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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07
9TH OF JULY TO
Be CELEBRATED
FIlTINGLY HERE
independence Celebration
To Be Backed by C. of
C. Members

Plans to celebrate the Fourth of July
in Douglas in true American style, with
fireworks and other features of the
day on which America declared her
independence of Great Britain, were
made last night by officers and mem
bers of the Douglas Chamber of Com
merce and Mines. The meeting last
night was called partly to name com
nittees for various phases of the cham
GER work for the coming year
A poll of the various members of
the chamber recently was completed by
the chamber secretary as to whether
should not back a Fourth of July cele-
oration here. Results announced last
night were rs for the celebration, %
against it and 8 neutral.
Accordingly a motion was made and
carried that the chamoer take such
steps as are deemed advisable to assist
in staging proper celebration here.
1t was stated in the motion, however,
that no eXtravagant sum be expended
for the celebration.
James Logic was appointed by Geo.
E. Jackson, chamber president as
chairman of a committee to raise funds
for carrying on the celebration in the
proper manner It was stated that
when this committee has reported the
amount it has raised for this purpose,
that the entertainment committee
headed by C.. C.. Mcbride, will then
make detailed plans for expenditures
for fireworks and other entertainment
features for the day and evening.
Last year the Tenth street park was
used as the gathering place for the
crowd to hear the reading of the
Declaration of independence and for
other features of the entertainment
Those in charge of the ARRANGEMENTS
were not ready last night to state the
nature of the entertainment that will
De devised for this year. 1t was said
however, that it would be in keeping
with the spirit of the day and would be
staged as to do credit to Douglas as
q celebration of the greatest day in
American history.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07
FARMERS FLEE
new FLOOD I'm
ARK. BOTTOMS
Four Largest Rivers In
State Have Risen To
Dangerous Stages

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, June lP>-
Farmers and their wives, busy re-
hahilitating their homes after the re-
cent flood. have been forced to lay
aside the ploW ard cook apron again
ar4t, flee before the new high waters
i'll eastern Arkansas.
But recently returned from refu-
gee camps, where they spent several
precious spring weeks while their
farm lands were under water, sou fam
lilies in Crittenden county have had
to leave. 1t was estimated that be-
tween $1,000 and 10000 persons in
the eastern part of the state will be
homeless again soon.
Secretary Of Commerce Hoover and
party OF relief officials decided to-
day tC extend their visit here until
tomorrow because Of the new threat.
They came to discuss rehabilitation
and remained to consider relief prob
lens.
Arkansas four largest rivers, the
Arkansas, White, Black and st.
Francis, have risen to dangerous
stages. Heavy rains have been fall
ing for several days.
NEW ORLEANS, June lE9-The
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07
CHAMBERLIN's FORMER PARTNER
CRITICIZES TRIP NAVIGATION


CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 6 o.
Lloyd Bertaud, Cleveland air mail
pilot, who was once scheduled 10
make the rans-Atlantic flight
with Clarence Chamberlin, in
formal statement here tonight de-
(cIared that ethe sloppy navigation
of the ChamberIin- Levine flight to
Germany has done more to point
out to the public the really jex-
ceIIent job Captain Lindbergh did
than anything else could have
done"
Bertaud declared he was not
"sOre'' because of his differences
with Charles Levine, sponsor OF the
flight, which prevented his making
the trip.
The air mail pilot declared "the
fact they went a few hundred miles
farther than Lindbergh does not
mean much of anything. And
whereas Lindbergh did splendid
Job of navigating, they wobbled all
over Europe"
Bertaud said when Lindbergh
landed in Paris ne gave up all
plans for trans Atlantic flight.
He believed the flight should have
been delayed until Lindbergh re-
turned to America and received
the plaudits Of the American
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07
COOLIDGE NAMES
DELEGATION TO
PARLEY
Hugh S. Gibson Appointed
Chairman to, Three Power
Conference

