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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-09
FRIDAYS RAINFALL
PLACES CHECK OVER
SPIRIT OF THE FAIR

Douglas people awoke Friday
morning to face another dismal
Gownpour of rain that put a damper
en- the spirits of everyone The
worst feature of the rain was that
it put a check on the Cochise coun~
ty fair, which opened auspfciously
Thursday only to face stagnation
Friday. Fair officials are hopeful
that the weather will clear up by
Saturday morning.
Reports received in Douglas by
the Southern Pacific company, the
Mountain States Telephone company
as general as that of several weeks
ago, extending from Ell Paso on the
east to Tucson on the west. OF all
the Arizona cities checked Friday
morning, Phoenix was the only one
that reported sunshine Mexico re-
ports rain extending as far south as
NacoZari
At McNeal, Elfrida, Courtland, Bis
bee and Tombstone, the weather
was the same as at Douglas. Tuc-
son and Wilcox reported heavy r~ins
Thursday night, with cloudy weather
continuing Friday. Rodeo reports
an unusually heavy ra.nstorm, but
reports of cloudburst at Rodeo re.
rorted here were said to be erron-
eous. So far as county highway
officials know, none or the high
ways are impossible. The Southern
Pacific company reports no damage
: Train service on the Nacozar'
railroad, which was scheduled to
be resumed today, will probably be
delayed, according to Information
given out by officials Friday. II
was stated that many OF the bridges
Temporarily repaired on this line
consist of timbers placed on tnt
river and creek bottoms. All streams
flowing south from Aqua Prieta
were rising rapidly and carrying f;
big volume of water Friday, anC
it is believed that this will be suf
ficient to make the temporars
structures unsafe for trains.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-09
PADRE OF RAINS YET
PREDICTS MANY MORE
STORMS in OCTOBER

The monthly weather forecast is
Clara observatory, the "padre Of the
rains," has been received and ind:-
Gates another month in when more
than the normal amount of rain will
fall in the southwest.
1t will be remembered that in his
September bulletin Father Ricard
foretold that the rainfall fer Sep
tember would be considerably more
than average. and on September 81
and % there were many who agreed
that the prophesy was well founded.
There are not many references to
Arizona in the current issue, but wet
spells in this state are mentioned
for the dates, October 1, z, S, 8, 9, IL,
,12, IA to 1S, 25 to 2S and 80.
The padre of the rains claims no
accuracy for his predictions Tor Ari-
zona, but during the past several
months his predictions nave been al
most consistently correct.
The bulletin follows:
October 1, 2, entrance of de-
preston by Vancouver; fair IN Cali
fornia; rain from Victoria to the
northward; some cloudiness as far as
San Francisco; sprinkles in sections
CT Arizona.
October 3, 4, fair in California un-
der some cloudiness; rain in south
B. C.
October 5, another depression to
enter by north, causing some cloud
mess along the coast; sprinkIes IT.
Arizona and Utah.
October 6, lingering cloudiness, but
on the whole fair and warm
October Z, generally fair and warm
October 8, g., disturbance of some
energy arriving via north, causing
general cloudiness over the coast
, rain over Nevada and large sections
Continued on Page Eightl
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-09

