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The border vidette., 1927-07-16
JULY 16, 1927
LOCAL NEWS.

Hal Chase, of baseball fame,
was Nogales business visitor
Tuesday from Douglas.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Dye will
leave soon on an extended auto
trip to Northern New Mexico.
NJ. Karam and one of his sons
has returned home from Mayo
Brothers sanitarium. where they
went for the benefit of their
health.
The Knights of Pythias lodge
held its regular weekly meeting
Wednesday night at the Castle
hall in Morley avenue.
The Nogales Kiwanis club
met Thursday noon at Nuti's
Place, Nogales. Sonora, for the
regular weekly luncheon.
Members of the Nogales Hi
rams club met Wednesday noon
at the Masonic hall for the regu
lar stated weekly luncheon.
Mrs. Fred E. Edwards, wife
Of the u. S. collector of customs,
is recovering from an operation
last week at a local hospital.
Floyd M. Thompson, Sonora
mining man, is here from the
mines near Llano, Sonora. He
is guest at the Montezuma.
Arthur Powell, editor of the
Nogales Herald, has returned
from weeks trip in Old Mexico.
He was accompanied by his wife
and child.
.Hazen E. Shower, scout exc.
cutive of the Catalina Council
of Boy Scouts, was a Nogales
visitor this week from head.
quarters in Tucson.
Frank Lown, we'll known
member of the successful con
tracing firm of Lown & Woods,
has returned from a business
trip to Los Angeles.
Arturo Cubillas, popular treas
urer of the state of Sonora. re.
turned to Hermosillo, Wednes.
day, following few days visit
in Nogales with his family.
Joe Wise returned Wednesday
from Aqua Prieta, where be went
on business, with John Hughes.
proprietor of The Cave Club.
John will come home today.
Mrs. M. Middleton's mother,
Mrs. j. e Dunbar, and her sis
ter, Mrs. Fl. M. Pease. both of
Alhambra, Calif., are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Middleton.
r. l.. Carey. former local man.
ager of the Western Union off
ces, now connected with the
general state offices in Phoenix,
was in Nogales Tuesday on com
pany business.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Leeker and
two sons, are spending the sum.
mer months at Hendersonville.
North Carolina, and will be in
Nogales this fall on a combined
business and pleasure visit.
The dance given last Saturday
night at Trieppeda's cabaret
under the auspices of the Yaqui
Club, was a big success in every
way. There was a large crowd
present.
John Yost was a, county seat
visitor Thursday from the Yost
stock ranch near Amado, this
county. He has recovered from
painful injuries sustained when
his horse took him for fall.
Charles Levin, assistant su
perintendent of the Southern
Pacific of Mexico, with head
quarters in this city, has return.
ed from a business trip to Quad.
alajara, Jaiisco, where the com.
pany headquarters now are 10
Gated.
B. F. Johnson, president of
the United Sugar Co., and his
son Sherwood, and H. F. Jones,
vice-president of the sugar com.
pany, en- route from Los Mochis
to California, were in NOgales
the forepart of the week.
Glenn Blankenship has pur.
chased the Home Bakery from
0. H. Weaver, and will give the
business his personal attention.
G. A. Fisher. former head baker
of the Tom mbstone Bakery at
Tombstone, is chief baker at
| tho Home Rakerv.
The border vidette., 1927-07-16
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East |

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Youcan go at surprisingly
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pies Of summer excursion
fares.
Evening star., 1927-12-09
KIRBY IS HONORED
BY D. c. TRADE BODY.
Widely Known Realty and
Hotel Man Appointed AS
SiStant Secretary.
The aDDointment of John NJ

The appointment of John NJ. Kirby
as assistant secretary of the Washing
ton Chamber of Commerce was an
nounced today by the executive COM
mittee which had been empowered by
the board of directors to select the
new official.
Mr.. Kirby, who was selected from a
list of 16 applicants for the new post,
following a consideration of the mat
ter for several months, will assume Of
flee next Monday and will have as his
particular duties management of the
annual industrial show, to be staged
by the chamber in March and men,
bership work.
Mr.. Kirby is 45 years old and lives
at 1875 Park road. He has been a resi-
dent Of Washington since 1903 and is
widely known in business circles, hav-
ing had experience here in club or
ganization work, the hotel and real
estate business. He Is a native of Som.
erville, Mass.
The assistant chamber secretary
has been assistant secretary of the
Racquet Club manager of the Play
house and manager of the United
Service Club and recently has been
engaged in real estate sales work In
association with several local con-
Germs. Early in his business career
he saw service with the Boston Globe
as financial reporter.
Mr.. Kirby came to Washington in
1908 as manager Of several local ho-
tells. including the Grafton Hotel, the
Albany and Everett Hotels and the
old Richmond Hotel, which stood on
the site of the present Transporta-
ton Building.
Evening star., 1927-12-09
HESSE SAYS CRIME
ATTENDS YULET|DE
Police Chief Declares Condi-
tions Are No Worse
Than Usual.

