Evening Star Newspaper, October 12, 1926, Page 13

“PEACHES " MOTHER Never Left Alone With Bride, He Says—Disappointed But Refuses to Sue. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 12.—Refusal of his mother-inlaw to leave him alone with his 16 yearold wife, “Peaches,” is one of the reasons ad- vanced 1 his marital troubles. The wealthy real estate operator sald he loved his wife too much to start suit because of articles relating to the narried life i of his marital career. would not leave us lly she took her daugh- . he said. “She refused to allow me to talk to my wife over the telephone on the day she left. Edna Ferber. Boat"” Here’s some more publicity for She’s got her “Show “Uncle Tom's troupe playin’ THE EVENING IRRIGATION PLANT 18,000,000 Peso Project Also Expected to Avert Dis- astrous Floods. By the Assoclated Press. MEXICO CITY, October 12.—One of the largest flood-prevention, irriga- tion and hydro-electric enterprises ever undertaken in Mexico was an- nounced yesterday in a contract signed by the Mexican government and the Mexican Light and Power Co. The project calls for an expendi- ture of about 18,000,000 pesos. A great concrete dam will be bullt across the River Lerma near Con- tepec in the State of Michoacan. The dam will impound 500,000,000 cubic meters of water, which will be used in irrigating more than 50,000 hec- tares of agricultural land, as well as furnishing power to a great hydro- electric plant. STAR, WASHINGTON, Schoolgirl Wins Her Fight Against Bloomers in ‘Gym’ By the Associated Pres. LINCOLN, Nebr.,, October 12.— The daughter of Rev. F. K. Smith of Green Island, cannot be com- pelled to take gymnastics or to wear bloomers while doing so, At- torney General O. S. Spillman de- clared in an opinion yesterday, the State legal department was in- formed. Grand Island School Board had threatened to bar the girl from school because she had refused to take gymnasium exerclses or to wear bloomers at ‘‘gym.” The wearing of bloomers, as is required by the gymnasiym classes, is the crux of the controversy, such apparel being against the re- liglous belief of the Nazarene rainy season. The Mexican Light and Power Co. expects to spend 15,000,000 | pesos in the construction of the dam and hydro-glectric plant, while the g government will spend several mil- lion pesos on the irrigation part of the project. The construction is ex- pected to start soon and it is hoped that the work will be completed with- Wilmington Man Dies of Heart At- —Stricken with a heart attack dur- Ing the last inning of the world se- ries game Sunday, Willlam McDow- ell, 60 years old, died on his way to a hospital. was watching a scoreboard when Babe D. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1926. BALL FAN STRICKEN. 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