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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-29
POOR LITTLE RICH INDIAN GIRL
HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED, is BEL LEI

to locate the girl before she is
delivered ut n point believed to be
MUSKOGEE, Okla, March % up.
--NIillie Naharkey, known as the
s'pOor little rich Indian girl" who
has an estate valued at 100000
tied np in litigation but who has
been virtually an object of charity
for nearly four years, is missing
from her home here.
A Kansas automobile; glib
tOng.ued stranger, sleek of hair
and handsome of feature. figure in
the disappearance of the girl.
Friends fear she has been kid
mapped.
Government agents searching for
the girl, who disappeared Satur-
day from the home of II. N.ROach.
empIoye of the five civilized tribes
here, today said they had but few
leads on which they placed much
hope for locating her.
Miss Naharkey. who is not more
than 20 years old, yesterday
stopped at a farm house, travelling
with the stranger who called to
see her at the Roach home SItur-
day. The automobile in which
the pair was travelling left the
farmhouse travelling north toward
Tulsa and has not been seen since.
Witgl rumOrS of contemplated
violence cropping out efforts of
investigators were redOHbIed today
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-29
SAP|RO TAKES
STAND IN CASE.
AGAINST FORD
Plaintiff Tells Story of Or
phan Youth and Educa-
tion Struggle.
SPEED is SHOWN
Senator Reed Appeals to
Court for Greater Delib-
Grafton in Trial.

Jew, who does not look his age by a
dozen years, took the witness stand late
today to relate the story of his life in
his $1,000,O00 libel suit against Henry
Ford.
1t was picture of most unpromis-
ing start which eliminated in inter-
nationally recognized success which he
left with the jurors, because his narra-
tion was broken by adjournment before
he reached any of the story of alleged
personal harm and injury to his efforts
as an organizer of farmers co-opera-
tives done by articles printed in Frod S
weekly, the Dearborn Independent.
An hour and half tomorrow will
suffice for the last part of the story
William Henry Gallagher, counsel for
Sapiro, said at adjournment.
Sapiro black-eyed, alert, slim and
swarthy, leaned far forward in the
witness chair, hands grasping roll
of paper in his lap. A vivid flush
spread over his face as he cracked an
swers to his counsels volley Of ques-
tions They seemed we'll drilled and
question and answer piled in the
voluninous trial record at such a pace
that United States Senator James A.
Reed, chief of Ford's counsel, appealed
to Judge Fred M. Raymond to enforce
more deliberation.
do you mean deliberation on our
part or more speed on that of Senator
Reed, challenged Gallagher, racing
ahead with another question, while
the court stared at his bench. Reed
Bereft of paternal care at the age of
nine, testified Sapiro, he was placed in
San Francisco, CalifI orphanage,
where he remained six and one half
years He seemed not to boast as
Gallagher led him through San Fran
cisco common and high schools, Heb
rev Union college at Cincinnati, Gin
cinnati university and Hastings law
school of the University of California.
Mixed in was two years teaching of
history at Cincinnati, work in San
Francisco law office and a year as
assistant superintendent of the orphan
age which, formerly housed him.
His first interest in cooperative
marketing was aroused in 1908 by Col
onel Horace Weinstock, later Califor-
MAS state marketing director. Sapiro
was appointed counsel to Weinstock.
Weinstock's library was stocked with
English, German and French authori-
ties on cooperative marketing, Sapiro
testified, and he read them all. He
studied in addition every book on the
subject in the University of California S
library.
With that as a BACKGROUND, his first
bit toward actively organizing the
farmers came in 1916 when the Cali
fornia poultry raisers were drawn to-
gether in a cooperative enterprise. In
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the destination of abductOrS In
Missouri.
Credence was given to the re-
pcrtS of an alleged plot by the
past adventures of the girl.
In june, 1922. she disappeared
from her AmOther's home at Red
Fork. After an extensive search
she was found i'm abject poverty,
washing dishes ia Kansas City.
During her absence, she said. she
was taken to various places in
oklahoma and Missouri and fin
ally to summer camp on Roaring
River, I'm Missouri.
She told stories of how she was held
prisoner in lonely places and was
forced to watch her abductors throw
dice to see who would strike her o.
otherwise mistreat her
Late Friday young man, repre-
senting himself as a resident of Os
wego, Kan, and an acquaintance o
the girl, appeared at the ranch hom
here and asked to see her. The Ma
harkey girl introduced the man to MI
and Mrs. Roach as friend of hers
Today Roach received a telephone cal
from a farm house south of Tulsa
The message said that Millie was
companied by a man whose description
tailed with that of the man who callel
on her here.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-29

