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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-21

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Major General J. H. Toulose of AL
buquerque, N. NJ, first president of
the association. George NJ Reynolds,
Chicago banker, was chosen treas
urer, Captain Thomas Kirby Of
Washington, formerly of the Wash
ington Times and Post, legislative
chairman of the disabled American
Veterans, became executive secre-
tary succeeding Major Toulose.
Major Toulose announced that he
hoped the institution would become
a world center for research in the
treatment of tuberculosis.
1.-TWO hundred and fifty thousand
of the children of wives and moth
ers of service men are afflicted with
tuberculosis" he said in addressing
banquet given by representatives
of Albuquerque to the executive and
site committee.
A central promotionaI office will
be opened in Chicago February l.,
a Washington bureau within a few
days and regional promotional Of
fices in the following seven cities
from time to time: Boston, New
York, Atlanta, st. Paul, Salt Lake
City, Kansas City, and Los Angeles.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-21
DENTIST GIVES
FIRST PROOF OF
KNIGHTS DEATH

PHOENIX, Jan. 20.-John j. knight
wealthy Dallas, Texas, oil man who
disappeared on the Arizona desert
July 8, 1921, is dead
This fact became definitely known
for the first time when word re-
ceived from Dallas stated that a
skull found Christmas day on the
desert, 80 miles west of Hassayampa,
has been definitely identified as that
of the missing oil man.
Dental work in the skull. as stated
in The Republican at the time it was
found is preserved almost perfectly,
and resulted in the positive identifi-
cation of the, grisly relic by DR.. H.
B. Cave of Dallas, Knights dentist.
The skull was sent to Dallas by the
sheriffs office here abut 10 days ago
at the special request of K. " Lips
man. after the chart of the dental
work, prepared by a local dentist,
had been partly identified
The first word of the Identification
to reach Phoenix was contained in
an Associated Press dispatch receiv-
ed yesterday morning and was later
confirmed in a wire sent to Sheriff
Moore by Mr.. Lipscomb, who has been
indefatigable in his efforts to find
Knight. The telegram received yes
terday by Sheriff Moore and signed
by Lipscomb stated that the skull
sent positively identified by DR.. H.
B. Cave, dentist, as that of J. ].
knight"
The Identification of the skull, far
from clearing up the famous Knight
case, has served only to intensity the
mystery surrounding this most in
triguing of all Arizona criminal in
vestigations.
"The Identification of the skull"
Deputy County Attorney Howard G.
Speakman said yesterday, lis the first
authentic information we have ever
received that Knight was dead. SEel-
etons and skulls have been found
and claimed as knights remains be-
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-21
DELINQUENT TAX
COLLECTION IS
GAINING FAST

TUCSON, Jan. 2O-Taxpayers who
are delinquent in their county and
state taxes are making ready re-
sponse to the demands of the treas
urer's office that they come in and
pay their delinquent taxes, according
to Charles H. Dodge, Pima county
treasurer. THE announcement was
made about two weeks ago that suits
against delinquent taxpayers will be
filed in the near turure II provision
for their payment is not made.
Since that time Milton M. Cohan
has been appointed Special tax at
torney by K. Berry Peterson, coun-
ty attorney, and numerous letters
have been sent out warning tax
payers that all delinquent taxes must
be settled Immediately. Cohan said
yesterday thiE it is not likely that
any more warnings will be issued
and action will be started against all
delinquent taxpayers who do not meet
their taxes as fast as the complaints
can be drawn up.
Several suits already have been
filed and Cohan is now at work on
in the near future, according to the
announcement yesterday. Meantime
Dodge declares, all persons who are
behind in the payment of their taxes
will be given an opportunity to pay
them without court costs if they will
call and settle before suits are filed.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-21
O'CONNOR THINKS
FREE STATE WILL
ALWAYS SURVIVE
lBr pisnatch A. P. wirel

