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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-28
SUPREME COURT.
ASKED TO PASS.
ON GAS TAX Use.

PHOENIX, May 27 H)-Petitions
asking leave to file direct in the SUI
preme court as an original proceeding
IN that court a mandamus action
against j. c. Callaghan, state treas
urer, in an effort to straighten out
the present gasoline tax tangle, were
presented to the court today by John
W. Murphy, attorney general. The
mandamus action seeks to compel
Callaghan as state treasurer to credit
the 25 per cent fund of the state and
the IS per cent funds of the Counties
with one-half of the three cents a
gallon gasoline tax.
1t is believed tlN-~ the suit will de-
termine the present status Of chap
ter. 76 of the 1923 session laws. which
provides among other things for the
three cents a gallon tax, mill tax
on motor vehicles operated for COM
pensation, and q ten cents per each
500 of assessed valuation, and an
appropriation of $1,55O,O00 to the state
highway department. The 1na11damus
action which will be instituted as a
friendly suit ~iay settle certain
conflicting beliefs regarding the Dill
including the question as to whether
the revenue taxes and levies made by
the bill an dcontinuous, or whether
on the other hand the entire bill is
inopcrative because the appropriation
made in it has been raised.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-28
COCHISE co. MURDER
I CONVICTION APPEALED

PHOENIX, May 81. QP)-An appeal
from conviction of murder IN the
second degree was filed in the SUI
prel1e court today by John A. Mlir1
ply Murphy was convicted OF slay+
ING Edward "Red" Williams in Low
ell, October 2, 1926, and sentenced
to serve from - to Is years. The
case was tried in the Cochise county
superior court at Tombstone.
Williams was shot by Murphy dur
ing an alteration between the two
men at a house where Williams was
living in Lowell, near Bisbee. He died
soon after the shots were fired at
him by Murphy. The latter claimed
self defense, stating Williams came
at him with a pistol after beating
him over the head with small
plank.
witnesses testifying for the state
claimed that Murphy struck Williams
With a billy club first and that dur
ing the fight between the two which
followed, Murphy fired three shots at
Williams.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-28
ARREST DRIVER
WHO PUTS CAR
OVER INCLINE

John Doe is quite a common name.
Often it is applied to persons of alb
solute inconSequence. 1t is generally
considered a handle" for buns of
low estate who fall afoul of the law
and refuse odivulge their names,
Just to be contrary. But sometimes
John Doe stands for a person of in
fluence and recti5ute who has slipped
slightly from the u Straight and mar
row path. That was the case in
Douglas last night. @
Not that the John Doe arrested
last night for reckless driving shortly
after 10 o'clock by Police Lieutenant
CSatliff and Deputy Sheriff Ash was
such a parsonage, but because he
owns what is considered remark
able. automobile For this automobile
of John Does last night performed a
feat of which goat might reason
ably be proud.
John Doe last might nlistook the
alleyway running from Eleventh to
Tenth streets behind the Gadsden
hotel for thoroughfare and drove
into it from Eleventh street. Be
tween the store house and the store
building of the Phelps Dodge Mer-
camille company there is "a graded
incline made Of cement. From the
Eleventh street side a dirt approach
comes to level with the cement in
cline.
Up the dirt approach John Doe
drove his car and mounted the ce-
lnent incline. And .serRnely on over
the incline he drove, and took the
sheer four-foot drop to the sidewalk
with his. machine, without the engine
even stopping. And Joe Doe drove
his car away without even ayjeracked
windshield OF a. broken spring. He
posted bond for appearance in count
this morning. iF sfj}
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-28

laborer: "The southwest is the best
country ever spent winter in. This
past winter in Arizona have had to
spend less money for clothing than for
any like period for a long time. When
man earns money here, he can spend
1T for fun or eats. We don't have to
keep working all the time to keep
enough clothes on his back to keep
from freezing"
I1i6a o.
Louis S. Marmond salesman: i
see no reason why Douglas can't build
and support. another good hotel. a
tourist hotel here will bring many
tourists to town that otherwise would
never stop here. Once here they will
like the eauable climate and tell others
when they leave Many Of the best
towns of California have been ma
terially helped by building large hotels. :
/ William H. Wilson; sn1elter worker:
81 believe Douglas needs a dog catcher
i've seen more dogs running loose about
| the streets in this town than in any
other place I ever lived Many OF them
! appear to be more or less cross, too
+ i am surprised that more children are
not bitten. And while the catcher Is
at it. let him take in about ZOO catS
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-28
SIX MEN KILLED
IN EXPLOSION IN
COLORADO MINE.

