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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-27

BRUNSWICK, Ga, Aug. 26 P)-
The deep Caribbean sea alone knows
the whereabouts tonight of Paul Red
fern, valiant pan-American flier bound
from Brunswick to- Brazil.
No direct word has been heard from
him since he took off from here at
12:46 o'clock Thursday afternoon. A
radio message from Nassau, picked up
at st. Petersburg, Fla, said Redfern's
monoplane, the "Port of Brunswick, .
had been sighted 300 miles east of the
Bahama Islands by q steamer yester-
day afternoon. This report, uncon
firmed from any other source, placed
him from 400 to 600 miles out, and in
dicated that he was holding his course.
More than "a hours of silence have
intervened, however, since that time,
despite the fact that ships at sea and
islands have been asked to report if
his plane was sighted.
If the young pilot has maintained his
schedule, as mapped out before he left
Brunswick, he should have been over
Dutch ss1lana tonight. Redfern would
have passed Porto Rico Thursday mid
night and passed over the Caribbean
during the remainder of night Day
break would have found him nearing
st. George, Grenada Island or To-
bago Island.
Dr. Frederick c. Redfern, dean of
Benedict college, Columbia, S. g., who
came here to help his son map his
course. said that after passing the
Grenadines and "while flying SO miles
east of Trinidad Isle and Georgetown,
British Guiana, to Point st. Andrews
and well beyond Dutch Guiana, he
passed through great belt of calmS,
where severe thunderstorms, cyclones
and hurricanes occur almost daily
The unexplored highlands of Guiana
also lay between him and his first
objective, Macapa, on the northern
estuary of the Amazon river. At this
place, where the equator crosses the
great stream, he was to decide whether
to turn east to Recife (Pernambuco)
or continue on to Rio De Janeiro.
Redfern expected to make the hop
in SO hours from Brunswick, which
would place him at his destination
early Saturday night, if he were able
to maintain his advance schedule.
The profound silence that has sur
rounded her husband on his hazard
GUS flight has increased the anxiety of
his young wife Friends with whom
she is staying comforted her by sug-
costing that a great portion of the
first leg of the 4,6OO-mile flight lay
outside regular steamship lanes and
that as Redfern entered more Travelled
lanes in the Caribt.<Itn sea, he prob
ablV would flV at such a high o1titl1da
that his motor would be unheard and
the plane would be invisible in the
tropical darkness.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-27
MEMORIAL
SERVICES f 0 R
FLIERS.
San Francisco Citizens Will
Cast Flowers on Pacific
In Prayer.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. &c (P -
Memorial services at sea for the six
men and one woman missing in con-
nection with the Dole flight were today
being planned by San Francisco citi-
.zens.-
The plans were to have the MatSon
liner Maui halt 700 miles west of San
Francisco on September 16, on her
voyage to Hawaii, while flowers are
cast upon the waters during offering OF
prayers and singing of anthems by
clergy and passengers aboard.
Letters were sent today to all known
relatives uof the lost fliers, telling of
the memorial plan, seeking suggestions
and offering to take to sea any flow
ers sent here for the services.
The Maui is to sail from San Fran
cisco on September IA. Two days
later, September 16, a month after the
thrilling start of the Pacific air derby
at Oakland, Calf, she should be near
the point, where on the night of Aug
ust 19, Captain William Erwin of
Dallas, Texas, and A. H. Eichwaldt of
Hayward, Calf, flashed from their
plane, Dallas Spirit, the startling last
radio message "SOS-tail spin"
1t was because of this last word from
the Dallas Spirit that the point 700
miles out on the great circle was
chosen as the place for the memorial
services. NO word was received of the
other two planes, the Miss Doran and
Golden Eagle, after they left sight of
the mainland on August 16 and their
fate and whereabouts have since been
a mystery.
Naval vessels continued their search
for the fliers today, They were pro-.
ceeding over heretofore uncovered
areas seeking trace of the planes of
Miss Mildred Doran, John Auggy Ped
lar, Lieutenant Villas r. Knope, Jack
Frost, Gordon Scott, Captain Erwin
and Alvin Eichwaldt.
Admiral r. H. Jackson, commander
in-chief Of the Pacific battle fleet,
was here today aboard the flagship u.
S. S. California. He has had charge
of the naval search for the fliers and
Continued on Page Eight
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-27
l3 DEATHS REPRESENT STORMS
TOLL ALONG ATLANTIC COAST

