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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-13
Florida Officers Making
Investigation OF Threats
Against Land Owners

TAMPA, Fla, Jan. 12.-City and
county officials today ordered police
to make a special effort to round
up reported bands of night riders,
which officials charge, are making
an alleged wholesale attempt, at the
instfgation of real estate operators,
to frighten negro property owners
of Tampa into selling their holdings
and fleeing from the city.
The alleged riding was called to
the attention of members of the
party commission yesterday by r. r..
Dobey, an alleged negro holder of
property said to be valued at sew
eral thousand dollars. Dobey told
the commission he was warned Sum
day night to leave Tampa within
4S hours The city authorities de-
tailed police to protect the negro
and his home. Orders "shoot to kill"
were given the officers.
City officials admitted they had
received during the last fortnight
numerous complaints from negroes
who claimed they had been threat
ened by masked men and ordered to
leave the city.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-13
Former d. & r. G. Head
Tells Of Finances Of Road
When 1t Went Broke

NEW YORK, Jan. 12-The Denver
and Rio Grande railroad had suffl-
cent funds in March. 1915, to pay
the s1,25O,OOO interest then due on a
mortgage Of the Western Pacific
railroad which it had guaranteed but
on which it defaulted, Edward T..
Jeffrey, former president of the Dem
yer and Rio Grande, testified in the
accounting suit of the minority
stockholders against the former d.
rectors of the Missouri Pacific.
The failure of the Denver and Rio
Grande to meet the interest pay
ments, resulted in an action against
it by the Equitable Trust company
as trustee of the Western Pacific S
first mortgage bonds which resulted
in Judgment for $3S00000O against
the former road and the consequent
foreclosure and sale of both roads to
the reorganized Denver and Rio
Grande and Western.
The minority stockholders of the
old Denver claim that in the reor-
ganization, no provision was made
for their protection and that they
were left ut in the cold when the
old Denver was sold and later re-
organized
Explaining the failure of the Dem
yer and Rio Grande to meet the in
terest payment, Jeffrey said that the
road was beginning to find it's fl
nancial relations with the Western
the $1,25O,OOO interest payment Of
that road in March, 1918, it would
have found itself in an embarrassing
position in meeting its own obliga-
tions by July 1 the same year.
John Lee webster of Omaha, Nebr.,
who has been connected as counsel
in the court battles of the minority
stockholders, asked Jeffrey if he was
aware that the Western Pacific had
100000 in it's own treasury to go
toward payment of the interest cou-
pom and that the Denver would have
had to advance less than $1,000,O00,
The witness said he was not clear on
that point. Replying to another
question, Jeffrey said he was not
sure that the Denver and Rio Grande
had more than $2,OO0,OOO in cash in
its treasury
Jeffrey did not hesitate to admit
that the Western Pacific was an Off
spring of the Denver and Rio Grande
road, and that THE latter virtually
controlled it's financial policy, and
operation.
Calling attention to the distance
between the New York offices of the
Equitable Trust company and San
Francisco, Webster expressed curios-
ty as to how the Equitable Trust
company had been able to file it's
foreclosure petition in San francisco
on March 2, 1915, the day after the
default of the interest on the West
ern Pacific bonds. He asked if the
Equitable had received advance in
formation that the Denver directors
intended to refuse payment of the
interest. Jeffrey, who also was a
director of the Equitable Trust COM
! pany said that so far as he knew
the Denver directors had not made
it known.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-13
OPERA
MAKES BIG HIT
ON The COAST

| SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12.,-A col
orful bit of legendary China, fasn-
/ ioned into plot by the genius of
Templeton Crocker and set to fasci-
mating music by his fellow san Fran
ciscan, Joseph d. tiedding, was lifted
bodily tonight from its setting in
the land of Old Cathay and set down
on the expansive stage of the CO.
lumbia theatre here for all assn
Francisco to see. 1t was called
Fay y Fab" and San Francisco
society from it's diamond and sable
horseshoe, marveled at it's beauty.
lit was the first time that this
gorgeous panel from the Chinese
pantheon had been placed on display
in this country. 1t was also marked
lyy the fact that the same cast that
first gave the opera at Monte Carlo
appeared again in the American pre-
miere. The authors were present,
Redding having arisen from sick
bed to witness the recreation of his
work.
Lucy BERTRAND, young lyric So
prano, who has been singing for
three years at Monte Carlo, Lyons,
Bordeaux and Marseilles, carried the
title role Rene Maison, French dra7
matte tenor, Joseph Schwartz, famed
baritone Giovanni Martino, Spanish
basso, and Edmond Warnery, French
tenor, made up the rest of the briet
cast. Gaetano Merola, director of
the San Francisco Grand opera as
sociation, directed the opera.
The story of Fay Yen-Fah is q
by Schwartz, offended the Supreme
Being, and is condemned to 100 years
on earth, confined to his temple. He
may have one day of freedom il
anyone questions his power. Hsi-
Wang Mou, goddess of happiness is
custodian of the sacred peach tree.
Wherever it's blossoms Iall a tree
grows and if lovers eat OF the fruit
thereof they become immortal. One
of the trees is in the shadow OF
Hou's temple, but it is dead.
The remainder Of the opera con-
Germs a contrast between Shi-U-Nin
and the fox God for the favor of
Fay. s.hi-U-Nin defies Hou, who thus
! gains his one day of freedom.
| He appears to the lovers as an
| envoy of the emperor to carry off
Fay. She falls lifcless and Hou then
disappears into his temple baffled,
| his day of power over.
| Later the tree comes to life and
Fay with it. Together the lovers
disappear into immortality among it's
falling blossoms.
Fay-Yen-Fah was first produced as
the Bohemian Club Grove play OF
1917 and left an impression so last
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-13
R. R.. VALUATION
FIGURES PUT IN.
|. c. c. RECORDS
(By Dispatch A. P. wire)


KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. 12.-Rail-
road valuations figures compiled by
experts of the interstate commerce
commission were read into the record
at today's session of the western
rate case in which demands for five
per cent increases in freight rates
are being asked by the roads.
Observers believed it was the first
time the interstate commerce comF
mission figures has been officially
introduced at a rate hearing.
The figures We're offered by NJ. J.
Cairns, merchanical engineer for the
commission
The exhibit was. in general, the
findings of the commissions corps
of engineers and accountants as to
basic data taken in the huge task
of valuing the property of all the
western carriers and their subsid7
iaries.
Commissioner Clyde B. Aitchisor,
before whom the hearing is being
held, explained the commissions ex-
hibit had not definite totals and
was introduced as "basic evidence
upon which no conclusion had been
drawn.
The primary Importance of the ex-
hibit, as interpreted by those at the
hearing was that a wide divergence
was found to exist in the book value
of many of the roads and the tenta-
tive values set by the commission.
The book values of the roads were
greatly reduced under the trim
hlings' by the commission.
OnnOnentst of the rate advance have
contended that western carriers were
greatly over-valued and that any
increases based on the alleged eX-
( cessive book value would not be
justified,
Rate men who looked over the ex-
hibit, after it had been read into the
record, however, found several in
stances of difference in valuation.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-13
Three Pupils Tie For
First Place In December

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rom rage On6J
phenson, .9115; Martha Good, 1923,
Refugio Montelongo, 1884; Manuel
Leaf 1854; Dorothy Gooding, 1884;
Mazda Hockett, SS.45.
Ursula Jones, S6.15; Nettie Rayner
sS15; Mamie Gardia 1887; rhelma
Kelley, S5.37; Elma Maylan, S5
7A3
Guadalupe soturo, 919o; Isabella
Sarrelanez, S7.4O; Merijilda Estrada,
S74O; Beatrice Renteria, 1910; Lucy
Rodriguez, $50.
Gonzalo Gallego, 91.66; Ninfa Espl-
noza, 96.5S; frankie Lott, 1915; Mar
ciano Duenes, SS.OS; Frances Davis,
1892.
Colin Brodie, 1892 Elmer Briechle,
$3.50; Evelyn Daley, $3.50; Leroy
Briechle, S7.OS; Eugene Crossett,
1856; Raymond Brannum, S5.S3; Hell
en- Simon, S5.SS; William Glenn, $3.50,
Iva Grimes, Sc; Alta Morris, S5.17;
Jessie Nelson, S4.33; Ralph Wicke,
s817; Ada league, sass.
7B4
Raul varela, 81; Rafael Romero,
8615; Manuel 1:ubio, S017; Amelia
Hernandez, 9O45; Lily zamora, SS.4S.
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Harriet Willoughby, $685. Harold
Hooper 1888; Wyatt blackburn,
1915; Mayo Hart, 1915; Dean Perrin.
1915; Roberto Moreno, $780, Roy
Wicke, 1886; Louise Hackett, $3.50;
Marion Mimica, 1896; Norman Car
ter, s .25.
Ruth Curlee, S70S Carmen Braca~
monte 1886; Rafael Pinedo, $3.50;
Elmira Magma, 1888; Opal Buck
master, $3.50; Jack Adams, 50.
Paula Valdez, $3.50; Elsie Monteon,
$3.50; Margarita 1rias, S5.S3; Solomon
Mestaz, S416; Teresa zamora, 1915;
Manuel Mendez, 1876.
6B1
Nathan Kline, 1916; Margaret
Beasley, 1915; Bernice Andrews,
1888; Louie samuels, S7.92; David
Farber, $3.50
GB2
Madelyne Rice 92.OS; Maur.ne Cur
ry, 92OS; Johnnie Fay Burns, 92.oS;
Sam Johnson, 90; Isabel Dominguez,
s9.O1; Robert Eiting, 1925; Ruth ST.
mon, 1888.
Jesus Honne, 90; Jose Alvarez, "a;
Hico ,Melendez, $3.50; Isobel Bautiste
$3.50; Rosario Vindola, S7.O8; Bernar-
dio Calderon, S7.08.
Mary Helen MCGEE, 1898; Almeda
Hunter, 1866; Mary Lee Merlzt, 85.4l;
Thelma Wright, 85.41; Marguerite
shannon, S4.5S; Eulilia Priddy, 84.5S;
Clydene Prescott, S4.16.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-13
WORK LESLIE CANYON ROAD

