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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-30
P. D. HELPS S. P.
TO GET ROAD
IN USE AGAIN

BISBEE, Sept. 30 (AP)-Two NAM
month steam shovels were busy this
afternoon scooping up tons of gravel
at Sacramento hill to be used IN re-
pairing damaged road bed of the
Southern Pacific and the washed out
bridge near Fairbanks. This was the
result of conference here between
A. e. Sweet, assistant general man
ager for the railroad, and D. D.
Irwin, superintendent, Copper Queen
branch, Phelps Dodge corporation.
During the hour he spent here
Sweet said both freight and passenger
trains will be operating over the
south line of the railroad by noon
tomorrow Toward this end work
en- the Fairbanks bridge is being
rushed to completion, and if the
program is completed on schedule, it
will permit the passage of the first
trains in this vicinity since Monday.
The railroad executive explained that
no repairs will be attempted on the
wrecked bridge near Benson on the
north line of the Southern Pacific
until repairs are complete in the
Fairbanks section. He also said no
estimate of the total damage to
railroad property from the recent
rains and floods can be made at the
present time.
On his brief trip here Sweet brought
with him mail from Ell Paso ror
the marooned people of Bisbee and
Douglas
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-30
ADAM BEDE TO
SPEAK IN CITY
FOR R. CAMERON

Honorable Adam Bede, former con-
gresham from Minnesota and one U.
the most interesting speakers in the
country, will speak in the Majestic
theatre in Douglas Friday night in
behalf of Senator Ralph Cameron,
with whose work in the senate he rs
intimately, familiar. Bede is an IN
ternationally renowned humorist, the
modern Mark Twain, and those who
attend the meeting may be assured
CT an interesting and entertaining
address.
Bede is from the farming and min
ing section of Minnesota where con.
Gitions are quite similar to those in
Arizona. He is particularly inter
ested in Senator Cameron's fight to
procure tariff on copper, because
Minnesota is also a great copper
state. He is well qualified TO speak
on the problems before the people OF
Arizona at present.
Congressman Bede is voluntarily
coming to Arizona to tell the people
CT the excellent work tnat senator
Cameron has done for his state in
congress; a trip that is inspired by
his great admiration for Senator CAM
eron and his close knowledge or his
work He is an eloquent, forceful
speaker and one whose address never
lags in interest.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-30
DR.. J. W. TUCKER
OF DARTMOUTH
DIES AT HOME

HANOVER, N. H, Sept. 29-(AP)-
DR.. William Jewett Tucker aged
president emeritus of Dartmouth col
lege, died this evening at his home
here. He had been i'll for long time,
but the end came suddenly Mrs.
Tucker was the only relative with him
at the time.
DR.. Tucker was known in New Eng
land as "the great president" who
brought Dartmouth from the position
of small New Hampshire college to
institution.
DR.. Tucker came to the presidency of
Dartmouth in 1898 as the successor 10
DR.. Samuel Colcord Bartlett; his 10y
atty to the college forcing him at last
to accept the election which twice pre-
viously he had refused. At the time of
his inauguration the college was in
debt; it's enrolment numbered but
Slightly more than 800 men, and the ed
ucational plant consisted of but Is in
adequate buildings. At his retirement
in 1909, Dartmouth had reached an en-
rollment of more than 1,1OO students;
more than 20 college buildings had
been added to the plant; the amount of
the college invested capital had been
increased by more than a million and
half dollars, and the institution had
been strengthened land improved at
every point. Much of the prosperity of
Dartmouth at the end of President
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-30
TOURISTS HELD
UP BY ROADS.
ALL DIRECTIONS.

