davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1926-08-18
MEXICAN PLOT
D|SCLA|MED
BY international News Service

MEXICO CITY. Aug. 1S.-The
Catholic Episeopate today sent a
letter to President Gales disclairnS
ing any connection with the alleged
revolutionary plot against the gov
eminent and declaring that the
church does not. desire to accom-
plisfl it's ends in the present contro-
versy through violence.
The letter declares that revolu-
tionary movements which may be
ostensibly on behalf of the church
are, in reality, not connected with
the church.
The Episcopate makes an over
ture to the Government in the
letter by urging the President to
permit the church to work toward
reformation of the Constitution by
legal methods, initiating such a
movement at the next Congress.
sionaI session in September.
Move for Peace Seen
The letter was interpreted by
many as the first overture for
peace on behalf of the church, and
if President Gales should permit
the Episcopate to work for reform
of the constitution and the religious
provisions in it, it is believed the
church would be prepared to relax
its position.
The Episcopate decided upon the
letter after a series of meetings
called for the purpose of reviewing
the situation.
Visiting prelates are understood
to have reported to the archbishop
that the boycott movement is
stronger in outlying areas than in
Mexico City where the government
strength is concentrated.
Many church dignitaries claim
that their churches have been
placed in the hands of non-Catho-
lies, and it was decided that where
the lay committees in control are
hostile to the clergy and Worship
pers that worshippers shall be in
structed to. refrain from entering
the churches until they have been
reconsecrated.
An active, world campaign
is being carried on by the Roman
Catholic clergy for the purpose of
discrediting the Mexican govern
ment. acting foreign minister. Gen
eral Estrada, said today.
The United States, Brazil and
Latin American countries generally
are now the centers Of virulert
propaganda in the columns OF the
newspapers. and otherwise, General
Estrada asserted. He cited as an
instance the recent convention Of
the knights of Columbus at Phiia-
delphia, where. he said, Edelmiro
Traslcheros. a representative Of the
Catholic clergy, succeeded in get
ting a resolution passed condemn.
ing the Mexican governments re.
ligious policy, and requesting the
American State Department to in.
teryene in the controversy.
Watching Propaganda
General Estrada asserted that the
foreign office is watching these ex-
traordinary activities conducted
through the newspapers Of tn"
United States and elsewhere, COW
erinR all phases of the religious con-
flict. and is receiving complete. de.
tailed accounts, as well as analysis
: o& thN aysiclsS publ3shsds =.
The Washington times., 1926-08-18
nr Infernati0nal NeWa Nervlce

By international News Service
BUFFALO, n. Y, Aug. Is.
"Louis Mazer is innocent Of
the murder Of Don r. Mel
lett" declared Floyd E. STREET.
enberger, city detective OF
Canton, when informed today
that Mazer is charged with the
murder Of the Canton, O.,
editor.
"Mazer was at my home
from midnight until u 80 or
1855 a. m. on the night Of
the killing, and | will do any
thing I can to clear him, 8
Streitenberger said.
Fits Prisoners Story
Streitenberger, who is here at
tending d police convention, APP
pearad surprised that Mazer had
sbasIeafed with Tire 1IIurdef. Il
Mazer is understood to have told
the Investigators, in seeking to es-
tablish an alibi, that he was at
the home Of Canton police Off
cial at the time that Mellett was
shot down.
Admits Liquor Convictions
Streitenberg was very certain of
the time that Mazer came 10 his
home and of the approximate time
that he left, he said. He admitted
that Mazer had a reputation Of
being engaged in the sale Of liquor,
but described him as being OF no
Importance in the Mellett case.
The Washington times., 1926-08-18
IL WELLER WEBS
BRIDE Of z

when Charles S. Alden retired
3rom the jewelry firm OF Whit.
more, Lynn g. Alden last April,
and started studying and featuring
on psychology, a number OF his
lectures were given in the draw
ing room Of the home OF Mrs.
Theodore Vernon Boynton, 1902
Eighteenth ST. n. w. Mrs. Boyn-
ton, the daughter OF Mrs. Z. Van
Rensselaer, Berry, member OF
one of washington's most promi-
nent families and reputedly
wealthy, was 70. Mr.. Alden was
81.
A close friendship resulted from
the lectures, a friendship that was
noted by the friends of both in
local society. With several friends,
both Mrs. Boynton and Mr.. Alden
left for Paris last June.
Word now comes from Paris
that Mrs. Boynton and Mr.. Alden
we're married there last Monday.
Judge Walter Berry, Mrs. Boyn-
tons brother, who Is practicing
law In Paris, was the only rela-
tive attending the ceremony.
Mrs. Boynton had been a widow
for several years, and Mr.. Alden
had been a widower for about the
same length of time. Mr.. Alden
has no immediate relatives in
Washington.
Mrs. Boynton is related to Mrs.
John B. Henderson, Mrs. James
Carroll Fraser and several others
prominent in local society.
Mr.. Alden and his bride, accord.
ing to cables from Paris. plan to
sail for America from France on
the Steamship Lapland Saturday.
They probably will not return to
Washington until the fall
The Washington times., 1926-08-18

