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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-25

four hours of effort toward verdict,
two jurors yet held out against ten
others. The courts poll then was
taken and the dinner recess granted,
after which the jury will resume.
Margaret Kelly, sister of the defend
ant, who has been an almost constant
trial spectator and comforter of her
brother, tainted in an anterOom early
this afternoon. Her collapse occurred
when the jury sent word it wished to
hear the reading of Wagners testimony
on the cause of death. She was quickly
revived and remained with her brother
throughout the afternoon.
The jury was brought into the court
room at $50 o'clock this evening to
announce they had not arrived at q
verdict. The court instructed that the
jurors should be allowed to deliberate
until they we're ready to retire for the
night He adjourned court until to-
morrow morning, saying that at 9
o'clock he would be present to receive
the verdict. He added that if they
could not agree by that hour he would
give them all the time they resired.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-25
HIGHWAY Dept.
DENIED GAS TAX
BYTREAISURER

PHOENIX, May "a R)--With the
refusal today of State Treasurer J.,
c Callagl1an to further credit the
state highway department with a
share of the three-cent gasoline tax
Arizona will probably await a legal
decision as to the proper pro-rating
of the gas tax. A question as to
the legality Of the tax was expressed
in some state departments today
when it was learned that $1,550,000
highway fund to be raised by a one
fourth share of the three-cent gas
tax had been met.
Mr.. Callaghan tooay credited the
highway department With S469.5G,
which amount completed the total
$1,550,000 appropriation as provided
by an act Of the sixth legislature,
Governor Hunt vetoed certain Sec
tions of the act, among them the
one providing for the three cent tax
the state supreme court later dis
qualified the gubernatorial veto.
When the total amount was meS
today, the state treasurer lmmedl-
ately credited the balance to what
he termed the gasoline tax suspense
account" He refused to furtne,
credit the highway department with
any part ct the gasoline tax col
lected.
James H. Kerby secretary of state,
announced that he would continue
to collect the three cents a gallon
Gasoline tax until ordered by the
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-25
Forest Highwaymen
Revived in Bohemia

BERLIN, May "a R).-The highway
men immortalized in Schiller'S drama,
"The Robbers" more than a century
ago are swooping down again on trav-
elers through the dense Bohemian for
est and collecting thousands Of dollars
in tribute.
CzeChoslovakian and German police
are trailing two separate robber gangs
who are known to have held up and
stripped more than 100 persons Of vail
uables and clothing. The bands, like
their predecessors of the middle ages,
live in caves covered by dense under
brush, where the gang mother" keeps
house and cooks the meals.
Authorities fear that the popular au-
tomobile tourist traffic through Bohe-
mia will slump if the forest is not made
safe for travellers. Two leaders of one
band have been arrested. Jan Kaspars-
chik, leader of another band, has
threatened to kill every police officer
or trooper who enters the forest before
his friends are released.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-25

mutton, caused by the domestic short
age and the increasing necessity Of
importing from abroad induced the ex-
pertinent. 1t is pointed out that rein
deer can be grown on land that is 9TH
erwise more or less unproductive and
that the cost of raising is no more than
ordinary livestock.
Hotel proprietors in the Alps plan to
use the growing reindeer to amuse their
guests in sleigh-riding and "skijoring, 4"
form of winter sport that has grown
greatly in favor recently.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-25
EXPECT SEVERAL
ARRESTS IN |. A.
OIL CO. SCANDAL

