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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-28
MOTHER DENIES STRANGLINC, BABE.
FOUND IN LOS ANGELES HOSTELRY

suburb of Sierra Madra. Search
for Howard and another man who
was known to ranch neighbOrS at
NOrco, also as Howard was be-
gun after the sister told officers
of the mothers domestic troubles.
E. J. Dennison, deputy district
attorney, in whose hands the case
was placed by police, said a conn
pIaint charging murder would be
issued against Mrs. Howard as soon
as all evidence was available.
DIR. Victor Parkin, aIienist, re-
ported TO Dennison that Mrs. How
ard was suffering from Severe
starvation" and probably was
temporarily insane at the time of
the death of her baby.
The child's body was found after
the mother fled from the hotel.
She had put sign reading,
please do not disturb the baby"
on the door and no one entered
the room until several hours after
her departure.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-28
SYNTHETIC GASOLINE FAILS TO
ALARM OIL INTERESTS OF u. S.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Aug. % (F9
Synthetic gasoline, now being
produced in Germany from coal,
will be unable to compete with
natural petroleum in the United
States at the present time, DIR.
Thomas S. Baker, president of the
Carnegie Institute of Technology
today told the Associated Press in
reviewing his recent study of fuels
in Europe.
Holding there is no basis for
alarm of motor fuel famine here,
DIR. Baker said that ever should a
shortage occur, satisfactory sub
stitute could be secured. Such
substitute, he said, would cost
more than the natural fuel.
England, France and Germany,
with no natural oil supplies, have
attempted to meet this serious"
economic problem by transform
ing coal into oil, continued DIR.
Baker. They are possessed with
abundant coal resources, he said,
and are making rapid strides in
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-28

research work, especially in Ger
many where the dye trust is pro-
ducing all sorts of materials from
coal, including synthetic gasoline.
The methods used, DIR. Baker
said, consist for the most part of
puIverizing low grade coal, which,
after screening, is treated with GER
tain processes to make a mushy
substance. From this paSty sub
stance comes a high grade motor
fuel. The German dye trust re-
Gently made deal with the Stand
ard Oil company of New Jersey
for the manufacture of gasoline
from coal.
American fuel research experts
are not so much concerned about
motor fuel as they are with the
development of bituminOus coal as
a suitable substitute for anthra-
cite for domestic purposes, he said
The cost of producing synthetic
gasoline may be reduced as. the
process is perfected, In the opinion
of DR.. Baker.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-28

an arbitrary fixing Of 100000 acre
feet as the states perfected rights
was unjust in that the state was
entitled to 2,159,OO0 acre feet. In
the same proposal Arizona was given
25G,O00 acre feet as perfected rights
whereas the claim was made for
but 233,8OO acre feet by that state.
The new plan gives each state
it's perfected right to water without
any enumeration.
However, under the last plan each
state finds its share of allocated
water has been reduced, with the
exception Of Nevada, which still is
to receive 100000 acre feet. Under
the original proposal California was
to receive A337, 500 acre feet and
Arizona, including 6750Oo acre feet
for Indian lands, total of 4,062, 500
acre feet Thus California under the
Continued on Page Seven)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-28

BRUNSWICK, Ca, Aug. 27 R)-The
Andes, or the Caribbean sea whose
deepS vie in profundity with the alti-
tudes of the nearby peaks. tonight had
not revealed the presence Of Bruins
.wick's flying musician.
More. than So hours had. passed early
tonight since Paul Redfern took his
monoplane, "Port of Brunswick aloft
here and headed across the open sea
toward the torrid zone Silence has
surrounded the passage of the lone
flier almost from the time he took off
at 12:46 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
The youthful pilot, who abandoned
the music of a violin for the drone of
an airplane motor, was "due" at Rio
De Janeiro, Brazil, at 2:46 O'Clock,
eastern standard time this afternoon.
This time of arrival was based on the
assumption that he had maintained
his schedule and that everything had
gone well.
1t was, pointed out, however, that
most of the 4,6OO-mile route to Rio
was across water and jungle and it
was quite possible, it was said, that he
could be almost to his goal before his
ship would be sighted.
The flier's young wife shared with
Paul j. Warner, chairman of the flight
committee, the optimistic belief that
Redfern was safe in Brazil, probably
down at some place where there are
no communications, but both are be-
coming worried. Although she has
never doubted her husbands ability
to make the flight, Mrs. Redfern has
kept in constant touch with news
papers today.
Meanwhile, powerful radio stations
sought news from ships and West In
dian island stations and Edward Mira
mier, head pilot of the Biscayne flierS,
at Miami, was ready to send three
seaplanes on the course over which
Redfern was scheduled to have passed
the first night. Niramier made his
offer to Mrs. Redfern, who stoically
waits for word of her husbands safety,
but no announcement Of action on the
proposal had been made.
Duringg the afternoon crowds began
to gather before the office of the
Brunswick news, and as the scheduled
time for Redfern'S arrival at Rio De
Janeiro approached more than 800
citizens were at the newspaper build
ing.
Warner had instructed Redfern to
take no chances but to make Rio De
Continued on Page Seven)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-28

