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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-08
Increase of $1,2l3,3S9
In Railroad Assessed
Valuation in Arizona
(By Dispatch A. P. Wire,

PHOENIX, July 7.-An increase OF
$1.21S,S99 in assessed valuation of
railroad property in Arizona this year
is recorded in a report issued today
by the state corporation commission.
The valuation is $1O3, ,15O,7S5, as COM
pared with SOL, ,9S7, SS6 in 1925. The
1926 valuation as fixed by the COM
mission is subject to change by the
state board of tax equalization which
meets in August.
Railroad mileage in the state has
increased 1875 miles, the report
shows. The mileage of the new main
line of the Southern Pacific through
Phoenix is assessed for the first time
this year The largest railroad as
sessments are those of the Southern
Pacific and Santa Fe. The former in
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-08
BUILT
SEAPLANE GOES
DOWN ON TRIP
lBy Dispatch A. 2. Wlrel

PORT ANGELES, Wash, July T.
The PB-1, a Seattle-built seaplane of
the United States navy which for the
second time in a year started for CAL
ifornia broke down and was towed in
to this harbor late today for repair of
an oil line.
The Phi, in command of Lieut..
Ralph e. Dawson, and carrying four
other navy men, left Sand Point field
at Seattle this morning and Travelled
12O miles, descending at Pillar Point,
20 miles west of here, on the strait of
Juan De Fuca The object was to make
a nonstop flight to San Diego, Calf,
approximately 1900 miles. Patrol boat
372 of the coast guard fleet based
here to combat rum running from Can
ada, went to Pillar Point and took the
Phi in tow,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-08
PRESIDENT AND.
WIFE ENJOYING.
FOREST CAMP.
(By Dispatch A. P. wire)

PAUL SMITHS, N. Y, July T.. =
Cares of official life were cast aside
by President Coolidge today as in the
seclusion of the forest of the Adiron-
dacks he settled into a vacation ar
RI ed SO as to give him rest and
10 for the year ahead as head
'an.
~ White Pine camp on
nss nornin a. eraiss+ Mss, o9olIage tag on this
special trSe%ts> II. o5ashington, the
chief executfF2Z$&an '%ickly to his
new surroundiEs 80, particularly
evidenced lessenh30 the restraint
associated with the lite House by
joking with his associates, and as he
walked about the camp in the shade
of the pine, spruce and birch trees
with Mrs. Coolidge gave every indi-
cation of enjoying the sport.
Then responding to the invigorating
air and the vacation atmosphere, Cool
idge had one of the motor boats with
which the camp is equipped brought
to his private landing and with Mrs.
Coolidge took 2O-minute spin about
the lake.
\ VI bAC lllOol pcllJ IlOWONSiJ lhe
day was spent quietly by the chief ex-
ecutive, the task of getting settled
in the new surroundings occupying
his attention as attendants unpacked
boxes and trunks from the White
House and set the camp In order.
During the entire day he and Mrs.
Coolidge remained within the con-
fineA of the camp and received no
visitors.
Although the exact time the presi
dent would arrive was not known in
the Adrondacks until few hours be-
fore his train was due at Gabriels,
small crowds were at the station
when the special passed in the early
morning. At Gabriels a larger crowd,
including many who had driven for
many miles from country homes and
from private camps, was on hand, and
when the president and Mrs. Coolidge
alighted from the train, cheered and
applauded
AS the automobile bearing Mr.. and
Mrs. Coolidge entered the camp gate,
they passed the force of marines, in
command of Lit. Fred E. Stack, drawn
up at attention in full dress. Then
the party swung swiftly over the
ground bark road to the camp, set
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-08
TUCSON M IN NER
HAS VERY RICH
SILVER STRIKE
tpz Dispatch A. ?. wlrsl

TUCSON, July For 80 years
Charlie Taylor has sought the rain
bows end.-and he has found the
treasure right at home
Instead of being a ''pot of gold"
the treasure has been many pots of
silver. And he is still scooping
them out by the shovelfu1, out at
the mine with the silver door,"
north of Indian Oasis, 60 miles west
of Tucson, where the silver ore is
among the richest in the southwest.
Charles M. Taylor of Tucson has
mined in the hottest and in the
coldest, in the lowest and in the
welded the pickaxe in Death Valley
with 12O degrees of sunshine pour
ing down on his back, and he has
worked in Alaska, in 65 degrees be-
low. He has dug dirt below sea
level, in Death Valley and made the
rocks spin on Bolivian heights, $4,000
feet above sea level.
Taylor, who has been mining in
the Tucson district for 80 years found
piece of ore sticking out of the
ground at the mine April of this
year. He found it to be argentite,
which, in it's pure state, rates 87.1
per cent silver and 1873 per cent
sulphur. An assay of the first sam
pie showed 1850 ounces of silver to
the ton.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-08
NE XICO CITY
WATERS
CAUSE DAMAGE
(By Dispatch A. P. wire)

