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The Washington times., 1926-01-23
FACES
B|GAMY
CHARGE

Two husbands, both bound to
her by the same minister in little
more than year, faced pretty,
fearful, 19-year-old Mary Olive
Brady in Police Court today, one
of them an memorable accuser; the
other a silent and obviously
scared defendant, held with her
on a charge of living together
illegally.
The twisted skeins of little
Mary's marital tangle were placed
in the hands of the police at a
midnight raid last night on an
apartment at 1923 Twenty-second
st. N. w., where she was living
with Dallis |. Dement,, himself
only just past voting age, and to
whom Mary was married at Rock
vile, September a, last.
Husband Trails Couple
Colin K. Cameron, grocery clerk
by day and private detective by
night, to whom Mary was married,
also in Rockville, in June, 1924, led
the raiders. He had sworn out a
warrant charging a statutory Of
Tense, after shadowing the couple
for two nights in true fiction-sleuth
fashion. But even Cameron did not
know then that Mary had formally
taken another husband, and that
the Rev. w. S. Minnick. who had
married him and Mary. had per-
formed the ceremony.
The tangle was too much for
Judge Gus A. Schuldt today, and
he continued the case to Monday,
until Mary's mother, Mrs. Virginia
Martin, Of Ballston, Va. can testify
as to the truth of Mary's story that
she had been given to understand,
by Cameron that, she was divorced
from him.
Assistant District Attorney Ralph
Given told Judge Schuldt that he
can place no charge of bigamy
against Mary, because both ccre-
monies were performed in Mary
land and such a charge must be
Continued on Page 2, Column So
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MOTIVE Of
CRIME IS
MYSTERY

Bound hand and foot, an old
shawl used as gag, the body Of
Emma NJ. Kirke, about so years
old, was discovered today on the
floor of her little shop, $40 E
st. N. w.
For several days, neighbors had
failed to see her, and becoming
alarmed, entered the shop and
found her body.
Had Shop for 30 Years
Motorcycle Policeman Charles D.
Poole said today he remembered
the murder victim from childhood.
According to the policeman, she
and her sister. Anna. have main
tanned the little umbrella repair
shop. more than thirty years.
She was known in the neighbor
hood for her charities and her fond
ness for children, although she her
self was a spinster.
Evidences of the murder, how
ever, show no signs of brutality,
other than the gag and trusting up
of the aged woman.
Seek Motive for Crime
The lack of signs of struggle.
and the disordered condition OF q
bed in the back room, led some In
vestigators to believe that Miss
Kirke was attacked while taking a
nap, and that some time between
the time Of the attack and her
death, she had managed to crawl
as far as the spot where her Dody
was found, before expiring.
Windows in the back Of the
house were found open, which
neighbors say is quite unusual.
Miss Kirke, they said. never left
her windows or doors open, and
without a doubt, some person pre-
sumed that she had accumulated
1 horde Of money and had secreted
It in some part of the establish
ment
This theory. although the most
ogical presented so far, Is partly
exploded by the fact that several
dollars in silver were stacked in
neat piles in the workshop.
A casual examination OF the
,ody, as 1t lay face upward on the
The Washington times., 1926-01-23
9 Are Killed
When Hotel
Burns
BY international News Service


ALLENTOWN, Pa, Jan. 3D.
Nine dead, fifteen missing and
fourteen injured, three of whom
may die, is the toll exacted by fire
of unknown origin which early
today swept through the Lafayette
Hotel here turning it into a death
trap and causing many of the
forty-seven guests to leap from
windows in scanty attire.
Eight Bodies Recovered
Eight bodies have been recovered,
according to police. of which Tour
have been identified.
Those identified were:
Alexander Troup, Beardman. Pa.
William Shanahan, Ventnor, n. j.
Anna Novak, Beavers Meadows.
Pa. waitress.
James McKieVer, Philadelphia.
A woman, her flimsy attire burn
ing, was seen to leap from her fifth
floor room, despite warning shouts
from horror.stricken spectators be-
low. She landed on the icy pave
ment and was killed
The fire was discovered by "a
clerk. He ATTEMPTED to arouse the
guests. The elevator shaft was on
fire and the staircase was also
burning. He resorted to the tele-
phone, ringing each guests room.
The panic-stricken guests tried to
rush into the corridors. but were
driven back. The corridors were ii
mass of flames.
The fourth and fifth floors suf-
fered most The flames spread to
the lower floors but the arrival of
firemen enabled their occupants to
reach safety.
A Mass If Flames
BY the time the firemen arrived
the inside of the hotel was a mass
of flames and escape by the stair
way and elevator WAS cut off.
Frightened and beWildered guests
stood at their windows waiting to
be rescued. Spec sators standing on
the sidewalks below could see the
occupants of the burning building,
Continued on Page 2. Column H.
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RDINAL.
MERGER
DEAD
By international News Service

