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the throne; whether her hopes can
be realized that Prince Nicholas can
become head of the .;ingdom; in
short, tt , question of who will retain
control. These problems she must
work out in the midst of all the ins
trigue an bargaining for which the
Balkans are famous.
With Marie on the Atlantic, the
book of her American tour is closed
and it is possible to review it and
take stock of the amazing events of
which the American public caught
only an occasional glimpse-events
which may be doubly interesting in
view Of the intrigues to come.
Queen Marie came to America for
several reasons. She wanted to see
the country; she wanted her son.
Nicholas, whom she is groomins for
the throne, to get a glimpse of af-
fairs In the Great Republic, and she
undoubtedly had an eye to the fu-
ture commercial or economic ad-
vantages to Roumania of having its
Queen well known and possibly well
liked by the American people and in
American governmental, social and
financial circles.
But a fourth, and perhar the
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primary reason, was her desire to
escape the involved political intrigue
Of Bucharest and allow her govern
ment faction to adjust affairs to her
satisfaction without the embarrasss-
ment of her presence.
Marie is the power behind the
throne. FERDINAND is king and she
has no official status, but she wields
the unseen scepter and, in the Amer
ican phrase. what she says, goes.
Best available information from
Bucharest indicated that it was de-
sirable for the queen to be absent
while her hand-picked premier. Aver
escu, rea.igned his forces for greater
strength. With the queen present,
she could be appealed to by those
who might suffer in the process, and
for many reasons she would have
to listen to the appeals.
The reasons for her abrupt re-
turn, at the request of tn, crown,
undoubtedly lay in the unpleasant
publicity over the squabbles which
marked her entire trip. All hands,
including the queen, felt she was
"losing face" and a return on the
good pretext of the kings illness was
advisable. What part the pMitical
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Two lumps Of coal.

Two Jumps OF coal.
That was all, but the two little
Jumps, picked up on the Nickel
Plate Railroad tracks, may give
Charles Dalton, 40, of 201S Hovey
ST new foothold in his struggle
with the old world, which, he says,
has been treating him meanly of
late.
This morning Dalton faced Munich
pal Judge Paul c. Wetter on a petit
larceny charge, because two detec-
tives of the railroad had foand him
picking up the coal to bring a little
heat to his home.
Life Not Pleasant
Life is not pleasant In this home
now. Mrs. Dalton has been ill and
the seven childen, all under eighteen,
have learned what it means to be
hungry.
For Dalton, according to his story
in court, has been unable to Sc
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ARMY, NAVY
Modified
ON GR|D|RON
Crowd of More Than 1O0,-
900 Expected to See
Today's Game.
CADETS EARLY CHOICE
Notre Dame Coach, How
ever, for Middies.
By Henry l.. Farrell

United Press Stdf COTreSDOHdent
SOLDIERS FIELD, CHICAGO.
Nov. 27.--A chill wind blowing
straight from Lake Michigan and a
warm sun which peeped out occa-
sionally from the clouds battled for
supremacy this afternoon as the
greatest crowd in football history
started gathering for the Army Navy
game.
When the sun succeeded in show
ing it's warm face, weather condi-
tions from the standointp Of the spec
tators were almost perfect But
when the clouds hid the sun from
vew, overcoats and multi-colored
lankets were pulled out to shield
ne fans from the icy lake winds.
BY game time this vast stadium,
%hich yesterday was dedicated to
he soldiers and sailors who fell in
he world war, is expected to be filled
to it's very brim and If such is the
case there will be approximately no.
900 onlookers to the twenty-ninth an
,ual game for the service champion
ship.
From the standpoint of the play
,rs it was still uncertain just how
playing conditions would be. Two
hours before game time ground
keepers were at work 'emoving the
heavy covering of straw that had
been spread to protect the turf from
the snow and rain which fell yester-
Cay. Just how the field will be found
none could tell.
The official receipts will be at least
$750,000 and the unofficial receipts,
figuring what the scalpers have been
getting for tickets, will be more than
q million and a half dollars.
For the first time in years, also it
will be a football game, one of the
most important Of the year. In sea
sons gone by when New York and
Philadelphia were offering the battle
field, the West Point and Annapolis
squads were only fair teams and the
student body offered the parading
and drill ceremony that was most
of the attraction.
But this year the Army and Navy
have great teams--the Navy unde-
feated in the East and the Army
beaten only by great Notre Dame
team and a sixty-two-yard run by
Christy Flanagan.
The battle for tickets, which has
held the attention Of Congress for
several weeks, was being waged with
more fury than ever today and late
arrivals were being asked from SIS
to $3.50 for seats on the end of the
field.
Army was the popular favorite
in the betting, but Knute Rockne of
Notre Dame was one of the few Of
ticials and smart football men In
town who figured that the cadets
we're worth real odds.
Rockne said he liked the cadets
because they had more back field
power and drive, while the lines were
about even.
Other well-known coaches said
they leaned toward the Navy because
they looked in their games to'be
smarter and more alert.
No line-ups were announced this
morning, but it is probable that the
teams will start as follows:
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DESTITUTE FATHER
HELPED BY JUDGE
Two Lumps of Coal Picked Up onTrack Lead to New Grip
on the Old Word-Court Donates SIS.

