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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03
OBREGON LIVES,
MEXICANCONSUL
TELLS THE A. P.

NOGALES, Oct. 2 (AP)-Seeking to
put to rest definitely various reports
that Gen. Alvaro Obregon, former
president of the Mexican republic,
and regarded by savants as a poten-
tial presidential candidate in the 1928
elections, has been captured or killed
by the insurgent Yaqui Indians, c..
Talacios Roji, Mexican consul here,
today gave the Associated Press the
following statement:
Repeated reports of either the
death or capture of General Obregon
appear to be, and no doubt, are,
mere fabrications of insignificant and
powerless politicians seeking to un-
dermine the Mexican government by
demoralizing both the people and
foreign capital with reports that such
powerful figure had fallen into the
hands of the enemy, the Yaqui In
dians.
"These reports are utterly absurd,
not only from the standpoint of obvi-
ious political propaganda) but also
because of the physical impossibility.
General Obregon is at his home,
which is south of the Yaqui river.
Never have the Indians crossed the
river in previous uprisings. At this
time of the year it is virtually inn
possible to ford the stream, because
t is swollen from rains.
Furthermore, General Obregon is
now in receipt of large supplies of
Srms and ammunition, and is amply
protected by not only his men, but
by federal soldiers"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03
q DROWNED IN
SONORA FLOOD
DURING MONDAY

NOGALES, Oct. 2 (AP)-Urgent ap-
peals are being made by the joint
international relations committees OF
the Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales,
Sonora, Mexico, chambers of COM
merce for food, clothing and money
to relieve the storm-stricken area of
Sonora in which % deaths have been
reported as a result of last Mondays
rains and subsequent floods
Today for the first time in almost
a week wire communication was es7
tablished with the storm-swept area
as far south as Carbo kilograms
said that the towns of Santa Ana,
Querobabe, Boza and Carlo had been
devastated by flood waters and that
their residents were without shelter,
food and clothing.
The pueblos were virtually swept
away; the amount of properly dam
age has not been estimated. Crops
are a total loss The Southern Pa
cific of Mexico railroad has made
arrangements for the transportation
of supplies to the district affected.
Due to tile fact that the road bed
has been washed away, in many in
stances, the supplies will have to be
forwarded by relay, packed over
those sections where there is 10
track.
The first relief train will leave
here tomorrow morning in the tow
of a gasoline work car.
Partial communication was obtain
ed yesterday with the repair OF the
telegraph line to the south. Previ-
ously word of mouth information said
that Querobabe and Posea had been
swept away by floods and that the
loss of life was heavy Carbo, a
mining center suffered the same
fate. Never in the history of the
west coast of Mexico have the
equinoxial storms caused such ter
rifle damage.
Advces received by the Southern
Pacific of Mexico indicate that the
storm extended inLo the YaquI In,
dian country where it undid all the
work of repairing railroad beds
bridges and telegraph wires accom-
pltshed by General Francisco Mazo
Sonora corps area commander The
camage had been wrought previous 10
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03
AIMEE PREPARES
FOR A MONSTER
CHURCH SERVICE

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2.-Undaunteo
by the attacks made upon her dur
ing the court hearing this week,
Aimee Semple Mcpherson, evangel-
ist, charged with perpetrating hoax
in connection with her disappearance
at ocean Park last May, today went
about preparing forS the Sunday serv-
ices in her usual energetic manner.
She was preparing for what she de-
clared would be the largest commun-
ion service in the. world to be held
at AngeIus Temple tomorrow when
more than 5000 Communicates" will
be served with the sacrament. Mean
while Mrs Minnie Kennedy, mother
of the evangelist and co-defendant
in the alleged hoax polt, took occas-
ion to issue statement emphatically
denouncing Thomas Scott Melville,
member of AngeMs Temple and who
yesterday testified he saw Mrs. Nc
Pherson enter the hotel where ne is
doorman, in tho morning of the
day she disappeared.
Melville is ''tool in a gigantic
plot to wreck Angelus Temple Mrs.
Kennedy said, adding that she be-
lieved Melville was sent into the re-
ligious ranks of Angelus Temple In
preparation for the testimony he gave
yesterday. The district attorneys of
flee was not idle today
District Attorney Asa Keyes, who
is personally conducting the case,
was laying plans to continue his
case next week. He expects to put
Joe Ryan, his deputy attorney VINO
met Mrs. Mcpherson at Douglas
when she returned from her long
absence, on the stand when the case
is resumed Monday. Ryan also un-
covered the Carmel-by-the-S .ncf-
dent in the case. Keyes also an
nounced he would not enter 'radio
controversy with the evangelist
Mrs. MCPHERSON. speaking over the
Angelus Temple radio station last
night, bitterly attacked Keyes ana
his conducting, of the case.
THE court room is the place to
try this case" he said
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03
KILLED
AS PASSENGER.
PLANES CRASH
The customs

