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FINGERPRINTS ON MRS. KEPNER’S BED WILL BE RE-EXAMINED
NEW GIRL
FIGURES
IN CASE
(Continued from First Page )
Witnesses and evidence to preaent
to the grand jury.
- * Another rumor in circulation was
that a petition would be forwarded
' - to Governor Ritchie if’ the judges
here do not announce the calling of
a special session within twenty-four
-' hours.
To Examine Prints
Decision to make further and a
; more minute examination of the
*. blood-stained fingerprints found on
the bed was reached today after
State’s Attorney Anders learned
that the undertakers who handled
* Mrs. Kepner’s body were unusually
careful in not touching any part
of the front or rear heads of the
bed while there was blood on their
hands.
“We may find fingerprints on
the bed posts, where the stains can
now be plainly seen,” Attorney
Anders said. “If we do, and are
able to reproduce finger prints,
we intend to compare them with
those of a prominent Frederick man
who has been mentioned closely in
connection with the case.”
Phys’clans have informed Mr.
had Mrs. Kcpner taken
her she would have died
instantly and would have had no
opportunity nor time to grasp hold
es the bed posts with her blued?
hands.
Another important bit of evidence
is that on" the back of Mrs. Kep
ner s right hand was tound blood..
State's Attorney Anders believes
that this blood was probably
£ smeared on when the murderer
' handled the body.
Kepner returned to Frederick
about 6 o’clock last night. He
went directly to his office on the
second floor of the Five and Ten
Cent building, spending practically
the entire evening there.
Kepner Shows Worry.
This correspondent visited Mr.
Kepner’s office about 8 o’clock last
night. As he entered a hallway,
- which was unlighted, and started
up the steps, he almost stepped
over a man seated alone on the
dark stairway. It was Mr. Kep
f * ner.
The forty-seven year-old husband
of Mrs. Kepner showed plainly that
the worry and loss of sleep over
- _ the death of his wTte was telling on
him.
Mr. Kepner’s hands shook ner
vously, and he was continually wip
ing the perspiration from his fore
head.
A few minutes latter, Mr. Kepner
left his office for a walk. Curious
eyes peering at him followed him at
every footstep and for this reason
he cut short his stroll and returned
to his office.
Denial was made today by Miss
Ricketts that she contemplated a
suit for breach of promise against
Kepner.
“I have no Intention of suing him,
because he made no promises to
me," Miss Ricketts declared. “If
there was any promise, I made
it myself.”
A report that Mr. Kepner wrote
poetry about her was also denied
by Miss Ricketts.
“I don’t remember that he ever
sent me any poetry, but he did send
me some mushy letters.”
HARDING IS OPPOSED’
TO SPECIAL SESSION
SEWARD, Alaska, July 18*—The
proposal of United States Senator
Smith W. Brookhart of lowa to
demand a special session of Con
gress to deal with farm legislation
will not meet with Administration
approval, it was learned here today.
It was understood that so far
as President Harding is concerned,
he does not look with favor upon
any plan to call Congress into ses
sion prior to the regular session.
‘BOMB’ BEARING LAUDER’S
NAME EXCITES POLICE
NEW YORK. July 18.—Bearing
Harry Lauder’s name, marked “from
Glasgow, Italy.” and posted in
Manhattan, a small package caused
excitement in the main post office
on Eighth avenue yesterday.
One clerk insisted he heard
something ticking inside.
The bundle was addressed to
“William P. O’Brien, Inspector
General’s Office, Police Depart
ment, New York.” Members of
the bomb squad were called. They
opened the package carefully. In
side were two papers of tobacco.
No ticking apparatus was found.
•
In Hupmobile’s own
factories, Hupmobile
manufacturing develop
ment and improvement
have full sweep. They
a|re individual to this
car, and are entirely
free from outside influ
ences which might
hinder and hamper.
STERRETT & FLEMING
(Incorporated.)
