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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-26
POLITICAL INTRIGUE
In INDIANA RELATED
TO SENATE COMMITTEE

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct. 25 tP.-An
amazing tale of political intrigue in
Indiana, through which ran the names
of Senator James E. Watson, republi-
can candidate for reelection, and high
officials of the ku kluX khan, was
related here today &c the senate cam
paign funds committee by Ralph B.
Bradford, of Crown Point Ind. Brad
ford said he was former member of
the khan and admitted that some of
his information was second hand.
In addition, the witness made charges
of wholesale political corruption in
Lake county, particularly in East Chi
cago and Indiana Harbor, during the
republican primary last May and as
serted that there had been general
Shaking down" of bootleggers and
dive keepers by peace Officers working
in the interest of what was described
as the Watson organization. Senator
Reed, Missouri, the committee chair
man, who still was carrying on the
inquiry by himself, also was told that
I it was well known among the klans-
men of Indiana that Senator Robinson
was a klansman." Bradford said he
could not say whether the senator still
is member of the hooded order.
After the hearing here had been
closed to be reopened at st. Louis
probably tomorrow, Senator Reed an
nounced that if Senator Watson and
Robinson desired to refute the new
evidence presented to the committee
they would be given opportunity to do
SO through affidavits.
| Bradford, who with Wallace c. j.
Granger, of Logansport, Ind, proved
the star witnesses of the day, freely
conceded that he was an ex-klansman,
that in the fight in Lake county he
was lined up with the anti Watson
| forces and that most of his testimony
had been obtained at second hand.
The first startling bit of testimony
| given by the witness was that he had
been informed by Walter r. Bossert,
of Indianapolis, that Senator Watson
/ haF sat in on a conference of khan
officials at Washington at which the
resignation of Bossert as Indiana
grand dragon had been forced by DR..
Herman w. Evans, imperial wizard of
| the khan.
Besides Senator Watson and Dr.
Evans, others at the session included
| Joseph huntington, in charge of klan
political affairs in Indiana; Robert
McNay, then a klanaman, and the
mayors of indianapolis and Evansville
Bradford said he had been told Of this
conference also by James Bolin, then
secretary to Bossert.
"Bossert told me there had been a
terrific row at the Washington con-
ference" Bradford said, "and that he
finally threw down on the table his
resignation both as Indiana grand
dragon and as an officer of the ma
| tional khan"
Both Bradford and Granger charged
there had been "a deal' whereby Bos-
sert was to be deposed because he in
sisted on keeping the khan nonpartisan
and that w. Lee Smith had been made
grand dragon in his place so that the
khan would Ego down the line" fol-
] Senator Watson.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-26
CAMERON TAKING A
GREAT INTEREST IN
new MAIL ROUTING

Senator Ralph Cameron is still
koep:ng promises, and still seems to
have considerable Influence at Wash
ington. While Senator Cameron was
making a speaking tour through the
Sulphur Springs valley about week
ago, matter of certain changes III
the star and rural free delivery
routes in that section were brought
to his attention. Senator Cameron
sent a telegram to Washington re-
duesting that the matter be looked
into, and Monday, w. f. Chester
sreciaI representative of Postmaster
General Harry S. New, arrived IN
Douglas to make the investigation.
Chester was taken to McNeal,
ebb,. Kelton, Courtland and other
points in the valley Monday by Post
master Charles K. Foster, James
Logic, of the Douglas Dispatch, and
George Buston.. He made a thorough
investigation of the matter taken up
by Senator Cameron and talked with
many of the residents i'll that sec
tion, all of whom were pleased at
the promptness with which the COM
pia:nt was acted upon by Washing
ton.
The change in the mail service
proposes eliminating the delivery OF
the mail to Webb because of the
condition of the road ano a strip OF
about one mile and from Kelton, off
the main road. Under this plan,
Courtland VIII become a distributing
point, for the mail and will connect
with other star routes from Bisbee
and Fairbanks. The mail to Keltoh
and Webb would be sent in the route
out of Courtland to Rucker.
While in this section, Chester also
made an investigation of proposal
for the mail route to go TO and from
Light from different routes. He also
looked into the question of a pro-
posed new rural free delivery route
from Douglas through Plrtleville and
the Calumet addition to the Kings
highway to the Bisbee valley road
and back by way of the Double
Adobe school house and to the North
and South highway at Moffat's cor
ner.
Senator Cameron is anxious THAI
these mail routes he arranged IN
the way that will be most satisfactory
to the people concerned and undouDt.
edly has the fullest support of the
postmaster general in bringing this
about.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-26
QUEEN MARIE NOW
ON TOUR OF j. 5.
WILL COME WEST

