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at the finish that only finger tips separated them and the race appear ed a dead heat. It took q judges huddle to award the place.
 Miss Albina Osipowich of Wor- c.ster, Mass. won the fourth heat in the women's 100 meter free style. Miss Miller of New Zealand was second. The time was 1:12 2-5.
 The New England girl swam her usual powerfully stroked race and took the lead at the jumpoff. Her time equalled the Olympic record Ethel Lackie made in Paris in 1924 yet there appeared to be. at least one extra second in her brawny arms and legs if forced to the limit Miss Millers time was 1:17 Is. Miss Osipowich's victory put all three American entries into the ! final
 The fifth heat went to Miss Rus sell of South Africa. with Miss stieber of Hungary second. The winners time was 1:15 2-5.
 Fraulein Lehman Of Germany took the final trial heat from Miss Coper of England in l:1s 4-5.
 Worcester Boxer Loses
 Harry Devine of Worcester Mass. United States feathe,weight boxer. was defeated in the semi finals of the bouts by Nanklaveren Of Hol land. The Dutchman won by deci- sion.
 The International Amateur Box ing Federation voted today to have referee in the ring in futur: Olympics as proposed by Jacob w. Stump, manager Of the American team
 Tn the other featherwelght semi final Peralta Of Argentina defeated Blguet Of Belgium by decision
 The Devine- -Nanklaveren mater was hard fought but the Hollande, hit harder and oftener throughout He won the first and third round, and the second was a draw
 Devine floored his opponent ,n tho second session with a hard left tt the jaw but the Dutch boy l.ep coming back for more and handin; out accurate long range right. which eventually gave him the de cision.
 The Peralta -Biguet match con sisted chiefly of inflghting with tn, Argentine getting the better 0 most of the exchanges. Both blet l prcfusely
 Peralta now will meet Vanklav eren for the champ onship in tn featherwelght class while America last hope for that particular titl z vanished with Devine's defeat T. s. Poloists Lose
 The American water polo tean lost to France to in third plac competition
 7 The Danish yacht Hlsi won th !. six meter championship with Nor 3 way second and Esthonia third Q Frleda, American entry. was fifth C France won the eight meter yacht ing, Holland second and Swede { third.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-10
TO FORTIFY KOREA

Tokyo, Aug. 10. UP)-Strength ening of Japan's military garrisons in Korea, particularly along the Manchurian border, is being con- sidered as a result of the uncertain situation in the Three Eastern Provinces of China General Han 20 Yamanashi. governor general of Korea, is understood to have dis cussed the question in recent in terview in Tokyo with Premier Tanaka.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-10

you. except in case application for readjustment or increase is made in their behalf.
 Respectfully submitted, (Slened) J, H. kIRkHAM,
 Corporation Counsel.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-10

turef. The original picture will be put on exhibition in the windows Of the New Britain National bank. and threafter will be given 10 the Pub lie Library to be placed in the chill dren's room there
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How Old Is Life Itself?

be investigated. Among these Is the
Flinders Mountain area in Australia,
where now all paleontologists are look
ing because of the recent discovery OF
weil-preserved forms, In some way this
area may have escaped the destructive
forces which crushed and cracked the
rocks Of other pref amhrian areas.
Then there are $4,000 feet of pre-CAm-
brian beds In the Belt Mountains Of
Montana. measured In 1914 by Dr.. Wal
colt and DR.. ReSSer, where BIOLOGISTS
are almost certain to find material
which VIM throw much new light or
early life.
In the period between soc. 600 and q
million years ago there were no sensa-
tional monsters, All the life forms were
rather small. The making of q monster
requires backbone 10 support the fiesh
and muscle. Mature had not yet IN
vented the backbone. Yet some Of the
earliest life forms were fantastic enough
and still stranger creatures are likely to
he found with further research.
The pursuit OF life backward In time
remains one Of the least explored fe,6s
Of science. There Is no hope OF arriving
at the beginning. The origin Of life ap-
parently always must be conjectural.
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The Story the Week Has Told

