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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-01
WASP STING FATAL

LONDON-Stung by a wasp, Will
liam Collinson, 46, of Tinsley, Shelf
field, developed serious complications
and died in eighteen hours, despite
every medical attention.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-01

So well did Edward Earl like to shoot
that he joined the Army, since he
couldn't pay dues in a civilian or.
ganizatiOn. After careful training,
he was ready for his qualification
tests at TT. Benning, Ga, anxious
to raise his cOmpany's rating with a
good score. Suddenly he developed
trouble in his right eye; its sight was
only 20 per cent of normal. I'm
daunted, Earl taught himself to
shoot left-handed. After practicing
for several months, he has shot a
score six points higher than is re-
quired for the rank of sharpshOoter.
A brigadier general pinned medal
on his blouse and promised surgical
aid for his defective eye.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-26
New Police Chief
Canton Proposes
Shakeup in Force

Canton, Ohio, July 25-(P)-Earl
HeXamer, acting police chief and
head of the police investigation into
the killing of Don r. Mellett, Canton
publisher, threatened a shakeup in
the force today in one of his first Of
fetal orders.
Lax law enforcement in Canton. for
which Chief S. A. Lengel was sus-
pended yesterday by Mayor S. NJ.
Swartz, will not be tolerated longer,
the acting chief indicated today as he
assumed Lengers duties.
HeXamer also is safety director as
well as acting chief of police. He de-
NOTED one detective to patrol ranks
today on charges of failure to en-
force the law and he said that fur
Their changes could be expected any
time.
Four women of the underworld
held for suspicion" were released
under bond last night after a long
quizzing by private detectives. A
firth woman held at police headquar-
tiers will be questioned tomorroy. The
quizzings are all related to the Mel
lett case inasmuch as they are con-
Quoted in an effort to find out how
openly vice had been permitted in
Canton and if the denizens have
knowledge of a plot of retaliation
against the publisher.
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100000 Attendance
At Sabbath Opening
SesQui- Centennial

Philadelphia, July 25-(P)-Free
amusements at the sesqui- centennial
exposition today drew one of the
largest crowds on record, Up to p.
NJ, nearly 10000 persons had paid the
fifty cents admission to the grounds.
which gave them free access to the
concessions on the Gladway. where
all the amusements are conducted.
Travellers are still pouring through
the scores of turnstills and officials
estimated the days attendance would
reach 100000.
The Pennsylvania state building
was the only evidence of the fight of
religious bodies to keep the EXPOSE
ton closed on the Sabbath. It's doors
were closed by order of Governor
Pinchot. Reports were in circulation
that the Methodist Mems Committee
of 100 which is leading the campaign
for a closed Sunday. had detectives
on hand to gather evidence for fur
Their court action under the blue laws
Of 1894. These reports, however,
lacked verification.
Whether today's experiment will
be continued by the sesqui directors
indefinitely could not be learned. E.
l.. Austin, director general Of the ex-
position, who yesterday was fined by
police magistrate 81 and costs, the
limit under the blue laws, for operat
ing the fair on the Sabbath. had
nothing to say tonight. Neither was
it known what further action. if any,
the religious bodies contemplated.
NJ. Austins arrest was based on his
alleged violation of the law last Sun
day, when admission was charged for
the amusements.
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Peggy Changes Her
Mind About Marrying;
COmstOck Out o. Luck

New York, July 25.-(P)-The en-
gagement of Peggy Hopkins Joyce and
Stanford Comstock, latest of her f.
ances, is off. In a radio message to-
day to the Associated Press from the
Homeric, on which she is sailing to
Paris, Miss Joyce confirmed rumors
of break with the real estate oper-
ator.
Changed my mind-woman's priv
ilege-not marrying anyone" she said.
When Miss Joyce sailed Friday as
Countess Costa Morner, the name of
her most recent husband, Comstoclz
was not at the pier to bid her fare
well and it was rumored then that
they had broken their engagement by
mutual consent.
The latest of the romances of the
actress began in Florida. With the
announcement of the engagement,
Comstock's former wife alleged that
he is not legally divorced from her
Miss Joyce at that time, however, in
sisted that she was going to marry
Comstocll despite the objections of his
former wife.
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N. Y. CATHOLICS HEAR
DENUNCIATION OF
METHODS IN mexico

