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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
Big CHRISTMAS
PAGEANT AT THE
GRAND TONIGHT

I &D4 MA AA va n W IN NJ n u
Everything is in readiness for the
big Christmas pageant to be held al
the Grand theatre at o'clock tonight
in which more than 175 persons will
take part. This community Christmas
celebration is being given through the
cooperation of the Elks club, Kiwanis
Fclub, church choirs, city schools, Amer
! lean legion, chamber of commerce., mu-
sic club, League of Women Voters, Hi
club, Y. M. c. A, Y. w. c. A., the
Women's club and the boy scouts. The
performance is free to the public.
| This community Christmas observ-
ance is different from any observance
of Christmas formerly held here. 1t
has been arranged and will be under
the supervision of Miss Harriet E.
Shedd of the Douglas high school
Children from every school in the city
will participate in it. DR.. e. w. Adam
son and E. J. Huxtable of the Kiwanis
club will take the parts of Santa Claus
and Father Christmas, respectively.
The pageant will be divided into
three parts. Part / will represent the
spirit of children at Christmas time.
Part is. a representation insong,
dance and pantomime of Christmas
customs in other nations and will be
! directed by Miss Marjorie Williams.
Part 3 is the Bible story of the birth
of Christ and willQbe given under the
direction of Miss Vefne Rogers by the
achildren of the A Avenue school.
The program follpws:
Music-Grand theatre orchestra.
Greeting -"Christmas Cheer Mar
guerite Harris.
.Carol = "Hark, the Herald Angels
Sing'-Chorus of church choirs and
high school gIee club
Invocation-Mayo A. e. Hinton.
PAGEANT
American Children's Christmas.
Charles: Receiver of radigram- movie
machine-James Dixon.
Bob: Charles friend - Archie Hud-
sietz
Announcer, Station DCP-H. A. VIM
berley
Father Christmas-E. J. Huxtable.
Snow Girls Dance-Fifteenth street
school girls.
Christmas Tree Bearers-Boy scouts.
Tree Decorators = Seventh street
school.
Heralds-Mistletoe White, Sam John
son; Holly Red, Norman Carter.
Santa Claus-Dr. e. w. Adamson.
Dolls Dance-High school girls.
story Books: Song-Clawson school
Tin Soldiers: Drill - Second street
school.
Balloons: Dance-Grammar school
Carol ooh, Holy Night"-High school
quartet
Music-Grand theatre orchestra.
Part q
Christmas customs and carols of
other nations arranged and directed
by Miss Marjorie Williams-Y. w. C.
A. girls.
Carol, "Joy to the World"-Chorus.
Christmas heralds and their fairy
messenger introduce folk of many
lands:
British Isles-Bringing the Yule log.
France-Preparing for lie Petit Noel.
Switzerland - The Christmas Candle
Star.
Scandinavia-The Yule Candles.
Japan = Christmas in the Flowery
Kingdom.
Spain-Waitng for the Wise Men on
Their Camels.
Germany = Getting Ready for Saint
Nicholas.
MeXico-The Pilgrims.
United States-Well Loved Christmas
Customs.
Carol, 1T Came Upon the Midnight
Clear'-Chorus.
Music, while Shepherds Watched
Their FIocks''--Grand theatre orchestra!
Part 3:
Bible story of the Nativity in panto-I
mime and song-A avenue school, un-
der direction of Miss Verne Rogers.
Program arranged and directed byI
Miss Harriet E. Shedd.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
Guests at Rice Home

Mr.. and Mrs. George Cardiff, OF
Santa Cruz, Calf, and Robert and
Howard Cardiff and Milton Burns
OF New Mexico Military institute, are
spending Christmas at the home os
Mr.. and Mrs. Rex Rice, of this city
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
MEXICAN PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH WILL HOLD BIG
PAGEANT CHRISTMAS EVE

An American Christian pageant,
when the Star shoneyJ' by Lyman
r. Bayard, in Spanish will be the
program of the Mexican Presbyterian
church, Of this city, Christmas eve
at 8 p. m. at the Mexican Presby'
terian mission.
More than 80 beautiful oriental
costumes, planned and made by the
committee OF the Ladies' society, will
be shown. Rev. Pablo L.. Delgado is
going to play the role of a rabbi
of the first century with genuine
Whiskers
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
Here From San Diego

Miss Winifred Young is visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. W.
Young, at 624 Third street.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22