Repair work will start at once on
the Leslie canyon road, according to
word received over the telephone
from a representative of tho county
engineers department last night.
After several weeks of mud and
ruts in that highway, it is planned
to begin work of putting it in shape
and stakes ara now being set pre-
paratory to doing this work. Unless
further rains are encountered, the
work will go forward steadily and
the highway should soon be back in
first class condition.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-13
Tive Men and IL Gallons
of Liquors Seized Near
Colorado Springs Tuesday

CoLQFSADo Springs Jan. 12.-
Federal prohibition agents and q
deputy sheriff late today raided q
dairy ranch north of Colorado Springs
] arrested Lui Viano and Mariana
Viano, owners, and dug up II gal
Ions of illegal liquor buried in vari-
Gus parts of the plowed field in
gallon and five gallon jugs, officers
reported tonight.
The ranch, which is near q large
coal mine, has been under surveillance
for three years, the raiding officers
said.
This is the second raid in the
Pixies Peak region in two days, one
yesterday in Broadmoor, an exclu
sive residential suburb, resulting III
the arrest of one man and the seizure
of three stills and az large amount
of fruit brandy.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-13

TUCSON, Jan. 12.-Jniversity OF
Arizona regents today deferred action
for the second time regarding the
retention of cavalry r. o. t. G.
unit on the university campus and
the possible supplanting it with an
infantry unit. Meeting in the office
of DR.. c. II. Marvin with all but two
members present, the board spent tla
greater part of the morning hearing
the reports of deans of the different
colleges and other routine business.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-13
DENVER, STUDENT HURT

DENVER, Colo, Jan. 11.-Henrl
Gavin, Is, was near death at a hos
pital here tonight as the result OF
having been crushed in an elevator
at the Cole Junior High school this
afternoon. An arm and probably
both thighs were broken and he sus.
tanned internal injuries.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-13

