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Wisconsin. Bond
Salesman Admits
killing Wife
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"You did" Sheriff Wright said
with amazement. MI.
Eyes," ,Coffey continued II hit
her with baseball bat. 1t was in
camp just below the high bridge at
Dubuque. l had been in Dubuque
that night and got back to camp late.
She accused me of being out with
other women. l hit her over the head
with the baseball bat. l think the
blow killed her. Her heart wasn't
beating. She was in her night dress.
I threw her body in the river. 1t was
SO late that l don't know whether it
was October IL or October ~"
Coffey was arrested Friday when
he appeared at Elroy, Wis.,, to attend
a meeting. Of the board of directors
Of company in which his wife held
stock. The meeting was arranged as
ruse BY Mrs. Anna Holdridge, Rock
ford, ILL.,. sister Of Mrs. Hales Coffey,
widow Of railroad engineer who was
s&leswonian in La Crosse when
wooed by Coffey.
Forged Name With Rubber Stamp
Mrs. Holdridge had grown suspi-
cious when she received letters from
Dubuque, Iowa. signeds"Bill and Hat
tie," but obviously written by coffey
who each time added the phrase "Hat-
tie is sitting by my side as write. !"
Coffey refused until today to tell
where his higamous wife was, but
confessed previously to using . rub
her stamp 70. forge, his wife's name
to secure the transfer Of stocks and
securities.
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body into the river. he confessed to
day.
Coffey. as years old. salesman, who
has a wife and three children in Mad
ison, Wis, solved the disappearance
Of his second wife, in a confession to-
day to Sheriff Lyle Wright in the
county Jail where he has been held
since Friday on charge of forgery.
Pleading his love for the woman
whom he married September 10 at
Winona, Mimi, Coffey said he re
turned from Dubuque, Iowa, near mid
night to find his wife in bed on a
cot in the tent. The tent was pitched
in secluded spot near the high
bridge which connects Wisconsin with
Dubuque.
His 53-year-o bride accused him
Of being unfaithful, Coffey told the
sheriff. and. becoming angry, threw a
small indoor baseball bat at him.
Threw Body From Bridge
II caught it and intended to throw
1t out Of the tent Coffey declared.
INSTEAD struck her on the head
and fractured her skull. There l was
with the body of the woman loved so
we'll. What was ! to do? | picked
up her body, carried it to the middle
of the bridge and threw it into the
river"
Already charged with forgery and
bigamy. Coffey faces the prospect Of
being charged with the murder of
the widow whom he met in La Gross Sc
Wis, and wooed and won after a short
courtship.
District Attorney Robert Clark was
uncertain today in what county the
murder charge will be brought, as he
has not determined whether the wom-
an was slain in La Fayette or Grant
county.
The body Of the woman has not
been found. and District Attorney
Clark admitted that authorities would
face a problem without the prime re-
quisite Of murder conviction-the
corpus delecti. District Attorney
Clark had not attempted at noon to-
da2b to have Coffey sign confession
but planned to late in the day.
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One of Germany's
Greatest Fighters
Retires From Ring

DortmunA, Germany, Jan. 24.-tt4)
The fall of one Of Germany's
greatest fighters, who has never
been knocked out, coincided with the
rise Of a promising heavyweight in
the semi-finals of the boxing. tour
nament for the German heavyweight
crown last night.
Samson Koerner, who is over 40
and has never taken the count Of
10, lost on points in lO-round bout
with Rudi Wagner, comparative
unknown, while Hans Breitenstrae-
ter, former champion, was only able
to hold Ernst Rosemann, another
new conner, to a draw.
Breitenstraeter must meet Rose
mann again, after which the victor
will come against Wagner. The
winner Of this bout will fight Franz
Diener for the championship.
Koerner is to retire from the
ring.
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Temperature and.
Road Conditions

