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Nogales international., 1928-09-18
NATION ACCLAiMS SIhITfi
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH

Prominent Republicans through
out the country joined Beuo' rats
in paying nigh tribute 10 The prin
clples enunciated by Governor
Smith in his speech Of acceptance
Here is some Of the comment
col. EDWARD c. CAkR!NG
TON, campaign manager in Mary
Aand for President Roosevelt are
former Republican candidate tnl
Senator: concur with Gov. Smith
in his insistence in giving the 40'
100000 people of the Middle West
an outlet from the Great Lakes to
the sea through American territory
and controlled by the United States
in peace and in war will vote fol
s nth.
WILLIAM II SETTLE. President
o; he Indiana Farm Bureau Fedora
tia; Gov. Smiths farm plan Is in
feet agreement with the "a farm
organizations of the Central West.
GEORGE N PEEK, Republican
farm leader. OF Moline, Ill.,: Gov.
Smiths magnificent speech should
awaken ind thrill the farmers Of
this country.
SEN. DUNCAN Z. FLETCHER,
of Florida: Gov Smith has shown
that he measures up tC the stand
ard OF q great statesmal
Nogales international., 1928-09-18
BUTLER ATTACK IS
COSTLY TO G. 0. P.
Educators Reputation of
Hoover Swings Many Votes
to Smith.

The unqualified reputation Of
Herbert Hoover by DR.. Nicholas
Murray Butler, President of Co.
lumbia University, and President
OF the Carnegie Endowment Foun.
dation Tor International Peace, has
proved, political observers say, one
OF the most staggering blows suf-
tered in the present campaign by
the Republican forces.
Although many prominent Re-
publicans have renOunced allegi-
ance to their party since Hoover's
nomination, none. il is conceded.
has influenced so many votes.
A highly esteemed leader In Re-
publican party affairs since 1887.
Dr.. Butler has attended every Re-
publican national convention for 40
years. In 1912. following the death
OF Vice President Sherman, who
had been renominated, DR.. Butler
became the Republican candidate
for Vice President. He was one Of
his party's most prominent candt-
dates for the nomination for Presi.
dent In 1924.
The reaction to his ringing dis
avowal Of the principles enunciated
by Hoover in his acceptance
speech, was immediate and nation
wide His bold and unequivocal
declaration that he could not sup
port candidate who admitted him
self to ne in favor of the "continu-
Snce of the present reign Of law"
Continued on Page 81
Nogales international., 1928-09-18
wHAT HAppENED BEFORE

WHAT dAPKENEO bEFQRE
Simon Judd, amateur detective, and
William Dart, an undertaken. are visiting
john Drane, eccentric man Of wealth, at
the Dfane place. Suddenly the household
Is shocked to find that John Drane has
been murdered. The dead man Is first seen
by Josie, the maid, then by Amy Drane and
Simon Judd. The latter faints.
Police officers call and Investigations
begin. DR.. Bicssington is called, and after
seeing the murdered John Drane, makes
the astounding revelation to Amy Drane
that her uncle" Is not q man but woman.
DR.. Biessington discounts the theory of
suicide, saying that Drane was definitely
murdered. DR.. Biessington comments On
the fact that all the servants in the house.
hold ct Drane arc sick, and that Dranc has
never discharged a servant for Ill health.
Dick Brennan. the detective. arrives to
investigate the case.
Brennan questions the persons in the
house, asking Amy il anyone had any Tes-
house, asking Amy if anyone had any rea-
son to jn her uncle"
Nogales international., 1928-09-18
DR.. CaldweIl's 3 Rules '
Keep You Healthy

DR.. Caldwell watched the results
OF constipation for ~ years, and
believed that no matter how careful
people are of their health, diet and
exercise, constipation will occur
from time to time regardless of how
much one tries to avoid it. Of next
Importance, then, is how to treat it
whom it comes. DR.. Caldwell al.
ways was in favor of getting as
close to nature as possible, hence his
remedy for constipation, known as
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, is q
mild vegetable compound. 1t can
not harm the most delicate system
and is not habit forming prepara-
tion. Syrup Pepsin is pleasant
tasting, and youngsters love it. It
does not gripe. Thousands of moth
era have written US to that effect.
DR.. Caldwell did not approve Of
drastic physics and purges. He did,
mot believe they were good for hui
man beings to put into their sys-
tenn. In a practice Of AZ years he
never saw any reason for their use
when q medicine like Syrup Pepsin
win empty the bowels Just as
promptly, more cleanly and gently,
without gripping and harm to the
eyste::c-
Keep free from constipation! It
xobs your strength, hardens your
arteries and brings ON premature
old age. Do not let day go by
without q bowel movement. Do not
ait and hope, but go to a druggist
and get one of the generous bottles
Of DR.. CaldwelPs Syrup Pepsin.
Take the proper dose that night and
by morning you will feel like diff
ferent person. Use Syrup Pepsin
Nogales international., 1928-09-18
Opponents Forced to ACknoWl-
edge Falsity of Vice and
Liquor Charges.
VILE SUGGESTIONS"
REFUTED BY RECORD
democratic Nominee Declares At
tack Was "Probsbly Inspired by
Republican National Committee.