Tyrus Raymond Cobb, man
ager Of the Detroit Tigers, has
taken Clark Griffith to task
for a1legedly enlisting the aid
of Washington baseball writer's
in declaring that he, Cobb,
should be curbed for dilatory
tactics afield, according to a
letter written by Cobb to
Griffith and published in an
afternoon Baltimore paper to-
day.
A carbon copy Of Cobb's letter
declaring that one of the Wash
ington writer's used the exact lam
guage used by Griffith to Cobb
was sent by Cobb to a Baltimore
sporting editor who is a personal
friend. =
Ty Calls Griffith Inconsistent
Cobb accuses Griffith of incon-
sistency in his attitude toward
slowly played games, citing a
Washington Detroit game in the
latter city that, went two hours and
SO minutes. as against Detroit
Washington game played here
which consumed two hours and 10
minutes. cobb recalls to Griffith
the Iatter's proclivity for slow
pitching and accuses him of having
taught such twirlers as Joe Doyle,
formerly of the Yankees; CUBE
Acosta, George Mogridge and Tom
Continued on Page 2, Column Sd
The Washington times., 1926-08-18

The trail of the murder gun
in the famous Hall-Mills muir
der mystery led to Washing
ton today.
It. is trail which, if proved
not to be a hoax, may lead
direct to the actual slayers of
the Rev. Edward w. Hall, New
Jersey rector, and his sweet
heart, Mrs. Eleanor Mills,
whose bodies were found be-
meath a New Jersey crabapple
tree four years ago.
The local clue is contained in
six closely.written pages Of a
The Washington times., 1926-08-18
VA. E.NTNVO.
GOOD
CHANCE
~ InIernatllonal Sow seryIee

| BY International News service
NEW YORK, Aug. 18.--Rudolpf
Valentino. "sheik' Of the films
who is critically i'll in Polyclini'
Hospital, spent a reasonably com
Portable night and. his condition
today .is improved, attending physi
clans announced shortly before II
o'clock this morning.
Has RestfuI Night
Shortly before noon Valentino
took his first nourishment since Ia
became lila bowl of chicken broth
A sure sign that the film sheik
is on the mend is seen in the fact
that he is growing restless at iyins
in bed and is fretting about the
duration of his confinement.
Valentines illness followed
double operation last Sunday fol
acute appendicitis and gastric vi
Ger.
The following official bulletin
was issued: 81,
mfr. Valentino rested reason
ably comfortable last night and
showed improvement in his gen
eral condition today. Temperature
101; pulse. 90; respiration. %.
"DR. PAUL f. DURHAM,
"DR. HAROLD D. MEEkER,
''DR. u. RANDOLPH MANNING y
Temperature Drops
Valentines temperature of 101
was drop Of two degrees from
late yesterday.
The famous dark-haired "sheik'
was greatly cheered this morning
when he was told that Pola Negri
had called up three times frol1
Los Angeles inquiring about his
condition. He is constantly receiv.
ing kilograms from other close
friends in the movie colony at
Hollywood.
Valentino received cablegram
this morning from Natacha RAM
bova, his second wife, from whom
he is divorced. She is now in
Paris. She expressed sorrow at
learning he was i'll. extending he:
love, it was announced, and said
she is praying for his recovery.
Jean Acker, Valentines first
wife, previously had made inquiries
regarding his condition.
Messages Cheer
Others who sent messages of
cheer to him included Charlie
Chaplin, Marian Davies, Mary
Pickford. Mae Marsh and Jack
Clifford.
Gloria Swanson, who Is in New
York, telephoned to one of the
nurses that she will go to the
hospital this afternoon to see the
stricken star.
The telephone girl at the hos
pitaI was kept busy all morning
answering inquiries concerning
Valentines condition.
Three nurses are in attendance
for the "sheik" at all times, only
one ever being admitted to his
room at one time. this being done
to prevent the patient from real
izing his danger,
The crisis for Valentino was ex-
pected to come today. Physicians
were greatly cheered over the i'm
provement he Is showing and there
was a feeling among them that he
would safely pass through the
crisis. The fact that he has an
exceptionally strong physique and
that he is. cheerful Of spirit will
help hiuas it was stated.
The Washington times., 1926-08-18
Diary Shovs Hall Gun
Was SoLdfor $500