Mercury readinrs ~ 7 .. M,
Bismarck-Clear, o; roads good. y
St. Cloud-Cloudy, 2 above; roads
fair.
Minot-Clear, 4 below; roads poor.
Fargo-Clear, 5 below; roads fair.
Mankato-Clear, IL above; roads
poor.
Jamestown-clear, 1 below; roads
fair.
Grand Forks-Snowing, a above;
roads fair.
winona-Cloudy, q above; roads
good. -'.
Devils Lake-clear. above; roads
fair.
Mandan-Clear, 8 below; roads
poor.
Duluth-Clear, 2 above; roads good,
Crookston-Snowing 2 above; roads
Hibbing Clear, %; roads fair.
Rochester-Clear, 3; roads mostly
blocked.
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River.
Boulder Dam, according to legis-
lation now pending in Congress. is
to be self-flnanced and pre- financed.
The Swing Johnson bill provides
that the Government is not to make
any expenditures on the dam until
the Secretary of the Interior Sc
cures sufficient contracts for power
and water from the dam to repay
the Government, with interest. all
money spent in the construction
and maintenance of the structure.
More than fifteen billion dollars
in new industrial and agricultural
wealth will be created by the cleo
trio power and water from Boulder
Dam within ten years after its COM
pletion, it has been estimated by
Government surveys. This new
wealth will return. from the South
west. more than Sl0G. 100000 annu-
ally in additional taxes to the Fed
eral Government, it has been point
ed out.
Situated $50 miles south and west
of the Grand Canyon. the site OF
Boulder Dam is in that section OF
the Colorado River which forms
the boundary line between Nevada
and Arizona.
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CROWDS
j AT CARMEL FOR
BROWNING SUIT
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was adjourned to White Plains 35
minutes later, by ruling Of Supreme
Court Justice Seeger.
The trial will be resumed at 10 a.
m. tomorrow in its new jurisdiction.
Only two witnesses were put on the
stand at today's opening, both wit
nesses for the wealthy New York
realtor. They were Edward P. Carney,
his chauffeur, and John T.. German,
Browning's secretary. Both testified
they had been told by Mrs. Browning
and her mother, Mrs. Catherine Hee-
nan, that Mrs. Browning was "sick
and tired Of it all" and was not going
back to the real estate man.
peaches" Cries PrOfuselyg
Mr.. Browning's entrance to the
court room was the OCCASION for a
prolonged hand clapping on the part
Of the women, many of whom were
elderly farm women, roughly dressed.
Mrs. Browning appeared without any
public ovation. She cried profusely
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during the first few moments in
court.
Browning was represented by five
attorneys, Of whom the spokesman
was John w. Mack of Poughkeepsie
Two attorneys represented Mrs
Browning. Henry Epstein spoke for
her counsel.
Epstein moved that the public and
the press. be excluded. He spoke
against the atmosphere of the court
room and said that details of his
clients side of the separation suit
would be Of such nature as to make
their public airing inadvisable.
Mr.. Mack, for Browning, said he
was in perfect accord with Epstein.
He suggested that the trial continue
public today only because, he said,
he would confine himself to testimony
to show merely that his client had
been abandoned by Mrs. Browning.
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TWO SCHOOLS
DENY CHARGES
Harvard Princeton Games
We're Clearly Played-In-
iuries Not Intentional

. ! ". r.
New York, Jan. 24.--(P) A widen
ing circle Of denial and regret Of
Wyant B. Hubbard's charges that
Princeton played dirty football
against Harvard rose from the two
universities. For the magazine Lib
erty. Hubbard. who played guard for
Harvard, wrote an article in which no
named Harvard players who he said
! had been injured deliberately by
/, Princeton.
DR.. Charles w. Kennedy. chairman
of the Princeton university board Of
athletic cotnrol, held Hubbard's
charges "unworthy of answer from
Princeton" Instead he offered the
testimony of r. W. Murphy Of Brown
university: W. r. Okeson of Lehigh
and W. G. Crowell OF Swarthmore, all
Of whom served as officials in Har-
ward Princeton battles from 1919 to
1926, during which period Hubbard
charged that eyes were gouged, limbs
broken and other injuries inflicted.
The officials were unanimous in
their statements that the games were
clearly played; that injuries were not
maliciously inflicted; and the con-
duct OF the players most sportsman-
like as befitting play between "scn-
tlemen coached by gentlemen
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curity and that the only security APP
parently in sight is tax levy which
would, upon collection, repay. the
bank. The, bank has enough funds
on hand to make the loan to the state
without difficulty, it was said.
Speed Is Necessary
If property on which the state has
foreclosed goes to. tax title it will
mean that the states security Tor
several million dollars worth of farm
loans will have vanished into thin
air. sB Is ',fnt
1t is probable that when the mat
ter comes to the legislature speed
will be asked in order that the bank
may pay taxes which would become
delinquent March Is and thereby OBJ
tain an unencumbered. title. Under
the supreme courts decision the
state is not required to pay taxes. on
property to which it holds title but
rs required to pay the taxes which
accrued before title was obtained.
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the delayed bills committee is 40
days.
The house committee of the whole
Topped $4,000 off the appropriation
for the school of science at Wahpe-
ton, reducing it to S173.85 and added
$4,000 to the appropriation for the
Glendale Normal school, sending it
to $101,070.
The house committee on counties
recommended passage of a bill re-
quiring county seats to be moved
within one year of vote to make the
change. The present requirement is
30 days.
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LEGISLATURE
MAY BE ASKED
FOR 100000
Continued from page one,