ing that its development into an
opera was inevitable.
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came his hobby and after many years
he developed the appliance which
now bears his name.
He soon found the deficiencies Of
the truss-the things it did to hinder
cure and to retard healing. So he
developed an appliance which did
everything which the truss failed to
do With reverse logic he invented
the rupture appliance which resulted
in the many cures narrated.
Can Be Washed Daily
His appliance, built scientifically
and recommended by physicians and
doctors in all sections Of the world,
lays-not pushes-on the rupture.
Small. light, clean, safe and COM
Portable, its soft velvet-like air
cushion of hygienic rubber retains
the rupture and at the same time
tends to bring the edges Of the tear
together. The action Of the small
oval is to gently close the wound,
and in this way allow growth.
Nature, when assisted, soon repairs
the damage wrought in the injured
side and the result is cure for the
sufferer. The washable, sanitary
feature, so necessary IL cure is ex-
pected and health assured, was in
corporated into this new invention.
He eliminated at once all metal
springs and hard, unyielding pads.
Soft washable material encircles the
body and acts as support for the
small oval. There are no features in
the newly perfected appliance which
do not work toward the cure of the
patient Every movement OF the
body results in the edges Of the
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'T surely am very thankful to you
and you may use this letter, as 1t
may help some other worried
mother"
An amazing cure was effected by
C. H. Campbell, q carpenter, rs
years old, living at Freeport, N. S.,
Canada, who had been ruptured
many years. He said:
IT am pleased to inform you that
I do not need anything in connection
with the appliance, for I have not
worn same for the last nine months
and consider myself cured Of
rupture.
1.-THE rupture has not troubled me
for the last four years-thanks to
you and your invention. It was a
God-send to me, for the doctor said
there was nothing for me but the
knife. am seventy-flve years old
and work every day at my trade as
q carpenter. You are. at liberty to
use the above statement in any way
you choose"
A brief period cured ID. w. Brown
Of Norwich, N. Y, who states:
II discontinued wearing my appli-
ance about six weeks ago and am
happy to say that my rupture is
entirely healed. Was examined by
my doctor and pronounced cured.
Considering my age. 81 years. think
this Is wonderful work.
Cannot express to you Just how
grateful I am, for up to the time I
commenced wearing your appliance
was miserable every minute"
Steel Trusses Fail
"A proof that spring trusses failed
to effect . cure while the more
modern Brooks appliance made pos
sible a cure which even doctor
pronounced positive. The letter from
Albert Foote, P. o. Box lit, Sterling,
Mass, said:
Gentlemen: I wore your grand
rupture appliance for one year day
and night, after which I underwent
q Doctors examination. He stated I
was completely cured. This ex-
animation was made in December,
1921, and I haven't worn the appli-
ance since and have had no trouble.
II suffered from a double rupture
and had used spring trusses for six
years without help"
A further proof that the cures are
permanent ones, Is verified by John
Clark, Roam Mountain, Tenn, r. F..
d. No. 2, Box "a, who said:
"Your rupture appliance has cured
mel have been well for two years.
"You may use my name and this
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wound being brought closer to-
gether. reversing the action Of the
old style which constantly forced
the edges of the wound apart.
1t is so light, so comfortable that
it can be worn even while asleep, so
that night and day, asleep or at
work, the rupture is being healed.
Thousands Cured
1t is no wonder then that SO many
people have been cured by this new
discovery. A volume Of letters began
to flow into the offices of the in
ventor as soon as these cures were
effected. People who thought they
were destined to wear truss all
their lives or submit to dangerous
operation, reported cures in few
months while cures with small chill
dren we're regular occurrences.
To ascertain the truth of the re-
ports of permanent cures by the use
of the new invention, a check was
taken over a period Of years and
letters written to hundreds who had
worn the new device. The answers
were amazing-the number of cures
astounding. Hundreds, literally thou
sands, torn for years by rupture and
weakened by its effects, had gained
freedom from all devices by the con-
sistent use of the new invention.
In a letter to the inventors, Mrs.
Thomas Scott Of 1857 125th Street,
Edmonton, Alta, Canada, said:
zone year ago I bought your rup-
ture appliance for my little girl, who
was three years old. She is now
four and the rupture hasn't bothered
her since ] put the appliance on.
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letter in any way you wish, for I
feel very grateful"
A sad case was disclosed when q
man writing from Peoria, Illinois.
gave the following statement. His
name was withheld outof regard for
his grief. It gives striking example
OF the dangers Of rupture, especially
where the old-fashioned spring truss
is used. The application of the new
Brooks appliance might have re-
suited in saving the mans life The
letter from his son follows:
Dear Mr.. Brooks: I am return.
ing the rupture appliance for refund.
as father died from strangulated
hernia the day before 1t came.
I'VE tried two years ago to get him
to order one Of your appliances and
cannot help but feel that II he had
done as we wanted him to-he would
have been spared"
Thousands Cured
On file In the Offices of the COM
pany are thousands of letters, telling
