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JUDGE GARY, STEEL CHIEF, DIEDTODAY Announcement Made Seven Hours After Death by Attorney. NEAR 81 ST BIRTHDAY Chairman of Monster Corporation Was in 111 Health Last Few Weeks.

(Story of Judge Gary’s life is printed on page 10). Bu United Press NEW YORK, Aug. 15.—Judge Elbert H. Gary, one of the founders and almost to the moment of his death the active head of the United States Steel Corporation, died at 3:40 a. m. today. He died as he had often indicated he would die. still in active control of the tremendous business enterprise of which he was the guiding spirit for twenty-six years. Had he lived until Oct. 8, he would have celebrated his 81st birthday. A „ Until a month ago, despite the fact that he was 80 years old, he had been at his office each day, handling the affairs of the concern which was America’s first “billion dollar corporation’ ’and until recent years its only one. Skill of No Avail Then a heart affliction, which he had long fought off, began gaining the upper hand and he was forced to retire to his home. He was unable to attend the last directors meeting of the corporation, one of the few ever held without Judge Gary sitting at the head of the table. All possible medical attention was summoned to save this veteran of finance and industry who started life as a sl2 a week clerk, became a stenographer, then a lawyer, a judge And finally of the greatest powers in world industry. But all the skill his vast fortune, ranked among the ten largest in the country by many persons, could summon was of no avail. Keep Condition Secret Yesterday, It was understood, his condition became more serious, but even then neither he nor his associates despaired of recovery. News of Judge Gary’s illness at all times had been carefully guarded. The public knew he was in ill health and that was about all. That was because Wall Street for years had thought about what would happen when Judge Gary died. For years the market had responded to his every word. His speeches always were the signal for some new trepd in the financial market. Many were openly apprehensive as to what might follow, should Judge Gary die.

Little Market Disturbance - Although he died early this morning, announcement of his death was withheld until 11 a. m. \ Chronic myocarditis was given as the immediate cause of his death. It is an inflammation of the muscular wall of the heart. The fact that his death had but slight effect in disturbing the markets was considered by close observers as a healthy indication as to the condition of the present financial structure. Judge Gary long had been under strong pressure from groups of stockholders In the Steel Corporation) to ihcrease the dividend rate. Several times it seemed that an attempt to unseat him, because of his insistence on building up huge rq* serves and paying less in dividends, might succeed. But he always weathered the storm and emerged smiling and unscathed, continuing to rule with a firm hand the great industry which he headed.

Discuss Successot As to his successor. Wall Street ha* already had its fling in the last three years at naming the new head of the Steel Corporation. Dwight W. Morrow, member of J. P. Morgan & Cos., was considered a year ago as in line for the position. Former Governor Nathan L. Miller of New York, attorney for the Steel interests, iwas also believed a likely man, and within recent weeks Pierre Dupont, because of his heavy interest in the Steel Corporation and his close association with the Morgan group through their joint control of General Motors Corporation, was advanced as a probable successor.

Stock Holding Up Bn Un*te4 Press WALL STREET, NEW YORK, Aug. ll.—After a flurry caused by the rumor that Judge Elbert H. Gary has suffered a turn for the worse, United States Steel common stock rallied from a low for the day of 130% to around the opening level of 131 Vs, holding near this figure even after the announcement of Gary’s death. Instead of breaking, the price of U. S. Steel went up during the hour following the announcement ‘of Gary's death almost with every sale and by noon had touched 133%. Peneral Motors was selling higher.

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DOLE SHIPS QUALIFY / Eight Approved for Hop; Ninth Tries Out. Bu United Press OAKLAND AIRPORT, Oakland, Cal., Aug. 15.—Eight airplanes have qualified for the Dole flight to Hawaii, scheduled to start tomorrow, and the ninth entrant will make qualifying flights today. The one plane not qualified is the “Dallas Spirit,” piloted by Capt. William Erwin. He will take the plane, in which he hopes to fly around the world, aloft this morning for final tests. Every precaution is being taken to be certain that the planes are in good condition for the flight. Navy on Guard WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—The Navy today took special precautions for safety of the aviators of the Dole California-to-Hawaii flight, dispatching seven destroyers to cover various points along the great circle route. The aircraft carrier Langley and the aircraft tender Arostook were also ordered held in readiness for relief work at their Pacific coast stations. ' |

GIRL, POLICE BITTEN Dog Snaps at Three Before Bullet Ends Life. Miss Mary Wright, 17, of 202 N. Belle Vleu El., and Motorpoliceman Otis Baker and William Renforth, were obliged to take the Pasteur treatment today, the result of an encounter with a dog Sunday. The dog bit Miss Wright several times on the legs and ankles. Police, called kO kill it, chased the dog to New York and Mount Sts., unable to shoot because of the crowd that gathered. Cornering the dog, Baker was about to shoot v/hen the canine lunged for his throat. He seized the dog and held It while Renforth shot.

