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The Washington times., 1926-01-12
POLLS GIVE NYE
4 CHANCE

The fight over seating Senator
Designate Gerald r. Nye. R.l Of
North Dakota, took an entirely un-
expected turn today when polls I'M
dicated he has a chance of being
admitted to the Senate.
In sharp contrast to earlier pro.
nouncements. friends Of Nye today
declared they expected the vote on
seating him would be very close; s
with q probability that he would be
seated. One poll taken by Re-
publican friendly to Nye. showed
a vote OF As to IS in his favor,
with seven Senators not recorded.
a Democratic poll. taken by an
unbiased Senator, showed a vote
OF AZ to Az against seating Nye.
Al third poll taken by Interna-
tional News, indicated vote Of
SO to 43 against Nye, with II Sen.
ators reported as doubtful and
three absent. The latter indicated,
however, far greater strength than
previously attributed to the North
DaIxotan
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BABY RU|ulE rs
Of RUN Nj

DETROIT, Jans zVo voting
rrlnsrunrers John Sunon, ard
hig lister. Mary 10, 0f Pafis, 1Olli0.
are on their way home today Sill
badly frightened and Frank Wire.
aveclsi Is IN jslil oIl q Federal cllarge
of violating the prob ibitlOn laws
because one 81 four pacikas es which
they carried leaked III the Onion
station here.
The youngsters missing tnelf
train Tor home. were tai ken IN charge
~ Mrs. Gertrude Ross travellers
aid agent al the station who
checked the pae lxages III her ofLlce
and sent them To movie 70 Wn5ls
away the time until the evening
train. While they we're gone MS.
Ross snnelIed liquor and found TIE
packages consisted of four one
eaIlon cans 81 alcohol.
Thomas Brennan. deputy LIQUOR
administrators, prevailed upon the
children to lead policeman 70
Vitroyeclgi's house where the Off
Ger. OH their Recommend ations Is
said 10 have been sold q drink pc
fore he arrested VitrOvecixi.
United states coFnmis sf0ner held him
III s., 800 hail Tor trial Monda
The Washington times., 1926-01-12
MOVE S To Bull D
Bis D|R|G|BL

Hearings on MS bin authorizing
construction Of & giant dirigible
three ana one half times the size
81 the iIl-fated Shenandoah, VIII
probably begin before the House
Naval Affairs Committee tomorrow
it was announced today BY Repre-
sentative Thomas s. Butler o.. ] of
PenngyIv
: Butler. chairman Of the conf
naittee. asserted he Introduced the
measure to bring ont all the facts
and to determine Il such 9 ship
would have military value. 4
The monster air liner would pc
the largest IN the world and would
cost approximately IS 900 300.
Tlae hearings win not 90 into
the causes Of the Shenandoah
crash. We win however ask the
navy FOR all important technics.
data
This ii not b navy bin. I have
consulted no one and do not know
whether the ship should be I'll
metal, fabric or larger or smaller
than the 1000, 900 cubic feet spes
Gifted, Butler said
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concerned in allegations Of a SO. 000
bride to halt the inquiry.
Today, It was further said that
the orders to stop the original in
yesigation came directly from the
Department Of Justice Bureau Of
Investigation In WashingtOfl
Assistant Attorney General Ed.
win Brown refused this morning
to comment on why Mach Donald had
not been allowed to testify or On
MacD onaId's statement that Brown
had told him ne was not under
Investigation.
observers here to give color to the
report that another grand Jury
would be called next Tuesday for
the specific purpose OF going into
the political phases.
In this connection, 1t was said
this morning that the case Of John
Ramsey, indicted on Federal
charge OF murder in the killing Of
Henry Roam, rich Usage, with vii
liam II. Hale. millionaire, rancher,
political power. and king of the
Usage hills, would be hurried to
trial.
Confession Is Claimed
NJ 1t Was Salu IIAI1y lOQty, dASOs
that Ramsey and Ernest Burkhart
had confessed to taking part in the
series of murders which netted mil
lions to the alleged killer gang,
Burkhart is indicted for murder on
a state charge with Hale In con
nection with the killing Of Bill
and Reta Smith and their maid by
dynamite. Reta Smith was the
second daughter OF Mol1ie Bigheart
three OF whose daughters were slain
Burkhart is a nephew OF Hale and
the husband OF Mollie Que, the last
daughter of Mollie Bigheart, who
Is mysteriously Ill.
The bitterness with which the
charges viii be fought is indicated
IN the fact that Hale has retained
as chief Of counsel Prince Freezing
former state attorney general, and
nationally noted for his fire OF ora
tory in prosecuting Clara Smith
Hamon for killing Jake Hamon
former Republican national com
mifteeman.
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New P dice Head Uses
Uniform Too Soon
And il jailed

