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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-12
WC.TU Border Conference Comes to Close
SALE OF ALIENS
DYE PATENTS IS
.UPHELDI BY COURT.

WASHINGTON, Oct. II (AP)-Sale
of the Chemical Foundation by the
alien property custodian of German
chemical and dye patents copyrights
and trademarks, seized during the
war, was sustained today by the su-
preme court. The courts opinion,
handed down by Justice Butler, held
the government had failed TO prove
conspiracy in the transaction.
The government contended the sale
should be set aside as domestic man
ufacturers had conspired to maintain
monopoly on the chemical dye in
dustry and that this could not be
done unless they obtained control of
the German patents and trademarks.
The sale of the German patents,
the government held had been UNI
lawfully made at nominal pNces by
self as head Of the fo:inds ton and
without competitive bidding. Fur
ther, it contenGed that the sale was
made possible through the fraudulent
deception of President Wilson and
other officials.
The court found that contemporary
eous conditions and war legislation
indicated purpose on the part or
congress to employ all legitimate
means effectively to the pl osecution
o fthe war and that the act under
which the sale made should there
fore be literally construed. Con-
gress was untramme1led and free,
the court added, to authorize the
seizure, use or appropriation of such
properties without any compensation
to the owners and did, as ma tier
Of fact, make no provision for COM
pensation and therefore German own
ers have no claim for compensation,
The court declared the inevitable
conclusion must be reached that the
president had power to authorize the
SAFE and the alien property custod-
ian to make :t.
Justices Stone and Sutherland did
not participate IN the opinion, pre-
sumably because of fcrmer positions
hell in the government that brought
them in touch with the matter. Stone
is former attorney general while
Sutherland once represented Utah in
the senate.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-12
FAIR Is FINANCIAL
SUCCESS, DESPITE THE
HARD STORM FRIDAY

In spite OF the. disastrous rain Of
last Friday. the sixth annual Cochise
county fair proceed success .finan-
cially. The success of the fair from
the standpoint of exhibits and at
fractions was assured on the opening
day. j. +. Sexton, president of the
fair association, stated Monday that
the recent fair not only paid all ex-
penscs, but showed substantial net
profit that can be used toward pay
ing off the deficit of former years
1t was the unusually Iarge crowd Of
Sunday that turned the balance for
the fair association. Thousands Of
people crowded through the gates
of the fair grounds Sunday in order
to see the exhibits and witness the
cowboy sports and automobile races.
The managers of the various amuse-
ments and attractions that showed at
the fair grounds were we'll pleased
with their total receipts while here.
The fair association is very ap-
preciative of the cooperation of the
many exhibitors who helped to make
the fair success. Not department
of the fair. with the exception of the
livestock department, but showed a
substantial gain in number of ex-
hibits over former years. The live
stock department made up for what
it lacked in number of exhibits by
the remarkably high standard of
those shown.
The poultry department showed a
gain of some so exhibits and could
have shown about 80 more, had the
building been larger. The educa-
tiOnal department had the greatest
number and highest standard of eE-
hibits in it's history. The automo-
bile building was crowded to capac-
ity with beautiful cars, the domestic
science department exceeded all for
mer records, and the agricultural
department exceeded ' the fondest
hopes of even the fair association.
]. p. Sexton, president of the fair
association, Monday morning issued
the following statement: CAS- pres!.
dent of the fair association, 1 wish
to extend my sincere thanks to the
chairmen of the various departments,
the ladies and the volunteer workers
who worked so hard to help make the
1926 Cochise county fair such big
success as it was.''
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-12
]. 5. PRODUCERS
OF COPPER JOIN
FO REIGNERS IN.
EXPORTING ? ACT.
Copper Exporters, Incor-
pOrated, Approved by the
Federal Commission.
HITS AT SPECULATION
Seeks to Stabilize Prices on
Red Metal Through the
European Markets.