BOND ISSUE EXPECTED To Opposition to Hospital/ Program Indicated by Councilmen. A oond issue ordinance for sl,700,000 to finance the building program of city hospital is expected at tonight’s council meeting. A former ordinance was repealed when several technical errors were discoverd in the measure. Ccunciimn have indicated that no opposition will be offered. Financing of the dredging and straightening of White River between Raymond and Morris Sts. is provided in a bond issue ordinance for $497,290, expected to be introduced tonight. DOOR OPEN FOR LEGION Austria Joins Other Nations in Granting Free Passage. Bu United Press WASHINGTON. Aug. 15—Austria today joined other countries of Europe in granting free passage across its borders to American legionaires attending the Paris convention this fall. N The Austrian legation, in making the announcement, pointed out that the official certificate issued to its delegates by the legion for $1 would be sufficient passport and visa into that country.

Lost $7,100 Returned Bit Times Special GOSHEN, Ind., Aug. 15—Honesty of Mrs. Anna Lords, South Chicago, coupled with an advertisement in a Ligonler newspaper, has resulted in return of $7,000 in jewelry and SIOO to G. A. Evans, Chicago, lost nearly a month ago on the Lincoln highway near here.

Must Be True Bu Times Special BICKNELL, Ind., Aug. 15— A minister tells this one. Rev. O. E. Haley hit a golf ball two hundred yards and saw it stop in a tree. He wa* unable to ’ find it. While playing a few days later, JTfe knocked another ball into the tree and two balls fell out—one was the missing ball.

ANTI-SALOON BODY PILOTS DO NOTAGREE League Reaches Crossroads and Chiefs Hold Hot Secret Debate. SPECIAL PARLEY OPENS ‘Shall Prohibition Be Kept Alive as Political Issue?’ Is Question. Bu Times Special WINONA LAKE, Ind., Aug. 15— Whether the Anti-Saloon League continues to be an important factor in this country will depend very largely upon the decision finally reached by its trustees, who are here at a secret and a specially called meeting. The trustees will decide whether the league will go to the tv.c, national political conventions and ask for an indorsement of prohibition or take the attitude that prohibition is no longer a political question. Wheeler Has No Vote The death of the wife of Wayne B. Wheeler Sunday may postpone the decision. Although Wheeler has no vote and is not a trustee. It is an open secret that Wheeler believes that the league should take a stand that prohibition in this country is no longer a political question and should devote its further activities to enforcement. That road, fear the trustees who view with a great deal of envy the activities of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and Prohibition party, leads to the death of the league itself. Depend on Propaganda The leagu, they argue, depends depends upon continuous propaganda and would soon die if it were admitted that the question is settled politically. The life of the league, in their view, rests upon ability to impress itsMlowers ai}d contributors with the ffAdessity of continuous warfare against alcohol. If It were admitted that prohibition is not In politics they see the end of the league as a forceful body. They insist that prohibition is still a political question in this country. Tills is a dangerous admission in view of the followers of Wheeler, who say that the Constitution is neve£ is in politics. Those who want to send delegations to the national conventions to demand resolutions of indorsement, say that no matter what the league does or does not do, the people will make the question an issue in 1928 Question Inevitable They say that the others are blind to facts and that the question is sure to be before the voters, if not in the form of party planks, then in the personalities of candidates. They want planks in both party pratforms. The call for the meeting here of trustees is unusual In the history of the league. Ordinarily the trustees meet only every two years and were not scheduled to meet until December at Washington.

DELAY EXECUTION Slayers of Albert Snyder Not to Die This Year. Bu United Press OSSINING, N. Y., Aug. 15—Final “settlement,” settlement / meaning execution in Sing sing Prison parlance, of the slayers of Albert Snyder, will not be made before next year, if ever, it was said by officials today. This means that Mrs. Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray will have several more months of life while their lawyers battle their appeal points in the courts. One reason the deflay is necessary is due to the new law, requiring that the county supply a printed record of the trial within a month of the time the appeal Is taken. The record in the Snyder-Gray case consists of 40,000 pages, and it will not be completed until early September.

