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THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1925 ON THE SANDS AT ATLANTIC CITY. Frederie Cameron Church, jr., and his bride, the former Miss Muriel Vanderbilt, on their honeymoon at Atlantic City. The Chur anderbilt wedding at Newport, R. I, re- cently, was one of the big social events of the Summer season. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. SHIELDS TO MARK ALL HIGHWAYS IN THE UNITED STATES. Locations and routes for tourist in vir tually every section of the country will be plainly marked in the working out of the <y “United States highways” selected by the joint board on interstate highways. The move i under the control of the Public Roads Commission. Photo shows G. MacDonald, chairman of the board, with some of the selecied road GIRL SETS NEW MARK FOR 880 YARDS IN THE A. A, U foreground) of New York, at the start of the 880-yard swimming race at Detroit. She covered the distance in 12 minutes and econds, which a new world mark for wom The best woman swimmers of Amer- CHAMPIONSHIPS. Miss Ethel McG. m of ica took part in the Detroit championship events. Wide World Photo THIS MAN LIVES WITH THE BIRDS. John Haynes of Venice, Calif., has built his home in the treetops, where he has all the comforts of the house lower down. John lives in his queer home all the year around, and his companions are the birds. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Lieut. Comdr. Homer C. Wick, who will be in charge of the Navy’s rac- ing detachments in the races at Mitchel Field, Long Island, October 8,9 and 10, and the Schneider cup race near Baltimore, October 24. Copyright by Harris & Ewing. UNUSUAL IN THIS DAY AND AGE. Here we have Mrs. Theodore Hausson of Bloomfield, N. J., who is 20 years old, and has never attended a dance or seen a moving picture. has no objection to dancing and th place is in the home.” She has no physical disability; she e movies; she simply feels that “her By United News Pictures. markers. « It couldn’t be laughed off. M Shirley Booth, an actress, wearing an ancient bridle used on the old conviet ship Success. The muzzle was constructed as a punishment for nagging women. . ‘Wide World Photo. MINERS BOLT LABOR INTO THE RIVER SEINE. give American girl dive The photograph shows her making a Cyrnes into the Seine, Paris. TRIPLE SLAYER ON TRIAL. | Mlle. a contest in championship even Raymonde Malicot is expected to of the future. tower at lle des high dive from th w Forced to Watch Bootleggers Make l . SENBIDEATR s i s \DRY AGENT FAGES | Wife, Charging Cruelty, Says She | Disse Charged With Killing Sweet- Was Wedded Under Threat. 23 yea old, ves. Supreme m, ge to I 1utomobil place iithers The your woman nted to the ceremony cnly Lewis had threatened to kil her and to take his own life un le he married him n weeks after the marriage, she states, he treated her cruelly so that | in fe: of her life she left him August {6 nce then he has sent her post | cards threatening to have her arrested | for taking a lamp, the plaintiff says. During the marriage her husband h given her only $2 he tells the court, and on several occcasions punctured | the tires of her automobile so that she could not operate the machine. She is presented by Attorneys Whelan and O'Connell rie Lewis. ced annul Lewis, which took Md., June 10 AVER CONFESSES SWEEPS GERMANY Hundreds Hurt and Village Is Re- ported Wiped Cut—2,000 Homeless in Holland. Missouri Police Say “Fred Jordan” Reveals Murder of Autoist Who Gave Lift. man burg says KAN Highw e belng body Adam of Cedarhurs! Authorities , K hold who calls “F v who has that he 1 Clawson latter coupe August 12 nia, Mo., today for the 43 years old, . a school teacher. en Cit are himself d th his awson y nfes: frer him a in SAFE-CRACKER’S HOME RAIDED; 200 GUNS TAKEN Suspect. Wife and Another Man Found in Stylish Residential Section of Toledo. | By the Associated Press | TOLEDO, Ohio, August hundred revolve shotzuns and rifles seized ves terday by a squad of 17 detectives and policemen in a raid on a $25.000 home lin the exclusive Wildwood addition |here Albert House, 20, of Terre Haute, Tnd., who told the police his trade was that of a “safe cracker”; Fern House, wife, and Ired Henry. 