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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-15
Buckner Turns Guns on
State Chief Witness
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trial is "conspiring to defraud the
United States of their unbiased, un-
prejudiced and honest and intelligent
services"
Testimony was adduced to show that
Merton paid the late John T.. King, re-
publican national committeeman from
Connecticut, fees amounting to SAL, 900
for rushing" his claim through the
alien property custodian's office and
having it passed by Daugherty, then
attorney general, conducted an ex-
haustive redirect examination of Mer-
ton on technical phases of the finance
ing of the Societe Suisse and the Swiss
bank. and their relations to the two
German companies - the Metal Bank
and the allgesellschaft-of which
Merton was a director.
All of the testimony Merton gave to-
day is based upon cross examination
by counsel for Miller which in turn,
der objections by counsel for Daugh-
erty and Miller and which will be
stricken from the records unless Buck
ner gives it connection with the con-
spiration charge and makes it binding
upon both defendants.
Daugherty, hunched in his chair, ap-
parently took little interest in the pro-
ceedings. Even when his counsel, Max
d. Steuer, jumped to his feet and NOV
ed that the jury be dismissed because
he alleged Buckner had acted in man
ner prejudicial to fair trial. the for
mer attorney general sat unmoved.
Miller, whose wife has sat near him
during the trial, followed the proceed
ings closely.
The motion to dismiss the jury fol-
lowed the reading by Buckner of let
ter Merton wrote John Foster Dulles,
a New York lawyer, in November, 1920.
Waving the letter before the jury,
Buckner asserted that the idea of show
ing an oral transfer of the shares of
the American Metal company to the
Societe Suisse had originated in infor-
nation Dulles wrote in reply Prior
that, Buckner charged, there never had
been a mention made of the oral trans
fer.
"By his gesture, by. his manner of
quoting dramatically, by the wa/tng of
the letter he holds in his hand" Steuer
said, "Buckner makes it impossible for
these defendants to have a fair trial.
I move the jury be dismissed"
IT fear" Judge Mack observed, that
you attach too much Importance to the
attorneys histrionic ability. Motion de-
nied.
AS Buckrner, who has been charged
by defense attorneys with attempts to
impeach and attack the credibility of
his own witnesses, tried to procure ad-
mission of exhibits, he found the de-
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-15
s. G. PRIMARY

COLUMBIA, s. c., Sept. Ire
turns from all but 156 of the states
1888 precincts in today run-off pri-
mary election showed United States
Senator Ellison D. Smith with lead
of nearly 1900 votes for the demo-
cratic senator nomination over Edgar
A. Brown speaker of the state house.
The vote: Smith, 74,3OSl Brown,
7O,657.
In the gubernatorial race, John G.
Richards, state railroad commissioner
led his opponent I. c. Black wood,
state solicitor, by $4,000 votes and
the latter conceded the defeat
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-15
Doctor Orders Bread,
Water Diet Shortened
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cation for a temporary order re-
straining Burt county authorities
and the state of Nebraska from keep
ing Carson in Jail on the bread and
water diet. The hearing on tho ap-
plication is set for tomorrow morn
ing before District Judge Fitzgerald.
The case of Max Saltzman, 49, who
was convicted of drunkenness and
given a bread and water sentence,
was taken before Governor McMullen
who said he felt the courts were
open to Saltzman If he cared to make
an appeal.
No action has yet been taken in
behalf of Fred s. Dirks who has
been sentenced to serve so days in
the county jail at Harrington on an
a1ternated ten days bread and water
sentence for liquor law violation
mo Breakfast Complete without
The Dispatch"
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Coolidge Will Oppose
Great Cut in Taxes
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business in reduced rates of taxation.
He feels that further test should
be given the present law, before a
further reduction is attempted.
Taxes can be reduced, it was said,
in general, if the chief executive
can keep expenses down. That the
president is attempting to dc so, it
was added while he favors reduc>
ing taxes as rapidly as can be done
in a way to permit fair margin
for taking care of any losses in
government income that might be
brought about by shrinkage in pri-
yate business.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-15

the event sof tn ride, Of the en-
counter with the smugglers and the
capture of the contraband liquor,
and how afterwards, the gun battle
started in which Mckee was killed.
In his statement Parker said he
identified Padilla and GriJalva as
members OF the band who fired on
the officers Only these two of the
band fired on the officers, the stata-
ment said.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-15
CRowTHER RENOMINATEp.

