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The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
ROTARIANS SMOKE ON
LADIES AND HEAR BOY
SCOUT WORK TALKED

With representative of Flagstaff
Woman's club, American Legion and
Elks as special guests, Flagstaff Ro-
tary club on Tuesday listened to an
inspiring address by Regional Scout
Executive Miller of Los Angeles.
|. B. Koch, chairman of the special
depot committee, read the letter that
had been sent to President Storey of
the Santa Fe railway company. This
is printed in full elsewhere in this
issue.
Mr.. Miller, introduced by Mr.. Koch,
president of Grand Canyon council
Boy Scouts, said he had just finished
a careful survey of Arizona, finding
that 3100 boys are receiving the bene-
fit of special boys work, while there
are 5000 who are not, making the
task here really formidable one. The
most hopeful sign, he said, is that
there are 1000 men actively associat-
ed with this boys work.
He spoke of the recent appropria-
tion by the knights of Columbus of
$4,000 to train men at Columbia uni
versity to do boys work throughout
the country, and the decided stand
taken by the American Legion and
Elks in support of the Boy Scout
movement.
If American homes were today do
ing what they should do, the Boy
Scouts would not be needed, he de-
clared, and then made a strong plea
for cooperation from men, because
every boy takes some man as his men
tor, to initiate.
Vice-president Fred S. Breen called
the meeting TO order. He read a card
Continued on Page Nine.)
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
MYERS RESIGNED AND NEW
SCOUT EXECUTIVE COMING

Scout Executive Walter Myers, in
charge of the activities in the Grand
Canyon council, this week handed his
written resignation to the executive
committee of the council. 1t was ac-
cepted with regret.
Mr.. Myers has been transferred to
another city by Regional Scout Ex-
ecutive Charles w. Miller, who took
the initiative in the matter, feeling
that local conditions require a scout
executive Of more experience. Mr..
Myers is a conscientious young. man,
devoted to his work, and the best
wishes of his many friends will fol-
low him to his new field, which has
not been announced yet. The new
scout executive will be here soon after
the first of the year.
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
CHRISTMAS BRINGS GRIEF
TO ELOPING ACTOR; JOY
TO MAN WHO HELPED HIM

The Christmas season brought joy
to Charles A. Langill, one of the
principals in the Dollins elopement
case, and to the other, the main fig
ure in the affair, Charles r. DoIlins
himself, it brought deep grief.
Dollins, in jail in Flagstaff under
$4,000 bond for appearance in the fed
eral court, was notified by the family
lawyer of the death at his home in
Portland, Ind, Of his aged father. The
boy is almost prostrated with grief.
His father, from whom the real facts
of his sons predicament had been
kept, owing to his advanced age and
illness, and who knew only that the
young man was in some sort of trou-
BILE here, had been writing the boy
and through his attorneys was trying
to assist him.
Continued on Page Two.)
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
MOTOMETER THIEVES

Night Officer George Atterbury was
summoned Tuesday night to the home
of a Flagstaff women who complain
ed that two men were proving around
the house. George saw only one OF
them, and nabbed him. Inside his
shirt front, the hobo, for that is what
he proved to be, had Walter Conley's
and Loren Cress' motometers, which
he had taken from their cars in front
of the Elks home. His companion,
he said, was responsible for the disap-
pearance of Pat Moran's motormeter,
but had left before the. officer got
there and probably skipped out of
town.
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
FLAGSTAFF DOCTORS LEAVE
SCENE OF HOSTILITIES

Drs. r. O. Raymond and Felix
Manning got home Wednesday after
noon from the west coast of Mexico.
They had planned going across to
Mexico City and then to the east coast
but the unsettled conditions there due
to the revolution decided them to
turn back from Gaudalajara. The
steamer back to Los Angeles was
loaded with refugees, and the doctors
both had to sleep on the floor, making
the voyage pretty arduous. The rail-
road service from Guadalajara to
Mexico City had been discontinued by
the rebels, who were in complete,
peaceful possession of Guadalajara.
Both doctors were treated very nicely
by the rebels.
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
THIS SBURRO
REFUSED TO
HIS
DEAD MASTER