LOS ANGELES. May "a P-City
Prosecutor E. ]. Lickley tonight pre-
dicted several arrests would be made
within the next 48 hours as result
of his investigation of asserted usurious
rates of interest charged the Julian
Petroleum corporation on loan pools p
blamed for the company's muddled
finances and, indirectly, for the over
issue of nearly 100000 shares of it's
stock
The loan pool" interest has been
estimated by Lickley to total between
$4,000, 900 and 100000.
"Our investigation of the usurious
rates charged involve scores of money
lenders" said Lickley, "and while the
charge is only that of misdemeanor,
a conviction provides the basis for suits
against those convicted for the return
of three times the amount of the usury
rates charged"
The return of such a fund, he said,
would be of considerable benefit to the
stockholders.
An optimistic note for stockholders
of Julian Petroleum was given today by
the federal receivers of the corporation,
Joseph Scott and H. l.. Carnahan. They
declared their negotiations with parties
in the affair had been most successful
and that if mo toes are stubbed" the
return of funds for the protection of
stockholders would be substantial.
In the receivers investigation of the
pool" operations in the Julian tangle,
the employment of Dave H. Cannon,
former special assistant to the United
States attorney general, and E. S.
Williams, an expert on oil fraud in
vestigation, was announced.
Two Los Angeles bankers and S. c..
Lewis, who recently resigned as presi-
dent of Julian Petroleum, were the only
Jury today. G. G. Julian, who was
replaced at the head of the corporation
by Lewis is expected to return to Los
Angeles tomorrow and may make his
second appearance in the grand jury
room
Lewis announced that he would issue
a public statement tomorrow dealing
with the affairs of A. c. Wagy and
Company, Inc, brokerage concern in
which he claims a $1,000,000 interest
and which closed it's doors shortly after
trading in Julian stock was suspended.
SAN FRANCISCO, May "a &C.. G.
Julian, former head of Julian Pet
roleum, arrived here today and an
nounced that he was dissatisfied with
the way the authorities had handled
the stock scandal connected with the
company bearing his name.
''There should be Is or more in jail
by this time, and nobody has been
arrested" said Julian. "I intend to
stir things up little when get to
Los Angeles"
Julian announced plans for con-
tinuing his trip by airplane tomorrow.
The plane in which he and Russell
Boardman landed at Redding last night
arrived here today, and Julian said the
machine would be repaired in time to
continue the trip The machine nosed
over as it dropped into the Redding
landing field and broke the propeller.
Neither of the occupants was injured.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-25
TWO AVIATORS KILLED
AS PLANE COLLAPSES

SANTA MONICA, Calf, May "a
W~-Lt. Walter P. Ligon, officers re-
serve, and student pilot Ivan l..
Hall, were killed at noon today when
their airplane crashed directly in
front of the hangers at Clover field,
Eye witnesses said the wings OF the
plane collapsed when it was abouc
thousand feet up.
Both aviators lived in Los An.
geles. 1t Lyon vas 28 years OF age
and Hall was two years his senior.
The machine, which was a biplane,
was said to be privately owned by Il
los Angeles physician.
The men were dead when picked
up from the tangled wreckage, and
the bodies were removed to a Los
Angeles mortuary.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-25
Americans Invade
New Music Course

BERLIN, May "a (H1.-Mrs. John A.
Michael, member of the musical facul-
ty at Notre Dame university, Indiana,
is the first American organist to take
part in the master course" for ad-
vanced organists conducted here by the
Prussian State Institute for Church
Music.
The course is in charge of DR.. Will
helm Middelschulte of Chicago, who OBJ
tains a leave of absence from his work
in Chicago and at Notre Dame each
spring.
Mrs. Michael's coming is part Of a
larger plan to bring number of organ
students to Germany from America
each year.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-25
rench Will Raise
Reindeer for Food

PARIS, May "a (P).-France is about
to take leaf from Alaska's book and
raise reindeer for food
The first herd has already been
shipped to Monnetier-Sale in the
Department of Savoie, and others will
be experimental with in neighboring
Alpine districts.
The steadily rising cost of beef and
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-25
BuR1ED IN Los ANGELES

PHILADELPHIA, May 24.-(CP)-
noted are collector and retired railroad
The body of Henry E. Huntington.
magnate, who died here yesterday, left
for Los Angeles today for burial. No
announcement is to funeral arrange
ments was made by relatives and fri
ments was made by relatives and
friends who accompanied the body
west.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-29
THE WORLD WAR AS HISTORY

"A college history professor teaching Young men and
women VINO were under Is years of age when the World
war ended recently asked of MS classes the fol-
loving questions:
L. Dld the circumstances of the murder of the Arch
ouke ferdinand justify Austria Hungary IN It's policy
OF Such an attack upon Serbia should render that
country poWeress tor future mischief? he answers
were, No'-55. "Yes'-lo.
Z Was Russia Obliged by her position and history TO
intervene to prevent such attack upon SeroIa
"Ies"-o8. NOS.
s. Did Serbia have claims upon the consideration Of
europe which required her defense at the cost of
general European war? "No'-72. Yes
A. Should France have attempted to exercise a re-
stralnlng influence upon Russia? "Yes"-65. NO
TO- "
5. Did Germany make reasonable effort to fore
stan the outbreak of general European war? mo"
@2. "Yes"-31. ~
g. Was Great Britain under obligation to enter the
war on the side of France even if Belgium was not
violated? 'Yes"-45. "No"-3l
z. Was Italy obliged under the terms of the Trine
Alliance to enter the war? "No'-61. 'Yes"-15
AS to responsibility for the war or war guilt most
of it was placed Austria-Hungary with Russia sec.
ond, Germany third, France fourth and Great Britain
fifth. ~
Nothing much is proved by the votes except that the
World War taught history differs considerably
from the World War taught as propaganda One
wishes 1t might somehow be taught in such way as to
make It's repetition in any variation both unnecessary
and impossible But leading the world to history and
making it think seem to be two quite different things
1t looks as if China may turn out half red and
half yellow
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-29