ABOARD MARlES SPECIAL TRAIN,
SYRACUSE, N. Y, Oct. 25 N9-Queen
Marie, of Rumania today began her
falo fixed as the destination for her
first days journey. The trip will
take the royal party to the west
coast and back again, journeying
through Canada on part of the west
ern swing, and returning to New
York late in November.
The queen set forth from New York
this morning in accord with her
royal family and hosts that the state
of her health is to be the dominant
factor to be considered throughout the
tour.
The announcement from the royal
household preceded another by a
spokesman for the Queen in denial OF
reports from abroad that King t'erdi
nand had requested Marie to tern1i
nate her tour and return to Bucha-
rest. Reports O. such pressure be-
ing exerted from home, the spokesman
said, were baseless.
With the departure from New York
today, the queen willingly placed her
self in the hands of trained nurse,
Miss Adeline Ioung, of Johns HOP
lzins hospital, who now is in supreme
command of the royal car, 50 far as
the queens health is concerned. Miss
Young will seap check on Maric's
condition daily and report any
developments that might necessitate
change in program.
The queen, now recovering from a
severe cold, today banished all
thoughts of herself, however. when
she insisted on Drawing storm SO
that she Nigh. review a parade Of
cadets at Wesc Point and stand in
tho rain as they did. 81 'am SOL
t!ier, too" shc "a'G, breaking away
from her advisers, who hal held ner
on the train for Il half hour at Gar
rson, across +ha hudson fcom West
Point. Followed ty Prince Nicholas
and Princess Tia2ra. the queen left
tke car and spr'nted through the
rain to waiting machines. Later Ma :
rie tramped thr.urh the wet grass
os the parade ground before accept
inb rubber ove,shtes, brought from
the train.
Brief stops at llbany Utica and
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-26
Right of President to Remoue
Appontees Without Consulting
Senate Upheld BY High Court

WASHINGTON, oct. 25 R)-A his
tory-malIing opinion. upholding the
power of the president to remove
without consulting the senate, Off
GERS appointed by him with the ad-
vice and consent Of that body, was
court.
The court, six to three, held that
the president had full discreation in
that president had full discretion in
removing such officers, with the ex-
ception of few judges, notwith-
standing any restrictions that the
congress might impose.
The decision set at rest the con-
troversy between the legislative and
executive branches of the govern
ment From the first congress up
to the present, these two depart
ments of government have been at
odds as to the power of removal of
appointive office holders.
The question, frequently an issue
for heated political debate, reached
the court in an appeal by Frank S.
Myers, appointed by President Will
son to the postmastership at Port
land, Ore, in July, 1917, and subse-
quently removed by him in FEBRUARY,
1920 His successor was not nomi-
mated and confirmed until after four
years, the period for which he had
been appointed having expired.
Myers challenged his removal as
illegal because of the act of con-
erraen of Ju1v - 1874 which DrO- :
vided that postmasters of the first
three classes "shall be appointed and
may be removed by the president by
and with the advice and consent of
the senate
He contended he was entitled to
pay for the full four years because
President Wilson had not obtained
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-26
SOUTH'S COTTON CROP
THIS YEAR GREATEST
WAS EVER GROWN

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 R-A cot
ton crop larger than ever before
grown has been produced in the
south this year. The department Of
agriculture today placed the indi
Gated production at 17,l54,OOO bales
ce 500 pounds gross weiaght, OF
about S,343, 100000 pounds of lint cot
ton. This is about 643,OOG, 900 pounds
CT lint more than produced last
year.
The estimate was based on cond1'
tions existing October l8 to which
date S,722,066 running bales of this
years crop had been ginned, accord
ing to the census bureaus announce
ment There was an increase OF
$4,000 bales in prospective produc-
ton between October 1, when the last
estimate was made, and October Is.
Uncertainty exists as to how much
of the crop Will be harvested, the
crop reporting board announced, in
view of the present low price OF
cotton and the scarcity of Labor
for picking.
These factors have discouraged cot
ton farmers and may result in some
o.: the crop, especially that of lower
grade, being in the fields.
This year enormous production
was brought about by the planting
Of the largest acreage on record and
favorable growing conditions gener'
ally throughout the season. There
was a smaller early season abandon
ment than in previous years ano
weather and insect conditions were
better than usual. Defolidtion of the
cotton plants by leaf worms, con-
tinuation of warm weather and the
general absence Of frost advanced the
maturing of late cotton bolls ano
permitted rapid picking. AS a re.
suit of all these conditions the cror
has turned out to be greater than
was expected.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-26
BELGIUM MONEY GOES
ON NEW GOLD BASIS;
SET A NEW STANDARD