ALBANY, N. Y.--The furtively
whispered and fanatically de
claimed moral ISSUE" injected
openly into the Presidential cam
paign by William Allen White,
Emporia (Kans.) editor. is today
as dead as the dodo.
With one mastery stroke. the
forceful, fearless statement OF
man unjustly assaied, Governor
Alfred e. Smith has revealed clear,
ly the unfairness and irresponsi-
bility of those antagonists who
were so unwise as to attack his
personal record.
Replying to the charges made by
the Kansas editor, the Governor
defended and justified, bill by bill,
his long record as a member OF the
New York State Assembly
Vile Suggestions
Asserting that the vile sugges-
tions" OF his accuser were prob
ably inspired" by the Republican
National Committee. the Governor
said:
Il am glad to have this matter
taken out of the whispering stage
and put into the open. Once and
for all | shall meet il now And
meet 1t he did.
The ''slanderous statement" that
he had aided prostitution. he show
cd, was based upon his vote in op
position to a single bill: and he
disclosed that he had opposed that
bill merely because 1t was "unques.
tionably unconstitutional and un,
workable"
ION this bill, and on this single
bill alone" Governor Smith said,
william Allen White would have
my wife, my children and my
friends believe that in my long
career was friend of public
prostitution"
Proving that the Kansan was en.
tirely ignorant Of the background
of various bills he cited to support
his charges, Governor Smith point
ed out that both Republicans and
Democrats had voted overwhelm
ingly with him. On one of the
bills for which be was criticized,
he revealed the Assembly had
voted unanimously.
Bills Duplicated
The Executive disclosed also his
accuser's apparent guile in dupli-
eating bills, in deliberate dt.
tempt" to show that his votes
dealt with a far greater num-
Der of so-called liquor bills than
In fact they did"
One group of bills cited Dy
White, referring to the establish
ment of premises licensed to sell
liquor within 200 feet Of church
or school. had been passed, 1t was
shown, for the purpose OF remedy
ing a mistak In the language OF
the law, In accordance with q
recommendation OF the Court OF
Appeals.
Nogales international., 1928-09-18

HENRY c. HANSBROuGH, for
mer Republican Senator from NORTH
Dakota: Gov. Smith sounds tht tsc
sin of wal in behalf Of thirty ode
millions Of farmers, At last tht
farmer is In position to take tht
first step towards relief by voting
for a man whose record for con
strnctiye achievement is beyond re.
proach.
RICHARD X QUAY, prominen
Republican business man Of Pitts
iburgh, and son Of the former iie
lpuhiiran leader III Pennsylvania 4
Ihumal declare: ion with honesty
high couraYt ana red blood in ever!
ine~-the most refreshing ever is
sued by q cand date for high office
Here Is some of the press CON
ment:
TULSA, OKLA, WORLD tRephh
lican) II was the most candid ant
frank speech ever made by any
candidate for the Presidency Of tht
United States, and is gladstone
relief from the fiubdubbery, evasion
and claptrap indnlged In by mos
men In high places.
COLU NJ B Z s, ohio, STATE
JOURNAL Republican, Thought
full. open minded patriotic people
who know what is going on unde'
the present prohibition policy, "
give 4, much careful attention
Nogales international., 1928-09-18

Jerome-Work under way on
new club house on Rich Street.
Nogales international., 1928-09-18
Official Returns..

