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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-03-20
CANYON
HEARINGS COM E
TO QUICK CLOSE
(By DIspatcn a. P. wire)

WASHINGTON, March lJ.-Boulder
canyon hearings in the house came
to an abrupt close .ytoday after two
unexpected developments, which bid
fair to change the whole charted
course of the fight being waged
around the new SwingtJohnson
Boulder canyon bill Secretary Mel
Ions letter to the house irrigation
committee in which he expressed op
position to government ownership
and operation of the project, and
which made recommendations which
if carried out would require a re-
vision of the Swing-Johnson bill,
was the first surprise of the day.
1t was quickly followed by a state
ment to the committee that the ap-
pearance of L. Ward Bannister, rep
resenting the city of Denver, Colo,
had been arranged without the
knowledge or consent of those in
charge of the case for the upper
states, of which Colorado is one.
This statement was made by DELPHI
e. Carpenter, water commissioner of
Colorado, who said that Bannister
himself asked the committee that he
he permitted to testify. Bannister's
discussion of the dispute between
Arizona and California over division
Of waters of the Colorado caused
Carpenter to tell the committee that
in light of recent activities, it was
apparent that he state of Arizona
was not attempting to defeat or de-
lay an agreement on the Colorado
river compact.
Secretary Mellon held that if con-
gress decided the government should,
because of international and inter-
state aspects of the proposition own
and operate the project, then a change
should be made in proposed method
of financing it.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-03-20
LAST OF THREE
WILKINS PLANES
IS SMASHED UP
1Rv Disnatch A. P. Wirel

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 10
The last of three airplanes of Cap
tain H. wilkins, explorer, was wreck
ed here today when the landing gear
of the Detroiter, three engine ma
chine buckled, throwing the plane
on it's nose. An engine was thrown
out of position and propellers bent.
The big ship which was being
started on it's first test flight had
shot along the ground only about
40 feet when the accident occurred.
Captain wilkins who planned an
air expedition to hunt for land in
the arctic region, and a trans-polar
flight over the arctic wastes from
Point Barrow, Alaska, to Spitzber-
gen originally started with two
three-motor airplanes and one single
engine mBchine. One of the big
planes was destroyed January Z at
the Ford plant at Dearborn, suburb
of Detroit. The machine had just
been completed.
The parts. of the other two We're
transported to Fairbanks via Seattle
and assembled here.
Yesterday the single engine SHIP
named the Alaskan, was smashed IN
lighting after test trial.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-03-20
NATIONAL POLL.
ON PROHIBITION
PASSES A MILLION
MARK ON FRIDAY
1.O18,O48 Persons Have Cast
Vote in Greatest of All
Newspaper Polls.
VETS HOLD BIG LEAD
Ministers Pass Ballots To
Congregation In Some of
The Cities.

Copyright, 1926, by NEA Service,
Inc. Reproduction in whole or in
part prOhibited).
The total vote in the nationwide
prohibition referendum sponsored by
the Douglas Dispatch and NEA Serv-
ice has passed the million mark and
is still climbing.
just how high it will go is a mat
ter for conjecture. 1t is certain that
the peak has not been reached.
The million votes tabulated to date
show heavy anti-prohibition trend,
less than 30 per cent. of the total
favoring retention of the dry law.
Fully 80 per cent call for its out
right repeal.
Today's vote is divided as follows;
For prohibition -. ......... 1925
For repeal 335,774
For modification ............ 4olO4l
How far this vote is indicative OF
the sentiment of the country as a
whole is debatable. In some, local
tiles, doubtless, an official binding
vote would show different result.
But in other places there can be no
doubt that the newspaper vote comes
very close to being true reflection
Of the voters state of mind.
A Tremendous Vote.
In Ell Paso, Tex, for instance, the
editor of The Post wires that tho
prohibition referendum, with one ex
ception, polled more votes than any
election ever held in Ell Paso. Only
once in history was the entire coun-
ty's vote higher than the vote re-
ceived by The Post. Ell Paso's wet
majority, accordingly, ought to be
fair representation of that city S
opinion.
Similarly, in Santa Ana, Calf,
which went heavily dry, the vote was
almost an exact parallel of an Of
ficial ballot taken prior to the en-
actment of the eighteenth amend
ment according to the editor of the
Register. In Nogales, the Daily Her
aid polled a vote that was about SO
per cent of the city's total registered
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-03-20
SLAYER KEPT A
LIST OF THOSE
HE WAS TO KILL
(By Dispatch A. P. wirel


