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Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-06-20

Capt Roald Amundsen impresses us
as man who was fortunate in not
being around when DR.. Cook was
selling oil stock.-Ohio State Journal.
Maybe if we would work up the
elastic in American political plat
forms we wouldn't have to worry
about the British rubber trust
Birmingham Age-Herald
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-06-20
sin There Arc Few Profit Tears

PA, what does It mean in the
Bible about prophets having no honor
in their own country"
1T refers to war profits, SON"
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-06-20
Real Distinction

| 1t is a high compliment to the gov
ernor of New York that rarely wheI.
his name is mentioned people ask,
What Smith,"
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-06-20

Proud Father-"What shall we cal
it?"
Fond MOther--'Let's call it Quits
Sea Bag GU. S. S. Oklahoma).
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-06-20
Twas Ever Thus

Like all people of Importance, the
bandits are beginning to discover that
their popularity is waning.
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-06-20
One Wonders.

state
the reelection
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-06-20
Whadda Mean. Something WrOni

Whadda Mean. Something Wrong:
Owner of snappy Six: I'd like to
have you send man out with mo
to listen to my motor.
Busy Service Station Manager: All
right. Hey, George! Come and ride
out with this gentleman.
George, half hour later: I don't
hear anything wrong, sir.
Owner of Snappy Six: Wrong! Who
said there was anything wrong? I
just wanted to show you how sweet
she was singin'!
Changed Times
even cars" said old Pessimist
'Is gettin' to be effect.
9TH ones that once growled out q
'Oogah'
Now Shippers and squeaks
Be-deet!
Surest Sign
"The fast train must be coming
soon"
What makes you think so?"
Several motorists are speeding to-
ward the crossing
1t Sure Was
His Worship Medoric Martin, per-
petua1 Mayor of Montreal, tells how,
! as a young man in the sos, he got Il
job as a cigarmaker with a Boston
concern. The first few days he al
most starved because he could not
speak English. His diet was almost
iaE-cI1ciua1tr hnt
One noon bride and groom sat at
his restaurant table. The bride or
dered "Beefsteak well done"
Young Martin clutched at thosu
words and oft repeated them in his
mind. when he was happily seated
at the table that evening, the friendly
waitress asked, what are you going
to eat tonight?'
With head erect ana shoulders
thrown back and chest proudly ex-
tended, young Martin responded
"Beefsteak Welcome"
Peace and Quiet
DR.. James r. Angel, president of
Yale, said at a. dinner in New York:
Children are today sounder physi-
oally and more decent morally than
their parents and grandparents were.
This proves among other things that
kind treatment is better than harsh
treatment.
Children were pretty arshly
treated in the past-witness an anec.
dote about Edward Irving, Carlyle's
friend.
Edward Irving in his youth taught
school at Amman and used to flog
the boys under him numerically.
Well, across the way from the school
there lived a carpenter noted for his
biting and sarcastic wit. One morn
ing a terrible bowling began to come
from the school house. 1t grew
louder 1t was horrible. The carpen-
ter stood it as long as he could, and
then he snatched up an axe ran
school room.
ct thought you were KILN the
lad he said to Irving, so 1 came
ever to see if We needed any help"
Capt. Road Amundsen impresses us
as a man who was fortunate in not
being around when DR.. Cook was
selling oil stock.-Ohio State Journal.
Maybe if we would work up the
elastic in American political plat
forms we wouldn't have to worry
about the British rubber trust
Age-Herald.
Scientists bid us take nature as
our living model. Suits us fine
Wen rise in the morning when the
temperature does. Arkansas Ga
zette.
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-06-20
Surest Sicn

"The fast train must be coming
soon"
What makes you think so?"
Several motorists are speeding to
ward the crossing
Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-06-20

Changed Times
even cars said old Pessimist
Gruger,
els gettin' to be effect.
9TH ones that once growled out 3
'Oogah'
Now shippers and squeaks
'De-deet!"
The Washington times., 1926-07-29

