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The Washington times., 1927-11-15
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the bright, blue.eyed youngster seem
Of paramount Importance TO him.
He has been seen on several &C.
casiOns to stop and play with the
boy ON the street, and has twice in.
quired at the Havercanip home for
. garage.
The baby, oriolea, began to cry
about O'clock, Mrs. Havercamp
said, and she went into the kitchen,
which adjoins the room where the
children are kept, to heat some
milk for her.
'At that time,'' she said, ar
thought I felt someone watching
me but passed 1t off az nothing.
7 put Georges favorite record
on the Victrola to keep him
amused. That nearly cost me my
boy.
Il kept thinking I heard him
calling me but when I finally did
go in 1t was more because ! felt
i 80 funny than because thought
he really needed me.
The men were just getting ready
to start for the open window when 1
stabbed and and grabbed the other.
The kidnapers had wrapped the
comforter around the baby girls
head to keep her quiet and she was
nearly snlothered to death when the
mother uncovered her.
The husband. George Havercanp,
was out looking for work when the
attempted kidnapping took place.
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BEACH DEFENSE
IS RAPED
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finally outdistanced him in Their
automobile.
The detective intimated that he
expected stories Of this kind, which.
he said, are often thrown UP before
his office to fog the issue in a
{ prominent case.
DR.. William Lilliendahl was muir
dercd on the Hammond.Atsionr road
and, according to his widow, Mrs.
Margaret Lilliendahl, the crime was
committed by two negro highway
men. The State did not believe the
wonaan's tale and subsequently ac-
Cused the widow and Willis Beach,
q neighbor. Of the murder. The
couple will go on trial on Novem.
Der Is.
Did Not Tell Police
1.-THE highwayman incident could
not have been 30 dramatic as de-
acribed; otherwise the woman would
have taken action on it," said
Harold. cit certainly seems peculiar
the matter was not reported by them,
as on the way back to their homes
after the incident, the would pass
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Winona silk Company mill. located
on the Philadelphia Pike. at Noun
tainyille. was robbed Of finished and
unfinished silk valued at more than
IS, 900.
The Waterman was bound and gag.
ged by the intruders, who. after
opening the vault with the aid of an
acetylene torch, escaped with the
goods in an auto truck. It is believed
that there were at least four men
in the gang. The stolen silk was in
sured.
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'REMUS VICTOR
OVER FOES

