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TELEGRAPH BRIEFS
Borers are reported killing nianr
large elm trees In some parts of the
southwest this summer.
BThirty new oil wells. Increasing tbs
output In the southern Arkansas
by more than 21,000 barrels, have
brought in recently.
France and Italy have recently signed
an agreement on silk trade between
the two countries wnloh puts an end
to a tariff war which has lasted for
more than 85 years.
Owing to good crops throughout Italy
and diminution in the prloes of Imported
wheat, bread and macaroni have de
creased In price from 5 to 20 centimes
per kilogram.
The United States Is expected to co
operate with tha government of Pan
ama in a new and comprehensive road
building program being Inaugurated
by the latter country.
Great Britain Is considering plana
to limit the number of emigrants corn*
tng from that country to the United
States, in order that the legal quota
may not be exceeded.
Peep In the shaft of a coal mine near
Puquotn, 111., a servloa of prayer Is
held each morning before the miners
begin their work.
The California state railroad com
mission has ordered Installation of a
uniform system of accounting for all
fas companies with a gross Income of
1250,000 or over.
Energy set free by the transmuta
tion of hydrogen atoms contained
■ in fc tumblerful of water would be suf
ficient to drive the most powerful
Steamship afloat from America to
s Europe and back, scientists claim.
Joso LeFert, a wealthy young Bel
rlan aviator, haa purchased a 108
lorse-power Curtiss airplane and plane
o fly to China, thence to Siberia, Alas
:a and Canada with New York as his
; Inal goal. Ho will attempt the flight
to win a bet of 600,000 francs.
Many relics of the tenth century, In
cluding the head of Saint Adalbert,
together with a quantity of geid and
Jewelled objects dating back to the
earliest days of Polish history, were
stolen recently from the cathedral at
Gnlesno Gntsen.
The Academic Francaise has awarded
the Monyton prise to the Swiss author
M. Benjamin Vallotton for his book
"Pat ence‘ and part of the Marcellln
Guerin prise to M. Bernard Bouvolr.
Professor at Geneva university, for
r.li book “ Henrl-Frederlo Amlel".
Last Ootober a sanitorlum for con
sumptlve students was opened at Ley
•in. Tho Institution now has a yearly
Income of nearly *15.000. derived from
subscriptions and subsidies. Such stu
dents as can afford to' do so pay a small
fee for admission.
To meet the demand In this country,
faso '10 *» produced at the rate of 20.
OOO.OOO gallons per day. At this rate
figures show that 16,000,000 or more
Is paid daily by consumers for "gas”.
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Nassau—Edward H. Cunningham,
member of the federal reserve
board and former secretary of the
cover but a part of tihe loss the
deliver an address at the fair here
August 23.
Red Oak—Montgomery county
farmers have lhad their crops dam
aged to the extent of »70,000 this
season through the visits of the un
bidden guest—the Hession fly, En
tomologist F. D. Butcher of Iowa
State college declared.
Oskaloosa—Senator Smith W.
Brookhart will speak at the Mahas
ka County Farm Bureau plcnlo here,
August 18.
Mason City—Orson Whitney, 78
years old, member of tihe military
guard at the bier of President Lin
coln In Springfield, 111., was buried
here yesterday on the afternoon of
President Harding’s funeral. Whit
ney was born in Waukegan, 111.
NEW SENATOR
TO BE HEARD
Magnus Johnson Secured To
Speak at Fair on
Slayton
Slayton, Minn., Aug. '-(Special!
•—Magnus Johnson, recently elected
L'nifod States senutor from this
•tate, has been secure 1 to deliver
an address at the county fair here
on September 8. It is planned to
make t.iat the really big day of the
fair, though there wtl» be special nt
t.uctior.il on all other days of the
fil.’, while the exhibits promise to
be holier than before in the history
of the fair organisation.
Grand Army Post
Surrenders Its Charter
Slayton. Minn., Aug. *~v -(Special)
—The local post of the Grand Army
of the Republic has surrendered Its
Charter and the two surviving mem
bers have joined the post at Pipe
stone. At one time the Slayton post
bad a membership of about 40.
