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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-09
BRITISH STATE
Plan Of j. 5.
IS AGGRESSIVE
Bridgeman Paints Great
Britain AS Seeking Only
Defensive Ships
RIFT WIDENING
Japs Characterize Efforts
Asa Treaty of Expansion
Of Navies

GENEVA, July 8 P9-The crisis in
the tripartite naval conference sud-
denly became worse tonight
Moving from defense to attack in
explaining the British position, w.
c. Bridgeman, first lord of the British
admiralty, used the words "offensive"
and aggressive" in describing those
large size types of warships and
especially cruisers, which the Amer
ican delegation has been insisting on
the right to maintain as best suited
to the national needs of the United
States.
Mr.. Bridgeman, talking to the press,
painted Great Britain which seeks
only to protect her security by pos
sesSing certain desirable number of
small sized defensive" warships
While alluding to the United States
he declared that it is impossible to
reduce the total tonnages in the
various categories of warships if the
maximum tonnage of individual war
ships is to be pushed up until they
become aggressive types.
The first lords declaration caused
a reaction in American circles which
he characterized as ''unfavorable," at
the least because it has created the
impression generally in Geneva that
to the British way of thinking the
United States is seeking larger sized
individual Warcraft because such war
ships are offensive and even aggres-
Sive
Mr.. Bridgena1l'S statement is un-
derStood to be founded on the fact
that in discussing individual sizes of
deStroyers and submarines, the Amer
ican delegation advocated making the
maximum displacements slightly high
er than the British and on the fact
that the Americans adopted an url-
yielding attitude toward the British
attempt to secure an agreement
whereby the 10000 ton cruisers au-
thorized at Washington would eventu-
ally disappear altogether in favor OF
$500 ton cruisers, The American
delegation has fought for an agree
ment to make the total tonnage of
warships as low as possible, and has
been backed by Japan in its
endeavor.
The Americans and Japanese have
taken this stand because they are
convinced that genuine move toward
disarmament and economy can be
achieved only by treaty which limits
total tonnages and establishes levels
beyond which the nations agree 4ot
to go.
The British demand is for the right
ta maintain and replace cruisers
whose total tonnage would far exceed
the limits suggested by the United
States and Japan. Acceptance Oh CHS,
it is contended, would force both the
United States and Japan into an
Continued on Page Ten)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-09
ROCKEFELLER IS
. GOOD HEALTH
ON HIS BIRTHDAY
John ID. Celebrates Ami
versary With Good Will
To Everybody

NEW YORK, July R-His four
score and eighth birthday rouno
John D. Rockefeller, Standard Oil
king, attending to business, playing
a little golf, and enjoying motor
trip over the countryside, with moth
ing by way OF celebration to make
the day especially significant.
Arising early at his Pocantico Hills
estate near Tarrytown, Mr.. Rocke-
feller spent an extra hour at break
fast, chatting with friends OF his
family and few friends, before
settling down to work.
With a fourso1ne OF business and
social associates, the Oil king went
the round of mis- golf course for more
than two hours, and after luncheon,
took 50-lnile motor jaunt through
Westchester county.
He did not give interviews to
neWspapermen, but referred inquiries
to Ivy Lee, his New York press
agent.
"I am happy to spend by eighty
eighth birthday in a condition or
perfect health, full OF hope and cheer
and gratitude and with good will
to everybody" Mr. Rockefeller was
quoted.
Tonight he had arranged to be
host to q small group OF friends at
dinner, and will pass his eighty-eighth
milestone by retiring early.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-09
SETTLEMENT OF
SUITS AGAINST
FORD PROBABLE.
Reputation of Attack On
Jews Expected to Halt
Litigation