SAN DIEGO, Calf, March % (AP).-six steel
fuselaged observation planes from Quantico, Va and
eight fast Boeing fighting planes from marine corps
fighting squadron VF-2 at North Island will comprise
the aircraft forces that will accompany the sixth regi-
ment when sails from San Diego for Shanghai on the
transport Henderson next Monday.
Maj. Francis T. Evans who will command the aero
nautical forces, said that of the big bombers or
Douglas observation planes will be shipped the Hen
derson.
Besides the airpanes, the fighting equipment Of the
Sixth regiment will include Is Browning machine guns
40 trench mortars and four 37-1nillmeter guns
Radio advices received today brought news that the
Henderson sailed from the Gulf of Fonseca Sunday for
San Diego The vessel due here late Saturday night or
early Sunday morning. Marines from Quantico and
other eastern bases expected to begin arriving here
in their special trains Sunday morning 1t hoped to
have the marines and their field supplies and equipment
on board in time for the Henderson to leave the arbor
for China by dusk April T.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-29

WASHINGTON, March 2S lP)-Hope
that general outbreak of anti
foreign violence in China will be
.averted revived in official Washing
ton tonight after examination of
navy and state department advices.
All messages showed relaxation
of the high tension at Shanghai
which prompted Admiral Williams
hurry call for reinforcements, al
ready en- their way or, being mooilfz-
cd to sail.
Danger 70 Americans in the treaty
ports and the Yangtse valley is far
from over, however, and interna-
riCnal military and naval forces a-
Shanghai are taking precautions to
guard against mob attack on the
international settlement at the ln-
stigation Of Chinese agitators For
the moment, at least, moderate lead
ers among the nationalists appeared
in control.
In the meantime, Americans con-
tinued to pour out of the danger
zone under the urging of Minister
MacMurray, at Peking, and consuls
to whom his instructions to issue
renewed warnings to leave were
sent Two consulates in the far up
river regions are to be closed ,and
Americans even at Canton have been
warned to evacuate.
Aside from the lessening tension
at Shanghai, reported officially by
Consul General Gauss and reflected
in Admiral Williams orders with
drawing part of his bluejacket land
ing force to the ships, failure of
the general labor union ultk&2tum
demanding removal of barriers and
defenses around the settlement to he
followed u3 by mob action or the
threatened general strike was re-
garded as evidence that Cantonese
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-29
PAN-.AMERICAN
ARMY FLYERS
NEARING HOME

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Marck
2SR)-Steatiily drawing nearer home,
the United states army PanAmeri-
can squadron arrived here today
from Georgetown, British Guiana, OH
the mainland of South America.
The planes alighted on the bay
and subsequently, were wheeled on
shore where the American Vice corn-
sci ard local officials received che
aviatcrs.
The fli-rs VIII return to the South
American mainland on Wednesday,
flying to Puerto Cabello, Venezuela,
and will come back to Port or Spain
en- Saturday The following Tues
day, they will hop off for st. George
on the Island of Granada and Their
will make their way through the
West Indies to Miami, Fla, whence
they will fly northWard to Washing
ton,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-29
II China by dusk ApriI 4.

SHANGHAI, March 2 (P.-A mes
sage received here today from
Peking states that an official re-
port from Nanking declares that
examination of depositions made
by reliable American witnesses
shows that among the serious out
RACES which nationalist soldiers
committed last week were at least
two cases of attempted criminal
assault on American women. Sew
eral other crimes only shade
less serious also were reported.
LONDON, March 28 P).-The British
cabinet decided today to take a firm
stand in China and to make no fur
ther concessions there until the pres
ent ''anarchical" conditions have end
ed and the Chinese authorities have
proved themselves capable of estab-
fishing order.
Leaving a two-hour meeting of the
cabinet ministers in Downing street,
Foreign Secretary Chamberlain cross
ed to the house of commons and there
assured the members that there would
be no further surrender of British
rights in China until the Chinese
preserve order where their authority
exists. In the course of his address,
Sir Austen declared that he had not
the least doubt that the action of the
two American bluejackets who sig
nailed the American and British in
the Yangtse to open fire on Cantonese
looters at Nanking last Thursday, and
the resulting fire had saved the lives
of the foreign refugees on Socony
Hill.
(The signallers We're: Henry o.
Warren of Olin, N. c., and Dennie d.
Taylor of Lincoln, Calf, both attach
ed to the destroyer William B. Pres
ton),
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-29
BOOTIECGERS ENGAGE.
IN MACHINE. GUN WAR; z KILLED

