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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-17
NORTHWEST AIR
MAIL CONTRACT
HOLDER QUIT S
(By Dispatch A. P. wire1

CHICAGO, Aug. 16.-Charles Dick
inson, holding the air mail contract
between Chicago, ST. Paul and Min
neapolis today notified the govern
ment that he wanted to relinquish
his contract, He gave the required
As days notice but asked to be re-
leased of the contract at once.
Dickinson, a pioneer in aviation
development who made one of the
first night flights between Chicago
and New York said that his contract
has been carried out thus far at a
large loss but said he is willing to
run the air mail As days more rather
than forfeit $4,000 bond, if the
government insists.
"I have not cancelled my contract,
Dickinson said 1T takes two to
do that. l have simply given the
customary As days notice. L will
have nothing to give out upon the
loss figures until l know whether
they grant my request and / know
whether I am out Of the woods
can't give any of those figures until
I know how much more punishment
I will be asked to stand for the
good Of the northwest"
He said all air mail lines are
losing money, adding that he had
never drawn a dollar from the gov
ernment because he could not quite
understand the way they kept books
CONTINUED on Page Three)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-17
GEN. ESTRADA
HELD IN SAN
PRISON
(By Dispatch A. P. wirs)

SAN DIEGO, Calf, Aug.
General Enrique Es-
trada, former secretary of
war for Mexico, originated
and engineered the attempt
to overthrow the govern
ment Of Lower California,
foiled by American authori-
ties late yesterday, when
ia men, several trucks and
a large amount of rifles,
machine guns and ammuni-
tion were seized at Dulzura,
35 miles east of here and
three miles from the Mex
lean border, A. A. Hopkins,
department of justice agent
said here today.
General Estrada, from all the in
formation we have been able to gath
er, was the sponsor for the movement
against the Lower California govern
ment," said Hopkins today. II do not
think that the Mexican religious
troubles had anything to do with the
movement or that any one but Estra-
da was behind it. 1 believe it was
simply an attempt of the outs to get
in''
General Estrada, and more than q
score of others, including ]. r. Deg
manI a Culver City contractor, ana
Earle c. Parker. president of the
Parker Hardware company of San
Diego, as well as General Aurelio Yep
ulveda, well known Mexican army Of
.ficer, who has been living in Los An
geles for the past two years, are
lodged in the county Jail here, while
the remainder of the prisoners are,
quartered at Fort Rosecrans, under
guard of United States marines Gem
eral Estrada and the members of his
staff refused to make any statement
for publication. The few soldiers"
who would talk declared that they
had been hired as laborers, although
Continued on Page Three)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-17
.CORROBORATION
OF PIG WOMAN'S
STORY SECURED
(By Dispatch A. P. wire)


SOMERVILLE, N. j., Aug. 16 - The
story of Mrs Jane Gibson, woman pig
raiser, that she was in Derusseys Lane
the night the Rev. Edward Wheeler
Hall and Mrs Eleanor Mills were mur-
dered was corroborated in part today
by a state witness not questioned in
other Investigations.
Mrs Gibson previously had testified
that while she was searching for a lost
moccasin she had come upon the per-
sons who are supposed to have commit
ted the murders. She also pointed out
Henry De La Bruyere Carpenter and
Willie Stevens, cousin and brother of
Mrs Frances Stevens Hall, widow of
the slain rector, as men she had seen
at the spot where the state contends
the murder was committed. Mrs. Hall
is at liberty on $4,000 bail.
The testimony was given at the hear
ing held before County Judge Frank
L. Cleary for the purpose of deciding
whether Carpenter and Stevens shall
be held for the grand jury on the muir
der charges on which they were ar
rested last week.
The witness who gave part corrobo-
ration to Mrs. Gibson's testimony was
Robert Erling, New Brunswick mill
wright. He said he had driven into
Derussey's Lane about o'clock the
night of the murder. In the automo-
bile with him was girl companion
whose name he would not reveal.
He said he knew Mrs Gibson, and
that as he was driving along the lane
slowly, Mrs. Gibson peered into his car.
He could not tell what she wore or
whether she carried light. He fixed
the time he saw her as between 8 and
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-17
M ALL ROBBERY
MAY HAVE BEEN
AN INSIDE JOB
IBn Dispatch A. P. Wire J

