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Evening star., 1924-05-26
WfePrefersP Poodle,
Husband Chargesin in
.DiUOrce Suit AnsaUer

Joseph E. Tenant in an answer
filed to suit for annulment OF
marriage brought by his wife,
Mary E. Tenant, denies her
charges and tells the court that
wine which he made in his cellar
was for his personal use. He
denies that he gets drunk and
says he works steadily at his en-
ployment. An occasion on which
his wife says he fell to the floor
was the result Of illness follow
ing the extraction of three teeth,
he states, and did not result from
drunkenness.
Tenant charges that his wife
nags him and seems to prefer a
poodle dog, which, he AYERS, oc-
cupied his place and forced him to
seek a separate bedroom. At
torneys Mcneil & Hoover appear
for the husband.
Evening star., 1924-05-26
PROGRESSIVES IN IDAHO
INDORSE LA toilette
Urge Candidacy for President and
Reputation Of Both
Major Parties.

By the Associated Press.
JEROME, Idaho. May 26.-The
candidacy Of Senator Robert NJ. La
Toilette of Wisconsin for President
was indorsed In the report of the
resolutions committee of the state
convention of Progressive party
delegates here Saturday night.
Most of the conventions work lay
before it when the report of it's reso-
lutions committee was received.
Delegates had not been elected and
it had not been determined whether
delegates should be sent to the ma
tional convention at Cleveland. Ohio,
or to another national convention of
progressive" political elements to
be held in ST. Paul.
In addition to the Endorsement Of
the presidential candidacy of Senator
La Toilette, the committees report de-
clared that the Democratic party had
been repudiated in the last cam
paign: that the Republican party had
failed to act in the interests of the
common people, and that times de-
manded the formation of a new pro-
gressive political movement.
The report further declared for the
repeal of the Esch-Cummsns act; re-
duction Of transportation rates with
out reduction in pay Of railway labor
and rural credits and farm loan leg
islation.
Evening star., 1924-05-26

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 26.-The engage
ment of Mrs. Rita de Acosta Lydig
and Rev. DR.. Percy Stickney Grant,
rector OF the Church Of the Ascen-
sion, has been terminated because of
the refusal Of Bishop William T. Man
ming to give his consent to the mar
riage in the Protestant Episcopal
Church. An announcement to this
effect was given last night to the
press by Mrs. Lydig. The engagement
was formally announced in August.
1921, and attracted wide attention
because of Mrs. Lydig's social prom
Evening star., 1924-05-26
SLAYER OF TWO GIVES UP,
Negro Feared Own People Would
Lynch Him.

NEW YORK. May 26.-Declaring
that he feared his own people would
track him down and lynch him, will
liam Miller, Harlem negro gambler,
known to the police as yellow
Charleston" surrendered to the au-
thorities yesterday for the murder
of Baron D. wilkins, wealthy negro
cabaret owner and politician, and
another negro.
Miller said he had fled from Har-
lem to Jersey City. N. j., after he had
shot down wilkins for his refusal
to lend him 500 with which to fee
the city to escape the consequences
of a crime committed q few minutes
before. when he shot and killed q
companion in poolroom brawl
After walking the streets all night
he said he determined to surrender
himself when he learned that thou
sands of the residents of the Harlem
black belt" were seeking him. Will
kins was very popular with his
people.
Evening star., 1924-05-26
Baby Contest Crowded,
So Judges Declare 2
Schedules of Prizes

