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TEtEGRAM "HOOKY MOUNT JJSADS TUB WAT EVERY DAY" Partly Cloudy ton!, Sunday Fro haliis El; VOL. XIV- NO. sa ROCKY MOUNT, C..SATURDAY - AETERNOON, JULY' 26, 1919 PRICE 6 c: WENT TO RESCUE THE DIRIGIBLE GETS A BLOWING UP- TIRSTACCIDENT- WILSON REPLIES MtlSENDEQ TO PACIFIC FLEET E; '''',,.. - i ; : ( '','.'.',' ' ,:-.r ';...''.'"'.. -;' .". '',','. . ,"',:.,"'';.'.;:."'.' .'"..'' : MARIN WORKERS N D IE LODGE REOU Fifty Thousand Seamen Re Sume, Their Work After Three Weeks SAILINGS START TODAY General Secretary Gustive H. Brown of Seamans' Un ion Announces Clash Is at An End Men Go to Their -Work. New York. July 28. End . of -.the strike of 40,000 marina worker which has tied up shipping in 'Atlantic and Gulf porta for the laitt three .weeks was announced here today by Gustivc H. Brown, central secretary of the International Seamen's union, who add d that ahlpa would be moving by this afternoon. : First Lieut. David Prince .Jr., Drowned in Swollen Stream at Goldsbpro CHILD WAS DROWNINC j SEAMAN SATIFIED WITH THE RAISE ,:Nw York, July 26. The men, See retary Ilrown stated were 'f satisfied with tuajtjJri Jof settlement which in elude an Mrjaie of MLVaiBionth pe.r man for all'exeet the coal pars Uj received 8 U) increase. Letters from local Unions all over the country show ed a unanimity in favor of waiving Hit demands for an eight hour day at sea and a "closed shop" m order to end the strike. Tennessee Woman Suffrage Law Voted Nashville, Tenn., July 26. The Ten nessee Supreme Court today upheld the validity of the law of the recent legis lature giving women the right to vote is municipaLan.il 'residential elections reversing Chancellor Newman of this county who some weeks 'ago held the act was in violation of the State con titution. ; ' . ' Young Officer Was Among the Spectators in Borden Field When Child in Wad ing Got Into Danger. Goldsboro, Julv 20. First Lieutenant David M. Prince, Jr., was drowned here shortly after noon today when he went in rescue of a child who was wading in the waters of the overflow of Little river and who had gotten into deerrwa ter and wag in danger 'of drowning. The lieutenant who was with spectators wutching .the .swollen torrent heard the child's cry for help and plunged in, T, on reaching it he was seized - about the neck and dragged under and drown ed before aid could reach him. The child was Inter rescued by others. The drowning occurred near the city in the overflow of Little river near where enters into the -Neuse and over w)it in known as the Hnrdcn farm. Lieutenant Prince is a1out 22 years old and an oflicer of the Goldsboro com pnny of the 119. infantry, returning from service overseas this vear. Since leaving thpHervice he hus been employ ed with the Smith Hardware Co., of this city. The deceased formerly lived Scotland Neck, Halifax county having removed here - with the family, more than a-half dozen years ..ago. STABLE ORDINANCE IS BEING VIOLATED "Health Officers so Claim and 'Will Inflict Penalty upon the Guilty ' . Numerous violations of the c'Av stable ordinance, which have recently been discovered by sanitary officers, will be remedied by most stringent en forcement of the law beginning Mon day, according to a statement made by . City Health Officer H, L. Large today. ', Article inree is me pomon uj. mi - ordinance which is being so proniiscu "" onsly. violated by stable owners, says , Dr. Large. This article provides .that ijkt.verjf stable in the city limits must be. ... properly cleaned and all: manure anil, m, mother litter, placed in a fly and wnter4 u.i'pronfrcceptacle. . . .it, v ..Dr, Large point out that horse ma r- vnuie. ofera the chief breeding place v for flies and subseipient diseases and " '' that without clean stables and the prop i r disnosnl of stable litter riddance of '' '"the fly nuisance will be utterly impoa Beginning Monday,, therefore, snni - tarv officers will inspect all stables dally and those owners who have not yet provided proper receptacles will be ordered to secure them at once. Those Concerned will be given a week in which to comply with requirements and if at the expiration of that period they per- aist in disobeying the ordinance they ahull be subjected to a fine of ten dol lars for each, day on which' they are ' , guirty of failure to carry out the health mandates. TO START ON TRANS" CONTINENTAL TBI Dayton, 6.. -.