''The Taxi Dancer" 4 story
Of night life, begins Monday.
August 8, in The Washington
Times.
The Washington times., 1926-07-29
MISSING Girl
Z. FOUND
q Internatlonal Nsws servlee

ATLANTA, Ca, July 30. Elsie
coIquitt. IL, OF 1910 jefferson ST.
washington. D. c., granddaughtel
OF o. B. Colquitt, former governor
Of Texas, was taken from . trair
at Terminal Station here today, By
police, and held at the request q
washington police.
The child told officers here thai
she was en- route to her grandfather
and grandmother at Dallas, Tex
She said that she ran away from
home because her mother was un
kind to her
She said her grandparents sent
her the money to come to them al
Dallas.
She is held here In custody OF a
police matron pending further word
from the Capital police.
The ehild has been making her
home in Washington with her
mother and step-father, Mr.. and
Mrs. M. Roberts, at the Jefferson
Street address.
She said that she is the daughter
Of S. b. Colquitt. OF Los Angeles,
a son Of the former Texas govern
or. Her mother and father were
divorced six years ago. she said
and her mother later married
Roberts.
Parents Sent Wire
Frantic efforts were being made
last night and today to locate Miss
Elsie Colquitt. IL years old, 1910
jefferson st. N. W., who was re-
ported to have taken Southern
train yesterday after having pur-
chased a ticket to Dallas, Tex.
When the girl, whose mother IL
Mrs. Maurice Roberts, was found
to be missing from her home, the
step-father went to the Union Sta
ton, and there learned that she
had purchased a ticket for Dallas.
and had left on the IL o'clock train.
Roberts then went to police head
quarter and asked that a telegram
be sent to the police in Atlanta,
Ca, asking that the girl be taken
from the train. Receiving no re.
ply to the wire, he had another
telegram sent to Montgomery Ala,
making the same request.
When. questioned today, Mrs.
Roberts stated that she knew OF
no reason why her daughter should
have run away, except that she
had been associatfng with persons
who had an evil effect upon her.
The girl was to have been allowed
to go to Dallas for visit to her
grandparents in the fall, Mrs. Rob-
erts said but was unwilling to
wait until that time SO her grand.
mother, who is ID years old, furn.
ished the money for her to make
the trip before that time. Mrs.
Roberts said that she did not know
that the daughter had received the
money, until after her departure.
Roberts told the local police that
he would go to either. Atlanta or
Montgomery ard return the girl
here, il she is located.
The Washington times., 1926-07-29

since the bodies Of DR.. Hall ana
Mrs. Mills were found.
Both had been shot through the
head.
The minister had been shot twice
through the back of the head and
one bullet had been sent through
Mrs. Mills forehead.
Wife Is Reported Rich
No weapon was found near the
bodies, and the course of the
bullets proved concIusively that it
was case Of double murder and
not one of murder and suicide.
Near the bodies was found
scattered heap of papers. including
three notes in the choir-stnger'
handwriting. which indicated thai
she had been in love with the
minister.
The bodies were found on Septen'
ber 16, 1922, and both had been
missing since September IA.
Physicians who examined the
bodies said that they had been
dead at least 36 hours.
Investigators found evidence to
indicate that the couple had been
murdered elsewhere and had been
dragged to the crabapple tree.
The Rev. Hall occupied the pulpit
of one of the wealthiest and most
fashionable churches of New Bruins
wick. and his wife had considerable
money in her own right and was
said to have inherited $1,7O0,00O a
few years before her husband was
murdered.
Met Regularly, Is Charge
Mrs. Mills husband. James Mills
was in poor circumstances. having
been employed to tend the furnace
and do other jobs around the church
property.
Mrs. Mills was a young woman
and considered quite pretty.
She had lived in New Brunswick
all her life and had been in the
habit OF accompanying DR.. Hall in
his visits to the poor and sick.
Later, letters were found in the
Mills home in DIR. Halls handwrit'
ing, couched in endearing terms, in
dioating that the couple were in
the habit of meeting regularly at a
place not far from the farm on
which their bodies were found
These letters also spoke Of a pro-
! posed elepement.
The Washington times., 1926-07-29
4 BADLY HURT IN
TAXI CRASH