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Md. May ~
1t was a great day for the babies
Saturday when the Civic Club
contest was so jammed with dim
pied darlings the Judge had to
declare an extra schedule of
prizes and make 1t q double event
Virginia Lee Portmess was the
most perfect girl in one race, and
George Bernard and Katherine
Williams most perfect in the
second For curls Peggy May
White was a winner. Harold Tran
sill and Ethel La Manca had the
blackest hair and Ruth Mitchell
the bluest eyes.
Evening star., 1924-05-26
CALIFORNIA WILL ELECT
PRESIDENT, SAYS McAD00
Candidate Also Adds That Demo-
crat Will Be Chosen-Sees
Nomination Nearer.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Calf, May Co.
California is going to elect the next
President and he is going to be a
Democrat, w. G. McAdoo. candidate
for the Democratic presidential nomi-
nation, told cheering friends and po-
litical supporters who met the train
on which he returned after a cam
pafgn tour.
within the last two weeks" he
said, "ninety-two delegates to the
convention have been instructed for
me. including all the delegates from
Kentucky, Idaho, New Mexico, Ore
gon, South Carolina and Tennessee.
In addition eighteen favorable dele
gates have been chosen from Michi-
gan. During the same period, SO far
as 1 know, no delegates have been
instructed for any other Democratic
candidate.
although a few states, Nevada,
Utah, Mississippi, Florida and Louis
lana. have not yet acted. the pre-
convention campaign is practically
concluded and success for the cause
of progressive democracy is assured" J"
Evening star., 1924-05-26

these rooms, each big enough for
house. and all were crowded with
visitors to see the president. There
were admirals and generals in their
handsome uniforms. There were dig
nified, solemn-faCed frock coated Of
ficials and committee men from all
over Italy. There were men of science
and men of diplomacy.
Keeps Appointment on the Dot.
How could the president, in cir
cumstances like these, find even a
But Mussolini is Mussolini. On
the instant of our appointment a
secretary came through a lofty door
way and called out, Mr.. Price Bell"
We followed him along several cor
r1dors and through two or three ante
chambers to the door of the presi-
dents room. There we paused for
a. few seconds Then the secretary
turned the knob. opened the door
and the vast Office of Mussolini lay
before us. We had entered at one
corner; diagonally across the great
eXpanSe of the room in the farthest
corner from us sat Mussolini at his
desk by wide, towering window
Ones glance involuntarily swept
over the room, despite the magnetism
of the man. Its walls are hung with
DattleaXeS and strange gray tapes
tries. There is little furniture, ac-
centuating the immense space The
floor is of beautifully grained hard
wood, smooth as glass.
Brilliant Listener and Talker.
'Mussolini rose, stepped from be-
hind his desk and walked quickly
toward us, erect and stern in bear
ing. like a soldier. He met US almost
Evening star., 1924-05-26
DR.. Grant and Mrs. Lydig Break
Engagement to Stay in Church

inence and DR.. Grants activity as a
modernist leader in the Episcopal
Church.
The Withholding of consent to the
marriage is in accordance with
strict canon of the Episcopal Church
prohibiting remarriage of a divorced
person except under specific condi-
tions. Mrs. Lydig's divorce from
Philip M. Lydig was obtained in
Paris in 1919 on grounds that did
not meet the requirements of the
Protestant Episcopal Church.
Mrs Lydig's first husband was
w. f. D. Stokes, wealthy hotel man,
vorced a few years later. She was
married to Mr.. Lydig in 1902.
Evening star., 1924-05-26
SECOND SCHOOLGIRL
VANISHES IN CHICAGO
Gertrude Barker, Seventeen, Dis
appears While on Way
From Academy.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 26.-The second dis
appearance of a young girl within
five days was reported by police last
night. Gertrude Barker, seventeen, a
student of ST. Xavier Academy here,
has been missing since last Wednes-
day. Her home Is in Yakima, Wash.
Nellie Taylor, an adopted English
girl, who disappeared Thursday, also
still is missing. Police were told she
was seized by a young man when she
opened the door of her home and then
was thrown into an automobile with
the aid Of two other men.
Miss Barker came to Chicago in
January, and has made her home here
with an aunt. She was last seen
leaving school Wedne sday.
Relatives here claim she has been
"a home girl" and was only acquaint-
ed with schoolmates.
Evening star., 1924-05-26
BACKS DAWES REPORT.
Reichsbank Head Stresses Value tc
Business Leaders.