Los ANGELES, Aug. ~ up -
Police tonight announced they ex-
pected to place in custody Frank
Norman Howard, father of the IA
months old boy whose body was
found in hotel room several days
ago, within a few hours.
While the search for Howard
progressed, Mrs. Winnie Howard,
mother of the baby, denied again
from a cot in the hospital ward of
the county Jail that she had
strangIed the child.
She reiterated that she had
rolled over on the baby during
the night, finding it dead from
suffocatiOn when she awOke. II
was so distracted / didn't know
what to dO,' she said. 81 tried to
commit suicide by slashing my
wrists. / have been wandering
around since then
Detectives, aided by the wOman's
twin. sister, Mrs, Minnie FabbrO,
located Mrs. Howard near the
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-28
Besieged Americans Fate in Mexico Unknown
WORLD FLIERSA REACH BRITAIN
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Los Angeles SwindIers
Start Serving 800 Years
In San Quentin Prison

X SAN QUENTIN, Calf, Aug, q
y -Cheerfully shouting "G'bye
+ boys, we'll see you in 300 years."
* Harry d. Hibbs and Thomas
\. Hennessey, convicted Los Angeles
*bunco artists, today parted COM
y pany with three deputy sheriffs
y in front of the walls of San .
X Quentin prison, prepared to start
y sentences aggregating three cen
=. turies.
y Convicted in the so-called 10
81 to / case involving a supposed
Il $4,000, 100000 railway merger in
X which numerous southern Cali :
y fornians were mulcted, the men
4. were sentenced by a Los Angeles
y. judge to serve from one. to ten
y, years on each of 80 counts, sem
i. tences to run consecutively.
y
4 = y * y y y * y * y * X * /:
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-28
33 is STORM TOTAL

ST. JOHNS, N. F., Aug. 27 Up
Thirty-three lives lost and property
damage that probably will total more
than $15O,O00 was the toll counted
today from Thursdays great storm
in Newfoundland.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-28
Fear Tropical Storm Off
Bahamas Forced Aviator
to Land
WIFE FEARFUL.
Powerful Radio Stations
Seek News of Missing Air
Pilot.

RIO JANEIRO, Aug. rs R -
At ten minutes past midnight this
Sunday morning no news had
been received here Of Paul Red
fern, the Georgia long distance
flyer, according TO an announce
ment of the national teIegraphs,
the government branch operating
all Brazilian telegraph and wire-
less stations.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-28

CROYDON, Eng, Aug. q OWL
liam S. Brock and Edward F. Schlee
in their plane "Pride of Detroit" are
awaited eagerly at the Croydon air.
drome. The field will be flooded with
lights, both tower and ground lights,
and all the staff have been warned to
stand by throughout the night in case
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-28
Pride of Detroit Passes
Over Plymouth 6 a. m.
Sunday Morning.
GAIN FIRST LAP
Ayiators Will Attempt to
Girdle Globe in Less Than
% Days.

LONDON, Aug. % QP The
Devices radio reports that the
mOnoplane Pride of Detroit passed
over Plymouth at a. m. Green
wich mean time today.
Plymouth is approximately 200
miles by air line from Croydon
field, the objective of the trans
Atlantic fliers on board the Pride
of Detroit, which took off from
Harbor Grace. N. S., Saturday
morning. At the rate the plane
had been maintaining, the dis
tance should be covered in around
two hours.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-28

Copper steady; electrolytic
spot and futures, 13.12hc;
lead quiet; spot, 6.60c.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-28

Sunday and Monday fair,
except probably thunder
showers northeast portion.
The Coconino sun., 1927-01-28
Flagstaff Teachers Moppimg Up On En- All
Plan Pageant at Grand Canyon
Claims Void in
Grand Canyon

