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The Washington times., 1926-07-28

Apparently the new idea is aimed
at those car owners who imagine
the car can be saved from the to-
boggan OF depreciation by rushing
1t to the repair shop at the last
moment. But there are some point
ers In 1t for the man who Is en-.
deavoring to use more common
sense In his fight against deprecia-
ton, though with little success.
There Is saying that no piece
OF machinery can be taken apart
and put together again so as to ba.
as good as 1t was before. The aIl.
tomobile, being one Of the greatest,
pieces OF mechanism ever conceived
by man, naturally offers an excel
lent opportunity TO test this rule,
and experience seems to show that
1t not only proves the rule but or
fers the n1otorist IA plain explana-
ton of the sltua ton.
It is seen, for example, that
whenever something Is repaired on
an automobile something else suf-l
fers. This applies first to the ms
chanical features and, secondly, to
the body and Its trimmings.
Repair Means Loss
From the standpoint Of dollars
and sense, therefore, a repair job
means depreciation loss. so that
the motorist Is faced with the ques-
tion as to whether the neglect OF
the car which occasioned the re-
pair bill and the depreciation loss
was worth while.
The new thought In depreciation
holds no brief for avoidance Of
necessary repairs, Tor depreciation
is likely to Increase at q rate all
out Of normal proportions II urgent
repair work Is neglected. It goes
The Washington times., 1926-07-28
KNIGHT NJ D I Or
SETS RECORD

Surprising anything on record.
Knight motor has travelled 66S,s44
miles or distance equivalent to
4 round trip to the moon and hall
the way back again. according 70
information received by officials Of
the Wills Overland Company, To
ledo.
1T took IS years Of tough, siren
uous. rugged service to pile up
that smashing total, but that motor
Is still running and is wistfully,
hopefully. confidently winlSing a.
the miliion-nlile goal just q few
thousands miles ahead.
Still full OF stamina and enuur
anee. this knight motor, with its
sleeve valves and sturdy pistons. u
vigorously speeding here and there
on calls Of mercy for the Toronto
General Hospital in Toronto. Can.
ada 1t Is the power plant for an
ambulance built by the Russell
Motor Car Company in 1918. and
presented to the hospital az q gift
by the late Sir John Eaten. 1T has
been in continuous service ~ hours
daily since that time, G. j.. Decker,
superintendent of the hospital de-
cIares.
Decker,s attention was first call
ed to this record run when the
head Of the hospitals ambulance
department suggested that the anti
auated appearance and facilities OF
the ambulance would warrant the
purchase OF new one.
In humorous banter. Decker jok-
ingIy replied that the ambulance
referred to lis comparatively
new one. and could not have traves-.
ed more than 200 900 miles. He
was astonished when shown that
III had actually done more than
three times that mileage.
The Washington times., 1926-07-28
De LUKE CAR EQUIPPED
LIKE MODERN MANSION

Probably the most elaborate tour
ing motor car ever designed il the
de luxe land cruiser built few
years ago for w. X kellogg. OF
Battle Creek, Mich.
In addition to being equipped
with 3 modern bathroom, kitchen
cite. electric stoves and other con
veI1iences. it has an electric re-
frigeration plant similar to those
now used for central refrigeration
in apartment houses.
The Washington times., 1926-07-28

the police department has power
to make ! stopping test ON cars,
The brakes installed on motor
vehicles are engineered to meet the
conditions under which operation
win be made, says the Weekly
Service Bulletin of the Autocar
Company, but unless the brake
mechanism be kept in constant ad-
justment and good working order,
the brakes viii be ineffective.
To help IN this, the manu-
facturers install devices to make ad-
justment a comparatively simple
affair and 1t is the operators duty
to see that these devices are
properly set.
All brake mechanism should be
thoroughly and regularly lubri-
Gated. so that all parts will work
freely. The adjustment should be
The Washington times., 1926-07-28

such that each wheel win do It's
share Of braking. to prevent IN.
even wear on the tires and brake
shoes. II one brake Is too tight,
side skids on wet pavements viii
result.
Brake shoes are generally lined
with composition OF heat-resistIng
and tough, Woodworking material
but this material VIII wear out in
use. When such wear has made
the Innings thin. do not take =
chance" but have new Innings In
stalled. To maintain good braking
effect, oil and grease should be
kept off the shoes and drums.
In the end Of q new collapsibie
pencil an inventor has inserted tiny
uowdeF and rouge puffs
The Washington times., 1926-07-28
BRAKES n { { D
GOOD CARE