By the Associated Press.
HAMBURG, May 26.-Dr. Hjalmar
Schadt, president of the Reichsbank.
addressing a meeting of the Han
seattle League, largely attended by
German business men, declared that
the Dawes reparation report was the
only basis for solution of Germany's
economic and financial problems.
National economic existence is
vouchsafed only with q great inter-
national system Of communication"
he said. Our business will not
again flourish unless we find peace
full coadjustments with the economic
life of other nations. The only solu-
ton possible Is on the basis of the
experts report"
Evening star., 1924-05-26
Flight Is Postponed ny Wind.

hirty-five-mi hour wind at the
naval air station caused the post
ponement until late afternoon Of the
J-L's scheduled flight to Philadelphia
and return today. The non-rigid air.
ship had been expected to leave here
at o'clock.
Omcers at the station said they
expect the wind to die down late
today, at which time they also will
take out the Shenandoah for an 5000
foot altitude test, after which she
will be secured at her steel mooring
mast to remain overnight.
Evening star., 1924-05-26

flectfnE what he has passed through
since the outbreak of the great war
and what he has faced in his position
of supreme political responsibility in
Italy.
We We're alone. When / saw
Mussolini two years ago in a modest
hotel room in Cannes, young black
shirt stood beside me, rifle in hand,
motionless during two-hour inter-
view. But here Mussolini, without
guards or secretaries, and clad in
smartly cut morning suit, was no
longer dictator of an extra-legaI
militia, but first minister Of the king.
lie listened. He listened intently,
ms MS hands relaxed on the arms Of
MS chair. his head bowed. He seemed
70 concentrate as much energy on
listening as do most orators on
speaking"
word Picture OF MussOIinf.
Mr. Bell writes these impressions Of
the remarkable man whom he inter-
viewed:
He is not tall, or raw-boned. or
pretty. He is somewhat short and de-
cidedly well-fleshed, but not fat.
THOSE who see mental and moral
rather than physical features will. 1
think, call him handsome Nor Is he
at all bad-looking physically. His
dark-brown eyes are the talk Of
Italy.
"A1ussolini is intensely egoistic and
enthusiastically Italian. Some might
call him affected. I put down his
mannerisms not to affectation. but to
individuality. He is too serious, too
reflective, too sensible of the weight
OF his cares too sincere, to be OBJECT
ed AS he talked. now sitting at his
huge, flat-topped desk; now rising,
pushing back the tails of his morn
ing coat and thrusting his hands into
his trouser pockets; sometimes ad-
- 4
looking hard into my eyes, his right
arm uplifted: sometimes appearing to
forget was there, turning away and
pitching his words into space-as he
did these things felt in the presence
less of a man than of a fiesh-and-
blood embodiment of q great national
passion.
"Mussolini has a luminous and pow
erfhl intellect. But it is not his in
teliect that astonishes one. 1t is his
n fsas hm 1t L L h'S IS his isrsf &c
1t Is the depth and mystery of his
personality. 1t is his courage; one
can easily see him. on the instant and
even eagerly. facing death for his
principles, as he has done many times.
Not Dictator but Liberator.
"One way. and an accurate way, Of
is everything neutralism is not. 1T Is
NECESSARY to act. to move, to fight,
perhaps, to die he says. This is viz
tually the alpha and omega of his
feeling and philosophy.
They call him dictator. To the un-
patriotic, to the anti-social and anti
civilized, to the lawless, to the boil
shekists, he is dictator. To Italy
full Of sterling human worth as it is
fuiI OF natural beauty and Of his
torfcal glory-to Italy, in my judg-
ment, Mussolini is liberator.
Il should be sorry to have these
wofds taken as mere rhetoric. / am
trying to give some idea Of a man
who has captivated a great people
and recreated a nation. I am trying
to give some idea of a man who has
impressed Europe profoundly; who in
my opinion has served Europe vital
ly, and who has become portent and
a promise in the civilization Of the
world"
Evening star., 1924-05-26
Oyster Shippers Sentenced.

