davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-22

|T1ERE are two star members
IH OF the University Of Iowa
basket team that is expect
ed 20 cause plenty of trouble in
this seasons Western Conference
chase.
Mcconnell, who is leading the
Hawkeyes IN his junior year. is
called one of the best defensive
players in the Big Ten.
Van Deusen is one OF the high
scorers OF the Iowa team. Last
season he played running guard.
This year. however. he has been
switched to forward, where his
uncanny shooting has made him
a dangerous entry at all times.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-22
NATIONAL. CARD READY

BIZ Unfted Press
NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-The Ma
tional League playing schedule for
1926, completed Thursday in Pitts
burgh will not be announced until
the club owners have passed upon
it at meeting to be held here Feb.
4, President Heydler announced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-22

loves a fat man. This is
- untrue. The freshman at
Butler College are much enamored
Of youth named Chamnes. To
say the least he is decidedly
plump. But that's just the way he
handles basketball. Plump" it
goes right through the net.
He made seven field goals
against the Sophs, Thursday night
in the interclass league. Maybe
you remember seeing him in the
curtain raiser to the Butler-De
Pauw contest at the Playground.
Yeah, that's the one.
Chamnes halls from Galveston,
Ind, and played on the high
school basketball team of that
town which lost out in the Royal
Center sectional last year by two
points to Logansport in an over
time struggle.
In that. contest the big boy dis
tinguished himself by tossing in
six field goals and nine out Of ten
from the foul line. 1t surely
wasn't his fault that Galveson
lost. He has two-handed over
head shot that is extremely hard
to ston He also has a "hoolx''
shot tlttt ig a corker.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-08
CANDIDA PAYS
FOR DRINKS
81 international News service

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 8. w. A.
Scott, Miami Beach councilman,
today announced his candidacy Tor
che position of police commissioners
in rather. an odd way.
Scott enumerated among his quail
iifications the fact that he was not
Ia bootlegger. although he said he
wasn't adverse TO taking a drial1
or two. lie added he had spent 20
years with a circus and that expert
ence would be a great aid in identi.
flying criminals.
The councilman declared that lie
he were police commissioner he
would see to it that an appointment
to fill the post of police chief was
made at once.
Il am tired of being called a jelly
fish Slong with the rest of the coun
ell, just because nobody has nerve
enough to make the mayor name \
chief of police at once, Scott de-
clared.
Concerning his drinking, he added
that he wasn't CRATER, had always
paid for his drinks at the rate of
80 cents a throw and I'm no
codger. .
The office has been vacant since
former Chief Damon Lewis was
sentenced to seven years irnprisoIl-
ment In the Federal penitentiary at
LeavenWorth on narcotic charge.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-08

that those familiar with t said +
was extremely unlikely that &c
nation ever again win witness = ~
tionai railroad strike
The principal point IN the plan
Is the creation Of national DOard
Of mediation, to be appointed ~ tne
President, IN place Of the present
Railway Labor Board, wit. power
TO intervene when neither the ROADS
nor the unions are able themselves
to adjust their bitterness
President Coolidge and his advisers
Who have approved the plan In prlr.-
ciple, consider the most Important
part Of ii TO be, however, the fact
that after years Of differSI. ees the
roads and unions themselves nave
been able to agree upon q mutually
satisfactory plan of settling dis
putes before they reach tks strike
stage.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-08
BOY, II, GIRL, IS, ARE
DETAINED AS ELoPERS

CHICAGO, Jan. s. When Rose
CAIRO, Is. and Josephine La Menza,
II, both of Milwaukee, applied for
a room yesterday at the Y. w &c. AL,
they admitted, after questioning,
that they had run away from their
homes with just S14 between them
and were headed for Hollywood,
Calf.
Police took them into custody, and
notified their parents.
John Vollmerhausen, IA. ana
stephen Mirch, 16, both OF WvsIn.
dotte. Mich. were held here today
rending advice from their parents.
when II was learned they had left
home 20 seek their fortunes IN
Hollywood as cowboy actors. The
youths had $50 when arrested.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-08
RAIL STRIKE Nd
SEEN IN PLAN