DETROIT, Mich, March IS (P).-
The fate of a Kidnapped GangSter,
police believed tonight. holds "a
possible solution of the Staying by
machine gun fire of two men and
the wOundinG of third i'm the
latest outbreak of DetrOit'S boot
leg gang war today. Entering a
third-stOry apartment hall before
daybreaI1 i'm answer to a telephone
summons, Joseph Bloom, George
Cohen and Frank Wright, alias
Edward O'Brien, were shot down
from behind steel firedOOr by
VOlIey of machine gun and revolver
bullets. The bodies OF Bloom and
Cohen were riddIed. Wright is in
critical condition at 81 hospital.
Wright is Il former convict and is
said to be wanted in Chicago in
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-29
QUEEN ELTZABETH'S
CORSETS AUCTIONED

LONDON, March rs R-The ques-
ton, "What does royalty today do
with its cast-off clothing?" has been
asked frequently since the recent
appearance of corsets which it is
claimed We're once actually worn by
Queen Elizabeth.
Where the corsets have been all
these years was not revealed but
at the Montmartre gallery in London,
where the historic but unromantic
articles We're for sale, documents
were produced to prove their
authenticity.
Townley Searle, proprietor of the
gallery, satisfied that they were
genuine, bought the pair, because
so far as known this is the only
souvenir of its kind of Good Queen
}ess,' England's spinster ruler of
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-29

ce..nectiOn with 100000 diamond
robbery.
Police attempts to locate Meyer
"FiSh" Bloomfield, whom they said
was kidnapped Saturday night with
his brOther-in-law, Albert Al
bright. and driven out of town.
were unsuccessful. Iii was in an
Swer to "a call to rescued bloomfield.
Wright said. that he. Bloom and
Cohen entered the apartment
house. Albright late today told
detectives he and Bloomfield were
compelled to enter ear Saturday
night and were driven several
miles from Detroit. Bloomfield, he
said, escaped. while he was re-
leased after a long drive. BlOOm-
fields ear was found later appar-
emily abandoned.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-29
MARINES TO TAKE AIRCRAFT TO CHINA
+ X 4 y x X 4 ** y = x X y X
Chicago Countess Is
Weaker Than Man She
Shot in Death Attempt

+ PARIS, March 2S QP.-
+ Countess Alice De Janze. for
+ mcrly Alice SiIverthOrn, of Chi
cagO, was much more feeble
+ tonight than was Raymond
+ Vincent De TraffOrd. member
+ Of "a prominent English family,
Z whom she shot Saturday before
( turning the gun on herself.
Z. The shooting occurred after
I. De TraffOrd had boarded n
( train to go to London. The two
4 had been friendly for some
( time.
Z Medical examinations were
+ made dOdaY as the French judi
( cial machinery got under way.
+ The countess is I'm danger of
+ infection and of internal hem
+ Orrhage. 1t is not likely that
+ She will undergo "a legal ex-
( animation before Wednesday at
{ the earliest. De TraffOrd is not
+ Out of danger. The countess
+ used n fairly large caIibre re-
+ ,VOIvcr. Examination of the
+ nickeIed bullet extracted from
{ De TraffOrd'S wound showed
+ chat the muz&le of the revolver
+ was pressed against his StOm-
( ach as he had leaned forward
+ through u car window to kiss
+ the countess just 81 minute be-
( fore the trains departure.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-29
Arizona Teacher Tolls
With Pick and Shovel
To Develop Gold Mine

X TUCSON, March 2S (P).-HOw
& petite young school teacher
X of Hayden tOiIed for four days
4 with "a pick and shovel at Wee
y pah last week WAS told today
* by II. u. Towns, "a rangy, sriz-
y GIed prOspectOT, who mOtOred
81 into Tucson from the Nevada,
y dorado today.
y Towns is the owner of two
Y claims at Wcepah--the Ellen
y Terry and the Mae Murray. The
y ELLEN Terry is but 100 feet
y north of the Horton discovery
Y claim. The veteran prOspectOr
X has already extracted gold ore
Y assaying $13.75 tom from his
Y property.
y "Yes, sir, she dug away at
Y her fraction of claim for four
Z days, with Il United States army
\ shovel and regular prospect
\ Or's pick" Towns said. ''She
+ dug up "a S35 nugget or bunch
X of wire gold, and has already
Y received an offer of $1,000 cash
\. for her property.
Y ''The school teacher worked
Y until she had dug "a hole about
Y six feet deep and tIEen she
+ stopped because her hands were
\ all blistered.''
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-29
FINAL EFFORT Is
MADE TO AVERT
Miners STRIKE
Non Union BituminOus
Mines Can Furnish Coal
Says U. S. Report.
Copyright NEA ana london Times