BRIDGETON, n. J., May 20
Nearly $50 prisoners, taken in a raid
on the wharves, boats and cabins
at Bivalvea, the oyster shipping port
of South Jersey, were fined or sent
to Jail yesterday by Justice of the Peace
Stratton of Bridgeton, who held
court on one of the barges. County
and state police, who threw a net
around the entire oyster colony, said
they had found drinking and gambling
in full swing
Evening star., 1924-05-26
Confused as to Meaning.
WOULD EXTEND DRIVE.
G.. A. r. Seeks to Continue Cam.
paign for Grave Ornaments.

A request that collection boxes used
by the Grand Army OF the Republic
in its campaign for money for the
purchase Of ornaments for soldiers
graves be allowed to remain until
Tuesday of next week, was made to-
day by A. j. Kimmel, vice chairman
Of the memorial committee in charge
Of the drive.
The campaign ends tomorrow but
the activities arranged for this week
will make it difficult for the veterans
to take up the boxes, Mr.. Kimmel
stated.
Evening star., 1924-05-26
ASKS COURT ENTRY.
Maj. Gen. Allen Sees Both Parties
Concerned With Tribunal.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, May ga
plea for an international court of
Justice, which project he terme d
that baby of a Democratic mother
and Republican father" was voiced
by MAJ. Gen: Henry T. Allen. who
commanded the goth Division during
the war and later the army of occu-
patton in Germany, speaking yester-
day at a memorial service conducted
by the United Patriotic Societies of
this CITY
Evening star., 1924-05-26
Would Dismiss Petition.

In the United States Supreme Court
today the government submitted a
motion to dismiss its petition for
a writ of certiorari addressed to the
Court of Appeals of the District of
Columbia to review the decision Of
that court in the case involving the
award in condemnation proceedings
TO the Washington Market Company.
Ghfs action leaves tho decision OF the
Swer court to stand,
Evening star., 1924-05-26
HEADS OSTEOPATHS.
DIR. J. M. Waters, Newark, Elect
ed at Convention.

KIRKSVILLE, Mo, May 26.-Dr.
Jerome NJ. Waters of Newark, N. j.,
was elected president of the Ameri-
can Osteopathetic Society of Opthat-
almology and Otalaryngology, at the
close of their annual convention here
Saturday; L. Seaman of Fort Wayne,
Ind, was named vice president, and
Charles NJ. Larue of Columbus, Ohio,
secretary-treasurer
The American Society of Osteo-
pathic Internists reelected Drs. c. ".
Kerr of Cleveland. Ohio, president; !;
r. H. Singleton of Cleveland, vice
president, and S. V. Robuck Of Chi
cago, secretary-treasurer.
Evening star., 1924-05-26
FATHER, MOTHER, SON
AND HIS WIFE KILLED
Tragedy Occurs When Engine Hits
Auto at Crossing Near
Hilton, Ind.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOUISVILLE, KY, May 2G.-Two
double funerals meeting at Cave Hill
cemetery for Alves N Webb, fifty
nine years, Louisville business man
and his wife, and their son, B. e.
Webb. twenty-six years, and his wife,
all of whom were instantly killed
Saturday when a Baltimore and Ohio
railroad locomotive struck their au-
tomobile at grade crossing near
Hilton, Ind, have been arranged for
this afternoon.
The WebbS were returning from a
pleasure trip to Washington, D. c.
when the accident occurred.
Evening star., 1924-05-26
ROYAL VISIT TO LONDON.
italian Rulers Expected to Arrive
Today.

