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Evening star., 1925-07-24
FLEET PARADE STAND
COLLAPSES; 113 HURT
Some Seriously injured in Mel
bourne Watching United States
Sailors From Theater.

MELBOURNE, Australia, July "a
One hundred and thirteen persons
were injured, some seriously, when
the veranda of a motion picture thea
ter collapsed during parade of sail
ors of the visiting American fleet to.
day. No one was killed and none of
the American sailors was hurt.
A record crowd turned out to wei
come the visiting bluejackets and
many hundreds of people crowded
onto the veranda cheering enthusias
tically. without warning the veranda
gave way and the spectators were
plunged in heap. The theater was on
Bourke street
Evening star., 1925-07-24
$4,000 STRIKE IN MILLS.

BRADFORD, England, July "a CED.-
A shutdown in the wool textile in
dustry over wage disputes affecting
1876 900 workers occurred here today
Free-for-all fighting occurred al
Barker End Mills, where many girl
workers whose wages have not been
reduced stuck to their posts. A
crowd of 200 girls from other con
Germs marched upon the mill and de
manded that all workers leave. The
doors were stormed and some of the
employees inside the buildings were
attacked, but the ~olice stopped hos
tilities before there were any casual
ties
Evening star., 1925-07-24
Alimony Dodger, r., Is Going Free
After Serving Three Years in Jail

g Finally the county solicitor de-
clared the taxpayers no longer
cared to support Meeker and moved
for his release. Now he won't have
to pay, and the litigation is ended.
Says Meeker of jail life:
"It was great in there. had a
fine time; had soft jobs; they treat
ed me like a star boarder. / had
all the freedom I wanted-more
freedom. 1 should say, than I
would have as a married man. 1
could go any place I wanted to-"
He likes the Jail so well that he's
going to work there for pay,
Evening star., 1925-07-24
FOUR GIRLS DIE IN FALL.
Riding Freight Conveyor as Lark
When Gable Breaks.

BERLIN, July "a H.-Four girls
were killed and young man was hurt
seriously today near Rastatt, Baden,
by the fall of an overhead freight con-
veyer in which they were riding as
a lark.
The conveyor was suspended from
an overhead steel cable running be-
tween two industrial plants for the
carrying of cement and other ma
terials. The young people slipped into
the car as it was about to start.
About midway the cable broke and
they We're dashed to the ground.
Evening star., 1925-07-24
SCOTT FO|LS ROPE
AGAIN WHEN SANITY
PROBE IS ORDERED
Stay Granted at Midnight
After Plea for Reprieve
Had Been Denied.
NOT CRAZY, HE ASSERTS,
THEN SAYS MOT NORMAL
Report That Brother, Accused as
Actual Slayer, Was on Way to
Chicago, Proves Hoax.
BY the Associated Press.

by the AsSOCaaten Press.
CHICAGO, July 24.-Russell Scott
early today escaped the gallows for
the second time within a week.
The former Canadian financier.
twice reprieved from paying the su-
preme penalty for the murder of
Chicago drug clerk in a holdup, lodged
the moose for the third time less than
four hours before he was to have
been executed. when Circuit Judge
Joseph B. David granted a stay Of
execution pending a hearing into his
sanity.
A week ago, six hours before Scott
was to hang, Gov. Small granted
one weeks reprieve, which expired
this morning. Judge David, called out
of bed a few hours before the time
for the execution, convened a special
session of court and granted the stay
after Gov. Small and the State Board
of Pardons and Paroles last night at
Springfield refused further clemency.
Had Abandoned Hope.
This morning the gallows trap, set
for springing a week ago, stood with
out it's victim and jail officials who
| had left it standing during the week
OF grace were CONSIDERING ulSindHLllIlS
it. The sanity hearing will be August
3, Judge David saidS Scotts escape
from death today, like that a week
ago, came after he and his relatives
had virtually abandoned hope. Thomas
Scott. his father, had called at the
Jail three hours previously to bid him
last farewell, the second such visit
in week.
Mrs. Catherine Scott, his faithful
wife, who for weeks fought to obtain
a Communication, played what she be
lieved TO be her final card in Spring
field, where she appeared before the
Pardon Board, and when the stay was
granted was rushing from Springfield
to Chicago by automobile to bid her
husband farewell almost at the min
ute of his execution. She arrived
TO find the court action stopping the
hanpino
Evening star., 1925-07-24
COOKS HEALTH FAILING.
Self-Styled Pole Finder May Not
Live Through Prison Term.

