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The Washington times., 1924-05-02
Guard to Pick Rifle Team

The rifle team which is to repre-
sent the District National Guard in
the annual matches with the u. s.
Naval Academy on May 10 will be
selected at final elimination con-
test to be held at Camp Simms, Con-
gress Heights, tomorrow afternoon.
Capt. H. H. Leizear is in charge of
the team selection and is arranging
for the part that the local guards
men are to play in the match.
The Washington times., 1924-05-02
More Pay to MaiImen

Increased pay to third and fourth
class postmasters and rural letter
carriers will be provided in the
postal salary bill when II is report.
ed to the House within the next
few days. These increases are pro.
vided in amendments adopted by
the House Postoffice and Post
RoadsS Committee.
The Washington times., 1924-05-02
Chauffeur Deserted
Family To Elope
with HeiresS.
BY International News Services :


NEW YORK, May Gar
rying a warrant charging
Everett Holmes with deserving
his wife and three children, an
Investigator of the Queens
county district attorneys Of
flee left today for Columbus,
Ohio, to arrest Holmes, a pri-
vate chauffeur, who is alleged
to have eloped January with
Florence Becker, nineteen
year-old daughter Of his mil
lionaire employer.
Holmes and the girl were
found in Columbus recently
and the chauffeur was held on
request of New York authori-
ties.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-03
K|YOURA IS TOLD
CABINET MUST
BE FORMED
viscount Is Practically Forced
to Reconsider
Decision.
BY DUKE N. PARRY.
international Newa Service,

TOKYO, Jan. 3.-Perhaps one Of
the most unusual situations in the
political history Of Japan was present
this morning when Nlscount XII
youra was practically forced to re-
consider and attempt to form cabi-
net.
Previously Kiyoura had declined
the imperial mandate.
In agreeing to attempt the for
nation of a ministry to succeed
the resigned Yammamoto cabinet,
Kiyoura die not guarantee its for
nation but merely said he would
attempt it.
Despite the battling political ele.
ments which hinder his work. an.
nouncement Of the formation Of &
cabinet Is expected.
Viscount Kiyoura said the foun-
dation Of his cabinet, II he sue
ceeded, would be the SeiyulEai party
which means defeat Of suffrage and
all Of the liberal measures advanced
by the Yammaploto ministry.
Toxic newspaper men have Pc
titioned the statesmen for considera.
ton Of the suffrage measure prom.
Using a united. fight by every news.
paper in Toxic provided suffrage
10 shelved.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-03
HANNA ESTATE
IS SUED BY
ACTRESS
June Avis Alleges She Broke
Engagement to
Millionaire.

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, Jan. B.
Claims Of Miss June Avis Evans.
an actress against the estate Of
the late Danied r.. Hanna, OF
Cleveland, have been rejected by the
executors. 1t was learned today.
She claimed $3.50 a month for
life under an alleged agreement Of
Hanna to pay her that sum In
consideration OF breaking her en-
gagement to the aged millionaire.
Anticipating rejection Of her
claim, Miss Evans had filed suit
for the amount, and the matter is
now waiting settlement Of her ap.
peal for q decision denying her Jury
trial.
The value OF the estate, less
claims, is $685. sos, according to
an accounting filed by the execu.
tors. Mark A. Hanna, Carl II.
Hanna and Daniel r. Hanna, r.,
sons Of the publisher. The report
shows a total value of $3,426, 6S1
and liabilities, including debts,
legacies paid and costs of admins
tration Of S1.470.s3e.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-03
RIFE
At Staying
INQUEST
Witnesses I AIlege Kenney
Threatened Death to His
French Neighbors.
continued frOm First Pages

Continued from First Page.)
noon, she stated that she did not
go down to MarOcker's home as
Bait had asked her to do, but re-
manned in the house awaiting the
return Of her husband from Wash
ington.
No shot was heard by her Sun
day afternoon, she said. Ciaveloux,
according to her testimony, return
ed to Washington Monday morn
ing, where he stayed until late
Monday night.
A valuable shotgun, which her
husband had bought a few months
ago. was stolen from his garage the
middle of November, she said.
A deposition given by Claveloux.
in which he told of a meeting and
conversation with Marocker yester-
day was read to the jury. Marocker
told him, he said, that Kenney had
come to his home on Sunday after
noon and shown him q roll Of bills
which amounted to 500. At that
time Kenney paid Marocker rs cents
on a gold ring for his baby.
Robbery, authorities believe, might
have been, however, an attempt to
Disguise the real motive for the
crime.
Mrs. Kenney displayed little
emotion when informed of her hus-
bands tragic end. Her life with
him, she said, had been anything
but pleasant, eliminating in their
separation after she had charged
him formally with threats against
her life.
Was FOrty-twO Years Old.
She was married to Kenney in
November, 1929, when she was
twenty years old. she said. Kenney
was forty.two years old.
The murder is the first in Fair
tax county in two years and the
most brutal in a decade.
The inquest will continue this
afternoon and before 1t is con-
cluded, which may not be until to-
morrow, more than a score Of wit
nesses are expected to be examined.
An arrest, it was declared, viii
likely be made before the day is
over.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-03
TAXI DRIVER IS HELD
FOR APARTMENT FIGHT