MEXICO CITY, July Z. Flood
waters, which have been menacing
Mexico City and the suburbs, have
invaded the streets Of Guadalupe
the little Mexican town where is
located the famous shrine Of our
Lady Of Guadalupe.
The noted shrine, which is the
scene of picturesque annual pilgrim
ages has not been damaged although
most of the streets Of the town as
well as other suburbs of Mexico City
have been covered with water vary
ing from a few inches to several feet
in depth All the prisoners have
been released from the jail in order
to assist, in fighting the floods.
The flood menace has not abated
in Mexico City, although the city
proper has not suffered any actual
damage thus far. Unless the daily
downpours, which have lasted for
more than two weeks, abate soon.
engineers fear that the city may
suffer seriously.
The suburbs, meanwhile, have been
inundated to a considerable extent
and several hundred homes in the
low lying poorer sections have been
abandoned, their inhabitants taking
refuge in the neighborihg hills or
the parks of Mexico City. An orphan
asylum in one of the suburbs shelf
ering 1900 children has been sur
rounded by water.
Two drownings have been reported
in the outlying sections but this
could not, be verified.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-08
Man Held for Murder Of
Montana Sheriff Wanted
For Killing TwO Cousins
fBy p,spatch 4. p. wirsI

message received here today by
Sheriff Clarence Gilbert from Sher-
iff M. p. Ridpath of Chandler, ok
ahOma, gives the information that
John VicI1rey, held i'm Jail here for
he Staying of sheriff Russell Sage
at Billings TUESDAY morning, ~
wanted in Washington state for the
killing of two cousins. Besides
this information, the message stat
I'd that Vickrey's father has left
stroud, Okla, for Montana to be
with his son. The double killing
charged to Vickrey Is said to have
taken place at the home of an aunt
ut Yakima, Wash.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-08
Former German Aviator
Found Tied to Floating
Log; Skull Crushed In

MACY, Nebr., July with his
skull crushed and his hands tied
behind him, William Deckert, 25'
former German army aviator and
farmer living ON the Iowa side OF
the Missouri river near here, was
found today fIOatAng in midstream
near Decatur, Nebr.. on log to
which he had been tied. He may
.ecOver.
Officers are working on the the
Dry that Deckert was an intended
murder victim and that, his un-
known assailantS had supposed him
dead or nearly dead whUn they
Fastened hipn to the log and set
him adrift in the river.
Deckert is said to have aroused
antagonisrn of several persons near
his home during some arguments
in the past few weeks.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-08

Romano opened the -nial arguments
in the trial for murder of the youth
who shot to death the federal agent
when te latter tried to arrest him for
Interstate. transportation of an alleged
stolen automobile. Durkin sat com
placently in his chair as the five
weeks-long murder trial drew toward
its close after a day which started
with conclusion of his testimony pro-
ceeded rapidly through the nearing OF
rebuttal witnesses, and found the
closing pleas well under way at ad-
journment.
Often with smile chasing across
ihs featurns, Durkin heard himself
called by Romano "a Sir Ga1ahad in
quest of licentious adventure" "a ten
thousand dollar bootlegger,'' "a hog
ger of the spotlight whose hands are
raised in a plea of mercy"
will you proclaim to youth asked
Romano. that crime, given colorful
glamour, is not crime, but fame? II
you do, you will make every boy
potential Martin J. Durkin.
"We asked that justice be served
with the only satisfying penalty IN
this case. that of death
After this emotional beginning, Ro-
mano launched into the legal phase
of the case, and he had not concluded
his plea when court adjourned.
Presentation of evidence was COM
uleted without any effort by the state
to prove Durkin's signatures on sew
eral bills of sale for motor cars in
whose disposal the state had indi-
Gated interest. The case probably will
go to the jury by nightfall tomorrow.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-08
HAY CONTRACTS AWARDED
Especial to The Dispatch)