Threat of Forced Feeding Ends Sacco s Fast

BY HENRY MINOTT BOSTON, Aug. 15—On the thirtieth day of his hunger strike, Nicola Sacco broke his fast today by drinking tWo cups of beef tea shortly before noon. The prisoner, who began his hunger strike on July 17 as a protest against the secrecy of Governor Alvan T. Fuller** investigation of the case, started taking nourishment as result of new pleas from his wife and counsel and the prison physician. Attorney Musmanno .said that while his arguments and those of Mrs. Sacco probably had helped to induce Sacco to take nourishment, only a stratagem finally accomplished their purpose. At tht lawyer’s suggestion. Dr McLaughlin said to Socco;

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All Wet Bu United Press WASHINGTON/ Aug. 15— The mother of Frank Luckus, 11, spanked him for getting his feet wet and then answered the telephone. , The mother of Francis Donnelly, 4, was on the wire. “I don’t know how I can thank your boy Frank,” she said. "I started to spank Francis for being wet all over and then he told me Frank had pulled him from a ditch when he was drowning.” No more spanking for Frank today. Just candy and ice cream.

INDIANA WHEAT YIELODECLINES Purdue Also Predicts Smaller Corn Crop. Bu United Press LAFAYETTE, Ind.. Aug. 15.- The Purdue agricultural experiment station today estimated the yield of winter wheat in Indiana at 15.5 bushels an acre, or a total of 27,621,000 bushels, as compared to 33,940,000 bushels last year. The August corn estimate Is two points higher in condition than last month, but it made no more than seasonal progress, so the actual Improvement is not considered great. Planting was about three weeks late and the crop is backward. Estimates place the yield at 106,105.000 bushels compared with 170,528,000 bushels in 1926, or 62 per cent of the last year’s crop. The apparent yield of oats declined sharply as harvest and thrashing began, and the estimate for this year is 56,036,000 bushels, as compared to 61,524,000 bushels in 1926. Rye is yielding slightly better than was expected early in the season and the forecast is for 1,618,000 bushels. Potatoes show only an average condition, but a larger acreage makes the estimate 4,730,000 as compared it 3.840.000 last year. Tobacco is reported eighteen points below average. SCANDAL HITS PARTY Indiana Ired at Statehouse Gang, Says Harlan. “Out in the State there is a feeling that it will be difficult for the Republican party to win if thsy chose for the governorship anyone with the stigma of the Statehouse attached to him.” This prediction was made by State Senator Denver O. Harlan, Republican of Richmond, who visited the Statehouse today. Harlan was a recognized leader of his party in the last Senate session. “People are fed up with scandalous charges, which remain unexplained, Harlan declared- “Unless there is a house-cleaning it will be easy for the Democrats to win the next election. They seem to have ample material.” WORLEY TAKES NEW JOB “Assigned to Something of Importance,” Says Judge Collins. Claude M. Worley, former chief of Indianapolis detectives, today assumed his duties as special Criminal Court investigator. Judge James A. Collins announced that Worley was at work and had “been assigned to something of importance.” Worley was reduced from detective chief to lieutenantt Aug. 3 by the board of safety. He immediately resigned and was offered the place in Criminal Court, which he accepted. . Worley will aid Prosecutor W. H. Remy In the grand Jury political corruption investigation, Judge Collins said. 23 HURT IN BUS CRASH Car Plunges Down Mountain Road On to RaD- Tracks. 8 HAGERSTOWN, Md., Aug. 15— Twenty-three men, passengers in a motor bus bound for Brunswick, and the driver of the Michigan flier were injured at Weverton today when the brakes on the bus failed and it plunged down a steep mountain grade on to the tracks of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The bus was demolished.

“Well, Sacco, I guess well make you eat today.” Sacco looked up at the physician, and said: “Well, doctor, you’re pretty strong and I’m pretty weak.” The physician gently grasped Sacco’s nose to indicate that forced feeding methods would be used. Dr. McLaughlin then left the room and returned a few moments later with the apparatus- used in forcible feeding. Sacco watched the doctor set ap the apparatus on a table with amused meditation. “Well, doctor,” Sacco said, “You know how weak I am, so why let us have any force.” % Meanwhile a prison attache had brought in a pail of beef broth and set it on the table beside the feeding apparatus. Jhe guard poured