County Engineer sgd Smith arrived
at the Dispatch office shortly after
O'Clock last evening and reported
bridge, over which all of the east
that the approach to the Fairbanks
and west traffic across the entire
state of Arizona will have to pass
until further construction work on
flood damaged bridges can be done,
had been finally opened to traffic at
5:S0 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
The engineer said that Tombstone
was jammed with tourists and other
travellers who had been waiting for
fic will now be routed through Tomb
stone, Fairbanks, sonoita and Vail
to Tacson. M
Smith said that the approach to
the Palominas bridge had also been
repaired, making passage possible 70
Hereford and Fort Huachuca The
engineer brought word from the meet
ing of the county board of supervis-
ors, who convened in St. David on
Wednesday afternoon to decide on
action for the raising of sufficient
funds to build the proposed concrete
bridge to replace the old wooden
structure which spanned the main
highway at that point before the
flood He said that the meeting had
taken no definite action, but will
make some definite move some timc
Thursday. e
Sheriff j. F. Mcdonald passed
through Douglas late Wednesday aft
ernoon after an extended and very
muddy trip over those sections of
i
car He reported that work on
bridge repairs at all the washed out
places is moving very slowly on ac-
count of lack Of materials and the
general soggy nature of the ground
that must be moved.
He said that the work of rebuild
ing the approach to the Fairbanks
bridge, which will relieve the traffic
congestion on the main artery Of
travel through the state has hardly
started, and will probably take at
least another day. Mcdonald said
that there were thousands OF tour
lists scattered along the i'roads west
of Douglas waiting for some means Of
crossing the different streams. He
said that in st, David and vicinity,
where the main highway terminates
with the S0-foot bank Of the San
! Pedro, the tourists are congesting
the highway and the available park
| ing spaces and seemed determined TO
wait patiently for bridge or ford
/ to be constructed.
Police Judge w. C. Jack returned
Wednesday from a several weeks va
cation trip into New Mexico. He
made the return trip by auto, and re-
ported that there were long stretches
of road that are very nearly impass-
able. He said that the mud and
water was hub deep for many miles
! on the eastern end of his trip, but
that the rouGhest part of the jour
ney was Eatween Rodeo and Doug
! las, where the road has been washed
over and left full Of shell holes.
Edd Riggs. of the PARKWAY ranch,
situated in the Chiricahuas, at the
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-30
NEVADA PRISON
INMATES KILLED
FIGHTING FIRES

RENO, New, Sept. 20 (AP)-Charred
bodies of three men, two of them in
mates of the Nevada state prison,
were found today in the hills just
west of Carson City where yesterday
they lost their lives fighting forest
and brush fire which for several hours
threatened the state capital as it
swept down the mountain SIDE.
The third body was that of Ralph
Morse, an Indian section hand en-
ployed by the Virginia and Truckee
railroad. The convicts who lost their
lives were George Brown serving a
one to five year term for burglary
from Churchill cuonty, and j. e.
Mitchell, serving one to Ii year
term for assault with intent to kill.
The three bodies We're found IN 2
radius of about $50 feet of each
other. Bryant Wnetmore, prison
guard trapped in the flames is in d
serious condition in a Reno hospital.
His physician said today he might
die at any time. Arthur Sunday
fire patrolman for Lake Tanoe re-
sorts also was badly burned in fight
| ing the flames, was thought to be
more seriously burned than Whetmore
has chance for recovery.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-30
Dr.. F. T Wright Leaves Calumet Hospital
Today as Dr. E. W. Adamson Takes Charge
For the Calumet and Arizona Mining Firm

With the close today todays busi-
ness, the ownership of the Calumet
hospital passes from DR.. F. Il. Wright
to the Calumet & Arizona Mining
company, who will hereafter operate
it as q part of their organization,
and at the same time DR.. Wright re-
signs his position as surgeon to the
smelter, thus concluding an uninter-
rupted service of "a years. There
are but two men now working at
the smelter, w. w. Porter and Jack
Gibbons, who have had a longer con
tinuous service.
DR.. Wright game to Douglas, Octo-
Der 1, 1902, from Calumet, Mich,
where he had served on the starr OF
the Calumet & Hecla company. While
in Calumet he had become acquainted
with the Calumet men who were
then developing the mine at Bisbee
and when it was time for the smeI-
ter to start, he was asked to come
to Douglas to take charge of the
surgical work. Immediately after ar
rival he developed the plans for the
hospital, which was constructed dur
Ting the following winter and spring,
and opened for business May l, 1909.
At first the building consisted only
of what is now the middle portion,
with a capacity of 10 beds. AS
business increased, additions were
made, until it reached it's prese ut
Proportions with room for rs patents.
The first patient was J. J. Hooten,
a man who was working for the D.
l. company. He was brought to the
hospital by Joe Sexton. The first
surgical patient was Ike Coke, w1o
came on account of a gunshot wound
Of the neck. During the nearly
years, gunshot wounds furnished a
large number of patients.
During the first summer an cpl
demic of typhoid fever prevailed, and
Of men still living in Douglas wnc
were members of the hospital typhoid
squad are Charles Nichols, John Cold
en- and Tommy Butler. Gates Foss
was the first of the sci babies porn
in the hospital. Altogether It's doors
have admitted 6127 patients, repre-
senting practically most of the dis
eases and surgical conditions that
| flesh is heir to.
The first, and for a time the only
nurse was Miss Jane Ellison, who
came here from Syracuse, N. Y. III
! it's busiest periods, as high as eight
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-30
MUSSOLINI AND
A. CHAMBERLAIN
CONFER TODAY