A solution Of the problem will be
sought by the INDUSTRIAL commission
at meeting to be held \soon. One
solution already advancedlis that the
legislature levy a tax to raise this
amount. The fact that budget rec
concentrations and other anticipated
expenditures already in sight will use
up all Of the money which the state
can constitutionally raise, is expected
to present one of the hardest prob
lens which the Legislature will be
asked to-act upon.
In statement today AttorneyfGen-
eral George Shafer said that the hank
cannot advance the money to pay
back taxes without some sort of Sc
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SENATE VOTES
',IV'R | ]!
AGAINST SNUFF
Ten CAtnmandmertts' Bill
killed-New Bill Proposes
/, .!lRpost in Judges Pay

Snuff, the Ten Commandment and
u raise in salary for both district and
supreme judges drew the attention Of
the state senate Saturday as it con-
cludcd its third week of the session.
The. hin introduced by Senator J.
+. Stevens, Ramsey county, to repeal
the law prohibiting the sale and man
ufxuturc, of snuff was passed. 30 to
II, Il WITHOUT comment. A clinchcr
motion by Senator Stevens carried.
/ Considerable discussion came on
the bill providing that copies Of the
Ten Commandments be placed in
every classroom Of the state, but it
was killed when q motion BY Senator
j. +. Eastgate, Grand Forks county.
for indefinite postponcment Of the
matter carried by the narrow margin
of -. to sl6. g
]. Senator c. l.. Bakken, Williams
county, who introduced the measure;
G. Patterson, Rcnville county: and
Stevens argued for passage Of the
bill. while Senators Alfred Steele,
Stutsman county, and Ole Ettcstad,
McHenry county, urged the bills de-
feat. Steele cOntcnded that there is
nothing to prevent school boards from
placing the Commandments in their
elaasrQoms now IL they SO desire, and
Ettastad, pointed out that the measure
contains no provision for the method
Of obtaining funds for such purposes.
Provides More Pay for Judges
Senators s. ~. Atkins, Towner
county. and RI l. Satire, Steele coun-
~, introduced senate bill "a, in
creasing the'salaries of judges of the
district and supreme courts. District
Judges would be raised from $4,000
to $4,000, and supreme justices from
$1,000 to $500. Until the next cleo
tion, when. the raises would be voted
on, $4,000 would be appropriated for
both district and supreme judges for
personal expenses The measure car
ries an emergency clause II was re-
fcrred to the committee on state af-
lairs.
Senator Patterson opened the SEES
sion to lead the Nonpartisans to vic
tory in voting to reconsider his bill
shelved Friday prohibiting mortgag-
ing Of crops until they are harvested
The motion carried, - to II. He then
moved for adoption of the minority
report given Friday, recommending
passage of the bill with the amend.
ment that it would not apply to seeds
and was again successful. The ma
jority report had recommended indcf-
mite postponement of the measure
A number Of absentee Independent
senators enabled the league to oh.
tain reconsideration. -. e.,
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PROSECUTORS
WlLLSPONSOR
LAW CHANGES
u Ri l..
To Introduce Bills Designed
to Tighten Criminal Laws !!
!, of North Dakota ~

A number of bills designed to
tighten the criminal laws of North
Dakota and to assist prosecutors in
enforcing the statutes will bcsbrought
before legislators this session by
states attorneys. s. u, -
The two major requests are the
enactment of an habitual criminal act
patterned after the Baumes law Of
New York, but less drasticp and the
vestigation and identification bureau.
Among other measures now being
prepared is an act to adopt the uni
foHn motor vehicle registration act
contained in the Hoover code and
sponsored by the American Bar as
ISOLATION. This would require all
automobile owners to procure certif-
icatcs of ownership and would in
cludc registration of all secondhand
car dealers in order that Il thorough
check on cars disposed Of might bt
made.
Penalty for Conspiracy
Another measure would increase
the penalty for the crime of con-
spiracy. Conspiracy to commit 9
felony would entail the same punish
ment as felony, and conspiracy to
commit misdemeari0r would be {:
misdcmeanor. M aa,#a
| Prosecutors further recommend M
additional degree of assault and bat
terry charge to include aggravated
cases of malicious assault" with /;
maximum punishment of one yea
in the county Jail and fine not ex.
ceeding $1,000.
An amendment giving the state thc
same number of peremptOry jury
challenges in criminal cases as thu
defense has also is favored. At pres
ent, it was pointed OUT in murder
trials the defense has % peremptor!
challenges to the states 10.
AS preventive to arresting per
sons only to be forced to dismiss
them for lack of evidence, status
authorizing subpoenas to take testi
mony of witnesses before arrests are
made is asked.
| A jury commission Of three mem.
bers in each county to select quail.
fled persons for jury service, doing
away with the present method, is
another important recommendation
An act to compel county commits.
sioners to levy a minimum sum to be
established according to the popula.
ton of the county for use of states
attorneys in prosecuting cases was
| also recommended.
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Don't Fuss With
Mustard PlasterS!