STOCKTON, Calf, March 19.-The
kindly oblivion of the grave is to
close within the next few days over
one of the most shocking murder
orgies in the history of this COM
monwealth when the six victims of
John M. Coins, who ran amuck with
pistol and swift sedan yesterday,
are laid to their final rest.
Evidence that Coins may have kept
a list of those he intended to mur-
der, much longer than the pitiful
poll of those whose lives he snuffed
out without warning, was brought
forward today by Alvin Mathews,
former Stockman newspaper reporter
who covered" a court case that went
against the sensational slayer. Math-
ews said that he saw a small book
in which Coins had written down a
number of names, including. that Of
Mathews, and that he had notified
the reported that these are to be
settled with"
The funerals of Mrs. Florence Po-
desta Coins, wife of Coins, and her
sister, Mrs. Minnie Podesta Clark, of
Stockton, the first one to fall before
the mad mans gun, are to be held
on Monday, as are the funerals of
Alex Marengo, so, vineyardist of
Gait, his wife, Mrs. Matilda Marengo,
their daughter, Mrs. Mary Dutra, and
Mrs. George McNoble, wife of the
former district attorney general of
San Joaquin county.
Mathews, in detailing the book in
cident, said he was told by Coins
that his name was on the death reg
lister because he had written a story
about a court case that went against
Coins.
But I only did my duty as a re-
porter" Mathews said,
"All right Wen scratch your name
off," Coins replied. Then ne drew a
pencil through Mathews name. The
names of Captain Smith and officer
McHugh of the Stockton police force
also were in the book, Mathews said.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-03-20
GREAT ACREAGE
OF CORN TO Be
GROWN IN u. S.
(By Dispatch A. P. wire)

WASHINGTON, March 19.-Despite
the corn surplus produced last year.
the farmers of the country appar-
entity are preparing to plant almost
as large an acreage to corn in 1926
as they harvested in 1925.
Department of agriculture figures
announced today based on census
conducted March 1, disclosed a de-
crease of only tenth of one per
cent. In the intended planting this
spring as compared to the harvested
acreage of last fall. Spring wheat
acreage showed a decline of 1.S per
cent and oats and barley increases
of 46 per cent, and 81 per cent, re-
spectively. AS a result of the find
ings of it's experts, the agriculture
department declared in a statement
that with average yields there SEEM
ed tlittle change for chage in the
corn situation" but at the same time
it warned farmers not to increase
their livestock without considering
the probable effect on the market.
A jump of 1876 per cent in intended
paintings of sweet potatoes led the
department to warn against a crop
ket at satisfactory prices. The in
tended acreage of white potatoes
showed an increase of 4.3 per cent
over the acreage harvested in 1925;
flax an increase of four-tenths OF
Gne per cent; grain sorghum de-
crease of IT per cent; tobacco a
decrease of six tenths of one per
cent; peanuts a decrease of 8 per
cent; rice an increase of IA per
cent, and tame hay an increase OF
seven-tenths of one per cent.
s'The intended acreage of corn,
with average yields, would allow lit
tie chance for change in the corn
situation" said the departments
statement.
Increases in livestock should not
be made without considering the
probable effect on the market.
with average yields hard spring
wheat would probably be a more
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-03-20


