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««««•««§« m ASSOCIATED • • PRESS O • DISPATCHES * VOLUME XXV HICKORY OFFICIMS WILL HOT MOVE TO in wen City Attorney First Asked That He Be Held in Au rora, 111., But Later He Countermanded Request. bowmajHsfree, ' SHERIFF IS TOLD One of His Bondsmen, Depu tized by Sheriff, Started to Get Him, But Was Too Late Starting. (By the AiMCltted Fre««> Hickory, X. Auk. 10.— City officials here today disclaimed any intention on their part of securing extradition of Maj or Wade V. Bowman, former North Car olina National Guard officer, reported to have boon arrested in Aurora, 111., for the North Carolina authorities to answer an assault charge. City Attorney J. L. Murphy stated this morning that he wired the. Aurora police early Saturday afternoon to ar rest Major Bowman after conferring with Solicitor H. L. Huffman, of the die-, trict, who directed the step. Later the city attorney said the solicitor would not take the responsibility for holding the former National Guard officer. He there fore telegraphed the Aurora authorities' countermanding his previous request to arrest the officer. In the meantime, however. Sheriff Geo. Itost, of Catawba County, had deputized .1. Porter Burns, a bondsman for Bow man, to go to Aurora to return with the officer. Burns was advised while on the way, however, that Bowman was not be ing held. Charges against Mnjor Bowman involv ed allegations of assault on a young girl in a partially constructed house owned by the officer. At a preliminary hear ing the girl testified, her mother partial ly corrroborating her testimony. BOWMAN HELD IN AN ILLINOIS TOWN Attempt to Dispose of His Automobile Sets Hickory Officers After Him. Aurora. 111., Aug. 9. —Efforts to sell a car in which lie and his wife had toured from North Carolina led last night to the arrest of a man giving the name «r.wwae V. Bowm*n<- It was learned -* »t»V%ras-a--form'e>-odb-ci in rin- North Carolina national guard and is un der heavy bond at Hickory on n charge of criminally assaulting a twelve-year-old girl. The prospective purchaser of the car deferred payment on some excuse and asked the police to wire to Hickory and make certain the car was not stolen. Immediately a message came back, saying Bowman was wanted there on a charge of rape and for the Aurora police to arrest him and hold him pending arrival of officers from North Carolina. After his arrest Bowman visited a minister, a former friend in the East, and left in his care $1,500, asking the minis ter to use the money in caring for Mrs. Bowman, as he. Major Bowman, might be absent for some time. He made no resistance when arrested, admitted his identity and said he would return with out a requisition. Advices from the East intimate that Major Bowman may be tried by court martial and there is a possibility he may suffer the death penalty under army laws for rape. NATIONAL MEMORIAL TO BKYAN IS PROPOSED NOW' Probable That Friends and Admirers Will Be, Given Opportunity to Sub scribe to Memorial Fund. (By the Aeeocleted Press) Washington. Aug. 10.—Although little less than a week has elapsed since he was laide to rest, friends of William Jen nigs Bryan are considering erection of a suitable monument to replace the wooden slab that now marks the grave in Arlington national cemetery. Tiie will of the commoner, probated Saturday in Miami, Fla., made a brief provision for “the use of such money as as my wife and children may deem prop er for purchase of monument to mark my grave.” Thut this request, however, will be supplemented by contributions from his many friends and admirers seemed most probable, especially in view of the an nouncement in Chicago yesterday of the launching of a national movement to ob tain funds for the erections of a nation al memorial. With Our Advertisers. Every Ford oaf, truck or tractor is made with the one intent, that it shall render a needed service to its purchaser. Sold here by the Beid Motor Co. Give your daughter an Elgin watch. See new ad. of 8. W. Preslar. Buck’s oil range burns common ooal oil. Let the Concord Furniture Co. give you a demonstration. Wonderful bargains in shoes, silks, voiles, ginghams, men’s and boys’ cloth ing and all ready-to-wear, at Efird’s. The Yorke & Wadsworth Co. can give you Goodyear high quality tires at a price that can’t be beat. The Sta§ Theatre has an excellent pro gram this week. Tom Mix in ‘The Deadwood Coach,” today and Tuesday, with other good pictures following. This is “Greater Movie Section” at the Concord Theatre. The screen offerings at this theatre during Augubt will in clude some of the biggeßt, finest and most wonderful pictures you have seen. \ labor bank has been opened in \JTo ledo by the American Flint Glass Work era’ Union, The Concord Daily Tribune MISS HARRISON AGAIN TRIES TO CROSS CHANNEL Started From Cape Gris Nea Shortly After Noon.