By International News Service
BRUSSELS, Jan. 23.-Cardinal
MERCER, courageous in his strug-
gle against death as he was in
his defiance of the Germans when
they invaded Belgium, died to-
day.
The famous prelate, who was
in his 18th year, succumbed to
the effects of an operation per-
formed more than, a fortnight ago
for stomach trouble.
Cardinal MERCER was last con-
scious at 8 a. m. today, and
shortly afterward lapsed into un-
consciousness. Members of his
family, as well as trusted old
servants, were at his bedside when
death came.
The cardinal died at 1902 this
afternoon, after a night of death
agony.
There is nothing more to wait
for now, except the expression of
the Divine wish" the revered
prelate said to those at his bedside,
making the sign Of the cross and
lapsing into coma early today.
These are believed to have been
his last words.
His two nephews had just said
a last mass for the prelate, who
throughout the night had heard
the melancholy chant of the prayer
of agony said by priests in the cor
ridors Of the Hospital of st. Jean
and st. Elizabeth.
Bells Toll the News
Church bells throughout Brussels
tolled the news of the death OF the
beloved cardinal. who is more than
a churchman, for he has become
a national hero through his courage
Gus stand for Belgium and the
Belgians, when the German armies
invaded that small country.
Throngs gathered in the streets
before the hospital and knelt In
prayer, tears streaming down their
cheeks.
The death of the cardinal has
been anticipated for more than a
fortnight, but he has displayed re-
markable constitutional vigor and
long after his physicians gave up
Continued on Page 2. Column H.
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THE WEATHER

official U. .. Weather Bureau Rspsrs
Fair and slightly colder
tonight; minimum tempera-
ture about 10 degrees; Sum
day fair; rising temperature.
Temperature yesterday
Highest, 46; lowest, Fl.
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MBRKLE CALLS
= COAL FARLEY
BY International News Service

WILKES BARRE, Pa, Jan. 90.
Events moved rapidly this after
noon towards a settlement Of the
anthracite miners strike.
John l.. Lewis, president Of the
United Mine Workers of America,
formally called upon Alvan Markle,
Of Hazleton, as chairman, to sum
mon a meeting of the joint OPP
orators and miners negotiating
committee, which adjourned In
New York recently after failing to
agree upon a basis for settlement.
Within n short time Markle an
nounced that he would accede to
Lewis request and call the meet
ing
The Washington times., 1926-01-23

Front cover of One-dOIlar marriage
certificate which the iitney trust
minister SELLS clients. He has one
other type of certificate which he
sells for 81 and two Others which sell
for $1.5O and So. respectively.
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Wed By Independent
Clergyman
BY NOBLE NICHOLSON
fcopyright. 1925. by The washington
Timaal

Copyright 1925, by The washington
Times)
Marriage in the little town of
Elkton, Md, is apparently very
easy hurdle to negotiate in So
far as any precaution which the
church of the Commonwealth
throws around it, whether you
are married by the jitney trust
or by the Independent preacher,
who married MISS Manning and
myself.
While we were not united by
the marriage mill'' process as it
has come to be known we were
told all about it by the Rev. w.
R. Moon in opposition to whom
the "mill'' has been established.
Of all the characters identified
with the matrimonial business in
Elkton the Rev. Mr.. Moon inn
pressed the now Mrs. Nicholson
and myself as being the most
scrupulous.
At Least Conscientious
The Rev. Mr.. Moon is at least
conscientious about his part al the
the actual ceremony Of marriage
with a forty-five- minute lecture on
the general subject of matrinlony,
how it originated. how the heathens
are being brought around to 1t
through the work of missionaries,
what the marriage relation means
to the home, and what the home
means TO the nation.
He delivered this essags 10 us,
In a more or less peTfunctory man.
ner, cut and dried. so 20 speak, but
he was sincere about IT and he
kept other couples waiting until he
had surrounded our immediate cere-
mony with the dignity and solemnity
OF the partnership into which we
were about to be launched.
Sacrament Of the Church
He reminded US that the mar
rage VOWS were essentially a sacra-
ment of the church and had been
SO accepted in the memory Of man,
beyond which he could re;er us
only to what the scientists tell us
precede the records and ..:stories
which civilization has al hand.
This despite the fact that ,he Rev.
MI Moon has no parish, no church,
no congregation.
AS you get off the train at Elk
: ton' 1t Is perfectly plain that one
can choose his own exit.
On one side of the railroad station
platform are the beseiging titney
drivers who can spot a Ioyelorn
couple the minute they, gel on a
train at Wilmington or Baltimore
On the other side of the platform
Continued on Page S. Column II
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COOLIDGE PROMISES
MESSAGE TO FARMERS

