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Evening star., 1926-11-17
MRS. GIBSON HELD
ABLE to- TESTIFY
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not propped up at the foot Of Hall,
but was found some dista nee from the
body, probably dropped they will
allege. by the person who robbed Rev.
Mr.. Halls body either during or after
the murder.
Henry Stevens will have at least
four witnesses called to hack up his
alibi that he was fishing or in his
home at Lavallette in Ocean County
at the time Of the Staying
Mrs. Mary Demarest s testimony
that she saw Stevens in New Bruins.
| wick the morning of September Is.
the day after the murder. when
Stevens says he was still in I.avallette
will be met with the rejoinder that
! Mrs. Demarest may have seen
Stevens double
The defense will call To the stand
| DIR. John F. Anderson. connected with
the laboratory of Rutgers College.
who resembles Stevens. to say that
he was in his automobile al Albany
| and George Streets. New Brunswick
! on his way to college at the time Mrs
Demarest says she saw Stevens. The
street corner mentioned is the place
| where Mrs. Demarest says she saw
| Stevens in his auto.
Henry Stevens will also say thai
| he never knew of the existence ol
! Mrs. Mills before he read Of tbs
murder and that he WAS quite un
aware that his brother-in-law wa,
mixeXd up in love affair with z
! choir singer
| Henry L. Dickman's testimony thai
he was given a $4,000 hribe by Prose
| cutor Azariah Beekman to get ou
| of the State at the time he was the
lone hand" Hall-Mills investigate,
will be called unreliable and unsup
ported.
Miss Jennie Lenfort, now Mrs
| Waller who was with Robert Ehrl
| ing on the auto ride September IA
1922 when he says he saw Mrs. Jane
| Gibson on her mule in De RusSey's
iane will testify il is expected, tha,
Ehrlins was mistaken.
Ehrlins said he heard no shots oi
screams such as were testified to ny
other witnesses. but that he saw Mrs
Gibson on her mule.
Mrs, Wahler is expected to say that
she was with Ehrling all the time and
hat she saw nothing Of the kind.
Ira Nixon's testimony that Elijah
Soper told him four years ago that he
had seen Mrs Hall and her brothers
Willie and Henry. in the murder lane
on the night Of the crime will be
pointed to AS unsupported aho
strangely shielded for four years.
Mrs. Nixon is 10 he summoned to
ths-stand 10 say ihai IN ~ fhs tout
Evening star., 1926-11-17
HALL SENT TO PRISON.
Sentenced for Larceny From Mer-
chants in Boston,

BOSTON. November II R1.--Toseph
Hall %. of Edgartown. was sent to
the Concord reformatory for an In
definite sentence yesterday for lar
cenv, but he carried with him the stubs
of two precious foot ball tickets which
he said were given him by Presi-
dent Coolidge on the strength OF
his family connections. Beyond the
exhibited stubs, the Boston police
have made no effort to check on his
story of an audience with the Presi-
dent and concerned themselves only
with the presentation of charges OF
the larceny of goods valued at $1.50o,
by false pretenses, from Boston mer-
chants.
Hall pleaded guilty to these charges
and to larceny of an automobile under
similar conditions and accepted SEN
tence He was arrested in Raleigh.
y. G.
Concerning his occupancy of the
presidential box, Hall said he was In
Washington. on October 30. with a
girl friend and had no tickets to the
Navy-Michigan game. SO he went 10
the White House, he said. ana Presl-
dent Coolidge, remembering members
of his family, gave him two tlckels'
sent a secret service man to Baltimore
with MIN ana OHeIeu Tue u"0 VI an "
tomobile. Hall said he declined the
last. because he had the car which ne
admitted stealing. The White House
tickets placed him in box with GOV.
Ritchie and a high naval official.
The police said that Hall lived high
in New York as we'll as in Washing
ton: that he charged foot ball tickets
at the University Club and cut a wide
swath on several golf links.
On arrival in Boston. Hall was well
dressed and carried a golf bag slung
over his shoulder.
Reuben Hall, Edgartown merchant,
a brother of Joseph. said that there
were charges pending against the
Younger man in Albany. He said that
as soon as Joseph had served his SEN
tence in this State. he would take
steps to have the Albany case pressed.
II never want to see him again as
long as he lives" Reuben Hall said.
Evening star., 1926-11-17
BERNARD NELMS' DEATH
TOBE INVESTIGATED
Brother of Late D. c. Minister
Killed by Fall From Hotel
Window in Florida.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
WEST PALM BEACH. Fla. No
vember IA coroner's inquest will
he held today over the body of Ber-
nard Nems. 50. who met death here
Yesterday when his body hurtled
through the air from the ninth floor
of an office building to the pavement
below.
Sheriff's Deputy w. Fl. Lawrence.
who conducted an investigation. and
close friends Of Mr.. NelmS expressed
the conviction that his death was due
to a fall from the window caused by a
fainting spell, which seized him after
entering the office of his attorney.
Mr.. Nelms formerly was resident
of Newport News. Va, where broth
er, w. J. Nelms, now resides.
Mr.. Nelms was also brother Of the
late Rev. DR.. J. Henning Nelms. for
merly rector of the Silver Spring par.
ish in Maryland, who died two years
ago A nephew, Henning &. Nelms.
resides here.
Evening star., 1926-11-17
'REV. DR.. TUPPER STRICKEN