( Samuel Armor, taxi driver who
was the center of difficulties at the
Dorchester apartment house, 400
Twelfth street southwest, having
sufficiently recovered from q frac-
tured arm, was arraigned before
Judge John p. Mcmahon In Police
Court today on q charge Of carrying
deadly weapon and intoxication.
He pleaded not guilty, demanded a
trial by Jury and was released under
81, 900 bond.
Arrnor was arrested after he IL said
to have terrorized the residents Of
the apartment house with his pistol,
daring all to put their heads out Of
loore. George Kidwell, q tenant.
slipped from his'room and broke Ar
mor's arm with q baseball bat. Mrs.
Vera We'll and her daughter, Miss
Annie We'll, appeared az witnesses.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-03
ROBBERY LAID
TO RADIO
BUG
Robbed Warehouse to Get
Parts Necessary for Set,
Police Believe.

A radio bug" frantic to obtain
certain equipment necessary to hook
UP his set, IL believed responsible
for the entering Of the downtown
warehouse Of the o. j. De Moll
Company and theft Of one Vocation
and essential parts from q Victrola.
While It was at first feared that
several thousand dollars worth Of
costly vocalions and pianos stored
in the warehouse had been stolen.
q thorough check up by De Mol this
morning showed that only one ma
chine is missing outside Of the
damaged one, which leads to the
radio theory.
Harry Moten, colored, truck
driver for the De Moll Company,
reported to Headquarters Detective
Ira Kecl, detailed to investigate
the case, that about three weeks
ago he saw two suspicious looking
men fumbling at the warehouse
door. The warehouse is situated
in a court in the center Of the
block bounded by Sixth and Sew
enth streets and q and H streets.
Moten said that when the pair
found suspicion directed toward
them they asked the location of
another warehouse in the alley.
Investigation today showed that
the thieves must have been fright
ened off before they had concluded
their mission, inasmuch as several
of the machines had been taken
from their place and piled In an
areaWay.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-03
Greer Tells Story of
Dimes Shooting; Denies
Love for Miss NOrmand

Los ANGELES, Cal, Jan. g.
Mabel Normand, one OF Americas
best-known film actresses, today
was pictured as a "poor little girl
who couldn't say no when some one
suggested a party" by H. A. Greer,
her chauffeur, now held In Jail here
Tor shooting and seriously wounding
Courtland S. Dimes.
In an interview with Interna.
u0nal News Service today Greer re
peated his claim that he shot Dimes
IN self-defense and denied emphati-
oally any infatuation for the
actress. However, while discussing
his relations with Miss Normand,
Greer grew sentimental and de
Clared she Is the sweetest little
woman in the world when she is
sober, but disgusting when other
wise, and hated to Sc her going
that way" He also admitted proud.
" that Miss NOrmand had given
him a pair Of platinum cuff links
Tor Christmas, and declared she was
. good little boss"
Greer declared that Mrs. Edith
Burns, companion Of Miss Nor.
mand told him that Miss Nor
nand had called from Dimes apart.
ment and said for him to come
after her. Mrs. Burns, he said, told
him that while she was talking
with Miss Normand, Dimes had
broken In on the wire and said that
Miss Normand was not coming
home.
IT knew that Dimes was bigger
than myself and before leaving /
went to Miss Normand's room and
got her revolver" Greer said. al
was going to bring her home no
matter what Dimes said about 1t.
When stepped into the room
told Miss Normand I had come
for her and to get ready. She
said something didn't catch and
Dimes came toward me threaten
1ngly. He tried to push me back
and when he failed, reached back
Of him for a bottle. 1 thought he
was going to hit me with Il and
fired at him.
II think lot Of Miss Normand
but I'm not in love with her. She
was to have gone to the hospital
today for an appendicitis operation
and knew she was sick and did
not think It right, her being over
there drinking.
"WheD some one suggests q
party, Miss Normand, the poor little
kid, doesn't know when to say no.
One Of her New Year resolutions
was no more wild parties and the
first thing she does is go over to
Dimes and start drinking"
Greer said he was thirty wears
old and was born In Harlem, New
York city. he said he was keep.
ing company" with a girl and OF.
fered this statement to refute the
claim OF the police that he was
Inadly in love with Miss Normand.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-03
TURKISH EDITORS FREED
AFTER TRIAL FOR TREASON

CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 3. -
The tribunal Of independence, or
counter-revolutionary court, has &C.
Quilted the three Turkish editors,
arrested early In December and
charged with treason for having
published letter from Aga Khan,
of India, on the subject of the Gall
phate. Aga Khan is spiritual head
Of the Mahometans in Indian, East
Africa and central Asia. The edi-
tors are connected with the news.
papers Tanin, Ikdam and Tevhid
Evkiar.
The tribunal which acquitted the
editors recently sentenced Loufu
Bey, head of the Turkish bar, to five
years at hard labor on a treason
charge, for sending a letter to the
Caliph telling him that his resigna-
ton would be disastrous to the dy.
nasty and the country.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-03
NEW ARREST IS
MADE IN rum !
PLOT
Police Refuse to Disclose Name
of Man Released After
Long Quiz.
lITERMATIoMAN LIVE RGGL

A man suspected Of implication
in the rum conspiracy was arrested
late last night by Lieut.. o. T.
Davis and Sergt. James e. NC
Quade, Of the police department
vice squad.
Following a lengthy interroga-
ton this man, whose identity vas
not disclosed, was released. Whether
or not he was able to give the
police any information of value Is
not known, as the police refused to
talk. Further arrests are impend-
ing and warrants issued more than
two weeks ago are still In the
hands OF the investigators. The
persons sought have managed to
keep just one jump ahead Of the
police.
Assistant District Attorney
Arthur N. Presmont, the "Finne-
gan" Of the conspiracy, was called
into active participation in the
case this morning. Acting on q
request from Major Peyton Gordon,
District Attorney, Presmont was
in conference at the office OF
United States Commissioner George
III. Macdonald with the officers who
have made the investigation.
George Goldjng, Cox, Commits
sioner Macdonald and others were
closeted in a lengthy conference
going over information In the case.
Presmont will represent the Gov.
eminent tomorrow when United
States Commissioners Macdonald will
appear in Justice Siddons' court and
turn over to James A. O'Shea the
warrants and supporting affidavi.s
upon which his twelve clients were
arrested.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-03
MISCONDUCT IS
DENIED BY
WIFE
Mrs. Cora M. Sydnor Files
Counter Charges to Hus-
bands Divorce Suit.

Denying misconduct, Mrs. Cora M.
Sydnor today filed her answer in the
District Supreme Court to the suit
of Toliver e. Sydnor, for an absolute
divorce and, in a cross bill for a
limited divorce and alimony, charges
him with drunkenness, desertion and
Inadequate support.
Mrs. Sydnor, represented by At
torney r. e. Lynch, denies the as
sertion Of her husband that he
forgave. her for alleged misconduct
for the somple reason that she was
not guilty Of the charge. She adj
mits that she separated from him
in 1918 and 1919, but she claims it
was due to his drunkenness and not
ON account of her being quarrel
some and fussy as alleged by her
husband.
The wife charges the husband
with being addicted to drink and
declares that he has often brought
home liquor In large quantities and
would sit around the house and
drink"
Sydnor is employed by Capper's
Weekly and receives weekly sal.
airy Of about $65, according to the
wife, who asks that her husbands
suit be dismissed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-03
WORST FLOOD IN
PARIS HISTORY
THREATENS
Many Homeless in Suburbs
As Seine Continues
TO Rise.

BY FREDERICK X. ABBOTT,
International News Hervice.

PARIS, Jan. with railway
stations closed, public buildings
isolated and suburbs flooded, the
River Seine continued to rise to-
day, threatening Paris with the
worst flood in history.
The river at noon had reached
the stage Of 81 feet 10 inches, the
highest in history except during
the disastrous food in 1910.
The water has cut off the supply
,of electricity in the Invalides dis
trict.
Clerks In the ministry Of finance
worked feverishly transferring docu.
ments and files from the basement
to the second floor.
The great foreign office build.
ing is surrounded by q sheet Of
water.
Official flood stage readings and
weather forecasts are being broad.
cast by the Eiffel Tower wireless
station. Warnings are being sent to
residents Of low-lying suburbs.
Many people are homeless In the
suburbs and tremendous property
damage has been done. The river
has risen 90 slowly that all had a
chance to get to high ground and
there have been 30 casualties.
Suburbs bordering the Seine re-
semble q scene from Venice. Many
families that refused to abandon
their homes moved into the second
floor. Mail and food stuffs were
delivered from boats.
The Orleans railway station also
has been closed.
Train schedules have been aban-
doned.
Rains along the upper Seine con.
tinue. making It impossible to say
when the crest Of the food win be
reached.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-03
RAINS SWELL TO FLOOD
PERIL WESTERN RIVERS