PHOENIX, July photographic ad-
vices have been received from Wash
ington that as the result of the
urgent demands of Senator Ralph III.
Cameron upon the war department,
contracts have been awarded by the
contracting officer of the eign IN
corps area, with headquarters at
Fort Sam Houston, for mixed alfalfa
and Johnson grass hay for all border
army posts of the area together with
Fort Bliss.
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-08
COLLECTIONS BY STATE
SECRETARY REACH $S37,524

PHOENIX, July 7.-Colleetions in
+be office of James Fl. Kerby, secre-
tary. for the six months period end
ing July 1, totalled $837,524.98, ac-
cording to a statement issued today
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-08
STATE SEEKS
HANGING FOR
N. ]. Dl)Rk|N
(By Dispatch A. P. wire)

CHICAGO, July DE
crying ''the maudlin senti-
mentality Of a public that
has seized Martin J. Durk-
in to its heart" Michael
Romano, assistant states
attorney, today asked a
jury to decree death by
hanging for Durkin in com
pensation for his killing
last October of Edwin g.
Shanahan. federal agent.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-26

The International Club Quality and
service, in Aqua Prieta-Advt.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-26

! land avenue, and his brother, Tom at
the same moment came out of a cigar
store across the street when the auto
mobile pulled up a few feet distant.
One man leaped from the automobile
with a shotgun and running across
the street pointed it at Charles and
fired. AS if the first shot were a
signal the occupants of the automobile
blazed away with shotguns and the
machine gun, raking the street in the
vicinity of. the O'Donnell's with more
than 100 shots, while pedestrians sour
ried for cover.
Charles ODonnell fell at the first shot
and his brother Tom was dropped in
the fusillade, while one slug struck
Barrett, a bystander.
Charles, O'Donnell, shot through the
back, was found in hospital by the
police His condition is serious Thorn
as was shot i'm the arm and his wound
is not serious He refused to give
any information to the police, declar-
ing he did not know his assailants.
Barrett was struck in the right
shoulder and said he knew nothing
about the shooting.
Tom O'Donnell said he just happened
by and did not know Charles was call
ing on Miss Burns.
The police Immediately started
rounding up rival gang leaders and
hoodums. They were looking partic-
ularly for a man known only as Cog
ge," who had a fight with Charles
O'Donnell last Saturday near where
today's shooting occurred and who had
ado fhrn1tc auainSt him.
The O'Donnell gang was one of the
first beer running bands on the SOUTH
side Originally there were five broth
ers, Edward Spike" the leader; Tom
and Charles, who were shot today, and
Steve and Walter. John, another
brother was not involved in the or
ganlzation, so far as known. Walter;
O'Donnell was killed in 1925 along with
a companion, Harry Hassmiller, when
the two invaded a road house in the
territory of Johnny Torrio, an arch
enemy, and tried to shoot up the place
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-26

TEACHERS COLLEGE, FLAGSTAFF,
Nov. 25.-Grady Gammage, president
Flagstaff Teachers college, was for
mally installed in office at inaugural
exercises in his honor at the college
auditorium Sunday afternoon. The
event proved to be the most notable
and auspicious on the college calendar
in the history of the institution, ac !.
cording to Mrs. Ida w. Douglass
chairman in charge of the arrange.
ments.
The new president was born in
Arkansas and received his early edu-
cation in the common and high schools
of the state. He was graduated lrom
the state university of .r.zona i'll
1912 and was awarded the Arizona
scholarship to Harvard n 1916. He
earned his masters degree in the col
lege of education in the University
of Arizona. Gammage's professional.
career has covered work in all grades
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-26

of public school service. He left an
important position as superintendent
Of schools to take UP the work which
he has been doing in the teachelt
college during the past year. He is
well known throughout Arizona as .
lecturer and an ardent promoter Of
activities in various phases of edu-
cational work.
The ceremonies in connection with
the inaugural exercises of the new
president were elaborate. While the
college orchestra played the profess
sional march, the faculty in academic
regalia, and the speakers, many Of
whom wore caps and gowns, marched
to their places While the audience
stood. Rev. E. L. Freeland delivered
the invocation.
The University of Arizona was Of
f-cially represented by Dean Frank
M. Life Of the college Of letters, arts
and sciences who spoke on "The
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-26
Arkansas Tornado Claims
20 Lives on Thanksgiving
CONTINUED From Page One,