One Of the most important units.
on a motor vehicle, be it passenger
ear, truck or bus. is the brake
mechanism. The ability to start
and keep running is necessary; but,
the ability to stop within as short
a distance as possible is absolutely
essential for obvious reasons of ac-
eident prevention.
In some parts OF the country.
The Washington times., 1926-07-28
AUoid Neglect to SaDe
Repair Costs
By j. LEO SUGRUE
Times AnfnrnnhilA Editor

Since repairs the result of excessive depreclato he
thought ownership contradcts the old bef that
keeping the machine constantly in the stations hands
minimum Of depreciation and has an advantageous
effect upon the cars resale value.
The Washington times., 1926-07-28
BROOKE B. NYCE
RICHARD ]. MURPHY

pICIIAR
that
Washington This
all of the public
showing Of Bucks by the newly appointed firm Of Dick Murphy Inc, WI % m
showing O.
distributed odsObe and recently the e. 100
Of Oakland tnIougnout the southern
Of Rubber
of
elected president
the
bile aernitv -
The Washington times., 1926-07-28

washer under the nut or q cotter pin
through the bolt.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-14

the hoax They were always free with
the cash.
Mrs Mcpherson today countered with
the statement:
"The whole thing is a pack of lies.
Anything Mrs. Wiseman has said at the
county Jail she has found in her own
imagination and there is no truth in it
as far as [ am concerned. L am con-
vinced that she has been prompted by
enemies of me and my work to make
such dastardly statements, and am
positive they will fall of their own
weight"
The district attorneys office has in
itiated new investigation of the mat
ter to ascertain whether perjury has
been committed in the making of affi-
davits or whether there has been any
bribery in the case. Leonard Hammer,
one of the attorneys for the evangelist,
requested the district attorneys office
not to act until documentary evidence
is completed by his associates, promis-
ing a sensation greater than anything
given before in the effort to discredit
Mrs. Mcpherson"
Continued on Page EighD
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-14
COLORADO GOES
TO POLLS FOR
PRIMARY TODAY
(ByDisDatch 4. r. wiro)

DENVER, Sent i5.--After a cam
.paign of six weeks without nationas
issue having been raised, Colorado
voters tomorrow will go to the posts
to select democratic and republican
nominee forN the United States senate
four congressman and complete sIatt
tickets. The campaign, one OF the
most bitter in the turbulent poilticai
history of the state, has sneen unique
in that issues have attracted the att
tention of voters in other stares, sucii
as the world court; prohibition and
the tariff have not been raised here.
Interest in the nomination on botn
tickets has been irelegated to second
position as the fight has centered in
the fight between the forces of Sem
ator Lawrence G. Phipps and Sena-
tor Rice w. Means, reputed k Ian
leader, and those under the leader
ship of Clarence G. HamIin, republi-
can national committeeman and Colo
RADIO Springs publisher, and former
Governor oliver HI. Shoup. leaders OF
the anti-klan faction, for control or
the sta tie republican, organization.
Phipps, who is chairman of. the re-
publican senatorial campaign com>
mittee, although not. openly, has been
sponsoring the campaign for renomi-
nation of Senator Rice w. Means.
Those opposed to Phipps continued
leadership of this party are sponsor
Continued on Page Eight)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-14

Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman Mcdonald
Sielaff under arrest here on charges
of passing fictitious checks, last night
made affidavits to the Los Angeles Ex-
aminer that the story surrounding
Miss X", purported to be her sister,
was a fake, for which she was to re-
ceive $4,000 from the evangelist. AM
plifying these statements, the Sielaff
woman today issued to newspaper men
statement, asserting in part:
when 1 first arrived upon the scene
to start operations at Mrs McPhersons
behest, she haughtily proclaimed to the
world via press statements, that l was
appearing on my own initiative. That
is not so. She engineered and directed
the whole Carmel incident hoax, and
her anxiety as to the progress of the
imposition was really remarkable.
was supposed to and did report every
movement in detail at Angelus Temple
"It was a pure, premeditated hoax,
born at Angelus Temple and launched
from that source .on glib and golden
promises. Mrs. Mcpherson and her
mother at various times gave me
money to use for expenses in framing
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-14