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 2S (P.-
A final effort to avert a suspension of
activity in the bituminous coal industry
upon expiration of the present wage
agreement March 81 was made by the
policy committee of the United Mine
Workers of America today when it
authorized districts in the central COM
petitive field to negotiate district con-
tracts After three-hour session of
the policy committee the following
resolutions were made public
1--That districts in the central field
Ininois, Indiana, Ohio and western
Pennsylvania may enter district wage
negotiations upon the basis of existing
agreements.
2-That districts in the central field
may permit any operator to work after
April l on a temporary extension of
the present contract pending negotia-
tions of basic scale TO rthe whole
field.
:3-That all districts may permit any
company or mine to do maintenance,
repair, development, construction or
production work on the condition that
it agree with the district to pay exist
ing wage schedules and carry out tenn
porary agreements until basic agree
ments are negotiated.
1t was the first meeting of the full
policy committee since the collapse of
the Miami negotiations looking toward
agreement upon a wage contract for
the central district.
WASHINGTON, March 2S (P).-Non-
union bituminous mines now operating
can be expected to furnish the nation
with a normal coal supply after April
J. even if a strike in the union field
occurs then, the coal bureau of the
United States Chamber of Commerce
declared in a special bulletin issued to-
night. 1t calculated that non-union
coal mines are now capable of pro-
ducing approximately 10,000,000 tons
of coal a week and the average weekly
consumption Of coal in the whole coun-
try during the next six months on the
basis of experience in past Years would
be approximately 9,25O,O0O tons.
Further, the bulletin added, there
will be between 70,0O0,O0O and 75,00O,-
600 tons of coal in storage at consum-
roads en- route to consumers will be
between 2O,OOO,OOO and 25,OO0,OOO tons
in addition.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-29
j. II. OWNRY DIES

LORDSBURG, N. M, March % P)--
J. r. Ownby for As years a resident
Of Lordsburg, died at his home here
today. For many years he was Il
conductor on the Southern Pacific
and terminal train master He was
a member of the Hidalgo county
board of commissioners for 20 years.
He is survived by MS son, a rail-
road official of Lordsburg.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-29
.IEWELSRoRRED

NEW YORK, March % QP).-A 100000
jewelry robbery in the Ritz-Carlton
hotel was reported today by Mrs. B. c.
Bahberg, a guest. Detectives were told
the jewelry had been taken from
dresser in her room some time Sunday
night
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-29
AMERICANS FLEEING
FROM ANTI-FOREICN
OUTBREAK in CHINA

Washington Has Hopes That Violence Will Be Averted
After Examination of Navy and State Department
Advices; Danger, However, Is Far From Over and
Precautions Taken Against Mob Attack in Shanghai
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-29
SHANGHAI STRENGTHENS DEFENSE

Seventy-One Americans Brought From Marking to
Shanghai Suffering With PtOmaine Poisoning Pro-
fessOr Price Tells Narrowing Story of Escape From
Execution by Chinese Soldiers of Nationalist Army.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-29

Copper steady; electrolytic
spot 1925; futures 1925.
Lead steady; spot 745. Bar
+ 55 1a.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-29

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Shows
MINERALS

Washington's newest museum
now is being installed by the
bureau OF Mines. Department of
the Interior, 1t was announced to-
oay The museum Is In the bur.
eaus headquarters on the second
1loor of the Winder building.
seventeenth and F. Streets. North
The museum is devoted to min
erals and mineral products and al
ready comprises a large number
OF interesting collections of the
more common mineral ores and
products. ~
The copper collection. for ex-
ample, contains various types of
copper ores and deposits Of native
coppers; mixed copper and silver
ores chemical compounds contain
Ing copper metallic coloring corn
pounds based on copper. copper
sheeting and wires, blanks from
which copper vessels are spun and
various manufactured copper prod
Nets. The other exhibits follow the
same plan. In each case the ores.
the refined products. chemical com.
pounds and manufactured products
are shown.
The collection how contains
sBeeimens of the following metals
and minerals in their various
phases: Lead. seIenium. tellurium.
zinc, potash. antimony. tin. alumni.
mum. magnesium, asbestos. nickel,
tale. iron. soda. uranium, sulphur.
mica. bismuth. tantalum, stellite.
and quartz.
Plasters. sheet rock and other
building materials of mineral COM
position are shown in an exhibit
which is just being completed.
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RAILROAD.
MEN YOUNG

