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GRIFFMEN LEADING
RED S0x IN Sd GAME

Myer grabbed Judges bounder at the
bag and threw him out. Goslin reach
ing second. F'lagstead came in for
Reeves short fly in left center. Myer
threw out Bluege No runs, no hits,
no errors, one left.
Third Inning
B o S r o N--MacFayden flied to
Barnes. Reeves fumbled Rothrock s
fly in short left, giving him two
bases. Myer fouled to Ruel TAax-
ton threw out Flagstead. No runs,
no hits, one error, one left.
WASHINGTON-M yer fumbled
RueIs grounder, giving Ruel life.
Braxton took a third strike. Rice
tripled down the right field line,
scoring Ruel Hayes singled to cen.
ter, scoring Rice. Hayes stole sec
Ond. Barnes walked. GosIin singled
To right, scoring Hayes and putting
Barnes on third. Judge singled to
right. scoring Barnes and putting
GOsln on third. Harriss now pitch
ing for Boston. Reeves hit in front
of the plate and was out. Berry TO
Todt, judge going to second. GosIin
holding third. Myer threw out
Bluese. -Four runs, four hits, one
error two left.
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WINDSOR

FIRST RACE-Six furlongs.
Collar Ada Rose (Sil's) $I1.O0 s44s sS.fa
Miss Gaiety II frh'I.s@ $40
Galiopin' Diamond Little Margie b.
Ne Too and Yook also ran. Time
Js19 rs
SECOND RAcE-Five and one-haif
furlongs.
sucrose fMeciinnisl s2O.s5 $3.50 1855
Uptide fHarvey) ....s. $50 s95
Gussie p lColeman1 200
High Art Frontiersman. Buchon,
Twelve Thirty and Bonyiaw also ran.
Time. ILL 2-5.
THIRD RACE-Six furlongs:
laster Sweepe Moore }. .S9.7Se&5.15 1885,
tile Broom (siiasJ 1885 7.s9
lrrence McGiunis) $50
Cars Free. The Major. Gymklana.
uarrs Draft. Snappy Pal Feniight
n Blue Rose also ran. Time, i: III AS.
FOURTH RACE-Four and shalt
ariongs.
highland Fling tsilas)s5.55 &4.55 1919
roy Miss (Moore) .... 6.45 450
Sheet Lightly lGwynne) 1905
Ding Dong, Crystal Vapor. Marion
Payne. Mike McDonough. PrecipIae.
Youraba. Prairie Girl and Dr.. Ralston
also ran. Time, 81 rs.
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DUFFERlN

FIRST RAcE-About furlongs
Superline MANN -. $3.50 $3.50 $S.1S
Avion tF'oden@ 1890. SIS s.S5
Asahl TO Malley) ...= 3.I5
Easter Sight. Passport, Rockasta,
Swift Shuttle Wedding Prince also ran.
Time. 1904 2-5
SECOND RACE-About five furlongs.
Lady Chiffon (Toden) s2.6S $2.sO 81. Is
. Golden Locks IMcAla'y) 2.40 go
d Blennerbassett COMah'yl 2S0
Siren Song. South West. Huckle berry,
MORA O'Seill also ran Time-1:02 SIS.
THIRD RACE-About five furIongs:
Venizeios fRobon) -. 1925 &3.05 $2.55
Mexican Pete tBurnsl $50 $50
FiaTdoodle (McAIaney5. 3.25
Spring Branch Fluffy Ruffles. Son of
Light and Dancing Fawn also ran.
Time. Loo As.
FOURTH RAcE-Six and a half fur
longs:
Melva Rose f0'MalIey) ISIS 1926 81. 40
Hoi PolIoi 6Burnsl .... $40 2.35
Fleur de Lis MANN. 2.35
Rare Vints es4Warehouseman and My
Alasnam also ran. Time, 1925 As.
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LATONlA

