Evening star., 1925-11-06
FLASHES OF LIFE

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK.-Rev. DIR. Charles
w. Dane. who stirred up a contro-
versy by forbidding dancing in the
church building. has been dropped
from the Congregational rolls at his
own request. He has become Pres
byterian.
TULSA, Okla. - Transcontinental
trains We're held up for two hours
while a freight locomotive raced TO
take an injured girl to a hospital.
NEW YORK.-William f. Jackson,
contractor, who was regarded as
white when he played foot ball at
Columbia. has admitted in an appli-
cation for a marriage license that
he Is a negro. Miss Helen Burns of
Bloomfield. \. J., white. is to marry
him, despite parental objections.
PORTLAND, Me.-The Benjamin
r. Packard, last clipper on the sea,
is saved from the junk pile. Theo-
dore Roosevelt Pell Of New York has
bought her for $12. 900 and will make
her a museum.
NEW YORK.-Peacock Alley at
the Waldorf. after being much puz-
zled, has decided that the hair of
Princess Asaka of Japan is not bob
bed. although il seems TO be. The
prince and princess have viewed the
CANYONS of Manhattan from the Wal
dorf roof and played golf at Rye.
INDIANAPOLIS. = Introduced as
ION his way to the presidency Vice
President Dawes jumped up with the
statement; II am not and never VIII
be a candidate for any such office. >
CHICAGO.-Senator Bergman OF
Stockholm, who is attending the
Anti Saloon League convention. has
IL Sr, hA
in a month.
NEW YORK-Leona Baldwin. who
raised a 2O-pound turkey, is bringing
it from Montpelier, Vt, and Presi-
dent Coolidge will help eat II at
Scout dinner Saturday.
NEW YORK-An issue Of Judge
burlesqueing Parisien periodicals has
been barred from the mails.
NEW YORK. - Herbert Fleish-
hacker. San Francisco banker, is
shooing away animal trainers an
swering an ad for men 10 run
zoo. He gave friends some alllgators
from Florida and they got even
LONDON.-The German Ambas-
sador has been entertained at dinner
at the French embassy. First time
since the war.
BRUSSELS. All pending cases
against German officers and soldiers
for wartime crimes in Belgium have
been quashed.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia
A railway car with an oil burner ana
an electric generator has smashed
records by going from Montreal 10
Vancouver, 2,e37 miles, in 67 hours.
RIO DE JANEIRO.-Theh health OF
John w Weeks has been much I'M
proved by his voyage from New
York.
DETROIT, Mich.-"I was awfully
mad and | meant to shoot her, but l
vas sorry as soon as l had done 1t, "
said 7.year-old Peter Sarfano after
he shot and probably fatally wound,
ed his sister, aged 5, who had called
him a monkey.
HAMMOND, Ind.-Hammond heard
that Gary was planning to annex
Munster and Highland, so she stole
a march on her sister city and voted
to annex the suburbs.
. MADISON. Wis.-Damages OF 5000
against a bootlegger who sold her
husband liquor that caused his death
were awarded Mrs. Carl Amble.
DENVER, Colo.-Basalt, little
town in the mountains to the west
is so prosperous II has asked the
State public utilities commission per
mission to provide water to its resi-
dents free of charge.
URBASA-"Hey, can't you read
that keep out sign?" barked Bill,
groundkeeper of Illinois Memorial
Stadium, when John Philip Sousa
tried TO peep inside the structure
during secret foot ball practice.