Despite the record of three recent
jewelry store robberies and a day
light hold-up of a bank messenger,
coupled with scores of minor robberies
reported, Mai. Edwin B. Hesse, super.
intendent of police, declared this
morning that the crime record at the
present time is no worse than usual
Just before the Christmas season.
eve have the so-called crime
wave every year shortly before
Christmas, Maj. Hesse said. "and our
records for 90 years past show that
conditions this year are no worse than
in any preceding year and better than
in most"
For the third consecutive time
headquarters detectives worked all
night last night in an attempt to
piece together stray clues into net
of evidence strong enough to result in
the arrest Of those responsible for the
store robberies and the bank messen-
ger hold-up.
Six men and woman arrested Tues
day night in prominent downtown
hotel are still being held for investi-
cation, detectives believing them to be
members of a gang from other cities,
here to ply their trade during the holi-
day season. Several Of them, detec-
tives state, have admitted criminal
records in various cities.
While reticent to forewarn crimi-
nails by publishing accounts OF their
plans in advance, police officials in
dicated today that the search for the
midnight marauder who has terror
ized the Cleveland Park section and
has been blamed for -breakings
in other parts of the northwest Sec
tion Of the city has become centered
In restricted area far from the scene
of his operations, where the prowler
is believed to be living.
A .32-caliber revolver and cartridge
belt was turned over to police last
night with the explanation that it had
been found in the vicinity of 1880 X
street, where David Jones, colored jan
itor. stated that he shot at a man
early Tuesday morning whom he
caught lurking in the rear Of the
apartment.
A bloody trail was found in the al
ley, and there was blood in shed
nearby, but police found no other
trace of the prowler. Police of the
third precinct reiterated this morning
that they had searched the shed with
in a few minutes after the shooting
and found neither man nor blood.
While conceding that the man at
whom the janitor fired might be the
long -sought.for house-breaker, who
apparently has suspended operations
in Cleveland Park. police disclosed
that an entirely different angle Of the
case had come to light and were in
clined to doubt even that the fugitive
is a criminal.
This aspect Of the case was dis
cuSsed shortly before noon today at
a conference between Maj. Hesse,
Capt. Sheetz and other police officials,
but until enough evidence has been
obtained to warrant final conclusion.
no break" will be made public.
Maj. Hesse took occasion just be.
fore the conference to commend the
spirit of the members Of the force,
both detectives and uniformed men,
who have assigned themselves volun.
tarily to extra duty. many of them
working day and night.
Evening star., 1927-12-09
SUSAN B. ANTHONY
/. FIGHT IS REVEALED.
Mrs. Parkhurst Resigns as
Director of Memorial
Organization.

The controversy in the Susan B.
Anthony Foundation over the raising
of funds for the proposed memorial
here has resulted in the resignation
of Mrs. Virginia Peters Parkhurst OF
Berwyn, Md, a member of the board
of directors, as Maryland State direc-
tor of the organization.
In a letter to Mrs. Mary Allen Ad-
ans, acting president of the fOunda-
ton, Mrs. Parkhurst discloses that the
board of directors on November % au-
thorized her to call to the attention
Of the Post Office Department the "im-
proper delivery of mail and the with
holding of mail, the property of the
foundation, by a former director of a
committee.
Following the meeting November %,
from which representatives of the
press were excluded, Mrs. Clara
O'Brien McCrone, president-elect, an
nounced her resignation.
Court Action Proposed.
From members who attended the
stormy meeting it was revealed that q
motion had been introduced suggest
ing court action to restrain national
promotion director in charge of rails
ing funds from interfering with the
work Of the foundation and turn over
all papers and funds belonging to 1T. "
No action was taken on the motion.
Mrs. Parkhurst, in her letter of res
ignation to Mrs. Adams, declares:
"At a meeting of the board of direc-
tors held in the Cairo Hotel November
%, by proper resolution passed and
adopted, was given authority to take
up with the post office certain further
work on a case in relation to the i'm
proper delivery Of mail and to the
Withholding of United States mail,
property of the Susan E. Anthony
Foundation, Inc, by former direc-
tor of a committee.
Immediately after this conference
with the inspector in charge / wrote
you a special delivery letter. urging
you to call a special meeting of the
board. I have received no acknowl-
edgement of this letter. nor has such
meeting been called.
You also have refused to allow the
representatives of the press to attend
our meetings, and as / feel that the
business side of the Susan B. Anthony
Foundation, Inc, is not being prop
erly conducted, and no possible relief
in sight, l beg you to release me also
from my duties as a member of the
board. This closes up with my seven
years of active, conscientious work
and will leave me with a great void"
Evening star., 1927-12-09
! .|NDbERGH TO HOP
OFF FOR MEXICO
Flying Colonel Decides to
Accept Invitation From
President Gales.