aboard a wireless receiving set and
next day she was wirelessly guided 10
position by the Mobile party and
dropped them supplies by parachute.
This performance has since been re-
peated.
On the sixteenth the great French
seaplane. Latham, the famous Capt.
Guilbaud OF the French navy, pilot. new
from France to Bergen, Norway, where
she took aboard Capt. Roald Amundsen
and his doughty lieutenants of old.
Capt. Wistings and Lieut. Dietrichen,
with supplies for the Italia's castaways,
and whence the next day she new to
Tromsoe. Norway. On the 18th she
took of from Tromsoe for the area
OF search. Presumably she was pointed
for Kings Bay, some $50 miles away
from TromSoe About the time she
should have reached the Spit2bergen
Archipelago her radio signals ceased.
nor sound nor sight of her Since-an-
other Arctic mystery and one OF the
most poignant. Two other big seaplanes.
q Swedish (Junkers) craft and a
Dornier-Wahl from Italy. have arrived
on the scene, and another italian and
a Finnish seaplane are en- route. Pre-
sumably the present needs OF the Mobile
party sufficiently answered, they will
devote themselves to search for the
party of the bag. for the Amundsen
party. and for the three members of
the Mobile party who on May 80 struck
out for North Cape.
A French cruiser and dispatch boat
and two Norwegian government vessels
are en- route to search for the Amund-
sen party.
The Malign, one of the two ice-break-
ers dispatched by the Russian gov
eminent to the rescue Is reported close
to Kings Bay and one may hear shortly
that Mobile and his five companions are
aboard her. 1t is presumed that, should
the party of the bag be located. they
too. must depend for rescue on one OF
the Russian craft.
y y
Notes.---Primo De Rivera announces
the breaking of Of his engagement of
marriage to Senorita Mercedes Castel-
lanos.
Princess Helen OF Greece has OBJ
tanned a decree of divorce from Prince
Carol of Rumania.
In March there were 2,i22 divorces In
Moscow, as against 1876 marriages.
The tri-motored Fokker Seaplane
Friendship (Wilmer Stultx pilot, Amelia
Earhart co-pilot and Lou Gordon
mechanicl took of from, Trepasses
Newfoundland, last Sunday morning
and 20 hours 40 minutes later alighted
on Welsh estuary, Miss Earhart Is
the first woman to Supervolute the At
lantic,
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really got under way, opened up no new
world tn him.
Pages of news print have given the
history OF the convention week In Kan
sas City. The purpose of this article is
to tell little of what went on In the
Department of Commerce and at 1900
s street. the Hoover home. in the days
that led up to the nomination.
Worries Over Friend.
At the same hour that meetings were
being held In Kansas City ito stop
Hoover and excited statements were
being made the Secretary of Commerce
wa. sitting down To dinner with his
family and two old friends. Early in the
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Snow and Steam
Seem Eruption

Mount LaSSen. Americas principal
active volcano. is stin asleep. but the
spectacular effect produced by blowing
clouds Of snow mixing with the steam
that the crater Is continually emitting
may give the Illusion Of Q return %
activity, The effect Is especially Strik-
tng when IL occurs near sunrise or sun
set reports r, H. Finch. associate vol
canologiSt Of the United States Geo.
logical Survey. whose Job II Is to keep
his niger on the pulse OF the Slufnber-
Ing volcano. That il Is merely Slurnner-
ing. and not dead. is indicated not unly
by the steam. but by frequent esrth-
Quakes. Sometimes several ShccAs oc-
cur on the same da1.,
Evidence of Suhterranean activity
also comes from Glass Mountain. about
IS miles north Of LASSen Peak and IN
the Modoc lava beds. Fairly recent
lava flows are TO be found nearly al
the way between Glass Mountain and
LaSSen Peak. and Forest Service Of
ncials In the vicinity report about half
an acre OF land covered with puirice
which Is very hot. BY digging but q
little way into the putnice much higher
temperatures are reached. and near the
pumice bed Is q deep assure eynlstlng
steam.
With George L. Collins Of the Ma
tional Park Service. Mr. Finch at
tempted to make temperature measure
nsents and to take photographs on the
mountain. about T.saQ feet high. dur
Inc January. but were driven back BY
= heavy snowStorm, They are now
planning 70 conduct further exrlcEa-
tions In the Spring,
According to the Indians the beat OF
Glass Mountain has been known for
many years. and earthquakes crlEtnAt-
lng IN the mountain and Accomplished
BY rafting noises have been noted hy
Forest Service ofhcials fer % least -
years.
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continued from First pagel