Champlain St. 4 Kalorama Rd. Cal. 5050.
BRANCH SALESROOM
1423 Connecticut Avenue.
District Songbird Who
Will Entertain
Camera Men '
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COPVMQHT) HARRIS A. EWING
MRS. JACK BOWIE,
Soprano, who is to sing at “Cali
fornia Night” of the International
Photographers convention, in
Convention Hall, tomorrow night.'
SANFRANGISGO
SEEKS PHOTO
MEETING
“California Song,” by Mrs.
Jack Bowie, Depended on to
Swing Convention.
California delegates to the inter
national convention of the Photo
graphers of America has fired its
first guns in the campaign to take
the 1924 meeting to San Francisco.
The San Francisco delegation has
already invited the delegates to
come out and look at the Golden
Gates, but that’s only a starter.
The ’Frisco men and other groups
from the California Photographers’
Association contributed the Cali
fornia Cup, a silver trophy, to the
convention, for the photograph ad
judged the best commercial product
in the exhibition now in progress
at Convention Hall. But that's only
a starter, too, according to Laurence
B. Morton, of the coast metropolis.
The California crowd will make
its big bid for the 1924 conclave to
morrow night, which has been set
aside especially for them.
Mrs. Jack Bowie, soprano, is to
open the big campaign with the
“California Song,” which is expect
ed to rival in Washington the popu
larity of the “lowa Corn Song” as
a State anthem.
SLAITMAN IN
STREET GAR
FIGHT
Pistol Toter Then Jumps Into
Auto and Shoots Driver for
Slowing Up.
CHICAGO, July 18.—Backed
by orders to “shoot to kill on
sight,” police today were drawing
in a dragnet in which they hope
to snare Ambesto Gilberto, be
lieved to be a madman, killer of
Cologero Salerno and who prob
ably fatally wounded Charles
Goetz, private secretary to the
president of the Chicago, Mil
waukee and St. Paul railroad.
Believe He Is Insane.
Gilberto fired six bullets into the
body of Salerno on a crowded street
corner, killing him instantly. The
slayer then leaped into the nearest
automobile with Goetz at the wheel.
When Goetz, forced to drive at
the pistol point slowed un to avoid
a collision, Gilberto shot him twice.
Hospital physicians say he prob
ably will die.
Follows Quarrel.
The shooting of Salerno, according
to police, followed violent quarrel
ing between Salerno and Gilberto
over the charge that Mrs. Salerno
had left her husband for Gilberto.
Convinced the slayer is insane,
police have issued orders to kill
him on sight if he makes the least
resistance.
FINAL HOME MAILBOX
SURVEY BEING MADE
Preparations- for a final survey ot
the home mall box situation m
Wasnlngton wH| be made by the
Washington postoffice August 1. ac
cording to plans being made toda,
by Postmaster Mooney.
Reports from the carriers on all
routes show that there are now
only 411 homes in the entire District
which have not been equipped with
boxes or slots and where, under the
law, mail may not be delivered.
Mr. Mooney, in connection with
the August survey, will have car
riers on the routes where these 411
homes are located, interview each
owner, and try to induce owners to
install the required equipment. So
anxious is the postmaster to clean
up this situation that he is quoted
as offering to purchase out of his
own pocket boxes for homes where
owners refuse to comply with the
regulation.
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
POLICE CERTAIN
PRISONER IS
COPELAND
Alleged Slayer of Three Denies
Identity, Bat Is Held in
Jail for Trial.
I
After two hours’ severe grilling
by detectives and a searching physi
cal examination by District jail
physicians, Washington police today
were convinced that the manacled
giant negro in their eustory is
Herbert Copeland, alleged triple
murderer. The prisoner steadfastly
denied he was the man sought by
authorities for more than four
i years. •
i Physicians stripped the negro and
■ identified the scars and markings
on his body as those observed on
•Copeland when he was a prisoner
in the District jail.