DETROIT, July 8, P-Probability
of out of court settlement of. all liti-
cation pending against Henry Ford as
the result of articles reflecting upon
the Jewish people published in his
Dearborn Independent, loomed today
as the immediate after-effect of a
statement by Mr.. Ford repudiating the
articles and announcing that such
writings never again will appear IN the
columns of the Independent.
Mr.. Fords statement, copyrighted
by the New York American and given
out through Arthur Brisbane, express
ed great regret" over any injury the
articles may have caused and added
that survey he had made showed
him ''that this journal (the Independ-
ent intended to be constructive and
not destructive, had been made the
medium for ressurecting exploded fic-
tions." The statement concluded with
the assurance that "henceforth they
(the Jews) may look to me for friend
ship and good will
Following publication of Mr.. Ford S
statement, it developed today that
counsel for Aaron Sapiro, who has a
$1,000,000 libel suit pending against the
automobile manufacturer, had been
active in negotiations that led to it's
issuance.
William Henry Gallagher, chief
counsel for Sapiro, said at his offices
here that the negotiations had been
under way for some time and that
Walter F. Lynch OF Chicago, law asso-
ciate, of Mr.. Sapiro had been here
for fortnight in connection with the
Ford statement. Gallagher added that
he confidently expects" settlement
out of court of the Sapiro suit. The
possibility that suit filed against Mr..
Ford by Herman Bernstein, New York
writer, might also be affected by the
Ford reputation was seen in the fact
that Louis Marshall, New York attor-
ney, who holds the original signed
statement of Mr.. Ford, is counsel for
Bernstein.
While Mr.. Gallagher was voicing
the expectation that the Sapiro suit
would be settled out of court and that
Mr.. Ford's statement gave Mr.. Sapiro
the vindication he sought, Stewart
Hanley, of local counsel for Ford, said
that so far as he knew there was no
connection between the statement and
the libel suit.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-09
OFFICERS ARE
ELECTED TO
BUILD HOTEL
Incorporation Papers Are
Filed and Plan Goes For
ward

Action was taken Friday afternoon
to get the new hotel matters under
way in truly businesslike manner.
There was meeting of the executive
committee, which is composed of 81
prominent Douglas business men.
Officers for the new hotel company
were elected. E. w. Graves YVES elected
President of the organization, S. G..
Dowell, vice president and Albert Sta
cy was elected secretary and treasur-
Ell.
The officers will select seven addi-
tional men who will make up the COM
plete temporary board of 10 men. The
list will be made up this morning and
publication will be made tomorrow.
The articles of incorporation were
filed and will be sent to Phoenix i'm
mediately. When incorporated, the
temporary board will have all matters
pertaining to the new hotel in charge
until the first annual meeting of the
stockholders which will be called at
a later date.
Stock subscriptions are still forth
coming, and also payments. Many peo-
pie of Douglas have come into the
hotel office headquarters and Valun-
tarily paid their payments on the
stock
The official call for the iirst pay
ment will be mailed to all stockholders
the early part of the ensuing week.
According to L. A. Webster, the sales
lre still progressing and people are
voluntarily making their payments
before the bills for the stock have
been issued
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-09
WOMAN WHO WITNESSED LINCOL MS
ASSASSINATION DIES IN FRESNO

first California newspaper, the
Yerba Buena STAR.
When she was a young woman
in Washington, d. c., Mrs. Don
Ieavy lived next to boarding
house operated by Mrs. Mary Sur
ratt. Here she became acquainted
with John Wilkes Booth and
danced with him, she often re-
counted.
She sat one night in FOrd's Op-
era house in Washington at per-
fOrmance to celebrate the end of
the war. Her eyes were on Abra-
ham Lincoln who was her personal
friend. She heard the fatal shot
and the scream of Mrs. Lincoln.
The man who leaped from the
box and brandished dagger in
the face of the audience, she re-
cOgnized sa John Wilkes Booth.
Mrs. DOnleavy cOntended that
Booth was not killed after the
tragic shooting of Lincoln but
made his escape.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-09
u S. AMBASSADOR TO MEXICO RESIGNS
s. * s. y y * * ** * r. * * ** y
Stamps Are Washed Off
Mail Carried BY Byrd
on America to France

* CHERBOURG, France, July
x 8, R-The Mystery of the alb
* sence of stamps on the majority
y of the letters brought to France
y. by Commander Byrd in the mon
x oplane America has been cleared
* up by Samuel H. Wiley, American
* consul here.
* The consul said that when the
y mail sack was opened at Yer
* Sur-Mer, he found that the
* stamps had been washed Oft by
X immersion of the Americas
* forced landing in the sea. At
* tempts to replace the stamps
* were unsuccessful.
y * * * i. y r. * a4.;f. r a * y 4. =: +
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-09
PHOENIX. WOMAN KILLED
In CALF. AUTO CRASH

