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International., 1926-06-20
PROPOSED NEW AUTO LAW

The measure prepared by Secretary of State
James Kerby for submission to the legislature propos
ing to determine the cost of automobiles by basing the
assessment upon the weight of the car rather than
the horsepower of the engine, is expected to prove
very popular.
Under the present law in assessing automobiles
it is costing the counties approximately $65,OOO
year to distribute license plates BY taking the auto
business out Of the assessors offices the assessor
will be able to pick up more valuation of property
that is now overlooked than what the autos were as
sessed for.
Proponents of the measure declare that the
weight of the car is the fairest method of fixing Ii
rates it is the weight rather than the horse
power Of an automobile that is factor in highway
deterioration One third of the tax collected under
the new is to be paid to the county in which
it is collected while the rest will be PAID to the state
for the maintenance Of highways :. *s:.: -:
The proposed law provides at the time of regis
tration that the commissioner of the motor vehicle
department shall collect special tax of 40 cents on
each 100 pounds of the weight Of the automobile for
the first three years and 80 cents hundred for the
balance Of the life of the car. It also provides that
upon the payment of the tax distinctive set of num-
Der plates shall be given the of such automobile
without cost as an Identification that the tax has been
paid and shall exempt it from all other taxation either
state or county.
International., 1926-06-20

The county campaign is warming up In today's
International appears two new political. announce
ments made the past week. The Internatonals poll
tical announcement column is growing rapidly, this
paper now carrying more political announcements
than any paper in Arizona.
International., 1926-06-20

With Candidate E. E. Ellinwood out of the state
for thirty days the gubernatorial in Democratic
circles is not expected to get under way in full swing
until about the middle of July. Mr. Ellinwood left
International., 1926-06-20

Tuesday night to spend month in the state OF Maine
Yuma-$28,200 contract let, Ajo-Bond issue voted, 10x
for construction Sunnysde construction Of additions to school
School buildings
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Chilly Weather
Headed Eastward
Say Bureau Observers

washington, Dec. Is - UP - Win
ters advance agents will stretch
their icy tentacles from the west to-
morrow and envelop the states east
Of the Mississippi.
The Christmas pulse Of the
weather bureau shook tonight with
a gravity sufficient to warrant the
prognosticator hosting the signal
to prepare for much lower tempera-
lures Tuesday and Wednesday,; cold
waves were predicted for western
Pennsylvania and New York We'd
nesday.
A disturbance Of marked intensity
was reported tonight over eastern
Ontario moving north northeastward
with a crescent shaped finger dip
ping down to West Virginia and
isiana coast. Fresh south and south
west winds accompanied the storm
tonight and tomorrow morning they
are expected to shift to the west and
northwest, probably reaching gale
forces at times north of Sandy Hook.
Northwest storm warnings were
ordered displayed tonight from Will
mington, N. c., to Eastport. Maine.
The outlook is for rain along the
Atlantic coast tomorrow morning,
for rain In the east Gulf states and
snow in the Ohio valley on We'd
nesday and for snow flurries Tues
day and Wednesday in the lower
lake region. Elsewhere the weather
will be fair tomorrow and Wednes-
day in the states east of the Missis-
sippi, but much colder.
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$164,W0 Annually
Expended on Al Subs
Now Out Commission

Washington. Dec. \1S-[P)-Navy
experts told the House naval com
mittee today that the government is
expanding $164,000 annually to main
tain Al submarines which are out of
commission.
OF total of 124 submarines, Rear
Admiral Eberle, chief of naval opera
tons, testified that so were in con-
diton to go into action Immediately
in case of navalN emergency. He
considered the annual expenditure
for maintenance Of ships out of CON-
mission was justified.
Japan now is leading the nations
in submarine construction the wit
ness said, and to put the United
States on a par with that country
would cost s110, 100000. From stand
point of national defense he advised
that such sum might better be ex-
pended for the construction of cruis-
ers.
Representative Britten, Republican
Illinois. attacked the director OF the
budget for failure to recommend APP
preparations for three cruisers, whose
construction had been authoc'zef by
Congress. He said a cabinet member
had Informed him that Sucga- Dr.
rector Lord had brought unfair lev
erage to bear in forcing these ap-
preparations to be omitted.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-14
War Veteran Shoots
Self in Corridors
Of National Capitol