After the investigation at police
headquarters, Copeland was photo
graphed and his finger prints were
recorded—a process which was
omitted when he Idst was in the
hands of the police.
Returned to Jail.
Heavily manacled, he was then
taken to the jail from which he
escaped and was placed in close
confinement. Copeland will be
tried as son as the District Attor
ney’s office can prepare its case.
An indictmentn charging the pris
oner with the murder of Policeman
John Conrad has already been re
turned.
First precinct police reserves
were called to disperse the curious
hundreds who attempted to attend
the inquiry in progress in Inspector
Clifford L. Grant’s office.
More than 200 persons at Union
Station today at 8:30 o'clock saw
Copeland brought back to Washing
ton, manacled to two of the city’s
strongest detectives with “iron”
enough to sink a battleship.
Arrives at Headquarters.
Headquarters Detectives Kelly
and Sweeney brought their prisoner
into the office of Inspector Clifford
L. Grant at 8:30 a. m., completing
their over-night journey back from
Akron, Ohio, where the man al
leged to be Copeland was working
in a steel plant under th* name of
Golden. Ten minutes later a dense
crowd had collected on the West
fi ant of the District building and
remained until the prisoner was led
forth after a long interrogation.
Denies He Is Copeland.
The colored man. light of hue,
nearly bald, and of sullen appear
ance, stoutly denied he was Cope
land when brought before ques
tioners. Because after his capture
in May, 1918, he was so badly
wounded as to be confined to a hos
pital for weeks, he had never been
photographed or subjected to the
Bertillon measurements.
Positive identification, however,
should not be difficult. Copeland
bore numerous unmistakable scars
and his physiognomy once seen
would hardly be forgotten.
Inspector Grant is sure he can
positively announce that the prisoner
is Copeland by noon.
“Inspector Grant and Detective
Mullen, who was one of the head
quarters men originally working
on the case, have positively identi
fied the man as Copeland,” Big
Tom Sweeney declared after having
deposited the negro in the front
office of the detective bureau.
Trip Uneventful.
The two sleuths with their
quarry arrived over the Baltimore
and Ohio lines early this morning.
Their trip back from Akron was
uneventful. With handcuffs ’ink
ing him to both officers, the man
called Copeland never had a chance
to make a break, had he so wished.
Indictments charging Copeland
with three murders, two of Washing
ton policemen, have long been gath
ering dust in the District Attorney’s
office. In all probability the trial
will take place in the near future.
Meanwhile, the man brought back
today will be confined in the Dis
trict jail in such a fashion that es
cape will be out of the question.
Copeland gained his freedom on
April 21, 1919, while awaiting trial,
by sawing the bars from a cell
window and squeezing through an
incredibly small space. He is said
to have had assistance from the out
side.
The crimes that placed Copeland
in the toils were the shootings of
Private Conrad and Deputy Sheriff
McPartland, of Prince Georges
county, as they attempted to serve
a witness summons on him in his
home, and a few hours later the
killing of Lieut. Dunigan while
Copeland stood at bay in a house to
which he had fled.
Crime Occurred In 1918.
The triple slayings occurred the
night of May 21, 1918, and Copeland
was wounded three times by the of
ficers’ frt-e as he stood siege.
Copeland is regarded as one of
the most dangerous men with
whom the local department ever
had had to deal. He committed
one murder in Galveston, Texas,
before coming to Washington and
was noted as a gunman who would
shoot to kill on the slightest provo
cation.
There were various alarms of his
reappearance in the Capital fol
lowing his escape, but the first in
timation of a likely suspect came to
Inspector Grant a few days ago
from a negro informant vy+io de
clared Copeland was working under
an assumed name in the Firestone
rubber plant at Akron. Kelly and
Sweeney were dispatched Monday
night to the Ohio city.