A faithful burro that would not de-
sert his dead master was responsible
for the finding of the frozen body
of Adolfo Garcia of Flagstaff last
week on the semi-desert range ceun-
try at Needmore, the Campbell G.
Francis sheep ranch just east of the
old Grand Canyon road, north of
Flagstaff.
The man was being sought by other
sheepmen in the storm that swept that
country last week. They finally
found his burro, a mile from camp.
A rope was around his neck. When
they started to lead him toward camp
he refused to bulge, standing still, his
legs braced, his head turned to one
side. The men, thinking there might
be some significance in this sudden
Continued on Page Two)
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
INFORMATION WANTED

9 Ministers of the Flagstaff I
! churches, officials of the Red
& Cross, the school nurse, the tru- I
Z ant officer, executives of the fra !
+ ternal organizations and any
+ others who know of needy fam
3 lilies in Flagstaff to whom Christ I
& mas gift boxes would be accept I
8. able are requested to call at The I
E Sun office tomorrow or, at the Z
I latest, Monday afternoon, with !
= information and to assist in dis I
8 tributing the Christmas boxes 4
e that will be left at this office on I
z Monday morning by the various I
z members of the Rotary club. The
3 Christmas boxes, Of course, need I
+ not all be contributed by Rotary I
+ members, If others wish to make I
= gifts. Though, apparently, the I
= Rotarians will provide enough !
. boxes to go around among the I
: needy families. The Rotary I
: members, wishing to make I
z Christmas more joyful for those I
= who otherwise might not be re- !
. membered at this time, and to I
: evidence their sympathy and
Z good will, have no wish to deter
E mine where the boxes shall go,
Z leaving that to the various agen- I
y cies more in touch with condi- I
4 tions and best able to decide. I
q Prompt cooperation is requested I
r so that no deserving family may !
y be overlooked and also to insure I
T. that none of the Christmas boxes I
: will fail to be placed where it
Z will fulfill its kindly-meant mis- I
Z sion.
8. 4 4. = 4. I. 4. = q 8. A. !. . \ = .
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
PROMINENT HONOLULU CITIZEN
VISITS HERE ON HIS WAY HOME

H. n. Williams of Honolulu stopped
off in Flagstaff Tuesday to visit a
few old friends who had visited him
in his old home town in Honolulu. He
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. F. S.
Breen for the day and of the Rotary
club Tuesday noon. He is member
Of the Honolulu Rotary club and a
real Rotarian. Mr.. Williams has been
a resident of the Hawiian islands for
sixty-six years and as mortician has
been the chief functionary at the bur
ial of the royal family, including
Queen Lilokulani and Prince Cupid"
Kilaniole. He is on his way home
from trip of II months in Europe,
South America and other parts of the
world.
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
MRS. COMPTON WELL AGAIN

Mr.. and Mrs. G. C. Compton return
ed Sunday night from Phoenix where
they had been for three months during
most of which time Mrs. Compton was
under the care Of DR.. E. Jayne Palmer
at st. Joseph's hospital. She under
went two operations and is now fully
recovered, in fact is enjoying better
health than before in many years.
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
VOLUNTEER FIREMEN

City Council on Wednesday night
adopted list of active volunteer fire
men, the names of those chosen being
Jack M. Wilson, chief; Carl Dickinson
Claude Phelan, Jack Irish, Joe D. lis
saw, Ernest Hogan and Hayes Weld
ner.
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
PATIENCE OF FLAGSTAFF PEOPLE WITH THE
MISERABLE LACK OF ACCOMMODATION
AT FLAGSTAFF DEPOT SORELY TRIED
ROTARY CLUB TELLS RAILWAY PRESIDENT

Following the letter sent last Saturday by the Rotary club special committee
W.
Flagstaff situation
last week.
sending the
asking
Rotary
indicating
their irsentme
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR
POSTMASTER HERE EARLY

