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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-28
JAILED
ON CHARGE OF
SHOOTING MAN

A colored woman giving the name
of A. L. Torrence was arrested at
midnight last night at local hotel
on charge of shooting Private Wiki
inson of Company A, Twenty Fifth
infantry. The man was shot in the
arm and is not believed to be SER
iously wounded. A colored man be-
lieved to be Private Robinson of
Company A of the Twenty Fifth was
Jailed at the same time on q charge
of disturbing the peace and being
intoxicated.
Night Patrolman Pollard led the
riot squad and for some time had
the field all to himself. The police
report indicates that the officer
had some trouble in subduing Robin
son and arresting him. A pistol was
taken from the woman. The report
shows that some damage was done to
door of the hotel.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-28
OAKLAND GIRL,
IL, KIDNAPPED
BY EX-CONV[CT

OAKLAND, Cal, Dec. a27 .(R)-police
here tonight were hunting Robert n,
McClelland, 81 paroled convict. with
a warrant charging him with kid
mapping IL year old Evelyn Smith,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. FRANK M.
Smith, of Oakland.
The Smiths said McClelland took
the girl from home Christmas on
the pretense that his mother, whom
he described as wealthy Pasadena
woman, wanted to adopt the child
and would give Evelyn's father en-
ployment as a watchman. Pasadena
police branded McClelland's story as
a hoax.
McClellal1d gave Smith a SIPS check
as a months advance pay, but police
said checks with which the .ex-
convict had paid his rent and g.
small bill had been returned by the
bank marked insufficient funds. The
Smiths delayed presenting their
check.
McClelland met the Smiths Christ
mas eve when he went to their home
with Seth Cushman. OF Oakland, to
deliver a basket of food furnished
by Cushman's mother. Cushman and
McClelland had been working for the
same contractor, and had become
acquainted on the job.
When the eX-convict returned next
day with the statement that his
mother would provide employment
for Smith, who had been ILL., and
took the children to a drug store
and bought them Christmas presents,
the family decided that a chance had
come to improve their poverty strick.
en- condition. They agreed that the
small daughter should visit their sup
posed benefactor in Pasadena, and
Mrs. Smith said NIcClelland took the
girl away in an automobile between
2 and 3 p. m.
Although Pasadena police we're un-
able to locate NIcClelland's erich
mother, they did find his wife, Mrs.
Josephine McClelland, who works as
a domestic servant at the home OF
her mother, Mrs A. M Chavez, in
Pasadena. Mrs McClelland, mother
of two sons, aged two and three
years, respectively, said she was suing
for divorce
Pasadena police notified authorities
here that they would quiz Mrs Nc
Clelland further. She denied Knowl-,
edge of her husbands plan to take
the Smith child south, saying that
he was in Oakland when she last
heard of him.
Police. said NcClelland was sent to
Folsom prison from TuIare county
in October, 1925, and that he had
previously served a term in the u. S
marine disciplinary barracks on Pariss
Island, South Carolina.
Mrs. Smith positively Identified his
picture in the Oakland rogue'S gall I
lery, and sWore out warrant charg- |
ing him with child stealing.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-28
OKLA. SENATE
WILL SIT TODAY
ON IMPEACHMENT

