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JIMMIE SAYS: "A Little Group of Wilful Men" Still Seems Able to Play Hob With Congress. TODAY'S WEATHER Rain and Colder THE NEWSPAPER THAT COVERS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA No. 14,504 WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 5, 1923 TWO CKNTiS SALE I IS SHORT Siki, The Singular Senegalese, Provides Broadway With Thrill CALVIN COOLIDGE GIVEN PREFERENCE i HOUSE ORGANIZATION MAY BE EFFECTED TODAY WITH GILLETT AGAIN ELECTED Today Hiram Johnson Will Pray Congress Meets Whisky and Corpses "Expect Great Things" NEW YORK: Dec. 4, Battling Siki, tho Singular Senegelese, who achieved pugilistic fame by knocking out Georges Carpentier, provided Broadway with a thrill today with the of a quantity of synthetic g1' wrinkled dross suit and a expensive patent leather WANTS PEDESTRIANS TO WATCH TRAFFIC SIGNAL "Watch the traffic officer; obey traffic regulations and help to prevent congestion in the business district during the busy shopping period of the next few weeks." That's the advice which the police department gives to the Altoona public. Lieut.

R. N. Ickes, who has charge of the traffic squad, says that much of the congestion at busy crossings Is caused by pedestrians failing to pay attention to the traffic signals. Some try to cross the street' against the signal and others take too long to cross when they have the right-of-way. He obviously had nip ta.lcab, bound for Harlem, it, and part of a d' 11 was slkl's first escape from his peared on Broadway orth I manager in a week.

His last adven- street. He craved att. 6o he'ture occurred vhenvhe left his train-emitted one of his natl Kar cries, ing camp with $1,000, 'which rolled He got attention. A crowd that away in a flood of alcohol. blocked traffic formed a ring and the His manager still was looking for singular one executed as nifty a war him tonight.

Insurgents and Regular Leaders Reach Agreement at Conference Which May Put Stop to Battle Which Has Prevented Organization BULLETIN WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. An armistice under which the sixty, eighth congress may be organized tomorrow was agreed upon tonight by leaders, of the Republican Insurgent and regular organl- zations in the house. Under this agreement, Gillett, of Massachusetts, whose re-election as speaker has been blocked for two days by the Insurgents, Is to be returned to office. This would clear the way for President Coolidge to deliver his first annual message to congress on Thursday.

Announcement of the agreement came late tonight after a conference between Representative Longworth, of Ohio, the organization leader, and Representative Nelson, of Wisconsin; Woodruff, of Michigan, and La Guardla, of New York. Mr. Nelson and his colleagues said they could not speak for the progressive bloc, but would recommend to it abandonment of the fight on Gillett. BY S. DAKOTA BODY Republican Convention Approves Him by Vote of More Than Two to One HIRAM JOHNSON IS OTHER CANDIDATE Senator Capper Endorsed as Candidate for Vice Presidency PIERRE.

S. Dec. 4 (By Asso ciated Press) President Calvin Coo- lidge tonight was given the prefer ence for the Republican presidential primary by the South Dakota Republican proposal convention! winning over Senator Hiram Johnson, of California, by a rote of 50,379 to 27,340. Later, on a rising vote, the endorse ment was made unanimous. Coolidge and Johnson were the only names before the convention.

Senator Arthur Capper, of Kansas, was unanimously indorsed for vice president. A tumult of applause f-ndTiroionged cheering greeted the announcement of the vote on the presidential poll. On the roll call vote by delegates, each ballot represented one third of the Republican vote in each county. Senator Johnson was placed in nomi-natiohal by A. O.

Ringsrud, of Union county. Senator Capper was likened to President Coolidge as a "big brother of the farmers, who should make an excellent running mate for our esteemed executive." Governor William H. McMaster won the majority senatorial endorsement by a vote of 40,207 against 37,827 for Senator Thomas Sterling, Incumbent. Prior to the vote, the Republican convention had approved a platform plank indorsing Governor McMaster's state administration and approving his gasoline price war. The McMaster indorsement, after the Coolidge selection, came as a great surprise to political observers.

