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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-15
IS INDICTED I'M
CHICAGO MURDER
AND Pen ESCAPE.
CASES FRIDAY.
Cook and Will County
Grand Juries Continue
Investigations.
.CONVICTS INDICTED
With Indictment of Seven
Escaped COnvicts, Jury
AdjOurns to Monday.

CHICAGO, May 14.-Eighteen in
dictments were returned today by
Cook and Will county grand juries
investigating respectively gang wars
in Chicago and prison conditions at
the Illinois penitentiary at Joliet.
which We're brought into the spotlight
May with the escape of seven con-
victs after the murder of deputy
warden.
Seven indictments at Joliet We're
against the seven men who killed
Deputy Warden. Peter Klein and fled
from the institution. Eleven were re-
turned at Chicago naming as many
men for conspiracy to violate the pro-
hibition law, the keeping of slot ma
chimes, and the maintenance OF gam
bling and disorderly houses in Cicero,
suburb
With the Indictment of the escaped
convicts all but two Of whom have
been recaptured, the VIII county
grand jury adjourned until next week,
when it will turn its whole attention
toward an inquiry into prison condi-
tions.
The Chicago inquiry brought indict-
menL : OIL Ml10S " OOHIlCIlI dAIGttOJ
sought for questioning in connection
with the murder. of William H. Nc
Swiggen, assistant states attorney, and
two others, whose killing precipitated
the special grand jury's summoning.
O'Donnell and two bartenders in his
West Side saloon are charged with
keeping a slot machine. Among the
ten others named in true bills are
Harry Matigan and Michael Windle,
in front of whose Cicero saloon Nc
Swiggen and his comrades-James Do
herty and Thomas Duffy, known to
police-were the targets of fatal
machine gun attack. Windle and Mat
igan also are named for the alleged
possession Of a slot machine.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-15
P|LSUDSN| IN
FULL CONTROL
IN THE CAPITAL
fBy Dispatch A. P. Wire)


FormertPresident Pilsud-
ski, who on Wednesday
marched into Warsaw, at
the head Of a small army,
for the announced purpose
of bringing about the over
throw of the cabinet now
appears to be in complete
control Of the capital. This
is admitted by the Berlin
bureau of the official Pol
ish telegraph agency, which
announces that the Believe
dere palace, the last strong
hold Of President Wojcie-
chowski and his ministers,
is in Pilsudski's hands and
the president and the mem
bers Of the government
have fled by airplanes and
automobiles to an unknown
destination.
Apart from this little definite in
formation is at hand for reports
reaching the European capitals, con-
cur that Warsaw is shut off from
the rest of the world. One report,
received in Berlin is that Pilsudski
has tied up the railway service for
a radiuc of so miles from Warsaw
Although details are lacking con-
cerning the actual state of the Polish
capitol, there seems no doubt that
all is chaos, and that there has been
some severe fighting. By way of
Prague, the news is received that en-
countries between the Pilsudski forces
and the troops remaining loyal to
the president and cabinet continued
throughout Friday until o'clock
CONTINUED on Page Three)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-15
COOLIDGES ON
POTOMAC T OUR
TO VIRGINIA
(By Dispatch a. p. wire)

WASHINGTON, May 14.-President
Coolidge, aboard the Mayflower was
cruising tonight on the lower Po-
tomac bound for Williamsburg, Va,
where he will speak tomorrow at
Sesqui- Centennial exercises commem-
Grating the Virginia resolutions of
independence. 1t was on May Is.
1875 that the Virginia house OF
burgesses adopted resolutions instruct
ing their delegates to the continental
of the American colonies, the first
along this line taken by any of the
colonies.
Accompanying the president are
Mrs. Coolidge and number of guests
including Senator and Mrs. Swan :
son., Senator GLASS, and Representa-
tive and Mrs. Montague of Virginia;
Secretary Sanders, c. Bascom Slemp
of Virginia, former secretary, and
Colonel Henry w Anderson Of Rich
inond, agent for the American Mexi-
can mixed claims commission.
The Mayflower sailed shortly after
noon today, Rob Roy one Of the two
White House collies baking at going
on the ship. He finally yielded to
sharp tugging on the leash by the
president but once aboard the dog at
tempted to back down the gang plank
as the president stood at salute with
hand to his straw hat while the
ships band played the Star Spangleo
Banner.
The presidential party is to land
at Yorktown Va, tomorrow morning
and proceed by automobile dozen
miles to Williamsburg where th>
exercises will begin at IL o'clock
Pfter lunch, the president intends tc
return to the Mayflower and prob.
ably will spend the week end on tht
yacht, arriving in Washington Mon
day morning!
While at Williamsburg he will re-
ceive the degree of Doctor at Laws
from William and Mary College, the
first honorary degree he has ac
cepted since becoming president.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-15
SENATE GROUP
FAVORS TIGHT
DRY LAW PL AN

