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To
WAR ON
CHURCH
CONTINUED from First PaeeS

Continueo from FIST 11Sep
hents 20 overthrow the revolu-
ionary government under the s1ise
" religious zeal.
Gales belittled the possible ef-
Gects OF the boycott Of the churches
Iy the clergy.
His statement continues as foi-
bws:
iEven were the proposed economic
paralysis OF the country actually
Produced by the Catholics, while
/ might mean disorders ana tumni:
he government could not itself
Be injured, and the net result
you'd be to bring down upon the
eaders Of the movement, the hatred
AZ those who had suffered from
ne boycott.
IT well understand that for the
beople OF the Unlted States. II lie
difficult to grasp the fact that
The agitation in Mexico is simply
the work of scoundrels who are
leeking to conceal their polisicai
motives under the mantle OF rel.
klon.
"The only thing that the mani
festo will be the abstention of some
members of wealthy parishes from
attendance at functions Of POM
hous, social character where their
ibsence may produce surprise upon
he ingenious.
But even these will not fail to
Attend the cabarets and other places
bf amusement where their presence
win be less conspicuous. Forum.
htely, the economic life OF Mexico
Toes not depend upon few dozens
Of agitators who. taking the Catho.
tic religion as Il pretext, unbosom
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Bishops of Mexico
Flay Gales Decree
In Pastoral Letter
International News service

MEXICO CITY, July 26. - The
atholic Church is not, fostering
ebellion in it's opposition to the gov.
rnment decree dissolving religious
orders and forbidding tho teaching
VI religious doctrines in schools,
according to a pastoral letter by
the 81 archbishopB and bishops of
Mexico, distributed widely ali over
Mexico and eagerly read In every
Catholic home today.
Catholics are abjured to >"try
through all legal and peaceful
means to attain the derogation of
the anti.religious statutes"
1T would be a crime for us to
tolerate such situation" said the
pastoral letter. This LEGISLATION
is an unheard.of offense against
divine rights. Our conduct in pro.
testing Ia not rebellion. 1t is i'm.
possible to continue our sacred min.
istry under the conditions Of the
decree y"
The pastoral letter announces the
decision to suspend divine services
and the priests will retire and the
churches left in the hands Of the
faithful. Catholic parenAs are
warned to see to 1t that their
children do nbt attend places of
education where their faith may be
imperilled.
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their old rancor toward the men
conducting the government.
Neither industry nor commerce,
nor any fairly productive activity
has ever depended upon a group OF
Catholic agitators such AZ now Is
attempting this ridiculous move
ment.
"The live forces of the country
always have progressed and deve'
oped without permitting them
selves to be guided by those who
take religion for what they can get
out of it. These live forces, whether
Catholic or Protestant, are not
hampered by resolutions of malici.
ously disposed lotteries.
Naturally; my government does
not intend to soften the amend
ments and additions to the penal
code which the bad prelates or
Catholic political leaders have
seized upon as pretext to oppose
the reconstructive social revolu'
tionary work which we are en-.
deavorin9 to carry on"
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'DYNA|N TE AND
NATE BOLT