PINEHURST, Kent, England, Oct.
2 (AP)-Seven persons, five of them
passengers, met death this afternoon
when French Air Union plane, en-
route from Paris to Croydon, burst
into flames only few miles from
it's destination and crashed near here.
Every person aboard the great four
engine air liner was burned beyond
recognition in the seething furnace.
The nationality of the five passen-
gers was not definitely determined
tonight but it was believed that
they were all English. The pilot and
mechanic were French Physicians
three men and two women were
taken from the cabin, but the French
Air Union in Paris issued state-
ment saying that it was believed that
there were two men and three women
aboard.
The names of the passengers as
given out by the line, with the char
acterization probably correct" were
as follows
Gertrude Hall, Margaret Stanton,
Flora Parker, L. Hamilton and Jo-
seph Noble
The addresses, however, were not
available At least one of the women
passengers was alive when the plane
struck the ground. She died while
the overseer of nearby farm strug-
gled unsuccessfully to rescue her,
The woman's terrified face could be
seen through the roaring flames. She
was clutching her purse desper-
ately.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03
c. Houghton and
E. Serrano Win
Essay rize 5

First prize in the high school di-
vision of the Douglas Dispatch's
prize contest for essays concerning
the Cochise county fair was won by
Christopher Houghton, a junior at
the Douglas high school, on his es-
say entitled 'The Cochise County
Fair" Second prize in this division
was won by Marjorie Gooding, also
junior at the Douglas high school,
on her essay entitled "The Value of
a County Fair and third prize was
captured by Mary Houghton, sister
of Christopher Houghton, the first
prize winner, with her essay entitled
"The Cochise County Fair"
A remarkable feature of the contest
for the seventh and eighth grade di-
visions was that all three prizes in
this division were captured by the
pupils of the Pirtleville school, and
all the prize winners belong to the
same grade. First prize in this di-
vision went to Enrique Serrano, on
an essay entitled "Of What Good Is
the Cochise County Fair to ou?" Sec
ond prize went to Carlos Amarllos,
on his essay entitled "fhe Cochise
County Fair, and third prize was
awarded to Esther Ruiz on her es-
say "Why I Want to See the Fair"
All three prize winners in this dl-
vision are pupils of grade 7B of the
Pirtleville school,
The complete text of the prize
winning essays will be found on page
1, section 4 of this issue. The stu
dents who submitted the foregoing
prize winning essays are requested
to call at the Douglas Dispatch Of
flee any time after Monday to re-
ceive their prize checks.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03
Gasoline Costs Only %
Cents a Gallon Now
AT Douglas Stations

October / brought good news to
Douglas motorists I'm the form of
a reduction of four cents per gal
Ion in the retail price of gasoline,
which became effective through
out the state Friday. The stand
ard Oil company, Rio Grnnde Oil
company and other concerns han
ding gasoline I'm Douglas posted
the new price at their filling sta
tiOns Friday morning. The drop
of four cents per gallon is one of
the largest single changes in the
price of gasoline in years.
The general cut In the price Of
gasoline throughout the state was
announced from Phoenix Thursday.
Local officials of gasoline conn
panies attribute the cut to the
tense situation now existing in
Pacific coast oil circles, where "a
bitter fight is being waged by VA
riOus oil companies. Local dealers
stnte they are unable to predict
how long the present low price
will endure.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03
TESTS
TO ASCERTAIN
ON M AIRS
ARE TO Be MADE
Investigation Will Be Car
ried on in Observatory
Near Flagstaff.
NEW INSTRUMENTS S
DR.. W.. w. CobIentz Leaves
Washington for Arizona
To Continue His Work.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (AP)-Fur-
ther investigation into the possibility
that life can exist on the planet
Mars will be undertaken this winter
by DR.. w. w. Colblentz at the lowell
observatory, near Flagstaff. Ariz He
has left the capital for that place
heat measuring instruments which
enable close calculations of the ac-
tual surface temperatures on the
planet. Although Mars, Is 4o,0O0,OO6,
miles distant, the instruments arc
said to distinguish between night and
day temperatures and between tenn
peratures at different localities at
the same time.
DR.. Coblentz first attacked the prob
lem about two years ago and re-
ported that noon day temperatures
in certain Martian dark areas ranged
from SO to SO degrees, while higher
colored neighboring areas had at
the same time temperatures ranging
from IA to Al degrees. The dark
spots are believed to dcno.c spaces
covered with vegetation.
The basis of the instruments usec
in measuring the Martian heat is the
thermocouple, a welding where two
different metals join. When the ther-
is exposed to the radiated
heat from Mars, infinitesimal as this
energy is, there arises through the
welding slight electric current, the
in which can 6s measured.
From this phenonma Dr. Coblentz
has been enabled to make his cars
cultation as to the probable temper
atures Of the heat source to wn1cn
the instrument points. 4
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03
Official Paid Attendance
At First Game 61,658. and
Total Receipts $198,976

