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New-York tribune., 1922-07-11
Loses Claim to Estate of
Woman He Called Wife
Marriage, if 1t Took Place. Not
Valid, Since Mrs. Flynn He'd
Husband, Surrogate Rules

In a decision handed down yester-
day Surrogate Foley held that Charles
A. Church, of Los Angeles, was not the
husband of Martha Flynn, of Kennel
sock. Nova Scotia, at the time of her
death on June 8, 1921, and dismissed
Church's protest to the probate of her
will.
According to the papers in the case,
Mrs. Flynn was the wife Of Frederick
Flynn, with whom she resided in
Brooklyn after her marriage to him in
1905. There were two children by this
marriage. and when Mrs. Flynn died
under the terms of the will her estate
of $4,000 was bequeathed to the chill
dren, who are with their guardian,
Margaret A. Delaney, of % Catherine
Slip.
Church brought contest, declaring
that he had married Mrs. flynn in
1920 in California, and under the
California law the will was auto
matically revoked. The Surrogate held
that testimony taken showed that
Church, even if he did marry her,
could not do SO legally since he knew
she had a husband living in Brooklyn,
from whom she had not obtained a
divorce.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-11
Dies at 1874; Thrice We'd,
He Leaves Sons 81 and s
Kentucky Claimant to Title of
Oldest Person Had Papers 10
Show Birth Sept. 8. 1888
Spociol Dispatch DO The Tribnne


LEXINGTON, KY, July 10.-John
Shell, said to have been the oldest per
son in the world, who was accustomed
to saying that he remembered the death
of George Washington and had seen
Daniel Boone, was buried to-day in the
Leslie County mountains near mis- home
where ne mad lived nearly all of his
life. Shells age was said to have been
1874 years. He had documents showing
that he was born on September 3.
1888. and his claims we're never dis
proved. Sons aged ninety-seven and
SIX years are among his surviving
children.
Shells health had been failing since
the death Of his third wife g year ago.
but he had been actually iii only a
short time and retained his faculties
up to the time of his death last week.
Many very old persons IN Leslie
County say that Shell was an old man
when they were children. His accounts
of his great age were generally be-
lieved. He was born in Pennsylvania
and was brought to Kentucky when a
small boy.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-11
Elks See $l,OOO,OOO
Clubhouse Started
At Atlantic City
Breaking of Ground With
Golden Spade Opens Pro-
gram of Reunion; Roose-
welt to Review Parade
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

ATLANTIC CITY, July 10.-one cf
the features of the opening days pro-
gram of the fifty-eighth annual re-
union of the Grand Lodge of Elks was
the dedication this afternoon of the
site of the proposed new $1,000, 900
home of the Atlantic City Lodge, No
276, on Virginia Avenue, near the
boardwalk
Governor Edwards. of New Jersey.
delivered the address of welcome to-
night on the Steel Pier. Harry Bacn-
arach, Grand Esquire and former
Mayer OF this city, presided. The Rev
John Dysart, Grand Chaplain, delivered
the invocation. The response was by
Grand Exalted Ruler William Wallace
Mountain, of Toledo. The dedication
OF the ground for a clubhouse. which
Will be placed at the convenience of
visiting Elks by the Shore fraternity
was marked by simple ceremonies and
took place in the presence of several
thousand visitors. Grand ESQUIRE
bacharach, who was master of cere-
MONIES, declared the proposed home
would be "a foremost American insti
tuition dedicated to Atlantic City"
Ground was broken by Grand Exalted
Ruler Mountain, welding golden
the Shore Lodge and will eventually
be displayed in a prominent place in
the new structure.
Elks continued arriving here to-day
from every section of the country. One
OF the largest delegations disembarked
from the California special at o'clock
this morning with more than 1000 visi-
tors. Exalted Ruler Frank D. Fallon
IS at the head of the delegation from
New York, No. 1. Exalted Ruler Harry
c. Kensing is here with Brooklyn, No.
22. Unlike many of the other exalted
rulers, who are stopping with the ma
tional officers at the Trymore, they are
with their own delegations at the
Breakers.
New York, the mother lodge" will
occupy the position of honor at the
head of the parade on Thursday, which
will be reviewed by Assistant Secretary
of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt. Ex-
allied Ruler Fallon declared tonight
that New York probably would have
$50 in their delegation. The band and
drum corps is coming down Thursday
morning. ""Uncle Joe" Cannon, with
his omnipresent black cigar, expects to
lead the Congressional delegation in
the pageant
New-York tribune., 1922-07-11
Harding Verdict ON
Tariff and Bonus Is
Delayed by Strike
Cannot Hear Senators Until
Thursday or Later; Lead
ers Oppose Kellogg's Plan
for Decision on Cfofure