eAdCl
A partial list of the dead:
At Beber Springs-Roy Morris,
Mrs Roy Morris, his Wife; Morris baby.
Seven unidentified dead
At Oppelo-NIr. Drake Stafford, Mrs.
Drake Stafford, IL year old son of the
Staffords, S21 year old son of the Staf-
fords and Mrs. Jones.
Several were killed in another dis
turbance at Moscow, Ark, small town
below Pine Bluff, according to mes
sage received by the Pine Bluff Graph
ic tonight, and Topsie Lybrand, 10, was
missing after a storm swept away a
farm house near Sheridan, 80 miles
west of Pine Bluff.
An incomplete summary tonight
fixed the total of injured at around
10 and of missing at four, with Heber
Springs, apparently the hardest hit
point yet to be heard from.
Telephone and telegraph commune
cation was broken by the storm in
the affected area and it was not pos
sible to compile complete casualty
list.
Property damage, it was indicated,
was not excessive, probably being
greatest at Heber Springs, where a
railroad station agent reported, in an
interrupted message, that Is blocks of
dwellings had been damaged and that
a second terrific wind storm prevented
search for more dead and Injured.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-26

American Teachers College Viewed
From the University Standpoint" Dr
Carl L. Huffaker, acting dean of the
college of education, also made ar
address. others from the faculty o.
the state university Who were pres
ent at the exercises were Elmer Sncr
rell dean of men, and Professor =.
w. Glarson DE- G. H. Marvin, pres.
dent, is on a speaking tour on tn2
coast and was unable to be presen;.
A. j. FELTON,, head of the depart
ment OF English, Tempe State Teacn>
ers college, and Ira Payne, director
Of the training school, Tempe State
Teachers college, officially represented
that institution in the absence of DR..
a. J. Matthews, who was unable 70
come on account of severe iIlrNss
H. A. Cross, dean of Phoenix Junior
college, brought felicitations 70 sat
new president from his institution.
Dir. A. e. Douglass, professor y,
astronomy and director Steward OBJ
servatory, Tucson, at present on sab
batical leave from the University OF
Arizona, spoke on "The College and
Science" other prominent speakers
were S. W. Proctor, president board
of trustees, Flagstaff Teachers co.,
lege and j. @. Thomas, superintendent
Flagstaff schools, who spoke on tbs
relationship between the city schools
and the teachers colleges Of the sta;e.
1 The principal address the aver,
noon was made by DR.. Rufus r. vo1
/ FIeinSm.d, president University o:
! Southern California. Or. Won Klein
! Smid was president Of the University
OF Arizona when Gammage was grad
uated from that institution The topic
Of his speech was Educator, Al
! Asset or Liability"
President Gammage RESPONDED with
! q short talk presenting his dreams
/ and ideals for the present and future
Flagstaff Teachers college.
! Seventy delegates representing civic
! fraternal, religious organizations, col
leges and universities formally paio
| their respects to the new president
/ Headed by s. w. Proctor, official
| Geleagte appointed by the mayor OF
igWinslow, q motorcade of % cars, cama
here to greet President Gammage
their former townsman, anc w!sr
| him success in his life's chosen work
The address Of welcome was de
livered by ]. B. Koch, mayor of Flag,
staff. C. 0. Case, superintendent oi
public instruction, made the response
lin behalf of the educational insti-
tutions OF the state
Il Professor c. v RidgleXs college
H slee club sang rs their opening mum
bers "The Postal Day by TschalKew
eLxy apd 'H5Tha Swan" NV Saint Saens
/ Professor Ridgley gave two violi2
selections, "A:r For G String" b!
Brock Wilhelmj and "Canzonetta from
Violin Concerto" by Tschaikowsily
Miss Mildred Whetsel played the ac
compartments. Messers. Johnston
Bellwood, Myers and Deaver sans
Holy Art Thou by Handel Kings
mill.
Rev. Fl. f. softley gave the bene
diction,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-26
Sergeant York Pounds a
School for Boys and Girls
Continued From Fage one)
Asks Nothing for Himself.


