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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27
BLIND LAWYER.
IN MCPHERSON
CASE is DEAD
(By Dispatch A. p. wlrel

LONG BEACH, Calf, Aug. 26.-
Possibility that two men who, with
Russell A. Mckinley, blind attorney
of Long Beach were found dead un-
der an overturned automobile near
here this morning, might have been
Implicated in the asserted kidnapping
of Aimee Semple Mcpherson, last
May was denied tonight by Berni ce
Morris, secretary to the blind attor-
ney.
Miss Morris made her statement
just after conference with Nc
Pherson. Immediately upon hearing
of the death of the attorney who
came into prominence shortly after
Mrs. McPherson's disappearance, when
he announced that two men had ASK
ed him to act as go-between in col
lecting $4,000 ransom for the
Angelus Temple pastor, Mrs NC
Pherson, her mother, Mrs. Minnie
kennedy and Roland Rich Woolcy,
their attorney. hurried to Long Beach.
Miss Morris carried brief case
with her when she left the attor-
ney's office to enter the automobile
carrying Mrs. Mcpherson.
Mrs. Mcpherson refused to make
any statement after the conference
referring her questioners to Miss
Morris.
Mrs Mcpherson merely wanted to
offer her coincidence" said MBiss
Norris. mo, | didn't give them any
papers from the brief case. know.
of course, abodt McKiniey's business
affairs with Mrs. Mcpherson but
naturally 1 can't talk about that.
Some time 1 may be in a position TO
do so and if 1 do 1 will talk about
six hours
She added that the dead men, James
Law and William Miller, both paint
ers of Long Beach, knew nothing
concerning the kidnapping.
Mrs. Mcpherson and her mother
previously had been denied permis-
sion to see the bodies of the two
men until after the autopsy tomor-
row. Wooley said tonight that the
visit to the undertaking establish
men where the bodies are held was
prior to seeing Miss Morris and was
made under the impression that the
attorneys secretary was there. He
denied that the evangelist went to
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27
AMUCK
IN CHIC AGO Is
FINALLY SLAIN

CHICAGO, Aug 26.-Isunning wild
with shotgun, a man believed to have
been crazed by the heat or liquor, to-
night shot and killed one man and
wounded three others as he fled
through the crowded concourse of the
Illinois Central station and was him.
self shot and Killed by a store owner
as he reached the street in Park Row,
just outside the station.
The maniac first appeared in the
train she'd out of which a crowded
Michigan Central train had just pulled.
He approached Joseph Edwards, pas
senger agent of the Michigan Central
road with a repeating shotgun in his
hand and without a word leveled the
gun at Edwards and wounded him, pos
sibly fatally.
Next he made for Timothy Lynch, a
special policeman, who ran through the
crowded waiting rooms, telling persons
to flee for their lives.
While hundreds of men, women and
children sought refuge behind seats
and in corners, the maniac's attention
was attracted by Frank Miller, another
special policeman. He chased Miller
into the train sheds, then vanished, to
appear again in busy Park Row, where
he fired two or three shots into the
air, bringing panic to the street, teem-
ing with taxicabs.
Traffic in smart Michigan avenue, a
few feet away, was thrown into con-
fusion Special policemen and traffic
officers made toward the maniac who
continued to fire. He spied waiter
in a nearby restaurant and killed him,
then wounded another. barber, who
had procured a gun, then went into ac-
ton, and it was his shot that killed the
maniac. The man was identified as
Joseph Mazza, 40. The waiter whom
he killed was Steve Kocinas.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27
BROTHERS MEET
LOCALLY FIRST
TIME SO YEARS

The east and west met in Douglas
few days ago when r. W. Key
nolds, of New York City, general
traffic agent for the New York Cen
trail lines, met his brother, Harry :,
REYNOLDS, manager of the Diamond a
ranch, in the Gaudaloupe mountains
near the Mexican border. 1t was the
first meeting of the brothers in so
years.
Years ago, when the two brothers
were still youths, Harry expressed
determination to become cowboy
and came west with that purpose in
mind. The other brother was salts
fled with a less romantic occupation
in an eastern railroad office. Today
one holds a responsible position with
one of the worlds greatest railroads
and the other has risen to the high
est position in the work he chose,
both equally successful.
r. w. Reynolds, with Mrs. Rey-
nolds and their son, left Douglas
Wednesday night for Los Angeles,
where they will spend vacation.
They were accompanied to Douglas
by Harry Reynolds.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27
In
NICARAGUA AIR
GROUP
CBy Dispatch A. P. wire)