cure work for three weeks. One
Of his children is suffering from in
juries received in a fall.
To the judge the alleged Grim
inal' action of Dalton in stealing
the coal from the railroad did not
loom large. But the humanitarian
side did.
I'm interested in finding employ
ment for this man." Wetter told the
detectives.
Refused Aid
Then, taking the case under ad-
visement, he told Dalton to go out
today and Sunday and hunt for work
and report in court Monday morn
ing.
To help the family in the mean
time, the judge gave the man $5. 1t
was said that some charitable or
ganizations may extend aid.
Dalton said that he had sought
help from the Center Township
trustee, Albert Walsman, but that 1t
was necessary to present cards show.
ing he had sought employment, in
order~to get aid there. The firms
where he applied refused to sign the
cards, he stated.
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FORMER PUBLISHER DIES

NEW YORK. Nov. 27.-Eugene
M. O'Neill. grandfather of Mrs. VIII
liam II. Vanderbilt and former pub
Usher OF the Pittsburgh Dispatch,
died at st. Luke's hospital yester-
day. He had been i'll for the last
three months. O'Neill was publisher
OF the Dispatch from 1877 to 1902,
He will be buried in Pittsburgh. He
was n native OF Ireland and was 76
years Of age.
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HALL
TEST|F|ES IN
OWN BEHALF
Slain Pastors Widow Takes
Stand at Murder
Trial.
JEALOUSY TALK HEARD
Defense Witness Refers to
Mills Couple.

BB United Press
SOMERVILLE, N. j., Nov. 27.-
Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall came
forth as a witness today to defend
herself from charges of having
joined in the murder of her hus-
band, the Rev. Edward Wheeler
Hall, after having found that he
was intimate with Mrs. Eleanor
Mills, soprano soloist in the choir Of
his church.
The woman who for four years
since the murder has baffled all with
her poise and composure, was per-
haps a little pale, but no less con-
tanned than ever, as she walked from
the defendants table to the witness
chair as her name was called.
Her~52 years were apparent in
her grey hair and in the wrinkles
which clustered around her thin
Tipped mouth and steel-gray eyes.
Her features are large for a woman
Of her stature-she is some five feet
four inches tall and weighs 1876
pounds.
MOuTHlnB SuSSeSJtu
She seated herself carefully on the
witness stand and gazed at the law
yers from beneath dull black hat,
suggestive of mourning, as II to
say, "Well, I'm ready" She wore
a black coat of a lustrous material,
trimmed with black fox fur which
hid her sombre dress. Only white
fur collar relieved the austere cos.
tune.
The courtroom was tense. The ap,
pearance OF Mrs. Hall was the SUI
preme moment Of all this remarkable
trial. Spectators leaned forward;
messengers scurried to telegraph
wires with the word that Mrs. Hall
was on the stand.
Mrs. Hall put her right hand on a
Bible, raised the palm OF her left
hand and swore she would tell the
whole truth.
It was just o'clock when Mrs
Hall was faced by Robert II. Nc
Carter, y senior counsel, and for
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WEAVERS' FIRM
TARGET OF LABOR
UNION PROTEST
Opposes Letting StatehouSe
Annex Contract to JuIietta
Contractors.