the freezing point Tonight, however,
it became colder again.
Snowplows and gangs of workmen
had worked far into the night to
clear the road from woodstock to
Plymouth, and although it might
have been traversed by automobile,
it was decided to use sleighs and
bobsleds for the last six miles. Step
ping out of limousine at Bridge
water Corners, the president and
Mrs. Coolidge climbed into three"
seated sleigh, their son John, and
Attorney General Sargent, who came
with them from Washington, rid
ing with them.
Behind trailed other members of
the party, including secret service
men, newspaper reporters and photo
graphers who made the trip from
Washington.
At 1910 o'clock nearly IL hours
after his father had passed away,
the president arrived at Plymouth,
A detachment of Vermont National
Guardsmen were on duty there, as at
Woodstock and Bridgewater Cor
ners.
The president and Mrs. Coolidge
and their son. on entering the farm
house went into the room in which
rested the colonel's casket. They re-
NAMED there several minutes. then
called for the attorney general to
join them.
While they were in the house,
the Rev. Mr.. White called and the
president discussed funeral arrange
ment with him. When the president
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-03-20

Services, brief and extremely SIM
pie. will be held at 2 p. M, at the
coolidge homestead. They will be
conducted by the Rev. John White,
of the nearby village of Sherburn,
who will use the latest revision OF
the Episcopal burial office There
will be neither hymn singing nor
eulogy.
After the burial, the president and
Mrs Coolidge expect to start on their
return journey to Washington, ar
irving there Sunday. The special
train which brought them to Wood
stock, is miles from here, is being
held for the return trip.
The president and his wife are
spending tonight in Woodstock On
their arrival there shortly after sun
rise this morning, they went to the
inn for breakfast, then set out for
Plymouth, travelling for ten miles
to Bridgewater Corners in closed
automobile, and the remaining six
miles in an open horse drawn sleigh.
After spending an hour at the
family farm house, where Colonel
Coolidge lay in death, they returned
to WOODSTOCK Ior the FeIndlhuel VI
the day and the night. They are
making their headquarters at the
inn. John, their son, student a.
Amherst college, is with them.
The presidential party detrained az
Woodstock TO find the temperature
about 10 degrees above zero and
three feet of snow on the ground,
drifted at places as high as a mans
head. The sun shone brightly through
out the day, and the temperature rose
until by midday it was just above
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-03-20
HIGH TRIBUTE
COLONEL
IN CAPITAL


WASHINGTON, March TO-
Expressions of sympathy for
President Coolidge because of
the death of his father were
mingled in Washington today, in
and out of congress and official
life, with high tribute to the
character of CblOnel Coolidge.
The senate adjourned out of re-
spect to Colonel Coolidge, an
action which is rarely taken
except as a mark of respect for
some one who had been high in
official life. The house, ON mo-
tiOn of the democratic lead
Representative Garrett of Ten
nessee, expressed profound sOr-
row over the passing of one
whose character, gentleness and
simplicity of life furnished to all
mankind an amply worthy emu
IatiOn.''
Vice President. Dawes in a tri-
butte to Colnoel Coolidge, whom he
styled personality in himself,
said he imagined the people at Ply.
mouth more often lIOu6AI u CAt
president as the son of Colonel
Coolidge than they did of Colone
Coolidge as the father of the presi-
dent
Secretary Kellogg issued n state
ment saying that, 'in common with
the other members of the cabinet
L. oct
pected, came to me as shock"
.'Nurtured in the rugged climate
Of Vermont, he lived to the fullness
Of years in the high esteem of his
neighbors and all who had the
privilege to know him" the secre-
tary continued. HE was of the best
type of our citizenry and his pri-
vate virtues were such as to make
him the object of honest pride tc
emulation of ALL
Senator Dale, of Vermont reporte3
the death of Colonel Coolidge to the
senate and offered the resolution
for adjournment which was carried
without a record vote In the house
Gibson of Vermont
delivered a eulogy in which he de.
clared the father of the president
vas great man when measured
by the yardstick that truly deter
mines the real value of citizenship
There was no display of officia,
symbols throughout the
city, such as flags at half mast or
government buildings, these honors
are not authorized for private citi'
zens.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-03-20
OPEN HEARING
UPON DRY law
MOVES NEARER
(By Dispatch A. P. wire)


