Evening Star Newspaper, August 7, 1923, Page 11

__THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O , TUESDAY, AUGUST 7: 1923 ; : 1 TROOPS HELD READY DRY AGENT KILLED 10 OIL MEN INDICTED BEING HELD TODAY Legislature and C_ount_y of- fice Candidates in Hot Con- tests for Nomination. Snecial Dispateh to RICHMOND, Va o Star. August T.—Voters in Virginia today are nominating ndidates for the legislature and county officers. In some counties the rominations have been made or are to Le made by conventions, and in others the Incumbents are to return without having to make « fight. The election ix, warm in many cases, that in the county of Henrico, -adjoir Rich- d. being especially bitter. There are thirteen candidates for five places to. be filled, the treasurership being zht by no less than five candidates for sheriff, for the common o for commissioner of wealth the reve ue Fight. is the matter ator Gunn tor Gunn Timberlake much in In this ¢ of! bonds imberlak hond ma Th result is andidates ond —five seventeen e ture in Rich wid twelve for the atc to he and six members situation is much uncertain. or this o house and the v Yown in, rrame afot pilots. Juist intolved not the candidatas vilots placed un redue r heen & whic! thing r expense mixed e a double the me is ter a latter by known, but some of want to have the estrictions and to a thing that several vears never resulted in » than a_waste of tim the pilo: er laws which are the bond n how the ritted that the service, that the but the fact that rty them se aff for men there ms to the last than a ness in t ot int . be vear the have been m handiing of bus This fight is parts of the stat -Eighth District Watched. the voting twenty-ecighth Senator is centered senator Smith, ampaign on the In the vote r districts and coun- wd financing que the issue many forecast before the be re- hway problem will b forecasters pr v defeat Sena- the polls today will stion of his candi- in 1925, WILL SCATTER FLOWERS UPON FUNERAL TRAIN; Fpecial Dispatels to The Star, OCKVIL numt scatter flowers funer th st 7.—A lar children wil fdent un HUSBAND GETS DIVORCE UN INFIDELITY GROUNDS Absolute Decree Entered in Favor of Roy B. Fahrney of Silver Spring. Special Dispateh 1o The Star ROCKVILLE, Md August 7.—On the ground of infidelity, Roy B. Fahrney of Silver Spring, this county, lias been granted an absolute divoree by Judge Fdward Peter, in the circuit court he from Fleta M. Fahrney He was represented by At- ¢y Albert M. Bouic of Rockville. The couple, so the bill set forth, ere married in Frederick, Md., May 11, 1914, and lived together until March 11 t, when, it is stated, the Plaintiff discovered his wife's unfaith- fulness. No children were born of the marria Licens: clerk the m « have been issued by the circuit court here for rriage of Miss Ruth R. Munro of Baltimore and Markwood W. Dent of Stafford, Va.; Miss Laura V. Pitt- in and William H. Kennedy, both of Chi iV and Miss Nellje of Arlington,, Va., ind Pettit of Washington al services for Mrs. Emma wife of William R. Embrey, home near sixty- iay aft- Church_at Wat- the Mrs, been il a long time of mof diseases. She is her husband and three th in cemete Lmbre A complica survived by children Carr Funeral Services, fune of Mrs. Emma W. sixty-eight vears, who Saturday, at the home of her A near Chevy Chas; k place yesterday afternoon from Pumphrey’s chapel, Rockville, services being conducted by Rev. Tlenry H. Nicholls, pastar of the Baptist Church at_Germantown. The Lody was sent to Charlottesville, Va burial. Mrs. Carr is survived by four s Her husband died only few months ago. She had been fil Jong time of a complication of dis eas the immediate cause of de was whooping cough. She was W nutive of Virginia and had lived in unty but a short while. tions of the motor ve- . the following have or forfelted collaterals in court here: Benja: Arthur Jordan, $12.25 Clarke, $11.50; el Green, Irving Jarin, $7.25 each; Smith, $6.50. 3 been issued by the the circuit court here for marriage of Miss Virginia N. an and Robert E. Newby, both Washington. BERRY PICKER SHOT. The Carr. died ‘on aged . $19 Russell > M. E. and n rke of TUnidentified Boys Believed to Have | Been Responsible. pccial Dispateh to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., July 7.—While picking berries on the Grabenstein farm, east of here, Hilarious. “Buck"” Davig, u silk worker, was shot in the hip by an unidentified party. . Davis and two companions, James Zi%®r and Charles Wagner, noticed seferal boys firing rifles in the woods Del\y them, but did not know who they were. Taey heard bullets whiz- ing past them, and when Davis said that $ie had been shot his companions thoughout he was joking. Davis was taken to the Grabenstein home and later to the Allegany Hospital, where he is being attended by Dr. Thomas R. McDonald, TAILOR IS ARRESTED. Special Dispateh to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., August 7.