From The Tribane's Woshinotou Burenu
WASHINGTON, July 1o.-The Senate
tariff and bonus program remained in
state of uncertainty to-day. The ex-
pected conference between the Presi-
dent and Senate Republican leaders,
headed by Senator Lodge, did not take
place because Mr.. Harding was busy
with the coal strike and other matters.
Senator Lodge sought to have the
President make an appointment, but
the Executive asked that it 60 over
until Thursday or later.
Senate Republican chiefs talked IN
formally over the legislative situation,
but they accomplished little. The pro-
gram continues to be much in the air
Disclosure of the fact that the tariff
bill may be forced over until after the
election has caused protests to come
Senator Kellogg, of Minnesota, is in
sisting that the Senate should drop
the tariff and begin fight to get 8
majority cloture rule adopted. He has
considerable support, but Senators
Lodge, Watson, Curtis and the leaders
of most influence are against the plan.
They fear that if c,oture is taken up
there will be a contentious and pro-
longed debate, which will wreck the
whole legislative program, including
tariff and bonus.
A prominent Senate Republican
leader said the tariff bill was in
snarll, but there was nothing to do
but to go ahead and take the time ne
cessary to pass it, He said it would
not be dropped and the Republicans
would keep at it until they had dis
posed of it.
After the bill has been under debate
in the Senate nearly three months
less than one e-third Of the more than
1000 Finance Committee amendments
have been acted on.
The rate on sugar will remain at
S160 hundred pounds, according to
the positive predictions of Senators
who are opposed to an increase in the
rate
The movement of Senators Smoot,
Goodng and others to increase the
rate to $3.50, with 50 for Cuban sugar,
will be beaten, in the opinion of oppo-
sition chiefs, who have carefully cam
vassed Senators.
The House rate on sugar is $1.60,
but there has been much clamor from
sugar interests in this country for an
increase. Senate Finance Committee
Republicans, in view of this clamor,
promised Senators who are interested
in protection for sugar interests that
an increase to $3.50 would be made.
Such has been the recent outcry
against the tariff bill that the Finance
Committee leaders have become dubi-
Gus about reporting in favor of $3.50
sugar rate. They have decided, there
fore, not to bring in an amendment
to increase the duty. They cannot
prevent any Senator from Offering
such an amendment, however, and one
will be offered by Senator Smoot, SEN
ator Gooding or some other advocate.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-11
Woman, Ill, Leaps
Five Floors to Deatl,

Helen Hinman, of Battle Creek,
Mich, who has been i'll for two weeks
at the home of relatives on the fifth
floor Of $50 Riverside Drive, cluded
her nurse about 10:3O last night and
leaped from the window of her room
to the courtyard. She was taken to
knickerbocker Hospital, where she
died. Miss Hinman was thirty-fve
years old. She was employed as
stenographer by the Postum Cereal
Company.
Mrs. Frank Grandson, with whom
she was living, saw her creeping to-
ward the window from her bed yes
terday morning and dragged her back
as she was about to throw herself over
the sill.
The nurse was under instructions
never to leave her alone and was in
the room last night when Miss Hinman
jumped from the widow. She was pour
ing out drink of water for which
Miss Hnman had asked and was un-
able to reach her in time to prevent
her from plunging out.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-11
Farm Bloc Beaten
In Fight to Boost
Soya Bean Tariff
Vote to Raise Rate TO l1a
Cents Ends in Tie; Duties
on Peanuts of 3 Cents a
Pound Approved, 52.I3