Americas most spectacular and
popular airman. Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh. is to embark on another aerial
voyage, this time from Washington to
Mexico City.
Accepting a telegraphic invitation
from President Gales of Mexico. which
reached him here yesterday, Col. Lind
bergh began consideration of the prof.
ect, which will add 1000 more miles
to the log Of his spirit of st. Louis" "
The time of departure, the route and
other details await the noted pilot s
decision, after he has had opportunity
to examine conditions with his char
acteristic thoroughness and caution.
Il have not studied the project" he
said, "and the route depends on flying
conditions. Whether or not any stops
will be made en- route also must be de-
cided later"
Plans Are Indefinite.
Col. Lindbergh at present believes
that his course will not take him over
the Gulf of Mexico. The land route
is only about 100 miles longer and
without the Cuffs dangers in event Of
a forced landing.
Use of the transatlantic "Spirit of
st. Louis" also is contingent upon
final inspection of the ship and it's
faithful engine. Col. Lindbergh said
the power plant never has been over
hauled and still is functioning per-
fectly.
Possibility that Col. Lindbersh's
Mexico City fight might be extended
to Cuba and Central and South Amer
lea has not yet entered the ocean
flyers calculations. At present, he
said. II do not know what will follow
the Mexican trip
Aside from the interest that at.
taches itself to almost every flying
gesture of the famous pilot, the flight
would not be spectacular or pioneer
ing in character unless it were of the
nonstop variety. airmen here be-
lieve. American planes have flown
into Mexico and also to the Mexican
capital, and the r,ute from the border
to the high elevation of Mexico City
is not hazardous, as a regular line of
Mexican commercial planes now is
operating between Tampico and the
capital.
Route Is Suggested.
Army airmen, while confessing no
knowledge of Col. Lindbergh's plans,
said today they thought the best route
would be from Washington to San
Antonio, Tex. over the Army air
ways. thence to Brownsville. Tampico
and direct to the Mexican capital
This aerial highway has been devel.
oped from the standpoint of emer-
gency landing Ields, meteorological
information and other aids to naviga-
ton. which they felt Col. Lindbergh
would not ignore. Inasmuch as the
flight would be in response to an in.
vitation from the Mexican Presiden,
to visit him and his people. it was as
sumed here that the flying colonel
would take the safest and most ad.
vantageous route.
Evening star., 1927-12-09
MAGRUDER PROBE
PROMISED IN HOUSE
Butler Says Naval Commit
tee Will Call Admiral to
Hear Charges.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Chairman Butler of the House ma
val committee announced today that
as soon as the committee is organized
he proposed to call Rear Admiral
Thomas p. MaGruder. former COM
mandant of the Philadelphia Navy
Yard, before it and so into details
of the charges he made of naval ad-
ministration inefIiciency.
The announcement was made after
Chairman Butler had blocked move
by Representative McClintic Of Okla
homa, Democratic member of the
naval committee. to have the House
take up Immediately a resolution by
him calling for an investigation of
the charges that led to Magruder's
withdrawal from the Philadelphia
post.
The resolution aims to prevent
"ga gging' of naval officers.
The Oklahoma representative, who
is a member of the House naval COM
mittee, declared naval officers were
muzzled to prevent them from making
statements whether true or untrue.
Admiral Magruder was recently re-
lieved of his post as commandant of
the Philadelphia Navy Yard after he
had published magazine articles deal
ing with the organization of the Navy.
Evening star., 1927-12-09
RESIGNATION ACCEPTED.

The Public Utilities Commission to.
day accepted the resignation of c. F.
Creighton, special temporary ac-
countant. assisting in the revaluation
of the properties Of the Washington
and Georgetown Gas Light Co.'S, and
appointed D. r. Hanley to succeed
him.
Mr.. Creighton is entering the office
of Thomas d. Baldwin, jr., superin-
tendent Of insurance of the District.
Evening star., 1927-12-09
JAPAN DENIES TREATY.
Embassy Refutes Report of Pact
With Mexico.

