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EDNA PURVIANCE’S SWEETHEART SHOT BY
MADEL NORMAND’S CHAUFFEUR AT j
DRUNKEN LIQUOR PARTY
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5—Courtland S. Dines, an oil operator
from Denver. Colorado, was shot in his apartment last Wednesday night ]
In the presence of Mabel Normand, the mystery woman in the William j
Desmond Taylor murder case. Edna Purviance. who is also a film star, j
was present, and Joseph Kelly, alias II. A. Greer. Miss Xormand's chauf
feur, did the shooting with Miss Normand’s revolver. Kelly confessed I
that the people in the party had been drinking and that Miss Xormand was
drunk and that he (Kelly! sought to take her home and he then claims
that Dines interfered and tried to smash him with a bottle. Dine?' phy
sician says he will recover.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5—Mrs. Burns, a companion of Mabel Nor
mand. stated that she railed Miss Normand to the phone while that young
lady was at the borne of Dines, and asked the latter to come to her home
as Miss Normand had to undergo an operation for appendicitis on the
following day. Mrs. Burns declared that Kelly did nut run upstairs
and get a revolver out of Mabel Normand's room, although Kelly informed
the police that he did so. Dines said: "1 did not threaten to hit Kelly
with a bottle. If he had molested me I would have crushed him with
my hands. He just turned the gun on me and shot. 1 was the most
surprised man in the world when the bullets began to fly.” Dines ad
mitted that Miss Normand and himself had some drinks and also told 'of
a proposed .New Year’s party at the Ambassador Hotel. Miss Purvi
anee said that she and Dines were engaged to be married in five or six
months. “He never gave me a ring and no date was set. hut the en
gagement was understood between us.”
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 5—The Police Department of Los Angeles
state that Kelly has a police record and that at one time he was boohed at
the police station under the name of Greer.
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 5—'Tin not ashamed to say that I am most
terribly fond of him,” Edna Purviance. the moving picture actress said,
in reply to reports of her engagement to Courtland S. Dines.
CHICAGO. Jan. 5—Will Hayes. Movie Director, e-nroute to Chicago |
has been delayed by a freight wreck east of Chicago. He declared that l
he will investigate the incident of the shooting of Dines by the chauffeur J
of Mabel Normand, the movie actress.
LOS ANGELES. Jan. <V The infatuation of Kelly for Miss Nor
mand. his employer, and his jealousy of her and the wealthy Denver ac
quaintance, were the motives that prompted Kelly to shoot Dines, ac
cording to the Police. Dines is. however, said to be an admirer of
Miss Purviance. Dines has been twice divorced though he is only 34
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5—Mabel Normand has issued a denial of
any love affair with her chauffeur, Joe Kelly, alias Greer, who shot Court
land Dines in the lung when the latter protested against the screen star
being taken from hts apartment while In the state of intoxication.
CHICAGO Jan. 5—The Moiion Picture Hoard of Kansas and Ten
nessee ordered films, in which Mabel Normand appears, to be barred.
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 5—Mabel Normand underwent an operation
yesterday afternoon for appendicitis at the same hospital in which
Courtland Dines is lighting for his life, his wounds having developed
into pneumonia.
KEKP POSTED ON WHAT IN TAKING PLACE—ORDUH THK NUGGET.
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DEL. SUTHERLAND
INTRODUCES NEW
MINING LAW BILL
WASHINGTON'. Jan. 5—Delegate Sutherland introduced a Bill
to Congress seeking to amend the Alaska Mining Laws by providing that
“Ho Placer Claim hereafter located in Alaska shall be patented which
shall contain a greater area than fixed by law -nor which is longer than
three times its greatest width, provided where any Isolated parcel of placer
ground lies between and adjoins patented claims on all sides and over
1320 feet in length, then this dimension restriction shall not apply.”
FREAK RENEWS DEMANDS THAT WOOD BE INVESTIGATED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5—Frear renewed his demands that a Con
gressional investigation of Leonard Wood’s administration in the Phil
ippines be held and declared that an inqniry should also be held cov
ering stock transactions of Osborne Wood. Frear said that he had no
intention of amending his resolution of a sweeping inquiry, but suggested
that the rules of the committee could easily increase the scope of the
inquiry if such were their desire. During the last few days Frear has
been urged by Senator Caraway of Arkansas, to press for an examination
of the business affairs of both the Woods. If the Senate orders the
investigation. Caraway said that he intended to turn over to Frear some
correspondence which reached him concerning business transactions of
Leonard Wood, Jr.
DIXMUDE LOCATED IN MEDITERRANEAN BY BALLOONS
PARIS, Jan. 5—Observation balloons have located the wrecked
Dixmude m the Mediterranean three miles from the South of San Marcos.
lUBHCRiBE FOR THE NOME NUGGET—91 .OO MONTH nwjvwum
C00LID6E PLANS
TO ABOLISH U.S.