Protect Striker*
Who Return to Job
Hillsboro, 111,, Aug. —Half of
the striking employ*# of the Ameri
can Zinc, Lead and Smelting Com
pany returned to work today under
guard of 600 national guardsmen.
The troops were sent here Satur
day to prevent recurrence of fighting
between loyal employes and strikers
which resulted In wounding of two de
puty sheriffs and a striker. Orig
inally 800 of six hundred employes
■truck to enforce union recognition.
U. S.-Mexican Accord
Ready for Signature*
Mexico City, Aug. - — United
States Commissioners Warren and
Payne paid a farewell vief! to Secre
tary of the Treasury De La Huerta
Monday afternoon. The Warren - Roa
accord will be signed Tuesday cr
Wednesday and Commissioners War
ren and Payne will leave for the bor
der in a special car Wedn^day eve
INDIANS PLAN
BIG POWWOW
Omaha Tribe to Entertain
Visiting Bretheren For 10
Days Near Walthill
Walthill, Neb., Aug. (Special.)
►—The Omaha Indians have arrang
ed for a 10-day powow on tihelr
reservation nine miles northeast of
here and 10 miles northwest of De
catur, commencing Friday, August 17
and ending Monday, August 27. Vis
iting tribeu will bo present from the
Sioux and Winnebago reservations.
The wealthy Osage tribe of Oklaho
ma will make a return visit to the
Omahas,
There will be strictly Indian pro
grams each afternoon, including
dances in costume, ball games, races,
etc. Each Sunday morning there will
be religious services. Thousands of
White visitors are expected.
Hs Didn’t Understand
Chinees Lingo.
Huron, S. D., Aug. (Special)—
There Is at least one man In Huron
who will admit that his failure to
understand ''Chinese as she Is spoke,"
was responsible for his complete down
fall. The person In question Is Ed
Swearlnger, barber. He had eaten a
meal at a local restaurant and sub
mitted a check In payment. The wait
ress took the check to the proprietor
of the place, one Ham Wing, and
asked if she was to accept it. The
Chinaman said "of course" or words
to that effect, epeaking unconsciously
in his native tongue. The word grat
ed on the ear drums of Swearlnger,
who thought it sounded like a vllo
name the Oriental was calling the
waitress for accepting the check. He
Immediately took the restaurant own
er to task and administered a thor
ough beating, one that Mr. Wing ad
mits he will not soon forget. Then
the Chinaman swore out a warrant
for Swearinger's arrest and when hs
demanded a Jury trial, an interpreter
was secured, who explained to the
court that the word was perfectly
harmless, repeating it in court. The
Jury made up of prominent merchants
of Huron returned a verdict in 20
-minutes, holding Swearlnger guilty
of “fighting in a public place.”
Gun Toters Taught
Error of Thoir Ways.
Huron, S. D., Aug. (Special)—
Maurice Belding and Warren Chan
nels were fined $50 each for -carrying
concealed weapons In their endeavors
to appear as “bad men” when they
were arraigned in court here. The
two were arrested several days ago
on a charge of horse stealing which
was dropped after the horse In ques
tion was found, but as a large call
bred gun was found on each of the
men they were held to answer to that
charge. As the boys had no money
with which to pay their fines, their
saddles and a violin they valued at
$160 and other personal property was
retained until the fines were paid,
the sheriff releasing their two horses
so that they might continue their
search for work.
Avon Scandal Will
Be Stirred Again.
Sioux Falls, S. D„ Aug -- —That
Dr. J. C. Greenfield of Avon, S. D.,
must show cause at Parker why an
order should not be entered In cir
cuit court permitting the amending
of the settled record in his case
against Miss Louise Eberle, stenog
rapher In his hank for several years,
and Judge J. L. Melghen, has been
ordered by Judge L. L. Fleeger of
Parker.
Dr. Greenfield is required to ap
pear at Parker Thursday in this mat
ter. The amending of the record, ac
cording to attorney's plans, will 1#
accomplished by the striking out of
the counter affidavits filed here with
the clerk of courts some weeks ago.
