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1 CK TODiT'S "ASSETS San Francisco--Butter, 92 score, eggs, extras, No, 1, 23c. MORNING I I Two Leised MODESTO, STANISLAUS COUNTY. CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1027 EIGHTEEN PAGES No. 86. 21 FOREIGN WARSHIPS MOBILIZED AT HANKOW 1560 Marines Sail For Service In War Torn China CANTON, April Imminent clash anticipated' hourly between the reds and the anti-reds in the Cantonese government has resulted-in the' departure of General LI Chal- Sum for Hankow on an Important mission.

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April reports confirming the viola tion. of Russian diplomacy munity in Peking by police and Ebldlery view for attention with disclosure that a fleet of 21 for eign warships has mobilized at nationalist political, cap: ital at a when demands for reparations for the Nanking outrages are being drafted for presentation at Hankow. Minister MacMurray cabled 'thai the Russian embassy raid had followed permission granted the Chi- "nese authorities by the senior diplomat of the Dutch protocol -powers, the Dutch minister, for a search of the privately-owned Dahlbank and the building of. the Chinese Eastern Railway, adjacent to the embassy compound for evi- dences of "subversive soviet agitu tion;" Believes Chinese Exceeded Bights He added that the Chinese had evidently 'exceeded this authority to search private Russian-owned and occuoied. property and invad-.

ed the barracks in the old Rus- elan legation compound occupied by, the legation guard before the Moscow, government wafv ed It special rights under the Boxer, State department officials said permission to search the' privately owned property diplomatic quarter constituted no infringement of diplomatic rights but. that the protocol- diplomats' had not and could 1 not authorize any forceable entry into actual lega- tlon or-'embassy A protest by the Dutch minister to government, ueeause 01 this is, anticipated. Await Action MoscoW Government'- Of far greater moment as it affects whole Chinese situation, however, is the course the Moscow government may take as a result of the incident. Undoubtedly it would afford ground for vigorous action which mighl add to the already complicated problem of protecting Americans and other foreigners in China from violence or molestation. The fleet mobilization at Han- how wag reported by ConsulGen- eral'.

Lockhart. His dispatch, aa made public did not indicate that the- concentration of war vessels Lad any other significance than as reflecting' tension over the of still prevailing at Hankow. Four Japanese 1 destroyers reached the city within. 48 hours after the rioting of April' 3 in the Jap anese concession, in which Japanese and Chinese were killed, Lock hart said. In all, there are eight Japanese naval craft, four American, sis Brjtish, two French and on Italian now at Hankow.

U. S. Marines Sail On Navy Transport SAN DIEGO, April --Before a throng which taxed an SOO foot municipal pier to capa city and overflowed onto the bulkheads, the huge gray United States naval transport Henderson cast off its mooring lines this morning and steamed from the harbor en- route to China, with the sixth regiment of marines aboard. The regiment which departed today is commanded by Colonel Harold Snyder. It- consists 'of 1,560 officers and men and is one of the most colorful units of the corps.

Named President of San Jose College SACRAMENTO, April M. MacQuarrie of Los Angeles, member of the faculty of the University of Southern Cal ifornia, today was appointed president of the San Jose State Teachers' College, by William John Cooper, pw superintendent pvMIn Instruction. Matresses Renovated and Rebuilt Returned to You the Same Day Get Our Prices Modesto Tent Co. 1326 Ninth Street Phone 1109 Woman Confesses She KiUed Wrong Man 3 Years Ago; Mystery Cleared Wife Tells Officers She Went Gunning For Husband; Spouse Released EATTLE, April three year veil-of mystery shrouding the slaying of vey C. Smart, Algona butcher, was thrust aside here today when Air's.

Anne Longfield, wife of a farmer, confessed she had killed the-wrong man when she went gunning fpr her husband. After 'the crime had been con sidered "beyond solution, interest was revived' by the county grand jury, three weeks ago but sixty witnesses were called without a single clue' being uncovered. During the investigation. Harry Longfield, husband of the slayer, had bene held in jaU 'as a material -witness, as it had. been established he had been in" the vicinity when the shooting took Mrs.

