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The Washington times., 1927-05-19
WIFE
PRIOR TO
BLAST
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pounds Of gun powder ana dyna,
mite no one Il able 70 guess. The
work was carefully done, some Of
the connections being soldered. IL
would have taken all of one night.
That he was not in the building
Tuesday night is considered Ger.
tain. There was a parent-teachers'
association meeting then, and it
A. thought that he would have been
observed had he been in the build.
ing.
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8 INTERNAL
MACHINES
PL ANTED

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NEW YORK, Sept. B.-The bust
ness district Of Brooklyn was
shaken early today by . bomb
blast. apparently intended to wreck
the buildings housing the Supreme
Court and the Hall Of Records.
Although no one was injured, the
force OF the explosioni which 10 be.
heved to have. been caused by. three
internal machines, blew out dozens
of windows In both buildings,
ripped great holes In the pavement,
and caused q near panic among
residents living within half q mile
OF the spot.
A preliminary investigate blythe
bomb squad Of the police department
revealed that the internal machines
had been planted In an a,lleyway that
runs between the two buildings.
: Fragments of iron and clockwOrk
found near the spot Indicated to the
police that three time bombs had
been set to explode simultaneously,
apparently in an attempt to wreck
the two municipal buildings.
The blast ripped out three holes in
the pavement of the alley, knocked
down the Waterman Of the Hall of
Records, and hurled the custodian OF
the building and his wife from their
beds.
The blast occurred shortly before
IA. m. today.
Reserves from several police sta
tionE "a well AZ the fire department
and ambulances were summoned.
An Investigation was begun i'm
Snediately.
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WOUNDED

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DRESDEN. Germany. Sept. 8.
Every effort was being made by
the Dresden police today to locate
the assassin who attempted to kill
Emil Steger, AZ an official Of the
American Consulate here, while he
was walking with his wife early
Sunday morning.
Steger wa shot In the back by
a pistol bullet. His assailant ap-
parentIy followed steger from the
city, and attacked him while the
diplomat was walking along q
country road.
Painfully wounded. gteger fell
into the arms Of his wife, who
assisted him to walk to q hospital
nearby. After treatment Steger
was taken to the South Sanitarium,
where he was said to be convalesc.
ing satisfactorily.
The assailant fled after the
shooting. The motive for the at
tack il q complete mystery, but
the police are working on the
theory that the assault was
prompted by q personal grudge.
Steger. who formerly was American
Consul at Chomnitz, IL of German
nationality.
State Department officials were
without confirmation today OF the
reported attack on Emil Stager,
employ Of the American Consulate
at Dresden, Germany.
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5 COMIC.
DROPS DEAD

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BOSTON, Sept. 5. - George N.
Conan saw death stalk before the
foctlights shortly after midnight to.
day during q final dress rehearsal
Of his new musical comedy, ''The
Merry Malones. =
Seated in the front row Of the
orchester of = local theater, Co
han saw Arthur DEACON, famous
comedian. complete 4 song and
dance, turn to the orchestra leader
and collapse. He was dead Of heart
failure when he reached city Hos.
pital.s
DEACON, who was CAPTAIN Kelly
in Little Nellie Kelly, !" ana had
a long theatrical career, was IS
years old. married, and lived In Free.
port, N. X.
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MRS. GRACE GEORGE, Of
Hebron. Maine. plucks weeds
from roadside and by. her own
secret process. paints them by
hand into glorious red and gold
permanent flowers.
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Hoover Pleased With
Flood Reconstruction

GREENVILLE, Miss, Sept. g..
Expressing complete satisfaction
with the reconstruction work shown
in the Mississippi delta since the
disastrous floods last spring, Sec.
rotary OF Commerce Herbert Hon
yer and his party left aboard Gov
eminent boat for an inspection or
thrice flooded Arkansas City today.
Secretary Hoover, making his
fifth inspection of the flooded Ms
sissippi valley. arrived in Green.
vile last night from Memphis. He
said that he was "satiEiedas With
the renorts Of nroRxaSA
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Two SchOOners Gone;
40 Feared Lost

