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The Washington times., 1924-01-11
LOST
FOR Men
ON SUB
Wreck Located, But Storms
Stop Work-5Oat Thought
Cut in Two.

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LONDON, Jan. 11.-Advices re.
ceived by the admiralty today in
dicated that the submarine LIZA
which was rammed by the dread
naught Resolution off Portland
during maneuvers, was cut in two
Hope Fur Men Given Up.
Hope for the safety Of the forty
three men on board has been aban
doned.
Salvage ships reported to the ad
mfralty they believed they had 10
Gated the wreck Of the L-24 II
thirty fathoms Of water ten miles
off Portland.
Owing TO rough water divers
were not able to descend from thu
salvage ships to examine the wreck
age.
Storm HlnderS Work.
Mine sweepers and salvagers BE-
gan combing the English channe
off the Dorset coast at dawn, buI
under the utmost difficulties, owint
to a gale which piled up mountain
Gus waves.
Tugs which had put out from
Portsmouth and Portland, wert
compelled to return to port by tn,
rough weather.
An official board Of inquiry Il
sitting on the dreadnaught Reso
lutte to investigate the ragedy.
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IS
SUED BY
WIFE
Desertion Is Alleged by Young
Mate Of Former
Senator.

Ex-United States Senator Jona-
than Bourne, sixty-nine, is the
defendant in a divorce action
brought by his pretty thirty-five-
year-old wife, \ Carol Sperry
Bourne, in Mobile, Ala. Word TO
this effect came into Washing
toms society circles today and
gossip concerning the wealthy ex-
Senator and his former stenog-
|rapher Is Of the II told you so"
type.
His Second Wife.
Mrs. Bourne, the second to find
that connubial bliss was lacking as
the wife Of the aged millionaire,
charges that her husband left her.
She bases her plea for an absolute
divorce on the grounds Of desertion.
Senator Bourne, who maintains a
luxurious suite in the fashionable
Stoneleigh Courts, IL in Alabama,
It was stated at his office here.
Office employees declared that the
only thing they knew Of the pro.
ceedings was what they had seen
in dispatches.
Senator Bourne is prominent In
Republican politics. He was a
member Of the Senate from Oregon
from 1907 until 1918, and one of
his pet bills was the present parcels
post law. He is known as the
father Of the law.
Defeated for denomination. SEN.
ator Bourne turned to his millions
and sought to play the political
game from this city. He estab.
lished the Republican Publicity
Association and from that office
disseminated Republican propa.
ganda. He II a graduate Of Harv.
ard.
Was His StenOgrapher.
The present Mrs. Bourne met
her husband while he was q
United States Senator. She &C.
cepted employment in his office
ended several years ago in a mar,
riage. Mrs. Bourne, many years
her husbands junior, played a
prominent part in Washington
society.
Senator Bourne is said to have
been partial to social life and he
encouraged his wife to take part
in society.
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WOMAN JUMPS
4STOR|EST To
DEATH
Clad in Nightgown and Winter
Coat, Leaps Through Win
dow-Man Held.
BY international News Service.

BUFFALO. N. T., Jan. 11.--Clad
only in her night gown over which
she had evidently hastily slipped q
heavy winter coat, Jessica Thayer
thirty-five, who came here from
Newton Falls, Ohio, and who re
sided in a Main street apartment
jumped to death from a window or
the fifth floor this morning.
In q police cell il q man who
says he II Jesse Shippee, thirty
seven, a Boston, Mass, broker
charged with disorderly conduct
who, police say, lived in the apart
ment with the Thayer woman ~
common law man and wife. HI
was not In the apartment when the
woman leaped out Of the window
having been arrested while trying
to get into the place.
According to police Shippee ap
peared at the building evidently
much intoxicated. He got to tht
fifth floor and tried unsuccessfullS
to get into the apartment.
Some time later, police say, Ship
pee came back with a policeman
and another futile attempt ( wal
made to get into the apartment. II
was then Shippee was taken to the
police station and booked on tho
disorderly charge.
After his quiz Of Shippee the
medical examiner said that the
prisoner had said that he met the
Thayer woman in New York nine
months ago and that they came tC
Buffalo about two months ago
Shippee said he knew OF no reason
why she should commit suicide. Hel
father is said to be A. ID. Thayer
OF Newton Falls, Ohio.
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WAS
FOUND ON
ROAD
Louis <. Griffith, Wealthy Ohio
Man, Arrested in
Mystery.