Don't mix a mess of mustard flour
and water when you can relieve pain,
soreness or stiffness with a little
clean, white Musterloc.
Musterloe is made of pure oil Of
musard and other helpful ingredients,
and takes the place of mustard plas-
ters
Musterole usually gives prompt re-
lief from sore throat, bronchitis, tom
sillitis. Group, stiff neck, asthma.
neuralgia, headache, congestion,
pleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago, pains
and aches of the back or joints.
sprains, sore muscles, bruises, chill
blains, frosted feet, colds Of the chest
(it may prevent pneumonia)
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DIVERSION OF
MISSOURI is
BEING URGED
Devils Lake Association
Claims Vast Economic Ad-.
vantages Would BE Gained

Devils Lake, N. d., Jan. 24.-(P)-
Asserting that "therc arc four vast
economic advantages to be gained
from this project the Missouri Ri
yer Diversion association Of North
Dakota has issued a phamphlet urg-
ing support of the scheme to divert
the waters Of the Missouri river.
According to the association, which
has it's headquarter here, the diver
sion would result in restoration of
many lakes for recreational purposes
creation of a better domestic water
supply for many cities, considerable
water power, and conservation OF
water resources and flood control tc
bring an unusually low cost irrigation
project.
The association states that "North
Dakota has a fund Of $13,5OO,OO0 in
Washington to be expended in our
state for irrigation, drainage and
flood control" to support it's claims
that the project could be brought
about without cost to North Dakota
by federal aid. The estimated cost
Is placed at $lO,OOO,OOO.
Would Start ut Garrison
The plan, as outlined by the asso-
citation, would divert the waters at a
point near Garrison, and by means
of bitches and.tunnels convey a small
part of the Missouri into numerous
small lakes and streams in the cen
tral part of the state and eventually
reach Devils Lake and Stump lake.
The association says that millions
Of acres, in a district including 300
townships in the central part OF the
state, could be irrigated through the
project to bring about an intensd
development Of sugar beet and al
falfa raising and dairying.
Scores of small lake beds between
Garrison and Stump lake could be
filled with fresh water and fish to
form summer resorts cqualing those
of Minnesota and Wisconsin, it is
contended, and cheap water power
would be available for development Of
the Ignite coal fields. Additional
water supply for cities of the state
is the fourth argument advanced by
the association for the project.
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WASHBURN PIONEER DIES

Washburn.-Albert +. Hall, 81, res
ident Of Mclean county for the past
20 years, died Tuesday at his home
in the Fairview ncighborhood. He is
survived by three children. Funeral
services were held Thursday,
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Bartolommco di francesca Cristo-
fori, an Italian, invented the piano
in 1876.
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distribution, comfort and compactness,
that art and efficiency could demand
The Washington times., 1927-02-04
LOVES OF
GOEEEY
CITED

LkNcAsTER. wis. Feb. d.
U9la3 y. Cofsey. confessed
a1uSsr - Mrs. Hattie sherman
mnlsn. hEs biGnmeas bride. to-day
80 sratsnred 30 lie imprisOn-
nnu1 - Wisconsin State peni.
enuelnFy - Waupun.
The Washington times., 1927-02-04
INSTALLMENT NO. 5