SAN FRANCISCO, July "a Op).-
w. I. Biddle, warden of the Federal
penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kans.,
who is visiting here, said today that
DIR. Frederick Cook, self-proclaimed
discoverer of the North Pole, who is
an inmate of the prison, is in such
a bad mental and physical state that
he may never finish his term.
Cook is serving a sentence of from
| to IA years for oil stock frauds.
He has become an expert at needle.
work.
Evening star., 1925-07-24
AUTO DEATHS DROP;
IS HERE IN YEAR
Annual Report Shows Nine
Less Than Preceding IL
Months Period.

Automobile accidents claimed only
70 lives in Washington during the
fiscal year ended June 80, as com.
pared with 80 deaths in the preceding
IL months, according to the annual
report of Inspector E. w. Brown
chief of the Traffic Bureau, filed with
Acting Supt. of Police Evans today.
The total number of deaths classed
as traffic accident fatalities was SO
for last year, as against l03 the
previous year, but these figures in.
clude deaths caused by vehicles of
all kinds, as well as automobiles.
Death Record.
The itemized death record for the
past fiscal year follows: Bicycles, 2;
motor vehicles, "a; street cars, 8;
steam railroads, /, and horse-drawn
vehicles, /. Total, Sc.
Inspector Brown reported that in
the Sc fatal cases the drivers in 13
of the grand jury and in 73 cases the
deaths were held to be accidental.
The record of how deaths were
divided in the fiscal year 1924 fol-
lows: Bicycles, 4; motor vehicles, 80;
steam railroads, 5; street railways, 8,
and other vehicles, 8. Total. 1O3.
Serious injuries remained about the
same, with a record of AZ in the fiscal
year 1925 and 46 in 1924.
Minor injuries in the last IL months
aggregated 2,987, against 2,772 the
preceding year, or a slight increase.
33,109 Traffic Arrests.
Inspector Browns report showed
the Traffic Bureau made a total of 33,-
109 arrests during the last fiscal year,
of which the outstanding groups were:
Speeding, 1851; light regulations,
2,262; colliding, 1,207; colliding and
failing to make self known, 335; driv-
ing while drunk, 1856; failing to show
permit, 1882 falling to have a per-
NIT, 1,270; parking abreast, 1879;
parking overtime, 1908, and passing
a signal, LIPS.
Accompanying the report of Inspec-
tor Brown was a memorandum from
Lieut. Maurice Collins recommending
that all cabs for hire be required to
use meters. He also suggested that
more hack stands be established to
eliminate the practice of hackers
standing at other than designated
points while waiting for customers.
Evening star., 1925-07-24
By the Associated Press.

NEW BRUNSWICK. N. j., July
24.-Jonathan T. Meeker, 72-year-
old alimony dodger, will soon be
free from the Middlesex County
jail, where he has been imprisoned
three years for failure to pay his
wife $12 week. The litigation be-
tween the couple has covered 33
years, and many of the judges and
counsel who have been connected
with 1t have long since died.
Meeker had stated consistently
be would not pay the alimony.
Evening star., 1925-07-24
Great Fire Rages
In Danish Harbor;
Ships Endangered
BY the Associated Press


LONDON, July 24.-An Exchange
Telegraph Agency message states a
great fire is raging in the new har-
Dor of Odense, Denmark. Four
warehouses and a number of ships
are in danger. Thousands of tons of
grain are burning. The military
forces have been called out.
The confiagration has spread to
coal stacks on the wharves. Fall
ing warehouse walls have greatly
handicapped the fire fighters.
Evening star., 1925-07-24
Mrs. Wilson Going to Geneva.

GENEVA, July "a OP.-Mrs. Wood
row Wilson, who is now staying in
Venice, is expected to visit Geneva in
September and be the guest of friends
who have taken a villa here
Evening star., 1925-07-24
Buses to Supplant Cars.

MERIDIAN, Miss, July "a R.-
Meridian voted yesterday to substitute
motor busses for street cars, in spe-
cial election held on the proposition,
by a vote Of l.157 to Big --
Evening star., 1925-07-24

tU. s. Weather Bureau Forecast)
Fair tonight; tomorrow partly
cloudy and slightly warmer.
Tempera ratures-Highest, 81, at AIS
pm. yesterday; lowest, 81, at 5:45 am.
today.
Full report on page T.
Evening star., 1925-07-24

Continued on Page 2, Column ~
The Washington times., 1925-12-02
MONT GOMERY
CITIZEN IS
DEAD
George 1. Crawford Succumbs
to Heart Attack at
His Home