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo., Aug. 16-An
almost complete cessation of activity
on the part of posses securing this
section of the state for traces of two
bandits who Saturday looted 2S reg
istered mail pouches on Union Pa
cific passenger train near here, was
reported tonight after officials an
nounced that they leaned toward the
theory that the robbery was an inside
job.
A colorful posse of SO Shoshone and
Araphoe Indian braves abandoned
their trek into the Wind river coun
try upon receipt of this word and afte:
Col. Tim Mccoy. former adjutant gems
eral of wyoming, the possel leader,
had been accidentally shot and wound
ed by a shot from rifle borne by one
of the Indian possemen. The Indians
returned to Fort Washakie, whence
they set out Sunday night. Colonel
McCoy's injuries are not herious.
The Indian trackers had not ads
vanced far enough into the Wind river
country to establish definitely wheth'
er or not the suspected bandits had
traversed that region when Colonel
McCoy's injury and word from Rock
Springs turned them bac..
Although postal authorities arc
leaning. toward the theory that former
railroad or postal employees may HAYS
..pulled the job no announcement was
Forthcoming from John G. Gale, spe
cial agent on the omaha division OF
the Union Pacific railroad, who is dl-
recting operations here.
Two Belgians, giving Chicago as
thefr home, have been arrested as sus'
poets, police announced, but indicated
that they would be released soon
Their names were withheld.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-17
CoLORADOAN EXONERATED
FOR SLAYING THIEF

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo, Aug
16-A coroner's jury late today exon
Grated Walter Burcht, son of Il Hay.
den, Colo, merchant, for shooting anc
killing Paul Roberts, &c. while Rob
erts and q companion were said to be
looting the Burchet homo early to.
day.
William Wall, Roberts companion
was apprehended shortly after the
shooting and will be returned to th'
state industrial school for boys at
Golden from which Wall said they
escaped last Saturday night. Roberts
dropped at the first shot fired by
Burchet, which killed the youth al.
most instantly
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-17
MORE, sCHo0L POLITICS.

TUCSON, Aug. 16.--A special to the
Arizona Daily Star from Flagstaff to-
night says: "A change in the admin
istration of the Northern Arizona State
Teachers college here is to be pro
posed at the regents meeting to be
held Wednesday, it was learned today.
President f. A. Cotton of the teachers
college, it is understood, will be re-
placed by Grady Gammage of Wins
low, if the proposal is accepted by the
board of regents
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-17
Rudolph Valentino Undergoes Operation
For Gastric Ulcer and Appendicitis;
PoIa Negri Admits Engagement to Actor
(By Dispatch A. P. wire)

NEW YORK, Aug. 16. Rudolph
Valentino, "movie sheik' has local
peritonitis, which will be fatal if it
becomes general, his physicians de
clared tonight. They added that it
usually does become general. Late
tonight, however, the doctors said
'it will be 4S to 72 hours before a
definite opinion as to the final out
come can be formed, but he is hold
ing his own very we'll and the sur
geons are pleased with his condi-
tion at the present time
Infection already had set in when
Valentino underwent a double op-
Continued on Page Three)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-17
Kerby Asks for Bids On
Copper and Black 1927
Motor License Plates
fBy Dispatch A. P. wire)


puOENIX. Aug. 10.-Bids were
invited today by James HI. herby'
secretary of state. ON $4,000 IL
cense plates for 1927, an increase
Of $4,000 over the order placed
for the present year. August 10
was the date set for opening
tender.
Arizona will return next year
tn the color scheme of black let
tering on a copper backgrounds
pronounced by the department OF
commerce I'm letter on file VII"
secretary Kerby to be the hHnd
soonest and most legfbie plate
adopted i'm any. stnte for the year
1925. Commercial cars Will carry
plates Iettered i'm black ON an
orange background.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-17
WAITER sPOUT KILLS TWO.

F.. GLENCOVE, N. Y, Aug. ia water
spout sweeping in from the Sound to-
night caused extensive property dam
age for half mile along the creek
road. Two were killed,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-17

NEW YORK, Aug. 16. -
Copper steady; electrolytic
spot. futures 141s asked.
Evening star., 1926-02-06
MRS. PETERS-PARKHURST
STAYS IN SENATE RACE
Hits Govern or, Saying It Is Treas
enable to Deliberately Seek to
Nullify Constitutional Law.