Claims of Senator Ralph H. Cam
eron of Arizona, the United Platin-
UNI company and others to certain
placer locations situated in the Grand
Canyon National park Of Arizona, al
legged to contain platinum, gold and
other valuable mineral deposits, have
been declared null and void in a de-
cision just made public by the De-
partment of the Interior.
The claims, twenty-eight in mum
Der, overlie some of the principal
scenic features of the park, including
the Suspension bridge across the
gorge, parts of the Bright Angel
Trail and the Phantom Ranch estab-
lished for the accommodation of the
public.
The decision affirms a ruling OF
the commissioner of the General Land
office from whom an appeal has been
taken. The department declared un-
contradicted testimony in the case
"convincingly shows that these claims
have been laid over lands and upon
geological formation entirely bar
rem of valuable mineral deposits, ex-
hibiting no conditions favorable to
mineral deposition"
The Coconino sun., 1927-01-28
State Gets S4I5,O23
of Forest Road Fund

Arizona's apportionment in. the
1928 appropriation of $7,500,000 road
fund for national forests amounts to
$279,246 for the forest highway fund
and $135,777 for the forest road de-
yelopment fund
Total authorization of $4,500,000
was made by congress for the forest
highway fund, and provides for sur
vey, construction, and maintenance of
forest roads Of primary Importance
to states and communities.
For the development of roads in
and adjoining national forests Of pri-
mary Importance and for the protec-
ton, administration and utilization
of national forests and necessary fol
the use and development of the re-
sources upon which communities with
in the national forests depend, the ap-
preparation was $3,000,000.
The Coconino sun., 1927-01-28
PRETTY WOMAN ISSUES
FLOCK OF UGLY CHECKS

Eight or ten Mesa merchants, be.
sides several in Chandler, were vic
tinaized last Saturday by good-look
ing woman who had an unlimited sup
ply of $24 checks.
Most of the checks were on the
Chandler bank. They were signed by
various farmers living in the country
between Mesa and Chandler, and
made out to several different parties
In no place does the validity Of the
checks seem to have been questioned
although several at least were made
out, signed and indorsed in the same
handwriting.
About Wednesday, the bad checks
began to come back and complaint
was made to Constable O. L. Pickens
Not one of the victims, however, could
give more than very vague descrip-
tion of the woman. Under the cir
cumstances, it is very doubtful if she
can be apprehended.
The Coconino sun., 1927-01-28
THREE ALLEGED CATTLE
THIEVES TAKEN IN RAID

Those who mourn the days when in
Arizona men were men and cattle
rustling was seen in other places than
the motion picture screen. NAV perk
up their ears, for Sheriff Walter
Laveen and his men today captured
three men, one from Florence and two
from Phoenix, against whom, the
sheriff asserted, charges Of stealing
cattle will be filed.
The men, giving thier names as
Jack Barker of Florence and Joe
Boyd and E. E. Barfield of Phoenix,
were arrested with a number of cat
tie in their possession short way
from the ranch of G. G. Brady, from
which the livestock is alleged to have
been driven, according to Sheriff
Layeen.
Saturday the Pinal county officers
secured information which led them
to set watch upon the Brady ranch,
which is located on the outskirts Of
Florence.
The Coconino sun., 1927-01-28

Flagstaff Teachers college won its
ninth and tenth consecutive basket
ball games for this season-with none
lost-here Monday and Tuesday night
when Montezuma (Baptist) college OF
East Las Vegas, n NJ, was handily
beaten twice.
Montezuma took the lead at the start
Of the first game and had made three
field goals before the Flagstaff boys
registered their first basket. Flag
staff rallied and soon took the lead
never to lose it again during the
game When the half ended the score
stood 20-8. The final score was IL
10.
Flagstaff lineup first game: Schlan-
sky, rf; Brittian, IF; j. Wilson, If;
Paten, If; Detloff, c; Isaacson, c;
Kieren, rg; Shumway, rg; Redman
rg: Mcclure, lg; Jarvis, lg.
The local college had beaten the
Prescott Cowboys on Friday night AMI
the Mesa Jaycees on Saturday. The
latter is not the Mesa high school, but
a special crack team of older players
The tenth consecutive victory came
Tuesday evening in the second game
with the Baptist quintet The final
score, favoring the local Teachers,
was 1925.
Flagstaff held the lead from the
start and kept far enough in advance
to have no cause for worry the entire
game. Coach Lynch sent in his sec
ond string in the last 10 minutes and
was well satisfied by the way they
held Montezuma.
The Montezuma boys put up all they
had in the last half in an effort to
gain the lead but the united coopera-
ton and team work that has shown sc
prominent in the Flagstaff boys this
season was more than they could over
come.
Schlansky, the point winning for
ward of the Flagstaff quintet, was
forced to remain out of this game on
account of injuries he received in the
game the night before, but his place
ws.s ably filled by Patten. J. Wilson
was high man, making II points. Let
loft and Patten tied for second place
honors and Kieren and Mcclure tied
for honors in the defensive positions.
Brittian, Gibbons, Jarvis, Isaacson,
Shumway and Redman held the Mon
tezuma boys in the last ten minutes.
The Coconino sun., 1927-01-28