—J. A. Braham, a Lynchburg tailor, was ar- rested here under warrant sworn out in Richland county, . C. in which Braham is charged with the theft of clothing goods valued at $630. 1l dis- | ndum in November, the | i inot only BY LANHAM RESIDENTS Spectal Dispatch to The Star. LANHAM, Md. August “spooners” of Washington where who are wont to quiet stretches of the Washington- Annapolis highway In the vicinity of Lanham soon will Receive orders to “move on" if the people of Lanham have anything to do with The folk here claim that are virtually monopolizing the road after nightfall, and practically every night there is a line of machines parked along the thoroughtare. It is hoped to secure a policeman to break up this form of “outdoor sport.” e MAN-EATING SHARK CAUGHT IN VIRGINIA 300-Pound Fish Killed in.Rappa- hannock River After Fierce Struggle. Special Dispatch to The Sta \ FREDERICKSBURG, Va., August T.| —Near the entrance to Urbanna har- | bor, Rappahannock er, recently, n: shark eight feet long was roped undi taken after a desperate siruggle by | fishermen The fishermen surround- ed the fish and not until they 1...x| pulled him into ‘shallow water did | they realize that their captive was a | man-eater, | They were without sufficient weap- | ons to combat the attack of this 300 pound fish and found it nece: ry to{ isummon additional help. and afte {number of shots from shotguns, fols und other arms the shark was rcome by the use of a boat hook. | his is the first shark that has boen | captured in the Rappahannock for a | humber of years and created a sen- sation, as it was caught only a Rhurl: | nce from the bathing beach. | 1 i HYATTSVILLE VETERANS ‘{ WILL GO TO ANNAPOLIS | Snyder-Farmer Post Will Have Representation ,at Southern l Maryland Meeting. {spatch to The Star. SVILLE, Md. August Among the various posts making up | { the Southern Maryland Council of the American Legion, which will ;nu('u(]_ « meeting of the council at Annapolis | aturday. is Snyder-Farmer Post, No. { Hyattsville, which plans to »\\‘nd’ tantial representation down to | y on the Severn. S | The principal object of the meeting, it is announced., will be to discuss possible candidates for the offices to be filled as the result of the annual state conventign of the Department of Maryland, to be held at Frederick, Au- st 23, 24 and 23, with a view to ing the Southern Maryland Coun- resent as solid a unit in the vot-| possible. { . Guy Parlett Post of Annapolis 1 be host for the meeting. which | will be featured by a supper. preced- | ing which the visitors will be given | opportuni vim, fish_and othe i wise enjo: ves. The legion- naires arc expected to arrive in the apital eity about 3 p.m i Kenneth A. McRae of the Univer- «ity of Maryland Post, College Park is chairman of the Southern Maryland {Council TOWN NAMES JUSTICE ! AFTER EIGHT YEARS! | Special Dispateh to The Star. LANHAM, Md. August having gat along without a Jjustice | of the peace for eight veurs, or since; the death of “Squire” Benjumin Cross this community has now such an ¢ ficial in Philip B. Otterbach, who h upon the petition of @ number of ci zens,»been appointed magistrate for| the recently created Lanham election | district Otterbach, who formerly resided in Washington, where he was at various | times in the grocery and hotel busi-| ness, expects to take the oath of of-i fice this week. He is a prominent| member of Naval Lodg b 4 F. A | A. M., of Washington, hich he is a past master. | The late Judge Cross held the po- | sitfon for upward of twenty-five] years ] | | i i i 1 i i i i ALEXANDRIA. August 7 (Spe- is being polled i ALEXANDRIA, cial).—A light vote | 1::‘\11)h s c\lyg today in the senatorial {primary to nominate a state senator | to represent this district. The judges | and clerks simply are marking time and there are comparatively few around the voting places. The early morning vote failed to come up to expectations and unless a big vote is polled between 5 and 7:17 o'elock {this evening. when the polls close, | the vote he vill be far less than | |anticipated. No reason can be as-| | signed for the apparent apathy on { the part of the voters. ¥ ! “'Many who work in Washington left early this morning without vot ing. However, it is expected that the majority will vote upon their re- | turn from work this evening. There were approximately 4.000 qualified voters in the city and it was estimated a few days ago that about 2,500 votes would