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THE DAVENPORT DEMOCRAT Weather Indications AND and Warmer- SEVENTIETH YEAR No. 260. TWO SECTIONS DAVENPORT, IOWA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 9, 1925. TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS AUTO HITS TRAIN: GIRL KILLED Murdered Iowa Pastor Former Moliner GRIM TRAGEDY ENDS NIGHT JOYRIDE: CAR SPED HER TO DEATH AMONG THE 1926 MODELS REV.

YANDERVOORT FIRST TO PREACH BROWNING CASTS OFF SPAS GIRL "VYE'LL have t' PUT' WINGS ON" EM', OR WIDEN ell 'TH POADS nidentified Girl Dies Instantly When Car Crashes Into Golden State Limited at Third Street ing; Mark Maloney, Driver of Car, Escapes Serious Injury; Richard Thomason Suffers Broken, Leg. and Internal Injuries; One Girl Escapes After Tragedy. GORDON MEMORIAL Served Charge When Church Was Interdenomina tional and Then Resigned to be Illinois Anti Saloon League Field Worker; Warren, Slayer-Son, Held in Jail Without Bail, Insists He Was Her Suicide Attempt Is -Climax of Cinderella Girl's Fairyland. IS CALLED MENTURESS Millionaire Visibly Affected by Hectic Days of Philanthropy. Only "Half-Awake" when He Killed Father and Wounded His Mother; Sheriff Says Boy Will Not Attend runeral; Mrs.

Vandervoort Is Recovering. One girl was crushed to death and two men injured as uhe result of a wreck at the Rock Island crossing at Third and Davies street at 1 :32 this morning when an auto carrying four young people returning from a party at a road-house crashed into the second section of the Golden State Limited. The girl who was instantly killed was unidentified. Her body is at Mercy hospital. Efforts to learn her name were unsuccessful as other members.

of the party declared they knew her only as "Grace." Mark Maloney, 1016 Iowa street, driver of the car, a Ford coupe, Was slightly injured. Richard E. Thomason, who lives in the 1500 block on West Fourth street, was seriously injured. His right leg was broken below the knee and he is believed to have suffered internal injuries. Minister at the Gordon Memorial church in Moline from the fall of 1916 to the autumn of 1918.

the Rev. K. J. Van dervoort. shot, to death at Parkersburtr.

last Thursday night by his 17-year-old son, Warren, was one of the most popular pastors to; have a charge the tri-cities during re Police lied shortly after cent years. Bom the son and tather were very well liked, and the boy, now a confessed murderer, was considered a model among his youthful friends and their parents in New York. Aug. S. Edw.

W. Browning, millionaire real estate operator completely repudiated Mary Louise Spas, the modern Cinderella whom he adopted this week. After a conference with Queens county authorities. Mr. Browning and his attorney, Francis Dale, said steps would be taken to prevent Mary Louise from making any claim upon Mr.

Browning's fortune. After tho conference, Mary Louise, who earlier in the day had attempted to take her life by drinking poison, was placed in tho home It was in Moline that the son had his widest circle of friends. KILLED BY SON I attendod Logan and Grant 'PERFECT CRIME' IS UNSOLVED schools theie. Dispatches from Parkersburg an of a family approved by District nounce that Mrs. vandervoort probably will recover.

Altho she is suffering from two bullet wounds she rested comfortably last night nad was fully conscious today. 1 Altho a Mesthodist minister. Rev. Vandervoort served GordoftMferao-rial church, which is now a Congregational organisation. At the time of Mr.

Vandervoort's pastorate, however, Gordon Memorial was inter-denominational. Known to Methodists. Mr Vandervoort resigned as pas 1.30 and arrived at the crossing where they found the unidentified girl lying dead between the tracks. One girl was seen to jump from the wrecked car and run thru a yard. Police are- making an effort to locate her to learn the identity of the dead girl.

Conductor G. H. Bremerman, Clinton, who was in chargo of the train said he saw the car crash into the moving train which carried a party of tourists bound for the west coast. Marks on th fourth car from the engine showed where the auto crashed into th side of the coach. R.

S. Ulnch, 23!) Dlxwell court, manager of the Kellog plant here, witnessed the accident. He said bo was driving west on Third street, the same direction in which Maloney was driving, and heard tho train. He said he slowed his machine, brought it -to a stop and was surprised when the other car dashed past. He said he saw the coupe crash Into the coach.

Maloney Didn't Know Girls. Maloney. who uas dazed and shocked, said he did not know the names of the girls with whom he had been riding. "We picked the-glrls up at tho Eagles hall," he said. "Then we went out to the Green Lantern and Attorney Ncwcomb of Uueens county and Commissioner-ol Public Welfare Coler.