LONDON. May 26.-The King and
Queen Of Italy. accompanied by the
Prince Of Piedmont and Princess
Mafalda, will arrive in London today.
All the papers express cordial well
come, dwelling upon the Italo-British
friendship and alliance during the
war and paying tribute to what the
house Of Savoy has done for Italy.
OF Premier Mussolini's foreign
policy the Liberal Daily News says:
with the dangerous and painful
exception of the Corfu episode it has
been as prudent and enlightened as
that Of almost any other European
statesman"
Evening star., 1924-05-26

I anu ilioSt SplCh
did room Of the
palace - that of
President Musso-
lini at midday.
with the din of
the Roman streets
mumed by thick
walls. and with
the white Italian
light flooding over
the forceful apos-
tie of fascismo at
his gigantic desk.
Our hopes -
MIR. Bells a n d
mine-had fallen
low as we waited
in an outer recep-
ton room. There
w ere three of
Evening star., 1924-05-26
Backs Coolidge Court Plan

world court plans to be "torpedoes
aimed at the original Harding
Hughes proposal" Senator King,
Democrat, Utah, today urged Presi-
dent Coolidge to stand sQuarely upon
the original proposal he indoEesd In
Evening star., 1924-05-26

Tho first White House bride was
Lucy Payne Washington, sister Of
Mrs. Madison, whose marriage to Jus
tice Todd Of the Supreme Court Of
the United States took place In the
= executive manoion in 1911.
Evening star., 1924-05-26
FORD SHOALS BID
GETS ANOTHER VOTE
Senate Committee Reconsiders Ac.
tion Rejecting Plan
Wednesday.

Reconsidering its previous action,
the Senate agriculture committee de-
cided today to take another vote on
the Ford Muscle Shoals bid, which 1t
rejected last Wednesday, as well as
on the Norris bill for government
operation of the property.
The action today was taken on the
grounds that the vote last Wednes-
day did not represent the true senti-
ment of the Senate agriculture COM
mittee.
Confused as to Meaning.
1t was explained that some sena-
tors were confused in the meaning
Of the vote, and another was absent
On the first vote the Ford bid was
defeated, 10 to 6, and supporters of
the Norris proposal won by the same
count on the question Of closing the
hearings last Wednesday or continu-
ing them until tonight.
Evening star., 1924-05-26

h a l f W a Y, shook
hands firmly and
cordially, turned
and retraced his
steps to his chair.
There were no hes
itationS, no pre-
liminarieS. Con-
versation began at
once. Occasional
ly Mussolini used
E n g | | 8 h, occa-
sionally F enc h,
but nearly always
his own musical
and brilliant Ital-
Ian. He was al
ternately animated
and grave. his fine
q V e 8 sometimes
cleaning playful
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amounted to something after all
And he hoped on.
Pretty soon he met the canton
flannel monkey.
"You can't do this" declared Tie
monkey. jumping up tree and hang
ing by his tail, head down.
MY goodness! That's nothing.
just finished eating whole yarn
lady," declared the pup. 'Gobble,l
her IN just like that. I'm too full
for climbing.
"The idea! You don't look Sd
fierce" said the monkey. Il beg your
pardon, sir. ~
The curly black puppy noticed the
"sir" and also that the can.on-flan.
mel monkey stayed up the tree and
didn't come down while he was there
He liked that and went on down the
road thinking, What a great fellow
am ~
And so he went along telling pee
pie about his fierceness. each time
adding to his story, until he met
| Nancy and Nick and Mister Fuz'
Wuzz. And by that time he had eaten
not only poor Miss Pithers and her
COW, but the tiger and half the zoo.
Suddenly Nancy laughed. SLoos
behind you, Mister Hungry, she
| cried.
And there was Miss Pithers, the
yarn lady, all neatly mended and good
| as new.
"Some people have imaginations
like a rubber band !" declared Mister
Fuzz Wuzz sternly. 81 suppose that
what you had for breakfast was a
saucer of milk" =
The puppy was so mortified he
didn't know where to look.
IL guess must have been mis-.
TAKEN" he said meekly and hoped
off to hide.
ITO Be Continued.
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One day Miss Pithers, tho yarn
lady in Doofunny Land, was milking
her COW, called the cow-that-turned-
its-head.
And while she was sitting there on
her little stool, along came curly
black puppy that went "yip, yip," as
he hoped.
And before the good lady could run
for the house the black puppy not
only went "yip, yip'' but nip, min,
and catching an end of one of her
strings in his teeth, he pulled and
pulled until half Of her skirt was un-
Iaveled!
At that Miss Pithers stopped milk.
ing and tainted and the COW turned
its head and saw the black curly pup
| by and went "moo" at him and scared
him away.
The puppy dog went yip-yip, aud
hoped on, and nearly but not quite
forgot about the whole business.
Pretty soon he met the patent
leather cat striding along and inl-
portantly stroking his whiskers.
"Yip, yip," barked the pup, tying
to attract attention.
sect out of my way. SIR" ordered
\ that cat. "Children should be seen
and not heardw
The black puppy stopped yippinS
at such an insult. "Humph" he
barked. @Children indeed! Why all
you can eat is weenty teenty
mouse. and 1 just finished eating hal!
of yarn lady. I'm a wild beast,
am"
sWell, wellw cried the cat WITH
more respect in his voice. "You don't
look SO savage. Half a yarn lady
Indeed! Personally / haven't cared
4 flor yarn since l was kitten. Good
.day. SIR"
The curly black puppy looked after
| him and went. "Yip, zip. That
fetched him. l guess he found that /
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MUTT AND E7heyre Digging Ham Egg Money Today