WIDOW OF GARIBALDI,
ITALIAN HERO, DEAD
CAGLIARI, Italy, July 18.—Fran
cesca Garibaldi, widow of Italy’s
great hero, is dead at the age of
seventy-five. Her death was quite
unexpected, as she was in appar
ently good health only a few weeks
ago, when Premier Mussolini visit
ed her home on Caprera Island,
where Garibaldo is buried.
Francesca was a Piedmontese and
went to Caprera in 1867 as a nurse
to Garibaldi’s grandchildren. He
married her after the annulment of
his union with the Marchioness
Raimondi.
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ROYAL RUSSIANS ARE
LABORERS IN U. S.
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Mr. and Mrs*. Alex Brisgaloff, Russians of royal birth, who were
forced to leave Russia during recent uprisings, are now doing ordi
nary day labor on a chicken ranch near Seattle, Wash. Alex
Brisgaloff was minister of agriculture under the Czar and Mrs.
Brisgaloff is from one of the best-known royal Russian families.
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KIL “OUT"
FBITO
Senator-Elect's Wife Manages
140 Acres—Hasn’t Made Up
Mind About Coming Here.
By Cosmopolitan News Service.
MINNEAPOLIS, July 18.—When
Magnus Johnson goes to Washing
ton to take his seat in the Senate
he may go alone.
For Mrs. Magnus Johnson has
not fully made up her mind as to
whether she will accompany him or
not. You see—there’s the farm to
look after.
Looking after things on the John
sons’ 140 acres up at Kimball has
been Mrs. Johnson’s contribution to
her husband’s campaign. He says
himself that by assuming that re
sponsibility and leaving him free for
his campaign, she put him over.
Mrs. Johnson doesn’t take any
such credit herself. One suspects
her of being a farmer by inclination
rather than by circumstances. Mrs.
Magnus Johnson may not be inter
ested in women in politics—she says
she never had time to worry much
about such things—but she knows
farming.
For several weeks Mrs. Johnson
has milked seven cows every morn
ing before breakfast. She has
planted and is raising a large gar
den. She looks after a big flock of
chickens, some pigs and other live
stock. Also she has superintended
all the work in the fields, helping
out when her sons got in a tight
place. And—she loves it.
Doesn’t Waste Words.
Mrs. Johnson is a quiet, plain sort
of woman. Her gray hair she combs
back smoothly into a tight knot on
top of her head. Yesterday she
wore a brown silk dress and white
shoes. Her face and arms are
deeply tanned. She says very little,
but when she speaks she says some
thing.
Not a woman who wastes words
is Mrs. Magnus Johnson. She has
a good deal of dignity—the kind of
dignity that goes with true sim
plicity.
A marked contrast to her exuber
ant husband is Mrs. Johnson. She
was born on a farm near Kimball,
adjoining that on which she now
lives. She has never lived anywhere
else. Her father was born In Maine,
her mother in Kentucky. She is a
direct descendant of 'General Israel
Putnam of Revolutionary war fame.
She married Magnus Johnson in
1899. They have six children: Lil
lian, 23; Victor, 19; Magnus, Jr., 14;
Agnes, 10, and Florence, 9.
“The boys run the farms and the
girls do the housework, while I
take care of the garden and the
livestock and sort of manage
things,” she said with her slow,
quiet smile.
Victory Was Unexpected.
Besides looking after the farm
and raising her children, she has
time to devote to the schools of
her township. They have a con
solidated school up there, and Mrs.
Johnson is clerk of the school board.
Between them, Mr. and Mrs. John
son have held that job 22 yea,rs.
But, aside from that, she has no
particular interest in public affairs.
“How does it feel to be the wife
of a United States Senator?” she
was asked.
She smiled—that slow, quiet sort
of smile.
‘‘You’ll have to let me get used
to it first. It's sort of unexpected.’’