ALBANY, n. Y, Sept. IA (AP)-.
Early returns from today's primary
election in New York state Indicated
that at least three Republican mem
bers Of congress won denomination in
the face of contests. The victors:
Nathan D. Perlman, Fourteenth dis
trict (Manhattan); Frank Crowther,
Thirtieth district; Gale H. Stalker,
Thirty seventh district
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-15
WEEKS LEADS IN VERMONT

MONTPELIER, VT, Sept. 14.-For-
mer Judge John E. Weeks, of Mid
dlebury, tonight led his opponents
for the republican nomination for
governor in returns from a. of the
states 248 towns and cities. Weeks
polled 6,112 votes against 1898 for
former State Senator Max W. Powell
of Burlington and 2,197 for Lieuten-
ant Governor Walter K. Farnsworth
of Burlington.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-15
MICHIGAN PRIMARIES.

DETROIT, Mich, Sept. IA (AP)-
Colonel Fred w. Green's lead over
Governor Alex. j. Groesbeck for the
Republican gubernatorial nomination
was approaching the 100000 mark as
returns from nearly half of the state
were tabulated shortly after mid
night. The figures from 1857 out of
1886 precincts lin the state were
Green, 19S,SO3; Groesbeck, 94,774.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-15

years, was renominated without op-
position at the republican state con-
vention here today.
Governor John H. Trumbull will
head the state ticket at the Novem-
ber election. He also was renomi-
mated without opposition.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-15
HILLS LEAD CUT.

BALTIMORE, Md, Sept. IA (AP)-
United States Senator o. e. Weller, a
Republican, at / a. m, had cut dowg
Representative John Philip Hills lead
for the senatorial nomination to BAL
votes. The figures for 5O2 precincts
were: Weller, 1880; Hill, 1S,191.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-15
Anti-Klan Man Leads
in Colo. Senate Race
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Prosser sos; Sweet s66; Hayes PAP.
In the democratic gubernatorial con-
test state senator w. H. (Billy)
Adams of Alamosa had better than a
two to one advantage over his op-
ponent. Judge Samuel w. JJohnson of
Arvada, the count in 67 precincts was:
Adams, 1,101; Johnson, SIS.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-15

ger report Of the battle, presumably
from the American consul at Mazat
Ian, William Blocker.
Tracer telegrams sent by the Her
aid to General Obregon, General Man
20 and Governor Alejo Rey tonighl
remained unanswered.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-15
CONNECTICUT PRIMARY

HARTFORD, Conn, Sept. 14.-United.
States Senator Hiram Bingham, who
has been member of the upper
house of congress for the past two.
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and that the statement was not ad-
missable.
Judge Gerald Jones, before whom
the case is being tried, ovcrruled the
objection and the officers story was
read to the jury In his statement
Parker told of the trip Of the border
Officers to the scene of the ambush
where Mckee was killed. He related
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-15

mo Breakfast Complete without
The Dispatch"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-15

Conditions are so bad in Latvit that
not only merchants, but farmers, are
facing failure.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-15
Casualties in Chinese
Fight Reported Heavy

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while the other swan safely to
French gunboat.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-15
NO AUTHENTIC FIGURES

NJ AUTHENTIC F1GUHES
SHANGHAI, Sept. 15.-No figures
are available here as to the number
of casualties in the September en-
gagement between tn British and
Chinese. The British official state
ment did not refer to the number of
killed or wounded but said the British
gunboats inflicted considerable dam
age Reuters Ncws Agency esti-
mates the Chinese casualties at 1000.
There now is an average of one radio
receiver for every seven families IN
Victoria, Australia.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-15
"A Voice From Grave"
Heard in Tucson Case

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The Coconino sun., 1926-08-13
JULY LARGEST MONTH in
GRAND CANYON HISTORY

