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\ttorncv I* irst Asked
Li He Be Held in Au-
L ill., But Later He
[untermanded Request,
ImvvTsfree,
f SHERIFF IS TOLD
u Bondsmen, Depu
(l|l |, v Sheriff. Started to
s Him, But Was Too
L
v r Aug. ML —City officials
,1 ~*-la in»Hl any intention on
[.! ' ’,, unnst extradition of Maj
• v ll.wman. former North Car
t;uanl officer, reported to
L , ill Aurora. 111., for the
authorities to answer an
V-mni'ey L 1.. Murphy stated
Ltiiaf' lie wired the Aurora
| .Jv' Saturday afternoon -to ar
, ik.wman after conferring
L . i; 1. Huffman, of the dis-|
[■' '.iim-PHI the Step. Later the
[„-ev still the solicitor would not
reMiensihility for lmldiug the
[Nario'-al (iuard officer. He tliere-
L ~1 tin* Aurora authorities
brniiint hi* previous request to
the officer.
U Meantime, however. Sheriff Geo.
L Fiitawba County, had deputized
[,. iimis. a bondsman for Bow-
L t „ Aurora to return* with the
f Burns was advised while on the
U f ver. that Bowman was not be-
Li
ts against Major Bowman involv
b i i > of a'-ault on a young girl
Ir i.ily constructed house oyvned
I ,fi.vr. At a preliminary hear
| cjirl witied. her mother partinl
■vbornring her testimony.
■AN HELD IN
AN ILLINOIS TOWN
L to Dispose of His Automobile
l Hickory Officers After Him.
b. 111., Aug. 0. —Efforts,,to sell,
Ku which lie and his wife had
pm North Carolina led last night
[arresr of a man giving the name
LV. Bowman. It was learned
[hat Sip was a former officer in the
I'arulina national guard and is un
lv bond at Hickory on a charge of
li'.y assaulting a twelve-year-old
respective purchaser of the car
Id payment on some excuse and
lie police to wire to Hickory and
■certain the car was not stolen,
lately a message came back, saying
In was wanted there on a charge
f and for the Aurora police to
fcim ami hold him pending arrival
p from North Carolina,
r hs arrest Bowman visited a
f. a former friend in the Last, and
IX' care SI.oHO, asking the minis
[t‘>e the money in earing for Mrs.
p. a' he. Major Bowman, might
Pt for some time. He made no
p e when arrested, admitted his
I and said lie would return with-
Piuisition.
Ifrom the East intimate that
■ Bowman may he tried by court
l and there is a possibility he may
i‘s death penalty under army laws
pM. MEMORIAL TO
I BRYAN Is BROPO.SED NOW
pie^That Friends and Admirers
I Be Given Opportunity to Sub
► to Memorial Fund.
i“ r: 2ton. Aug. 10.—Although little
| na ' v, ‘ r ‘k has elapsed since he was
P , r(l >t. friend- of William Jen-
PAnn are considering erection of
pk" monument to replace the
g >! ah that now marks the grave
■■nst.ni national cemetery.
if 11 * of the commoner, probated
I ■ m Miami. Fla., made a brief
■V. - "th" us»* of such money as
P ' iind children may deem prop
■ ,Hl 'hase of monument to mark
Pte.
|> request, however, will be
»r , ''" , tr ibutions from his
i,‘‘‘■ and admirers seemed most
I a ]ly in view of the an-
E n 1,1 1 liicago yesterday of the
E *' a national movement to ob-
E.|‘' J" r 'l"* crev ions of a nation
■onlr* 00 !' Somewhat Brighter.
■ nj-ji’ Gaston County
E>carr yarn orders
In Sc r . !' m on< l °f the
E) '''' :m( l are now accept-
Eofi ta t, rN " !l - y °n margins permit-
I ration, mill 'owners
E^ r Yarn for the new
Kk Tna< le here last week,
Btr<* sf( n f- l° l * October. November
B trj ntim a:( ’ a PParently low, as
■ittpojr r '’ in. generally
■ tntii tho e '*' f ' n, l° av °ring to cover
tC ,K *' V ,o rton crop enters
■that tho ie,(> ' s j olnf * ground for
E a,,.) is stiffening con-
W k 1' har , ,h " outlook for fall
■ brighter.
■b For,] °" r Advertisers.
