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The Coconino sun., 1924-01-11
CHANDLER HOPES TO BE
A SECOND HOLLYWOOD

Messrs. Bruce and Captain Zimmer,
the gentlemen who have been nego-
tiating with local business men of
Chandler for the organization and es-
tablishment of a permanent moving
picture company, with Chandler as
headquarters, arrived yesterday and
have been in consultation with the To-
cal committee, Messrs. Gilbert, Weber
and Baldwin. The committee is very
we'll pleased with the showing made
by Messrs. Bruce and thinner and it
is more r1lan probable that the forna-
tion of a local company will be con-
summated within a very short time.
Mr.. Bruce informs the committee
that a car load Of equipment is now
en- route from Los Angeles to Chand-
ler and that it is his desire to COM
mence operation at once. Mr.. Bruce
has signed contracts for the delivery
of several pictures and it is the de-
sire of the committee to give the pro-
moters all the encourag cement and as
sistance possible.
The realization Of our desire for the
establishment of, a permanent city is
brighter today than it ever has been
heretofore, and who knows but what
the close of 1924 will show Chandler
to be one of the largest picture pro-
ducing towns in the country. Stranger
things have happened, so let US be
hopeful and assist this enterprise to
the fullest of our extent and ability
Chandler AriZonan.
The Coconino sun., 1924-01-11
SUPT. PULLIAM GETS I'M
PR0VEMENTS FOR SCHOOL

Contemplated improvements at the
Arizona state industrial school at Fort
Grant include the installation of a
100000 gallon concrete high pressure
water tank two and one-quarter miles
north of the institution to supply wa
ter for the school, according to the
annual report made to Governor Hunt
by 7. E. Pulham, superintendent. The
enlargement Of the orchard at the
school also is contemplated, the report
states.
At the close of the year the report
states, there were rs boys and girls
confined in the institution as compar-
ed to total number of 92 in Janu-
airy 1, 1923, a decrease of IA. During
the year a total of 81 inmates were
received at the school, while "a were
discharged, 35 paroled and two escap-
ed, according to the report.
The Coconino sun., 1924-01-11
WHO is TO BLAME?

We see in a dispatch from Okla
homa, that Ward, who is in the pen
itentiary at Florence, charged with
shocked the state by reason of its
peculiar fiendishness, was once an
inmate of the penitentiary of that
state. The second time he was
sentenced for a term Of ten years.
That was on April Is, 1917. The
serving Of full sentence would have
carried him over far beyond the morn
ing Of December 26, 1923, one week
ago today, when he murdered a man
and worse than murdered a woman.
But some maudlin governor or some
maudlin board of pardons turned him
loose when his term had but half ex-
pired, though the crime for which he
was then serving had been committed
within three months after the alb
breviation Of his sentence for prev
ious crime.
What crimes he may have commit
ted since he was discharged, not quite
two years ago, we do not know. Prob
ably they were many.
We would not insist that every
convict should be made to serve to the
last minute Of his sentence. There
should be allowed him "time off" for
good behavior, but the allowance
should not be so generous as to halve
the sentence and it should be ascer-
tanned whether the good behavior of
the prisoner is inspired by genuine
change of heart or merely desire to
shorten the period of his confinement,
the latter case the convict is more
likely than not to be impatient less for
freedom than for an opportunity to
commit new crimes-Arizona Re-
publican.
The Coconino sun., 1924-01-11
WIDELY KNOWN PIONEER
OF APACHE COUNTY DIES

A telegram brought to relatives
here the sad news of the death OF
Richard Gibbons, at his home near
Tempe, the evening of Jan. 1, at about
900 o'clock. Judge A. S. Gibbons,
nephew of the deceased, left at once
for Tempe to attend the funeral.
Mr.. Gibbons was a pioneer of this
county and widely known. His death
was due to heart leakage, it is be-
lieved, as he had been having heart
trouble since last August. His wife
and four young children were at his
bedside when he died.-St. Johns OBJ
server.
The Coconino sun., 1924-01-11
LAND DEPARTMENT TAKES
IN $50,202 DURING 1928

Wayne Hubbs, state treasurer, re-
ceived check for $50,202.76 from
Vernon Vaughn, state land commits
sioner. The check represents collec-
tions of fees and other receipts of the
state land department during the
month of December.
Of the amount received I'LL AZ
will be credited to the general school
fund of the state, $1,302.24 to miscell-
aneous funds, $5,255 to the University
fund and $16,473.90 to the various
state institutional funds.
The Coconino sun., 1924-01-11
A FOOL AND HIS NERVE
ARE SOON PARTED