Washington Dec. 13.-(P)Early
sightseers at the Capitol this morn
ing heard note. of tragedy that
momentarily overshadowed the
bustling activities of the government,
when John w. Caldwell, of Berkeley,
Cal, veteran of the Indian and
Spanish wars, shot and probably ia
| tally wounded himself at the top of
a stairway just off the rotunda.
No one saw the shooting but the
report of the pistol ringing through
the long marble corridors started
startled senators and representatives
huyyying to their offices and brought
quickly about the crumpled body a
large crowd of Capitol visitors.
Caldwell, who was IS years old,
was an inmate of the hospital at
Soldiers Home here. Early in the
morning he had left his cot, appar-
emily going direct to the. Capitol. He
selected a spot but a fe wfeet off the
main corridor, leading from Senate
to House. With pistol he fired into
the side fhis head and physicians
said his death was a matter of hours.
In the pocket of his coat were two
notes. One said:
Il have suffered thousand deaths
the last six months. Why suffer more
when there is no help?"
The other, scrubbed in pencil,
sounded the same plaintive note Of
resignation: MY health is gone. l
am too old to come back. don't
want to die by inches. Be merciful in
Gods judgment"
He also left directions that Arthur
Caldwell, in Berkeley, Calf, be mott
flied.
Arthur Caldwell Is a son. A daugh-
ter, Mabel E. Caldwell. lives at Ben
ming, Calf. He was IS years old.
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Mrs. Chaplin May
Emulate C0nsuel0
In Matter of Divorce

Los Angeles, Dec. 10 -B- Lta
Grey Chaplin may appeal to the
Roman Catholic tribunal at Rome
for annulment Of her marriage to
Charlie Chaplin, wealthy film COM
edian.
The possibility that she may fol-
low the lead of Consuello Wander
bilt, the former Duchess of Marl-
borough and Guglielmi Marconi, the
inventor. was expressed by Mrs.
Chaplin last night.
L have known my rights in such
matters as an appeal to the rota tri-
bunal at Rome" the comedians es-
tranged wife said. Il have been in
formed that because Mr.. Chaplin
was divorced man when I married
him, l am in position to further
these rights. However. 1 do not
wish to go into a discussion of the
matter at this time. Any statement
must await the discussions with my
attorney. George Beebe"
Mrs. Chaplin intends to return to
the Roman Catholic Church, the re-
ligion of her childhood, which she
forsook when she married the actor
two years ago. She also wants to
have her two sons, Charles Spencer,
Jr.. aged two, and Sydney Earle, one,
baptized by the church, matter
over which she says she and her
estranged husband disagreed.
Any religious annulment OF her
marriage to Chaplin which she
might seek. would in no way alter
her plans to break the civil contract
performed when the couple were
married near GuayamaS, Mexico, nv
a justice of the peace, Mrs. Chaplin
explained. She has instructed her
attorney to file suit for divorce ard
custody of their children.
Negotiations for private settle
ment of the marital difficulties of
Mr.. Chaplin fell through when the
actor demands that Mrs. Chaplin
give up the custody of the youngest
baby.
mo amount of money, none of
Charles millions, could make me
even consider giving up either of my
two children" Mrs. Chaplin de-
clared
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-14
Arguments Today
In Trial BOatswain
For LIQUOR Trafficking

Boston, Dec. 13-(P)-A general de-
NAL of charges of "scandalous con-
duct" and traf1icking with rum run
ners, was made by Chief Boatswain's
Mate Francis P. Mcintyre, when he
took the witness stand today at his
trial before a coast guard courtmar-
tial.
The court adjourned after hearing
witnesses who testified to McIutyre's
good reputation.
Arguments will begin tomorrow
morning.
Mcintyre said he never had rece1v-
ed money from any illegal source
while he was in command of patrol
boat TT. He never allowed liquor,
on board the boat and never had per-
mitted anyone to come aboard unless
he was authorized, he added.
The prosecution had brought for
ward witnesses who testified to visits
aboard by men from runners, OF
navments of money and of liquor on
board the patrolboat.
The boatswains and officers under
whom Mcintyre served, told Of his
reputation for efficiency, honesty ana
sobriety.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-14
Baggage One of Big
Problems of Flyers
On Southern VOYAGE