Grand Canyon, Ariz., Aug. 12.-
Travel to the Grand Canyon national
park during July reached total of
23,858 visitors, it was announced by
j. r. Eakin, superintendent. This is
the largest number of people ever to
enter the park in one month.
Of the total visitors, 9,026 came by
rail and 14,788 in 4,503 automobiles.
Travel by rail on the south rim show
ed a decrease over the corresponding
month last year of 1896 or IA per
cent. Rail travel to the North Rim
more than doubled last years figures,
and indivates the ever increasing pop
ularity of the long motor trip from
the rail ends in Utah, through Zion
national park, Bryce canyon, the Kai-
bab forest and finally reaching the
rim Of the Grand Canyon. The trav-
el distributed between the north and
south rims shows that 20,469 visitors
were registered on the south and
1889 on the north.
Featuring the months travel was
the visit to the park of the Royal
Swedish party which arrived on the
north rim on the 18th, crossed the
canyon by mule and left the park
from the south rim on the 18th. In
addition to those in the Crown
Princes party there were number of
distinguished visitors to the park
which included U. S. Senator Henry
F. Ashurst Of Arizona. Mr.. Ashurst
spent a number of days in the park
making careful study of the pro-
posed boundary changes of the park.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-13
SCIENTISTS TO STUDY
APPEARANCE II YEAR
LOCUSTS SLATED in III

The question now before the scien-
tific house is: will the 17-year To-
Gusts appear on time, The scientific
world is going to try and find out,
for an investigation by the bureau
of entomology is going to investigate
the belief whether the 17-year locusts
scheduled to make their appearance
this summer in Virginia, Georgia,
Iowa and Missouri, has any existence
in fact. Entomologists in these states
have been asked to keep a sharp
lookout for the insects and to report
to Washington when and where they
are discovered.
The 17-year locust lives under
ground all that time and then come
out by millions. If you see this pc
riOdical cicada, let the American Ma
ture association of Washington, D. c..
know at once. This cicada is for
est insect and a very large part of
its life is as an underground grub
like form feeding upon the roots of
forest trees. Toward the end of the
period the fullgrown grubs made their
way to near the surface of the ground
and under certain conditions con-
struct peculiar above-ground cham
bers of pellets of soil The large stout
black insect is abo;t a inches long,
and has a wing spread of nearly three
inches, the veins OF the fore-wings
and the eyes being red
Expected in 1927
1t is stated that in 1927 large num-
bers of 17-year locusts will emerge
in certain sections of Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia,
Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois and Kan
sas.
This is based upon records back to
1924, and it is said the locusts which
will suddenly come out by the thous-
ands and literally cover the bark of
trees and fill the air with their per-
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-13

rax, there is small CLASSY spot This
is his tanbourine, and even as we are
watching he commences a perform
ance. His wings vibrate so rapidly
as to appear indiStinct By a few
scratches on this grass-like spot, pro-
ducing the strain we had sought.
The Cricket on the hearth" of
song and story is a native of Europe
and only inhabits this country to any
extent in Canada. The common field
cricket, however, often finds his way
into our houses, supposedly bringing
good luck with him and carrying it
away as surely as he is driven forth.
The true locusts, the short-horned
grasshoppers, are less musical than
are their long-horned cousins, but
they make up collectively for what
they lack individually, according to
Nature Magazine. In our eastern
fields they are like the piano accom-
paniment to the solos of their more
gifted relatives, making an underly-
ing, sustained hum, indispensable to
the summer orchestra.
Destructive Insects
Members of this family are COM
mon all over the world, with the ex-
ception of the far north. 1t includes
some of the most destructive insects
known. In some countries, especially
Russia, portions of southern Europe
and India, they have been known to
settle upon the country in such enor-
NOUS swarms as to destroy all veg
citation.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-13
VISITORS DAY AT FORT
HUACHUCA ENJOYABLE

Last Sunday, August 8th, was
visitors day" at the G. M. T. camp
at Fort Huachuca. Over hundred
relatives and friends of the boys
drove IN for the occasion, many of
them attending the dance on Satur-
day evening. The events of Sunday
consisted of swimming meet in the
forenoon after church, military and
athletic events in the afternoon fol-
lowed by a mounted parade at retreat,
and boxing and wrestling in the eve
ming. A spirit of keen rivalry be-
tween the two troops of the camp
was manifested throughout the day.
Credits were given to individuals as
well as to the troops for points won
in the various contests. The award
of medals and prizes will take place
Wednesday afternoon.
The following men have won hon
ors in craftsmanship as follows:
George w. Parker of Nogales quail
fled as the best rifle shot in camp,
while Lawrence F. Marsh of Nogales
and George Grunert of Fort Hua-
chua stood second and third respect
lively. In the mounted pistol course
Louis r. Caywood of Warren was
high man, with George w. Parker of
Nogales and James B. Harris of Bis
bee second and third. George Grun-
ert of Fort Huachuca, Louis r. Cay
wood of Warren, and George w. Par
ker of Nogales we're high men in the
regular army mounted pistol course.
Monday and Tuesday were spent
hv the bows on an all-night hike into
the mountains. The camp will close
and the boys will return to their
homes on Friday, August 18th.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-13