36, also of re Haute, were arrested. Police say that House's spolls a fe cracker throughout {within the last five years $500,000. |~ Lase Clawson s the West hurst School tion, say adv where he 1 ter before s received b: dated fr rted o tour of ed. v N. Y. and sis- motor the the Summe frém Gen. is mother We the for all town near Louls, was t heard from Claw son. His mc becoming worried, had asked police in Missouri and Kan sas to be o out for him The yvouth admitted having killed in Garden Cit there hecam ned car ident vesterday were AWSC e car plates, youth de- and at was but u nied n broke amount to on telling road | picked how west of him up, curred to the Mo 1 dumped ditch near a ct around t shw ant Hi Winter he was arrested in connection with a Three months ago he ay out of the jail robber sawed his mpa i the hod irned off the main high- " west of California, | e was traced to Toledo by Special the hody 1 |Officer Navarro of Tampa, who enlist- Fia A ed local assistance in the raid which ned 10 {he main { resulted in House's arrest. W Plea . said, was the first . oo - ¢ U. S. Cardinal in Jerusalem. having passed ;um{ il | JERUSALEM, August ) — ed blood on the car.” | Cardinal Dougherty, Archbishop of d to clean it off with | Philadelphia, arrived here. He is the suest of the Latin patriarch. W ver 1 ret nued he said a handkerchief. Any one could 3 Then I tried to go faster and | faster et away from it. It has|™ got on my nerves." outh by Jordan’s journey ended with his ar- | ordan” in his confession said: rival at Garden Ci heriff Brown | was broke, coming from Terre of arden City last night admitted | Haute, Ind. Clawson picked me up that “Jordan” is not the youth’s real | this side of Jefferson City. He said I name and that although he knew what | looked like a well dressed bum. I it was, declined to divulge it | kept worrying because I had only 50 {cents. le said we could travei to- ether. I had to tell him I was broke nsas town said the | and.thought when we got along the been notified and | road somewhere I could hold him up. in Garden City | “He stopped to take off his coat land I started to hold him up. He ast night | said I was a hell of a fine buddy to me word that the prisoner may be | hold him up and lunged at me. I verett Adams, 19, of Wilmington, | shot. Then he sort of fell over on Ohio. This announcement from police | the fender. 1 don't know how many of the Colorado city said that about a | times I shot. I never realized what week ago the Garden City sheriff re-| I was doing: didn’t seem to Kknow auested them {o search for Clawson | what was zoinz on. 1 dropped the and added that he was holding a ked it up. he name of Everett Adams. Father Expected From Kansas. Officers e father 2 1o ha is expe arrive soon From Colorado Sprin sun a; 12.—Two, 1 dozen sawed-off | time reaching the the country | in| | By the Assoclated Press. | rLoxDON, August 12 which swept through eastern Holland | Monday night with the loss of 12 lives and the destruction of several towns continued into morthern Gern vesterday, Meager reports indl further destruction was wrought to villages and farms in this sparsely popuiated district. Uetersen, 15 miles northwest of Aitona, in Schiswig- | Holsteln, is reported to have been al most completely demolished The storm continued to the neigh- borhoods of Hamburg, Bremen and Iubeck, causing heavy property loss Two persons were killed at Neuen deich by fiying tiles from roofs, but thus far no other deaths are reported | from Germany, although several hun dred persons were injured by falling | deb he injured in Holland now number 400 and the homeless more than 2,000 Heavy damage is reported from the towns of Didam, Doetinchen, Olden- zaal, Hengelo, Veiland, Zwolle and | Hangelow. Relief vehicles are having a hard sufferers, as the voads are blocked with fallen trees {and debris. 15,000 MEXICAN TEXTILE WORKERS WILL STRIKE Call Is in Protest of Use of Po- " lice to Halt Picketing of Non- Union Mill. By the Associated Press JXICO CITY, August 12.