Continued from Page u
County Attorney: Noon 1872.
Co. Treasurer: Inez Walker 1877.
Co. Recorder: Jones 2O7.
Supervisor, District No. 1:
Middleton 10.
Supervisor, District No. 2:
Hannah 81.
Supervisor, District No. 5:
Henderson Al.
J. p. Pet. No. 3: Harrington 10,
Yuma-Army & Navy Depart
ment Stores, Inc, capitalized at
$4,000 Incorporated.
Holbrook-Chamber of Com
merce plans establishment of air
port here.
Phoenix-Record breaking ci-
trus crop, approximating $1,240,-
900, expected in Salt River VAL
ley.
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kElGsTRAzz1hES ~ &E b.E4EA1N

his will in Amy's favor and that
he was leaving her everything he
had. Then he said she was good
girl; he said very nice things about
her and said he meant to give her
outright a hundred thousand dol
lars the day she was married, if I
did not object. l have nothing of my
own, you know. He said that he
thought, living in his house and
having to be mistress of it, Amy
should not be compelled to ask
him for money. He meant for the
extra expenses, the things | could
not pay for. I didn't see anything
wrong in that. [ didn't see that
it had anything to do with my low
ing Amy. Amy knows it's not
anybody's money care for. SO
Nogales international., 1928-09-18
Continued Next Week
HOME FROM VISIT

Mrs. Louis Hudgin and three
small children returned Sunday
from a visit of several months
at her former home in Superior,
Wis, and with relatives at Min
neapolis. Mr.. Hudgin and son AL
fred met them at Tucson.
Nogales international., 1928-09-18
MORAL ISSUE" COLLAPSES
UNDER SMITHS REPLY TO
WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE

Reviewing the history OF the
accusations. which he character
lied as cowardly, Governor Smith
pointed ou; that White had issued
retractiol of the charges deal
ing with gambling and prostitution.
He continued:
"The appearance Of the Repuoli'
can National Committee in the
controversy indicates that it Vas
political attack probably inspir-
ed by that committee, because the
Republican National Committee
this week issued an official release
to the newspapers In which M~.
White retracts his retraction
Not Fair Play
Lacking the courage to Stanu
by It's own completely in the at
tack, the Republican director oi
publicity the next day states thai
he withdraws his issuance Of Mr.
Whites withdrawal of his with
drawal." The Governor added:
"No one in all the rs years OF
my public life has ever dared to
make the vile suggestions which
emanated from Mr.. White, with the
approval of Henry j. Allen. Pub
licity Director of the Repu blican,
National Committee. What a
cowardly course the Republican,
National Committee Lursued! It
Issued a sianderous statement
through It's official publicity bureau
and then, after its general pub
lication In the press. attempted to
evade responsibility by the child.
ish claim that It had been given
out by accident. That Is not fair
nlav"
Nogales international., 1928-09-18

for yourself and members of ths
family in constipation, biliousness.
sour and cramPy stomach, bad
breath, no appetite, headaches, ana
to break up tevers and colds. Al
ways have q bottle in the house. and
observe these three rules Of heAlth1
Keep the head cool, the feet warm
the bowels open.
We would be glad to have yo@
prove at our expense how mu' il Or.
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin co OCEAN
to you and yours, j. i wr'ts
"Syrun Pepsin," Aiontice'.o, El!iAoi.;.
and we viii s'c'i von rvapttid -
FREE SAMPLE l}0J<rLE..
Nogales international., 1928-09-18

when we shook hands and I came
away"
Through the library again?"
Brennan asked
"No. Mr.. Drane let me out by
this door"
$50 you didn't see Mr.. Dart
agaih?"
"No. I went down the drive
way there and walked home"
"You haven't any idea what it
was Mr.. Dart wanted Mr.. Drane
not to do?"
Not really" Carter said. "It
may be they had been talking over
Amy and me and Mr.. Dart didn' t
care for me enough to have me
marry Amy. Mr.. Drane and Dart
were old friends-what they call
'cronies' almost. Or it may have
been giving Amy SO much money
in lump that Dart objected to.
| don't know"
"But your impression was that
Mr.. Dart referred to the talk you
were about to have with Mr..
Drane?" Brennan asked.
That's what l thought" Carter
admitted II hadn't any doubt Of
it. / thought to myself What
business is it of his, anyway l
don't like him much, someway"
"And now, Miss Drane," Bren-
nan asked without pause, "have
you ever seen anything that made
you think, even in the slightest
degree. that your uncle was a wo-
man?"
NO." Amy said without hesita-
ton, and Immediately changed her
answer to yes "Never while he
was alive" she said. at never
entered my head, not in the very
slightest. But now I can see
things. He was so kind to me"
Might not an uncle be kind?"
Brennan asked. .
"Yes, but not in that way.
Affectionate is what | should say,
probably. I didn't know, you see
Il didn't think-how man would
be, but can see now, M. Brennan,
that he was more like--tnore like
mother in the way he---in the
way he kissed me and smoothed
my hair. More like woman, more
like a mother"
Have you any reason for think
ing he was your mother" Brennan
asked and Amy stared at him with
wide eyes.
Uncle John my mother?" she
gasped and put her fingers to her
lips as if in fear "Oh, he couldn't
be my nother-he-
"You knew vour mother?' Bren-
nan asked. ''You see, Miss Drane,
l don't know any of the facts; /
have 10 ask for them. Did you
know your motherf"
Bob Carter frowned with annoy
ance that Army should be annoyed.
He locked at her and turned to
Brennan.
81 can answer that" he said.
Amy told me all that"
LET her tell me" said Brennan
but his tone was kindly.
II never knew my nather," Amy
said.
Brennan leaned forward in his
chair.
"I'm not digging into this from
curiosity" he said. 81 have plenty
to do without wasting time that
way; my Job is to find who muir
dered this woman who posed as
Nogales international., 1928-09-18