NEW YORK, Oct. ii (AP)--Ameri-
can copper producers have ccmpined,
with government approval, for CO.
operative action in stabilizfng the
price of the domestic metal in for
eign markets.
a new company, Copper Exporters,
Inc. has been formed, including vir-
tually all the leading producers OF
the red metal in the CnitCd States
with certain foreign producers and
sellers, and it IS claimed, represent
ing the largest aggregate in the
world of invested capital for the
purpose of handling. exports.
The combination was approved by
the federal trade commission in a
decision handed down at Washington
Friday and paper of Incorporation
were filed in Delaware today. Or-
ganized under authority of the webb
Pomerene act, the application of the
consolidation for federal approval had
been before the commission several
weeks before the decision was reach
ed
G. F. Kelley, president of the
Anaconda Copper company will head
the new organization. Following q
meeting of copper exporters execu-
tive committee this afternoon, Kelley
outlined the purposes in view in the
following statement: Copper Ex~
porters, Inc, is an organization of
American copper producers associated
with whom are certain foreign pro-
ducers and sellers of copper. the
purpose of the organization is to
enedavor to eliminate in foreign
countries the harmful speculation thar
causes wide fluctuations in prices,
llnwarranted by industrials factors In
European markets and tends to oe-
stroy confidence in the integrity OF
such price and the stability of the
business. The operations or Copper
Exporters, Inc, are entirely within
the limitations fixed by tho WEBB
act and additions thereto.
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-12
HUNG JURY IN MILLER
AND DAUGHERTY TRIAL
DISMISSED BY COURT

NEW YORK, Oct. il (AP)-A hung
jury today ended the five weeks
conspiracy trial Of Harry M. Daugh-
erty and Thomas w. Miller, govern
ment officials under President War
rem G. Harding. The jurors had
heen ont more than IS hours iongel
than any other jury in the history
of the federal building. Former Al
torney General DaugheTty was the
first man to be brought TO trial on
a charge of conspiracy to defraud
the government he served while a
member of presidents cabinet.
Daugherty and Miller former alien
property custodian, were indicted tor
conspiring to defraud the government
of their best services in permitting
release in 1921, of $7,000,000 war
impounded assets of the American
Metal company.
The case was given to the jury at
DAB o'clock Friday night. Saturday
failure to agree was reported, but
Judge Julian Mack insisted on fur
ther deliberation Again yesterday
the jury was told that not yet would
anything but verdict be acceptaple
to the court.
At 8 o'clock today, however, the
talesmen were called into the court
room for the LAST time and again
reported inability to agree, whero-
upon Judge Mack said:
| II shall not hold you ionger, gen
Itlemen. You have deliDerated long
and earnestly and I thank you for
/ all that you have done"
After counsel on both sides had
also thanked the jury the talesmen
/ trooped back to the jury room for
! their suitcases. AS they re-entered
! the corridor a marshal said he heard
them say that they had stood 6 to
5C on Daugherty and 10 to for
conviction of Miller, Besieged by re-
porters, however the jurors stated
that they had pledged themselves not
to tell what the standing had beer
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-12
Governor ''Marse Henry"
Fuque of Louisiana Dies

BATON ROUGE, La, Oct. IL (AP)-
Henry Fuque, governor Of Louisiana
since May, 1924, died in the execu.
tive mansion. here tonight. His death
was shock to his friends, as his
illness of a few days duration had
not been regarded as serious.
In ternal gastric hemorrhages
caused the states chief executive,
intimately known as "Marse Henry
to seek medical attention, The gov
ernor made his last visit to the
state house Friday and was able to
conduct official business at hts home
Saturday. His illness became acute
Sunday, however, and he suffered
slight hemorrhage at that time, his
physicians revealed tonight
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-12
THREE OTHERS
ALL
POLICE CALLED

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct.
IL (RP)-Three men were
killed and three others shot
and seriously wounded in
an outbreak Of banditry
here tonight. The violence
apparently was a continu-
ance of a wave of crime
that began Saturday night,
when two men were fatally
shot, two others badly
wounded and some Is per-
sons held up and robbed.
Walter Swanson, a taxicab
driver, was the first victim
tonight. He was waylaid
by three desperadoes, killed
and his body pitched out
upon the Sixteenth street
viaduct. With one Of the
bandits disguised in Swan
sons coat and puttees, they
I a
started on their tour Of vio-
.lence.
The two gunmen then entered
restaurant with drawn guns Louis
Fernandez, cook, and two other men
were in the place.
Fernandez thought the command of
"handup" was joke. HIS laughter
was cut short with pistoi snot that
went through his chin and the three
men raised their hands while the
bandits took $40 from the cash reg
lister.
From the restaurant, the gunmen
went directly across the street to a
gasoline service station. C. w. Jonn-
son, the attendant, Jack Duane, a
night Waterman and r. H. Hayden
were Standlng outside. Startled aN
the command of ''handsup" Duane
started to run. He was shot through
the back of the head and killed in
stantly. After laso shooting, but
only wounding Johnson ans Hayden,
the killers ran to their cab and drove
away.
About the same time that the
restaurant and the service station
We're being robbed the body OF Frank
Petrovitch was found in the Mission
district He had been shot to death,
but police were unable to leahn
whether he had been killed where
his body was found or whether tho
body was thrown from an automo.
bile.
Every available policeman was call.
ed out as result of the reign OF
terror, and tonight they were crurs-
ing the streets with shotguns ana
with orders to shoot to kill.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-12
Eight Douglas and Aqua Prieta Citizens
Summoned as Witnesses for Defense in
Aimee SempIe Mcpherson Tearing in l. A.