Three schOOners, two from
Gloucester and one from Portland,
were reported aground and
cOastwise' schooner was tOwed into
Vineyard Haven today.
A tale of hardships was that Of
a woman and seven men huddled
On top of the afterhOuse for SO
hours, which was related when
the ParrcsbOro N. S., schooner
Minas Princess was tOwed into
Vineyard Haven by coast guard
vessel. The schooner was hit by
the. gale on Wednesday when 25
miles north of Cape Cod, filled
with water and lost her main and
mizzen masts. The only place Of
shelter was the top of the after
house. There the captain and
crew Of six men, with Mrs. LOr-
way MORRIS, wife of the second
mate, stayed for % hours before
the destroyer Henley came along
side Thursday afternoon. They
had a little food but no water.
When the destroyer offered to
taae Mrs. Morris aboard she re-
fused, saying she would stay with
her husband. Neither she nor
members of the crew suffered any
serious effects from their expert
ence.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-27
California Accepts
Five Proposals In.
Colo. River Dispute

considered as part of the tributary
waters going into Arizona.
In addition to these acceptanceS,
California rejected absolutely the
proposal to allocate to Arizona the
total of 675,0OO acre feet of water
annual for the development of the
$4,000 acres of lands embraced in
the Indian reservations in that
state.
This rejection now forms the ar
gunent around which the future
course of the negotiations hinge. I'm
der the terms of the Santa Fe COM
pact, the federal governments rights
to waters for the development Of
Indian reservations is expressly pro-
vided this right obtaining the same
as though no compact between the
states existed.
AS result if this situation Cali
fornia and her delegation has taken
the position that Arizona, no more
than California should be assigned
or alocated any sum of water in
the compact for the care of the
Indian lands. In this connection the
reply of California to the mediation
proposal says;
eve believe this matter was care
fully thought out and covered in
the seven state compact in man
ner that the upper state considered
satisfactory. The tri-State agreement
should follow the wording of the
Seven-state compact on the same
subject. We therefore suggest that
the same wording of the seven-state
compact shall be followed as fol-
lows:
Nothing in this compact shall be
construed as affecting the obligations
of the United States of America TO
Indian tribes"
The remaining proposal of the
mediation proposal was accepted par
TALLY and had to do with the de-
duction Of Nevada's share, the vest
ed or perfected rights of Arizona
and California and the giving of the
share for Indian reservation projects
from the 100000 acre feet allo-
Gated the lower basin states under
the seven state compact, with an
equal distribution of the remainder.
California accepted that proposal,
but insists that but two deductions
be made from the seven and a half
million acre feet, eliminating the de-
duction of the 675OO0 acre feet for
the Indians. With this elimination
the proposal is also acceptable to the
CaliforianS.
Following the acquiescence Of the
California delegation and the pre-
sentation of the reply to the COVER
nors of the upper basin states, Ariz-
ona was informed of the reply and
held a lengthy conference with the
mediators. At the conclusion of the
conference, it was announced Arizona
was standing adamant in its refusal
to give up the water for the Indian
lands but that the upper states
governors we're hopeful that following
series OF conferences tonight of the
Arizona delegations q way for the
acceptance of the California position
would be worked out that would per.
Continued on Page Eighth
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-27

BOSTON, Aug. &c P)-Thirteen
deaths, three OF which were in
Newfoundland and ten in Nova
Scotia, have been reported as part
of the toll of the gale which swept
the north Atlantic coast yeSter-
day, inflicting tremendous losses
on maritime and agricultural in
terests and lines of cOmmunica-
ton.
The closest survey possible to-
day revealed that three vessels
had been wrecked, costing two
lives, a third person was drowned
and a fourth is missing in the
wake of the storms passage over
st. Johns, N. #.
A search of the wreckage of the
schooner Sligo today yielded the
body of a Ia year old boy trapped
and drowned in the fOrecastle, and
raised the total fatalities Of the
storm near Halifax to ten. Others
of the crew are missing and may
swell the list of those who per-
ished in the gale.
Gaunt survivors of the storms
fury were struggling into port here
today. Vessels stripped of small
boats and other gear testified to
the damage done to the fishing
fleets.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-27
SaccO Vanzetti Sympathiz-
ers Blamed for Seizure Of
Plant. +.
GALES ACTIVE
President Orders Military
Authorities to Give Full
Protection. II
Walg j