WASHINGTON, March
19. - Open congressional
hearings on the prohibition
question moved a step
nearer today with a deci-
sion by a senate judiciary
subcommittee to recon-
mend to the entire commit
tee next Monday that such
proceedings be ordered.
Under the program agreed upon,
the protest of Senator walsh, demo-
crat, Montana, the vets and drys
would be given six days each in
which to present evidence and argu-
ment. Senator walsh plans to carry
his fight against public hearings to
the entire committee. Senators Edge,
republican, New Jersey, and Bruce,
democrat. Maryland, leaders of the
vets, are satisfied with the program
general counsel for the anti-saloon
league, said the league was not op-
posed to hearing, but would op-
pose at every step of the legislative
procedure any measure that would
weaken or repeal the national pro-
Eibition act.
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-03-20

t1ment in the nation With regard TO
the dry laws.
No matter what the outcome Of
the shows, the result will be printed
and the result of the vote in this
city will be published in hundreds Of
other cities in the United States.
Every eligible voter, either male or
female, who would be entitled to vote
if the matter came before the electo-
rate, can east a ballot in the poll.
Mark the ballot on this page at once,
and be sure that it is in the office
of the Douglas Dispatch before lO
o'clock tonight.
The dry vote is steadily gaining in
the poll conducted by the Douglas
Dispatch It is expected that there
will be heavy vote cast today,
which may materially change the
standing of the final count.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-03-20
Total

The final opportunity for Douglas
voters to cast a ballot in the poll on
the prohibition law, now being con-
Quoted by the Douglas Dispatch, is
given today. The poll will close at
10 o'clock tonight and every vote
that will be counted must be in the
office before that time. No matter
what your opinion, cast your vote
today.
total of S1S ballots had been
cast and counted up until Z o'clock
Friday night and the ballots entered
today are expected to bring the total
vote cast to the 1000 mark. The
Douglas Dispatch is working with
two great groups of newspapers in
~the United States in conducting the
poll The Douglas Dispatch is serv-
ing as a clearing house for aiding
in gaining an expression of the SEN
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-03-20

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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-03-20

BIsBEE, March 19.-More than
$500 seats will be available for
spectators at the Bisbee Roundup,
(which will open in the Warren ball
<park this afternoon, according to an
announcement of the Kiwanis club
committee in charge. The present
bleachers, used in the baseball sea-
son. have been added to at each
end and several rows of seats will
also be placed in front Of the bleach
ers between the catcher's plate and
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-03-20

NEW YORK, March 10
Copper dull; electrolytic
14H14A. Silver 65B.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-03-20
old HOMESTEAD Will
BE SCENE OF BRIEF,
VERY SIMPLE SERVICE
(By Dispatch A. P. Wrre)

PLYMOUTH, Vt, March 49, Colonel John 9.
Coolidge father Of the president will be buried Satur-
day in the little cemetery this hamlet with simplicity
in keeping with his 80 years Of life.
Arrangements for the funeral were made today
after the arrival here Of the president who learned OF
his fathers death while fastening to his bedside from
Washington
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-03-20
Bisbee Rodeo Opens at 2 P. M.
Today, With Some of Greatest
Cowboy Stars of West Entered