Longfield was taken to the county jail today to con front her husband in a final by authorities to bring out a detail of the slaying which might lead them to the person who fired the fatal shots Two hours of' steady cross 'examination proved too much for Mfs. Longfield and she broke down with the admission: "I didn't mean to Smart. I had nothing' against him. I though.he my husband. He was the one 1 meant to and 1, would have killed him, too, if' I had had the She declared that sue was jealous "of her Husband, because Us was absent from home a good deal.

'Lbsgfield was held in custody tonight while her husband was released. 10 IP BODIES OF FLYERSH Ashes of Eddie' Neher Will iG AllbU Air in. South' Into the that had so often held him in its caress, the ashes of Eddie Neher," 25, Turlock airmail pilot, will be scattered. They will be flung, probably airplane, to fall even as Neher and his passenger fell into the slough-scarred "bad lands" of Gustine in the early hours of Sunday morning. Neher's body will shipped today from Los Banps-.

for Pomona, the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Asa Neher. The casket will, be shipped on the 2 trsln, it was anno last night. The body of Alfred Schaller.

official of the Pacific Air Transport company, killed with Nenef, will be sent to San Francisco this afternoon on the 4:35 The widows of both airmen wi meet the bodies upon the arrival at their destination. Mrs. and -her two young daughters passed through Modesto yesterday afternoon for Pomona. She stopped off in Turlock short time to visit with Lou Foote, close companion of her husband. "She bore up bravely, heroically.

Neher would have been 26 years old on April 26, Mrs. Neher revealed. Schaller, father of a small child, was 32 years old. Whether the grim secret of the airman's death will ever be known rests upon the outcome of a complete investigation of the crash, started yesterday by off! cials'of the Pacific Air Transport company. 700 Foot "Petition Presented In Ohio COLUMBUS, O.i April A 700 foot petition, opposing a proposed law against operation of dance halls ou Sunday was presented to the Ohio state senate today, to the accomyauimeut funeral music.

Five senators, dressed in black and" white cossocks, marched down the center aisle of the chamber, bearing the petition behind a band playing a funeral march. The petition was unrolled it stretched across the chamber. It was thus delivered to Lieutenant Governor D. Bloom. Several senators protested the act as an insult to the people of the state.

Oil Plant Explosion Under Investigation PARCO, April exact cause of yesterday's explosion at the Producers and Refiners plant here which brought death 16 and injury to 24 children remained 'undetermined tonight as preparations went iorward to busy the victims at Rawlins. John Fertig, vice-president and general manager ot the Parco or: ganizatron, in the first official statement concerning the disaster, i said a thorough investigation i would ha started. i DESTRUCTION OF DE PINEDO PLANE LAID TO Boy Expresses Sorrow For Accident; Flyer Will Go To Phoenix United Press) APACHE LODGE. Roosevelt Lake, Arizona, April 17- year-old boy who thoughtlessly tossed a match into the of Roosevelt Lake started the fire that consumed the Santa Maria and put a halt to the four continent flight of Col. Francisco De Pinado, Italian flyer.

The boy, John Thomason of Phoenix, In a signed statement tonight admitted that he was 'responsible for the blaze whcih sent De Pinedo's giant monoplane to the bottom 'of the lake: Youth Sorry That Accident Happened The statement follows: with Jack Williams and Albert Evans, both of Phoenix, were in a rowboat an outboard motor on Roosevelt Lake when Da Pinedo landed there. We helped to tow. the plane across to where it was to be refueled. We waited for awhilq and then got ready to leave. De Pinedo was saying goodbye to people at the boat landing when I lit a cigarette and threw the burning match into the water.

"There was an immediate flash and flames quickly spread to the Santa Maria and set fire to it. I knew there on the water but I did not think it would burn, I certainly am sorry 'It happened. (Signed) "John. Thomason, 315 Eleventh street, Phoenix." 1 The statement was witnessed oy Roland II Still, manager of the Apache Lodge, and James Hughes, who operates a boat liv ery. there.

Scoffs At Reports of a Conspiracy De Pinedo, in the only statement made since the accident, told the united 'press that the burning- of his plane wau purely accidental. He scoffed at reports: that. an anti-Fascist plot bad 'been. "IV accidental," ihe "It's such that there could not possibly have been a deliberate attempt to burn the ship." pe Pinedo plans- to leave here by automobile for Phoenix tomorrow. He will fay plane from there to San Diego.