WASHINGTON June R-Per-
sonnel of the American delegation
to the three power naval arms lirnita-
ton conference which will open at
Geneva on June 20, was formally
announced today at the White House.
Hugh S. Gibson, Ambassador to
Belgium, who represented the United
States at the league of nations pre-
paratory disarmament conferences at
Geneva, headed the delegation as
chairman The only other delegate
is Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones, of
the general board Of the navy. They
will be supported by a staff of diplo-
matte and consular officials abroad
representing the state department and
by 9, group of naval officers on be-
half of the navy department.
Mr.. Gibson and Admiral Jones
sailed from New York on Friday.
The White House announcement to-
day served to dispel reports here that
Ambassador Gibson might not head
the delegation and that some one
not connected with official life might
be given the Craftsmanship. 1t
quieted also the belief in some quar-
tiers that Secretary Kellogg himself
might make the trip to Geneva to
place this ccuntry's desire for naval
limitation before the British and
Japanese delegates.
The state departments staff of adj
visors will include Allen w. Dulles,
former head of the near eastern
division of the department, who was
a member of this country's repre-
sentation at early disarmament con-
ferences in Geneva.
Hugh r. Wilson, American minis
ter to Switzerland, has been deslg-
mated in agreement with the British
and Japanese governments as secre-
tary-general of the conference.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07
FIRST KIDNAPPING IN AIRPLANE,
TURNS OUT TO BE ONLY Al LARK

LOS ANGELES, June 6
County deputy sheriffs late today
were still Srying to reconcile
varying declarations of Miss
Noreen Burke, pretty young San
Diego society girl, and Charles
LajOtte, her aviator suitOr, to
decide whether California exper-
fenced its first airpIane kidnapping.
Miss Burke was lured into La
jOtte's airpIane at Ryan field,
San Diego, yesterday afternoon
on the alleged pretext of being
given a ride with another pas
senger, DIR. John Steen. LaiOtte
asked the latter to get out to
inspect the tail of the plane and
then he shot into the air with
his sweetheart captive.
A frantic search by her rela-
tives, in which aisplanes today
secured the deserts and wooded
hills of Imperial and San Diego
counties was ended just before
noon when LajOtte landed at
Rogers airport here. Officials
of the airport said that Miss
Burke seemed to be much enraged
with her aviator trickster when
she climbed out of the plane and
was greeted by a brother -in-Iaw
and two sheriff's deputies. She
had been taken and detained
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07
WAR LORDS N
WOULD
BAR SOV|ETS
Three Powerful Military
Leaders Want Peace
Without Communism
TIRED OF WAR
Northern Army and South
ern MOderates NegOtia-
tiOns Promising

PEKING4, June 6 tP0.-Definite nego-
tiations for peace between north and
south China and the establishment of
an alliance of three of the most pow
erful military leaders in China, with
The definite exclusion of communism,
are now going on, said a spokesman for
Marshal Chang Tso-Lin, Manchurian
war lord, today.
He declared that the leaders nego-
tiating this compromise were Chang
Tso-Lin, generalisSimo of the northern
alliance; General Chang Kai-Shek,
generaliSSirno Of the NanlSing moderate
nationalists, and General Yen Hsi-
Shan, governor of the province of
Shansi WHICH is looked upon as the
key position in the present struggle
between the north and the south.
It was Chang Kai-Shek who took
the initiative in the negotiations, said
the spokesman. Chang Tso-Lin wanted
first to make sure that Chang Kai-
Shek was not follower of Lenine and
communism, the spokesman continued,
and then admitted he was anxious to
come to terms with the real followers
of the late DR.. Sun Vat Sen, the
Chinese republican leader, whose prin-
ciples Chang Tso-Lin declared he had
never opposed.
While withdrawing to the north of
the Yellow river in order to demon
strate his desire for peace, Chang Tso-
Lin, it was stated, made certain pro-
poSals to the Marking generalissimo in
order to determine whether compro-
mise between the ManchuIians and the
natlonalistS was really possible Real
1zlng that the country was tired of
war, Chang Tso-Lin was represented as
ready to make any concession for the
sake of peace with, the exception of
accepting bolshevism.
Chang Tso-Lin, it was stated, has de-
clared that he will make no conlpro-
mise with communism and that a
definite line will be drawn between the
moderates of the Kuomintang (nation-
alist political organization) and the
radicals whose headquarters are at
Hankow. Shang Tso-Lin, the spokes-
man said, will insist upon expulsion of
Michael Borodin and others of the
Russian advisers of the nationalist gov
ernment at Hankow. A definite line
will be drawn by the Manchurian
leader between moderates and radicals,
it was stated, SO that he will know
exactly with whom he is dealing.
In the event of a successful termina-
ton OF the present negotiations, Chang
Tso-Lins next step, the spokesman
asserted, will be to declare his willing
ness to hand over political questions to
a peoples conference. In this connec-
ton, it was added, the marshal "be-
lieved that the military crisis was be-
coming political, successful solution
depending upon Chang Kai-Shek's
decision regarding the proffered alli-
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07
U. S. OFFICIALS
PRAISE FLIGHT
OF CHAMDERLIN
President Coolidge Cables
Congratulations On Trip
TO Germany