JOHNSTON, Pa, Jan. III:
John Seibert, new burgess Of
Hastings, is under charges Of
breaking and entering and lar
ceny made BY Chief Of Police
George Wyatt.
The charges were lodged just
before Seibert was sworn in as.
burgess.
The complaint grew out of
Seiberts' demand that the chief
turn over to him the keys to the
lookup. Wyatt refused, saying
Seibert would not become bur-
CESS until noon. Seibert, it is
charged, broke the lock on the
Jail door.
William Lumadue, the new
chief of police named by Sci
bert, was arrested by Wyatt
when he appeared on the street
in uniform before noon. He
was charged with impersonating
an officer.
The Washington times., 1926-01-12
JOT Tines FROM
XANDR|A

ALEXANDRIA, Va. Jan. IT,
City Manager Paul Morton, his wife
and two small children are i'll with
the la grippe According to local
physicians there are about 1000
cases Of grippe in the city; all,
however, are mild cases. The
health REPORT Of Or, L. E. Foulks.
city health officer, shows that the
city is free from the epidemic OF
pneumonia which has invaded
Washington.
At the meeting of the board of
directors Of the Chamber Of Com.
merce held yesterday afternoon,
delegates were chosen to attend the
State chamber meeting in Richmond
January 81. j. V. Williams, Harry
Hammond and President Claude w
Fletcher will represent the local
body
C. Page Waller and r. c. Knight
were chosen to represent the local
chamber in a meeting at Warren.
/ ton, Va, Thursday, which has for
| it's purpose the organization OF
Piedmont, Incorporated"
The organization Of the Piedmont
region is following the example OF
other sections Of the State, which
have incorporated themselves fo1
their commercial and civic welfare
In commenting on the criticism
OF the automatic traffic signals in
Washington, City Manager Morton
said today, that since the first week
after the installation OF the auto
| matte traffic signal at King and
Washington streets there have not
been more than half q dozen ma
chimes to pass the red" The pc
Iiceman, who was stationed at the
intersection to direct attention to
The Washington times., 1926-01-12
ME XICA|VS KILL
SIX BANDITS
n TrternatlonnI Newe service

MEXICO CITY. Jan. 12--A
special session OF the Mexican
Congress to give President Gales
extraordinary powers to deal with
banditry, as the result Of the re-
cent Guadelajara train robbery. IS
being discussed here today
Federal troops have taken ener-
getic action against the bandits
under Numez, who attacked tie
train on Sunday, and already six OF
the guilty have been executed.
This brings the total Of deaths
OF bandits and their victims to
twenty.
There is no information as to
whether Numez is among the BAN
dts who have been captured and
executed.
All of those killed by the bandits
have now been identified as either
members of the train crew or Sec
ond class passengers.
Two women were among the
passengers who were ruthlessly put
to death by the desperadoes.
The Federal troops are reported
to be still in pursuit OF the re-
mainder of the bandits and it is
believed here that the entire gang
will be eventually brought to
Justice.
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mo, YOUR honor, even the shop
assistants get commission, the
counsel rejOined.
What Would Friends Think?
Don't tell me. z said Sir Alfred.
that II comes out Of Adele's
pocket. 1t comes out OF the till.
which was filled up by Lady
F1etcher's friends. who ordered The
dresses. am only wondering what
Lady FIetcher's friends would think.
i know"
Sir Lionel Fletcher has been dec
Grated by several foreign govern
rients and is prominent in military
circles and has been one of Great
Britain i leading rifIefnen.
The Washington times., 1926-01-12
Ten AND VI ssE
LOST IN GIL