Beyond that point he has made no plans. MEUifllL FOR U.S. SOON Secretary of Treasury Has Seen No High Official During Visit PARIS, April Andrew W. Mellon, American secretary of the treasury, carnc to Francs to visit his daughter, Mrs. David K.

Bruce, after her operation for appendicitis, plans to said for home Saturday ou the Aqua- tan ia, Mrs; Bruce Is" now the stage of convalescence. The secretary has no high French officials during his visit, spending his time entirely his daughter: Premier Poiucare and Foreign Minister Brfand their cards for him at the American embassy, which courtesy he will return, but no interview has been'arranged with any member fo the cabinet or' financier, Mariposan Charged 1 With Slaying Man MARIPOSA. April (jp). Formal charges of murder were filed against Abner B. Baker, 55, for the fatal shooting Tuesday- of Frank Reed, 50, by Sheriff John Castagnattq here today.

A preliminary hearing or Baker will be held before Justice John E. Law at El Portal, Wednesday. Funerai services foi- Frauk Reed were held here this afternoon. No relatives of the dead man have yet been located. Ex-Deputy Sheriff Joins Dry Force WASHINGTON, April 7-- (IP)-Allen R.

Kennedy has been appointed assistant prohibition administrator in charge of enforcement at Sarj Francisco, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Andrews announced, today. Kennedy is a former deputy Sheriff of Santa Clara county. Re-Elect MacBride, Garrison, Maze The Modesto School District is approaching an.election of great importance. The election may well be regarded as a cross-roads in the district's life. One road leads on to quiet, efficient-management of school affairs, while the other leads to an atmosphere of uncertainty in which the suffer because they had bccorno a political football to be kicked around In the foregoing statement we rn.ake no deprecatory reference to any- candidate: We believe that all the candidates are honorable, capable inen.

That understanding does not affect in any way the belief that to defeat any member of the present board would be little short of a calamity in school affairs. Let us review the situation. The three men running for re-election were appointed the county superintendent of schools after mature deliberation. Three members of the previous board had-been recalled and ft was obtain competent, respected men of calibre to take firm hold of things and lead the schools through the trying situation that had arisen; Having decided upon these three men the county superintendent approached-them to persuade them to run. Not'one of them- was a politician: The holding of public office was to them distasteful.

T6 persuade them to accept was a difficult task. Finally he succeeded. He was successful because he. persuaded them that the community was entitled to their services. This non-political board, was a great boon to our The members entered upon their taSksJwith a that won the' admiration of those in a position to watch their labors; Without, any kind they worked day and-night for weeks, often neglecting their own businesses so that the schools of Modesto might continue on a high plane.

The members--all five--undertook their work with a givfr and-take attitude. All were frank with their opinions, When, they differed'they out. One time one would give a point, at'another time, another would do so with the result that always they arrived at friendly understandings without; friction. To defeat any member of this board now Before his work is completed would be to gi-ve a vote of no confidence- to all five, for'they stand together. be more--it would be to give a vote of no confidence in school affairs in general i discourage business men who have sacrificed their own affairs from ever entering upon a public service: Gur public aerrices of all branches need the donation- ot the- best minds that can 'be brought to bear.

We would be holding these public servants up as examples of great m- should, we defeat any one of them now. There'is no. sufficient issue to bring out a'candidate against them. Harinony exists in the "board itself, and between the and the teaching: staffs, as was demonstrated at a meeting of teachers a week ago. Re-elect liacBr'ide; Garrison: and 'Maze.

200 Escorted From Oil Town By Texans BOHOER, April Texas rangers today assisted 10: cal authorities in supervising the evacuation of 200 listed is undesirables arid ordered to eave the oil boom center as part of the crime wave cleanup' that 'ollowed the recent shooting of two deputy sheriffs. i i Ruling Holds Dry Agents and Possemen Went Beyond Reasonable Limits SAN April "7--- In a scorching opinion' declaring that dry agents and posse- ment went beyond all -reasonable limits in the raid on the Savoy Hotel, -at. Weed, several years ago, United States Attorney General Mitchell today notified the U. 'district attorney here that the government was unable to go beyond the jury's verdict favoring the proprietors. The proprietors sued damages, and obtained in a jury verdict.