FIRST RACE-Six furtongs
Cleora (Churchmanl $9.l2 1918 $3.T2
Great Sport (ZucchinD. S0.26 1895
Blue Granite (Garner) 2.S4
Fast Ann, Munamer. Blue Agate.
Master Walter. Fuss and Feathers.
Cornwall, Fire Cure Pendleton, Sam
MengeI also ran. Time. 1919.
SECOND RACE-Five and one half
furlOngs.
Paul Revere (Rouzierl $11.62 $500 S34s
Master CIV. Garner) -. 1912 1a.S2
Sauce (Ambrosel. ....... 1886
Faithless, Morton Caldwell. Harry b.
Brown, Earl of Warwick, United Army
Rhodod endron, Catlettsburg, Neptunis
Lucky Nancy also ran. Time, 1913
THIRD RACE-Mile and 10 yards:
Border Chief (AbeD. $6.16 $4.36 $25S
Open Go Shut (HeupeD 4.72 24o
Susan Rebecca tStretsnl 2.20
Payman, Mighty. Greystone and Sea-
grave also ran. Time. 1853
FOURTH RACE-Five and one-half
furlongs.
Courier Connolly 1874 $2.76 $2.56
Ragus (Crumpl S.S4 2S4
Jeff O'Neill (Heupe)l.. $50
Brigand Purple sand. Grandma G. and
Nomination also ran. Time. / rs Is.
FIFTH MISUNDERSTANDING race)-
Three-quarter mile.
Rondelle (Barret) :. $11.A 37.06 $40
Pretty Run (AbeD. 9.72 SIS
Grand King (Lut'rl SIS
Honest, Queen Royal. Ballot Brush.
Sailing Ship. Rose OF My Heart. Hazel
Mcnamara also ran. Time, 1:19 1.5.fs
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Amundsen Wires for
Aid When Forced to
Halt Hop to. Mobile

LONDON. June 20.-The French
seaplane of Rene Guilbaud and
Capt Roald Amundsen. which
hoped off at Tromsoe. Norway, on
Monday, TO search for the Mobile
expedition, hasa been forced down
in the Polar Sea and has wire
lessed an urgent appeal for aid,
according to a Central News dis
patch from Berlin this afternoon,
No definite news had been re-
ceived of the Guilba ud-Amundsen
plane since it's hop-off. although it
was reported to have teen sighted
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In his confession, Moreno. with a
determined look in his eyes, drew
the curtain from many incidents
preceding the killing of Busch on
the night OF September IS,
Moreno said:
Il have been getting some pretty
tough breaks from the newspa pers,
and I've been getting tough ones
from everybody ever since this
thing started. i want you boys to
know the truth, and that is, that
/ did not shoot at Busch, but when
wounded / did fire several times
at Ach.
az first met Proctor IT. a pool
room on PENNSYLVANIA Avenue
where I used to loaf after working
all day as an assistant to a tile
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setter here in Washington. Proc
tor was running booze at the time.
some man, I don't remember.
and wish to God / had never met.
introduced me to Proctor. was
just dumb kid and Proctor was
flashy guy.
81 met Proctor as I said before
in poolroom. That was in 1925.
In September, 1925, quit my job
and on the fourteenth of that
month Proctor took me to Nick
Eagles house where we We're going
to plan a bank robbery here IN
Washington.
Relating how he went at the d.
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REMUS FREED AS TWO
COURTS BACK SANITY

Allen county appellate court which
ruled that Remus was being illegally
kept a prisoner.
Remus had been prisoner in the
Lima insane asylum since his trial
at Cincinnati. when jury found
him not guilty of the murder of his
wife Augusta Imogene Holmes
Remus, on the ground of insanity.
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RACE RESULTS
BLUE ROMNETS

FIRST RACE-Five furlongs
Wigtoi IRalIsl 1890. $40 $50
Milestone (Shaefer) :. 70
Dance Circle. Alacrity. wee Todolef II
also ran. Time-l.01 4-5.
SECOND RACE-One mile.
Great Rock tFishman). $3.50 $z,So setoo
Support (Mann) ....... Ll''o go
Meister (HudgIns) 49,. $50
Matador Shasta Grafton, Pleasant
SMILES Booster Just Claire, VINO
Knows Me- Eda c. Shagbark also ran.
Time lao
THIRD RACE-Fiue furlongs:
Eouation (Bruner) $4,000 $3.50 1896
sun o. Chen tFishn) $40 1'f2
Grew March. stern Chaser and Gilded
Youth also ran. Time, 100.
FOURTH RACE-Six furlongs:
NY Boy End (Fish 'n)$l2.l0 $3.50 $5.zo
Pledge (Bruner) lI.VS as9
d. Whit ton (Smithl go
Long Point, Myra NJ. Hesper. shep-
herd of the Hills, Snow Shower Ella
Rufus, Northern Pass and Vigilant also
ran. Time. 1:12 As.
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PARAMOUNT