Rev. DR.. Henry Allen Tupper, for
mer pastor of First Baptist Church.
at Sixteenth and O streets. now d
resident of Philadelphia, suffered a
stroke of paralysis while at the
Merchants Bank and Trust Co.,
Southern Building, today.
He was In emi-conSCious CON
dition when taken to Emergency Hos
pital in the ambulance. DR.. F. Ernest
Mitchell was summoned to attend
him. 1t was said at the hospital later
in the day that his condition was
slightly improved.
The largest lake in Europe Is Lake
l4aduka in Russia.
Evening star., 1926-11-17
SLAYER'S BODY FOUND.
Special Dispatch TO The Star

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
PERRYN1IIE. Md. November
11.-While the sheriff was in Phila-
delphia yesterday following a due TO
the whereabouts of William Whirley.
sought since June for the Staying of
Arthur Armel here. Whirleys body
was found floating in the Shena ndoah
River. The body was badly decom-
posed but showed evidence that
Whirley had been shot.
An inquest Is being held today.
Evening star., 1926-11-17
School Boys and Girls Will Witness
Christening of Hi-Boy and Dot Tomorrow

the other strange birds and beasts
which he brought back from East
Africa The two children whose names
were selected for the giraffes. Mildred
Smith and Herbert Martyr. jr.. will
be presented $40 In gold. one award
Of $40 and one Ut S. will be given.
Then there viii begl3 new silver dol
lars for the others.
Besides the brass plates containing
the names Of the eiraffes and those
who named them will be placed on
the cage.
Evening star., 1926-11-17

HiBoy and Dot will be christened
tomorrow.
The Is school boys and girls who
won awards because OF the merit of
their suggestions for names for the
two baby giraffes in the contest which
was conducted by The Evening Star
will gather by the big cage at the
north end Of the birdhouse at ) pm.
There they will be met by DR.. VIII
liam NJ. Mann. superintendent Of the
Zoo. who will introduce them Ia Hi
Roy and Dot aud afterwara. show them
Evening star., 1926-11-17
VIII Confer With Brown.

Mr.. Gibson asked Mai. Donovan re.
garding what he thought would he the
hest agency to make a scientific study
of the District government to bring
about such coordination. He asked
II the United States Bureau OF Eff
cheney could do this work. The sub.
committee Is to confer with Herbert
u. Brown, chief of that bureau on the
question.
The question of suffrage for the
Distrir was discussed. and Maj. Dono-
van declared emphstically that he is
not in favor of local suffrage. Repre-
sentative Houston empha sized that II
is incongruous that In the Nation g
Capital a half million people have no
voice or vote in the handling Of their
common business. and said he was in
sympathy with suggestions made to
correct this situation.
1t was brought out that the right Of
suffrage is closely connected with a
settlement Of the fiscal relations. since
the right Of suffrage. both local and
national. was taken over by Congress
in 1878, when the $3.50 plan Of financ
ing the National Capital was adopted.
Evening star., 1926-11-17

