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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-12
REINFORCEMENTS
OF 400 MARINES
GO TO NICARAGUA
Movement Ordered Follow
ing FOrcible Disarma-
ment Proclamation

WASHINGTON May II Qp.-Four
hundred marines sailed today from
Quantico, Va, for Nicaragua while that
many more waited in readiness to
embark for that Central American re-
pubic at Charleston, S. c., and Port
Au-Prinee, Haiti.
The marine movement as ordered by
the navy department conceded with
the receipt of advices from Rear Ad-
n1iral Latimer that he had warned
armed forces in Nicaragua to surrender
their arms peaceably or bear the con-
sequences of disarmament by force.
In addition to the 400 men who
sailed from Quantico late today on the
repair ship Medusa, an aviation de-
tachment and six airplanes left that
station earlier in the day on the tender
Aroostook. The Medusa was ordered
Z to call at Charleston for 100 men from
the Paris island station.
The submarine tender Argonne was
on it's way today from Panama to
Port t-Au-Prince to take 800 marines to
/ Corinto, and an aviation detail with
three airplanes was standing by at San
Diego, Calf, under orders to proceed
to Nicaragua by commercial transpor-
tatiOn.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-12
MAYOR AND PROMINENT MEN OF
CITY ENDORSE DISPATCH = GRAND
FLOOD RELIEF BENEFIT SHOWS

Thursday and Friday nights. The
orchestra IRON the international
club will be at the theatre for each
performance from 7:3O to $50. The
girls and boys high school mixed
quartets will sing Friday night. An
ether number is still to be obtained
for the performance this evening.
The program is to be good but not
too long. One performance only
will be given each evening.
Tickets are on sale at the Douglas
Drug company, Gadsden cigar stand
the chamber of commerce. the Owl
Drug company, at the Dispatch OF
flee, at the Arizona Edison company
the First National Bank, by Mrs
Ruth Swanson, president or the
BUSINESS and Professional Women's
club, and at the box office OF the
theatre. t. c. Davis at the Phelps
Dodge store also has tickets. Gram
mar school pupils took 400 tickets
to sell and high school students took
200 to sell. Tickets are 81 on the
lower floor and so cents in the bal
cony. The program is scheduled tc
begin at o'clock.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-12
CADSDEN BANKER
HELD ON CHARGE
OF EMBEZZLINC G

YUMA, May II R.-J. T. Ashurst,
president of the defunct state bank of
Gadsden, near here, is being held in
the county Jail today as result of two
charges of embezzlement preferred by
B. c. Smith, of Somerton. Ashurst
was unable to raise the necessary
$4,000 bond and was committed to
jail.
Ashurst is alleged to have embezzled
city of Phoenix improvement bonds
valued at $4,000 and note for $4,000,
according to Ray N. Campbell, deputy
county attorney.
The books of the defunct bank
were taken to Phoenix week ago at
the instigation of County Attorney
H. H. Baker and turned over to the
office Of the state bank superintendent
for examination. Up to that time
there had been no hint of criminal
charge in connection with the closing
of the bank.
AshurSt came to this district about
year ago and shortly thereafter took
over the affairs of the GadSden bank
Frozen assets" was given as the rea-
son for the institutions failure at the
! time of it's closing. Smith, who signed
the complaint, is rancher and so fal
as known held no office in the bank.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-12
FIGHT TO SAVE
LEVEE is LOST
FLIERS REPORT
Water Reaches Topping
Boards Behind Which
WOrkInen Pile Bags

NEW ORLEANS, May II. H9-Mis-
sissippi flood waters reasSembling
from the northeastern Louisiana
lowlands to advance upon the south
central portion OF the state tonight
still had failed to find penetrable
spot in the levees along the Bayou
Des GLASSES sector.
Naval aviators who flew over the
levee reported at Baton Rouge late
today, however, that the fight to
save the levee had practically been
lost, as the water had reached the
topping boards behind which work
men were placing sand bags.
|. Wireless apparatus was set up today
at Simmesport that state relief Off
cialS might maintain communication
with the section.
A break along the Bayou Des
Glaises front would flood $500 addi-
tional farms with a total acreage OF
5000 acres, Secretary Hoover was
told at Baton Rouge today.
Already, reports said, 100000 acres
of farm lands have been submerged,
with three entire northeastern Lou
isiana parishes entirely under water
and seven others partially 1looded.
Twenty-Five thousand farms have
been covered.
Three entire parishes Of Concordia,
Madison and Tensas had disappeared
beneath the Surging inland sea. Two
, thirds of East Carroll was under
water, as was two-thirds Of Ouachita.
Eight hundred farms were inun-
dated in West Carroll, $4,000 acres
! in Franklin, 10000 acres in Nachi-
toches, 5000 to 10000 acres in Rapi-
des, and 10000 acres in Avoyelels.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, May IL. E)-.
Relief work in the tornado-sWept
areas of Arkansas was placed upon
systematic basis today and reports
| for the various communities razed by
freakish wind late Monday indicated
that hundreds of injured and home
less had been succored
Meanwhile, heaps Of debris were
! being searched for additional bodies
| and a re-check of the casualty lists
of dozen towns was being made.
The known dead remained at 70
tonight while the number of injured
ran well above 300.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-12