ROCKVILLE, Nd, Dec. a.
George L. Crawford, well.known re-
tired farmer and longtime resident
Of the county, died suddenly at his
home in Gaithersburg yesterday
aged seventy-eight years. He was
stricken shortly after arising and
died before the arrival OF a
physician.
Heart disease is given as the
cause Of death.
Mr.. Crawford is survived by his
wife, formerly Miss Case, OF this
county, a daughter, Miss Lola
Crawford, and three sons, Howard,
Luther and George Crawford, all
Of this county.
Charles T. Nichols, Joseph c.
Nichols and Archie McCleary, young
Baltimoreans, were found not guilty
by a Jury in the Circuit Court here,
of entering the home OF Richard
L. watkins, near Clarksburg, this
county, last August and stealing
articles Of apparel and other things:
The Nichols boys are hephews OF
Mr.. Watkins and the chief witness
against them was their brother
Hugh Nichols.
The contention Of the State was
that while Mr.. Watkins and his
family were visiting the Nichols
nome in Baltimore, the defendants
motored to his home and COM
mttted the robbery. Alibis were
established.
The Washington times., 1925-12-02
MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY
ELECTS IT'S OFFICERS

Election of Congressman Louis
A. rockingham, of Massachusetts,,
as president, and John Hays Ham
mond, as vice president of the
Massachusetts Society Of Washing
ton, was announced today.
Other new officers are Miss Har.
riet M. Cheney, treasurer; George
A. Herman, secretary, and Frederick
w. Carpenter, chairman Of the ex-
ecutive committee. The elections
took place last night at a meeting
in the Washington Club, Seven
teenth and K streets northwest.
The Washington times., 1925-12-02
ARCHBISHOP IS GIVEN
ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME

CHICAGO, Dec. 2.-Archbishop
John Cieplak, who once faced a
Bolshevik firing squad in Russia
rather than forsake his faith, has
been receiving an enthusiastic well
come in Chicago.
Police reserves have been called
out twice to quell crowds seeking
to hear him speak.
The Washington times., 1925-12-02
SCIENTISTS TO SEARCH
FOR SECRETS OF YOUTH

VIENNA. Dec. ITO fight
premature old age and to promote
regeneration, a corporation has
been formed here to inaugurate
regeneration research institute.
A large estate has been purchased
on the outskirts Of Vienna and re-
search workers from many nations
have promised their aid.
The Washington times., 1925-12-02

Alice Crutchfield, colored. of Rock
vile, convicted by a jury in the
circuit court here of violating the
local option law OF the county, was
sentenced by Judge Robert Il. Peter
to ninety days in the county Jail.
The Washington times., 1925-12-02
SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
Is SEEKING MEMBERS

xhe monthly meeting of the Dis
trict of Columbia Public. School As
sociation viii be held at o'clock
this evening in the board room OF
the District Building.
The Washington times., 1925-12-02

land. three miles from Rockville,
how he could suspend himself by his
neck from rafter in the house
without hurting himself. He over
did the thing, however, and his
death resulted by a broken neck.
The Washington times., 1925-12-02
One hundred and thirty-fivo neigh.

One hundred and thifty-fivO neigh
borhood organizations are enrolled
with the association, each having g
delegate and alternative to attend
the meetings. Efforts are being
made to have the rest Of the cltlf
zens' associations, parent-teacher as
sociations and trade bodies join.
The Washington times., 1925-12-02

Licenses have been issued by the
clerk OF the circuit court here for
the marriage of John e. Magee,
thirty. one, of, Takoma Park, Md.
and Miss Mildred K. Lee, twenty
five, of Washington, AMI Kenyon
L. Cornish, twenty-five, AMI Miss
Emma B. Brown, twenty-five, both
of Washington.
The Washington times., 1925-12-02

Milford B. Curtis, a fourteen year
old negro boy, attempted to show
some children in his home at Sco:-
The Washington times., 1925-12-02

s. c., ana Miss Aida r.. Dawson, of
Potomac. Va, were married in Rock
Vile by the Reverend w. B. Taylor.
retired Christian minister, a: the
home OF the clergyman.
The Washington times., 1925-12-02

wade II. Sanders. of Spartanbtrg.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-01
Announce Colby
Players to Make
Providence Trip