McMaster, in declaring for the senatorial race, had publicly indorsed the candidacy of Hiram Johnson and was generally regarded as the leader of the Johnson forces. While Senator Sterling had never declared his president (Turn to Page' 2) AJAX HEAD STOLE Former Secretary of Company Took $175,000 Worth of Certificates XEW YORK, Dec. 4. William J. Jackson, former secretary of theAjax Rubber company, was indicted late today, charged with the theft of shares of stock in the company, valued at $175,000.

tollce of San Antonio, have been asked to arrest him. Theft ot the stock, for which other indictments also are being sought, was discovered today when 5.000 shares, bearing the forged signatures of two company officials, were presented for transfer to Wall street firm. The indictment charges that Jackson sent the 5.000 shares from San Antonio to the offices of Simmons brokers, to negotiate a loan. Jackson was secretary ot the company until last August, when he resigned because of friction with other officials. It was charged that soon after he left the company it was learned that a book of shares of the company had been stolen, but the theft was not made public until to- I A BY ARTHUR BBISBASE.

WISE Washington correspond-enta teH you: "In President Coolidge'o message, the talk on foreign relations end with an endorsement of. the world court idea a feeble endorsement, but an endorsement. In the evening, after lie has read that paragraph in the message, Hiram Johnson will tack on a new paragraph to his now-I-lay-me, as follows: "And bless Calvin Coolidge, who given ice my issue, just hoped." as OLR Congress, sixty-eightu in the history of the United States, met Monday and -discovered that politics this year is a tangled web, woven of many blocs. It will be liard, even to organiz6 the house for business. Stand pat.

conservatism, pained by the farm bloc and other blocs, de nounces thera as. unpatriotic. The only respectable bloc, according to the old guard, is the original financial bloc, which once owned the senate. That bloc is quite respectable It contains -the best elements, men that run railroads, looking at a ticker men that never went to war, but hate the idea of a bonus men that don't know a shoat from a shot gun, but can tell farmers all about farming, and how foolish it is to imagine that high freight rates in jure farmers. Ji IGHTEEX Cases of whiskey and two corpses are washed up on the Xew Jersey shore.

Prohibition agents take charge of the whisky. Undertakers take charge of the bodies. In the pocket of one dead man was a watch still running. Many, before prohibition days, used to write of whisky's terrible crime record, and it was a Record How little they thought that prohibition would establish a bootlegging crime record that would make the record of "legitimate" whiskey seem childish. JUDGE of the big steel company, is not a seventh son, but lie can tell your fortune if you aro in business.

Next year will be much better than- this, go ahead "well within your resources." Buy what you need you won't get it cheaper. I HIS is a growing country, and business grows much faster than the population. In 1900 the population was 76.000.000. It has grown to nu.ooo.ooo in 23 years, about 45 per cent not had. But consider steel.

In 1900 this country produced 10.000.000 tons in a year. Xow it produces 40,000,000 tons, on increase of 300 per cent. If you sell this country "short" you'll lose. And don't listen to any talk about "a bad presidential year." Trepare for good times. In the words of the distinguished optimist, Mr.

Uppercut, "Expect great things." pOGR Old Tutankhamen must undergo the last humiliation. Those that found bis. tomb will unwrap the bandages that cover his withered body, several thousand feet of the most finely woven material. Then he will be wrapped up again, and put back to sleep where sightseers may see him and reflect on life's uncertainties. If that phaiaoh could come back, he would understand nothing of modern life except the misorv of the poorest Egyptians that would seem natural and proper, to him Imagine your coffin opened and shroud removed 2.000 years heme on the planet Mars.

That's about what is happening to poor old "Tut:" his American name for short. i FULLY 515,000 John J. Haberstroh Says First Estimate Sustained by Investigation NUMBER OF RECEIPTS STILL OUTSTANDING Accused Manager of Exchange Bank Will Be Given Hearing Today That the original estimates of the alleged defalcations of Ernest Sal- vuccl, manager of the Banca Italiana, who Is charged with retaining money given to him to be forwarded to Italy, will stand or be exceeded when a check-up of his affairs is completed, is the opinion of John'j. Haberstroh. attorney for the group of Italian-born residents of the city who have brought charges against Salvucci.