. Dick Connor, acting postmas-
3 ter of Flagstaff, was advised
: yesterday by Senator Ralph
= Cameron that his nomination for
Z postmaster at Flagstaff had
: been sent in to the senate by
: President Coolidge for confirm
= alton.
: We are pleased to congratulate
! Postmaster Connor not only on
= account of his being parmanent-
! " appointed toNthat position but
= on the splendid service he has
= been giving the public during the
z time Of his temporary appoint
Z ment.
=
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21

Prize winners in Frank Fairchild's
hazard rotation pool tournament for
last week were Joe f. Schmidt, with a
score of 167, and John Yost, whose
score was lab.
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21

Mrs. Anna Bean got letter the
other day from Fl. Apache, describing
how Dave Davis, cowboy for the
Slaughter Cattle Co., at the winter
Camp 90 miles from Whiteriver, shot
and killed a mountain lion measuring
6 feet 2 inches, tip to tip, after trail
ing him all day in the snow.
Additional Local News Pages 11-12.
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21
GOOD WILL
TO ALL MEN

THE LOVELY LEGENDS of the day; the
stories and songs and the half~fairy
lore that gather around it; the ancient ira
ditions of dusky woods and mystic rites the
magnificence or simplicity of Christian OBJ
servance; the lighting of Christmas trees and
hanging up Of Christmas stockings, the pro-
fuse giving, the happy family meetings, the
dinner, the game, and the dance-they are
all natural signs and symbols, the flower. and
the fruit, of Christmas. For Christmas IS
the day Of days which declares to the uni
versal human. consciousness that peace on
earth comes only from good will to men.
GEORGE W. CURTIS.
The Coconino sun., 1923-12-21

Additional Local News Pages ILL.,
Evening star., 1923-01-30
81 BUSINESS HIGH
STUDENTS HONORED
Representative Sanders Ad-
| dresses Midyear Com
] mencement Gathering.
EIGHT PRESENTED MEDALS
Mrs. Raymond B. Morgan of Board
i of Education Awards
Diplomas to Glass.

t'itl3.-four graduates Of the Two
taar class OF Business High Scnool
seceived diplomas at the midyear
commencement exercises last night in
the auditorium of the school. Rep
t'esentative Morgan G.. Sanders OF
Eexas, the orator for the occasion
Explained to the graduates the in1por-
Eance of a college education.
Graduation from high school, said
Representative Sanders, constitutes
only one rung in the ladder toward
success. The things you have learned
IN school will serve as guide Nnes
for education which will follow
Harry O. Hine, secretary Of the
hoard of education, presided, While
Airs. aymond B. Morgan, a member
rf that body, presented the diplomas;
scholarship awards were presehtMeo M
school The invocation was by Rev.
Henry Ranck. Music was furnished
s,y the school orchestra led by Ben
s4miu Moore under the direction OF
G1ise Emma Thompson.
Winners of the bronze medals for
scholarships are: Milton Bobys'
trhelma Z. Brown. Doris Cole, Ger
frude Duehring, Eleanore D. Faust
f1ouise y. Fastnaught Elizabeth 4.
S.ent1 and Ida r. Zweig. ,.
List of Graduates.
The graduates are: Mary Louise
Eangerter, Lucy Agnes Beall, Ger
rrude Lucille Blanken. Ethel Irene
Bowden. Thelma Elizabeth Brown,
Helen Margaret Burch, Mary Edith
Clark, Margaret Rebecca Chinkscaies'
Doris Cole, Geraldine Edna Grim, Ger
trude Lena Duehring. Helen Gardiner
1arquhar. Lenore Dolores Faust, Eve
lyn Ferguson. Cora Mary Garland,
Hazel Effie George, Helen Iris Holmes,
Lillian kaminsky. Kathryne Theresa
hreisel. Elizabeth Cecilia Leahy,
Frances Jewell Lee. Ida May Nc
Intosh, Estelle Mary May. Martha Viz
ginia Mitchell, Esther Virginia New
ron, Georgia Mary Payne. Margaret
Teresa Reith, Sarah Mildred Richman,
IIllda Elizabeth Ryon, Annie Eliza
beth Sampson, Mary Elizabeth Sar-
tori. I,enore Mary Schubert. Dorothy
Lovinia Seau7anS, Nettie Siegal, Pearl
Elizabeth Silverman, Mildred Louise
Smith, Edith Virginia Smythe, Ida
Stearnan, Sara Vivian Steinman, Rose
Siman Street, Rose Sugar, Annie
Elizabeth Thurm, Doris Ellen White,
Alta Elizabeth Woolard, Rose Miriam
Zarin. Ida Rosalie Zweig, and Milton
Bobys, George William Gates, John
w. G. Hurley, Julius Benjamin Mai
man, Howard Spencer Ryan, Jack Mi
"hael Stafford and Norman Edward
Watson.
Evening star., 1923-01-30

