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The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10
ROTARIANS HEARD ABOUT
WOMEN'S CLUBS TUESDAY

Flagstaff Rotary club was treated
to very interesting program Tues
day under the craftsmanship of Earl
Slipher.
There was general air of sadness
prevailing, owing to the serious i'll
hess of Lee Carron, of whose condi-
ton reports were discouraging. Presi-
dent C. B. Wilson announced that he
had seen Mr.. Carron at Mercy hos
pital short time before, and he had
expressed his warm appreciation of
the flowers his fellow club members
had sent him.
DIR. M. G. Fronske was asked about
Mr.. Carron, and said that he was
very i'll.
Earl began his program with a
violin solo by Mrs. Bud Waters, Mr.
Continued on Page Seven)
The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10
HORSES DISPUTED ROAD
WITH AUTOS AND THE
DEVIL WAS TO PAY

Because someone was driving a
band of horses without headlights
or lights of any kind about nine
o'clock Thursday night two autos
were damaged, horse had a
broken leg, and one person was
knocked unconscious and sent to
the hospital. While driving from
the west in their car F. A. Balesi-
fer, accompanied by Ed Gavin,
topped the hill at Riordan just in
time to find themselves in the
midst of a band of four horses.
The head of one of these went
through the windshield, striking
Ed Gavin in the middle and rem
dering him unconscious.
The car dove off a 10-foot en-
bankment, being badly jammed in
the process. A Packard car en-
route to Flagstaff from the Can
yon driven by Mr.. Denger, Phoe-
nix rancher accompanied by a par
ty of ladies, was right behind and
took a turn at the horses, one of
which lunged over the engine,
smashing the lights and bending
the tenders. The latter car
brought the wounded man and his
companion to town, Mr.. Gavin en-
tering Mercy hospital until the
next day. Those accompanying
Mr.. Denger in the Packard were
house guests of Mrs. Bertha Ken
nedy: Mrs. Denger, Mrs. M. T.
Phelps, Mrs. Pennick, Mrs. L. G.
Middleton and Mrs. Williams.
The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10
HIRAMS HEAR ABOUT
WATER DEVELOPMENT

At Fridays meeting of the Hiram
club the recent moves in the city
water improvements were discussed
and explained by Mayor L. w. Cress
and Clerk G. 7. Pulliam in manner
that made all present familiar with
the contracts as they had been let up
to that time. The discussion which
followed made it very clear that the
city dads are making every effort to
safeguard the city's interests in their
decisions and in the letting of the
contracts. From the information
given by these gentlemen it would
appear that the city has been FORUM
ate in the matter of securing response
BILE contractors for the big job which
is tolplace Flagstaff in safe posi-
tion in the matter of a future water
supply
The question of protesting the
transfer Of money allotted to the
Maine Grand Canyon highway to the
Strawberry Hill road was tabled for
the present as District Forester
PooIer of Albuquerque is to be in
Flagstaff in the near future and the
members desired to hear what he had
to say about the matter before TAX
ing action.
The matter of changing the meet
ing hour of the club was brought up
but in order to permit members to
give the question more consideration
action was deferred until next meet
ing. 1t is thought by some that it
would be possible for more Masons to
join the club if meetings were held
in the evening at 6 or $50.
D. B. Thompson of Denver, manu-
facturer of steel pipe, who was in
Flagstaff bidding on the pipe con-
tract. made a short, interesting talk.
The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10
JUSTICE TOM PULLIAM
CONSULTING MAYO BROS.

Justice of the Peace Tom Pulliam
left on Saturday for Rochester, Mimi,
for consultation with the Drs. Mayo.
Mr.. Pulliam for several months past
has not been in good health, and while
nothing very serious is anticipated,
local physicians believed it would be
wise for him to undergo a thorough
examination. Whether the trouble is
entirely due to some stomach disorder
or is partly muscular, has as yet not
been determined. That Tom will be
back with good news is the hope of
his many friends.
The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10
NO NOVELIST ALIVE
COULD THIS WEIRD,
STRANGE TALE INVENT