CANTON; Ohio. Jan. 11.-Louis
E. Griffith, president Of the United
Machine and Manufacturing Com
pany, was charged with first-de-
gree murder here this morning in
connection with the death Of pretty
nineteen-year-old Ruth Hunter,
and held on $25, 900 bond.
To Get Hearing.
He will be given q preliminary
hearing next Tuesday. Bond was
not furnished at once and the priSo'
ner was remanded to Jail.
Filing Of the charge against the
wealthy manufacturer brings to a
climax mystery which has bafflcd
police since Wednesday night, Janu-
ary 2, when the Canton girl was
found dead on the Richville- Reed
urban road near this city.
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'BASSETT HOME,
/ ENDINCN|NA'S s
TRIANGLE

MADISON, Conn.,, Jan. 11.-When
the hand of time has worked on the
situation a bit, Ellsworth Bassett,
former righthand man to Mrs. Nina
Wilcox Putnam Sanderson, will be.
come reconciled with his wife, clerk
in the postoffice here. So declare
those friends of the young couple
who have ignored stories afloat con-
corning relations Of the authoress
and Bassett.
Until time has caused folks TO for.
get, the couple will live in separate
homes here, Mrs. Bassett with her
mother, q mile or more from her
husbands home. ~
Bassett came back homo late
Thursday evening. There were al.
most as many strangers gathered
about the postoffice then as in the
height of the summer season. They
were newspaper writer's. assigned td
the task OF interviewing Bassett.
Bassett did not see his wife last
night nor this morning. He is lying
low and presumably win find a job
in a nearby village where he may
support himself now, and his united
family at some future time. Judge
Edmond zacher. Mrs. Bassett'a Z
lawyer, and Judge Arthur Marsden,
counsel for Bassett, plan to get the
couple together.
II do not discuss affairs OF my
clients" said Judge Zacher. "But
/ can say this: Mrs. Bassett has no
intention OF suing either for aliena.
tion or divorce"
That settles matters, In the opin.
ion Of Branfcrd folk. for they know
Judge Zacher.
Judge Marsden, leader In State
politics and veteran Of many q politi.
cal battle that has shaken New
Haven county, has nothing to say.
But Madison folk have something
to say. That is:
Things viii come out al rigit
With the Bassstta,
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RICH MANUFACTURER CHARGED
WITH SLAYING OF GIRL
DENLY Puts Strict Ban
On Drinking At
Annapolis

! ANNAPOLIS. Md Jan. IL.
Secretary DENLY has taken
strong ground against the use
Of intoxicants by the inidship-
men, this order to Superintend-
snt Wilson, of tls Naval Acad-
envy, having been published to
the regiment; 49,. -
''There having come u the
attention IL the Secretary Of
the Navy several instances Of
intoxication on the part Of mid
shipmen at the Naval Academy,
you ara hereby requested to In
form the regiment Of midship-
men that hereafter any mid
shipman found guilty Of being
under the influence Of intoxi-
eating liquor or Of having in
toxicating liquor in his posses
sion, within the limits Of the
Naval Academy grounds, will
be subject to dismissal forth
with from the United States
Naval Academy and the naval
service"
The Washington times., 1924-01-11
.BODYOF SPERRY,
j. 5. AVIATOR,
FOUND
Picked Up in English Channel
OFF Rye and identified
by Clothing.

RYE. England, Jan. ia de-
composed body believed to be that
of Lawrence Sperry, missing
American aviator, was picked up
in the English chanel off this port
today. .
The trousers are similar to those
worn by Sperry when his airplane
fell into the channel five weeks
ago.
The Washington times., 1924-01-11
The Story Of
''Chickie"
By ElenOre Meherin
PART ONE.
READ THIS FIRST.

1t WGs, a distinct shock to
JonGthGn Brice to discover one
day that his daughter, ChicAcie,
wGs no longer a gGUky, IG1aky
chit of a girl. She had quite
QroaOn up. She had reached the
mature age of sirteen, had "done
up" her hair and heightened her
skirts. The shock qOGs intense
to the doting pGreMt. He SOGs
filled 1Oith vGgMe nlisgivi1t0s,
and almost wished she had been
a bon. In the meantime Chtchte
met Arthur Sontug and erpe7i-
enced the joys Of her first rO-
a91nNc6
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The Washington
Times Introduces
"CIlickie, !" Whose
Adventures Will
Be Related in a
Daily Serial by
ElenOre MeheriIl,
One Of the Great
est Writers Of
Serials Of This
Age.
The Washington times., 1924-01-11
REPORT SAYS TRoTZKY
MAY BE DICTATOR

LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE Russian
red army Is supporting Leon Trotxlxy,
commissar for war, in his dispute
with the Communist InternationaIe.
said Riga dispatch to the Daily Mx.
press today.
Prediction was made that Trotzlxy
may be appointed Russian dictator.
The Washington times., 1924-01-11
FREEZE Is ON ITS WAY
HERE, WEATHER MAN SAYS

The mild weather OF the last few
DAYS is all over, the weather man
saws. The thermometer will show
a fall Of 30 degrees tonight. and
win hover near freezing in the
morning.
The highest point registered this
morning was 90 degrees, an abnor.
NAL temperature for January. Tho
lowest is predicted at freezing,
which viii be reached Sunday morn
ing. i 1s..
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Envoy Weds Vlscountess.

BARCELONA, Spain, Jan. H.
Former Spanish Minister Calvatilla
was married here today 70 Wis.
countess Terreol Nuranta, sister Of
the Duke Of Arevale.
The Washington times., 1924-01-11
CHINESE CABINET IS OUT,
PEKIN0 DISPATCH SAYS

LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE Chinese
cabinet has resigned. according to a
dispatch from PelEing today.
The Washington times., 1924-01-11
BUTLER 'BUSTS'
POLITICAL
CARS
Fighting Marine Orders Two
Powerful Police Officials
Denoted.
By rntornatlonal News Service.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan. IL
A lone '1eatherneck" stood out to-
day az victor over Philadelphia's
super-political machine.
Smiles wreathed the face Of Gen.
smedley D. Butler. He, as director
of public safety, had busted
Johnny Mullen and Lieutenant
Duffy. The powers that-be gasped
in astonishment.
How long win Busting Butler
last?" was the question asked on
every hand.
Never before in Philadelphia's
twenty-six years Of police politics
had a director of safety dared to 30
much as "look crooked" at the two
Johns. Duffy, it was explained,
was Car Of "Vareland"-the home
ward OF Congressman William Ware
maker and breaker Of mayors
Mullen ruled over the district at
tributod to Charles Hall. president
Of the city council.
Become PatrOlmen.
Butler, without ever mentioning
the matter to Ware or Hall, de-
NOTED both Duffy and Mullen-in'
formed both that II they wished tc
continue as police they must be'
come plain patrolmen. surrenderine
their lieutenant's shields within five
days.
Duffy stormed. Mullen swore
Both visited Mayor w. Freeland
Kendrick. Somebody notified ''Bil''
Ware In Washington. His office
supplied the information that Ware
was on his way to Philadelphia.
"I can't inteFfere--Butler is In
command" was Hendricks only
The politicians were not without
hope today, however. Just before
General Butler turned in" at mid
night he said:
"I busted Duffy and Mullen be-
cause they did not show the proper
spirit. Both were reported to have
taken their days off during tho
valuable hours Of the vice drive.
However, I have been informed
both men were actually on duty.
walking their districts, checking up
ON men,; -
Source Of News Secret.
General Butler did not reveal the
source OF his information. He
would not confirm or deny that he
had leafned this in the mayors
private office. On his tour Of In.
spection he had been informed
Continued on Page 2, Column -
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FLORIDA P OSSE.
CLOS|NGON
OUTLAW
John Ashley Has Slipped
Through Officers Hands
Twice In Forty Hours.
international News Service,

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, Jan.
11.-More than 100 grim and de-
termined man-hunters, led by
Sheriff Bob Baker. today were re-
ported closing in on John Ashley,
noted outlaw leader, in the ever
glades near Jupiter Island, twenty
six miles due north Of this city.
According to reports reaching
here, Bill Ashley succeeded in join
ing his brother, John, last night,
and the two Of them, heavily
armed, are prepared to fight to
death before submitting TO capture.
John Ashley escaped from the
Ashley Mobley stronghold, near
Fruita, Just previous to its capture
and destruction by officers Wednes-
day afternoon, following an all-day
pitched battle with the notorious
Mobley- Ashley outlaw gang. Twice
since then he has succeeded in es-
Gaping a posse Of officers and citi.
gems, which has been hot on his
trail for forty hours.
Through his long familiarity with
the everglades interior Ashley has
been able to trick both bloodhounds
and men. The need of food brought
him into the open for the second
time last night, when he was re
ported to have robbed negro cabin,
near Gomez, Of food and clothing
at the point Of a gun.
It was at this time that ne was
Joined by his brother, who had been
In waiting with an automobile. So
close was the posse on their heels
that they were forced to abandon
the car and make for the woods.
going in the direction OF the sea.
The concensus of opinion OF those
in touch with the posses operations
today seemed to be that the two
Ashley brothers would be captured
or killed before nightfall.
-. A. H.
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Posse Il Determined.