The following letter from President
Harding was read by Senator Pom
creme.
President's Letter.
"I will be very grateful if you will
express to the members of the Ohio
Society OF Washington the very
cordial greetings of Mrs. Harding and
myself on the occasion of the meet
ing in commemoration Of the birth
day of the revered President McKin-
ley. There is exceptional regret at
the White House that Mrs. Harding
and I can not join you and your
associates on this occasion.
This society has been so generous
IN it's thoughtfulness and there has
been SO much of disappointment to
US that we were not permitted to
participate in previous engagements
with the society that l doubly deplore
the fact that we are not able to at
tend on this occasion.
please be assured that we will be
with you in spirit and hope that in
every way the meeting tonight will
fully reflect the reverent regard in
which the memory OF President Nc
Kinley is held and tend to enhance
the appreciation of fellowship among
those in Washington who have pride
In claiming either nativity or citizen
ship In the great state of ajhio"
Chief Justice Taft declared that Nc
Kinley was one of the outstanding
figures in the history of the United
States. and sketched his life from
Ohio to the White House.
A message was dispatched during
Evening star., 1923-01-30
SANFORD
FOR HIGHEST COURT
Senate Confirms Appoint
ment of Tennesseean to
Supreme Tribunal.
SOON TO TAKE HIS SEAT
Expected to Be Present February
10. Completing the Member
ship Of Nine.

The Senate late yesterday confirmed
the nomination of Judge #. T. Sanford
of the eastern and middle Tennessee
districts to be an associate justice Of
the Supreme Court, succeeding Justice
Pitney, who recently retired on account
of i'll health.
The action of the Senate was taken
after its judiciary committee had re-
ported the nomination favorably by
unanimous vote.
1t is expected that Judge Sanford will
dispose Of certain court business which
has accumulated in his districts before
coming to Washington. He will prob
ably be able 10 be present when the
Supreme Court reconvenes on February
1e, at the close Of the recess upon which
1t entered yesterday.
With Judge Sanford the supreme
bench will again have its maximum of
nine members. a number of irnporta Mt
cases have been awaiting Il full bench
for argument and these will be as
signed for hearings early in March. In
ciuoed in the list are original actions
brought by the states of Ohio ard Penn
sylvania to prevent the state of West
Virginia. from placing any restrictions
upon the expectation of natural gas and
the alien land cases from the Pacific
coast. involving the right OF japanese
TO hold lands in these states for agri-
cultural purposes.
Evening star., 1923-01-30

Siamese women wear false teetn
made of composition as black a.
ebony.
Evening star., 1923-01-30
IS KILLED
BY GAS IN GARAGE
William Kyle Watkins Victim
of Deadly Carbon Monox-
ide Fumes.