A man leaped into canal near
Phoenix last week, intent upon self-de-
struction, but his purpose was defeat
ed, officers said, because the cold wa
ter forced him to change his mind.
After he touched the water, only two
feet in depth, the man shouted for
help. He told officers who were pass
ing and who heard his cries, that he
was freezing" and that it was "too
cold to drown" He is being held in
the county Jail pending sanity
test.
The Coconino sun., 1924-01-11
175 LIQUOR. CASES SET FOR
TRIAL IN PRESCOTT

More than IT'S prohibition cases
will be heard by the federal court
session in Prescott next Monday,
according to George, T. Wilson, assis-
tant United States district attorney,
who will prosecute the eases.
Mr.. Wilson will arrive there Satur-
day and will be ready to call the first
cases when court opens Monday morn
ing. He intends to complete the
cases as rapidly as possible, since
there are a number of important cases
to come up for trial when court opens
in Phoenix, January IA.
The Coconino sun., 1924-01-11
JOHN OLSEN DIES AT KINGMAN

Hans Olson went to Kingman in
answer to a message that his brother,
John Olson of that place had passed
away with pneumonia. Friends will
remember that few years ago John
Olson was in the mems clothing busi-
ness in the building now occupied by
Dial and England. Mr.. Olson spent
many years in Williams as manager
of the mems furnishing department at
Rabbits and later in the same busi-
ness for himself during which time he
made a host of friends here who
mourn his passing. He leaves wife
and two small children. Williams
News.
The Coconino sun., 1924-01-11
MOTHER OF STATE TREASURER
DIES FRIDAY AT KINGMAN

Following a long illness, Mrs. Jo-
sephine Hubbs, mother of State Treas
urer Wayne Hubbs, died at her home
in Kingman. She resided in Mohave
county for SO years and was 70 years
old at the time Of her death. She
was the wife of Harvey Hubbs, one
time sheriff of Mohave county.
Mrs. Hubbs had been i'll since the
death of daughter, Alta, in Los An
geles several months ago. She is sur
vived by two sons, Wayne and Vernon
and by one daughter, Nadine.
The Coconino sun., 1924-01-11
BOATING DOWN THE COLORADO

A boating trip through the desert
seems hardly possible, yet party will
do that very thing, leaving Needles in
a boat constructed by P. C. Sweeny
and journey down the Colorado river
to Yuma, Arizona.
Jesse l.. Lasky and son, Jesse L., Jr.,
accompanied by Messers. C. A. and
Kenneth Wortley left here Wednes-
day afternoon on pleasure trip down
the river for rest and recreation.
A few scenes will be "shot'' for a
forthcoming picture, "The Heritage
of the Desert. Needles Nugget
The Coconino sun., 1924-01-11
BOY GIVEN ANOTHER CHANCE

Mr.. Young, father of the lad impli-
Gated in the attempted robbery at San
ders some time ago, is here from New
York and will probably take his son
home. The boy is minor and the
court saw fit to give him chance.
The boys partner in the attempted
robbery was found guilty by jury
and was sentenced to serve a long
term in the penitentiary. - st. Johns
Observer.
The Coconino sun., 1924-01-11
SANTA FE TO GRANT
STOPOVERS AT FLAGSTAFF

PHOENIX, Jan. 5.-Announcement
that stopovers in Phoenix, Flagstaff
and Ash Fork have been granted on
all tickets sold from middlewestern
states by the Santa Fe and become.
effective January Is, is received here
by Phoenix officials of the railway.
The Coconino sun., 1924-01-11
TONIC CREEK HAS BEEN
CLOSED TO FISHERMEN

Planting Of trout in branch of
Tonto creek will close it to fishermen
until August /, 1925, according to a
notice posted by Game Warden Will
lard. BY that time the fish will be
large enough to offer sport to the
angler.
The Coconino sun., 1924-01-11
EDITOR MOVES TOO FAST

Major George H. Kelly, publisher of
the Daily International and Arizona
state historian, paid a fine of S. in
Justice court for exceeding the speed
limit at Douglas. You're gotta
hold these young editors down.
The Coconino sun., 1924-01-11
FEES ARE PAID STATE

Fees collected by Secretary of State
Kerby during the month of December
amounted to $61, ,373.22, according to a
report issued by his office. Fees in
clude those from gasoline tax, and
motor vehicle licenses.
The Coconino sun., 1924-01-11
u. S. MAY PREVENT
GRAND DAM WORK