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Dec 81
H9-A temporary injunction against a
meeting of the Oklahoma elf-conven-
cd senate to act on Impeachment
charges against Governor Henry S
Johnston, was granted the executive in
district court here tonight. The in
junction is returnable January 3.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Dec. q
P--MemberS of Oklahoma's self-con-
stituted senate impeachment court
were gathering tonight, intent on try
ing Governor Henry S. Johnston, Chief
Justice Fred P. Branson of the state
supreme court, and Harry B. Cordell
president of the state board of agri-
culture. Impeachment bills were
voted against the officials by the house
Of Representatives two weeks ago.
Governor Johnston, who called out
national guardsmen in an effort to
prevent the investigating session of the
house because he contended the ses-
sion was illegal, would not say tonight
whether he would attempt to block the
meeting of the senate tomorrow. Nor
would he reveal whether he would ap-
pear before that body to answer the
seven Impeachment charges made
against him.
A previous meeting of the senate, at
which it voted to receive the charges
from the house, was not interferred
with by the executive
Governor Johnston is armed with a
permanent injunction issued by the
Ii
bers OF the house from convening, but
attorneys for his political opponents
contend the order does not extend to
the senate.
Mr.. Cordell today announced his in
tention of appearing before the senate
court and answering the charge against
him. Formerly member of the SEN
ate, he holds it has legally convened
itself and has jurisdiction to try him.
Chief Justice Branson is the author
of the supreme courts opinion hold
ing the self-called session illegal, and
with all other justices of the court has
refused to sit as presiding judge in
the governors trial
Renewal of hostilities in the legisla-
tive war, dormant for several days dur
ing the Christmas season, was started
last night when Governor Johnston
spoke for more than two hours to a
mass meeting here and a radio audi
ence, defending his administration. He
was cut off by the broadcasting station
before his speech was concluded and
the microphone was turned over to
E. P. Hill, speaker of
the innpac1Inent session
House members will not attempt to
meet formally tomorrow, it was said
by Mr.. Hill, who predicted that a
quorum of members would be in the
capitol.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-28
Wins 81
DAY FIGHT FOR
LIFE OF Girl.

OCONTO, Nebr, Dec 27, (R-
Death won in a 37-day fight for the
life of Alma OVergard today after
her courage y and artificial respira-
ton had enabled the 16-year-old high
school girl to live from November
20, when infantile paralysis had vir,.
tually ended her natural breathing.
During the long hours that her
arms were raised and lowered by
friends and relatives to force air into
her lungs, the girl was happy and
cheerful and insisted she would re-
cover. On Christmas Eve, when her
mothter and fathter seemed somewhat
depressed by her condition, Alma
promised them she would recover and
added she was eager for the happi-
ness of Christmas day
I'm happy, but gee! I'm bother .
was her Christmas welcome, but
during the day her condition was
not so satisfactory and her physi-
clan, noting congestion of her
lungs, said death was only a matter
of time
Late Christmas day she complain
ed of pain, but added it was only
because she was somewhat tired
after having her arms lifted and
lowered for SO long a time Even af-
ter her physician had abandoned all
hope, the girls courage and will to
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-28
WASHINGTON
(Continued from page onel

bergh flew to Mexico City to Join
her son for the Christmas holiday.
The action of the Mexican president
came as a complete surprise not only
to the state department but to the
Mexican embassy here. No authorized
comment on the significance OF the
proposed amendments to Mexican oil
laws that have been the main bone
of diplomatic contention between the
two governments for the last two
years was available either at the de-
partment or the embassy.
The fact, however, that President
Gales has seen fit to take prompt
measures for bringing those laws into
conformity with the court ruling that
the cancellation of drilling permits
in the Mexican petroleum case was
unconstitutional, obviously has further
relieved tension. Presumably, ii the
Mexican congress completed the en-
actment OF the administration amend
mentS, it will mean that at least
the remaining drilling permit cases
before the supreme court and in
volving American oil companies will
fall to the ground OF their own
WCAe74AO.sl7l LII G11C O1 HlEClt q
legislative treatment of the problein
four additional similar decisions by
the court would have been necessary
to establish a precedent OF non
constitutionality in regard to the
sections of the oil laws involved.
Whether the language either of the
decision in the Mexican petroleum
case or of the proposed amendments
is broad enough to solve the whole
controversy over attempted retroactive
application of the Mexican doctrine
of naturalization of natural resources,
no official in Washington cared to
say. The written text OF the court
decision has not been received either
by the state department or the en-
bassy, although it is understood 20
have been signed and probably to
have prompted President Gales move
to amend the laws.
In connection with the easement
of the arms embargo, it was said at
the White House that the state
department was exploring the whole
questions The department arnplified
this with a statement that there
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-28
MURDER FIEND
(Continued from Page Onel