REYKJAYIK, Iceland, Jan. ~. -
Ten persons were drowned, and the
British steamer, Hartwick. and
notorboat, Icelandic, sent TO the
bottom in a storm which swept the
waters near here today.
Five members Of the HartwIck
crew drowned when the small boat
IN which they were attempting TO
reach travlers standing by to
rescue them capsized
others on the Hartwick Were
saved.
The five persons aboard The Ice
landic went to the bottom with
their craft
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Accounts submitted on behalf OF
the firm showed considerable deal
ings between the parties. and that
commission was allowed Lady
Fletcher for orders by customers
introduced.
10 Per Cent Commission
In response to question by
Judge Sir Alfred Tobin. counsel for
the dressmakers stated that the
commission paid was 10 per cent
Then II Lady Fletcher got
orders for So, 900 worth of dresses
she would get $500, said the judge,
"Out Of whose pocket would the
$500 come.
From the plaintiffss, said the
aor out ST the pockets Of Lady
FIetcher,s friends queried the
Judge.
4oh no, protested the counsel.
.sOf course, it would interjectet
the Judge. DO you mean to say
that Adele Limited would MOI
charge enough to make It up2'
The Washington times., 1926-01-12
d CLUBS WIFE AND C4IDREN7O DEATH THEN SUICIDES


For the first time in the history
Of recent tax revision, the little
fellow" with an income Of below
$4,000 is not the bone of con-
tention between Republican and
Democratic revenue cutters.
The principal fight on the new
tax bin when it reaches the floor
Of the Senate will be on the
incomes Of from $780, 900 to $780,
900, with the Democrats standing
out for $44, 600, 900 greater reduc-
ton in this class Of incomes than
the Republicans propose in the
bill that hsa already passed the
House.
Encouraged By Victory.
The Democrats were encouraged
IN their efforts to revise the House
bin today by their first victory. In
which they wiped out the capital
stock tax by the narrow vote of
3 TO in the Senate Finance Com
naittee.
To make up the capital stock tax
revenue, the committee endorsed an
increase of the corporation tax
from the 121k per cent Of the
House bill to 1914 per cent.
This proposal is understood to
meet with the approval Of the ma
jority OF corporations because the
extra burden is thrown largely en-
the successful.
The stock tax levied q tribute
from corporations regardless Of the
condition Of their balance sheets.
Both parties agreed to postpone
the fight on inheritance taxes until
the entire bill had been reported,
probably early next week.
Despite this negative endorsement
by the committee of the inheritance
taxes, strong opposition is assured.
Senator Reed Smoot (R.) of Utah.
chairman. is expected to lead the
movement for their repeal
Smaller Rates To Stand.
Beyond the scattered insurgent
opposition, there appeared slight
hope Of reductions for smaller in
comes beyond those of the House
bill.
These normal rates include ex-
emptions of 81 500 for single and
$500 for married persons with a
tax of IL per cent up to $4,000 of
taxable income and 5 per cent on
the next $1,000.
The Washington times., 1926-01-12
City Club After Members

A four.day drive, from February
! to February 5. for 1000 new mem.
>bers of the City Club has been ar
ranged, Gen. Anton Stephan, presi.
dent of the club, announced last
night Edward s. Brashears, men-
Der of the board of governors. will
be campaign chairman.
The Washington times., 1926-01-12

be turned over to the military
officials.
seventy.six pieces of property
were sold for taxes by Roger c..
Sullivan, city treasurer, for de-
linquent taxes. No buyers appeared
and the property was bought in by
the State. Owners of the property
may redeem it within a reasonable
time by applying to the corpora.
ton court and paying all costs OH
it,
The Washington times., 1926-01-12
ARE EXPECTED
IN Usage PLOT SOON

GUTHRIE, Okla, Indications plentiful here
today ii the charges with
alleged conspiracy to y wealthy Usage Indians for their
millions would be pushed q swift conclusion.
From hitherto reliable it said that the Federal
grand jury investigating the plots would ndct
ments then adjourn and grand jury be sum-
moned Tuesday so the political phases
lof charges that bribery and corruption halted the
loriginal inquiry two years ago.
The Washington times., 1926-01-12

Premature appearance here yes
terday OF Alya Macdonald, former
rough rider. friend Of Roosevelt,
and for years one of the most
noted United States marshals In
the southwest, caused reports Of
his investigation to take form.
Orders From Washington
Macdonald, IL was made plain to-
day, had been refused permission
- testify before this grand JURY
even after waving immunity. III
regard to reports that he was one
Of two retired Federal officials
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Bible and Science Talk

The Society for Philosophical In.
curry win meet this afternoon in
room IS Of the New National Mu-
suen building to discuss DIR. Dun.
cans paper on ''The Bible and Sci
ence.
The Washington times., 1926-01-12
Peerless Hired By aris
Firm, Suit Reveals

LONDON jan 12-Trade, despised calling IN the olden
DAYS Of English arstocracy appears be making devious
way into the present day titled society.
English mayfair than interested IN the disclosures
brought out In the Of Lady Mary Fletcher wife Of Sir
Lionel Fletcher who was sued the Westminster County
Court by Adele De Paris Ltd, dressmakers, for
sum of 1920.
The Washington times., 1926-01-12
Gray for Sports Clothes

LONDON, Jan. 12.-Multi-hued
sports clothes are going out of
fashion. Severe sports clothes in
gray are most fashionable now.
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the light has been removed. an
the light is being well obeyed.