Another pageant, which will turn
the eyes of the travelling world to Ari-
Zona, is to be an actuality in June
1928, at the Grand Canyon of Ari-
zona.
The announcement of a second pag-
cant in the state was made by Mrs,
Thomas McRea of Casa Grande whose
vision and pioneering work made the
Casa Grande pageant possible for
southern Arizona this last November.
She has just returned from Los An
geles, where she conferred with ma
tionally-known directors and authors,
and with the Santa Fe railroad, which
is cooperating with the state in put
ting over a program of advertising
that will bring thousands of persons
from all parts of this country and the
world to see the pageant against q
scenic background unmatched.
Mrs. McRea declared that the two
pageants will in no way interfere with
one another, and yet both will adver-
tise the state and its totally different
Typographical features. The northern
part of the state is the mecca for
tourists beginning in June and the fall
months find attention turning toward
southern Arizona and the warm des-
ert.
In the next few years there will be
an influx of people to Arizona as
great as the booms of California or
Florida, in the opinion of officials of
the Santa Fe railroad. That company
is erecting a million-dollar hotel on
the rim of the Grand Canyon, definite
announcement of the project having
just been made. The railroad officials
viii cooperate in every possible way
The Coconino sun., 1927-01-28
TRAFFIC ARRESTS
LEAD IN PHOENIX

Very close to 10000 arrests were
made by the police of Phoenix during
the past year, according to the re-
port of Chief George Brisbois. Two
thirds were for violations of the traf-
fic regulations, with 1887 for incor-
rect parking. Drunk and disorder
ly" was the charge against 1868, de-
spite the prohibition laws, while drunk
driving charges numbered 81. Stolen
cars reported numbered 553, compared
with 304 in 1925, and 356 cars were
recovered. Fines and bail moneys ag-
gregated $55,303, about double the
receipts for the previous year. Re
coveries were estimated at $244,681, !,
from thefts reported of $273,067.
The Coconino sun., 1927-01-28
Revenue Officers to
Make Tour of State

An innovation in the collection of
the federal income tax in Arizona was
instituted this morning when John r..
Towles, u. S. collector of internal
revenue. and Jerrie W. Lee, assistant
chief of the field division, began a
tour of Arizona for the purpose Of
laying directly before the taxpayer
the many converiences and advan-
tages offered to them by the service
in the preparation of income tax re-
turns. Mr.. Towles said that no at
tempt will be made to induce the peo-
pie to pay taxes before they desire
and that deputy collectors will follow
sistance possible According to Mr..
Towles, it has been the impression
that payment of taxes was expected
at the time of making out the return.
This notion, he explained, has made
the public wary of meeting the col
lector or his deputies until March Is
when payment is due, which practice
has led to late filings usually contain
ing errors and costly penalties or in
terest, and a jamming of the collec-
tion machinery Of the government. 1t
is the necessity of removing these un-
desirable features of income tax col
lections that the different procedure
and a tour of education throughout
the state is being made, he explained.
The first part of the tour will in
clude Holbrook, Winslow, Flagstaff,
Williams, Seligman, Kingman, Pres
colt and other communities and will
probably extend over a period of
about two weeks. Yuma and south
western Arizona will then be visited,
followed by southern and eastern Ari-
zona.
Mr.. Towlcs warned against the late
filing Of returns and urged that ev-
cry taxpayer get in early touch with
his office or with his deputies so that
all questions may be cleared away be :
fore March 15. He said that the us
ual experience Of the collectors office
has been a last minute rush for in
formation and instruction that was
impossible to give with the necessary
limited staff Of deputies, and sug-
gested that all matters of doubt be
submitted either in person or by mail
as soon as possible so that they can
receive the undivided personal atten-
ton of the deputy in charge of that
particular phase of the tax question
involved.
Mr.. Towles emphasized the state
ment that both the staff in Phoenix
ard the deputies in the field were at
the service Of the people for the pur-
pose of giving help, and reiterated
that no chargs will be made for such
assistance and that payment Of tax
will not be expected at the time the
return is prepared. The whole de-
sire, he concluded, is to enable the
taxpayer, for their own protection
and convenience, to know the amount
of their taxes as far in advance Of
March ID as possible.
The Coconino sun., 1927-01-28
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
PUT ON A REVOLUTION