PRACTICAL AND USEFUL GIFTS
Electric PercOIntOrs. Electric TOnster%.
Electric Irons. We carry ii large stock
of Electric Appliances for the Holiday
shopping. Douglas Hardware Co. -
AdVt.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
JOHN 4. SMITH
FOOT SPECIALIST

will cause your feet to feel like new
with his improved adjustable arch sup
ports and his scientific method of re-
moving corns. Sal 18th St., to II
g. M, 2 to p. m.--Advt.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22

As result of the Imperial con-
ference it now seems practically Ger
tain that Great Britain will remain
within the mpire.-Punch.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
Entertain wednesday

The Ladies' society of the L. r.
and e. will entertain the firemen
and their families at the Parish
house Wednesday evening at c
o'clock with "a Christmas party ana
dance
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
Leaves for st. Paul

j. Butler, of this city, has gone t.
st. Paul, where he will spend tn,
Christmas holidays.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
Leaves for Coast

Edward A. Fraser left Tuesday
morning for Alhambra, Calf, where
he will spend the Christmas holidays
with his parents. He is employed at
the G. and A. smelter here.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
Here From Flagstaff

Harry Stevens is spending tht
Christmas holidays in Douglas from
Flagstaff, where he is student body
president at the Teachers college.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22

Christmas tree lights, eight lamps in
cOIOrs; $1.75, $500 and 1925 per set.
Arizona Edison CO.-Advt.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
Mother Here

Mrs. Lillian Griffith, mother Of
Ross Griffith, 1929 Ninth street, has
arrived from Los Angeles and will
spend Christmas at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Griffith.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
Here Friday

James Littell will arrive Friday
to spend Christmas with his family
He is employed in Bisbee.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22

The International Club. Quality
and service, in Aqua Prieta.-Advt.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
Leave for G

Leave for G
Mr.. and Mrs. George Jackson have
gone to Colorado, where they will
spend the Christmas holidays
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
III at Home

Mrs. A. A. Gillian, of the Western
Union office, is i'll at her home on
Eighth street.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
Here From Double Adobe

Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Kenny OF
Tuesday
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
I'll at Home

Miss Dorothy Griffith is quite i'll
at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ross Griffith, 1929 Ninth
street.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
Baby Better

Baby Better
The infant daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Alberts, who has been
i'll, is considerably better.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
Going to Clifton

Mrs. e. ]. Collett, of Douglas, will
leave Wednesday to visit her mother,
Mrs. Joe Fritz, OF Clifton, over the
Christmas holidays.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
Finds Sweater

of a child's sweater in his car Tues
day night after it had been parked
in front of the Phelps Dodge store
owner can have the same by seeing
Daniels in the mems department OF
the store.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22

The Internationar club. Quality ant
ervice, in Aqua Prieta.-Advt.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
Visiting Here

Howard Witte,s University of ART
zona student from Bisbee, will spend
several days visiting relatives il
Douglas during the holidays.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
Home Friday

Miss Carmen Larison, Miss Emma
oLuise Meischer and Miss Verena
Meischer will arrive here Friday to
spend the holidays
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
Here From Apache

Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Sloane, {
Apache, are in the city.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
Business Man Here

Business Man Here
Robert Rae, of Phoenix, who is
now connected with the western
States Security company, was in this
city Tuesday on business. Rae was
formerly a Douglas resident.
Entertain For Christmas
Mrs. Sam Miller, of Apache, has In,
vited several Douglas people to spend
Christmas with her at her ranch in
Apache
Here Tuesday
James Buckmaster, former Doug,
las boy, arrived here Tuesday from
Los Angeles to visit during Christ,
mas. He is employed in the coast
city
Decorating for Dance
Mr.. and Mrs James L. HASTINGS
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph S. Williams.
Carol Stone, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Weaver and Roy Wilder form the
committee in charge of the dance tc
be given Christmas night at the
Country club.
Visiting Here
Richard Jennings, Jr, and Frank
Hollister, of Los Angeles, are in
Douglas visiting Mr.. and Mrs
Richard Jennings, Sr., at 1884 Fif
teenth street. The boys will spend
The Christmas holidays here.
Visits on Coast
Miss Frances Richardson, of this
city will remain in San Diego Wis :
isting friends this Christmas.
John B. CrOweII Back
John Is. Crowell returned Tuesday
from Fresno, Calf, where he spent a
week with his family.
Leaves for Tucson
Mrs. Mary Youghanns, SGT Thir-
teenth street, will leave today for
Tucson, where she Will spend the
holidays visiting her sister, Mrs.
c. H. Holz
Leaving Friday
MISS Sue stephens and Miss Mar
saret Coty will leave this city FIR.
day to spend Christmas with friends
in Ell Paso.
Home to Spend Holidays
Miss Agnes Mahoney is home froh
he University of Arizona to spend
Christmas with her parents. Miss
Helen Mahoney will arrive here Fri
day from Mesa, where she teaches
school
Here From Dos CabezaS
John Hands, of Dos Cabezas, was
in Douglas Tuesday.
I'll at Home
Mrs F. T. Wright is i'll at her
home She has hean sick Savara
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22