—A strike involving 15,000 workers in 16 cotton goods factories in the federal strict has been called for today by eneral Confederation of Work- in| The movement is intended as a pro- test against a clash between a de- tachment of mounted police and mem bers of the confederation fho at- tempted to prevent independent work- ers from breaking the strike at the La Perfeccionada factory here at noon | vesterday. Man Dies in Street During Blaze in Mount Union, Pa. HUNTINGDON, Pa., August 12 (). _Fire, starting in_the general mer- handise store of Stenanoff Brother: in Mount Union. the county seat. early today caused damage estimated at $160,000 and for a time threatened the entire town. J. M. Minnick, a druggist, died in the street during the blaze, death having been attributed to excitement. After sweeping through the lumber yard and planing mill of C. H. Fetterholf, a half a block lof gpartments and a dozen garages, the' fire was checked by. apparatus called from Huntingdon. The tornado | | | By the Associated Press HOT SPRINGS, Ark., August 12.— Charged with having held Dave Erown, Federal prohibition t, at the point of a pistol until they could deliver whisky which Brown had | found in their possession, John Fath {eree and James Carmoody were placed in_jail here. The men were arrested by Brown {at the home of Carmoody, where, ac- | cording to the agent,” they had taken a number of ps to an automobile. They sought to bribe him, Brown declared to Thad W. Rowden, head of the. prohibition enforcement bureau for Arkansas. The officer, however, got imto the mobile and ordered the men to drive {to the county jafl. Instead, he de- | clared, one of the men placed a pistol against his face, while the other dis: armed him Kages from the house | | They then drove to a tion of the city, where, Brown ed, moody ordered the .officer out of the car and told Fatheree to “go and deliver that whisky,” whereupon | Fatheree drove away in_the | mobile. He returned in half an hour, remote sec- auto- | nd Brown declared that the two then | | asked him where he wanted to be | taken, They refused, he sald, to re- | turn his pistol to him until they had }driven him home. | Brown telephoned to Little Rocl and Mr. Rowden came to Hot Spring | The ‘arrest of the men followed. | In a raid on Carmoody’s house late | yesterday a large quant of whisky nd home-brewed beer was found, to- | gether with @ truck-load of siphons nd other paraphernali Carmoody and Fatheree were held | in default of $15,000 nd. | TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION | Nomination to Succeed Himself Of- fered to President—Local Man on Slate. | | | By the Associated Prees. | KALAMAZOO, Mich.,, August 12.— |James M. Lynch of Syracuse, New York, president of the International Typographical Union, will be a candi- date for re-election if he will accept the nomination offered by the adminis- tration campaign committee, Fred N. | Cornell of New York announced today following a meeting of the committee. Selection of the International officers ! will be made by referendum next Ma | A majority of the administration cs | didates are seeking re-election. | Among others on the ticket of the | administration party as agreed upon |are; Second vice president Austin Hev secretary-trea: {son, New York City; | urer, J. W. Hays, Indianapolis; del | gates to the American Federation of Labor, William Young, Philadelphia, and James Simpson, Toronto, On delegate to the Trades and Congress of Canada, Vincent Fu Quebec; trustees of the Union Printe: Home, Lewis M. Abel, New York Cit: George P. Nichols, Baltimore, and | Stephen O’Donnell, Colorado Springs; |home agent, Joe M. Johnson, Wash- ington, D. C. NOTED HUNTRE;S WEDS. Miss Peggy Thayer Becomes Bride of Ohio Man. PHILADELPHIA, August 12 (#).— Miss Peggy Thayer, daughter of the late John Borland Thayer, vice presi- dent of the Pennsylvania Railroad, who was lost on the Titanic, April 14, 1912, one of Philadelphia’s best known sports and society women, was mar- ried yesterday to Harold E. of Dayton, Ohio. The ceremony took place at Bryn Mawr in the presence of a large assemblage of friends. Mrs. Talbott attained proficlency in many sports, including big game hunting. It was on such a hunt in the Canadian woods several years ago that the romance between the pair began. - | her parents she Talbott | | MISSING GIRL RETURNS; | WANTS LYNCH TO RUN; ABDUCTED, SHE CHARGES | Evangelist’s Daughter, Aged 15, Accuses Man Who Is Father of Girl Aged 11. By the Associated Press : LOUISVILLE, . August 12.