Newspaper from Wednesday, December 29, 1926

OCR text: Legal Stage—Leonard Did Not Sell Letters, He Says. By the Associated Press DETROIT, December 29. Fred O. West, Navin Field employe, men tioned as the man who placed alleged bets on the Detroit-Cleveland game of September 25, 1919, that resulted In charges against Ty Cobb and Trls Speaker, issued a statement today denying that any money was bet on the game. The money Involved In the transaction, he declared, was bet on a horse race. The base ball bet, according to West, was “Dutch” Leonard's Idea.

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OCR text: CRUISER BUILDING PLANS Fall-Doheny Trial Effort to Get Documents Recalled by Demo cratic Representative. By the Associated Press. The Pacific "war scare” that figured i in the Fall-Doheny oil trial has come under inquiry' b>' the House naval committee and Representative McClintic of Oklahoma, a Democratic member, said today that Secretary Wilbur had refused to give the com mittee confidential Navy reports bear ing on the subject.

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OCR text: By the Associated Press. BERLIN, December 29.—The new ly-drawn Italian-German treaty of conciliation and arbitration, signed in Rome today, contains no political clauses and conforms strictly with the spirit of the League of Nations with which it will be registered shortly, a spokesman for the German foreign office said today.

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OCR text: By the Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn., December 29. —The most disastrous flood in the his tory of Nashville was predicted today by the local w'eather bureau. The i Cumberland River, now' at a 54.5-foot stage, and already spread out over a large portion of the lower part of town, is expected to reach 55.5 or 56 feet, breaking all records. The water is rising a tenth of a foot an hour. With this warning from the weath er bureau efforts were begun to gather , additional relief workers to move fam ilies from threatened area.

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OCR text: Active for Year. By the Associated Press. PAR I 8 , December 29. Vivian Stranders, a former British officer, un der arrest here, has admitted, the po lice say, that for the last year he acted as a spy on French aviation for the German espionage service. Stranders was apprehended last week as he was about to leave Paris for Germany. He is said to have told the authorities he visited the French capital seven times In the last 12 months, carrying important informa tion back to Berlin. Five Imprisoned Year Ago.

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OCR text: By the Associated Press. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, December 29. —A number of Brit ish-born residents of the United States who came to Canada for Christmas have found themselves barred from returning to America because of a sudden tightening of the immigration laws. Many have businesses in cities on the Pacific Coast.

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OCR text: Chilean Train Hits Another Stalled in Passage—Oil Lamps Ignite Wreckage. By the Associated Press. SANTIAGO, Chile, December 29. From 10 to 15 persons are believed to have been killed in a train wreck In a tunnel near Lota, Southern Chile. The accident occurred yesterday afternoon. A train from Concepcion for Lota, became stalled in the tunnel when it struck an animal. The other train, from Lota, crashed into the stalled train. Shattered oil lamps ignited the wreckage, which burned so rapidly that the passengers had no chance to escape.

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OCR text: Worse Overflows in Years Tie Up Trains, Rubber Tapping and Tin Mining in Orient. By the Associated Press. SINGAPORE, Straits Settlements, December 29.—The Malay states are suffering the worst floods In years, the rivers having gone over the banks in consequence of continual rains over Christmas. The lo&s of life is be lieved to be considerable. Railway service has been suspended and the postal system disorganized. Rubber tapping and tin mining have ceased throughout the State of Perak. There has been much damage.

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OCR text: FARWELL, Tex., Dec. 29 George J. Haswell, 45-yelir-old rancher, . today unfolded a i story of wholesale murders that made the hardened man hunters of west Texas shudder as crime after crime was viv man of the

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OCR text: By Internationa] New* Service PARIS, Dec. 29.—Mary Caldwell, known on the American stage as Mary Hay, and Richard Barthelmess. motion picture star, have been granted a divorce by the Paris courts. Mary Hay today admitted that the divorce was granted a week a&o and that the decree had been officially recorded. The rift in the Barthelmess house hold has been an open secret for more than a year. Recently both Mr. and Mrs. Barthelmess were in Paris and admitted a divorce action was in progress, Mrs.