Leon Gamble, a soldier at Fort
Humphreys, is charged with the
theft Of an automobile belonging
to Major Taski of the fort. The
local police were notified that
Gamble was coming toward the
city with the car and Motorcycle
Police James Bayliss arrested him
as he drove into the city. He will
The Washington times., 1926-01-12

SO ! week indemnity for fifteen
weeks is paid to persons h0ldinc
ance Policies when they are laid
up as q result Of an accident.
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OLGA SAMAROFF.
NOTED pTANICTN

Who didn't pet "her curley-
haired boy" Leopold enough and
SO their romance roadster blew
a tire and the two separated.
Stowkowski is reported as
"strikingly erratic."
The Washington times., 1926-01-12
IRVING BERLIN AND ELLIN MACKAY

Berlin his first margiaee tragedy-hs wife died
shortly after their fate second time
EIn Mackay heress to millions Both Berlin and
StowkOwsh musiciansOne composer OF snappy jazz
pholy Orchestra.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-26
OVER HALF 0F ALL
 OWNERS INSURED
Majority of Conn. Auto Drivers
 Responsible

Probably more than half the mo- tor vehicle owners of Connectlcu' are prepared to pay for damage that might be done by their cars. ac- cording to information which the state motor vehicle department has furnished to the Chamber of Com merce of Oroville, Cal. and allied communities. The percentage of such financially responsible motor car owners i'll the country at large is considerably less than the Con- nccticut percentage.
 Before the financial responsibility law was adopted in Connecticut, a check-up in this respect showed that about 42 per cent of Connecticut registrants were able to meet possi- hle damage judgments, within limits. In 1923, only about IS per cent of inc registrants throughout the United States were thus protected
 The Connecticut percentage has been considerably increased since the financial responsibility law went into effect last January. The moral effect in itself was sufficient to move many previously unprotect- ed registrants to make the neces- sary arrangements and. by the end of the ninth month of the admin istratlon of the law, the halfway point had been left well behind.
 Connecticut's law on this subject has been under observation by many other states. and John Dillon, manager of the California organiza- ton, has informed the Connecticut department that there is plan in that state to use this partial compulsory insurance law as the basis of similar law in California.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-26
LEGATEE WINNER
 IN TAX LAWSUIT
Mrs. Warner Will Get Refund
 From Government

New Haven, Nov. 2s R-The United States circuit court of ap- peals has reversed the decision of Judge Edwin S. Thomas of the United States district court and granted repayment of income tax on S50,000 with interest and costs to Mrs. Eva F. Warner of Bridgeport, according to reports filed here to- day. The defendant in the action was James J. Walsh, former col lector of internal revenue who was represented by John Buckley, United States attorney In Hartford. Mrs. Warner asked the sum of s9,556.91, the total interest on $2,517.93 (the income tax paid) from June 3, 1913, and the interest on s7,03S.9S from the dates of payment of the four installments to the date of payment of judgment. Denied this last Jan- uary, before Judge Thomas she has now been awarded the sum, in addi- ton to the costs.
 It was maintained that the sum of s5O,00O paid annually to the plain tiff through a trustee, from the es- tate of her late husband, I. De Yer Warner. constituted . gift and was not subject to normal income taxa ton,
New Britain herald., 1926-11-26
ADDED TO MUSEUM
Bones of Mammoth, Washed Up On Shores of Florida Centuries Ago, Taken to Institution.

Washington. Nov. 2s CP-The skeleton of a mammoth, washed up on the shores of Florida. half mill lion years ago. was added today to the Smithsonian Institution collec- tion
 The bones of the prehistoric ani- nal were discovered recently in an excavation at Venice. Fla, and in the opinion of scientists of the in- stitution, had been washed up on the old shores of the Gulf of Mexico. now four miles inland from the present coast The specimen is a Columbian mammoth. they said, types of which have been found In territories north of Florida.
 Discovery of dinosaur eggs is be- coming popular pastime in all parts of the continent.
 Mineral concretions, formed In freakish shapes. resembling the eggs of the giant reptiles which lived twelve to fifteen million years ago in the swamps of North America, have led to reports from nearly every section of the country of the finding of these 'eggs" which. paleontologists of the institution concede. would fool anybody but an expert.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-26
MADGE KENDAL
 IS ACTIVE AT Y
Veteran Actress Keeps Contact
 With Stage