HALIFAX, N. s., Sept. 5.-Grave
fears are felt. here for the safety
Of 40 fishermen, the crews Of the
Nuremberg schooners, Joyce M.
Smith and Clayton W. Walters,
which have not been reported since
the great gale Of Wednesday, Au-
gust "a.
Bits Of wreckage have been picked
up which are believed to have come
from the missing vessels. The men
were on fishing expedition off the
Grand Banks and are believed to
have been in the path Of the terrific
storm.
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Tunnel
N BOMB PLOT
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NEW LEXINGTON, o., Sept. S.
Railroad detectives today remained
on guard at the million dollar tun+
mel Of the New York Central Rail.
road. at ,Moxahala, near here, II
hours after a plot TO dynamite the
structure was reported at Athens.
Much of the non-union coal mined
in the West Virginia fields Is ship
ped through Moxahala.
Reports from Athens were that
railroad employees overheard two
men in a sport model auto discuss
plans Of the alleged dynamite plot
Athens county authorities report no
arrests have been made. there in
connection with the alleged plot.
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King Mike Pays Visit
Out To The Royal
Woodshed

.asia ) Boy Raler Gets
Spdaked BIZ MotEer
When He : Nan l.ty
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KING FERDINAND

Weighing but two ounces. balloons
that : Los Angeles man has invented
to Be attached TO bathing suits are
inflated to become Life prsservsrs -
bursting SAs hs4hs,tAsa thaR go
AA4a.
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BLACK RULING
|. Tres SUPERIOR

A bitter attack against the judges
OF Police Court was made today by
Mrs. Nina c, Van Wrinkle, head Of
the Woman's Bureau, following the
dismissal Of d ''masner'' case yes
terday by Police Court Judge Isaac
r. Hit.
Washington b the worst city In
the country for Washers partly be-
cause Of the attitude Of the Police
Court judges" Mrs. Van Wrinkle
declared.
None OF the Police Court judges
except Judge Schuldt and Judge
Macdonald Is cooperating in such
cases., she said Judge Mcmahon
thinks every policeman ana police
woman who comes before him Is
lying"
Mrs. Van Wrinkles ire was aroused
by the dismissal In Police Court
yesterday OF q 'mashern charge
against Joseph p. Mahaney. 3il4
Eleventh st. N. w, The charge
was preferred by Policewon1an
Gladis Black. who told the court
Mahaney tried to pick her up at
Seventh and II Streets northwest.
When the case came up Manancy
denied that he had been trying to
flirt with the policewoman, and his
attorney, James L. Pugh, ridiculed
policewomen for their efforts to
eliminate "curb CRUISER"
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NANKING UNDER.
HEAVY fire

SHANGHAI. Aug. 1s.-Nanking,
former headquarters Of Gen. Chang
Kai shelx, was bombarded heavily
today by the artillery Of Gen. sun
chuang Fang's Northern army fol.
lowing the refusal Of the Cantonese
defenders to surrender the city.
According to reports received here,
surrender OF the city might be ex-
pected within "a hours.
About $4,000 Nationalist soldiers,
including 10000 from Marking, are
overcrowdlng ChinlIiang and are
preparing to retreat to Soochow,
Shanghai and Hangchow.
Streams Of soldiers from Marking,
Chinkiang and Soochow are flock
ing towards Kashing and Hang
chow, following the reopening Of
the railway line.
This line had been cut by the
British In retaliation foe the theft
of airplane wings by the Chinese
from British machine that made
q forced landing. When the wings
were returned the British allowed
the railway to resume.
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5 Judges Appointed
For Bus Design Contest

Appointment Of five judges for
the contest now being conducted by
the Washington Rapid Transit Com.
pany for color schemes for its
buses was announced today by
e. ID. Merrill, president and gen.
eral manager. The contest will
close tomorrow.
The judges are Mrs. n. r. Wilson,
representing the bus company; Miss
Ethel Foster. head Of the arts de.
partment OF Western High School;
Miss Anne Fuller Abbott, director
OF the Abbott School Of Fine and APP
piled Art; L. NJ. Leisenring, former
president Of the Arts Club Of
washington. and William /. Demine.
architect and vice president OF the
Arts Club.
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The girls, Constance Mamie
Denham, Is. 1133 Twenty.fourth st.
N. W., and Alice Rucker, Is, 1890
Thirty.first st. N. W., are at home.
The boys. Lawrence Rucker, IS,
brother of Alice, and Harry
'Dinky" Wrest. Il. were locked up
last night in the Seventh precinct
station house awaiting arraignment
in Police Court today.
The four said that they had been
caught in a storm while canoeing
Sunday night and had been de.
tanned until 30 late they were
afraid to return home. They tied
the canoe to float and crossed
the canal in q boat belonging to
the Wrest boys parents. who main
tain boathouse above Key Bridge.
The boys then obtained an auto
mobile which the police alIege was
stolen from In front Of the home
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SCOTS
PLAN FETE