BUSER BOOSTS BUDGET WITH MAYORS 0. K. Increase of 15.5 Cents in City Tax Rate Approved by Duvall. COUNCIL GETS IT NEXT M Have to Laugh,’ Says! Boynton Moore, When Told of Raise. Levy By Funds Requested. Allowed. 1927. General fund S .71 $ .675 $ 56 Cltv sinking 035 035 .05 Police pension 03 .0125 .01 Fire pension 02 .0125 .01 School health 015 .015 .015 Parks 09 07 .07 Park bonds 0425 .0425 .055 Recreation 02 .015 .015 Track elevation 06 .03 .02 Tuberculosis prevenfn .01 .01 .005 Sanitation bonds 044 044 .035 Sanitation 084 .0735 065 Board of health .12 JO .09 Flood prevention 05 .015 .015 Streep resurfacing 05 .02 .02 Thoroughfare 03 .005 .005 War Memorial sinking .02 .02 Totals .$1.4405 $r.185 $1,040 A city tax rate increase of 15.5 cents for next year was approved today by Mayor Duvall upon recommendation of City Controller William C. Buser, and will go to the council for consideration tonight. A levy of $1,195, which would raise about $7,803,350 by taxation upon an estimated property valuation of $653,000,000, is provided in the budget. “I have to laugh,” Boynton J. Moore, majority faction council leader, said when informed of the rate proposal. “That sounds funny to me. It won’t hurt ai\y one to want. They will get what we want to give them, as far as I am concerned. “I sincerely believe that Mr. Buser has given these estimates very careful consideration and has only alb lowed appropriations where he deems it absolutely necessary,” Mayor Duvall said in his letter recommending couqcllmen adopt the budget without changes, Trim Safety Budget Buser’s recommendation provides $4,927,675 for the general fund, as compared to $4,200;519 given the fund this year. He estimated general receipts at $500,000 which would require a tax levy of $.675 for the fund. The safety department’s estimate was trimmed from $2,881,915 to $2,761,354 by the controller. The board previously had refused to prune its original report when ordered by Burer. An Increase of $189,099 over the 1927 figure is recommended. The safety branch appropriation includes funds for the police, Are, building, weights and measures, dog pound, market and gamewell departments. Want More Policemen An increase of $114,985 is asked for the police de/artment to add twenty-one more patrolmen, a captain and three humane officers. Recommendation of $1,229,846 for this department was made. The fire department's request for $1,341,820 was cut to $1,326,580. The 1927 allowance was $23,488 less. Changes in the personnel, caused by replacement of equipment, will decrease salaries $9,515. Increase for repairs, supplies, and additional equipment will more than make up the difference, it was pointed out. Councilmen are asked to allow the Gamewell department $108,182.25, which Is an increase of $23,396 over its present amount. Building department’s request for $47,350 was raised to $49,760. This is $2,400. more than 1927. Mayor to Get More The budget would give the board of works $503,033.59 more than it has for the present year. The board asked, in a revised estimate, for $2,051,920.79. Recommendation is for $1,807,738.59. ’ Civil engineer department was allowed $220,860 upon their request for $290,668. This is $24,926. more than the preseent fund. A total of $13,500, an Increase of $3,425, is asked for the mayor’s office. This would permit a stenographer at $1,500 a year, and the secreary’s appropriation would become $3,800 instead of $2,000. Total sought for this office is $13,350. Buser asks $236,528 for his office. This is an increase u. $20,555 ' • ’

some of the beef tea into a mug and passed it to Dr. McLaughlin. The broth was too hot and the physician poured it into a larger receptacle so it would cool faster. When the broth had cooled the doctor handed it to Sacco, who stared at it, and said: “After all, it seems that force counts in this world,” said Sacco. “Here’s good health to all of you.” Throughout the activities attending the breaking of Sacco's hunger strike. Vanzetti sat on a little box in one corner of the room, an interested spectator. He had given his chair to the physician as the latter entered the room. "That's good, Nick,” he encouraged his comrade as Sacco drained the cup of broth. "Won’t you have some more, Socca?” Dr, McLaughlin aske^L,

Trip for Beauty

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A trip to Atlantic City is the prize won by Miss Christena Pursley, 2123 College Ave., in the American bathing beauty contest at Walnut Gardens Sunday afternoon. Two thousand persons watched the contest. Miss Beulah Oldham, 1212 Prospect St., won second place, and Miss Ruby Porter, 3302 Kenwood Ave., third. Miss Thelma Moschino, 3418 W. Michigan St., was judged the most beautiful blonde, and Miss Roxana Mae Abel, 4915 Matthews St., most beautiful brunette.