A mile or so north of Williams
lies the Shultas ranch. Saturday
night the wind blew a gale. Bob
Gleason, asleep in the Shultas
garage, heard noise, distinct from
that made by the wind. He got up
and noticed bundle Of bed-clothes
Aon trunk. The bundle had not
been there before, he knew. Inves-
tigating, he found wrapped in it a
small baby, and a nursing bottle
filled with milk.
Gleason carried the baby to the
Shultas house, but could arouse
no one. So he took the baby back
and to bed with him. Next morn
ing Mrs. Shultas told him she had
heard him knocking in the night,
but not knowing who it was was
afraid to answer. Then developed
another phase Of the mystery. A
bundle of baby clothing had been
left in the Shultas home during the
night. Mrs. Shultas remembered
having heard various noises
around the house about the time
the lights of an automobile were
flashed on her windows.
Judge J. E. Jones, Assistant
County Attorney Frank M. Gold
and Undersheriff Durward McKin-
ney went to Williams Tuesday
to investigate. By that time the
little one, about ten days old and
likely little fellow, had become
so popular with Mrs. Shultas and
several other kind women that
each wanted to adopt it.
But later, it is reported Chi
nese woman confessed that the
baby was hers, its father white
man. The father also confessed.
The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10

In this interesting document just
filed, Mrs. Lowell grants to Guy
Lowell of Brookline, Mass, George
Putnam of Boston and Henry S.
Pritchett, and to the successors of
said trustees, all of the property in
cluded in the trust provision Of the
will of the late Percival Lowell. The
terms and conditions of the trust deed
follow closely the trust provision Of
the will.
Upon being interviewed Frank Har-
rison, one of the attorneysNfor Mrs.
Lowell, stated that the object of the
instrument was to safeguard the in
terests of the observatory in view of
the litigation now pending with re-
spect to the trust provision of the
will of DR.. Lowell The validity of
the trust provision of the will is now
before the state supreme court for
decision. In this litigation it is the
contention of Guy Lowell, who re-
The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10
LEE CARBON LITTLE BETTER
BUT is VERY SICK MAN

Lee Carron's condition was about the
same yesterday as Wednesday, when
some improvement was noted over
the day before. He rested better on
Wednesday night than before in some
time. He still is very sick man,
but every day now, providing his i'll
ness is not so long as to weaken him
too greatly, is in his favor. If the
sincere and constant hope of the peo-
pie of Flagstaff can have any influ-
ence it most certainly is for him, be-
cause without exception every one is
desperately anxious that he shall win
in his gallant fight for life.
A brother of Lees arrived from
st. Louis this week and sister of
Mrs. Carron, Miss Mary G. Boyer,
came from California.
The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10
CENTRAL COMMERCIAL co.
BUILDING GROWS FAST

Jay Gates, president, and F. E.
Coles, also an officer of the Central
Commercial Co., came up from King
man Tuesday to see how Contractor
Dan Hogan is getting along with the
construction of the big new whole
sale grocery building the company is
having erected here. They expressed
themselves as very well pleased with
the progress made. Stock is already
being ordered, to be in readiness when
the building is ready for it. The white
stone basement is now being topped
with local red sandstone, of which the
walls will be constructed. 1t will be a
good looking building when it is fin
ished. Tom Devine, the Kingman
hotel man, old-timer here where he
still has a host of friends, came up
with Messrs. Gates and Coles.
The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10
FIRE CHIEF WILSON HOPES
TO HAVE NEW FIRE HOUSE

Fire Chief Jack Wilson says that a
considerable part of the material and
a lot of work has been offered to-
ward the consummation of his hope
to have a big new fire house in the
near future on the lots on North San
Francisco street, just north of the
courthouse yard, offered for the pur-
pose by the county.
The new fire house is needed. The
city treasury cannot afford the ex-
pense for some time, and Mr.. Wilson
believes he can get the building en-
tirely by public subscription.
The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10

ceived appointment to take the place
of the trustee named in the will after
the latter had unselfishly declined to
act, that the will gives him, as trustee,
the power to sell the observatory
property at Flagstaff and carry on
the astronomical work in which it is
now engaged at some other place or
places, and that, therefore, the will
does not violate the statute of this
state in force at the time the will took
effect which forbade the creation of a
trust of this kind where the effect
was to tie up property for longer than
lives in being and 81 years thereafter.
On the other hand, Mrs. Lowell con-
tends that the will forbids any sale
or disposition of the observatory prop
erty on Mars hill, by the trustee, and
that for that reason the trust provis-
ion is invalid; but as her purpose is
to prevent the sale and disposition of
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The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10
BREENS ON WAY HOME

A postcard from the Red Star line
announces that the Belgenland, on
which Col. and Mrs. Fred S. Breen
are touring the world, sailed from
Gibraltar on the 9th and will dock in
New York the 18th. They will visit
for a week or two in New York and
Chicago on their way to Flagstaff.
The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10
TRUST DEED FILED TO
INSURE AGAINST SALE.
REMOVAL, ABANDONMENT
LOWELL OBSERVATORY

In order to insure that Lowell observatory Flagstaff
shall be abandoned sold or removed to some other
place. Mrs. Constance S. Lowell widow Of the late Dr.
Percva Lowell founder of the observatory, has this
week had filed in superior court Flagstaff trust deed
the purpose of which is to insure beyond all doubt mis-
chance the peanency of the observatory its present
location and to provide for its maintenance and support
The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10
Smithsonian Institution
BUREAU OF AMERICAN
ETHNOLOGY
WASHINGTON, ID. G.