In signed statement issued yester.
day Mrs. Virginia PetersParkhurst
Of Berwyn, Md, said:
"As an American mother and a
Democrat / feel constrained to quiet
the fears OF my friends that / might
withdraw my candidacy for the Demo
cratic nomination for United States
Senator. Inquiries have been coming
in today asking how / will consistent
ly plead my cause in view of the plat
form announced by Gov. Albert &.
Ritchie in seeking a third term as
governor. To these inquiries / make
reply that ! stand by the platform as
announced by me some time ago. If
nominated and elected l stand for law
enforcement, and l shall always work
TO better the condition Of our children,
that each child might have its In
herent right to health, happiness and
education.
Il shall support a Federal depart
ment of education with a cabinet of
ticer at the head. feeling strongly that
a compulsory educational law Will
work out to the best interest the prob
lens Of child labor. When amend
ments are made to our Federal Consti-
tuition and ratified by the State Legis-
latures it becomes secession for any
one State to proclaim the particular
right to violate the constitutional
law, and for State officials to delib-
erately seek to nullify the law be-
comes treason"
Evening star., 1926-02-06
PRAISES LABOR'S PART
IN RAIL MANAGEMENT
Head of Canadian National Rail
ways Says Union Cooperation
Proves Profitable All Around.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK. February 6.-Union
management cooperation in the rail-
road industry was described last night
as economically a step forward,
which had been found by railroads
adopting II 10 be profitable 10 in
vesters, workers, and the public.
The result of the plan were dis
cussed at a meeting of the Taylor
Society by Sir Henry Thornton. presi
deTt of the Canadian National Rail
ways: Otto s. Bver. tr., originator of
the plan. and Bert NJ. Jewel. presi
dent OF the railway employees depart.
ment, American Federation Of Labor
Mr.. Byer said that since 1918. when
the Baltimore and Ohio adopted the
plan. its gross revenue increases have
been from , TO 10 per cent greater
each year than those Of competing
railroads in the same territory. This
he attributed largely TO elimination
of friction between employees and man
dgement.
Evening star., 1926-02-06
ARCTIC PARTY'S RIGHT
TO CLAIM LAND DOUBTED
Michigan Bar Association President
Points Out Expedition Leader
Is British Subject.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, February 6.-Although
the question of whether the Detroit
Arctic expedition, members of which
left here Thursday, could claim land
discovered in the name of the United
States was raised by Wade Mills,
president of the Michigan Bar Associa-
tion. members of the Detroit Aviation
Society. sponsoring the expedition. eA-
pressed no such fears.
Mills brought up the fact that Capt.
George ii. wilkins, commander Of the
expedition, is an Australian and Brit
ish subject, but admitted in his letter
to Edwin DENLY. former Secretary OF
the Navy and honorary president OF
the Detroit Aviation Society. that he
did not know the legal aspects OF the
question"
Promoters of the expedition eX-
planned that Mai. Thomas q. Lanphier.
commander of the first pursuit group.
United States Army. Will accompany
capt wilkins and will officially claim
for the United States any land dis
covered.
Evening star., 1926-02-06

The 80 called "Christian" general. who
since Chang's victory over WI Peilu
in 1924. won through his tleseition OF
WI, has held joint or cooperative con-
troll of Picking with Chang i'm an armed
truce i'm which each ''ally" has viewed
the other with suspicion. jealousy and
distrust He is backed by Soviet Rus-
sia. which has supplied him with
arms. munitions. Soviet officers and
trained soldiers. i'm his stronghold
headquarters at kalgan. in the hills,
less than 80 miles northwest from
Picking. In the recent fighting Feng
at first remained quiet at kalsan. and
later. fighting the governor of Chilli
province in which Picking and Iientsin
are situated. after serious reverses he
finally as victor cut through to Tien-
tsin. He has now for strategic or
safety first reasons withdrawn his own
person to parts unknown. probably
MOne Ola or Russia.
Evening star., 1926-02-06