the jail and safety, Hickman a1l-
swered the questions of the booking
officer lin gasps, and then was led
/ to cell No. L, where a special guard
was to be maintained constantly TO
prevent any attempt at suicide or
escape.
An hour and a half later the con-
fessed kidnapper- r-murderer briefly
faced the bar Of Justice, where
milling crowd gathered in such pro-
portions that the district attorney
had difficulty making his entry Al
though whitened of face and with
dark eyes flashing here and there,
never looking directly upon the
courtroom crowd, Hickman outwardly
| did not appear nervous. The clear
ness and precision with which he, am
swered the courts questions as to
his name brought an audible gasp
from the spectators.
On the motion of District Attorney
Asa Keyes that Hickman's arraign-
ment be put over until Thursday to
give a defending attorney from
Kansas City time to arrive here, the
court readily ordered the delay.
The youthful murderer was re-
turned to his cell, where he threw
himself upon his cot and Slept
soundly for nearly an hour. He was
awakened to be informed that ne
was TO be taken to the Identification
bureau in the jail for finger printing.
Then he collapsed, and was in
complete faint for several minutes.
When he was revived he showed
little effects as he was escorted to
the identification bureau.
Members of the district attorneys
office tonight said they would not be
surprised if Hickman pleaded not
guilty when arraigned Thursday.
Hickman denied, however, that he
would do so.
"Even if that lawyer engaged by my
mother tells me to plead not guilty,
will refuse to do it," he said. II said
I'm going to plead guilty and mean
it. The officers have my story all
down in writing, anyway-and / signed
it. / told everything know. l can't
see where that Kansas City lawyer
will be much help now"
Hickman said he anticipated "fair
treatment" in Los AngeleS-the home
of his crime.
"But all I expected to have was the
public defender" he continued. Il,
don't want my trial to be too speedy
All I ask for is fair treatment and I'm
getting that"
Reports that the youth had been
intimidated or beaten into confessing
were denied by him.
Everybody treated me squarely,' he
said 81 have no cause to complain"
He reiterated previously expressed
desire to meet Perry M. Parker, the
father of his small victim, face to face.
eff Mr. Parker wants to see me and
talk with me, I'll see him and talk
with him." he said. "I have nothing
to hide. I will tell him everything in
detail-just as told it in my confess
sion"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-28
LIDDEL.L MOVES
UP, HORTON ALSO
in P. D. SERVICE

Official announcement was made
at the general offices Of the Phelps
Dodge corporation in Douglas yes
terday by P G.. Beckett, general
manager of the Phelps Dodge cor
poration of two promotions in the
service of the corporation that will
come to those promoted as a bit of
Christmas and New Years favor. One
concerns the management of the
MoctezUma Copper company and the
other the management of the Phelps
Dodge Mercantile company. The an
nouncements were as follows:
Effective this date, Mr.. A. w. Lid
dell, Assistant General Manager
Phelps Dodge Mercantile Company is
appointed General Manager of Phelps
Dodge Mercantile company.
Effective this date, Mr. H. Fl.
Horton, Assistant Manager, Moe
tezuma Copper Company, is appoint
ed Manager of Moctezuma Copper
company"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-28
HICKMAN WOULD
QUICKLY FORGET
MURDER If FREE

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27 (P) = He
wanted to be a minister, to play a
trombone and to see drama on the
stage.
Instead, William Edward Hickman is
the confessed perpetrator of an atroc-
ious crine-the Staying of little Marian
Parker-that brought down upon him
hatred and inflicted tragedy on a hap
py home.
The youths ambition to be min
lister and his desire to learn to play a
stolen $3.50 trombone both are detailed
in his conversations with Los Angeles
officials and newspaper reporters
while en- route here from Pendleton,
Ore, the place of his capture
After he had been visited by min
lister in the Pendleton Jail, according
to officers, he later tore up the Bible
which the clergyman left with him.
''It was a piece of acting" he said.
Last summer, he said, while engaged
in a series of holdups, he drove up to a
music store in San Francisco and Sc
lected trombone, priced $3.50. He
told a clerk to come with him to get
his fathers check and safely out OF
the store pressed pistol to the clerks
side and told him to return to the
store. His ambition to play the from
bone waned.
"Later I broke up the trombone.
Just got mad and crushed it-then
threw it away in Elysian park"
Elysian park is the spot. where he
also threw away parts of the slain
school girls body.
"Say; Cap, what do you think I'll
get?" he asked a reporter, glancing
quickly from beneath his bushy eye
brows.
'What do you think you deserve?"
was the reporters answer.
"Well, / don't know" he said. II
sort of was hoping might get life.
Either that or the other. That's all l
can get"
Aren't you afraid of lifelong years
with thoughts about that little girl and
how she died?" he was asked.
mo-" the answer came quickly
"Thoughts would not bother me. /
never think about such things. If /
we're free, I'd soon forget it,
Hickman said he never read much.
"I like to go to picture shows" he
said. '.SaW one almost every day. Like
to see pictures with women in them,
Like to look at pretty women. Also I
like plays, dramas, and used to go
and see them all the time"
Hickman uses perfume. His over
coat, despite thousands of miles of open
road driving, still smells of perfume.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-28
CAV. REGIMENTS
BY
ORDER OF DEPT