FIRST RACE-Six fnriongs:
secrecy fHorvath) =. $10.s4 Ss.1s $3.50
Phil Photo {Tinerg - SIS 4.2s
Shin'g Light (Richd'n) 7.20
Pollycarp. Quanah, Speedwell, Euclid,
Boy From Home, Murky. Dream Life.
One Way and Carr also ran. Time,
1915 3-5.
SECOND RACE-Six furlongs.
HomewOod (Smith) .$1226 $3.50 81. 81
Blue Blood (KnighD.. $50 258
Bill Seth (Cayens) -. 1852
Che rDkee Maid and Purple Light also
ran. Time, i:I5 2-5.
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Ten persons we're injured. eight
of them seriously. when a Washing
ton.bound, two-car express train of
the Washington. Baltimore and An
napolis electric railway struck a
stray horse on the tracks at Spring
mans Curve three.quarters of a mile
beyond the District Line, and over
turned.
Six are in the hospital today.
Jack Karbounicek, of the 200 block
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BY International News Service

LIMA, Ohio, June 20.-George
Remus, self-confessed slayer of his
wife. Augusta Imogene Holmes Re
mus. and former bootleg king,
walked out of the Lima State Hos
pital for the Criminally Insane at
las n. m. today free man.
Remus was liberated after the
State supreme court sustained the
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GIRL and M0THERHELD
in fake $4,000 SUIT

when a number OF persons were
swept into the bay.
The mother subsequently sued the
ferry company for $4,000. IL is al
legged that her daughter lived here
for time under an assumed name.
Officers Yesterday found the girl
working in a Vallejo, Calf, road.
house
The girl denies her identity but
the mother. according to officers,
has made a complete confession.
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ARLINGTON

FIRST RACE-Five furlongs.
Yam Toy kelly .... $3.50 $2.2s $2.70
Walter r (Leylandl.. 6.36 3.92
Conversation (Elston).. asa
Sir John l.. Strike. Joe Marshall,
Gallardo also ran. Time-1:06 25.
SECOND eRACE-Flve and oue-half
furlongs
Eliz. Seth 6PhiIpot) .$3.46 $2.s6 sass
Sincerely (IandoIt) 80. 3t6 2.9s
Helen E. (JoDesI ...... 5.S2
Go Away. Carin. Miss Mischief also
ran.
THIRD RACE-Ones mile
Dante (Wolf) .....s.s4. 1898 $4.72 44.0I
Far Away fDoggett) 5.24 5s9a
Majoe CKeily) ....5.'..s a.7g
Rib Grass and Mary Dale. also ran.
Time I.4s 2-S
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DYER five UP IN FIRST
SOUTHERN GOLF ROUND

tTexasl sharpshooter, annexed win
from Darden Hampton. of Chatta-
nooga, 3 up and to play.
Other winners in the championship
flight were l.. r. Robertson. of Lake
wood Country Club, Dallas, who de-
feated Fred Golding, of Houston, 3
up. Robertson was medalist in yes
terday's qualifying round.
Howard Wynne. of Dallas. defeated
his clubmate c. N Lodge 2 I'D
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BY International News Service

OAKLAND, Cal, June 90
Emeshed in what officers say was
a daring scheme to mulct the Key
system Ferry Company of $4,000,
, Isabelle Robertson and her mother,
Mrs. Bernice Huffman were under
arrest here today.
The girl disappeared after the
Ferry Peralta accident here on
February II, and was thought TO
have been one of those drowned
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BY international News Service

DADLAS. Tex. June 2O.-Frank
Dyer. of Memphis. Tenn, triumphed
over his fellow townsman. Roger
Parker, in neat 5-up-and-4-t to play
victory in the first round of match
play in the championship flight of
the Southern amateur golf tourna-
ment, being played over the Brook
Hollow course here today.
Dennis Lavender. the Stamford
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SAYS PROCTOR WAS
H|-JACkER, and Led
GANG IN COP FIGHT

Breaking the suen silence he has maintained the last two
Years Samuel Moreno this afternoon made complete con
fession to Washington Times reporter Of hpart IN the
murder Policeman Leo w r. Busch September 2 1926
Declaring that John Proctor the Leader OF the gang
and planned all Jobs which he and Nicholas Lee Eagles
participated Moreno said that he wished tell the truth
about the affair REGARDLESS of who it hit. -
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NEW FIFTH AT LAToNlA