--Capt. Bny-M. f raneis left ijd at 8:08 o'clock - this irioiilli Martin bombing plane fur" M where in a few days lt wfllart on a trans-continental trip to fieatttef Wash. Captain Francis expect to fly to Mineola Field from Deyton without atop. He is planning to make only one atop of the trans-conti-nental fight, that being at North Platte, Neb. . v With him in the Martin bomber are Lieut, Peter Wcleh, Lieut. F. Cerruri and Sergeant 8. B. Madan. " Bulgarian Peace Delegates Arriving tion at 8 o'clock this morning. The del egates were received by Colonel Henry o.i behalf of tba allies and were escort ed in automobiles to the Chateau Mad NEW ORLEANS FIRST IN EXPORTING FOOD Breaks Record for Loading rooastuns lor snipping To Fighters . New Orleans,-July .26,-rWJhile the! royal wool .chopper and , his hungry Htihs were striking at the heart of the world, the L'ort of New, Orleans was breaking alb records for , loading car goes of food for fighters. ('New Or leans made ribauiu'r record ns.a pott during the-war, V was the statement is sued by the- -wheat export corporation, Philadelphia first won the blue rib bon by cleurtng the Somerset with 20S, 000 bushels of rjruin in one day. New York with the War Special carrying 2-10,000 bushels loaded in less than a day. .New Orleans eclipsed them both with the Thamblce, the cargo consist ing ufJ ')6,309. bushels.. o .barley bejjig loaded in four hours. Later New Orleans, now known a Port of the Valley of the World, ship ped out twenty-seven full cargoes of grain averaging from 210,000 to 571, 000 litishels with nineteen hours the. nvernge time for clearing each vessel. Tho wheat export corporation declnrcil this wonderful fat could not have been performed anywhere else. The grain exported from New Orleans during the war -would fill a string of 1ox ears 402 miles long. Among the port facilities of New Or leans are a publicly owned belt rail road, miles and miles of "docks "and wharves and the public--grain elevator wi,th.a capacity of 2,700,000 bushels, tt cost $2,500,000. .Ami"! Mi Six Men Killed When Boiler Explodes on Tender - Melville . CANAL STANDS' TEST Four Super . Dreadnoughts Are Lifted Throught the (.rat u n Locks and to . Height of 85 Feet Above Sea Level, r vxjuvjjuAu. niiiiiiip in i iip mimic snnarc. i ;o n t;if iiiii-.-.t I m i, ..,.,.. ,i;..:.:ii, r .n l... i.. it.;.i ...Li. i .i . ' . A: ... '. -e. Jicn nil n , ... .,.., uii'ii ii ui, at me ropes mi iirnnit tt'd to rtx.- wvit the hk xci'hiiith tliiil mir roniul it. In t he tiiclurc il is lint DictinHv inflnti.,1 Tl,.. I. i.;.... ..... i . . .. " .. .... , j - in ifiiiii). Mi-viit; HI'll 11 l''l' - If f .IH I la ... in On Hoard the I'. V.'-H. Mexico Hv MiiclcH. : Hix iiii ii tt ere killed todav a boiler explosion iii '.the I'. H..8. Mi'iviHii, a naval t.-n -l.-r ottached to the I'iiciIic lli'i't, ('apt. Twining,' the chief of .staff has been advised HOUSE LEADERS INT ft RECESS Proposes to Senate a Five Weeks .Vacation Start Next Week THE TUFT LETTERS COMMUTES TO WORK Republican Leader Mondell Says Meetings of the Com mittees Are to be Contin ued if Recess is To lie Taken. Washington, July "0, Majority lead ers of the house have decided to pro pose to Senate leaders a five week re cuss of the house bginuing next week Every effort --in the utcuntime bc'i'ng devoted to clearing the i-ale ml nr. The plans contemplate that the hearing on tariff, railroads, and. marine (Walters', Wat- Uepattmerlt . investigations . and similar committee work continue during ttra 'recess. RepuMieav Lender 'Mon dell holding- that th atbention of coul uiiftee members could, be "concent rated thee hearinsfs it the house itself was not in-session,.. :. . J. OONFREES AGREE ON RECESS DATES 'Washington,' Julv 2d. Heputilican house members after informal , conf e'r- ence today with Seiiaht leaders ilpcided begin the. house recess 'August. 