ship. and in general in qualities of
leadership. On the other hand, WI.
when In power, was arbitrary ana
despotic, and a hard -drinker, credited
with absorbing at least a bottle of
brandy every day. In d quaint alleged
interview published last Autumn WI
Is made to say in effect that he had
been for some time and would con-
tinue to be ION the water wagon.
and that. recognizing that in the past
he had been inconsiderate of the
opinion of everybody but himself. he
intended hereafter to listen courteous
ly and to give due consideration to
the words of others.
Evening star., 1926-02-06
u. S. SAVINGS PLAN O. KID,
Mexico to Adopt Postal System in
Operation Here.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. February 6
tP).-The United States postal saw
ings system, slightly modified, will be
installed in Mexico within the next
four months, Cosme Hinoiosa post
master general of the Mexican Re-
public. said here yesterday
Hinojosa Is returning to Mexico
after a tour of the United States de.
voted to the study Of the postal sav.
ings system.
Evening star., 1926-02-06

CHANG TSU-IIN,
ManChurian war lord. who. before the
recent fighting began. controlled from
his headquarters at Mukden the Chi
nese coast and railroad system As far
south as Shanghai. In the fighting his
forces were driven back into Man
churia and there one of his subOrdi-
nate generals. kuO Sung-lin. revOlted
and was defeated and killed only after
desperate struggle. Chang. with
diminished army. holds Manchuria firm
Iy. He is backed by Japan.
Evening star., 1926-02-06
PLANE SPEEDS LOAN.
Quick Delivery of Papers Saves

CHICAGO. February P).-Use
OF the alrplane as an up-to-date
adjunct of the insurance business
was made evident yesterday between
Chicago and New York.
Papers which were required for
substa ntial sized quick loan on ii
policy and which were sent Thurs
day night by airplane mail from the
Chicago Office of the New York Life
Insurance Co. resulted in telegraph
authority Yesterday afternoon to pay
the amount in Chicago.
The entire transaction, including
the payment of the cash. was com
plefed in "a hours. Under ordinary
methods such business usually takes
five or more days.
Evening star., 1926-02-06
Founders Day Celebrated.

Founders day of the Moody Bible
Institute Of Chicago was celebrated
At a meeting last night Of the Wash
ington auxiliary of the Institute
alumni. Capt. Fl. r. Smith spoke on
the life of Dwight l.. Moody. founder
of the institute. Miss Lucy Steele,
president of the auxiliary, presided
Evening star., 1926-02-06
$4,000 Radio Robbery.

CHICAGO, February @.-Radios
and equipment valued at $4,000, to-
gether with the truck on which they
were loaded, were stolen by four me-
yesterday. They also kidnape the
river Of tha frIlck
Evening star., 1926-02-06
Factory Worker Shoots Himself.

Special Dispatch to The Star
CUMBERLAND. Md, February g.
Charles Hofer. az years old. an EN-.
ploye of tin-plate factory. committed
suicide yesterday afternoon by shoot
ing. Dependency over illness is
blamed.
Evening star., 1926-02-06

fore we can set our house III order.
OF course. many of the military men
will object to any change because they
have established business interest in
their mercenaries, but enough OF them
are genuinely patriotic al heart not to
impede the development Of d national
army if their opponents will also agree
To subordinate themselves to the civil
authority. The lesser men will be
forced by circumstances TO forego
their eyceptional advantages.
Evening star., 1926-02-06

Once supreme war lord, defeated in
1924 by Chang through the treachery
Of Feng. His headquarters are at Han
kow and from that city he has con-
sO!idated the popuIOus provinces ada
cent to the Yaugtse River i'm his sup
port by loose alliance. In prepara-
tiOn for his drive to regain power as
against both Feng and Chang. he has
been eXtorting money and drilling
soldiers. But personally and openly he
has made as yet no belligerent move,
though generals affiliated with him
from Chekiang and Shantung have
fought against Chang's forces and
forced them to retreat to Manchuria.
Wu is expected to strike not later
than the Springtine. and perhaps
earlier.
The daily worker., 1926-01-16
Py PAULINE ScHULMAN.