or lifting six cubic yards. He told
of stripping coal down as far Us
70 feet, declaring that the stripping
process was regulated by the height
to which the shovels could pile the
strippings. Three shovel units, he
said produced 628,O0O cubic yards OF
coal in one year, from vain thick
ness of four feet, eight inches, at a
total cost of less than five cents per
ton from mining the coal. In In
diana and Illinois, he said, coal had
been produced by the same method
at cost much less.
Foster Baines, secretary Of the or
ganization, was introduced by Presi-
dent Taylor as "the editor of q
mining periodical in San Francisco,
member of the U. S. geological sur
vey, secretary of the A. I. M. M. E.
and holder Of many other titles"
Baines started off his talk with
a rush and kept his hearers interested
throughout. He declared that tbs
association has it's formation SIS years
ago in the anthracite coal fields of
Continued on Page Eight)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-14
BANDITS T AXE
AGED RESIDENT
OF MEXICO CITY
(By Dlspatcn A. P. Wire>

!
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 13.-J o b
Rosenthal, so year old resident ot
Woodmore, Long Island. N. Y, was
kidnapped yesterday by bandits whv
held up an automobile containing him.
his son-in-law, Joseph Ruff, and Mr.
and Mrs. Jack zahler, all of Mexico
City.
The party was returning + m
Cuernavaca, a short distance from
here, when the bandits appeared car
rying off Rosenthal after stripping
other members of the party Of their
valuables
1T is believed the bandits are hold.
ing Rosenthal who is said to be a
capitalist, for ransom, although no
demand for money has been made. Be
fore the bandits fled with Rosen.
thai, they handed a letter to Zahler
It's contents have been mystifying.
1t said in part: IF you keep quies
nothing will happen to him." There
was no mention of ransom.
Zahler and Ruff, accompanied by
a picked band of Mexican soldiers1
left here for the scene of the rob.
berry in an effort to trail the bandits.
1t is the belief of Zahler that the
bandits intended kidnapping Arthur
can embassy, who also spent the
weekend in CuernavacN, nut tha,
they stopped the wrong automobile.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-14
NO DEALS WITH
DAUGHERTY, is
MERTON STORY
lBx Dispatch A. 2. wlrel

NEW YORK, ,.sSept. 13. ~ Richard
Merton, German industrialist who
negotiated tho return of $1,000, 600
of seized alieG, funds to an olleged
neutral Swiss corporation, swore to-
day that he had had no dealing with
Harry M. Daugherty, former United
States attorney general in the course
of his successful trip to the United
States.
Merton, star witness in the trial of
Daugherty and Colonel Thomas w.
Miller, former alien properly custod
ian on charges of conspiracy to de-
fraud the government, also averred
he had had no knowledge that the
$421, 900 commission paid John T.
King, late republican national COM
mitteeman from Connecticut was to
be divided with any other person.
U. S. District Attorney Buckner
has declared the government will
show that $4,000 of the commission
was traced to Miller, at least $22 GOO
to Daugherty and some to the late
Jesse Smith described as Daughertys
man Friday"
OF the $25O,OO he received as the
agent of the Swiss claimants for re-
covering the sequestered funds, Mer
ton said $4,000 had been donated 10
charities for building Fairgrounds n
Continued on Page Eight
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-14

the arms of the Van Siclen girl at the
time of the accident, was thrown clear
of the car and escaped injury except
for several severe scratches on the face
Lois Branham, who was driving, was
severely bruised about the body and
limbs Eleanor Mcclure was severely
bruised and shocked. The Mcclure girl
and Josephine Branham were taken to
Calumet hospital for emergency treat
ment, after which they were taken to
their homes.
1t is believed that the accident re-
suited from a flat front tire or broken
front wheel, since the tracks of the car
showed that one wheel was dragging
at the time of the accident. The car
was turned completely over and persons
who arrived at the scene a few min
utes later state that it was miracle
that some of the children were not
killed.
The Branham children's father, who
is the driver of the Circle X stage to
Safford was working at the time the
children left home and his wife had
stepped out of the house for few min
utes. Lois Branham, the driver of the
car, took the machine out with the in
tention Of taking her brothers and sis
ters as well as several visiting children
to the Mcguire ranch, where the sister
of Eleanor Mcclure was i'll. Going out
they made the trip successfully but
coming back the car got out of control
and overturned.
Continued on Page Eight
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-14
NEARLY zoo BANQUET
AS PART OF TWO DAY.
SESSION IN DISTRICT