continued from FIRST Page)
mack, employed BY the Aerican Ice
Company was delivering ice near BY.
Back 81 BrnsflOff Home
The garage Is or rather was--
located III back 81 the residence Of
Nathan Brnsiloff, leader Of the New
WIZARD Rook Orchestra. st s1l7
FIRST St. N. w. 1t was housing
two cars, one bfand.new roadster
belonging to Ralph Rpwly. gOsi
FIRST Sc. n. w. who rent1 the "a
rage from Brusiloff. The horsEs
were suddenly frightened. II y be-
lIeved BY stones thrown At them
By two small boys.
WhaEeevr the cause, ''Dynamite
ana Lightning suddenly decided
IA live up to their names and tore
down the alley toward the garage.
With 800 pounds OF ice penin0
them A steep slope to aid them,
they cot ip considerable momentum
Garage Door Closed
Thg door of the garage was closed,
but the two horses tore right into e
ana through Ii without pause.
Sideswiping ,One Of the cars 10 the
gArage. the horses ran full fofcs
into the roadster. pushing
through the brick wall in back q
the garage and onto ne steps q the
Brnsifoff home behind the wall.
After the excitement died down i
was found that one car was prac.
tically demolished, the other badly
damaged. the garage 30 shattered
that props were needed to hold up
the roof and lightning badly IN
jured. Dynamite. however escaped.
practically tnhurt.
ssI.iRhtninE was taken to the
horse hospital for treatment ana
may survive. The Ice cnnopafy Il
Arranging to make up for the dam.
age. and officials announced today
that IL Lightning" survives ne viii
never again be paired up Win
s'Dynahlite."
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Religious FervOr in
Mexico Stimulated by
Governments Enmity


MEXICO CITY, July 26.-Reii
Sious fervor runs high here, fol-
lowing a Sunday devoted by faith
full Catholics to prayer and devo-
tons for the success OF the Cath
Ollie church in its contest with the
Mexican government over the gov.
eminent decree for the dissolution
hibition OF the teaching of religious
doctrines in the schools.
Thousand swarmed the Catholic
churches Of Mexico yesterday for
final services. the Vatican having
ordered all services to be suspende
after this week until the govern.
ment decree is lifted. The churches
will remain open for prayer and
hundreds continued today to file
through the various churches. kneel.
ing for prayers for the revocation
of the government decree
Most dramatic Iof yesterdays de-
Votiona was the endless file Of Dill.
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Today's Scratches
At ConeY Ialand

FIRST RACE--New Gold. Peauot.
Smuts. Tender Seth. Phdlas. VasdueE.
SECOND RACE-Miami Beach, Kathe,
Harp 9TH Winds Winnie Wrinkle
Margherite, Miss Chiniuuy Glover Club.
THIRD RACE-Carolne, Disciple.
Miss Hume Dawn of Tomorrow, Mar
gate. Bride o the Wind.
EOITRTH RACE---Ragtime.
FIFTH HACE-Overall, Washakie,
sIxTH sRACE--Macks Baby Peach
King Basil, Eairbac Victrix. Mary Jane.
weather cloudy; track. fast
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COL oRED MINISTER'S
ON ANNUAL OUTING

More than 100 colored clerEymsn,
members cs the CoIored Ministers
INSTRUMENTATION Alliance met to-
dav at the John wesley A. M. 81.
zion Church and started for their
annual picnic at Highland Beach.
Ths Rev. DR.. c. Z. Russell. Dres-
ident Of the association. presided
over the body in devotional exer-
cises before starting, for the prolic.
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BATHTUB c | R |
TRIES To DIE
continued from First Page.)

Removed to the hospital, the staff
physician. Or. Carl A. Meyer, sough-
L, question her. He asked her q
number of questions in order to
determine her general knowledge.
Joyce didn't know who was the
governor of Illinois. the mayor Of
Chicago and added that she didn't
care.
81 live in Ney York." joyce flung
at her questioner. Jimmy Walker
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SPANISH AMBASSADOR
HERE 70 BE REPLACED

Senior Don Juan Riano y Gayaii-
COS, the dean of the diplomatic
corps, who has been the Spanish
envoy here since 1913. will be re-
placed by Senior Don AlexJandra
Padilla, now minister to Portugal,
It was disclosed today.
The State Department has de-
clared that Padil1a is persona grata
in the United States.
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grims to the basilica of Guadalupe,
shrine OF the patron saint or
Mexico.
The dusty road along the five
miles from Mexico City to the
basillca OF Guadalupe was crowded
all day long with rich and poor
alike who want to kneel before the
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shrine. Poems in their sunday
best jostled with richly dressed
women, who carried flowers and
crosses fashioned from evergreen
to lay upon the shrine.
Many women of high station
CARRIED themselves in mourning
and cast aside their shoes 90 they
made their way over the roads
to the shrine.
Within the basilica the pilgrims
knelt before the shrine and OF.
fered vows to maintain their faith
and their efforts to bring about q
revocation OF the government de.
cree.
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Ach, Die LOrsIei