"The prohibition agents and poaseniKii weal beyond all reasonable limits in serving the search warrants and carrying out the said the opinion, in part. a review of the case, it. is plain that' the evidence submitted at the trial justifies -the findings of the jury." The opinion was rendered in response lo the government's motion for appeal of the verdict giving the hotel men 'damages. Durarit's Proposed Merger To Excite mptoruomi DETROIT, April Not a ripple upon surface of De- troit automohiledomo could he per- ceiveu today following anDouuce- ment of W. C.

Durant's proposed Consolidated Motors with' the Star six as its neucles. According to the best information obtainable here the" merger likely embrace the Continental- Motors corporation, the Peerless Motor Cat company, the Sp'cer Manufacturing company of Philadelphia, with an outsitie possibility that Dodge Brothers aud would join. H. Jndson, president of the Continental, and R- Angell, vice president, who are reported to have been, connected with Durant negotiations, were both San Francisco, today on an extended airplane tour. Bandits Who Robbed Train Elude Police CHICAGO, April bandits who robbed the express car of a fast train of J20.000 had eluded police searching for them In the Chicago underworld today.

Board ing the Chicago and AI- Lincoln Limited, en route to Chicago from St. Louis at Joliet. 111., last bandits pro ceeded leisurely to the express car, bound and gagged four-men. rifled the safe and left the train when it slowed down Inside the city limits. Passengers were nol molested were unaware cf (lie rob bery: Two Federal Dry, Agents Are Chargeii With Being 1 Under Influence Liquor LOS April jury verdict iretnrned- following the holding this aftejrncon of a coroner's inquest into the-death ir an automobile accident of E.

P. Ingmire, accused Frank H. Farley George Hudson, federal prohibition agents, of "criminal negligence" and. with "being under the influence of intoxicating liquors, while operating the car which- collided with that of the victim." The inquest Was held at San Pedro, where Ingmire was killed in the automobile collision yester ilay.mufnins. A county graiiii jury late yesterday returned murder indictments against Farley, three San Pedro seamen woman, all of jj IJom were in -the car driven by-Farley.

The coroner's 5ury exonerated are Axel Anderson. Thomas Henderson and Joseph McBride. The place operated in San Pedro by the woman, Mrs. Margaret McAllister, was recommended for investigation by proper authorities. Farley and Hudson, the accused Tohibition agents, did not testify at the coroner'B inquest.

The three seamen related their story of the fatal accident, which was to the effect that they met the agents at Mrs; McAllister's home. here all engaged in drinking. Tlicy left there to go for more liquor, Farley driving the prohibition department machine at high speed. The seamen testified that' Farley was under the influence of liquor, as did two police who examined Farley and Hudson when they were, arrested. American Reported Killed By Bandits EL PASO, April which lack confirmation reached here today that Fred Combs, an American employe of the La Dora Mining company.

In northern Mexico, was killed Saturday, presumably by Mexican bandits. The report stated that Combs and a Chinese with him were captured and killed while en route in an automobile from Esperanza to. La Dura. Thirty-Six Indian Warriors Executed NOGALES. April --Thirty-six YaquI Indian warriors captured by Mexican federal troops in recent.

battles the Sierra De Bacatetes, of Sonora, Mexico, simultaneously executed last week at Ortiz, Sonora, according to a dispatch to the: Herald today. Ortiz Is the head quarters of General Francisco i Manzo, 'federal commandant In the Yaqui war. HOOVER SEEN AS WELL AS HEARD OVER TELEPHONE Television Becomes An Actuality; Test a Success (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, April a scientists' dream ever since the telephone was invented half a century ago, became an actuality today when Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover spoke over the telephone in. Washington and waa seen as well as heard in, the Bell laboratories here. Not only were Secretary Hoover score of others in Washington seen in New York by telephone "wire, but a radio program was broadcast over the laboratories' experiment station 3XN at Whippany, N.