less, frigid ocean bottom. than animals
that die on land. where the elements
scatter and destroy them. 1t has gen.
orally been assumed that life originated
In the seas and that during the Cam
brian period a few simple organisms
such as worms we're first crawling up
on the beaches. This assumption Is
based largely on the fact that all the
earlier fossils are presumably those OF
sea animals.
DIR. Clark Is of the opinion. however.
that this argument IS fallacfouS The
chemical combinations that might have
resulted In the first life. he holds, could
not have taken place II the substances
were In solution, as they would be in
sea water, but only In swampy soil,
where they would have certain degree
of stability. Thus he believes that life
originated in the marshes--the barren.
deSolate marshes of the dawn of time
and after many generations made its
way back to the sea. finally to emerge
again In the movement which has con-
tinued up to the present.
Now, in the ages behind the Cambrian
the conditions deduced by DR.. Clark
degree II was monotonouS. change
less world, which served as nursery
for life,
Time estimates are extremely uncer-
tain In the pursuit OF early life forms.
Placing the Cambrian 100000 years In
the past Is conservative, according TO
DR.. c. r. ResSer. Every new develop
ment, he says. tends TO push still further
back the appearance of the early life
forms. SO that billion years might not
be too great an estimate for the Cam
hrfn Nae lfxs De
recent. Back OF the age OF the great
crabs Is an almost infinite extent OF
time, somewhere In the course Of which
appeared life.
In the cages OF the Smithsonian is
an enormous amount Of Camhrian and
pre- Cambrian material collected by the
late DR. Walcott and his associates, Only
about one-tenth of 1t has been studied.
What secrets Of life and time remain
to be secured from the other material
remain to be seen. II Was partly with
the object of Fastening work In this d.
rection that the gold medal for research
In pre- Camhrian life was established In
memory OF Dr. Walcott with funds pro-
vided by Mrs. Waieott,
DR.. Walcott himself was the dis
coverer Of Cambrian life. Before his
researches In the rocks formed during
this period practically nothing was
known OF the strange and rich fauna
and fora of that clcud-blanketed world.
Practically al Of his life he labored
over the fossils found in Camhrian and
pre- Cambrian rocks. Toward the end
OF his life he discovered the Burgess
shale formation In British Columbia,
which afforded him his richest collection
OF such fossils. The completed manu-
script containing the account Of these
studies. which he left unfinished at his
death, Is to be issued by the Smithsonian
Institution In few months and viii
constitute one of the most important
contributions ever made 10 pAleontology
The institution seems bound 10 remain
for many years to come headquarters
for students all over the world engaged
In the hunt for early life forms,
Some al the most important CaMhrian
and pref amhrtAn deposits remain 10
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meal he became silent Light unpoliticai
talk went on at the table.
II am worried" Mr. Hoover said seri-
ously. And one of his friends asked for
the news from Kansas City
Il am not worrying about Kansas
City" Mr.. Hoover said quietly. but
about Melville Stone. who came down
to see me and Is ILL., should not have
let him 90 back to New York alone"
Melville Stone is 80 years old.
He helped found and for many years
was the head OF the Associated Press.
He had motored from New York TO
washington solely to spend an hour
with Herbert Hoover. The long drive
had tired Mr.. Stone, and for time
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the world for the seven days
i ended June %:
France.-The French Parliament is
voting on the bill submitted to it by
Premier Poincare providing for de jure
sterilization of the franc at or near its
present exchange rate OF. a trifie below
cents.
Paris lis having a Duncan week." in
recognition of the contribution Of Isa-
dore Duncan to the art of dancing. The
affair was inaugurated with speeches
by Herriot and Paul Boncour. The
Isadora Duncan Memorial School of
Paris Is giving demonstrations Of the
dances especially developed by the great
mistress Of the art.
Germany.--Hermann Mueller. the So
cialist leader, has reported to President
Hindenburg failure of his efforts TO
form cabinet of grand coalition ito
include representation of the Socialists.
Centrists, Democrats. Peoples party
and Bavarian Peoples party. Appar-
entity he was unable to satisfy the
Democrats of the Peoples party.
The annual beerfest, etc, Of the Steel
Helmet League of Germany took place
in Hamburg on June 3. The leaguers.
100000 strong. protected by police,
paraded through streets In which red
flags and placards reading Death to
the Steel Helmet Swashbucklers" were
Haunted. Count Westar, swashbuckler
extraordinary; three sons of the ex-
Kaiser and one son of the ex-crown
prince, graced the proceedings. Popu-
lar interest was faint. a dampening
and exasperating circumstance.
Greece is far from we'll with
Greece. but the reports concerning de-
velopments there circulated about a
week ago seem TO have been very greatly
exaggerative. II would appear that the
effort TO develop a general strike out of
the strike OF Macedonian and Thracian
tobacco workers fell fat that the re-
port OF a mutiny Of crews Of warships
In sympathy with the strikers was as
imaginative as the fable of I. e.; that the
dictatorship Of the proletariat was not
proclaimed at kavala, and that Drama
did not witness battle between strikers
and police In which 80 persons we're
killed and 100 injured.
Latest reports indicate that the to-
bacco strike, even, is petering out.
Nevertheless IL Is far from we'll with
Greece.
The Kingdom Of the Serbs, Greats
and Si0Venes. ~~On Wednesday an Incl
dent took place al sitting of the
Skupschtina Parliament In Belgrade
which has worse COMPOUNDED the con-
fusion Of the domestic politics of the
Kingdoms and is likely 10 have impor-
tant effects ON It's external relations
The reader VIII recall the popular dis
orders OF few weeks back In protest
against the announcement by the gov
eminent that IT would request the
Skupschtina TO ratify the Nettuno con-
ventions with Italy,, The government
suppressed the disorders and made the
request. There followed In ParIia.
nlent, many days OF violent logomaclly,
Of hurting insults and determinations,
OF first nights, eliminating In this sorry
business of Wednesday
That famous firebrand, Stefan Ra-
ditch head OF the Crotian Peasants
party, which Ia the backbone OF the
opposition. had ended TRADE by shak~
Ing his fist at the government benches
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Spain Restores 10 Cuba
Trophies Taken in War

