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Elected. Lawrence Henry Rupp, Allentown (Pa.) lawyer; to be Grand Exalted Ruler of the Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks; at the Elks' 66th annual convention in Atlantic City...
Married. Mrs. Lotta Rupp (Cinemactress Lottie Pickford); to one Russell O. Gillard, Los Angeles undertaker; in Hollywood. It was Mrs. Rupp's third marriage. After her first divorce (1920) she proclaimed she would not marry again "even if the man had golden wings and a diamond halo...
This time, the candidate picked red for red, blue for blue, yellow for yellow. So speedy and accurate was he that naval surgeons marveled to see how a pair of human eyes could improve in 48 hours. They questioned the candidate, soon confused him, discovered the deceit. Candidate Rupp and his employe were soon arrested, lodged in a police cell under $2,000 bond, charged with attempting to defraud the U. S. out of a $12,000 education at its Naval Academy...
Explained Rupp: "It was not what you would term honorable but I figured people know human nature and that others would do the same thing if they wanted a certain thing badly enough...
...Shortridge called for "human consideration rather than legal technicalities," extenuated the offense on the ground of "patriotism and zeal to serve." Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams, who has a son of his own keen on the sea, was understanding. At a signal from him, color-blind Candidate Rupp was set free, sent home to his parents...