Copyright 1924 Mark OFF,
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-02-05
THE ELTINGE

THE ELTINGE
Some of the many humorous Incl
dents in "Potash and Perlmutter,"
which is showing at the Eltinge
theatre. today and tomorrow, take
place in a cabaret, where the part
ners, Abe Potash and Morris PERL
mutter, stage a party for their
customers following q highly success
full business day.
: Abe, especially, was not used to
cabarets, for his business took most
of his time, SO when the bewitching
chorus girls trooped past him Abe
forgot all about his food. And when
one of them mischievously chucked
him under the chin Abe lost all con-
troll of himself, to the intense horror
Of his wife. Retribution was sudden
and unique.
"Potash and .Perlmutter," is one
Of the most humorous production
| that has ever reached the screen. II
is based on the successful play by
Montague Glass. The leading roles
are taken by Barney Bernard, Alex
ander Carr and Vera Gordon, with
Martha Mansfield, Ben Lyon, Eduard
Durand, Hope Sutherland, De Sacis
Mooers, Jerry Devine, Lee Kohlma1
and Lee Donnelly in the supporting
cast.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-02-05
FEMININE TOUCH
Offered by White Collar and
- Cuffs on Dark Dress
BY MARIAN HALE
NEA Service Writer

New York, Feb. 4--One Of the
most effective ways to inject little
new life and pep into the blue serge
or black crepe dress, that has done
service since last fall, is to invest
in some smart collars and cuffs.
These offer a pleasant compromise
between ones inclinations for spring
clothes and the necessity for winter
wear.
They also create that impression
of femininity which works such won
ders with the masculine sex.
Some Of the newest collars are ar
ranged on net blouse foundations so
that the inconvenience of basting it
to the frock is obviated. Smart col
lars for the round neckline como
close about the neck and do not need
to be fastened to the frock, as the
neckline of the frock is entirely Gov
cred by the collar.
There are detachable puffs or ruff
files that may be fastened inside the
short sleeve to make it PRACTICAL!
any length. And there are wide
turnback cuffs that make any stol
you desire between the wrist and tn,
elbow.
White crepe de chine or SAITH
models are frequently made quit
plain with only pleating, buttons o
hemstitching for trimming. Thos
of net or batiste are frequently EN-
bellished with one or many kinds o
! lace and tucks, ruffles, pleating o
what not.
With the flannel or jersey frocl
sets of white or ecru linen, with
variation of the Peter Pan cola
and wide rather close cuffs, are pop
ular. These are undoubtedly tn
most youthful accessories in whic
any woman may invest.
| Besides collars and gilets of whit
are many others Of delicate or bril-
liant-hued organdie, striped or check
ed gingham that give little NOR
service before they 60 to the laundl
and also add the touch of color S
much in vogue now.