One Douglas citizen is al
ready in Los Angeles, three
left the city Monday eve
ming and five more were
preparing to make their
departure within the next
few days, all to appear as
witnesses for the defense
in the preliminary hearing
of Aimee Semple McPher-
son, charged with conspir-
acy in connection with her
story Of an asserted kid
naping.
Charles Cross is now in Los Angeles
and Leslie Gatliff, Douglas lieutenant
of police, who returned only Sunday
from the coast city is preparing to
make second trip.
Those summoned to appear as de-
Tense witnesses are: F. r. Sims, dep
uty United States marshal; George H.
CoGE5, merchant patrolman; H. L. Henry,
newspaper reporter; Mr.. and Mrs. r,
Gonzales, of Aqua Prieta; O. e. Patter-
son, city policeman, ,tnG Marvin e. r.
win, Douglas photographer.
Police Sergeant A. B. Murchison, who
testified for the state during the past
week, has returned to this city and
resumed his duties
Sims, Patterson and Henry with
Cross and Gatliff, We're among those
who baclI-trailed Mrs. Mcpherson over
the route she described as having taken
in arriving in Aqua Prieta on the
morning of June 23, telling story of
having escaped from kidnapers who
had held her captive since May IS.
1t was at the home of Mr. and Mrs
Gonzales that Mrs Mcpherson first
found aid on that morning, before be-
ing brought to the police station in
Douglas, where Patrolman George Cook
was on duty. Cook took Mrs. McPher-
son to the Calumet hospital and guar
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-12
DirigiHe Capable of
Maintaining Schedule
To HGlOaii, Naval Plan

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct. al
(AP).-A dirigible capable cf MAIN
tainiPg regular. reliable schedule
between San Francisco and Hawaii
is the objective of plans of the
navy department., Secretary of the
Navy Curtis d. Wilbur said today.
III do not say that it will be pnt
into regular service. but 1t will
be equipped SO it can establish a
regular schedule at any time" the
secretary added.
Secretary Wilbur is In New Ha.
ven to visit his daughter. Miss
Ed"a Wilbur, teacher In the
New Haven high school.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-12
DEATH TOLL NOW TWO

ST. LOUIS, Oct. II (AP)-The toll
of deaths from St Louis routious
celebration Sunday afternoon and last
night of the Cardinals worlds series
victory was increased today to two
when Emil Lueck, Is, died from a
fractured skull. The youth was struck
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-12
Douglas Republican Club
Will Meet This EUening ;
All Republicans InUite d

A meeting of the members OF the
Douglas Republican club has been
called for this evening at 8
o'clock by President John d.
CrOweII. All precinct cOmmittttmen
in Douglas and PirtleviIIe, as well
ms members Of the club and all
other republicans are invited to be
present.
The meeting will be held at the
opposite the Gadsden hotel. fn the
store room formerly occupied by
Chas. IL. Scott. 1t is hoped that "a
large number of republican women
as well as men will be present.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-12
LEADERS ALL
OPTIMISTIC ON
PR0HIB|T|OB