Should this amendment not be
granted, {fee plaintiff is to be asked
to show why the defendant. Miss
Kberle. should not be granted more
time to file additional affidavits in
answer to be included in the settled
record.
Miss Eberle won $10,000 damages
from Dr. Greenfield in circuit court
here through a Jury’s verdict. Appli
cation for a new trial has been made
by the plaintiff, claiming the discov
ery of new evidence.
Ku Klux Klan Has
Strong Membership here,
Aberdeen, S. D„ Aug. —All
doubt as to whether or not a flaming
cross was seen c-ariy on Saturday eve
ning by people who rnotored.from the
city to Wylie park, was removed
when a man well-known in this city
stated that the Ku Klux Klan has an
organisation here, and that the klan
had on Saturday night appraised
Us local membership, which in
cludes county men, held ceremonial
session on Friday night at a biuld
ing in Aberdeen and initiated into
tihe order 35 candidates.
The nformant exhibited the ritual
of the order, the pledge which mem
bers subscribe to, the form of receipt
for dues, which 19 given applicants for
membership when they apply for ad
mission and other evidence of the ex
istence of the organisation.
Price* on several perfumes are
likely to bo high this fall and winter,
due to the shortage In the rose crop
In Bulgaria this summer.
Fear Peru Normel
May Be Closed
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. _ (Special)—
A delegation of legislators and farm
bureau men visited Governor Bryan
Tuesday to discuss the future of the
Peru normal school. Just what it
waa all about neither the members
of the delegation nor the governor
would state. Since the purchase- of
the normal at Wayne and the open
ing of a normal at Chadron the, at
tendance at the Peru institution has
been decreasing, and the people down
that way fear an effort to have it
closed for the benefit of the otlMr
itate normals.
WOMEN CLAMOR
FOR STATE AID
Demonstrations In Various
Farm Bureau Projects
Much in Demand
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. —(Special.)
—Contrary to the opinion express
ed last winter that the agricultural
extension service was forcing the
woman’s work onto the women of
Nebraska, the women a-re now al
most fighting to get the assistance
of the state agents in clothing,
fhods, and health, to put on dem
onstrations In their counties. The
women of Custer county have had
the demonstrations In short cuts in
sewing and in dress construction
and are now waiting for the millin
ery and children’s clothing projects.
And they are destined to Walt, It
seems, for the two specialists now
on this work are busy filling dates
made last year for their services.
The programs of work turned into
the director’s office by the county
extension agents called for 492 days
of demonstration work In clothing
work. The two state agents now
In the servloe can handle abqut 860
days of actual work In the field.
Work promised last year has taken
up a great part of their time so far
thiB year. They will be practically
a year behind their schedule at the
end of the year.
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Children Bitten by
' Cat—Are Given Treatment
W&usa, Neb., Aug. ,—(Special.)
—A cat owned by Mrs. Arthur Luck
bit two children, after acting queer
ly. The head, sent to Kansas City
for diagnosis, was pronounced af
flicted with rabies. The children are
being given Pasteur treatment.
Child Loses an Arm
When Caught In Binder
Broken Bow, Neb., Aug. v ''-—(Spe
cial.)—The B-year-old eon of J.
Schulte was terribly Injured when
caught In a grain binder driven by
a neighbor boy. His right arm was
severed above the elbow, and the
left arm so badly cut and mangled
that there is little hope of saving It.
Nebraska Women is
Victim of Typhoon
Loup City, Neb., Aug. , (Spe
cial.)—Word has been received here
of the death In a typhoon at Hong
Kong, China, of Miss Elizabeth
Gard, who taugh school here two
years ago. Her body was not re
covered until two days later. She
was confidential secretary to But
terfield Swire.
Thieves Specialize
In Motor Meters
Lexington, Neb., Aug. ^ —(Spe
cial.)—During a dance at the coun
try club here, thieves stole motor
meters from 15 automobiles.