ART CRITIC, IN $500,000
SUIT, REITERATES CHARGE
NEW YORK, July 18.—Sir Joseph
Duveen, art connoisseur, against
whom a $500,000 slander suit has
been filed in the supremo court by
George Joseph De Motte. reiterated
that the Chakpleve enamel Virgin
sold by De Motte tn the late Michael
Dreicer as a work of the twelfth
century was a fraud. In his an
answer to De Motte’s suit, Sir Joseph
declares that the unauthenticity of
the enamel is so apparent that he
needed no further expert advice than
his own on the subject.
De Motte sold the enamel, that of
the Virgin and Child, to Mr. Dreicer
shortly before Mr, Dreicer's death.
Executors of his estate called Sir
Joseph tn examine It. It Is for what
he declares are slanderous state
ments made by Sir Joseph after that
examination that De Motte seeks re-
ROW DEVELOPS
OVER BIBLE
COURSE
Mrs. H. Moffett Bradley,
Founder of Study, Resists
Efforts for Resignation.
One of the most serious re
ligious controversies in recent
years is imminent, according to
local religious leaders, as a result
of the demand made last night
by the Washington Federation of
Churches fdr the resignation of
Mrs. H. Moffett Bradley as super
visor of the daily vacation Bible
course in seventy of the city’s
leading churches, which she estab
lished by her own initiative and
in which she is said to have spent
her own funds.
Scent Persecution.
There Is an exceedingly bitter
feeling manifest today and friends
of Mrs. Bradley are outspoken in
their belief that she is being perse
cuted by the federation and that
this powerful organization is mak
ing every effort to rob her of the
fruits of her labor.
Mrs. Bradley Inaugurated the
Bible course in the churches three
years ago and has built it up to
a point where it is said 10,000
children are receiving its benefit.
During % this time, Mrs. Bradley
states, she has not received a cent
for her labors and has, on the con
trary, spent several hundred dollars
of her own money to perfect the
course.
The demand. for Mrs. Bradley’s
resignation and a request that she
turn over to the federation all of
her records regarding the course
was made by the executive secre
tary of the federation, Dr. W. C.
Darby. Mrs. Bradley was told that
unless she announced that the pro
gram in the Sylvan Theater Wed
nesday night was “under the aus
pices of the Washington Federation
of Churches,” the program would
be called off.
Will Hold Program.
Mrs. Bradley declares that she will
attempt to hold the program, regard
less of interference by the federation.
She has been informd that Dr.
Darby has sent letters to instructors
in the various churches stating that
she has resigned as supervisor of
the course. This Mrs. Bradley
denies.
Mrs. Bradley was sprmerly secre
tary td Dr. Darby, resigning in
March tof this year to carry on her
work. Since that time, it is said,
the federation has instituted efforts
to secure control of the course It
is stated that the federation plans
to take the course over and put a
salaried male supervisor in charge.
Every step she has made to ad
vance the course has been fought by
the federation, Mrs. Bradley says.
WIDOW SUES FOR.SHARE
IN $450,000 ESTATE
Ethel L. Fulton, widow of Horace
K. Fulton, filed suit in the District
Supreme Court yesterday to compel
the American Security & Trust Com
pany to deliver her a legal share in
$450,000 worth of personal property
which was left to the company as
trustee by her late husband.
Mrs. Fulton claims that under the
terms of the will she was left only
SI,OOO and the residence at 1474 Har
vard street northwest, which, she
says, is less than her legal share in
the estate. The widow declares that
virtually all of the real estate val
ued at $175,00 was left in trust for
Mrs. Florence M. Carmody and
Horace M. Fulton, children of the
deceased.
WOMAN’S BODY FOUND
FLOATING IN NORFOLK
NORFOLK, Va., July 18.—The
body of a woman was seen floating
under the Campostello bridge, on
the eastern branch of the Elizabeth
river, late last night, according to
a report to the police at an early
hour this morning. The police boat
was dispatched on a search fox- the
body at once.
The body, according to the report
filed at fire headquarters and later
transmitted to the police, was mov
Ing swiftly on a strong incoming
tide. It was believed that it has
been washed fax- upstream by this
Mme, .
WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1923.
BRITISH REPLY
TO GERMANY
HEADY
Lord Curzon to Submit Note
on Debt to Envoy
at Berlin.
LONDON, July 18.—Lord Curzon,
British foreign secretary, is ex
pected to communicate the contents
of the British reparations note to
the German ambassador, Herr
I Sthamer, when they confer this
evening.
A cabinet meeting was to have
been held this afternoon to con
sider the reparations issue, but it
was postponed until tomorrow.
The postponement gave rise to be
lief that new representations were
being made to France by England
It was reported that the French
might make some concessions if
the British included the question
of passive resistance in their repa
rations note. Suggestions of an
informal nature have come from
Paris and were under Investigation
today.
The British note has been com
pleted. It is comparatively short,
outlining the British proposals with
the utmost brevity. It proposes «n
international commission to fix the
sum of German indemnity, but pro
poses additional safeguards for
France to guarantee German pay
ments.
It is understood Belgium is
bringing additional pressure upon
France in an effort to weaken the
stern program of the Paris govern
ment.
It was understood that Premier
Baldwin planned to send copies of
the note to Paris, Rome and Brus
sels at the same time-he communi
cated the contents to the German
ambassador. He is meeting with
serious obstacles within the cabinet
as the pro-Frenoh diehards have
shown no signs of relenting.
A covering letter has been drawn
up to accompany the formal note
expressing Great Britain’s view of
passive resistance In the Ruhr.
It was understood that the note
suggested that France should loosen
her hold upon the Ruhr before she
could expect the Germans to end
their passive resistance against mil
itary occupation.
Note in France Friday.
By International New* Service.
PARIS, July 18.—France was in
formally notified today that the
British reparations note will be re
ceived Friday. This note will out
line Great Britain’s reparations
views and will seek to have the
allied powers reply to the latest
German reparations offer with a
joint communication.
SUCCESS RULES
GIVEN WOMEN
IN BUSINESS
)Vlrs. Alice Foote McDougall
Says Industry Is No Longer a
Stop-Gap for Females.
By Cosmopolitan New* Service.
NEW YORK, July 18.—Mrs. Alice
Foote McDougall, lousiness woman
and coffee expert, who predicted re
cently that within a century the
women will be doing all the busi
ness, says that the observance of a
few simple will hasten the time
when women will control business.
There are five things a woman must
know, she says, before she can be
successful in business.
They are: “How to dress comfort
ably without losing the charm of her
sex.
“How to take correction from the
boss without weeping.
“How to discuss abstract ques
tions without making personal ap
plication of everything that is said.
“How to stick to agreements
without squirming if you are get
ting the worst of it.
"How to say ‘no’ at the right time.
“Business is no longer a stop-gap
in the life of woman,” said Mrs.
McDougal. The time is long past
when a woman goes to business
while she waits for the right man to
come and take her out of it.”
CHARGING CRUELTY, WIFE
SEEKS LIMITED DIVORCE
Mrs. Edna Bynum yesterday filed
suit in the District Supreme Court
against Jennings Bynum for a lim
ited divorce, alleging cruelty and
desertion. The wife declares that
her husband is fond of gambling,
and has repeatedly stayed awaj|
from their home all night “play
ing poker with friends." The cou
ple were married October 1, 1919.
Denying misconduct, Mrs. Emma
J. C. Hoard, wife of George J.
Hoard, who sued her for absolute
divorce yesterday filed her answer,
declaring that the sole purpose of
her husband’s suit is to annoy her.
The court is asked to dismiss his
bill. She sued for a limited divorce
May 4, but she says it has been im
possible to serve the papers on her
husband.
Chief Justice McCoy yesterday or
dered Albert L. Peck to pay his
(ormer wife, Irene Peck Bailey, $7
a week, for the support of their ton.
The husband noted an appeal.