count or the rains.
Sunday will be the big day. Th
races will not be held today on ac-
count of the moisture on ;ne track
but on Sunday afternoon they will
be put on with a track that VIII be
better than the highest hopes of the
race commission. 1t was definitely
decided late yesterday, after Presi.
dent J. P. Sexton of the fair associa-
ton had held a vote among the ex-
held open for the extra day. This
means that everyone in the county
and state who wants to see the
greatest agricultural and poultry ex-
hibit ever presented at a county Yah
in the southwest will be able to
visit the fair
AS the fair progresses the exhibits
are being made more attractive By
the addition of decorative back
grounds to the long tables ann
shelves in the exhibition buildng
and on Sunday with the great crowG
coming for the races and the addf,
tiona1 numbers visiting for hte last
time the big halls where the wealtn
of the county is on display, 1t is
estimated that the largest gathering
ever held in the county will De con-
gregated.
The rain did no damage to the eX-
hibits at the fair grounds. A few
leaks were discovered in certain
buildings but they were not in a
position to damage any of the dis
plays. The rain did a great service
in that it laid the dust on the mid
way which was growing very deep,
The regular program as arranged
for the day was carried out com
pletely The cowboys had a gooG
sized audience to watch them slide
about in the mud and some heroic
work was done by the riders of tho
range in making the day success
in spite of the dripping skies.
AS the rain slackened during the
afternoon and finally gave way to a
clear twilight the road to the fair
grounds was once more crowded with
cars and during the early evening a
good-sized throng of people visited
the exhibits and saw some of the
attractions of the big carnival
Arrangements are under way to
notify the different parts of the
county and of the state of the con-
tinuation of the fair fer another
day and the belief is general that
many people will make the trip to
Douglas Sunday.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-09
6O-Year-Old Negro's
Plea Gets FaUorite of
35 Children PGroled

PITTSBURGH, Oct. (AP)-A
plea by II. w. Griggs, 90 year OlI
negro, that ''this is the best one
of my 35 children" won parole
for the son, George Griggs, after
the youth pleaded guilty to charge
of larceny i'm criminal court 90
day. The father testified he had
been married three times. his first
wife having is children, his Sec
Ond wife one child and the third
bearing 16 children. His second
wife, Griggs said. died shOr1
time after the birth of her single
child.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-09
Reptile Catching Band
OF z and 0-Year-Old
Tucson Boys Disbard

TUCSON, Oct. S.--(AP)--A coterIe
of seven or eight-year-Old natural
lists. which in the past several days
has been devOting its Eme TO
trapping desert reptiles, was dis-
banded by anxious parents today
when Jackie Peterson, eight-year-
old son of X. Berry Peterson. county
attorney, was bitten by Gila mon
ster, one of the specimens the
youngsters caught. The reptile was
killed by neighbOrs and the child
rushed to doctor, where the wound
was treated. 1t was said the I'm
jury is not serious. his shoe having
acted as a partial protection.
The Reptile Collectors. Inc., has
been dissolved on orders frsm
higher-ups.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-09
ALL EXHIBITS WITH
AWARD COLORS TO BE
S HO WN TOMORROW

Through a drizzing rain, with mud under foot, the
crowds their spirits high in the storm, continued
Friday to view the sixth annual Cochise county far
There were not so many people the opening day.
but their satisfaction was much greater for all Of the
ribbons were the exhibits and the halls we're not
overcrowded thus giving everyone good chance to see
everything. With clearing weather last evening the
fair today will take greater life and it is believed by
the association officials that nothing will be lost
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-09
TUCSON SCHOOL ENROLMENT
ANNOINCINn AS < u

TUCSON, Oct. 8 (AP)-The total
enrolment of the Tucson public
schools for this year was announced
today as 5,7S9, a gain of 1O7 ovel
last year in the high school and al.
increase of S55 in the elementary
grades. Virtually every state in the
union is represented in the enroll.
ment, superintendent c, Il, Rose SAID
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-09

Only a "vociferous minority IS OPP
posed to such program, he asserted,
adding:
'There can be no earthly justification
for saving q few million dollars 4
year on the army during peace, If,
as a consequence, we must spend
many billions in an emergency IN
an attempt to make up deficiencies.
The difference between an adequate
and inadequate system is not suf-
ficient to warrant the risk. There
is a point below which we cannot go
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-09
GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING PUBLICLY SOUNDS
WARNING THAT ARMY HAS BEEN REDUCED TO A
POINT BELOW WHICH NATION CAN'T SAFELY GO

PHILADELPHIA,
a
not withO most
world
Of
world sis not am
at home in
hichx dexeIone dnucIeIs for ationaId
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-09