Among the fisher folk OF Brittany
maidens wives and widows each have
their own distinctive colors for their
shawls.
Evening star., 1926-11-17

ordination throughout the District
Building. He illustrated that there
are now two group departments. first.
the board of public welfare. which
cordinates all charitable, huma nita :
rian. elimosinary and corrective insti-
tutions, and second. the engineer de
partment, which Is one Of public
works Then the rest of the District
government is d series Of bureaus.
Giving specific illustration Of how fur
ther coordination could be effected,
the auditor suggested department
of finance, which would include as
sessment. collection of taxes. pur-
cha SEES, preparati ton of the budget and
the work of the auditors office.
Evening star., 1926-11-17
AVENUE TRIANGLE
TOBE USED FOR U. S.
BUILDING PROGRAM

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MURDER is VERICT.
OF C0RONER'S JURY
IN scRIvENER CASE

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The next witness was Mts Mar
KEY. Her testimony startedz with a
categorical series Of questitns and
answers from Coroner NeIitt and
her.
Did you know Arthur Scisvener?''
Yes"
"Iiow long did You know shim?"
Two and a halr or three Gears"
Did you know him quite we'll"
Yes
We're you ever engaged o him?'
II was
did yYu ever have any Ylisasrse
Evening star., 1926-11-17

ment with him prior to the time he
was found dead?"
No"
Miss Markey stated then that the
enga cement had been broken of as
far back as a year ago and that she
had attempted to return his ring
three times, but that he had stead
fastly refused to take 1t back until
the Monday before his death.
At the request of Corporation Conn
sci Ringgold Hart she described In de-
tail the attitude of Scrtvener and TN"
conversation upon that occasion.
Evening star., 1926-11-17

the administration or District affairs
by having the activities of the District
government grouped together. Ma j.
Donovan, in reply to a question. said
he did not know where the new public
utilities commission can be quartered
as the present District Building is
already overcrOWded.
Mr.. Gibson also put into the record
a statement that the cost of admins
tration and overhead would be greatly
reduced by housing all the District
activities in q municipal group. Mai
Donovan was asked to have dia gram
prepared showing how the , roposed
extension of the District Building
south to 4 street will At in with the
$50 600 900 Federal building program
already approved by Congress.
Land Price Growing.
The need for new buildings having
heen shown. Mr.. Gibson also put into
the record testimony showing that the
price of the land needed is rapidly in
creaslng. The squares new consid
cred could have been bought Il few
wears ago for $35U.U0O. whereas ioda ;,
they will cost at least Sta0.0O0. and
probably twice as much as soon as
the Federal buildings already an.
thorized are erected;
Mai. Donovan also put into the
record the law which prohibits The
District government from using
agents in the purchase of real estate
10 avoid having the price boosted.
The rea sons for moving the records
and nx ledgers from the collector s
office to the assessors Office were dis
cussed Maj. Donovan expressed the
opinion that this was very impor.
tant step in the interest Of efficiency
MIR. Houston then raised the ques
ton whether both the assessor and
collector should not properly have
their work co-ordinated into zone Office
for proper cooperation.
Mai. Donovan agreed with mem
bers Of the committee that there Is
considerable opportunity for such Co
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-07
HOW CONTROL

Drownings having become fire.
quent in Sweden the Government
has decided to require all children
to learn to swim.
A government like that may &C.
complish many reforms and not get
much of anywhere in the doing of it..
The people end in leaving the mat
ter of improvement to the Govern
ment. Meanwhile, however, Trey
may learn to swim, and that of
course Is useful.
Probably Sweden would not per-
NIT filling stations except at stated
intervals, whereas our country is all
Uttered up with them and the motor
lists are paying for them: make sure
of that every time you buy a gallon
or two Of gas.
II our Government undertook to
regulate the filling stations and hot
dog stands the cost Of supervision
would be more severe drain on the
taxpayer than Is the cost of too
many.
There might be some advantage In
Government management, the scenic
possibilities might not be so tortured
as at present. However, the better
habit for us, all things considered
is to control ourselves; we so may
more easily modify that control.
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PERMITTED TO WONDER