WASHINGTON Dec. 27 R-AH
regular army cavalry regiments win
be reorganized to increase by one
third the machine gun and rifle
fire power of the mounted units, it
was announced today by the war
department. The order will become
effective February l. Mounted reg1-,
ments will be changed as the 18th
recently was regrouped in a test Of
the new theory.
The order provides each cavalry
regiment with a machine gun troop
and abolisles the present brigade
machine gun squadrons and service
troops. Each machine gun troop will
be equipped with eight instead OF
four guns now assigned to each
machine gun squadron.
The order also calls for assignment
to cavalry regiments for the first
time OF motorized transport vehicles.
Each regiment is allotted three motor
trucks and three cross country cars
and the number of horse drawn escort
wagons is reduced from 81 to ID and
the number Of spring wagons from
twelve to six
The cavalry has two machine gun
brigade squadrons and one machine
gun troop, the latter part of the
Philippine scouts. The first squadron
at Fort Clark, Texas, and the second
at Fort Bliss, Texas. AS compared
TIC the present total Of eight machine
gun troops of four guns each, the
new organization provides for ia
machine gun troops of eight guns
each.
One troop OF the first machine
gun squadron will be attached to the
fifth cavalry at Fort Clark, one goes
to the first cavalry, Camp Maria,
Texas, another to the 18th cavalry
at Fort Brown, Texas, while the
squadron headquarters will be alb
sorbed into the first cavalry division
In breaking up the second machine
gun squadron, one troop goes to the
seventh cavalry and another to the
eighth cavalry at Fort Bliss and one
to the 10th cavalry at Fort Huachuca,
Arizona. The machine gun troop in
the Philippines will become part oil
the 26th cavalry.
To provide the other necessary
machine gun troops, troop g or g
in each regiment will be converted
into machine gun force.
A similar reorganization OF national
guard cavalry is anticipated by war
department officials.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-28
FIRE DESTROYS ARMY
WAREHOUSE in CAPITAL

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27, GA fire,
thought by army officials to have
started from defective wiring or an
overheated hot water heating sys-
tenl,. did damage estimated at slight
ly elss than half Of a million doll
lars today at Boiling field. The blaze
was confined to the air corps and
quartermaster warehouse, where
SIS 5,00OG0O worth Of service uniforms
and airplane parts were stored. No
planes were in the warehouse.
The goods destroyed were mostly
ouartermaster supplies, including
ufluifornls for $50 men, airplane
wings, motors, tail surfaces and
other parts.
A board of inquiry was appointed
to investigate the fire.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-28
SUCCESS FORECAST
FOR POULTRY SHOW
AT TUCSON, JAN. ST

TUCSON, Dec. 27.-Arizona is "sit-
ting on top of the world" as an eX-
panding poultry raising. center, in the
opinion OF George G. Haws, president
of the Arizona State Poultry Fedora
ton, which is sponsoring the big ex-
position to be held here on January
5, 6 and Z.
That the poultry and trade expo
sition will be of great educational
value to Tucson and the state in
general, is stated by President HaWs
in a letter to Harry Enbleton, vice
president of the federation.
The letter follows: "Am delighted
to learn of the hearty support being
given to our poultry exposition by the
city of Tucson. 1t goes to show that
Americas billion dollar industry is
rapidly taking it's place among the
leading industries of our state. I feel
sure we shall have hearty co-opera-
ton from allied interests throughout
the state.
ARIZONA is Sitting on top of the
world as far as her poultry industry
is concerned. We produce about one
fifth of the chicks raised here. Last
month we shipped in five cars of
eggs. With the market right at our
door, and the rapid development of
our state to keep pace with, there is
room for expansion. We can leave
the worry of over production to the
next generation
Certainly such an exposition will
be a milestone marking the progress
of the industry. 1t will be of great
educational value, not only to Tucson
but the state in general"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-28
ARMED BANDITS
Continued From Page One)