WASHINGTON Aug. 26 tP - A
report that the AnAricaT owned plant
of the Amparo Mining company in the
state of JaliSco, Mexico, had been seiz-
ed by radicals and that Is Americans
and IL British subjects were besieged
in their homes near the mines was
received today by the state depart
ment from Consul Joseph 0. Satter-
white ,at GuacEgsajara.
Later word came from the American
embassy at Mexico City that the act
ing foreign minister had given as
surance that the military had the sit
uation at the Amparo mines in hand.
He reported also, the message said,
that the situation" of the besieged.
group of foreigners was satisfactory"
The embaSSy's telegram gave no de-
tails, and did not disclose whether the
Americans and British had found it
possible 60 terminate their bafricades-
Neither that message nor the one from
Consul Satterwhite give the identity
'of the Americans involved.
Several days ago Satterwhite re-
ported to the state department that on
last Sunday labor agitators had gone
to the Anparo mines from Guadala-
jara, 40 miles to the east, in an at
tempt to incite workmen to take ac-
ton against foreigners In the event of
the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti.
His report today made no direct ref
ence to such propaganda, but said
that the mining property was seized
yesterday by 'red SyndicateS."
Satterwhite reported that all for
eigners had left the mine surroundings
and taken refuge in Gladalajara ex-
cept the Is Americans and ii British
at Amparo itself.
No additional word reached the de-
partment today regarding the attack
Tuesday by Mexican bandits on a
train near Acaponeta, which resulted
in the death of Miss Florence Ander-
son, of Los Angeles, and what success
has been met in rounding up and
Furnishing the .brigands.
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 26 F)-rPresi-
dent Gales, Ell Grafico says, has or
dered the military authorities in Ja-
lisco to afford full protection to the
American mining properties seized by
fred" mine workers.
This action has been taken at the
request of the manager of an Alnparo
mine, who was forced by strikers to
abandon his office.
NOGALES, Aug. 26 GA Herald
dispatch states that al southbound
Southern Pacific of Mexico passenger
train from Nogales, Sonora, to Quad
alajara, Jalisco, was attacked by a
heavy force of bandits late yesterday
afternoon at Colma, Nayarit, a few
miles from the point where similar
attack took place Tuesday and re-
suited in the mortal wounding of Miss
Florence Anderson, American school
teacher.
The dispatch to the Herald stated,
that the engineer refused to stop the
tContinued on rage Eight)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-27

DENVER, Aug. &c, P)-Chances for
the settlement of the difficulties be-
tween Arizona and California that
are holding up notifications of the
seven state Colorado river compact
seemed brighter tonight when Cali
fornia representatives announced that
they had accepted five of the seven
proposals admitted as a basis Of set
tlement by the governors of the four
upper basin states
The one proviso that California
announced was wholly unacceptable
would reserve to Arizona 650,000 acre
feet of water for use on Indian
lands. The California representatives
declared the compact will take
care of this matter in that it allows
the federal government to step IN
and take water at any time it de-
SireS.
Both Arizona and California to-
night were drafting in their an
swers to the mediation proposal
made by the governors of the upper
basin states-Co colorado, Wyoming,
New Mexico and Utah.
Granting to Nevada of 100000
acre feet of water annually from
the main stream of the Colorado
river:
Granting to California and Arizona
their respective perfected rights to
use of water from the river, with
the proviso that no amount Of wa
ter declared to be perfected rignCs
shall be set forth in the tri-State
compact for either state:
Granting to each state, (Califor-
MIA and Arizona) the waters of the
tributary streams to the Colorado
river, within their boundaries.
Agreement to the proposal that
water from the tributary streams
reaching the main stream above
Laguna dam shall be considered part
of the main stream, and be divided
equally between Arizona and Cali
fornia, and;
Granting that the extra million
feet of water allocated by the Colo
RADIO seven state compact shall be
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-27
NEW HOPE TO CANCER SUFFERERS
DEMONSTRATEDB BEFORE CONGRESS

ously employed and therefore may
be made available to virtually
every sufferer.
The containers, he explained,
are SO devised as to overcome
two great drawbacks which have
heretofore leSsened the usefulness
of the method burning, with
subsequent necrosis of tissues ex-
posed to the radium and the
necessity of leaving the seeds
permanently in the radiated area.
The new seeds are screened
with platinum which cuts off all
caustic rays and attached threads
make it possible to withdraw the
containers as soon as their use
fulneSs is ended.
The seed particularly lends it
self, he said, to treatment OF
cancer of the esOphagus, one OF
the most deadly of all forms OT
cancer.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-27
CLUMSY DANCE PARTNER

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 26 t9-Miss
Katie Smith limped into small claims
court today and filed suit for $40
damages against Artie Gardner. whom
she charged injured and insulted her
by dancing all over her feet instead
OF all over the dance floor. Miss
Smith contended that that was no
way to treat a lady The itenized
account of injuries and insults pre-
sented by her claimed, shoes damaged
to the extent of Sc and sensitive
spirits to the amount of So.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-27