have come westward from Texas, as
there is little chance of them COM
ing across the border from Mexico.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
"No Breakfast Complete Without
The Dispatch" 1"

Dispatch Telephones-S1 and 50
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
visiting Miss EpIey

Miss Ruth Welch, of the Univer.
sity of Arizona, visited Miss Bessi,
Epley here Tuesday, returning to heI
home that night. Miss Welch il
spending Christmas in Paradise anG
VIII return here shortly after Christ
mas for visit.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
BETTER Now

Better Now
David William Stockham, Jr., who
has been III for three weeks, is
slightly better following minor
operation.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22

Fruit cake and Christmas presents
of all kinds at Curio Cafe, Aqua Prieta.
-Advt.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
Uere for Holiday

Robert Littell is in this city from
the University Of Arizona.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
Alumni Meeting

Alumni Meeting
Alumni of the Douglas high school
met Monday night at the high school
building and decided to hold their
annual, dance at the Country club
the night of January 1. All alumni:
interested should get in communica
ton with the president at once.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
DOUGLAS DISPATCH WEDNESDAY MORNING DECEMBER 2 1926
For Young Ladies

Ivory Toilet Sets, Manicure Sets, Perfume Set
Electric Curling Irons, Gift Stationery, Kodal
Albums Leather Purses Saylors, Liggets al
Page and Shaw Chocolates, all wrapped in KIM
packages. See our displays
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
Visiting Sister

Visiting Sister
Mrs Fred Kenan, of Portland, Ore.
is visiting her sister, Mrs. w. w
Reynard, 1900 Eighth street.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
Here Friday

Miss Sara Frost, who teaches music
il. the Tempe schools, will arrive
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22

Business Man Here
Robert Rae, of Phoenix, who is
now connected with the Western
States Security company, was in this
city Tuesday on business. Rae was
formerly Douglas resident.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
Tn visit Here

Mrs. j. f. Reese, of Wichita, Kan.
will visit her daughter, Mrs. NJ I
Downs, of this city. during the holl-
days. Mrs. Reese will arrive FRI
day.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
Ill at Home

Mrs. F. T. Wright is i'll at her
home. She has been sick several
days.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
DOUGLAS DAILY DOINGS

DOUGLAS d.
Leaves for Coast
Edward A. Fraser left Tuesday
morning for Alhambra, Calf, where
he will spend the Christmas holidays
with his parents. He is employed al
the c. and A. sfnelter here.
Baby Better
The infant daughter of Mr.. and
y Mrs. William Alberts, who has been
ILL., is considerably better.
Going to CLIFTON
Mrs. E. J. Collett of Douglas. will
leave Wednesday to visit her mother,
Mrs. Joe Fritz, OF Clifton, over the
Christmas holidays.
Visiting Here
Howard Witte.3 University of Ari-
zona student from Bisbee, will spend
several days visiting relatives il
Douglas during the holidays.
BETTER Now
David William Stockham, Jr., who
has been III for three weeks, is
slightly better following minor
operation.
Finds Sweater
Jack Daniels reports the finding.
of child's sweater in his car Tues
day night after it had been parked
owner can have the same by seeing
Daniels in the mems department OF
the store.
Alumni Meeting
Alumni of the Douglas high school
met Monday night at the high schoo!
building and decided to hold their
annual dance at the Country club
the night of January 1. All alumni:
interested should get in communica
ton with the president at once.
Visiting Sister
Mrs Fred Kenan, of Portland, Ore.
is visiting her sister, Mrs. w. w,
Reynard 1900 Eighth street.
Visiting Parents
Mr.. and Mrs. E. j. Johnson and
small daughter, of Santa Anna, Calf
are visiting Johnsons parents, Mr.
and Mrs. /. F. Johnson, at 144s
Twentieth street over the holidays.
Here From Tucson
shad Bowyer and Ross Savage are
in this city from Tucson on business
Returns to City
zip Lee, who has been in For,
Worth for the past three weeks, has
returned to this city.
Home for Holidays
Raymond Laux, who Us the Elk.
scholarship student at the University
of Arizona is spending the holidays
with his mother
To visit Here
Mrs. j. f. Reese, Of Wichita, Kan.
will visit her daughter, Mrs. M. I
Downs, of this city, during the holl
days. Mrs. Reese will arrive FRI
day.
Here Friday
Miss Sara. Frost, who teaches music
il. the Tempe schools, will arrive
Friday to visit over Christmas.
Here From Apache
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Sloane, OIL
Apache, are in the city.
Visiting Miss EpIey
Miss Ruth Welch, of the Univer,
sity of Arizona, visited Miss Bessi,
Epley here Tuesday, returning to her
home that night. Miss Welch il
spending Christmas in Paradise and
VIII return here shortly after Christ
mas for a visit.
Home Friday
Miss Carmen Larson, Miss Emma
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22