Representative Haugen (RD of
Iowa today invited President
Coolidge to attend the corn belt
conference at Des
Moines on January %.
, The President declared he would
be unable to accept but would
send a message to the conference.
An invitation also was extended
to Secretary of Agriculture Jardine.
The Washington times., 1926-01-23
HEAD Of SLAIN
GIRL FOUND

MEDIA, Pa, Jan. 2S.-The miss.
ing head Of the body of Miag Anna
May Dietrich, "a, whose torso and
legs were found near here Thurs
day, was found today by Delaware
county detectives.
The head was found in a small
creek at MAYORS Road, Delaware
county, about 500 feet from the
Philadelphia county line. The head
was wrapped in clothing.
The Washington times., 1926-01-23
Today's Scratches

FIRST RACE-Dizzy Blonde.
SIXTH RACE-Hot Pepper.
Weather, cloudy; track, fast.
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5. S. MARINER, LEAKING,
SENDS DISTRESS CALL

BOSTON, Jan. 22.-The steasmhip
Mariner is leakingNbadly and trying
to ride out the blow off Cape Cod.
according to radio call of distress
picked up here today by the tropical
radio station.
The Mariner asked that aid be
sent to her off Truro Immediately.
The Washington times., 1926-01-23

Doorway Of office Of clerk Of the circuit
court. in which salon are issued the mar
riage licenses at 81 each. Within the
space Of one hour, Times reporter saw
four couples enter and leave this license
bureau, last Tuesday morning.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-29
FORD FORECASTS
 FUTURE AVIATION
Sees Great Promise in COInIner-
 Cial Flying

Paul Smiths, N. Y, July 2S P(- The future of commercial aviation was pictured in confident terms to- day by Edsel Ford, son of the De troit manufacturer, during his call on President Coolidge.
 Invited to White Pine camp to be the guest with Mrs. Ford of the president and Mrs. Coolidge, the young man who heads the aviation activities of the Ford interests, re ported on the progress he is nak ing in developing the art of com mercial flying and also brought an optimistic view of business condi- tions generally in the country.
 FNoresees Demand for Planes
 To President Coolidge, who long has indicated a deep interest in the possibilities of flying in this coun- try and particularly through the development of aviation in civil life, Mir. Ford was able to say that while his company does not intend at present, if ever, to enter com mercial flying extensively, it is de- engines and planes which it regards as sound and efficient and believes there will be sufficient demand for them to make their in considerable quan- titles a paying investment.
 Much remains to be done, he said, but interest in the new indus try is increasing, there are many
New Britain herald., 1926-07-29
l2O CHILDREN ON
 PINS AND NEEDLES
In State Of FeVGriSh Expectancy
 for Exchange Club Outing