slstent clatter next year are the di-
rect descendants of the first brood of
locusts ever recorded in this country.
There are some 17-year locusts
coming out somewhere in this country
nearly every year, but those coming
out one year belong to different
broods from those coming out the
next.
Do Not Sing
Do you know that insects do not
sing? Have you ever "tuned-in" on
Natures orchestra? Some wonderful
sounds are to be heard. The birds
are true vocalists, producing their
songs by means of a vocal chord, but
there is no insect that possesses vo-
cal organs. The members of this tre-
mendous orchestra are mostly from
three families of the great Orthop-
terra; the short-horned grasshoppers,
or true locusts; the long-horned grass
hoppers, and the crickets.
With the crickets the sound is pro-
duced by rubbing or rapidly vibrating
the upper pair of wings against the
lower pair.
Some of the grasshoppers we might
speak of as almost true violinists,
their forewing constituting the violin
and leg the bow. The latter is so
veined and grooved as somewhat to
resemble a minute file, and, by plac-
ing this against the edge of the for
mer and rubbing it up and down with
greater or less rapidity, various de-
grees and kinds of music" are pro-
duced by the several species.
There are the green grasshoppers,
among whom the musical ability is
confined to the males. The apparatus
by which the music is produced is
composed of a curiously developed
membrane situated at the base of the
wing covers. These are the aspiring
soloists of this insect orchestra, and
their "songs" may frequently be
heard, as in the case of the katydid,
for a considerable distance.
Watch the common grasshopper for
his musical technique. At the base
of the wings, directly back of the tho
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-13
BILL STUART'Sl TALE OF THE
FLY

Ten little flys! That's a very bad
sign!
Give me the swatter! Now there are
nine
Nine little flys left, tempting Fate!
One sees the fly-paper! Now there
are eight!
Eight little flys who should all go to
Heaven,
One smells the soup, ah! Now there
are seven!
Seven little flys in a very bad fix,
Ones drinking home brew! Now
there are ski
Six little flys all very much alive,
One at molasses! Now there are
five
Five little flys a-crawling on the
I'll step on this one-Now there are
four!
Four little flys just as jolly as can
be,
I'll spoil the party! Now there are
three!
Three little flys-Oh, that won't do
Three, you know, is company! Now
there are two!
Two little flys having lots of fun,
Break up the party! Now there is
onei
One little fly! Didn't catch him then,
(you know, chased that fly all over
the place, the pesky thing, / swat
ted him, tried to entice him to walk
onto the fly paper, traced him to his
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-13

curious resident of the Bisbee dis
trict, they did not quail before their
duty. They telephoned here, they
telephoned there, and finally they
found out from that repository of all
useful knowledge-the library.-Bis-
bee Review.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-13
Her Eccentricity

'My Aunty Fretty is the most pc
culiar woman ever saw or heard of"
admitted Hostetter Smith.
''In what way?" he was asked.
''In various ways, but chiefly be-
cause, although she had fever once
upon time, she declares that her
hair did not come out by handfuls."
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-13
WHAT'S STATE FLOWER
OF ARIZONA? WRONG
AGAIN-IT'S SAHURA

If you don't know what the state
flower of Arizona is, the chamber of
commerce can tell you without an in
stant's delay. Their officials will ev
en- spell it for you--it's the sahuara,
the white, crown-like flower of the
giant desert cactus, that sentinel of
the great open spaces" which does so
much to add to the impressiveness of
the Arizona desert, particularly when
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-13

outlined against the hills on moon
light night.
Yesterday morning the officials
of the chamber of commerce couldn't
have told you so quickly for all their
officials are supposed to know about
everything. But when the inquiry
came to them over the telephone from
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-13

but it was no use-he dropped an
egg )
Now there are ten million, ten hum
dred, ten!!
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-13
Not Loud Enough