New York, July 25.-(P)-New
York's 100000 Roman Catholics were
called upon today by Cardinal Hayes
to pray for their co-religionists In
Mexico on August l. the date on which
a proposed. economic and social block
ade Of that country is to become eff
fective.
Cardinal Hayes denounced the treat
ment of Catholics by the Mexican gov
eminent as constituting a "distressful
and dreadful crisis" His pastoral let
ter, charging that Shocking injustices
are perpetrated by an anti-Christian
government against priests and a re-
ligious and faithful Catholic people,
was read at all the masses today.
The pastoral letter was prepared be-
fore reports reached New York that
the pope was said to regard with dis
favor the proposal by the archbishop
of Mexico City of a retaliatory boy
colt. The letter was sent to priests
of the diocese early in the week. Mon
signor NJ. j. Lavelle of st. Patricks
cathedral said today, and no change
in it had been made.
The cardinal had received no word
from the vatican of any adverse atti-
tude OF the pope to the proposed boy
colt. but called for prayers for the
Mexican Catholics on next Sunday. the
Feast of St Peter in Chains. A SINH
lar call was issued from all Catholic
pulpits today at the request of the
pope.
Monsignor Vale said Cardinal HAYES
had been informed of the suspension
of all religious services and the with
drawal of priests from all churches in
Mexico, but had no comment to make
on this action.
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Tired and Hungry
Ellsworth Elopers
Found near Machias

Ellsworth. Maine, July 25.-(P)-
The fourteen year old Ellsworth boy
and girl, David Coughlin and Nellie
Piper. who eloped last Wednesday
and for whom highway police and
deputy sheriffs have been searching
Sheriff Cummings walking in the
road from East Machias to Machias.
They appeared tired and hungry and
had little to say. They were taken
to Machias Jail and their parents
were notified,
This pair has kept several counties
considerably excited since they left
Ellsworth last Wednesday night in a
hired car stored with camping equip
ment, provisions and clothing, were
turned back while attempting to cross
eluded Coughin's brother after an ex-
citing chase Thursday night and aban-
doned their car in ditch and took to
the woods near Whiting, about 60
miles from home. That was the last
seen of them until their capture to-
night. The couple, angered at paren-
tai objections to their love affairs.
ran away about 10 days ago, were
found in an abandoned house and
brought HON. promising better be-
havior, but didn't keep their word. On
both occasions the girl left a note to
the effect that they intended suicide
and the boy carried loaded revolver
and fear that they might carry out
their threats added much to the anx-
iety of their relatives
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Strikers Clash
With Passaic Police
Six Taken to Cooler

Passaic, n. j., July 25.-(Pl-
Striking fur workers from New York
clashed with the police today when the
strikers attempted to form a parade
following a joint meeting with Pas
sale textile strikers.
The police ordered the strikers to
dsband.
Upon their refusal strikers received
blows from night sticks and six per-
sons We're arrested. One woman, a
textile striker of Clifton, n. j., was
charged with assault and battery. She
was alleged to have stoned an officer.
The others were charged with disor-
derby conduct.
About 35 fur strikers came here in
automobiles for the joint meeting
with the textile strikers. They left
their cars about a block from the
meeting ball and proceeded to form a
parade. Police tore down their ban
ners and frustrated their attempt
After the meeting, which was ad-
dressed by Alder Weisbord, leader of
the strikers, another effort to parade
was made. 1t was then that the clash
came.
Weisbord said he was leaving for
Washington tonight or tomorrow to
confer with Senator Borah as posi-
BILE mediator of the textile strike.
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Daughter President
Cleveland Is Bride

Tamworth, n. H., July 25.-(P)-
Mrs. Marion Cleveland Dell, daughter
of the late President Grover Cleve-
land, was married here this noon to
John Harlan Amen, son of the late
Harlan Page Amen, formerly principal
of Phillips Exeter Academy. The cere-
mony took place at Intramont, the
country home of the brides mother,
Mrs. Francis Cleveland Preston, and
was performed by the Rev. c. Pardee
Edman of Los Angeles, Cal, assisted
by Dr. John II. Finley of New York.
Only immediate members of the fam
lilies attended.
Mrs. Dell was granted divorce
from her husband, William Stanley
Dell, formerly of New York, in Paris
last September.
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One of Quintet Captured When
Robbers Car Crashes Into
Hydrant-Others Escape At
ter Gun Fight With Police
One Man Shot in Abdomen
When He Attempts to Halt
Flight of Bandits