San Antonio, Dec. 13.-tP)-Sartor-
ial as well as mechanical ingenuity
will be required of the ten army
aviators who expect to leave here
december 10, for tour of South
and central America and the Indies.
The flyers, bound on a semi diplo-
matte and goodwill mission, will be
called upon to meet representatives
of 81 nations, or peogra phical divis-
ions and land in approximately
eighty cities during the trip. They
must do all of this on seventy five
pounds of personal baggage.
The kits Of the pilots have been
cut to the minimum in order to al
low them to carry more gasoline.
They will carry no CT, ilian full dress
garments and will appear in each
city CARRIED in their uniform blouses
and full length army trousers.
The baggage of each man will con-
sist of two blouses. two pairs of
trousers, one par I f dress shoes, one
light pair of flying shoes equipped
with crepe soles for wing walking, IL
pairs of underwear, II white shirts
with collars attached. ~ pairs of sox,
two ties, one belt and one cap. In
addition, a helmet and overalls to
work in will he included with the
necessary toilet articles.
Flyers participating in the trip are
Major Herbert A. Dargue. Captain
Arthur B. Mcdaniel, Captain Ira C.
Eaker, Captain Clinton F. Woolsey,
First Lieutenant Bernard S. Thomp-
son. First Lieutenant Leonard D.
Wellington. First Lieutenant Charles
NICK. Robinson, First Lieutenant
Muir S. FairchiFd. First Lieutenant
Ennis c. Whitehead and First Lieu
tenant John W. Benton.
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36 Fertilizer Co.'s
Plead Nolo in Anti
Trust Law Violation

baltimore, Dec. 13-fnl-Fines
ranging from $1,000 to $500, accord
ing to the financial ability Of the
companies involved, were imposed by
Judge Morris A. Soper in United
states District Court today upon s6
FERTILIZER concerns accused of anti.
trust law violation. The companies
named in bill of information filed
by the government last Friday, en-.
tered pleas of nolle contendere. which
In effect threw them on the mercy
OF the court but did not involve ad-
mission of guilty. They remain a,
liberty to contest any similar char
ges preferred in the future,
The government charged the de.
fendant companies with having en-,
tered into agreements tending tc
eliminate free competition. includjnn
post basing. with arbitrary addition
10 market prices of freight rates from
certain base ports rather than from
the actual shipping point.
The government does not charge -
SAID Judge Soper, in handing down
ms opinion, that prices thus estab-
ilshed were excessive nor has it any
proof to that effect"
On the other hand, there was. lie
SAID, at least the POSSIBILITY inherent
IN the situation that unjust exactions
might have followed had not the gov
eminent interviewed"
IN fixing fines, Judge SOBER d.
vlded the defendants into three class
er-$1 800. $4,000. and $500, accord
ing to ratings furnished by govern
ment investigators and explained
that he had ''endeavored to keep in
mind that the industry has passed
through a period OF severe loss
which has not yet ended" -.
Facts developed by the department
OF justice investigation, which con.
sumed a year, and presented to the
court showed the American Agricul-
turai Chemical Company, in Con-
necticut, the largest manufacturer in
the north. to have lost $50, ,00O
during what was described as the
most disastrous portion of the post
war period from 1920 to 1924. The
international Agricultural Corpora
ton lost $1S,000000 and the Virginia
Carolina Chemical Company, the
largest concern in the SOUTH $1,000
600. Total losses in the industry dur
ing the period were estimated at
S15o,0O0, 600.
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Three Deaths i'm
West Due to Storm
Zero Weather Holds

Kansas City, Dec. 13-(P)-With
zero weather general over the CEN
trail west and transportation and wire
facilities crippled, the western half
of the United States tonight was in
1.-THE grip of the worst cold wave of
the season.
In the Rocky Mountain region, the
cold followed a heavy blizzard on
SUNDAY. Montana and Wyomi ,g lad
respective low mercury readings Of
81 ana 80 degrees below zero and
Colorado had 80 below today.
Three deaths, one in Montana and
two in Denver, were definitely attri-
buted to the storm.
Denver's minimum temperature
was the lowest in two years.
Moderating temperatures in the
Rocky Mountains were promised by
the Denver weather bureau for We'd
nesday.
Saskatchewan and Alberta tonight
were digging out of ten and twenty
foot drifts of snow piled up last night
by forty mile wind in what was
said to be the worst storm there since
1907. Stock men on the western
slopes were warned to care for their
cattle and sheep.
Alaskans still we're concerned over
the safety of persons in the Aleutian
Islands and the adjacent mainland.
when radio stations remained silent
tonight after three day storm.
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Criticism Fails in
Behavior of Marines
Guarding Boston p. O.