ROME, Sept 29.-(AP)-Intense in
terest has been aroused by news that
Premier Mussolini and Sir Austen
Chamberlain, foreign secretary for
Great Britain, will confer tomorrow ~
some secret place.
Dispatches from London indicate that
the place is Civitavecchia, SO miles
from Rome.
Some circles in Rome say the meet
ing will take place on man of war
on the high seas, while others main
tain yacht will be used. Stills others
think that the conference will be on
shore.
The Associated Press learned tonight
that the meeting will not take place
aboard man of war. A yacht is be-
ing kept in readiness for the premier.
however, if he should need it to reach
Sir Austen at sea.
La Tribuna expressed the opinion
that the meeting will probably be con-
cerned with particular questions af-
fecting Italy and Great Britain and
leading to an exchange of views on
the question of strengthening mutual
policies in the Mediterranean. The pa
per also believes that the European
situation will be considered with ref
erence to the Locarno pact.
! Giornale D'Italian says the meeting
Twill increase the traditional intimate
relations between Italy and Great Brit.
lain.
"Be it enough to recall the accord
over Abyssinia, about which the most
absurd and fantastic suppositions have
been made while in reality it offended
the interests of nobody" the paper
says.
T. ut must also be reca led what sym
/ pathetic attitude England assumed to
ward Italy in the Tangier affair. Fl
nally, Great Britain an dItaly have
found themselves side by side, render
ling possible new Franco-German un
derstanding by guaranteeing the pac
lof Locarno."
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-30
"ALIyE AND WELL.

IRONWOOD, Mich, Sept 70 tAP)--
Forty-three imprisoned and starved
miners were found 'alive and Well
today half a mile from the earth's
surface in the G. Pabst iron mine,
where they had been imprisoned fiv.
days.
A plea for light greeted reslue
workers who crossed shaky 30
foot "cat walk" and penetrated the
prison of the men. The miners re-
bark tea, which they made In their
lunch buckets over the fire on their
miners lamps.
Sirens and horns of the town sound
ed the hopeful note which thousands
had waited for since noon last Fri
cay when a cage dropped In a shaft.
loosening tons of rock and earth,
killing three men outright and trap
ping the AZ miners on the eighth.
level of the mine almost a halr mile
from the surface.
Shortly before noon, miners and
rescue workers from Chicago worked
their way up to the eighth level
from another level almost mile
from earth's surface and found lad-
Gers extending to the eighth level in
fair condition. They threw rails and
power lines across q SO-foot cnasn
and with the daring of tight ropS
walkers skipped across to the hole
Of imprisoned men to be greeted BY
Tom Trewartha, sturdy mine boss
who reported all hands well.
Rescue workers tapped a signal or
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-30
ONE DEAD, TWO
HURT IN T W O
.PL ANE F ALL S

DENVER, Sept 29.-(AP)-One man
was killed and two injured, one seri-
ously, in two air'olane crashes in Colo
rado within 80 sinutes Of each other
today.
Lieutenant Robert Rolando of the
T12Oth observation squadron, Colorado
national guard, of Haledon, N j., died
of injuries received when the plane he
was plotting, and in which Master Ser
geant Clyde c. Plank was a passenger,
crashed at Lowry Field here. Ser
geant Plank is now in Fitzsimmons
general hospital, where attending ply
sicians declare his chances for recovery
are excellent.
Within a few minutes after the
crashe here, the national guard air
station was informed of the crash, five
miles north of Pueblo, of Capt j. Fl.
Cordner of the same squadron. Captain
Cordner is an officer of flight p of the
squadron stationed at Pueblo and also
is a pilot for the Colorado Airweys,
Inc, holders of the air mail contract
between Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Den
yer and Cheyenne. Captain Cordner
received severe bruises and injuries to
his back, but is expected to recover.
The accident at Lowry Field, train :
| ing station of the guard squadron,
which cost the life of Lieutenant Ro-
lando, was the first fatal accident to
occur since the field was put into COM
mission. The accident in which Cap
tain Cordner figured was the third on
the air mail route since its inception
several months ago. In none of the
three accidents, however, have there
been any fatalities.
/ The planes which figured in both of
today's accidents We're demolished. The
army plane in which Lieutenant Ro-
| lando and Sergeant Plank were riding
was of the JNsE type, while that pi-
! ltoed by Captain Cordner was a Wood
son express mail plane.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-30
STORMS IN MEXICO