H«ith tho Car * : ni( 'k or tractor is
■ a 0U “ intent, that it shall
bv ,i Sf ‘t to its purchaser.
■J'irko tMotor Co.
i- I,( * sw orth Co. can give
MS 'ittaiity tires at a
■ bo beat
fcvTrr- —
.W.• J, ,ln opened in To
“• “uu Flint Glass Work-
THE CONCORD TIMES
MISS HARRISON AGAIN
TRIES TO CROSS CHANNEL
Started From Cape Gris Nez Shortly
After Noon.—Weather Not So Favor
able.
Boulogne. France. Aug. 10.—Miss Lil
lian Harrison, Argentine girl swimmer,
has begun Her fourth attempt to swim
the English Channel, starting from Cape
Gris Nez at J2:12 o’clock this after
t noon.
Miss Harrison struck out firmly, swim
ming with a strong breast at a gait of
l about twenty-five to the minute, which
tdie expects to maintain throughout.
The weather was becoming cloudy and
> there was a slight breeze from the north
when she started. ' The sea, however,
was very calm.
When Miss Harrison was a littl» more
than a mile from shore a storm broke,
with heavy rain falling. The wind was
increasing with some whitecaps showing.
Conditions were steadily growing worse.
Miss Gertrude Ederle, the American
girl, who will attempt the channel swim
next week, and Miss Viet, of the Amer
ican Woman's Swimming Association,
watcher Miss Harrison start from the
cliffqs under the lighthouse at Gris. Nez.
but did not accompany the swimmer on
the tug. c .
“It will be my turn next week,’ said
Miss Ederle, “and it can’t come toq
quick. I am rather tired of this sus
pense.”
This is the third time Miss Harrison
has begun an attempt to swim the chan
nel in day time, and she told the Asso
ciated Press correspondentAthat it was
much less trying to start %ith several
thousand people lining the cliffs cheering
her than to steal out in the middle of the
night by the flickering light of a lan-
I tern.
BRYAN PROVIDES FOR HIS
FAMILY AND MAKES GIFTS
Will of Commoner Written by Himself
Filed in Florida Court.
Miami, Fla., Aug. B.—Written by
himself shortly before he departed for
his last earthly battle—the Scopes trial
—the will of the late William Jennings
Bryan, filed here today in Dade county
probate court, provided for the needs
of his entire family and in addition per
petuated his fight in the cause of re
ligion by setting aside funds for various
churches, ami for a military academy for
boys under the supervision of some evan
gelical church.
Mary Baird Bryan, his wife, it was
provided, should receive all household
furnishings and other personal belong
ings in addition to one-third of the en
tire estate. Next in his final legal doc
ument was named his two daughters and
son. Ruth Bryan Owen, Grace Bryan
Hargreaves, and William Jennings Bryan,
Jj'w ar? -otv* fourth' cto-’.i
of the remaining two-thirds of the es
tate. The other fourth of the remaind
er is divided among more distant rela
tives and the funds for the “entwining
of the spiritual with the intellectual.”
Mr. Bryan recently* stated his'accumu
lations were less than a half million dol
lars, but the exact amount is not re
vealed in the will. Peculiarly, he failed
to name an executor and this will be
done by Judge W. F. Blanton, of Dade
county probate courte. It is likely Mrs.
Bryan will be the executor.
The will in part is as follows:
“In the name of God, farewell.
“Trusting for my salvation to the
blood of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Re
deemer, and relying on his promises for
my hope of resurrection, I consign my
body to the dust and recommend my
spirit to the God who gave it..
“I. William Jennings Bryan, a citizen
of Dade county, Florida, being of sound
mind and memory but conscious of the
uncertainty of life and desiring to make
a just disposition of the world goods with
which an indulgent Heavenly Father lias
seen fit to bless me, do make, publish
and declare this my last will and testa
ment. hereby revoking and annulling all
former wills made by me.”
NEGRO PLAYS TRICK
ON YOUNG KLANSMAN
Impersonates Traffic Officer, “Arrests’
Klanstnan anti Makes- Him Pay Fine
of SB.
Washington, Aug. 9 A negro rogue
of whimsical turn of mind, who has been
impersonating a traffic policeman for sev
eral days for his own amusement and
profit, selected a young Ku Klux Ivlans
man for today’ff performance.