New York. July 25.-P,-One of
the five bandits who held up and
robbed the Reid Ice Cream Company
today of cash and checks totalling
$4,000 was captured shortly after
the robbery when the bandits car
crashed into fire hydrant. The
other four escaped with tie loot af-
ter gun battle with the police.
The captured man, Peter Powers,
denied earlier reports that John
(Bum) Rogers, notorious robber
and escaped convict, was member
of the band. Police also said the
first report of Rogers participation
in the holdup was erroneous.
Cecil Linderman, shot in the alb
domen when he attempted to stop
the robbers fight from the fourth
floor office of the ice cream COM
pany, is reported in serious con-
dition.
The crash of the car on a busy
corner attracted large crowd.
Three police who ran to investigate
were fired upon by the occupants OF
the car, but fearful of hitting by
ISLANDERS, held their fire until the
crowd scattered, enabling four of the
bandits to make good their escape
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Young Attorney General Lead
ing Over 100000 in Race
for Democratic Nomination
for GOvernOr-Lacks 1899 of
Having Majority Over All
Candidates-May Mean Run
off Primary on Aug. %

Dallas. Tex. July 25.-[P)-The
fortunes of the governorship of Texas
hung in the balance late tonight.
Attorney General Dan Moody
steadily increased his lead over his
principal opponent Governor Miriam
A. Ferguson, in the Democratic
gubernatorial primary. until his
plurality was over 100000 mark to-
night, but Mr. Moody still lacked by
1893 votes majority over all oppon-
ents in the race-necessity for nom
ination.
AT nine ?. NJ, the vote from 237
counties out of 252 in the state. "a
complete, stood, Ferguson, 226,799;
Moody, $1,000.
Interest was attached today to the
statement at the opening of Mrs. Fer
guson's campaign, to the effect that
if Moody led her by one vote she
should resign, provided Moody would
agree to resign his position as attor-
ney general if she led him by $4,000.
Speaking late last night to an aud
fence at Austin, Mr.. Moody asserted
Texas would have a new governor
within a week, but he did not elabo-
rate.
Goevrnor Ferguson's answer to a
question last night as to whether she
would quit office if Moody received
more votes than she did, was that
she would have nothing to say until
the final outcome was learned, which
she expected TO be within three days.
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Washington, July 25-(P1-Europe
is united in but one thing, hatred of
the United States" Senator Hiram
Johnson, Republican, California, de-
clared in a statement today, urging
that without delay we withdraw our
proposal for entry" into the world
court.
Despite this hatred of the United
States" which the senator laid to the
debt question, he declared "a part OF
our citizenship is so blind, a part so
weak and fabby, that they would
take this hated creditor nation into
a world court dominated by it's hating
debtors"
1.-THE greatest of the English news
papers" he continued, ARE denounc-
ing US without stint; the French
press is ablaze in it's bitterness
against us; the Italian papers EMU
late those of other countries in ap-
plying opprobrious epithets to US.
We'll dressed crowds of French
men in the streets of Paris hiss and
boot and mob Americans.
THE United States is the pariah
among nations openly accused of be-
ing moneybag and a Shylock. hat
Gu ana ueSplSed Dy ali. ANA appar-
emily the cause of it all is because the
United States is seeking to collect
portion. and only a small portion, of
the promissory notes given to the
United States by foreign nations.
"We have just learned from Mr..
Mellon for the first time that in the
case of Italy we forgave all the
money we loaned during the war and
collected but half of that loaned af-
ter the war. and we learned this des-
pite the fact that until now Mr.. Mel
Ion and his spokesman in and out of
the congress insisting were collecting
every dollar of the principal due u.s.
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Bath-tub Girl, Broke,
Recovering from
Overdose of Powder