Thought when married, that my friends would
to be his friends and pictured myself entertaining them
in home 1t very long before found that
this impossible Charles ideas of friendship were
broad enough to mix pleasantly with people unless he found
them interesting,
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feminine bloc of the Sixty
ninth Congress.
Marriage laws which protect
the child are the answer, ac-
cording to women members Of
Congress. Women must take
up the fight to protect girls
from the Establishments of mid.
dle-aged wealth, they said.
Law Must Protect
eff parents will not protect
their children then the law must"
said Mrs. Mary T. Norton, Demo-
cratic Congresswoman from New
Jersey.
women should lead in the
fight because it is a peculiarly
feminine problem, but every de-
cent man in the country should
join in It.
Il am absolutely opposed to
May December marriages. Every
State should prohibit the mar
rage OF girls under Is years Of
age. Such a law would have made
the disgusting Browning case inn
possible. Most girls would profit
by waiting until they are % or
"a before marrying"
Protest Supported
N The call was Endorsed by Mrs,
Florence r. kahn of California. and
Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers of Massa.
chusetts. both members of Congress.
California has a good child mar.
rage law which other States might
copy said Mrs. Kahn. Perhaps IL
could be improved. The youth Of the
nation must be protected"
Should Be Attended no
ct. is the business OF the States
and it should be attended to at once, \
said Mrs. Rogers.
Mrs. Norton would go further ii
practical results could be secured by
law. No young girl should be per
Initted to marry man IS years her
senior, she asserted.
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(copyright. 1897. by International

Copyright. 1927. by International
News Servicsl
With good behavior, I was
released from the penitentiary
in February, 1902. / soon dis
covered what it means to be
an ex-convict. I found
wherever l went I was a
marked man. Job after job
The Washington times., 1927-02-04

They were:
Walter n. Twombley, so, an
investigator for the Federal
Trade Commission; Mrs. Mary
Twombley, So, his wife; Miss
Elizabeth Twombley, IS, his
daughter; Paul TwOmbley, "a,
his son, who was driving the
The Washington times., 1927-02-04
Crossings Of Death
Abolish Them
TAN EDIToRIALI

Il e :
The sacrifice Of five lives today at the Crossing Of Death
Kenngon should speed up the machinery to abolish all
dangerous grade crossings in Maryland and the District Of
Columbia. 90 .
TOO many persons have lost their lives at grade crossings
The lives Of Washing constantly in jeopardy II
the HyattsyIs Michigan Avenue Terra Gotta and Kenang
ton crossings.
sitting at Annapolis financial aid to abolish al grade
CROSSINGS in that State. .s3s Es4 s.~
concerted movement is under way eliminate the Cross
ings 1T Michigan Avenue and Terra Gotta
There should be delay in providing the proper legal and
financial authority do away with these crossings Of death
There must be grade crossing fatalities!
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Tks = tks second Of a series Of
49, Grizzlies bv WiIIiam N. Cot
~. biga2ist, and confessed mar
6rrsr q his bride" Mrs. Hattie
Hslaa sbtaiHed bV International
NrEs Services through the courtesy
- Sasriff LBaR Wright, of MaWs-
g.. gnnsas County, Wis.
~CsffeB's story" Sheriff Wright
a1wa -6s enc Of ths most amazing
dnrnmeafs srsy pablisked. II Is
e. stfcrt igssoH. written iR letters
~ tlsed foy ell IVoRsR-p0rticu-
tviu madls-sgsd iCOmeR--im tchOn.
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FIVE N AUTO killed BY
EXPRESS At KENS|hGT0N.
FL|ER HITS MACHINE At
GRADE CROSSING

An INQUEST is being held at Rockville Nd this afternoon
to determine responsibility for the grade crossing crash at
Kesngton early today in which five personsfour Of theM
Of one family--lost their lives.
Baltimore Ohio train known the St Louis Express
reared through the sleeping town shortly after midnight
picked up automobile with five passengers and dropped
srts of the machine its occupants various point for
several hundred yards along the track All in the ear
.f,sfa ntlv. k;ad a5ss4ssss
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STOP PEACHES WEDDINGS!
CRY CONGRESSWOMEN

These May and December
marriages, such as Daddy"
Browning's and peaches J"
Heenan S, should be prohibited
by law, in the opinion Of the
The Washington times., 1927-02-04

was closed to me. Finally, in
desperation, / travelled to
Chicago, to the headquarters
Of the Howard Association
there.
Given q Job
i think the superintendent in
charge was inclined to believe
my story that I was "railroaded"
to prison by a jealous woman.
At any rate, / was offered job
with the association itself solicit
Continued on Pare 2, Column 81
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He IL q man who finds II very
hard TO disguise his feelings. IL he
does not like person. IL Is only too
evident. He does not do II con.
sciOusly. perhaps, but q does not
seesq Worth while 70 him 10 pretend.