PITTSBURGH. Pa, ia. 9.--Flood
warnings for all points along the
Monongohela, Allegheny and Ohio
rivers were issued by the local
weather bureau at 1925 this morn
Ing when the rivers receiving the
heavy rains at all points along the
Pennsylvania watershed beeaJ1 ris-
Ing slowly.
BY 3 o'clock this afternoon,
weather bureau officials said the
fun erect OF yesterdays heavy
rains VIII begin to be felt ana the
rivers from then on win rise rapid
ly. From early reports. Il was
eaids Il - impossible 70 say when
the crest WIN - uaaahoA.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-03
Ia TOILETTE IS
AGAIN BACK
IN SENATE
Insurgent Leader, Who Has
Been IN, Is Warmly Greeted
by Colleagues.
international News Service.

Senator Robert M. La Toilette
Rep.) Of Wisconsin. director Of the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of the Sixty
eighth Congress, disposed of reports
that he was. seriously i'll by making
his first appearance in the Senate
today since the session opened.
La F'ollette's face was wreathed
in smiles as he entered the chamber
and scores of his colleagues FASTENED
to greet him.
He was then escorted to the ros-
trum by Senator Lenroot Rep.) Of
Wisconsin, and the oath admins
tered by Senator Albert B. Cummins,
of Iowa, the president pro tenn.
The insurgent leader appeared
in good health and showed no
physical signs Of his recent illness.
Among the first to congratulate
him on his appearance were Sena-
tors Lodge, the Republican leader,
and Senator Moses, Republican Of
New Hampshire.
La Toilette then took his old seat.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-03
LABOR ELOCK|NG
!. To OBREGON'
SUPPORT
Mexican Leader Writes to
oompers Revolt b
Doomed.

The revolutionists against the
Obregon government ''are losing
ground every day." according to q
letter received today by Samuel
Gonnpers, President Of the AmeFi-
can Federation of Labor, from Rey-
naldo C. Torres, secretary OF the
Mexican Federation Of Labor.
Organized labor OF the country,
Torres said, has floclSed to the sup
port Of President Obregon, and Il
necessary will go into the armies Of
Obregon to defeat the rebels. Torres
described the revolution a. - re-
dictionary rebellion directed by the
disloyal generals, Guadalupe San
chez. Enrique Estrada and For
tunate Maycette."
Organized labor has formed a
special guard Of trade unionists
and stationed them around Chapul.
tepOc Palace, the proaidsat'0 resi-
dsnca, ToEEos sAi6
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-03
WORKING GIRL MUST HAVE
HER SILK HOSE, SHE SAYS

PITTSBURGH. Jan. 3.-The silk
stocking is one Of life's necessities
just the same as food. lip sticks
and powder.
So says Miss Violet Grooming,
Of Carnegie Institute Of Technology
here. Miss Grooming makes her
claim in a budget designed for the
S2O-a-week working girl.
A $50 winter coat, a $40 sport
dress, two $40 silk dresses and one
$40 wooden dress, with a So sepa-
rate skirt: a 50 sweater, three wash
blouses and one silk blouse, with
three hats for a total Of $2B, are an
the outergarmonto Miss Grooming
Gays any business girl neodA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-03
NO ACE ON TOMBSTONE,
WOMAN ORDERS IN WILL

LONDON, Jan. 3.-That her age
should not be inscribed on her tomb
stone IL a wish expressed in the viii
Of Miss Mary Elizabeth Cooper, Of
York street, Newcastle-in-Tyne, who
died August 80, leaving 3,464 pounds
sterling.
Miss Cooper was head mistress Of
the Westmoreland Road Junior
School.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-03
81 EARS Up
SHOOTING
STORY
lcontInusd from EIrst Pagel