The department of justice has been
requested by federal power commits
sion to take steps to prevent James
B. Grand from proceeding with the
construction of dam on the Colo
RADIO river at Diamond Creek, Arizona.
Word has been received that
Grand, under a permit granted by the
state of Arizona, has begun opera
tions. Some time ago the federal
power commission refused to grant
him a permit holding that a decision
first should be reached as to whether
the federal government should build a
dam at Boulder Canyon, further down
the river.
Work on the Diamond Creek power
project started on December Is, few
days before the states permit to
James B. Grand, engineer for the con
struction of the dam, would have ex-
pired. An application for time ex-
tension to the permit was made but
refused by Water Commissioner
Vernon Vaughn at the request of
Governor Hunt.
Though the work proceeded without
federal permit the engineers fully
complied with the permits from the
state of Arizona. The engineers had
previously received a preliminary per-
NIT from the federal power commits
sion, but final permit was refused
late last summer at meeting of the
commission at Washington.
The project will develop 100000
horse power, when completed and will
cost close to $36,0O0,000.
The Washington times., 1924-05-06

Narcotic drugs clutch the nervous
sE s nSdes s't VIII ts E BROKEN SrSe 50 dd san
s sy yeS Is becomes Slsc tetsS snG fe ers
creature often . dangerous Grim.
inaL
The Washington times., 1924-05-06
DEATH Of CHILD
UNAVOIDABLE,
SAYSJURY
Verdict Clears Autoist of
Blame in Killing Of Falls
Church Boy

CLARENDON. Va, May GA
coroner's jury at Arlington county
courthouse yesterday, after hearing
the evidence in the death Of Francis
Kenyon Ellis, of Highland Park,
near Falls Church, eight-year.old
son Of Mr. and Mrs. Rennie Ellis,
who died as result Of being struck
by an automobile on Wilson boule-
ward below Pickett's Hill Sunday,
rendered a verdict that the child
came to his death by unavoidable
accident.
W. J, Ingram, supervisor for Ar
lington district, said today that no
hopes soon to obtain the necessary
right-of.way to straighten Wilson
boulevard at that dangerous point.
Arlington Lodge No. 1879, I. o. o.
F., Of Clarendon, will meet tonight
In Citizens Hall at s o'clock.
Ivan Conklin, Of Lyon Park,
formerly a member Of the Wash.
ington police force, and Raymond
Crack, of Rallston, have been ap.
pointed traffic officers Of Airing.
ton county.
Conklin. while riding his motor.
cycle today, returning to tho Jail,
struck a deep hole in the coad in
making the turn off of Wilson
boulevard ami was thrown, sustain.
ing q badly cut hand. He was
taken to Georgetown Hospital
where It was found necessary to
take four stitches. He later re.
turned to duty.
Edward Douglas White Council of
the Knights OF Columbus will meet
in the auditorium Of st. Charles
School at 8 o'clock tonight.
The Washington times., 1924-05-06

ferent person with a different name.
1t all comes back to me as / write
about it, but it's like 1t had hap.
pened to somebody else. I'm flat
All that pep and craxiness il gone.
| wish to God we had never started
it.. And I'm sorry, so sorry
n0body1l ever know.
I'm sorry for Ed. and sorry for
myself, and sorry for the people
we robbed, and most Of all I'm
sorriest about my poor little baby
and about Mazio that got shot.
I've made a mess Of my life and
know 1t.
(To BE C0ntinued.)
In the next chapter, to be pub.
Iished tomorrow exclusively in The
Washington Times, Cecilia CoOney
viii tell about the National Biscuit
Company robbery, in which the
shooting Of MaxlO occurred: Of how
they fled from Brooklyn and went
to live in a cheap hotel in New
York under an assumed name; OF
their fears for themselves, and OF
her horror when she heard that the
man her husband had shot was on
the verge Of death.
Copyright, 1924. King Features
Syndicate. Inc1
The Washington times., 1924-05-06
BURNING PoTAToE GAS
KILLS AGED WOMEN