Albert Watz, 19-year-old Klan visitor
from York, Pa., was the victim. While
driving near the post office, he was halt
ed by the young negro, whoe authority
was visible in the form of a policeman s
baton. He was driving without lights,
the negro told him, and was placed under
, “arrest.”
The negro then got into his car and
told him, to drive through the uptown
streets for a “test” of his driving ability.
; After half an hour of this, the “police
map” approved the youth’s technic, and
let him off with an $8 “fine.” He gave
Watz the bottom part of a marriage cer
tificate as a recepit. and ordered him
to report to the ‘third precinct police
There, the police learned the story and
i the voting klansman learned the truth.
Two days ago, the police related, a negro
answering the same description, fined
! Leonard Commack, of Silver
! Md., $8 for “failure to make a left-hand
turn.” j -
' Textile Workers Seek the i»2O Wage
Scale.
' Fall River Mass., Aug. 7. Restora-
J tion of the lW) wage schedule in
and. woolen textile plants here will be
sought by the United Textile Workers
j of America. John L. Campes, secretary
of the DofftU and Spinners union af
filiated with the international a
nounced today. The change "HI demand
s a wage increase of approximately-O pe
1 cent. No date has been set for making
• the formal demand on the majmfactur
era, he said. He indicated that act o
e would be taken here and m t
a manufacturing sections of the
Wlrong feelings are infections, thej
Wjrong lee * T hus we mas
>- poison the atmospnere.
hinder and barm others by our vers
moods.
; OFFICERS GUARDING
i HOSPITAL WHERE 2
i
; NEGROES ARE HELD
A Man and a Woman Were
i Wounded In Melee In Rich
mond Negro District, One
White Officer Being Killed.
; RIOT GUNS ARE
RIGHT AT HAND
! Number of Guards Was Re
duced at Daylight But No
Chances of Further ; Riot
ing Are Being Taken.
Richmond. Aug. 10.—Fifty* policemen
( armed with riot pistols stood guard at St.
' Phillips Hospital, a negro institution,
where Polly Frances, negro, and Ruth-
Glenn, negress. lay critically wounded by
bullets inflicted during a melee in a ne
gro district in which a detectitve sar
geant, Lewis Burtici, was shot to death.
Their number was reduced at daylight,
hut a strong guard will be maintained
by authorities who feared a reaction
from the slaying of the second detective
sargeant here in less than two weeks.
Every available policeman ,and detec
tive was rushed to the scene and through
out the .night negroes were rounded up
and questioned. Two negro women told
of seeing Frances approach the detec
tive’s automobile, then back away, and
fire two shots. Frances was found un
conscious in the alley about 200 feet from
where Burtici was slain at the wheel of
his car. No gun was found near the
negro, but Frances is said to have ad
mitted later that he dropped the gun with
which he shot the woman when the bul
let from Burtici’s weapon struck him.
He reiterated his denial of shooting the
officer. Tlie gun 'is believed to have been
picked up by another negro who made
his getaway before the arrival of other
policemen.
The slaying of Burtici was similar to
that of Sergeant Harvey Burke, on July
28th. Both were shot without warning
and before they could get out their guns.
Burge fell before a fusilade of Rudolph
Disse, who after killing his sweetheart
and wounding a man. shot the officer bc
crAiMi Frt reaching
his rival whom he killed later.
Burtici was 28 years of age and had
been on the police force 16 years. He
was regarded as one of the city’s most
capable detectives, and only recently is
said to have declined an offer to head
a branch of the Federal secret service.
He is survived by his mother and two sis
ters.
Eternal Triangle Again.
Richmond. Va„ Aug. 10. —The eternal
triangle as in the case of Detective Ser
geant Harvey Burke who was shot to
death July 28th was indirectly responsi
ble for the slaying last night of Detec
tive Sergeant Burtici. Burtici was kill
ed when he was about to stop nn auto
mobile in front of the house in the negro
district where just a short time before
Lewis Watkins, alias Polly Frances, ne
gro, had shot Ruth Glenn, negress, be
cause she was about to spurn him for
another man.
KLANSMEN STAGE NOTABLE
PARADE IN WASHINGTON
Estimates Vary as to Number of March
ers Down Pennsylvania Avenue.
