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The Washington times., 1926-11-30
.HANKOW Strike
IS CALLED

SHANGHAI, Nov. S0.-The long
threatened general strike at Han.
Kow commenced today. The Chi,
nese customs employees and the
servants and Chinese police in the
foreign concessions struck.
The general strike was called by
the labor guilds to compel foreign
employers to pay higher wages to
Chinese employees than were paid
prior to the capture of Hankow
by the Cantonese forces. The de-
mand is at least unofficially
backed by Gen. Kai Scheck. conf
mander of the Cantonese.
Warships i'm Harbor.
LONDON, Nov. 30.-Naval forces
are now concentrating on Hankow.
according to advices received from
Shanghai.
Several foreign warships are re-
ported to have arrived off Han.
The Washington times., 1926-11-30

kow, including the American
destroyers Peary and John y.
Ford. other vessels are en- route
to Shanghai.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
CITIZENSHIP SCHOOL
HERE TO-DAY OFFERS
VALUABLE TRAINING

Douglas people are offered an eX-
cellent opportunity to learn how the
county, state and national govern
.ments are operated, their relation to
cne another, and many ether import
ant points pertaining to voting, reg
istration and civil government durig
the. citizeship. school to be held in
the Douglas high school today. Morn.
ing and afternoon sessions will be
held, the morning program opening
at $3.50 and the afternoon session at
1880.
The principal purpose of the school
is to instruct people on how to. mark
properly their ballots when voting.
The school, which is being conducted
ty the Douglas League OF Women
Voters, is distinctly non-partisan. It's
only purpose is to instruct the peo-
rle on how to exercise their voting
rights at the polls A large chart
Of the ballot to be used at the COM
ing election will be used at this
school
number of prominent persons
will make brief addresses during the
school, gThese will include a com.
plete explanation of the purpose and
results of registration, the purpose
of the primary and the procedure
necessary in voting by ballot. The
school should not only prove valu-
able to those. who are not quite
certain of the proper way to vote:
bnt an advance step in public educa
fihO
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
]. P. Sexton Joins Eastern
Men on Tour Of Inspections

J. p. Sexton, manager OF the Arizona
Edison company, left the city Tuesday
morning with Z. J. Condor, president
of the General Power and Light COM
pany of Chicago, ILL.,, of which COM
pany the Arizona Edison company is a
subsidiary branch. and E. j. Condor,
Jr., for Nogales, en- route to Phoenix,
Tucson and other points in southern
Arizona.
Condor, who came out from the east
more than month ago on general
tour of inspection Of his companys
branches in Arizona, has visited Doug
las several times during the past few
weeks. 1t is understood that officials
of the eastern power concern are con-
sidering the feasibility of establishing
a power line through the Sulphur
Springs valley.
Sexton will accompany the officials
on the remainder Of their trip through
the state and is not expected back in
the city for more than a week.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
VARIOUS GIRLS CLUBS
HAVE GOOD ACTS FOR
B. & P. w. ANNUAL SHOW:

The Douglas high school Girls Glee
club, containing 20 voices, will have
one of the most interesting acts on the
program of the third annual competi-
tive vaudeville show of the Business
and Professional Women's club at the
Grand theatre Friday night, October 20.
This club, under the direction of Miss
Anna B. DriskiIl, will sing GOOD
Night, Beloved as special number,
This club won first honors during the
musical contest held last spring.
The Girls Friendly society will pre-
sent a beautiful costume dance as an
other feature of the program. The
four girls taking part in this act are
Marvel Milliken, Lois Sharp, Florence
Wilder and Lucille Wilder. Miss Helen
Newhouse will act as accompanist in
this act
Fifteen different organizations will
take part in this show, for which prizes
will be given for the best acts. Tickets
are now on sale at the Anderson music
store Admission will be so cents fer
the first floor and leges and rs cents
for the balcony. These prices are re-
gardless of age.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
WILL HAVE A NICE
PROGRAM TONIGHT

An "After Supper" entertainment
will be held at the Christian church,
beginning at 7:30s tonight, in which
an excellent musical and vocal pro-
gram will be feature. The enter
tuinment will be held in the church
auditorium. A cordial invitation is
extended to all friends of the church
to attend these monthly programs.
the complete program for the eve-
ming is as follows:
Sing Songs .............. Everybody
j. w. Deemlng, song leader
Cornet solo. Joseph Wright, Jr.
]. r. Wright accompanlst
Piano solo. ......... .Gwendolyn Ewing
Vocal selections ........ girls Quartet
Lavina Pattison, Lucille Glenn
Helen Bennett, Mamie Pattison
Piano solo. ..... Ethel Mae Rogers
Violin duet ....................
... Norman Carter, Jay shannon
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
Convenient Reference Book
For Public Use at c. OF c.

