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Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-01

Thomas Dyer, of the local Standard Oil plant, accompanied by Mrs. Dyer, departed last evening on the Admiral Watson, for Kodiak where he will re- lieve the agent stationed there for the company for the next six weeks.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-01
A|MEE'S LAWYERS GRANT
 EXTENSION TIME, kEYEs

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1. R)-Aimee McPhersons attorneys signed stipu- lation granting Reyes an extension from December to January 10 to file information against Aimee, Minnie and Wiseman.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-01

A. H. Thoday, local contractor and member of the City Council, departed for seldovia last evening on a brief business trip.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-01

LONDON-At the London dairy show experts said that milking COWS morning, noon and night increased their production.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-01

The temperature dropped to II above zero this morning.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-01

Ingersoll Watches. 8 full stock Guaranteed Watches-Schallerer's AL aska Shop.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-29
MEMORIAL DA Y
PROGRAM HERE
ONE
was Killed

Finishing touches are being added
to the fine Memorial day program
which will be held at Calvary ceme-
terry here Sunday morning starting at
8 o'clock in honor of the Civil war
dead.
A request has been made for ali
legion members in Douglas and for all
ex-service men to attend the services
which will be featured by an ad-
dress by Professor George Hammond
of the University of Arizona.
Wreaths are being made to deco
rate the graves of the dead while
Mayor A E. Hinton has asked that
those motoring to the resorts in this
vicinity today bring back wild flow
ers with them
Or. f. T. Wright will act as gem
eral chairman at the gathering to-
morrow and the Camp Harry j. Jones
band will be on hand. The COM
plete program will again be pub
lished in the Dispatch Sunday morn
ing.
On Monday many of the stores
will be closed as well as the banks.
Sunday afternoon at $50 the Moose
of Douglas will hold Memorial day
services at the city park.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-29
TUCSON CRACK
SHOT DIE S OF
GUNSHOT WOUND
1By DISPATCH A. Z. wirel

TUCSON, May %. Robert j.
Reynolds, automobile service station
proprietor who was found early this
morning on the pistol range near this
city with a bullet wound in his head,
thought to have been accidentally
self inflicted, died this evening at a
local hospital.
Reynolds, who was one of the crack
pistol shots of the state civilian
team, was found on the range by
soldiers of the University of Arizona
cavalry detachment who were shoot
ing on an adjoining range. The
location of the wound, in the right
temple and ranging up and ou1
through the top of the head, caused
the authorities to believe the man
victim of an accident. No motives
of suicide could be found after an
extensive inquiry among friends and
relatives of the dead man.
Reynolds, one of the young busi-
ness men of this city, leaves widow
and small daughter. He has one
brother and sister here, the re-
mainder of the family living in Har-
risburg, Ills
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-29
Head of Illinois State
Welfare Department Is
Under Three Inquiries

JOLIET, Ill, May 28.-Censured by
one grand jury and his resignation
demanded by the attorney general as
the result of Investigations by sec
ond, Chauncey Jenkins, head of the
State Welfare department, was
brought under fire today by third
official body.
The coroner's jury investigating the
murder of Deputy Warden Peter Klein
of the Illinois sgate prison. by seven
escaping convicts or May 5, recon-
mended an investigation into the well
fare department which directs the
PRISONS affairs, as necessary to guard
against future uprising by convicts.
The Will county grand jury which
inquired into the escape and murder
had censured Jenkins on the same
score, and Oscar CarlstroGn state at
torney general, had asked Governor
Small to dismiss jenkins after his
name had been coupled with that OF
Will Fl. Colvin, chairman of the state
parole board, IN Cook county grand
jury investigation of pardon and pa
role affairs.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-29
u. S. SEAPLANE,
ALASKAN
SURVEY, F ALL S
nv nisnatch A. 7. YYirel


MARSHFIELD, Ore, May 28.-One
man was seriously injured, one
slightly hurt when seaplane No. 2
of the United States navy Alaskan
survey expedition fell 300 feet into
Coss bay near here today.
The injured 3
Photographer Peterson, broken jaw,
broken left arm, cuts about the body
and possibly internally injured.
H. L. Boltz, deep cuts about face.
Lieutenant Wallace Dillon, suffer-
ing from shocks.
Peterson and Boltz are in hospital
here. 1t was said that Peterson had
an even chance for recovery and that
Boltz would be out of the hospital
in a short time. Lieutenant illon
was able to leave the hospital this
afternoon.
The crash came when plane No. l.,
in command of Lieutenant Ben Wyatt,
commander of the expedition and
plane No 2, in command of Dillon,
were trying to effect landing on
Coos bay.
A heavy mist was falling and No.
made a sharp left turn to avoid
crashing into Coos bay coast guard
station.
The plane spun and went into a
nose dive
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-29
CONSTABULARY
KILLS % MORE
MORO OUTLAWS
(By Dispatch A. 2. Wirel