WILL p1COSCO " OPPOGO
with all their power any ef-
fort to restore the liquor
traffic in the United States,
to assist Mexico in its eff
forts to solve the liquor
problem Of that country,
and to give law enforce
ment officers their fullest
support in the suppression
of bootlegging, the border
conference of the w. G. I.
U IN Douglas came to a
close Monday night with an
elaborate banquet at the
Gadsden hotel and another
great mass meeting in the
Majestic theater. This Sec
ond mass meeting was
largely attended by Mexi-
cans, and a large part Of
the program was given in
Spanish.
The conference opened with mass
meeting in the Majestic theater Sunday
night that was attended by 700 persons.
Monday morning and afternoon were
devoted to business sessions at the
Christian church, during which the
world, state and local presidents of the
W. G. T. U. presided Features of the
business sessions were a discussion of
law enforcement problems in which ma
tional, state, county and city officials
participated and an address by M. P.
COSBY, prohibition agent for Arizona.
w. C. 7. u officials expressed them
selves as being we'll pleased with the
enthusiasm manifested at the meetings
and the surprising interest shown by
the public. when 700 people gather
to attend a meeting of the w. C. T. u.
it shows how vitality the public is inter-
ested in prohibition one official stated
Among the prominent w. c. T. u.
officials who attended the conference
were Miss Anna Adams Gordon, of
Evanston, ILL.,, world president; Mrs.
Leora Lobban Brewer, of Tucson, state
president, and Miss Ella X. Butcher,
of San Antonio, Texas border worker.
Senorita Ernestina Alvardo, of Mexico
City, president of the Mexican national
w. c. T. u, was unable to attend be-
cause of the serious illness of Sonora
Gales, wife of the Mexican president,
to whom she is close friend.
"The purpose of the border confer
enceS is to create sentiment for law
enforcement on both sides of the line, y
Mrs. Leora Lobban Brewer, Arizona
state president, said in welcoming the
conference Monday morning. The w.
C. T. U. is we'll organized in this state,
with new organizations constantly be-
ing formed, and we are well prepared
to carry on the fight of the w. c. T. U.
against the liquor traffic.
THE w. c. T. U. is not striving to
impose prohibition on Mexico, but is
merely trying to help Mexico solve its
own problem concerning liquor" Miss
Anna Adams Gordon, world president,
stated during her address Sunday
night "The border conferences de-
velop international and interracial
friendship, which not only helps the
cause of prohibition along the border
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REPORT MADE
BY 0. N. {.

A reduction of 96S civilian en-
ployes in the quartermaster corps
was made during the past fiscal
year. according to the annual report
Of the quartermaster general Maj.
Gen. Frank cheatham. made public
today by the War Department. One
hundred and fifty-eight field clerks.
quarternlaster were appointed war;
rant officers. OF this number 26
were Immediately retired Cor age.
ISixty.nine different appropriations
were handled by this arm of the
service, the total amount aggregat
ing $81.266. 1920. Authorized ex,
penditures amounted to $76,7S1,-
597.75.
This leaves an unexpended balance
Of s4.494, 744.45 Of which the sum of
81, 067 ,527.50 will be transferred to
the fiscal year of 1927 and the bal
ance reverted back to the Treasury.
Forty laundries were operated by
this branch of the Army. furnish
ing laundry service to enlisted men
at $1.75 per month per man. Net
savings to the United States. after
deducting all expenses for opera
ton supplies and depreciation.
totalad $260,913.34.
Receipts from sales OF surplus
property, together with the value
Of surplus property transferred to
other Government departments
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LIQUOR CRAZED
| MAN IN RIOT

IIAGERSTowN, Nd, Nov. 15.-
Residents of Hancock were terror
lied when Vernon Hit, a young
apple picker. crazed by nloonshine
liquor, went on a rampage yester-
day with a revolver and shot out
the window lights in a number of
houses.
Hit was finally captured by Con-
stable Charles Barnhart. and dis
armed. He Is being held on charges
Of assault with intent to kill and
carrying concealed weapons.
After shooting out windows in d
number OF houses and terrifying
the occupants, Hit went to his
Boarding house and fired shots into
the walls. driving Mrs. Lilly Critics
and her two sons from the house.
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Pennsylvania Avenue.
When twenty-six years old Mr..
Walker opened up and started the
present l.. Il. Walker Company,
Specializing in decorating, painting
and paperhanging. 1t is bust.
ness to which he devotes his entire
time and from which he gets con.
siderable pleasure in operating. Mr.
Walker Is strong believer in work
and progress and the philosophy
that those who keep everlastipgly
at it will reap the harvest.
| Mr.. Walker, is worker in the
Washington Chamber of Commerce
and the City Club. He is also q
member Of the Masonic order.
Read the message OF the L. f.
Walker Company as presented In
''WhO's Who" in the Commercial
Business and Professional Life OF
Washington. Turn to tOday's
Classified Section.
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L. E. WALKER COMPANY

Ia a W renee u.
Walker was born
in the city Of
w a s h i n 6 t on
June 9Th 1884.
He has made
this his home
since that late.
Mr.. Walker is
the father of
three children,
! two girls and
one boy. The
boy. A u & u s t
Walker, who Is
eighteen y e a r 8
old is working
with his father
at his place of
1nt10s,onrr = a n z
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Home Brew fatal

