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as she appears In four roles of her greatest film success, "Secrets," which will be 1.
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LLOWY CRINOLINES
m MARK FILM’S BEAUTY
Norma Talmadge*s stage during
..ie filming of “Secrets,” which
will show next week at the Alamo
theatre, looked as if dozens of
pages from Harper’s Weekly of
1865 had suddenly come to life.
mes in billowing crinolines,
in short braided coats,
stocks and ear-tickling col-
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y The brutal murder of EHsabeth Johnson, 15, of Plainaboro, N. J., within a short distance of
the scene of the Hall-Mills slaying, threatens to become as much of an unsolved mystery as as tha^ mat.
latter celebrated case. The mutilated body of the schoolgirl, found after she had been missing
from her home for • number of days, gave indication that she put up a , hard ' , *' struggle , for '( life. Aj ~
vengeful admirer, discharged by Elisabeth's , father lather , , for for paying navlnir att< attentions to her, is suspected. Hero
hre slwws the girl (left), her home, and her mother and sisters.
C. 0. P. BREACH IN
VIRGINIA SALVED
BV “SLUSH FUND 11
Washington, Oct. 25. —After
rocking along rather placidly, the
Borah campaign fund committee
has run up against its first sen
sation, disclosed by a negro den
tist of Richmond, Va., Dr. David
A. Ferguson, who testified that
he bad received a certified check
of $300 from the chairman of the
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lars weaved about in the mazes
of mid-Victorian sets while little
girls in lace trimmed pantelettes
and short curls gave added col
or to the scene,
It is a story of London and the
American far west in the days
just following the Civil War.
Eugene O’Brien is Norma’s
leading man in the new picture,
« Secrets,” the First National
picture starring Norma Talmadge
republican state committee of Vir
ginia, Joseph L. Crupper, after
he had refused to support the re
publican national ticket.
Startling Evidence.
Prior to this first sensation of
the investigation, counsel for Sen
ator La Follette had announced
Friday that they were in posses
sion of startling circumstantial
evidence in support of the slush
fund charges and the committee
took the matter up in executive
session after the investigation was
concluded for the day. It has
nothing to do with the Virginia
case, but is raid to have been
brought by two men from Chicago
who came here with letters, tele
grams and affidavits.
Objected to Slemp.
Ferguson, saying that he was
treasurer of the “Lily Black” re
publican organization in Virginia,
testified that he had written to
is her greatest picture. In this
Joseph M. Schenck production
Norma plays four roles, that of
a girl, a young mother, a middle
aged matron and an aged woman.
The picture is cast in four pe
riods, 1923, 1888, 1870, and 1865.
and the action takes place both i m
the far west and in modern so
ciety surroundings. In all four
periods Norma plays a remarkable
range of characterization.
he chairman of the republican
luxiliary committee here, John
{. Hawkens, on October 3, telling
dawkens that he could not sup
>ort President Coolidge, because
>f the president’s appointment of
C. Bascom Slemp as his secre
tary.
<• I consider the appointment of
Slemp, the leader of the ‘lily
white’ faction, a slap in the face
of the negro race,” Ferguson
said.
Offered as “Contribution.
According to testimony of Fer
guson and Joseph R. Pollock, al
so of Richmond, and leader of
the “lily black” faction in Vir
ginia, the check was handed to
the dentist in Richmond Thursday
by Pollock.
Crupper, leader of the “lily
white” organization in Virginia,
Pollock said, and apologized for
the treatment accorded to the “lily
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dutiful in Paris th . Pa l r ' S, f n a ? r $ 3S » she has th<
1,000,000 francs
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Dry Officials Plan Legal Action
Against Congressman, Cider Maker
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The prohibit.TVn commissioner. Roy Haynes, and department
of justice officials have decided on an unrevealed course of legal
action against Congressman John Philip Hill of Maryland, because
of hp' his renr/-riinHv->> manufacture in his home of cider with an alcoholic content.
t ___________________ 1 he renresentat.ve is seeking to make a test case. He' is showr
operating a cider mill at his home in Baltimore,
TOWN WILL TAX
ITSELF TO LURE
PHYSICIAN BACK
Saranac Lake, N. Y., Oct. 25.—
To obtain the services of a phy
sician, tax payers of the town of
Schroom, Essex county, are to
vote within a few days on a
proposition to raise $15,000 by
taxation to be paid Dt. John
Breen as long as he remains a
resident of Schroon Lake and is
engaged in active practice.
Dr. Bren for years had minis
tered to the sick of the sparse
ly settled township, but some
months ago moved to Port Hen
ry.
His going off left the town of
Schroon without a physician.
Dr. Bren’s former patients
blacks” by'the regular organiza
tion.
dread the long Adirondack win
ters without medical attention and
have decided on drastic measures
to get him back.
The vote is reported a mere
form to make the payments legal,
as practically all taxpayers favor
the measure.
BODY OF MANIAC
IS FOUND CHAINED
TO TREE IN WOODS
Williamsport, Pa., Oct. 25.—The
body of Henry Bandy McHenry,
of Ardmore, a suburb of Phila
delphia, was found Thursday,
chained to a tree about two miles
from the nearest house. He had
been dead for several months. The
chain was fastened about his neck
with q lock. He had worn a
path about the tree. It at first
was supposed to be a case of
murder, but the authorities learn-
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Suzanne Thompson.
Chicago, Oct. 25.—Five or six
wealthy “tired business men I) 0 f
Chicago are reported to be rest
ing easier as a remit of the ar
rest of Suzanne Thompson, who
was seized by police in a hotel on
complaint of a prominent Chica
goan.
He faid she tricked him into
Escape From Wedlock Cost
Him $510,000, But He Remarries
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It cost Edward R. Thomas (inset), New York publisher, $510,
000 to obtain his freedom from his second wife (rfght) so he could
marry Lucy Cotton (left), actress. Mrs. Thomas No. 2 was paid
that amount in the divorce settlement. Miss Cotton became No.
8 in Pari‘ a few days later.
WORLD SEARCH ON
FOR BROKER, FIRM
SHORT $2,000,000
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A world-wide search is being
made for George R. Christian,
who is accused of embezsling
$2,000,000 from the firm of Day
& Heaton, Wall Street term.
The firm is in bankruptcy as a
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ed from his father that the man
was demented. The father be
lieves it a case of suicide.
It has been stated that deaths
by auto accident in the United
States last year averaged one
every 86 minutes.
writing compromising letters
which she endeavored to sell
back to him for $10,000.
When the police tnade the ar
rest they found her, they said,,
with a New York lawyer.
She is alleged to have been
more successful in selling com
promising letters back to other
wealthy Windy City executives.
i he family holds
U. S. CONSULAR POST
FOR NINE DECADES
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'counsel at Gibraltar has bei oc~
copied Sprague by family. a member Now Richard of^the
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