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Show NOTED FRENCH POET IS FOUND DEAD IN TUNNEL Paris, Feb. 8. M. Catulle-Abraham Mendes, the noted French poet, was found dead In the railway tunnel at SL Germain today. It Is believed that the death of M. Mendes was accidental. He boarded a train at Paris at midnight bound for his home at St. Germain. He had dined last evening at the homo of a friend, Baron Oppenheim. The authorities author-ities are of the opinion that he fell asleep in the carriage and that by mistake mis-take he opened the door of his compartment com-partment while the train was still In the tunnel and fell beneath the wheels. M. Mendes spent part of yesterday writing a play on Napoleon, which he was preparing for the Rejane Theater. |