Entertain For Christmas
Mrs. Sam Miller of Apache, has In,
vlted several Douglas people to spend
Christmas with her at her ranch in
Apache.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
Visiting Parents

Mr.. and Mrs. E. j. Johnson AM
small daughter, of Santa Anna, Calf
are visiting Johnson's parents, Mr.
and Mrs L F. Johnson, at 144'
Twentieth street over the holidays.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
Home for Holidays

Raymond Laux, who is the Elk''
scholarship student at the University
of Arizona. is spending the holiday:
with his mother.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22

Here From Dos Cabezas
John Hands, of Dos Cabezas, was
in Douglas Tuesday.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22

Here Tuesday
James Buckmaster, former Doug
las boy, arrived here Tuesday from
Los Angeles to visit during Christ
mas. He is employed in the coas
city.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
Decorating for Dance

Visiting Here
Richard Jennings, Jr., and Frank
Hollister, of Los Angeles, are in
Douglas visiting Mr.. and Mrs
Richard Jennings, Sr., at 1884 Fif
feenth street. The boys will spend
the Christmas holidays here.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22

Shad Bowyer and Ross Savage are
in this city from Tucson on business
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22

htVUTNS 10 OIIy
zip Lee, who has been in For,
Worth for the past three weeks, has
returned to this city.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22

Home to Spend Holidays
Miss Agnes Mahoney is home froA
he University of Arizona to spent
Christmas with her parents. Mis-,
Helen Mahoney will arrive here Fri
day from Mesa, where she teache,
school
Evening star., 1926-12-03
FATE OF MRS. HALL AND HER
BROTHERS IN JURY'S HANDS

| Klux Klan is in favor Of an acquittal
| in this case, because Of that. I know
| the biggest kiansman in the State
and he told me the other day that the
klan was never in favor of murder.
Displays Her Stockings.
Then he held up the stockings
| night Of her death.
Look at them," he said, "cheap 15-
cent stockings. Look at the poor
| little brown shoes, run down at the
heels. Aren't those queer clothes for
a harlot to wear?"
| The prosecutor pictured Mrs. Hall
as a proud, cruel' woman, who was
aroused to jealousy. hate and rage"
| because she was about to lose her huS-
band to another woman. He pointed
| out that she was older than her, hus.
band and that he was bought and
paid for" and that, "of course, she
| listened in over the telephone when
this woman called"
This woman, look into her eyes if
| you want to know the TRUTH" said
Simpson, pointing at Mrs. Hall.
Calls Mrs. Hall jealous.
IF Mrs. Hall didn't know OF the
| gossip concerning her husband and
| Mrs. Mills, she was the only one in
| New Brunswick without that informa-
| tion," Simpson declared.
Mrs Hall he described as an elderly
woman of wealthy position. Her hus-
| band, he said, was hers and she would
| not tolerate Mrs. Mills taking him
| from her.
He described the relations between
the minister and the slain choir singer
as this sitting on the lap, kissing,
l nnf iv1cr nd
"She is so cold-blooded that she
stops talking about the murder of her
| husband to have photographers put
| out of the courtroom"
He referred to the occasion when
Mrs. Hall, while on the witness stand,
observed a. photographer in the court
room and spoke to Judge Parker, re-
sulting in the photographer being
| elected.
Believes They Confronted Pair.
The prosecutor maintained that Mrs
Hall and her brothers went to con-
front Rev. Mr.. Hall and Mrs. Mills
without any intention of committing
| murder, but that a quarrel resulted
from Mrs. Halls demand for an ex-
PLANTATION Of the letters, and in the
ensuing struggle the couple were SHOT,
| Simpson claimed that the telephone
call which Mrs. Mills made to the
minister in the evening, a few hours
before the murder, referred to a letter
| which Mrs. Mills had written to him
and which he had not received. The
| prosecutor voiced the opinion that this
letter had fallen into the hands of
| Mrs. Hall.
He stressed the fact that when Mrs.
Hall and Willie Stevens were out the
| night of the Staying looking for Rev.
Mr.. Hall they never knocked at the
door of the Mills home.
This woman, mad for her husband,
| doesn't make the slightest effort to
| find him." said Simpson.
''She doesn't know the next morning
| that the rector is dead with the choir
singer beside him; yet she calls police
| and asks what amounted to any dead
bodies been found"
This referred to the argument over
the word Casualties Simpson, on
cross examination of Mrs. Hall, insist
Evening star., 1926-12-03