Railroad strikes, long the bugabo0
Of American business virtually VII
become a thing of the past, it WaS
predicted here today By those init
mate with the details Of the new
joint plan Of the railroads and Tie
unions TO settle grievances.
Labor has not reiinduished its
ancient and Fundamental right to
strike. but this extreme resort Will.
be so hedged around with delay ana.
negotiation under the new plau.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-08

alarms, battled the flames for two
hours although they were encased
In armors, Of ice. Twenty-Five OF
them suffered minor injuries from
falls on the Recovered streets and
from exhaustion superinducted by
the cold and smoke
Al three.story fur storehouse and
a tWo-story structure occupied by
q grocer, which adjoined the fac
tory. also were damaged badly by
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-08
Is F|REN|EN ARE
HURT On ICE
ny international News service

NEW YORK, Jan. s.--Four hun4
dred tenement jewellers we're driven
to the streets in scanty attire early
today when a 100000 fire swept
through fiye-story Brooklyn
furniture factory and Inenaced the
block of tenement houses for more
than two hours
One hundred and fifty firemen,
brought to the scene by four
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-08
First Sign Of Spring

PORT JERvIs, N. Y. Jan. S.
Capture of a large pilot snake. in
a spring near here vas interpreted
as a sure sign of warm weather by
Joseph w. Smith. 9O-year-old nat.
uralist.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-08
Sill YER FOX FARMING
SUCCEEDS IN GERMANY

BERLIN, Jan. 81 Silver Fox
farming promises to become a wide
industry. in Germany
Twenty farms have already been
established with foxes imported
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-08
Clearance Sports Wear

(I6) CLOTH DRESSES, re-
duced for clearance from $5.y5
(2l NOVELTY SPORT
COATS, marked down from
their original price of 1895 10
only $685.
(25) WINNIE WINKLE
SKIRTS. which were formerly
priced at 1895 and S4.95, clos.
ing out at .Sl.95
(S2) LUMBER CKETS
originally $1.95, have q clear
ance price of. .$1.49
(31) WINNIE WINKLE
SKIRTS. of silk and cloth, are
exceptional values. Formerly
S5.95 to $11.95, their sale price
is only ... 1885
USES, in many pleasing styles
g. Observation-Disclosures 5
lgCONn TT .0nR
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-08

u8 COVERT CLOTH
DRESSES, in tailored sport
styles. Reduced from $1l.95.
and $500 tO.............$ 9.95
(2Ol VELVET AND CREPE
DE CHINE SPORT DRESSES,
i'm smart tWO-piece style. For
merly $500. now. &c.
(49l BALBRIGGAN SPORT
FROCKS, twO-piece models;
originally priced $500 tO
$19.75. Closing out at. 1885
"a BALBRIGGAN DRESSES.
marked down for clearance.
from $7.95 and 1895 to. SIS .95
Q5) ORT HAT AND
SCARF SETS, formerly priced
at $5.95 and $7.95. but now
only $685.
(75) CREPE DE CHINE BIG
and colOrs, reduced from $685.
SPORT SHOPS
Evening star., 1926-03-23
REPORT SELF-POISONING
Police Allege Two Cases of At
tempted Suicide.

Two cases of self-administered
poison, according to reports by the
police, are being treated at Emergency
Hospital today. William Waple. 46
years old. 808 Fifth street, is in a
critical condition following an at
tempt Sunday night to end his life.
Detective Charles Warfield reported.
The officer said Waple blamed domes-
tic difficulties and i'll health for the
deed.
Charles Wilson. 81 years old, 2003
II street, is said by the police to have
swallowed small quantity Of poison
while in the apartment of Mary Shiv-
ers, 815 Eleventh street, last night.
The police investigation revealed the
young man took the poison after hav-
ing participated In an argument with
the occupant of the apartment. His
condition is not serious.
Evening star., 1926-03-23
Torpedo Like That
Used on Lusitania
Gift to War College

German torpedo like that which
sunk the Lusitania soon will take it's
place as a trophy at the Army War
College here.
1t remains to be determined
whether 1t will be given a niche in
side the college or mounted with
other relics before the entrance,
were once stood a statue of Fred
erick the Great.
The statue was a gift of the
Kaiser. and during the war it was
taken to the basement Of the build
ing for safekeeping. The torpedo
has been presented by Gen. Sir w. f.
Ironsides. commandant of the Brit
ish staff college. and accepted by the
American Government.
Evening star., 1926-03-23
DENIES ADMITTING
YOUTHS MURDER
Michigan Man Says Police
Beat Him-Young Wife Kill.
ed Self at Others Funeral.
BY the Associated Press.