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Aug. &C.
Capt J. C. Rutledge and L. J. Clay, for
mer American aviators, and now ma
jors in the Nicaraguan constabulary
within the past two days have made
airplane attacks on gun-running YES
sci flying the American flag. Scouting
along the Pacific coast Of Nicaragua
in search Of revolutionary forces, the
aviators located the vessel off Corinto
and began dropping bombs. The ship
put to sea, closely followed by the air.
plane. One bomb exploded near the
ship, but caused no damage. The crew
turned a machine gun on their pur-
suers, who returned the fire from their
own machine gun.
After following the vessel for IL
miles, the plane ran out Of ammunition.
Returning to Corinto last night, the
aviators again discovered the vessel at
Cosiguina, near the Gulf of Fonseca,
discharging arms. The aviators drop
per nine bombs near the ship and used
their machine gun, only to be met with
a return fire from machine guns ana
rifles The plane later was forced TO
withdraw because OF darkness. Revo-
lutionary forces numbering $50 have
overpowered the small garrison at/Cos-
iguina, killing four men, and have be-
gun a march inland with arms obtain
ed from the vessel attacked by the air
men. The government has sent force
of 1000 soldiers with light artillery to
meet the revolutionists and q battle Is
expected at any time. al ta
First news yesterday that American
aviators had made an attack on gun
running vessel in Nicaragua nystified
the United States authorities at Wash
ington in the absence of definite in
formation as to what standing the
Americans involved had, The fact that
the Americans are the private employees
of the Nicaraguan government is in
line with the navy department state
ment that no. American naval planes
were known to be in the vicinity OF
Nicaragua.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27
MORGAN CITY A
WRECK DUE TO
SEVERE STORM
fBy Dispatch A. P. wlrel

MORGAN CITY, La, Aug. 20
Morgan City was a wreck tonight.
Damage estimated at million dol
lars was wrought by the storm which
swept into Morgan City from the
Gulf of Mexico last night bringing
winds which attained a velocity of
100 miles an hour and tides which
swept away boats anchored at what
were considered safe spots.
Buildings were blown away, WIN
dows smashed, roofs thrown off, even
bricks torn out of the walls by force
of the wind. In the height of the
storm fire broke out and but for
the torrent of rain would have made
the destruction of the city complete.
Two buildings were destroyed before
the fire was extinguished. The ferry
plying between Morgan City and Ber-
wick was torn from it's mornings,
swept into the steel bridge of the
Southern Pacific and demolished
Virtually every building in the city
both business and residential was
damaged by the storm.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27
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KRISHN AMUR I'll
TODAY
FOR NEW YORK
1Br DISPATCH A. P. Mirel

NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-Followers of
Jiddu Krishnamurti, whom theosophists
hail as the bearer of message from
God, reclaimed him today from report
ers and photographers, who formed the
greater part of his reception commit :
tee" when he arrived in America. After
a day spent walking about the lobby
of his hotel and giving interviews to
reporters, the Hindu, whose advent is
planned to bring spiritual rebirth to
America, was greeted tonight by the
osophists at private meeting in the
Princess theatre.
Culture is the greatest need of Amer
leans, Krishnaji-as his followers call
him-told reporters.
Mrs Annie Besant, president OF the
International Theosophistical society
and discoverer of the vehicle or the
voice of the Godhead," did not attend
the press levy at which Krishnamurtl
voiced his disapproval of "the mate
rialism of America"
There are thousands of lawyers and
only a few hundred artists here, ne
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27

in many cases rendered a total loss.
Entering the state near Morgan
City the storm swept up through the
heart of the sugar cane district,
flattening the cane upon the ground.
The rice crops were greatly damaged
by salt water which came in from
the gulf.
Trains arrived in New Orleans at
intervals throughout the day after
being detained from 5 to 13 hours
by the storm. An Illinois Central
train, after spending the night at
Burnside, La, arrived with windows
riddled by the wind. The train was
able to reach New Orleans after fire.
quent stops for the crew to clear
the track of telegraph poles and other
debris The conductor said the upper
story of the railroad station at
Burnside was carried away by the
wind while he was in the lower floor.
AT Montegut, La, the Argyle sugar
refinery was reported badly wrecked.
Virtually all roads in that section
were under several feet of water
and considerable loss of life was
feared
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27
CHECK ARTIST
YET CLAIMS HE
IS Won KRUPP
(By Dispatch a. p. wire>