NEW YORK, Jan. 20.-The Rt Hon.
Sir James OConnor, recent lord JUS
tice of appeal for ireland. believes
that the political stability of the
Irish Free State is assured and that
Irish Ireland is dead.
The also one-time solicitor general
and attorney general, in his new his
tory of Ireland, 17SS-1924," adds that
'by this | do not mean to imply that
Ireland will become an English shire,
The gulf set by differences of re-
iigion and race will always remain.
The old faith will profoundly. affect
the philosophy and the character of
the Irish people,"
"The real conquest of ireland by
EngIand--a contest founded if mot
upon sentiment of affection, upon
an acknowledged community of inter-
ests and a free exchange of ideas
has begun, "the author declares.
Irish Ireland is dead.
"The Irish-Irelanders will see their
hopes cruelty disappointed. They may
succeed, with the strong hand, in
and culture This does not refer to
steps taken III IFeIanu 10 Keep ,OuI
dangerous and salacious literature
They deserve to succeed and will sue
ceed'
Sir James presents the history, to
be published by George B. Doran
as an attempt to sum up,
Fairly and in a spirit of detachment,
the case of Ireland VS.. England and
the cross case of England VS.. Ireland
for there are well-founded plants on
both Sides"
"a very wholesome effect of the
Anglo Irish settlement is that Ire
land will get rid of the extreme
irish American politician whose in
reference in Irish affairs has been
DISASTROUS he continues. His in
fluence and power for mischief in
America will be greatly diminished,
to the relief. of every sane and
Irishman at home and
abroad
AS a summary of Irelands indict-
ment against English Sir James
says:
The gravest of all the charges
which Ireland justly brings against
England is the Union itself The
passage of the measure, well-inten-
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-21

toned and theoretically just as ii
was, was achieved by questionable
means. The persistence in the Union
long after the junior partner had un-
mistakably expressed it's desire to
be free from it, is a great blot upon
British craftsmanship. The delay
created the Ulster question and the
eXasperation it produced led to the
rebellion and 20. the horror of the
Anglo-Irish war"
Some kind of fusion betweensNorth
and South Ireland he regards as al
most certain.
When financial relations are adj
justed," he declares, "it is certain
that as matter of eXpediency, the
Free State will escape great pro-
portion if not all the war debt. 1t
is inevitable that Northern Ireland
must be treated with the like con-
sideration."
Out of the question an Irish Mus
solini. has been evolved, says the
author.
"Kevin OHiggins is young man.,
about 30, who is the mainstay of the
government and the sternest ruler of
Ireland since the Union. He is one
of the few public men that Ireland
ever has produced that dares to tell
his countrymen even part of the
truth"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-21
Advertising and Use of
Automobiles Increasing
Number of Candy JObbers
lBv nisnnt..h A p wiren

SEATTLE, Wash, Jan. 20.-Nation-
al advertising and use of automobiles
are increasing the number of jobbers
in the candy industry, Walter c.
Hughes of Chicago, president of the
National Confectioners association,
declared here today before the elev-
enth annual convention of the West
ern Confectioners association.
There are so many nationally ad-
vcrtised candies nowadays" he eX-
planned, that a retailer has to OBJ
tain the variety he needs through
several sources. With the develop
ment of the automobile small jobbers
have sprung up to serve the retailers.
This makes it unnecessary for the
retailer to keep a large stock"
H. r. Wilson of St. Louis, in charge
of an advertising campaign, approved
by the National association at Bos-
ton, speaks tomorrow.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-21

fore, but these theories were either
disproved or unconfirmed.
"Now, however, we know that
Knight is dead and that he met his
fate, whatever it may have been,
somewhere on the desert west Of
Hassayampa. Beyond this, every
thing is necessarily conjecture. With
the death of the missing man veri-
fled however, we have an excellent
starting point for any investigation
which may now be made. Prosecu-
tion in the past has been useless
for we were finally forced to admit
in every Investigation that Knights
death, although reasonably certain,
was nevertheless entirely problemati-
cal"
The skull found on Christmas day
was discovered by F. j. Battles of
Phoenix, who also found Knights
handbag on the desert about IS
months ago. The lower jaw bone, in
which dental work was well pre-
served. was located about 10 feet
from the upper part of the skull
Sheriff Moore and his deputies a
few days after the recent find scour-
ed the country for a $ mile in every
direction from the point where the
skull was discovered, but no traces
of other bones was brought to light
Although the probability of fixing
responsibility forl Knights death is
acknowledged as remote, officers who
have followed the Knight case de-
clared yesterday that every possible
clue will be followed to the end in
an attempt to. shed further light on
Arizona's greatest mystery, a puzzle
which still battles investigation.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-21
Cardinal Mercier Still
Shows Unusual Resistance
(By Dispatch A. P. Wire)