EANFF, Alberta, Aug. 19.--With
4 hundred medals OF gold. silver
and bronze offered for supremacy
mi singing, dancing, games and
piping, the Scottish communities
in the Canadian west are looking
forward with keen interest to the
Highland Gathering and Scottish
Music Festival which Is being or.
ganized for the first week in Sep.
TENDER at Banff, and to which the
Prince OF Wales has given patron.
age.
Although there have been highly
successful Scottish games held In
various parts of Canada, these have
been mostly of local interest and
lasting single day. but the Banff
gathering Is planned to last three
days and will have a national char.
acter.
Each OF the II Highland regi
nents in Canada has been author.
lied to send piper to compete for
the trophy for regimental piping
offered by r. W. Beatty, president
Of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
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GARDEN PARTY DELAYED

Rain halted the festivities at the
Tau Phi Sorority garden party at
New Hampshire Ave. and w st.
n. W. yesterday, causing the pro-
gram to be moved up one day. A
mems beauty contest is scheduled
for this afternoon. Tomorrow en-
trants in the ladies' and children .
beauty contests will be staged.
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REVOLTS
REPORTED
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AWV5tNNtEUliaA INV HeFYEtB
LONDON, Aug. 19.-The Daily
Mail printed today sensational re-
ports OF "revolts against the Sovi-
cts" from its Riga correspondent.
This correspondent states that
three serious revolts are in progress
m Ukraine, engineered mainly by
Lkrainian Separatists, who advo.
cate the declaration of a Republic
II Ukrain.
Many local Soviet officials in
Ukraine have been murdered. ac-
ccrding to the Daily Mail CORE
spondent.
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OF Mrs. Florence E. woods, 4521
Canal Rd. "Dinky" got blankets
from his home and the four set out
for New York.
\ The car broke down between
Philadelphia and New York and
they hiked and ''hitched" rides into
New York. Then they decided to
return home. They "hitch-hiked"
their way back here, arriving late
yesterday.
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Anna May. Margaret Payne and
kathryn Payne entertained with.
songs and music. Members Of out
of-town visitors were present.
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Two Prohibition Agents
Fired for Services Good

]. M. Wood and Rodman Russell,
prohibition agents operating out of
Covington and Newport, KY, have
been dismissed for the good Of
the service"
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riding in 4 Hudson tube train here,
was to be taken to Virginia today.
Newton was q cousin Of Gov. Harry
Byrd, OF Virginia, and Of Con1dr.
Richard r. Byrd.
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BYRD'S COUSIN DEAD

JERSEY CITY, n. j. Aug. H.
The body Of william B. Newton. 81.
a baIGxer OF Virginia Beach, Va,
who died OF sheart disease when
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4 Runaways Return
from Hitch HkefoN Y.

After fourday absence the two young couples who dis
appeared Sunday night after canoeing the Potomac
back in Washington today The boys facing
ton for stealing automobile One of the girls may be
to Juvenile Court \
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kIWANIAns DINE

AiWanians celebrated their weakly
,lncheon yesterday at the Wash.
.ngton Hotel with a radio program.
Pocahontas star herald., 1927-02-10
ElevenpOint

X. ii. Cartee, our constable. had
business down about Lorine Saturday.
Earl Stubblefeld and family visited
his father, John r., Saturday night
and Sunday
Henry Tweedy moved from the Char
ley Sweeny farm to the DIR. Harndan
farm one day last week.
Aunt Martha Stubblefield had n
radio installed last Monday.
Our mail service Is mighty bad this
winter, the worst that we have had
for the last 20 years We hope it will
get better soon.
Hite Stuhbleield and family visited
at Dalton Saturday.
The people met at the school house
last Sunday to organize Sunday
school Everybody is invited to at
tend.
j. ii. Jackson had business at the
county site Monday.
w. II. Brown has a new renter for
this year. We failed TO learn his
name.
Leo Kitchener is buying hogs for
John r. Kizer of Pocahontas.
Now, Ingram. you say that you have
had the advice to stop raising SO much
cotton, and raise chickens, hogs and
cows, and ever ten year old boy Is
singing song about ii. And yet you
won't heed, so we don't see much
chance for you. You say we pay big
money for a county agent. You may
pay 80 cents per year, to help pay
the county agents salary, but we doubt
it. We believe that you want to live
in the past and not with the present
or future and if you do want to live
in the past you need leader. Not say
ing that our forefathers needed lead
er for thev lived up to what they knew
And if you don't do that you are till
| further behind them.
Pocahontas star herald., 1927-02-10
Attica