Pennsylvania has around four mill
lion citizens of voting age. These
the politicians evidently seek to
cultivate. There are, however,
States in this land of ours where the
politicians do not bother to cultivate
only a small percentage of the vot-
ers. The cause for this is that a
large number Of the people of voting
age are kept away from the polls.
Their complexion isn't satisfactory to
the powers that be in those States.
Possibly If the lid were wrenched off
those States the nature of their po-
litical interests would not be found
greatly different from that existing
in Pennsylvania. This. however,
would not make certain election
practises either legal or tolerable.
But 1T should turn ears away from
the bellowings of some of the high
placed politicians assuming to rep
resent the States Of curtailed suf-
frage.
There's Pat Harrison of MISSISSIPPI
pi, sub, on the verge Of apoplexy
from indignation over suffrage con-
ditions in Pennsylvania. Out of
Mississippi's voting population of
100000 the ebullient Pat received at
last election a grand total of 97,243
votes. Neither are candidates in his
State required to file list Of cam
paign expenditures. How much it
costs to keep most of the voters
away from the polls down in Missis-
sippi must so be left to the magma
ton.
Really it's getting so one may
wonder why any self-respecting per-
son, not wishing to die poor and
constituencies, should wish to run
for political Office in either Missis-
sippi or Pennsylvania.
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TURKEY MAY BECOME DIS
COURAGED

II is not inconceivable that
member of Congress as well as
other people is entitled sometimes to
as much of credit for what he
doesn't do as for what he does.
Congress should not be blamed for
all the proposed legislation that was
put over until next December. Post
ponement in some cases, we take
it. was a creditable performance.
Moreover the grist that came to the
congressional hoppers was beyond
human endurance.
There is considerable regret that
our country is left the difficult task
of explaining to Turkey why We've
fingered so long over the approval
of the treaty of Lausanne. For the
past five years the so-called repub-
lie in Turkey has been making
changes, which she might reason
ably suppose would not prejudice us
against her. The Turks have sep
arated church and state, adopted an
enlightened constitution, have done
away with religious courts, polyg-
amy and the harem. encouraged
both sexes to seek educational ad-
vancement and have sought treaty
and help from US.
Why they have not been accorded
this may well puzzle Turkey to I'M
derstand. Possibly she may give up
the quest in disgust. Such a situa-
ton would inure to the advantage
of neither Turkey nor the United
States.
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hour, the Niagara steamed across
kenduskeag bridge, and gave an
other exhibition in East Market
square. From until o'clock the
Niagara exhibited her capabilities as
a self -propelling steam carriage. She
traversed the streets in all directions,
except up the sleeper hills-drawing
a heavy omnibus full of people, and
apparently without additional effort.
AS a test of the practicability of run
ming steam carriages on common
roads, the exhibition was in every
way successful. 1t was fully demon
strated that the steamer could run
with ease on any of our streets IN
their ordinary condition-and in the
brief trial of speed it was shown that
upon hard and smooth gravel road
a rate of fifteen or twenty miles an
hour could be obtained. This speed
was made on a smooth section OF
Lime street and on slightly ascend
ing ground.
1T should be understood that the
engines built simply for locomotion--
the steam carriages proper-are Of
less weight than this self propelling
fire engine-in fact, about half the
weight-and can easily run up an
ascent equal to the Hammond street
hill"
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is rendered smartly by trained
musicians. Again, it is in three
four time, which relieves it of the
jigging march step that so detracts
from the anthems of other nations.
In the opening phrase there is
something almost Wagnerian; it
bursts on the ear with a never-fail-
ing freshness, and one snaps to at
tention as automatically as if a Top
Sergeant had barked. After this i'm
petuous beginning, it lapses into lyric
tenderness on those notes beginning
And the rockets red glare" Here
one does not feel a cheap gloat over
the flag but a real affection for it;
and it is with a sigh of relief that
one learns that "our flag was still
there" Then comes the triumphant
finale. This would be bit red
white and -blueish were it not for the
custom of playing it against the roll
of a drum, which adds a solemnity
not supplied by the notes themselves.
When the final high note is reached,
if good hand is playing, one has a
feeling of real eXaltation.
The move to substitute Columbia,
the Gem of the Ocean" was simply
silly.
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MONTVHLE