2 find continue until Sept. Sth. Few Senators obected to the plan it was saiiL NOT FOR PUBLIC Says Letters to Chairman Hays Purolv Personal, Not For Public STATEMENT HY TAFT After, Readinglhe Two Let ters i'resideht is Confident They Were Not Intendpd to Embarrass the Govern- Damage Increases ment. NEOOTIATIONP ARE GOING ON FAVORABLY TO DEMOBILIZE THE BESERVES BY OTOBER PaTis, Jiily 25. All reserves of the French armv. including the class off 1 917, will be demobilii'.ed by the middle-of October, according to plan com pleted by the government and published todar. .i-here would remnm in service members of the classes of 1018, 1919 and'1920. Before the meeting of tho new parlia ment it is understood Premier Clyemen cean as minister of war and Marshal Petain wilt draft a plan for thereduc tion of military service. This it is said, may reduce the active army to the equivalent of two classes or less FREE TO N. O. FARMERS Raleigh, July 26. The. N. C. Slate Reed Lnboratory will examine and test all kinds of agricultural seeds for the farmers free of charge. - Most crop failures are doe to poor seeds seeds filled with, weed seeds or seeds of low germinating power. This eau. of crop failure can be entirety eliminated by l taking advantage 0f the seed laboratory Paris, July 28. The Bulgarian peaeeTW Raleigh and having all agricultural delegatioarrived at the Lyons st-ecjhs wheat, rye, oats, clovers, alfalfa, the grssea, nd so on, tested before plnting. I) not aow Crimson : clever eds this fall without having them tested for germination. It cOBts noth- :g nl '3y save thonsatxla. Berlin, July 2i' (Fly the Associated Hress.'l Negolintions of the Deutsche Bank wilh New York fuioncinl instltti- tions fur a .large loan of unannounced proportions ar? T,rocePiltg-fsvArHlily,-He-cordig to information iir otlii'ial cirdcs. A canva-s of. intcriintional linnkiug houses here today, failed to elicit any information concerning any reports that a flernlan loan is in process of ne gotiation here. . tit is stated tlint (iermn bankers are endeavoring to place- a - large credit amounting-'perhaps to - $100,000,000 in this country but so far ns is known the negotiations have not passed the in itial stage. , There 1s reason to belietrr hnwever, that American bankers are interested in the possibilities "of such a loan. GEN.IIETTS HERE IN , INTEREST REUNION Commander Veterans and Mrs. Thrash Conferring With Committees General James 1 Mi tts, of Wilniimi ton, -uuiiiuinmler of the Confederate eterans of tho state, ami Mrs. Jnsksi,. liiiuii'l Thrash, of TVirlmm, ex-prKs.idelit of the stnte II. I,). ('. 'sare -in t lie citv today conlcrring with -Mrs. HiK. Brew i-i, iiresiiieiii or; ..me lli'tliel Ill-roes f'hnpter I1. II. (;.; inul iithvl' niciiibers of the vurioiiB conuiHl tees in ri'if.'ird to the program and final ,'irrangi'rii''nts fur the si ttla reunion of Wis to he held here Aue;u'st' .j-7.t I'raeti.ilijy) all details have been worked out Ifor the rcimwa. Am)le ac comtno'dutioaa have bea secured for the large. 'nsiber f visitors who will be present, reducsd railroad fare made possible, iid ia attiacwve program, the details of whU'li will be -announced tyi a short time, pttiected. - - 1'he-ererclses proper ; will begin at 10 o "clock on' the morning of August C in the Farmer:! MulaJ Warehouse, whreh Will be headquarters for the. riv unlou. The preseaw of General Mutts and Sirs. .Thrash in the city today mean!) the '.nutting -.of the final touches to the aiTflnneiiienfs nmj the co-opei-a,. tfun of local and outside Iiuiinliters In make the rcuiiiini one o the most suc- eesaful ever lu-M. . - . .:; InvitatHins er' todav mailed t" every Confederate Veteran camp in tlie state urging every menfTieTo. at tniil the reunion tins vear.. The invitations were signed -by. Mayor T. T. Thome,' in behalf of (lie citv, and Mrs. Brewer, in behalf of the 1." nl chaptvr of Daugh ters, and reads as follows; The city of l.'.n-ky- Mmnit and the lietliel Heroes 1 liafiter eor(l;iall;v itv vite evecv f'lial'eclernte Soldier to at tend the l!lu .Tieunion of the Confeil hte ' Veterans tn be held in this city August 5t'h '.to "th. Ample aeeainuio- lations Tor all i eteraa, rortuci-rail- 0f the .tongue eoiitrversy and , that -lie mad Tare, atti-aetive program arranged, j Ii.