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Jack Dempsey:

The death by drowning of Sir Augustus Webster, the owner of Battle Abbey, recalls in a startling manner the "drowning curse" on the historic spot. Battle Abbey was built on the scene of the Battle of er English king "dispossessed the monks and Hastings, in England, as a monastery, but a Int

gave the castle to one of his favourites, A monk is said to have cursed the place, predicting that all its owners would drown. Many did. The eighth Lord Montague, who owned it, before the Websters, was drowned. Twenty-two years later his sister was drowned. The estate was then let to Michael Grace, an Here is the latest photograph of the fighting face of Jack Dempsey who met and defeated Luis Angel Firpo in New York City, on Sep-American millionaire, and his daughter, Mrs. Hubert Beaumont, was drowned. Lady Webster was tember 14, for the world's heavyweight championship and a ton of drowned while trying to save her daughter, Evelyn, from drownings Sir Augustus's only son was killed

money.

in the World War.

MONDAY OCTOBER 20

Jack Knight and mother WIK

When-Mail Pilot Jack Knight, in Cheyenne, Wyo, heard that his father, Dr. Melvin M. Knight, was dying in his home at Buchanan, he secured a mail plane, flew all night to Chicago, got another plane and dashed across Lake Michigan, in record time, to reach his father's bed- side. He is shown here greeting his mother upon his arrival. His father lived only a few days after his record flight.

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Carl N. A. Voss, Gloucester (Mass.) business man and confess- ed rum ruaner, is charged with shooting Captain Arthur Moore and Cook Harry Harn on the Canadian run-ruaning ship "J.- Scott Hankinson," off Cape Ann Voss denied the charges. The "Hankison," lying in "Rum Row" to sell her illicit cargo, was board- ed by desperadoes from the stolen

over Kid Dropper: Doby Capt. Villemse, Light Trouts Colier reenacts under

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Not since Red Phil Davidson boarded a Third Avenue street car in New York City and "bumped off" Jack Zelig, gang leader, for slay- ing his friend, Kid Twist, have. New York's professional killers been giving more technical attention to their "rods," which they are oiling un for action. It all started when 16-year-old Yotchki Churgin turned her love from Izzy Kaplan, of the Madison street gang, to Midget Louis Schwartzman, of the Essex street gang. A few nights later Midget Lewis kissed Yotchki good-night-and good-bye, too, for an unseen gunman "croaked him" good and plenty. Now Essex street and Madison street knew it was "Kid Dropper," or one of his gang, who fired the shot. Don't think "Kid Dropper" got his name becauseof the men he "dropped," though he did "drop" many. Instead, he got it when he was young in gangstering, when the police called him "Kid Dropper" because of the way he felled kids to rob them. "Kid Dropper's" real name is or was-Jack Kaplan, and he was a brother of Izzy Kaplan. A few days after Midget Louie "got his" there was a threat of a musicians' strike in New York theatres, and the police were tipped off, a number of gunmen had gathered in an uptown office to fight possible rikebreakers. A raid in Broadway resulted in the arrest of "Kid Dropper" and his gang; but they were discharged in Essex Market Court for want of evidence. As "Kid Dropper" entered a taxicab with his wife and as the police reserves of three precincts stood around, undersized, anaemic Louis Cohen poked a gun through "He bullets went through the straw hat of Police Captain Willense.

Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, millionaire son of a German-American Brewer, of Philadelphia, notorious slacker in the World War, escaped trom a Federal prison, where he was serving a term.as a deserter, by king permission to go to Maryland to dig up $110,000 in gold he said He had buried there. He went to Germany, where lately he killed a n who tried to kidnap him and bring him back to America. Now a untaineer named Houser, living near Hagerstown, Md., says he has dog up a bux containing $105,000. Howard Wheeler, a ten-year-old bay, claims to have seen it first and demands the money. This photo graph-shows where it was found. Houser's sister denies he found any boy is Chandler Thompson, a Los motor boat "Greyhound," 15 miles off Thatcher's Island. After the the back of the cab and bumped "Kid Dropper" off. One of his wild

ney, alleging the entire affair was a practical joke, but the Govern- ment officials are investigating and will scize the money if it was

found.

Twenty years ago in Northamp ton, Mass., a little boy of eight was struggling to get an education. Bom deaf, he could utter only a few words. For three years Miss Grace Goodhue, his teacher, work gd hard with this boy. She is now Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, wife of the President of United States, and the Angeles, Cal., cobbler, who has offered to make all the shoes of the Coolidge family if they will

accept.

shooting the pirates looted the ship of its cargo and money and scuttl-killed my friend, Louis Schwartzman," said Louis Cohen in exten ed it, but failed to sink it. The "Greyhound" was found later by Juation. So the. "eggs," are oiling up their "rods," and East Side is

digging in. Gloucester fishermen and towed ashore.

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If so you should consult Then

a-eye specialist. reading by lamplight will be a pleasure, not an infliction. Your sight is also protected.

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REMEMBER I'VE MADE AN ENGAGEMENT

FOR YOU TO TAKE MR. CLASS OUT TO DINNER - SEE THAT YOU TAKE HIM TO A

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