Governor Jackson today had be-
fore hin, protest of union labor lead
ers against letting the contract for
repair Of the old Medical School
building, Senate Ave. and Market
ST., to the Universal Construction
Company, of which George A.
Weaver and his son, Windsor J..
Weaver, are heads.
The Weavers, then operating as
the George A. Weaver & Sons Com
pany, built the addition to Julietta,
Marion County hospital for insane,
three years ago, which county COM
missioners charge was not built ac-
cording to specifications.
Since. part of the building has
been abandoned because walls and
floors have cracked.
Windsor j. Weaver was freed on
a charge of presenting false claims
in collecting for erection Of the build
ing, by a Criminal Court jury.
The labor leaders, lead by Adolph
j. Fritz, State Federation Of Labor
secretary, urged cancellation of the
contract awarded the Weavers.
Windsor Weaver declared that he
was amazed at the protest, saying
his firm had used union labor on
recent contracts and intended to do
so on this job.
The contract was awarded the Uni
versal Construction Company by the
Statehouse building and grounds
committee, composed Of Governor
Jackson, State Auditor L. S. Bow.
man and Secretary Of State Frede-
rick B. Schortemeier. The remodeled
building is to be used las a State1
house annex.
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BY JOhn Montgomery.

Unfffd Press stair EOTreSDOHdeHt
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-Queen
Marie, of Roumania, came to Amer
lea to escape the political intrigue
of an Old World court.
She became the unwilling center
of another tangle that cut short her
projected tour of the United States
and virtually forced her to flee back
to Roumania.
And now comes word that the i'll
ness of her royal husband, King
Ferdinand, is serious and not a
diplomatic illness; that his death
may follow; and Queen Marie is on
the high seas with the prospect of
the most involved intrigues Of all
ahead of her.
Compared to the questions of who
might become regent of Roumania,
all Of the petty chickering's of her
American trip become insignif can't.
There win be the question of wheth-
er she viii remain the power behind
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CITY DETECTIVES
ARE PUT ON CASE
Investigate $71,500 Bond
Theft at Wild Bank.

City detectives today began an in
vestigation of the theft of $71,500 in
Liberty bonds from the j. +. Wild &
day.
Harry c. Webster, Indiana State
Bankers Association detective head,
reported the theft to local police late
Friday.
Detectives for the insurance COM
pany. which protects the bank
against loss by theft, were put at
work on the case at once, but the
robbery was not made public here
until Wednesday.
Detective Captain Jerry Kinney as
signed Detectives Reynolds and Jor-
dan to the case.
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BANK ROBBEDOF
$4,000 IN CASH
Five Bandits Stage Daylight
Job al Defiance, 0.
BU United Press

BU Unted Press
DEFIANCE, o., Nov. 27.-Five
bandits today robbed the Merchants
National Bank here of $4,000 in
cas- hand valuable bonds.
The bandits chose a time just be-
fore the morning rush, when there
were no patrons in the bank, to make
their raid. Two bandits were sta
toned at the front door as guards,
while three others covered employees
with guns and rifled the safe.
One f1ourished a sawed-off shot
gun in the face of F. S. Stever,
bank president, and forced him to
lie on the floor while r. L. Gleason,
cashier, was made to open the safe.
No shots were fired during the
hold-up.
The bandits quickly retreated to a
waiting automobile and fed through
the business district before posses
could be organized to give pursuit.
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Fire Badly Damages
Historic Jay Home

BU Lnitcd Press
BEDFORD, N. Y, Nov. 27.-Fire
today badly damaged the home built
here 144 years ago by John Jay, first
chief justice of the United States.
The origin Of the blaze was unde-
termined. The house, which con-
tains forty rooms, stands in the CEN
ter of a 600-acre estate and is val
ued at $15o,000. 1t was occupied by
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Iselin.
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AND
DEATH IN
GRIM TILT
Ferdinand of Roumania
Fights to Live Until Queen
Can Arrive.
MESSAGES IN CONFLICT
Directly Opposed on Rulers
Condition.
MESSAGES IN CONFLICT
Rn United Press

BV United Press
Dispatches from Europe today
pictured Marie, Queen of Roumania,
ending her remarkable tour OF the
United States, engaged in a dramatic
race to the bedside of her husband,
King Ferdinand.
And as she hastens to Bucharest
communication, at least when bear
ing on the Kings illness and on the
Roumanian political situation, was
interrupted and the situation as seen
from the outside grew confused.
But out of all the conflict 1t seemed
certain that King Ferdinand was
gravely i'll and that the Queen, who
was such remarkable figure as she
toured the United States and was
feted in dozens OF cities, now is
Fastening home with a fear that she
may not arrive before death takes
from her her husband a grief that
not even Queens can escape.
The Roumanian cabinet met today
with former Premier Bratinau and
Professor Jorga, and it was an
nounced that Jorga would go to
Paris tomorrow to confer with
Prince Carol, former Roumanian
Crown Prince
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TRAIN KILLS H00SIER
Auto Struck at DaIeville, near
Muncie.