I, WASHINGTON June 6 R-Tm-
mersed as it is in the plans for
a thunderous welcome here to Charles
A. Lindhergh, official washington was
prompt today to praise the feat of
Clarence Chamberlin in plotting his
Bellanca plane from New York to
che interior of Germany without q
stop
Chanlberlin's accomplishment lacked
the spectacular, as compared with
the solitary hop across the Atlantic
by Lindbergh, but aviation experts
were unanimous in declaring it would
give tremendous impetus to the de-
velopment Of trans Atlantic CONNER
cial flying.
It was noted that he kept his
machine in the air for AZ hours,
travelling a distance of 1905 miles
before landing, and this with pas.
senger. Officials connected with
aviation matters pointed to this as a
powerful argument for the efficiency
and stability Of the modern airplane
motor. iA
President Coolidge was among the
first to cable his congratulations to
Chamberlin. Mr.. Coolidge described
the flight as wonderful feat"
which set a new nonstop record in
the conquest of the air."
Secretary Kellogg, Secretary Will
bur, Postmaster General New, Secre-
tary Davis of the war department and
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07

against my will' the officials said
Miss Burke declare Indignantly.
airport expecting to take LaiOtte
The deputies had gone to the
into custody on kidnapping charges,
but an hour later, in their office,
Miss Burke forgot hers indigna-
ton. She told the officers she
and LajOtte had been sweet
hearts for years, and had
Simply gone for a plane ride"
The aviator denied that he had
kidnapped her to carry out o reported
threat that if he lever got her into
my plane alone she will marry me
OF we'll die together"
The deputies decided that the
"elopement," if such it was,' had not
any law, and released the
couple.
Later Miss Burke arranged to re-
turn to San Diego alone on the first
train. Lajotte indicated he would
remain here.
Ellwood Lloyd, the aviators friend
and owner of the kidnapping airplane,
Lajotte's story that the
couple spent last night at the Lloyd
home at Twenty-Five Palms, a resort
oasis on the Colorado desert east of
the coast mountain range. But
Lloyd also said that the young society
Continued on Page EighD
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07
Colonel Lir,dbergh Is
Awarded Additional
Honors In Capital

WASHINGTON June : G.9-hddi-
tiQnal high hol2ors were heaped today
upoE Charles A. Lindbergh as he
moved across the Atlantic ocean on
the cruiser Memphis, honlewarc bound
after. his epochal flight from New
York to PARIS.
The Smithsonian Institution award
ed hir0 the coveted Langley medal
which is in the 19 years since its
establishment has been given to only
four others, Orville and Wilbur
Wright, Glenn Fl. Curtis ard Gus
tave kiffel, Frenchnan. Lind
berghs citation reads:
For his magnificent nonstop
flight from New York to Paris"
Governor. Baker. of Missouri, an
nounced the promotion OF the flying
hero from the rank Of Captain to
that of Colonel in the Missouri ma
tlonal guard flying service.
The navy decided to honor the
J young airnan further by sending far
to sea to greet him the giant dirigible
Los Angeles manned by Lieut.. COM
mander Charles E. Rosendahl and
other heroes of the airsllip Silen-
andoaE disaster, and have her ac-
pany the Memphis to the Virgins.
capes and on to Washington, where
she is to deck at noon Saturday.
Down the Potomac. Lipdbergh will
be greeted from the air by Two OF his
"buddies" of the air mail service,
Shirley j. Short, holder OF the Har1
mon trophy, and Harry G.. Smith, an
other of the crack fliers of the air
mail. They will fly with the huge
convoy of army and navy planes
which will accompany the Memphis
up the river.
Carrying forward its plans Tor the
entertainment OF the distinguished
young American, the serni-ofticial re-
ception committee decided today that
during his triumphal journey over
historic Pennsylvania avenue, Col
0nel Lindbergh will have With rim in
lhe automobile only John Hays Ham
1aond. chairman of the committee.
MI. Hammond will accompany the
aviator up the steps to the presidents
stand at the Washington monument
grounds and present him to President
Coolidge The committee chairman
bIlGH WILL 1GIhIC, 1C-iNAA1S E49Ay OA'S
president and the he-C OF the New
York-to- Paris hop atop tie towering
platform in the full view Of perhaps
100000 people.
BESIDES the reception committee and
the District of Columbia commits
sioners, The governing body OF Wash
ington, Lindbergh will be met at the
navy yaNd by the cabinet committee
OF three, Postmaster General New
and Secretaries Dwight Davis and
Wilbur.
President Coolidge is expected to
send a White House automobile, bear
ing the seal OF the federal govern
ment, to the presidents wharf Tor
use by Colonel Lindbergh. A similar
car also probably will be placed at
the disposal of Mrs. Evangeline L.
I.indbergh, mother OF the tlicr, when
sne arrives in Washington early Sat-
llrday morning from her home III
Detroit, she will go direct from the
Union station to the temporary White
house on Du Pont Circle
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07
CHECK GIVEN.
WIFE To TAKE
TO HUSBAND
Wives of Bellanca Plane
Pilots Take First Boat
To Germany
FUEL GAVE OUT
Germans Warmly Welcome
AviatOrs In Record
Breaking Flight