ALBUQUERQUE, n. NJ, Aug. 20
THAT his assumed name is George
Adorjan Gabor, was the admission
made here tonight by the man held
in iail on d bad check charge and
nCsing as Baron George Exeretr
Frederick Won Krupp, Jr, police oe'
clared. He still maintains, however,
that his real name is Won Krupp and
that the name of Gabor was assumed
by him when he became a citizen or
Hungary after being disowned by his
father about four years ago
According to the story told police
and immigration officials here In g
two hour grilling tonight, Won Krupp
was disowned by his father for some
indiscretion about four years ago.
He then went to Hungary and stayed
a year, changing his name to George
Adorjan Gabor and becoming Hun
garian citizen.
Two years ago he came 10 America,
attended PhillipsAndover academy a
year, then attended Harvard uniyer-
sity year.
Gabor will be turned over to Will
mington. Del, police to answer TO
bad check charge from that city. He
told police he will waive eNtradition
The baron denies that he ever
casheG any checks in Wilmington or
Pittsburgh His travelling compan-
ion, Charles Taetsch, Brown univer-
sity student, declares that Won Krupp
cashed checks in both cities, the po-
lice said In spite of his statement
that he was disowned by his father
four years ago, Gabor has in his per-
sonal effects cablegram purporting
to have been sent him i'll New York,
July II, 1926, by his father and
mother from Biaritz, Spain, saying
among other things, "be good and
write often. Love. Father and
Mother"
Taetsch, who was engaged by the
alleged baron as. a travelling COM
panion, told officers tonight that his
suspicion had been aroused on sew
eral occasions that the self styled
baron was an imposter, but that his
suspicion had been allayed by the
alacrity with which noted men, in
cluGing Harvey Firestone and Henry
Ford, acectped Won Krupp at his
word
According to Taetsch, his compan'
ion, to whom Henry Tord is said to
have given the car in which they
were touring, would present his al
legged credentials at Ford agencies
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27
Epworth League Institute Will Open in
This City at Grace NJ f. Church, 9:lO A, M.

attendance the Rev. f. j. Seaman.
pastor of the First NJ. e. churcnN of
Tucson; Rev. Herbert Brook, pastor
of the NJ e. church at Bisbee, and
the Rev A. L. Baker of Phoenix,
district superintendent of the NJ E,
church for the state of Arizona.
The. program of the institute for
Friday and Saturday forenoons will
be as follows: Devotional services,
led by the Reverend Herbert Brooke.
$40 to $3.50; class in stewardship, Dy
the Rev. o. L. Enyeart, $3.50 to 10:15;
recess, 1915 to 10:03; class in Bible
study led by the Rev. Herbert Brooke,
1920 to 11:15; and class in Epworth
League methods, by the Rev. F. j.
Seamon, Ills to 1900. Rev. f. j,
Seaman will lead the devotional ser
vices Saturday morning,
The social activities and games,
beginning at $3.50 each afternoon,
will be under the direction of the
Reverend Brooke. At 6:3O, Friday
evening picnic supper and social
gathering will be held On the par
sonage lawn, the Douglas Epworth
League acting as host. AT s p. m.
talent program will be given in
the church by the combined leagues
to which the public is cordially in
vited.
A banquet will pe served in the
basement of the church Saturday eve.
ming by the j. o. c. Sunday school
class. At p. m. Saturday a stun'
program will be given, followed by
business meeting. The Rev. Dr.
Baker will speak at this meeting.
Sunday school will be held at 9:45
Sunday morning, followed by morn
ing worship at IL o'clock, at which
Doctor Baker will preach. At 3 p. m
Sunday special meeting for the
young people of the community, as
well as for the delegates, Will be held
All the young people of the various
churches are invited to this meeting
There will be a joint meeting of the
represented leagues at the Epworth
League meeting at Z p. m. Sunday
The Reverend Brooke will preach
during the 8 o'clock services Sunday
night.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27
c. H. DODGE TO
VISIT DOUGLAS
IN NEAR FUTURE