Mayor A. E. Hinton. Police Chief
Percy Bowden and FRED Hubben,
president of the Douglas Chamber
of Commerce and Mines, last night
warmly approved the plan of the
Dispatch ana Grand theatre man
agernents to put on two special per-
fornances at the thsG.re tonight and
tomorrow night to raise funds for
relief Of sufferers in the flooded
districts in the MisSiss1ppi valley.
These three men, speaking as rep
reSentatives OF the city and of the
leading business men OF the city,
laaded the plan to send additional
funds to the flood sufferers as high
ly comnendable
6ertaking and deserving the unani-
nous support of the entire city,
Mayor Hinton said. "The action OF
the manager of the Grand theatre
in sacrificing profits on two OF the
best theatre nights in the week is
very generous and high minded The
Dispatch also is to be warmly COM
mended for this plan to send addi-
tional funds to the stricken districts.
earnestly hope the people Of Doug
las will patronize the two special
performances literally
Police Chief Percy Bcwden like
wise officially approved the DIS
patch-rand flood relief benefit as be-
ing well planned and timely effort
on the part of the theatre and paper
to send much needed assistance tc
the homeless men, women and chill
cren who are huddled In refugee
camps and totally dependent on the
| largeSS of the people in other dis.
trjcts OF the country.
II am heartily in sympathy with
the plan Of the Dispatch and Grand
arrangements to send more funds to
! the flood sufferers" the chief said
MANY persons in Douglas can ar
ford to patronize such performance
and never notice the small sum
donated the fund through the in
creased admission claarge 1t al
fords many persons in Douglas en
at the same time render assistance
! to the distressed people OF the flood
ed areas"
THE Dispatch is to be commenced
in its efforts to raise funds for the
relief of homeless and suffering per-
SONS in the flooded districts OF th1
Mississippi valley, Fred Hubbell said
'The special performances merit the
hearty support OF the entire city
The Dispatch is making it possible
for anyone so wishing to contribute
small sum to the relief fund A:
president or the chamber OF com.
merce and mines, heartily endorse
the plan"
The musical program which will
be given in addition to the screel
features is about complete Ale
Gutierrez will play special violin
solos at each performance. Johl
Armstrong, baritone, will sing botl
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-12
WITNESS TELLS HOW FILM HERO
BEAT SMALL RIVAL so HE DIED

HALL OF JUSTICE, LOS AN
GELES, May ii ar - The fist
fight which the state contends
caused the death OF Ray Ray
n0nd, actor, was described in
detail by an eyewitness this
afternoon at the trial OF Paul
Kelly, film athlete-%cSOr, Tor
Raymond's murder. The defend
ants head was bowed as Emma
Lee, negro housekeeper in Ray
mOn6's home, related her account
of the beating the one hundred
and eighty pound film Juvenile
inflicted on his fifty-pound
lighter rival.
Dorothy Mackaye, stage act
ress, widow of Raymond, over
whose affections the state con-
tends the fight was waged, re-
manned in the witness room
where she said the testimony had
unnerved and siclKencd her.
Miss Lee testified that Kelly
and Raymond sat on a divan at
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-12

tho latter's request to talk it
over" and that when Raymond
accused Kelly of knowing the
whereabouts of Mrs. Raymond
the latter struck the first blow,
hitting Raymond in the face.
The negro housekeeper teSti-
fled that after attempting to
stop the fight by telling Kelly
not to hit Raymond because he
was ill, she helped Raymond to
his feet when he had heen
Knocked down against the divan.
AFTER the fight she bathed Ray
InOnd'S head and face, which
she said was terribly swollen"
on the left side. The left eye
was also puffed nearly shut and
turning purple, and his mouth
was cut and bleeding. Ray
mond's wife came home about 8
o'clock, the witness said, and he
went to bed about 1 O'Clock.
Continued on Page Seven)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-12
Gull LTY COUPLE
TO LEARN FATE
FRIDAY MORNING