MANILA, May 9.-Twenty- three
Moro outlaws were shot to death when
detachment of Philippine constabu
larry opened fire on a Moro fort in
Lanao province today, where Datu
Ambuluto, noted Moro and his fol-
lowers, barricaded themselves. The
constabularly casualties were one kill.
ed and eight wounded.
The fort was destroyed under fire
from the constabulary. A number OF
Moroa who aided in the defense as.
capped.
Today's engagement brought the to-
tai number of Moro dead to so, as the
result of four days fighting. In the
sam3, period seven members of the
constabulary have been killed, and "a
wounded.
The constabulary attack was the re-
suit of acts of banditry on the part
OF Moro tribes.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-29
II CIVIL W AR
ARE
HERE

For the information of those who
will honor the memories OF the Civil
war dead buried III Calvary cemetery,
the following list of the veterans of
that war and of widows of veterans
inferred in the local cemetery has
been compiled by The Dispatch.
There are II veterans and two wild
ows. of veterans buried there and the
list published herewith gives the rank,
service, date of burial and location of
their graves.
The complete list is as follows:
c. H Chase, 1st sgt. Co. IT, 57th
Massachusetts inf, buried August so,
1905, in section X, block 2O6, lot j.
N. w. Chase, corpl. Co. A, 9th Yer
mont inf. buried May 8, 1906, in sec
tion f, block 40, lot 6.
Thomas Schultz Co. H, 1st bat, 18th
inf, Co. c, 2nd bat, 18th inf, buried
September 20, 1906, in section F. block
SO, lot 2.
Robert L. West, Co. A. Goth Ohio
inf buried April 20, 1912, in section
F, block Sc, lot Z.
John w. Light sgt. Co. l., 9Th New
York hdqt., buried December 8, 1913,
in section F., block 13, lot 6.
Gershom w. Clifford, Co. A, 22nd
Continued on Page Three)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-29
POPPY DAY TO
BE OBSERVED
HERE TODAY

Today is national poppy day and on
the streets of Douglas the little red
poppy, memorial flower of the Amer
lean legion and the legion auxiliary
and symbolic Of faith, will be sold by
volunteer workers. Forty grammar
and high school girls have offered
their services for the day and Will as
sisc in the sale of the poppies.
Volunteer workers will be station
ed on all the principal street corners
and Douglasites are urged to keep
faith with our soldier dead by wear
ing scarlet poppy on Memorial day.
Members of the American legion
auxiliary who will assist in the sale
of the poppies today include Mrs. Clar-
ence Hinton, Mrs |. j. SimcoX, Mrs.
J. b. Murchfson, Sr., Mrs j. E. Murch-
Continued on Page Three)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-29
SHELLY is FREED
IN 3RD TRIAL
IN AUTO DEATH
(Rv Dlsnatcn A. p. Mfrel

PUEBLO, Colo, May 2S.--After de-
liberating four and one-half hours,
the jury hearing the case of James
M. Shelley, in division A, of the dis
trict court here returned verdict of
not guilty at 1890 o'clock tonight.
Shelley was charged with having
killed Robert Wartenbee aged Pueblo
grocer, on the evening of March 1S,
1925, with motor vehicle he was
operating while under the alleged in
fluence of liquor. 1t was the third
time that the Shelley case had been
heard in Pueblo courts, the first trial,
in the fall term resulting in a hung
jurp and in the second trial, in jan
uary, a conviction was obtained.
After the January term the motion
for new trial was granted on ar
guments that testimony submitted to
the jury was not admissible There
was no new testimony introduced in
the trial just completed, the same
witnesses giving the same testimony
as in the previous two trials.
In the courtroom at the time the
jury reported tonight there was no
one other than the court attaches,
Shelley, his relatives and attorneys
Spectators, who had followed the
trial closely for the three days, had
deserted tonight, believing that it
was another hung jury. 1t was i'm
possible to determine the number of
ballots taken, but it is rumored that
at one time it stood six for acquittal
and six for conviction.
Shelley's- aged father, former mayor
of Kansas City, who has been with
his son through all three trials,
broke down when the verdict that
cleared his son of all blame of War
tenbee's death was read. Shelley was
not visibly affected, but his wife was
hard pressed to control her emotions.
Continued on Fage Seven)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-29
700 IS KILLED
IN CYCLONE
WAVE
Dispatches From Ragoon,
Burma, Tell Of Disaster
On Wednesday.
MANY MISSING
Death List Incomplete
Wire DOwn-COmmunica-
ton Delayed:
lBy Dispatch A. P. wirel