Spain has demonstrated its ELUSIVE
friendship. for its emancipated former
dominions by voluntarily surrendering
To Cuba flags, banners, pistols, swords
and other war trophies captured by the
Spanish troops from the Cuban rebels.
Prominent among these emblems Is the
banner Of independence raised by Carlos
Maria Cespedes. the great patriot, dur
ing the 10 years war In 1853. The
trophies figured for many years In the
Artillery Museum at Madrid, Senior
Garcia Khoiy, Cuban Ambassador gave
an entertainment al which these EN-
blems were exhibited before being sent
10 Cuba Spanish pride Is certainly
making concessions In order TO secure
the good viii OF Cuba.
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Capital of Bulgaria
Cleans Out Beggars

SOFIA has cleaned out It's beggars,
There were never very many IN that
Balkan capital, but the citizens of Sofia
became tired Of seeing even these few
In q land where all are proud OF labor
at something. whether raising rose pet
ais for perfume. fine tobacco or grapes
for the Vienna market, The police Is
sued an order and the beggars vanished
like magic.
Obliged to and work or leave for other
parts. Fifty-two OF them really to be
pitied were taken to the monastery at
Podgoumer, After the cleanup the
people Of Sofa were requested not to
give aims 10 heggars, and were told
10 send destitute persona % the mon
astery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-24
Worlds Total Production.

It Is estimated that the total of world
production Is now In excess of the total
of the last. pre-war year. It is often
pointed out that. notwithstanding the
abnormal number of unemployed in
Great Britain. the number of persons in
employment is higher than in 1913.
But that fact has little consolation to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-24
BY HENRY w. BUM.

TIME following is brief summary
Of the most important events OF
the world for the seven days
ended June %:
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Future In Balkans.
Italy may have, must have, great
future In the Balkans. But those who,
while admitting that Italy has the
right 10 expand think in some vague,
i1rISynlDatfetlc way that she may USE
fully take as her mission the "Drang
mach OSten" Of old Austria 90 her
wrong.
ItAIy cannot have yanQuisi1ed Aus
fria- Hungary only 10 copy the Haps-
burg traditfons-in the traditions Of q
house whose motto was Divide ct I'M
pera."
II lis through peace. through conf
6ence deeply implanted IN the growing
agra9risn denaocracies of the East, that
italy may rightly aspire 10 great posi-
faon In Oriental Europe.
MAY I recall personal incidentp
VAS minister Of foreign affairs IN the
rost.uar period when Mr Lloyd George
rad not yet dismissed his hope Of Gre
ating an artificial Greek empire IN the
East. strongly opposed the Lloyd
GEORGIAN Ys~9iect / tigougi1t~-apd
gDeniy decIsred-tlaat an Hellenic iTya-
sion Of Turkey would be grave mis-
taAs and that IL II were desirable 70 re-
double the life of Turkish natl0nalihnl
and miIitartsm, that would certainly DC
the best way 10 insure u,
During the Spa conference the Hell
senic Dfenaler. M yenizelos appeared
there 10 argue IN favor o. sns seheDie
| before the Supreme C0uncu 81 me Ell
lies. The council wss composed Of Mf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-24