Denying recent newspaper reports
that a secret treaty was being nego.
tiated between Japan and Mexico. the
Japanese embassy yesterday issued a
statement in which 1t was declared
that there exists no secret agreement
or secret treaty between the two coun-
tries. 1t follows:
with regard to the report recently
circulated in some newspapers that
secret treaty was being negotiated
by Japan and Mexico, the Japanese
embassy states. in the name of the
Japanese government. that the gov
ernment has never approached the
Mexican government with proposals
for any secret treaty. nor has it ever
received any suggestion of such
nature from the Mexican government
and. therefore. that there exists no
secret treaty or secret agreement
whatever between Japan and Mexico"
Evening star., 1927-12-09
Connecticut shore on Long Island
Sound were demolished.
RECORD BROKEN IN SOUTH.
Temperature Drops to 10 Above at
Asheville, N. C..

ATLANTA, Ga, December 9 R.---
Cold weather that broke all December
records in many parts Of the South
was slowly moving northeastward
today, but the weather still was fair
and cold. Temperatures ranged from
above zero at Louisville this morn
ing to IA here, % at Savannah and
New Orleans. 80 at Jacksonville, 40 at
Tampa and IS at Miami. Asheville,
high in the mountains, reported 10
above zero.
Truck and citrus growers at Miami
were warned by the Weather Bureau
that frost is probable tonight If the
wind comes from the northwest.
Evening star., 1927-12-09
New Years Eve Fetes May Be Cut Short
If Sunday Observance Law Is Enforced

pointed out, all watch night and New
Years welcoming parties held in pub
lie places of amusement will be re-
quired to end promptly on the stroke
of midnight. Private clubs and incor-
porated night clubs which restrict the
celebrants to the regularly enrolled
members. are the only places of
amusement that can escape the mid
night closing edict.
Maj. Hesse indicated that he was
not desirous of interfering in any way
with the celebrations arranged to well
come 1923, but that the police regula-
tions would have to be enforced un.
less some form or dispensation can be
arranged for this special occasion.
Evening star., 1927-12-09
Honor Reception Tonight.

A reception will be held in the audi
torium Of Notre Dame Academy, North
Capitol and K streets. at $50 tonight
in honor of Rev. Michael Fitzpatrick,
S. j., newly appointed rector of st.
Aloysius Church and president of
Gonzaga College and High School.
The reception will be under the
auspices of the Junior Sodality Of the
parish.
Evening star., 1927-12-09

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and closes same up to 9:45 pm. or
thereabouts each night. I will check
this man. / reported verbally upon
my return to c. G. RS hotel"
Ruddy's Testimony.
Yesterday afternoon the Govern
ment obtained an admission from
Ruddy that for three days he was
in a quandry as to whether an inves-
tigation he had ordered into the prop
erty-holding of Juror John +. Kern,
at the direction of Henry Mason Day,
Sinclair's confidential associate. had
exceeded the instructions he received
from headquarters of the Burns
Agency when given the assignment
of captain of the jury shadowers.
Ruddy never settled the question to
his satisfaction. for while he was de-
batting the problem, deputy United
States marshals raided his apartment
in the Wardman Park Hotel and
seized the report, together with hun
dreds of other papers bearing on the
jury shadowing operations.
The detective manager. according to
his testimony when he first took the
stand, had been instructed by w.
Sherman Burns. secretary-treasurer
of the agency, who accepted Days en-
ployment for the jury -shadowing oper.
ations. not to approach the jurors or
conduct themselves in any manner
that would tend to ''intiriita3te" them.
The results Of the investigation OF
Juror Kern's property. according to
the witness, never were communi-
Gated to Day, owing to the seizure.
Ruddy admitted that Day told him he
was anxious to find out about Kern's
responsibility, and the detective said
he suggested the best way would be
to investigate his credit standing.
Justice Frederick l.. Siddons, presid-
ing, questioned Ruddy at length on
this phase of the evidence You
understood Mr.. Day wanted you to
find out for him what Juror Kern's
financial responsibility was?" asked
the court.
Report on Kern.
II do not believe Mr.. Day meant it
that way" replied the witness.
The investigation, embodied in a
hand.written report to Ruddy by
Operative OReilly, was received in
evidence by the court. over objections
by Days counsel. The report said
lndt ~ reilly, dCLlnS unuer 1nStruC-
tions from Manager c. G. r. Ruddy),"
investigated the ownership Of 1915
North Carolina avenue northeast and
found the property was listed at the
District Building in the names of
John P. and Kazel P. Kern. O'Reilly
then searched the records at the Office
of the recorder Of deeds as far back
as January /, 1926, but found no
mortgages. The report concluded that
"some idea as to when Kern bought
the home would be necessary to learn
if there were any mortgages" and
added: II will attempt to learn the
and holder"
In response to another question
from Justice Siddons, the witness
stated he had no doubts but that the
O'Reilly report was in conformity
with Days instructions.
Evening star., 1927-12-09