NEW YORK, May IL (H9.-Nrs. Ruth
Brown Snyder and Henry Judd Gray,
found guilty last Monday of the muir
der of Mrs. Snyder's husband, Albert
Snyder, magazine art editor, will be
sentenced Friday morning instead of
next Monday as had been arranged, it
was announced today.
Sentence will be pronounced in the
Queens county court house, where the
trial was held, by Justice Townsend
Scudder. Death sentences are man
datory for both. Appeals, too, are COM
pulsory on first degree verdicts.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-12
Eyesof World Seeking Missing French AuiQtors
= ********@* ******' :
American Birdmen Plan
To Hop off on New York
To Paris Flight Saturd'y

MINEOLA, N. Y, May II up.
Clarence D. Chamberlin and
Lloyd w. Bertaud, who plan to
hop off for Paris Saturday in
the Bellanca plane Columbia,
went to New York today to
arrange for passports and to be
luncheon guests of the Mer-
chants association.
Levine today took occasion to
deny a report that the take-off
had been postponed until Sat
urday because Friday is the
18th of the month.
Chamberlin and Bertaud said
they would be just as willing
to start on Friday as on any
other day.
WASHINGTON, May IL QP.
notwithstanding Ambassador
Herrick's cabled advice that a
flight of the Bellanca plane
from New York to Paris might
be misunderstood and mis-
interpreted" in France at this
time, state department officials
said today there was no way to
deny passports to the American
aviators if their applications
were in regular order.
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-12
SEVEN BODIES DRAGGED FROM
COLLAPSED DALLAS BUILDING

The injured include: Claude
Allen, Herman LOrenz, ]. r, Groves
and assistant Fire Chief Redmond,
who was hurt in the rescue work;
E. r. Brown, C.. F. Spradley, Nick
v. Morgan, r. HI. Tresp, r. T. Can
dray, Cotton Bronson and w. H.
Coleman.
The injured were rushed to hos
pitfalls as soon as they were extri-
Gated from the debris.
The dead include: Fatty Hall,
mOtOrman; Johnnie Boyd, fireman;
w. d. Hill, secretary of the Met
rOpOlis lodge No. 378, /. o. o. F.;
Henry Lee fireman, and three un-
identified men.
The building was twO-stOry
brick structure at the corner of
Second avenue and Forrest avenue.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-12

DALLAS, Texas, May IL #9.-
Seven bodies were dragged from
the debris of the Second Avenue
Pharmacy building, which col
Iapsed here tonight shortly after
eight O'Clock, and firemen search
ing the wrecked structure said they
believed Is more persons had met
death in the collapse caused by an
explosion.
The second floor of the twO-stOry
building housed chapter of the
Odd Fellows and members of the
organization were gathering when
fire broke out at the rear and set
fire to quantity of gasoline which
exploded. The building tOttered
and collapsed.
Firemen and volunteers rushed to
the rescue.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-12
SOLUTION Of
GRIM MYSTERY
BEING SOUGHT
Search for Intrepid FIiers
Organized; Coast Guard
In Charge.
PARIS HAS HOPE
AirpIane Was Built to
Float Indefinitely; Ra-
tiOns Carried.

PARIS, May IL Rp.-"An hope
is not yet abandoned" is the
characteristic headline in the
Paris newspapers this evening in
contrast with the joyous announce
ment of the departure of Captains
NungeSSer and Coli on Sunday and
the exuberance attendant upon the
/ erroneous heralding of their arrival
on the other side of the Atlantic
Monday.
Workmen leaving the factories at
noon and again this evening made
mad rush to the news stands for
the latest word of the searchers on
both sides of the ocean.
NEW YORK, May IL (E9.-The eyes
of the world were still turned upon the
north Atlantic tonight and hope re-
fused to die that Frances white Bird
would be found somewhere in those
Watery stretches with its two dauntless
airmen still alive.
Two days ago the clouds should have
parted to reveal the victorious ap-
proach of Captains Nungesser and Coli
the daring Frenchmen who sought to
wrest for their country the honor OF
the first nonstop flight from Paris to
New York.
But the clouds rolled solidly across
the sky, a curtain shielding all from
knowledge of whatever grim adventure
had befallen the intrepid fliers.
Today the search for the aviators
was fully organized and the United
States coast guard was practically
turned over to the task of finding Nun
gesser and Coli.
Besides that all ships in the north
Atlantic we're requested to keep special
lookout for the fallen plane and the
liner France received orders on the
other side to alter it's usual course tC
New York so as to parallel the air route
of the fliers
From Maryland to the northermost
point of the New England coast boats
of the coast guard took up the hunt
and it was announced at Washington
that the search would be extended tt
mid-Atlantic. In Canada the maritime
provinces joined in the rescue attempt
on the chance that the French plane
had been brought down in the icy
northern waters.
Twenty coast patrol boats and three
coast guard airplanes were patroling
the New England coast today for 1O(
miles out to sea. Eight destroyers hae
been taken from other duty to con.
centrate upon the search further from
land and the cutter Tampa, which hat
been watching for icebergs off the
Grand banks, was assigned a 1,200-nnil'
area northeast of Boston.
The liner France was ordered from
its course to look for Nungesser ant
Coli shortly before leaving Hayre to
night for New York Instead o
swinging in a southerly curve as
is accustomed to do it will take ;
course considerably to the north of tn
regular steamship lanes, at one poin
being practically 400 miles north of it
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-12
IMPERIAL. FEARS FLOOD