THIS rs THE WAY the Ger
man flapper looks upOil the
beach. Stealing q pare from the
fashion book Of American movie
actresses, the pretty HraNleitA is
attired IN & smart costume FOR n
din IN the ocean.
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is the mayor there and New York
is the only town care about.
DR.. Meyer, after the exami1a'
ton, assertde that thorough inves-
tigation of her mental processes was
advisable. She was then removed
to the Psychopathic Hospital.
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IN THIS MONSTER wind tunnel ct the Bureau Of
standda SCIENTISTS test out new developments in air
plane propeers and other accessories to aviation me
propeers are submitted to terrific wind strain e the
tunnel approximating strain the machinery would I'M
dergo III actual flight
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MA beaten, IS
URGED T0QU|T

CONTINUED from First Pagel
gave him d majority, making I
run-off Unnecessary il his lead
Held the ratio.
Mrs. Ferguson early in her
campaign for reelection chal-
lenged Moody that Il she was
beaten By 'just one vote she
would step down and out pro-
vided Moody would agree to re-
sign il she lead him By $4,000
votes. Moody accepted. Ma
and 'iPAD Ferguson reiterated
their challenge only q week ago.
NfoOay,s Lead II 10000
Returns from zss out Of 70 coah.
ties, including Sc complete, gave
Moody d majority Of LAB votes
shortly before noon.
The totals at that hour we're a.
Moody, s4i.Osl.
Mrs. Ferguson. 231 $50.
Lynch Davidson, 10i.22g.
Hey. q. r.. Zimmerman, 2.01B.
Mrs. Edith Williams. 3,68S.
Mrs, x. IL. Johnston, with
drawn 1855.
urged to Keep Pledge
.aThers are those who have
thought MRS. Ferguson would re.
pudIAte her challenge ain editorial
ia the Dallas News said today.
certainly II Is to be hoped she
viii fulfill her pledge. For her as
a woman. wife and mother the pep
pie of Texas had only respect and
admiration. however great their lack
Of respect and admiration Tor her
as politician and a governor and
It would only wound the kindness
We have for her IL she would tar
nish her untArnished fame. as a
woman by violating her covenant"
Davidson Far In Rear
Lynch Davidson, former lieutenant
governor, faced a losing fight al
most from the start. He carried
very few counties and never therat-
ened either of the leading candi-
dates. His total vote this mroning
was 10O,S46. more than 200,0 ur1.
der Moody ana 10000 below Mrs.
Ferguson.
A run-off in the race for nonina-
ton as attorney general seemed GER
tain today, as J. v. Aired and g. L..
BrachfieId We'd with each other, FOR
q plurality in the votes remaining
to be counted.
Aired had a total this morning OF
1854, against 93,568 for Brachfield.
w. Gregory Hatcher. who was op.
posed by the Fergusons had q lead
over his nearest opponent for treas.
urer, J. r. Ball, of $4,000 votes.
The count stood: Hatcher, 153,1 52;
Ball, 92,311.
Ferguson Nom ommital
James e. Ferguson, husband of
the woman governor, continued his
"eonced6 nothing attitude this
morning. He limited at "irregularl-
ties" and said he had been informed
that the law had been violated in
some instances.
He made no mention of the chal-
lenge of Mrs. Ferguson. whereby
she would resign today If beaten
in the primary.
IF the governor gets a fair
count. Moody's lead, If any, will
not be enough to in any way dis
courage U.S." he says.
G. o. p. Vote Light
Voting was light in the Republi.
can primary, the first of it's kind
in Texas. II. H. Haines apparently
had been nominated for governor
over e. P. Scott. The vote stood,
fIaires, 6,703: Scott, 2,5S7.
Harry M. Wurzbach, only Repub-
lican Congressman from Texas. has
apparently won overwhelmingly over
the regular" candidate, Err d
Knetsch, backed by r. s. Creager,
national committeeman.
Most of the Ferguson.supporte
state candidates met defeat in the
landslide for Moody. The youthful
attorney general took the lead In
the first tabulattons and never has
been headed.
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Success has attended experiments
in England with omnibus wheels
made OF an aluminium alloy that
weiehs about half az much as
standard steel whoAIa.
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Hi-tHail, 81, ye'ee got back
.--hosv'd ye Hks IN Big city,
Sf7of antn e, Hf, I
eoalan't zee ~ city fer En-
bIoomfn' bafIdfn'si
Mofris Cohen, Of II Wine
Ave-, tIyattsviIle, Nd, brinxs
IN tke skeavea &6dAy--one dol
lars worth-4wfEh this humof.
Well have q dollaf tomorFew7
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An attachment quickly opens thu
bottom OF q new laundry bag tt
empty Its contents.
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mack, employed by the Aerican Ice
Company was delivering ice near BY.
Back 81 BrusiIoff Home
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-27
Nd SPEAKER Be EXCLUDED FROM BASEBALL?
Brands Lands as
Scandal Scout