NEW YORK, oct.I2 (AP)-The Of
ficial attendance for today's opening
world series game was 61.65S, and
the total receipts S19S,976. Both
marks fell just short of the record
figures, set on October IA, 1923, at
the Yankee stadium in the fifth game
of the series between the Yankees
and Giants. The totals that day were
62,S17 and $2O1,459, but they win
have to withstand another attack to-
morrow with Sunday throng seek
ing admission to the second game
here.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03
CLARK COMING
TO THIS CITY
TUESDAY NIGHT

Headed by E. S. CLARK, republican
candidate Tor so4ar nor. - nnnsner OF
republican candidates for state Of
fices will speak at the Majestic
theatre in this city, starting at 8
O'Clock, Tuesday night. The other
candidates who will come here are
Alfred H. Gale. candidate for attor-
ney general; Miss Jean Thompson,
candidate for superintendent of public
instruction; Lem Stanings, canc1datc
for mining Inspector, and Robert
Kirk, candidate for corporation com
missioner.
While all the candidates will make
short address, Clark will be the
principal speaker of the evening.
Because of the number of candidates
and the Importance of the guDer-
material race, the meeting Tuesday
light will probably draw an unusually
heavy attendance. Arrangements for
the meeting We're completed Saturday
by Homer Clark son of the candidate
for governor, who came to Douglas to
confer with republican leaders in
this vicinity.
e. S. Clark made a strong, favor
able impression when he spoke in
Douglas during the primary campaign,
and those who attend the meeting
Tuesday night may be sure of near
ing clear, concise and interesting
exposition of the principal points Of
the campaign. The principal things
for which Clark is fighting In the
present campaign are: action on the
Colorado rive" project without re-
sorting to the Boulder canyon dam;
immediate rehabilitation of the state
banking laws, reduction of the
present high taxes. Ile WIFI stress
in particular tie manner in which
the state industrial commission should
be handled as compared 10 the way
It IS handled now.
Speaking before a large audience
of Maricopa county voters at Buck
eye Friday night, Judge Clark de-
clared that this is not a campaign
retwetn individual contestants but a
mighty struggle between compact
minority, intent on perpetuating IT.
self in political power, ard the bulk
of the people, to determine whether
the government of the state should
be of, by al ii for the people, or in
the interests of a group selfishly de-
termined to maintain the political
autocracy it has established.
BY getting rid of the machine"
and substituting rigid economy for
waste and extravaganza; by making
appointments on merit, experience
and efficiency in office instead of
for political expediency only, Judge
Clark said, taxes could be- and II ne
were elected governor, would be re-
duced if he had to use the veto on
every appropriation not absolutely
essential to the conduct of mandatory
state business.
Development of the Colorado river
could be brought about by substftut-
ing action for delay and obstruction,
Clark said, and by presenting Cali
fornia and Nevada with an opportu-
nifty to meet Arizona in conference
on a division of the water ana power
possibilities of the river He be-
| lieVed these states would recognize
Arizona's legal rights if given a
chance, which has been denied them
to date by the present administration,
but that if such conference failed
| to secure all Of Arizona's rrgnts as
outlined IN the party platform, then
every resource of law would be in
voked to maintain those rights
! Continued on Page Five)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03
MOrmOns Gathering in
Salt Lake City for Big
Semi-Annual Conference

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct.
(AP)-DeIegates began arriving
in the city today for the regular
semf-annsuaI conference of the
Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day
saints, which opens a three-day
session tomorrow. More than 15,-
300 are expected to attend the
two sessions daily as well as the
evening meetings of the various
cruch societies, whose meeting are
held simultaneously with those of
the church proper. Delegates will
be here from Utah, Idaho, Arizona,
California, Nevada, COIOra 10.
wyoming, washington, Oregon ana
other western states, as well as
from Canada, Mexico and eastern
section of the United States. as
well as some foreign lands.
The conference sessions will he
presided over by Heber j. Grant,
president. prophet seer and re-
VeIatOr, of the church.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03
/. CARPE:NDER''
BR|BED MAN.
TO QUIT \. ].