Aside from devising schemes to trap
the so-called "cat" burglar and the
gem robbers. whose extensive opera
tions in recent weeks have kept the
police department unusually active,
Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent,
was confronted with another puzzliny
problem today.
The fact that New Years day falls
on Sunday and the police regulations
forbid public amusement places from
operating on the Sabbath except be-
tween the hours of and II pm, has
brought up a question which Maj
Hesse admits will be difficult to solve.
If the regulations are enforced, he
Evening star., 1927-12-09

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in Buffalo and another at Windsor, On
tario. One death resulted from the
storm in New York City.
A S175.000 Curtiss Condor Army
bombing plane was torn from it's
moorings at the Buffalo airport and
completely wrecked.
Streams swollen by heavy rains Of
4S hours ago caused heavy damage in
Massachusetts, and New Hampshire
and again disrupted flood rehabilita.
ton in Vermont.
Although New York Harbor escaped
damage in the unusually high tide,
other points along the coast were seri.
ously affected. Wharves and piers
were damaged along the Jersey coast
and homes and cottages along the
Evening star., 1927-12-09
S62O,0(l) PLEDGED
FOR DRY PUBLICITY
Anti-SaIoon League Starts
Campaign for S10,000,0O0
for New Department.

With S620000 already pledged. the
Anti.SaIoon League today started
work on a campaign to raise s10.OOo.-
900 to finance for the next five years
the new department of publicity and
education headed by DR.. Ernest II.
Cherrington.
Halt a million gathered In nckels
and dimes by S. S. kresge was
pledged at the leagues convention
banquet last night. It will be avail.
able as soon as 100000 has been
raised from other sources. When
Kresge made the pledge. the guests
jumped to their feet cheering. and
before thy sat down thy sang Praise
God From Whom All Blessings Flow"
led by former Representative Up
shaws vigorous tenor.
will Seek FOrd's Aid
Mr.. Kresge not only nrcmi-e1 10
match the first 100000 raised, but
said he would use his influence with
Henry Ford to obtain pledge from
him. He. ventured the opinion that
Ford had to put out a new car be-
cause prohibition had made the aver.
age UldH 30 prosperous tiidl Lc de-
manded finer one.
Kresge's offer brought forth q
pledge of $4,000 over a five-year pe.
riod from William +. Cochran OF Eal.
timore, an anonymous pledge of
$50, 900 announced by Rev. Howard H.
Russell of Westerville, Ohio. and
$1,000 each from F. Nj. jackson of
Birmingham and Daniel c.. Roper, for.
mer commissioner of internal revenue.
Roper said he wanted part of his Con.
tribution to go to the National Won.
ans Democratic Law Enforcement
League.
The fund will be in charge of Bishop
William +. Mcdowell, who presided
at the banquet and eulogized DR..
Cherrington, who has been chosen to
carry on the leagues new work.
Bishop Mcdowell also administered
to DIR. Cherrington the full ordination
service of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
Pinch0t Fears "Iialf-Breed."
Clifford Pinchot, former Governor of
Pennsylvania, one of the speakers at
the banquet. declared that the danger
in the coming presidential campaign
is not that an acknowledged wet viii
be elected. but that "some enforce.
ment half-breed. who talks dry enough
to satisfy the drys and wet enough to
satisfy the VETS" may be chosen. r
The convention closed today with
workers conference at the Mayflower.
Evening star., 1927-12-09
AMUNDSEN RESIGNS POST
OF HONOR DUE TO INSULT
Explorer Retires From Royal Geo
graphical Society Following Diff
fculty With Lord Curzon.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, December Capt. Road
Amundsen, noted explorer, has re-
signed his honorary corresponding
membership in the Royal Geographical
Society.
magazine, Geographical Journal, fol-
lows correspondence between the So
ciety and Capt. Amundsen regarding
his allegation in an American maya
zine that he was grossly insulted' by
the late Lord CurZon at a society din
ner in London.
Capt. Amundsen refused to with
draw his statement, the journal says,
and the resignation followed.