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Son's Name.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1925.

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Mrs. William Brandorff is the mother, by a previous marriage. of Richard Garf, for whose death Fritz Barmann, the German

"vampire" slayer, has confessed responsibility. Search for the missing youth was begun in 1929, after Otto, la brother, saw u burber wearing his brotllors suit. · The barber_salt he bought, the -suil from Hans Grans. Hahrmann's accomplice, but Grans denied

· knowing anything of young Graf, and the matter was only recently. cleared up.

POLICE SIGNÁL RUM RUNNERS.

RUSSELL THAW.

Efforts of Harry Thaw to.secure a reconciliation with his divorced wife, Evelyn Neshit Thaw, who is now running a cabaret in Atlantic City, having failer, the former Mrs. Thaw has announced her intention of fight- ing to secure the Thaw millions for her sun, Russell shown here in his Intest photograph, whose parentage Thaw has steadfastly denied.

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Leon. Trotzky. Soviet Minister of War. if seriously ill in Moscow and rumours persist, he has been polsoned London declares his is so'greatly in fear fa his 1'te be maintains eight homes to dodge his enemies. Premier Edouard Herrint, of France, has been compelled to give up his duties until he recovers from an attack of grippe. brought on his drive against Communists and other foreign agitators. The public prosecutor of Frankfurt-a-Main, Germany, has fasued n went for the arrest of Count Christian Guenther von Bernatori, son of the former, Ambassador to the United States. charging portury, Leo Ditrichstein, one of the leading stars of the American singe, hus been forced by (1) health to quit the stage. He will make his future home in Italy.

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Above is a photographic illustration showing how as much as £5,000,000 worth of liquor has been illicitly landed at Weehawken, New Jersey, where dishonest, policemen are alleged to have worked hand-in-glove with the smugglers. At the right is the town hall of Weehawken, frein the belfry of which a signal light was flashed when the police, with unusun during, had actually, cleared the stroeta' of traffic so the liquor could be landed and transported in safety. The rum boats would then run into the docks shown and unload their cargoes It is even alleged policemen aided in the actual unloading. Many Indictments already have been returned.

MISS NATAJE

The declared belief of Dr. Kate Waller Barrett that girls should permit their mothers to select their husbands is absurd, in the opinion of Miss Natalie. Hammond, daughter of John Hays Haramond, famous mining engineer. She asserts the most Im- portant matter that presents itself to the modern girl is to consider the mental make-up of the man the marries. What she wants is a cave man, but not in the popular surise. "I want a mental cava-man," ahe dgelaros..

The painting of Lady Nancy Astor, first woman over elected to Parliament, being introduced to the House of Commons by Lord. Balfour and the former Premier, Mr. Lloyd George, which created a political furore when hung on a stairway leading to one of the com- mittee rooms of the House of Commons, but which was permitted to romain by other governments, has been ordered to be removed by the Cabinet of Mr. Baldwin. The painting, by Charles Sims of the Royal Academy, was objected to because of a time-old tradition against hanging the picture of a living member.

WHAT'S THAT?

YOUR WIFE 15 VERY ANGRY SIR - SHE TOLÓ ME TO TELL YOU TO STAY AWAY FROM HERE SHE'LL BE HOME ANY MINUTE

YOU'D BETTER NOT LET HER SEE YOU-SIRI

"BRINGING UP FATHER.

JUST BECAUSE ! WUZ OUT LAST NIGHT SHE THINKS SHE'S GONNA MAKE ME STAY

? OUT.

NOW

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I THINK SHE MEANS