BRUSSELS, oct. 25 QFG = Belgian
money will go on a new gold pasis
tomorrow with the creation OF new
monetary standard-tha belga-equa.
to five paper francs and with a
definite gold value of .209211 grams
The Belgian franc will be stabilized
at 174.S1 to the round sterling, o,
about IL of its pre-war value, but
e will no longer be quoted on the
foreign exchange markets Of the
world; instead there will he the belga
for the purposes of foreign trace.
Belgium's money which has fluctuat,
ed in value from day to day since
the Germans invaded the country in
1914, now has the support of the
leading banks of issue of Europe, the
United States and Asia. This sup.
port is expected in an internationa.
lean to Belgium of 800, ,0eO which
will be used to keep the Belgian
franc up to it's new par level which
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-26

EW YORK, Oct. 25 R.-
opper dull; electrolytic.
Dot and futures, 14@14M.
cad steady; spot 8.25. Bar
liver 52%.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-26
INDICATIONS FOUND
NEAR CITY SHOW MAN
HERE $4,000 YEARS

TUCSON, Oct. 25 P - Indications
that, contrary to the general belief
among anthropologists, man lived In
America during the glacial period
at least $4,000 years ago. have been
brought to light with the excavation
near Bisbee of stone implements
near and in the same stratum as L
mammoths head
Announcement of the discoveries
was made today by DR.. Byron cum
mings, director of the state museum
of Arizona and professor of arcn-
ealogy at the university. The finds
which may rewrite a chapter OF
American paleontology We're made on
the bank of c1e Whitev alter WASH,
cast of McNeal, Cochise county, abou'
Is miles northeast of Bi5bee and II
miles northwest of Douglas. While
DR.. Cummings reserved final judg-
ment on the exact meaning of tho
discoveries, which were made Satur.
Gay and Sunday, he made 1t clear
that, especially in connection with
the finding of two human skeletons
in similar stratum on Empire
ranch about 60 miles to the north,
west, there is great reason to be-
lieve that man lived in North Amer,
lea many thousands of years before
the period generally agreed upon al
marking his advent.
1t is well established that the
mammoth existed during the glacial
period, which closed about 25,OOC
years ago. 1t is quite probable, how
ever, that the elephant whose head
was discovered Saturday, roamed the
hills of Arizona $4,000 years ago.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-26
PAT 'DERNOTT, IS
CAUGHT; WANTED
IN MELLETT CASE

CANTON, O., Oct. 25 Rt-Patricl1
McDermott's own story of the Mel
lett murder case remained undis
closed tonight, although he talked
today to Prosecutor G. Il. McClin-
tock and Detective Ora Slater.
McClintock and Slater seemed to be
pleased with the days work, and
after removing McDermott from the
county Jail to the county work house,
refused 20 tell any more than they
told when they arrived here last
night from Twin Rocks, Pa, with
the elusive key man" finally in GUS
tody. He had been sought for three
months as prime figure in the
murder of last July 16 of the Can
ton publisher, Don r. Mellett.
They continued to declare that the
case they havc built around McDer-
mott and the other indicted pair
Ben Rudner and Louis Mazer--has
been strengthened, and that several
additional indictments may be- expect
ed The Stark county grand jury
can be called within "a hours, Nc
Clintock said, if the situation war
rants it.
Ashked if he had agreed to grant
McDermott immunity or to nolle the
Indictment for first degree murder
against him, McClintock said:
"McDermott will go on trial for
first degree murder, unless he turns
states evidence. 1 think he has
more talking to do"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-26
CITIZENSHIP SCHOOL
HERE WEDNESDAY is
ATTRACTING COMMENT

