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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-03
SIX DEAD. boo HURT

NOGALES, Aug. 2.--Six persons
were killed and more than 100 in
jured during demonstrations over
Mexico yesterday when the central
government put into effect it's order
requiring district judges to close and
seal Catholic churches, said informa-
tion reaching the Nogales Herald
late today. The Heralds informant,
telegraphing from Mexico city said
that the toll was incomplete, only
the more important of the nations
hospitals having been canvassed. Re
ports filtering into the nations cap
itol are necessarily abbreviated by an
excessive amount of governmental
kilograms.
The remainder OF the Herald's
story follows:
Conditions in the interior, par
ticular1y in the state Tamaulipas,
San Luis Potosi are grave and con-
siderable trouble was encountered by
state and federal officers in carry
ing out the central governments
closing orders and the sealing of
church doors.
Sunday morning it is reported
att Mexico City unotfIcially but re-
liably, orders were issued by the
federal government that the gov
ernors of states request that strict
embargoes be placed on the sale of
all arms and ammunitions and that
this order be conveyed to all per-
sons engaged in the sale of arma-
ments. Violation of the new order
will meet with drastic punishment.
"The military and police of Mex
leo City continue to be on the
alert with church centers heavily
guarded and streets under armed
patrols of police.
Although an undercurrent of dis
sension is very evident, there has
been no mass demonstrations other
than those of Sunday when bands
of the more devout church follow
ers, forming human barricades, sought
to prevent the execution OF the clos
ing order.
I'm no instance, so far, has there
Continued on Page Three)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-03

FLAGSTAFF, Aug. 7.-It would be
nothing short of outrageous to force
President Marvin out of the university
hearings held by the board of regents, -
said E. E. Ellinwood, president of the
board, in signed statement here to-
night. 1.-The charges brought against
President Marvin comprise the most
petty minded, pusillanimous lot of gos-
sip / have ever had to listen to- he
said.
Ellinwood's statement follows in
full:
At this hour l am fully convinced
that Governor Hunt and his political
followers are planning to throw the
of Arizona bodily into pol
itics. AS president of the board of
of the University, l cannot re-
main silent | have called meeting
of the board of regents for August Z.
| am anxious that the people of Ari-
zona shall know the true situation be-
fore this meeting is held The people
of Arizona will be looking on. They
should be looking on with full under
standing of what it means. 1t is an
evil thing to throw the university into
politics. The deplorable attempt must
be dragged into the light of day. When
so exposed / know the people will
treat it with the contempt it deserves.
Charges Lot of Gossip.
/ have purposedly refrained from re-
signing as member and president of
the board of regents of the university
so that | might stand between the uni
versity and those who seem to be will
ling to wreck it, The alleged charges
brought against President Marvin were
eagerly listened to by Governor Hunt.
He absented himself from most of the
hearings He pleaded for delay. He
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-03
BANS
PROPOSAL FOR
TRUCE
(By Dispatch A. P. wirs)

MEXICO CITY, Aug. q
President Gales has re.
jected the proposal for 9
truce in the religious con
troversy made by the Mex
ican Episcopate.
In a statement to the Associated
Press, the president says:
ssThis executive has already
made known it's opinion regard
ing the religious situation. Re-
plying to the EDiscOpate state
ment, 1 will say that the fed
eraI government will only limit
itself to act with the required
energy to enforce the laws of this
country"
Although President Gales hnS
rejected the truce offer of the
EpiscOpate, which was made in
statement to the Associated Press
yesterday, gestures for peace arc
still under way.
Tentative steps, it is learned.
authOritntively, are being taken
which are expected to result In
informal personal negotiations be-
tween Attorney General Ortegn
and high dignitary of the Mex
lean EpiscOpate whereby a settle
ment of the religious situation
may be reached.
Overtures are also understood
to have been made for prom
inent laymen, who is close to the
EpiscOpate and also persona
grata with President Gales to
attempt as intermediary to bring
about am exchange of views I'm a
cOnciIiatOry spirit.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-03
HALL MURDER
M Us Terry YET
BEING PROBED
(By Dispatch A, y. wlre)

