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Putnam patriot., 1926-01-15
RED MEN HAVE TREE
Christmas Celebration For the Chil- dren.=Fine Entertainment Program

Friday evening. Jan. 1, Wappaquas set TT be No G3 of Putnam. had q tree for its members, children and friends which was largely attended the hall being packed. A pleasing program consisting of music, read
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-18
FOREST FIRE
FIGHTERS WILL
ORGANIZE HERE

Fred Winn, forest supervisor at Tue
son, arrived in Douglas Saturday aft
ernoon and will meet with a commit
tee of the Douglas Chamber Of Com
merce and Mines on Monday afternoon
to discuss the formation of volun>
tee1 fire-fighting organization here
this summer similar to that which
was in operation a year ago at this
time.
Ranger Harris from the west side
of the Chiricahua forests and Ranger
C. B. Scholefield from the east side
are expected here Monday also to at
tend this discussion.
A. A. Sundin is chairman of the
chamber committee to meet with the
forest service men and was active
last year in the formation Of the local
volunteer fire-fighting organization.
Winn has been on a speaking and for
est inspection trip and on April 20
and 21 plans to inspect the Coronado
forest in the Chiricanua mountains.
On April % the party will be the
guests of the local Kiwanis club at
the weekly luncheon.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-18
TESTIMONY in
COURT MARTIAL
ENDS SATURDAY
fRy Disnatch A. 2. Wirel


MARINE BASE, SAN DIEGO, Calf,
April 17.-Efforts to impeach a brig
adler generals testimony by probing
the recollection. of a second lieuten.
ant brought to a close today the pre-
sentation of evidence in the cocktail
court martial of Colonel Alexander S.
Williams. Second Lieutenant Fran
els Wulbern recalled a rumor that
Brigadier General Smedley d. Butler
said something about Colonel Will
;ams being in Tiajuana on March g.
He did not remember having told any
one that General Butler has called
us a bunch of liars"
Inability of the lieutenant to recall
exactly anything he might have heard
the general say discouraged defense
counsel to such an extent that testi-
mony was allowed to dwindle away III
Tiajuana leaving the court and spec
tators to imagine for themselves what
that Mexican border resort had to do
with the charge of intoxication against
Colonel Williams.
The court adjourned with announce
ment that arguments of counsel would
be heard Monday.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-18
0. RUBIO, FORMER
HUERTA AID, is
NOW in TUCSON
,ur n,sns,tcb A. p. wirel


TUCSON, April 17.-Breaking the
silence that he has maintained since
he left Mexico year ago, Olallo Ru-
bio. former secretary of Adolfo De
La Huerta, Mexican rebel, today re-
vealed his presence in Tucson to
representative of the Arizona Daily
STAR
Senior Rubio is in Tucson negotiat-
ing for his return to his native land.
He believes he will be allowed to go
back
Rubio has just returned from ten
months tour of France and Spain
Upon his return to the United States
a short time ago, he mailed a letter
to each of the three leading dailies
of Mexico City denying any political
plans of ambitions.
"My interview with you is the first
one / have given to any newspaper
since / left Mexico Rubio said i
have made no statement of any kind
to any publication either in Europe or
America, and, with the exception OF
the letters to the Mexico City papers
I have made none to the press OF my
home country"
Huerta was located at private
home here. He made no effort TO
conceal his identity, and spoke freely
of his movements during the past
few years and of his plans for the
future
81 was head of the department OF
personnel when De La Huerta was
secretary of the treasury, during the
period between the years 1921 and
1928 while General Avaro Obregon
was president" Rubio said. I'm con-
nection with my other work, l was
also private secretary to De La
Huerta.
when he resigned his portfolio In
1923, all my political activities ceased,
and they have never been resumed.
II tried to earn living as a COM
mission merchant, but could not.
Having been educated in Los An-
geles high school and at the Univer-
sitv of southern California 1 thought
that 1 might be able to do better fl
nancially in the United States.
80 last year I came to this coun-
try: Hardly had 1 left the shores OF
Mexico when some Of the newspapers
of that country began to interpret
my departure as political move.
when 1 reached New York, / found
that the comment of the press was so
bitter that 1 deemed it wiser to go
to Europe until the agitation against
me had ceased
"At Havana, presented myself
before the Mexican minister and
made it clear that my trip abroad had
no political significance whatever. In
Europe, 1 was known only to few
friends.
Last week, Rubio dispatched per-
sonal appeal to President Plutarco
(Continued on Page Twelve)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-18
ORGANIZER OF
COUNTY COURT
VISITING CITY