NEW YORK, Oct 2 (AP(
The New York Times will
say tomorrow it learns au-
thoritatively that Henry Z.
Dickman, former New Jer-
sey state trooper, has made
an affidavit averring he
was paid $500 by Henry
de la Bruyere Carpenter to
drop his investigation of
the Hall-Mills murder case
in 1923. Carpenter is one of
four persins indicted for
the murder Of the Rev. Ed
ward Wheeler Hall and
Mrs. Eleanor Mills.
The affidavit the Times will say,
was obtained by the state from Dick
man at Governors Island last Wednes-
day after he had been brought from
California, where he was an army
prisoner.
Carpenter is cousin of Mrs. Fran
ces Stevens Hall, widow of DIR. Hail..
She and her brothers, Henry and Will
lie Stevens, are also under Indictment.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03
RAIL TRAFFIC
AGAIN RUNNING.
THROUGH CITY

After being almost without train
service for five days because of the
recent rain storm, Douglas assumed
center Saturday, with the combined
traffic of both the north and south
lines of the Southern Pacific passing
through this city. A total of 10
transcontinental passenger trains
passed through here Saturday, to-
gether with all the freight trains
that could be handled with the linz
tied facilities.
With it's southern line once more
open, the Southern Pacific is devot
ing all of its efforts to relieving
rush of perishable freight that had
gathered at it's terminals and on it's
main lines during. the recent tie-up.
With the trains passing in safety
over the temporary bridges and ap-
proaches, company officials kept
steadily at the work of reconstruc-
tion in order to make the repairs
permanent.
With the arrival of the first pas
north Friday, the local express office
was crowded with express that was
delayed because of the storm. All
the branches of the local express Of
flee were kept busy Saturday dis
tributing the delayed packages that
had arrived.
John Hart, county supervisor, stated
Saturday that fording will be pos
sible at Benson and Hereford by
as it has the last two days. To ar
range for the crossing of the river
at Charleston will require more time
because of the approaches of the
bridge being washed away and a
change in the course of the stream.
When fording is begun at Hereford
and Benson, county trucks will be
on hand to assist motorists in case
they get stuck in the mud, Hart
stated.
1--WE do not know vet how much
it will cost to repair the various
bridges in the county, or how much
help we will get from the state"
Hart said Just now all our ener-
gies are being devoted to making the
roads and bridges passable. 1t is
likely that the board of supervisors
may be able to set definite amount
to ask from the state after our next
meeting, which will be held this
week"
The bridge at Charleston presents
a serious problem to the county Of
ficials because the approach on one
side was completely washed away,
and the river widened its channel
about SO feet on one side. In addi-
tion to these features, the bank on
one side presents a sheer drop of 20
feet, which will require vast
amount of dist to build up any sort
of approach.
One redeeming feature Of the flood
was called to, mind Saturday morn
ing when David Hess, a rancher from
the Sulphur Springs valley, who drove
to Douglas, reported that the rain
has assured Arizona cattlemen the
richest winter grazing in the history
of the state, and that while few
crops in the valley were damaged by
the heavy rainfall, the crops in gen
eral benefited greatly from the rain
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-(AP)
Copper quiet; electroly-
tic spot and futures IAN.
steady, Bar silver 57h.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03
CO
BY 2-1;,.
$4,000 ATTEND
BY ALAN j. GOULD.