Chicago. July 25-(P)-Recoverin
from an overdose of a sleeping potion
in the county hospital tonight, Joyce
Hawely. "the bath-tub girl" protested
vehmently that she had no intention
of committing suicide when she took
the medicine in her hotel room.
She was discharged a week ago
from her cabaret job in Morton Grove
q surburb, when village officials pro-
tested to the tavern keeper, and to-
night Joyce admitted she was fiat
broke but scared to die" Her dis
missal resulted from publicity over
her recent arrest for disregarding
traffic signals and "sassing" the po-
lice.
Her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony
Daugelas, went to the hospital to see
her. but her father declared Joyce's
present predicament seemed to him
another advertising stunt"
Joyce said she was starting out for
walk last night from her hotel with
an army officer, when she was af-
fronted by the remarks of a man in
front Of the hotel and she returned
to her room. Unable to go to sleep
she took three doses of sleeping pow
ders, which, instead of quieting her,
brought on hysteria. County hospi-
tai physicians said her condition was
not serious.
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SUSPENDED DRY
DIRECTOR DEFENDS
HIS BOOZE DRINKING

San Francisco. July 25.-(P)-Col-
onel Ned NJ. Green, suspended prohi-
bition director for northern Califor-
MIA and Nevada, stood ready today to
defend his actions of drinking liquor
in his hotel.
Tomorrow he is slated to answer
the summons of the federal grand
jury and appear to justify his newly
announced doctrine that a director Of
prohibition may drink. offer drinks of
liquor to his friends, be host at
parties in his hotel, at which liquor
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EpiscOpate Order Sus-
Ponds All Religious
Services in Republic
After July 81
Letter Registers Protes
/ Against New Regulations
I Proclaims Various Penalties
Which May Be Imposed
Against Those of Catholic
Faith Who Are Responsible
for the New Laws-Says
Church Will Survive Present
Prosecution

Mexico City, July 25-(P)-All re-
lIgious services in Catholic churches
throughout Mexico requiring the Of
fees Of priests will be suspended af-
ter July 81 by order of the Catholic
Episcopate, which has addressed a
PASTORAL letter to the Catholics of
Mexico.
The letter, which is signed by the
Archbishop of Mexico, the Most Rev.
Grand Moray del Rio. the seven
other archbishops and 20 bishops,
protests against the new religious
relugations promulgated by the Mex
lean government, and proclaims the
various penalties which may be i'm
posed against those of the Catholic
faith who are responsible for the new
laws or in any aid in putting them
into effect.
Among these penalties is ex-com-
Continued on Page 8, Col. p
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Gov. "Ma" Ferguson is
Trailing in Primary
Record Activity
For Industry and
Commerce Past Year

Washington, July 25-(AP)-
Industrial and commercial activ-
ity Of the United States during
the calendar year 1925 reached
the highest levels ever attained in
our history, not even excepting
the years of abnormal war actl-
witty" says the commerce depart
ment yearbook, made public to-
day.
Nevertheless, apart from
heavy speculation in the securi-
ties market" summary of the
book declares, "the year was not
one of credit imitation or boom
psychology"
The great expansion, when
considering the industrial and
commercial business as a whole.
was described as having "repre.
sented the continuance of condi-
tons scarcely interrupted since
the middle of 1922" and the basic
reason given was the Increasing
efficiency of industry and COM
merce."
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POINCARE and HIS
CABINET TACKLE
PROBLEM OF FRANC

Paris, July 25.-(P1 - Premier
Poincare is faced with the herculean
task of raising from four billion to
five billion francs within the next
thirty days, and met his ministers in
cabinet council today to talk it over.
The premier's plans have not yet
been divulged, but one thing appears
certain, France must consent to re-
newed financial sacrifices"
M. Poincare made no secret of his
opposition to foreign credits, if they
can be avoided, and admitted that
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Seek Protection
Of Persian Bahais

Eliot, Me-, July 25-(P)-Reports of
anti Bahai violence III Persia have
led the National Spiritual Assembly,
representing the Bahais of the United
States and Canada, to petition Reza
Sha Pahlavi. Persian secretary of
state. tor justice and protection for
the Persian Bahais, it was announced
today by Horace Holley, National
Bahai secretary.
Mr.. Foley said that information
received at the Bahai settlement here
gave specific cases o. Slaughter and
pillage n which at least 20 victims
persisted N the last few weeks. The
outbreaks were reported to have been
particularly violent In the neighbour
hood of Jahrum, near Shiraz and
Maraghih, in the province of Adher-
bayjan, and were SAID to have been
fostered by leaders of the Shiite
(Muslim) sect.
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President and Wife
Again Attend Church
At Lake Saranac