BIZ United Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Dec. 27. -
Terming Judge x. NJ. Lands the
scandal scout Of baseball" the Rev,
w. L. Stidger, pastor of the Linwood
Boulevard Methodist Episcopal
Church, came to the defense of Ty
Cobb and iris Speaker in u sermon
dealing with basebalrs latest scandal
Sunday.
At the same time the Rev. Mr.,
Stidgcr issued a set of ten COM
mandments for Judge Lands, in
which he cautioned the baseball
commissioner against allowing thy
self to be used as a catspaw to pull
hot chestnuts out of the baseball
ashes for discharged and disgruntled
players and upsrateful club owners.
II have known Ty Cobb for many
years" said the Rev. Mr., Stidger,
who formerly lived in Detroit, land
! need more evidence to convince me
he is guilty of any wrongdoing"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-27

Cobb and Speaker were out
standing stars during many years
of toll on the diamond and there
seems to be some question that
these two famous outflelders and
sluggers got square deal.
The charges, made by Dutcl
Leonard, the informer, disgruntleC
because he was released by Cobb a.
Detroit and was not given a job by
Speaker at Cleveland, grew out OF
the last home contest for Detroit
Sept. %, 1919. Leonard says he knew
the game was fixed" for the ~Tigers
to win, and AYERS Cobb, Speaker and
Wood also were involved in an "un
derstanding" to throw" it.
Leonard and Wood did not partici
pate in that game. Cobb played with
Detroit and Speaker with Cleveland
Speaker being manager of Cleveland
Hugh Jennings, at the time, was De,
troit pilot. Leonard was a Detroit
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-27
BELIEVED TY AND IRIS
DESIRE FEDERAL ACTION
Washington Turns to Baseball Discussion as Deposed
Stars ViSt-ExpertS Doubt Authority

had been made with Attorney Gen
eral Sargent. Officials there, too
were skeptical as to possible action
but refused to say definitely that
nothing could'be done.
Bad Deal, Says Harris
Senator Harris, Democrat, Georgia,
said he had not been advised of
Cobb's visit. but wars anxious to see
the former Detroit manager
Il feel he is a clean man and has
been given a bad deal" Harris said.
1t was suggested action might be
sought from the Senate interstate
commerce committee. although what
it could do in the case is problemati-
cal.
Several Senators are known to be
much interested in the charges that
Cobb and Speaker conspired with
Dutch" Leonard and Joe Wood to
throw" a Cleveland-Detroitg game in
1919, and it was felt that the players
will not lack influential aid in their
attempt to bring the matter before
some government agency.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-27
SETS RECORD
Bill MehIhorn Wins Santa
Clara Open Championship.