REJECT ALL BIDS FOR
SANITARIUM HEATINQ PLANT
Custer, S. D., Aug. (Special)—
Bids opened here by the state board
of charities and corrections for the
new heating plant at the state san
itarium for tuberculosis, exceeded the
appropriation of $50,000 and all were
rejected.
This leaves the two new hospital
buildings without heat for the winter.
They were held up two years on ac
count of Insufficient appropriations
to complete them after they were
started, and It appears that a similar
deal wll be experienced with regard to
their use.
Careful estimates of expert en
glners showed that at least $70,000
would be needed to build and equip
a heating plant, but the last legisla
ture flashed the appropriation to
$50,000.
Two alternatives are open, It is said.
One to go without the use of the
buildings, with the rest of the plant
overcrowded and scores of people
denied admission. The other Is for
the governor to declare an emergency
and Issue emergency warrants.
Big Payment Made on
Yankton Bridge Stock
Yankton. S. D., Aug. —The sec
ond largest payment ever made at
one time on stock of the Meridian
Highway Bridge company came in
today when Charles B. Clark, of St.
Helena, Neb., sent In a check for
$6,500 on his stock subscription.
The largest on the books of the
company Is for $9,000, given by
the Gurney Seed ♦ Nursery Co.
Mr. Clark owns a farm of nearly
1,200 acres across the Missouri
river, and his subscription and
payment were made, he sayt, In
his belief that the building of the
• bridge will increase his land values
100 per cent, besides giving him an
all-year round day and night mar
ket.
“A check of this size materially
assists In crowding the work on
the bridge,” officials of the bridge
company said.
British Conservative Wins
London, Aug. —Sir Charles Cay
zer, conservative member from Ches
ter City, retained his seat at the elec
tion Monday. His plurality, however,
was decreased by 8,746 from his last
election.
Iroquois City Council
Cuts Down Expenses
Iroquois, S. D., August, (Spe
cial)—A committee on finances of
the city council at a recent meet
ing recommended that a reduction
j of $3,000 from the levy of last year
for the budget of expenses be madia.
Last year the levy was reduced $2,000
from the amount levied the year pre
vious. If the total assesed valuation
of the city is left the same this year
as last, he reduction of $3,000 will
mean a cut of four mills or a reduc
tion In the mill levy from S3 td 29.
Instead of a budget of $16,500 for
this year the amount to be raised
for city purposes ie $11,500.
BANK RECEIVER
HAS TEST CASE
Want# Right to Get Early
Action Against Stockholders
Of Failed Institutions
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. ^ (Special)-*
Receiver Bodle of the Cass County
National bank has lodged in supreme
court a test case to determine when
a receiver may sue stockholders for
the liability that attaches to owner
ship of shares in a defunct bank.
The state law says that a receiver
need not wait until the assets have
all been realized upon but may sue
whenever the bank is declared insol
vent.
The other side claims that the sec
tion of the constitution which at
taches liability to ownership of
stock must be construed in connec
tion with another seotion which pro
vides that they shall be liable for
the unpaid portion of any stock sub
scription, but that the lndebtness
of the bank must first be fixed be
fore suit can be brought. It is as
serted that the supreme court having
repeatedly held that to be the funda
mental law its interpretation be
came a part of the new constitution
just as though it had been written
there. The district court upheld this
claim.
The receiver says that this inter
pretation is wrong and that it results
in such a delay that when it comes
time to sue the stockholders they
usually have nothing left upon which
to realize a judment.
South Dakota Judge
To Hear Nebraska Case
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. ... —Announce
ment is made bare that U. S. Dis
trict Judge James D. Elliot, of Sioux
Falls, S. D., has been assigned to
hear the indictment case against L.
B. Howey and L. J. Dunn, officers
of the City National bank of Lincoln,
charged with misappropriation of the
funds of the bank. Judge T. C. Mun
ger, of the Nebraska district of the
federal court, was a stock holder in
the bank at the time the alleged of
fenses were committed and is dis
qualified from hearing the case.
FRUIT JOBBERS OBJECT
TO CHANGER IN RULES.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. (Special)—
The state railway commission held a
hearing today on protests filed by
the fruit jobbers of the various
cities in the state against proposed
changes in the refrigeration rules.