first place on the baseball diamond
over 500 spectators can be accom-
modated in the grandstand and on
especially constructed seats. to be
placed directly in front of the grand
stand.
Space for many cars, surrounding
the arena, has been mapped out and
reservations for parking places may
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and to attend their branch meetings
to see that the miners shall not be
defeated after such an heroic struggle
The Faker's Excuse.
1T is evident from the attitude of
the German, French, Belgian. and
American representatives at the Inter.
national miners meeting yesterday
that the attack on the Russians by the
7. U. G. is being used as an excuse
to keep the Russian miners out OF an
all-inclusive International.
"The British delegates, however,
were emphatic in moving a resolution
In favor OF the admission OF the Rus.
SLAMS into the Miners International.
1T Is true that the international
decided TO consider strike action on
behalf OF the British miners, but I
have very little faith In an Interna-
tional which allows the importation
Into Britain OF nearly a million tons
Of coal per week, while one OF their
sections is lighting life and death
struggle"
Embargo and Trade Union Levy.
Despite attacks by the t. u. c. and
the futility of the Minors Interna-
tiond we would remind the rank and
file Of the British trade unions that
It ~ not too late to declare In favor
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Third Degree Used
on Passaic Strikers
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held this morning with union officials
and lawyers working on the cases Of
the strikers arrested recently on
charges Of alleged bomb throwing.
THE police of Passaic, Garfield and
Clifton are again attempting to break
the textile strike by arresting mem
bers of the union and grilling them in
an attempt to implicate them in the
recent bombing incidents. They hope
by these methods to destroy the
morale of the strikers and detract
public sympathy from them.
% Arrested.
"Twenty-one men and a boy have
been arrested and some Of them held
incommunicado for several days. The
distress of the wives and children of
these men confined in jail without
lawful warrant and brutally beaten by
the police to extort confessions from
them, can be imagined.
From the beginning Of the strike
last January, the police have pursued
continuous policy of lawbreaking.
clubbing, unlawful arrests and I'M
reasonable bail. All this has failed to
provoke the strikers to counter with
like violence and lawbreaking. Now
when the strike is about to be won,
these strange bombings come into the
picture.
coppers "PIant."
From an examination of the avail
able evidence OF these bomb cases, 1t
appears highly probable that they are
the result OF a plant by detective
agencies attempting to break the
strike by charging violence against
the strikers. 1t will be noticed that
the bombings have been going on
since May and that no one has been
injured and no property damage done.
am informed that some OF the men
implicated are present workers in the
mills. Unless the facts are fully brot
out II is probable that these men will
be shown TO be detectives employed
TO incite strikers to violence"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-30
GARLAND FUND T.
IS EXHAUSTED;
TO shut SHOP

NEW YORK, Sept. 2S.-The Amer
lean fund for public service which
was created out Of a gift of s1,674, 900
from Charles Garland, much talked-ot
millionaire with a conscience, WILDE
iiquidating its affairs as soon as the
balance Of the money already pledged
to various causes is disposed of.
The original contribution of $901,-
555 was inherited by Garland from
his father. This sum was almost doub-
led in few years by rise in the
stock OF the First National Bank Of
New York.
Turned Down the Money.
Because Garland did not approve of
the manner in which the money was
accumulated he refused to accept it
for his own personal use but decided
to donate 1t to organizations pur-
porting to serve the labor movement.
The board gave away $S29,000 and
s3sS,000 has been pledged. The bal
ance of $457,OOO is outstanding In
loans.
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British Coal Mine
Strike Leader Flags
Trade Union Congress:
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pared with over S3,000,000 already do
lated by the Russian workers, is only
be characterized as disgraceful.
Governments Hate Russia.
The capitalist governments of
Europe, especially the Baldwin gov
eminent, will never forgive the Rus
sian workers for the help which they
have given the British miners. and
the Soviet government will have to
suffer for what the Russian workers
have done.
Not only are the Russians being
attacked by capitalist governments.
but the T. U. c. General Council are
Joining in the onslaught.
Attack on Tomsky.
What conclusion can we draw
from the attack on Tomsky other than
that there are members of the General
Council who desire to see us defeated?
The latest generous gift of the
Russian workers OF $1,575OOO, of
which we have already received
Sozb,OOO, causes miners all the more
to resent the attack upon Tomsky by
the T. U. c.
"Tomsky's statement on the coal
situation is mild compared with what
ours would be had we not arrived at
a mutual pact Of silence with the Gen.
eral Council, which, however, was
broken by Bromley without protest
from the General Council. In the
light OF what has happened | per.
sonally regret that this agreement was
made.
In Defense Of Miners.
And yet these same people have
the impudence 10 speak OF Tomsky's
abuse OF courtesyl
1T war in defense OF the miners
that our comrades In Russia made
their protest.
1T may be that the General
Councils reply to Tomsky will be
used by reactionary trade union lead.
ers in England and on the continent
In order to sabotage the Anglo-Rus.
sian joint advisory committee.
1T ia up TO the rank and file 20
redoubls their efforts In the country