WASHINGTON, July 1o.-Faiiure Of
the Republican agricultural tariff bloc
on tie vote, % to %, to win its fight
for rate of IA cents a pound on Soya
beans and the approval, So to 13. of the
emergency rates of three cents pound
on unshelled peanuts and four cents a
pound on the shelled, marked Senate
consideration to-day Of the tariff bill.
The Soya bean rate approved was
four-tenths of cent pound. but
Senator Ladd. Republican, North Da-
kota, gave motive that he would again
seek to have the higher rate adopted.
IN rewriting the tariff the Finance
committee majority cut the rates on
unshelled peanuts to three -fourths Of
one cent pound and on shelled pea
nuts to IA a cent a pound, but it re-
ceded from its position to-day. Nine
democrats supported the higher rates.
while six of them voted for the Ladd
amendment to make the Sova bean rate
1 " cents.
Democrats with Majority
Democrats supporting the peanut
rates were Ashurst, Broussard, Harris,
Heflin, Kendrick, Ransdell Sheppard,
Swanson and Trammell Those voting
for the higher soya bean rate were
Ashurst, Broussard, Heflin, Kendrick,
Ransdell and Sheppard.
Other rates approved to-day in
cluded:
Flaxseed oil. 3la cents a pound. an
increase of l cent over the House rate:
castor OIL, q cents, an increase of | Il
cents over the House rate; rapeseed
OH, = cents gallon, a slight reduc-
tion from the House rate.
Flaxseed, 40 cents bushel; House
rate, 25 cents; cottonseed one-third of
cent pound; House duty, free.
Eggs in the shell eight cents dozen,
and increase of 2 cents over the House
rate; frozen or otherwise prepared, 6
cent sa pound; House rate, cents;
dried, IL cents pound; House rate,
Is cents.
Frelinghuysen Opposes Rate
sharp passage between Senators Fre-
linghuysen, New Jersey, a Finance
Committee Republican, and Senator
Gooding, of Idaho, chairman of the
Republican tariff bloc. Opposing the
soya bean rate, Senator Frelinghuy-
sen said this would work an injury to
the farmers by cutting down exports
of vegetable oils from this country, and
that although staunch protectionist,
he could not support high duty when
there was no evidence that the domes-
tic demand could be supplied by Amer
lean producers.
Attacking the committee action in
lowering rates on peanuts, Senator
Robinson, Democrat, Arkansas, said
this was done for small peanut poll
tics" the purpose being to attempt
to embarrass Southern Senators whose
states produce peanuts and who are
against the principle Of protection as
such.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-11
d Indictments Dismissed
LIN Heating Assn Gases

Indictments were dismissed or the
defendants ordered acquitted yesterday
fn the case of five of the alleged mem
Pers of the Heating and Ventilating
Employers Association, who are on
kral before Justice McAvoy in the Su-
kfeme Court, charged with entering
tnto an agreement in restraint of trade
Fhis action was taken in the cases of
Frank J. Fee, Wells & Newtons Co.,
William j. Ovaney, E. G. Voolfolk G.
Co. and Samuel Raisler.
The trial was started Wednesday,
and in The Tribune of the following
day it was enormously reported that
w. X. Moran G. Co. were defendants
In the case.
W. K. Moran & Co. are not defend
4snts, although at that time, owing to
an oversight, the name of the firm
was included in the list of defendants
IN notices sent to special jurors, which
1orm part of the court records.
AS matter of fact, the indictment
against w. X. Moran & Co. was dis
missed by Justice Wasservogel, of the
supreme Court, on February 8, four
Gays after it had been filed.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-11
years old.

The change was brought about by the
Presidents refusal to have the giant
American liner, Leviathan, named for
him IN accordance with the decision of
the Shipping Board to give all the
state boats and the former German
vessels distinctive American ames.
The Lone Star State was first named
President Taft. In order to include
Presldent Harding in the list of "Presi-
dental" names, the board to-day de-
clded to make five changes in the for
lner names given the State" boats. The
irresident Roosevelt is the new name
Tor the President Pierce: The President
TAFT was formerly the President Roose-
Nvelt' the President Taylor is now the
known as the President Cleveland, and
the President Cleveland now takes the
name of President Pierce.
-Four eX- German ships also were re-
named, as follows: President Fillmore.
! formerly 1 the Hudson; President Ar,
(Gn;ur' G;' formerly the Princess Matoika;
Gay OF Los Angeles, ormerly Aeolus.
snd City of Honolulu, formerly Huron
New-York tribune., 1922-07-11
WetQuotatiol,
From Lincoln
Called a Fake
Statement Opposing Pro-
hibiiion Credited to the
| Emancipation Not His,
| Says Chicago Minister
affidavit Traces Origin
Words Alleged to Have Been
Composed for Use in
Georgia Liquor Fight