Mrs Carrie Mehuren, who was the
guest of her son, Harold Mehuren, in
Liberty last week, has returned home.
A. NJ. Kent of Clinton was in town
Thursday.
Dewey Hall, who works in Lowell.
Mass, came home Saturday to pass
the Fourth with his parents, Mr., and
Mrs. T. l. Hall; he was accompanied
by Mr.. and Mrs. Pickett, Frank and
Priscilla Pickett and Mr.. and Mrs.
sargent, all of Lowell, Mass.
Orrett +. Robinson and Perry F.
Shibles are attending summer school
at the U. of NJ.
Quite a number of relatives ana
friends went to Unity Saturday aft
ernoon to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Willis Waning.
Stillman White, Charles Colby. Asa
Han and j. r. Nutter went to Pema-
quld saturday to stop over the Fourth
of July.
Mr. and Mrs. George Miles and son
OF Natertown, Mass, We're guests in
town over the Fourth of Mr.. and Mrs.
Nathan S. Vose and other relatives.
MISS Eleanor Choate of Belfast, who
was the guest of her cousin. Miss
Marie jackson, over the Fourth. has
returned home.
Mrs. Mark l.. Howard and son
George, and daughter Willena, were
In Richmond the past week, visiting
her niece, Mr.. and Mrs. Sandy Kings
bury and family.
Perley Thurston has gone to Old
orchard to pass. the summer.
Mr.. Payson and party of Randlett's
rond visited Mr.. and Mrs. Will Pullen
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Tenney and
family We're in Northport Monday
William D. Bowler of South Free
uom attended church at Halldale Sun
day morning.
Vernon Wormlight spoke at South
Montville church Sunday morning and
kev. Mr.. Lyons of Morrill, preached in
the afternoon a.
MARK l.. Howard was a business Wis
ltor at Thorndike Monday.
z. A. Bridges is building a store at
st. Georges Lake.
Mahlon Curtis of Boston. Mass is
passing his vacation in this vicinity
MRS. Grace Hutchins closed sue
cessful term of school at Halldalo
Inc average attendance for the tern,
mas been 1875. Those not absent a hale
day' Glenys Clark Joyce Clark. Alvin
rye, Ray Flye, Harland Wing and
Alueh Hutchlns. Mildred Flye missed
only one day.
MRS. lnez Hall who has been visit.
ing Mrs Newall White, has returnad
to her home in Belfast.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Whittan ron.
in Albion last week. "eie
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hurd md
daugnter' Miss Alice Hurd, went 70
harrington Monday. July S, to visit
I In daughters, Marcia and Nettie
school there.
Mr. ana Mrs Ralph w. Howard
We're in Freedom last week a'u
Miss Rosie Thompson Was .. A-r.
last week 1ioion
Rev. John Raven of Knox Rav e,
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DR.. THOMAS RE-NoMINATED

\ Those best acquainted with the
'efl1cient management of educational
affairs in Maine under DR.. Augustus
o. Thomas will, we FEEL certain. re-
gard his denomination by Governor
Brewster as fitting recognition of
valuable services rendered.
As always, there are those who
would not 'go away from home"
for administrators Of Names af-
fairs, but the great majority are
DESTROYS Of the best and realize that
often the outside viewpoint is pro-
ductive Of advantages. DR.. Thomas
had attained recognition as an able
executive In matters educational
back in 1917 when Governor
Milliken selected him for the posi-
fion and felt that he had been very
fortunate in securing such an ad-
ministrator.
Comparison will show marked
advancement especially in rural
school facilities since he came to
the position. He has inspired a
spirit Of cooperation that has
greatly helped. His abilities as an
organizer received wide recognition
in his election as the first president
of the World Federation of Educa-
tional Associations and has borne
excellent fruit in the up-building of
Names educational system.
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bridge Davis Of Appleton ana MT
French Of Somerviile held seIvice
ua1Idale church Sunday. morhihs'

NoRTH-Mr. and Mrs. Vern FDaan
and family from Lincoln, Mass, nav
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. waisel
Banton's and other relatives In 'hlS
section the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. william Sibley wers
IN Augusta on business last Tuesoay'
Emory Nutter, who attends Frmlns-
ton Normal school, was at nome Dat
urday and Sunday. x.,.,,1tt
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon WornIisns
were calling on friends in this seclion
last week as they were on their way
10 Freedom where Mr.. Wormlight mas
been engaged as principal OF Freeo0m
Academy for the coming year.
Stillman White, Charles Colby, Asa
Hall and ]. r. Nutter, all went 70
Pemaouid Beach Saturday for couple
of days outing.
Miss Elinora Choate from Belfast
10 visiting at Mr.. and Mrs. H. z. Jack
sons.
The many friends of Mrs. Emma
Rusher will be pleased to know that
she is slowly gaining.
Walter Colby and Linwood Nelson
were in Togus Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. J. w. Nutter and Mr:
and Mrs. Martin Written attended
meeting at South Montville Sunday.