Carbon monoxide gas yesterday
proved fatal 20 William Kyle Wat
kins, thirty-four years old, a lawyer.
while he was seated in his automo-
bile in the rear Of his home, s11 K
street northeast. The engine was
running and the door of the garage
was partly open when Sadie Hodge.
a colored domestic in the employ of
the family, noticed smoke coming
from the building.
Mrs. Watkins. who had returned
homo u few minutes before the COL
ored domestic made the discovery,
Evening star., 1923-01-30

hurried TO the gafage and found the
lifeless form of der husband ir- tfie
machine.
Fail to ReSive Victim.
II. H. Stonnell, brother of Mrs. Wat
kins, residing atf643 ] street north,
east, was hastily Summoned, and Dr.
A. w. Boswell reached there a few
minutes later. Surgeons at Casualty
Hospital applied a pulmotor. bur
without success.
Coroner j. Ramsay hewitt made ali
investigation. The body, he said, bore
unmistakable evidences of carbon
monoxide gas. He gave a certificate or
accidental death.
Law Partner OF Father.
The deceased, a son of John L.
Watkins, former member Of Congress
from Louisiana, was in the law busI
ness with his father He is survived
by his wife and two children. He was
a member of Almas Temple, Mobiles
of the Mystic Shrine, and other Ma
sonic bodies He was superintend-
of the Centennial Baptist Church Sur
day school
In 1911 Mr.. Watkins served the
House committee on revision Of laws
and later filled the position of re
wiser of the United States statutes
resigning the position in 1919. His
work received the commendation oi
the American Bar Association arc
governors of thirty-oue states.
Evening star., 1923-01-30
M'K|N[EY HONORED
BY OHIO SOCIETY
Birth Anniversary Observed
as Chief Justice Taft
Pays Tribute.

Mckinley, the martyr President
was honored last night, on what
would have been his eightteth birth
day anniversary. at a meeting OF the
Ohio Society at RAuscher's. attended
by about 400 members of the society
and their guests
Chief Justice Taft was the guest OF
honor and delivered an address, pay
ing an eloquent tribute to the
memory OF Mckinley. Senator Pom
creme presided In the absence OF the
president Of the Society, Justice Day.
Evening star., 1923-01-30

the evening to former Justice William
r. Day, president of the society, who
is at Augusta, Ga, recuperating from
a bronchial attack, expressing hope
for his early recovery and return to
the capital.
A letter of regret was received from
Attorney General Daugherty at his
inability to attend.
There was both vocal and instru-
mental music during the meeting
which was followed by refreshments
and dancing.
Evening star., 1923-01-30

The word has evidently been spread
broadcast that there will be big and
Mysterious doings at the midwinter din
Ier of the Washington Board Of Trade
next Saturday night, judging from the
tArge number of reservations made
yesterday. Quite number of women
have endeavored to secure reservations,
but were very courteously and kindly
informed that this was the one big
event of the year when poor man had
the evenig all to himself.
Senator Irvine L. Lenroot of Wis
consin will be the speaker Of the eve
ming.
The guests will assemble at 6:45
and be seated at sharp. From that
moment on there will be something
doing" until the bells toll the hour of
eleven. Hail, Hail. the Gang's All
Here" Will De the signal for the fire.
works.
The floral and electrical decorations
will be of unique character and design.
The sale of tickets closes tomorrow,
and those who have not procured
reservations are urged to do so at
once.
Evening star., 1923-01-30
FRENCH REFUSE MILLIONS
.EMPEROR'S.B BANKER

PARIS, January so Emperor
Francis Joseph's private banker,
Reitzes, whom the Austro-Hunga-
rian ruler created Baron de Marien- :
werth. lost his fight for fortune OF
several million francs yesterday
when a French court refused to
uuash the seQuestration of securities
he deposited in Paris banks before
the war.
Reitzes claimed Polish nationality,
but the court held the circumstances
to be suspicious, as the claim was
based upon a mutilated page in the
municipal records of the Galician
town Of Plavna.
The banker has similar case
pending in London.
Evening star., 1923-01-30

In Raratonga, the most popuIous
Of the Cook Islands In the Pacific,
it is provided by law that the head of
each family shall plant a cocoanut tree
for each year of a child's age until
the child is old enough to plant trees
himself.
Evening star., 1923-01-30
SIXTY DAYS FOR DELAY.
William w. Brooke, $50 in Arrears
in Alimony, Goes to Jail.