Of the cures effected by this new in
vention and many Of them full Of
thanks and gratitude for the cure
which they had always thought i'm
possible or too dangerous to attempt
So convinced are the people who
now make this new invention that 10
will cure rupture and bring instant
relief they will allow a ten-day free
trial Of the new appliance. In ten
days. they believe any rupture suf-
ferer can tell whether or not 1t Is
satisfactory In his or her particular
case. II 1t fails to give the comfort
that they feel it should It can be
returned.
Free Trial
The financial standing Of the peo-
pie who make this newly perfected
appliance Is above reproach. They
give as references, banks, ministers,
physicians and express companies In
their city or in practically any large
city in the entire nation.
ITO gamble with RUPTURE" said q
prominent scientist, "is to gamble
with life, itself. Trusses hamper the
wearer, they many times ruin the
health Of children for life. To secure
an appliance, which retains and at
the same time assists healing is won
derful and means much to mankind"
To obtain this appliance the
readers Of this paper can write to
Brooks Appliance Co, 767 State st.
Marshall, Mich, and it will be sent
for free test trial. Fill out the coupon
below and mail it today. To delay
may mean permanent i'll health OF
even worse.
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Sir William Harvey, English
Scientist, Whose Discovery of
the CircuIatory System, Assis-
ted so Greatly in Perfection of
New Medical Discovery Which
Heals Rupture.
opening, separating the edges Of the
tear and wearing thin, the edges Of
the torn section.
The heavy springs in the usual
truss pressed into the body, many
times injuring the kidneys and caus-
ing unrepairable damage to the
back, where the heavy steel pressed
into the tender nerves, conferred in
the spinal column. Besides this, so
cruel was the old-fashioned truss, it
was impossible to sleep in the ap-
paratus, with the result that in sleep
many times, the rupture "came OUT
and even a doctor was unable to
replace it. When this happened, an
immediate operation was necessary
II the life of the patient was to be
saved. Peritonitis would result in "a
hours If the rupture strangulated or
could not be replaced. The old truss
was not washable; it caused skin
irritations and the dirt which accu-
mulated caused a feverish condition
which retarded the cure.
The great number of rupture cases
among small children and babies
made necessary some method which
would eliminate forever the pushing
pad, the dangerous operation and
heavy steel encircling the body, in
turing the delicate nerve centers.
Experiments Bring Cure
The experiments resulted in the
discovery and perfection Of the
Brooks appliance. C. E. Brooks.
resident of Marshall, Michigan, was
ruptured. He was not doctor but
he was a we'll educated man. Rup-
ture causes and rupture cures be-
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In their zeal to prove the worth OF
the new process, men and women
OF advanced years were selected and
their experiences recorded. A probe
showed that even in this class, a
great number Of permanent cures
had resulted, where the patient fol-
lowed closely the instructions OF the
experts.
To really understand what this
great discovery and these years OF
experimenting and testing mean to
humanity, It is almost necessary that
. full description Of the new method
be given. Like all inventions and
discoveries Of science, its method OF
healing is based on logic and upon
a keen knowledge of the subject.
A rupture or hernia, as 1t is known
in medical science, Ii literally tear
or a separation OF the muscle flbers
in the walls Of the abdomen. This
separation is caused by a heavy
strain, a violent Jerking or unusual
exertion. The fbers separate and
allow q portion Of the intestine to
protrude through the opening. This
results in q small knot or knob on
the wall Of the abdomen.
Before the Investigation, which re-
suited in the discovery Of this new
method of healing, there were but
two courses open. A physician or
surgeon could be called and an
operation performed or the patient
or sufferer could seek some sort Of
comfort from a truss. which pushed
itself int the rupture opening, keep
ing the protruding intestine inside
the body.
The operation was expensive and
dangerous. with the outcome
doubtful thing.
All the surgeon with his knife.
could promise to do, was to bring
the edges Of the torn section to-
gether and sew 1t, then await the
action of nature and allow growth
to renew the torn sections.
Truss Prevents Cure
II the truss was called into serv-
ice. the hard leather knob was forced
into the tear, where constant irrita-
ton wore thin the edges Of the
wound and the hard pressure pre-
vented proper blood circulation. The
sufferer was forced to resign himself
to a lifetime of rupture suffering,
never free from the harness Of the
truss. No hope was held out by
scientists, that his rupture would
ever cure itself. although many
manufacturers Of appliances con-
tended that such thing was pos
sible: scientific investigation showed
that It was impossible to heal the
rupture as long as the heavy pad
was being pushed into the rupture
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Outline Of Of
Rea the Ruptur But CureI
In
La Impossible
Rupture Before New Healing Appliance
Together Normal Position By the New Dis
cove flowing
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Little Children, Rupture Sufferers, !.
Whose Hope of Cure Was Slight Until the
Discovery of New Scientific Cure of
Hernia, Need No Longer be Left Hanging
Between Cure and Disability, But May
Now Look Forward to a
Full Life, Free of the Handicap of Truss or
Dangerous and Costly Operation.
Their Tender Little Bodies May Now Be
Whole Once More.