CLEVELAND. Sept. IS. = r h G
Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers, one OF the richest and mos.
powerful labor unions in the word,
fas experienced. during June and
July. important changes, as the re-
suit of its fifth triennial convention
which remained in session here for
more than seven weeks, marking tina
longest and most expensive meeI in
B. of L. e. history.
OF the changes, none were more
significant than the fact that here.
after the brotherhood will be manned
almost entirely by younger men than
heretofore.
The orders administrative "house-
cleaning has been virtually com.
pieted--eyen the organization mas
been changed many of the old Of
fees being done away with entirely
and new ones created w. 3
Erenter. former president. has beer
dismissed and the highest authority
now rests with Alvanley Johnston
grand chief engineer. In almost
every instance. the new men who
have replaced former officers are
younger men.
These new officers face difficult
task. They will be called upon to put
the brotherhood back on a sound
financial basis.
Well founded reports have 1t tina.
the brotherhood has lost approx.
mately $10,OO0.0OO within the last
few years.
A number of steps have already
been taken. the most important OF
which is a IS monthly assessment on
all members. Members. are priv.
legged to buy bonds. in lieu Of being
assessed. IL they wish.
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Man Who Beat Horse
Fined and Reprimanded

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Sept. is.
Morris Cooperman was given
severe reprimand and fined SIS
and costs by Magistrate Violet
F'ahnestock for cruelty to q horse
he hired for $3.50 per day.
Cooperman was arrested by Pa.
trolmen Snyder and Beam. Of the
Twenty fourth district. at Hancock
Street and Girard Avenue, when
he was found beating the horse
because 1t was unable to pull a
five-ton load of onions and potatoes.
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Advertising Agency ]
In Press Club Building,

The Ryan Advertising Agency
owned by Lewis Edwin Ryan. has
taken offices in the new National
Press Building and claims the dis.
tinction of being the first business
of its kind to locate headquarters
in the new building.
The Ryan Agency will not be the
first tenant. however. this. honor
going to Paul Wooten, representing
the McGraw Hills Publications.
Mr.. Ryan has had "a years ex-
perience in the advertising field,
IA OF them as president of the Ryan
Timberman Advertising Agency. His
present agency handles both local
and national accounts.
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Store Porter Nabbed
With Stolen Drugs

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Sept. IS
Nabbei by Bridge Policemen Smith
and Beastman at a. M. Alexander
Foster. 19 years old. was carrying
drugs and other articles to the
value OF $450. which had been stolen
from the Terminal Drug Store at
the Camden ferries.
Foster had been employed in the
store as porter and entered with
"a key after the place had been
closed for the night. Before Judge
Bertman, Foster pleaded guilty to
a charge of larceny and was SEN
fenced to six months in the county
Jail.
His plumber included $54 in
change.
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2 Women Picketing
Restaurant Jailed

NEW YORK. Sept. 16.--Although
there was no strike in his
restaurant, Charles Stampler told
Magistrate Edward Well in Jeffer.
son Market Court that two women
had been walking back and forth az
pickets outside trying to unionize
his employees and causing annoy
ance to his patrons.
The women, who described them
selves as Louise Mayer, SO, of
Hampstead, L. l.. and Pearl
Scherber, rs. Of the Bronx. were
sentenced to three days in prison.
Although no record could be found.
the court heard that the women had
been arrested and fined previously
on similar charges.
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Maid Held in Theft
OF $4,000 Necklace

NEW YORK. Sept. 16.-Accused
OF the theft Of pearl necklace.
valued at ss.5eo, from the home of
Mrs. Ella Koch, by whom she was
employed day as a maid. Rose
Gerlach. 10. was held at East 1O4th
Street station on charge of grand
larceny.
Miss Gerlach was arrested by
Detectives Burning and Kochman
who alleged search of her furnished
room brought to light other jewels
worth at least $4,000. They refused
TO describe the jewels, saying they
would first complete investigation
OF complaints which have come
from Rockaway and vicinity con.
corning a. woman who posed as a
maid and then disappeared with
jeWelry.
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Woman Searches for Son
Missing Since April 7

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 16.--Mrs.
"A. .. Kelly, Germantown. reported
20 the detective bureau that her
son, Leo p. Kelly, "a, has been
missing from his home since April
Z.
Mrs. Kelly is nurse and was
out on case. When she returned
she found her son had left his room
and had not been seen since. He
left all his clothing behind him.
He was about 8 feet inches In
height and weighed about lis
pounds.