BIZ United Press
SAN JOSE, Cal. Dec. 27.--Bill
Melhorn won the Santa Clara Valley
open golf championship Sunday with
2O7 for the fifty-four holes. He set
course record with a SIS for his
final eighteen holes.
Tommy Armour. Washington, was
second with 211. Other scores were:
Johnny Farrell, New York, PA:
Eddie Loos, Chicago, 215; Ed Dudley.
Oklahoma City. ZIG; John Golden,
New Jersey, 219; Bobby Crulckshank,
New York, 223; Jack Curley, Boston,
223. Ed Gayer, Chicago, 224; Joe
Turnesa, New York, 224; Abe Espi-
nosa, Chicago, 226; Mike Brady, New
York, 22S; Cyril Walker, New Jersey.
229; Duncan Sutherland, Canada,
1856.
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pitcher and Wood a Cleveland utility
player.
Leonard, in his charges, says
only himself, Cobb, Wood and
Speaker were Gin on" the conspir-
acy. No other players in that
contest, Leonard says, had any
idea IL was anything but an av-
erage ball game.
There has been much published
about the matter and fans have
read enough to form an opinion.
Therefore, ThVTimes is asking fol
a straw vote on the reported frame
up. The public pays the freight In
baseball and seems entitled to give
its views in a matter that concerns
diamond heroes Of the Cobb anc
Speaker type.
Within this article on this page
the straw vote ballot will be
found. The Times invites and
urges everybody TO become inter-
ested and express views.
Do you think Cobb and Speaker
guilty? Do you believe they should
be excluded from baseball?
Fill out the ballot
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-27

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-With
Ty Cobb and Iris Speaker reported
en- route to Washington to under
take new move to clear their
names in the latest baseball scandal.
the capital shook off its holiday calm
and turned to discussion of possibili-
ties Of Federal Intervention in the
case.
Cobb, it is understood, will arrive
here some time tonight. He left
Augusta, Ga. Sunday afternoon.
Speaker, coming from Cleveland,
was expected to arrive some time
during the early afternoon.
Capital authorities were somewhat
at loss as to what action the base
ball men may expect from the gov
eminent. Interstate commerce COM
mission experts doubted that the
commission had any authority. al
though baseball has been held to be
interstate commerce.
Attorneys Action Awaited
At the postoffice department,
where it had been suggested
the ball players might seek aid
on the grounds that discriminating
documents involved in the charges
had passed through the mails, it was
said no appointment had been made
for either Cobb or Speaker to see the
postmaster general or the chief post
office inspector.
High officials said they could see
no action the department could take,
although they withheld final judg-
ment pending possible presentation
Of the case by attorneys for the
players.
Similar word came from the
Justice Department. No appointment
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-27
AFFAIR SEEMS ABSURD

Wy Cobb and Iris Speaker are
Wealthy men, On the face of it, the
thought that they would conspire
to throw ball game for a few paltry
dollars, Is more than ridiculous.
People have said to me, IF Cobb
and Speaker are not guilty, why did
they not refuse to retire under pres
swre, but insist on fighting it out to
tNe bitter end?"
If there rs any criticism in the
3ction of the two stars, it is the
manner in which they stepped
down and out, prior to the expose.
have it on very good author
ity that there was a reason back
of the move, highly sentimental
one, and 1 am hoping it is SO.
If Cobb and Speaker stepped out,
believing the affair to be a closed
incident, it is now up to. them to
make an issue of the charges of
Leonard and see that the sport world
gets the real facts.
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f DUTCH" LEONARD is the
pagan of virtue that his dis
Jclosure would have you believe,
why did he wait for seven years be
fore presenting the facts in the case?
The alleged framed game was
played on Sept. 25, 1919. Since that
time seven campaigns have been
waged in the major leagues.
As a matter OF fact, the alleged
fixed game was played prior to
the 1919 world series, which was
later proved to have been crooked.
Leonard's expose aften seven years
of silence certainly doesn't reflect
credit upon himself.
1t seems all the evidence in the
case was supplied by Leonard, there
fore he was the only person capable
of spilling the beans. Yet he sits
idly by for seven years before he
rattles the bones of the dusty skele.
ton.
Certainly the belated confession
shouldn't ease the conscience of Mr..
Dutch" Leonard. Incidentally the
spirit of revenge that he admits
prompted the disclosure, shouldn't
make him feel any better.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-27
Legless Swimmer
Enters Race