IMPERIAL, Calf, May II P--
Imperial irrigation district officials
are somewhat perturbed, not over a
rise in the Colorado river whose
floods always are potential trouble =
makers, but over the sudden fall OF
the stream. Today's report from
Grand Canyon showed $4,000 second
feet, as compared with $4,000 yes
terday. 1t was hoped that the river
would rise steadily at Grand Canyon
and thus score out the channel on
the Mexican side of the border to a
point where pressure against the
leVees there would be weaker.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-12
RED CROSS RELIEF FUND PASSES
$lO.00900O, BUT MORE Is NEEDED

Mississippi
ley passed
estimates destructive suffering,
Cff:c.Gls said would -
The seriousness Of the tornadoes which swept middle
R.
disaster survey
requirements
headquarters
Missouri Arkansas,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-12
MATUS GIVES
ULT|MATI)N 70
BORDER TOWN
Mexican Officials Refuse
To Discuss Action That
Will Be Taken.
PLAN DEFENSE
IA Gun Positions and 700
Federal Troops In En-
trenched Position.

NOGALES, May IL R-Reports
coming from Nogales, Sonora, to-
night declared that formal demand
had been served upon Mexican fed
eral military authorities for the
Surrender of Nogales, Sonora, before
Sunday to the forces OF Chief Luis
Matuz of the Yaqui Indian tribe,
numbering nearly 1000 warriors.
Mexican military officials refused
to comment upon the reports, which
further claim that the ultinatum de-
manding the surrender of the border
city to the Indians was made in the
name of Adolfo de la Huerta, former
provisional president OF Mexico and
also secretary OF the treasury under
General Alvaro Obregon, Who pre-
ceeded Elias Gales SIS executive OF
the republic.
De La Huerta is at present time
a political refugee in the United
States, which tends to destroy re-
ports that he may be linked with
| the present Yaqui revolution IN
Mexico, as proof of his connection
with any armed revolt would make
him subject to punishment under
the neutrality laws. OF the United
States.
Last December the Arizona Daily
Star published an interview in which
the former provisional president was
quoted as saying, "I am waiting for
revolution to capture a certain
border point so that can return
tc Mexico without violating Ameri-
can laws
De La Huerta further stated in
this interview that "a de facto gov
ernment will be in charge Of this
point" He refused to intimate what
border point he referred to.
In the past, Juarez, Mexico, in the
state Of Chihuahua, and on the op-
posite side of the Rio Grande river
from Ell Paso, Texas, has been the
scene of attempted occupation by
revolutionists in the Mexican! re-
public.
LOS ANGELES. May IL N -
Adolfo De La Huerts, former pro-
visional president of Mexico, tonight
confirmed reports from Nogales that
revolving Yaqui tribesnen under Cen
eral Matuz had demanded the sur
render of Nogales, Sonora by fed
eral troops. De La Huerta, whom
Matuz and other revolutionary lead
ers of Mexico have proclaimed their
leader, said his information came
from private agents on the American
side of the line.
The former chief executive, who
left Mexico in exile in 1923 when
| the American government gave its
moral support to President Aware
Obregon as opposed to De La Huerta's
rebel movement did not attempt to
conceal his nigh spirits. re reiter.'
ated his oft-repeated declaration
that "wilen the proper time comes
that is when the revolutionary
movement of my followers has
reached a certain stage-I will re-
turn to my native land"
De La Huerta would not reveal
information-if he had any-as TO
how many men were in the army
| CT General Matuz reported moving
northward toward the Ncgales sec
! ton. II
De La Huerta has been living
Continued on Page Seven)
Seward daily gateway., 1927-02-11
bEATT|E TRIAL WILL
 BEGIN NEXT MONDAY
 REGARDLESS HEALTH MARQUAM UNABLE TO APPEAR; :; WITNESSES COST GovERN- MENT S40o A DAY