— Inita Toomer, 15-year-old daughter of the Rev. H .L. Toomer, an evangelist, returned to her home vesterday. She | charged that she was induced to run ¢ with J. L. McCaffrey against her will and held captive by him for more than 24 hours. Police were searching | for McCaffrey on a warrant charging | abduction. [ | The girl had been gone. since Sun- |day night. Yesterday she telephoned was at a rooming | house, but had not seen McCaffray | since yesters afterneon. He left his home Sunday night atter scribbling |a note of farewell to his wife and 11- | vear-old “daughter. After sitting at home all night Sun- day with a pistol in hand waiting for the man he charged had lured his daughter from home, Mr. Toomer said Lflbmm"day he would abandon his creed kan eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, if Inita were returned.” She came Nome a few hours later. DECK HAND WANTED. Civil Service Announces $900 Har- bor Police Position. The Civil Service Commission today announced it will receive applications to fill a vacancy in the position of deck hand in the harbor precinct of the Metropolitan Police Department until August 25. The entrance salary is $900 a year. Advancement may be made to a higher salary. The duties are cleaning boats, oper- ating motor launches, patrolling the river with members of the police force, and miscellaneous duties. Competitors will not be required to |report for examination at any place, |but will be rated on their physical ability, training, and experience. Fuil information and application blanks may be obtained at the office of the Civil Service Commission, 1724 ¥ street. acting as ofler while on the tugboat, | | Business Rounds, Dry Agent Charges| SESSION OVER SLATE ert.| William Blizzard, Alleged “Armed March™” Participant, Heads Insurgents. By the Associated Press. HUNTINGTON, W. Va., August 12 —Seventy-five delegates of the United Mine Workers to the West Virginia State Federatlon of Labor convention holted the meeting late yesterday. The delegation was headed by Willlam Blizzard, alleged participant in_the “armed march” of miners over Blair Mountain in 19: The bolt occurred during nominations for officers when Blizzard, leading the Southern dis trict mine workers, sought unlimited debate. e was held to five minutes by Fred Stubbs, nesro vice president and an uproar ensued when he re- tused to yield the floor. With the convention beyond his control. Stubbs withdrew from the chair in favor of Joseph R. Digss, another vice president. Blizzard at- tempted to read from a voluminous paper when order had been partly re- stored and was again directed to re- linquish the floor. Declaring that “the fight is not over,” Blizzard left the convention, followed by the dele- gates from' the Southern district. Del- egates from the Northern district urged unsuccessfully that the bolters remain. Later Blizzard sent word that he would return to the convention only on condition that he be permitted to “lay his case before the State fed eration as a whole.” Chalrman Diggs sald nominations would be continued | today regardless of the action of the Southern delegation. RAIN FAILS TO DAMPEN WELCOME TO U. S. FLEET New Zealand’s Entertainment Pro- gram Unaltered—Visit Makes Good Impression. By the Associated Press. AUCKLAND, New Zealand, August 12.—After a bright, Spring-like day, which yesterday permitted 150,000 people to witness the arrival of the United States fleet, rain fell today. Nevertheless, the entertainment pro- gram proceeded. Among the enter- talnments was a reception by the American consul for Admiral S. S. Robison and his officers. The New Zealand Herald, comment- ing on the fleet’s visit, says: “The fleet viewed as an exhibition of inventiveness is impressive bevond words. The part played by the Ameri- can Navy in the World War was momentously great. Out of such memories grows faternity destined to abide.” Martial Law in Rumania. BUCHAREST, Rumania, August 12 (#).