KING BEN TOO SICK Fever of 102 Keeps Him From Stand. \ Bp United Press ST. JOSEPH, Mich., Aug. 15— “King” Benjamin Purnell, bedridden lortl of the House of DavH religious cult, had a fever of 102 today, his attorneys explained when he failed to reappear in court. Purnell testified from a stretcher for brief periods Friday and Saturday as the star defense witness in the State’s attempt to dissolve the colony. The “King,” once a Stalwart man of 215 pounds, Is now a wasted skeleton. Doctors have said he has but one year to live. If Purnell’s condition permits he will be brought into court tomorrow to complete his denials that he debauched young girls of his flock under the guise of a religious “blood cleansing” ceremony, Chief Defense Attorney William J. Barnard said. Edith Meldrim, 37-year-old office worker and corresponding secretary of the strange cuK, testified at today’s session. State witnesses have identified her as Purnell’s confederate.

RADIO LICENSES WILL - EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT New Permits Granted to All but About 25 Stations. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 15—With all Federal radio broadcasting licenses expiring at midnight radio commission officials today announced that new licenses were being granted to all but about twentyfive stations, which have been charged with violations of broadcasting regulations. Few of the suspended licenses are In New York, most of the twenty New York stations recently cited for getting off their broadcasting band granted thirty-day continuances of their licenses. The twenty-five suspended licenses will be brought up at a meeting of the commission tomorrow for final action, officials said.

Anew appeal to Governor Fuller may be made on behalf of Sacco and Vanzetti if failure marks all other efforts to save the two men. Although defense attorneys would oot discuss the possible eleventhhour move, they admitted they were investigating “new evidence” with such a plea in view. The defense today had only eight more days to continue the extraordinary legal battle which was begun some seven years ago. Tomorrow the Supreme Court, which already has twice ruled adversely in the case, will hear arguments on exceptions from trial Judge Webster Thayer’s denial of motions for new trial, revocation of sentence and stay of execution, and from Supreme Court Justice George A. Sanderson's denial of a writ of error. , _

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GERMAN AIRMEN DEFEATED BY DENSE ATLANTIC FOG; REACH HOME PORT SAFELY Junkers Monoplane Bremen Turns Back About 62 Miles From Irish Coast and Lands at Dessau. SISTER CRAFT FORCED DOWN EARLIER Thunderstorms Encountered From Start, Says Pilot; Confident Plane Can } Cross Sea on Next Attempt. BY ERIC KEYSER United Press Staff Corrcsvondcnt DESSAU, Germany, Aug. 15.—Germany's first effort to conquer, the Atlantic Ocean in a heavier-than-air craft failed tpday. The Junkers monoplane Bremen, one of two which left here yesterday morning for the United States, returned at 4:28 this afternoon, the plane and pilots baffled by their task.

The monoplane Europa, sister ship of the Bremen, was forced down at the city of Bremen last night. Fog and wind defeated the Bremen. Pilot August Loose told the United Press that he had reached the Irish coast when he decided it expedient to return. Loose was at the controls during all of the flight of 1,875 miles Fogs “Smelled” Bad “After smelling the fogs of the Atlantic,” he said, “We decided not to risk the airplane in a fight against adverse winds. We turned her nose toward home.” “I am more convinced than ever,” Loose said, “that a Junkers airplane would be able to cross the Atlantic, westward. We are determined to renew our attempt as soon as the weather is favorable.” Took Northern Course Almost immediately after the start. Loose sa.d, the Bremen encountered thunderstorms. He took a northerly course over the North Sea near the Island of Borkum. “We steered northwest over England and Ireland. The fog made it impossible for us to obtain correct bearings. When we turned back we were 100 kilometers (apporximately 62 miles) off the west coast of Ireland and over the north Atlantic ocean. Ireland was completely hidden by fog.” The Bremen was not damaged in the landing here. Junkers Not Angry Sheltered from a heavy rain by the wings of the Bremen, the four pilots of the Bremen and the Europa, the latter having returned from the city of Bremen in another plane, met today after their transAtlantic project had failed. Professor Junkers and other officials of the Junkers company Joined them there. The pilots, Loose and Herman Koehl of the Bremen and Johann Risticz and Cornelius Edzard of the Europa, were downcast, but Professor Junkers congratulated his fliers. “I am glad the pilots of both planes considered the horrible weather and decided not to risk their valuable fives,” Professor Junkers said. Discuss Another Attempt A conference will be held soon after the pilots have rested to determine if and when another attempt shall be made. Junkers officials thought the flight would be attempted as soon as the weather would permit. Like the Europa, the Bremen experienced difficulty with its motor. The pilot had trouble in throttling the motor and this was believed to have been due to the great weight of the loaded machines. The Junkers engineers were In conference regarding this development soon after the Bremen alighted. " Carried Food and Radio Bu United Press BERLIN, Aug. 15.—The monoplane Bremen was equipped with a radio receiving set but not a sending set. Most of the weather reports for the Junkers plane were being furnished by the Ncrddeich station and North German Lloyd steamers. The Bremen is an all-metal plane with a wing spread of fifty-eight feet three inches. It has a single, 3 lb-horse-power. six cylinder, aircooled motor. When the Bremen left Dessau it weighed 7,752 pounds. Gasoline weighed 4,284 pounds, oil 173 pounds, food thirty-three pounds and mail eighteen pounds. It was estimated the fuel supply was sufficient to keep the plane in the air fifty-eight hours. The Bremen carried three thermos bottle for coffee, tea and water; fruit, bread, butter, ham and sausages. They were to make their own sandwiches. An apparatus was carried to distill salt water. Regret Flight Failure * WASHINGTON, Aug. 15—The German embassy today expressed regret that the attempted flight of the German plane, Bremen, across the Atlantic was not successful. Emtasss official, decided tlwy thoulM