Nearly 200 members of the American Institute of
Mining and Metalurgical Engineers and their guests
banqueted at the Club Sociae de Aqua Prieta Sonora
Monday night the affair being Of the events of the
twoday session of the meeting of the Arizona chapter
of the association, which is being held in Douglas and
Bisbee.
Characterized as the "semi-annual prospecting
expedition Of the Arizona chapter of the American
Mining Congress the banquet delightful success
from the time Toastmaster F. G. Beckett called the
assembly to order until the last guest had departed Tor
home Present at the banquet were some OF the most
prominent mining Of the city, state and nation as
well as Mexico
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-14
KANSAS SWEPT
BY DAMAGING
STORMS SUNDAY
[By Dispatch A. p. wirel

EMPORIA, Kans., Sept. 13.-Floods
and storms in southern Kansas had
taken a toll of at least five lives
late today, inundated several towns,
wrought damage estimated as high as
four million dollars and made scores
homeless. Wire communication was
hampered and. traffic on some main
and branch line railroads hampered.
Torrential rains Sunday in the
watersheds of the Neosho, Cottonwood
and Verdigris rivers put those
streams on the ranmage and there
was heavy loss of livestock and enor-
nous crop loss as the flood water
swept southeastward. Reports receive
ed here indicated the property dam
age was heaviest in the rural sec
tions.
A few miles below Emporia the
Cotton wood river was four miles
wide today, alfalfa fields wera flcod-
ed so deeply that the stacks ap,
peared like islets and only the tas-
sells of corn fields appeared above
the waters. Below Neosho apids,
north of where the Cottonwood
empties into the Neosho river, The
latter stream was reported several
miles wide in places. Late today
the flood crest had passed and near
ly all points reported that water re-
ceding.
Two lives are known to have
been lost at Madison on the Verdigris
river south of here. The dead are
Billie Brandon, four and Charles
Wood. "a, of Russell, Kans. At
Burlington, Charles Rodgers, go, died
Continued on x'age Three
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-14

While the affair was strictly a
"fun- session" two splendid addresses
were delivered, one by s. A. Taylor,
president of the A. M. l. of M.
NJ E., and the other by Foster Baines,
secretary of the association. Presi-
dent Taylor introduced by Toast
master Beckett following the COM
pletion Of delightful banquet, and
after the cigars had been passed,
started his talk with brief reminis-
cence Of the Spokane meeting, de-
claring that his little daughter had
said there that when father dies we
cannot lay him out in his evening
clothes. because he cannot rest in
them Then followed another hum
erous anecdote, after which Presi-
dent Taylor got down to serious
business.
He told Of coal mining with steam
shovels, the operationg being similar
to the Sac hill work in Bisboe. The
shovel used in the coal mining he
described as Weighing 500 tons, with
a boom so foot long, a dipper handle
60 foot long and bucket carrying
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-14

The seriously injured are Imogene
Van Siclen, aged Is, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George Van Siclen, 1881 Thir-
teenth, and Josephine Branham, aged
z, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur E.
Branham, 1918 Thirteenth street. The
Van Siclen girl suffered broken col
lar bone and an injury to her nose,
while the Branham girl suffered
broken collar bone and broken arm.
others in the car were Margaret Fish,
aged 10; Charles Branham, aged 8;
Frank Branham, aged A; Lois Branham,
aged IA Eleanor Mcclure, aged Is, and
a year-old baby sister of the Branham
girls.
The baby, which was being held in
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-14
TWO FINED FOR
DRIVING MOTOR
WHILE DRUM K

Moonshne liquor and an early
morning joy ride spelt disaster fos
Lazaro Bautica and Tomas Gle Lator-
ria, Mexican youths, who paid 1;neH
in Judge William c. Jacks court Mon
day, after spending a day and night
in the city Jail following a wild ride
and series of accidents early sun,
day morning. The youths We're ar
rested early Sunday morning sitter
they are said to have hit a tele-
finally overturning the car in which
they were riding in a ditch near thu
Eighteenth street crossing of h e
Southern Pacific tracks.
Beautica and de Latorria, accom-,
panied by several other youths whom
local police officers are now trying to
locate, are said to have been return
ing from a wild early morning ride
when they, too, turned through tho
railroad yards The police depart
ment was first notified cf their ac-
tlvities when the railroad yard office
reported that the boys had struck
telephone pole near the yard office
Officers found Beautica and &c
Latorria near the car after it had
overturned in a ditch near the Eigh-
teenth street crossing. The boys are
said to have torn down sections of
three fences and to have struck the
corner of a small house on Eighteenth
street near the tracks. A woman anc
baby asleep inside the wall which
was struck by the careensng automu.
bile escaped injury.
The boys were lodged in the city
Jail until Monday afternoon w h Z n
CONTINUED on Page Eight
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-14
Perpetrator @'Miss X'' Alleges
Carn1elStory Framed byAin1ee
lBx Disnatch A. P. Wirel