Keen interest is being shown in the
Citizenship school to be held for the
benefit of Douglas people at the Doug
las high school Wednesday. The morn
ing session will open at $3.50 and the
afternoon program will begin at $780,
This is the first school of it's kind ever
held in Arizona, and is being conducted
by the Douglas League of Women
Voters.
The school, entirely non-partisan, is
conducted solely for the purpose of in
structing the people on the purposes
and functions of county, state and ma
tional government and on how to mark
their ballots for the candidates they
wish to vote for. The school is con-
sidered particularly valuable at this
time because of the nearness of cleo
ton.
Among the prominent people who
will speak at the school are Harry e.
Pickett, who will describe the gov
ernment of the state and the legisla-
ture; James p. Boyle, who will speak
on the ballot and the Importance of
the primary; Fred S. Sutter, of Bisbee,
who will speak on the county and the
field, principal of the Douglas gram
mar school, who will discuss registra-
ton, and r. E. Souers, superintendent
of the Douglas schools, who will speak
on the tie between the state and ma
tional governments and the various
types of governments.
A large chart of the ballot to be
used in the coming election will be
demonstrated during the classes in or
der to show the people how to vote
Each election there are a number of
people who fail to mark their ballots
properly and it is the purpose of the
school to instruct them on how to
avoid these mistakes.
The League of Women Voters, which
has arranged this school, has had an
important part in securing the un-
usually large registration in the Doug
las district and the keen interest in the
coming election. The league has had
teams working throughout the city for
the past several weeks, looking up all
the voters and making sure they are
registered. The complete program of
the Citizenship school follows:
MORNING PROGRAM
$3.50 o'clock: (a) Geography for a
voter. Where do you live politically?
% Registration. George A. Bergfield,
principal Douglas grammar school.
1890 o'clock: (a) The ballot. CD
Importance of the Primary, James p.
Boyle, Douglas.
AFTERNOON PROGRAM
1880 o'clock: The county and the
board of supervisors, Fred Sutter, Bis
bee.
$3.50 o'clock: (a) Government of the
state. Cb) The legislature, Harry e.
Pickett, Douglas.
$3.50 o'clock: (a) The tie between the
state and the national government. CD
Some different types of government,
r. Il. Souers, superintendent of Doug
las schools.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-26
POLICE FIND
MONEY STOLEN
IN BOND CASE

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 25
(AP) = Practically all the
cash in the $4,000 bond
fraud, involving funds of
the closed Brotherhood Saw
ings and Trust company,
was in possession Of the
authorities tonight.
Missing since October Is,
when Charles E. Knapp, a
bond salesman, was given
an investors pool of $780,
600 to buy liberty bonds at
bargain prices, the money
was found buried today
near the home of Edward
Goodfellow, ass ocia tie of
Knapp.
Goodfellow was rirss arrested when
detectives traced to him a telephone
call made by Knapp aIser he fled
with the money in small satcheI.
A previous search of Goodfellows
property produced one package Of
about $4,000, found buried near the
Goadfo1.
low admitted the remainder of the
cash was also buried there and ac-
ccmpanied officers to his home and
pointed out the various hiding places.
Knapp, when arrested week aftel
his flight, insisted he was held UP
and robbed while he was on the way
headed by r. A. McCrady, president
of the Brotherhood bank.
Most of the money recovered was
twine. One roll was found buried IN
y milk bottle. It contained $4,000
IN bills of large denomination.
Relating how he came into pos
session OF the money, GoocrelIow
said Knapp came to him the night
of his disappearance and said he had
ClOS0Q d Dig DOIlQ uedl dHQ udu U60I
given the money after banking hours.
The bond salesman gave him the
money. GoodfelIow said, and asked
him to keep it for him. Goodfellow
said he left his home, and drove to
his office after midnight and locked
the money up ir his safe.
The next morning, he related, ne
saw newspaper accounts of the ar
fair and knew he would get into
trouble if he revealed he had the
money He said he remembered In "a
dazed sort Of way of burying the
money but could not recall exact cir
cumstance5.
Goodfellow and his wife were hello
under charges of larceny, accessory
and receiving stolen goods. A hear,
ing scheduled for today in the case or
McCrady, Knapp and two other Of
ficers of the bank and broker on
various charges growing out of the
case, was postponed until rrlcay.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-26
STARVATION OF MANY
FLOOD VICTIMS In
BAHAMAS RELIEVED

MIAMI, Fla, Get. 25 (E9-Starvation
of residents of Detmars Harbor and
iIopetowr, Great Abaco island, BAHIA =
mas, numbering several hundred, WAS
dvertcd by the timely arrival of a
colonial government relief boat sun
day, radio adVices To-Day from the
government wiraless station at Nassau
stated.
Practically all foCdstuffs were
swept away or damaged by water.
Norman Castle, home of a large
American Wned lumber industry, was
aot damaged, the message said. The
colonial government is supplying an
out-island settlements with necessary
foodstuffs, water and medical sup
plies.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-26
Marines in Phoenix to
Take Up Duty of Guards
OUcr u. S. Mails There

PHOENIX, Oct. 25 B-F Four
United States marines to guard the
United States mail in and out of
Phoenix arrived today and will
go ON duty tomorrow. The assign
ments of the marines await the
arrival of further orders from Gen
eraI SmcdIey ID. Butler, command.
ing the marine corps of the Pacific
coast. Postmaster Jones said the
marines will be stationed at the
federal building and at substa-
tiOn. There will be an armed
guard for every mail truck travel
ing between the substatiOn aud
the Union depot and armed guards
will ride all trains into and out
of Phoenix TO MaricOpa Junction
and Ash Fork.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-26
CApTIrRED SUNDAY.