WASHINGTON, May 14.-Expansion
of the personnel of the army air
service to man fleet of 1,SOO air
planes would be authorized under an
amended house bill reported today
by the senate military committee.
AS approved by the house, the bill
directed enlargement of the personnel
within five years from next July
but acting upon suggestions by Presl-
dent Coolidge, the senate committee
inserted an amendment merely au-
thorizing the increase as the neces-
sary funds are allotted yearly by the
budget bureau and appropriated by
congress
The enlargement or the personne,
by more than 5000 men and 400
officers from grades of second lieu
tenant to colonel would place fixed
charge of $4O,O0O,OOO year on the
treasury and the president was rep
resented as feeling that the imposi'
ton of this maximum should be de-
ferred for some time.
In line with this suggestion thF
committee made another amendment
under which authority for the in
crease would begin July l, 1927 in
stead of July 1 next, as the mouse
had proposed.
| Some administration officers took
the view that the increase in tho
air service personnel from S,4S2 t(
Is, 600 men should be included within
the $4,000 maximum for the stand
| ing army, but the senate commit
tee did not concur in that view.
! The committee made no change il
the house provision directing the sec.
retary of war to provide 1900 serv-
iceable airplanes, but it struck GU
| the proposal for ten lighter-than-
air craft, it's report asserting thai
| they were of little value and shouIt
be developed by the navy.
Under the bill the air service would
be known as the army air corps
land would be under second assist
ant secretary of the war to be Great
ed. A major general would command
/ the corps as at present and there
would be three brigadier generals
1.-TWO more than now provided.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-15
S Y NDICAT OF
BEER RUNNERS
NOW UNCOVERED
fRn nisnn.ch A. 2. Wire.l

CLEVELAND, May 14.-The feder-
al grand jury which convenes here
Monday is expected to Investigate a
..beer syndicate scandal" which Unit
ed States Attorney A. e. Bernstein
declared will exceed the alcohol con-
spiracy which recently resulted in the
Indictment of l12 persons.
Thirty subpoenas Tor persons said
to have information about the alleged
syndicate We're issued today, Bern
steen said, and at least one hundred
more will be Forthcoming.
Regional Prohibition Director n. 8
Clark and Thomas, e. Stone, federal
investigator detailed to special work
among breweries, have been invests
eating two months Several arrests
were made recently, which resulted in
the disclosure of the affair.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-15
98 PUPILS GRADUATED FROM
GRAMMAR SCHOOL; DIR. BLEDSOE IS
SPEAKER; GREAT CROWD AT TENDS

One of the largest gatherings oil
pupils and grown folks which has
ever packed the high school auditO-
rum turned out Friday afternoon tc
honor the SO graduates of the Doug
las grammar school and to listen to
a stirring and instructive address BY
DR.. N. c. Bledsoe of Bisbee.
Principal c. A. Bergfield of the
grammar school awarded the treas
ured faculty cup to Elma Pope of the
SB1 class amid lengthy and generous
applause. Miss Pope had the honor
of leading the school honor roll five
times during the present school year
and her name has been inscribed i,p-
on the cup that many times which
gave her permanent possession of it.
Archie Beard of the SAL class acted
as chairman at the graduation exer-
cises and officiated with ease and
effectiveness for one of his age. Both
the grammar. school orchestra and
the grammar school glee club offered
pleasing selections while Superintend-
ent of Schools r. e. Souers presented
the diplomas and spoke highly of the
record of the graduating class. Prin-
cipal G. A. Bergfield read the hon2r
lists for the second term and also
for the past month. He also an
nounced that Elma Pope headed the
merit honor roll for the second term
of school which embraced perfect at
tendance, high scholarship and ex-
cellent conduct in her school work.
She was given a fine fountain pen
for winning the merit honor.
The invocation was delivered by
Rev. c. A. Foreman while the Key
T. f. Weaver gave the benediction.
The members of the graduating
class yesterday including those who
completed their eighth grade work at
the mid year and those who finished
it during the summer of 1925 are as
Continued on Page Three)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-15
ELM A POPE IS
'GR ADE SCHOOL
M ERIT LEADER