Mr.. and Mrs. B. L. Hollings-
worth and two children from st.
Louis who had been visiting some
two weeks with the family of the
lady's father, L. Duvs; of the
Southern Pacif c, terminated their
visit at Nogales Sunday and de-
parted for their home in the Mis-
souri, metropolis where Mr.. Hol4
holds an important
post in the freight department of
the St. Louis & San Francisco
Railway.
Nogales international., 1928-09-18
CAR TURNS OVER

A Buick coupe from Phoenix
turned over and burned up about
Z o'clock Sunday evening just this
side of Circle 2 ranch on the Pa
tagonia road. There were four
passengers in the car and all es-
capped injury.
Evening star., 1928-03-25

WOODBRIDGE, d. {.
PARA otia st~-3unk allow s r, tile bath
hreakfaAt Rlcnve. open hreDlAcA. h..w,h oak
hoora large attic gar Price IS 500 easy
fermA r S0NNEMANN owner and builder.
o5'
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BARGAINS in BUNGALOWS
GEO II RrcKER co


Nlehts and snnday. Clarendon 81
NEARBY VIRGINIA. ACRES 5.RO0M
hsnEal0w electric lights: poultry house
near cars and baa: $3.50. -sssy terms. ~
acres no Improvements: 2 bxs from cars.
50 90n 5-rn1 buBgaiow Alectrrity garage
lot 50ri 50. near cars and bat: " 800, verv
fSEy terms
Other pfopertiss for sale and rent, Phone
80 T. n. coFFyAS. -.
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j. q ..islALE-HOUsEs.
TAKOMA PARK.

A detached home OF six rooms and bath.
on a very large lot. with every t1Invenlence
and Improvements. Owner. who - LEAVING
rain. Especially Desirable for people Nitb
srnsll children Buiit.in ssrave Essv terms.
NSh y VIZ ,tpnA BROWN 1ann
Evening star., 1928-03-25
MONET TO LOAN.
WAAJEf1--MOAEf.

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notks tot8nHF $500 plus - IHf. offer 81
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f,eY 5sss5 Ag@stta bldg laan Of - 500.
hsAaess B1s $Ss5 stst ofbre.
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escor6 aFnrf Npfs sell ssogFec by Arlington
Tosntg property Cleselsfgd JiS,W
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SALE OR EXCHANGE.

o. ACRES, REAL ToBACCo FARM, ! NILE
Z of Grain Highway. rooms. new house,
tobacco harm and outhuildlnks: 500 per
acre; clear, exchange for city property pre-.
fer South Washington ]. BENSON THOMAS
co, No. Thomas circle. -
SIR EoCSE. TAKoMA. RENTED. srEJECf
one trust. fog city home; not over Sl4.Vuo'
CHICAGO SURTRR LOT SIZE S0xl6i
feet: restricted electric and rail- trsnspur.
tssioa ana auto, Address BOX 3SaJ. SsA
Evening star., 1928-03-25

ACRE
AND
GROOM HOME.
81 500 90,
OVERLOOKING POTOMAC RIVER Just
above Rosslyn. This home has ami. Thi4
home cost more than the price ws Ask.
Terms 5000 oash. SsSa ner month.
GEO. II. RucKER. Co.
Realtors
Evening star., 1928-03-25
SAIE-sr,nvrnRAN PROPERTY.