to himself 81 know that round,
wooden red head. 1t belongs to
bumple Woggleiig, He must be
trying to help me by frightening
the Fox. y All of a sudden a green
wooden head rolled down the hin
and, bounced up, banged the Fox
Cn the nose.
Wow! What does this meant"
howled the bad chap, rubbing his
aching nose with his other paw.
He had now let 60 of Uncle Wig
Gily altogether
That was Bumrlc's hcad!'
rtnrEled the bunny. "Thcrc arc
TWO Wogglciig boys trying to save
me, And then, all Of qr;ickncss.
= yellow head rolled down the Hill
and when the Fox saw this com
ing he was SO frightened that, tuck.
ing his tail between his legs, lie ran
away bowling.
Good bows Yen saved me-
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-29

again making such scowling face
that it seemed as if he never could
straighten it out again, But the
Fox only laughed more loudly and
dragged the bunny on to the bottom
of a hill.
AT the top Of the hill" said
the Fox, "is the den of the Wolf.
Once there he and 1 shall have a
fine feast!'
''Well. I guess this is the end Of
mel sadly thought Mr.. Longears,
and the Fox began dragging him
UP the hill when all Of a sudden, L
head, made Of wood, and round,
Ike Il hall, rolled down the hill
The head bounced up in the air
and hit the Fox on the nose.
Wow. What does this mean.
asked the Fox, letting go of Uncle
Wiggily's ears with one paw so he
could rub the bruised nose.
"Oh. ho!' cnucK!ed the rabbit
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-29

cried Uncle Wiggily when Dumple,
Wumple and Bumple came running
down the hin to gather UP their
heads, which they had taken off to
roll at the Fox. They had seen the
danger o. the rabbit gentleman
and had t"ken that means of help.
ing him. "You were good bovsr,,
cried the bunny. "And III buv
You some lollypops. -
This he did as soon as Bumplc
pumple and Wumple had pnt ON
f,h'lr wooden heads again. So every.
body was happy except the fright.
cned Fox.
Please don't let the puppy dog
take the rag dolls hair ribbon to
make cats cradle for the gold
flsh. If you do l can't tell Won
about Uncle wiggily's farewell
PARTY which l want tc in the next
story
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-29

1t looks as if China may turn out half red and
alf yellow $500
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-29
OUT OUR WAY

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Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-29
A PERTINENT QUESTION

In a letter to the Press today, local businessman
asks what effect the present flood dseaster in the
Mississippi Valley is likely to have on the entire
question OF tlood control at next session OF con
gress VIII 1t tend to focus nationwide attention on
the hood control question 1t concerns the nation
in general, or Will 1t emphasize the necessity for
conuol work along the Mississippi, suomerglng the
need OF similar acUIon IN other parts country,
particularly with reference to the Colorado river he
asks.
1t is pertinent question and timely one for
those interested IN the Colorado. The inquirer states
that the question is not asked spirit pessimsm,
rather IN an attempt to tnougntless optimism.
lhere are many who have adopted the aea that
nothng can stop The Swing ohnson bill passage
al the next session OF congress. Such confluence is
inspiring and perhaps comforting but many a con-
test mas been lost by too much confidence.
ger as the inquirer points out, the greater ma
uohal significance of Mississippi Valley needs affect
ing as II does larger and developed territory
may dwarf the Colorado problem, great as that ap-
pears TO US who are most vitality concerned with it.
mis- phase OF the matter Will undoubtedly be given
Iull consideration by those VINO are sponsoring the
DILL 1t should also induce supporters of the bill ev-
eryWhere to keep everlastngy It, between now and
the Time congress meets; to everything possible to
aid the SWlng-J ohnSon bill
The battle is not Unques tionably the power
comolne Will renew the fight with greater energy than
ever In December. There not be any etup in the
support OF the valleys leglslatlon-ratner the fight
should De more intense from now
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-29