NoGALEs, Sept. 29 (AP)-Equinox-
ial storms along the west coast of
Mexico, usual at this time of the
year, have struck with increased fury
all along the seaboard for distance
Of 1900 miles causing terrific dam
age at Mazatlan, state of Sinaloa'
and lesser damage at Manzanillo and
Guaymas, state of Sonora.
With communication facilities de-
stroyed by storms during the past
few days, information on the dam
age done has been procured only
internationally by wire and by woro
Of mouth from persons returning
from the south. Well authenticated
reports, however, say that the storms
lashing the west coast in some in
stances assumed the proportions of
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-30

The highway east from Douglas was
reopened early Tuesday morning and
the highway west TO Bisbee was closed
only a few hours late Monday after
noon because of the dangerous condi :
tion Of the bridge spanning the Aqua
Prieta river. Partial communication
was reestablished via the Tucson route
Tuesday night when Superintendent G.
%. Bainbridge of the Pickwick stage
lines, with the assistance of highway
officials and workmen, several stage
passengers and Harry a. Clark, general
manager of the Calumet and Arizona
Mining company, erected hand bridge
across the San Pedro river at Fair
banks, permitting stage passengers to
be transferred across.
The Nacozari railroad south from
Aqua Prieta will be out of operation
for another week or ten days and all
highways south into Mexico are re-
ported impossible. Telegraphic com
munication to Nacozari was reestab-
lished Wednesday, morning, but the
condition of the railroad is even worse
than was at first reported orders
were receiced at Aqua Prieta Wednes-
Qdy HOIIlHS 10 dCCSpC lO lISlBHL VI
express until further orders.
Manager A. A. Sundin of the tele-
phone company reported that both To-
cal and long distance service was back
to normal Wednesday. Most of the
city telephones put out of commission
by the storm were repaired Tuesday.
Temporary toll lines across the San
Pedro river at st. David, where all
lines were swept away when the bridge
was washed out, were placed in service
Tuesday afternoon and messages to
and from all points were accepted and
handled.
On the Southern Pacific several work
trains under the direction of Supt. l..
U. Morris and Division Engineer #. l..
Guy have worked night and day since
the storm in repairing the bridges and
track. The washouts near Naco and
Bisbee were repaired late Tuesday
night and railway officials expect that
the temporary bridge at Fairbanks will
permit the passage of trains this after
noon. Mail to and from Douglas has
been handled by the trains operating
between Douglas and Ell Paso and the
Pickwick stages since the storm.
The Pickwick stages missed only two
trips because of the storm. When 1t
was learned that the st. David bridge
across the San Pedro river had gone
out Tuesday mornig, Superintendent
cambridge Immediately began search
for a new route. He found that the
stages could make it from Douglas to
Fairbanks by way of Sonita, but at
Fairbanks the approaches of another
bridge had been washed out making
it impossible to cross.
While Bainbrodge and number OF
highway employees began the construc-
tion of a temporary hand bridge across
the river, Harry A. Clark, of the G. and
A. Mining company, who was waiting
on the opposite bank, drove back to
notify the stage company from Tucson
to come to Fairbanks. BY the time the
stages from Tucson and Douglas met
at the river the hand bridge had been
completed and the passengers and mail
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-30
AT ITALIAN REQUEST

LONDON, Sept. 29.-(AP) The Brit
ish foreign office tonight stated that
tomorrow expected meeting between
Foreign Secretary Chamberlain and
Premier Mussolini somewhere in Italy
was arranged at the request of the
italian premier.
Beyond stating this the foreign Of
I flee has refused to make any comment
on the meeting. The Italian premier
merely asked to see Sir Austen, who is
now on a holiday cruise in the Mediter-
ranean, it was stated. British officials
on the whole have shown little inter-
est in the expected meeting and have
been reticient to discuss it.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-30
Two Arizona Posts of
Legion Are Consolidated;
Have Membership of 41O


TUCSON. Sept. 20 (AP) = The
Santa Catilinh post of the Ameri-
can legion NO. 43, at Pastime park.
was last night merged with the
Morgan McDermOtt post in Tue
SON. The merger was brought
about through efforts Of officers
Of both posts.
The combined membership of the
two posts is 40, the Pastime
park post having 13O paid mp
members and the Morgan Nc
DermOtt post 2SO members.
The Santa Catalina post was or
ganized 22 months ago by the
disabled veterani: at the gOvern-
ment hospital. The merger plans
had been discussed for only
short time. according TO officials.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-30