Dr. A. Laino, of Gallitzin, proprie tor of the Banca Italiana, steamship and foreign exchange agency, yesterday, in announcing that he was will ing to make good the funds which his employe had misappropriated, stated his belief that the shortages would not run more than $5,000 or Dr. Laino said that estimates of the amount had been set too high. First public notice of the cases against Salvucci placed his alleged shortages at $15,000.

Last evening Mr. Haberstroh after spending some time going over re cords with a representative of the Cunard-Anchor Line office at Pitts burg, said that shortages of $9,519.50 had already been found. These cover ed twenty-eight separate cases. Sal-vuccl's records, compared with those brought from the Pittsburg office, are said to show that there are twenty-three additional receipts which have not been accounted for. Some were (Turn to Face S) Socialists Aid New Regime by; Vote on "Author- ization Law" BERLIN, Dec.

4 By Associated Press.) One ot the many obstacles to the government's proposed "authorization lav" was removed this evening when the Socialists, from whom chief opposition was expected in the reichstag, resolved, after ai long party- debate, not to obstruct .1. Lin the bill, which would empower the Reich government to carry out such financial, economic and social meaJ sures as it deems essential and urgent. The vote was 74 to 55, and it carried with it the provision that approval of reichstag's standing committee must be secured beforehand. The reichstag had a large attend ance today on the occasion of the in-' itial appearance before, it of Wilhelm Marx, the new chancellor, and his cabinet. During the chancellor's address he received only a few interruptions from the opposition.

Altogether, the reception of the new government was more auspicious than had been forecast in some quarters. Announcement was- made by the chancellor that for the present the government would bo unable to dispense with the military state of emer gency, to which he attributed the state of peace now prevailing throughout the country. In concluding, he said the government would pay particular attention to the occupied regions and. in full agreement with the federal states, firmly insist on those regions remaining a part of the Reich, i WARDEN' UNDER ARREST PHILADELPHIA. Dec.

4 A warrant for the arrest of Deputy Warden Charles Sanfee, of tho Eastern Penitentiary, qu a charge of aggravated assault and battery on convict James Kraley. was issued tonight by Judge Monaghan sitting as a committing magistrate and was served on the deputy warden a short timo later. He was ordered to appear before Judge Monaghan tomorrow. LAWYER'S OPINION MARX GOVERNMENT IKES GOOD TA AVASHIXGTOX, Dec. 4.

Tho houso staged four more rounds of balloting today without electing a speaker, but possession negotiations between organization and insurgent Republicans hinted at a possible break tomorrow. Meantime the sixty-eighth congress remains mobilized but unorganized. It can do no business and President Coolidge still awaits notification that it is ready to receive his first annual message. In the voting today" was no wavering by insurgents, regulars or Democrats. The last ballot stood: Garrett, IDS; Gillett, 107; Cooper, 17; Madden, 5.

The first ballot yesterday showed: Gillett, 198; Garrett, 195; Cooper, 17; Madden, 5. Senate Idle While the house continued its fight over. I lie speakership the senate only twiddle its thumbs. It met at noon, heard the invocation and ad-Journed. Th-3 session lasted three minutes.

A statement on the rules situation also was issued on behalf of the Democrats. Representative Garrett, SCHOOL DISTRICT $76,142 IN YEAR Building; Expenditures Far Exceeded Amount Appropriated in Budget PARTIALLY OFFSET BY SAVINGS ELSEWHERE Details of Financial Stand ing at End of 1922-23 Fiscal Year Expenditures in excess of the amount of revenue received have left the Altoona school district, at the end of the fiscal year which ended on July 2, 1923, with a debt on its hands of $76,142, all of which was accumulated during the twelve-month period between July 2. 1922. and Julv 1923. These figures were made known at the school board meeting on Monday evening when Secretary w.