The man who formed the first coun-
ty court in the county of Cochise in
May, 1S81-former judge w. H. Still
well, now of Phoenix, but then OF
Tombstone and Tucson-is passing the
weekend in this city
He was one of the three supreme
court Justices for the territory of Arl-
IONA in those early days, having been
appointed by President Hayes in 1880.
Tho various counties in the state were
divided into three districts and Still
we'll was first assigned to the north
ern district and then later to district
No. 1, which included what is now
Graham and Cochise counties. 1t was
while serving as a supreme court
Judge in district No. / and often hold
ing court at Tombstone that he formed
the United States district court in 1881
there, which was equivalent to the
present superior court of Cochise
county over which Judge Albert M.
Sames presides. He also organized
the first county court in Graham coun-
ty.
He was county attorney in Cochise
county in 'SS and recalls with glee
that although Mark Smith carried the
county by more than 1000 votes, he,
Stilwen, running on the republican
ticket for county attorney, got plu-
rality of more than 500 votes. This
victory in face of the heavy natural
democratic majority in this county,
was a. personal tribute to Stilwell.
Stilwen also recalls many of the
famous lawyers who appeared before
him in Tombstone while he presided
over court in the early days and states
that most of the important cases had
to do with mining interests, He was
a member of the posse which broke up
:. large band of outlaws in this vi
cinity in the eighties and remembers
the Douglas -l3isbee section when it was
lust high with grass and weeds and
men rode through what are now its
main streets on horseback as if in a
Wilderness.
He is now practicing law in Phoe-
nix, and has been since retiring from
the bench.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-18

New lights on conditions IN tnis'
country under crN laws also was
given, with A. Alonzo stage, famous
coach of the University of Chicago,
warning the committee not to be
taken in by the bunk" about the
effect of prohibition on youth.
Professor Irving Fisher of Yale.
estimated that prohibition had saved
the country six billions annually In
increased efficiency of the workers
and declared that it was worth 1t.
The drys concentrated on conditions
in Canada in an effort to retute
testimony of wet witnesses from
the dominion that licensed govern
ment control had proved boon.
w. E. Raney, former attorney gen
eral of ontario, occupied the stand
during most of the morning ses-
sion and w. w. Peck, educational
secretary of the Prohibition FeFdera-
tion of Canada, took up more than
half of the afternoon session.
Legalizing of Notwithstanding"
beer in Canada as an all to en-
forcement had not proven successful
Raney said.
Beer drinkers said that four per
Continued on Page Twelve)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-18
ANTS FAIL TO
GIVE STATEMENT
ABOUT ANDREWS
fRv Dispatch A. P. Wire)


WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE legis-
lative committee OF the Anti-Saloon
league announced tonight that it had
no statement to make conserving the
testimony of General Lincoln c. An
drews, prohibition enforcement chief,
befora the senate judiciary commit
tee.
Some dry leaders over the country
have demanded that General Andrews
resign because of his expressed opin-
ion that the sale of Notwithstanding
beer might prove an aid to prohibi-
tion enforcement.
While attacks and defenses of Gem
eral Andrews were being made the
treasury let it be thoroughly under~
stood today that Secretary Mellon will
stand behind his prohibition chief.
The official record of General An
drews' statement to the committee
has been carefully examined by the
treasury secretary.
Removal of General Andrews from
office and the taking Of the admin
istration of the prohibition laws out
of the hands of Secretary Mellon We're
demanded today by Senator Mcclellan,
democrat, Tennessee.
He declared that evidence showed
that "the present enforcement author
tiles are not in sympathy with the
law"
Senator Edwards, democrat, New Jer-
sey, a leader among the vets, imme
diately came to the defense of General
Andrews.
"Is an assistant secretary of the
treasury to be removed because he has
the moral strength to defy the Anti
saloon league and tell the truth about
prohibition ?" he asked.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-18
Methodist Episcopal Foreign
Missionary Groups
.OfArizona MeetHere Friday