BRUSSELS, Jan. 2O-Though his
recovery is deemed well nigh hope
less, Cardinal Mercier( continues to
display unusual resistance to the raw
ages of disease, surprising even the
attending physicians by the manner
in which he has withstood pain, lack
of nourishment and recurring heart
attacks.
The cardinal looks forward to a
visit tomorrow from Lord Halifax,
president of the English Church un-
ion, with whom he has been associat-
ed in the attempt to bring about Il
union of churches. Another visitor,
whom he awaits with deepest inter-
est, is Crown Prince Leopold, who is
returning to Brussels tomorrow after
an extended absence.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-21
wIsNER IN PHOENIX
(By Dispatch A. P. Wirc)


PHOENIX, Jan. 20.-Phoenix' ma
jor baseball colony widened today
to admit another luminary of the
national league. John Henry Wisner,
right handed pitcher of the New
York Giants, arrived to visit Art
Nehf, left handed Giant pitcher. A
third Giant pitcher Fred Fitzsim-
mons, is also here and the three
will leave for Florida about Febru-
ary 1, to open the spring training
season. The triumvirate of pitching
stars now here are expected to be
the lnainstay of the Giant hurting
staff the coming year
The first act of Wisner upon
reaching Phoenix today was to for
ward his contract to the New York
club. 1t had followed him here from
his home in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-21

The Southern Pacific company has
added to its holdings of Houston and
Texas Central stock by the purchase
of 24,219 shares from minority inter-
ests through the Central Union Trust
company. The price paid was $6.660.-
225.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-21
FAMOUS BANDIT

| SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 20.-
Hugh Whitney, last of the old time
riding bandits of the Wyoming Utah
Montana border country was much
in the limelight of this section more
than decade ago. There is some
doubt that the bandit identified as
Whitney at Marysville, is the man,
as he is supposed to be in South
America with his brother, Charles
The two men were inseparable
After terrorizing a settlement in
Montana, he was identified by Sheriffs
as he and his brother were returning
by train to their old haunts. An
officer was disarmed and beat in
sensible with his own gun.
Whitney then shot and killed the
conductor of the train William Kidd.
This happened June IL, 1911 between
Spencer and Dubois, Idaho.
After a lapse of a year, Whitney
was next heard from near his old
haunts along the Idaho Wyoming
border. The two brothers demanded
that the banker at Cokeville, Wyo.,
place $500 in cash at bridge near
the town. The case was turned
over to the town marshal, Dan Han
sen, brother Of F. E. Hansen of this
city. The marshal attempted to ar
rest the gang on June IL, 1912 and
was shot and killed.
Rewards 'aggregatingl $500 are
said to have been offered for the
body of Hugh Whitney, dead or alive
when he was in the height of his
bandit career in the intermountain
country.
A man supposed to be Whitney was
arrested at Reno, Nevada, last July
but officers who went there to in
Vestigate said there was very little
resemblance.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-21
Presence of Woman in
n, M. Court Trial Recalls
Case of Billy The Kid

ALAMOGoRDO, N. NJ, Jan. 20
The presence of Mrs. will Tittsworth,
one of the four cattlemen defendants
charged with the murder of Rober,
Hurt here RECENTLY, in the court
house here during the trial today re-
called the Lincoln county war of the
early SOS in which Billy The Kid
played the leading role.
Mrs. Tittsworth is the daughter of
Frank Goe, one of the two remain
ing survivors of the Billy The Kid
faction.
The alleged murder was caused, it
is alleged, by conflicting range in
terests-the same reason for the
bloody feuds of Billy The Kid an
his band.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-21
Albuquerque Chosen For
Vets Hospital

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California Acts Quickly to
Send Bandits to Pen

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from a st. Louis bank as was taken
in I.oseville this week.
Identification today of the dead
bandit as Hugh Whitnoy, formerly Of
Salt Lake City, w&s --Gt accepted as
definite by the a.1thCcities
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-21
WALL STREET BRIEFS

DIopdIVH WIIaB
NEW YORK, Jan. 20.-December
gross revenues of the Seaboard Air
line railway were the largest for any
month in the roads history prelim-
mary estimates placing them at $6,-
201,347. This compares with $5,3O3,-
GA in the same month of 1924, and
$6,008,211 in October, 1925, the previ-
Gus record gross.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-21

Gold shipments from Chile and
Japan were reported today. The ban
co central de Chile lis sending $10.-
100000 to the National Bank of Com
merce and the Japanese government
is scheduled to make an additional
shipment of 100000 yen on Friday.
bringing the total to about 10000, 900
yen sent to this country on the cur.
rent movement
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-04
Hold Lithuanian
Lecturer on Charge
Blasphemy at BrOcktOn