be cast in today's primary. However, judging from present indications, consider- able less than 2,000 votes will be ! polled here today. {” Robert S. Barrett of this city is | getting a big majority of the votes {polled in this city. Voting in Counties. Reports received here from Ar- lllngllm county are to the effect that {a fair-sized vote is being polled, es Ipecially in the upper end of the coun- ty. Frank L. Ball appears to be lead- {ing in that county. {_ Only & fair-sized vote is being {polled in Fairfax and Prince Willlam ! counties, according to reports receiv- {ed here today. The other candidates !in addition to the two named above are Walter Tansill Oiver, incumbent, jand James Sherier, both of Fairfax | county. ! In the other counties i contests are for the state senate, but also [for the state legislature, ‘and various { county offices and this, it is thought, {will bring out more votes than ordi- inarily would be cast here, where there is only one contest—that for state |senate, ' City Offices Closed Friday, All of the city offices here will be closed Friday out of respect to the {memory of the late President Hard- {ing. and bells of the city hall and | the bells of the fire engine houses will be tolled during the hour of the funeral, Hundreds of Alexandrians plan to (g0 to Washington this evening to witness the arrival of the body of the late President Harding. A number of persons who had | 7ailed to pay their city licenses were | arraigned in the police court today |before Justice Duvall and arrange- {ments made for a settlement. MO e COMPLETE BRIDGE PLANS. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va. August 7.—The engineering department of the Nor- folk and Western rallway has com- pleted details for bullding & bridge in Park avenue here over the track of its Durham branch in West End. FALLS CHURCH SERVICE. Special Dispatch to The Sta FALLS CHURCH. Va., August Tnion memorial services in honor of the late President will be held at Old Falls Church' Friday morning at 11 o'clock. Rev. R. A. Castleman, Rev. Dr. Reege Murray and Rev. W. 8. O. Thomas_ will conduct the, services. |der the WHILE INTOXICATED Mount Rainier Motorist Gets Six Months for Second Offense. Special Dispateh to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., August 7.—Con- {victed yesterday for the second time of driving an automobile while un- influence of liquor, Edward J. Wissman, thirty-five years old, of Mount Rainfer, Md., was sentenced by. Magistrate Lamkin, in the trafic court, to six months in jall. Wissman. it was testified, was ar- vested Saturday afternoon after hi; automobile struck George M. M sick and brok Two policem man was intoxi i testified that Wiss- ted when they ar- rested him. Wissman denied that he had struck Messick Examination of the records showed that a man Wissman had been arrested and fined $100 for driving while in- toxicated. = Wissman denied that he was the man. but later admitted that he had been arrested and fined for the offcense. His license, the showed, was revoked, and he did not obtain another for two years. MT. RAINIER HONORS THE LATE PRES'DENT Proclamation Issued by Mayor and Council to Pay Rever- ence. traflic court named in 1918 Special Dispatch to The Star. MOUNT RAINIER, Md.. August 7.— At & meeting of the mayor and council jlast evening the following proclama- tion was issued: “To the people of the town of Mount Rainier, Md “in the unersing wisdom of Divine Providence. Warren Gamaliel Hard- ing, twenty-ninth President of the United States of America, has been taken from us. The nation has thus Jost a great statesman and the Ameri- can people a true friend. whose life W d to promote the interests £ American welfare and to bring men nto harmony with truth and good- ness. It is but proper that the heart- felt sympathy of tke citizens of this municipality ‘should find some fitting expression. “Now, therefore. we. the mayor and common council of Mount Rainier, Md do request the citizens of th nicipality to suspend their tasks on. Friday morning next, gust 10, from 10 o'clock to 12 o'clock the day on which the body of our be- loved President will be laid in its earthly resting place. to give rever- ence to the memory of our dead Pres- ident, whose untimely death has spread gloom throughout the land.” LYNCHBURG WEDDINGS. Special Dispateh to ar. 4 August L. Goff of Lynchburz, minis “hristian Church ministerial * to th Lynchburg ay Hott of leb being Rev. W. E . _pastor of Pulaski Christian Mr. and Irs. Goff will reside here after Sep- ember 1, when he will resume his college work Miss Ardella K. Mason of Lynch- burg and Bolivar L. Hornsby, former Iy of Columbia, S. C., were marr the parsonage