CHICAGO, May 6.-Carbon mon
oxide, generated by burning pota.
toes, was declared by a coroner's
Jury to have caused the death of
MRS. Caroline SLOVENIAN, seventy.
three, who was found dead in the
kitchen Of her home.
Neighbours who discovered the
body said pot Of potatoes that
had boiled dry was burning on the
stove. At the inquest 1t was ex.
planned that ordinary potatoes In
carbonizing would give off carbon
dioxlde gas. but II the oxygen in
tightly closed room had been
greatly exhausted this gas would
be changed to carbon monoxide.'
The room was tightly closed ana
1t was decided this was what had
happened to the aged woman.
The Washington times., 1924-05-06
SOUGHT
AS k|DNAPER
Of BABY
Butler Orders Police to go
the Limit" to Bring Stolen
Child Back
BY international News Service.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May g.
In the belief that the woman who
kidnapped the ten-weeks-old.baby
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Modell% is
the same woman who abducted ten.
months-old Genevieve Leonard In
February, 1920, because "she wanted
q baby to mother" police TODAY
are searching for Ada Kell, alias
Ada Huff, a nurse. The woman
who answers Ada Huff's description
was seen by three persons within a
few minutes after the kidnapping.
The kidnaper is described as q
woman Of about thirty, hatless, witt,
straight combed blonde hair and
wearing a green or blue and white
checkered dress.
The Model infant was stolen by
q woman from a baby coach from
In front Of home and store Of the
parents.
The kidnaper fled while scores
Of persons were passing.
Immediately after the KIDNAPPING
the most extensive and methodical
search was started by police.
Every vacant house, barn and lodg.
ing house in the city was visited
within few hours and all ferries
and roads leading out of Philadel.
phia were being watched and
special squads of detectives were
running down suspects.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Harry Model
mother Of the kidnapped baby, is
frantic with grief. Unable to sleep,
she sits at the window watching
with her husband and hoping for
the chfld's return.
The baby's disappearance broke
up a conference Of Director OF
Public Safety Butler with his police
and detective heads. 1t is the first
kidnapping in his regime.
Get into action! Go the limit
It's up to us to find the kidnaper
and get the child back. Every re.
source of the department il at your
command" was the terse order
given by General Butler to his men,
The Washington times., 1924-05-06

Democratic party. The other, and
the major one, is Robert Marion
La Toilette, who is Of the Repub.
iican party, but who is widely be-
!leved to be ready to run as an
independent candidate for the
Presidency.
II the Democrats in Congress
rally to the final passage of the
Barkley bill and IL they rally suf-
flciently to put 1t into the statute
books, the sentiments of the rail.
road trade unions will be strongly
aifected III the direction of appre-
cation OF the Democratic party.
They Mean Third Party.
If, on the other hand, the mum.
her of Democrats responding to
tho Barley bill call is not SUI.
nciently large to put it into the
bulky volumes entitled Revised
Statutes of the United States"
then the drift Of the railroad trade
unions toward Robert Marion La
Toilette and toward a third party"
Will be enormously increased and
FASTENED.
Mr.. Barley, the person after
whom the bill is named, is q Demo.
crat from Kentucky. The driving
support Of the bill, however, IL the
La Toilette group. The outcome
VIII determine whether the railroad
trade unions will veer toward going
along on the regular reservation
with the Democrats or will swerve
more than ever toward political
pastures with Robert Marion La
Toilette.
Copyright washington Press Services
The Washington times., 1924-05-06
Felicitates Coolidge
Before Outcome Of
Primary Is Known

President Coolidge received
some advance congratulations
today on the outcome Of his
contest in California with SEN
ator Hiram Johnson.
C. Bascom Slemp, the Presi-
dents secretary, received the
following telegram from Ray
mond Benjamin, former Re-
publican State chairman, rela-
tive to the California primary.
"Your candidate will carry
this State. Congratulations
and best wishes"
The Washington times., 1924-05-06