Dispatch Az. Wire)
ANGELES disappearance Aimee
sempIe evangelist
with having
is N
sensat atiOna sta andd
focus
Immediately
nvvasa nysteri G.
the assertions
the woman that
MNiSs hoax.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-14
Two Severely Injured as
Crack M. p. Train Wrecks
at MeGeehee, Arkansas

M'GEHEE, Ark, Sept. IA. = The
engineer and fireman ON the LOuisi-
ana Sunshine Special, crack Missouri
Pacific train No. 1O2. were severely
injured when the engine turned over
near here shortly after midnight.
Reports reaching here said only
the mail coach and first passenger
coach left the track besides the en-
gine. No one was seriously hurt In
these coaches. The remainder of the
train did not leave the track, re-
ports said.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-14
POPULAR MERCHANT
WAS so YARDS DOWN
STREAM UNDER AUTO

Engulfed in surgng, 14-foot wall of water that
came roaring down the comparatively dry bed OF a
creek Helidoro Rivera prominent business man OF this
city, was drowned and Mrs. Rivera barely escaped with
her life in Leslie canyon % miles north of Douglas about
o'clock Sunday night Rivera was drowned when their
car was carried down stream by the flood Mrs Rivera
escaped by clingng to wire fence that crossed the
creek and following this fence to the bank
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-14
Another BoOtlegger is
Given Jail Term by a
Neb. Judge Monday

HARRINGTON, Neb., Sept. 13. -
Fred f.. Dirts was sentenced to go
days in jail. the first ten and alter
nate ten days to be served ON bread
and water, and fined 800 by Judge
Wilbur Bryanr today when he plead
ed guilty to violating the prohibi-
ton law. The court also ordered
that upon expiration of his sentence.
Dirks must post $500 bond to
stipuIate that he wilt not violate the
liquor law again within, year.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-14
TWO CHILDREN BADLY Y
HURT, 6 OTHERS ARE
BRUISED IN ACCIDENT

Two children were seriously injured and six others
bruised and shaken up when big touring car,
occupied by eight children Of whom is than
Is years Of age overturned the Leslie canyon road
few miles north Of Douglas Sunday afternoon. The
children had taken the without the knowledge of
their parents and had driven it to the Mcclure ranch
seven miles in the country. They returning when
The accidnunt occurred
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-14
rIRsr 1t2 PREoiNCTs,

PORTLAND, Maine. Sept. ls.-Re-
turns from 112 precincts out of 6S3
in the state representing Ill cities
and towns out of SIS in today's ,elee-
ton gave for governor:
Brewster, republican, 1920.
Mclean, Democrat 5,843.
On the constitutional amendment to
prohibit the appropriation OF public
funds for private institutions the sanit
precincts voted: Yes, 6,OOS; no, 1915.
The total vote of these precincts
for governor was only about two
thirds of that cast in the same pre-.
cincts in the last election two years
ago.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-14
OF.
BREWSTER SUR F.
RETURNS SHOW w.
CIV Disba,ehI 4. r.swIts,

PORTLAND, Maine, Sept. Is. = The
recollection Of Governor Ralph O.
Brewster. republican, was assured as
returns from most of the larger cities
were added late tonight to the vote,
of the towns in todays state elec-
ton. In 5SS precincts out or 5Ss
in the state representing 457 cities
and towns out of 519 tE.' vote was:
Brewster, republican, S0,927; Ernest
L. Mclean, democrat 60,S71
The states four representatives, all
republican, were reelected.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-14

Here is the star witness for the
prosecution in the mcmentous trial
OF Harry M. Daugherty, former at
torney general of the United States,
and Thomas w. Miller, former alien
property custodian. He is Richard
Merton, German metals magnate.
alleged to have paid the bribe which
the defendants are accused of ac-
cepting
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-14

dnVnf 0cc11rT1N,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-14

NEW YORK, Sept. 10. =
Conner dull; electrolytic
spot and futures 142s ask
ed. Lead steady; spot $50.
Bar silver 61%.