—Weather Not So Favor able. <:'y Ike Associated Press) Boulogne, France. Aug. 10.—Miss Lil lian Harrison, Argentine girl swimmer, lias begun her fourth attempt to swim the English Channel, starting from Cape Gris Nez at 12:12 o’clock this after noon. Miss Harrisofl struck out firmly, swim ming with a strong breast at a gait of about twenty-five to the minute, which she 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 little more than a mile from shore a storm broke, witli 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 wegk, 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. “It will be my turn next week,’ said Miss Ederle, "and it can’t dime too 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, ami she told the Asso ciated Press correspondent that It. was much less trying to start with 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-' fern. 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, tiled 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 ('.lurches 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, Jr., who are to receive one-fourth each of the remaining two-thirds of the es tate. The other fourth of the remaind er is divided among more distant rela tives and tlic finals for, the "entwining ui twr. spiritual With'rffe" injclleetiiffl;” Mr. Bryan recently stated his accumu lations were less than a half million dol lars, hut 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, befyg 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 has seen fit to bless me, do mnke, 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” Klansman and 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 Klans man for today’s performance. Albert Wurz, 19-year-old Klan visitor from York, Pa., was the victim. While driving near the past office, he was halt ed hy 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.” 1 The negro then got into his car and told him to drive through the uptown 1 streets for a "test” of his driving ability. After half an hour of this, the “police man” 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 1 station. There, the police learned the story and the young klansman learned the truth. Two days ago, the police related, a negro answering the same description, “fined” Leonard Coinmaek, of Silver Springs. Md.. $8 for “failure to make a left-hand turn.” Textile Workers Seek the 1920 Wage Seale. Fall River. Mass., Aug. 7. Restora tion of the 1020 wage schedule in cotton and woolen textile plants here will be sought by the United Textile Workers of America, John L. Campes, secretary of the Doffem and Spinners nniou af filiated with the international body, an nounced today. The change will demand a wage increase of approximately 20 per cent. No date has been set for making the formal demand on the manufactur ers, he said. He indicated that action would be taken here nnd In other textile manufacturing sections of the country. Wtrong feelings are infections, they ■ poison the atmosphere. Thus we may ■ hinder and harm others by our very moods. j CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1925 OFFICERS GUARDING HOSPITAL WHERE 2 NEGROES ARE HELD A Man and a Woman Were 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. (By the Associated Press) Kichqjopd, Aug. 19.—Fifty policemen armed With riot pistols’ stood guard at St. Phillips Hospital, a negro institution, where Polly Frances, negro, and Ruth Glenn, Degress, 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 wus reduced at daylight, but 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 tiie 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 Jroni 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. Tie gun is believed to have been picked up by another negro who made his getawuy before the arrival of other policemen. The slaying of Burtici was similar to thar of Sergeant Harvey Burke, on July 28th. Both were shot without warning and before they could get out their guns. Burge fell before u fusilade of Rudolph I)isse. who after killing his sweetheart and wounding a man. shot the officer be cause he stood in the way of reaching his rival whom lie killed later. Burtici was 38 years of age and had been on the police force 16 years. He was regarded as one. of the city's most capfttrtt‘ lleft-dtl'CeS. 