—The cabinet has decreed martial law in the region of Focsani, eastern Rumania, in order to put an end to anti-Semetic agitation. M. Tatarescu, one of the cabinet undersecretaries, declares the trouble was fomented by the Third Internationale. | | dolph | murde 110 trial { who had accompanied the o | while he was at work. heart, Detective and Rival. Special Dispateh to The Star RICHMOND, Va., August charged here two weeks Mrs. Vivian Peers, Henry G. Carter and tive J. H. Burke were the victims and Willls Britt was wounded. Disse id to have been living with Mrs who turned her affections to Carter and caused Disse's arrest. The detective was slajn to thwart inter ference, it is said Prosecutor _ Satterfield announced that he would try Disse on the charge of murdering Carter, for the reason that Disse had been known to make threats against Carter; that Disse had been in court on the day of the kill- ing to answer that charge; that Disse after killing the woman and the of ficer, took the car belonsingz to Britt cer, and e and killed him The defense claims Disse was under the influence of a drug. 12.—Ru with three ago, went Tomlin Detec Disse, today drove to Carter’s pl: CARPENTERS ARE URGED | TO AVOID WASHINGTON Unemployment Great as Result of | Union Fight With Builders [ Over Wage Increase. Because of superabundance of union carpenters in Washington, the Car-| penters’ District Council is sending representativ to various oth: cities and towns urging carpenters to stay away from Washington. The situa fon is said to have been brou | about by a number of local huilders. members_ of the Operative Builders’ Association of the District, who are refusing to employ union men, in ac cordance with the policy laid down by them during the painters strike early last Spring. O. C. Rickard, a member of the lo. cal council, addressed the North Caro- lina Federation of Labor recently, out lining the situation and king carpenters who are considering com- ing to Washington by reason of the |t big bullding boom here to stay aw as they would only add to the numbe who are not now being- employed by a large percentage of the operative builders of the city. The Operative Bulilders voted some time ago not to employ those members of unions in sisting on an increase in wages at the present time. The carpenters re- cently received an increase of 50 cents a day. { | PLAN LABOR ARBITRATION. French Cabinet Approves Com- pulsory Settlement. S, August 12 (#).— The cabi-| approved the principle of | compulsory arbitration in_labor dis- | putes, largely as a result of the strike | of bank employes, and a bill to put the principle into effect will be introduced by the government at the next session of Parliameent. This bill will provide for the representation of organized labor on arbitration boards. |w CHARGE OF MURDER Warrant Accuses Immigra- tion Patrol of Killing Driver of Alleged Bootleg Car. north lieved dashed the } purs nesse: 11 chway by Federal told inyest that Dickson v and fired proaching then regained control of th only to be shot again. He died behind the wheel 2 miles down the road and the car careened i h City Judge J. F Downs fssued a warrant for Inspector Dickson's ar rest last District Attorney B. Loval 0'Co completed hi investigations reville was the other Residents Coo authorities they fled in for safety the nts poured s lets after the fleel were led by Dept tor Henry G. Denner, and had chased the cars from near Rouses 1 They t 5 of nadian tri to their car. Supreme term for with later Pok-0-Moor gents said the to make ted motor car, r was arrest shine trail when they i a ‘on a Federal found liquor in his car. ARCHBISHOP INDUCTED AT ELABORATE CEREMONY St. Peter’s Cathedral, Is Scene of Honor for Most Rev. John T. McNicholas. By the A Cincinnati, ociated Press. CINCINNATT, August 12.—The Most Rev. John Timothy MeNicholas was inducted as Archbishop of Cin cinnati today with all the ceremon pomp and medieval splendor set apart by the Roman Catholic Church for rvices of this ¢ er. held at St Cardinal Mund Chicago was the installin Bishop Dowling of St. Paul the Installation sermon, Peter's lein of prelate Qelivered

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