Evening Star Newspaper, April 8, 1924, Page 18

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The dead are: Mrs. Salla Les Me- Coy, twenty-two, her mother, Mrs. W | Totten, forty-two, and Mrs. Me- Coy's brother, Hurbert Totten, nine- | teen, and the wounded Is Ellen May Totten, sixteen, sister of Mrs. McCoy : The shooting. according to Deer| '| Creek authorities, was the result of a quarrel between McCoy and his wife, | || who had parted two montis ago after | | & vear of married life, Mrs. { bad been living with her parents ! North Caldwell, and in company with them and her brother and sister was | visiting friends in Deer Creek when || | the shooting occurred, MeCoy, ap- pearing at the home in which they were guests, ordered his wife to re- turn to him and, upon her refusal, b | san shooting. [l | ~ MeCoy, after the shooting, swa | d ran threo miles befo lapsing from his wound. H, river fa rell back TURKS CLOSE FRENCH AND ITALIAN SCHOOLS Object to Wofll Emblems Dis- played on Buildings in Constantinople. By the Associated Press. e O CONSTANTINOPLE, Api - rk- ish police yesterday closed Franch and Ttallan sohools in Conatantinople, ow- ing to the fallure of the school wu- thorities to remove from the schools religious emblems. Thelr removal was ordered recently by the national assembly at Angora. CANADA TO FOREGO CLAIMS TO WRANGEL Interior Minister Says British Government Is Unwilling to Establish Sovereignty. 1y the Assoclated Press. OTTAWA, April §.—~Canada will make no claim to Wrangel Island, Charles Stewart, minister of the in- terfor, told the Dominion parliament last night. This is the newest chapter in the international tale of the Arcuie bit of land which was claimed for Great Britain by a small party of explorers who ventured there early In 1929, in an expedition outfitted by Vilhjalmur Stéfansson, and who dled of expo- sure and starvation while awaitin { ship that twice was turne ¥ the lce. taken by railroud motor car ar 1 tomobile to # hospital at Marlin | where the bullet was removed from | | | Lis head. Tt is said he will recover. | | R S THAW TRIAL IS HALTED. | Judge Monaghan Postpones Sanity it Proceedings Tntil Monday. PHILADELPHIA. April §—Because || one of the counsel will be enguged in other litigution, the jury sanity trial of *Harry K. Thaw. siaver of lll | Stanfora White, which was listed for W |in the ixland ax a fiying base, Mr. The admiralty might be interested Stewart told the house, but, he added, the British government “apparently is unwilling to set up any claim to it Although the now dead Stefansson hoisted the British flag _over sland and claimed 1t for Great Britaln more than two years ago, nothing officially has been done to- rd attaching the Arctic outpost (o v mation. American sclentiste, dixo ing the clalm made for Great Britain, have urged the United States government to lay claim to the lsland. 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