LONG BEACH; Calf, July 8 lF1-
One woman was killed, another seri-
ously injured and four other per-
sons received minor injuries when
two automobiles crashed together
near here today.
Mrs G.. C. Miller OF Phoenix, Ariz.
was killed. Her skull was frac-
tured and she received internal in
iurieS. Mrs. Paul Blackmeyer, a
passenger in the same car as Mrs
Miller, also received a fractured skull
anG her condition was considered
serious. The Others injured were
Mrs. A. NJ. Selb OF Long Beach
William and Nellie Haley, also or
Long Beach, and Paul Blackmeyer
cf San Francisco.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-09
OUTLINES
SOUTH POLAR
EXPLORATIONS.
Plans to Start LOn Aerial
Expedition Before End of
This Year
KNOWS DANGERS
Contemplated Trip More
Dangerous Than That to
North Pole

v PARIS. July 8, H9-Commander
Richard E. Byrd tonight told French
neWspapernen at a dinner in his hon.
or here that he planned to start on
his projected south pole aerial eXpedi-
ton before the end of the year"
"We will go first to New Zealand
and thence by steamer to the center
of operations on the great ice field
which is 400 miles long," he said "Our
first task. will be to establish a series
of eskimo dog posts at intervals of
100 miles and next forming airplane
bases at every 200 miles. We will use
two planes, one with a single motor
and one with three motors
"The difficulties of the trip are eX-
ceptional. That know, but it only
stimulated my imagination in view of
the exceptional results we may attain.
South polar exploration is much more
dangerous than that of the north. To
reach the south pole we will be OBJ
liged to fly at a height of 1000 feet,
and the winds know make flying
most arduous and perilous.
From what I was able to observe
during the north pole expedition,
am sure there is some animal life
there, the study of which will be full
Of interest and as the expedition will
be there in the season when there is
little or no snow, we ought to have
facilities for observing under good
conditions"
"Our party, some 90 or so strong, will
include experts in the various branch
es of science"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-09

FRESNO, Calf, July 8,tP)--Mrs.
Mary DOnleavy, sister of Sam
Brannan, the first fOrty-nincr of
California, and a witness Of the
assassination of Abraham Lincoln
died today following heart at
tack. She was SO years old and a
native of Georgia.
A tattered flag which was drap-
ed about her shoulders III the
sixties after she had served four
years as a Union army nurse on
civil war battlefields, will be bur-
led with her.
Mrs. DO1leavy came to the San
Joaquin valley in the seventies
with her husband, James DON
leavy, a veteran of the civil war.
The last memories of Sam Bran
nan, held by his sister, were OF
girlhOOd days in Georgia before
he started west on the trail which
led him to the leadership of the
.YigiIantes and editOrship of the
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-09
Grey-Haired Mother
Sees Trans Atlantic
FHer II, English Port

CROYDON, England, July 8, QP-An
elderly Silvery- haired, SWeet-visaged
woman, stood for hours at the big
airdome here this afternoon, eagerly
scanning the sky for a sign Of the son
she had not seen for seven years. She
was Mrs. Jessie Chamberlin, of Deni-
son, Iowa, proud mother of the lad
who with Charles Levine broke all
transatlantic airp1ane records for
distance two weeks ago.
After making o mastery landing
which evoked cheers from thousands
of spectators, Clarence, Chamberlin
embraced his mother affectionately,
while her eyes became Suftused with
tears. He then took the Six-year-old
nephew, Bobby Moffett, in his arms
and hugged his ardently ,as movie men
filmed pretty scenes.
"Kiss your mother again." shouted
one photographer who missed the
first scene, and the smiling American
Accommodated him good-naturedly,
At Mr. Levine's solicitation Cham
berlin acted as tutor to Maurice Drou-
hin, the French aviator who is to pilot
Levine on the westward flight over the
ocean. Levine sat in the cockpit of
the Columbia as passenger
! Scarcely an hour after he landed,
Mr.. Levine returned to Paris N the
Columbia with Drouhin. He will come
back to London tomorrow with Mrs
Levine and begin preparations for the
westward flight across the ocean from
LIE Bourget. Prior to his departure he
said that his relations with Cham
berlin we're still cordial but they had
disagreed over the question of return
ing to America together in the Col
umbia.
Mr.. Levine said that henceforth he
would devote his time to organizing a
$5,000,000 corporation for the trans
port OF mail and merchandise by air.
plane across the Atlantic
cat least five years must elapse be-
fore we can carry passengers across
the ocean," he said "and then the
cost of a single flight will be SO pro-
hibitive-$30 3000-that only the wealth.
lest will be able to afford it."
Speaking with tie neWspapermen
Chanlberlin said:
while it is true that I disagreed
with Mr.. Levine over linking my name
with his challenge to Commander
Byrd to enter a competitive Atlantic
flight, we still are the best OF friends.
In support of which I agreed TO ac-
company Mr.. Levine this afternoon
from Paris and show Drouhin the me-
hcanical features of the Columbia, but
hereafter we will go our own way
81 have finished my job, which
was to prove that a transatlantic
flight could be accomplished in an
ordinary machine. The Columbia is a
stock plane which can be buoght any
, where for $4,000. To prove machine
/ capable of carrying passengers across
the ocean would involve an eXpendi-
ture of 100000. We couldn't find
anyone sufficiently wealthy to back
such an enterprise.
"I wish Levine and Drouhin all the
luck in the world on the return Tight. ="
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-09
FORMER ARMY MAJOR SUSPECTED
OF DYNAMITING L. A. AQUEDUCT