VIENNA, Austria, Aug. &c (R-
New hope for sufferers from GER
tain forms of cancer heretofore
regarded as incurable, was held
out by Dr.. Joseph Muir, of New
York, today at demonstration
before the cancer research cong
reSs OF new type of radioactive
"seed" for implantatiOn in diseased
tissues.
While DIR. Muir said mis- method
was of too recent development
to claim permanent cures, he
expressed confidence that il would
prove more efficient in destroy
ing the malignant process than
the hit or miss method which
were all that there were possible
under the old conditions"
The tiny seeds, no larger than
the head Of pin, contain radon.
a radioactive gas, far less costly
than the forms of radium preVI-
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-27
Warship's Armament Is
Nearly Pierced by Heavy
Ammunition.
NO ONE KILLED
Admiral HOugh's Flagship
Was Also Fired Upon by
Chinese.

SHANGHAI, China, Aug. 26 P-So
heavy was the fire against the United
States destroyer Noa by Marking au-
thoritieS from the south bank of the
Yangtse river about Chinkiang yester-
day, that the Noa's armament was
nearly pierced at various points where
hits were scored.
Officers of the Noa reported that
the destroyer encountered the fierce
firing 40, miles below Nankings when
unusually heavy ammunition was used
against the American craft. The Noa
reached Shanghai tonight, and bore
evidence Of the attack.
The destroyer replied with machine
guns, and automatic rifles, firing 5000
rounds at the attackers, who were
bank of the Yangtse. There were no
American casualties.
The Americans were unable to as
certain if there had been casualties
among the attackers.
The Yangtse patrol flagship Isabel,
carrying Patrol Commander Admiral
Hough, arrived just ahead of the Noa.
This vessel also was attacked by ma
tionalists and returned fire. The at
tack occurred while American vessels
were conveying three British CONNER
cial steamers from Marking to Shang-
hal Officers of the Noa reported that
all foreign shipping in the Marking
section of the Yangtse is again subject
to attacks by both northerners and
southerners who face each other from
the north and south banks, respec-
lively, of the river.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-27
U. S. CONSULATE
Is SAFTACKED
BY ANARCHISTS
Sacco- -Vanzetti Sympathiz-
ers Make Furious Dem
onstratiOn.

CHERBOURG, France, Aug. ,26 (R-
The American consulate at this place
was the object of a furious attack to-
night by great mob of Sacco-Van-
zetti sympathizers In an endeavor
to protect the consulate police, mount
ed gendarmes and soldiers came into
hand to hand encounters with the
rioters, while firemen, using streams
of water, drove the advancing forces
back at various points, but we're un-
able to disperse them.
First there was meeting of pro-
Continued on Page Eight)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-27
MEXICANS SEIZE MINE; HOLD AMERICAS S
Marking NationaEists Attack u S. Destroyer
= y y * y y * y * y y y y :
While Being Rescued
CaUe-In Again Buries
Man In Well; No Hope

+ WORCESTER, Mass, Aug. &c
Y P)-While rescue workers were
= bringing Fred Lanau of Auburn,
imprisoned since 6:3O o'clock last
+ night by cave-in at the bottom
= of a 40-foot we'll to the surface,
+ a wall, believed to be securely
= shored up, caved in and again
+ imprisoned the man shortly after
+ 8 o'clock tonight.
Y Rescue workers estimated that
+ it might take between four and
+ five hours to uncover Lanau, so
+ deeply was he buried.
Rescue workers said there was
+ little hope of extricating him
!. alive.
+
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-27
BLOOD TEST PROVES
CHILD is GYPSIES,
AND NOT KIDNAPPED

OMAHA. Neb., Aug. &c (R-,
Rachel was restored to Peter
John and his wife, GypSies, this
afternoon, when DIR. A. p. Condor
announced that blood tests snow
ed positively that SHE was their
child.
The tests had been taken on
agreement Of gypsies and cOun3y
authorities at Oakland, Neb., that
the results should be final.
Rachel was taken from her
parents yesterday by an order OF
County Judge CHAT Ttkena!l
pending a contemplated hearing.
Anderson Immediately announced
that the gypsies could take the
child.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-27
U. 5. Senators Ooerpaid
And Work Too Little,
Says Old Ford Partner