FIFTH RACE -. Three.year-olds
and upward; $500, claiming; six
furlones: Honest. LA; Queen Royal,
1O5: xRondelle, 100; Ballot Brush,
120; Sailing Ship, 105; Grand King,
Ill: Rose of My Heart, los: Hazel
Mcnamara, 106; Pretty Run. 113.
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BANK STATEMENTS

Washington Clearing House,
5,4I2,92O.8O.
New York Clearing House bal
ance, $139, 900, 900.
New York Clearing House ex-
changes, 1888 ZOO. 900.
Treasury balance - $258, 49,.
841 .33.
Customs receipts-S25,7 1852, tO3..
IS.
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Safe brakes safe Transports
ton. See the brake specialist whose
service Is listed in the who's Who"
announcements on next Ia the last page
Of tOhay'E Times and Herald
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AQUEDUcT
ArTETive furlonrs.

:. FIRST RACE-Five furlongs.
Autumn Bloom (Fields) 81 FL II
kildare (Kelsay) .........,. 7-S 80
Healy (Weiner1 ,......... SD
Miss Paradise, FatefuI, Grey Coat.
Boobies and Ar Chief also ran,
Time. so 3-5.
SECOND RACE-Two miles
Nomad tJeffcotD. ........ IL IL %
Beta1r fBetheD. ......... 20 ~
Sold Knight (Wolkel.,.. IL
Fairy Lore and cheramy also ran.
THIRD RAcE-one mile.
Hi Vida fFator) ...,......4-1 T-5 1-2
Croydon 6Pascuma) $3.50, As 1-S
Tantivy (workman) ....., Ia
Stretcher Panther. Paavo Bots de
1;39 1-5
FOURTH RACE-six and half fur
longs:
Indian Love Call tFator)11-4 IS out
Byrd tPascuma) 1890. as out
Crystal Domino (work'ng out
Foundation Stone and Montferrat also
faR. Time, 1919.
FIFTH RACE-Five-eig hths mile:
luck ~1Shriner) .s......,.3-4 Is out
Farmer (Weiner) ....... So IL
Red Bank (Ellis) ........ out
Chatford, Abingdon and Mortgage also
ran. Time, :5S as.
SIXTH RACE-Mile and sixteenth !:
Cookrill tShriner) .......esS IL u
] BuptariS (WaIIs) ......... 6-5 1-2
Bright Steel lGotterup) =. IL
King Jimmy, Blue Diamond. Ca
Lothario. NegopoIi and War hord also
ran. Time. 1:47.
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South Ann ST., Baltimore, suffering
a compound fracture of the right leg.
bruises on the hip and thigh, is the
most seriously injured.
The Casualty Hospital ambulance
picked up Karbouniczek, together
with Philip Oster. motorman Of the
train. 1900 block Gales st. N. E..
suffering from shock and bruises:
Louis Chillari 400 block of c st.
S. W., confusion of the right tenn
CONTINUED on Page 2. Column ~
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MAYOR THOMPSON GROUP HELD FOR $1,732,19
CHICAGO June 2O-Nayor William Hale Thompson,
George r. Hardin county treasurer Michael J. Faherty
and other defendants were ordered by Judge Hugo Friend
here this afternoon make restitution to the city approx
atey 1928 for fees paid to real estate experts
under the first Thompson administration
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MINNIE PORTER. NJ. N. @.
MARY I. IOlMA2I y =
lit Mrntnrtdnt.