of Centen t Church by the pastor T. A. Haynes. After a trip to Co lumbia by motor car they will reside here. Robert E at dis Kabler Blankenship. both of were married here at the Methodist parsonage, the pastor, W. T. A Haynes, officiating. bride is & daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Blankenship. After a bridal trip they will reside in Lynchburg. New Miss Ruby Lynchbur ntenary Dr. and REE times a day. ing. Scrubbing. Handling cake soap, or you sneeze. washing way. through. erous blue-and-orange help in dozens of ways. records | John | rrows while | The | Rinsing. skin-eating powders that make That’s the old-fashioned dish- Chipso changes it completely. A few minutes with Chipso— thin, snow-white flakes that fairly burst into suds the instant they touch hot water—and you are You have saved precious strength and a third of your time. Your dishes gleam with cleanness. You realize that a new, wonderful helper has come into your kitchen. Always keep one of those gen- packages on your kitchen shelf—it will PROCTER & GAMBLE DRIVER AFTER JUMP Special Dispatch to The Star, : CUMBERLAND, Md. July 7.— |Jumping from a runaway automoblle | truck, which he was driving on & hill at Kingwood, W. Va. Saturday, Mac B. McGinnis, High atreet. King- wood, was run over by the machine and painfully injured. McGinnis Stated that after he had Jumped from the truck he fell, and before he could get away the truck passed over his body. He was treat- ed by a doctor at Kingwood and later brought to the Allegany H pital here, where he showed slight improvement this morning. An X-ray photograph will be taken today -to termine the extent of his injurier ROCKVILLE PLANS MEMORIAL SERVICE Community Observance in Honor of Late President to Be Held Friday. Special Dispat b to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., August 7.—Rock- ville will hold a community service in memory of President Harding. It will take place at 10:30 o’clock Fri- day morning on the lawn In front of the courthouse, and will be in charge of the pastors ofythe varlous churches of the town and a number of the county officials. Judge Edward Peter will be asked 1o presice and speak, and ot cted to deliver addresse or othe ¢ varticipate include Re Joha T. Coolehan, pastor of St. Mar: Catho! Nolan B. Har- momn, jr- £ the Chureh: RRev. ) 1 F. Minnick, rec- tor of Christ Episcopal Church; Rev. P. Rowland Wagner, pastor of the Baptlst Church, and Rev. §. J. Goode, pastor of the Christian Church. The proclamation of President Cool- ldge designating Friday as a day of mourning will be read and the late President’s favorite hymns will be sung. e Robert M. Latham of Virginia Dies on Pacific Coast. Special ‘The Star. WINCH T— Robert M vears old, member of a well known family here, was drowned in the . Pacific ocean off the beach at Sawtelle, | fourteen miles west of Los Angeles, ICaiit., while bathing there Sunday, a cording to word received by rela- [tives, He had been engaged in rail- road office work for various lines for thirty-five y expresse fered an attack of heart in the water, August forty-nine ief he suf- sease while having suffered for some time, it was sald, from high blood sure. The funeral will be held at Sawt or Los Angeles. and the body will be interred in a California cemetery 2 He wus a son' of the late Arthur and Charlotte Latham, and leaves a widow, Mrs. Edith Latham, whom he married while railroad agent at Las Animas. lo.: three sisters, Harry C. Lupton, this city Smith, Martinsburg, W Charlotte. Weld, Oakland, .. and brother, Charles Latham, this RUN DOWN BY AUTO. Man in Critical Condition—Hit by Unknown Motorist. | Special Dispateb 1o The Star. | LONACONING. Md. August | James Crowe, sixt ix years old, in a critica) condition from injury re- ! «ultant from having been knocked down by an unknown motorist a short | distance from his home I Mr, Crowe is partially deaf, and it | is thought he failed to hear the a proach ot the car. Realizing his co; |'hlmn. he always keeps to the ex- | treme’ right side of the road, where {he was found prostrate by a passing | motorixt He suffered a deep gash above his | right hip, and lacerations and_con- tusions of the face and body. He is | thought to be internally injured for dishes Quicker, easier Chipso Stand- strong, Methodist | DROWNED WHILE -BATHING . 1 | | corn, Effingham county. | mediately THOUGHT KIDNAPED; GIRLS DROWNED Bodies of Two . Campers Found in River After YVlde Search. Special Dispateh to The Star, PIEDMONT, W. Va., ‘August 7.