CANTON, Ohio, Oct. 25.-Patrick Nc
Dermott much sought key man" in
the murder of Don r. Mellett, crusad-
ing Canton publisher, last July 16, was
arrested at Nanty Clio, Pa, Sunday
morning by Detective Ora Slater and
Prosecutor c. b. McC1intock, of Can
ton.
Mellett, who was publisher of the
Canton Daily News, was shot down
at the door of a garage in the rear
of his home. The Staying was at
tributed by authorities to leaders of
the Canton underworld because of Mel
lett,s active newspaper campaign
against vice conditions here.
McDermott was arrested upon In
formation provided by relatives, who
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-26
Houdini Is Near Death
Following an Operation;
Doctors Fear for Lite

DETROIT, Oct. 25 - Harry
HOudini. noted magician, waA
operated here today for Appendix
citiS. A bulletin by DIR. Leo
Dretzke, shortly after the opera,
ton said HOudini's condition was
grave. ,a
HOudini collapsed during n
vaudeville performance last night.
1t was at first thought he was
suffering from an abdominal In-
Jury, but a diagnosis today re.
vealed acute appendicitis. An Inn
mediate operation was ordered hut
physicians tonight expressed grave
concern regarded his chances of
recovery.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-26
AIMEE CALLS
ASA KEVES ON
CASE MONDAY

LOS ANGELES. Oct. 25
(AP) - Aimee Semple Nc
Pherson, evangelist, on pre-
liminary hearing, charged
with criminal conspiracy,
put a superior court Judge
and the district attorney
who is prosecuting her on
the witness stand here to-
day in her fight to prove
her innocence.
The judge was Carlos p.
Hardy, admit tie dly her
friend and adviser. The
prosecuting attorney was
Asa Keyes, whom Mrs. Nc
Pherson has charged over
her Angelus temple radio
with "perse ution," not
prosecution"
The appearance of these two and
the disappearance of the fifth batch
of documents bearing on the case to
be reported lost. strayed or stolen,
were the high lights today of the Nc
Pherson mystery, which opened May
Is, when the evengelist dropped from
sight at the beach, and this morning
entered it's fifth week in court after
months of argument pro and con in the
newspapers.
The missing, documents, sought vain
ly by the district attorney, were let
tiers attributed to Judge Hardy and
sent to Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman- Sic
laff, co-defendant with Mrs McPher-
son, who, however, has testified for the
prosecution.
The judge, who stepped down from
his superior court bench to take the
witness box in municipal court, gave
the first sworn testimony affirming
belief in the evangelist's oft-repeated
story that she was kidnapped last May.
held for ransom, escaped from her
abductors on the Mexican desert and
fled, under burning mia d-summer sun,
across the desert Is or 20 miles to
Aqua Prieta, adjoining Douglas. Ariz.
He testified to his interest in Mrs. Me-
Pherson's affairs by stating that he
had instructed private detectives to
work on the case in an effort to COM
bat rumors that the religious leader, as
contended by the prosecution, had spent
part of the time after May Is living
in Carmel bungalow with Kenneth
G. Ormiston, her former radio oper--
ator, and so far fruitlessly sought as
her co-defendant.
Keyes spent ten minutes in the wit
ness box as a defense witness when
counsel for Mrs. Mcpherson tried to
prove that Angelus Temple first heard
of negotiations with Mrs. McPherson's
alleged kidnapers through official
sources.
The district attorney told of In
forming Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, mother
of Mrs. Mcpherson and also CO.
defendant of reports to him that r. A.
Mckinley, blind Long Beach attorney,
now dead, was acting as agent for the
abductors.
The defense point was flattened out
by the next witness, ]. B. Worley, cap
tain of the Long Beach police depart
ment, who testified that he had in
formed Mrs. Kennedy of the Mckinley
angle of the case the day before he had
told Keyes about it.
Detective Sergeant Ralph Alyea, Of
Long Beach, corroborated worley's
evidence. =,
Alyea also said Mckinley had ex-
pressed the belief that Mrs. Mcpherson.
following her disappearance. planned
to stage a big comeback"
Constable o. A. Ash, of Douglas,
Ariz., again took up the tale of Mrs.
McPherson's desert trail and was de-
scribing tracks he found four rallies
south of Aqua Prieta when court ad-
iourned until tomorrow.