Continued from First Page)
were, he said something about ii
being time for me to 60. ] renenl.
Der Mr.. Dimes also said something
about he didn't see why should be
dictated to by my chauffeur and the
next thing knew Greer had fired
the shots and Dimes was on the floor.
It was all q surprise and happened
90 hurriedly, / remember little of
what happened.
Miss NOrmand also said that she
could not see how Greer was In
1Atuated with her as their relations
had always been that Of employer
70 employee. 81 simply cant under
stand it ell" Miss Normand said.
Mrs. Edith Burns, companion and
Ohaperon for Miss Normand, was
Questioned by the police and
cOrrObOrated that portion Of the
story told by Greer, that she
ordered him to call for Miss Nor
nand ct Dimes apartment, q few
moments before the shooting.
Mrs. Burns Statement.
According to Mrs. Burns, she
called Dimes quarters In accord
MMCo with the actress instructions,
80AA4AAAT RGAO4O ~ OAVGA G1A1 tUA0
Dimes that Greer was coming for
Miss Normand. Whether Greer
carried q gun or not. ] don't know"
Mrs. Burns said ''It would not be
strange IL he did. Mabel always
wears much jewelry. and IL so
irresponsible that we must look
after her"
Greer admitted to the police that
before going after Miss Normand he
anticipated trouble with Dimes, and
armed himself with Miss Normand's
personal revolver.
Mrs. Burns spoke highly of Greer,
stating he was a very quiet fellow,
dependable and Trustworthy and
that he was very much devoted to
Miss Nor1nand.
Miss Purviance In q statement to-
day declared she met Dimes a year
ago, and while they were more or
less" engaged, Dimes had never
given her an engagement ring. She
admitted she was very fond of him.
Miss Purviance is said not to have
slept since the shooting, and was on
the verge of illness today as re.
suit.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-03
PRESS GERMAN CLAIMS
OR LOSE, IS WARNING

Warning that many American
claims against Germany, now being
Adjusted before the Mixed Claims
Commission, are going to be dis
missed because Of lack Of sufficient
proof, was issued today by the
American agent, Robert w.
Bonynge. A
He blamed dilatory tactics by
LAWYERS for American claimants,
ana warned that responsibility for
lost claims win have % b borne by
the claimanta.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-03
1s,as6,Ooo Use Electricity.

The total number Of purchasers
q electricity for lighting and power
purposes throughout the United
states ON December 81, 1898, win be
at least 15,S56,OOO. This is an in
crease for the year Of over 1,500. 900.
for the major portion q this In
egonsA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-03
ELECTRIC HAIR DRIERs
INSTALLED IN SCHOOL

. The wildly high school of Water
bury. Conn.,. Is credited with being
the first school in the country to
install a unit system OF electric hair
driers for the dressing rooms con.
nected with the school swimming
pool
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-03
vE...l.che. neon, el,.a, ColAa

Hendnchen Frosn NIIeht CoIds.
Cha Headache b. earing ths Cold. a tonic
laxative and asEm Destroyer. The bon boau
- s,ualu1o = = ~ oBssA ooa-A16
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-03-08
Wants Roadways Made Safe
and Sane.


The jefferson County Union, II.
L. Hoard's well-known newspaper
published at Fort Atkinson, has
started a compaign for what the
editor declares is "a safe and sane
roadway"
Editor Hoard's greatest objection
to the present roadway is the
cuivert end-walls, which he declares
are death traps for travellers" He
would have the culvert end-walls
placed at the line fences. He would
also have the deep bitches or
''moats' eliminated, claiming that
the narrow culverts and deep bitches
are a menace to the safety of the
traveller His idea of perfect road
is one that also has crushed rock
next to the concrete with gravel be-
tween the rock and the line fence
Another feature embodied in his safe
and sane roadway is a by-path for
pedestrians wherever the expense
warrants it.
Editor Hoard was prompted to
take up the 'cudgel in favor of saner
roadways after the Fort Atkinson
fire engine was wrecked and three
persons killed. While responding
to an alarm the fire engine got off
the concrete, struck culvert end
wall and was wrecked.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-03-08
HURLEY TEAM
IN TOURNEY
High School Basket Ball Team Will
Enter District Tournament al
Ashland Next Week.

Coach Roy Melvin announced
yesterday that the Hurley high
school basket ball team would enter
the district tournament to be held at
Ashland next week Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday.
Other teams sure of positions in
the tournament are Ashland, Nelson
Dewey, Superior Central, Bayfield,,
Ondossogon and Hayward Mellen
and Butternut were scheduled to play
this week, the winner to play Wash
burn to determine which team shall
fill the list of entries for the tourna-
ment, there being but one vacancy.
The team winning first place will
be presented with gold medals,
second place with silver medals and
third place with bronze medals. In
addition to the medals the winner
of first place will receive a silver
basket ball as a school trophy.
Individual prizes will be given for
the best all-around guard, center
and forward, and for the highest
number of successful free throws.
The team displaying the best sports
manship on the floor will be given a
prize, as will also the team making
the best appearance.