Washington, Aug. B.—The Ku Klux
Klan paraded in white-robed thousands
today through the streets of the national
capital and then -in a public meeting
that was interrupted by a rainstorm, ie
newed its vows at the foot of the
Washington monument.
For a little more than three hours,
Pennsylvania avenue was filled with
great patches of white as group after
group of the marchers essembled from
a score of states, passed along from the
capitol to the treasury.
Some of the delegations went by 30
abreast, making an. unbroken rank from
curb to curb. Some marched by tens and
some in ranks of four, while at frequent
intervals there were breaks to . permit
high potentates to walk alone at the
head of their commands, but during moit
of the three hours the stream moved by
at quick step in solid phalanx.
The uneven alignment of the proces
sion made it impossible to estimate with
precision how many took part in i f .
! Klan officials themselves 'id not agree
[ upon the total, but many of them wewe
. included to hold that their promise of
’ a parade of 50.000 had been made good.
i Few estimates ran above that figure, and
, Home were far below it. Police estimates
placed the number of marchers at 30,-
i 000. f - . ,
Among the banners in the parade were
> those from Newport News, Richmond,
’ Culpepet, Charlottesville , Va.; Erwin,
Tenn.; Fredericksburg, Mineral, Va.;
I Miami Jacksonville. Cumberland, Md.;
Perryville, Md.; Slk, Md.; and Hager
stown Md. There was insignia from
5 North .Carolina and Alabama, amoDg
other states. , .
The avenue was ropel along its curbs
i with steel cables as is on inauguration
, days. Behind on the sidewalks crowds
* gathered to see the unusual picture.
j The klausmen marched with visors
- raised, complying with a capital police
- ordauce against the wearing of masks.
1 \n intermittent breeze played with the
r Ion" cloaks and capes but failed to warn
, o ff°the oppressive heat of an afternoon
! du n sunshine and threatening clouds.
i Extra policemen were stationed two
e or three to the block along the parade
- route, and a guard of marines patrolled
the treasury, as is customary during un
v usual public gatherings- As a further
v nrecaution, all police reserves in the
y city were held on duty at their precinct
polices stations.
PUBLISHED MO NDAYS AND THURSDAYS
CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1925
PLAN MOBILE ARMY
OF COTTON PICKERS
Grist Goes to H*mett County to De
termine Feasibility of Proposed Plan.
Raleigh, 10.*—Feasibility of plans
for the formation of a mobile army of
cotton pickers to bj> used in the harvest
ing of the cotton cfop of the State’were
I investigated in Hartnett county yesterday
by Frank Grist, f|tate commissioner of
I labor and printing, in consultation with
H. A. Edge, Harnett county farm demon
stration agent. . I
, Farmers from various sections of the
state have asked the aid of the depart
-1 m ent of labor and ; printing in securing
labor for the picking of the cotton crop
This year. Plans! for doing this eco
nomically have beedii presented by farm
ers of Harnett county. Mr. Grist went
to Lillington yesterday to discuss the
plan.
It is proposed tot divede each county
into communities, t The army of pickers
Will go into each iopimunity, one after
the other, and systematically pick the
entire crop.
The department of . labor and printing
was very successful in organizing a mo
bile army of farm laborers to aid in the
harvesting of the truck crops some titme
ago. l>Vr
THE COTTON MARKET
- Influence of Latest Government Crop
Forecast Reflected In Opening Ad
vance of 10 to 24 Points.
New York, Aug. 10.—The influence of
Saturday’s government crop figures was
reflected by opening advance of 16 to
24 points in the cotton market today.
Except for covering, however, 1 there ap
peared to be little demand, and prices
soon weakened under liquidation and sell
ing accompanied by bearish comment on
Saturday’s ginning figures, and a favor
able view of weather reports.
December contracts eased off from 24.38
to 23.96 by the end of the first hour with
the general market unsettled and about
5 to 14 points net lower. Private cables
said it was considered in Liverpool that
the government crop figures were offset
by the ginning figures and local operators
were reported sellers on the decline in
anticipation of an early increase of hedge
selling from the south.
Cotton futures, opened firm. Oct.
24.17; Dec. 24.35; Jam 23.70; March
24.07; May 24.42. - ,
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SALISBURY COP’S CASE
FURNISHES TOWN TALK
R. S. Monroe Reinstated But Mayor Says
He Will Not Sign. Vouchers For His
Pay.