Elma Pope of the 8B1 class of the
Douglas grammar school lead the
honor list for the second term OF
the school year with an average OF
9194 per cent, Principal G.. A. Berg
field announces.
Gonzolo Gallego finished in second
place with an average of 91.66, with
Lillian Kline and Mabel Magill tied
for third place with 91.53 each. Nina
Esplnosa was next with 91.25.
Dorothy Gooding had 91.15 as did
Guadalupe Sotura. Elizabeth Steven
son made an average for the second
term of 9O26, Martha Good had 90.53,
Mazda Hockett, 9O.42, Amelia Her
mandez and Refugio Montelongo each
90 per cent.
The complete honor list by grades
for the second term is as follows:
SAL: lillian Kline, 91.53; Mabel
Magin, 91.53 Esmeralda Espinosa,
s9.61; Robert Harding, 1851; Mildred
Smith, 1851; Archie Beard, 1928;
David vonk, 1928; Albert schupbach,
1854; Henry Beumler, S8.46.
SAP: Esther Donaldson, 1853;
Roberta Linville, $3.50; Merle Rokahr,
5692; Edward Fish, 1858; Irene Ca
vallo, S5.9S.
SB1: Elma Pope, 91.94; Dorothy
Gooding, 91.15; Guadalupe Sotura,
91.15; Elizabeth Stevenson, 9O.62i
Martha Good, 9O,59; Mazda Hockett,
9O.42.
8B2: Celia Figueroa, S6.15; Isabella
Sarellanez, S5.75 Ursula Jones, 50;
Continued on. Page Twelve)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-15
No WORD YET
RECEIVED AS
TO THE NORGE
fpx 0, patch A. p. wIrel

NEW YORK, May IA
At Ii O'Clock tonight (east~
ern standard tilne) 46 hours
since it was last sighted
over Point Barrow, Alaska,
no word had been received
from the dirigible Norge
by the New York Times
and the St. Louis Globe
Democrat. This was 81
hours since the Amundsen-
Ellsworth-Moble expedition
left Kings Bay, Spitzber-
gen.
William G. Lyon, corre-
spondent Of the Times, and
Leo Bondy, radio operator,
who had not been heard
from since April 18, when
they left Kotzebrie arriv-
ed at Point Barrow Thurs
day, the newspaper an
nounced tonight.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-15
Woman Admits That Three
Babes Met Sudden Death
Following Their Adoption

PEORIA, ILL.,, May 14.-Three M
fants met sudden death out of five
adopted by Mrs. Alice Marie Cra-
mer, she confessed to authorities
here tonight, who are Investigate
ing the operation of what they
term nm ''adoptiOn mill'' and "baby
farm" Mrs. Cramer, arrested mt
East Peoria, later caused the de-
tentiOn of Joe Cramer, her hus~
band, Jack Meyers and Florence
Hall, who will he questioned re-
gardingt the death of one infant
found in "a deserted house. The
"baby farm" authorities claim,
supplied chiIdIeSS families with
babies ON overnight orders. by
means of answering ADVERTISE
mentS of persons who sought chill
dren for adoption. That the chill
drem were born out of wedlOcIx is
one phase which authorities are
investigating.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-15
House Committee Okehs
Bill Against Additional
Forest ReserUe in State

WASHINGTON, May IA. - The
house, public lands committee to-
day approved the senate bill pro-
viding against the creation of ad-
dftiOnaI forest reserves in New
Mexico and Arizona, except by con-
gress.
The committee also approved the
senate bill authorizing the secre-
tary of the interior to grant land
patents to citizens who have OccU-
pied areas up to 100 acres in New
Mexico under claim of title for
20 years.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-15
BLACKHANDE R S
WAR R ED
IN COLORADO
nv nisnatch A. p. Wirel

