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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-24
STATE COURT GUSTS
JUDGE BEN LINDSEY
Opponent in 1924 Election
Wins Case in CoI0rado'S
Highest Tribunal.

BY the Associated Press.
DENVER, Colo, January 24-Judge
Ben b. Lindsey was ousted as judge
of the Denver Juvenile Court through
a decision of the State Supreme Court
today.
The high court reversed the decision
of the Denver District Court in con.
test proceedings brought by Royal w.
Graham, Lindsey's opponent in the
1924 election, and held that the custer
prayed by Graham should be entered.
Graham, who brought the contest
proceedings, is now dead.
Judge Lindsey said he plans to
continue in office despite the decision,
which he termed "the most astound-
ing thing 1 ever heard"
Judgeship Is Vacant.
The decision of the Supreme Court
leaves the Juvenile iudgeship of
Denver vacant.
Graham died in his home here more
than a year ago, under mysterious
circumstances. A coroners jury held
that he took his own life. His wife
and friends have held persistently
that he was murdered.
Judge Lindsey founded the Juvenile
Court and is nationally known for his
work with boys. His recent state
mentS alleging the failure OF modern
marriage have attracted Nationwide
interest.
Campaign Was Vigorous.
The political campaign in which
Lindsey and Graham were opponents
was one of the hottest ever waged in
Denver The count showed Lindsey
victor by a small margin, but in
April, 1925, Graham brought contest
proceedings, alleging that Lindsey
had not been legally ELECTED. Judge
Julian Fl. Moore in the Denver Dis
trict Court, after hearing the evidence
of Graham and his supporters, ruled
in favor of Lindsey without requiring
him tc introduce combative testimony.
The court held Graham had failed to
establish that Lindsey had not re-
ceived a majority of the votes legally
cast.
Graham took the appeal to the Su-
preme Court, and it has been pressed
there by his attorneys after his death.
The decision today throws out the bal
lots of one precinct, giving. Graham a.
majority Of the votes cast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-24
MAIL PLANE is DOWN
IN STORM; TRAINS LATE
Wire Communication Crippled in
Western Texas and North
western Arkansas.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY. January 24.--Rain
turned to sleet in northern and west
ern Texas and northwestern Arkansas
last night and today, interrupting tel.
erhone and telegraph communica-
ton.
Trains were delayed in northern
Arkansas and an air mail plane,
bound from Kansas City to Dallas
was reported forced down near Ma
rietta, okla, when ice formed on it.
A section Of a 1.o00-foot tunnel be-
tween Pyatt and Bergman, Ark, on
the White River division of the Mis-
souri, Pacific Railroad, caved in yes
terday and two bridges were reported
washed out following two days OF
heavy rains.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-24
GOV. BYRD TO CALL
SPECIAL SESSION
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dlspatcn 10 Inc star
RICHMOND, Va, January "a
Gov. Harry #. Byrd today announced
that special session of the Virginia
Legislature would be called for March
IS to hear the report of the Research
Bureau on suggested changes in State
government.
Legislative matters relating to the
automobile license law also will be
considered by the session, which is
limited by law to 80 days
Although the session will cost the
state around $4,000 it is said that
the reforms in governmental methods,
which are to abolish many bureaus
and offices said to be unnecessary and
do away with much red tape. will eff
feet a saving of more than that
amount. Suggested changes have
been under consideration of 3s bust
ness men, who We're appointed by the
governor at the beginning of his ad-
minlstration from all parts of Vir-
ginia The formal call for the spe-
cial session was expected TO he issued
late today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-24

