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returned to normalcy after two
days of tense excitement over the
attempted assassination.
The general effect has been to
strengthen the cause of Fascism
and the popularity Of Mussolini.
In the midst OF the excitement,
the death of Giovanni .Amendola,
opposition. leader from the effects
of an alleged Fascist attack. has
passed almost unnoticed. whereas
under ordinary circumstances
Amendola's death might have
caused an unpleasant political sit
uation.
Has Communist Sympathies
Miss Gibson, it is believed, will
probably be turned over to heI
brother Lord Ashbourne, who IL
now enroute from Ireland.
Examination OF her by the police
authorities have indicated plainly
that the woman acted upon the i'm
pulse of an unbalanced mind and
was not directed by any anti
Fascist faction.
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4 NERVOUS PRISONER

The bavado this youth and his
companions displayed when first ar
rested. Is rapidly disappearing be-
fore the stern ritual Of the law.
Young Koerber, in the courtroom,
is extremely nervous, but amuses him
self by drawing pictures.
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THE DAWN OF FEAR

THE DAWN OF FEAR
Panic has already begun to creep
into the boys eyes, for the shadow
of Sing Sings grim electric chair
Is very near. He flinched repeat
edly Is the prosecuting attorney
questioned jurors concerning their
views on capital punishment. and
his hand trenbled
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HE An | 0
SHOOT
KING

By International News service
LONDON, April 9.-Assassina-
ton of the King of Italy was the
original intention of the Hon. Violet
Albina Gibson, now being held for
her attempt to kill Mussolinis on
Tuesday. the newspaper POpolo
Romano stated today, according
to q Central News dispatch from
Rome.
Miss Constance Gibson, sister
of the prisoner, left today for
Rome. Lord Ashbourne, brother
of the prisoner, left for the Ital-
ian capital last night.
Eyaded Insanity Laws
Miss Gibson. before leaving Lon
don. gave out an interview In
which she explained that her ds.
ter. who suffered from seizures or
insanity, had gone to Italy be.
cause of the non-existence OF
iunacy laws.
She said that her sister had been
nT4VGnIGU
from committing suicide, had been
arrested In London when she had
i,een found wandering about with
a knife in her hand and had once
inflicted q slight stab wound on
. woman who saved her from be-
ing run over by an omnibus.
There has been nothing in her
letters" Miss Gibson said, Ito m
dfcate she intended to murder Mus
soIini or anybody else.
These paroxysms seize her with
out warning and may last an hour
and may last a week. When she
RECEIVERS she is the same Violet as
before"
ROME. April with Premie.'
Mussolini on the high seas, en-
route for Tripoli, Rome has again
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johnson Admits Lies
In Dry Fighting
"Pussyfoot'' Also confesses
Drinking Gallons Of
Liquors

NEW YORK, April 9.--William r
i"Pussyfoot') Johnson tells the story
of his, part in the campaign which
led 10 the passage Of prohibition in
4 copyrighted article in the May
issue of the international Cosn.o.
poIitan Magazine JUST released.
Mr.. johnson admits:
That he told enough lies for
the prohibition cause tn make
Alanias ashamed Of himself.
That on one occasion he bribed
Russian officials TO give him
secret Information which would
aid his work.
That he drank gallons Of liquor
iD his campaign against ii.
He denied that he had ever taken
human life In his dry campaigils.'
. like the taste of liquor, Mr..
Johnson wrote. But have never
drunk it except in gathering evi.
dence in criminal cases.
Il have not had q drink in a
dozen years And yet I would take
drink right now If ] thought II
would advance the prohibition
cause.
johnson specifies he is mot en-
gagged In defending either my own
conduct or that of the Anti-Saloon
League
"One of the most difficult lessons
for the drys to learn. Johnson
writes, discussing the political phases
of prohibition, was that a mans
personal habits as to drink did not
necessarily affect his availability as
candidate for public office. Many
of our most loyal supporters. in and
out of public office, were men who
occasionally took drink, and some
of them took it more than coca
sionally."
He characterized 1.-THE West Vir-
ginia Statehood fight of 1912" as the
turning point of the prohibition
z charged that the vets
had arranged TO pay newspapers in
y, sst Virginia large amounts to pub
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ME- NCKEN FIGHT
MOVES HERE