The sixth annual convention of tho
Arizona district of the Womanfs s
Home and Foreign Missionary So
cieties, will be held in Grace Meth
odist Episcopal church on Thurs
day and Friday of this week.
Delegates will. be present from
Phoenix, Mesa, Gilbert Tempe Pres
colt, Tucson, Glendale. and prepar"-
ton is being made for one OF the
largest conferences of the societies'
The honor guests will be Mrs Mar
garet Locke Coats of Los Anseies'
Calf, conference president or the
Woman's Home Missionary society,"
Rev. e. w. Aslstrom, formerly mis-
sionary to Java and Miss Grace l..
Dillingham; of Pyrngyang, Korea
Following Is the program wnlcn
will be given during the two-day
perio0:
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-18

city Of Douglas several thousands of
dollars of taxes already collected but
not paid over.
In December, 1920, the county treas
Ter, in partial settlement of these
collected taxes, drew his check in the
sum of $5Oc1 drawn upon his deposit
in the Central bank of. Wilcox and de-
livered the sum to the city clerk as
usual.
The city clerk deposited this check
in the city depository, to wit, the
First National bank of Douglas. The
First Natio 1al bank of Douglas, being
a member OF the federal reserve sys-
tenn, mailed the check out the same
day to it's correspondent, the El Paso
branch Of the Federal Reserve bank
Of Dallas.
The latter bank sent the. check di-
rect to the Central bank of Wilcox
for collection. When the check. ar
rived at the drawn bank at Wilcox,
this bank was insolvent and it issued
in payment of the forwarded check,
a worthless check, a worthless draft,
drawn upon its parent bank, the Cen
trail bank of Phoenix, which was also
insolvent,
The Central bank of Wilcox at this
time had not funds with the Central
bank of Phoenix sufficient to meet
the draft. The WILCOX bank and the
Phoenix bank also proceeded to fail
and both We're closed shortly after
ward
The Federal Reserve bank, however,
y ~
the Wilcox bank and surrendered the
ct unity treasurer's check which the
Wilcox bank marked paid" returned
lit to the county treasurer and debited
the county deposit with the amount OF
tho check.
The county at such time, had funds
on deposit with the Wilcox bank suf-
ficient to cover the county treasurer
check, and this amounted to patent
of the check as far as the county was
concerned and discharged it.
When the Federal Reserve bank at
tempted to collect the worthless draft
issued by the Wilcox bank, drawn
upon the Phoenix bank, it was pro-
tested for want of funds to meet it.
The city of Douglas then sued both
the First National bank of Douglas
in the state courts of Arizona and also
the Federal Reserve bank. in Ell Pasc
In sucH a case, it is the law in Ari-
zona that the Federal Reserve bank Is
liable and the supreme court of this
state held that the First National bank
of Douglas was. not liable but that the
Federal Reserve bank was liable. How
ever the Federal Reserve bank can
not be sued within the state of Ari-
zona, but can only be sued in Texas
and the action against it had to be
Brought in Ell Paso, Texas, and prose
cuted only in the federal court there
and not in the state court
Gould the action haTe been main
tanned in the state court in Ell Paso
the same result would have beer
reached as in the Arizona court and
recovery would have been had against
the Federal Reserve bank.
However, in such a case, the rule iii
the state courts and in the federal
courts is by mere accident just the
! orrosite the one. from the other. The
| rule of all federal courts is that the
tank of deposit is liable for the loss
of a check irrespective of any fault
| on it's part; while the state courts hol
Continued on Page Twelve)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-18
Value of the Consular District
Of Aqua Prieta Exports For
1st Quarter 1926, 81, 788, ,915

wood, 16S cords, $S4S; SO cords, $1S3;
gold bullion, 1913 ounces, $79S; 1857
ounces, $2514; gold concentrates, T.
21i.55 ounces, $144,231; 71S3.3O ounces,
$143, ,666; gold ore, 1854 ounces $685.
O8O; 1888 ounces, $14,66O; silver con-
centrates, 956,7OO ounces, $624,O20;
922, 800 ounces, $5O2,66O; silver ore,
154,39O ounces, $99,S42; 63,32O ounces,
$4S,209; copper concentrates, $780,
600 pounds, $S23,5O5; 4,663,6O0 pounds,
$6o7,334; copper ore, 51,6OO pounds,
1892; $4,000 pounds, $534O; copper
old scrap, 1852 pounds, $1393 lead
concentrates, SSS,6oO pounds, $25,3OS;
s35,2oo pounds, $81,546; lead ore, 21,-
500 pounds, $16O1; 1O,4oO pounds, STAG.
Totals, 1925, $1,766,184; 1926, $1,452,-
4S5; American goods returned, 1925,
$22,7S1; 1926, $l6,1S1; grand total
CONTINUED on Page Twelve)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-18