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 eternnl 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 an 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 nnd then in a public mooting that was interrupted by a rainstorm, ic- newed its vows at the foot of the Washington monument. For a little more than three hours, Peimsylvauia avenue was tilled with great patches of white as group after group of the marchers essembled from a score of states, passed along from the eapitol 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 iu ranks of four, while ut frequent iutcrvals there were breaks to permit high potentates to walk alone at the head of their commands, but during most 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*. Kluu officials themselves ’id not agree U!M>n the total, but many of them were included to hold that their promise of a parade of 50,000 had been made good. Few estimates ran above that figure, and some were far below it. Police estimates placed the. number of marchers ’at 30,- 000. Among the banners in the parade were those from Newport News, Richmond, Culpepet, Charlottesville , Va.; Erwin, Tenn.; Fredericksburg, Mineral, Va.; Miami Jacksonville. Cumberland, Md.; Perryville, Md.; Slk, Md.; and Hager stown Md. There was insignia from North Carolina and Alabama, among other states. The avenue was ropel along its curbs with steel cables as is on inauguration days. Behind on the sidewalks crowds gathered to see the unusual picture. The klansmen marched with visors raised, complying with a capital police brdunce against the wearing of masks. An’ intermittent breeze played with the long clonks and capes but failed to warn off the oppressive heat of an afternoon dull sunshine and threatening clouds. Extra policemen were stationed two or three to the block along the parade route, and a guard of marines patrolled the treasury, as is customary during un usual public gatherings. As a further precaution, all police reserves in the I city were held on duty at their precinct I polices stations. PLAN MOBILBARMY OF. COTTON PICKERS Grist Goes to Harnett County to De termine Feasibility of Proposed Plan. Raleigh,-Aug. 10.—Feasibility of plans for the formation of a mobile army of eotton pickers to be used in the harvest ing of the eotton crop of the State were investigated in Harnett county yesterday by Frank Grist, stale commissioner of labor and printing, in consultation with H. A. Edge, Harnett county farm demon stration agent. Fanners from various sections of the i state have asked the aid of the depart ment of labor and printing in securing labor for the picking of the cotton crop this year. Plans for doing this eco nomically have beeeji presented by farm ers of Harnett county. Mr. Grist went to Lillington yestefday to disduss the , plan. L i It is proposed t</ divede each county into communities. TThe army of pickers will go into each flbinmnnity, one after the other, and systematically pick the . entire crop. The department <n 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 titrne ago. I THE COTTON MARKET Influence of Latest; Government Crop Forecast Reflected In Opening Ad vance of 18 to 24 Points. (By the Associated Press) New York. Aug. 10.—The influence of Saturday's government crop figures was 1 reflected by opening advance of 16 to ! 24 points iu the cotton market today. Except for covering, however, there ap peared to be little demand, and prices soon weakened under liquidation and sell ing aeeompauied by bearish comment on Saturday's ginning figures, and a favor able view of weather reports. ' December contracts cased off from 24.38 to 23.96 by the end of the first hour with the general market unsettled and about ' 5 to 14 jioints 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 rejiorted 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; Jan. 23.79; March 24.07; May 24.42. SALISBURY COP’S CASE FURNISHES TOWN TALK R. S. Monroe Reinstated But Mayor Says He Wilf Not Sign Vouchers For His Pay. Salisbury, Aug. 9.—Plainclothes Of ficer Reid S. Monroe is back on the police force of the city after a suspension of two weeks. He was suspended by Mayor Henderlite after Chief Cauble said he had seen him in a car late at night with a woman. The aldermen, however, failed to sustain the mayqfcuj bis aettiou and Monroe was ptit Rack ffiri Tffe force by vote of the board. The mayor then re fused to swear him in and a local magis trate, D. IV. Julian, performed this of fice. Now it is understood Mayor Hen derlite 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 been moved. This case has furnished conversation here for two weeks. Cats Have, Universal Tongue. Author Maintains. Philadelphia, Aug. 10.