ALDEN. FREDERICK AND AMANDA. In
loving remembraLee OF our dear father,
FREDERICK ALDEN, who departed this
life three, years ago today, December 3.
ALDEN. october 8, 1927. and our darling
little brother, May Is. 1900.
And SO for us there is nothing to death.
1t is but passing with abated breath.
You ind our loved ones waiting on the
More Beautiful. mere precious thar before.
THEIR LOVING CHILDREN. SISTER AND
FERGUSON AND soN-1N-LAW, louis
E. DIGGS.
GILBERT, SARAH. Sacred 70 the ,msnory
of our dear mother. SARAH GILBERT,
who departed this life three years ago
today, December 3. 1925.
Whose love can equal the love of mother.
Whose devotion so loyal and true.
Who suffers so much with such JOY to
Who. works with such pleasure as mother
for you?
You will never know your, mothers care
Until she. is not around.
And never know her value
Until she is under ground.
Always try to cheer her and keep her
Remember that she Feared you as the
You may learn to love some one who is
But YOU never can love as your mother
~ HER DEVOTED CHILDREN.
NELSON. GENEVA. In sad but loving re-
nembrance of our dear mother. GENEVA
NELSON. who departed thibs; life four years
ago today, December g. 1924.
Sleep on. dear mother, and. take thy rest;
God called you home. he thought it best;
In silence you suffered, with patience you
Until God took you home. to suffer no
HEP LOVING CHILDREN. KATIE AND
ERNEST. AND GRANDCHILD, ETHEL.
NORBECK. l.. F. IN sad but loving remem-
brance of our dear mother; L. r MOI
beck. who departed this life three years
ago, December 3, 1925
Spare us. holy mother of God that We
be made WORTHY tPe Of ths promise
through the mercy OF God and her soul
HER q CHILDREN. MAMIE. WILLIE. EDDIE.
AND GRANDDAUGHTER. MARGARET.
SCHEER, HENRY X. II loving remem-
brance of my dear husband, HENRY K.
SCHEER, who died fourteen years ago to-
day, December 3, 1914.
Gone. but not forgotten.
HIS LOVING WIFE. NEVA.
STEPPER, CECILIA. Sacred to the memory
of my dear mother, CECILIA STEPPER,
who entered into eternal rest twenty-slX
years ago today, December 3.
Gone, but not forgotten.
HER DAUGHTER, ANNA YOST.
TURNER, CORNELIUS J. AND ALMA J. il
loving remembrance of my dear husband
and daughter. CORNELIUS J, TuRNER.
Slsa pecemDeer 8 % 1915 fe2e ana ALMA j. Io'
They will never be forgotten.
THE FAMILY.
WILKINSON, JOHN AND CLIFTON l.. A
tribute of love and devotion to the memory
WILKINSON. who departed this life twenty
one years ago. December 3, 1907, and my
grandson. CLIFTON L. WILKINSON. No
vember 18, 1910. WIFE AND FAMILY.
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THOMAS NJ. ALEXANDER,
NEWSPAPER MAN, DIES
Served on Executive Force of Food
Administration During
War.
BY the Associated Press.

Ii6oUCIuItI
NEW YORK, December 3.-Thomas
Mathew Alexander, newspaper man
who was a member of the executive
force of the United States Food and
Fuel Administration during the war,
died last Saturday at White Plains. N.
Y, after an illness of more than year.
He was SO years old.
Born in Borden Springs, Ala, Mr..
Alexander served on the New Orleans
Picayune, Birmingham Age-Herald, At
lanta Constitution and Washington Post
before coming to New York.
At the close of the World War he
produced motion pictures of the Ameri-
can merchant marine. His work occa-
stoned such favorable comment that he
was made chairman of motion picture
activities under the direct supervision
of President Wilson.
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Marriage Licenses.

following: W '4A0
William Temples, 20, this city. and Julia
M; ISoldoS. 81, Chicago; Rev. Edward Gabler.
Wallace II. Helm, 20, and Edith NJ Ward,
10; Rev. John E. Briggs
Albert Zaleb. IS Philadelphia, Pa. and
Shirley Brown, %, Baltimore, Md; Rev.
George Silverstone
Francis II. Parrillo, %. and Mary d.
de BruX, "a; Rev. Mark Depp
Roy Harris p, and Mary E. Moriarty 20.
5 20 OF Capitol Heights, Md. Rev. Henry
Edward D. Rogers, as, and Bell Butler. so.
both of Washington Park, Va. Rev. James
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District of Columbia-Partly cloudy
with lowest temperature about 40 de-
grees: tomorrow fair and colder.
Maryland-Partly cloudy tonight; to-
morrow fair and colder
Virginia-Partly cloudy, slightly warm
err in the interior tonight; tomorrow
fair and colder.
West Virginia-Cloudy and colder
tonight, with rain in the east portion;
tomorrow partly cloudy and colder.
Record for "A Hours.
Thermometers pm, So; 8 PM, At;
Il midnight, 40; am, So; am, 81;
neon, so.
Barometer-4 pm, 1920; 8 pm,
30.19; Il midnight, 3018; am, 3016;
s am. 30.15; noon, 3007
Highest temperature, So, occurred at
pm. yesterday; lowest temperature,
"a, occurred at 345 am. today
Temperature same date last year
Highest, 40; lowest, 81.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey)
Today-Low tide, 7:25 am. and 1852
pm; high tide, 1886 am. and 11:17
pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 1922 am. and
8:54 pm; high tide, 1:38 am. and
2:17 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose 7:09 am; sun sets
4:46 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises ITO am; sun
sets 4:46 pm.
Moon rises 1143 pm; sets 1916
pm.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Condition of the Water.
Potomac and Shenandoah rivers
GEAR this morning. Great Falls, clear.
Weather in Various Cities.
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BRASS MERGER PLANNED.
New Corporation Expected to Han
die 30 Per Cent of U. S. Business.