Members Of the posse are furious
and determined. For forty hours
they have braved the privations on
the everglades In search OF their
man, who led the gang that killed
Deputy Sheriff Fred Baker. Fear
was expressed that the two desper-
ADDE'S would claim another victim,
or perhaps several. before they are
captured.
The Washington times., 1924-01-11

! Nis.ip1 n N aissoosss Hs:s'e-zds.
The Washington times., 1924-01-11
THE WEATHER

Partly cloudy and much
colder tonight; minimum
temperature near freezing.
Saturday fair and colder;
strong westerly winds.
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Other Car Unldentlfied.

'It was on the way back 20 town
after the fruitlesS trip to the Lion
Tanners Club that we were blinded
by the searchlightR We did not
strike any automobile. do not
know whether the car with the
binding headlights was one Of thoBs
which rendered us assistance or
whether Il went on. not knowing
OF our plight
sprowi. the dead man. was in tha
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FAIRFIELD

The ladies OF the Methodist church
will hold an Easter sale and supper
next Wednesday April 9th. Fancy
articles and candy viii he for sale in
the afternoon and at $50 a supper of
cold meats and fruit salad will be
served
Mrs. Henry Landry. Dover. n. H.. is
a. the home of her grandmother, Mrs.
Angellne Foster who recently fell and
broke her wrist.
A large crowd enjoyed whist at the
American Legion hall, Thursday
evening, prizes going to the following
ladies; LIST. Mrs. Alec Haley; End.
Miss Annie Carr: Bird. Miss Cora
Pooler. First gents, William j. Eigue,
md, Arnal Bragg. 3rj, Fl. NJ. Rey-
nolds. The next party will be held
April 25th.
Lawyer George NJ. Chapman and
Judge II. II. Brazzell were in Show
hegan OH business yesterday.
Mrs. Carl Hodgdon and Mrs. Bert
Gerald were business callers in town
yesterday.
Mrs. Fred McMullin and son Maui
rlce OF Winslow were calling on
friends In town yesterday.
Kay Mitchell was in Skowhegan
Yesterday on business.
Rev. DR.. and Mrs. Roderic j. Moo
Gey, the new pastor and wife OF the
ohiversalist church, will arrive In
Town today from Auburn where he
mas ben the pastor of the First Uni
versalist church for four years. They
VIII stop with Mrs. Abbott Nelson
while In town.
The melting Of the Literary Society
., Lawrence High school was held
Yesterday afternoon. The meeting was
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fact They were good at passing
and had the leather in their terri
tory lot but simply couldn't locate
the basket.
If he had had the regulars that
came out the first of the year, dur
ing the entire season the result
might have been different. AS
it was he was forced to call
on green material, and as a result
he discovered some finds. Stiles was
developed into a good player as was
Burns and Howell. This season was
the first time that Howell had ever
handled the leather on regular
team. Don Clement was another
Don didn't come out until the last
of the season and consequently didn't
help the team much. If he had come
out along about Christmas he I'M
doubleday would have been a star
Long towards the end of the sea-
son the regular lineup drifted back
and the last game which was played
at Watervile was one of the best
that the Red and White put up. Wa
teryille had fast quintet. and were
playing their best about this time
as they were in the throes of a feud
with Winslow high for honors on
both sides of the Kennebec.
Two of the most enjoyable vic
tories of the season was when the
Red and White tripped up their old
rivals of Gardiner. the first time to
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Rookie Pitchers
Meet Variable Luck
Thurs. League Games