TUCSON, Aug. &c. - Cleveland H.
Dodge, director of the Phelps-Dodge
corporation and the Southern Pacific
Railroad, arrived in Tucson this after
noon, preparatory to making an in
formal inspection of the new main line
section of the railroad.
Dodge, who is following in the foot
steps of his father and namesake, made
little comment on either his major in
terests.
Steadiness in the copper industry,
with no looked-for spectacular develop
ments, was the only statement that
Dodge cared to make about the condi-
tion of copper. He stated that in the
expanding uses found for copper prod
ucts, the newest .appreviable use was
in the manufacture of electric refrlg-
orators, which are now finding wide
market Dodge arrived in Tucson this
afternoon in his special car from El
Paso, remaining in Tucson overnight
and leaving at Z o'clock tomorrow
morning. AS a director of the South
ern Pacific company, he will make an
informal tour of inspection of the new
main line from Picacho to Phoenix and
companied by Superintendent ii. >.
Fairbank The date for the formal
opening of the new main line through
to Dome is yet Indefinite, Dodge stated,
and his trip has nothing to do with
setting the date, or any new develop
ments in the line The New Yorker
will remain in Phoenix for two days,
looking over the Southern Pacific
plants and comforting with business as
sistants. From there he will go to Bis
bee and Douglas to look after his in
terests in the Phelps Dodge corpora
tion, of which he is director
EX-CHIEF OF STAFF FOR
ESTRADA FOUND SLAIN
NOGALES, Aug. ga special dis
patch to the Nogales Herald today
confirmed the finding of the body OIL
ex-General Ulloa, chief of staff under
General Enrique Estrada, near the
little village of Guadalupe in the
state of Chihuahua. Five bullet holes
were found in Ul;oL's boe!, the dls-
patch reports.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27

Volunteer rescuers, who entered the
gas-filled stope in their heroic eItorts
to rescue the underground toilers, were
driven back. Before the deadly gases
became heavy in the dark recesses, the
rescuers succeeded in bringing out four
bodies. Two others were located un-
der falls of rock and dirt. Four men,
near the mine mouth, were found to pc
alive. They were brought out and
rushed to the Dixonville hospital,
where they are reported unconscious
and in a critical condition.
While rescuers held little hope tor
the entombed men, A. J. Musser, vice
president and general manager OF the
company, said he hoped that some OF
the men unaccounted for had succeed
ed in sealing themselves into rooms pe-
fore the gas penetrated to them.
Practically all hope for the entomp-
ed men was abandoned tonight, after
DIR. w. e. Dodd, company physician
explored the mine as far as possible
He said the blast caused widespread
devastation and that the tunnels were
so heavy with gas that no human
could survive. He said that within the
stope under piles of rock, he saw the
bodies of six miners. Some were badly
mangled, while others, he said, bore no
marks, indicating that they were VIC
tins of the gasses.
Great crowds tlocked to the mine
from nearby villages shortly after they
were startled by the heavy explosion
which was felt half mile away the
crowds hampered the volunteer rescu-
ers at the outset, but state troopers
from Greensburg finally controlled the
throng.
Veteran coal diggers, familiar with
mine explosions, expressed the bellet
that the blast was caused by the ignl-
tion of gas. General Manager Musser
refused to hazard an opinion as to the
cause He said the deadly afterdamp
was so heavy in the workings that the
rescuers had not been able to get very
far and that therefore they did not
know the condition of the mine or the
snot where the explosion occurred
Musser said that the mine drifted by
into the hills for more than mile, ana
he held the hope that some of the en-
+ombed men fought their way from the
scene of the blast into safe territory
He said that normally, the mine en-
Moved more than 400 men, but that
recently it had been working only part
time and the force was reduced TO
half hundred.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27

AS nightfall settled over the village,
Salvation Army lassies from Johnstown
arrived They established temporary
first aid headquarters in mine shack
and fed the Woodworking rescue crews.
A temporary morgue was fitted up in
another shack.
A few hours after the explosion came
the rescuers on hand found the under
ground passageways filled with gasses.
They could work only, a few minutes.
Finally, with the arrival of a United
States bureau Of mines team from
Pittsburgh, the rescuers we're ordered
out. and the rescue chief ordered that
brattices of canvas be erected. IT was
hoped that with the aid Of brattices
every few feet, the rescuers could COM
bat the gases and advance into the
farthest reaches of the mine.
The rescue work was we'll organized.
Experienced teams, led by the bureau
of mines men, worked in shifts in the
battle against the ever-creeping gases,
against which no man without a mask
can live. When word of the blast
spread throughout the central Pennsyl-
vania coal field, the miners of the en-
tire region forgot all else in their haste
to render aid to their stricken fellow
workers. Every mine in the region
rushed in rescue teams and safety ap-
paratus. E
The Clymer number l pit has long
been known as gaseous workings
For some time the miners have used
electric lamps as safeguard.
jContinued on Page Three)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27