SANDUSKY, Mich. March 23.-
Pearl Dorland, 46 years old, today re.
pudiated the confession he made yes.
terday in which he said he had killed
Roy Lee. 10 years old. after Mrs. Dor.
land, his estranged wife, admitted in
timacy with Lee. Dorland said he had
been beaten by State police and made
a confession ito escape further punish.
ment"
Dorland's 20-year,old wife, Elizabeth.
killed herself at the funeral of Lee.
Dorland's alleged confession ascribed
the act to her fear that she would be
questioned concerning the manner in
which Lee met his death.
Lee was killed the night of. March
& as he sat in Il parked automobile
in front of the William Sager farm
home, in which Dorland, his wife and
several others were having a party. 1t
was first believed Lee shot himself
because he had lost the affections Of
Alice Martin, a sister of Elizabeth
Dorland.
Dorland's alleged confession was
made after he had been grilled for
several hours. State Investigators told
Dorland that his fingerprints were
Evening star., 1926-03-23
D. G. Defendant in $4,000 Suit.

The District of Columbia is named as
defendant in a suit to recover 10000
damages filed today in the District
Supreme Court by Alice ]. Dorsey as
administratrix of the estate of Richard
J. Strickland, who was killed when
struck by an automobile Of the local
government March "a last at First and
X streets northeast. Attorneys Whe-
Ian & O'Connell appear for the plain
tiff
Evening star., 1926-03-23
FACES MURDER CHARGES.
Ex-Convict, Who Tried to Choke
Gem Salesman, Accused in Chicago

CHICAGO. March % R).--Two
charges of murder. a charge of rob-
berry and a charge of carrying con
cealed weapons We're made against
Eugene Mclaughlin, %. ex-convict,
following his arrest yesterday as he
was attempting to choke jewelry
salesman and rob him of gems val
ued at $4,000. Mclaughlin is sus-
pected of the murder of Irving Schlig,
airplane bootlegger, and Harry Ber-
man. The robbery was attempted in
the heart of the city, when the sales
man halted his automobile in the
traffic.
Evening star., 1926-03-23

identical with those found on the
weapon with which Lee was shot.
Dorland's statement was made shortly
afterWard.
Evening star., 1926-09-28
4
k M Mysterious Sweetheart
BY ELLA WISTER HAINES
WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE.
Copyright. 1o26.l

. Carolita Menendez a beautiful young
Spanish girl, brought up in q South Ameri.
can convent. is travelling to Los Angeles at
the command Of her guardian. whom she has
she wakes suddenly in the night and sees.
"utching. the curtains of the berth opposite.
white hand wearing gorgeous ruby. This
IS the companion ring to one IN her Dosses-
70 l'entify him at their meeting in Los
Angeles. In the morning she learns that a
apparently murdered Paul Reynolds. a
young New York lawyer whom Carolita met
:" on the ira train and Who Is in love with her,
foor in order to protect her. as he believes
u belongs to her until she explains the stu.
alton. Then. unexpectedly. the red
man, Mario Milana: is revived and persuades
reaching Los Angel by threatening TO kill
Reynolds If she refuses. Carolita leaves an
explanatory note for Reynolds and also the
other ruby. so that he now has both rings.
Trother Walter had been en- travelling 20 on the
same train in company with a woman. both
under assumed names. Reynolds had not
seen Walter before in years. due to quar-
There is some mystery about their father Q
will. and Reynolds suspects Walter of pos
.ihle, blackmail plot In this connection and
wonders if he could be using Carolita as a
f29 RRssnOdss ed seeks
butler. who knows Walters haunts as a
guide. he follows him down into Mexico.
Mi lana had also taken Carolita into Mexico.
and upon arriving at their destination both
detective named Gaines. who had been on
the train with them.
CConttnued from Yesterdays 'Star)
Evening star., 1926-04-07
FULLER MAKES ATTACK
ON NATIONAL TRIBUNE
Pensions Committee Head Charges
Paper Got Subscriptions of
Veterans by Fraud.
Ry the Associated Press


