind., to day was appointed by President Cool idge as collector of customs for Dis trict 4, with headquarters nt Indian

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OCR text: The thirty-sixth annual conven tion of the Indiana State Associa tion of Township Ti’ustees was con cluded today, following a closed ses sion at the Ciaypool. M. S. Caldwell, South Bend, was elected president; Vestal Davis, In dianapolis, vice president, and George L. Adams, secretary-treas urer, late Wednesday. These of ficers were on the "slate” of the conservatives who oppose the ocun ty unit bill which threatened to dis rupt the closed session Wednesday.

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OCR text: Bv United Press SPRINGFIELD, 111,, Dec. 16. Col. Frank L. Smith, Senator-elect, has been appointed by Governor Len Small to succeed the late Sen ator William B. AlcKinley. The ap pointment, made late yesterday, was kept under cover until early this morning. Tho Issuance of a commis sion is all that remains for Smith before the depart* for Washington. The appointment was expected by friends of both the Governor and the colonel.

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OCR text: All packed up ready to start are these children from the Indian apolis Day Nursery who were moved from their old quarters at' 530 W. Vermont St., Wednesday to their new home at Lockerbie and Liberty St., just two doors from the old home of James Whitcomb Riley. The children in beds were moved in trucks. Off with the old and on with the new proved a little tearful for some of the babies who weren’t just sure what it was all about, but their new day home will be much more comfortable and better in every way.

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OCR text: SHANGHAI, Dec. 16.—Reports of the capture of Hang Chow, capital of Chekiang province and one of the approaches to Shanghai, by the Can tonese. were confirmed here today. Fifteen hundred Cantonese from Kaingsi province, dressed in plain clothes, cut the railway line there leading to Shanghai. PEKING. Dec. 16.—The Can tonese. having overrun Fukien pro vince and rapidly adding the state of Chekiang to their domain, are ad vancing toward Shanghai, ami Mar shal Sun Chuan-Fang.

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