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OCR text: The House has decided to Inquire into the now>famous "Japanese war scare” report of 1921, which figured in the recent Fall-Dofeeny case, it was learned today. Secretary of the Navy Wilbur, ac cording to a statement issued by Representative McClintic. Oklahoma,

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OCR text: By OSCAR K. GOLL By International New* Service PHILADELPHIA, Pa,, Dec. 29.—1 f the atom nuclei, which speed through the air at the rAte of 1,200 miles per second, could be separated from the electrons which they gather during their flight, and tightly packed to

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OCR text: “Just what action will be taken, whether it shall be a suit for standee against the American League aind K. M. Landis or whether It SKSB be a bill in equity will be deter mined at this meeting.” Murfin Said. - , “However until this meeting an (Continued on Page

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OCR text: By Paul MaJlon Copyright, 1926, by United Press) WASHINGTON, Dee. 29.—Criticiz 'ng use of American marines by the State Department in the Nicaraguan ■ evolution, Senator George V/. Nor ’is (Rep.), Nebraska, asserted today that if the United States attempted the

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OCR text: HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m 16 10 a. m 17 8 a. m 15 12 (noon) .... 17 9 a. m 15 Apparently satisfied with putting a blanket of snow six inches deep over Indianapolis, the weather man will desist for the time being, it was an nounced today. According to the forecast of the United Stages weather bureau, fair weather will prevail tonight and Thursday, with rising temperature Thursday. Lowest tonight is ex pected to be about 15 to 20 degrees, but on the morrow the mercury may climb to around 30. At 7 this morn ing the temperature was 15.

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OCR text: Bu United Press HARRISBURG, 111., Dec. 29. Charley Birger, the machine-gun gang leader of souhern Illinois, to day is expected to be formally ar rested on a charge of killing Mayor Joe Adams of West City. The doughty little gang leader, whose armed hut on the outskirts of Harrisburg has been the scene many gang frays, agreed to a pead® ful surrender, it is understood, after an armed force of sheriffs and sherjff’s deputies arrived from Wil liamson and Franklin Counties.

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OCR text: City Recreation Director Jesse P. McClure today., nnounced a list of streets roped off to permit coasting in all parts of the city. Throngs of coasters took advan tage of the snow. Coasting places: Colorado St., two blocks south of Washington St.: Illi nois St., Kansas to Wyoming Sts.; Thirty-Fourth St., one and one-lmlf blocks west of Euclid Ave.: TwentyFirst St., a block east of Bellefon taine St.; Park Ave., Thirty-Seventh St. to Thirty-Fourth St. via Watson Rd.; Addison Ave., Washington St. to the C., I. & W.

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OCR text: Marion County grand jurors who returned a no indictment report in the probe of alleged graft and corruption in Indiana politics, after eleven weeks in vestigation, to CrirainaPCourt Judge James A. Collins Monday afternoon, were: Wilson Furnas, foreman, Bridgeport. Joseeph C. Schaf, Marott Ho tel. Otis Calvin, 1305 Splnk-Arms Hotel. William E. Webb, 1818 W. Washington St, Herman S. Sprtndel, 1135 Central Ave.

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OCR text: Attorneys for Alleged Slayer of Boy Propose Insanity Defense. Bu United Press CHICAGO, Dec. 29.—Harold J. Croarkin, wayward son of wealthy parents, is expected to plead not guilty when he is arraigned here to day before Chief Justice William J. Lindsay in Criminal Court on an in dictment charging him with the murder of 5-year-old Walter Schmith, whose body was found in a riding academy here Dec. IG. A medico-legal battle with the life of Croarkin at stake is expected. Five State psychiatrists have pro nounced him legally sane.

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OCR text: to Be Released. Bu United Press CANTON, Ohio, Dec. 29.—Patrick McDermott was to be formally sen tenced to life Imprisonment today at the same time that his former sweetheart, Peggy Cavanaugh, was to be released from jail after testify ing against him in his trial for the murder <Tf Don R. Mellett,editor. She has been held four months in the Stark County jail to testify for the State.

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OCR text: Bu United Prex* WASHINGTON’. Dec. 29.—Presi dent Coolldge will make his first speech of the winter tonight at Trenton, N. J., addressing the Tren ton Historical Society's celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Revolutionary battle there. A spe cial train will carry him to Tren ton. Although Trenton is celebrating the anniversary with an elaborate program, Coolidge will take part In no other exercises than the ban quet.

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