Salisbury, Aug. 9.-*Plainelothes Of
ficer Reid S. Monroe is back on the police
force of the city aftqjf a suspension of
two weeks. He wfls'tfHHpended by Mayor
Henderlitp after Chief Cauble said he
had seen him in a car late at night with
a woman. The aldermen, however, failed
to sustain the mayor in his aettion and
Monroe was put back on the force by
vote of the board. The mayor then re
fused to swear him in and a local magis
trate, D. W. Julian, performed this of
fice. Now it is understood Mayor Hen
drtlite states he will not sign vouchers
for the officer's pay. This feature will
be fought out when payday arrives. Of
ficer Monroe explained the presence of
the woman with him by saying she was
piloting him to a place where whisky
was hidden. When they arrived, how
ever, the whisky had moved. This
case has furnished conversation here for
two weeks.
Cats Have Universal Tongue, Author
Maintains.
Philadelphia, Aug. 10.—“ There is a j
universal language among cats.”
So declared James H. Penniman, auth
or and brother of Dr. Josiah H. Penni
man, president of the University of
Pennsylvania.
Penniman declared that the felines
have a language which is easy for man
to learn, and he has made a careful study
of their habits and language.
He is the author of “The Alley Rab
bit,” in which Raoul, the cat “hero,”
was named by the neighborhood cats.
Raoul was Penniman’s pet in 1920 when
he wrote the story, he said but has since
died.
“Cats most certainly have a language
of their own,” declared Mr. Penniman.
“Ony one who stops to listen can hear
a group of cats making appointments to
meet in some glley or backyard of an
evening. At the appointed time one can
s/?e them coming to keep the date.’
Good Crops in Stanly, Despite the
Drouth. •
Albemarle, Aug. 10.—Many reports of
good crops in Stanly county, in spite of
the drouth, are coining into the office of
County Agent O. H. Phillips, he re
ports.
Mr. Phillips said this,was due in some
cases to local showers but in most cases
to good cultural methods; and a system
of soil building in which the land is well
prepared and supplied with humus.
Crimson clover, red clover and ies
depeza sods will keep the crops from
drying up,” said Mr. Phillips, "and the
farmers are beginning to realize this
fact,”
The corn crop on some of the poorer
soils is almost a complete failure and
cotton plants are beginning to shed
squares, but, due/to the recent rains, the
cotton yields are expected to be material
ly increased.
Largest Cotton Plantation in the World
is in Texas.
New York, Aug. 9.—A survey by the
New York cotton exchange shows that
G L Murray and sons own the world’s
largest cotton plantation at Crocketts,
1 Texas which embraces approximately li,-
000 acres, of which 12,000 acres are
planted in cotton. The crop averages
between 6.000 and 8,000 bales a year.
The plantation ’has produced as high as
r 12,000 bales in one year.
| Decrease in Steel Orders.
1 New York. Aug. 10.—Unfilled orders of
- the United States Steel Corporation on
• July 31st made public today totalled 3,-
> 539 467 tons, a decrease of 170,991 tons
t compared with the end of the preced
ing month, - .j
'BROWNING THROUGH
' WITH PHILANTHROPY
FOREVER. HE SAYS
Wanted to Help Spas Girl
But Admits That He Start
ed In Wrong Way.—Did
Not Know Girl Before.
SAYS HE’ACTED
LIKE A FOOL
Has Come to Conclusion
That Mary Louise Can Be
Swayed Very Eeasily When
Money Is Put Before Her.
New York, Aug. 10.—While Mary
Spas. 21-year-old Bohemian actress, was
in hiding today, Edward W. Browning,
wealthy real estate operator who wished
to adopt her, frankly admitted he was
a “damn fool.”
Before entering a conference with Dis
trict Attorney Neweombe. of Queens, re
garding annulment of Mary's adoption,
Browning issued a statement dealing with
the girj’s assertion that she intended to
“punish” him.
“Mary double crossed me,” stated
Browning. “I have been a damn fool,
but I "nave not done anything I need to
be ashamed of. I have forestalled Com
missioner Byrd and Neweombe by de
manding a physical examination of the
girl be made.”
In his statement, Browning told of a
visit Sunday by a newspaper man who
offered Mary SSOO for a series of ar
ticles.