New York, April 4-.rhe New York
Giants are one up in the series with
the White Sox, winning ten to seven
yesterday at Atlanta. The Yankees
competed with a circus at Macon.
Ga, and outdrew the big tent for an
81 win from Rochester. Brooklyn
did not play.
Recruit pitchers met variable luck.
Wayland Dean of the Giants suffered
his first fall from grace and allowed
FIVE hits. six passes and seven runs in
four innings. Rosy Bill Ryan check
ed the Sox for the rest Of the combat
while Billy Southworth and George
Kelly hit home-runs among a gale of
McGraw hits good for ten runs and
the game.
Milton Castor of Paterson. n. j.,
eyened the day for the rookie tribe
by holding Rochester hitless for the
last five innings of the Yankee vic
tory. Wallie SchanE caught his first
game since his recent rib injury. An
other overflow CROWD, hungry for
Babe Ruth homers. were fed two
Dagger and single.
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O1d Man Victory was in a sulk in
the Cony camp during the 1922
season, or so it seemed to Cony high
followers, for only five times during
the entire season did he take the
bother to brighten up a bit to chalk
down a victory on the Coay slate.
But perhaps it was not entirely his
fault. The very first game of the
season with the Alumni. the Cony
representatives grabbed the long end
of 1922 score. This was when
all the Cony regulars were out to
make the team.
From then on Coach Thompson
began to have his troubles. He was
handicapped the entire season by
having to continually shift his line
up. Some of the fellows were kept
out of teh game on account of studies
and those who were able to play
were rockies in the game, so having
no regulars to depend on Coach
Thompson was obliged to build his
team with the best men available.
This, to a large extent explains the
poor shooting of the players at the
first Of the season. BY comparing
the scores piled up by them and
their opponents in the first few
games of the season bares out this
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3 TEAMS LOOM
AS DARK HORSES IN
LEAGUE CAMPAIGN

New York, April 4.-Three teams
| that have been cropping about in second
| division depths for a number of sea-
sons loom as proverbial dark horses"
in the coming major league campaign,
| reports from training quarters indi-
cate.
These clubs are the Philadelphia
Athletics and Boston Red Sox in the
| American League and the Boston
| Braves in the National League. All
three have strengthened their lineups
and morale for 1924. Both Boston out
| fits. outclassed for several years, have
been fired with fresh ambitions under
| new leadership, while the Mackmen
| who climbed to their highest notch in
! nine seasons when they finished sixth
| last year, are equipped to battle with
| the leaders.
| While none of these teams figure as
likely pennant victors among observ-
| ers, many of whom incline to favor a
fourth straight triumph for the New
York Yankees and Giants, they prom
| Use TO be trouble-makers of the first
rank.
So far as the Braves and Athletics
are concerned. this season will mark
the first since 1914 that they have
| jointly held the lmelight 1t was just
| a decade ago that the Boston Miracle
Team swept to a National League PEN
nant and then overwhelmed the sup
posedly invincible White Elephants in
| the worlds series.
| Under the aggressive leadership Of
| Dave Bancroft, former Giant shortstop.
| the Braves have developed rapidly in
| the South. They have a brilliant corps
of young hurlers with Bancroft as the
handspring of attack and defence.
| The Bed Sox. bolstered by deals with
| Detroit and Cleveland. have 2 we'll
! balanced combination of veterans and
| youthful talent that Lee Fohl. who sue
| ceeded Frank Chance as pilot, prom
| ises to keep in the running.
Mack has an expensive and formid-
able cast under his wing. the best
| since the Athletics championship days.
Last season the club was a sensation
in the spring, and promises to be more
consistent this year with the addition
| of such stars as Max Bishop, Baltimore
second sacker: AL Simmons, Milwaukee
| outfielder: and Paul Strand. Salt Lake
| City slugger. all Of whom seem assur-
| ed of regular berths.
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iect: the last of a series of SER
mons which the pastor has been
giving. Anthem by the double male
quartet; instrumental duet by wal
lace and Stephen Pomeroy. The
Lords Supper will be observed at
the { ose of, the morning service,
with a reception to new members.
The first, in a series of questions will
be distributed at the morning serv-
ice. The questions will cover wide
range of interest under the caption:
What Says Public Opinion? The
people will be expected to bring
their answers in the evening or next
Sunday morning. The church school
will meet at IL o'clock. Worth L.
Brown. Supt. c. E. Society meeting
at 6 O'Clock. The CHEEKY Sunday
night service at Z P. NJ. "A Man
Disappointed in Love" will be the
last of the series of popular topics.
Special music by the church orches-
ira aud mixed chorus.
Union chapel, Shawmut chapel
Church service 4.80 p. NJ. Rev. Alex
ander Henderson. pastor; two an
thems are to be sung by the ladies'
trio: Miss Edna Emery. Miss Ruth
Horne and Miss Vida Marcia. S. S.