Mr. Browning -said one of his businessi Associates, Robert H. Dunnot, would caro for her In his Brooklyn home." "I will not only take such legal proceedings as will bo uecessary to make the adoption proceeding null and void," Mr. Browning said, "but I will prevent Louise from sharing In any way in possible property rights." Altho the girl left tho meeting with Mr. Browning, there wero no ejvcbanges-ot words between them and she was quickly taken away to her temporary home where she will be kept until tho evidence present- Doubt If Barbe, Itinerant ant Evangelist Was Laboratory Victim.

SCHWARTZ FOILED fCon tor or uornon cnurcu lu become a field worker for the Illinois Anti-Saloon league. He continued his residence in Molino, however, and became affiliated with the First church there. Many members of that church also recalled him today. The 17-year-old son. Warren Vandervoort is held in jail in Allison, near Parkersburg, on a charge of murder.

The confession said to Martinez, Aug. S- While the nation wide' search for Charles Henry Schwartz, missing Walnut Creek chemist continued today, authorities of Contra Costa county and the bay district devoted themselves to au effort to make certain the idontity of the man whose charred body was found on the night of Juiy 110 in the partly burned plant of the Pacific Cellulose company as that or Gilbert Warren Barbe, itinerant laborer and self-styled evangelist. While three persons have ex Prohibition Bureau Not on Verge of Breakdown MONTANA SWEPT BY FOREST FIRE VANDERVOORT Con ot come down." Railroad men said the wi (Continued on Pane Tin JACOB MAURER CLAIMS SLAIN SONS' CLOTHES Father of Scott's Victim Bitter as Killer Escapes Penalty. Coolidge's Presence Along CPCMPU ICDO Rum-Ridden Coast Is illlkllUII I Couer d'Alene Towns Not Yet in Peril; Jail Man Refusing Aid. Open Challenge.

PARADE THRU CAPITAL 30,000 STRONG 13 Children Washed Into French Sea pressed themselves as positive in i their identification of the body as that of Barbe. District Attorney A. B. Tinning of Contra Costa county said today he was not inclined to accent the identification I ON NON-STOP TRIP HOOVER TALKS STRIKE THREAT WITH COOLIDGE as conclusive. "To the contrary." he said, "I am inclined to doubt whether the right CHELSEA RAIDS A RESULT Haynes' Elimination First Move to Eliminate Politics from Bureau.

By DAVID LAWRENCE ted, Hardelot Vacation Picnic Tragedy; Priest Rescuers Save 10 Downpour Scatters Multitude After Three Hour Marching. METHODISTS PLAN NEW UNIVERSITY IN KANSAS CITY The Democrat. Missoula, Aug. S. The spread of forest fires in western Montana is less rapid today altho forest service officials report that the situation is still critical and the demand for additional men to fight the flames has not Jessened.

The Falcon fire ha- spread from Idaho into Montana b-t has not endangered tho town. of coeur d'Alene district. The fires are expected to be trenched soon by the largo forces rushed there. Walter Stevens, a Butte. Montana, tire fightor, arrested on charges of refusing to assist in fighting the Falcon fire, was sentenced to 100 days in jail.

Commercial Operation of Airship, Too, Occupied Part of Discussion. Copyright. VJ? oj New York. Aug. S.

A new- uni Swam pscott, Aug. S. Maybs Massachusetts, or at least the wet section of it, will versity will be established at Kan Brouhin and Landry Set Record in 45 Hours Endurance Flight. ft Tit Chartres. France.

Aug. 9. The French aviators Grouhin and Landry landed at here at 2:42 o'clock this morning after having covered MOO kilometers (2.732.4 miles) in 45 hours, 11 minutes. 59 seconds, creating a new-world's non-stop record both for duration and distance. At 10 o'clock they had become holders of the world's record tor a Washington, Aug.

S. The Ku Klux Klan paraded in white robed thousands today thru the streets or the nationalVapItal and then, at a public meeting that was Interrupted by a rain storm, renewed its iows at the foot of the Washington sas City, by the Methodist I Swampscott. Mass. Aug. S.

Sec-Kriscopal church, south, and theretary Hoover, cominir here todav Methodist Episcopal church with ostensibly to invite Coolidge to a i lie Boulogne, France, Aug. S. The bodies of 33 children between the ages of 9 and 14 who were drowned at noon today at the bathing beach at Hardelot, a few miles south of here when a great wave washed them out to sea, have been recovered and carried to the little chapel near the beach. Five other children who were on the shore still are-missing. Eight other children who wero in the water are ill from their PTnerience.

co-operation ot tne city cnain-: coienranon in San Fran-of tonimerce, cisrn next month, discussed the Chicago. Aug. S. At about the time today that Russell T. Scott, his fight to dodge the gallows won, was leaving Chicago in the custody of deputy sheriffs for the Chester insane asylum, there appeared at the detective bureau an old work-worn man whose interest in Scott's case was next to that of Scott's family and Scott himself.

He was Jacob Maurer, the aged father of Joseph Maurer, the 19-year-old irug clerk for whose murder in a hold up Scott was sentenced to hang, escaping the death penalty twice by a margin of a few hours and finally being found insane since his conviction. Bitter and unlorglving. the old man recited a story of hardship and privation that has befallen his family sinco his hoy's death in April 1024. and then sought to recover tho clothing worn by his boy the night he was slain, and which has been held hy the stato for evidence against Scott. "Yon probably want them as keepsakes?" some one suggested, but Maurer shook his head.