LON DON, May 28.-
Twelve hundred persons
have been killed by a
cyclone and tidal wave in
Burma, says a dispatch to
t h e Exchange Telegraph
from Rangoon, Burma.
The cyclone struck last Wednes-
day evening about $3.50. A huge
tidal wave ascended the Naaf river,
flooding the country and sweeping
away villages to beyond Maungdaw,
SO miles inland.
The cyclone swept the Arakan
coast, doing much damage. All the
cattle in the devastated area were
killed.
The death roll the dispatch adds,
is as yet incomplete. Nearly all the
wires are down and there is great
delay in communication. The relief
sent into the stricken district up to
the present time is inadequate.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-29
Los ANGELES IS
STILL DIVIDED
UPON DROWNING
OF EV
Venice Resident M a Ike S
Statement That No One
Was Swimming At Time.
OFFERS A REWARD
Will Give Sum Of $4,000
For Return Of Her
Daughter Alive.

Los ANGELES. May 2S.-The end of
the tenth day since. the disappearance
at the beach of Aimee Semple Me-
Pherson, evangelist and self-procIaim
ed healer of Angelus Temple, still
found no sign of body cast up on
the shora to support her followers
theory of drowning and no definite
action by police, sheriff or district at
torney's office to set at rest the myr-
lad of rumors connected with the
mystery.
The entire Los Angeles district ap-
pears to be divided into two definite
camps on the subject, one, composed
principally of her followers, contend
ing tha3 Mrs. Mcpherson went to her
death in the Santa Manica surf. The
other faction, numerous and voluble.
offers multitude of theories in sup
port of it's argument that the evange-
list still is alive.
Today Capt. A. B. Lorraine of We
nice, made an affidavit for the police
that he was present on the beach at
the point and time Mrs. Mcpherson
disappeared and that no person, man
OF woman, was swimming there.
This is a flat contradiction of the
statement of Miss Emma Schaeffer
the evangelist's secretary who accom-
panied her employer to the beach, and
who made a belated report to the po
lice of the disappearance
Miss Schaeffer said that Mrs. Nc.
Pherson entered the water early in
the afternoon, come out and went in
again, after which she disappeared.
Kenneth G, Ormiston, former radio
operator at Angelus Temple, and a
friend of Mrs Mcpherson, who was,
questioned by police yesterday and
who threw no light on the mystery,
today checked out of the Los AngelesT
hotel at which he had registered. He
left no forwarding address, but it was
presumed had returned to San Fran
cisco, where his parents live.
Reports from San Francisco state
that state elective had recognized
Mrs. Mcpherson there last night,
caused a sensation here and precipi-
tated fresh arguments on the prob
lem that has interested the Los An
geles public more than any other news
story in the memory of the oldest in
habitant
Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, mother of
Mrs. Mcpherson, who has offered re-
ward of $4,000 for the return alive
Of the missing evangelist, turned over
to the police letter signed ''XX.WW"
and ."IWWY typed on the back of a
photograph and demanding $4,000
for the return of Mrs. Mcpherson.
"Senl $4,000 and she is yours the
missive said, adding directions for de-
livery Oh the cash 1T closed with
"Munis the word-keep police away"
Officers said they were of the opin-
ion that the letter was either hoax
or the work of crank with no know
Continued on Page Three)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-29
FIVE GIRLS OF
ROCKFORD, Ills,
BURN TO DEATH;
EIGHT INJURED
Flames Sweep Automobile
Top Factory, Following
CelIuOid Explosion.
GIRL MAY GO BLIND
Head OF Firm Seriously In
jured In Attempting To
Rescue Workers.
(By Dispatch A. p. wire1