-Four persons. injured when :.
taxi crashed into 4 light pole at
Benning Road and Twenty.sixth
street Northeast about midnight
last night. are recovering at
Casualty Hospital today. They are:
Melvine Watts Leaman, 22, 2505
Eighteenth ST. N. w. broken right
leg, cuts on head and fractured
skull.
Miss Marie Redmond. 1s, 100 Four
teenth st. nj. E., fractured skull, cut
face and head.
Miss Goldie James. z3. 1904 East
Capitol St. bruised and shocked.
Douglas Workman, e3, z305 Eigh-
teenth ST. II. w. cut face and head.
Physicians took seventy-five
stitches in Miss Redmond's head.
Leaman was the driver Of the
cab He Is believed to have become
confused BY the lights Of another
car. Passing motorists took the
injured to Casualty Hospital.
The Washington times., 1926-07-29
''J0B :
OFFER TOLD
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thorities stated that on June 10.
John Ritz, Somerset County coal
miner. was standing before the
Hanna Employment Agency on Sec
end Avenue when large auto bear
ing an ohio license drove up and
stopped.
Asked to do . job
Two men were in the car and
Ritz has positively identified Psailias
as the driver and Mike Contos as
the man in the back seat, Connors
declared.
Connors said Ritz will swear on
the stand that Contos. said to be
well known in Youngstown and
Canton, offered Ritz and another
man $1,000 to go to Canton and
do a job"
.Contos wouldn't tell me what
the job would be but said that il
/ decided to go on it to go to the
Grand Hotel in Canton ard ask to
be directed to Jumbo Crowley who
would give me further instruc-
tions," Ritz said, according to
Connors.
The Washington times., 1926-07-29

need in this case. Well be here
long time-all Of us. We have
a mass ot evidence
In regard to the possible appli-
cation for a writ Of habeas corpus,
it was pointed cut that the
charges gainst Mrs. Hall do not
permit of bail.
The grand jury is not scheduled
to meet until September, and un-
less a special grand Jury is con-
vened, the accused woman would
heve to remain in custody until
September.
Following the lengthy conference
with Mrs. Hall, Attorneys McCar-
ter and Augustus Studder emerged
from the Jail in search of Prose.
cutor Bergen. They found him on
the street and at his invitation ac-
companied him to his office. The
three lawyers Immediately went in
to conference.
It was learned that McCarter and
Studder were to discuss two phases
of the situation with Bergen, to
wit:
The possibility of an application
for a writ of habeas corpus to re.
lease Mrs. Hall from custody until
the grand jury had acted on the
case.
2. An effort on behalf Of Mrs
Hall to preclude any possibility of
''third-degree" questioning.
Asked regarding a writ of habeas
corpus action, Bergen said that it
was up to the defense to apply ii
they wished, adding that he did not
b -lieve the application would be
granted.
| Just before the conference in Ber.
gems office, Bergen had been away
on a mysterious trip, accompanied
/ by a State trooper.
He returned to State police head
quarters and gave orders to several
troopers, who set out at once. Ber
gen would not say IL another arrest
was contemplated nor if the troop
ers were. going out to bring back
witnesses.
Indications today were that q
new grand jury would be called and
that the case would be presented to
II for action.
! AlIaest four years have elapsed
The Washington times., 1926-07-29
DOCS HUM 1
D. {. C0NVIGTS