For the convenience of business
men of the city the Douglas cnam-
ber OF Commerce and Mines now mas
in it's files a copy of the new con-
solidated edition ol two well known
reference books, McRae'8 Blue Book
and Hendricks Commercial Register.
The new directory contc ms an
alphabetical list of more than $4,000
manufacturers and a list Of thousands
of materials. A speCiaI section OF
the directory is devoted to trade
names, thus enabling those who re-
member only the trade name OF u
product to find the source of supply.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
VALLEY RESIDENTS
ASKDEMOCRATST TO
CAMERON
McNeal, Arizona,
Oct. Is, 1926.

Editor,
Douglas Daily Dispatch,
Douglas, Arizona.
Dear Sir: l desire to make an appeal
to the democratic voters of Cochise
county.
For years and years we farmers OF
the Sulphur Springs valley have slaVed
and hungered in wretched poverty try
ing to make our little pioneer home :
steads pay living decent wage. We
have striven to carve out comfortable
little farm home for our children as
their rightful heritage
We have failed because of one condl-
tion--lack of water for irrigation and
cheap power to make this liquid gold
available
Voters of the towns Of Cochfse coun-
ty. in the. name of humanity, will you
help us get this to which we justly
aspire--a real American farm-home in
this lovely Sulphur Springs valley?
Fellow democrats, to get these beau
tiful things of life, it will take just
little courage. We must cast our vote
for man of opposite political faith
from our own, a republican, Senator
Ralph II. Cameron. "the go-getter.'
He has promised us an electric power
plant, and his record shows he has al
ways kept his word.
His bill which got Arizona the San
Carlos dam, costing $5,5O0,OO0. VIII
mean thousands OF happy farm homes,
thousands of jobs for men of all trades
sand callings, and ten million dollars
will be spent every year by these
farmers in the business houses of the
cities of Arizona for Nbullding mate
rials, automobiles, clothes and every
conceivable article of life.
Voters. help us put water on 100000
acres of this rich valley land by elect
ing Cameron to the senat" and we also
will have millions OF dollars to spend
in your cities.
Senator Cameron is now a power in
the senate; he is a personal friend OF
President Coolidge; a member of the
powerful committee of appropriations;
a member of the committee of prlvil-
eyes; q member of the committee on
committees. which names all other
committees; and thus he cannot fail in
these promises.
His record of $12,OOO,OOO for Arizona
in single term reads like fairy tale,
but it is true.
Voters, this is an appeal from the
farmers of the valley for irrigation,
water and cheap power. Stand by your
brothers of the valley and give us the
Liquid Gold of Life-Water." ~
Sincerely yours,
(Signed) d. NJ. SMITH.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
Tucson Fire Department
Men in City to Confer
With Chief w. ]. Nemeck

Aleck McNeal, captain of the Tues
son fire department., and Joseph
Murray, a member of the depart
ment, were visitors in the city Tues.
day, comforting with Fire Chief VIII,
lam j. NemeclS regarding the pro-
posed firemen's pension bill whiSA
the Arizona State. Firemen's assocla-
ton is to put before the state legis-
lature.
At a maeting of. the Arizona state
Firemen's association in Prescott, last
June, a proposed bin was approved
IN which provisions were made for
creating a firemen's penE:on and re-
lief fund. The bill is now In tho
hands of Harry E. Pickett, local at
torney. for legal inspection. 1t is
the intcrtion of the firemen's as
sociat:on to have the bill placed be.
fore the state Legislature III its next
session.
In addition to a pension fund, the
hill provides for disability compensa>
tion and sickness benefits. W
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
RECORDER HUTCHINSON
ACCEPTS FIRST VOTES
OF ELECTION TUESDAY,

