Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1926, Page 24

DOUBLE DROWNIG STLLISMYSTERY Death in Surf of Mining Engi- neer and Wealthy Woman Florida Puzzle. By the Associated Press. (¢ TAMPA, Fla., December 7.—Death, Anterrupting a’ holiday party to end Ithe friendship of a mining engineer and a_wealthy weman, a British sub- | Ject, has left a mystery here that| today remained unsolved. A coroner's jury late yesterday ‘mine a cause in_the F. Sweeney of New nneapolis and Mme. of Trinidad, South > bodies were' recov- from the ocean near they had leaped into the ing suits. ion, however, revealed evidence that suggested the ordering of an autopsy toda: This evidence consisted of two empty bottles from which the couple were seen to drink, and notes In thelr | effects requesting notification of rela- | tives “in case of accident.” | Motored to Venice Sunday. The coupled motored to Ven day wit to bathing _suits, | Maingot chatted a pavilion a few minutes and then walked to the water together. In a few minutes Sweeney | returned and obtained two bottles con- taining a fluid resembling grapejuice. The couple drank, waved to their companions and leaped into the water. None of the party testifying at the inquest could remember that the couple’s actions attracted more than a friendly interest. Not until they were scen to be in distress a few moments later was alarm felt, and they were dead before aid could reach them Very little was known of their him. contemporary. friendship, even among their intimate friends, and their effects revealed little to thro ight on the affair. They were known to have met in South Americ; several years ago while Sweeney was on one of his prospect- ing jaunts. About Mme. Maingot there is little information. Peter Taylor, vice con- sul for Great Brita has taken charge of the few effects at the hotel. He is trying to communicate with relatives to whom the woman direct- ed attention. At his death Sweeney was associated with the Cerro de Pasco Copper Cor- poration. At one time he was as- sistant_secretary to J. F. Stevens when the latter was chief engineer of the Panama Canal But Slump Will Be in Nashville, Tenn., in Price War. NASHVILLE, Tenn., December 7 (#).—Gasoline will drop 3 cents a gal- lon to 21 cents here tomorrow and is expected to signal the beginning of a bitter gas war. s During the last two days Gov. Aus- tin Peay held conferences with Stand- ard Oil Co. officials and officlals of a tire company here. The tire company | announced. the 3-cent cut in price, ef- fective today, after a meeting with the governor. FORD RESUMES WORK. Factories in Operation After Shut- down for Ipventory. DETROIT, December 7 (#).—All de- partments of the Ford Motor Co. fac- tories here resumed work yesterds fter a brief shutdown for inventory, || officials announced. 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The doctor's suit was based on alle- gations that his wife was under the influence of her mother, who was a spiritualist and who used spiritualis- tic writings to prejudice her daughter against him. —_— ON PORCUPINE’S TRAIL. PORTLAND, Ore., December 7 (#). | —The “fretful” porcupine now has | Uncle Som camping on his trail. The biological survey of the govern- ment is after the needle-clad creature because of destruction of timber, as it has been found the porcupine is fond of eating green bark. One animal frequently has been observed to girdle | 25 young trees in a day. An extensive study of the animal is being made in California, Oregon ' and Washington to find a way to elimtnate the menace to timber with- | out harming the protected animals. 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