BIZ United Press
LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 27.-
Charles Zimn, Oakland, who is
legless, has entered the $4,000 Cat
alma Channel free-fOr-all swim,
the country have entered. Several
who gained Fame in attempting to
conquer the English Channel are
included.
The race gained wide publicity
when one of the women swimmers
announced she would use thick
coat of axle grease instead Of a
bathing sui. She was granted per-
mission by the committee i'm charge
and another entraht withdrew
from the event.
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G. Q MI M Y
r EVl e w s
sc AN DIAL
Why Did Cobb and Speaker
Resign Under Fire, He
Asks.
BY Clark r. Kelsey,

LHHcd Press StGff CORRESPONDENT
CHICAGO, Dec. 27.--If ny Cobb
and iris Speaker are innocent of the
conspiracy to throw a baseball game
in 1919, they should have asked for
a hearing at the time they were
asked to resign, in the opinion Of
Charles A. Comiskey, owner of the
Chicago White Sox.
Cobb and Speaker, Comiskey feels
made a serious mistake in resigning
from baseball before they had u
chance to clear their names. He
thinks they should have at least
made an effort to disprove the
charges of Hubert DUTCH Leonard.
the charges which were made public
last week by Commissioner *. NJ
Lands.
Comiskey is owner of the club
which lost the world series in 1919
and which was afterward disrupted
by the admission that six members
Of the team had framed" the series,
to allow Cincinnati to win so that
gamblers might profit. All of the half
dozen We're banished from baseball
Case of Speaker
cobb and Speaker did not protest
when they were asked to resign"
Comiskey said. They did as they
were asked, and if Speaker, a man
who was managing a winning club,
would resign without n protest, it
looks mighty peculiar to me-"
Comiskey, who has been at odds
with Ban Johnson, American League
president. for a long time. also took
Johnson and Frank Navin, Detroit
club owner, to task for not making
public the charges against the base
ball stars after they had received
Leonard's accusation.
II just can't understand Why
Navin and Johnson withheld the
facts in this case" Comiskey said.
1.-THE facts should have been made
known at once, and the players, if
found guilty, should have been pun
ished. I understand that others
knew of the charges. They, too, are
to be censored for not making pub
lie the facts at their command.
Praises Lands
Judge Lands has no other rea-
son for making public Leonards
charges than to see that justice is
carried out" Comiskey said. He is
a man imbued with the ideal Of jus.
tice, and under no circumstances
would he have made the charges UNI
less he had been convinced that the
men accused were guilty"
Comiskey said he did not believe
Cobb and Speaker are sincere in de-
a hearing at this time, say
ing they should have made their
strong stand at the time that the
alleged scandal was called to their
attention. Had they done so and
been found innocent the whole affair
might have been averted, he inti-
mated
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In Response to Wire

BIZ nifcd Press
AUGUSTA, Ga, Dec. Ely
Cobb left here at p. IN. Sunday Os-
tens:bly for Washington, ID. c.,
and, according to Mrs. Cobb, in
response TO a telegram, the sender
of which she did not know.
Ills friends here assumed he
was making the trip as his first ac-
ton in seeking redress for the
''sIur" on his name as a result of
the baseball scandal charges i'll
vOlving the throwing of a game in
1919.