4.R00M BUNGALOW. B1LTsT0N> VA.
very small cash payment; price, SO 200; for
further information call Clarendon 3S"-W-l.
Evening star., 1928-03-25
BARGAINS.
S65 MONTH.

Onty rev SIX hoHses IN UT Pheasant
ness section.
These houses contain SIX large rooms tiled
bath with shower. Pembroke built in Tub
extra tile IavatorFs concrete front ana resr
porchns. coDper screened sIeepinK ard break
fast porches. ELECTRIC REFRIGFRATTON
built-in ironTpk board cffsr clossts n aid
toilet bullt-1a EsTAge and automatic water
heafer. AHsy to be paved. Open for nspec-
ton until p.m. "
Evening star., 1928-03-25

81 7 nj Y w
Madern slN room hrtck. lot 20 ny liH' :,
ear hrick garage. SO-tt, concrete alley, easy
terms 10 responsible huyer
LOCATED on 9th ST. NV. NEAR r.
Hause eonslatipg of 10 rooms and hath csn
he remudeied far husluess. Prise lesS than
IS 900 Call Ms Lmerlek.
W " KRAFT 4 CO.
Main RiaT nOg tAth ST
Evening star., 1928-03-25

None OF the shove are over 2 blocks from
station. And many others, all easy terms.
X, II, DAVIS, H,Eh Rrldge. Nd.
Evening star., 1928-03-25


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sALE.-sunuRRAN rRoPERrY.

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home. 81 600
Evening star., 1928-03-25

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ltih saa =. Y Ave, Main ii@
WOODRIDGE& BROOkLAND
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-07
Noted Players Here

THE long discussed project to bring
overseas for tour Of Canada and
the United States the Stratford- Upon
Avon Festival Co. direct from the
Shakespeare Memorial Theater in
Shakespeare's birthplace assumed con-
crete reality recently when the company
of IS, attended by Archibald Flower,
chairman of the board of governors of
the Memorial Theater and former
mayor of Stratford; his wife, also a
former mayoress: w. Bridges Adams,
director, and w. II. Slavery, general
manager, landed In Montreal from the
s. S. Laurentic.
The tour, which will be under the
direction of F. Ray Coustock and Nor
ris Gest, producers OF THE Miracle
and sponsors Of distinguished foreign
artists on Canadian and American
stages, will open in Montreal imme-
diately.
The tour has been booked to include
Canadian and other cities in the United
States. but Washington thus far LIS not
listed among them. -
The tour of this company Is designed
to enable lovers of Shakespeare on this
side of the Atlantic to share in one OF
the most fitting memorials ever erected
to human genius. The Shakespeare
Memorial Theater, where the plays are
presenter in festival twice annually,
was built and dedicated nearly 40 years
ago, thanks to the generosity Of the
late Charles E. Flower and his public
spirited fellow citizens. Destroyed by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-07
Raquel Meller.

r AQUEL MELLER, who sang her way
- into the hearts and pocketbooks
of the American public In five great
American cities to the tune OF SOS a
seat top price In New York and $40 in
other cities, and whose fame. beauty
and ability have been broadcast
throughout the world, Is to be seen on
the screen of the Little Theater this
week in French film entitled "Violette
Imperiale."
The song. "La Violetera," which the
senorita made famous and in which
she throws violets to members of the
audience, has become so popular as
to be international and Is sung in Every
language. Very much of coincidence,
therefore, Is the fact that the first mo-
ton picture In which Senorita Meller
is to be seen in America is called "V:o-
lette Imperiale," presenting her in the
role of little flower girl peddling vio-
let's on the streets of old Seville.
Though called "the international
songstresS," Raquel. Meller Is a native
Of Spain, and launched her musical and
Cafe de Novedad In Seville for a daily
stipend OF is pesetas and her dinner,
She has since reaped d fortune from
her appearances In European music
halls and her recent concert tour of
America.
Her hobby Is the collection of dia-
monds. and real estate. She has a
chateau at Versailles and a villa at
Nice in addition to a luxurious apart
ment in Paris Is personal friend of
Pola Negri, and 1t was on the latters
advice that Raquel Meller declined the
$4,000 offer of Famous Players-Lasky
to re-enact the role of Carmen" during
her sojourn In the United States, but
returned to France to make two films
for the Albatross Studio at Paris.
The Polish. actress. it is said, warned
Raquel that her individuality would be
submerged into conventional heroine
roles that the American movie public
seemed to want, and she would lose
prestige In Europe as result Of her
appearance on the American screen.
The result was that the only appear
ance of Raquel Meller in an American