Yankees holding the whip
hand over the Cardinals.
The strategic retreat of the con-
tending clans from ST. Louis, where
the invaders staged FIGURING finish
to take two out of threel games from
the home forces, found the Yankees
holding commanding So lead and
nrimed to clinch the series, with its
major share of gold and glory, in the
sixth game tomorrow. 1t also found
the Cardinals fighting mad. a group
determined to make it battle to the
finish, with no Quarter asked or given.
Grover Cleveland Alexander, the 81
year old veteran, who checked the
Yankees last Sunday, will take the fir
ing line for the National league cham-
pions tomorrow at the Yankee stadium,
rested and determined to make his
comeback complete with another VIC
tory over the New Workers. He will
carry the Cardinal hopes in battle
that will have more than full share
of drama if, as seems likely, he is op-
posed by Bob Shawkey, seasoned right
handler of the Yankee brigade.
Alexander and Shawkey both former
ly wore philadelphia uniforms, and
both came to the clubs they now repre-
sent by the waiver route, generally re-
garded as q step on the downward path
.AIecl' came to the Cards late in the
season as a Cub discard, while Bob
the Cob" became Yankee property a
decade or so ago for small price
Yet tomorrow these two old timers
as baseball men go, will carry the main
burden with a worlds championship
and some $5O,OO0 at stake, the differ
ence between the winners and losers
end of the player pool. 1t may be that
Shawkey will yield the preference to
3 Urban Shoclxer of spitball fame, but
the latter already has been beaten an6
bob the Cob" is understood to have
first call.
The Yankees staged triumphant re
turn today from the scene of thell
western conquests. 1t was mild BY
comparison with the frenzied outburst
that greeted the Cardinals in st. Louis
but it was nevertheless enthusiastic
for city that has a habit of taking
its champions calmly. There was
wildly cheering jam of 5000 fans II
and around the Grand Central termina
when the Yankee special rolled in a
e:1O D. M, after completing its rur
over to New York in % hours and 81
minutes.
The Cardinals, travelling over thu
Pennsylvania on a special train, bea
the Yankees to New York by nearl!
three hours, arriving at 1920 p. M, ant
completing their trip in the recor'
breaking time of 81 hours and 10 min
utes.
If the Yankees win the series, eithe
tomorrow or on Sunday-if it is neces
sary to play a seventh game then
they can trace their triumph directi
to the inspiration of Babe Ruth's amaz
ing batting outburst in the fourtl
game, Those soulful 1swats of tn
Babe were the rejuvenating tonic tina
the Yankees needed They restored tn
fighting spirit that carried the tear
to an uphill victory in the fifth gam
yesterday, deciding Herb Pennock'
second victory over his southpaw riva
Willie Sherdel
Continued on Page E1ght)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-09
K. c, ORM|STON IS
BEING SOUGHT IN
Los ANGELES; BOB
SCHUYLER IN AGAIN

LOS ANGELES, Oct. S.-(AP)-Dis-
trict Attorney Asa Keyes announced
that he expected to have Kenneth G..
Ormiston, fugitive radio man in the
Aimee Semple Mcpherson case, in GUS
tody by tomorrow morning
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-09
ST.l0|)|S MUST
TIE i UP OR
LOSE SERIES
By ALAN j. GOULD.

NEW IOh1A, OCC. Q N1AA
The record breaking bat
tie Of the east against the
west for the 1926 worlds
baseball championship has
shifted from the shores Of
the Mississippi to the banks
Of the Harlem, with the
Yankees holding the whip
hand over the Cardinals.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-09

NEW YORK, Oct. sap
Copper dull; electrolytic
spot and futures 14B. Bar
silver 55&.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-08