Tuesday, August 3, may not be different from any other day to a lot of people but there are 12O children at the ChiIdren's Home who are counting the hours they will have to endure until that day comes. The answer is that the annual Sunshine Special" under the supervision of the Exchange clsb is to be held that day and what day that's going to be
 Secretary Al Scripture outlines the program as follows: There will be parade first forming at Franklin square at 12:45 o'clock. It will be led by q police escort and the Phil harmonic band and 1t will go along Main street to West Main street and to the Memorial arch. From there s automobiles will take the chil- dren to Lake Compounce and the fun will begin.
 An acrobatic troupe has been en- gagged. They're coming down from Hartford to delight the children with some original and breath talk, ing stunts. After that there will be 1 field events for the children-races and games that will work up a good appetite. if children ever need to work up an appetite. Lunch comes next and the committee promises that none of the children will have spare inch of room left when that is over. Then, if the children are able to walk, and they probably will | be when they hear this news, there will be free tickets issued for every | one of the numerous amusements that fill the park They will ride lthe merry-go-round and they'll | swoop around on the roller coast CT and all the other attractions will welcome them. The party will re- turn to the city at 5:3O o'clock.
 There is a competent board in charge of the event. The Sunshine [ Special executive committee consists 1 of Sherwood Raymond, Edward Christ, Charles Law and Al Scrip turs. Ralph Wainright has charge of the parade committee, the pub
 licity cooperation committee is in the hands Of Joseph Ward, William Fay has charge of the special fea- ture committee, Truman Weed is | handling the automobile committee and Mrs. William Fay is chairman of the ladies committee.
 Tuesday, August 3, is Sunshine Special Day all over the country. | The Meriden Exchange club will take a number of poor children to
New Britain herald., 1926-07-29

Hammonasset beach and the Hart ford Exchange club will take 260 children to Lake Compounce on that day. In some cities in the south, the entire business district declares a holiday in order to give the chil- dren a day that they will carry through the year with them. The object of the club is not 10 get, but to give. Wherever there is a case brought to the attention of the club where some child or family is in need of aid, the Exchange club gives them that help. There are thousands of cases of this type that are never given publicity, it is not the object of the organization 10 work for notoriety in the good deeds they do almost daily.
 The Exchange club, however, is not exclusively a social service or ganization. There is a legislative committee that works in cooperation with the legislative bodies of both city and state in an endeavor to clear the statute books of all useless laws.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-29
Seven Injured as Fire
 Truck Crashes Into Auto

Everett, Mass, July 29 CP - Seven Everett flremen including Fire Commissioner Gardner Stattuck were injured last night when all ex- cept Stattuck were hurled from ladder truck as the apparatus col lided with an automobile in the Revere beach parkway.
 Stattuck. who succeeded in keep ing his grip, climbed into the driv- CTS seat and halted the truck after it had levelled two trees. Miss Eliza beth K. Paine of Wilmington and Louise Nolan, a nine year old girl, were in the automobile which was wrecked. They suffered only minor injuries and were helped from the debris of their car by the freemn debris of their car by the firemen all of whom escaped serious injury
New Britain herald., 1926-07-29

more commercial planes now than there were two years ago, and the Ford company is ready to go ahead with airplane production.
 Arriving yesterday, Mir. Ford re- mained with the president until this afternoon when he departed for Breton Woods N. H., and Seal Har- Dor. Me. He accompanied the chief executive this morning to the execu- tive offices and at that time receiv- ed newspaper correspondents. out lining to them the aviation situation with the aid of memoranda he had bought for the inspection of the president.
 Regards Business As Good
 Business conditions also came in for comment, MT. Ford declaring from the sales of the Ford Motor company he regarded them as eX- tremely good with the only unfayor- able spots in the Dakotas and Min nesota where poor crop conditions due to drouth have had a retarding influence.
 The country, in fact, he said, is in "a wonderful condition" and he eX-
New Britain herald., 1926-07-29

When the erstwhile slender Max White passed Policemen Welch and Macdonald yesterday they noticed with amazement he had developed over night from a perfect S6 to a 42 or more.
 White attributed the transforma- tion to a vacation but the skeptical
New Britain herald., 1926-07-29

officers decided on a search. They discovered copper container made like a baseball catcher's small pro tector and containing a gallon of liquor fitted snugly to his body.
 After canteen and cargo had been subtracted, Max, a SC once more. was taken to court.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-29

pressed the belief that this was to a great extent due to President Coo lidge and his sound policies"
New Britain herald., 1926-07-29
Says Vacation Made Him
 Fat; Cops Find It's Rum

Lynn, Mass, July 29 CP-Here's the latest in rum running.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-29

Fleet suffered severe bruises and possible internal injuries.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-02-04
Commission Investigating the
States Criminal Machinery
Hallam Heads Strong Body of Cit
liens Appointed by Governor