MARTINEZ, Calf, July StP)-C.
p. Watson, former army major,
recently arrested here on the
charge of being implicated in the
dynamiting os the los Angeles
water works in Owens valley, was
indicted today by the Contra Costa
grand jury.
On "a charge of having
possession of explosives and a
bench warrant was issued for his
arrest. Similar charges preferred
against him by the county will be
dismissed, District Attorney "A. b.
Timing announced, and Watson
will be allowed to surrender him
self.
He is believed to be in Bishop,
InyO county, where he went after
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-09

he was released on $4,000 bail fol-
lowing his arrest here. H. J. Becker
who was arrested at the same time
Watson was, and later released by
authorities convinced of his innO-
cence, testified before the grand
jury.
The Los Angeles Water and
Power Commission claims to
have evidence duplicating Watson
in the recent blastingS of Los
Angeles aqueduct in Ovens valley
where the ranchers have carried
on warfare with the Los Angeles
commission ever since the water
works were constructed in InyO
county. The farmers claim diver
sion of water into Los Angeles for
domestic consumption has left
their lands arid.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-09

Copper firm; Electro
lytic spot 1880; futures
1921. Lead quiet, spot
$40. m
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-09
E.E. CAMPBELL
IS MENTIONED
As SUCCESSOR
President Indicates Vacancy
May Not Be Filled For
Some Time
DOESN'T EXPLA
Sheffield Gives No Reasons
For Quitting Diplomatic
Service

RAPID CITY, July g. ND -
The courage and ability with
which James II. Sheffield met
difficult situations at Mexico
City has contributed greatly to
the continuation Of peaceful re-
latiOnS between the United States
and the Mexican government,
President Coolidge wrote Mr.,
Sheffield today in accepting his
resignation as ambassador TO
Mexico.
The president notified the am
baSsadOr that his resignation
would become effective upon the
appointment and qualification or
his successor.
In a formal letter to MIR. Cool
tdge, Ambassador sheffield
thanked him for the "unfailing
kindness and generous support
which made his service "In this
important and difficult post,
always pleasure"
RAPID CITY, S. D., July lP)-
The resignation of James Y. Shef-
field as ambassador to Mexico was
accepted today by President Coolidge
shortly after it had been rendered.
The post will remain for the time
being in the hands of the charge
1'affairs as Mr.. Coolidge has not de-
:ided when the resignation shsSl be-
come effective. He does not anticl-
pate that Mr.. Sheffield will return
10 his post after he makes con-
six weeks tour or Europe.
H. F. Arthur Schoonfeld, the
charge, is regarded very highly by
The president. While it is the usual
practice OF Mr.. Coolidge to fill
vacancies quickly, he does not want
sny conclusions drawn BECAUSE OF
he failure to make an immediate
appointment to this country, where
'elations have been troubled for
some time.
The president was said at the
offices today to be un-
aware of any new developments in
he controversy over the Mexican
ill and land laws, but there were
that MIR. Sheffield is con-
,erned over recent steps by Mexico
n the oil situation.
Mr.. Sheffield offered no explana-
ion for his retirement, except TO In
licate that, 1t was not because OF
health or lack of SUPPORT by the adj
In his presence,
Everett Sanders, secretary to the
explained that Mr.. Shef.,
field and the president reached an
agreement last summer that ii the
would consent to return
70 his post he would be relieved
his year.
Several names have been suggested
% the president as successors to Mr..
Sheffield, including T. E. Campbell,
former governor OF Arizona; Charles
Beecher Warren, OF Detroit; John
Garrett, of Baltimore, and SilaS
5trawn, of Chicago, and he expects
10 make a choice within the time
which would ordinarily be consumed
oy the ambassador in leave OF abb
,ence.
Mr.. Sheffield was named ainbasSa-
lor to Mexico in the tail OF 1925,
shortly after Mr.. Warren and John
Carton Payne had concluded nego,
.iations with that country on the
Continued on Page Ten)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-09
EDITORS CHILD sTRANGLED