-s.l no-idea tluif'what .iie had written SUPER DREADN AUGHT THROUGH THE CANAL I Aliouiil 1 ; S. 4. Mex'i'eo--Foiir..dread- lioughts of the t'ai-ifl fleet, the . New .Mexico,,. Ai-kansasj- Texas and Ki'W York were liftej siii'cessfullv throuith lie' (rat n in locks today. This was the first iittenipt . to negotiate the water way with ilreniinniiglit . ami tonight. Hie ships lie aiiehorcit in the freslr wa ter of (liituti lake No feet above sea level, The. 'dreadnoughts' will resume their 'trip'' toward the Pacific, Saturday at which time t he Mississippi -and Wy oiiiing, now coaling and oiling at : olon will com lueiice "the passage of the canal Admiral Hugh Kodiiiau in coitiiuaiid of the fleet was' pleased w it h -1 hp Rurcess of the first stage of -.the can.".l trip. Writes Letter Which It Declared is a Refusal of. Nothing ; REPLY TO RESOLUTIO The Letter Is Understood Refer to Senate Resol tion Asking for all Doc ments Used by Delegat at Peace Conference. IJelow Rio Grande Laredo, Tex., .July 10. (Correspond ence iof The Associated Press. I With drawal of troops from nandit-infcsted regions in central anil southern Mexico t.i campaign aggauut Villa in the-north !has led to a new y.'ave of tram wrecking-an railway destruction in that re- -New mk, July 2(1. The A4sociated Press has received the following mes sage from ex -President Taft.-. yui .Maut-iauoii yesieriiay gae out two letters written by me to Will Huys on July 23. last." These letters were personal and coiifidentiol nnrl pumlc, 'according 'to stories urinied by Ws-r plaintT' marked anriy.iTra.riib r Mexico (vity papers, rece ived in tk ....... ' .',.. . . i Iisned .without the knowledge or con- eit"-; sent of Mr. Havs or 'myself. I a-nk in The iiiiist stritting teat ol the rebels foinios sto Mr, Havs and me at oai'e w,,a tin; captiirc of n train, from M to give this the siiitie piilaiqiyau-guivc 11 ( 'iiXC.i?ngt;lJJLA-i tew in ites troni the, latter citv jiy tte fiircf i: iff the former .fiftU'ial. general I ii'ilo Aii'iias, who , rn-ttnl s atiout -a vear iiL'O. bnp hundred, of the TscveTal lumvTreil i.asn'ni;i'rs Were seid as tio-t Washington, July? 28. President V son has written a letter to "fiena! Lodge, chairman of the Foreign Re turns committee dealing with a resn tion recently mlonted br the fiiin. In ., making an announcemet to.i White House officials said the let "not a refusal of anvthirtg." T resoju.iin referred 'jo in th !eter . siipjKiaed to be that of ih: eominjt asking 'for all documents used by t American delegates. Rt the fsace. c. ference. It wan iniiedtad that the 1 tefs would' be made; pnbOj; after 1( h reached Senator Lodge, It was said at the WJiifs lion that no documents were sent to Senat Lottge with the eommonicatiuB. Eliminate Clause of Regret Columbia Treat Washington, July SB-. Columbia hi. agreed to Senate amendments tot th treaty between that country and tl. t'nileil States by which suggestions i regret by this country for the par! tion of Panama were eliminated, C'hai man Lodge of the Senate Foreign Ii lations committee today said, after conference with Secretary Lansing. STOCK MARKET . , .New York, July 2fi.-Typieal n. . summer conditions prevailed in t! stock market today. The short sessK being givea over to- pools aad. prof. sionat trades: Boaliuei were modern and ran mainly to motors, oils, equt mrnts and steel. Shippings, Tobaccn the letteis tWign'ed ) i .. ; ' '.Wl-LHAMH, TAFT." . It should be said Hint the . AsSiieinte.t Press was f uriiished the' letters .refer h'd to l.y one', wtio' received tfopitis of tliclii and felt himself under 0. obliga tions to regard tHeiii,' as confidential. . DID NOT INTEND EMBARRASS GOVERNMENT Washington, July 88. President Wil son, advisers, . said today, t hat. ; after studying tlie letters w'rit.iAy; former Presiiloiit Taft trt fhairin.'iii llavj. of the republieaa national coiiiinttt'e.e' ninl several seuarnrs regarding' tho reserva tions to the jieaee treaty the .President had concluded '-.Mr. Tat did not write for piililiL'atiiiH. The President said he Mievvfl M.tT4laarniikuiKaitJiutL est pfforf, to bring about a. settlement SAYS THOROUGH INQUIRY - r- OF VITAL NECESSITY Washington, July 26. Replying