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dent, with whatever political benefit
may acrue to them thereby, because
we have sought our cOuntryS honors
that we may serve our country's good.
1--WE offer ourselves and invite YOU
(Republicans) to let us help you serve
the Nation"
Gesture, Declares Mills.
When Garrett concluded, Demo-
! Gratis fiocked to the Speakers table
to sign the petition, but desisted
while Representative Mills, Republi-
can. New York, chosen by President
! Coolidge to be the next Undersec-
rotary of the Treasury, delivered a
speech
The Democratic proposal, Mills
said, should be dismissed as a politi-
cal gesture" because of the impos-
sibility of enactment in the remain
ing days of the session.
1t should be remembered, Mills said,
that tax laws are not based solely
on Treasury SURPRISES. He pointed
out that certain taxes being included
this year will not be available next
year.
Replying to a question by Repre-
sentative Garner of Texas, Mills said
! he would favor tax reduction in the
first session of the next Congress.
To a question whether the reduction
would be retroactive to apply to 1927,
Mills said, I'VE should cross that
bridge when we get to it,"
YES" rejoined Garner, land you
want that bridge to come as close
to the 1928 election as possible
Representative Crisp, Democrat,
Georgia, asked if Mills would support
his pending proposal to cut the cor
poration# tax from 1874 per cent to
10 per cent. but Mills declared he
could not, because it would cost the
Treasury $3.50 ,000, 000.''
The present Treasury surplus, Mills
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-24
BRITISH POLICE PLAN l.
TO WIPE OUT GUNMEN
Scotland Yard Flying Squadron
Ordered to Shoot to Kill in
Pursuing Desperadoes.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
LONDON, January 24-ScotIand
Yard, spurred by a recent increase
in the operations of gunner in Lon.
don and the provinces, is organizing
a flying squad under orders to shoot
to Kill when in pursuit of desperadoes.
The squad will consist of picked
men equipped with automobiles. A
citizens volunteer police of 500 men
also has been sanctioned in Hertfora
shire by the home secretary as an
aid to the police in the preservation
of law and order.
The methods employed by burglars
and other criminals i'm England Of
late have brought the authorities To
the belief that hardened American
gunner have reinforced EnglisI,
crooks, and have introduced .
tendency toward the use of firearu,n
when c0rueged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-24
Husband Gone, Child Dead, Rent
Unpaid, Plight of Sick Mother

three months overdue. The landlord,
she said, has served her notice to
vacate by next Thursday.
Neighbors. learning of her plight
have contributed small quantities of
fuel, food and money TO the hapless
family. Meanwhile the Associated
Charities is investigating the case,
while police search for the absent
husband.
Mrs. Humphrey has two brothers,
one a policeman and the other q
motorman, both of whom have fam
lilies of their own to support. A sister
is the sole support OF her invalid
mother.
Il don't know where I'll go or what
I'll do" Mrs. Humphrey said. YEARLY,
today
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-24

Her husband disappeared Thursday,
her 3.week old baby died Friday and
was buried this morning, her children
are hungry, the landlord has threat
ened to evict her and she, herself, is
sick in bed. So Mrs. Helen Humphrey,
22-year-old wife of Stanley Humphrey,
%, is wondering what next will hap
pen.
The mother and the other children
Marie, 2 X years, and Stanley, 4--have
been without sufficient food and heat
because Of the destitute condition in
which they were left by the missing
husband and father, "a taxi driver.
The little apartment. heated by
stoves, is without fuel, and Mrs.
Humphrey said today thai eg Eent is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-24
Man Freed; Wine Restored.
,ecial Dispatch 10 The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
WINCHESTER. Va, January "a
James Refill was acquitted in JUS
tees court last Saturday evening of
charges of selling intoxicating liquors,
and the court ordered 20 gallons
of wine seized at Rehill's home re-
turned. Refill showed that he had
made the wine from grapes and pears
grown on is own pGemisess
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-24
Thieves Overlook
Combination Sign
On Safe They Rob

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, January "a
Faulty eyesight or an unbelief in
signs caused thieves the unneces-
sary labor of battering the lock off
a safe at the Stafford Machine
Works here last night to get $40
loot.
A sign on the door of the safe
read:
This safe contains no Valuables,
only the company's records, so here
is the combination if you want 1t.
The combination followed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-24
ADMITS KILLING
B|GAMOUS WIFE
William Coffey Confesses He
Hit Woman With Base
Ball Bat. e
BY the Assoclated Press