Paul Smiths, N. Y, July 25.-LP)-
The president and Mrs. Coolidge with
Secretary Wilbur of the navy depart
ment attended services at the First
Presbyterian church at Saranac Lake
today. ThrongS applauded them as
they drove through the streets of the
town and as they entered the church.
In the absence of the church pastor
on vacation, the sermon was by the
Rev. Ernest Louis Waltz of the Mis-
sion chapel of the First Presbyterian
church of Brooklyn.
For dinner. the president and Mrs.
Coolidge had as their guests at White
Pine Camp some of the newspaper cor
respondents who have accompanied
them to the Adrondacks as we'll as
Mr.. Wilbur, who arrived yesterday for
the week end and will leave tomorrow
for Seattle, where he will join the
United States feet for cruise.
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Former Splinter
Killed by Automobile

birmingham, Mass, July 25-lP)-
Edward piper" Donovan, former
sprinter and brother of William
''Pooch" Donovan, Harvard's veteran
trainer, was killed here today by an
automobiles who escaped after the
accident His body was found in the
road, apparently some time after ne
had been struck. and local and state
police began a search for the motor
ist.. Death was due to a fractured
skull.
Donovan was IS years old, shoe
worker by trade, and in his heyday
as an athlete was credited with 3
3-5 second hundred yard dash at
Brockton. He was also the first
American to win the Sheffield sprint
in England. His home was in Natick.
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Noted Writer Killed
In Crash of Airplane

Wawona, Calf, July 25-P)-Le-
roy letters. noted author, lecturer and
explorer of New York, was killed
here today when an airplane in which
he was a passenger, crashed to the
ground. DR.. Sterling Bunnell, of San
Francisco, pilot of the machine, suf-
fered a fractured hip.
Witnesses said the airplane appar-
entity got out of control plunging 100
feet into the flower garden of hotel
here. DIR. Bunnell is president of the
San Francisco branch of the Nation
al Aeronautic Society.
Jeffers organized the Associated
Mountaineering Clubs of North
America. and was a Fellow Of the
Royal Geographical Society, of Lon
don.
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Says Spoiled Boys
Make Bad Husbands

London, July 25.-(P)-Spoiled boys
make bad husbands. So says Miss H.
S. Cooper Hodgson, health inspector of
the Durham county council.
Mothers who are too indulgent to
their sons give wives self-centered
husbands who, because they have been
thoroughly spoiled. never life finger
to help in the home" Miss Hodgson
declared at sanitary congress here.
She was speaking on some of the diff
ficulties of rearing children.
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HIS FIRST NOVEL
WINS $500 PRIZE

New York. July 25-v(P)-Award to
Paul Kimball. of SIS R1verway, Bos-
ton, of $4,000 prize for his first
novel, which won in an open compe-
tition against $500 competitors, was
announced today.
Mr.. Kimball, who is. 81 years old
and has been teacher in New Eng
land preparatory schools for several
years, submitted the manuscript of a
novel entitled Mrs. Merivale" in a
contest fostered by Edward ]. CIode.
New York publisher.
Mrs. Merivale" will be published
in Angus Mr.. Kimball will give up
teaching !; d spend all his time writ
ing
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Kills Self in Leap
From Fourth Story

New York, July 25.-(P)-Telling
her fiance he had better look for an
other sweetheart" Beatrice Klein. IS,
a modiste, jumped four stories to her
death today from the window of her
Bronx apartment.
Samuel Handler. her fiance, said she
had been suffering for the last few
days of an uncomfortable headache.
Doctors told her she must consult a
specialist, he said, and she became de-
spondent.
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More Victims Die
AS Result Drinking
Poisoned Alcohol

Buffalo. n. Y, July 25.-(P)-While
dry agents were trying to locate the
source of the supply of wood alcohol
that had caused nearly a score of
deaths in this city and nearby Cana
dian cities over the week end, the
death list was today increased by
seven-four in Buffalo and three in
Lockport.
Dispatches from Toronto list 10 ia
talities, making the total for the three
cities 20. Thirteen of the poison VIC
tins lived in the city, their deaths
covering a period of four days.
Toronto, July 25.-(P)-Deaths from
poisonous liquor in Toronto and vi
entity reached the total of Is tonight,
with the addition of three new victims.
Three persons are in custody in con-
nection with the distribution of the
alleged poisonous beverage.