NEW YORK, June f49 - Mrs.
Vida Chanberlin, wife OF the pilo5
OF the Bellanca monopha1e Column.
bia, was. given check for $4,000
today to carry 20 her husband in
Germany. Mrs. Grace Levine, wife
&C the financial Dacker OF the flight
and passenger-relief- pilot navigator,
was given a gold watch to take to
her husband.
After ceremonies in the Brooklyn
Borough hall at which the presenta-
lions were made by the Brooklyn
Chamber of Commerce OF which
Levine is a member, the tliers' wives
left for their homes to prepare to
sail at midnight to rejoin their hus-
bands.
The journey that took Clarence D.
Chambcriin and Charles A. neyIne
less than two days will take the
wives ten days. They chose the iirst
ship sailing after success of the flight
was established, the Berlin Oh the
North German Lloyd line, which will
arrive in Bremen on June II.
The Brooklyn Chamber OF Com
Ilerce offered prize OF $4,000 this
spring if the Bellanca monCplane
was the first to Paris. When Charles
Lindbergh got to Paris first, the Of
fer was withdrawn, but Ralph Jonas.
president of the chamber, tnen OF
fered $4,000 if the Bellanca should be
the second to make the "trip. But
when it was learned that Chamberlin
and Levine had beaten Litldbcrgh's
distance record that amount was
again raised to $4,000.
All the money goes to Chanberlin
since Levine hal stipulated before
leaving that he was not tC receive
any part Of the prize.
The morning and early afternoon
passed without either wife hearing
directly from ner husband but neither
showed, any concern over this. We
would much rather have them sleep.
MRS. Chamherlin said, speaking both
for herself and Mrs Levine. They
need it, and will cable when they
wake up
The long wordless wait, however.
was broken when Mrs. Chamnerlin
returned from the Brooklyn ceremon- :
les and was handed radiogram at
her hotel The message, from her
husband, had been filed at Kcttbus,
Germany, at 7 o'clock p. m, German
time and read: Same in Germany.
Love. Clarence
Prior to the Brooklyn ceremonies
Mrs. Chanberlin and Mrs. Levine
slept ins the morning for the first
time since their husbands took or
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07
PRINCE OF NACO
WILL BE LAID AT
REST TUESDAY

BISBEE, June G 4Pl--Funeral serv-
ices for Sarkis Jose Do'ninque2,
pioneer business man OF this vicinity,
and popularity known tc thousands OF
border visitors as The Prince OF
Naco," will be held in Naco, tonor-
row afternoon, it was announced here
today on the arrival OF brother
from Miami, Fla.
Mr.. Dominquez, who was an non-
orary member Of the Arizona Press
club ard the San Diego Chamber OF
Commerce was killed when an auto
mobile driven by NJ Wehy, Tucson
merchant, overturned near Benson
last Wednesday, Wehy was severely
injured in the accident.
Temporary interment will be made
in Naco. Later the body will be taken
to the deceased former nome IN
Assvria, it was stated today by rela>
tives.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07
COUPLE MOTOR VICTIMS

PHOENIX, Ariz., June P--Rob-
ert Coats, 48, and Rose Coats, Al,
his wife, whose bodies were found
in an irrigation ditch Saturday night
and Sunday morning, respectively,
came to their death as the result of
an automobile accident, in the words
of a coroners jury today. An in
quest over the remains was con-
Quoted at Buckeye by E. j. Hendren,
justice of the peace and ex-officio
coroner of that precinct.
Goats and his wife left Phoenix
Saturday afternoon for their home
in California, after spending a vaca-
ton with relatives here.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07
RECORD QUAKE sHoCKs