AAA~AAAN ~ NV ~ AAA(e
NEW YORK, Oct. 2 (AP)
The southpaw wizardry
of willowy Herb Pennock
and the punch in the big bats
Of burly Babe Ruth and
Lou Gehrig today carried
the New York Yankees to
triumph over the St. Louis
Cardinals in the opening
skirmish of the 1926 battle
for the worlds baseball
championship.
A crowd Of close to g.
600, falling just short of
re cord proportions, but
nevertheless forming a
spectacular background to
the conflict in the Yankee
stadium, saw victory pur-
chase on the banner of the
American league champions
by the narrow margin Of
2 to /.
Fought out on hazy battle ground,
occasionally moitsened by light show
ers, it was a close and tensely waged
struggle from start to finish, even If
it failed to reach particularly thrilling
heights.
1t was a convincing victory for the
Yankees, nevertheless, for they out
steadied, outgeneralled and outplayed
the first team that st. Louis has sent
in quest of baseball's premier crown.
Pennock, twirling with cool and baf-
fling skill, held the slugging National
league champions to three hits alto
gether, allowing not the semblance of
a safe hit over a seven inning stretch
from the first to the ninth frames.
Registering his third triumph in
worlds series competition, Pennock
gave a masterful exhibition yielding
his only run in the first inning on a
double by Douthit and a scratch single
by Bottomley, then moving down the
Cardinals with machine-like regularity
until the eighth, when the Yankee ace
pulled himself together after brief
spell of wildness.
Willie Sherdel, bortSide star of the
Cardinal staff, matched his slow ball
against Pennocks crossfire, but con-
tributed to, his own downfall by an err
ratio start in the first inning, while
Yankee bats got to him for the winning
run in the sixth. He gave way in the
eighth to Jess Haines after being re-
placed at bat by q pinch hitter. Babe
Ruth led the sortie that gave the
Yankees their winning run in the sixth
inning and brought about the down.
fall of Sherdel. Singing sharply
through third base, the Babe advanced
on Bob Meusels neatly placed sacrifice
bunt and raced home on Gehrigs
rousing single to right field.
When Lazzeri followed with another
single it looked as though the Yankees
were about to stage one of their char
acteristic batting explosions. Gehrig,
however, was thrown out at third and
SEVERED hit into a force-out after
Lester Bell, Cardinal third sacker, had
juggled Dugan's smash, failing either
to make the throw to first or tag Laz-
zeri at the far corner.
Continued on Page Five)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03
GILLESPIE DAM CROSSING
OPEN z A. M. TO 6 /

PHOENIx, Oct. 2 (AP)-The Giles
pie dam crossing over the Gila river
on the Phoenix Yuma road is open
to traffic from z a. m. to p M,
W. c. Lefebvre, state engineer, an
nounced today. The. water on the
apron of the dam is yet too high
to permit crossing at night. Low cars
are being towed across the dam.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03
DErEcr1YE- ARREsTED

NEW YORK, oct. Felix Dimar-
tini private detective, charged with
being an accessory after the fact in
the Hall Mills case, was arrested in
Brooklyn tonight by two state troopers
from New Jersey
Dilnartini was chief OF the private
detectives employed by Mrs. Frances
Stevens Hall four years ago when the
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Imperial Valley press., 1926-08-04
POLICE BELIEVE
J0HNS0M'S TALE
OF MANY CRIMES
reputation.
ny United Press Leased Wire

SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. As
verification continued to reach po-
lice, they declared today that the
astounding confession Of Thomas
johnson, a, the oman of many
crimcS,' is probably true, but that
johnson undoubtedly is insane.
Two Minneapolis city detectives
are here to investigate Johnson S
story that he shot and killed Leo
nard Earndalc, Minneapolis attor-
ney. during a robbery.
Johnson told authorities he com
mitted II murders and. countless
holdups. mostly in the middle west
in the last 20 wears.
johnson : narrative checked in
another detail last night when II.
4. Fowler, former fireman on Chi
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul train,
siad that an unidentified man had
been thrown from freight car on
his train to his death at Appleton,
Wis, last spring.
81 think said Johnson, in his
confession, "that he was an |. w,
W. did not know his name. l
threw him off at bridge.
Fowler also said that he recalled
many train holdups in the same To-
calitv which Johnson said he com
mitted.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-08-04
HOPE FOR JURY
IN GAINES CASE
BEFORE TONIGHT
by United Press Leased Wire

SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. 4.-Inter-
rupting two days machine-likr prog
ress in the selection Of jury to
try Wallace G. (Bob) Gaines for
first degree murder, defense and
prosecution clashcd today over the
right of the state to challenge one
Of the men in the jury box for
cause.
The vcnireman. William NJ. Par.
sons, a city building department
engineer, declared during the inter
rogation by Prosecutor Ewing ID.
Colvin that if YOU convinced me
that the defendant is guilty Of
murder, | would be convinced he
was insane. | could not conceive
Of a man killing his own daughter
in his right frame Of mind.
There was possibility that
Jury might be selected today and
that the state would begin prescnta-
ton of its evidence calculated to
show that Gaines beat his % year old
daughter, Sylvia. to death, on the
shores Of Green Lake here June is.