The pie supper here was well attend
ed. We had some fine music, furnish
ed by II. G. Teague, Willis Mckinney
and Pat Lomax. The pies brought
$23.S5.
Miss Lorene Gross of Dalton visit
homefolks over the week end and at
tended the pie supper here.
Miss DOna Pendergrass. who has
been visiting her cousin, Mrs. Mary
johnson, for some time, returned home
Sunday.
Several visited our school Friday
afternoon. We welcome them back
again.
Bro. Allison filled his appointment
at this place Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Bessie SimingtOn, who is at
tending school at Biggers, visited home
folks over the week end and return d
to her work Sunday.
Miss DOna Pendergrass visited
Misses Ruth and Essie johnson Sat
urday night.
The road crew graded the road Sat
urdav.
Anie Montgomery of PocahOnta
visited Rich Gross and family Thdfs-
day night.
Misses Hazel Rose and Notra Tyler
were Sunday guests of Misses Ida and
Alta Gross.
Misses Bertha Short and Elva Sc
graves of Gravesville visited Miss
Birdie Tyler Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. VIII Winebaugh spent
Saturday night and Sunday with his
rother. Mrs. L. w. johnson.
Misses Wilma and Mona Girls ION
visited GLADYS Knots Sunday night.
Rector Thomas of Pocahontas spent
Saturday night and Sunday with Ar
vii Winebaugh.
Those who visited Bill johnson and
Mrs. George Thomas Sunday were !;
II. G. league and family, L. ID. Miller
and family, Mrs. Ida McNabb, Sylvia
Thompson and Pat Lomax.
Pocahontas star herald., 1927-02-10
BrakebiH

Miss Wilma Mock of Maynard visit
ed her aunt, Mrs. Richard Tucker, the
latter part of the week
Marvin Waldron and sister, Eta,
have gone to st. Louis where they plan
to make their future home
Ellis Wright made a business trip
to Pocahontas Saturday.
Our school closed Friday and he
teacher, Miss ROwena Gupton, surpris.
ed many of her friends by getting mar
ried. We wish them much joy.
Max Mock visited special friends
north of here Sunday
Misses Violet Wright and Wilma
Mock took dinner at Richard fuckers
Sunday.
Mrs. Hettie Wright will teach ouI
summer term of school. We hope that
this will be one of the best terms OF
school ever taught here.
We understand that Mr.. Smith OF
Corning will occupy the vacant house
of Lehman Mock.
Earl and Earnest Wright and fam
lilies visited their father, NJ X. Wright
Sunday.
Sunday school every Sunday. Every
body come.
Pocahontas star herald., 1927-02-10
Claims Tan1ac Made
Working a Pleasure
Little Rock Man Suffering from Indigestion and Run.
DoaVn Condition RegainS Health and
Strength, Quickly

John Robertson, 500 Spring Street,
Little Rock, Ark, says: "For years, |
suffered from stomach troubles that
nearly got the best Of me"
Imagine not being able to eat with
out suffering from tormenting pains
and the burning sensation Of indiges-
ton. The poisons caused by sluggish
liver and constipation ravaging your
system, sapping strength, and wear
ing down your vitality. MIR. Robert
son saws: 81 became so nervous that l
dragged through the days tired and
worn-out, getting thinner and weaker:
Walking was almost impossible and i
was so played out that when / at
temptedtowork mylegswouldgi dgiveout:
.f tried Tanlac. The results amazed
me. Ibegan to sleep better, relish my
food without suffering from indiges-
ton pains. gained weight;
81 now enjoy robust health, sleep
like child, and work all day without
tiring. But / have not stopped taking
Tanlac for it is theone remedyforcon-
tinued good health, for keeping strong.
Everyone should take this wonderful
tonic" ,
Tanlac has helped thousands Of
Pocahontas star herald., 1927-02-10
Dalton