X. Deck er submitted to the board his annual financial report. The deficit occurs in the building fund. Current revenues for the fiscal year amounted to $921,912 as against expenditures totaling This left a balance in the treasury of the current fund of $133,161. Exceed Building Budget In the building fund, however.

-the board spent $209,303 more than it re ceived, receipts amounting to $627,. and expenditures to $836,925. The balance left in. the current expense fund of $133,161. deducted from the (Turn to rage JS) DIES AFTER FIRST Aged Juniata Man Fatally Stricken While Excavating Cellar His first day on the job closed with the death last evening of Eli Shaner, 74 years old.

of 710 Third avenue, a few minutes after he had been stricken ill while helping dig the foundation fur the now GolQsmith building at Juniata. Shaner, who went to work yesterday morning as a laborer, became ill shortly after 5 o'clock and died at 5:30. Tho funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at the home and burial will be in the Grand- view cemetery. Mr. Shaner was born nn Julv 4.

and is survived by his wife. Mrs. Catherine Shaner. and the following children: Edward and William Shant-r and Mrs. William Dougal.

of Juniata; and John and Elmer Shaner. of Altoona. Twelve grandchildren also survive. Ho was a member of the Methodist church. mcnoT ri.xKS tatk JUimisniTKO.

Dec. 4. Governor rinchnt today fixed the date for the execution nf Jnmiuick Delfino. Lackawanna rountv. whii was convicted if murder in the first degree for the week beginning January 7.

1924. INCURRED DEBT OF DAY NEW JOB dance as was ever trod upon the hot sands of his native Senegal. He. moved up a block to Forty-fifth st takinc his audience and his a sjii wnn mm. hr rone.iTpa mance at each cross-town hi he, reached Forty-eighth.

lie was told that the police on his trial. 'He disappeared into E. F. Giles Seeks Information on Changed Methods of City Government IS MAKING STUDY OF THIRD CLASS CITY LAW Interested in Acts Covering Police and Fire Departments Ellsworth F. Giles, who on Monday, January 7, will assume the office of mayor of the city, by virtue of his election last month, is carrying out his announced intention of studying municipal affairs in order to fit him self for the office.

On Monday he had a private con terence at ths city hail with City clerk WaJtw j. Wamnr hv ment Mr. Hamor yesterday stated that. the mayor-elect sought information on" various points relating to the conduct of municipal affairs. City government has changed greatly since Mr.

Giles held the office of mayor a number of years ago. At that time there were two councils, the common and select, in both of which all the wards had representation, Sincethsii- tho city form of government has been adopted, and "there have been many other changes. Mr. Giles intends to make a complete study of the third class city' law in order to- familiarize himself with details of the present method. Mr.

Hamor reported that Mr. Giles was particularly interested in the civil service method of selecting men for the police and fire departments, and that he commented on its similarity to the federal civil service laws, with which he became familiar during his office as postmaster of the city. Sealed Verdict Will Be Returned This Morning. Other Cases Now Up The case of the National Surety company vs. the City of Altoona, involving $10,000 which the citv held out on final payment for work on Lake Altoona, because of delay in finishing ths work, went to the jury yesterday afternoon and a sealed ver dict will bo returned this morning.

The trespass case of Mary Weak- land against Louis, Bergman. Altoona merchant, claiming damages for alleged mistreatment when falsely accused of stealing money in the store conducted by tho defendant, also went to the jury late yesterday. Late in the afternoon the case of George M. Appleman vs. Elmer Keith, growing out of the closing of an alley at Roaring Spring, was taken up.

It is contended that closing of the alley, which was in use for fifty years, Is of great inconvenience to residents in the vicinity. PINCH0T LOSES HIS FAMOUS "BLACK HAT" HARRISBURG, Dec. 4. Governor Pinchot has lost his "old black hat," the famous "sky piece" which did valiant duty during the Roosevelt cam- paign of 1912 and the gubernatorial canvass of 1922. He lost it in a most peculiar way doing a nose dive out of a canoe he was propelling in Yellow Breeches creek, near here.