Value of exports from the Ncon-
sular district of Aqua .Prieta, Mexico,
to the United States during the quar-
ter of 1926 ending March 81, totaled
$1,788,915, as compared with but ST.
468,666 for the same period of 1928,
according to figures released by
Charles A. Amsden, United States vice
consul in Aqua Prieta.
Under the heading of American
goods returned, these articles were
valued at $22,7S1 in 1925, as con-
trasted with but $16,181 for 1926.
The complete report showing the
quantities and values in each in
stance reads as follows, the first fig
ures being for 1925, the latter for
1926:
Hides, dry, $50 pounds, 1924; hides,
green, $3.50 pounds, $41O bran, wheat,
So tons, $1S29; rs tons, $625; fire
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-18
SUPREME COURT TO
PASS UPON WILCOX
BANK, DOUGLAS CASE


Attorney Harry Il. Pickett of Knapp,
Boyle and Pickett of this city, left
last night for Washington, D. c., to
represent the city of Douglas in a
very important case against the fed
eraI reserve bank in El Paso which is
to come before the United States SUI
preme court on April 26.
The history of the case which is
very complicated was given to The
Dispatch last night by Harry Pickett
as follows:
In Tecember 1920, the county OF
Cochise had on deposit in the Central
bank of Wilcox, at Wilcox, Ariz, a
deposit of pubic funds amounting to
some $4,000. Tie county of Cochise
is the tax collecting agency for all
cities, with Cochise county, Including
the .ty of Douglas, and at this time
the county had collected and owed the
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-18
NEAR HUNDRED
TO HONOR RHEA
HERE SATURDAY

Hearty endorsement of the testi-
monial dinner to be given next Sat
urday night at the Club Sociale for
Col. .Jy c. Rhea, commander of the
tenth cavalry at Fort Huachuca, is
being given daily by prominent local
citizens, the committee in charge OF
the banquet announces.
Reservations are now coming into
the local chamber of commerce at a
rapid rate and it is believed that
more than 100 diners will gather to
honor the popular army officer who
is leaving for his new duties at Bos-
ton, Mass, about May |.
Mayor A. f. Hinton, of Douglas,
has agreed to act as POSTMASTER and
will probably speak briefly to ex-
press the admiration of Douglas folks
for Colonel Rhea Other distinguish
ed citizens who Saturday expressed
their unqualified approval of the DIM
ner and who will be in attendance IN
include P. G. Beckett, general man
ager of the Phelps Dodge company
and Major C. B. Townsend, command
er of the 25th Infantry detachment
at Camp Harry J. Jones.
Col. Rhea will be accompanied here
by several officers and their wives
from Fort Huachuca while represen-
tatives of practically every organiza-
ton in Douglas are making plans
to attend the dinner. The banquet
will be served at o'clock and there
will be music throughout with prob
ably dancing until about 10 o'clock.
Reservations should be made at
once at the Douglas Chamber of Com
merce and Mines office and both men
and women are invited to join in the
Testimonial.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-18

On Tuesday evening, April 13, a
number of Baptists, members of the
First Baptist church of this city,
met for the purpose of withdrawing
their memberships from the First
Baptist church and starting the for
nation of theiT own congregation
and chureh
Resolutions stating the reasons for
the drastic action were adopted by
the withdrawing members who have
now formed the new congregation.
To date more than SO persons have
signed the resolutions, and have
signed as charter members of the
newly organized Il Calvary Baptist
church.
This group of Baptists announces
to the public and to the Baptist
denomination that the separation
from the First Baptist church was
made, on the most part because of
conditions of long standing in the
First Baptist church. hence was due
to their own initiative and did not
come about because of the Influence
or leadership of Rev. Howard, who
had formerly been their pastor in the
First Baptist church Rev. Howard
has, however been called as pastor
of the newly organized church.
On Thursday evening of this week,
at 7;30 o'clock, the members of thel
congregation of fthe newly formed
church will meet to complete the
work of organization, in the Seventh
Day Adventist church building, cor
ner of Fifteen stret and d avenue,
unless otherwise announced in the
Douglas Dispatch. The charter mem
bership will remain open until Thurs.
day night, inclusive. The Calvary
Baptist church is holding all Sunday
church services in the building at
Continued on Page Twa1ve)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-18
PRESCOTT MAYOR
INDICTED AFTER
BANK FAILURE