Al man hunt is being conducted
in the woods surrounding IortOn.
Va, today for four Washington
'convicts who escaped from the
Lorton Reformatory yesterday.
Al dozen armed guards are follow
ing q traiI picked up by blood
hounds about mile from the In
stitution. The men are almost GER
tainly in the woods or underbuslls
Captain Barnard, superintendent 0f
the reformatory declared today. and
adde that he expects to find them
before Ilightfall.
The fugitives are Paul GraycyBi,
%, serving three concurrent terms
OF three years for housebreakings
Charles Marshall, %. serving five
years for larcency; Charles 4.
Wheeler, "a, serving two five-year
terms for housebreahing and lar
ceny; and Joseph Madison, 20,
three years for grand larceny.
The men were all TRUSTEES work
ing in the overall factory at the
reformatory without guards. Dur
ing the afternoon they sneaked
away from the building where they
worked and escaped unnoticed.
As soon as their disappearance
was discovered a posse Of guards,
aided by bloodhounds set out to
pick up their trail The hounds
found the trail about mile from
the reformatory, and although the
search was continued through the
night the men had not been found
late in the morning.
The Washington times., 1926-07-29
MEXICAN LABOR
BACKS GALES
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day that it would refrain from
physical seizure OF the 1900
churches which are to be abandoned
by the Catholic clergy Saturday.
The government, at the same
time, rejected the Catholic scheme
to deliver the churches to lay COM
mittees chosen by the retiring
priests.
The ministry of the interior, how
ever, Is understood to have inform
ed governors of the various states
that they were to instruct the.
municipalities under their jurisdic-
ton to demand that the priests
turn the church buildings over to
them.
The municipal officers were in
structed to take rigorous inventory
Of the church furnishings, including
paintings, jewels, furniture and
relics.
Buildings to Be Used
The municipal authorities also
were requested to be prepared to
grant the use OF the edifices for
religious purposes when asked by
ten leading men Of their respective
communities, whether Roman Cath
olics, Schismatic Catholics or Prot
estants.
Nicholas Perez, patriarch Of the.
Mexican S c h s m tic Catholic
Church, formally requested permits
sion and protection from the gov
ernment for the holding of services
on Sunday in the Cathedral of
Mexico City and the famous shrine
Of the Virgin OF Guadalupe, out
side the city.
Asks Prayers for Mexico
ROME, July 29.-'Prayers for
the enlightenment of the persecu-
tors of Mexican Catholics" were ad-
vised today by the Pope when he
received in audience Mother Eleiz,
Of Mexico, and four Mexican girls.
The Pope condoled with the
Mexicans and urged that they join
In the prayers for those who are
responsible for the Mexican religious
regulations.
All the Catholic churches in the
world, besides holding general pray
ers for Mexico on August /, will
be asked to offer special prayers
for Mexico on Saturday during the
st. Francis Assist Ceremonies,
begging God for forgiveness for
these responsible for prosecutions
in Mexico"
Calls Services In England
LONDON, July 29.-The Roman
Catholic bishop OF Southwirk today
ordered that intercessionary serv-
ices be held throughout the diocese
on Sunday In connection with the
religious crisis in Mexico.
The Washington times., 1926-07-29
so FEDERAL PRISONERS
TAKEN TO CHILLICOTHE

Fifty Federal prisoners have been
transferred from the Government
prison at Atlanta to the new indus
trial reformatory at Chillicothe
Ohio, the Department of Justice
announced today.
The Chillicothe reformatory has
a capacity of 1000 prisoners. Only
first offenders between the ages
of II and 30 years will be quar-
tered at the reformatory.
The Washington times., 1926-07-29
.SLUSH fitness
|. |NC0NTENPT