He asks nothing for himself, and
wants but chance for the boys and
girls of his mountains. He went no
farther than third grade himself, and
wants his mountain people to have
the education he never got
York institute will be secondary
or high school, and will not be de-
nominational.
But it win be Christian" says
York.
Simple faith in God animates overy
act and expression Of this mild, smu
ing nountaineer.
Yorks sincerity and merit of his
educational plans has drawn to his
support such men as Major George
Berry, presfdtne of the international
Printing Pressmen's union; Newton
d. Baker, former secretary of war;
James e. Bartlett Detroit capitalist;
! Carl c. Fisher, wealthy Miami, Fla
business man, and others.
Berry and Bartlett are on the ex-
ecutive committee in charge of the
school project So is Major Richard
! Hardy Of Chattanooga Baker is on
the advisory board.
Big Gifts Already Made.
Fisher has pledged $4,000 for a
girls dormitory, and w. S. Witham,
of A tlanta, will give the same amount
| for student loan fund.
| Another executive committeeman is
H. c. Miller, of Erie, Pa, retired
contractor who will give expert
construction advice.
! Splendid opportunities for effective
work by the York institute are seen
| in tho mountain country where natu-
raj resources are rich. Sergeant York
does not want to teach the boys and
| girls of his vicinity to be fine peo-
\ ple,' he explains He wants to give
them a high school education and
teach them agriculture and other vo-
| cations which will enable them to be-
come worthy, capable, successful citi-
zens.
The human stock of these noun
tains already has given to history
such characters as Davy Crockett ant
Mark Twain.
Education is this stocks sole need
That is the need Sergeant York i!
setting out to fill.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-26
Hudson Maxim Is
Visiting Douglas Today
Continued From Page one>

ducing much better ballistic results
than any other and the detonator for
same and many other inventions and
improvements in ordnance and ex'
plosives.
In addition to his prominence as
an inventor and pioneer in the study
of high explosives, Maxim has won
renown as an author. He is tho
author of "The Science of Poetry ana
the philosophy of Languages" pub
lished in 1910; Dynamite Stories" pub
Iished in 1916 and "Defenseless Amer
ica" published in 1915, which had
powerful influence on Americas par
during the World war.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-26
MISSOURI FATALITIES

IEBANAN, Mo, Nov. 25 P9-TWo o
persons were killed and many injured
at Competition, Is miles southeast of
here at 6 o'clock tonight when tor
nado struck, according to word re-
ceived here. The dead:
w. T.. Pittsworth, 35, rural mail
carrier, and Claude White, 80, a farmer.
All telephone communicatI with
Competition was crippled by the storm.
Word of the tornado was bought hee
by messenger Many homes and build
ings were Destroyed, according to the
messenger.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-26
HITS BRANDsvILLE

BRANDSVILLE, Mo-, Nov, rs P)-
Three persons were killed and more
than 20 injured when tornado hit
Brandsville tonight. Practically every
business building, a church and the
Brandsville community hall were de-
stroyed.
A call for aid was sent to West
Plains and all available physicians and
nurses were brought here. The dead
and injured were taken to West Plains.
The dead:
Mrs. Lusa Hartz, of Brandsvllle;
small son of Fred Lille, of Brandsvllle;
John johnson, Thayer, Mo-, business
man.
The tornado came from the south
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-26
CATHOLIC BISHOP Defends
ACTION OF HIS CHURCH

NEW YORK, Nov. 25 R-Bishop
John Dunn, head of the chancery of
flee of the archdiocese of New York.
declared tonight that "the Catnoli,
church has always protested, and will
protest, against tyranny and the SELL
ing of women in marriage"
Bishop Dunns statement was m 1de
in reply to one by Bishop Manning,
of the Protestant Episcopal church,
criticizing the Catholic church for it's
anulment of the Vanderbilt Marlbor-
ough marriage.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-26

wrinkle in what appears to be child
abandonment:
A Phoenix realtor of some promin-
ence returned to his parked motor car
Tuesday night to find blue-eyed baby
boy sitting in the front seat ospital
authorities to whom the child was
turned over, police officials and mem
bers of the Phoenix Womens guild are
endeavoring to solve the boys identi-
fication.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-26
HITS LOUISIANA

J. HAYNEASVILLE, La, Nov. 25 (P-
Twelve persons We're injured and sew
eral were missing as result of wind
and rainstorm which struck the camp
of the Roxana Petroleum company,
three miles north of Haynesville. Every
telephone from Haynesville to the
storm area was out of commission,
making efforts to obtain accurate in
formation difficult.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-26
Two Gangsters and a
Bystander Are Injured
CONTINUED From Page one)

was John Conroy, county assessor, who
was unhurt.
The ODonnell brothers We're corner
ed by several men riding in an auto
mobile from which bristled the muzzles
IF n machine gun and several shotguns.
Charles O'Donnell had left the home
of Miss Margaret Burns in South Ash
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-26

and is supposed to be the tail end of
Heber Springs, Ark, tornado, where
23 persons were killed.