ROME, N. Y, December 3.-Directors
of the Rome Brass & Copper Co. Satur-
day approved plan to merge with six
other companies to form corporation
to be known as the General Brass
Corporation. The merger is expected
to bring about 20 per cent of the
country's brass and copper business
within the control of the corporation.
Under present plans, each of the
constituent companies will be repre-
sented on the executive committee of
the corporation. Factories of the in
dividual companies will continue oper-
alton, with the management unchanged.
The companies with which the Rome
concern is merging are: Taunton-New
Bedford Copper Co, Taunton and New
Bedford, Mass. the Baltimore Sheet
Mill of the General Gable Co., the
Rome Manufacturing Gable Co., the
Michigan Brass and Copper Co., of
Detroit, Higgins Brass and Manufacture
ing Co. of Detroit and the Dallas Brass
and Copper Co., Chicago.
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Mrs. Merrick Arrested Again.

LONDON, December 3 LP).-Mrs.
Kate Merrick, known as the might
club queen" was again arrested yester-
day and will be arraigned in the Bow
Street Police Court today under the
prevention of corruption act in connec-
tibn with charges against Police Sergt.
Goddard of accepting brides from night
clubs. Mrs. Merrick, who has two
daughters in the nobility, was released
from Holloway Prison on November %.
after serving a Six-month sentence for
violation of the liquor license laws.
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FRANK M. PEBBLES, SO,
NOTED PAINTER, is DEAD
U. S. Grant, Robert Ingersol1 and
Other Prominent Men Were
Portrait Subjects.

BY the Associated Press.
ALAMEDA, Calf, December s.
Frank NJ. Pebbles &c. who painted por-
traits of Ulysses S. Grant, Robert In
gersoll, Secretary of State Walter @.
Gresham and Premier Laurier of Can
ada, died at the home of his daughter
here yesterday after three years failing
health.
Pebbles was a life member of the
Chicago Art Institute, a member of the
Chicago Society of Artists, the Artists
Club of Chicago, the Masonic Lodge at
Oak Park, Ill, and the Bohemian Club
of San Francisco.
Pebbles started studying art at the
age of II. He moved to Chicago after
the Civil War. Many of his earlier
works were destroyed in the Chicago
fire of 1871. He came here for the
Panama-Pacific Exposition of 1915 and
remained in California.
He is survived by his widow and two
children, Mrs. Frank c.. Baker, here,
and Frank M Pebbles, jr, of Oak
Park, III. Funeral services were set for
Tuesday.
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JOHN NJ. To my friends I wish
to extend my sincere thanks for the beau
tiful floral offerings and their expressions
OF sympathy in my sad bereavement.
MRS. VERSE BARNES, zoos 7th ST. S. E.
JAMES J. We wish to express
our sincere thanks to the Ladies' Auxiliary
of the District of Columbia Fire Depart
ment. members of No. II Engine Co, en-
ployes of Section 10. Bureau of Engraving
and Printing. relatives and friends for
their kindness. sympathy and floral trib-
j. CARMODY. THE FAMILY =
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he was 10 years of age, and never
returned to visit his alma mater. He
was descended from pioneer Ameri-
can family, and served in the Confed-
crate army as captain of Cavalry during
the entire Civil War.
Leaving the life of cotton planter in
Alabama and officer of the Baltimore
g. Ohio Railroad after the war, he took
travel and study. visiting Europe, Asia
and South America to collect rare
specimens. Two years ago he donated
his collection to the Smithsonian In
stitution.