Prima Donna Who Is
Also Successful
As Auto Agent
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KZYBTONK PHOTO
MISS CORINE MUER,
During the day she is hard at
work as an agent for one of the
wet! known medium priced auto
mobile concerns of New York
city, where she may be seen driv
ing a hard bargain on a car or
accessories.
But during the evening, she
blossoms forth as a prima donna
in a White Way “Bright spot”
where she has drawn thousands
to hear her singing, which has
been proclaimed above the ordin
ary. She intends to make a suc
cess in both fields. Versatile—
well, a little bit, don’t you know.
GOLFER GETS ‘BIRDIE’
WITH AID OF A CROW
PHILADELPHIA, July 18.—How
a crow helped Dr. Benjamin Bene
dict by stealing the dentist’s golf
ball while he was playing at Cobbs
Creek links wes related by Mike To
bin, of the Llanerch Country Club.
Dr. Benedict, Tobin and two other
men were playing in a foursome.
They reached the sixth tee and To
bin’s drive went to the top of the
big hill, directly in front of that tee.
The dentist’s drive went half way up
and Tobin waited at the top of the
hill while Dr. Benedict took an iron
shot.
"The ball landed well up over the
hill,” said Tobin. “In its flight It
seemed to attract the attention of a
crow. The bird flew after it. When
the ball stopped rolling, the crow was
at its side. After pecking at the ball
several times, the crow lifted It and
carried it seventy-five yards nearer
the sixtn green, dropping it tn the
gravel pit in front of the green.”
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CINII MRIffS
ITN.Y.niDH
FHNtCE
Singer, Met by Millionaire Hus
band, Evades Interviewers.
In Seclusion on Trip.
NEW YORK, July 18.—Ganna
Walska, is back, arriving today on
the Olymnis from Cherbourg*
France.
Will Madam sing? Yes.
When?—Madame shrugs her
shoulders.
Newspaper men who -went down
the bay to meet the liner and ask
Madame Waleka about her cur
tailed concert tour abroad found
the business of an interview turned
into a game of hide and seek.
In fact It was not until the liner
docked and the fampus Polish
beauty walked down the gang
plank to be greeted by her husband,
Harold J. McCormick, multi-million
aire, head of the International
Harvester Company, that the game
ended. And then the diva positive
ly refused to be interviewed.
Walska was dressed simply in
black and wore a small black hat,
perhaps in respect for the death
of McCormick’s mother.
Pearls Her Only Jewels.
Her only jewels were a rope of
i earls about her throat.
Officers and passengers stated
i that she remained much in seclu
; sion during the voyage, occupying
a palatial suite on deck C, with*
■ separate quarters for her maids.
A piano on Deck E, was placed
at her disposal and the diva sang
occasionally but not for those on
I board.
Reporters who swarmed outside
her suite as the ship came up the
bay found all doors locked and
closely guarded. Nothing would
persuade Madame to make an ap
pearance.
Evades All Interviewers.
Even a “vaudeville act” in which
scribes exchanged words in loud
voice—words of praise for- her
voice, and such lines as “Madame
is always so pleased to give the
newspapermen just a little Inter
view to use a stage expression,
“flopped/’
As the liner was warned into’ her
pier the singer evaded the crowd
about her door by a rear exit and
secluded herself on deck. When
the gangplank was ’owered she
mingled with the crowd, unat
tended, and was not recognized
until she met her husband.
Mr. and Mrs. 'McCormick were
driven to her town house' on East
Ninety-fourth street, where if wa.«<
understood she would remain but
a short while before going to
Chicago.
FARMER KILLED WHEN
PLOW HITS APPENDIX
OCONTO, Wiß., July 18.—Alfred
Nelson, forty, prosperous farmer,
of this community, was almost in
stantly killed when his appendix
burst after a plow handle struck
him in the side.
Physicians who examined him
said he had been suffering from
chronic appendicitis for many years,
although he was unaware of his ail
ment.
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