ROCKFORD, Ills. May %. - Five
girls are dead and eight persons are
known to be seriously injured as the
result of a fire which swept a build
ing occupied by the Sutton Top Shop,
concern dealing in automobile ac-
cessories. The bodies were burned
so badly they could not be recognized.
One of the injured girls, Catherine
Wood was burned so severely about
the face that it is feared she may go
blind. Others suffered sprains and
injuries in escaping from the second
floor of the building. John Sutton,
head of the firm, was seriously burned
when he insisted on attempting to
rescue until forcibly restrained by
the firemen.
All but five of the 1S girls en-
ployed on the second floor succeeded
in finding their way out of the
smoke filled room down the only
stairway. The bodies of the five were
found by firemen who fought their
way into the building
The fire started when strip of
celluloid being sewed in machine
OH the ground floor, burst into flames.
The place was crowded with ma
installed for the purpose Of
turning out California tops and the
girls were working in a small room
to the rear of the building.
The celluIoid exploded with roar
that could be heard for blocks, and
in few seconds the lower floor of
the building was mass of flames.
Dense fumes from the burning cellu-
loid poured from every door and win
dow
Crowds gathered gleefully to wit
ness the destruction of an old build
ing already marked for demolition,
when Sutton staggered from the
structure, his hair gone and his face
blackened.
There's dozen girls up there on
the second floor he choked I'M
the firemen leaped to their
rescue.
Two girls were found lying in the
alley where they had jumped A.
foreman found another just inside the
door Soon grim professions forced
their way through the silent crowd
bearing .stretchers toward Rockford
hospital half a block away. Finally
eight were accounted for, and still
later the bodies of the five burned
girls were found.
The explosion was caused by a
spark that flew out of band saw
setting fire to stock of celluloid,
in the opinion of fire department Of
ficials after questioning employees of
the company
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-29
Committee FaUOrably
Reports CamerOn's Bill
Regarding Drift Fences
lRr nisnatch &. ? sYlrel

PHOENIX. May 2S.-The United
states senate public lands commit
tee has favOrnbly reported out the
Cameron drift fence bill. The bill
proposes to authorize the erection
and maintenance of drift fences by
amending the act to prevent the
unlawful occupancy of the public
lands.
1t was introduced in congress
March 3, 1926, by senator Ralph III.
Cameron of Arizona. 1t is under
stood that during the World war
the government permitted the cree
ton of drift fences on the public
lands in order to facilitate live
stock raising during that enter
gency.
Since the close of the war, the
government has sought to have the
livestock men remove the fences.
Because of severe drOughts in
many parts of the west and fiaaH-
ciaI stringencieS, many livestock
men are unable to comply with the
demands of the government. The
bill offered by senator Cameron
seeks to relieve the situation i'm n
manner favorable to the livestock
men and satisfactory to the gov
ernment.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-29
Argentine SpOrtsmen In
Cuba on SeGplGne Flight
New York to Buenos Aires

HAVANA. Cuba May 2s.-Bernardo
Duggan, Argentine sportsman, and his
two companions, Eduardo and Alyero.
travelling by seaplane from New York
to Buenos Aires, arrive at Havana this
morning from Miami, Fla. After the
aviators' noisy welcome by the crowd
out to greet them, formel greeting
by representatives of the president,
the army, llaYy and diplomatic corps
they proceeds, to a luncheon given in
their honor by the Argentine minis
ter. The plane took off at Miami at
6:32 a. m. and aster flight in clear
weather, arrived over Havana at $3.50.
Duggan said that if the weather
permits he will leave on the next lap
Of the journey early tomorrow, ex-
pecting to make Guantanamo in six
hours.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-29
TROUBLE LOOMS
IN NE B r ASK A
WATER FIGHT


SCOTS BLUFF, Neb., MAY "a
With no immediate agreement in
sight and with their crops in dire
need of moisture the North Platte
valley water controversy assumed an
ominous aspect tonight, reports in
dicated. Some leaders in the fight
fear the more radical farmers will
resort to violence wich was openly
intimated late last night when Sec
retary of the Interior Work and
Reclamation Commissioner Mead were
hung in effigy here.
The disagreement between the val
ley farmers and officials of the irri-
cation project, virtually the sole
source of moisture for the valley
crops, came over payment of operat-
ing and maintenance costs of the
project Reclamation Commissioner
Mead holds that all past dues must
be paid or payment secured by proper
notes while the farmers claim all
payments should be deferred until a
reclassification feature of the recent
omnibus water bill providing for
downward readjustment of about $23,-
100000 on construction and other
charges levied against 10 western
projects, is made.
Pending settlement the damned
up waters are stagnant and the
growing crops are without water. To-
day kilograms of protest from Neb-
raslla leaders were wired to Presi-
dent Coolidge, Secretary Work and
Commissioner Mead. Governor Me
Mullen wired that something must
be done Immediately to save the
crops.
The Omaha Bee, a republican news
paper, also sent a telegram to the
president and Secretary Work, de-
manding the water be turned on and
the payments settled afterwards, so
as to save fast willing beet and
alfalfa crop. The North Platte val
ley project comprises almost 200 900
acres of land, lying on both sides of
the North Plate river and extending
from Lingle, Wyoming, to North
Port, Neb., a region approximately
$50 miles long and 20 miles wide
Formerly used for grazing only,
the valley became a blooming garden
after the construction of the Path
finder dam and the reclamation sys-
tenn more than a decade ago. The
soil is especially adapted to the
growing of sugar beet and after water
was assured the Great Western Sugar
company placed great refineries at
the towns of Minatare, Mitchell, Ger
ing and SCOTS Bluff, Neb
Continued on Page Three)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-29
.DENVERITE HELD
FOR MAILING A.
POISON PACKAGE.
TO X. c. JUDGE.
Officers Find Another
Package Addressed To
Father-In-Law.
PLANNED VENGEANCE
Angry With Jurist Who
Granted ChiIdrens' Gus
today to Divorced Wife.
fBy Dispatch A. p. Wire ,