By the Associated Press
MAUSTON, Wis, January 24.-Wil-
liam Coffey, Madison bond salesman,
confessed today that he murdered
Mrs. Hattie Halcs Coffey, his biga-
nous second wife, and threw the body
in the river at Dubuque, Iowa. An
nouncement of the confession was
made by District Attorney Robert
Clark
Coffey told Sheriff Wright that he
hit the woman over the head with a
base ball bat in a camp on the Mis-
sissippi River at Dubuque an Octo-
Der ii before throwing her body into
the water.
Wife and Three Children.
The 4S-year-old Madison bond sales.
man, who married Mrs. Hales Coffey
at Winona, Mimi, last September, al.
though he had a wife and three chill.
dren in Madison, had refused to ad-
NIT his guilt In a several hours grill
ing last night.
Coffey told the sheriff that the night
of the woman's death he had been In
Dubuque. returning to the camp late
He hit her, he added, when "she ac-
cused me Of being out with other
women"
II hit her over the head with the
base ball bat" Coffey said II think
that blow killed her. She was in her
night dress. l threw her body into
the river. 1t was so late that / don't
know whether it was October IL or
October 12."
Coffey was arrested Friday when he
appeared at FL Roy, Wis. to attend
a meeting of the board of directors
of company in which his wife held
stock. The meeting was arranged as
a ruse by Mrs. Anna Holdridge Rock
ford, ILL.,. sister of Mrs. Hales Coffey,
widow of a railroad engineer, who was
a saleswoman in La Crosse when
W0oed by Coffey.
Letter Aroused Suspicion.
Mrs. Holdridge had grown sus-
piciouS when she received letters from
Dubuque, Iowa, signed bill and
Hattie" but obviously written by
Coffey, who each time added the
phrase Hattie is sitting by my side
as / write" Coffey refused until to-
day TO tell where his bigamous wife
was, but confessed previously to
using a rubber stamp to forge his
Wife's name to obtain the transfer
of stocks and securities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-24
miss CLARKE SLAIN,
DOCTOR BELIEVES
Declares, After Autopsy, That
He Holds View, Despite
Lack of Evidence.
BY the Associated Press.

ASE the Associated Press.
CAPE MAY. y. j.. January "a -
Conviction that Miss Mary :. Clarke.
well.to-do Pittsburgh woman. whose
frozen body was found on the beacn
here week ago, had been murdered
was expressed last night by DIR. Julius
Way, Cape May county physician.
DR. Way, who performed the autopsy
saturday. had announced after it that
Miss Clarke had come to her death
from natural causes or strangulationt
by breathing sand" Last night he
said he had changed his mind,
although he reiterated that tho
autopsy had not brought out any
thing to indicate that she had been
victim of violence
Il have been asking myself a lot
OF questions" said DR.. Way. and /
cannot reconcile myself to the amnesiI
and death from exposure theory.
While the autopsy proved nothing
that would substantiate n murder
theory, / am convinced in my own
mind that the woman was slain. I
have no convincing reason to give
for my belief, but it is my steadfast
opinion and will not tie changed UNI
less some pretty strong developments
come along.
Cites Broken Purse Strap.
ut is true that the marks ana sears
on her arms may nave been made bv
ice freezing upon them. It is also
true that she might have died from
sand entering her lungs and stIanglinr
her. but | believe she was knocked
down and thrown into the sand ami
Inhaled it into her lungs before she
died.
IF she collapsed and died from ex-
posture, how was il that her nurse
with strap torn as if il had been
snatched from her arm. was found
nearly 40 feet away? How was it
that the purse belonging TO a woman
admittedly wealthy contained only So
cents and a railroad mileage scrip2
She could hardly have thrown tho
purse away herself. and q woman who
Is travelling about the country as she
was in the habit of travelling carries
more than 55 cents.
Inquest Tomorrow.
THE theory that she lost her
memory temporarily and thought she
was on her way to Atlantic City.
where she had been living, is Knocked
In the head by the story of the rail-
| road conductor on the train from
Camden to Wildwood Junction. who
stated positively that the woman had
handed him her scrip and had said,
| Take out mileage to Cape May"
Coroner William Fl. Thompson also
! still holds the theory that Miss Clarke
was murdered. with robbery as the
motive. He said last night he was
certain this theory would be substan-
! tiated before the investigation was
| completed. The coroner said an in.
quest would he held tomorrow. Mean.
while, the womans stomach and other
organs are being analyzed by an At
lantlc City chemist for possible traces
/ of poison.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-24
TWO HIT AND RUN.
Mrs. Leila Hanson and Henry
Cavens, Colored, Victims.