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mems wear bought by Dodge in Gin.
cinnati shops ana charged TO his
Remus1 account on the approval
of Mrs. Remus.
Allowed to Have Papers
The petition was given to the
clerk of court and in accordance
with Judge Chester r. Shocks rul-
ing yesterday, that these records be
made available to Remus. the county
clerk will issue subpoenas duces
tecum for these hidden" records
and assets.
Sheriff William NJ. Anderson will
then be empowered to confiscate as
mu : of this property as can be To-
Gated.
Remus created a mild sensation
when he leaped to his feet and en-
gagged in a bitter verbal clash with
attorneys for the State.
The clash came during examina.
ton of a talesman for jury duty.
Carl Bassler, assistant prosecutor,
asked the talesman this question:
do you know George Connors,
q Remus Lieutenant"
Remus jumped to his feet, .
flush mounting to his face and bald
head.
II object to that term, 'Remus'
lieutenant" he shouted. HE is
my secretary"
He is just what I say he, in, :"
hurled back Bassler.
Remus made an ELABORATE ges-
ture to the court.
Now, your honor, I object To
this designation" he declared. IT
think 1t il wholly uncalled for and
designed to create a prejudicial i'm
preston Of the defendant Remus. T"
Taft supported the contention Of
Bassler that Connors was a ''lieu-
tenant" and not a secretary"
"Remus Ii not making q mis-
statement to the court" declared
Remua.
"The reference to Mr.. Connors'
being referred to as a lieutenant"
will be stricken from the record, :"
ruled Judge Shook.
Remus sat down with . smile.
He had won his point.
Business Of selecting the jury was
resumed after the motion was filed.
Six jurors. two women and four men
were in the jury box. tentatively ac-
cepted by both sides.
Anna M. Clements. the first to be
questioned this morning. was ex.
cused on technicality. Her sum-
mons contained q wrong address.
Next came Edward Loi1rey. a
waiter. He was excused because he
opposed capital punishment.
A spectacular legal battle, unpre.
cedented in American Jurisprudence
IL developing in the trial,
On the defense side there Is Re.
mus and one attorney. On the side
of the prosecution is Charles p.
TAFT, 2S-year-old son Of william
Howard Taft, former President OF
the United States.
Battle Becomes Bitter
Remus and Taft are at logger.
heads, matching mind against mind
the brains OF the business genius
who once controlled $100. OO0, 900
Illicit liquor traffic against that of
the young and brilliant prosecuting
attorney engaged In the biggest case
Of his career.
"Remus is going to make the
opening statement In the case of
IL + p A
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police headquarters at Medford and
Mt. Holly.
But no reports were made there.
The first news was from a detective
who said over the telephone that he
was investigating the case. And,
remember, this was before the in.
cident was reported.
Story Sounds Strange
Detectives don't usually probe
important incidents over the tele-
phone, and / do not mind saying
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z PROBES ART
IN BLAST
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by flying glass, Ia some instances
several miles from the scene Of the
explosion. will number about 500, ac-
cording to Coroner McGregor, who
said the hospitals had treated $50
victims and that the others received
treatment in their own homer.
Relief for Homeless
While the rescue work proceeded,
Pittsburgh generously provided re.
lief for persons made homeless. At
IA special session recommended by
Mayor Charles III. Cline. the city
counsel appropriated 500. 900 to pro-
vide food and shelter for the home
less sufferers.
Every police station and fire sta
ton in the city was thrown open to
the homeless and many OF them
spent the night there or In temper
airy barracks Of the Salvation Army
and Red Cross.
Regardless OF where the RESPONSE.
bility for the explosion is placed a
vigorous attempt to have council
pass an ordinance requiring the gas
company to move all gas storage
ianks from residential districts 70
the suburbs. will be made b " Eoun-
eilnan Harry A. Little, a victim Of
yesterdays disaster. he said today.
Little Insurance Aid
Thirty large commercial houses
and 200 home-owners were hard hit
by. the gas tornado, according to un.
official estimates. There were in.
dicationa that little If any of the
property damage would be met by
insurance companies. az few fire
policies included damage caused by
conclusion.
The loss in window glass alone was
estimated by various insurance COM
panies as low as $4,000 and as high
as $3.50. 900. Much of this loss is COW
cred by special display window In
surance.
Insurance officials said 1t was too
early to estimate the total property
damage with any degree of certainty.
They said 1t might run as high as
SIC, 600, 900, or. might fall far below
this mark, depending upon the value
of destroyed property which cannot
yet be ascertained.
Today the district for five blocks
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the State VS.. Remus," said Remus
today, avoiding. Is usual, the first
person pronoun.
'Remus' statement will be the
longest ever made in trial Of this
kind-about 1880 words. 1t will
bring home to the jury exactly
what Remus means by his plea Of
transitory maniacal insanity"
Remus claims he was ''transitor.
tally" or momentarily insane when
he shot and killed his wife, Imo-
gene, in Eden Park, Cincinnati, on
October s last, while she was on
| her way to court to divorce him.
His mind exploded" he said.
Taft said he was fully prepared
to cope with this plea and with any
| tactics the willy Remus may adopt
| in court.
Taft took great care not to dis
close the States case or to even
reveal who will be his principal
witnesses.
Il will say. however, that the
States case will be limited to those
who actually witnessed the murder
unless Remus forces US to go
| further" declared Taft.
IF Remus attempts to prove, as
he says he will, his allegations OF
so-called conspiracy against him.
designed and carried out by Mrs.
Remus, Franklin l.. Dodge. ir..
and others. it win be necessary, OF
course, for the State to use many
more witnesses.
Remus. on his part, says he ''will
tear things wide OPEN ana "open
the eyes OF the people" with star
thing disclosures.
One Of the surprising develop.
ments so far has been the fact that
none Of the States important wit.
nesses have made an appearance in
the Hamilton county court house.
where the trial Is being held.
Miss Ruth Holmes Remus. L..
year-old daughter Of the slain
woman, has not showed I'm and she
IL not at the former home Of her
mother in the Aims Hotel,
No trace in Cincinnati has been
found Of Mrs.. Grace Campbell, of
Miami. Fla, the slain wonan's
sister.
Nothing has been heard Of Mrs.
Julia NJ. Brown. mother OF the
woman Remus killed, or her brother,
Harry Brown.
Fear For Lives
1t is understood they are receiv-
ing mail at q postoffice box at an
outlying substation.
Franklin L. Dodge, jr., ''the man
In the case" whom Remus charges
stole his wife's love. is reported In
hiding in. q nearby city.
He may be the States principal
witness. Rernus has expressed q. de.
sire to get him on the stand for
REORGANIZATION
Asked IL Dodge and other State
witnesses fear for their lives. as
rumored, Taft said: s'They have
always feared for their lives. The
same condition exists today"
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that this detective knows more
about the case than the two women
who were held up. The whole story
sounds strange, and 1t seems ex-
traordinary that the women are un.
able to give description of the
man who walked into the road In
front Of them. Neither were they
able to remember the license num-
Der of the mans car, although the
car followed them, they say. for
several miles"
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mems wear bought by Dodge in Gin
cinnati shops and charged TO his
(Remus1 account on the approval
of Mrs. Remus.
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on either side Of the gas plant re-
sembled war-torn France. A heavy
artillery fire could have done no
worse damage than the conclusion
when the 100000 cubic-foot gas
tank let go.
At the morgue where all bodies
were taken as soon as they were
recovered, heavy police detail stood
on guard and frequently it became
necessary to drive back the crowd
that clamored for admittance. Only
persons certified as having relatives
missing were permitted TO view the
bodies.
How 1t Felt
E. ]. VogeI, associate editor Of
the Pennsylvania News, whose plant
is located in the EXPLOSION area,
gave a graphic description Of the
disaster. He said:
IT never have felt the shock Of
an earthquake, but I imagine it
could be no worse than the shock
received by me and my employees.
Eve were working over the
presses when we heard deafening
roar. The windows in the build
ing were shattered and all the lights
went out. The presses stopped.
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List Of Known Dead
in Pittsburgh Blast