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Bu United Press The log of the attempted nonstop flight of two Junkers planes, the Bremen and Europa, from Dessau, Germany, to America follows: 1:20:47 P. M. (Eastern daylight time, Sunday)—Bremen left Dessau for Chicago. I:2s:l3—Europa left Dessau for New York. 2:ls—Bremen sighted over Brunswick, Germany. 2:3s—Bremen sighted over Hanover, Germany. 3:ls—Europa passed over Bremen, Germany. 4:ls—German official radio reported Bremen sighted over Norden, Germany, 4:30-German official radio reported Bremen sighted over island of Borkum, off coast at juncture of Germany and Holland. 6:o2—Europa landed at Bremen, after returning from over North Sea, because of engine trouble. Propeller and undercarriage smashed in landing; crew safe. 11:24 A. M., Dessau—Bremen alighted here, unsuccessful in the attempt to fly across the Atlantic. the fliers did the only sensible thing in turning back, in'wiew of the adverse weather encountered. The Weather Bureau reported an area in increasingly low pressure beginning off the grand banks of Newfoundland and centering along the New England coast. The weather there was so severe that small craft warnings were displayed from Boston to Sandy Hook. CHAPLIN CONFERS ON DIVORCE SUIT TACTICS Comedian More Willing to Discuss - Movies Than Matrimony. Bu United Press SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 15— Charles Chaplin, comedian, is ready to battle in court about a divorce but he apparently is more interested in his latest picture and the movies in general. Chaplin is in Del Monte. Gal., to-' day in conference with his attorneys. He is en route to Los Angeles, where the sensational divorce trial is scheduled to begin Aug. 22. Chaplin said he hoped to release his next picture before next Christmas. RIVAL FLIER PREPARES Koennecke Hopes Men Who Boat Him at Takeoff Succeed. Bu United Pr^ss COLOGNE, Germany, Aug. 15. “I wish them luck; I shall follow them in a few days,” said Otto Koennecke, German pilot, who had hoped to be the first to fly to America. Koennecke had just returned from a test flight when he learned of the departures of the Bremen and Europa. Koennecke said he hoped he might start today. AUTO HITS STREET CAR Driver In Injured; Machine Bursts Into Flames. Louis Cooper, 27, of 2022 W, Washington St„ was recovering from cuts, bruises and slight burns received when his auto crashed into a Riverside car at Indiana Ave. and Mont-* calm Sts., Sunday night. The auto burst into flames after the crash. Cooper, dazed, was unable to get out of the auto. Charges of driving on the left, side of the street were placed against him. 1

Street Car Extension Asked Seventy-five residents of Emerson ; Ave., and vicinity today petitioned, the public service commission for extension of the street caf service from Twenty-First St. and Emerson? Ave., to Thirtieth St. and Pendleton Pike. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 61 10 a. m 70 7 a. lft 62 11 a. m 7J* Ba. m.. •* 64 12 (noon), •• 73 8 *. 06 l ft 9