Boston. Dec. 13.-(P)-Postmaste
Roland NJ. Baker today praised the
Marines assigned to guard the Boston
postoff1ce and disagreed with criticism
voiced by Local 100, National Fedora
tion of Postoffice Clerks, in a resolu-
ton yesterday. The clerks voted to
request that the Marines quarters be
moved to the Charlestown navy yard.
They asserted that the marines
changed their clothes in corridors in
sight of women clerks and the general
public. The marines moved lockers
about at will, crowding the working
space, the clerks said /They also al
legged that they had been invited to
move out into Postoffice Square if they
did not like the way the marines did
things.
Postmaste Baker and two women
employed in the building today praised
the department of the marines and
one woman suggested that critics of
the marines might emulate their or
derby dress. The postmaster when in
terviewed, said that he had received
no complaints against the conduct of
the mail guards and that he was very
much surprised by the charges.
The quarters of the marines have
taken up certain amount of room,
he said, that might be otherwise util-
lied under existing conditions. But
the postoffice officials were glad to
give up this space in view of the serv-
ice rendered by the marines. he added.
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Harvard Head
Celebrates His 10th

Cambridge, Mass, Dec. 13-(P)--
The teaching staff of Harvard Uni
versity today paid homage to Abbott
Lawrence Lowell on the occasion of
his SEVENTEEN birthday Of the presi-
dent of Harvard. While the mails
and wires brought to Cambridge
congratulatory messages from edu-
Gators throughout the country, the
Harvard teaching staff assembled to
present President Lowell with sill
yer bowl. 1t bore the inscription:
abbott Lawrence Lowell, from the
teachers and other officers of Har-
ward University, in grateful appre-
citation of his services and in testi-
mony of their high regard. Decem-
Der IS, 1926"
Among the college heads who sent
birthday greetings 70 President Lo-
well today were President Angel OF
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Crew of Sunken
Schooner Cameron
Reach Boston Port

Boston, Dec. 13.-(P)-The name of
the British schooner Annabelle Cam
eron today was added to the list Of
vessels lost in the terrific storms that
have recently swept the Atlantic. Her
crew OF seven men were landed to-
day by the fishing steamer Mariner.
The Cameron, owned by Walter
Mcneil of New Glasgow, N. S., and
bound from Black River, N. S., for
Vineyard Haven with 542, 900 feet of
lumber, was abandoned 48 miles
north OF Georges Shoal last Thurs
day.
A tale of freezing in drenched
clothing, and of suffering from hung
er and thirst. was unfoded by the
seven destitute men after they were
taken from the battered and water
logged schooner. Although they lost
their personal belongings and had to
go to the British consul to be out
fitted for their return to their homes
in the vicinity of Lunenburg, N. S.,
the men said they were thankful to
be alive.
The schooner was caught In the
northeaster of Sunday. Dec. 5. Her
sails were blown away on Monday
and heavy seas swept over her, flood
ing the living quarters and galley,
tiiAhah6 eAAS 40ctA ICIS
and running the food. The fresh wa
ter tanks were filled with salt water.
One big wave tore their motorboat
from the stern davits. making escape
impossible. Meanwhile she drifted
toward the shoal but change in the
current shunted her away.
A few jugs of fresh water of which
the members of the crew partook
sparingly was their only water sup
ply. Hard crackers were their only
food. At night they took turns Sleep
ing in the upper hunks of the fore
castle, the lower part of which was
flooded to a depth of several feet.
A lucky shift of the wind carried
the vessel to the fishing banks and
on Thursday for the first time, their
distress signals were seen by another
steamer. Last reports said that the
schooner's mizZenmast was gone. Her
crew believe that she is now a dis
mantled bulk and possibly broken up
as a result of yesterdays gale.
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SIPS, 100000 Called
For in Dept. of
Agriculture Measure