March "a, 1925
My dear Mr.. Clarke:
1t was many years ago that my wife
and rolled up our blankets and
started for the ruins reported near
Black Falls of the Little Colorado.
Your letters and the collections you
lately sent me revived in my mind a
desire to see once more the Painted
Desert and to spread them out again
under the cedars near the dwellings
Of the ancient people.
The other day | had letter from
Professor Cotton who tells me that he
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The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10

Francis. Decker and Mrs. Decker
came up from Jerome Saturday night
to visit Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Cress,
Mrs. Decker's aunt and uncle Fran
els went back Sunday but Mrs. Decker
will visit here for two weeks.
The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10
STATE CLUB WOMEN WANT
QUALIFIED WOMEN TO RUN
FOR STATE LEGISLATURE

During the last session of their biennial convention in
Flagstaff Friday the Arizona Federation of Womens
clubs adopted resolution urging to take
intelligent interest and active part in politics and to run
for the legislature and declared that it should be the duty
of all to support such candidates without respect
fo na1fv
The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10
FEWKES OF SMITHSONIAN
EXPECTS TO VISIT RUINS
WUPATKI THIS SUMMER

j. c. Clarke of Flagstaff, custodian
of Wupatki national monument Indian
ruins near here, received a letter the
other day from j. Walter Fewkes,
from whose exhaustive works on the
Indians of the southwest The Sun
quoted in a series of articles two years
ago. The letter follows:
The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10
REGISTERED SHOOT
HERE ON SUNDAY

Flagstaff Gun club will hold reg
istered shoot here on Sunday, begin
ming at ten in the morning. Many
visitors from other gun clubs are ex-
pected. A. t. A. rules will govern.
Standard makes of shells and
lunch on the grounds. There will be
four 16-yard events, each for rs birds.
Targets rs cents per event. Entrance
$3.50, optional. $40 added money in
each event.
Trophy to high visiting gun. jack
rabbit system of dividing money-30.
30, 20 and 20 per cent.
There will be several special events.
The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10
Rolling Marbles ,uith Chinese Kids; then Across the
Emth's BeLly-band uubere King Neptune Holds Court

Twentieth and Twenyrt Aund-the-word
The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10

H. G. Mayabb was business visi-
tor in Williams Tuesday.
The Coconino sun., 1925-04-10

The late Senator w. A. Clark in his
will left 100000 to the town Of
Clarkdale.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-16
ROYAL BILL OFFERS
SOME BRIGHT COMEDY

The Royal bill which opened Satur-
day Is an all-comedy bill with humor
of bright order both on the stage
and screen.
Bob Greer and his bevy of comely
misses attend to the spoken comedy.
while Johnny Hines in Luck" Of
fors the screen laughs.
Bob Grecr's offering for the first
half Of the week is called Broadway
ANY Time in which Bob plays a
millionaire who gets into all sorts OF
comedy jams with a gold digging
chorus girl whom he marries. Fun
wakes fast and furious for Bob who
s. offering in Broadway Any Time
something Of a departure from his
usual brand Of humor.
Luck is a comedy full Of hair
raising. breath-taking stunts through
which johnny Hines races TO the tune
Of much laughter and a lot Of luck.
Judging from the manner in which he
comes through HE eScapades, one
z would believe that he had horse shoes,
rabbits feet and fOUr-leaf clovers plas-
tered in every pocket There is ro-
nance woven into the comedy that
makes the film the more enjoyable.
"Ship Shape" a cameo comedy, and
THE Earth's Other Halt novelty
Hodge Podge film, complete the bill.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-16
Two PROLOGUE ACTS
ON PALACE PROGRAM