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 15.--Follow.
ing Is the list of known dead In the
explosion at the Equitable Gas Com.
pany's Reedsdale Street plant:
Al. M. BEAVER. rs, Leetsdale.
WILLIAM BELLAM, 81, city.
GEORGE BENTFELD, "a, Enon
Valley.
FRED BISHOP. as, tank repairer.
MARY CONGELIER, Is, city.
JOSEPH HARRIS, 20. negro.
JOHN A. MCCALL. gas company
CHARLES 8. M1cHAELs. As.
city.
JOHN w. MILLER, IS. city.
C. r. HARDY. tank repairer.
III. r. SOBECK. 30, tank repairer.
p. w. PRICE, tank repairer.
JASON WARNER. IS, tank 70.
pairer.
FRANK UBREY, IS. city.
JOHN MOORE. So, negro.
GEORGE LANCARIC, AZ. Pitts.
burgh.
JOHN HAMIsoN, IS, laborer,
Pittsburgh Clay Pot Company.
JOHN HI. SMITH, negro.
Four unidentified bodies, two Of
which are so badly mutfIated !denti.
fication seems impossible.
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FALL AND D0HENY ' HAVE DIFFERENCE
 OF 0P||NO|l SAID
CHIEF COUNSEL FOR SINCLAIR OFFERS VIGOROUS PROTEST
 BEFORE JUDGE