ina.---The Marking tNationalisD
government has issued A statement 10
the treaty powers OF which the follow
Ing Is the most important paragraph,
Nov that the uniticatlon OF China
has been contaminated, we think the
time Is ripe TO begin at once to me-
gntiate In accordance with diplomatic
procedure new treaties on the basis
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-02
BOX LETTER
vOUCHED FOR
Steve Stenographer SWearS
MlSSiVe Genuine.
R.n Times Spccinl

BU IfmeS Special
KOKOMO, Ind, Nov. 1.-The
authenticity of letter d. c. Steph-
enson wrote L. A. Pittenger, of
Selma, Dec. II, 1924, saying the khan
dragons support had been promised
Harry G. Leslie in his race for
speakership of the house of rep
resentatives, was supported by AN
affidavit of Maxine Elliott, Steph-
enson's former stenographer, today
Miss Elliott's affidavit was pub
lished in this mornings Kokono
Dispatch. The Dispatch recently
published the letter to Pittenger,
which was purported to have come
from Stephenspn's "black boxes"
after Leslie had denied he was
electer speaker in 1925 with Ste
phenson's support.
The carbon copy of Stephenson's
letter, which Miss Elliott swears is
genuine, informed Pittenger, then
a member of the house, that "the
spirit reflected in your letter is in
ded commendable, and had it not
been for my pledge of support to
Mr.. Leslie some time prior to the
receipt of your letter, could have
supported you heartily"
Miss Elliott resides at 2003 North
Harding street, Indianapolis. Her
affidavit was subscribed and sworn
to before Olin r. Holt, Thursday.
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MELODY OF DEATH
Obera StirS Scion to Suicide

had the door removed from its
hinges and discovered he had
taken his life.
Morris had lain in bed brooding
over the fate of "Tannhauser,
the German knight who wandered
over the world, arrived at the
court of Venus ard gave himself
up to the worldly pleasure, only
to tire of it and make a pilgrim
age to the vatican to seek forgive
ness.
MORRIS must have seen some
1V1 parallel between his life and
the Tannhauser of legend, because
he arose, went into the bathroom
and shot himself through the head
Relatives could offer no ex-
PLANTATION for the apparent suicide.
They said he was in excellent
health except for an injury to his
right hand. He was said to have
been in excellent spirits when he
left for the opera. Recently he
had been employed as research
expert at the Russell Sage
Foundation of Social Research
Morris mother, who was Alice
Vanderbilt Shepard, is a great
granddaughter of Commodore
Vanderbilt. His father, David H.
Morris, is vice-president of the
st. Louis Southwestern railway
and a trustee of Antioch college,
Yellow Springs o., whore young
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By United Press
NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-Noel
L y Morris, member of one of
Americas oldest families and a
direct descendant Of Governor
Broadford, the Pilgrim leader, is
dead today-apparently nerved to
the point of suicide by the stirring
strains of Wagner's Opera Tam
hauser."
Morris body was found late
Thursday behind locked doors in
his luxurious apartment on East
Seventieth street, his hand clutch
ing revolver and a bullet
through the head.
On desk was found a neatly
typed note, thrust between the
pages of his dairy. The note said:
"This is the closing entry.
Tannhauser was not able to stick
it out, but I am"
DOLCE today reconstructed a
Il strange story of how the
young philosophy student re-
turned from the opera Wednesday
night where he had heard Maria
Jeritza and Rudolf Laubenthal
sing the principal roles in Tam
hauSer."
Apparently Morris had not in
tended to take his life when he
first got back from the opera. He
had gone to bed--his body was