BU VnWfd Press
MUNCIE, Ind, Nov. &c. r.
Mcpherson, 9S, a farmer, was in.
stantly killed this morning when his
automobile was struck by a Big
Four passenger train at a crossing
in Daleville, eleven miles west of
here. The car was demolished and
McPherson's body was badly man
gled.
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$174,801 ON WAR PLAZA
Years Expenditures Listed; Balance
of s1,369,834.

Expenditures on Indiana World
War Memorial Plaza during the fis.
cal year totaled $174,S01.54, leaving
a balance of $1.369 .SSS.34, according
to the trustees report filed today
with the State board OF accounts.
OF the total expenditures 1851 .5S7.70
went into construction. The present
balance exceeds last years by
$500, ,535.0S.
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@WIFE SUES ELLIOTT
Ex-Klan Cyclops Asked to Contribute
$100 a Week for Support.

Suit for support was filed today
in Superior Court Three by lone
Leola Elliott, 5000 E. Tenth St.,
against her husband, George S. Eli
OFT, 1923 Fairfield Ave-, former cy-
clops Of the Marion County Ku-Klux
Klan. Mrs. Elliott averred in the
complaint that her husband left
her Sept. 29 and has paid her only
SIS for support. The complaint asks
500 a week support.
According to the suit they were
married June 2, 1920.
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DOUBLE FREES MAN
OF LIQUOR CHARGE.
Witness Unable to Tell Who Sold Him Liquor When He
Confronts Two Persons Who Look Alike.

Cases attorney. that the defendant
was not identified, the charges was
dismissed.
Cox refused to reveal the name of
Cases double" but deputy
prosecutor John L. Niblack. declared
the man was a brother of Case.
1t all happened this way:
When Nebeker was called to the
witness stand a man arose from the
rear Of the courtroom and took
seat at the defense table near Case.
Nebeker testified that he had called
Case on the phone from a downtown
club and that the alleged bootlegger
had delivered him a quart of gin in
front of the club.
Then came a barrage of questions
from Cox that left Nebeker be-
fuddled.
Which Is case?
Now then, which of theses two
men is Case?" Cox snapped, before
the witness regained composure. "Is
it the one on the left or the man
at the other end of the table?"
Nebeker gazed dumfounded. Then
he looked intently at both men. He
noticed their features. which were
practically identical-same nose,
same mouth, same color hair, same
manner of parting the hair, which
receded slightly from the brow.
II don't know. 1 can't say" Nebe-
ker answered.
"You mean to say you can't tell
the court which of these two men
is Elmer Case?" Cox questioned
again.
mo, sir, don't think l can"
Cox presented his motion and the
charge was dismissed. AS Nebeker
walked to the bench the unknown
double" hurried from the court
room.
Another Charge
Charges of transporting liquor and
speeding against Case were taken
under advisement by Judge Collins.
Cox moved dismissal Of the trans
porting charge, because Motorpolice-
man James Hudglns, who arrested
Case, had no warrant to arrest him
for carrying LIQUOR after he was un-
der arrest for speeding.
Nebeker testified in two other
cases Friday. One of these was
against Bessie Johnson, Negro, 537
Douglass ST., who was sentenced
four months in the Womans Prison
and fined 5000 and costs for liquor
violation. The other case was against
Frank Cain, $50 N Meridian st.
Denied Sale
Cain denied sale of liquor and said
he had never resided at 432 n. East
ST., where Nebeker and two other
boys said they bought liquor. But
in the afternoon George Hill, Negro.
janitor at the N East st. residence,
identified Cain, as did Patrolman
Philip DeBarr, who lived in the 9th.
er apartment at the place.
Cain was arrested on a perjury
charge as he left the courtroom.
Judge Collins continued the case un.
til the State could get another boy.
said to have bought liquor from Cain.
to testify.
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A cleverly planned ruse or for
tunate coincidence today had freed
Elmer Case, 3715 Ruckle St., from a
bootleg charge.
The ruse, or the coincident, re-
suited in the appearance of Cases
double" in Criminal Court Friday,
and so confused Harrison Nebeker,
10, of 1923 Delaware ST., college
student, that he could not tell Judge
James A. Collins, which Of the men
had sold him liquor.
Then on the motion of Earl Cox,
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HOWARDCOUNTY
OFFICIAL INDICTED
Treasurer WeddeI Charged
With Extortion.
BIZ Unitcd PreRa