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. (P)-A diff ference in opinion between the defend ants, Fall and Doheny, developed as the government continued to unfold to the jury the story upon which is conspiracy in connection with the leasing of the Teapot Dome Naval oil reserve.
 Breaking into the proceedings for the second time in less than a week Fall almost shouted that he had no objection to the presentation of .cer- tain technical testimony by the go- vernment to which Chief Counsel Hoover, for Sinclair, offered vigorous protest before Justice Siddons.
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FEMALE PHYSICIAN
 WHO ALLEGED SWAMI
 CHANNEL SAYS FAKE
FRAUD TO PUT TO END PUBLIC DECEPTION Es-
 TARLlSHING RECORDS

LONDON, Oct. 26. P-Dorothy Cochrane Logan, London female phy- sician, did not swim the English Chan nel, according to her own statement which appeared in the News of the World published Sunday. According to the alleged confession which ap- pears in that paper Miss Logan did not break Miss Ederle's channel swim ming performance In admitting the hoax the young doctor says her fraud was the first to end fakes. Her pur- pose in perpetrating the fraud was to put the eend to pubic deception and demonstrate the advisability of prov ing records established in channel swims. Miss Logan returned to the paper, the World, the check for $5,O0O offered to any English woman who would improve on Miss Ederle's chan nel swimming record.
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ITALIAN STEAMSHIP SINKS COAST BRAZIL
 100 ARE DROWNED
REPORTS VARY AS TO NUMBER OF PASSENGERS CARRIED ON
 BOARD; CAUSE UNKNOWN

RIO JANEIRO, Oct. 26. P1-The luxurious Italian steamship Principes- sa Mafalda, carrying more than 1000 passengers most of them Italian imi- grants to Brazil, Argentina, sank last night off the coast of Brazil.
 With the death toll believed to num- Der 100, rescue ships are standing by and picked up about 720 persons of the 1,200 stated to have been aboard the vessel. The Mafalda sent ont an s o S at 7:15 and five hours later sank when the boilers exploded.
 Shipping circles here said 1,6O0 per sons were aboard but the owners of the ship insisted there were not more than 1900 and all but no were Ital- ian migrants bound for new home land in Argentina and Brazil.
 No word as to the cause of the dis aster has been received but it is thot it possibly might have been due to explosion of the engines or hitting a submerged rock.
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ADMIRAL MACGRUDER
 DETACHED FROMD DUTY
 REPORT WASHINGTON
MAGAZINE ARTICLE ON NAVY AND ECONOMY GETS ADMIRAL
 IN BAD, SUPERIoRS

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 26. (P)-Rear Admiral Magruder, whose recent ma- gazine articlee on Navy and Economy caused a stir in Naval circles, has been detached, ordering him to report dant of the Fourth Naval district. A telegram notifying him that he had been detached, ordering him oreport to the Secretary of Navy about Mo- vember 5, was received by Magruder from Secretary Wilbur.
 The Admiral said the order came as distinct shock to him, although he had been aware his magazine article had not met with the approval of some of the Naval officials He stated he hoped the matter would be straighten- ed out and the Admiral said he would insist on a thorough Investigation of the whole affair.
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.DELLWOOD EVROUTE ID ALASKA REPAIR NEW CABLE BREAKS
 
CAPTAIN FRED ANDREWS AND 30 MEN ENROuTE REPAIR
 BROKEN CABLE

SEATTLE, Oct. 26. (P)-Colonel Hartman, in charge of the Alaska cable announced the Cableship Dell- wood will sail from Seattle today for Petersburg to repair lines broken by the recent quake.
 Captain Fred Andrews and 30 ex- pert cable repair men will engage in this repair work exclusively. The Sig nal Corps operate the radio between Ketchikan and Wrangell. The cable breaks cut communication North of Juneau including the White Pass Railroad.
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DR. jACCAR ID HEAD
 EXPEDITION EXPLORE
 PAvL0F AND VALLEY
SCIENTIST WHO CARRIED ON IN. INSPIRATIONS WESTWARD
 RECENTLY, RETURNING