London. Nov. 26 R@Dame Madge Kendall, at the age of IT, still needs the call Of the stage. She has agreed to play the juvenile role In a per formance E. J. Odell, patriarch of British theaterdom, Is preparing to produce.
 MT. Odell, who is "Old Odell" to members of the Savage Club and his friends in London art circles, doesn't believe actors should retire. On his ninety-second birthday an- niversary he visited the Savage Club, gathered some of his gray-haired confreres about him and inaugur- ated preparations for an entertain ment to be given by the theatrical stars of long ago.
 Seldom Misses Big Event
 Dame Kendall was one of the first stars approached.
 "Of course, will take the part" she replied. "We have been friends my dear Odell, for more than 40 years"
 MT. Odell has decided that he will do scene from Guilbert's Daniel Druce." It is a Cromwellian play in which Mir. Odell in 1876 played the part of royalist officer who | fled the country.
 l Mrs. Kendall only recently became Dame Madge and the public scarcely | has become accustomed to her title. | T,,T Too cha ;l-o Ellen Terry. her stage name Is con- stantly in public prints. She is even more robust than Dame Ellen and seldom misses 8 notable first night or any great gathering where repre- sentatives of the arts are assembled. Dame Madge was the twenty-sec- ond child of William and Margar- etta Robertson. Her mother was of Danish blood. Her father came of Q British theatrical family which was we'll known in the amusement world for generations.
 Retired Fifteen Years Ago
 Mrs. Kendall was only five years old when she made her first appear ance on the stage and played repertoire of roles that included everything from Little Eva" in Uncle Toms Cabin" to Shake speare.
 In 1865 Mrs. Kendall appeared at the Maymarket in London. as Ophelia in production of Ham let" with Walter Montgomery in the role of the Danish prince. From then on she played most of the Shakespearean heroines and in every sort of classical and popular drama until 1911 when she retired. She made several tours of the United States with her husband in the sos and 90's and was popular in such plays as Marriage" Prince Kara toff," and "A Scrap of Paper"
New Britain herald., 1926-11-26
LITTLE HUMOR IN
 GERMAN PAPERS
Comic Strip and Picture
 Paper" Are Missing

Dallas, Texas, Nov. 26 R-The
 rough West" hungered for good
 plays It was far removed from the main travelled roads of the best dramatic companies. The so-called spoken drama was only a whisper out here where the wide open spaces are reputed to begin.
 Then came the Dallas Little Thea ter. It was born In the house of the dead and fostered in a restaurant, but despite this humble nativity. within six years of it's birth it had three times captured the East's most coveted Little Theater prize, the Be- | lasco cup.
 | Hungered for Drama 1 Now the capital of the Little 1 Theater movement may be said to have settled for the time being at the edge of the great COW country of Texas, and persons dramatically inclined are wondering why 1t is so Director Oliver Hinsdell is one of 1 the reasons. He attributes the suc- cess to hunger for good drama and the character-bu building work neces- sary to overcome many obstacles | here.
 l Six years ago a group of Dallas | people, not satisfied with the scraps of drama they had been getting, de- cided to manufacture their own. They held their first meeting in an undertaker's chapel, and there the movement was organized. The first play was given in a high school, their second in a restaurant, where. after the evening meal, the propri- etor permitted them to push back ! the chairs and tables and present their play. To Build Own Home After the movement had gone along for three years, Oliver Hins- dell came from New Orleans. where he had built a. s65,0o0 Little Theater. He had been a successful professional stage actor and lectur- CT. The Dallas Theater had its troubles In the beginning the men stayed away. Now the men are among it's cleverest actors. It had no theater building and no money. but these obstacles, too, have been overcome.
 The theater now is housed In a frame building on a side street. A campaign to raise s65,000 for new building Is under way. Anyone Is considered a member who buys a season ticket.
 All walks of life are represented in the casts. A society woman may play in the same cast with her gardener. In season 8 hundred or more actors are used.
 "Judge Lynch" by William Rog- CTS, Jr., a member of the Little Theater and a former Dallas news- paperman. was the first play taken to New York. It won the Belasco cup. In 1925 they won with "The No Count Boy" by Paul Green. Last winter they captured the trophy with "El Cristo."