ing car, bearing a stolen California
license plate, drew alongside the
cashiers machine. commanded the
cashier, Joseph M Strickling, and
the two guards to throw up their
hands and then seized the money
bag from Strickling. The robbers
sped westward in the direction OF
the Yuma road.
Three score OF police officers,
members of the Phoenix police de-
partment and deputy sheriffs, we're
Immediately put on the trail of the
bandits, who are believed to have
doubled back and remained in the
city.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-28
DESERTED CAR
STARTS SEARCH
FOR TWO PEOPLE

What is considered by local Off
GERS as one of the most unusual
cases on record was brought to light,
late yesterday when Traffic Officer
Ted Haas of the police and Deputy
Sheriff Earl Reed went east on the
RodeO road some fifteen miles to
inspect q deserted car.
The car, a Flint roadster in excel
lent condition, carried California
license. In the car was new yell
low leather hand bag in which we're
found a number of articles. The
first in point of interest was Ger
tificate of title from California show
ing that the car is OF was the pro-
perty of Flora H. Wilson.
The second remarkable thing was
that the hand bag contained only
mems clothing and an entire box
of calling cards bearing the name of
George Sheldon Barry A letter in
the hand bag was addressed to
Harry Lang of Houghton, Mich. Fur
thcr investigation disclosed that this
letter had been written by man
signing his name as George Shell
UOll DAIRY. WHY IL Wdo 14OG 1lAd446u
remains a part of the mystery. :.
Barry registered at the Gadsden,
or man using that name did, on
December %. The person checked out
on Monday evening. The supposition
is that Barry, or. the man using
that name deserted the car showing
Flora H. Wilson OF Los Angeles as
owner, on the Rodeo road. No trace
of Flora has been unearthed. Whe-
ther she was in the car when it was
left, on the road, how Barry came
to have the car and why it was
left on the road, are things yet to be
learned. Police raise question about
ownership of the hand bag and the
calling cards and the signature on
the Gadsden register.
The car was brought to the city
and stored. The wires were made
warm with advices to the bureau of
stolen cars in California and the
officers are carrying on a hasty and
careful search in hope of locating
the man who signed the name
Barry or the woman to whom the
car should belong.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-28
MISSING MAN FOUND

Search was instituted in El Paso
on Tuesday evening for j. T. NC
Farland, prominent Texas cattle
man and officers fearing foul play
wired Douglas where the man was
supposed to have gone from the
Pass city. Late in the night the
missing man, located at his own
home wired local investigators that
he was safe and would arrive here
today.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-28

would be a distinct relaxation OF re-
strictions which have prevented the
purchase and expectation to Mexico
of American aircraft It was also
disclosed that the Mexican govern
ment has had pending requests to
buy in the United States arms Or
other munitions OF an undescribed
character. Each case, it was ex-
planned, would be decided on it's own
merits
The general effect of this modifi-
cation of American policy appears to
be that while the arms embargo con-
tinues in full force. The Washington
government is preparing as a matter
of executive policy to permit the
purchase of airplanes and some other
munitions by Mexico in the United
States as was done before tension
over the oil controversy led to a
tightening up OF the embargo and
the refusal in specific cases to grant
license for expectation OF military
planes bought by the Mexican gov
eminent.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-28

recover carried her on, and she
remained conscious until short time
before her death.
Her father, Peter Overgard, and
an uncle, Edward Oyergard, remain
ed whit he ralmost constantly from
the time her lung muscles became
paralyzed until she died, and were
in state of collapse today.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-28
WOOL GROWERS TO MEET

OGDEN, Utah, Dec. 27 (H9-Directors
of the National Wool Marketing coun-
ell, which developed from a confer
encc OF wool growers called by Secre-
tary Of Agriculture Jardine last win
ter, will meet here at the time of the
National Wool Growers association
convention, January 1921.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-28
CATHOLIC WOMEN
CONTINUED from Page One)

our people that our own country
stands true in its international rela-
tions to those principles OF human
rights and human liberty which we
know to be our own salvation and
which we have always claimed to
champion before the world"
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