FAIRBANKS, Feb. Il. P)-The Beattie trial was postponed until Monday, when the case will be heard regardless of the health of Defense Attornye Marquam. The court in- structed Beattie to procure another lawyer if Marquam was unable to ap- pear. It was reported that witnesses alone are costing the government more than $4OO per day. Bennett wired that he left McGrath yesterday morning with two of the six defense witnesses and will relay between there and Nenana until all are landed at the rail point.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-02-11
GRUESOME MURDER
 UNCOVERED CLOSE ID
 ST. MARY'S COLLECE
HEADLESS BODY OF WOMAN FOUND IN COVE NEAR GIRLS
 COLLEGE-17 MISSING

SOUTH BEND, Wn., Feb. II. (P)- Officers Investigating the gruesome murder of two men yesterday found woman's headless body in a tiny cove of the St. Poe river on the grounds of St. Mary's College for Girls. The arms and shoulders and parts of the trunk were missing. Both legs were broken at the hips and bent back, the heels touching the thighs and tied with a cord.
 Seventeen women are reported miss ing from South Bend within the last nine months. The woman found might have been killed four months ago. She was about 30 years of age.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-02-11
PLANS FORMING FUR
 1928 WINTER SPORTS
 BE HELD sT. NORTH

NEW YORK, Feb. II. P)-Already plans are actively forming for the Olympic winter sports of 1928 which which will be held at St. Moritz. The entries for the international hockey tournament on ice include Canada, which was the victor at the Olympic winter games at Chamonix in 1924, the United States, Belgium, England, Czechoslovaka, Sweden, Switzerland, France, Germany Austria, Italy, Span and Poland. It is probable that Jap an, Holland, Rumania, Finland, Lith- uania, Denmark and norway will also participate. The winter Olympic games will be held in the month of February under the auspices of the Swiss Federal Council. The special commissioner of the International Olympic Committee will be Baron G. deBlonay Grandson.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-02-11
TIMBER AUTHORIZED FIR CONSTITUTION
WORK ON FAMOUS U. S. FRIGATE BEGINNING; FUNDS RAISED
 BY CHILDREN

WASHINGTON, Feb. II. (P-De- finite action has been taken towards starting the work necessary to re- store the U. s. Frigate Constitution, the cost of which is to be defrayed by penny contributions made by the school children of this country. With in the past few days, acquisitions have been approved for a large quantity of live oak knees, white oak for keel construction, and long leaf yellow pine for beams. The pur- chase of this material, at an estim- ated cost of $95,000 will be made inn mediately by the Navy Yard, Boston, in order that it may be cut before the sap begins to raise and permit of work being started this spring or summer
Seward daily gateway., 1927-02-11
FAMOUS DOC RACERS SEPARATED BY SCAN7
 MARGIN W DERBY
 ALASKAN MUSHER FOUR MIN UTES BEHIND FRENCHCAN- ADlAN CHAMPION

ASHLAND, N. H., Feb. II. P)- Less than seven minutes separated the three leaders in the first leg of the three-day 33-mile race. Francis Dupuis, the picturesque veteran racing trail winner of last years interna- tional Derby in Quebec was scant four minutes ahead of Sepalla. .Du- puis' time for 361a miles was three hours and 12 minutes and 45 seconds. Emil St. Goddard was three minutes behind Sepalla. Despite the unsea- sonably warm weather the dogs and drivers stood the uphill grind we'll The last five miles carried the dogs through long stretches of slush and water, turned into sticky paste by passing cars. Tomorrow's leg is 52 miles.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-02-11
SUPREME COURT |S ASKED ID DEFINE
 ALASKA DRY LAW
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WANTS KNOW IF SEARCH PROVISIONS
 AND CODE AVAILABLE

WASHINGTON, Feb. Il. P)-The Department of Justice has asked the Supreme court to decide whether the search warrant provisions of the Alaska bone dry law and the Alaska code are available to the government in enforcing prohibition in the Terri tory. The Alaska law makes no dis tinction between warrants for public or private buildings. Evidence seized under an Alaskan warrant in the case of Berkeness of Fairbanks, was ex- cluded because the warrant did not specify that the building was Berke- ness dwelling.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-02-11
FEARS ENTERTAINED IN
 FRANCE BE DRY YEAR

PARIS, Feb. Il. (P)-The French man fears it is going to be very dry year in France
 The wine crop is short. The pro- duction is off more than one-third. There are only a hundred bottles for each man, woman and child in France, and the Academy of Agriculture is worrying about where the rest of it is to come from.
 There is no solution of the problem but restriction, says Prosper Gervais, an expert, for Italy and Spain like wise are rather 1ow-in spirits.