believes that the ''pig woman" may
be the murderess. He says that she
was skilled in the use Of firearms,
that she was always threatening
neople with her gun, and boasted that
She often fired it in the dark at
nnople of whose conduct she did not
approve.
Traces Possible Movements.
on the night Of the murder she had
,oor Watching for the thieves who
s,ola her corn, intending to get them,
ond he thinks that she may have fol-
Loved DIR. Hall and Mrs. Mills. think
INC thev were the thieves, and in her
furv. shot them. Then, her blood
Inst satiated, she may have mounted
her mule, as she said, and fed nome,
and finding her moccasln gone Sne
NAV have realized that that was
clue and for that reason have gone
back to hunt 1t.
clone. listening to the summing up,
the comforting galaxy of cousins who
have sat so stanchly at their backs
having removed to other seats In the
body of the courtroom.
Tnev listened to the speeches with
,be same calm and poise that they
have displayed through the entire
trial only once did Mrs. Hall show
anv emotion, and that was when Mr.
McCarter spoke of her as woman
of many sorrows, a woman who had
na ssed through the grief Of losing the
husband she loved, the greater grief
of finding out that the man she trust
cd had betrayed her and been unfaith
full to her, and who now was called
upon to bear the shame of being ac
cused as a murderess. and the sor
row of having unwittingly brought
misfortune on her two brothers and
her cousin.
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Evening star., 1926-12-03

Queen Mary, saying there had been
cruel women in history.
What is more cruel than a woman
who, though she is older than her hus-
band sees him killed when he Is taken
away from her?" he asked.
Reverting again to Mrs. Gibson,
Simpson described her as "one of the
finest characters"
"It requires courage to come for
ward and tell your story when the
whole of the ruling class Is against
you," he declared.
IF you feel like acquitting these
defendants" Simpson concluded,
why don't you put on a rider to your
verdict, saying Mrs. Gibson, or Jen-
| ME. her mule, committed the muir.
ders?"
Again and again, the prosecutor
declared that he has not been trying
Ito win a case"
Hints at New Trials.
Senator Case has told you that
, this is the last of the Hall-Mills trials, "
Simpson continued. He has nothing
to do with it. There are possibly five
more trials, Henry Carpenter has not
been tried on either indictment and
each of these three defendants can be
tried separately for murder Of Mr..
Hail."
Carpenter Is a cousin Of the other
defendants. One story told by Mrs
Gibson placed him at the scene of
the killing.
Nearing the end of his address Simp.
son said that with the stencil" of
the Hall-Mills case unsolved there
should be red flag in the hand of
the statue of justice atop the court
house.
"They think that I antagonized
you,' he said to the Jury, ''but that
doesn't worry me. If I were trying
an accident case, might pat you on
the back and tell you what fine fel
lows you are, but the honest men
among you are going to decide this
case. am speaking this with the au'
thority of the whole State of New
Jersey in trying to clear UP this abom'
Unable murder.
II have faith in you," he finally told
the jury.
Bergen Opens for State.
II think 1 should explain as pros
ecutor of this county," Bergen said In