The ones particularly objected to
change the demurrage rate from $4.60
for every 24 hours after free time
to $3.76 for every 12 hours; make
the shipper pay for the icing of a car
that he orders but does not use;
changing the classification from sec
ond to fourth but cutting the mini
mum weight on carload shipments
from 16,000 to 10,000 pounds, and
making the shipper pay for loading
when he uses less than a car.
Oil Cars Ditched,
Two Men Injured.
Winside, Neb., Aug. t.. (Special)—
Two tfalnrnen were quite badly cut
and bruised, Monday morning, about
10 o’clock, when two cars of oil and
the caboose of an east bound oil train
left the tracks about three miles west
of here. The tracks were torn up for
some distance. The passenger train
from Sioux City was held here this
afternoon, when it ran to the scene
of the wreck and exchanged passen
gers, and mail with another train that .
came out from Norfolk.
BLACK MAGIC SEERESS
ANNIHILATES BANK ROLL
Gary, Ind.,—The days when witches
were burned at the stake were re
called when Katie Kawolskl, Gary
seeress was sentenced to from one to
14 years in the Indiana women’s pri
son for practicing her black magic.
Mrs. Kawolskl was charged with us
ing her mysterious arts to increase
her own bankroll at the expense of
the bankroll of a client. Anna Brocka
and was found guilty of larceny.
According to the charges Mrs. Kaw
olakl promised to Increase Mrs.
Brocka's savings of $400 to $800 by
use of magic. She directed Mrs. Brocka
to put part of the savings In a bottle
and the rest In a handkerchief and go
to sleep. When Mrs. Brocka awoke she
found the $400 had magically disappear
ed Instead of being magically multiplied.
A Missouri Joy Ride.
Searcy News In Poplar Bluff Daily
American.
A snake for a passenger was a
unique experience of Joe Beal Pat
terson, a Searcy man, a few clays
ago. He alighted from his car to
kill the snake, which was crhwling
Into a yard where the three-year-old
son of E. G. Robertson was playing
The snake retreated when he at
tacked it with a stick,, going to the
car, crawling up on the wheel and
from there under the hood and had
secreted Itself somewhere on the in
side of the car. Mr. Patterson broke
all speed laws and most speed rec
ords getting his feet on the seat and
his eyes on the floor of the car—his
steering he trusted to luck. It was
necessary to take the car apart be
fore thesnake was found snugly
around the gasoline probably
thinking he had found a moonshine
still. The snake was 2 Vi feet long.
Three adults and six children were
buried at a single funeral service at
Niagara Falls, N. Y., one day re*
cently. _ ___
Farmer a^d 8on are
Mysteriously Missing.
Pukwana, S. D., Aug. „ (Special)—
Recently W. C. Drake, formerly a
dentist, and his son, who are farmers
in the vicinity of Bijou Hills, brought
their hogs to Pukwana, for shipment,
the father cashed his check at one of
the banks at same place and both
dissappeared as though the earth had
swallowed them up. The son who al
so dissappeared with the father Is
about 15 years of age. A wife with a
large family is considerably worried
over their dlssappearance as foul
play Is feared.
IN THE &OOD OI.D DAYS. -
Milwaukee Journal. *
In the good old days when -
dad was spar'.ing mother, he <
liked to hav<. a dollar In his -
pocket If he was going 4
to spend the day with her 4
at a t>tg celebration. Of course 4
he didn’t expect to spend 4
the entire dollar but wanted H
to have that much so as 4
to be on the safe side no 4
matter what happened. At J
about 11 o’clock in the morning -
when he saw that she was un- -
comfortably warm, he bought -
two saucers of ice cream and -
early In the afternoon he <
bought more Ice cream and at -
least two glasses of lemonade, -1
Then they went to the edge of <
the picnic grounds, where they -
aould hear only the high notes -
of the orators, and talked over -1
their plans for marrying tho «
following May. In those days <
the total cost of winning a girl «
wasn’t more than $25, lnclud- "
Ing jewelry. ’
Emancipation
O Life, to you I give my hands, my
feet,
My body to enfetter, all of me
Save only this: my thoughts—and
they shall fee
The door to freedom. Oh, you can
not cheat.