J-, and moving iike- hfesses 6C the performers as well as the sound of their voices were put on the- air and transferred a screen In this city. Success Marks Years "of Study Officials of the American Tele- and company announced demonstra- tion'marked the result of years of research and experimentation and that study would be contin- ued'with, the'purpose of Improving television to a higher state of- efficiency; 1 They acknowledge that at pres-: "eat the seeming miracle-of seeing 6y 'arid wave length was'not at a stage where it could be put to such general use :33. the telephone. necessary equipment precludes that possibly for-some to tliey bPt the' feat of television Itself has been, accomplished and indications are that' "It fs, likely to have a real place in the work of distant communication." Pictures Reported Exceedingly Clear The, images of today's speakers iu "vasuiiislpu aud Wmtfpany were thrown, on and small screens; On the screen dfr signed iory.the: teiepuoner's "soleiy- pictureEr: 'likenesses of. the person' at the other end" of communication.

"Oh the large, about one and one-half by three" feet, the results were-not so was. this noticeable when -Hoover's image. was transferred from the small screen. -(See HOOVER; page 2, Steamer Proceeding To Ship In Distress; Rudder Is Broken MARSHFIELD, April 7. steam schooner Ne- catileimi, lining rapidly from a leak caused by a broken rudder stock, was reported sinking off Coos bay late today.

She was in tow of the steamers Doylestown and Chehalis. The Necanlcum's rudder was broken she struck on the bar in passing out of the bay-at 5 o'clock this morning- Captain H. E. Jensen of the coast guard station here received a message at 1 p. m.

that the crew had let go the Necanicums' deck load of lumber it was found the pumps could not keep the 'vessel afloat. The Doylcstowii and ClichfilJs were outbound when they went to the aid of the disabled schooner. Captain Jensen sent a radio message fo the coast guard sta tion at Eureka, requesting the cutter Cahohia be dispatched to relieve the Chehalis and Doylestown- of their tow. The steamer Jane Nettleton, 100 miles south, was reported proceeding to the Necanlcum's assistance. Superior Judge To Preside As Justice SAN FRANCISCO, April --Superior Judge James W.

Bart' of Trinity county was appointed today by the judicial council of 1 California to sit justice protem in division number two of the district court of appeals, first district, from April IS 'to May 14, inclusive. This change is made for the disposition of a large number of cases transferred from the' supreme court to the appellate court. In the absence of Judge Johnson, who is sitting as associate justice pro tern in the district court of appears at Los Angelep Judge Bartlett has been sitting In his place as judge of the superior court in San Francisco. SAILS FOR HONOLULU SAN FRANCISCO, April OP)--Aboard the steamer WHhel- mina, which waited two hours past sailing time lo receive him, Kcraee E. Dodge," aclpn of the wealthy Detroit automobile family today vrasf bound for Honolulu.

Bank Victimized Out of Importer Arrested By S. Two Employes of Bay City Institution Are Held Under Guard AN FRANCISCO, April An alleged series of frauds through which the Anglo and London Paris National Bank is said to, have been victimized to the extent of was revealed here today after the arrest of Owen B. Sullivan, head of Sullivan, and importers and exporters. Sullivan was arrested on a warrant charging him with conspiring with two employes of th6 Anglo bank to violate national banking laws. T.

E. Harris, national bank examiner, caused the arrest, said Sullivan 'had been to the bank with bills of lading or warehouse receipts showing a consignment of goods. to his fjrm, and had borrowed money on the bills "and. receipts. Two employes of the bank, under guard but not arrested, were! said to have helped with the- loans.

Harris said the loans themselves were in accordance with usual banking practice, but that the paper was handled ah irregular manner after, the loans bad been made: Harris said Sullivan and his fellow-conspirators worked out. a system which enable the employes to keep, their books apparently straight, to return Sullivan's collateral to. him without repayment ot the 'loam The specific charge in the complaint, against Sullivan was that on December 1926, he paid' Arthur V. Scott, assistant cashier in the Anglo, and Lon- Paris National Bank, 000 tn help hini with- the DocumentsijJeized In Baid By Police Implicate Beds- BY RANbALL GdULb (United Prest Staff Corretpondsnt) PEKING, April of Soviet in- A Chinese communist-'plot to overthrow the Peking government was charged today by Premier Wellington in a note sent to-Moscow. Documents seized Chinese police -in.

at the Russian embassy yesterday revealed participation of the Soviet' in the plot, Koo asserted. It was aimed, he first at creating disturbances in "'Peking and then at accomplishing' the. destruction of the north Chinese government, which is sponsored by Marshal Chang Tso-Lin, ranking north Chinese military official; officials, of the Soviet embassy expressed anger, and amazement at invasion of the embassy grounds; the Incident continued to be the chief of conversation of all foreign communities. Americans followed each new development closely due to the fact that two their nationals, one. "of whom had been connected', with the Chung Mei news agency, were arrested by Chinese police before" the raid occurred.