/ / SOMERVILLE, N. j., Aug 2.-State
Senator Alexander Simpson, appointed
by Governor Moore as special prosecu-
tor for the state of New Jersey in the
revived Mall-Mills murder inquiry, will
personally conduct his investigation
ION the scene of the crime
This determination, announced sby
Simpson today, will take him over the
same ground covered by numerous
county, state and private investigators
for weeks following the finding of the
bodies of the Rev. Edward w. Hall and
Mrs. Eleanor r. Mills, choir singer, in
his New Brunswick church. They were
slain on a farm in Somerset county
four years ago.
Mrs. Hail. widow of the slain clergy
man, was arrested last week, charged
with the murder
The authorities of both Somerset and
Middlesex counties promised their aid
in the new investigation. The slain
couple lived in Middlesex county. For
NAL notice of the supreme courts ap-
proval of Simpsons appointment as Of
ficial state prosecutor has, not yet
been received by the appointee, but
Justice Charles w. Parker has mailed
the papers from his summer home in
Maine.
Governor Moore conferred with Simp
son in Jersey City today. The COVER
nor asserted emphatically that there
was no political aspect to hi sordering
the investigation.
"There has been so much talk of
corruption that we must sift to the
very bottom of the case," he said. '"This
unsolved mystery has caused SO much
criticism of the state that we must go
into the case to the very bottom"
william Phillip, who had been held
in the county Jail since last Thursday
as a material witness, was released to-
day when he furnished $250O bail.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-03
GLACIER PARK
FOREST F FIR e
c @ N DITION is.
BETTER TODAY.
Lake Mcdonald Cottage
Owners Returning to
Their Residences.
OTHER FIRES SERIOUS
Stevens County, Wash, Has
\. 125,OOO Acres Now
Under Flames.
(Ry Dispatch A. P. wIrel

MISSOULA, Mont, Aug. 2. - Forest
fire conditions in Glacier national park
were much improved today, reports
from Kalispell indicated. Some of the
summer dwellers who fled when the
flames bore down on the shores of
Lake Mcdonald Saturday, returned to
their cottages today. The park service
is holding curiosity seekers out of the
western entrance, although admitting
those who have homes or business
within the park.
Crews with gasoline pumps have
been able to drive the fire back from
the lake shore, while summer homes,
among which are those of Senator's
Thomas j. Walsh and Burton X.
Wheeler, are believed to be out Of
danger.
Although some headway was made
against the flames in other sections,
the situation in the Blackfeet, Pend
O'Reille and Kaniksu forests still is
grave, in the opinion of forest Off
cials.
Thirty-five thousand acres are re-
ported to be burning on the Flathead
reserve. Great clouds of smoke hang
ing over the entire western part of
the Montana Idaho Washington dis
.trict make observation of the hun
dreds of fires now burning more diff
cult The greatest trouble being en-
countered now, officials said, was in
supplying cough men to fight the
flames.
Forest fires in Stevens county,
Washington, were, blazing over up
wards of 125,0OO acres today, it was
estimated after yesterdays wind had
scattered flames in all directions. One
fire between Black Lake and the Lit
tie Pend O'Reille lakes was advancing
on a front of Is to 20 miles.
More than 25 farm homes, with out
buildings and crops, have been de-
stroyed during the past two weeks,
fire wardens said with many logging
camps and half hundred small
bridges. All the men that available
funds will hire, besides hundreds of
volunteers, are fighting the fires in
the county.
Fires now burning in the state of
Washington are engaging the efforts
OF 1000 men to control them, it was
estimated today by George C. Joy, state
supervisor of forestry, who stated that
many of theose employed were en-
gagged in patrolling smouldering burns
which have been brought under CON
troll.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-03
E. E. Ellinwood, President Board Of Regents,
Flags Hunt for Attempt to Put University
in Politics; Promises Support to Marvin

finally was unable to appear at the
meeting when all charges against DR..
Marvin were dismissed by the board of
regents, The charges brought against
President Marvin comprise the most
petty minded pusillanimous lot of gos-
sop / have ever had to listen to. 1t
would be nothin short of outrageous to
force President Marvin out of the uni
Nersity upon the testimony presented at
the hearings held by the board of reg
ents.
To blacken the reputation of an able,
clean and honorable young man on the
threshold of such a career as Doctor
Marvin surely has before him, would
be so unjust as to be unconsciencable,
nothing less. Rumors are persistent,
and probably based upon fact, to the
effect that Governor Hunt and his fol-
lowers on the board of regents purpose
Continued on Page Five)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-03
KEYES AYERS.
CARMEL CASE.
BLOWN up.
tBv Dispatch A. P. wlre)