The story leaked out at the capitol today. According to the version his friends gave, the governor was propelling his canoe in his favorite fashion with a long pole when he struck a patch of submerged weeds. In trying to extricate both the canoe and the pole, the canoe shot for-. ward and the executive did a nose dive into the waters of the creek. When he came up his hat was gone.

MAYOR-ELECT HAS CONFERENCE WITH CITY CLERK HAIR SUIT AGAINST CITY IN HANDS ONURY YORK CRIME ON THEJNCREASE Two Slayings and Three Holdups Included in Activities Yesterday BLACKHAND SOCIETY THOUGHT IMPLICATED $15,000 in Liquor Stolen by Highwaymen on Long Island XEW YORK, Dec. 4. Two mysterious slayings, one bearing evidence of vengeance wrought by members of a biackhand society, the other a tragedy of the hazardous bootlegging game, were high spots in a rum runners, highjackers, holdup period of criminal activity in which men, pickpockets, burglars and forgers took part. Dominick Maggio, known as the "Singing was snot aeaa tn .1,1,... p.

u. 1. i it, a ucu in uivuftiii unci utr uiiu ma wife and three children had been sprayed with chloroform. Three weeks ago Dominick, while tapping a way. at a boot sole, saw a piece ot paper, smeared with a black hand pushed under his shop door.

His little boy handed it to him. It warn ed that his enemies were determined to have vengeance for an act un stated, but that his life would be spared if ho paid $1,000. DomlnlcTc laughed and burned the paper. Anthony and Joseph Maggio, cou sins of the cobbler, were arrested and held as suspects. The body of a well dressed youn, man, me mroat cut, was round on the edge of a Stnten Island woods (Torn to Ft 2) Rev.

Joseph Carr, Assistant at St. John's, As-. signed to Gallitzin Rev. Joseph Carr, son of Mrs. Ellen Carr 2232 Washington avenue, who for the last year has been assistant to Rev.

Morgan M. Sheedy as rector of St John's Catholic church, has been transferred to St. Patrick's Catholic church at Gallitzin to take the place of assistant rector. Rev. George Donavan, who has been sent by Bishop McCort to St.

Columbia's Catholic church, Johnstown. Rev. Mr. Carr came here from JJudiey, iJearord county, a year ago to become assistant pastor at St. John's.

He has been succeded by Rev. John Hackett. Rev. Mr. Donavan has been sent to Johnstown to fill the vacancy occasioned by the transfer of wood, but until recently rector at St.

Columbia's, at Johnstown, to Span-gler. The changes were made by Bishop John J. McCort, head of the Altoona Diocese of the Catholic church, last weqk. BRITISH CAMPAIGNING IS ALMOST COMPLETE LONDON, Dec. 4 (By Associated Press) With only one mure day available for campaigning, electioneering today reached a climax of intensity.

There was a perfect tornado of speeches, manifestoes, statements and counter-statements, accusations and counter-accusations, on all points calculated to influence the voters on Thursday. The most remarkable in this test of physical endurance are Lloyd George and Winston Churchill, and the most striking exception is Herbert Asquith, who, having a stiff contest to meet, has confined his efforts to his own constituency, Paisley. WAVE CONTINUES NEWAPPOINIENTS BY BISHOP WORT Sen. Watson May Becomi Presidential Candidate tern Although he refuses to make any announcement, political M'ashington believes that United States Senator James E. Watson, -Republican, of Indiana, will soon enter the race for the nomination for the presidency in 1924.

WINNING BATTLE TUBERCULOSIS Dr. Stites, of Cresson Hospital, Tells Rotarians of Progress in Campaign Pennsylvania, while holding the upper, hand on-tuberculosis, is at the criUcol, point In light- to out the disease, Dr. A. Stites, medical director' of the state tuberculosis sanatorium at Cresson, declared yesterday noon in an address before approximately seventy-five members of the Rotary, club in the Logan House. Fifteen years ago in Pennsylvania, he asserted, tuberculosis caused the death of more people in one year than any other disease; today it is cnmA HttttnnnA rfntt'ti iha ltof rf Hio- some distance down the list of diseases the largest number of deaths.