Who is fighting for her share Of
George w. Hazeltine's fortune,
Hazeltine was known as the pau.
per of North Broadway, and is
alleged to have made his last will
and testament on the petticOat of
one Of his nurses. Edna May
Richmond labOve), grandniece Of
George w. HazeItine, is said TO
have gotten the major portion of
his estate, according to the petit
coat will, which he left.
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FAMOUS SURGEONS SON
IS ACCUSED OF FRAUD

louisville, Feb. s. - Excep-
lions ITO the administration accounts
Of DR.. Robert M. Biddle, son OF the
famous surgeon. DR.. ]. G. Biddle,
who died two years ago, were filed
at the courthouse today by Mrs.
Marie B. Watkins, of Philadelphia,
sister of the administrator.
DR.. Biddle, father Of the two It'll.
giants. was thirty years superintenu'
ent of the State Hospital at Foun-
tain Springs and left extensive
property here, including the partly
completed Biddle Hospital.
Mrs. Watkins alleges the admin
istrator has not accounted for the
sale Of stock held by her father in
a bank nor for all the stocks and
bonds owned by her father nor i
an account given of State salary
and pension amounting to 100000
and that transactions in the per
sonality of the estate given to de
prive Mrs. c. J.. Biddle of a large
bill OF costs incurred in a divorce
proceeding.
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HINES RAPS
VET Plea

The nard-luck story Of Benjamin
cohen, crippled war veteran. ap-
pearing in the Times last week.
has been taken cognizance Of by
Frank r. Hines. director Of the
u. s. Veterans Bureau. who points
out that the gravest trouble Cohen
has is fiat feet.
Tears would mofsten the eyes q
many to hear this veteran bewail
being sick, crippled for life, hungry.
homeless, alone. and abused by the
Veterans Bureau, which he says
refused him hospital care.
II was sent out in the streets to
sell pencils, e Cohen complained,
saying he could not live on SIS
monthly compensation.
Hines explains the case by say
ing Cohen has been in five hos
pifals since July, 1926, and Is re-
corded as absent without leave at
all but one
The bureau is responsible TO
Cohen IL he is found to be- In need
Of medical attention, but Hines
points out that Cohen would like
don1iciliary care.
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place and was told February ~,
1924, that she stood second on the
eligible list. Two persons have been
appointed and are~now holding sim
liar positions who have not taken
the examination and who are not
petitioner, and she wishes them re-
moved.
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DAVIS WARS ON
AIR LOBBYISTS

With one Air Service upheava
barely subsided. through the resis.
nation of Col. William Mitchell. an
other and perhaps more far-reach
ing row started today when Sec
rotary of War Davis ordered an
investigation of alleged lobbying
activities on the part of officers
of the Army Air Service.
The probe has been sanctioned
by President Coolidge, whose ire
has been aroused over the opposi.
ton of Air Service officers to the
Administration air program. as
embodied in the Morrow board re
port. and their efforts in behalf
of the Patrick plan for a unified
Air Service.
Patrick To Investigate
Davis has ordered Mai. Gen. Eli
Helmick, inspector general of the
army, to conduct one phase of the
investigation, and, oddly enough,
has called upon Mai. Gen. Mason
NJ. Patrick himself to conduct
another phase of it.
Patrick is chief of army air
service, and has persistentIy diff
fered with his superiors and with
the general staff on vital questions
OF air service policy.
What particularly aroused the IN
dignation of President Coolidge and
Davis is said to have been an
anonymous letter, mimeographed on
War Department paper. and given
general circulation among air serv-
ice personnel supporting the Pat
rick plan.
No Hint As To Author
This letter, unsigned and giving
little indication of its authorship,
called upon air officers and their
friends to rally around the Patrick
plan, as opposed to the Adminlstra-
tons program as embodied in the
Morrow board report, which salts
fled none of the air officers. The
rnissive pointed out that air service
promotions, long sought and denied
ai,;[ personnel, depended in large
measure upon the Patrick program.
President Coolidge and the Sec
rotary of War are understood 70
have considered this letter, and
similar literature of mysterious
origin. to border closely on dls-
loyalty to the department, and the
investigation was ordered.
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UNnUUkO DOUV ~ OIVUb0Vb tUOVDhhI
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LAW STUDENTS WED,
WIRE GIRLS MOTHER