— People of the tri-towns—Piedmont, ‘Westernport and Luke—were wrought up over the disappearance of Mildred, aged fourteen, daughter of Mr. ana Mrs. Harry Dawson, and Mlldred, agea fourteen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Harlowe, all residents of Falr view street, Pledmont, who had join- ed the camp of the Girls' Friendly So- clety on the south branch of the Potomac, near Romney, W. Va., Sun- | day, and the finding of their bodies in the river yesterday, morning. Until the port that they were drowned was confirmed, there were rumors of their having been kidnaped or lost in,the woods. Many scarching partics went out, and Allan L. Luke, general manager of the West Vir- ginja Pulp and Paper Company; Dr. Zadock T. Kalbaugh and Harry Daw- son, father of one of th 5, were pregent when the bodies were located. The girls were of a party of twen- ty that went to camp Sunday under tie chaperonage of Mrs, Zadock T. Kulbaugh. The pair started out & walk through the woods, and when they tailed to return, word wa nt to Piedmont of their disappearance, while other campers joined in hunt- ing. The manner of their meeting death has not been ascertained. LT S ACCUSED OF CUTTING EMPLOYER TO PIECES Posse Captures Negro Near Savan- nah—Recovers Mule and Wagon. SAVANNAH, Ga, August {.—John Henry, a negro, was arrested at Rossignol. Hill, four miles west of Savannah, by a sheriff posse from Effingham _ count charged with murdering U. G. Trueblood at Aber- body, cut into many pieces, was found yesterday and the officers im struck a trail which led them into Chatham county and to Rossignol Hill. According to’ Effingha ficers, Henry was loc Home at Rossignol Hill and had his possession a mule 1 wagon and furniture taken from Trueblood's place and $250 in cash. Hen it develops, the Chatham county chain gang some months ago for violating the prohibition law and made his escape He had been working for True- blood in Efington county The Effingham county officers Henry to the Springfield jail. DROS LIQUOR CHARGE. U. S. to Ask Dismissal of British Schooner. August 7.—By request of States Attorney Dyer, the government's complaint against Capt Frederick Hynam., of the British schooner Kaduskak, charging to violate the prohibiaion county of- ted as hi was sent to took will be moved for dismissal here | Kaduskak was seized July 17 and brought into Boston so that Hy nam should answer a Maine indict- ment. His lawver charged that he had seen shanghaled on . the high seas, and international complications loomed, as Hynam was a British subject. — ASKS BAR TO U. S. COAL. Saskatchewan Premier High Tariff for Canada. REGINA, Sask, August 7.—Pro- tection of the western Canadi: 0u] industry by a high tariff on ted States coal was advocated by Premier Charles A. Dunning of Saskatchewan, before the royal grain inquiry com- mission. on | Trueblood's | of Captdin Favors AS CAROLINANS VOTE National Guard Assembled Armories as Charleston Chooses Mayor. in By the Associated Pres, CHARLESTON, Four companies S. C, August of South Carolina National Guard stood in readiness for emergency today while voters of Charleston gathered at the polls to cast their ballots in what is termed a bitter], contested mayoralty pri- mar. Two military units at their armories here, while troops in Orangeburg and Walterboro have ceived orders to stand by. John P. Grace, the present mayor, Is seeking a third term. He is heing opposed by Thomas P. Stoney, solici- tor for this ourt circuit. Mayor Grace in his cam &n charged that his opponent was support the {u Klux Klan. A from | Stoney’s headquarters emph denied that the Klan or any o ganization was behind thel date. Bach candidate has an alder- manic ticket of twenty-four places to be filled. Two women are on the Stoney ticket. This I8 the second time state troops have been held i readiness during a mayoralty primary herz. C rds- men w ordered out during the Grace-Hyde election in 1919, The troops we ordered mobiliz McLeod last night “in view « imminent danger of d n connection with the | are re- i b order ing nd rio “Should executive the emergency arise statement added, troops will be sent to Cha This, T hope, will not be nec Two special trains have n ed to stand by at Orangebursg Walterboro. MRS. BENJAMIN GIVEN DIVORCE AND CHILDREN| Husband, Brother of Mrs. Enrico Caruso, Forbidden to Marry Again. | the Associated P: WHITE PLAI An interlocutory has been granted Mrs. Katherine D Benjamin from Park Benjamin, s of the late wyer and brother of Mrs. Ei Mrs. Ber jamin was aw weekly ali- mony and the of Park Ben- jamin, jr., tty Benjamin, Neve Mr.” Bex fore Refrée in a South ‘Ame unnamed cabaret The degre, nted Court Justiee George H mits Mrs. Benjamin to re jids her ex-husband pt by express on of urt.” Mrs. Ben s of divorce six | was testified rick E. Weeks, an city with dancer be- an| Supreme or, per- arry, but