"I want them." he said, "to wear myself. I've been sick and I've been out of work because I've devoted my time to this case and I've got to be better dressed to get a now job." eager to have the president of the United States spend another summer e-abouts. The federal indictment of Mayor L. F. Quigloy of Chel- more than three old Pennsylvania (illed with great Je as group after archeis.

assembled patches of The heroic efforts of four priests I score of slates, passed non-stop airplane night h. distance of 4.100 kilometers urban municipalities near Boston, saved tho lives of ten of the children's party, on a vacation at Hardelot from northern French towns. Several of the bodies had not been recovered tonight and life savers were continuing their efforts. wim turn, ner a proposition for commercial nnvv bi a'rship. the Los Angeles, and gave a glow, mg report on business and industrial conditions.

Later he acrom- panied him on the Mayflower to the Boston navy yard I Despite announcements at Whfto Court that the president had no intention ot talking to the Commerce department head ahout the hard coal wage controversy and did not I expect Mr. Hoover to bring up the i subject, they did discuss the situa-; tion hriefly. I Later Mr. Hoover made this brief statement to newspapers: "The president's view is that in- Is a sequel to the prosecution of the police chief of Swampscott. Both were accused of violating the pro hibition laws.

(2.546.1 miles At that hour they still had enough fuel for seven hours (lying. The roads in the vicinity of Etampes and Chartres and the hillsides were crowded with automobile's and pedestrians. Among the onlookers were many Americans who decided to pass a part of the night following the trail of the speeding plane. along from the Capitol to the treasury. Some of the delegations went by 30 abreast, making an unbroken rank from curb to curh.

Some marched by tens and some in ranks of four, while at frequent Intervals there were break to permit high potentates to walk alone at the head of their commands, hut during most of three hours the stream moved by at quick step, in solid phalanx. The uneven alignment of tho procession made it Impossible to There Is no question that the Massachusetts coast has been the AMER YOU FALLS: TRIBES WEAKEN scene of a good deal of rum rim ing and that tho federal are challenged by the very presence of Mr. Coolldge to do their stamp out the, violations SAN DIEGO CENTER OF SLIGHT TREMOR Paot Thra. Contm NEBRASKA SLAYER'S vice ATTORNEYS BATTLE TWO KILLED WHEN KENTUCKY TRAIN FALLS IN RAVINE Han Diego. Aug.

S. A slight earthquake was felt at five points in San Diego. Rherslde and IOWA CITIZEN ARMY uusiry snouid settio Its own labor relations and therefore ho is hopeful that the anthracite industry" will its own solution of its problems." Tho proposal for operation of tho Los Angeles was outlined in a rathertentatlve wa and it was decided to have Mr. Hoover with Secretaries Weeks and Wilbur Mudv It with a view to determining whether the governinenl should accept. Strong Economic Position.

In his report on business conditions. Mr. Hoover said that never has the United States been lu such a strong economic condition 'with standards of living so high as at present liwti-ii, otLfu San Bernardino counties LOOKS OVER TROOPS today The tremor it 2:15 a. extended honsterh French Take Moroccan's Fort with Bayonets; Tsoulc Loses Fervor. Rabat, Morocco, Aug.

S. The capture of the Moroccan stronghold of Ameryou. about 25 miles southeast of Fez, by. tho French tonight at tho point of the bayonet has created a stir among various native tribes said to be weakening In their allegiance to Abd-El-Krlm. Among those infected are the Tsouls, who are considered the fiercest warriors in Morocco.

Davenport's Semi-Annual Bargain Carnival, Thursday, August 13th Extensive preparations have been made by Davenport merchants to make this the greatest of all Dollars Day. Wednesday Evenings Democrat will contain all of the important announcements a i mil TO SAVE HIS LIFE Lincoln, Aug. S. E. P.

Holmes of defense for Walter R. Simmons, condemned to be electrocuted Tuesday, filed a motion for a rehearing of tho caso late today with the clerk of the supreme court. Tho motion followed tho adverse ruling of the supremo court this morning the defense application for a stay of sentence on the appeal from the district court Des Moines, Aug. 8. The 1.200 ys from Iowa, Nebraska and Mis souri, encamped at Fort Dos Moines Fulton, Aug.

8. Two men wero killed and fivo Injured, two seriously, early tonight, when a train of the H. W. Nelson Construction company, including five cars, plunged thru a trestle and crashed into a. ravine six miles east of Fulton.

from San Diego, the southern extremity, to Sun Bernardino. Towns along the line which reported the shake were Lamesa, 10 miles east of San Diego and San Jacinto and Hemel In Riverside county. No damage was reported. for the citizens military training camp, underwent their first inspection by Lieut. Col.

David H. Biddle today.