DENVER, May 2S.--A suspicion that
Alva w Estabrook, arrested here to-
day in connection with an alleged
plot to poison Judge f. E. Porterfield
of the Missouri circuit court, might
have had designs on the life of his
father law, c. A. Slater, a Kansas
City mail carrier, developed during o
search of Estabrooks drug store,
where officera claim they found "a
package addressed to Slater. Tt bore
the label Of a widely known firm OF
biscuit manufacturers, and having
been cut from an advertisement, would
indicate to the recipient that the pack
age was a sample mailed from Kansas
City, where the firm has branch
plan;.
The package was stamped and ready,
for mailing. 1t had not been opened
tonight by officers, who uote Esta-
brooY as saying that: 'I fixed it up
and intended to mail it, but changed
my mind"
Bstabrook, general chemist, was
arrested when he went to his drug
store today b3 postoffice inspectors
and detectives who had surrounded
the place throughout the night. He
was taken in custody on a federal
warrant charging that he sent poison
through the mails after a sample pack
age Of flour, receive by Judge Porter
field was found to contain a large
quantity of poison
According to Judge Ben 3. Lindsey
of the Denver Juvenile court Esta-
brook verbally threatened the life of
Judge Porterfield in an interview with
Miss A. Hills, Juvenile court officer,
lass April T.
Correspondence on file in the office
of the court reveals that while Mrs.
Estabrook was obtaining divorce
and custody of their children, Worren
and Annabel, in Kansas City, Esta-
brook was obtaining custody of the
son from Judge Dunn of Littleton
sitting for Judge Lindsey in Denver.
Mrs Estabrook finally was given
custody of the children by Judge Por-
terrified in Kansas City, and it was
shortly after this, according to Judge
Lindsey, that Estabrook threatened
the life of the Missouri jurist
What authorities regard as still an
CONTINUED on Page Three)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-29
BANKER
OF COLORADO
IN THE PEN
fpy Dispatch A. p. wlre)


CANON CITY, Colo, May 2S.-Pros-
pero Frazzini, So, former president of
the defunct Italian American bank of
Denver, who. on February II, 1925,
was sentenced to term of five to
seven years in the Colorado state PEN
itentiary for embezzling approximately
$500, 900 Of the banks funds, died in
prison here this afternoon. Frazzini
was in poor health at the time of his
sentence and predicted he never would
serve out his term.
There had been no change in Fraz'
zini's health of late to forecast his
DEATH the end coming very suddenly
az $3.50 o'clock.
Frazzini is survived by his widow.
two small children and two brothers.
CONTINUED on Page Three)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-29
PORTUGUESE IN
THROES OF NEW
TODAY
fBy Dispatch A. P. Mirel

of the garrison of Braga, under COM
mand of General Comes Da Costa. re,
volted IN the course of last night, but
an official communique issued by the
government states that the council of
ministers, taking note of the situa'
ton, has adopted all measures neces-
sary to maintain order.
General Peres, with body of mix
ed forces and loyal troops, from Porto,
is preparing an attack on the insur-
rectionists at Braga, to which place
the government claims the movement
was confined, notwithstanding reports
that there was revolutionary attempt
at OpOrto.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-29
MELONS Daughter Will
Wed Son of Maryland
Senator in Capitol Today


WASHINGTON, May rs. The
most brilliant wedding of the
season here will take place to-
morrow when Miss Ailsa Mellon,
daughter of the secretary of the
treasury, becomes the wife OF
David kirkpatrick Este Bruce,
son of the Maryland senator.
President and Mrs. Coolidge and
other prominent persOnages will
attend both the wedding at noon
at Bethlehem chapel of washing
ton cathedral and n reception
afterward at the n-American
Union. Two hundred guests have
been invited to the ceremony,
while 5000 invitations have been
issued for the reception.
Mr.. Bruce has entered the for
eign service of the government
and after the wedding he and his
bride will proceed to Rome where
he will be stationed as vice consul.