“I am very sorry to say I am con
vinced that g SSO bill can sway her very
largely,” Browning said. “Hereafter if
I have anything to do with girls they
will be Americans.”
Browning concluded liis statement with
the assertion that he was through with
philanthropy forever. “I wanted to give
her an education,” he said, “but I started
wrong. The story that I knew the girl
before adoption is absolutely false.”
A reward of SSOO was offered today
by Robert Dunnett, business associate
of Browning, for information of the
whereabouts of Mary. He did not ex
plain the purpose of his search.
Attorney Neweombe declared the girl
was makiiig Effort io
talize the notoriety she had obtained.
“There is nothing romantic in this in
cident,” he said. “An examination of
this young woman will prove to any one
that she is designed and unscrupulous,
and that she was seeking to obtain only
ease and luxury.”*
“It is th* same old story underlying
crime—easy money and something for
nothing. But you cannot flout common
decency and truth, which is the bulwark
of the American home, and get away
with it.”
DESPERATELY INJURED IN
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
Greensboro Man Runs Over Youth at
Spencer. Injuring His Shull.
Spencer, Aug. 8. —Knocked down by
a car owned and driven by J. H. Ties,
; of Greensboro, late Thursday afternoon,
\ Edison Sabastine, seven-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Z. T. Sabastine, of Spencer,
is in a precarious condition in the Salis
bury Hospital where he was carried im
mediately after the accident on the na
tional highway at the northern limits of
Spencer.
It is said the lad was playing along
one side of the street and just as the
Greensboro car swept along jumped in
front of it so quickly that the driver
! was powerless to stop until the lad had
been knocked down. It was stated that
his skull was fractured requiring the re
moval of a part of the bone, his face
badly out and collar bone broken. While
desperately hurt at last accounts it was
hoped the youngster will recover.
Mr. Ties stopped his ear, did all he
could for the relief of the boy and re
mained in Silencer a day or more watch
ing his condition.
PRICE OF GASOLINE
REDUCED ONE CENT
Standard of New Jersey Makes Cut and
Other Companies Quickly Follow Suit-
New York, Aug. B.—The tank wagon
price of gasoline was reduced 1 cent a
gallon today in the territories served by
the Standard Oil onipan.v of New* Jer
sey, the Gulf Regniqg company and the
Standard Oil company of Louisiana.
The Atlantic Refining company will fol
low with a similar decrease Monday.
The cut was initiated by the Standard
of New Jersey and was quickly ‘follow
ed by the other companies. The Standard
of New Jersey’s new quotation in New
J Jersey is 18 cents; North Carolina 19
cents, South Carolina 19 1-2 and Wash
ington, D. C., 18 cents.
Youth Foresakes Wealth to Play Cab
aret Piano.
New York, Aug 10.—Rather than be
the heir apparent to 30 lumber yards
I and become a settled and respected busi
ness man, William H. Mitchell, 24,
, Princeton graduate, came to Greenwich
Village from Buffalo, to pound a piano
, in a cabaret for SSO a week. He left the
mansion of his parents in Buffalo witli
’ out their knowledge and Mr. and Mrs.
, A. Mitchell were stricken with grief
. Mr. Mitchell came here yesterday and
inserted advertisements in the paiiers of
j sering a reward of ssoo’ for information
of his Vfon’s whereabouts A friend of the
young man divulged the, address of a
small hotel in the village where Wil
liams was staying.
E “William is a musical geuius and
i couldn’t stand the routine of a busi
ness office,”- the older man told reporters
i after the happy reunion at the Hotel
- Vanderbilt. William is returning home
with his parents.
WHERE HUMANS HAVE TAILS
And Birds Know Chemistry, ami Build
Their Own Incubators.
Oakland, Calif., Aug. 10.—There’s a
land where humans have tails and bird*’*
know chemistry- and build their own
euba tors.
And H. A. Snow, curator of the Oa»
land Museum and world famous as a big
game hunter and wild life movie pro
| dueer, is preparing an expedition to that
region, to stalk both in their natural
habital and, through movies, tell the
world about them-
Snow's big game hunt through Africa,
1 where he,successfully shot with guns and
camera, iis still attracting attention
as n~ binema thriller. Stampeding ele
phant herds and chasing giraffes in
flivvers were some of the high spots.
Thrills in the Artie.