Drivers of two automobiles that
figured in alleged hit-and-run acct
dents yesterday are sought by the
police. Henry Cavens, colored, 50
years old. 1920 Ninth street, victim
of one of the accidents, was knocked
down at Tenth street and Vermont
avenue about 4:45 o'clock in the after.
noon by an automobile occupied by
three colored men, who, according to
the police, failed to stop. He was
treated at Freedmen's Hospital for
cuts and bruises.
Mrs. Leila Henson, 80 years old,
703 Mount Vernon place, victim OF the
other accident, was standing at the
car stop at First and streets north
east shortly after O'Clock last night
when she was knocked down and in
jured. She was treated at Casualty
Hospital for conclusion of the brain.
Several other minor accidents. none
serious, added to the days record
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-24
Ford Not SubpOenaed.

contended, is due to the "overth,,,,,
Oh an that the Democrats strove for
IN l9z4 and final adoption by Con.
S1eSs OF the views of Secretary
the more reasonable rates" now in
erect, ne said, had produced more
revenue than the higher wartime
rates enacted when the Democrats
We're in the majority in Congress
Mills said he believed the corpora.
ton tax too high and would be willine,
10 reduce taxes now if it could be
confined to the corporation levy
When Mills had concluded. Demo-
Gratis rushed to sign the document
amid such confusion that Speaker
Longworth suggested 1t be transferred
to the House lobby to permit the
chamber to carry on its business.
Buildings for the aircraft station
near Karachi, India. are being rushed
to completion to prepare for the estab-
liAhsnen8 ~ thu air Lire to EgyuA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-24
Today i'm Congress
SENATE.

The Senate took up the urgent
deficiency appropriation bill, which
includes a number OF items LOT the
District government.
The Senate went into executive
session at 2 o'clock to act on the
nomination Of Cyrus Il. Woods to
be member of the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Unanimous consent agreement
was entered into for the taking up
tomorrow of the Robinson resolu-
ton, urging arbitration or the
pending questions between united
States and Mexico.
Senator Wadsworth, Republican,
of New York, addressed the Senate
on prohibition.
Judiciary committee held eXecu-
tive session on resolutions calling
for an investigation into the al
legged sale Of patronage in certain
States.
Finance committee held eXecu-
tive session.
Special Senate committee CON
tinued hearing on the Tariff Com
mission.
HOUSE.
The House today granted time
tomorrow to Representatives
Greene of Iowa and Garner of
Texas, party leaders on the ways
and means committee, to discuss
1.-The state of the Union" This
probably means party debate on
the tax reduction proposal.
Minority Leader Garrett address
ed the House on a motion to dis
charge the ways and means com
mittee from further consideration
of the Garner tax reduction bill,
with instructions to report the bill
back to the House within Is days.
He was followed by Representative
Mills, Republican, of New York.
The House took up the confer
ence report on the MacFadden
branch bank bill.
subcommittee on District appro-
priation bill continues hearing in
executive session.
Foreign affairs committee con-
tinues hearing on treaties relating
to China.
The House judiciary committee
conducts hearing on several House
measures.
Ways and means committee in
executive session on several bills.
Interstate commerce committee
conducts hearing on legislation to
permit guides of the blind to travel
free on railroads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-24
TAX FIGHT CARRIED
TO HOUSE FLOOR
BY DEMOCRATS

Continued from First Page
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-03-26
COLD STORAGE
PLANT in VIEW
Weslaco Can Get Plant
By Assuring Suffi-
cient Business

WESLACO, Tex, Mar. ga move
t0 build q 100000 cold storage plant
In this city has been started. with
every indication that the huge plant
Will be erected, il was announced ~
l.. +. Bailey, secretary of the cham
Der e commerce.
VI. II. Burns of Harlingen and as
sociates propose ~ build the plant.
Mr.. Burns and r. ". Napier. Harlir-
gen attorney, n III Barker Of Wich-
ita Falls and III. r. Snccd. rcfrigera-
tion expert Of San Antonio. appear
ing before the Chamber Of Commerce
directors 10 explain the proposition.
The men propose 20 build the plant
IA sufficient assurance of use can be
secured here. A Chamber ~ Com
merce committee Is to be nnmed by
C. y. SkaRgs, banker; II n. Stahl.
banker; and j.. r. Jamiscn. insurance
man, 20 work out q plan Of getting
enough subscribers ~ bring the plant
here
The Harlingen men and their asso-
ciates are ready To start the plant a.
soon as there ~ evidence Of enough
patronage 20 supper il, they stated.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-03-26
WILLREQUEST
SURVEYFUNDS
Drive Is Planned To
Raise Money For /.