DETROIT, Aug. &c R)-United
+ States senators are overpaid, and
= the work attached to the position
+ is too light, Senators James
+ Couzens, commented today on the
+ occasion of his 55th birthday.
+ '.The trouble with this senator
+ ial work is that there isn't
+ enough work to keep one busy"
+ the senator remarked. "We are
+ all overpaid. I'd like to go back
+ to railroading, it is the most
+ fascinating business in the world.
+ Senators vacations are too long.
+ He wastes too much time"
+
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-27
ANNIE HUGHES DIES

TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 26 (P)AThe
death of Miss Annie Hughes, sister
OF former Territorial Governor L. c..
Hughes, at San Francisco today was
learned here by relatives. Miss
Hughes was 89 years old and had
resided i'll Arizona 60 years. She
had been in failing health for about
six weeks, relatives here said. She
was the last of one of Arizona's s
prominent territorial families.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-27
BLANCHE SWEET SICK

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Aug. 26 lF9-
Blanche Sweet, screen star and wife
Of Marshall Neilan director, was
taken TO hospital here today where
it was announced she would undergo
q minor operation. Hospital attend
ants said her condition was not
serious.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-27
UncOnfirmed Report That
Redfern Was Seen Over
Bahama Islands.
Is DUE TONIGHT
Young Aviator Expected to
Reach Rio de JaneirO in
Fifty Hours.

CARACAS, Venezuela, Aug. 26N
Notwithstanding close watch
in the OrinOcO valley, Paul Red
fern, American aviator on his way
to Rio De JaneirOs was not sighted
today.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-27

Saturday and Sunday fair
west, probably thunder.
showtNs east portion,
warmer Saturday.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-06

London. Aug. 8 Up - Four at
tempts to cross the Atlantic Ocean
by airplane from east to west, two
British and two German, are taking
definite shape.
Apparently the first of the four
will be that Of Captain F. T. Court
ney. British aviator. who plans
7,50o-mile flight from London to
New York and back. stopping each
way at Newfoundland for fuel and
establishing for the first time
tentative commercial airplane
route. He has been in camp at
Calshot. suburb Of Southampton.
His route by stages will be from
Calshot, to Valencia, Ireland, a dis
lance of 1870 miles. thence 100
miles to st. Johns, Newfoundland,
thence 1900 miles to New York.
following the same route on the re-
turn.
Captain Courtney will use Dor
nie1" all-metal flying boat propelled
by two Napier Lion" engines, and
will be accompanied by Flight
Lieutenant F. w. NJ. Downer as
navigator and r. F. Little as engi
New Britain herald., 1927-08-06
WARTIME" GUARD
AROUND COOLIDGE
CONTINUED From First Page)

Varzetti's behalf it appeared ex-
tremely doubtful that the defense
forces would succeed in further de-
laying the executions. Members of
the defense committee conceded that
their chances were slim.
21st Day OF Hunger Strike
Sacco entered the 21st day OF his
hunger strike today. still refusing
nourishment in any form. His physi-
cal condition was reported as fairly
good, however by DR.. Joseph l. Nc
Laughlin, prison physician. Vanzetti,
who renewed his broken fast just be-
for Governor Fuller's adverse deci-
sion was announced. also declined
food.
At 10 a. m. today. when the mo-
ton is fled at Dedham, only 10
hours will remain OF the respite that
gave Sacco and Eanzetti an addition
al so days Of life. This reprieve was
granted last month to permit Cover
nor Fuller and his advisory COM
nittee to complete their Independent
Investigations.
During this 10 hour period. one
OF the most extraordinary last
ditch" legal battles in the nations
history will be waged. Unless 1t sue
ceeds, Sacco and Vanzetti will be put
to death at the expiration Of the
respite. exactly seven years, three
months and 81 days after the double
murder of which they were convict
ed.
Habeas Corpus May Aid
An unconfirmed report today was
that writ of habeas corpus might
be served within the next few hours
on Warden William Hendry OF the
Charlestown state prison, command
ing the immediate presence OF the
prisoners in some court within the
eastern district of Massachusetts,.
Such a writ might be returnable
in either the state supreme court or
federal court.
Answering the challenge OF the de-
tense committee, Governor Fuller
tonight may make public the report
of President A. Lawrence Lowell OF
Harvard and Samuel w. Stratton of
Massachusetts Institute of Technolo-
gy. and former probate Judge Robert
Grant.
1t was on this report, in part that
he based his decision which. barring
possible court intervention. will send
Sacco and Nanzetti to the electric
chair next Thursday. The commit
tees opinion. the governor explain
cd in his decision, was unanimously
IN accord with his own.