Washington, Dec. 13-(P)-Creation
of two substitute bureaus to separate
research and regulatory activities of
the chemistry and soil division of the
department of agriculture was pro-
vided for In the departments appro-
priation bill, carrying s128,362,0 900
reported today to the House.
OF the total amount appropriated
in the bill, nearly $80,000,000 was for
maintenance of federal aid highway
systems and many millions more to
continue the relentless war against
insect pests. The, total was s77,S12,
above current funds but $4,774,000
below budget estimates. The reduce
ton was effected by pairing down
highway funds and authorizing use of
unexpected monies previously APP
propriated.
Secretary Jardine appeared before
the House Appropriations committee
which drafted the bill, and recon-
mended consolidation of the bureaus
of chemistry and soils into the bur-
eau of chemistry and soils. He said
that to the new bureau would be
transferred all the research activities
of the two units, while food, drug
and insecticide administration would
be created to conduct the regulatory
or police work.
Appropriations for the two new
bureaus totalled only 100000 more
than for the original divisions. the
increase to be used investigating
plant dust explosions and farm fires
which last year cost $500 lives and
S15O,000,000 in properly, and in en-
forcement of the naval stores act.
Material increases over current
funds were provided for certain acti-
vities, including $4s0,000 more for
additional endowment to agricultural
experiment stations, making the to-
tai $1.92O,00o and $1,200,0O0 for
eradication of tuberculosis, total $4,-
$4,000
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Newark Suburb in
ThrOes Prosecution
Blue Law ViOlatOrs

Irvington, N. j.. Dec. 13.-R)-An
overworked Recorders court In this
little sprawling Newark suburb to-
day, levied fines of SO each in "a OF
80 cases brought before 1t by the ar
rest yesterday of storekeepers, re-
porters. taxi and trolley men, bar
bers. a pinochle player. and one
youth who did fiddle for merriment"
all charged under the 1854 vice and
immortality act. with breaking the
Sabbath.
Ten Of the remaining cases were
taken under advisement by Recorder
Stoddard and December 81 was set
as the date for the hearing of charg-
es against four bus and trolley OPP
orators who demanded trial by Jury.
But the clearing out of so many
Of the c,-ses did not remove all of the
weighty problems which Stoddard
found confronting him. when man
ayers of motion picture theatres
brought about the wholesale arrests
in reprisal for their having been ar
rested two weeks ago under the same
statute and fined 81 each for operat
ing on Sunday.
Herbert Kruttschnitt, manager of
a gasoline filling station and one OF
yesterdays victims, has made COM
plant against Ernest H. Bro, coun-
sci for the movie men, and his two
associates. Kruttschnitt contended
that BRO and his men were working
yesterday and therefore violating the
law when they went from place to
place buying cigarettes, cigars. candy
and what-not, as evidence on which
to demand arrests. Stoddard has
taken Kruttschnitt's case and that Of
the warrants he demands under con-
sideration until next Monday.
In addition the recorder must de-
eide whether reporters are engaged
in worldly employment or business
ordinary or servile labor. One OF
the eight arrested yesterday pleaded
not guilty when arraigned today. con-
tending that his work did not come
within the forbidden provisions Of
the act, and all cases against news
papermen were included in those
taken under advisement.
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Secret Marriage
Of Alleged Girl
Bandit Is Revealed

Austin, Tex, Dec. 13.-(R-Rebecca
Bradley, 22-year-old Texas University
graduate and alleged bank robber, is
the wife of Otis Rogers, young Amar-
lilo lawyer, she revealed tonight.
Previously the girl, who is charged
with having robberd the Farmers Ma
tional Bank of Buda, Texas, last Sat-
urday, had denied she was married.
She had been working as a stenog-
rapher in the office Of Attorney Gen
eral Dan Moody. governor-elect, under
her maiden name.
The announcement Of the marriage
was made in a statement by Rogers
given out in the presence of his wife
and John Cofer. Jr, Austin attorney
retained to defend the alleged girl
bandit. It said they were secretly
married October 2S, 1885, and that "she
did not 60 with me to Amarillo be-
cause I was Just beginning my bust
ness and was financially unable to
provide her home there" Rogers
said he came to defend his wife.
Mrs. Grace e. Bradley. mother Of
the girl, said the announcement was a
complete surprise to her.
At hearing this afternoon at San
Marcos, Justice Of the Peace A. M.
Ramsay denied bail and ordered the
girl remanded to Jail.