WASHINGTON, June tP)-Rather
severe earth shocks were recorded to-
day by the Georgetown university
;eisnograph. Beginning at 2;43 p.
r., they reached a maximum be-
,ween $50 and 235, and continued
mere than two hours and a nall
Director Tondorf estimated the dis
tance at $500 miles frcm Washington
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07

people.
'It would have been better for
aviation - better spOrtsmanshlp'
better for all concerned. Lindbersh
was entitled to all the glory" ne
said. He called attention to the
sportsmanlike manner in which
Commander Richard Tyrd gave up
his plans for trsns- Atlantic
flight.
II believe ChamberIin's flight is
great accomplishment, though
unfortunate because it was made at
this particular time,' Bertaud said.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07
CONSTRUE TARIFF LAW

IASHINGTON Jun 6 QP)-Consti-
tutionality of the flexible provisions
of the tariff law under which the
president is authorized to raise or
lower duties which were challenged
by j. w. Hampton, Ja., & Company
of New York, will be passed upon
by the supreme court it was an
nounced today.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07
CHINESE MOVE AGAINST BOLSHEVIJM
Brooklyn c. of Gives Chanberlir SIS, 900
Western Union Will
Give Special Rates
On Lindbergh Wires

Messages of welcome to Capt.
Charles Lindbergh will be ac-
cepted by the Western Union at
special rates and a variety of
of messages has been prepared
by the Western Union for the
convenience of the many people
who are expected to employ this
method of welcoming the in
trepid flier home, j. l.. Buckley,
Western Union manager here,
announced yesterday.
Messages will be delivered on
blanks specially decorated for
the occasion. They may be filed
at any time prior to the date of
Captain Lindbergh's arrival in
Washington on June II. The
largest file of congratulatory
messages ever filed is expected.
Buckley suggests that messages
be filed early to avoid conges-
ton.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
COSMOPOLITAN CLUBS
FORM Federation
Capital District Organization Com
prises Units in Washington,
Maryland and Virginia.

A federation of the cosmopolitan
clubs of the Capital district was
formed at luncheon meeting yester-
day at the Occidental Hotel
The new federation district COM
prises clubs in the District of
Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.
Delegates from Baltimore, Norfolk,
Richmond and this city gathered at
the call of Cleaton E. Robey of Nor
folk, international president and past
president of the Norfolk club.
After outlining the purpose of the
meeting, Mr.. Rohey turned the chair
manship over to Philip Buettner of
this city. first president of the Wash
ington club.
Mr.. Buettner was elected governor
of the federation by reclamation, but
declined to take the Office, as he
already holds the position of regional
director. The delegates finally elected
officers as follows: James J. Fulton of
Baltimore, governor: Roy W. Dudley
OF Norfolk. lieutenant governor:
George C. Rianhard of Richmond,
secretary; Paul Davis of this city,
treasurer; Feco Shepherd cs Rich
mond, sergeant at arms, and the
executive committee: Gordon Bannette
of this city, William p. Mason of
Norfolk. and William Stockhausen of
Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
MASONIC LODGES
PLAN GALA AFFAIR
Men and Women Will Stage
Big Field Day for Base
Ball Game.

The most elaborate field day ever
held by the local Masonic and Eastern
Star fraternities will precede the an
nual base ball classic between the
Shrine and Grotto teams al the Ameri-
can League Park Saturday. June -.
Proceeds will be used to pay off the
Indebtedness on the children'S build
ing at the Masonic and Eastern Star
Home.
The program includes community
singing. solos and quartets; band CON
certs. an address by Gratz +. Dun
KUN. grand master of Masons of the
District of Columbia; burlesque
chariot race, boxing match and auto
mobile race and drills by the teams
representing Almas Temple, the
Grotto. De Molay, Eastern star and
Jobs Daughters. Several selections
will he rendered by the Mohawk Quar-
tet.
The base ball teams will be managed
by MesSrs. Walker and Jones, both of
whom report their respective teams
greatly strengthened over last year
Clowns from the Order of De Molay
will prove an extra attraction for the
youngsters.
The general committee in charge Is
under the supervision of Joseph T. *.
Plant. worshipful master of Theodore
Roosevelt Lodge, as general chairman;
Arvine E,bersole, worshipfUl master of
Albert Pike Lodge. as secretary-treas-
urer, and Mrs. Rose Hartung, worthy
matron of Areme Chapter of the East.
ern Star, rs chairman of the matrons'
committee.
The officers of the Grand Lodge and
of the Grand Chapter of the Order of
the Eastern Star will attend in a body