PHILADELPHIA. Feb. S.-Ro-
nance was hidden in columns Of
figures for a pretty 17year-old
bookkeeper and a youth who tolls
over ledgers during the day and
studies law in night classes.
This was revealed when Mrs. Il
Moltich received a telegram from.
her daughter. Anna, announcing
her marriage in New York to Myer
Fried. who had found time between
bookkeeping and legal problems TO
carry on a swift courtship.
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s., 100000 BEQUEATHED
FOR 2 CATHOLIC HOMES

BALTIMORE, Feb. S.-The Cath
Ole Archdiocese of Baltimore will
receive a $2,100, 900 bequest from
Miss Elizabeth Jenkins. descendant
of pioneer Marylanders, to be ad-
1ninistered by Archbishop Michael
j. Curley for charity.
The archbishop disclosed at the
annual banquet that the hage sum
was left for home for incurables
and home fox aged women. Plans
for both institutions have been laid
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Recognized, He
KILLS PAIR
NJ International News Service

CLEVELAND, Feb. Said by
police to have confessed the double
murder of Ralph A. Hoffman and
his wife at their farm near Ere.
mont. Ohio. Saturday night, Will
liam A. Clark, %, former farm
hand and alleged bootlegger, was
to be taken to Fremont today to
await trial.
Clark. according to authorities.
had intended to rob Hoffman.
When they returned from a shop
ping trip he held them up.
"Don't shoot, Bill. You can have
ANYTHING we've got, Hoffman IS
said to have replied.
Alarmed by being recognized.
Clark fired. he said.
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TWO VIRGINIA CHURCHES
CALL DIR. j. A. MCLEAN

RICHMOND. Va, Feb. s. REV
erend John Allen Mclean, Presby.
terrain minister. of Greenwood, s.
c., is considering two calls to Nir.
sinia churches, it was learned to-
day. One has been extended by a
Richmond church, and the other
by a Lyncnbprg church.
Before entering the ministry Nc
Lean was practicing attorney in
Fayetteville, n. G. During the
World War he served as an army
chaplain.
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Ballou and Assistant superintendent
Wilkinson to compel the board to
declare vacant the position OF
teacher Of domestic art in the col.
'ored high schools and to appoint
the petitioner to the position. The.
petitioner asserts that she passed
successfully the examination for the
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BOARD or EDUCATION
rs SUED BY TEACHER

Mary E. c. Cottre1l' has filed a
petition in mandamus in the Dis
trict Supreme. Court against the
Board OF Education, superintendent
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Exceptional values in medium
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ton, in the built-up1shoulder style.
Size SO.
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AN OLD TIME CHRISTMAS
CAROL

The following interesting carol is
preserved in Poor Robins Almanac
for 1876. 1t is of interest as throw
ing light on the material side OF
the old-time Christmas celebrations
Minced" pies are referred to, it will
be noticed term never heard
nowadays. And instead of plum
pudding there is plum porridge.
The carol reveals, too, that the
material for Christmas decorations
was fuller in the old days, includinA
holly, ivy, bay. rosemary and
"lawrel."
Now, thrice welcome G hr Isl m a S,
which brings us good cheer,
Minced pies and plum porridge, good
ale and strong beer;
With pig, goose and capon, the best
that may be,
So we'll doth the weather and our
stomachs agree.
Observe how the chimneys do smoak
all about,
The cooks are providing for dinner,
But those on whose tables no victuais
appear,
%, may they keep Lent all the rest
OF the year
With holly and ivy, so greenland so
gay,>
We deck up our houses as fresh as
the day.
With bays and rosemary, and
lawrer compleat,
md everyone now is king of
conceit.
But as for curmudgeons, who will
not be free,
wish they may die on the three
legged tree.
1t is of interest to learn that the
we'll known and oft used coupIet,
Christmas comes but once a year.
Ind when it comes it brings good
her." originally appeared in
mock Christmas play of the Fifteenth
entury. Here are the lines
Bounce buckram, velvets dear,
christmas comes but once a year,
and when it comes il brings good
cheer.