SHIPPING BOARD
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5—Rear Admiral Leigh C. Palmer of Si.
Louis, who is a retired Navy officer, has been selected by Peraident Coo
lidge to be Chairman of th • Shipping Hoard. The President has also de
cided’that the Shipping Bouid, as it is, should be abolished as soon as such
action can be taken legally. A legislative Bill to carry out this idea
and centering all power in one man who will report direct to the Secre
tary of the Treasury or the Secretary of Commence will be placed before
the Cabinet and will go to Congress shortly thereafter. The legal depart
ment of the Government was yesterday instructed by the President to
draft a bill leaving the Cabinet to decide which Cabinet officer will assume
the direction of shipping. It is understood that the Treasury Depart
ment is favored, although the Department of Commerce, under Hoover has
charge of navigation and devotes much of its activities to commercial ship
ping and would be the logical disposition to make of the case.
CONGRESS RECONVENES AFTER RECESS
WASHINGTON. Jan. 5—Congress reconvened January 3rd., and ’
went back to work, taking up the election of a chairman for the Inter- \
state Commerce Commission. «
BOTH HOUSES RECESS UNTIL MONDAY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5—Both Houses recessed late yesterday af
:err.oon until next Monday.
ALL KINDS OF LEQAL BLANKS AT THB NUOBET OFFICE
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JOHNSON TAKES
SWING AT THE
PRESENT ADM.
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JOHNSON WII4L OUTLINE PLATFORM
CLEVELAND, Jan. 5—Hiram Johnson arrived in Cleveland Thrus
lay night and was to outline his platform on which ht- hopes to win tht
Republican nomination for President.
CLEVELAND, Jan. 5—Hiram Johnson in his opening campaign
speech last night, laid down live main lines of attack upon the admin
istration of President t’oolidge. and those supporting him for the noml
ination. Those included were the- Republican Delegate strength Iron
the South, the Mellon tux plan, the Agricultural relief, the sale of arms
to the Obregon Government and the lack of a definite foreign policy.
FOOTBALL AND
OTHER SPORT;
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PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 5 Dropped In the second ami fifth rounif
for the count of nine. Lew Tendler lost the decision in u ten round bou(
to Nate Goldman.
MINNEAPOLIS. Jan. 5—Billy Misk. the St. Paul heavyweigh*
w'ho has only been knocked out once in his career, and tbut by Jack Dem[
sey. died in Minneapolis after a week’s illness of Brights Disease.
NEWARK. N. J.. Jan. 5—Young Stribling beat Dave Rosen burnt
in a 12 round bout Thursday night.
SALBMORE. Jan. 5 Joe Lynch, the world’s champion bantan
weight, knocked out Jimmy Murphy in the third round o: their schedule!
BUENOS AIRES. Jan. 5
that Farmer Lodge of Minneapolis
Aires to meet Firpo in a fifteen r<
to receive throe thousand dollar
said that Lodge is now on his wa
Luis Angel F
from the
las agreed to go to Buenc
February 10th. Lodge :
aveling expenses. Firp
which was to sail today. Firpo also ar
nounced that his match with the Italian champion. Erminio Spalla. wi
take place «n the Buenos Aires football field on February 24th.. and wip
be a fifteen round bout. Firpo said that he would receive forty per ceiu.
of the gate receipts and Spalla a guaranteed amount, which Firpo wa
unable to make public, but it is reported to be 200.000 Lire. Afte”
these two fights Firpo will sail for the United States on February 28th.
PORTLAND. Jan. 0—The Sett High School football tean
ledo. Ohio, claim the National Intercollegiate football title of thf
States, having defeated the Columbia University’s Preparatory
eleven with a score of twenty to seventeen.
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PITTSBURG. Jan. 5—Pancho Villa
Tony Norman of Pittsburg, outfighting h
tenth, which was declared to be even.
mi the judges’ decision ■
in every round except
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PASADENA. Jan. 5—The football Huskies of the IJnlversi*
Washington, and the Navy team from Annapolis, battled to a 14*
tie before a crowd that was estimated fo he near forty thousand,
game was said to be one of the most brilliant annual Intersectlonal
tests rf recent years. It was the Navy’s versatile tricky offense pittv|
against stralghr football, backed by Washington’s weight, which made thj
brilliant outcome a deadlock. Q
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LOS ANGELES. Jan. 5—The Navy Huskies Bit Los Angeles ff
Iheir riome yesterday. Shipley, the fullback, bro! e his shoulder, an
Cullen broke an arm, and one of the other players broke a bone In th
left leg. in the game with the Washington team.
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