—“ There is a universal language among cats.” So declared James H. Penniman. auth or and brother of Dr. Josiah H. Penni mpn, 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- j bit,” in which Raoul, the cat "hero,” | was named by tiie neighborhood cats, j Raoul was Penniman s pet in 1920 when i lie wrote the story, lie said but has since 1 died. “Cats most certainly have a language of their own,” declared Mr. Penniman. “Ony one who stojis to listen can hear a group of cats making appointments to meet in some alley or backyard of an 1 evening. At the appointed time one can see them coming to keep die 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 coming into the office of County Agent O. 11. Phillips, lie re- ports, . Mr. Phillips said this was due iu 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 ios ilepeza sods will keep the crops from , dryitjg vp,” said Mr. Phillips, "and the , farmers are, beginning to realize this , fact.” The eprn 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 arc expected to he 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, Texas, which embraces approximately 17,- 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 12,000 bales in one year. Decrease in Steel Orders. (By the Associated Press) New York, Aug. 10.—Unfilled orders of the United States Steel Corporation on July 81st made public today totalled 3,- 530,467 tons, a decrease of 170.991 tons compared with the end of the preced ing month, * BROWNING THROUGH WITH PHILANTHROPY FOREVER, RE SAYS Wanted to Help Spas Girl But Admits That He Start ed In Wrong Way.—Did Not Know Girl Before. SAYS HETCTED LIKE A FOOL Has Come to Conclusion That Mary Louise Can Be Swayed Very Eeasily When Money Is Pul Before Her. (By the Associated Press) 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 Newcombe. of Queens, re garding annulment of Mary's adoption, Browning issued a statement dealing with the girl's assertion that she intended to "punish” him. "Mary double crossed me,” stated Browning. "I have been a damn fool, but 1 'have not done anything I need to be ashamed of. I have forestalled Com missioner' Byrd and Newcombe 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 a SSO bill can sway her very largely,” Browning said. “Hereafter if I have anything to do with girls they will be Americans.” Browning concluded his statement with tiie assertion that he was through with philanthropy forever. "I wanted to give her air 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 Browuing, for information of the, whereabouts of Mary. He did not ex plain the purpose of his search. Attorney 'Newcombe declared the girl was making a “revolting" effort to capi talize the notoriety she had obtained. "There is nothing romantic in this in cident,” he said. “An examination of t'.iis young woman will prove to aiiy-one that she is designed and unscrupulous, and that she was seeking to obtain only ease and luxury.” “It is the 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 Skull. 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 iu 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 ear 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 j his skull was fractured requiring the re moval of a part of the bone, his face badly cut and collar bone broken. While desperately hurt at last accounts it was hoped the youngster will recover. Mr. Ties stopped his car, did all he could for the relief of the boy and re mained iu Spencer a day or more watch ing his condition. PRICE OF GASOLINE REDUCED ONE CENT Standard of New Jersey Slakes Cut and Other Companies Quickly Follow Suit- Now York. Aug, S.—The tank wagon ' price of gasoline was reduced 1 cent a gallon today in the territories served by the Standard Oil ompany of New Jer sey, the Gulf Regning company nnd 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 Jersey in 18 cents; North Carolina 19 cents. South Carolina 19 1-2 and Wash ington, D. C., 18 cents. Youth Foresakes Wraith to Play Cab aret Piano. New York. Aug 10.—Rather than be the heir apparent to 30 lumber yards and become a settled nrtd respected busi ness man, William H. Mitchell, 24, Princeton graduate, came to Greenwich Village from Buffalo, to poll ml a piano in a cabaret for SSO a week. He left the mansion of his parents in Buffalo with out their knowledge and Mr. nnd Mrs. A. Mitchell were stricken with grief. Mr. Mitchell came here yesterday and inserted advertisements in the papers of fering a reward of SSOO for information of his son’s whereabouts A friend of the young man divulged the address of a small hotel in the village where Wil liams was staying. “William ia a musical geuiua and couldn’t stand the routine of a busi ness office,” the older man told Reporters after the happy reunion at the Hotel Vanderbilt.' William is returning home with his parents. WHERE HUMANS HAVE TAILS And Birds Know Chemistry, and Build Their Own Incubators. Oakland, Calif., Aug. 10.