Then people died annually as a result of tuberculosis, he added, and last year there, were only C862 deaths attributable to the disease. The percentage of decrease in deaths, according to what could be gathered from Dr. Stites' remarks. waf considerable, In 1907 tuberculo- sis or tne lungs hilled 120 of every 100,000 persons in the state, while last year only 76.4 persons out of each 100,000 in the state died of tho disease. Briefly, the speaker reviewed the legislation bearing on the fight against (Turn- to rage 2) MAX BLOWS HEAD OFF OIL CITY, Dec'.

4. The body of James F. Davis, 48. farmer, livln between Salem, and Salina. this county, was found this afternoon near his home with the head blown off by a shotgun.

He had told his children that he was going hunting shortly before his body whs found. Davis had been in ill health for three weeks, A verdict of "probable suicide was given by Deputy Coroner J. 'Wade Osenider of ti; City. 11X1) HODV OF MISSIXt? MAX OIL CITV. Piu.

Dec. body of William McMillon. 87. of Stratton-vllle, who Wits been missing since October was found by hunters Monday afternoon, face downward in a shallow stream near the Clarion river. Accidental drowning is given as the cause of his His coat was found neatly folded on the bank of th stream.

at Marcus and Fifth avenue. At that time it hung between the portraits of Field Marshal llaig and Admiral Beatty and bore the legend, "One of Thousands Who Gave Their Youth and Health With a Smile, You Are Asked to Give tLoan) Only Money." The original oil painting now hangs in the foyer of the Natural History building, being included among a collection of World war objects. In Washington Masood explained his connection with the picture and through the kindness of W. H. Holmes, director of the National Museum, it was arranged for a photographer to make photographs of the paintings for Mr.

Masood's own use. While in Washington Mr. Masood called upon his old commander, Colonel Roosevelt, now assistant secretary of the Navy. He gave him one of the photographs of his painting and in turn Colonel Roosevelt presented him with an autographed trvm face 2 'I "IT IP I wu utunut, says England in go lor free tnyle by a mil or. Rev.

Charles Healy, formerlv of Bell-Wfien Simmons Co. received theT of 'Tennesses, their leader, declared that when the time came for consideration of the rules by which the house is to be governed, "we shall have some definite concrete proposals by way of amendments." are unified and ready," he added, "to take up the country's business whenever the majority party (Turn to Page 2) Unsuccessful Candidate for City Treasurer Files Expense Account The unsuccessful campaign waged by City Treasurer Richard Smith to obtain re-election to that office cost him $559.12, according to the report which he filed at the office of the pro-thonotary yesterday. Of this amount he gave $150 to the Democratic county committee, $25 to the Labor party. He had the nominations of both parties. John C.

Gorsuch, present member of the board of county commissionara, re-elected to that office on the Labor ticket, spent $253.30, according to his report, which gives $40 as a contribution to the Labor party and $100 for "dissemination of information." G. W. Selwitz. Republican, 'reelected as county commissioner, spent $158.50. paying $150 to the Republican county chairman.

H. H. Pensyl, veteran member of the board of directors of the poor, spent $80 in his campaign for re-election. KIWANIS CLUB WILL ELECT OFFICERS AT NOON TODAY The annual meeting of the Altoona Kiwanis club, at which officers will be elected, will be held at the Logan room of the Penn-Alto at noon today. S.

M. Irwin will be elected president and George W. Shaffer vice president, as they are the sole nominees for those offices. There are four nominees fot director, with three' to be chosen. TWO FAMOUS PATIENTS Among the many for the Steinach method of facial and physical rejuvenation are reputed to be two of great prominence.