d III. i. Menclen win have to-
transfer his fight to the Capital.
Al formal order was published TO-
day, barring the April number of
the American Mercury from the
mails because 81 the story Hat
rack. which portrays the morality
OF small town. It was this same
story that led to the Watch and
ward society of Boston getting ah
order to prohibit the sale of the
magazine there
Mencken won that case. the court
holding there was nothing OBJ
scene In the article
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fish their propaganda as editorial or
reading matter. Johnson went to
Washington, used an address of a
relative and wrote letters TO the
newspapers on stationery marked
Literary Agent" asking their rates
on pure news matter" and for
editorials" against prohibition ito
be written by myself
"a large part of the newspapers
snapped at the bait, swallowed It
hook, line and sinker," he charged.
"A vast amount of discriminating
correspondence was soon in hand
This l published widely throughout
the State" He said the effect was
tremendous"
II was savagely denounced by the
victims and even sharply upbraidet!
by some good friends who called 1t
forgery and other disagreeable
names. But ethics be hanged.
more than accomplished what was
driving at"
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ROBINSON 0 j /
Of HOSPITAL
By IntefnatIonaI News Service

ROCHESTER,. N. II, April 8.
Almost fully recovered after his
days loss OF memory, Douglas Rob.
inson, 20-year-old Harvard student,
who turned up here, dazed, after
his mysterious absence from Cam
bridge. was discharged frpm st.
Mary;s Hospital here today and
left at once for Avon, Conn. IN
company with his father, Theodore
Robinson, Assistant Secretary OF
the Navy, and his mother.
II cant remember what happened.
young Robinson. who Is the son OF
Assistant SecEetary of the Navy
Theodore Douglas Robinson. reiter-
ated this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robinson, who rushed
to Boston from Washington and then
hurried here when they learned OF
their sons plight, were greatly
relieved today after having had q
talk with Douglas in the hospital
last night.
10 discharged from the hospital.
Mrs. Robinson was on the verge
OF collapse when she met her son IL
the hospital, attaches said 1t was
described as pathetic meeting.
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COAST STORM SUBSIDIES,
LEAVING II DEATH TOLL

SAN FRANCISCO, April 9.--Rain,
swept California was due Tor e
breathing spell today.
The great storm that dashed the
State from end to end the last three
days was diminishing with the pros.
pect, according to the Weather
Bureau, that the week end win be
clear.
Death toll OF the weeks two storms
stood at IL, including the two men
burned to death in the San Luis
Oblspo oil tank farm conflagration.
Great damage SGas reported to
fruit crops Of the San Joaquin Val
ley by hail.
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4 INQUIRIES IN
RAIN WRECK
WATCHING A JUROR
- TnternaslonaI news service

by sAUGeEm861OUA1 NEWS EehNAS7e 49,
CAMDEN, N. =, April sF.our
separate inquiries were being con-
Quoted today IN the derailment and
wreck of the Nelly Bly, express
from New York to Atlantic City
near De1air, NJ j.. IN which three
persons were killed and more than
40 injured
IA preliminary inquiry by railroad
officials established the fact that
the train struck split rail, causing
ii to leave the track
Wrecking crews today reported
that after working all night with
acetyIine torches among the twisted
coaches they had failed to unearth
any additional bodies.
The dead and seriously injured
were taken to Camden and Pllila-
delphia hospitals. Al party Of about
hundred passengers, most Of
whom had suffered minor injuries,
went to Atlantic city.
The train jumped the rails on a
sharp curve.
William X. Mintz, a New York
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furrier, was the only person killesI
outright. He was crushed TO death
when the first parIor car was teIe
scoped on the engine and tender
John O'Connor and Anthony
Raynla, respectively engineer and
fireman of the train, died Of scalds
in Camden hospital.
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J London's LoneIiest Man