"Jack's got new siren for his
car"
"Really. What became of the
blonde one?"
Evening star., 1926-12-26
sv1eeplN9 nd> c1earita 2sOm4es fsYeets axd ateqs
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streets and avenues. An additional
100000 annually is awarded to the
District for the removal of ashes,
liar refuse. The District now oper-
trucks in it's ash, trash and garbage
collection as well as from so to 30
horse-drawn vehicles. All of this
equipment and animals are owned and
maintained by the city refuse division
of the District Government. 1t costs
$135,000 year to remove Washing
toms ashes.
THE matter Of caring for dead ami
mails in itself is a huge task.
Last year, for example, 43.609 dogs.
cats. rodents, horses, mules, cows,
sheep, goats. poultry and miscellan-
eous pets were disposed of. The
householder telephones the Street
Cleaning Department that such and
such dead animal is on his premises
awaiting disposition. Shortly after
such notice is received at the District
Building, an official truck appears to
remove the carcass. Thirty thousand
cats and $4,000 dogs were picked up
and disposed of in this manner dur
ing the last IL months. Policemen
and street cleaners report all dead
animals which they find, 50 that they
can be removed. The dead animals
are delivered to commercial render
ing plant in Rosslyn, Va. where they
are made into soap. The District
Evening star., 1926-12-26

the strain Of eight hours of snow
shoveling daily.
The 10000 motor cars licensed in
the District as we'll as many thou
sands from Maryland and Virginia
greatly increase the difficulties of
snow removal. This endless caval-
cade of automobiles, travelling the
streets during and Immediately after
the snowfall, compact the flakes and
convert the blanket into a coating
of ice. If the District snow.flghting
force could remove the snow before
1t was thus compacted and solidifled,
the labors would be decreased re-
markab]y. Automobile traffic more
than trebles the cost of snow removal.
This could be accomplished only by
prohibiting motor traffic until the
snow was removed from the street.
a preposterous proposition. During
horse-vehicle days the matter was
simple. Ordinarily, horses had to be
roughshod after the snowstorm.
This roughening of Dobbin's footwear
usually consumed enough time to ia
cilitate snow removal before heavy
vehicular traffic again crowded the
business thoroughfares.
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY
- white wings patrol and police
Washington streets at present. This
force is assigned to regular routes
and beats. Some of the men begin
work daily at o'clock in the morn
ing in order to clean streets which are
Evening star., 1926-12-26

clutter the streets with leaves during
the Autumn. This leaf-removal prob
lem is another herculean job which
the Street Cleaning Department con-
summaries. The leaves, after collec-
ton, are hauled to the dumping
grounds Truck farmers and market
gardeners from the contiguous coun-
tryside, with District permission. re-
move the decayed leaves as fertilizer
from the scrap heaps after the foliage
has compacted and decomposed. Thus
the leaves of oaks, Lombardy poplars,
elms, Norway naples and gingko
trees eventually aid in growing the
vegetables which Washington con.
sumes the following Summer.
There are ten District dumping
grounds in current use, eight of which
are on privately owned property. In
this way gullies and ravines are filed
in. New land Is being made from dis
carded and waste material. The Dis
trict fauls more than 100000 cubic
yards of refuse yearly to the dump
ing grounds, grease and trash plants.
All the material that can be salvaged
is reclaimed and sold. Vast amounts
of ashes are used as temporary sur
facing for new streets and alleys.
The District removes garbage from
the 100000 or more District homes.
apartments, hotels and restaurants
without any expense to the owners
and ashes and trash only from private
homes. Ii
Congress now appropriates $780,
000 year tor cleaning the District
Evening star., 1926-12-26

special routes for snow-fighting pur
poses. The first charges of the snow
plows are along the car lines. 1t is
imperative that the right of way of
these common carriers be kept open.
The secondary attacks are directed
against the snow blockades which i'm
pede vehicular traffic over our leading
arterial highways. Each snow-f1ght-
ing crew speeds TO its route or station
when the storm begins to shroud the
terrain in a mantle of white. From
then until the abatement of the snow
fall and the clearing Of the regular
paths of travel the organized army OF
snow -shovelers works as do the Fed
eral forces who regularly fight forest
fires.
The average snowfall in Washing.
ton aggregates 90 inches during the
| ordinary Winter. Usually there are
| three or four storms each Winter
which. respectively, deposit 2 inches
| or more of CONCEALED moisture In
snowflake form. During recent years
| the maximum number of such snow
storms in any cold-weather period has
been seven. That particular season
| the District snow battlers had TO dc
| as much shovel and drift-removal
work as they ordinarily perform ir
| two years.
1t would be a very costly and ex
travagant expenditure of District
| funds to attempt to remove the snow
from all the streets and avenues
Hence the District authorities have