Brodkton. Mass, Feb. 3.-(AP)-
For tie. first time in the memory
of court officials in this city a de-
PENDANT appeared in district court
today to answer to charge of
blasphemy. The warrant was sworn
out under one of the old blue laws"
of Puritan days, which had not been
invoked here in modern times.
Anthony Bimba of Brooklyn, N.
Y, Lithuanian lecturer. was the
defendant. He was charged also
with seditious utterances. He plead
ed not guilty and was held in $500
bail for a continued hearing Febru-
airy TO-
Bimba was arrested yesterday in
Worcester for the Brockton police
on a warrant sworn out by members
OF the Lithuanian Citizens Club of
this city. The complainants alleged
that in a lecture delivered in the
Lithuanian national hall January %
Bimba advocated the overthrow by
force of the United States govern
ment and said the only flag he recog-
nized was the red flag" 1t was al
legged also that he denied the exist
ence of the diety.
The warrant charging blasphemy
was sworn out by Anthony Eudaco.
president of the Lithuanian Club,
who made a search of the old stat
utes of the Massachusetts colony for
his authority.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-04
Registrar Goodwin
Continues Attack
On Bay State Courts

Springfield, Mass, Feb. 3.-(AP)-
Frank A. Goodwin. Massachusetts,
registrar of motor vehicles. speaking
before the Women's Republican club
of this city tonight, renewed his at
tacks on the courts, particularly
those of Suffolk county. where he
said the disposition of cases was "a
disgrace to any civilized commu-
nifty
And when / say this" he said. II
want to make it clear that the su-
perior court is included"
Mr.. Goodwin recommended that the
power of the judges be increased to
allow them to forestall technical de-
lays, to admit any evidence they
thought material, and to comment to
the jury about the evidence. He re-
commended that the power of the
courts be limited, however. In The
discretionary disposal Of cases.
case after case now in the hands
of Attorney General Benton for in
vestigation shows habitual thieves
and bandits allowed to go free re-
peatedly after being convicted" he
said. "only to be arrested again for
similar offenses and again allowed to
go free. The abuse of power by the
courts, particularly in Suffolk county,
is so general and unquestionable and
so widely known by all the people
that the time has come to take from
them some of their discretionary
powers"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-04
Hummel Would
Erect Monument
To Deceased Mother

Portland. Me-, Feb. 3-(AP)-Hen-
ry D. Hummel, South Portland
claimant to the estate of Abe Hum
mel, whom he declares to have been
his father, had exactly Sc between
himself and absolute poverty when he
received news this morning that the
former New York lawyer left an es-
tate of s1,250,000.
Despite that, he announced that
the first dollars he hopes to get from
the will settlement, will go to erect
a monument to his mother, the for
mer Leila Farrell, noted beauty and
actress.
Il don't care so much about the
money said Henry, awakened from
sleep in his modest home. 1.-THE first
thing | want to do is to prove that
my father and mother were married
and that ! am their son and not an
imposter."
Reports from London. where the
elder Hummel died. have quoted Abe
Kaffenburg of Paris, a nephew. and
with HummeI's two sisters, one of
the heirs is saying that his uncle had
never married and never had a son.
But" continued Hummel "if |
ever get any of that money, the first
dollars | spend will be to erect mon
Ument on my mothers unmarked
grave in Evergreen Cemetery"
Henry's bakery cart business has
virtually ceased since news of Hum
mels death was received here. He
spends most of his time discussing
his future plans with friends and
and those who have advice to volun-
teer.
With his attorney Fred W. Hinck-
ley, he will go to New York tonight
for the funeral. The elder Hummel's
body is being brought to the United
States for burial.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-04
Associated Oil Co.
To Merge with Other
Western Oil Properties

New York. Feb. 3.-(AP)-Negotia
lions were virtually completed here to-
night for a merger of the Associated
Oil Company with other western oil
properties, whose identity was not re-
vealed.
Blair & Company, bankers, who are
engineering the combination, said that
a statement probably would be given
out within the next "a hours. Wall
Street learned unofficially that Asso-
ciated and Pan American Western Pc
troleum would form the nucleus of the
new combination, with California Pc
troleum likely unit later on.
Control of Associated Oil has been
sought by several banking and oil in
terests since the merger in December
of the Pacific Oil Company with the
Standard Oil Company of California.
Pacific Oil. which has had controlling
interest in Associated for years, an
nounced that it would distribute to its
own stockholders it's holding of Asso-
ciated Oil stock, which would not go
into the Standard Oil of California
merger for legal reasons.
+ When this became known large
stockholders Of Pacific were approach
ed with offers for the purchase of their
Associated oil holdings. The offer of
Blair & Company is reported to have
been most acceptable.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-04
Charge Monopoly
In Formation of
Ward CORPORATION