Especial to the Kennebec Journa)
Waterville, Me-, Sept. 3O.-Coach
Eddie Roundy today announced the
names of those Colby men who will
be taken on the trip to Providence
next Saturday when they tackle the
husky Brown University aggregation.
The list as published yesterday in
cludes the following men:
Ends, Smith, Potter, Fielder, CAL
laghan, Gould; tackles, Captain
Keith. Heal, Nee, Tufts, West
guards. Peacock, Cowing, Lombard;
centers. O'Donnell, Caulfield, Calm |;
quarterbacks, Macpherson, Erick-
son. Flaherty; halfbacks, Mathers,
johnson, Saucier, MacLean, Snow;
fullbacks, Drummond, Rogers.
Manager Parker and Trainer Ed
wards will also accompany the team
as well as Coach Roundy.
The team will leave at about
o'clock Friday morning and will
make the trip in BUSES. Twenty
six players will be taken on the
trip,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-01
GAME B0UNT|FUL
REPORT the WARDENS
HUNTERS ARE COMING

Portland, Me-, Oct. Reports
coming in from the State Wardens,
Guides and Camps in Northern
Maine indicate that wild game Is
more bountiful this year than ever
before, and that everything points to
a banner year for the huntsman.
Nearly every section Of the state re-
ports more deer than have been seen
in the last six years.
Most of the camps have already
been nearly booked up for the influx
of hunters from all over New Eng
land and The Eastern states, some
bookings being made from as far
West as Chicago.
A check up of the various hunting
regions in the State by the State De-
partment of Inland Fisheries and
Game shows that deer are plentiful
and are showing up as well as they
did in the old days. This is ascrib-
ed to the fact that the wild cats that
drove them away have gradual y
been diminished and have practical
ly left many of the deer regions.
The open season for deer is from
Oct. 16 to Nov. 80 inclusive with a
few exceptions where it runs from
Nov. / to 80. There is no open sea-
son for moose in the State. This
also includes open season Tor hare,
rabbit, gray squirrel, grouse, par
fridge, woodcock, pheasant in the
town of Poland only, Duck, goose,
brant, snipe, coot. black bellied and
golden plovers and yellowlegs.
Reports from the various regions
show: In Washington County, excel
lent woodcock, the covers to be found
in Cherryfeld, Deblois and vicinity,
also good partridge and duck shoot
ing. Scores of deer can be seen
daily and few bear; in the Range
ley Region plenty of deer and birds;
in the Moosehead Region, deer and
birds plentiful. especially around
Jackman; in the Aroostook County
Region prospect for deer and birds
better than ever before, twenty deer
counted in one morning on just one
lake; in the Dead River Region,
birds and deer plentiful, especially
cartridges, in spite of the wet wea-
Their, in the Svicinity. of Tim, Maine
reports more deer than in the past
| six years.
Many of the private camps are
already filled throughout the hunting
regions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-01
COburn End Is
Injured Scrimmage,
Out of Colby Game

Especial to the Kennebec JournaD
Waterville. Sept. 30-Bill Druehl,
captain and star end of the Coburn
football team, suffered a broken nose
in the practice scrimuage this after
noon and it is believed that he will
be unable to get into the game
against the Colby second team Fri
day afternoon. Druehl had his in
jury treated Immediately and the
doctor ruled that he keep off the field
for a few days to come.
The tackle positions on the team
have virtually been secured by Bob
Violette of this city and Lloyd Mas
ters of Arlington, Mass. Violette, al
though he lacks the weight of Mas
ters, makes up for it in his fight and
the latter. who has had much pre-
Vious experience and who tips the
scales at more than zoo will be as
good as invincible against opposing
tackles.
A definite lineup for Fridays
contest will not be given out by
Coach Haines until the eve of the
game. The workout tomorrow will
be light and there will be an inten-
sive blackboard drill.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-01
Tribute To Youth
In Harris Position

Washington, Sept. 30. - tAP)
Stanley Raymond (Bucky) Harris 20
wears old, leads his Washington sen
ators into their second WORLDS Sc
RES on Oct. I in Pittsburgh-a etrl-
butte to youth and playing managers
When Bucky captured the Amer
team League flag in 1924 many close
followers of the game were OF the
opinion that either the team carried
Harris through or that ne was
"lucky". But when the series for the
world title came, the youth matched
wits with one of the games Oldest
and most renowned managers. John
J. McGraw of the New York Giants
and the youth won.
Harris never has been a remark
able player but there is something
about his leadership that attracts
veteran and recruit as well and at all
times he is prepared to receive and
consider the advice of those who
comprise the backbone of his club
johnson, Peckinpaugh, Rice and Cos
lin. Washington, however, may ex-
pect well turned afternoon always
from it's second baseman. He is an
expert fielder and dangerous bats
man and has developed into one of
TIL best pivot men of baseball.
The Senator leaders career began
in rittston, Pa. in 1915. at the age of
IS. He is a native Of Port Jervis,
n. Y. In 1916 Hughey Jennings of
Detroit gave the youngster trial at
Detroit Within a month he went to
Scranton of the New York State
League, and thence to Muskegon,
Mich. where he played third base
and had a batting record of .166.
Norfolk. Va. had him in 1917, but
on May 80 he became member of
the Reading club in the Information
al League. He played 20 games and
hit for $50. The following year
found him with Buffalo, playing
Short stop and second base in So
contests and batting for .241. In 1919
with Buffalo he became one of the
InternationaPs best infielders and in
creased his hitting figures to .2S2. IT
was on Aug. of that year that the
Senators obtained him.
In 1921 and 1922 Harris participant
ed in every game with the Senators,
hitting for .289 and 1853. In 1928 he
had an average of .2S2 and in 1924
his mark was .26S.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-01
That Ponosed Like Safe Bet Dempsey
Opposing Infelds
Worlds Series Teams
Best Present Day Ball