HOLIDAY cheer for the poor. Santa
made his rounds in a city that
glowed with the spirit of Christmas.
Turkey and chicken dinners were
served free. Down in dark rooms in
dismal houses joy swept in on the
wings of laughter. Three thousand
bags (there was a demand for five
thousand tho) were distributed, each
containing a sweater, a coat, a dress
or suit, two pairs of stockings, can
dies, and cakes.
1.-THE gift of the elks to the Bowery
mission at 227 Bowery added to the
big stock of good things which the
officials had already assembled there.
More of the Bowery habitues are in
evidence this year than in any Of
recent times according to officials, and
the demand on the holiday was corre-
spondingly larger. Four hundred and
fifty men, of whom about so percent
were homeless and jobless, sat down
to turkey ct al,--it was an unusual
feast. The homeless were stunned by
the fact that the walters were tuxe-
doed, and one of these homeless said
he was particularly pleased with what
he called the atmosphere" (Of course,
he was in warm house-P. 81
Thus the New York Times eulogizes
the rich for bringing cheer to fringe
of the unemployed on one day in the
year. That the Times cannot bother
every day to tell us of the poverty
and suffering of the most miserable
victims of the capitalist system, is
quite natural. 1t has more important
items to speak Of, such as divorce
cases, love affairs Of the rich parasites
and such like. It is not for the Times
to enter upon an analysis of the rea-
son why thousands of men and women
who have lost the privilege of toll
ing in the factories must come and beg
for the coats and sweaters which they
The daily worker., 1926-01-16
"New York City Opens Its Heart to Poor
and Needy"

themselves produced in hundreds of
thousands. The Times certainly wiz
forget about the bread which, every
day of the year and not only on
Christmas, these hungry ones are in
need Of The dark rooms continue to
exist in dismal houses the day after
Christmas is over-shadowed by the
resplendant lights of Broadway.
1t was only one week after Christ
mas the same Times told us how the
New Year was greeted by joyous
crowds. According to the money
spent on New Years Eve "the coun-
try was prosperous" Evidently the
poor unemployed did not exist any
longer for the Times.
And we surely cannot expect that
the Times the World the New York
American, or any other of these news
papers, shall pay any attention to
them.
This certainly is left to no other
newspaper to do but The, DAILY
WORKER-the paper which gives its
entire energy to the working masses
and demands bread and a lot more
for the unemployed every day in the
year-not only on Christmas. Yes!
1t is The DAILY WORKER, the only
Communist paper in the English Ian
guage in this country which stands
up, speaks for these exploited, depriv-
ed and downtrodden workers for
whose condition nothing else but cap
italism is responsible.
What does The DAILY WORKER
mean to workers? 1t serves as the
compass on a war cruiser, pointing
out the line of danger and directing
the course to successful battle and
finally to the harbor of safety.
The DAILY WORKER is the beacon
light in the darkness for the workers
in the United States. 1t directs the
daily struggle to free the workers from
the bondage of such hearts" as the
bourgeois city "has opened for them
on Christmas day."
The daily worker., 1926-01-16

now? We must build our union, we
must strengthen our organization.
Every Pullman worker must join the
union now, today. Don't wait for
tomorrow to do it. There are several
locals of the Railway Garments Union.
Join one of them.
Don't lose courage. Build your or
ganization. And when the time comes
to fight for better wages, against the
speed-up system, against ruthless dis
charges, we win be in a better posi-
tion to fight.
A Group Of Pullman Workers.
The daily worker., 1926-01-16

It the gate they dare not yet offer
assistance.
We must recognize that we our
selves helped the expIoiters to defeat
US, and we must learn the lesson.
In 1924 we had good chance to
organize the Pullman shops. The Rail-
way Carmen's Union came to our as
sistanee in the strikes we had at the
time. But the mass of the workers
did not respond to the call for organi-
zation. And now the parasites do with
us as they please. They reduced our
wages and make us work harder.
What can We do, what must we do
The daily worker., 1926-01-16

All of the petty bosses and a few
of the workers were put together into
the passenger Car department, and
here the work was started at the top
notch speed Any worker who did not
prove himself fast enough to satisfy
the bosses was fired and a new one
taken in his place. There were enough
men at the gates.
The bosses compelled the work
ers to do ten hours work in eight
hours, and they succeeded.
The chief slave driver, whom the
Pullman management put in charge of
introducing the new system is a fell
low by the name of Harry Reed. But
the rest of the petty bosses are also
competing with one another as to
who can squeeze out more profit from
the sweat of the toiling workers.
For the time being the exploiters
succeeded in licking the workers. The
workers are full of hatred against the
exploiters, but with a jobless army