L CHICAGO, July 10.-Denial that
Ilbraham Lincoln had once declared
h;rself as opposed to prohibition was
lmsde to-day by the Rev. Duncan c.
ENlner. associate minister of Pres
5hvterian church here, f. Sivi: War vet
ts,sn and chaplain of the Legal Legion.
In a statement intended TO refute
Etbe claim of certain wet organiza-
t;onsr that the immortal Lincoln had
ever Ient even a hint of approval to
| tba liouor traffic." Mr.. Miner made
L Inublic an affidavit signed by three ma
| tionslly known men setting forth that
an alleged quotation from Lincoln
ixbich was used in local option cam
traign in Georgia in 1887 was an ad-
srtted fraud.
I The affidavit. signed by the Rev. Sar,
Ismall, evangelist; the Rev. Sam Jones
and Henry ". Grady, declares that.
asor,e time after the campaign Colonel
iIohn B. Goodwin. who had seen the
thrector of the anti-prohibition forces.
l.oId that he himself had composed the
l,lleged words of Lincoln so as to at
Tract the attention of the colored
voters"
| the alleged statement of Lincoln's
views was set forth in circular
widely broadcast in the campaign, and
aid much to defeat the local option
MEASURE by winning over the entire
.oIored vote to the side of the vets,
lNr Miner explained.
The words credited to Lincoln. but
,inee admitted to be those of another
we're:
Prohibition will work great injury
to the cause of temperance. 1t is
species OF intemperance itself, for it
yoes beyond the bounds of reason in
Ithat it attempts to control mans appe-
Ihte BY legislation and in making crime
,st OF things that are not crimes.
"A prohibitory law strikes blow at
/ tie very principles on which our gov
unment was founded. | have always
been found laboring to protect the
weaker classes from the stronger, and
I can never give my consent to such
law as you propose TO enact. Until my
.orgue be silenced in death I will CON
nue to fight for the rights of man"
The quotation was headed abraham
Lincoln's Proclamation" and was fol-
flowed with this appeal:
| "Colored Voter: He appeals to you
I.o protect the liberty he has bestowed
upon you. Will you go back on his ad-
IHce! Look to your rights, Read. Act!
Vote for the sale"
Mr. Miner declared that the alleged
[tstement of Lincoln is being circu-
lhed to-day by organizations opposed
Ito the Eighteenth Amendment and ap-
Ipealed for Campaign to forever clear
he name of the Great Emancipator of
IB foul stigma"
New-York tribune., 1922-07-11
Iitaly to Abolish Office in u. S.

1 ROME, July 10.-"La Epoca" an
|sounces that the Office of General Com
missioner of Supplies in America is
soon to be dispensed with. The post
New-York tribune., 1922-07-11
New Grace Church Organist
Ernest Mitchell, of Boston,
Coming Here in ELL

BOSTON, July 10.-Ernest Mitchell,
organist and choirmaster at Trinity
Episcopal Church for twelve years. has
accepted call to become organist at
Grace Church, New York. His duties
begin in the fall
Mr.. Mithell studied with allace Good
rich, Dean of the New England Con
servatory of Music. end with Arthur
seventeen he played the organ at the
Church of the Redeemer, Brookline,
ard later at the First Church, Brook
line. He also has served as director
of the Cecilia Society and the Brook
line Choral Society. During the war
he served as an ensign in the navy
He is thirty-two years of age and was
graduated from Harvard eight years
ago.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-11
Sing Sing Gives Uu Prisoner
That He Nav Appear in Court

John Bennis, serving term in Sing
Sing for grand larceny in Manhattan
was taken out of prison in handouts
yesterday to be witness at trial in
the Court of General Sessions in Man
haitian.
He was released from prison, tenn
porarily, on a writ of habeas corpus.
A copy of the order, directing that Ben
mis- be produced in court, was served
upon Warden Lawes by Clerk Edward
Carroll of the court. Dennis was taken
to the Tombs by Daniel Ryan, parole
agent of the prison.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-11
Spaniard's Body Exhumed at
Request of Consul General

The body of Antonio Paradella, who
died December 90 on fruit steamer
on which ne was employed, was ex-
humed yesterday at Calvary Cemetery
by DR.. Charles Norris, chief medical
examiner, and DR.. Alexander o. Get
tier, toxicologist at Bellevue Hospital,
at the request Of the Spanish Consul
General.
At the Office Of the Spanish Consul
General, 158 West Fourteenth Street, it
was said that the request for exhuma
tion was made in accordance with the
wishes of Enrique Fraga, of La Coruna
Spain, who wrote that the sailors rela
tives suspected his death was due to
the use of cyanide gas in fumigating
the ship and wanted an autopsy per
formed
New-York tribune., 1922-07-11
Quits Police After SO Yrs
Lieut.. James F. Meehan Retire.
From Deuarsuep.

