Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1928, Page 34

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, 1. ¢, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6 1028 WORAN S KILED, E RANSACKED Fingerprint - Records Are Scanned to Trace Slayer of Rich Widow. R the Associated Press. TOWANDA, Pa.. December 6.—FPolice today were scanning fingerprint records in hopes of tracing the murderer or murderers of Mrs. Samuel Jones, 63, Fealthy widow, found slain in her home fingerprints lere Mnu on a lampshade in the hnuu and on the wnnolll of the wom- dmm tried to ‘u.n Robbery was advanced as & numvu of the crime. Relatives of the woman she ‘was. in the m of keeping lnrge sums of money secteted about the house. No money was found in the house by the police. Two Notes Unexplained. 'WO XN found in the house wzre une(phmed by investigators, and ac: cording to’ chi notes ‘were not in thefy h s hsnd writing. - One note M e gone away for a few days. Tske care ol tho stuf.” The “I have to M. O: afoot.” they did not know wha by aulopsy revealed that Mrs. Jones had suffered two head fractu ru lacer- ations of the face and scalp, nose and fractured bones in bozh hands bee “at the hands of & party or parties un- known.” Evidence of Struggle. ‘The house was ransacked. There was evigdence of a terrific struggle. The woman's automobile was found stalled a.few hundred rm from the house. Police 'theught one n pushed the machine, caumz‘the nngerpnnts while another sat at wheel of car. ‘The murder, it is thought, wn com- mitted Sunday. . Mrs. Jones' husband died last June. Since that time she had operated a 200-acre farm. LOUISIANA BOY, 9, ‘MATHEMATICS GENIUS John Candies, Pale, Quiet Child, Performs Feats of Lightning Caloulation. NEW ORLEANS, La. (#)—A small, pa.le quiet child, 9-year-old John Can- dies, born in a home on the banks of a South Louisiana ba; has been discovered s & mathemat gen- Each day he sits in the Des Alle- tning modes! xcrms for vlslwrl at the request of his with 'fid& timidity lml dnes not unders 2{1: marvel. “John, multiply zu b’ 1 the wacher “Thirt; thousand and' ‘ninety- two,” replws John immediately. Hu to eom‘e wmmu:d eflon Ang on grocery from the few swrekeepe'ls along vented a of vvm '\\h\ch bn(- fles his scl of his letters h*“n Madarme,” as “Vieux Martin" and still another as “Koof toong.” The boy’s for education at- tracted public af he was enbe assi take it. SACRED CATTLE IMPORTED | § Gulf Coast Ranchers Find Brah-| 3 man Comes Tick-Free. BEAUMONT, Tex., (#).—Brahman cattle, the queer hump-backed breeds by the Hindus imported ing Coast cattlemen' in | & g Oklahoma and Kansas. Their labtmy to stand fever tick be- of the secretion of ’ D of the woman thc > h m.flm\s Aho tion md this year| has been | 2g college Odlledlon if he will| g $100,000 Is Willed “To Erect Monument To Lee and Jackson By the Associated Press. as stonc\ull Juksou Confederate generals, parting prior to the bat- tle of Chancellorsville. e 11 specified that the statue be erected within 10 miles of Baltimore’s city hall. PROFESSOR URGES TWO LATIN COURSES Dificult and Easy Sessions and Examinations Suggested by Teacher. NEW Y UP).—The teaching of Latin should be divided imto. two, meth- ods, one hard and the other easy, hn J. ‘n¥m of the Jamaica, ty. .. High 8¢l acul vy |.s the perunuge of fail- 0 to 60 per cent ve mms told poues g guage, Wl lieves an antagonis to be built up and bring about its elimination. On the whole, Ryan does not advo. rau making Latin examinations euler advises, however, that two quite dlflerent courses and dlflennt exam- 1d be give mpiled by Lawrence A. Wllklnl d‘rccmr of modcm languages of the New York Board of Education, show that in metmpolxnn high school I8 Fren:h now is the most populnr lan- ng with Bulnuh 2 poor nd and e hoels of the 1 lnngungz ui the cu hns Liqnor Seized on Lines. NEW Decem| ) — Seven hnndred bottles of llqunr valued at approximately $5,000, were seized on the nch liner Ile de France ester day. The liquor, discovered chlzny in the crew’s quarters and in the venti- lators above the engine room boilers, was found during a six-hour search of the liner by 35 members of the new Customs Enforcement Bureau. Important Message You Should Know Concerning Your Car. The lubricant in the transmission and rear axles should be kept up to the proper level. ‘This insures nly gear shifting and prevents wear to parts. All Ebonite Dealers drain out the old lubricant and make no charge for this service. Then refill with fresh EBONITE (Combination of Pure Oil) 20 Cents a Shot At Pilling Stations and Garages. 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