The hungry soul of me, If safe and
I keep these thoughts however
cruelly
The chains of duty bind, still am I
free.
For through the mind redemption is
complete.
Though clouds engulf, yet shall I
know the sun;
Through winters bleak and chill,
the Joy of spring;
When sorrow’s tears would hush
the songs I sing,
Along Time’s tedious track my
thoughts shall run
Laughing Into the light—untamed
and wild;
And growing old, 1 still shall be it
child.
Helen Frazee-Bower
In The New York Herald
FARMERS FIGHT HIGH COSTS.
MEMBERS of the farm grang*
in Pennsylvania may or may
not get more returns from their farm
products if they carry out their pro
gram of working shorter hours, ob
serving all holidays and taking a
half day off each week. But they and
their children will no doubt get con
siderably more fun out of life on the
farm. Reduced production may re
sult In increased demand and higher
prices for what is to be sold. That
will depend largely on production In
other parts of the nation and of the
world.
The second part or tne Pennsyl
vania program, however, gives some
cause for apprehension. The farmers
have agreed to cut buying of manu
factured articles to the minimum, O
the hope of increasing the surplus
and forcing the prices down.
Reduced production on the farms
coupled with reduced demand by the
farmers for manufactured goods Is
pretty certain to slow up production
at the factories also. It may result
in the farmer getting more money
for his products, but it might also
mean that the buying power of his
money would be much lessened. The
manufacturer is in a far better posi
Even with wheat down t’ 85 cents
a bushel a farmer ought t’ save a lit
tle money If he cuts his own hair an’
shaves himself. One good thing—if
ther’s a player planner in your block
you won’t need t’ buy one.—Abe
Martin.
tion to control his volume ot output
than is the farmer, and it is doubt
ful if decreased farm production will
ever be able to force much change
in the ratio of values between farm
products and manufactured goods.
The manufacturers have invited just
such a fight, however, and they will
have to cut their overhead costs, in
stead of passing them on to the
farmers.
General adoption of this policy of
producing less and buying less might
easily lead to a deadlock which
would be disastrous, but the time
has come for the buyers to force the
issue. In plain English this plan
means that the farmers are sick of
paying high prices forced by high
labor and tax costs. The politician!
will understand fhls after while.
Indignant British Taxpayer in
Action.
From The London Times.
At Bow Street Police Court yester
day, before Mr. Graham Campbell,
Emily Ada Ellis Rew, 46, no occupa
tion, Star Street, Paddington, was
charged, on remand, with commit
ting wilful damage to the extent of
£10 by throwing a stone through a
window at the Meteorological Offioe,
Klngsway. After her arrest last
week the defendant said that her
action was a protest against the wil
ful waste of public money on titae
maintenance or the incompetent Me
teorological Office.
During the last five years, farmers'
oiganizatlons in the Uiion of South
Arnica have destroyed Y6.184 baboons,
2,112 eagles, 224,642 jackals, 18,180
lynxes and 54,963 wildcats,
27 Die of Poisoned
Food; Four Condemned
Shanghai, A Yu Er-Heng
former head of the students’ self
government association of the Hang
chow normal school and two cooks
Chen Ah-Li and Pi Ho-Song, were
sentenced to death by the Hangchow
district court for participation In a
plot to poison the entire student bodjr
at the school.
The plot resulted in the deaths of
27 persons and the illness of a score
of other teachers and students last
February.
CRAPS GAME
KILLER TAKEN
South Dakota Farm Hand
Admits Slaying Specta
tor by Rolling Dice
Aberdeen, S. D., Aug. 20.—Paul An*
derson, a harvest worker from Kan
sas, arrested by Sheriff E. T. Fly of
Clark county as he was walking on
the highway near Clark Monday
morning, confessed, the sheriff said,
to the fatal shooting of Virgil Jestes,
farm hand from Nebraska, Sunday
evening at Turton, near here.