The National Tribune. which is
published here. was charged in the
House Yesterday by Chairman Full
Ter OF the pensions committee with
obtaining subscriptions from Civil
War Veterans and their widows un-
der false pretenses.
Declaring the paper sought sub
scriptions on the basis Of its SUP
port of legislation benefttinc old
soldiers. Mr.. Fuller added
II say that every dollar these
people have obtained from the old
soldiers and the widows for sub
scriptions has been obtained urfer
false pretenses deny thai they
have been responsible for the leEis-
lations. consider that they have
grown rich and prosperous from the
pensions paid ny grateful Govern :
nent to the Nations defenders and
to their dependents.
When Representative Fuller re-
ferred To Mai. Gen. elem. retired.
one Of the editors of the paper. and
known as The Drummer Boy or
shiloh" as little tin soldier.
Representative Robson. Republican.
Kentucky. Immediately rose to de-
fend his record. pointing out that
he enlisted in the Union Army At
the age Of lG years and served
through the Civil and Spanish Wars.
Representative Fuller told the
House the National Tribune recently
charged him with delaying legisla :
ton to increase Civil War pensions.
Evening star., 1926-04-07
OWNERS AGREEMENT
UPHELD BY COURT
Projecting Wall for 18th Street
Store Must Be Removed, Judge
Graham Rules.

The agreement between property
owners on Eighteenth street, south
Of Columbia road to set back build
jngs I feet from the District line was
sustained today by the District Court
of Appeals in an opinion by Judge
W. J. Graham of the United States
Court of Customs Appeals. who sal
in the appellate court in the absence Of
Justice Robb. The court affirmed the
action of the District Supreme Court
which had granted an injunction
asked by Natalie and Corinne Avig
none, who are in business at 2d29
Eighteenth street. to require Alfred
and Rehecca Castleman. owners OF
2433 Eighteenth street. to tear down
a wall which they had erected out TO
the building line and to prevent COM
pletion of a proposed addition to their
property.
Despite contention Of counsel for
the Castlemans that the section had
changed from residential to CONNER
cial. the appellate tribunal affirmed
the injunction. The opinion of Justice
Graham also declined to accept the
other theories of the defense.
The decision Is said to affect front
age Of 525 feet on Eighteenth street
from No. 24l3 to 2471. The wall on
the Castleman property had risen to
the extent of - feet. which will have
to be removed under the action of the
court.
Attorney Arthur A. Alexander repre-.
sented Avignone and his wife. while
the defense was represented by Attor-
news w. Gwynn Gardiner and j. Will
liam Tomlinson.
Evening star., 1926-04-07
Panama GOLD mine
RIGHTS EXPLAINED.
British-American Interests
Have 1900 Square Miles
With Small Tax.

BY tbs Assoc ated Press,
LONDON, April T.. Elliott Alves.
chairman of the Panama Corporation.
today made public some of the details
of the reported gold discoveries IN
Panama.
The concessions granted by the
Panama government are declared 10
be the first concessions of this nature
ever granted to British interests in
that country. n decree ha wing been
promulgated by Congress forbidding
similar concessions again.
The mort hern concession has an
area of 100 square miles: II is in the
state of Veragua. The southern con
cessions have an area Of about $500
square miles and adioin the frontier
of Colombia.
1t is provided that after 10 years
explora ton of all the area selected by
the concessionaires. they shall con-
tinue their absolute ownership In per
petuity. Neither municipal nor ma
tional taxes will he levied. and the
payment of a royalty Of per cent on
the gold exported and the construction
of necessary roads and bridges are the
only obligations on the concession
aires
Panama, continued Nj. Alves. will
give the fullest assistance and CO
operation. mere rs = pfDSDttI iltdl
great silver and zinc mines also will
he opened.
Abiding to powerful American and
French influences associs ted with the
Panama Corpora ton. MIR. Alves re-
marked that the original syndicate
responsible for the discoveries strongly
desired that American influences shall
always he associated with future de-
velopments. II was the intention To
conduct the enterprise in the sha pc
Of an international corpora ton.
Evening star., 1926-04-07
HINDENBURG MARKS
GOTH YEAR IN ARMY
President Congratulated on Ami
versary of Entrance as
Lieutenant.