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| he fatty refused to tell where h
got the money.
Cunningham said he gave Wat
| son $3.50 on April s and ancthel
| $25, 900 on April 26. He declined z
tell anything else about the gifts
Cunningham was supported y
his defiance by his Attorney Con
gresham BENJAMIN M. Colder. d
Philadelphia, who protested thai
the committee had no power Il
investigate the Pennsylvania prfm
ary. Colder frequently objected t
Reeds questions and the chairman
once warned him to be more re
spectful.
Because OF Cunningham's refusa
to answer questions, Reed announ
ced that the slush fund committee
would cite him to the Senate fOl
contempt
In the face OF this announce
ment, Cunningham again refused
to explain where he got the money
IT want to be perfectly fair to
you, Mr.. Cunningham, Reed said
''It will be the duty OF this com
mittee to report you to the United
States Senate for contempt and
that Is not q threat.
We are not making threats
That Is the fact We can't tell
what the result win be. It will
have to be determined by the
Senate and possibly BY the courts.
Having made that statement in
fairness TO you, do you still refuse
to answer our questions?"
II do" Cunningham replied.
Tells OF Chicago Payments
Before calling Cunningham the
committee today turned its spot
light on the spending OF $175 900
in Cook county (Chicago), by the
Grove Barrett Republican organiza-
tion. which supported Frank u.
Smith, the Republican Senatorial
nominee.
Charles ". Barrett, treasurer Of
the group. rendered an accounting
to the committee. He produced q
six inch pile or cancelled checks.
for sums ranging chiefly between
$500 and $4,000. The money went
principally for printing bills, to mail
literature, canvass voters and pay
district workers.
Then Reed asked series OF ques-
tions, all tending to reveal where
the SIS, 900 had come from but the
witness refused to answer each
time. Frequently, his attorney in
terposed objections, with Reed
rapidly growing angry.
''Is there anything wrong, wick
ed or crooked in the way you got
this money that makes you fear to
answer these questions?" Reed de-
manded.
"I think that's an unfair. ques.
ton, and I advise Mr.. Cunningham
he need not answer it," Colder
again interposed.
IF you did answer it, would 1t
tend to subject you to criminal
prosecution or to public criticisn?"
Reed continued, speaking to Cum
ingham.
That's an unfair question -"
Colder began.
II refuse to answer" Cunning
ham added.
Reed flared into anger. Camping
his teeth on his cigar, he snapped
out to Colder: "The committee
permits you to sit here, but it will
not permit you to criticize its
methods"
"I am not criticizing the COM
mittee," Colder replied. THE com
mittee has permitted me to sit
here as counsel for Mr.. Cunning
ham,"
The Washington times., 1926-07-29

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Francis Bergen, prosecutor
Of Somerset county and
countersigned BY Justice Of
the Peace William r. Stu
phin at New Brunswick.
Al 1:3O this morning con-
mitments were signed for
her immediate imprisonment
In the SomervilIe jail. At
2:3O o'clock she was In =
cell. Mrs. Carpenter, her
cousin, spent the early morn
ink with her.
Capt. John T.. Lamb, OF the
New Jersey State police. acs
companied by two Jersey City
detectives, rang the bell Of the
Hall home shortly before mid
night last night. Mrs. Hall
was asleep but appeared In q
few minutes.
81 suspect that you gentle
men want to question me
again, (" Mrs. Hall said.
Captain Lamb explained
that he held a warrant calling
for her arrest.
Departs In Darkness
aMay be permitted to read
this warrant ?" Mrs. Hall asked
quite calmly.
After she had read the docu-
ment carefully she handed it back.
Her hand did not tremble as she
read the warrant.
'This is ridiculous" she said at
length. "What are you going TO
do with me?"
Captain Lamb informed her that
he had served the warrant and
she was under arrest.
Mrs. Hall then requested permis-
sion to telephone her attorney,
Russell E. Watson. Of New Bruins
wick. Watson arrived at the Hall
after receiving the call. Mrs. Hall
then packed a small bag and left
with the detectives.
The street was dark and no one
was abroad. No crowd gathered
for this, the most dramatic moment
in New Jerseys greatest murder
mystery.
VIII. Make Foes Suffer
Newspaper men were not per-
mitted to talk to Mrs. Hall after
she was taken into custody. 1t
was reported, however, that she
declared as she was being led to
the Jail:
ct shall make those who caused
my arrest suffer as / am suffering"
Mrs. Hall climbed into the rear
seat Of one of two waiting automo-
biles and the cars started for
Somerville.
In Conference All Night
The accused v 1oman spent prac-
tically the entire night in confer
ence with Attorney Russell e. Wat
son, New Brunswick, a woman COM
panion and another mn presumed
10 be a lawyer.
At 1880 a. m, this morning, Mrs.
Hall was taken by Mrs. James
Major, Jail matron, to the room she
will occupy on the second floor or
the Jail. Mrs. Hall remained there
but a short time, returning to the
conference room where she con-
tinued discussion of her case.
Contrary to some reports, the ac-
cused woman retained her self.
possession to the last degree. Far
from being in a state Of collapse,
Mrs. Hall evinced no visible signs
of emotion but with remarkable
stoicism prepared herself for the
ordeal of cross-examination.
Robert H. McCarter, former at
torney general of New Jersey, ar
rived at the Jail about 10 O'Clock
and Immediately went to Mrs
Halls room. 1t was generally be.
lieved that McCarter would rep.
resent Mrs. Hall in the event of 8
trial. He is one of the most noted
criminal lawyers in New Jersey.
Major Kimberling, acting chiea
of the State police, said he would
hold q conference with Prosecutor
Bergen later today.
"There is plenty of investigat.
ing to be DONE" he said, "befort
we viii have all the evidence Wa
The Washington times., 1926-07-29
Diary In Loue Affair