Morgan City, near the mouth OF the
Mississippi appeared to have borne
the brunt of the storm as 1t ragea
inland, Virtually every house IN the
town was damaged, boats were car
ried away, ferryboat swept from
its moorings and crashed into a, rail-
way bridge. Damage there was esti-
mated at million dollars. Two
watchmen on the ferry boat still
were missing tonight.
one man was electrocuted in New
Orleans while attempting to repair
high voltage line, and sailor was
killed at Gulfport when he came IN
contact with live wire. Another
man was drowned at Frenier, IA miles
south of Pontchatoula when his store
was inundated by flood waters.
woman was drowned in the Missi-
ssippi river above Covent. The body
had not been identified late today.
BY far the greater property dam
age was done to the rice, sugar cane,
cotton and corn crops. The New
Orleans States placed this damage at
approximately $1,OOO,00O. Houma,
Morgan City, Pontchatoula and Ham
mond property damage was believed
around the half million mark, but no
definite estimate could be made.
Graphic stories of the sweeping force
of the storm were related as news
came into New Orleans from outlying
districts from which no communica-
tions had been received today.
Plate glass windows crushed and
many houses were unroofed and
miles of splintered telephone and tele-
graph poles gave vigorous testimony
of the ferocity of the storm. Seventy
passengers who spent the night
aboard ferry barges in the Mississippi
river when they were grounded in a
mud bank as two tugs lost control
of them in the storm reached shore
today when the ferry tugs loosened
the barges from them and brought
to the east bank of the river.
At Hammond, at Morgan City anu
at Houma residences and stores were
shattered or unroofed' by the storm.
Light and telephone wires were
blown down and in the country dis
tricts crops were greatly damaged,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27
BIsBEE SLAYER
IS SENTENCED TO
HANG NOV. 10


George Janovitch of Bakersviite, q
suburb of Bisbee, convicted Of killing
his wife, Bvana, on June %, is to be
hanged November 49, Janovitch was
sentenced at II o'clock Thursday
morning by Judge Albert NJ Sames
of the superior court at Tmobstone'
Janovitch accepted the death SEN
tence with the same stoical indiffer-
ence that he maintained throughout
his trial
Janovitch was convicted by a. jury
at Tombstone on August /. He ap-
peared at court with his attorney
Bruce Stephenson of Douglas, Thurs,
day morning, on the date set by the
court for his sentence. Stephenson
gave notice of appeal to the state
supreme court
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27
Representatives Of Four
Great RnilUay Systems
In This City Thursday

Douglas had the honor Wednes-
day of being visited by the rep
resentatives of four great rail
ways, three of whom were on
business.
The peculiar fact of the matter
is that none of the representatives
knew one another or that their
business in the city had any con-
nectiOn.
The visitors were J. w. F..
Trefz, general freight agent of the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific;
}. It. CasteII, of FL PasO, travelling
freight and passenger agent of the
Southern Pacific; J. b. Heitchew,
travelling freight and passenger
agent of the Texas Pacific, and II.
w. Reynolds, general traffic agent
of the New York Central lines,
who has been Visiting his brother.
Harry Reynolds, manager of the
Diamond A ranch. near this city.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27
Umbrella Trees in City
Reported Dying; Seek.
Experiment Station Aid

Is Douglas principal shade tree,
.he umbrella, doomed TO destruc-
ton from an insect pests During
the past few weeks several persons
have reported that shade trees sn
front of their homes have died
mysteTiousIy. Thursday, Mrs. John
II. Slaughter, 1901 Eleventh street
.epOrted that five trees mt her
home were dead and that a horde
If ants were discovered on the
trunks and about the roots. MRS.
Slaughter has written the expert
mental department. of tho Univer-
sity of Arizona, seeking some
means of combating. the Insects
q,nd will appreciate hearing from
any local persons who know how
to save the trees.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27

The Epworth League institute, to
be held in Douglas, August 81, rs
and 20, will open at the Grace
Methodist Episcopal church at $40
o'clock this morning Delegates from
the Epworth Leagues at Tucson, Will
cox and Bisbee will be present as
guests of the local league. The in
stitute will be in charge of the Rev.
o. L. Enyeart, pastor of the Grace
Methodist Episcopal church.
Besides the visiting young people
from other churches, there will be in
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-27
HEALY WELL KNOWN
THROUGHOUT SONORA

NOGALES, Aug. 26-Iose S. Healy
held in Los Angeles in default of bail
on charges of aiding Gen. Enrique Es-
trada, to whom he was secretary, in
planning a revolutionary expedition in
TO Mexico, is well known here and IN
the state Of Sonora as former editor of
several daily newspapers there. Just
before the arrest of Estrada near san
Diego, Healy was in Nogales, and told
newspaper men he expected to be con-
sui here in the event the revolution
was successful.