The first votes of the coming general
election were cast in Douglas Tuesday,
when HI L. Hutchinson. county re-
corder, arrived in this city for the pur%,
pose of accepting ballots of persons
entitled to vote under the provisions Of
the absentee and disabled voters law.
Hutchinson will be at the city hall
afternoons and evenings today, Thurs.
day and Friday, during which time he
will accept votes Of absentee and dis
abled voters.
Both the ballots and applications re-.
quired under the provisions of the law
were brought to Douglas by the county
recorder. Persons who are to be out
of the city on election day, or who will
be unable to get to the polls because
of sickness or disability may come to
the city hall and vote.
The, votes cast under this law will be
taken to Tombstone by the county re-
corder until the date of election, after
which they will be sent to the election
Judges Hutchinson urges all persons
who are entitled to vote under this law
to do so within the next three days.
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
EARTH TO PASS MARS
TONIGHT SAYS LOCAL
ASTRONOMY OBSERVER
, (By JACK o'CoNNoR)

Mars, red planet of war, speeding
around the sun once in two years at
the rate of Is miles per second, will be
overtaken some time tonight by this
earth of ours which, travelling a much
shorter path in one year at the incredi-
bic pace of 1917 miles per second, will
pass by it's slower neighbor and gradu
ally draw away from it for the space
of year. SO Mars, tonight the most
resplendent object in the early evening
sky, will from now pale and grow DIM
till year from tonight it will appear
as an insignificant, dull star, difficult
to locate without complex directions
from the celestial maps of the day.
Mars is about one-seventh the bulk
of the earth. Jupiter, 1900 times as
large, now visible high in the southern
sky, nearly approaches Mars in brill
lance tonight, but Jupiter is 400 mill
lion miles away, while Mars is compar-
close, being tonight at what is,
astronomically, the very insignificant
distance Of 46 million miles from us.
A very long and complicated explain
alton would be necessary to expound
why it is that Mars and the earth are
closer than usual once every two years,
yet. at different distances on the oc-
casion of each such approach, In 1924,
the distance was 81 million miles, this
year it is As million, in 1928 it will eb
So million, and so on. Briefly stated,
the reason is that the orbit of the
earth is almost circular one, that of
Mars is what is called eccentric very
much closer to the sun in some por-
tions of it than others. So when the
earth passes by it while it is in sec
tion of the orbit close to the sun there
is what is known as a "close approach"
of the planets, and when we pass 1T at
a section of its orbit far removed from
the sun there is an approach" but
not close one.
The argument about whether there
is life on Mars has gone ON vigorously
for many years and in this respect re
sernbling the continued argument be-
tween the republican and democratic
parties. There is a lot to be said on
both sides. 1t may be added that the
similarity to political controversy has
been maintained in that the argument
has generated quite an amount of heat
among the respective adherents to the
negative and affirmative, and to date
there is no sign Of any immediate So
luton. 9
& What has been definitely proven as
that Mars possesses water and air and
there are unmstakab1e evidence of a
recurrent vegetation. But since the
greatest Marian heat measured has
been about SO degrees farenheit, while
the night temperature drops TO several
hundred degrees below zero, it is GER
tain that any inhabitants Of Mars must
be very different organisms from man
upon earth.
Meanwhile, we pass by Mars some
time tonight. and all over the world
the batteries of the great observatories
are trained on our celestial neighbor.
Judging by the rapidly increasing effi-
cheney of scientific research, it is not
impossible that the problem of Mars
may be solved even in our generation,
and that for the first time in the his
tory of mankind one world may signal
to another across the almost unimag-
Unable depths of space
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
T.nrtx Date ChnngeG

The date OF the halloween party OF
the young married women Of the First
BAPTIST church has been changed
from Friday evening Thursday
evening on account of tile f. and r.
W. vaudeville at the Grand theatre.
The party will be given at the home
Of Mrs. A. H. Grant, 949 Tenth street,
at 8 o'clock. All young women Of
the church are invited and are re-.
quested to come in ghost costume and
masks.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
Meeting Postponed

The meeting of the recently organ
lied Fortnightly Embroidery and Sew
ing club will not be held today as spe-
cified at the last meeting, but will be
carried over until Friday afternoon at
2.s0 at the home of Mrs. J. Jones at
1845 Twelfth street. The club met and
organized at the home of Mrs. Q. J..
Byers two weeks ago. The members
are as follows: Mrs William Stratton,
Mrs. T. A. McDonough, Mrs. J. Jones,
Airs H. p. Wiley, Mrs. Kelly and Mrs.
o. J. Byers.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
SCHOOL CHILD DIES