PUEBLO, Colo, May 1.-two men
are dead and a third wounded in the
most recent outbreak of Pueblo's
blackhand war. Two brothers, the
third of one family, were killed yes
terday afternoon by assassins and an
innocent bystander was wounded by
stray shot.
Pete and Tony Danna died last night
o'clock yesterday afternoon when they
were standing in front of pool hall
in the heart of the business district.
Sam English, owner of the pool hall
was shot in the leg.
Capture of the murderers is re-
garded as certain by officers at an
early hour this morning for the oc-
cupants of the murder car are said
to be trapped in coal camp near
Walsenburg and posses from three
cities are closing the net drawn
around the murderers' rendezvous.
Late developments last night indf
Gated without a doubt, police and the
sheriff said, that the killing was
result of the blaclkhand war of many
wears standing. The murder car, a
Hudson coach with curtains drawn,
nassed slowly in front of the pool hall
where the Danna brothers were
standing and shot from sawed-o off
shotguns cut the brothers down be-
| fore they had time to draw their own
weapons.
Doctors in attendance stated that
both OF the men had received from
30 to 40 shot, the bodies being liter
| ally torn to pieces from the heavy
charge.
Their brother, John, was killed III
| July Of 1925 in an alleged blackhano
| killing but no arrest had ever been
made in that case. ~.
The two killed yesterday were said
to be leaders of the same raction as
Frank Bacino murdered in Denver a
short time ago. plans for an inquest
have not been made.
PUEBLO. Colo, May IA. Pete
Dana Younger of the two brothers
shot in an outbreak of Pueblo
blackhand war this afternoon died
at 11:3O o'clock tonight from the
wounds received.
Capture of the. murderers is deemed
almost certain, Sheriff sam Ihomas
stated at late hour, as they are
said to be trapped in coal mine
near Walsenburg, and heavily armed
posses, under the leadership Of Deput-
les Henry Hart and shortly Mar
tinez are closing in. The man huns
in southern Colorado is said to have
reached portions unequalled in the
history of that section with police
4 and sheriff's forces from three cit
les. armed with riot guns, in the
van Of an army of nearly one hun
dred.
4 PUEBLO, Colo, May 14.-Tony Dan
ma, As years old, died at 5:40 o'clocf
this afternoon as the result Of gur
Continued on Page Twelve)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-15
Dick Wick Halls Last
Will and Testament Is
Contained in 49 Words

YUMA, May 14.-The last will
and testament of Dick Wick Hall,
ArizOna's desert humOrist, who
died in Los Angeles recently. Is
contained in 40 words:
"IxnOw all men by these presents
that L, Dick Wick Hall, do hereby
in case of my death. give and
bequeath all my property of every
kind. nature, and description what
sOever, both real and personal to
my wife, Daisy Nj. Hall, to do
with as she may see fit"
The words, "GOd bless her" are
}. added.
The bill has been filed for pro-
hate here. His assets were esu-
mated to be about $4,000.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-15
REPORT HEARING NORGE.

BREMERTON, Wash. May 14.-The
Puget Sound naval radio station here
reported tonight thar wireless sta
tions on st. Paul island in the Bering
sea, and Hinchinbrook island neal
Cordova had heard the dirigible Norge
trying to establish communication
with Nome and Fort Yukon Wednes.
day night and Thursday morning. The
Bremerton station stated that all sta
tions in the north had been unable TO
verify message heard by the station
at Hinchinbrook that the Norge pass
ed over Point Barrow at noon yes.
terday eastern standard time.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-15
CANADA HEARS NOTHING.

WINNIPEG, Man, May 1.-THE
Canadian government announced here
tonight that Winnipeg radio sta
tion has been in communication with
government stations on the Arctic
coast which reported that they had
heard nothing from the dirigible
Norge, overdue at Nome, Alaska, from
Europe.
The Canadian stations in the north
which are listening for the Norge in
clude those at Fort Simpson, in the
Continued on Page Three)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-15

NEW YORK, May IA
Copper steady; electrolytic
13M014. silver 65A.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-15

PUEBLO, Colo, May 14.-Tony DAN
ma, As years old, died at $40 o'clock
this afternoon as the result of gun
Continued on Page Twelve)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-01
RANCHER TELLS
COURT OF PLANS
OF LETTER FARM

CHICAGO, March 31.--A bluff and
ruddy rancher today added his OBJ
servations to the record in Lady
Suffolk's suit to remove her brother
Joseph Letter, from the trusteeship
of the estate left by their father
Levi q. Letter, pioneer Chicago mer-
chant
The witness, j. L. Horton of Sheri-
den, Wyo., testified for the countess
about the conduct of the Wyoming
ranches, which dhe countess contends
We're mismanaged by her brother
Horton brought again to the litiga-
tion the color it has lacked in re
cent days. He dealt frankly with
the three grain elevators which
Joseph Letter built on or near his
Wyoming ranches.
"I kidded Letter. he testified,
about his monuments, and asked
him if he was going to store hay
and suger beets in 'em.''
An experiment farm on the Letter
ranches comprised of 160 acres OF
choice land, ran down and is now
being used as hog yards, Horton tes-
titled, and a greenhouse of steel
concrete and glass which was the
most elaborate structure on the ex
pertinent farm, losd most of it's glass
in a hail storm, and is now used for
hog pens.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-01
SPRING CoUNTER-ATTACKs.