o do so, the Miss {wife, had gone to his home and threat- | AMERICANS THREATENED. Katherine Doremus before her {riage in June, 19| stantly [ LCS BY OHIO CONSTABLE| Fatal Shooting Follows Arrest for | Threatening Estranged Wife. BAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio, August 7. Villlam N. Martin, thirty, of this city, employed as a speclal prohibition | agent in the court of Mayor Ferren of | East Palestine, was killed latg yester- day in a revolver battle with Constable John A. Stewart after he had wounded the latter twice. Martin, who was separated from his ened her. Stewart arrested him and Martin opened fire when he was placed in an automobile, wounding Stewart twice. Stewart then shot him four times. . ROUND-UP STARTED OF $83,000 BANDITS Suspect in Shooting of Toronto Bank Messengers Returned From Detroit. NTO. Ontarlo, August 7.—The of Willlam &, Morton at De- and his imprisonment here led police to predict the immediate cap- ture, in widely separated cities, of four members of a gang which last July 24 shot down two bank messe gers after rabbing them of $83,05% in currency. suspects has been cap- o Morton was brought here. is_reported to have been Windsor, while detectives uit of a third at Windsor, at Montreal. : at in purs: and a fourth Men Filipinos—Hotel Stoned. Sugar Arouse Animosity of By the Associated Press. MANILA, P. I, Auglst T.—George . Walker and R. Bradford Hardon, American sugar men who arrived here recently from the United States to investigate the Philippine sugar . were threatened by Filipi- island of Negros Saturday according to word received Natives who are opposed to the of Philippine sugar centrals to alists gathered in front of h two Americans are stones at the bulld- ding to of the but de- unavailable reports here, attack were late ARREST ITALIAN D—EPUTY. Communist Founder of Red Guard Carried Weapon. Police _last sppe Minfrino, the from Pisa, when lking the streets ick. Signor Min- ntion as the t arrested Giu inist dep and hir cted” a leader mrunist ht fascism 1 fl of the “red formed to working to reduce it. Wrong numbers are due to mistakes made either by the person calling or by the operator. Users may depend upon their mem- oty instead of consulting the telephone directory; they may speak indistinctly; they may fail to talk directly into the mouthpiece. The operator, with thousands of lines before het, may plug into the wrong line ot she may misunderstand the number given. Our operators are trained to take every precaution to avoid the giving of wrong organization |ernment. s: than one per cent of the thousands of cills sent over the wires are made to wrong numbers. Even this small percentage is: annoying to you and we are con- ON FRAUD CHARGE | Federal Grand Jury in California Accused of Using Mails to 2 Defraud. By the Associnted Press. ? LOS ANGELES, Callf., August 7.— A federal grand jury yesterday in- | dicted ten oil ‘operators, six of Texas and four of Los Angeles, and one Los Angles corporation on charges of using the mails to defraud. It became known today that inves- tigators for the national vigilance committee of the Associated Adver- tising Clubs of the World, with head- quarters in New York, have been in the California oil fields for the last three weeks attempting to expose alleged fraudulent representation in the sale of oil units. The committee is said to have been active in Texas during the govern- ment's recent drive against alleged fraudulent oil stock promoters In that state. CORNELIUS VANDERBILT STARTS OWN NEWSPAPER Los Angeles Company lncorpom—ted for $100,000, of Which Xe Pays $96,000. By the Associated Presa. SACRAMENTO. Calif., August Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr.. has entered the newspaper publishing business in California, according to articles of incorporation of the Illustrated Daily News Publishing Company, Inc. Los Angeles, on file today with § retary of State Frank C. Jordan. The company has & stock of $100. 000, of which amount Mr. Vanderbilt subscribed $96,000. The other direc- tors and subscribers are C. Colton Bingham, Walter M. Harvey, Edward J. Ralph and Thomas Ball, all of Los Angeles. Mr. Vanderbilt announced several weeks ago that he would start the publication of a paper in Los Angeles. TEIXEIRA GOMEZ NAMED PORTUGAL’S PRESIDENT Executive-Elect Has Been Minister to Great Britain Since Republic Was Created. By the Associated Press. LISBON, August 7.—Teixeira Go- mez, former minister to Great Britain was’ elected president of the republic yesterday by 121 votes. Senhor Gomez has been Portugese minister in London since the procla- mation of the republic in 1910. 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