New York, Sept. 3O.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press)-The foremost two in
fields combinations Of present day ma
jor league ranks will bear much of the
brunt of the worlds series battle.
Defensively, the Senators-Judge
Stan Harris, Peckinpaugh and Bluege
have a more consistent record be-
hind them. besides the advantage of
having their mettle tested in the fire
of last falls championship conflict,
but on the attack the advantage is
with the Pittsburgh quartet-Grant-
ham or McInnis at first, Moore at Sec
ond, Wright at short and Traynor on
third.
Batting records for the season show
all five of these Pirates we'll beyond
the 800 mark, all figuring as main
cogs ir the clubs attack besides meas
urlng I'D to their defensive response
bilities. Only Judge and his first base
understudy, Joe Harris, are in the
charmed hitting circle among the SEN
ators. but the averages do not reveal
the ability Of coming through in the
pinch as possessed by Stan Harris and
Peck. Their bats were mightiest in
the critical moments of the last
worlds series.
Washington has the older and more
experienced combination, STEADY
smooth working and always rising 10
it's best in, the emergency. If the SEN
ators are to be given any edge over
their rivals at all they are entitled
to it on these points, in the opinion OF
most observers.
The keystone combination OF Peek
and Harris has few rivals in the game
TODAY for smartness and all-arouno
ability. Bluege's remarkable ground
covering ability helps this pair SET
double-play pace unexcelled in e1ther
league. Last fall the Senators set a
new worlds series record with ~
double plays.
The Pirates infield array is younger
and more spectacular, particularly oi'
its left wing, where Wright and tray
nor are a sparkling pair, but at times
thew also have shown cratic tenden-
cies. Wright, incidentally, has leo al
his teammates in driving In runs loi
two successive seasons.
Comparisons on the right side OF the
infield, however, are not favorable 10
the Pirates, for Moore does not meas
ure I'D to the versatile standard SET
by Harris, while neither Mc1nnis nor
Grantham is as polished in handing
his position as Judge.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-01
SK0WHEGAN WILL
Invade CAPITAL
CITY SATURDAY

Every football fan in town is saw
ing his money for the first home game
of the Cony eleven, to be played on
Williams Field Saturday. The local
high school won handily from Morse
last Saturday and is confident of plac-
ing a big black mark against Skowhe-
gans win column, and the Somerset
aggregation is just as confident that
if there's any marking done the Cony
outfit will be the unluczy one.
Skowhegan. always snappy, scrap
py outfit and especially formidable
against Cony, apparently hasn't slowed
up to any great extent in the past two
seasons, and last year and the year
before they smeared the Red and
White jerseys in the dust and dirt OF
well-earned victory. Led by Otis
Johnson, a former Cony lad. the in
vaders are coming with decisive win
over Camden to their credit.
The locals in practice this week
have shown a sweeping offensive and
a stubborn defense, and those who fol-
low the game say that with their full
strength Cony shapes up as one OF the
balanced outfits to be seen in high
school circles this year. The team let
loose with a vengeance yesterday aft
ernoon and treated the bystanders to
an exhibition of carrying the ball over
the line. Stiles mixed the plays IN a
manner which would have done credit
to a college pilot and the backs plung-
ed through the line and around the
ends formany and substantial gains
and scored at will on the second team.
Soule, star end on the team, is out
of practice with a bad cold and 1t is
not known whether or not he will be
able to play Saturday. In. case he is
unable to appear Coach Pierce has sew
eral capable ends in Bradstreet. Nick
less. Lishness and several others.
The team plays very few home
games this year and so will not be
in a position to make any money dur
ing the season. A good attendance,
both from students and townspeople,
will tend to produce better effort from
| the players. A record crowd should
greet the team in it's first appearance
at Williams Field for the season sat
| urday.