A double prologue will accompany
the showing of "The Half Way Girl"
at the Palace this week. A violin
and piano musical act with Howell
and Margaret Hoefgen as the ,prin-
cipals will afford harmonious inter-
lude to the feature picture. The trio
will offer several popular numbers
that should be heartily received by
the Palace audience. "The Singapore
Shuttle" the latest in dance crazcs
will be presented as atmospheric to
one of the sequences in '"The half
Way Girl" 1t was the preview of
this picture that gave rise to the in.
spiration of the novelty dance that has
sprung into such extreme popularity in
a few days. Jean and Marjorie Ma
havier, originators of the series of
.tahtalizing steps will perform the
dance together and illustrate each Of
the more difficult steps in solo so that
those of the audience who are inter-
ested in dancing will be able to grasp
the novelty effects.
The violin and piano act will be
staged in a garden setting with each
of the girls costumed in the styles of
the crinoline days. The Singapore
Shuttle" being atmospheric to the pic.
ture will be performed in costumes
similar to those used in the film at
traction.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-16
KING OF: worries NJ
WILL APPEAR HER

1.-The King of the worries" the plan.
list sensation of the age-Harry NJ.
Snodgrass-comes to the Majestic next
Saturday as the headline attraction Of
an extra act bill.
Snodgrass first gained his fame as
pianist broadcasting from station
wOS, the famous Jefferson City, NO,
station. His success on the stage, the
critics say, is even more spectacular
than his squirt to fame in the air.
When he left the Jefferson City sta
ton he was voted the most popular
radio artist in the world. His sue
cess on the stage stamps him as one of
the favorite entertainers in the variety
theaters Of the country.
J. NJ. Witten, who as announcer at
the same station, was awarded the
prize as the most popular announcer IN
the country, is with Snodgrass in his
vaudeville debut.
Snodgrass' playing has excited most
Of the MUSICAL critics in the country.
he plays without regard for the funda-
mental principles of the musical struc-
ture. Technique means nothing to the
former broadcaster. He plays in
moods and his interpretations OF vari-
Gus popular numbers have been de-
clared marvellous by pianists.
"The King of the Ivories" opens his
weeks stay at the Majestic theater
next Saturday afternoon. The other
acts on the bill have been especially
to surround Snodzrass' act.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-16
HUGHES
EXCUSE ME-
At EMPIRE

The Empire is showing Rupert
Hughes storJ, Excuse Me-" at the
head of its bill for the week, which
opened Saturday.
Excuse Me" is pure farce, without
a single attempt to be serious-yet
the romance that carries through the
humor of the play seems genuine
enough-and is genuine, for how could
it be otherwise with Conrad Nagel and
Norma Shearer playing the leading
roles opposite each other?
The story moves with real speed
from the time the young couple, Miss
Shearer and Conrad Nagel, are taxi
cabling wildly about Chicago looking
for a minister to marry them, through
the hilariously adventurous trip across
the continent in a Pullman car, TO the
sensational finish when the newlyweds
catch the transport for the Philippines
by way of an airplane from San Fran
cisco.
Excuse Me-" when played on the
spoken stage, scored a success that
comes to but few plays. Published as
4 book it enjoyed selling record such
20 few books enjoy. And now. elab-
GRATED and popped up for motion pic
lures. it is more amusing than ever.
Another feature of real interest on
the prograG is the comedy All Night
Long, featuring the comedy find, -
Harry Langdon. They say All Night
Long is his best comedy TO date. In
it Langdon appears in the ranks OF
Uncle Sans army-and as a recruit
he is good for laughing purposes only.
The Pathe News, a novelty overture
by Don Philippine and the stage en-
tcr.aInmen. complete the program.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-16
|DON FELICE SR.
| LEADS ORCHESTRA

Don Felice ST., who is leading the
Palace Orchestra during the absence
of his son, is one of the most pic
turesque characters in the world of
music. ...
The elder Felice is the organizer
and director of Chicago's famous
municipal orchestra, the Banda
Roma" one of the foremost bands of
the windy City" and has held high
rank among recognized musicians for
the past twenty years. While OF heart
a bandmaster, Don Felicc ST., is
particularly suited for orchestra work
because of his quiet method Of direc-
ton. There is none of the buffoon
and exaggerated flourish in the way
he handles the baton yet he gets from
his players an unusually pleasing har-
mony. Brass, strings and reeds blend
perfectly and patrons of the Palace
would never recognize that the or
chestra is in the hands of a strange
director.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-16
RIN-T|N-TIN STARS
IN PLAZA PICTURE

