Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-26
HUDSON MAXIM
IS VISITING IN.
DOUGLAS TODAY.

Hudson Maxim, world-famous in
ventor and one or the outstanding
! figures of American history, accom-
panied by Mrs. Maxim and Miss NJ.
" Birney, his private secretary, is a
Douglas visitor today The Maxims
arrived in Douglas Thursday after
! noon and will remain here Friday.
They are making an extended tour
for the benefit of Maxim's health
which was made necessary when the
inventor contracted an illness while
supervising the making of a park
from q swamp.
Mr. and Mrs. Maxim and Miss Birney
were entertained at a dinner in the
Club Sociale in Aqua Prieta Thurs
day night, given by e. J. Huxtable
and Fred D. Hubbell. Those attend
ing the dinner We're Mr.. and Mrs.
e. ]. Huxtable, Mr. and Ms Fred D.
Hubbell, Judge and Mrs. Albert M.
Sames, Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Tardy and
Mr.. and Mrs James Logic. From
Douglas the distinguished visitor and
his wife and secretary will go to
Tucson, Phoenix and California.
While the inventor is making his
first trip to the border and the south
west for the benefit of his health, he
impresses one as man. m suberb
health. But for his snowwhite hair,
which adds to his distinguished APP
pearance, he might be mistaken for
81 man of much younger age. His
manner, nervous energy and terse
clear statements hint of the tireless
mental force he possesses.
Maxim is one of the strongest op-
ponents of prohibition in the United
States today and on this subject, he
stated Thursday night:
prohibition, during the compare.
lively brief time of it's existence in
harm than liquor has since the rise
failure in every sense and is the
greatest iniquity ever perpetrated on
civilized man.
Not only is it a failure, but il
is a rank injustice toward the people
as a whole, because 80 per cent OF
the really intelligent people in the
country today are not in favor of
prohibition.
''The people, generally, do not real
ize the evil done by prohibition. AS
an example, Prohibition Commissioner
Buckner has stated that $4,000
gallons of denatured alcohol, wh1cn
contains a deadly poison, were used
last year in making bootleg liquor
Is it any wonder that crime is stead
lily increasing when people are drink
ing this much deadly poison in one
year?
eve often hear the expression that
the worst criminal is one who steals
milk from a baby. l want to say
that. to some people, especially some
aged people, alcoholic stimulants are
as necessary as milk is 20 a paby
This is one of the reasons why
am doing what I can to fight pro.
hibition."
Maxim paid q fine compliment to
the climate and people of Douglas
when he said: You have here the.
Lest climate in the world and some
of the finest people L have ever nac
the pleasure of meeting There Is
something about the desert that not
only makes men out of men, but il
makes them brothers as we'll The
/ thing l like most about your great
southwest is the bigness of your
brotherhood. 1t IS magnificent"
Concerning the prospects for this
section, the inventor said: It under
stand that all this section has a fine
soil of good depth, with strata of
sand and gravel containing plenty of
water for irrigation, that you are
already planning to use. When YOU
have such splendid natural resources
irrigation is comparatively easy
matter in this day, and I expect TO
see this become one of the greatest
farming sections in the country with
in a few years."
Hudson Maxim was born in Orne,
vile, Me-, and after completing his
education, engaged in the printing
and publishing business. In 1888, he
TOOK up the study of ordnance and
explosives. He is the inventor of
smokeless powder, "Maximite, the
first high explosive to be fired through
heavy armor plate, has perfected
! Stabilize" smokeless powder pro-
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