WASHINGTON. Oct 2s. R-An expedition to study the unknown Paw lof volcano in the group of islands of the Alaskan Peninsula, will be sent next April by the National Geographi- cal Society.
 Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar, Director of the Geographical Survey Station at the Mount Kilauea Volcanic Labora- tory in Hawaii, will lead the party which will explore the region west of Mount Katmai, the worlds largest ac- tive volcano, and the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes.
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SEAT TIE CIVIC BODY ADOPTS RESOLUTION
 AFFECTING ALASKA
ASKING CONGRESS, SHIPPING BOARD MAINTAIN SAME
 REGULATIONS

SEATTLE, Oct. 26. P)-Trustees of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce have adopted a resolution asking Congress and the United States Ship ping Board to maintain the present regulations for steamboat inspection and the licensing of smaller craft in solar as it effects the fishing indus try.
 The resolution followed the reports or agitation to bring 2,00O Alaska, State of Washington, and Oregon fishing craft under rigid rules gov erning the licensing of pilots and engineers of larger vessels
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NOT GIVEN CREDIT

LONDON, Oct. 26. (P)-As sequel to the confession of Doctor Dorothy Logan, in which she admitted that the story of her swimming the chan nel. was hoax, it was revealed that Georges Michel, French baker, who claimed to have swum the English Channel, was not given credit by the French Swimming Association be- cause he accomplished the feat in secret.
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SENATOR C. CURTIS THROWS HAT IN RING
 PRESIDENTIAL RACE
REPUBLICAN LEADER OF THE SENATE PLEASED TO RUN IN-
 FORM FRIENDS

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2S. (P)-Se- nator Charles Curtis of Kansas, Re- publican leader of the Senate, entered the Presidential race in letter to Roy L. Bone, organizer of the Curtis for President Club" Curtis wrote If my friends desire to send delegation to the next Republican National Con- vention, favorable to my nomination, I will be greatly pleased to be can- didate."
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AMUNDsEN SAILS FOR
 NORWAY SHORT NOTICE
 LEAVES MEDAL BEHIND

NEW YORK, Oct. 26. (P)-Leaving behind him a cancelled lecture tour and an Explorers Club medal, sched- uled to be awarded him at "a dinner in his honor on Saturday evening, Amundsen sailed for Norway with no explanation of his nasty departure. He telegraphed officials of the club lam sailing today; sorry can't be with you."
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FORMER CHAPLAIN
 IN ARMY RELEASED
 AFTER DAY IN JAIL
CAPTAIN cLAMPlTT WAS THOT TO HAVE BEEN IMPLICATED
 IN BURGLARY

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 26. (P)-Capt. Clampitt, former Chaplain, was releas- ed from jail in Culver City after police hada held him all day for investiga- tion in connection with the arrest of Spencer Farley, age 15, confessed burg1er. Police said they had been unable to connect Clampitt with the case Farley detailed when police found Farley sleeping in Clampitt's automo- bile.
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WALKS INTO ASYLUM AND
 ASKS BE LOCKED UP

CONCORD, N. H., Oct. 26. (F)-Mrs. Mary Folsom walked into the asylum here and asked that she be locked up. She said that she was the woman who escaped from here in 1914. Since her escape she has used the name Of Mrs. Mary Rust and has been a successful business woman of Troy, N. Y.
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UNIDENTIFIED MAN LANDED ON ISLAND
 THOT BE X. ]. GRAY
LEFT NOME THREE WEEKS AGO BELIEVED SWEPT OFF COURSE
 IN LATE STORMS