One Is Dr. Lorenz, the eminent Austrian surgeon who, in his 78th year, does sixteen hours' work a day. The other is Fannie Ward. The Steinach treatment'is the theme for the plot of "Black the first installment of which appears on page 10. SMITH'S CAMPAIGN COST HIM $559.12 Congress9 Directory Tells Of Legislators9 Human Side Painting Of Local Veteran Hangs In National Museum ium anu Lloyd George knows morn nearly than anybody else what th" wil! d.i.

if they Iiatj protection in England, they wiil hive carefully studied cut for the wi.Ik of the English people, not fur V. enriching ot ciover inO-viJuais t.i legislative strings. iany achieved a certain itogvep jovornmem by the eople for the people, sb.V.i do It licr sor.ie fay. HE or in Japan. a.

fire campar.7 made up n-of womej. Thai is sr.melhinj; Iiut to save life, than does not sur- you. A woman, you may to sure, was iirt to enter a burning structure it cut a child. A man, very ViobaWy, was first t.j that risk, tj wive property. A "KNOTTY" PROBiB PITTSBURG.

Dec. Pitts-burn youths who during the season spend their time casing through knot holes we found a winter sport just as entertaining. Two Oakland boys, aged 12 years, were in police court taday charged with boring holes in the door of a motion picture theatre. When the theatre m.mager caught then they were very much Interested in the picture, which was visible through the Magistrate Tcnsard to hold the beys nr.Til parents pa for damages to the theatre doors. shares from San Antonio they took them to the Central Union Trust company, tho transfer agent.

There it was discovered that the signature W. Berry," on behalf of the trans fer agent, apparently was a forgery- Officers of the company noticed that not nly the signature of the transfer agent but also signatures of offi cers of the company were forgeries. ful age and is 'still Also it is said of Representative Howard that he was lieutenant governor of Nebraska while 'holding contemporaneously tho higher office of editor of a country newspaper." Casey has Kecord Numbers and names of children of members are matters of especial pride with a number of the sketch writers. Representative Casey, Democrat, Pennsylvania, apparently holding the congressional record with eleven offspring. Senator Itrookhart.

Republican, Iowa, notes his record as a- champion rifle-shot, and Representative Winter, Republican, Wyoming, recites that lie is the author of the Wyoming state song and of western novels. Of Senator Stanfield, Republican, Oregon, it is recorded that he is "America's largest producer of wool and mutton." The sketch of Senator Frazier, tho (fna rase I Hoc. 4. Sidelights nn the "human side" of government officials and members of the new congress nre not lacking in the biographical sketches published in the new congressional directory. The sketch of Tresident Coolidge is conspicuous for its brevity, the nine and a half lines consuming about half the space used fur most of the cabinet members.

Crammed into the Coolidge sketch Is a personal and official summary, closing with his accession to the presidency on August 3. Kor brevity among congressional sketches, those of Senator1 Caraway, Democrat, Arkansas, and Representative Mead, Democrat. New Tork. are ciBse rivals. The former's reads: H.

Caraway, Democrat, Jones-Iicro." and the latter's, "James M. Mead, Democrat. Buffalo. X. Itepreseatativn Edgar Howard, new Democratic member from Nebraska, relates that lie was "marriea at law As tho result of a three weeks' visit in Washington D.

C. during which he spent considerable time at the National Museum, Naseeb Masood, well known Altoona disabled veteran of the World war has brought home with him a number of valuable sou venirs of his war service, including enlarged photographs of the painting for which he served as model, now hung In the Natural History building and an autographed photograph of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, who was commander of his battalion of the First division. The painting, which has caused. much comment during the past three years, is the -work of Orlando Rou-land and shows Mr. Masood sitting in his wheel chair, his mandolin in his lap, at Base Hospital No.

Lake- wood, N. J. The portrait, done in oils, was painted during March 1919. and that same year was used in the Fifth Victory Loan exhibition, first being shown at Lord and Taylor's, Fifth avenue. New York, and later CHILDREN TESTIFY THAT FATHER MURDLRED MOTHER TITTSBURG.

Doc 4. Anna and Joseph Domyslowski, aged 13 and 12 years, respectively, told in court to- day how their father, John Domys-' lowski, had killed their mother, on the night of June 10, last.Theyi were the only eye witnesses. i Anna said that on the night of the killing the family attended a party; and. that her father become angry because his wife left the house with i another man. When they reached; home, she said, DomyslowslU cut his wlfe'a throat witU a razor.

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