LONDON, April 9 The loneliest
man in London has been dis
covered. He is John Liffens. who
has lived for four years in the St.
Ermine's Hotel, with 500 vacant
rooms. The hotel is about to re-
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5 ROME, April 9.-with Premie.'
Mussolini on the high seas. en-
route for Tripoli, Rome has again
Evening star., 1926-04-14

The Rev. DIR. and Mrs. Charles Nor
:is Addison of Cambridge, Mass, are
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Oracle
Richards. DR.. Addison came to attend
the fifty-fifth reunion of the *. f. r.
Society
Evening star., 1926-04-14

Ing parties for the performance of
the Lenore Marie de Grange Children
Players Of Washington. to be given
on Friday evening, April 16. at 8
O'Clock, and Saturday matinee at 2
O'Clock pm, at the Little Theater Of
the Unitarian Church, Sixteenth and
Harvard streets northwest. The play
to be presented is Mullins" The
matinee is in honor of the children
of the cabinet, embassies and lega-
tions. The patronesses are Mrs.
James J. Davis, Mrs. George Barnett.
Mrs. Clarence w. Hillyer, Mrs. Demo
rest. Lloyd, Miss Janet Richards. Miss
Alice Hutchins Drake, Mrs. w. w.
Jardine, Mrs. Larz Anderson, Mrs.
Henry F. Dimock, Miss Gertrude Brig
ham. Mrs. John Jay White, Mrs.
Charles Bell, Mrs. Thomas w. Phillips,
jr.; Mrs. M. Clyde Kelly, Miss Eliz-
abeth Upson, Mrs. Thomas J. Hover
ton. Mrs. e. III. Everett, Mrs. H. H.
ish embassy; Nine. Matsudaira. jap
anese embassy; Sonora Garcia, Cuban
embassy; Nine. Teller, Mexican en-
bassy; Nine. Simopoulos, Greek lega-
legation; Nine. Samy. Egyptian lega-
ton; Nine. Sze, Chinese legation;
Nine. Alfaro, Panama legation; Nine.
Seya, Latvia legation: Nine. Proch-
Evening star., 1926-04-14

with prizes. refreshments and other
novelties.
Mr.. Moultrie Hit, the president
will be assisted by Maj. and Mrs
Gordon Greene, Miss Ina Russell
Miss Sibyl Almand, Mr.. and Mrs
George Hillyer, jr.; Mr.. John Con
nelly Miss Nell Adamson. Mrs. w.
r. Goodwin and Mr.. Joseph Colquitt.
The Women's Board of Columbia
Hospital opened rummage sale to-
day for the benefit of the free wards
of Columbia Hospital for women. at
1924 + street. The committee in
charge of the sale is Mrs. Robert
~Stanfield, Mrs. Dudley Knox, Mrs.
Chester Wells. Mrs. j. w. MacMur-
ray, Mrs. Barry Mohun, Mrs. Stanton
Peelle, Mrs Charles Bradley, Mrs.
Reeve Lewis, Mrs. Herbert Knight,
Mrs. Frank Anderson, Mrs. Thomas
Bradley, Mrs. George Hewitt Myers.
assisted by the members of the board,
of which Mrs. Cresson Newbold is
president.
Mrs. Nina c. Van Wrinkle will be
hostess at the recreation dinner at
the Women's City Club this evening.
In addition to the program already
announced, Mr.. Joseph A. Burkart
will speak on the proposed Sunday
blue law for the District of Column
bia.
Many prominent women are arrang-
Evening star., 1926-04-14
MalOney-Smith Wedding
In st. Matthew's Church.