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2.
Resentment by the county
grand jury with the action
of District Attorney Asa
Keyes in dropping the in
vestigation Of the Aimee
Semple Mcpherson case was
said to have caused a back
handed slap at the prose
cutor, administered by Will
liam Carter, foreman, in a
statement issued tonight,
the eve of the jury's re-
opening Of its inquiry to-
morrow.
IA few days ago we had before us
resolution which we had planned to
adopt the jury foreman said. 1T
commended very. highly Mr.. Keyes for
the efficient manner in which he has
handled this investigation and the
able assistance given him by Mr..
Ryan deputy district attorney and
others. However, in the face of sub
sequent events, the resolution has been
tabled and It's adoption indefinitely
postponed"
A new witness in the caes appeared
before officials today declaring that
he had seen Mrs. Mcpherson and Ken
meth G. Ormiston, former Angelus
Temple radio operator. together in the
doorway of hotel here the morning
of May 1S, the day on which Mrs. Nc
Pherson disappeared at Santa Monica
and the day before the radio man ap-
peared with a woman companion at
Carmel by the Sea. During the in
vestigation several weeks ago a door
man at the same hotel had told Off
cials that he saw the evangelist there
the day she disappeared.
The name of today's new witness
was not disclosed nor was it indicated
whether he will be called before the
grand jury tomorrow. The plans of
the district attorney, as announced to-
day, call for the appearance of the
prosecutor before the jury to issue a
oIdlSIhCLI CONCA lAlE5 Lie CNAuCHCS OOT
tanned. Keyes has promised that at
the close of the grand jury session he
will issue complete statement of his
attitude on the case.
Members of the grand jury indicated
today that they may ask Joe Ryan,
deputy district attorney who carried
on the Investigations at Carmel, to
appear tomorrow
The statement of Ormiston, mailed
to Keyes from Chicago, and in which
the radio man declares that the wo
man accompanying him to Carmel was
not Mrs. Mcpherson, will be presented
to the grand jury, Keyes said. He also
said he would acceGe to the request of
one of the evangelist's attorneys who
today asked that sheaf of affidavits
obtained at Carmel by Mrs. McPher-
sons investigators be placed before
tho jury.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-03
PAYS
TRIBUTE TO IT'S
STATE FOUNDER
(By Dispatch A. p. wire)

DENVER, Aug. 2.-Colorado's citi-
zenry today paid tribute to the pioneers
of a half century ago, whose valiant eff
forts made possible today's celebration
of the fiftieth anniversary of state
hood In Denver and throughout the
state, Colorado celebrated its semi
centennial.
In Denver, the capital, the celebra-
tion held sway with the national mile
high air meet holding the center OF at
traction for the thousands of citizens
and visitors in the city, With the
streets gaily decorated, and with sew
eral bands playing throughout the city,
Denver assumed a truly gala holiday
attire and throughout the day merry
makers held sway. Bands gave con-
certs at all of the parks of the city
throughout the day and this afternoon
a grand symphony orchestra concert
Continued on Page Five)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-03
Douglas Joins in Old
Refrain, It's Not The
Heat, IT. 5 the Humidity

The old refrain, "It's not the heat,
It's the humidity" literally describes
the temperatures in Douglas Sunday
and Monday. which, though thought
TO hav ebeen much higher than nor
NAL, were, in reality, below 100, ac-
cOrding to the report at the Copper
Queen meteorological station.
High temperatures of "a and SO
were recorded for Sunday and Mon
ay, respectively. Attendants at the
local station explain the seeming in
crease i'm temperature by pointing
out the recorded relative humidity
of so per cent, as compared with 30
per cent recorded before the recent
rains.
The rainfall for the month was
set at 1927 inches. a trifle above
normal for the month of July, which
Is about BIS inches.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-03
WILL DROP CASE
(By Dispatch A. T. Wirel