woman's diary. purporting to re-
veal the inner secrets of the do
nestle and love affairs Of the slain
rector: and stating that the murder
gun, sought after four years. by in
yestisating authorities. was sold
BY the finder for 81. 500.
This alleged diary, written in bad
English, and exhibiting poor pen
manship and equally poor spelling,
waa pulled, burning, from trash
can in the rear of the apartment
house at IS Carroll Avenue, Ia.
koma Park, Md. Elsie Benton. 16-
year-old student at a business cot,
lege here, found the pages.
The pages were turned over to
Chief of Detectives Henry G. Pratt
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
The Washington times., 1926-08-18

stains
By DAVID p. sENTER

S)MERNllilllE, n. !, Aug.
The throat o
Eleanor Mills, murdered Choir
iiste was cut after her death
from bullet wounds II was
testified 1t the pecia Hall
Mills hearing today by Pr.
i. r Anderson, blood expert
hired BY the State.
DR.. Anderson declared that
a week or SO after the murders
had been committed in 1922,
he was given quantity OF
soil to examine. This soil was
taken from where the bodies
of the murder victims were
found.
Explained By Doctor
The doctor said that analysis
showed that the soil was i'm
pregnated with blood, thus estab-
fishing the theory that the MUIR
ders were committed on the spot
where the bodies were discovered.
IF a persons. throat is cut
after that person. has been shot"
said Anderson, rapid bleeding
ceases. Ordinarily large guam
tity of blood would leave the
body, perhaps six pints."
Loss of Blood Small
The doctor said that the soil ex.
amined revealed only eight.tenths
of "a pint of blood.
John /. Bowers, who succeeded
Azariah Beekman as prosecutor of
Somerset county, testified that Beck.
man had not turned over to him
any records, exhibits or statements
in connection with the HalEMills
case.
Mrs. Almeda Hardness, a comedy
and fashionably dressed young ma
iron, testified that on the night of
the murders she had encountered
Mrs. Mills and the Rev. Hall hur-
rying, separately, to the trysting
place.
II met Mrs. Mills going in the
direction of Phillips farm about 7:3O
in the evening" said Mrs. Hardness.
Half an hour later / encountered
DIR. Hall going in the same direc-
ton. They both appeared 10 be pre-
occupied"
Did you speak to Mrs. MilIs?''
mo, she merely smiled as she
passed.
did you speak to DR.. Hall?"
mo. he didn't speak to me-"
Found RlOOd-Stained Bag
The witness then said that she
had visited the scene of the murders
and there had found blood.stained
burlap bag. She notified the au-
thor!ties of this find.
Peter Tunlulty. Hall household
chauffeur. took the stand and said
that he did not know whether the
big" car was in use on the night
OF tho murders.
RoGert =. ConIslin. who was sheriff
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-27
Lahr Motor Co.
to Have Unique
Auto Exhibit

Probably the most interesting ex-
hibit to be seen during the Bismarck
automobile show next Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday will be the WHY'S
knight "7O'' cut away chassis. which
is being shipped from Omaha today
by express.
The chassis is accompanied by q
lecturer who explains the WHY'S
knight car from radiator to tail
lamp. This chassis and lecturer were
part Of the Willys exhibit at the
New York and Chicago automobile
shows. and the Lahr Motor Sales COM
pany feels that it has been quite fore
tunate in obtaining this exhibit for
the Bismarck show.
The Omaha show closes today and
the Bismarck show opens next
Thursday morning. which makes it
necessary for the Lahr Motor Sales
company to ship this chassis in by
express rather than freight--a nat
ural thing for progressive firm
like this to do rather than to be un-
able to put forth an exceptional ex-
hibit during the show.
The Lahr Motor Sales company
had hoped to be able to include the
cut away chassis in its exhibit At
the tabernacle, show headquarterss
but because Of the limited space
there, and also because Of the
chances that much dust might get
into the working parts of the ma-
chine if exhibited at that location,
it has been decided to show this
MODEL at the company's own display
robins, corner Thayer and Fourth
streets.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-27
WILL ROGERS
T0C0ME HERE
ON MARCH rs
Will Be Accompanied by DE
Reske Singers-Fine Pro-
gram Is Assured