Anderson was driven in an auto
from the scene of the shooting, which
took place at a Turton elevator, and
temporarily evaded pursuing officers.
He was discovered near Clark after
an all night search. He confessed to
the shooting of Jestes, but claimed
the killing was an accident, Sheriff
Fly reported.
The prisoner was taken to Redfleld
by Sheriff Wendt.
According to accounts of the shoot
ing, a dice game was in progress at
the Turton elevator Sunday night
and Jestes was a spectator. A quar
rel started and Anderson opened fire,
two bullets striking Jestes, who died
about 30 minutes later.
The driver of the car which speed
ed away with Anderson piter the
shooting is being held by Spink
county officials.
A
Watched Game Five Minutes
Turten, 9. D., Aug. 20.—Virgil Jes
tes of Crofton, Neb., was fatally shot
while watching a crap game here
about 7 o’clock Sunday night. Jestes
had been In town about 16 minutes
and had been watering the game
about five minutes when one of the
men fired three shots, two of which
struck Jestes in the abdomen and one
in the ieg. Jestes died a half-hour
later without regaining conscious*
ness.
COOLIDGE MEN
CALL FOR HAYS
Movie Czar Again Being
Urged as G. O. P. Helms
man for 1924 Campaign
BY JAMES R. NOURSE,
Universal Service Correspondent
Washington, Aug. 20.—Will H.
Hays again is being seriously consid
ered for his old job as chairman* of
the republican national committee
wiien reorganization is effected for
tl e .,024 campaign.
T'.elinite overtures have been made
to him, it was learned Monday te
give up his position as director gen
eral of the movie interests and get
lack into the political game n3 the
r< ■ ubliean man: '-er.
"hne overtures have coirio from
Coolidge booster1-, who already are
laying wires to land the nomiuatio.i
for the preside:''.
Harding Approved Hays
It is not the first time that Hays
had been mentioned for return to the
chairmanship, which he gave up
when he became postmaster general
in the Harding cabinet. The late
president had him in mind before he
Etarted on his ill-fated western trip,
and it was generally believed that if
Harding entered the race for a sec
ond term nomination Hays would be
his choice for the management of
the campaign.
At that time. New York was urg
ing Charier D. Hilles, who managed
the Taft campaign in 1912, anti Hard
ing thought well of him, too, although
Hays was believed* to be his first
choice. New York republicans stilt
are in the fight for Hilles, but are
without any Information from Pres
ident Coolidge as to whether or not
he would be acceptable.
Why They Want Hays
There are several reasons why
some of the Coolidge boosters believe
the selection of Hays would be a
stroke of political sagacity. In the*
first place Rays is from' Indiana.
Secondly, Indiana is more likely to
be a "pivotal” state than New York
or any state In New England whei>be
Coolidge halls. Hays, It Is believed,
could do more toward reconciling
the fighting factions of republican*
In Indiana than any one else who
might be chosen for the chairman
ship.
Another reason why Hays is be
ing brought forward by the Coolidge
managers is that some of them are
beginning to realize the necessity of
getting away from the “New Eng
land crowd” in laying their plans to
capture the nomination.
Bombing Planes Prove
Practical For Distance
BANGOR, Me., Aug. 20,:—Feasibility
*>f operating airplanes a long distance
from their base was proven Wednes
day night, when a flying armada of
16 bombers arrived here from Lang
ley Field, Va.
The planes which left Langley Field
early .Wednesday and stopped at
Mitohel Field, L. I., about noon, con
sumed eight and a half actual flying
sumed eight and a half actual flying
aviation officers as the greatest dem
onstration by the United States air
service since the world war.
Firpo and Dogs Rivals
at Park’s Exhibition
Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. 20—
Luis Angel Firpo, Argentine heavy
weight, who will meet Jack Demp
sey on September 14, now shares
honors with racing greyhounds as>4
the attraction at the Atlantic City v
park, with admission of $1.10 for /
both features.
Firpo Monday opened training
quarters at the park, where a 60
day diog racing season is under way,
agreeing to make an afternoon and
night appearance before the grand
stand every day until September 1$.