Student opinion at the University of
Arizona regarding the campus cabal
which was climaxed by the resigna-
tion of President G. H. Marvin and
four members Of the board of regents
last week, and which has rumbled be-
meath the surface during the hectic
months of the controversy, flared up
Friday night in dramatic fashion
between halves Of the dedicatory bas-
ketball game in the new gymnasium.
A resolution condemning the action of
the state legislature in giving Presi-
dent Marvin a vote of confidence, and
asking that the board Of regents ac-
cept his resignation at once, was
brought before a specially called
student body gathering, although the
cat-calls and uproar which climaxed
the meeting made it impossible for an
accurate vote to be taken.
The Coconino sun., 1927-01-28
Cattlemen Meet at
Douglas Feb. 8-9

The officials of the Arizona Cat
tie Growers association are plan
ming to make the annual convention
which will be held in Douglas on the
9Th and 9th of February, serve the
cattlemen who attend the meetings
to the greatest possible extent.
Opportunity will be provided for the
permittees on the various national
forests Of Arizona to confer with
the forest officials from Albuquer-
que and the supervisors offices in
Arizona. All problems in connection
with grazing on the national forests
will be discussed and a better un-
derstanding will be reached on those
things which have resulted in con-
fusion in the past.
Provision is also being made for
the livestock sanitary board to hold
its monthly meeting at the time of
the convention in Douglas. This will
afford an opportunity to all those who
have questions to discuss with the
sanitary board. Members of that
board are anxious for the cattle
men who have problems to submit
to them to attend their meeting at
the time of the convention in Doug
las.
Those cattlemen who are planning
to attend this convention should
make reservations early and in this
way give the citizens of Douglas an
opportunity to take proper care of
all attending the meeting. Your res
ervations can be made direct with the
Chamber of Commerce & Mines of
Douglas, Arizona or with the associa-
ton office in Phoenix.
The Coconino sun., 1927-01-28
College Varsity Basket
Ball Squad Won Its Ninth
Consecutive Game Monday
BEAT MONTEZUMA TWICE. HAD IT'S HARDEST GAME
THIS WEEK. MESA ANDlOF SEASON AGAINST MESA
PRESCOTT LAST WEEK ]. c. c. QUINTET SATURDAY

The hardest team the varsity
has met up with this season was the
Mesa Jaycees, last Saturday. Mesa
took the lead at the start and had
dropped in several baskets before
Flagstaff rallied and began to score.
Mesa had the lead at the end Of the
first quarter, 10-7, and had increased
it to 15-9 at the end of the half. Flag
staff rallied early in the third quarter
and had taken the lead, 20-18, when
the quarter was over. The third
quarter opened with both teams fight
ing their utmost to increase their to-
tails. The game began to get rough,
and before the quarter had ended Mesa
had lost two of its best players on
personal fouls and Flagstaff had lost
one for the same reason. When the
game closed Flagstaff had increased
its lead, the score standing 1921.
The Coconino sun., 1927-01-28
COLLEGE FROSH ADDED TO
IT'S STRING SCALPS OF F.
H. S. AND ST. JOHNS H. S.

The night previous to the Mesa
game, varsity met and defeated the
Prescott Cowboys for the tli-d time
this season by the lop-sided score of
54-12. Coach Lynch put in his entire
second team in the last half and it in
creased the lead from 34-8 to 54-12.
This same evening the Frosh team
added another victory to it's growing
list when it administered to the Flag
staff high school boys another defeat,
21-15. Flagstaff high had the Frosh
guessing for the first half and had a
three point lead at that time. The
Frosh came back in the third quarter,
took the lead, and held it until the
last whistle sounded.
The following evening the Frosh
also had a hard game with st. Johns,
as did the varsity with Mesa. AL
though the Frosh held a slight lead
throughout the entire game, the mar
gin was close enough that it was any
body's game until the end, when the
College Frosh emerged with a three
point lead. The score was 21-18.
Freshman lineup: Willhite, rf;
Gibbons, IF; Schwartz, If; Fritz, If;
Johnson, c; Pace, c; Mayer, rg; Eas-
ley, rg; NJ. Wilson, lg; Coughlin, lg.
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