Miss Airline E. Smith and Mr.. Frank
Maloney were married this morning
in St. Matthew's Church, the Rev. John
]. Coady officiating, at $50 o'clock, a
, wedding breakfast following at the
Hotel La Fayette. The church had a
simple arrangement of palms, ferns
and pink roses. and for the breakfast
following the same color scheme was
used. Preceding the ceremony Mr..
William Shanahan sang and Mr.. En-
NETT Good played several violin solos.
The bride wore white moonglow
satin trimmed with duchesse lace en-
broidered in pearls and dainty clusters
of orange blossoms. Her tulle veil
was held by coronet of pearls fin
1shed at each side with clusters of
orange blossoms and she carried
bride roses and lilies of the valley.
Miss Jean kasul was maid of honor
and wore sunset taffeta trimmed with
lace and rosebuds. picture hat to
match. and carried yellow roses. Miss
Florence Smith was the bridesmaid
for her sister, and had a costume of
yellow taffeta trimmed with lace and
rosebuds, a picture hat to match, and
carried pink roses.
Mr.. John Maloney was best man for
Evening star., 1926-04-14

not give her legal notification Of his
intention to file the proceedings.
Furthermore. it was asserted by
Mrs. Comstock. who is employed IN a
clothing shop here, that she and Com
stock had lived together after the
filing of the suit for divorce. that she
had spent the Winter with ComstOck
in Florida and that three weeks ago
they were in New York together.
AT that time. she said, Comstock
called Miss Joyce on the telephone
from their hotel. rooms and made a
night club appointment.
Mrs. Comstock said a previous d.
vorce from Comstock, granted in De
troit in 1929 and allowing her $22, 900
a. year alimony. had been nullified by
re1narriage in Cleveland. She said
she was with Constock a month be-
fore he was given a divorce in
Florida.
Evening star., 1926-04-14
PEGGY'S LATEST CLAIMED
BY EX-WIFE IN CHICAGO
Mrs. Stanford E. Comstock Says
Realtors Divorce Obtained in
F1arida Is Invalid.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 14.-Stanford Z.
Comstock. real estate dealer, whom
Peggy Joyce yesterday announced
would wed her. was claimed last night
by Mrs. Evelyn Comstock Of Chicago
as her legal husband.
Mrs. Comstock said that attorneys
had advised her that the divorce from
her obtained by Comstock last Fall
in Florida was invalid because he did
Evening star., 1926-04-14

mix, Austrian legation; Nine. Varela,
Uruguay legation; Nine. de Graeff,
Netherlands legation.
Much interest is being shown in
plans for the annual card party and
dance for the benefit OF st. Vincent's
Orphan Asylum. to be held April 10 at
$50 o'clock at the Willard. This
affair is given under the auspices Of
st. Vincent's Auxiliary, of which Miss
Dorothy Nesline is president; Mr..
James c. Simpson. vice president;
Miss Helen Cavanah, treasurer; Miss
Catherine Dunlap. corresponding Sec
retary, and Miss Ann Easby-Smith,
recording secretary.
The Congressional Country Club
will have an interesting program for
Sunday evening at o'clock in the
main lounge of the club. Miss Matt
land Thompson, dramatic reader, and
Mr.. Louis B. Thompson, tenor. ac-
companied by Miss Elizabeth Gardner
Coombs. will give the program.
Evening star., 1926-04-14
Georgians in Capital to
Meet FRIDAY Evening.

The Georgia State Society will en-
tertain on Friday evening at 2400
Sixteenth street at $50 o'clock.
This Spring dance is to close the
social events of the society for the
season, and the entertainment com
mittee is planning to make it one of
the most attractive parties of the
year.
One of the features of the evening
will be the dancing of the minuet in
costume by the children of Capt.
itol Chapter, ID. A. r.
There will be the usual card games
Evening star., 1926-04-14

Miss Nichols and Mr.. Chavez met
in Havana, Cuba, where the bride
was connected with the American
embassy and the bridegroom with
the American consulate. Miss Mich
OILS had been in Cuba more than a
year. She was formerly attached to
the State Department here.
After a visit to Washington MIR
and Mrs. Chavez will make their
home in Santa Fe.
Miss Bell Snyder and Miss Ger
trude Snyder of Charles Town, w.
Va, have returned from a 10-weelx
tour Of South America and the West
Indies, and are now at the Hotel
Roosevelt, where they spent the
early part of the Winter.
Evening star., 1926-04-14