Both were held on alleged -proof that they had been in the employ of the nationalists. Charges by Premier mean nothing, according to statements of Soviet officials. They- complained that Koo based his charges on documents alleged to have been found in the Russian embassy. As no foreign observer had checked the docu- meuts seized, it was claimed that the Chinese police could produce any documents they wished, falsely alleging that they had been fouiiu in the embassy compound. 47th Session of State Legislature To End April 23 SACRAMENTO, April The 47th session of the California state legislature will come to an end Saturday, April 23.

The date has been definitely fixed by Lieutenant Governor Baron Fitts and Edgar Levey, presiding officers of the senate and assembly, and has received the approval of Governor Young. A concurrent resolution fixing the date at April 23 was before the assembly today with a "do pass" recommendation by the assembly ways and means commit tee. After adoption by the lower house, the resolution will go to the senate, there to rest upon the files until it is certain adjournment will be possible on that date. Manager of Fresno College Quits Post FRESNO, April T. Waterman, manager of the Fresno State College faculty tor the past four years, has re-signed to become head of the department of anthropology at the University of Arizona, Waterman said today he expects to leave here in several days.

HIRAM TELIS LEGISLATORS OF BOULDER DAM JATTLE Predicts Fight Will Be One of Greatest' Staged In Congress (By Associated Press) SACRAMENTO, April tlia sceue of many of his earliest political triumns, United States Senator i a W. Johnson today laid before California legislature as- sembled in joint sessi details of the part thia state is expected to play' in ths fight for passage- of the Swing- Johnson bill author i i the "1 Boulder dam at the next session Pf congress. Hiram Johnson' a governor whom he helped to elect, whisked to the gubernatorial mansion where he made his home for two terms as California's, nor, Senator Johnson faced a I friendly assemblage of legislators when he started speaking, -after 7 having lunched with 'Governor Predicts Greatest Fight of Congress He declared "that the Boulder 1 dam fight 'ahead will be one. ot greatest fights of congress, following declaration, "by -the-- Ltrust to-voiiK--. government that will'not' have right to build a power generat- ing plant 'on the Colorado river." project is th colossal undertaking of all time, as i provides for lar'g- est the Senator said; "The Swing-John-; son bill is the engineering skill and.

vestigation than 1 forty 'yeafs'. I for', floxjsf control, fnr irrtenMmi nra mation, for solving an intolerable it is 'a clause in placed' by the "-secretary of the; in; te.rior and by the administration that the United States government may have the right to build a 'generating plan, for power at the dam. "Real opposition to the bill conies this source. It comes from say that they, cannot permit the principle to be established that the United States government may have the right to construct a plant for -the de- velopmeht of hydro-electric Says Challenge Has To Be Met "The hydro-electric trust saya to j'our government that it will not have the right to build a power generating plant "This is a challenge which has come and has to be met We will go forward and justify the power and right of the United States government to do as it pleases without challenge by the power trust or any influence iu the "The real igh ting will come next December iu congress. I have heard that this bill is to be amended to eliminate the opposition at the last session.

It can be amended so that a iow dam will be built at Topoc aud not protect Imperial valley. It can be amended to give it to Arizona. Johnson Opposed To Any Change "Other than these there is one amendment, that is the elementary provision which the administration has asked, the permission of the goverumeut Lo uo as it fit. You can amend the bill and remove the opposition of the power trust. But this amendment the friends of the bill, thosa who fought for it, will turn and battle and turn upon you for selling out the government of the United States and the people of the United States.

"Another amendment possible, but which do nut think just, is to put the whole thing under the federal power commission. This would be unfair and unjust for the power commission has nothing to do with the financing of it nor the administration, with the project." WEATHER San Joaquin Valley Partly cloudy and cool; moderate northwest winds. WEATHER FOR THURSDAY APRIL 7, 1927 Temperature 7 a. 19 2 p. in 7 p.

Feast day cf St. Perpetuus, bishop. Henry Cf.iy fought a duel with Senator Randolph of Virginia, 1826. Birthday anniversary of Mary Pickford..