GOOD WELL MBADE sARONETT
slips in the good light shades are here a.
Sl'9r-just what you'll like for summon
dresses-good wearing and washable.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-29
Mackaye Lawyer
To Fight Charge
BY United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, April 29.--At-
torneys ior Dorothy Mackaye pre-.
pared here today to have an indict.
ment charging the actress with fcl-
onv counts in connection with the
death of her husband, Ray Rich
mond, quashed when she appears to
plead Monday.
Following the delay granted yes
terday by Superior Judge Charles
Burnell. at which time Miss Mack
aye asked additional time to plead,
Attorney Roger Marchetti announc.
ed he would contest the legality Of
the indictment.
Attorneys for Or. Walter Sulli
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-29

leapod forward and caught the rah.
bit by his ears, holding him fast
there.
please lot me go!" begged the
bunny.
$40, No." snarIcd the Fox. Il
am going to drag you off 10 the
den of my friend the Wolf and wc
two shall have fine dinner. All,
Ah!"
Smacking his lips harder than
ever, TO show how much more
hungry he was, the Fox began to
pull Uncle Wiggily along. The rab-
bit tried to break away but he
could not.
"If there was only some way !
could frightcn this Fox to make
him let me go, thought poor
Uncle Wiggily, how glad would
| be! Perhaps if | make some scowl-
ing faces at the Fox it will scare
him, | II try,
When the Fox looked down at
the rabbit he was dragging. all at
cncc Uncle Wiggilv made the most
scowling face he could think of.
If that doesn't frighten him
y II make another said the bunny
to himself. But the Fox. instead Of
being frightened, only laughed.
Ha Ha! Hal" he chucklcd.
"Iou can I scare mel
Then Uncle Wlggi1y tried once
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-29
Bedtime Stories
Copyright. 1927, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
BY HOWARD &. GARfS
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
FRIGHTENED FOX

Uncle Wiggily 5 hollow stump
bungalow was not far from the
bunglcump home of Boppy, I'm
and the Wogglciigs, whore the rab-
hit gentleman was visiting. And
one day Mr.. LongcarS thought he
would hep over to see his wife and
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, to tell
them he would soon be living again
with them and his forty 'levcn
little bunny boys and girls.
For said Mr.. Longears to
himself as he hoped through the
woods, - have been visiting Boppy
and I'm quite long enough. And in
the fall, if thcv forget how to un
scramble the Wogglejigs, can go
back for another visit.
Humming a little tune to him
self. and twinkling his pink nose
in a jolly fashion, Uncle Wiggilv
hoped along on the green grass,
the green moss and beneath the
April leaves ON the trees and
bushes.
All of a sudden, just when the
bunny gentleman was wondering l.
ne might meet win an adventure
there was rustling in the dried
leaves and from beneath a pile of
them out leapcd the Fuzzy Fox.
"Oh.' cried Uncle Wiggily.
"Ah!' growled the Fox, smack
ing his lips. OF course this lip
smacking was far from being polite,
but one doesn t expect a Fox to be
polite, SO what is the use, l ask
you? "Ah! growled the F"N
again. once more smacking his lips.
W hich showed that he was hungry.
Il have caught YOU at last,l Uncle
Wiggily!'
Not vet.' cried the brave rah-
bit gentleman. as he turned quickly
TO hop away. But alas' His paw
caught in a tanglc of vines on the
ground. Uncle Wiggilv tripped and
fell
Before he could get up the Fox
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-29

van, physician who attended Rayl
mond after the beating administer
ed by Paul Kelly, film juvenile, will
also fight the similar indictment
returned against the medical mani
DR.. Sullivan S plea was also del
layed until Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-29
THE WEATHER

LOS ANGELES AND NICINITI
Partly cloudy tonight and SatuI
day with moderate temperature.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Fair tonight and Saturday but fq
near coast tonight; norma tempe
aturc; westerly winds.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-29

At Alisal, Monterey COUNTY, G.
acres of guayule rubber. plant "a
growing. The state has total o
500 acres.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-22
The Lloyd George Manifesto