An effort will be made to raise
probably $4,000 for the purpose NJ
employing General q. W. Goethals.
builder Of the Panama Canal, tu make
a tonnage survey ~ the Lower Rio
Grande Valley with a view 70 fur
therinE the intra-coastal canal pro-
Ject, il was decided AZ u meeting "
Valley secretaries Of Chambers Of
Commerce and Of officials in the
Valley Canal Association here yes
terday evening.
Motion to begin a campaign to
raise this fund was made ~ George
Toolan e the Harlingen Chamber Of
Commerce.
II is proposed 10 employ General
Goethals TO make this survey, prepare
briefs and do other work % further
the interests cf the Valley Canal AS
sociation. lie has set his fee at SI2.-
600 which the secretaries will at
tcmnt to raise.
The secretaries are intending 70
raise this money On the quota basis.
assigning each town in the Valley a
certain sum as a goal.
Talks were made on the Valley I'M
tra-coagtal canal extension situation
bv John Shary, president Of the Val
ley association, and hy Al Parker of
Ia Feria.
The last congress made an apprc-
priation for an engineering survey of
the route for the proposed extension
from Corpus Christi TO the mouth Of
the Rio Grande. up this river to
Brownsville and Up the Arroyo Gel
orado 70 the Missouri Pacific bridge
near Harlingen.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-03-26
ATTACK Made
ON EX-RANGER
Lubbock Man Stabbed
In Battle With
Road Bandits

SPUR. Texas. March ~. tP,-H.
Murray, former Texas ranger of Lub-
beck, Is recovering in his hotel room
here from three severe knife wounds
received in a fight with robbers on a
lonely road three miles north Of
Dickens City Friday night.
The men blocked the road with a
motor car and two Of them learcd on
the running board 0f Hurray's auto
mobile as il slowed down. They took
Si5 in cash and a $3.50 diamond ring
from Murray. he said III the cnsu-
ing fight one Of the men slashed
Murray twice i'm the body and once
OH the head.
Murray said he emptied his pistol
at the pair. On Of them fell partly
into Murray's car while The other
staggered off into = ditch. with his
pistol empty Murray said ne drove
away when Nv saw u third man COM
ing from the robbers car. he threw
out the body of the dead or wounded
bandit as nv left the scene
After arriving at Spur. Murray de-
clared he found that one bandit had
dropped " pistol in his car and the
other had left a dirk on the running
board. Officers who went t0 the
scene today found nC trace of the
wounded bandits. The license on the
robbers car showed that II was reg
istrrcd IN Dallas county
Murray Is now a travelling sales
man.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-03-26
COODPROCRAM
FOR TEACHERS.
Interesting Speakers
Appear At Kings
vile Meet

kINGSVILLE, Tex, Mar. 26.-The
South Texas Education Association,
which began its sessions Thursday
has for its central theme some pres
ent educational needs Of Texas.
Among these needs the fundamental
subject OF reading was discussed by
DR.. ". ;. ray OF the school Of edu-
cation Cf the University Of Chicago.
DR.. Gray said that among educators
there hats developed n new conception
Of the real purposes Of teaching boys
and girls reading. Earlier he said
the idea was that they should secure
the cultivation and refining influ-
ences that came from literature and
enlarged vocabularies. At the pres
cnt time reading is regarded as the
means Of enlarging the experiences
of boys and girls.
DR.. Splawn discussed the corrcla-
tions that should exist among the in
stitutions Of higher learning in the
state. n. ID. Green outlined the plan
and purposes of the Texas State
Teachers Association for furthering
the educational interests Of Tsxas.
X. l.. Bobbitt, speaker of the house
Of Representatives. expressed himself
as entirely sympathetic toward edu-
cation and pledged himself and the
legislature TO do all in a financial
way that present resources viii per-
nit In addition he pointed out the
under which the legisla-
turc and other branches Of the gov
ernment necessarily labor as con
sequence Of the restrictive clauses Of
the state constitution. He compared
the situation 10 an OK cart operating
IN the twentieth century.
superintendent 5. NJ. y. Marrs dis
cussed the forward looking legsla-
tion enacted by the fortieth legisla-
ture and outlined a program which
he considered adequate for the
school needs Of the next two years.
Section meetings are provided for
rural. primary. high school princi-
pals and superintendcnts
Mrs. Percy v. Pennybacker was
the principal speaker for the Friday
night program.