An announcement that will be
greeted with unusual interest by the
people Of Bismarck and vicinity is
that of the appearance OF VIII
Rogers and the De Reske singers in
a Joint concert at the Bismarck Au-
ditorium on March 25. Rogers hard
ly needs an introduction. He has
been the headline attraction with the
Zicgfeld Follies for number Of
years, which is sufficient evidence Of
his ability as an entertainer. After
much effort he was persuaded to
leave the Follies for a season in con-
cert and his success has been so
great that it is highly improbable
that he will discontinue this work.
Rogers is undoubtedly the out
standing American humorist since
the death Of Mark Twain, and fol-
lowing the recent visit Of his Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales he has
been called the prince of Enter
taincrs and the Entertainer of the
Prince as one of the first requests
made by the Prince Of Wales was to
meet Will Rogers. Rogers greeted
the prince with one Of his character
istic remarks, saying, Il can't offer
you a place on. Long Island, but II
you are hard up can have a cot put
in my dressing room at the New Ann
sterdam theatre From then on he
and the prince were fast friends.
|. Singers Are Americans
The De Reske singers are group
Of native Americans selected and
trained by the famous Jean De Reske.
They are making their first tour Of
America following their tour abroad
and are being greeted enthusiastic
ally everywhere.
Rogers and the De Reske singers
have just completed a tour of Florida
and the appearance here on March
25 will afford the first opportunity
Of hearing Rogers and the famous
singers who accompany him. His
entertainment is distinctly different
from any other and it is clean in
every particular.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-27
4-WEEKS-0LD
BABY LEFT ON
S. DOORSTEP
Suffering With Smallpox and
Has Been Taken TO De-
tention Hospital

The four-weeks old baby girl of a
l7-year-old unmarried mother, found
Thursday afternoon at 3 O'Clock on
the steps Of the Salvation Army
building, has been taken to the de-
tention hospital northwest Of the
city. 1t was learned through an ex-
animation by City Physician Dr. c.
r.. Stackhouse- that the baby had
smallpox.
Early Thursday afternoon the
mother came to- the Salvation Army
headquarters and asked Captain
Whitby and Lieutenant knuth Of the
Army to find home for the baby.
When they saw the rash on the child
they told the mother to keep it un-
til it was well when they would
place it in home. Because Of the
public nature of their work they
could not take care of a sick child,
they said. The mother left, agree
ing to return when the baby was we'll.
Several hours later the women heard
the infant crying on the steps and
brought it in.
No search is being made for the
mother and the Salvation Army Of
ficers plan to care for the child If
it recovers. 1t was reported at the
detention hospital this morning that
the baby was getting along as we'll
as could be expected but its condi-
tion, made more serious by the ex-
posure on the Salvation Army steps,
is critical.
When found the baby was clothed
in rags. Nurses at the detention hos
pital are making clothes for it today.
Captain Whitby said today that the
taby was perfectly formed and SEEM
ed to be q normal child.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-27
DYNAMITECAP
IN A BRIQUET
KILLED GIRL
Coroner Makes This Decision
After Finding Piece Of
Brass in Body

Devils Lake. n. D.. Feb. -. Up
The explosion Of dynamite percus-
sion cap encased in coal briquet
caused the death Of Elizabeth Schwan.
l6. daughter Of Frank Schwan, Ram
sey county farmer, in the opinion OF
Coroner A. f. Toomcy and DR.. Neil
Mclean, who investigated tho girls
death which occurred Wednesday.
The girl, who was sweeping the
kitchen floor. dropped dead following
an explosion in the kitchen stove
which caused missile 20 pierce her
body.
A small piece Of brass, no larger
than millet seed. was found in the
girls vertebrac. 1t was identical
with the brass wadding in y dynamite
percussion cap, the authorities said.
The wadding had pierced the girls
lung, severed an artery and caused
hemorrhage which resulted in al
most instant death. Since the girls
father insisted there had been no
dynamite caps in his home the cor
oner expressed the view that the cap
WIS contained in one Of the. bri-
Guettes which were being used in the
stove
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-27
STATE PRISON
PR0GRAM0VER
RADIO SUNDAY
Two Accomplished Musicians,
Inmates at Penitentiary.
to Broadcast

The North Dakota "enitentiary'
first radio program will be nut on
the air Sunday afternoon ut 5 o'clock
from the Bismarck broadcasting sta
ton KFYR, with Roland r.. Cans and
Harry G. Beck, prison inmates. as
the entertainers. Both are musicians
Of considerable ability and have COM
posed several popular numbers. two
of which are now on the market.
The young men are making music
their life study. Mr.. Cans home IS
at Joliet, H.. where he was formerly
connected with several musical or
ganizations. He was sentenced to 20
years in the North Dakota prison
from Cass county two years ago. His
sentence has since been reduced to
five years.
Beck, who came to the penitentiary
a year ago from WahpetOn. is we'll
known in musical circles in Mime
sofa and the Dakotas. He has one
more year to serve.
Their program will consist Of piano
and vocal solos and duets, violin
solos, and xylophone numbers, and
will include both classical and popular
selections.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-27