HERE rs an actual photograph of the amazing love
diary kept by the late Rev. Edward M Hail. in which
he recorded the high lights and deicatey intimate de-
tails of twenty days of his with Mrs Eleanor T.
Mills, choir singer in his church. page OF text IN
Halls handwriting is shown here Below in this photo
graph one Of the envelopes which contained the love
letters and the bag in which they discovered.
The Washington times., 1926-07-29
Calls Services In England

LONDON, July 29.-The Roman
Catholic bishop OF Southwirk today
ordered that intercessionary serv-
ices be held throughout the diocese
on Sunday In connection with the
religious crisis in Mexico.
The Washington times., 1926-07-29
Today's Scratches

FIRST RACE-KanEo Flight, Bobs
Best Lord Meise. Caroline and Camilla.
SECOND RACE-Jay Bee and Bever
Wyck.
THIRD RACE-Dar Fur. Bride o. the
Wind, Bonny Castle, Sue Berry ans
Shenanigan.
FOURTH RACE-siP Maurice.
SEVENTH RACE--GAlloping Shoes.
Valley Light and Saar
Weather, clear; track, fast.
The Washington times., 1926-07-29
NeuO SI1.sh Probe Opens

THE COMMITTEE headed by Senator James a. Reed
Of Missouri investigating primary campaign expendl
lures in Illinois, opened its hearings in Chicago This
IS the the leaders looked on opening day Senator
Reed eft) is shown with young Bob La Toilette, Jr
aggressive young solon from Wisconsin.
The border vidette., 1926-01-09
NEW OFFICERS INSTALLED

Installation ceremonies Of the
new officers of the Knights of
Pythias lodge were held at the
Castle Hall last night and many
members were present to greet
the new officers who will conduc
the lodge during 1925, says
Tuesdays Herald,
The ceremonies were conduct.
ed by 81. r. Sisk, deputy grand
chancellor; William Chalmers,
acting grand prelate and j. G.
Tovrea. acting grand master at
arms.
The officers installed were: E.
@. Leatherman, chancellor com.
mander, Frank Carroon, Vice
chancellor William Allan, ,prelate;
William WasnidRe, master of the
work; James B. Mix, keeper of
records and seal; DR.. T. Bayard
Fits, master of finance; William
Rankin, master of exchequer; M ).
s. Merriman, master at arms;
w. j. Rice, inner guard; Matt
Hamlin, outer guard.
The officers Immediately as
sumed their stations and trans
acted the regular business of the
lodge.