to a letter of the National Consumers Leaguo, Representative- Tinkham, of Massachusetts, said today that a "thorcrh and .complete investigation of the present caaLof living is of vital necessity and Importance" and that general and not special legislative mea sures must be taken.. The league had written urging pas sage of the pending measure for con trol of the ment packers as a method of lowering the lifing costs The letter said the housewives of the country were rather "fed up" with investigations CHECKS MOST FOREST FIRES IN MICHIGAN r- ',: ' . . . ' ; Eseanaba, Mich, July 88. Rain fall ing today checked the majority of fires in the woods throughout the upper pen insula of Michigan. . Reports of serious losses from forest fires have been ex aggerated .exempt In a few isolated places,, forest officials said. '""'. V- China declares that the weaker allies were sacrificed to the stronger. Did she think altruism would go so far as to sacrifice the stronger to the wakerf Kverytlinig possible will be done lor their comfort anil pleasure. Kxorcises begin Wetlnesilav,:. August 0th at 10 a. hi. Headquarters, Farmers Mutual Warehouse. . l Rocky Mount, N. C, July 2:t, 1010." T. T. Thome, Mayor; Mrs. If. K. Brewer, president Bethel-Heroes chap ter. . Second Week In October Vets Reunion Atlanta, fi.i., July 2fi. Oct. , 9 end 10, has been eh wen for tho United Confederate ' Veteruas niinunl reunion here ad aice tie; K. M. Van Zn lit of Fort Worth, in accepting the invitation to hold the reunion here in the fall suggested Octiber it i presiimcd thcse dntes will prove neeptablc to the vet erans. -- ' . CONFEDERAEVETEBANS TO HOLD REUNION IN ATLANA Atlanta, Julv 25. The United Con federate- veterans have accepted the invitation of Atlanta to. hobl -their an nual convention here during October, was auno,uiU'Pl todnv in telcgrnnis to Mayor Key and Walter P. Andrews, cniurmnn of the eitir.en',s committee, from Gen K. II. Van Zandt, conima'nd er in chief of the veterans. , 'With the veterans of the Civil war will eome tlie Daughters of the Con federacy and the Sons of the CouAd- eraey and afliliKtedorganitffltiona, Tna exact date of the reunion will be an nouueed later and in the meantime a large .committee of citizens- has been apppointed by the mayor to cooperate in making the. gathoring of the veter ans succesaiui oo.. ine ".onteoerste veterans have net held a reunion in Atlanta ."inee shortly after the Spanish-. AuuTi. ;--a war. j would be published at this time. , Some of thai 'President r advisers let it I. ii kiii'iu-ii 1.1.1.1.7 hrt.. . '11.. action 'of some Senatiirs ' who hail vis- ited the' White House in placiiip their o w n i 1 1 1 rp re t a t i otii ' upon wbft t the President had said tn thorn on f he peace treaty : and the peace covenant. ; With the .: view to. discussing the general treaty situation the President planned to go t0 the Capitol today to confer with Democratic senators,. It. was indicated flint' the 'President was considering- - the - nd visibility of making some sort of a statement re- jgarding liis views on proposed reserva- tuns Jt a rent v.- It, wn said that a sh'lcincnt might be made before Mf. Wilson left on his trip west. tes, anion;, ttieiii au .Amerieaii,7iianes l.'hapuuiu.- Tliey .were driven for. hours foot, over rot; ky. trails to the head- puu tei's ot .the, rehet I'ttiettaili.. 1-iater thev were released without being held t'of i:iiisom and niade their way, safely to I'iiebla, The' bandits' loot, is esti- tinted lit 100,0011 p s. -:'''.'.'' ''; ;' ;; ,"; This ;fulloved elosj.- on thiv heels (if lie.i'a;.! lire of six Weil :kniwn residents of Me.vieo City at a iienic resort, known ;'.s the.: Desert of the l;ions, not inure 1liaii.il dozen . uitji's from the eapital. TThe cfijitors,; forinei-- followers of 7' iiata. sent the women of the 1'nrtv baek foMex iro TSiy fin' a- ransom of 'J.loiH pesos auit released -tin ir. captives wneii the m.iuey wiis delivered. : More than followers off . Pedro C.aliay are reported to have becit killed when federal forces captured -thr town of Choi'oiiian, state of Vera On. The Kxcelsion tells of the mlirJer by 1iajiititBor the..niillionaire, KifriilUtLaH.