Washington, Feb. 3-(AP)-Senate
investigation of the recently formed
Ward Food Products Corporation was
proposed in a resolution introduced
today by Senator LaFollette, Republic
can, Wisconsin.
The resolution also would authorize
investigation of the National Food
Products Corporation and all compan-
les directly or indirectly controlled by
William B. Ward. who. with his ASSOC
ciates. organized the Ward Food
Products Corporation.
Referring to the Ward Food Pro-
ducts Corporation. the resolution
charged that the purpose of this
food trust is to control all stages of
production and distribution of food
from the farmer to the consumers
table"
Such combination, It held, would
create monopoly in the prime me-
cessities of life. control the domestic
markets. and thereby be in position
to dictate the price of farm products"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-04
3 Miners Killed
2O0thers Caught
In PittsburghMine
SUFFERING HOLDS
IN HARD COAL AREA
AS CONFEREES BREAK

Philadelphia, Feb. 3-(AP)-Miners
and operators today buckled on their
armor for fight to the finish In the
Pennsylvania hard coal fields, now in
its sixth month.
The disruption Of the latest peace
negotiations left the two sides as far
apart as the poles. Statements
breathing determination not OF re-
cede from the positions taken, es-
pecially on arbitration, were issued
during the day by President John L.
Lewis, Of the United Mine Workers
OF America and Major w. w. Inglis,
chairman of the operators negotiat-
ing committee. Major Inglis and his
associates departed for their homes
today but the principal miners Of
ficials remained here.
Tonight there was not ray of
hope in the gloom enshrouding the
hard coal regions, where 158, 900 min
ers have been idle since September /.
many Of them suffering hardships.
Many towns in the 500 square miles
affected have felt the blight of indus
trial paralysis.
Mr.. Lewis, in his statement. blamed
the breakup of negotiations on Sam
uel D. Warmer, president of the Lee
high Coal and Navigation Company,
and head of the anthracite operators
conference. He said that Mr.. Warri-
ner dominated the situation and de
manded his pound of flesh from the
other operators" He characterized
the operators negotiating committee
as Punch and Judy members"
Major Inglis' statement ridiculed
the assertion of Mr.. Lewis made af-
ter the breakup, that the situation
was no longer strike. but a lock-
out. II am not apprehensiye that
anyone will take this statement seri-
ously," he said. Mr.. Inglis also chal-
lenged Mr.. Lewis statement that the
miners would never accept compul-
sorry arbitration, by saying that I'VE
never even suggested he should"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-04
Municipal Judge
Held in Death of
Lebanon Woman

Lebanon, N. Fl. +, Feb. 3-(AP)--
Under the care Of two physicians at
his home here. Judge Fred A. Jones
of Lebanon municipal court, was
technically placed under arrest today
ON a charge of manslaughter. The
warrant was issued in connection
with the death Of Mrs. Mildred Pres
ley of Lebanon. whose body was
found on the icy surface of stream
after Judge Jones' automobile leaped
Is foot embankment near Hanover
last Friday.
Deputy Sheriff H. B. Wood, who
served the warrant. said that Judge
Jones was confined to his bed and
was apparently suffering from n
wrenched back which he received in
the accident. The county officials ex-
pressed doubt that the judge would
be able to appear in court until next
week but County Solicitor Clark Frost
announced that a hearing on the
manslaughter charge would be held
next Friday.
An autopsy on the body Of Mrs.
Presley, conducted last Saturday by
State Pathologist Charles II. Duncan
of Concord, revealed only slight
bruises. The stomach and other vital
organs were sent to Concord for fur
Their examination but Frost said he
did not expect to receive report on
them before Friday. rr
Neither Frost nor the state pathol-
ogist have as yet announced the
cause of Mrs. Presley's death.
Mrs. Olga Viscuse, a sister of Mrs.
Presley, was seriously injured in the
accident and is confined in Hanover
hospital. John B. Eames of Littleton,
the fourth member of the party, es-
caped unhurt.