'called hoax.
Mrs. Sielaff is a co-defendant with
Mrs. Mcpherson. and her mother, Mrs
ing of conspiracy charges CROWNS 9
out of the disappearance case.
Benedict, questioned by S. S. Hahn
attorney for Mrs. Sielaff, who is
charged jointly with Mrs. Mcpherson
cf criminal conspiracy, said Mrs.
Sielaff told him certain things about
the cottage which no one but its
actual occupants could have known.
The cottage owner testified that
an incident of turning over the soii
in the door yard to demonstrate the
character of the EARTH was one which
he had never mentioned to "soul
in the world" Mrs. Sielaff told him
of it on their first meeting.
Attorney Hahn declared his pur>
rose was to dissipate the impression
that his client was a "faker" ano
that on the contrary, she was em-
ployed and coached in what she did
The morning session of the hear
ing was brought to a sudden end oy
NlrS. h0HHeuy COlltlpolAS' kohC WA'
led from the court by ner daughter
and a lawyer. She had recovered
sufficiently to attend the afternoon
session. Mrs. Mcpherson in the hear
ings today showed the strain under
which she is laboring. In the late
day her chief concern seemed tc be
whether her mother coule bear UP
much longer.
Judge Blake, after the evangeliscs
chief attorney had protested THAI
camera men and reporters had pur-
sued Mrs. Kennedy when she was leo
from the court room, ordered addi-
tional guards for the hearing.
The greater part of both sessions
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-30
EL PASO ROAD OPEN;
PART WESTERN AREA
ROAD Open ALREADY

Communication between Douglas and other points,
broken by the terrific rainstorm of Saturday. Sunday
and Monday is gradually, but steadily being restored
Highway officials announce that the Tucson highway
was opened at p Wednesday, and officials Of the
the south line, west from Douglas, before night The
north line of the Southern Pacific will be closed for sew
eral more days because Of the bridge washed out at
Benson, and it is probable that all Southern Pacific
trains will be routed through Douglas
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-30
Another Portion Benson
Bridge Goes Out; Entire
Structure Washed Away

That the disastrous flood has not
yet completed it's work of destruc-
tiOIl was indicated wednesday, night
when it was authentically reported
chat the final half of the Benson
bridge was carried away. Half OF
the structure went down the tide
ON Monday, and the engineers were
hopeful that the other half could
be patched up.
The river MT the point where the
bridge was located has cut its banks
during the deIuge until the width of
the stream at the point where the
road crossed is approximately 300
feet more than it was before the
flood.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-30
MRS. KENNEDY HAS A.
COLLAPSE IN COURT.
DURING WEDNESDAY.

HALL OF JUSTICE, LOS ANGELES Calf, Sept.
20 (AP)-H. c. Benedict owner of the Carmel cottage
which figured in the Aimee Semple Mcpherson case in
impression that Mrs Lorraine Wiseman-Sieaff had
been coached by the woman who actually lived at Carmel
before Mrs Sielaff attempted to perpetrate the So
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-30
43 MEN TAKEN
FROM MINE; ALL
ALIVE AND WELL.

IRONWOOD, Mich, Sept. 29.-(AP)-
Forty y-three miners were returning to
their homes tonight after a successful
five days battle to release them from
their underground prison in the G..
Fabst iron mine, where they were trap
ped last Friday The first man to come
out of the mine shaft was greeted by
cheers of thousands, the ringing of bells
and blowing of whistles.
Police protected the rescued miners
as they were brought up or walked
out of the shaft, one by one.
They went Immediately to the mine
rescue car, where they were examined.
The first man out of the shaft was
Samuel F. Synkelman, 38, and the
father of eight children. He was caught
alone on the 18th level by the cave-in.
He was brought all the way from the
eighth level, through thousands of feet
of tunnels and shafts, by Matt Wick
lund of the mining company force
Ten thousand persons jammed the vi
cinitX of the mine shaft tonight. Scores
were drawn from many miles by word
that the rescue was effected. Automo-
biles lined the roads for great distances
from the mine.
Mining company officials sent the
imprisoned men to their homes in au-
tomobiles in the company of their
wives and children, who eagerly press
ed against the guard ropes near the
shaft as they came to the surface.
IRONWOOD, Mich, Sept 20 (AP)-
Thomas Trewartha, gang boss of the
42 innnriSoned roinorc IN tI,a Toa1,c+
mine took full breath of fresh air
tonight as he left the shaft at $50
p. M, the first of the group to
leave the mine since they were I'M
prisoned five days ago by save-in.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-30

NEW YORK, Sept. 80. -
(AP)-Copper dull, electro
lytic spot and futures IAN
@14%. Lead steady; spot
S.75. Bar silver 573s.