NOME, Oct. 26. (P)-The unidenti- fled mystery man being sought by searching parties. after landing in a blinding snowstorm on St. Lawrence Island is thought to be a lone roamer known as K. L. Gray, who left Nome for Seattle three weeks ago in IA foot steel skiff. Gray arrived at Nome last spring after being shipwrecked along the coast and was probably blown out of his course during the recent storms.
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CLOSED SEASON BEAVER
 KENA| PENINSULA

The Alaska Game Commission has recommended that the entire Kenai peninsula district be closed to the taking of beaver in 1928, according to MT. Terhune, executive officer of the commission who left Seward yester- day for Cordova. This marks no dis tinet change for the peninsula region was closed the past year, he said.
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BANK MESSENGER SHOT
 FIGHTING OFF BANDITS

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 26. (P)-One bank messenger was killed and anoth- CT seriously wounded when they fought off an attempt of bandits to rob a s13,0OO payroll. Three police men who ran up as the robbers shot the payroll guardians drove off the thieves who escaped in an automobile.
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.BOOTLEC KING |s HELD
 F0R MURDER 0F WIFE

CINCINNATI, Oct. 26. LP)-George Remus, bootleg king held for the mur- der of his wife, is seeking dispositions from Attorney General Sargent Roy Haynes and other prominent men in his fight to clear himself in the trial on a plea that he was the subject of a plot.
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RUTH ELDER ILL

LISBON, Oct. 26. (P)-Ruth Elder is suffering from influenza and has taken to bed. She needs a complete rest and her departure from Lisbon for Madrid ennroute to Paris has therefore been postponed indefinitely.
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ADMIRAL WATSON JET
 FUR ALASKA WITH e2

SEATTLE, Oct. 26. (P-The s. s. Admiral Watson, of the Pacific Steam ship Co.,, sailed at 10 o'clock this morn ing carrying 82 passengers. The Sew ard reservations include: Mrs. Hal versen, Frank Moore, and Allen FL liott.
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ORDERED TO PAY UP

NEW YORK, Oct. 26. (P)-Thurs- ton Hall, stage and movie actor, was ordered by the supreme court to pay s200 counsel fees to Mrs. Amy Hall, his estranged wife. The wife also charged Hall is $500 behind in ali mony payments.
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LITER TO BE PARoLED

ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 26. (P)-Gover- nor Hardman has announced that he will parole I. B. Hall, lifer in the penitentiary, whose arrest is laid to an alleged betrayal by his prospective son-in-laW.
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ADVANCES CONTENTION

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. (P)-Sena- tor Glass replied to President Cool idge's defense of administration policy of scrutinizing foreign loans. He ad- vanced the contention that the policy is extra constitutional and without legal sanction.
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1O1 INDICTMENTS

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. P-one hundred and one indictments were re- turned by the Grand Jury against members of the Ku Klux Klan for al- legged participation in floggings in Crenshaw county, Alabama.
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RETURNING TO PORT

NEW YORK, Oct. 26. (P)-D. Con- ger Reynolds, American consul at Stuttgart, Germany, is returning on the s. S. Republic to his post, accom- panied by his wife.
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GENERAL SUTTON LOST

TORONTO, Oct. 26. (P)-General Frank Sutton, former military adviser to the Chinese war lord and prominent Chinese financier who left two weeks ago for Peace River, Alberta, is lost near Long Portage. He was making power site investigations.
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HARRY HALL GUILTY

CHICAGO, Oct. 26. (F-Harry Hill who fled to the Pacific coast fol- lowing the murder of his mother a wealthy widow, was indicted on a charge of having killed her by the court of Ottawa, III.
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MAKES QUICK EXIT

PARIS, Oct. 26. (P-Without both ering to present letter of recall to President Doumergue of France, Christian Rakovsky, former ambassa- dor for Russia to France, left Sunday by automobile for Moscow via Berlin.