PHOENIX. Ariz, July 8 P)-Pearl
Nanette Mcpherson, infant daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs Charles L. McPher-
son, died from strangulation early
today when she rolled from her bed
and was caught between the bed and
the wall Mrs. Mcpherson found the
child shortly after it's death. Mr.,
Mcpherson is sports editor of the
Arizona Republican, coming to Phoe-
nix from Wichita, Kan, in November.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-09
ICE COMPANIEs MERGE

PHOENIX, Ariz., July 8 @-The
Crystal Ice and Cold Storage COM
pany of Phoenix today purchased the
plant of the Glendale Ice company
and also the firms contracts, accord
ing to H. w. Ashbury, president of
the Crystal company. The Phoenix
concern will take over the Glendale
plan on August /.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-09
TWO CHILDREN BURN

VANCOUVER, B. c., July 8 CH9-
Two unidentified children were burn
ed to death In a fire which broke
out in the Royal Alexandra, West
End apartment house here today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-25
q RIG Us. PAT OFFICE G.
REPRESENTATIVE TOM
BLANTON AS AN lad" WRITER

BLANTON AS AN lad" WRITER
Representative Tom Blanton
Ii setting a precedent that may
elect him president of the first
Advertising Club organized in
Congress.
The Texas statesman has
learned the art of displaying
his Congressional wares in big
type on the face of the franked
envelopes he sends out-and
there is no law to prevent it.
This precedent of Brother"
Blanton may grow to large pro-
portions in Congress and give
statesmen a chance to boost
their work and speeches to the
limit. They may even print
photos of themselves.
Mr.. Blanton obtained leave,
February IA last, to print an
extension of his remarks on the
famous Fenning case. He sends
out this speech under his frank,
and in the left hand corner of
tkc big brown envelopes is dis
played, among other things,
these flaring headlines:
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D. C. FORCED TO MOVE
FROM MALL TRIANGLE
SOUTHERN RY.
DEAL OFF

Formal request that the District
Building be turned over to the Fed
eral government for use as an in
dependent office building and that
the District government be moved
out Of the Mall triangle south OF
Pennsylvania Avenue will be sub
mitted to Congress this winter by
the Public Buildings Commission.
In accordance with this plan an
inter-departmental committee Of Dis
trict officials, under the Engineer
Commissioner, is making a study
of the present and future needs Of
the District government for housing
space and viii report to Congress in
December.
Plans for acquisition by the Dis
trict of the Southern Railway
Building, just east of the District
Building, to accommodate District
activities which will be uprooted
by the Federal building program,
have virtually been abandoned, it
was learned today.
District officials were in negotia-
ton with the Southern Railway
Company at the direction of Con.
gress but have been unable to
reach even a tentative agreement,
the Public Buildings Commission
has been informed.
The commission Is considering a
proposal for the location of a group
of District buildings north of Penn.
sylvania Avenue on either side of
John Marshall Place and connecting
with Judiciary Square. Members Of
the commission feel that, as long
as the Federal departmental build.
ings are to be concentrated in the
Mall triangle it will be well to have
a similar grouping of all District
activities, including the courts.
The Federal building program will
GUST eight municipal activities from
the Mall triangle within the next
three years. These are the House
of Detention. the District employ.
ment agency. the Traffic Bureau,
the Municipal Lodging House, the
First Precinct Police Station and
two fire engine houses.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-25
WILL AIR
PRISONERS

At conference of the judges of
the Police Court in the office of
Frank A. Sebring, chief clerk, this
morning, after a visit by District
Commissioners Dougherty and Italia.
ferro and a thorough inspection of
the cells and other localities, II
was decided that beginning next
Monday the cell rooms will be
thrown wide open and the prisoners
permitted to enjoy the fresh air
and sunshine in the courtyard.
At their visit this morning, the
Commissioners found about 200
locked-up cases. it being the largest
gathering confined to the small
cells in many months. Both Com
missioners Taliaferro and Dough.
erty stated that the congestion was
APPALLING and inhuman. Had the
weather been milder today the
new procedure would have been
put into effect.
Major Hesse, superintendent of
police, has promised to send spe,
cial detail to Police Court next Mon.
day to assist in keeping the pris.
oners In the yard in order.