The marriage of Miss Lois Minerva
Nichols Of this city, and Mr.. Florian
Chavez of Santa Fe. N. Mex, took
place in Key West. Fla, April 2, Mr..
and Mrs. Clyde J. Nichols of 4O06
New Hampshire avenue making the
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SOCIETY

Continued from Page TwentyD
erick Dent Grant and many other
women prominent in social and official
circles are acting as patroneSSes for
the concert to he given tomorrow by
Mr.. Boris NJ. Lang, Russian pianist,
at the Mayfiower Hotel at 4:30 o'clock
Mrs. Carl Droop, Nine. Mishtowt and
Mrs. William Gerry Morgan have
been recently added to the list Of
patronesses.
The annual banquet of the Column
hian Women of George Washington
University is always one of the notable
events Of the Spring season to
members Of this organization and their
friends, but judging from plans now
being completed, 1t will this year
surpass in brilliancy all previous
records
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, president,
who is i'll charge of the program, an
nounces as speakers for the occasion
the following prominent women of
Washington Mrs. Florence Kahn,
Representative from California, who
will discuss Women in Politics.; Miss
Jessie Dell, Civil Service Commission
er, who will sepak on "a Woman
Civil Service Commissioner" and Mrs.
Saliie V. II. Pickett of the Washington
Star, whose talk will be on THE View
, point of Newspaper Woman on
Some Lively Subjects
Mrs. William T.. Chamberlin and the
committe associated with her are pre-
pairing some amusing stunts" the
details of which are being kept
strictly secret, and one of the ad-
additional features of the evenings
entertainment will be the singing of
college songs by the entire audience.
Committee chairmen assisting Mrs.
Doyle in the preparation for the ban
quet are: Mrs. Joshua Evans, jr.,
banquet room and menu; Mrs Samuel
Flagg BemiS, reservations; Miss Max
inc Role, decorations, assisted by
Miss Irene Pistorio Mrs. William L.
Chamberlin, stunts; Mrs. George
Bowen, ushers; Miss Elizabeth Cullen,
printing, and Mrs. Daniel c. Chase.
publicity.
The banquet is to be held on the
evening of April % at o'clock at
the Chevy Chase Club, and in charge
of individual seats or tables is Mrs.
Bemis, 1884 Sixteenth street.
The Rev. DR.. and Mrs. Charles Nor
:is Addison of Cambridge, Mass, are
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Oracle
Richards. DR.. Addison came to attend
the fifty-fifth reunion of the *. +. r.
Society.
Forge and Mrs. Ella Rothwell of
Charlottesville, Va, are visiting Mrs.
Wards parcEts, Mr.. and Mrs. G. W.
Evening star., 1926-04-14

Miss Mary Alice Richards was. host
ess to company of 16 at a bridge
luncheon yesterday in her home. on
Park road.
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Mrs. Eugene ]. Ward of Clifton
Forge and Mrs. Ella Rothwell of
Charlottesville, Va, are visiting Mrs.
Wards parcEts, Mr.. and Mrs. c. W.
keeton at Kensington, Md.
Evening star., 1926-04-14

his brother. and the ushers were Mr..
John Smith and Mr.. Edward Sokolow-
ski.
Later in the morning Mr.. and Mrs.
Maloney left for wedding trip to
New York, Atlantic City and Philadel-
phia, the bride travelling in a dress of
gray fat crepe, worn with a twill
coat trimmed with squirrel fur and
small taffeta hat. On their return they
will be at home in the Pentilly, at 1912
K street, where they have taken an
apartment.
Mr.. and Mrs. John II. Crowley of
Lewiston, Me-, after having spent
the Winter in Florida, are visiting
at the new home of their son and
daughterin-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen
Bradford Crowley. in East Silver
Spring Wednesday afternoon Mrs.
Crowley entertained at bridge for her
mother-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs. John
II. Crowley are leaving Saturday for
New York, when, after a Today visit,
they will leave for New Haven.
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