The trip of Snow and his son. Sydney,
i through the artic regions, replete with
discovery of bodies of long lost explorers,
with hand-to-hand fights with polar
bears and with frail boats battling
whales is also holding attention through
the movieized diary being shown.
But neither of these thrilling expedi
tions is just up to the standard of ac
complishment that Snow and his son
hope to set.
“Every couple of years, there comes
word of ape-tailed men from the South
Seas,” says Snow. “To date, though,
nothing corroborative has been brought
out by the several expeditions going in
sercli of these tribes.
Seek Whole Tribe.
“With the evolution question now al
most a national issue, there is more than
usual interest in tail-bearing humans.
AVe have been gathering information
for years, and believe we shall find not
mere individuals . possessd of eadual ap
pendages, b,ut an entire tribe so distin
guished or marked-”
And the birds that build their own in
batons?
“It is the calayan or moundbuilder, a
rare variety of the megapod species that
is scattered through the Pacific island
districts,” explains the curator-explorer.
“They are the size of turkeys and
somewhat of the same order. They live
in colonies, and even, build a community
incubator to hatch their young.
**With their powerful feet, the females
build huge mounds of mud and vegeta
ble matter —mounds 60 feet in diameter
and five or six feet in High. The top of
these hfaps are hollowed, so they will
catch rainfall.
How Heat Is Supplied.
“The eggs are earpfully placed in
holes dug under the mound. Rain starts
decay of the vegetable matter in the
mound, and the resulting fermentation
generates heat to hatch the eggs.
“Sanitation is also known to these
mound, dig out she eggs for a short air
ing, then carefully replace and cover
them, always with the air chamber up
per most.
“In this manner, the entire incubation
process is carried out- When the young
emerge from the shell and clamber out
of the mound, they are well pledged and
can even fly a little.”
These are but two of the rarities the
Snows seek to bag with gun or camera
during their next expedition. But the
ape-tailed man and the bird who knows
chemistry are sure to be the stars of the
whole collection.
SCHWARTZ COMMITS SUICIDE
Chemist Killed Man. Tried to Bum Body
and Leave Impression It Was His
Own.
Oakland. Calif., Aug. 9.—Trapped in
an aparement here, Charles Henry
Schwartz, abject of a nationwide search
in connection with the mysterious mur
der in the Pacific Cellulose Company
plant at AA’alnut Creek, committed sui
cide early today.
Schwartz, believed to have killed a
laborer and attempted to incinerate the
body in a plot to collect more than SIOO,-
000 insurance, shot himself through the
head when - policemen surrounded the
apartment. He had been hiding there
since July 30th, when the body was
found. * .
In a note to his wife, who is the prin
cipal beneficiary in the insurance and
wlio steadfastly maintained . the body
found in the plant was that of her hus
band, Schwartz admitted the murder.
SCOTT WEAVING BASKETS
IN THE INSANE ASYLUM
Still Insists That He Is Not Insane But
_ Took That Way to Get Out of Trou
ble.
Chicago, Aug. 10. —Russell Scott, con
victed murderer of Joseph Maurer found
a new task awaiting him at the Chester
asylum for the criminal insane today. He
will spend his time weaving baskets, ac
cording to word received here. Asylum
officials are holding to the belief that his
insanity is not sufficient to prevent him
doing constructive work. j
Scott last night scouted the idea that
he was insane at all. “I am no more
crazy than you are,” he told Supt. Stub
blefield. “but th : s seemed the only way
out of it.”
Ministerial Student Placed Under Ar
rest.
Shelby, Aug. s.—Rev. H. E. Sipe, a
ministerial student at Rutherford Col
lege who cut Ivy Whisnant, son of Mr.
Barnett Whisnant of this county, in
May this year at Rutherford College
when some trouble arose over the al
leged hazing of Sipe, was arrested Sun
day afternoon at Belmont. Gaston Coun
ty, where he had filled the pulpit at a
' church at the morning service and was
‘ scheduled for a sermon at the night
■ service. It is learned that Sipe was
■ asked to give a SSOO bond, which he
could not make at the time, and was
I taken Monday to Morganton where a,
' preliminary hearing will be given on
1 Saturday of this week. AA’hisnant was
‘ in -the body with a knife and
1 was in a serious condition for a while*
The hopie of Mrs. Hamilton Fish, on
1 Fifth Avenue. New York, will be razed
- ind an apartment house will take its
i place. Mrs. Fish will receive an average
l annual rent of $50,000 for the property,
i the lease running for 84 years at an ag
gregte ofapproximately $5,000,000. |
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
TREJP # HGURES ’
3UUGET CUUIfI
PRESIDENT'S TIME
The Chief Executive Studies
Them So As to Be Able to
Make Up Mind As to Tax
Reductions to Favor.