CHICAGO. Nov. 15.-George verek
put poison by mistake into home
brew he was making and died when
he drank It.
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without funds, amounted to ss54,-
.59S.S3.
During the fiscal year, 11,1S6.85
acres Of land. together with build
ings thereon. were sold for d total
sum Of $1.671 ,5O1.9o.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-03

Mrs. Miriam Noel Wright (inset) now the lawfully
welded but free love wife of Frank Lloyd Wright n
se, world famous architect, beginning chapter in
extraordinary story of their married life with 100000
baes dancer for Wrighs alleged refusal give shelter
to his wife -
New Britain herald., 1926-09-03

Finding nothing but unhap-
piness in the luxury which oil
land royalties brought him,
Jackson Barnett, Oklahoma
Snake red-Indian, has given
up his mansion and autos to
return to the simple life in a
cabin near Muskogee.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-03

William Mitchell, former
assistant chief of army air
service, is being doomed for
president of National Aero
nautical association. New
est photo of Fiery petrep'
showing him in civvies.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-03

Garrote, medieval method
of execution, found in trash
heap near -Tryon palace,
home of colonial governors,
at New Bern, N. c., is caus-
ing speculation. Was it used
by colonial government or
by pirates? Strangulation
was accomplished by tighten
ing the iron collar.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-25

T1 WAY to, make the farmer pull himself up
IA by his own bootstraps seems to have been
revealed like bright vision to the House Ag-
ricultural Committee.
Out of the forty or fifty measures before
the committee, only two have received serious
consideration thus far. One, which probably
will be passed simply creates division of CO.
operative marketing in the Department Of Ag-
riculture.
The other is the Dickinson bill, which es-
tablishes a Federal Farm Advisory Council
and Federal farm board to aid in disposing of
the surplus To this bill G. ReinoId Noyes, ST.
Paul wholesale druggist, appearing before the
House Agricultural Committee, has given his
support, saying it might embody certain de-
tails of the "Noyes plan" which, he said, is re-
ceiving favorable comment everywhere from
business men and farmers.
'sMy plan," said Noyes, provides for
bounty on exports to be paid by the producer
through an excise tax. This secures to the
producer the highest protective price, on that
part of his product consumed at home and still
enables him to sell his surplus at the lower for
eign price"
It works something like this: There is
produced in certain year in the United States
800000,000 bushels Of wheat, of which we can
use only 600,000,000 bushels. Let us say the
world price of wheat is 81 per bushel while
the United States price is $140 If the farmers
pay ten cents per bushel sales tax, that win put
into the United States Treasury $SOOOO,OOO
This will exactly cover the difference between
the price at home and the price abroad for the
20O000,000 bushels exported.
Thus the farm board will be able to pay
the farmer $1.40 for every bushel of wheat he
grows, while at the same time they can sell the
surplus abroad for 81 per bushel without any
loss.
There you are. Everybody taken care of
except the well-known American consumer.
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The v. P.'s Busy Day

TAl LOT of people think the Vice President
lz has nothing to do. They are wrong.
Here is one day the life of Charles G. Dawes,
the day being Jan. 90 1926:
Down to work at IL a. M. after working
late the night before criticising an unnamed
Senator by radio.
Maintains, order in Senate chamber while
Senator Jim Reed roasts him for his radio
speech.
Apologies to Senator Reed and explains
he hadn t had him in mind, but Senator Cope
land
Maintains order in the Senate while Sena-
tor Copeland roasts him.
Withdraws to his private Office to prepare
a written apology to Senator Copeland.
Appoints Vice Presidential Spokesman
after the manner Of the White House Spokes-
man.
Calls in the correspondents and has his
Spokesman explain that it WASH t Copeland he
had in mind but Senator Cole Blease. Also
that he wasn't the one who had said what he
said on the radio, but General Harbord
Dodges, through his Spokesman, query
as to whether he had not, then, apologized to
Reed and Copeland for something he hadn t
done.
Announces, through his Spokesman, that
he really didn It know what he had said, since
he didn t have stenographer present.
Returns to the Senate to hear Senator
Reed refer to Owen D. Young, sitting in the
gallery, as "the author Of the so-called Dawes
plan"
Spends rest of day shopping for an ar
mored shirt to wear in case Cole Blease should
learn what he had told the correspondents
Also for an ak with which to bust his mi
crophone. :