—There’s a land where humans have tails and birds know chemistry and build their own in cubators. And H. A. Snow, curator of t I'-ft.P-"- 1 land Museum and world fam\ t ttira game hunter and wild life I StsA e ducer, is preparing an exped \t r reginu, to stalk both in their natural habital nnd, through movies, tell the world about them- Snow's big game hunt through Africa, where he successfully shot with guns and camera, iis still attracting attention as a cinema thriller. Stampeding ele phant herds and chasing giraffes in flivvers were some of the high spots. Tin-ills in the Artie. The trip of Snow and his son. Sydney, through the artie 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 couj)le 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 scroll of these tribes. Seek Whole Tribe. “With the evolution question now al most a national issue, there is more than usual interest in tail-bcuriag humans. We have been gathering information for years, and believe we shall find not mere individuals possessd of eailual ap pendages, but an entile 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 tiie 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 heaps are hollowed, so they will catch rainfall. How Heat Is Supplied. “The eggs are carefully placed in holes dug under the mound. Ruin 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 birds. Each night they return to the mound, dig out the 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 carneffTmt. Wfteii Hie viMnlg 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 Walnut 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 who steadfastly maintained the body found in the plant was that of her hus band, Schwartz admit ted 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 -1 blc. (3y the Associated Press) Chicago. Aug. 10.—Russell Scott, con ! victed murderer of Joseph Maurer fouud a new task awaiting him at the Chester asylum for the criminal insane today. He will spend }iis time weaving baskets, ac cording to word received here. Asylum officials are holding to the belief that his insanity is not sufficient to prevent liim doing constructive work. Sciiit last night scouted the idea that he was insane at all. “I am lio more crazy than you are,” he told Supt. Stub blefield. "but this seemed the only way out of it.” STAR THEATRE PROGRAM WEEK OF AUGUST 10-lath , Monday and Tuesday TOM MIX in “THE DEADWOOD COACH” His latest and greatest picture. It’s q Fox' Special AND NEW—NOT OLD Wednesday Only “TIIE TROUBLE WITH WIVES” With Florence Vidor, Tom Moore, Ester Ralston nnd Ford Sterling. Thursday and Friday “THE STREETS OF FORGOTTEN MEN” With Percy Marmont, Neil Hamilton, Mary Brian. Saturday BUCK JOffES 0} “HEARTS AND SPURS” i Fox Special l If it’s a Fox Tom Mix, it’s a New ■ Picture and if Not It’s Old. We show his New Pictures. • [TODAY'S i « NEWS € 9 TODAY i 999999994 . NO. 191 TREASURY FIGURES MIDGET CLAIM p-rraSIDEirS TIME The Chief Executive Studies Them So As to Be Able to Make Up Mind As to Tax Reductions to Favor. DIRECTORLORI) SEES PRESIDENT Intimated That Chief Execu tive Will Want Reductions Amounting t o Perhaps More Than $300,000,000. (By tie Associated Fren) Swampseott, Mass., Aug. 10.—1’resi lient Coolidge hud the tirst opportunity today to go over the budget for next year and to study accurate statistics on File condittion of the treasury at the close of the last fiscal year, two proposi tions which will determine the amount of tax reductions 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 heud. On the basis of the statements of Mr. Lord, t’he 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 $500,000,000 to $500,- 000,000. Swampseott, 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. Dim-tor 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 i lie. it is understood that the army and : navy will bear a good portion of the cut . next year. President Coolidge has de i dared 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 are • presented to Congress. On a basis of a - surplus of $250,000,000 in the Treasury on June 30th and an estimated surplus of i $200.0001)0 for the present fiscal year. - reductions amounting to at 1 least $300,000,000 would be warranted. HOPE FOR PREVENTION OF COAL STRIKE FADES AWAV Lewis Says Further Negotiations Use less Unless Owners Yield. Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. o.—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 the 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: w- *NW ‘ 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. lie it so. We 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.” I/mg 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 Fascisti. who acted as they did in the name of public morals. The Fascisti are indig- I naut 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 against public morals. WHAT SAT'S BEAR SAYS H—W"h aSiI Generally fair tonight and Tuesday, except local thundershowers along coast .this afternoon or tonight.