KANSAS CITY, March 31.-Spring
counter-attacked in the west and
southwest today and with clear skies
prevailing west to the mountain re-
gion, the sun made deep inroads on
the foot of snow left by the depart
ing March storm that had ragged from
Sunday until early today. A fore
cast of new storm brewing be-
tween the Rocky and Sierra noun
tains, due to strike Thursday night
or Friday, however, indicated spring
foothold would be precarious.
Just what the new disturbance held
for the west and southwest could not
be definitely predicted, it was said
at the weather bureau here, but in
dfcations were for more snow or rain
and probably lower temperatures
than those experienced so far this
week.
Although the warm rays of the
sun aided greatly in digging out,
roads still were choked late today in
many places, so deep were the drifts,
and trains marooned in northwest
Oklahoma still were snowbound. In
addition to the three Midland valley
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-01
sroRM swEPr CANADA

MONTREAL, Que, March 91.-A
storm, the like of which central
Canada has seldom experienced was
sweeping over the territory around
Toronto and eastward tonight with
the probability that it would extend
to Montreal and Quebec.
The gale reached a velocity of 70
miles an hour, with snow, rain and
sleet and carried down in it's track
virtually all wire communications.
1t was impossible to communicate
direct with Toronto after 10 o'clock
this morning, but meagre reports
from other parts indicated that grea
damage had been done.
The telegraph companies were hard
hit, the Canadian National having
more than fifty wires down, includ-
ing it's Montreal to New York wires
that connect with Toronto. Tenn
porary lines put into operation short
ly after noon, but it was no long
before these, too, were swept away.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-01
How Doctors Treat
Colds and Flu

To break up a cold overnight or
to cut short an attack of grippe,
Influenza, sore throat or tonsilitis,
physicians anG druggists are now
recommending Calotabs, the puri-
fled and refined calomel com
pound tablet that gives you the
effects of calomel and salts com
pined, without the unpleasant ef-
ects of either.
One Or two Calotabs at bed
time with a swallow of water =
that's all. No salts, no nausea nor
the slightest interference with
your eating, work or pleasure. Next
morning your cold has vanished,
your system is thoroughly purified
and you are feeling fine with a
hearty appetite for breakfast. Eat
what you please-no danger.
Get family package, containing
full directions, only 35 cents. AT
any drug store-Adv.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-01
GENERAL ANGEL
FLORES IS DEAD
(By Dispatch A. ?. wirel

(By Dispatch "A. r. Wlre)
NOGALES, March 31-General Angel
Flores, who opposed President Gales
for the presidency in the 1924 cleo
tions. died tonight, says a special
dispatch to The Herald from Culia-
can. The general was taken with
pneumonia about three weeks ago
and only Monday was pronounced out
of danger by his physicians.
General Flores was former gov
ernor of the state of Sinaloa and
was regarded as one of the most
progressive politicians in the coun-
try He also held the position of
divisional military chief of what is
now the states of Sinaloa, Sonora and
Nayarit.
He was the father of the Rosales
canal and dam, the first irrigation
project on the west coast of Mexico
He was especially well educated and
was a firm believer in the entrance
of foreign capital into the country. He
ever was the friend of the foreign
investor while he. was governor Of
Snaloa.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-01
RECREATIONAL
PARK FOR CITY
BEING PLANNED

Coincident with the good news of
the proposed extension of the South
ern Pacific from Nacozari to Tonichi
in Mexico, comes the announcement
from a group of prominent business
men that plans are under way for
the development of a large recrea-
tional park near Douglas. The men
interested whose names are not yet
divulged, met here last night to dis
cuss finances
While several sites are said to be
under consideration it is understood
that local sentiment is being felt out
with view to determining which
one would meet with the most pop
ular approval and support. Among
other locations suggested is the old
Gardner ranch at Lee Station, eight
miles north of Douglas on the South
ern Pacific, and on the county high
way to Rodeo.
Arrangements are being made for
dance to be held in the pavilion
there Saturday night, and a we'll
known orchestra has already been
engaged for the occasion. Several
specialties in the way of unique en-
tertainment are being arranged for,
and it is stated by those in charge
of the affair that it will be con-
Quoted in such a manner as to war;
rant the approval of the most fas-
tidious and discriminating persons.
A special Easter Sunday celebra-
tion will be held on Sunday at which
time the citizens of Douglas are in
vited to take their lunches out and
spend the day. CIhildren's sports
consisting of burlesque, bicycle and
donkey races, an Caster egg hunt,
and other amusing features will be
provided in the afternoon so as not
to conflict with the morning church
services. Prizes for the winners will
be offered in all events.
It is expected that a definite an
nouncement in regard to the plans
of those behind the movement will
be forthcoming after it is ascertained
whether or not local people will pat
ronize such a venture in this vicinity.