PRESCOTT, April 17.-Morris Gold
water S0-year- Prescott mayor, r..
N. Fredericks, president of the Pres :
colt State bank, and others were In
dicted by grand jury in superior
court here today on felony charges for
alleged acceptance of deposits in the
Bank of Jerome when they knew the
institution was insolvent.
Ten true bills were returned aaginst
five defendants out of a reported to-
tai of nine in court. -
Arrangements and pleas were set
for the afternoon of April 20.
This is the first criminal action TAX
en- since failure of the Jerome bank
except complaints filed direct last
winter against eight subordinate Off
cials. Those indicted today all were
directors of the institution.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-18
FOREST FIRES
IN NORTHWEST
ARE HEMMED In

SEATTLE, April 17.-Forest fires
in three states were hemmed in today
by fire forces aided by quiet weather
or favorable winds. Three large
fires in Montana were under con-
troll and a fourth had spread over
only 100 acres. In Washington a
6OO-acre fire in the solduc burn area
was fought back from the Moran
logging camp, which had been threat
ened by the spread of the flames.
In northern Idaho crews isolated a
blaze in the heavily wooded Koot-
enai national forest, which extends
into Montana.
Threatening showers gave promise
of seconding the efforts of the fire
fighters.
The widespread fire threat is UNI
usual for this time of the year, of
ficials say. 1t is due to the low hui
midiyt, high winds and dry weather
that has characterized the season. \.
WINTER AND SPRING CLASH
CHICAGO, April 17.-winter and
spring WED with each other for SUI
premacy in the east and middle west
today. Spring got the upper hand
in Nebraska where summer temper
ature weather was recorded At
Falls City in the southern part of
the state. it was SO and other sec
tions reported unseasonably warm
weather.
Winter, however, held on tenac-
iously in the east, particularly in
Maine, northern Vermont and north
ern New York where a heavy snow
fall came after several days of near
zero temperatures.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-18
THURSDAY MORNINGS
Mrs. A. H. Barber, presiding


900 - Registration and badges;
No. 14s, 'In the Cross of Christ I
Glory"
9:15-Devotions. Rev. Q. L. Enyeart.
9:S5 - Greetings, Mrs. John B.
Grower; response, Mrs. F. ]. Sea-
man.
9:45 - Organization of convection;
roll call of auxiliaries; presidents
message.
1O:OO-The Family Reunion, MRS.
Jas Aldrich.
1O:30-"Our Promise" Mrs. D. H.
Herring: demonstration, Mrs. Artnuc
Roberts: song by children from Mex
lean mission.
11:OO-Reading. Mrs. A. S. Hale;
courtesies and announcements; solo,
Continued on Page Twelve)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-18
CALVARY BAPTIST IS
NAME OF new CHURCH
FORMED IN DOUGLAS.

Douglas has church Of the Baptist faith, with
charter membership in the congregation of more than
So and the charter open until Thursday evening of this
vary Baptist church Reverend Joseph E. Howard who
recently resigned as pastor Of the First Baptist church
here is pastor Of the new Calvary Baptist church
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-18
MONTREAL PREMIER
SAYS MODIFICATION If |
Law IS BIG SUCCESS
1Ru Disnatch A. P. Wirel

WASHINGTON April Histories Of Oooteggmg
and vice in Canada under restricted government liquor
license and chapters from student life at Yale and Chi
cago universities under prohibition were unfoded today
bv the senate hearing committee during the second Gay
IF tho presentation Of the drys' case,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-18
Is HURT IN EXPLOSION

T CAMDEN, N. j., April 17.-Fifteen
persons were injured in an explosion
of sawdust in building ga" at the
Victor Talking Machine company
plant here late today.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-18

NEW YORK, April H.
Bar silver 6s3s; Mexican
dollars 489s.
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RAILWAY
CONDUCTORS RAISED

New \ ork-(FP) - Wage IN
creases of 71296 were awarded east
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men in the first decision given by a
board of arbitration under the Wat
son-Parker act. The Order of Rail
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The two railroad relTesentati is
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opinion, claiming the award unjus-
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their workers special consideration
according to the hazards ard respon-
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Two changes in rules requested
were refused: that time commerce
when the Workers are require to re-
port for duty and continue until le-
heved from duty, and shat more
brakemen Lc assigned.
The workers had asked for nearly
an average 20 per cent wage in
crease, but got 712 per cal'
The Delaware & Hud3@2 will con-
slider action in regard to their train
men and conductors. The road was
one of the very few not a party to
the genera arbitration agreement.
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