The attractions at the Plaza for
the week starting today offer a great
variety Of picture entertainment.
The week begins with a two-day
engagement of Where the North Be
gins featuring Rin.Tin-Tiu, the mar
vclously intelligent police dog.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
the Plaza will offer "Rosita," the
Spanish tale of intrigue and romance,
starring Mary Pickford, who is sup
ported by Holbrook and George
Walsh. "Rosita- was directed by
Ernst Lubitsch.
Friday and Saturday Johnny Hines
comedy, Luck" will be the attrac-
ton.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-16
CALL OF THE WILD
1 LURES LITTLE BOY

TOPEKA, Kan, Aug. 15.-Bound
for Colorado, where they had been
told they could find snow on the
mountain tops and where the weather
was cool and fine. two small Cotton
wood Falls boys-Peter Linsey, 9. and
Harold Ransford, II, were apprehenl-
ed t.Florenee, Kan, where their jour
ney came 10 an abrupt end.
Bright and early one morning the
boys got aboard the back Of an old
pony, which they ride here and started
vest. They carried a few belongings.
They reached Florence about noon.
fired and hot, and stopped on the
street 20 rest a bit. The spectacle
of two small boys riding horseback
on en- old horse aroused the curiosity
OF the Florence authorities.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-16
BOYS, WHITE SHEET
IN HAUNTED' HOUSE

BROOKLYN, Aug. i5.-The source
Of the banshec walls, eery noises and
wraith-hko figures that came from the
vacant house adjoining st. Lukc's Re
formed church. was discovered yoster-
day 10 BE- 10 youths Of the neighbor-
hood--and once-White sheet For
Ncfks. the ueighbors have been an
noyed and frightened by uncanny
Noises and WailinEs, accompanied by
the appearance Of a figure in white.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-16
PRINCEss A sCRUBWOMAN.

MILAN, Aug. 15.-Thc funds with
which she escaped from Russia having
become exhausted, Princess Olga Fc-
dorski has had to take work as a
scrubwoman.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-16
PICTURE TELLS
\ LIFE IN FAR
EAST CITY
"The Half Way Girl" Is
Story Of Wicked
Singapore.

The MANAGEMENT of the Palace
. promises refutation Of Kipling's ia
nous lines; East is East and West
is West and nc'er the twain shall
meet" when 'The Half Way Girl"
takes its place at the head Of thar
program this week. According TO the
. advance reports there has never been
a film production that dcives so deep.
: liz into the strange code of ethics, the
suualid mode of living and the semi
barbarous pleasures that fill the lives
of those who, through circumstance
or choice, live in the yicc-ridden cities
of the East Indian coast.
The story is that Of an American
sbowgirl stranded in Singapore, the
. wickedest city in the world. Because
of her beauty she becomes the cyno-
sure of all eyes and is forced TO re-
pulse the advances Of many influential
men. When her hotel account exceeds
her finance she accepts a position as
hostess in one of the cafes run by
the management and it is here that
she meets and falls in love with the
hero of the story.
EXCITING SCENES.
When the hero gets into difficulty
and she assists him in escaping as q
stowavny on an outgoing liner she
invokes all the pent up rath of the
higher officials who consign her TO
I the living hell of Malay street in or
der TO escape. She then accepts a
proposal from the hotel manager 10
accompany him on a trip and finds
that she is a passenger on the same
boat with her sweetheart.
Reviewers have it that fast action
Is the keynote of the picture through
out and that there are many exciting
fight scenes and scrapes in the under
world dives. The climax is reported
as being the most expensive and thrill
ing ever created for picture purposes.
One of the United States Shipping
Board vessels was purchased and tow
ed 125 miles off the Atlantic coast
where il was set afire and eventually
blown to atoms, making one of the
most spectacular sights ever filmed.
TWO REEL COMEDY.
The action of the players, being per
formed in the face Of the actual
danger, is claimed to be unusually
realistic and reaches the very heights
of dramatic attainment without evil
dencing any of the strained express
sion and technique that is usually
found in Studio set action.
Doris Kenyon plays the title role
with Lloyd Hughes cast opposite. 10.
bart Bosworth and Tully Marshall
head a supporting cast Of many promi-
nent players. The scenes in the
East Indian resorts are commented
on as being OF the most unique and
entertaining order and exceeding the
most fantastic conception of the most
imaginative reader of Far East fic-
ton.
An exceptionally clever two reel
comedy will be placed on the bill in
order to leaven the tensity Of the
bizarre drama. Fox News. Pathe Re
view and the usual scenic reel will
complete the program. -.-..-.