The clouds are gathering about the government of
Premier Stanley Baldwin of Great Britain. A storm
would seem to be brewing
Close the heels of Lord Cecils resignation from
the Baldwin cabinet due to differences Brtain's
armament stand at Geneva, comes former Premier
David Lloyd George and his liberal party with
manifesto calculated to blow Baldwin out Of power
Principally the liberals demand that Britain
pudiate all notion of naval ornaments with the
United States, such the conservative party by in
ference at least envsages and take her stand boldly
for world peace via arms reduction and arbitration
between nation and nation through the world court
Couched in stirring phrases, the document consti-
ttes battle cry for the liberal party in the next
elections.
Similar in purport to the recent declaration of the
labor party Of former Premier Ramsay Macdonald
it begins to look very much if liberals and labor
ties would be able to refrain from cutting each others
throat as they undoubtedly did in 1924
Together they polled more votes on that occasion
than did the conservatives, but by splitting their
voting they managed to turn the election into
Q conservative landslide.
Admittedly the conservatives have lost strength
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-22
Wiping Out the Anti Trust Laws

Leaders of organized labor want the THRUST
laws repealed because they throttle the legitimate
activities of union workers.
Bituminous coal operators quite generally want
these laws repealed they get together and try
to set their chaotic house in order
Oil producers find continuance of these laws a
constant invitation to petroleum waste and want
them changed.
Members of the Federal Banking Board want the
laws relaxed to permit what they think would be an
increased efficiency from interlocking bank direc-
torates
Almost everybody Immediately affected seems to
want the antitrust laws wiped out and in each in
stance they can make good argument to prove that
it should be done.
In addition to being crude, cumbersome and rid
died with conflicting court interpretations the laws
are so badly administered that they their orig
nal purpose of preserving competition less than they
serve to make business for hrewd lawyers who under
stand legal ways of evadng them.
But, bad as they are, the anti-tr laws embody
a Government policy to preserve competition which
could be enforced the people of the country showed
any interest in having it done
The laws are sort of public insurance policy
which has lapsed for the time being but which might
be reinstated
If that policy is to be cancelled the next question
is what kind of>a policy is to be substituted to give
the public protection against unbridled private enter
prise. If not competition to which the antitrust
laws dedicated, then what?
On that point most of the advocates of the re-
peal Of the antitrust laws are yet to be heard.
Until they their contention that the laws ought
to be wiped out won't be complete
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-22
Mechanics Is Mechanics

The mind is a most curious struc-
ture, and study Of it constantly
brings us face to face with aston
ishing revelations.
For 1000 years and more, men
have assumed that the teaching OF
mathematics developed the intel
lecS and that children acquire a
capacity to think by solving COM
plicated problems.
Comes a Boston inventor, with a
machine which he says cannot only
add, subtract, multiply and divide,
but clear equasions and figure
curves in the space of hours that
it would take an expert months
to do.
This, as we'll as the ordinary add
ing machine with which we have
become so familiar, would seem to
indicate that arithmetic, algebra
and even calculus are just matters
of mechanics after all, and that the
great mentality supposed to have
been developed through them
amounts to no more than mechan-
ism which can be duplicated in a
blacksmith shop.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-22
Cost of Big Cities

Taking the population Of New
York City at 100000, of Chicago at
100000, of Philadelphia at 2,000,-
900, of Detroit and Los Angeles at
100000 and of Cleveland at 1000
900, we find the per capita experSp
of their operation is roughly as fol-
lows:
New York, $73; Chicago, $63;
Philadelphia, $37; Detroit, SOB;
Cleveland, $27, and Los Angeles, 500.
On the same basis their per cap
ita debt is:
New York, $247; Chicago, $24;
Philadelphia, $3.50; Detroit, $152;
Cleveland, $118, and Los Angeles,
500.
AS a general proposition, these
cities have about the same kind of
government, operate about the same
type of institutions and render
about the same character of service.
What explanation is there for
the amazing difference in their per
capita expense and their per cap
ita debt?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-22
Youth and Invention

The Federal radio commission
has revoked the license of Eric H.
Palmer Jr. to operate amateur
radio station 2ATZ for ninety
days.
This action was taken at the re-
quest of Eric's father, who wrote
the commission that as a result OF
the sons devotion to radio he had
failed in his school work and was
suffering from impaired health.
Thousands of parents face a
similar problem not only with re-
spect to radio, but with respect to
many other inventions that fasci-
nate young boys.
1t may be that working with
these inventions affords as good
training and education as can be
had in the schools, but If that is
true we have wasted a lot Of
money.