-. genschein, son of Jlic (erin.ia consul at Cluanajuato. ; Langseheiii met; death at the ha nils- of rebels fleeing from Mk-lt- oacan into: Jalisco,, who caught him on ins ranch near Lake Chapala. - , Ooi.jior ahfl' fdoW IMi'esilliai rth oBaPutft4p eei ifltieV Tuk Wbfj4'er th. It: retirement. Irregular reactions ia ft. first -hour Were oyceoniie latflij, aj jrt lupndtfor J!iiit ytste.1 8'oel beirjg th.. sustaiiiiu? ftfature. The- closing strong. - The sales 'approximated 6d Hhnres. , AEROPLANE COPS NEEDED IN, CITY Mr. J. T. Bailey Would Have Called Them to Arrest English Sparrow ' " CLOSE CLAMP ON . SMUGGLING ARMS Strassburg In Alsace Scene Of Rioting Berlinfi July 26. Disorderly condi tions in Strassburg, the cnpital of Al sace is reported in advices received here. Sanguinary conflicts between the French military and civilians are al leged to have occtrrrrd. Arms and Ammunition for .Mexico are to be Stopped Shippers Punished COTTON New York, July 26. Cotton futures opined steady,, Oct. 34.S2, Dec. 35.10, Jan. 35, March 34.98; May 34.90. - The cotton market opened,, barely steady and 5 to 20 points lower mainly on a favorable weather map and bear ish week end statistics. The 'cotton market closed steady. October, 34.83; December; 35.02; January, 34.95; March 3S.00,- iv, 34.95. - - , . There is as reasoa" to doubt Japan 's promise that Shantung will eventually be returned to Chnnn Eventually the roetk will itherit the earth. , Washington, -July 26. Knurls to pre vent the smuggling of arms and ammo ll i t ions into Mexico from the United States' are to be redoubled. This was made known today at the state depart ment after publication of a '.reclama tion signed by the President on July U restoring to. the State Department con Vol oT shipments of munitions to the southern republic which was iuvested in the war triide board during the - war. The President ia his proclamation re ferred to conditions of domestic vio lence in Mexico,4 promoted by the use of arms or munitions of war produced in tb r"nTfed States" and warned citi zens of this country that this ruling will be rigiddly n force J and that vitators may expect prosecution aad penalties as provided by the act of eongress. Moses doubtless had a hard time een- vlnriog the Israelites that the Ten Command mentg woul.j work.'. Hello, Central, give me the aerial t-ops. f 1 - -7'--:- 7-t--t - '.'"'' I'-'l-,-;,-- Hut Mr. J. T. Bailey . didn't hava time t." grab a telephone when one of those ii. inn sparrows" Sew through the win-' dow into his music shop at thg tntei--se.tiiiii of Main and Wa.shingtou streets, yesterday, filutched a Sv dol lar note that happened to b lyiag 011 the ilesk. in its bill, and started lailini' away to points unknown and uuttain i.lilc. Then It was that - tor. Bailey wated an aeroplane cop. The act of thievery happened; when a .girl employe in the shop left the money, drawer open for a few moments. The feathery villian, who, Mr. Bailey vtuiehasefs, had been watching his chance for some time, flew in through the open window from in a nearby tree in which it had been building a nest grabbed the fluttering William in1 its bill, "and without a word to.anyoni started through the adjoining room and back to the great outdoors. Just here -M-n-Bailey eominencei fly ing tactics.... Casually turning hi head while waiting on a eustomer, spied the criminal sparrow atrugglin across the floor, half flying-, half wall; ing, with hia valuablee booty. Wis a voracious "Shoo" and a mighjj' hen long dive the proprietor and the cu tomer alike made for the eostly visit, from the bird kingdom. With a hinx felt sign" at losing such a fine bisn! or nest covering, the .would be en . nal loosened his hold opoa hia tititf ing burden, aad safely made his unhempered to hia eld reliable t jnst outside tha window where " perched himstlf and proceeded to cL naughty names at the friutraters of ! scheme for a comfortable home. Mr. Bailey and the other pur however, did not mind the ehirp-y " sing" in the least, for had not th bone note been iafely. ictrned ; money drawer and all emplr-ycs to be on the -lookout f.r ci-. from '!!'"-:(" r '-' "-" -.
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