BIZ United Press
KOKOMO, Ind, Nov. 27.-W. A.
Weddel, treasurer Of Howard Coun-
ty, was arrested here today charged
with extortion.
The arrest followed return of an
Indictment by the grand jury. Wed
del was released under $500 bond.
The extortion charge is under
stood to be the result of an investi-
cation into WeddeIs collection of
delinquent taxes in the county.
Twenty-one other indictments were
returned by the grand jury.
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R[l FORTS MARCON|
MARRIAGE ENDED
Paris Paper Asserts Catholic
Ceremony AnnuIIed.
BU United Press

BU CnUcd PrcS6
PARIS, Nov. 27.-The Petit Jour.
nails Rome correspondent wires that
the Rota has annulled the marriage
Of Senator and Mrs. Marconi.
Marconi, famous Italian inventor
of the wireless, was married to the
Hon. Beatrice O'Brien, daughter OF
the fourteenth Baron Inchiquin, and
following their divorce and her mar
riage to another man, Marconi was
reported to be engaged to Miss Eliz.
abeth Paynter, 19-year-old daughter
Of Col. George Camborne Paynter of
Bosquenns, Cornwall.
1t was stated that Miss Paynter
mother requested that the marriage
be solemnized under Catholic rites,
although all the parties concerned
have denied that the marriage was
contemplated. Marconi's desire for
was said to have been
caused by this request Of his future
mother-in.law.
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DUMB 10 YEARS; DAMN
Fall on Icy Pavement Restores
Speech.

BU United Press
MUNCIE, Ind, Nov. 27.-Herbert
Dimes, mute for ten years, slipped
and fell on an icy pavement here to.
day with a basket Of foundry and
said Damn
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HI.Y CLUBS ELECT

BIZ Tnifcd Press
LOGANSPORT, Ind, Nov. 81
Albert Kock. head of the Hi-Y Club
of South Bend High School, was
elected president of Me Northern In.
diana Hi-Y conference here this
morning.
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Intrigue Surrounded Queen i'm Z. s..

Editors Note: More intrigue and
quarreling than has heretofore become
public went on behind the scenes dur
ing Queen Marie's. American trip. In
the following article John Montgomery.
United Press staff correspondent during
the tour, gives n closeup of the trou-
bled "conrt on Wheels.n ~
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Report End Near

Reports from Bucharest to Berlin
described the King>a as growing weak
er and his death near at hand. Dis
patches to Vienna said that physi-
clans were hard pressed to keep the
King alive without resorting to an
operation until the Queen could
reach him. At the same time Queen
Marie received advices which ap-
parently indicated his illness was
less serious than other reports said
and might enable her to extend by
a day her stay in Paris.
In Vienna the Roumanian minister
issued a formal statement denying
the King had suffered any relapse
or that his condition was more seri.
Gus, and also added a denial to re-
ports that Marie would see Prince
Carol, who renounced succession to
the Roumanian throne, when she
reaches Paris.
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Assert Capital Excited

Vienna reports indicated there was
great excitement in Bucharest last
night. They told Of many confer
ences Of political leaders: discussed
possibility OF Prince Carols final ac-
cession should Ferdinand die, and
weer laden with suggestions that in
Bucharest politics form the major
interest.
Other dispatches described the
liner Berengaria, on which the
Queen is travelling to Europe. press
ing ahead to save every minute pos
sible for its royal passenger. But
their was nothing in reports direct
from the liner to indicate any un-
usual haste.
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Hone ~ HitiOn

\ Indianapolis ridge Players
Are Enthusiastic About Milton
CT Works Daily Lessons on
The Times Editorial Page.
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Forecast

Fair and cold tonight; low
est temperature 20 to %; Sun
day increasing cloudiness, ris-
ing temperature; unsettled by
night.