Mabel, Hildegarde IIanlev, aged nine
ears, the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
w f. Hanley Of 729 Sixteenth street,
passed away at the family home at
5:45 O'Clock TUESDAY evening. The
child had been i'll but for a short
time. ~
Funeral services VIII he held at
Calvary cemetery at IL this morn
ing, with Eev. Tolbert f. Weaver
officiating.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
Ea,nilx Called 70 Bedside

Grover Wease of this city left
Sunday 10 be with his brother, ID.
C. Wease, of Maria, Texas, who is III
a. critical condition in that city. The
brother is suffering from typhoia
fever complicated by pneumor--.
Travelling with Grover .Wease to
the bedside of ths older brother were
AIRS. A. NJ lemons, a sister and
Charles Wease, another brother.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
MIR. and Mrs. scott with Parents

Mr. and Mis-. William Scott spent
yesterday with Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Goslin at the Fisher apartments. Mr..
and Mrs: scott Will go from Douglas
to Tucson to spend Homecoming daS
with old classmates in Tucson.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
VIII Reside Here

S. A. Williamson, U. S. immigration
inspector employedat the Douglas port
and formerly of Benson, has moved to
1923 Fifteenth street, where his family
will join him within the next few days.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
DOUGLAS DAILY DOINGS
on Inspection Tour

IM8TCCtIUW
E.J. condor, president of the Edison
company. and his son, z. j. Condor,
Jrsaleft this morning with ]. P. Sexton
of fNtl1is city on an inspection tour of
the state. The party will go first to
Nogales and then to Phoenix. After
stopping few days at the Phoenix Of
flee they will continue on to Yuma.
Sexton expects to be back in the city
in about ten days.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
Leaves for Phoenix

]. u. Murphy, retired trainmaster Of
the Southern Pacific company out of
Douglas, who has been visiting old
friends in this city for the past several
days. left Tuesday for Phoenix. Muir
ply now resides in Los Angeles.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27

Phelps Dodge Dance
The employees of the Phelps Dodge
Mercantile company will give Hal
lowe'en dance Thursday evening at
o'clock in the store building. The COM
mittee in charge of arrangements is
George Williams, Miss Ada HarWooo
and Russell Moore. The dance is Tor
the employees of the store and their
friends. The Elks orchestra VIII Iur-
nish music.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
Operation Successful
!:

Steve Ayres who underwent a
major operation sat the Calumet hos
pitai yesterday is now on the roao
to recovery. Ayfes' home is at 1910
Twentieth street
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
Returns From Vacation

J. A. Williams, who has been In
Amarillo, Texas, for several weeks
returned home Sunday. Williams, wnt
is employed in the freight office,
has been on vacation.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
Guests Dine at Wright Homo

DR.. and Mrs. F. r. Wright enter
tanned eight persons at br.Gge
dinner at their hore at 633 Tenth
street Wednesday evening. Dinner
was served from z until $50 O'Clock
and bridge was played until 4 late
hour.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
Mrs. Campbell Ill

Mrs. G. G. Campbell, who is employed
in the notions department of the
Phelps Dodge Mercantile company is
i'll at her home.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
Move here

Move Here
Mr.. ana Mrs j. C. Jones, of Clifton,
have taken UP residence at 757
Fifth street. Jones is an engineer
for the s. T. railroad and will make
his headquarters in Douglas.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
Goes to Tombstond

George NJ. Roark, Cochise county un-
dersheriff, left Yesterday for Tomb
stone, after spending several days in
Douglas on business.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
Here From Benson

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Holcombe Of
Benson visited S. A. Williamson Of this
city on Monday.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
Weekend Trip

Mr.. and Mrs Clyde Watson, Mr. and
Mrs. j. L. Anderson, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Watson and Mrs. Hobin mo-
stored to Bowie over the Weekend
While there they visited Bowie oil well
No. and found work progressing
nicely, although the shutting off of
the water was causing some trouble
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
Goes Home

Mrs George Dergfield left the Cal
umet hospital yesterday after short
period Of recuperation following
minor operation last week. Mrs
Bergfield is now at her home at
lilo Eleventh street.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
TO Yuma