DIRECTOR LORD
SEES PRESIDENT
Intimated That Chief Execu
tive Will Want Reductions
Amounting t o Perhaps
More Than $300,000,000.
Swampscott, Mass., Aug. 10.—Presi
dent Coolidge had the first opportunity
today to go over the budget for next
year and to study accurate statistics on
t'he condittion of the treasury at the
close of the last fiscal year, two proposi
tions which will determine the amount of
tax reduett ions he will recommend to the
next Congress. Director Lord of the
budget, who has filed his report, was on
the executive’s calendar today. It was
the first conference arranged by the Pres
ident with the budget head.
On the basis of the statements of Mr.
Lord, die President will frame his rec
ommendations for tax reductions, the
major proposition which will face the
next Congress. Administration officials
have tentatively planned for reductions
amounting from $300,000,000 to $500,-
000.000.
Swampscott, Aug. 10.—President Cool
idge today approved a '-tentative budget
for next year's appropriations calling
for a reduction of $20,000,040 over this
year.
Director Lord, of the budget, presented
the estimates which come within the fig
ure directed by Mr. Coolidge in his ad
dress at the last business meeting of the
government.
Although the data was not made pub
lic, it is understood that the army and
navy will bear a good portion of the cut
next year. President Coolidge has de
clared he believed an adequate defenese
could be maintained at less expense.
The budget which is for $3,080,000,000
is only tentative and hearings will be
held in the fall before final figures jyg
presented to Congress. On a basis of a
surplus of $250,000,000 in the Treasury
on June 30th and an estimated surplus of
$290,000,00 for the present fiscal year,
Director Lord informed the President he
believed tax reductions amounting to at
least $300,000,000 would be warranted. *
HOPE FOR PREVENTION OF
COAL STRIKE FADES AWAY
Lewis Says Further Negotiations Use
less Unless Owners Yield.
Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. 9.—Hope
that anthracite - operators and miners .
might reconcile their differences in time
to avert a suspension of operations Sep
tember Ist faded tonight.
John L. Lewis, president of the Unit
ed Mine Workers of American, informed
Samuel D. Warriner, chairman of the
anthracite operators’ conference, that fur
ther negotiations were useless until the
operators abandoned their opposition to
wage increases and adoption of the
check-off.
Mr. Lewis’ communication was in re
ply to Mr. Warriner’s comment of last
Thursday on t’iie original Lewis letter
which predeced the breaking up of the
scale conference on the previous Tues
day.
Writing under date of yesterday Mr.
Lewis, in his letter to Mr. Warriner, said
in part: *’*'
“You Atlantic City conferees informed
the mine workers’ representatives that
they would reject and demand that would
.disturb the factor of mine costs. In ad
dition, they rejected the request for the
full recognition of the union. Your let
ter confirms the position of your commit
tee. Be it so. W T e do not have any
further inclination to .argue. I will be
glad to hear from you when you aban
don this position.
“We do not care to arbitrate. Thanks
for the offer. It will be long before we
recover completely from your previous
arbitration treatment and until we do
we will modestly decline to accept your
prescription.”
Long Sleeves Now.
Naples, Aug. 10. —For some days past
the women of Naples have been wearing
long sleeves, notwithstanding the high
temperature. They are afraid to do
otherwise, for several ladies have found
on their return home, after they have
been out with bare arms, that mark in
indelible ink disfigured them.
A report has gone around that this
was the work of certain officious Fascist!,
who acted as they did in the name of
public morals. The Fascisti are indig
nant at this, and have sent out a com
munication saying that they have had
nothing whatever to do with these out
rages, and that such conduct on the part
of any one constitutes in itself an act
ygainst public morals.
WHAT SA’TS BEAR BAYB
Generally fair tonight and Tuesday,
except local thundershowers along coast
I this afternoon or tonight.
NO. 10