We are still on the map by a very
narrow margin since all the rams
and high waters. Elevenpoint river Is
still able to be up little yet.
Our mail has been delayed lot OF
late on account of high water and bad
roads.
Albert Stubbleheld was seen on o II
streets Sunday. He and Perry Kirk
patrick are talking Of going to Okla
hOma soon.
Mrs. ID. H. Shride Of Tipperary visit
ed her son, Arthur, here recently.
Mack Dalton made a business TIP
to POcahontas Saturday.
And there you go again, Ingram
Now you have decided you do not want
any one to advise the Ingram farmers
to reduce the cotton acreage, but Just
short time ago you were giving mat
advise yourself through the Star Her
aid. Now IL sounds silly to you. Ihe
reason II did not sound that way to you
then was because you happened to be
the adviser. 1t is n fact that this ad-
wise which you formerly bestowed 50
| freely upon your unfortunate neigh
bors. has been rubbed in for n long
| time but from all appearances 1t VIII
have to be rubbed in for a long time
yet before everybody will heed it. SO
| far as getting down on your knees 10
the county agent, you Ingram fellows
show him a lot more respect than We
do over here. Over here we work
him. and get real service out of him
and If there is any kneeling done, he
is the one who does 1t. To be sure
we are all going to do the best we can
with money so scarce, that is one rca-
son why we need the agent so much
more now than when times are good
And we have been trying for long
time to tell you that 1t is when you are
sick that you need the doctor, not when
you are well. But since you do moi
feel that you are getting your moneys
worth, for what you are paying on the
County Agents salary, l am going 10
suggest to the readers of the Star Her
aid who feel that they are getting what
! they paid for, that we take up by pub
/ lie subscription, enough to pay your
share of the county agents salary
which will be, taking you as an aver
! age taxpayer, the neat sum of 81 cents
All wishing a hand in this worthy
cause, please send it to the lngron
writer, in care of the Star Herald.
Pocahontas star herald., 1927-02-10
WAS TORTURED BY
RHEUMATIC PAIN
Found help at last in simple
home treatment

How an obstinate case Of rheumatism
was given relief by simple home
treatment is told in this letter from
England.
'sI am at times quite crippled from
rheumatism, writes Mrs. +. M. Ross
Of so Combes Grove, London. after
one application OF Sloan's Liniment, !
find comfort and can move with ease.
/ apply Sloan's lightly and in a short
time the pain goes"
Sloan's gives real relief because it
doesn't Just deaden the nerves. 1t
helps your body to throw of the cause
Of the trouble.
Just pat a little Sloan's on lightly.
A healing tide Of fresh, healing, germ
destroying blood is sent tingling
through the aching place, and pain,
swelling and stiffness are quickly re-
lieved. So clean, pleasant and easy
to use, too. Get a bottle today. All
druggists-35 cents.
Pocahontas star herald., 1927-02-10
Union

Mr.. and Mrs. G.. W. Green spent Sun
day with A. E. Swindle and family.
I. G. Swindle and family and Mont
Poor spent Saturday night with b. O.
Owen and family.
Misses Cassie Spencer and LOrlne
Smith had business across the river
one day last week.
Uncle John Williams and son, Fred,
had business at Doniphan Saturday.
A. f.. Swindle and sons, Ralph and
Roy. made a business trip to Doniphan
Saturday.
Miss Edna Murrell spent Saturday
night with her cousin, Miss Hassel
Murrell.
Otis Spencer made a business rip
to Doniphan Saturday.
Mrs. Esta Swindle spent Wednesday
afternoon with Mrs. Fred Williams.
Miss Cassie Spencer spent Sunday
with Miss Lorine Smith.
Mrs. Roy Johnston is no better.
Aunt Josie Murrell is right sick.
Mrs. Efie and Irene Swindle spent
Thursday afternoon with Mrs. ]. T
Jones.
Mrs. Clara johnson spent Sunday
with Miss Lorine Smith.
A. Il. Swindle has sold his hogs e
is hauling them to town.
We have only one more month o
school. Let's every one do our hes
and make this one of the best months
of school ever taught.
Mrs. Fleda Owens visited her moth
er Sunday.
Several around here have been haul
ing lumber for II. l.. Baker of Middle
brook.
Little Henry Eli Swindle spent Sat
urday with his aunt, Irene Swindle
and grandmother.
Ralph Swindle and wife stayed al
night Friday with his brother, Greeley
and family
Pocahontas star herald., 1927-02-10
sICKLY, PEEvIsH CHILDREN

Children suffering from intestina
worms are cross, restless and unheal
thy. There are other symptoms, how
ever. If the child is pale, has darl
rings under the eyes, bad breath an(
takes no interest in play, it is almos
a certainty that worms are eating away
its vitality. The surest remedy fol-
worms is Whites Cream Vermifuge
1t is positive destruction to the worms
but harmless to the child. Price 35c
Sold by Palace Drug Sore.