Lieutenant James F. Meehan. s;xtv-
three years old. of 203 East oossb
street, retired from the Police Denar,'
ment last night after thirty nine wear.
ano five months service. Since Januarv
ee mas been assigned to the Mercer
Meehan was appointed to the depar. .
meht IN 1883. He became detective
sergeant In 1902 and was made a lieu
aenant IN 1907 He served for eight
years in the detective division ana fnr
the fifteen years prior to last Iannar ,rn
S ne was assigned to the West lo5tb
Street station. ''ii
New-York tribune., 1922-07-11

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-05-19

for their home in Louisville Ky.
Sunday.
School will close Monday the 22nd
Exercises will be given by the, chill
dren that evening between the hours
of 1880 and $50 p. M. The teacher
Miss Matte Goodwin. is leaving wed
nesday for New York City.
Mrs. W. T. Pcyton, Joe Goldsmith!
Geo. Harring and James Ashby, OF
Stafford visited Mr.. and Mrs. W. r
Fleming Sunday.
Mr.. Albert Arlington, while on duty
at the Workhouse Sunday evening, lei
and injured his knee cap to such an
extent that he was transferred TO the
hospital in Washington. He Is I'M
proving nicely.
Miss Alice Herndon spent several
DAYS last week with Fer aunt, Mrs
Board,s and Thursday with MIS- L
A. Green in occoquan.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Violet, of Mary
land. spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs
S. NJ. Byington.
Mrs. N. R. Herndon visited on Mon
dav Miss A. VI. Prescott, who recently
underwent an operation. Miss Pres
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LORTON NEWS

Rev. and Mrs. Z. W. Mellichampe
andfMr. f. II. Allen attended the an
nuai Diocesan Council - the Episco-
pal church which met in Richmond,
Va, this week.
People Of this neighborhood are
pleased to learn that a change will he
made in the train schedule on the
Richmond, fredericksburg and Poto-
mac railroad. effective Monday the
22nd. The change of working hours
in certain departments Of the Govern
lnent has greatly snconvenienced a
number who hold positions with the
Federal Government.
Mrs. Geo. W. Dove. Of Accotink, was
the guest of Mrs. Kenneth Dove for
several days the first Of the week. On
Thursday she, with Mrs. Dove and
daughters. Nay and Lorraine, spent
the day with Mrs. Edmund Allen ct
Newingt0n.
Crawford League met on Thursday
night al the home o. Mrs. L. ). Bubb
with goodly number present An en-
pertaining programme had been ar
ranged and after devotional hour re-
freshments were served and games
enjoyed.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. ". Neuman and
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Goodbye BOiIs!
S. S. S. Will Rid You of Boils, PimpieS,
Blackheade and Skin Eruptions.

4 boil IS q volcano.-your blood Is
so chuck fun of posons that these
boil out into q boil. They'll keep
boiling Up" until you" destroy them
completely by the use of 5. :. s.. emo
of the most powerful blood cleansers
known 70 science. S. S. S. has stood
the test Of time. The power of It's
ingredients Is acknowledged by auth
critics. Its medicinal ingredients arc
guaranteed to be purely veg ct a c.
Right off. it clears the skin of pim-
iples boils. blotches. blackheads, acne.
leczema, rash and other skin Sruption5,
land does it thoroughly. 1t drives out
'of the blood impurities which cause
rheumatism, makes the blood rich and
pure builds up lost flesh. 1t helps to
manufacture new blood cells,-thatS
one of its secrets. 5. ). s. is sold at
all drug stores, in two sizes. The lar
ger size is the more economical.
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GIRLS! BLEACH
UGLY FRECKlES

Squeeze the juice Of two lemons
into bottle containing three ounces
of Orchard White, which any drug
store will supply for few cents,
shake well, and YOU have a quarter
pint Of the best freckle and tan 10
ton, and complexion whitener
Massage this sweetly fragrant
lemon lotion into the face, neck, arms
and hands each day and see how
freckles and blemishes bleach out and
how clear, soft and rosy-white the
skin becomes.
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cross bats with the Woodbridge nine
which has the reputation of beng
hard team to defeat
At Accotink Lodge No Is, on
Monday evening f. H. Allen, VINO
is the Grand Marshall of the Grand
Lodge OF Virginia, Rey. +. ". Mel
lichampe and Kenneth Dove who at
tended the Grand Lodge in Lynch
burg, all gave a glowing and most
interesting report OF the proceedings
of the lodge and the good work OF
the Odd Fellows Children's Home is
doing which is located in the city Of
Lynchburg.
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colt is assistant to the president of
the Board of Charities, Washington,
d. c.
Mr.. James f. Lyles spent Wednes-
day evening with his family at
Hume, Va.
Mr.. II. ". Hawkins returned Sat
urday from Baltimore, Md, where
he spent two weeks vacation.
An interesting ball game was
played Saturday afternoon on the
Workhouse diamond. between the OF
ficers of the Workhouse and Re
formatory and strong team from
Garrsonville. Va. The latter win
ming by score Of 10 to 8.
On Saturday at 4 p. M, the team
representing The institutions will