l don't know how we made it with
out being stopped, but we did, and
walked home safe.
DO you know, / wish they had
caught US that night, and I'll tell
you why. II they d caught MS
then there would never have been
that terrible thing at the ware.
house later, where l shot a man,
and my poor little baby might not
be dead now, and nothing would
be so bad as IL IL.
Say, that was all so awful I don't
know how I'm going to tell 1t.
Through this whole thing till then,
was like a crazy kid, playing
an exciting game and having fun,
ana getting such a thrill that half
the time / didn't know myself.
/ wouldn't have hurt anybody.
I didn't mean to hurt anybody. A
lot OF the time it was like q joke.
There was that Abe Fishbein bust
ness. That's the time l disguised
myself.
Gets q Disguise.
I told Ed about reading in
magazine about how regular ban
dts used a disguise. and said,
ED, I want a disguise too" And
got those two curls from the five
and-ten cent store and took them
home and stuck them up under my
hat and looked at myself in the
glass, and said ED, see my dis
guise! You wouldn't know me your.
self, would you? Amt the cute
little blonde?"
had those on when we went
to the Fishbein store, under my
tam. / was gay that night and
laughed and sang as we rode along
and 1t worried Ed. for it seems
liks those Jays I was always either
laughing or crying, and he couldn't
make me out. Well, l can't make
1t out myself now.
When we wont in Fishbein's. at
the corner Of Albany avenue and
Union streets. he was alone and
seemed glad to see u.s. There was
something about him that made me
want to lagllh. He was glad and
rubbed his hands and bowed, like
we was regular customers,
said, II want a cake of Ivory
soap, please" AS he was going to
get It, I spied a big, dirty barrel
OF dried mackerel or herring or
something, ali yellow brown and
black they were That sort of fish
disEusts me. | can't bear the sight
or smell or taste Ct it. But all of
a sudden got an idea.that wanted
to eat a lot Of those fish. They
were really nasty to look at, but
1t seemed ] had to have them and
eat them, and then they looked
beautiful.
IT said, Hey, Mr.. Man, these
fish here, they re-" and he was so
glad to maybe make another sale
that he said, Yes, lady, they're
herring, finest quality, and cheap.
too" and bent down over the bar.
rel to show me.
Her Mouth Watered
had forgot all about being a
bandit. was for those fish. My
mouth watered, and / was going to
eat one. Ed stopped me. And I
sort of woke up. The man was
still bending over the parrel, and
I pulled out my gun and jabbed IT
against his ribs. He was soft, and
! pOked II In and SORT Of ticlxled
him with II.
But he wasn't tickled when he
saw what It was. He spread out
his arms SO that his hands wiggled
In the air, and his knees began to
wobble, too, and he caught his
breath and then got 1t again, and
began like q person praying In
church.
He said, "Oh, lady, lady, please
don't shootw And IL he said IL
once, he said It dozen times. I
didn't pay any attention to what
Ed did in that store. Fishbein was
too funny.
Look here. I'm no more that
same giri now than II was q diff.
The Washington times., 1924-05-06
Pure Democracy Has
Unique Test in House
Debate on Rail Bill
By A. 0. HAYWARD,
international News Service.

The House of Representatives was
today in the midst of a legislative
experiment brought on by an eff.
fort to dabble in pure democracy"
For the first time in American
history, the lower House Of Con-
gress is trying to pass on legisla-
ton that has never beer considered
by one Of its committees. The situa.
The Washington times., 1924-05-06


ton was made possible at the open.
ing of the Sixty-eighth Congress
when the Republican ineurgents,
backed by the Democrats, liberal
lied" the rules. That meant that
they could, after showing sufficient
strength, take any bill away from
q committe, throw 1t into the
House and submit it to free.for.
all fight.
The insurgents claim that this
sort of procedure prevents a bill
from being pigeon hoied" in the
committee and brings that nations
legislative machinery closer to the
people. The question of whether or
not it was possible for the House to
operate without the checks and
balances which had prevailed for a
hundred years was not considered.
To Get Out of Chaos.
The House is now to have
chance, however, to see how the
new rules work. Thus far chaos has
resulted and the House met today
determined to straighten things out
and get on with its business.
The particular piece of legisia.
ton which has precipitated the OK,
listing puzzling situation is the
Barley bill to abolish the United
States Railroad Labor Board. The
same Democratic-insurgen RepUh.
lican coalition which dragged the bill
away from the Interstate Commerce
Committee is expected to have
enough votes to put 1t through the
House, but the bill IL not likely to
see the light of day in the Senate,
especially in view Of the imminent
adjournment Of the present session
Of Congress.
Insurgents Determined.
An ordinary filibuater-talk and
talk and talks the method of
counter.Attack adopted by Admins.
tration forces to prevent considera.
ton Of the Barley bill, but the il.
eurgents are in the saddle and de.
termined to go ahead with the ex.
pertinent that they started.
The legislation, In addition to
abolishing the Railroad Labor
Board, provides for the establish
ment Of regional boards of arbi.
tration to adjust disputes.
Advocates of the legislation In.
sist there 10 immediate need for II
because the Railroad Labor Board
has proved a failure, that it's abol.
ishment has been pledged, that it's
orders have not been observed in
maiy instances, and that 1t has pro.
voked discord instead of peace in
the railroad industry. It's oppon.
ents deny the need for immediate
action on the bill because there Is
peace between the railroads and
their workers, and declare that the
Dill is defective in hat 1t ignores
the public and that its operation
would be to cause rather than
abate labor disputes.
The Washington times., 1924-05-06
SPAIN Is TO REDUCE
ARMY AND NAVY FORCES

MADRID, May 6.--General Primo
Rivers, head Of the directory, to.
day denied that the present regime
will relinquish office.
He said the army and navy would
be reduced and q number Of new
civil reforms introduced.
The Washington times., 1924-05-06

Wardens OF five State peniten-
tiaries say that 90 per cent Of the
inmates OF their prisons have been
narcOtic.usera.