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2.-District At
torney Asa Keyes announced Sunday
that he considered the Aimee Semple
Mcpherson case blown up" as far as
further investigation by his office was
concerned. He stated he believed the
evidence of Detective Captain Herman
Cline and Deupty District Attorney Joe
Ryan brought ID Los Angeles from
Carmel was too vague to successfully
prosecute anyone on perjury charge"
The district at,orey made his state
ment after confirming a report that
he had ordered Process Server Ben
Cohen of his office to discontinue
CONTINUED on Page Three)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-03
Albuquerque Opens Its
Drive for Funds to Build
War Mothers Hospital

ALBUQUERQUE, Aug. 2.-COIoneI
George Breeze Of Albuquerque with
a gift of $4,000, opened MP Albu-
Guerque's drive for $0S.OO0 to pro-
mote the war mothers memorial hos
pitaI associations campaign for $37,-
100000, Monday.
The local drive will start OfficiaI-
ly Tuesday morning, when 05 COM
mittees of three members each will
make a sweeping campaign of the
city, intending to raise the entire
sum of $6s,OOO in two days. Russell
Nj. CrevistOn of Massachusetts, who,
with Lucius E., Wilson, will direct
the national campaign for $37,OOO,-
900, is in Albuquerque to assist the
local drive.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-03
DEMOCRATS ARE
TO DEPEND ON.
T'WOOLDPLANKS

NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-Tariff reduc-
ton and states rights, oldest planks
in the democratic party's history, are
east moving to the front as the issues
of the campaign of 1928, Raymond r
Angel, representative of the demo-
cratic national and congressional com
mittees, said today on returning from
a tour of IA western states.
Farmers will not be satisfield," he
said, until relief legislation is en-
acted and are now looking to tariff
reduction to bring prosperity.
Il believe prohibition will not arise
as an issue in the democratic conven-
ton this time he said, except as it
is moulded in the general question Of
states right.
1.-Two thirds of the voters in the
west are dry and l see no way to alter
the 18th amendment with more than
one third of the state believing it is
good law"
Those mentioned prominently to
Angel as likely candidates for lead
ership of the democratic ticket are
Edwin T. Meredith of Des Moines,
Iowa, who was secretary of agricul-
ture under President Wilson; Governor
Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland; Gov
ernor Alfred E. Smith of New York;
William G. McAdoo, and former Sena-
tor Gilbert M Hitchcock of Nebraska.
Angel toured Ohio, Indiana, Ken
lucky, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas,
COLORADO, Wyoming, Utah, Montana
Iowa, Illinois, South Dakota and Wis
consin. He personally represented
Glenn l.. Shaver and Representative
w. A. Oldfield of Arkansas, chafrmen
of the two democratic bodies.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-03
COOLIDGE ENDS
THIRD YEAR AS
u. S. PRESIDENT
(By Dispatch A. P. ,Hirel

PAUL SMITHS, N. Y, Aug. 2. =
Three years as chief executive of the
republic were completed by President
Coolidge tonight It was in the early
hours of August 3, 1923, that Coolidge
took the oath of office by the dim
light of a lamp in the Plymouth, VT,
farm house before his father as a
justice of the peace soon after the
sudden death of President Harding.
No word of comment was made by
him today, however, on the anniver
sary as he approached the beginning Of
his fourth year as chief executive.
Government business occupied him, as
it does daily, during his vacation in
the mountains, and there was no in
dIcation that he would depart from
the program tomorrow. The Rev. VIM.
F. Mcdowell, Methodist Episcopal
bishop Of Washington, D. c., and Mrs.
Mcdowell were luncheon guests of the
president and Mrs. Coolidge at White
Pine camp this noon.
They are spending several weeks at
Lake Placid and their visit was de-
scribed as merely social. other vis-
ttors are to be received tomorrow, in
Guiding Harvey S. Firestone, Jr, son
CT the Akron, Ohio, rubber manufac-
turer. He is to report to the presi-
dent at the executive offices on the
rubber production possibilities in the
Philippines as he has seen them in a.
recent business tour of the east.
In the late afternoon Coolidge will
deliver his first address since he came
to the Adirondacks nearly four weeks
ago, speaking over the long distance
to Denver for broadcasting
by radio a message to Colorado.on it's
observance of the semi centennial of
to statehood.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-03

NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-Cop-
per dull; electrolytic, spot
and futures, 143s q IA "; !;
bar silver, 63%.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-03
QUAKE IN HAVANA

HAVANA, Aug. 2. - An earthquake
destroyed six houses and damaged
nine others near ManzaniIlo Oriente
province, early today. No lives were
lost
The Coconino sun., 1926-09-03
BIG A. A. A. RACES Az
HOLBR00K LABOR DAY

Nine ears have entered the A. A. A.
races to be held at Holbrook, Arizona,
next Monday, Labor day. They are:
Jimmy Randolph, Randolph FORD
Special; Sammy Davidson, Frontenac
Ford Special; Slim Harper, Dodge
Special; Harry Milburn, Dusenberg 81;
Johnny Mais, Dodge Special; Fred
Fraim, Miller Special; Roy Miller,
Rajo Ford; Ralph Miller, Studebaker
Special; Bill Agnew, Ford Special.
1t is expected that there may be
one or two post-entries in addition to
the above.
At first the plan Of the Holbrook
Race Track association was to limit
entries to rebuilt stock cars. But the
Miller Special which won the 3-mile
event at Albuquerque last Sunday
came along, and a special matched
race was arranged in which it will
meet the winners Of the other events.
That means four aces instead of
The Coconino sun., 1926-09-03

Stewart said, is to get the state ap-
preparation for the Lees Ferry brid-
ge. People in some other counties of
the state do not realize the immense
Importance this bridge and a north
and south road will be to the entire
state. State Highway Engineer Le-
febvre, here a few days ago, told
Miss Stewart that Flagstaff pe6Nle
must get on the job and work for the
appropriation. He is having the site
surveyed and splans for the bridge
drawn SO if and when the appropria-
tion is made there will be no delay.
This because the 100000 appropria-
ton by the United States will revert
to the general fund next June 1 unless
before then it is matched by the state
and contract made for building the
bridge.
Miss Stewart said that another
problem is the development of win
ter sports here We have good
summer business, but not enough
winter business. In Washington, where
she lived until she recently came here,
there was the same problem in con-
nection with the Mt. Rainier coun-
try. They had increased summer
traffic hundred percent a year, but
there was very little winter business.
They got busy and with winter sports,
such as skiing, tobogganing, etc,
changed the situation and soon began
showing an annual hundred percent
increase in winter business. Miss
Stewart believes it can be done here,
if all will cooperate and the PROPOSE
ton is handled in the right way, feed
ing that people from all over the
southwest will come here for winter
sports.
Miss Stewart said that under the
state law, second class counties, as
this is, can receive only $1,000 a year
from county funds for publicity pur-
poEes. She read letter from Mr..
Becker of the Springerville Chamber
of Commerce, pledging cooperation in
getting a more liberal law from the
1927 legislature, and said she had as
surance of cooperation from other
counties.
The membership in Flagstaff
Chamber of Commerce has increased
from 80 on June 7 to 122 last Tues
day.
Professor Jim FELTON, of Tempe,
Rotarian, talked on how to read. He
said nowadays the man or woman who
doesn't read isn't anywhere. The
procession loses him or her. But many
of those who do read do so without
system, reading a great deal that isn't
worth while from either an education
al or cultural standpoint. He admit
ted that he has wasted a great deal
of time that way himself, reading
sensational, sports and other news
that is of no value He believes even
the Literary Digest isn't meaty en-
The Coconino sun., 1926-09-03
the three previously announced,

the three previously announced, as
follows:
First, q 15-mile free-for-all; second,
a 10-mile event for all but the three
winners Of the first race; third, 25-
mile free-for-all; fourth, a special
matched race between the Miller Spe-
cial and all other winners.
The Miller Special is undoubtedly
the fastest dirt track car in the coun-
try. 1t holds the world dirt and
board track records, the former made
with Frank Lockhart at the wheel and
the latter with Benny Hill at the
wheel.
The track is still being worked on,
and should be in excellent condition
on next Monday.
The races at Albuquerque last Sun
day were the first races held in that
thriving city under "A. A. A. auspices,
and the spectators declared those rae
es to be far and = ay the best ever
seen in the Duke city. The Holbrook
promoters feel that putting this race
into the hands of the A. A. A. in
sures just that sort Of an improve
ment on former aces held in Hol-
brook