Saint Paul, Feb. Minnesota's
machinery for the handling of the
criminal before and after is to be
given a thorough over-hauling this
spring in preparing for the submis-
sion to the next Legislature of a
list of major repairs, Judging from
the reports of the preliminary SEES
sions of the Governors crime COM
mission held at the State Capitol this
week. How much oil will be applied
instead of making recommendations
for material alterations in the me-
chanism is problematical but the
|state-hause seers insist that import
ant changes in the State Board OF
Parole will result. This forecast is
based on the fact that Chairman c..
j.. Swendsen and Rev. II. C. Swear
ingen, senior member, both told the
Crime Commission that they favor
changes.
Criticism of the Parole Board be-
cause of the liberation of prisoners
who committed serious crimes after
being freed provoked the inquiry
which many residents of Capitol Hill
predict will produce such information
as will make a definite proposal for
substantial changes in Minnesota
system of dealing with crime one of
the major issues of the next session
of the Legislature. The various fore
casts list changes to be fought for
as including: revamping of the Pa
role Board by barring any state of
fcer Or head of a penal institution
from its personnel, restriction of the
powers of the Parole Board and COM
pulsory notice to police organization s
of it's disposition of cases.
Citizens of the smaller cities, towns
and rural communities throughout the
state will be especially interested in
the outcome of legislative considera-
ton of the Minnesota crime situation,
it is predicted, as the creation of a
state consabulary will be urged again.
The inability of the smaller commun-
ity to maintain police forces adequate
to combat the bandit has been en-
phasized by such organizations as
the state bankers association whose
campaign for statewide action is
gaining such momentum as will force
serious consideration, it is declared.
The crime commission will be asked
to study unified system Of policing
when it reconvenes on March 1.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-02-04
Family Compelled to Take Up
Residence in Chicken Coop
House on Hooper Farm Destroyed
by Fire Friday-Fred Ahrens
Loses Household Goods

Friday afternoon Of last week the
house on the Hooper farm liz miles
from Sank Centre, on Sank lake,
caught fire, probably from defective
fue, and was completely destroyed.
Fred Ahrens, formerly of Grey
Eagle, has been tenant on the farm
for the past three years. When the
fire was discovered smoke was seen
issuing from the second floor. With
the assistance of neighbors Mr..
Ahrens succeeded in removing most
of the household goods from the
first floor. ALI of the bedding and
the clothing of the family save what
they were wearing was destroyed.
Mr.. Ahrens did not carry any in
surance. He estimates his loss at
about $500.
The house was 24x36, two stories
1t was insured in the North Fork
Fire Insurance Company for $1,000
and total loss has been allowed by
the company.
Mr.. Ahrens and family are living
temporarily in the building formerly
used as a chicken house.
The Hoopers live at Gladbrook,
Iowa, and when talking to the Herald
Tuesday MIR. Ahrens had not learned
what the plans for rebuilding were.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-02-04
Sigurd HOIn1e Reelected
Head of Community Club
Inlay Raise Phone Rates

Sigurd ]. Holme was unanimously
elected to succeed himself as presi-
dent of the Sank Centre Community
Clus at the annual meeting held
Thursday evening of last week.
A nominating committee consisting
of j. f. Cooper, ]. B. Schoenhoff,
VIM. M. Parker, P. B. Hanson and
V. L. Burgess suggested the names
of G.. Hilerud and Mr.. Holme as can
didates for president. Mr.. Hilerud re-
fused to allow his name to be consid-
erer and moved that the rules be sus-
pended and the secretary be instruct
ed to cast the ballot of the Club for
Mr.. Holme cas- president for another
year.
Sig had persistently refused to
allow his name to be considered but
when he realized that it was the un-
animous desire of the members that
he serve another year he consented
to accept.
Vice President j. B. Schoenhoff,
chairman of the membership commit
tee extraordinary, was reelected as
vice president for another year, over
his protest, by practically a unanim-
Gus vote.
The president, under the bylaws,
is empowered to name his own Board
of Directors and the secretary-treas-
urer.
The following Letter from w. A.
Moore, Club organizer and first
president of the Community Club, is
self-explanatory:
st. Cloud, Jan. %, 1926
Mr.. Sig. Holm, President
Sank Centre, Minnesota.
Ny Dear Sig:-
~ 1t is about three years now
since l was elected president of
the Sank Centre Community Club.
During this time l certainly
have had much satisfaction in
knowing that the Community
Club which we started has prov
enbeyond any doubt, that it is
lasting and worth while organiza-
tion for our home town, and in
view of this fact, 1 wish at this
time to return to the club my
five shares of stock, fully paid,
over and over again in human in
terest, which is the only interest {
worth while and my heart full Of
appreciation, and good wishes