BERLIN. April 7.-President Won
Hindenburg today celebrated the
sixtieth anniversary of his entrance
into the German army with the rank
of second lieutenant.
A round of festivities was prepared
In his honor. In the forenoon the band
of the 9th Infantry Regiment sere-
naded the field marshall. who listened
tn the music from a balcony facing the
garden of the presidential residence.
Afterward he received the congratu-
lations of the foreign diplomats, in
Guiding the American Amba ssa dor.
Jacob Gould Schurman
Later flag company of Berlin
guards and three regiments with
which Won Hindenburg has been con-
neCted in the course of his military
career. bearing battle flags. paraded
through the Wilhelm Strasse and halt
I'd before the presidents palace Re-
spending to congratulations from Min
lister of Defense Gessler, Won linden
burg said:
AS an old soldier surrounded by
his comrades. YOU cannot blame me
for looking back with feeling of sor-
row and pain to the proud old army
which not only fulfilled it's purpose
of protecting the fatherland but of
training men to love and admire their
country.
True to its traditions and oath
of allegiance. the new army and navy
~--undaunted by the tumult of the pres
ent day-will be solely guided bv
thoughts of devotion to the fatherIa nd
and conviction that unselfsh service
slore can best conserve the interests
of the German people.
In this spirit l shall call upon nv
comrades to join in three cheers for
our beloved fatherland.''
Evening star., 1926-04-07
I-rred to Vote g. o. r. Ticket.
Rainfall Tonnage.

Two men were disputing about the
weight of an inch Of rainfall. II read
somewhere that an inch means lOl
tons Of water to the acre" said one.
No said the other, I'm positive the
correct figure is 113 tons" According
to the Weather Bureau of the United
States Department of Agriculture,
both men were right. The ra1nfall
in the first instance was reckoned by
the long ton. 2,o4o pounds-the meas
ure used in Great Britain. This ton Is
also used for some purposes in Amer
ica. but the short ton, 1000 pounds,
is more usual here; and il was upon
this measure that the second dispu-
tant's result had been computed.
Evening star., 1926-04-07
ABSENCE EXPLAINED.

BENTONVILLE. Ark. April Z IP).
Disappearance of three f>omen in
an automobile from here Sunday was
believed to be explained last night
through sudden decision on the
part of the trio to take belated
Easter shopping tour to Kansas City.
The Western Union Office here re-
ceived a telegram from Kansas City
directing that any funds wired here
to Mrs. George Riordan. New York,
be forwarded to Kansas City. Mrs.
Riordan was one of the trio. being a
daughter of Mrs. Frank r.. Jeffords
and sister of Miss Hazel .Ieffords.
The other missing persons, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jeffords. formerly lived in
Kansas City. 1T is thought the wom-
en- are visiting relatives there. Sun
day the women announced they were
going for short motor ride, and
when they failed to return it was
feared an accident had occurred to
them. Mrs. Riordan's husband is in
New York
Evening star., 1926-04-07
CH|LE-PERU PARLEY
OPENEDbY KELLOGG
Secretary Makes Plea for
Mutual Concessions in Set
tIing Old Dispute.

Direct negotiations initiated by the
United States for settlement Of the
TaCna-Arica dispute between Chile
and Peru were opened formally at the
State Department Yesterday with a
plea by Secretary Of State Kellogg to
the plenipotentiaries of the two gov
ernments to set an example to the
world of a willingness to make con
"esSions, adjust their differences and
again restore their diplomatic and
commercial relations"
Responding. Amba ssador Cruchaga
of Chile and Ambassador Velarde of
Feru each expressed for their govern,
ment a desire to find basis upon
which a settlement of the long-stand-
Ing dispute could be reached without
reservation.
In offering the good offices of the
United States" Mr.. Kellogg said. you
will appreciate that l have no desire
other than to bring the representa-
tives of your great countries together
in the sincere hope that common
basis of adjustment may he found.
In this age, II is vitaJly important
that two of the great nations of the
Western Hemisphere should set an
example to the world of willingness
10 make concessions and adjust their
difficulties and again restore their
diplomatic and commercial relations
Ambassador Cruchaga said he
entered to conference with IAN open
mind and q friendly spirit to find =
basis for agreement which will permit
the unreserved reconciliation of Chile
and Peru" and Amha ssador Nelarde
said his government 'ardentIy desires
peace with Chile without other
Unite to her eaSerness than the un
surpa ssa BILE barrier of her own
respect
The conference adjourned after a
4S-minute session under the request
NJ Secretary Kellogg to convene again
Thursday morning. Before adjourn
ment, Secretary Kellogg said 1t would
he his policy to continue the
negotiations in most informal way
and invited the Ambassadors and their
aides to speak their minds openly at
any time during the deliberations. 1t
was only in that way. he said,' that
hasss of mutual understanding could
be reached.