To Yuma
Mrs II. H. Connors of 1873 Eighth
street left for Yuma Saturday night to
visit her sister, Miss r. De La Vega.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
MANGA. Eridnx Night

The Relief society of the Latter Day
Saints church will give a dance at the
II d. s. amusement hall. Thirteenth
street and G avenue, Friday, October
20.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27

Tho international CTGD. Quality and
Service. in Aqua Prieta.--Advt.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
MeMhorters Here

Mr.. and Mrs. A. e. McWhorter of
Bisbee were in Douglas Monday night
for the vaudeville performance.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
Ia Improving

Ia Improving
F. w. Brown, who loft a shor:
time ago for Long Beach to seek a
cure for asthma, is reported consid-
lerably improved
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27

The international Club, Quality and
Service, in Aqua Prieta.-Advt.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
TO Hollywood

Jerry Murphy who has been visiting
his granddaughter, Mrs. William Free
rich. at 100 Twelfth street, has gone
to Hollywood, Calf.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
Joe Good In New nIexico

Joe Good In New Mexico
Joe Good, who works in the mems
ready to wear department Of the
Phelps Dodge Mercantile company, is
in New Mexico on short trip
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
Fron,a whitewater

Tom Kerby whitewater rancher, Wis
tied in the city Tuesday on business.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
WANTED - Eyerybod,

WANTED - Everybody
in Arizona to vote YES for
Constitutional Amendment
No. 100, limiting public Of
ficials to two terms Of two
years each and forever de-
stroying machine politics.
The Two-Term Club-Adv.
The international CiuD. Quality ana
EarYice. In Aqua. Prieta.--AdYt.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
Animns Man In civ

A. S. Field of Animas, N. NJ, is in
Douglas on business connected with the
cattle industry.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
NTcDonalds In City

W. S. Mcdonald and Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence Mcdonald of Coitonwoo,a
camp, are in Douglas for a short
stay.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
Storm Better

George storm, who was seized with
a pulmonary henlorrhage last Sun
day while working is petter since
leing removed to the Calumet nos
pital. Storm is connected with the
City Market as cattle buyer and
butcher.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27

School Heal to visit
Miss Helen Brown. county superln-
tendent of schools, IS in the city eX-
pectinE TO remain for several days
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27

From Leslie Canyon
w. e. Mcl<eehan, Leslie canyon
rancher, was a business visitor in
Douglas Tuesday.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
Holmes In

Frank Holmes is in from near North
Tigre on business.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27

Kiwanis Club Stickers Out
The Kiwanis club has been putting
out stickers urging the people of Doug
las to vote as they please, but vote"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
lsridge Tea on Tuesday

Mrs f. r. Wright gave oridge
tea on Tuesday afternoon at her
home on Tenth street FOR young.
matrons and misses of the city. Three
tables OF bridge We're played from
2:30 to 5 o'clock. At the tea nouf
a number of guests called FOR tea
The hostess poured and, number of
Douglas younger matrons and un-
married girls enjoyed her hospitality.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27

Luncheon Postponed
The ladies' bridge luncheon. sehed-
uled at the Country club for OCTOBER
20, has been postponed until November
Z
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
To California

Mrs A. r. Dalton and daughter,
Dorothy, have returned to their home
IN Long Beach, Calf, after, spending
several months in ire city with Mrs.
Dalton's daughter. Mrs. Frank Boyo.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
From Tombstone

From Tombstone
w. Il. Clark, clerk of the Cochise
county board of supervisors, was Wis
itor in Douglas Tuesday.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27

DOU GLAS FOR CON-
GRESS CLUB will meet at
Gadsden hotel Thursday at
8 p. m. All members re
quested to be present
ADV.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
Howard Hamrston Hero |

Howard Hampston of the county en-
e,ineering and road department, is in
Douglas on short business trip
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
To California

To California
Mrs. w. II. Cardwell, whose hus-
band has left to accept position
with an English mining company IN
Bolivia, will, with her two sons
visit her mother, Mrs. o. *. Clinton,
in Glendale Cali&, rorrsome time.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27

Hucker People Here
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Moore. o'
Rucker, are in Douglas for q short
stay. fs%1f
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27
Hart on Inspection

County SuDerVlsor Jonn z. HaFL Is
cut Of town on a road inspection
TRIP.