AGENT
ASSURED FOR
BURLEIGH CO,
Association of Commerce Di-
rectOrs Will Solicit NeceS-
Sary Funds

Burleigh county will soon have an
agricultural expert, better known as
county agent. upon whom the
farmers of the county may call at
any time and all times for assistance
or information.
This decision was made yesterday
ut meeting Of the directors Of the
Bismarck Asspciation of Commerce,
at which time the agricultural COM
mittee of the association made it's
report regarding such Il project. The
members of the committee investi-
gated thoroughly the feasibility and
practicability OF such Il move and re-
ported that they believed IL county
agent should be secured for Burleigh
Just as soon as possible. They rec
commended to the directors that the
association sponsor such project.
Report Approved
The board Of directors approved
the report Of the committee and vot-
ed to cooperate in an effort to raise
the funds necessary for such work.
Federal aid will Ne forthcoming to-
wards Il county agent here in the
sum of $1,000 and about $500 or
81, 600 must be raised by subscription
to make possible the hiring of such
man and to cover the expense OF
carrying on the work here. A large
number of Bismarck business men
have already indicated their willing
ness to contribute literally to such
Il cause and the directors of the as
sociation are confident that the nee
essary amount Of funds will be quick
ly subscribed.
The state agricultural college has
assured the local people that it car
furnish first class agricultural ex
pert at once to take charge Of tn.
work in Burleigh county, and it j.
believed probable that a county agen
will be ION the job" here by April l
Will Appoint Committee
A committee Of farmers and bust
| ness men will be appointed by tn.
Association OF Commerce to have iul
\ charge Of the activities Of such al
agent.
| The solicitation Of funds for tn,
work will be made some time mex
week. Residents Of the county il
general, both farmers and bushes.
men, realize that competent coun
ty agent can do great deal for tn.
farmers and, it is believed, will re
spond readily to the appeal
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-27
TODAY
UNlNTERESTlNG WINE BATH
THE MOUSE AND THE WHALE
A LIVE DlNOSAUR
FIVE KINDS or GOLD
BY ARTHUR BRISBANE
(Cnnvripht. 1926)

Sacramento, Calf, Feb. 27--Sac-
ramento wakes and starts work early.
interested in real things. A New
York despatch describes an English
noble woman, . Pittsburgh million
aire and others watching young lady
bathing in a tub filled with wine and
drinking as they watched. That may
have Interested New York, it doesn't
interest Sacramento. McClatchey Of
the Sacramento Bee, read by every
body in several counties, dismisses it
briefly. pigs do the thing better in
any pig sty."
In childhood you read about the
three blind men examining and mis-
judging an elephant. !.
One holding the trunk said. ITS
q SNAKE" Another, seizing the tail
said, "a rope" A third, feeling one
leg, said. "a post"
70 expect one man to describe Cal
ifornia is like sending = mouse to ex-
anime & whale. The mouse might
swim around the whale for week
and bring back an inaccurate de-
scription. This is q whale Of q state.
it takes lifetime to know it.
In this city, long ago. lived Cali
fornia's bonanza families, Floods,
Huntingtons, Stanfords, Hopkins. and
Crockers.
Some made their millions in gold,
some in railroads, some in banking.
/ Up here navigation on the Sacramen-
to river begins. Here gold hunters
came to work ut the mother lode in
the mountains nearby, or wash the
nuggets from the running brooks.
Here at this day industrious dredges,
modern steel dinosaurs, di~ into the
rocky flat fields. going down thirty
feet and more with their sharp teeth
Of nickel chrome steel, and bringing
up millions Of gold that src mixed in
small quantities in every cubic yard
Of soil over vast Plains.
This was the land Of wonderful OPP
portunity back in the middle OF the
last century.
Four local merchants with $4,000
capital planned = great railroad
across the continent that has given
to them, their descendants and stock
holders, hundreds Of millions.
From these fields and mountains
those that came for gold have taken
nesrly two thoassrd million dollars
Great was the city Of Sacramento
in its beginning, when the gold rush
came in. General Suffers big genera
store was booming, gold seekers were
killing and eating the fifteen thous
and cattle and stelling the horses
scattered over his sixty-five. thousant
acres.
James Marshall. New England cerpen