Sixty days in Jail for being $50 be-
hind in his alimony.
This is the penalty for contempt of
court imposed by Justice Siddons in
Equity Division, No. /, on William W.
Brooke. on the complaint of his wife,
Sally Grace Brooke that he had not
kept UP payments of alimony under a
decree of the court. Attorney Dora
Palkin appeared for the wife.
Evening star., 1923-01-30
KNOCKERS 1923 DECREE.

ATLANTIC CITY, January 3d.
JInickers for women is the edict Of
the New Jersey retail clothiers in
convention here.
The fashion arbiters decided yes
terday that the short skirt shall be
replaced this coming season by knick-
ers. Resorts in the south already are
witnessing the latest styles in knick-
ors, and unprecedented demand for
this season is expected.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-08-22
o TIE Q
AMERICAN
LEGION
Nopy Tor This Department Supplied By
the American TArior Nav.
MESSAGE SENT BY BALLOON
letters for Legion Posts, by National
Commander owsIey, Dropped
From Big Bags.

Messages from the air were literally
shoWered ON posts of the American
Legion from National Commander Al
vim Owsley recently when letters were
dropped from the basket of one of the
entrants in the national elimination
DaIloon race. The messages were re-
ce1ved in a number of Eastern states
over which the balloon passed on it's
4OO-mile journey over the country.
Anticipating the general direction
the balloons would travel from the ma
tional headquarters city, number of
personal messages from Commander
OWsley We're made ready, and the
pilots planned to throw these from the
basket, attached to tiny parachutes, as
they passed over the towns and cities,
later to be delivered to the commander
OF the Legion post in that locality.
The balloon which carried this mes
sage was entered as 1.-THE American
Legionnaire, and was piloted by Capt.
Z. =. Mccullough, vice chairman of
the Legion's national committee on
aeronautics. Captain Mccullough was
attached to various balloon schools
during the war and made many flights.
He is now division passenger agent for
the Pennsylvania railway, and in this
capacity handled transportation ar
rangements on the occasion of the
visits of the king and queen of Bel
GUM, Marshal Foch, the prince Of
Wales and other European notables.
Assisting Captain Mccullough was
Lieut.. Carlton f. Bond of the army
air service now stationed at Aber-
deem proving ground, Maryland,
as Legionnaire. Lieutenant Bond
has participated in number of
balloon races, being in the basket with
Major Westover, who won the 1922
elimination race, which started at Mil
waukee. On this trip the bag landed
In the Province of Quebec, Canada,
800 miles from it's starting place. This
victory entitled them to competition in
the international race for the James
Gordon Bennett cup, which started
from Geneva, Switzerland, but they
were forced down shortly after cross
Ing the Alps
The balloon used by Captain McCul-
Tough and Lieutenant Bond, and from
which the messages from the Legion's
head were dropped, was of $4,000 cubic
feet capacity. 1t was of the army type
and had been supplied by the COM
handing officer of the Three Hundred
and Eighty-second airship company, G.
. II. Q. reserves, Third corps army area.
The balloon safely landed at Frank
fort, Pa, few miles west of Pitts
burgh, in this race, after being in the
air for nearly "A hours. The aeronauts
were forced to land when they encoun-
tered a terrific storm
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-08-22
WILL SUBMIT BONUS MEASURE
Omaha Legion Members to Urge state
Legislatures Action on Pigeon
holed Bill.

Omaha members of the American Lee
gion plan to submit the bill providing
a bonus to World war veterans to the
people by invoking the initiative at the
next general election.
Sponsors Of the measure, which will
be patterned after the Iowa state boz
nus, say the bill will provide for the
payment of so cents per day to every
service man or woman who, at the time
Of enlistment, was resident of Ne
braska. There will be a maximum
clause of $3.50. No distinction will be
made between domestic and foreign
service
The state bonus measure has been
before the Nebraska legislature three
times. In 1919 the legislators dropped
the bonus and passed an emer gency re-
lief bill for service men and their fam
Ties. In 1923 the bill passed the lower
house by an overwhelming majority.
only to be held in committee in the
senate without being reported out for
4 vote.