TRINIDAD, Colo, May 27 tP)--
Six men are dead and one man Is
seriously injured as the result OF aii
explosion in the number three mine
OF the Victor American Fuel COM
pany at Delagua, Colo, l8 miles
northwest OF here tins afternoon.
The dead:
George Casa, %.
August Castagna, "a.
| Charles Deluca, 81
| Eli Martinez, age unknown.
John Dolores, age unknown.
William Cowsill, As.
one hundred and thirty men
we're in tie mine at the time OF else
Hast and all with the exception OF
N d.-d and one. injured man reach
ed the surface safely through III
shafts. John Walker, 81, was Seri.
oj,slv injured and was brought ous
Of the mine four hours atter CNo
explosion. :.
A dust explosion is believed to
have caused the blast which wreck
cd the entrance of the mine
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-28
DE PINEDO'S SEAPLANE
BEING TOWED TO PORT.

LISBON, Portugal, May a NR--
The Italian steamship Superga, with
Commander Francesca De Pinedo's
seaplane in tow, tonight was slowly
making it's way toward Horta in the
Azores. When last reported the ves-
sci was about 80 miles distant.
A radio message from the vessel
aboard which the italian aviatofs
have been taken, said that the prog@
less OF the ship was slow because or
he rough seas and winds and the
desire to avoid further damage to
the seaplane one of whose wings
already was broken. aa.ta'
The message added that 1t, was
impossible to estimate when the Su-
perga would arrive at Horta.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-28
FORMER Head
JULIAN OIL CO.
is IN CUSTODY


| LOS ANGELES, May 27 CP-S. c.
Lewis, wilc resigned as president OF
Julian Petroleum cooperation al the
time an over issue OF its stock was
disclosed, today had been placed III
what the police said was "custory
with consent.
The former Julian lead had beer
accompanied by private guard viz
tually since he began his testimony
before the grand jury regarding the
muddled finances OF Julian petro.
,leunl ard it's more than 5O0000O
shares OF over ISSUED stock. 1t was
not until today, however, that 1T was
disclosed stllat police officers were
With Lewis constantly.
Police Officers did not say who had
requested the placing OF a guard
over Lewis. Inquiries at the dis
trict attorneys office resulted in
Guestioneys being referred to Chief
Deputy District Attorney Harold
Davis, who is out of the city.
H. L. Carnahan and Joseph Scott
uf Los Angeles, previously named
receivers for Julian Petroleum cor
poraticn and the California Eastern
Oil company, which took over the
Julian properties on an exchange OF
stock basis, today were appointed
receivers for the A. G. Wagy & COM
pany, Inc, a brokerage house, whicn
closed its doors at the time trading
was suspended in Julian stock. Lewis
claims - $1,0O0,o00 interest in the
Wagy company.
Bond fot the two receivers in tax,
inc. charge of the brokerage cont-
pany was placed at $4,000 each
Attorneys representing Samuel NJ.
Shortridge, Jr., and. E. NJ. Cochrane,
who were appointed receivers OF the
A. G. Wagyx company By the San
Francisco federal district court sew
eral days ) ago, tonight said they
would file An application to have
aho order appointing Carnahan and
ecoJt vacated. The attorneys de-
clared that the heavy duties of ad :
lninistering the receiverships OF the
California Eastern Oil company and
the Julian Petroleum corporation
would make it impossible for Carna-
gIaar and Scott to give the proper
attention to the management OF tEli'
Wagy company affairs, s
4 & (iaG[lallII1 ct1lCl NoCOUC COAoJ 60
nouncd rhat approximately S25oOOo
has been returned to the corpora
ton BY persons participating IN the
loan pool which, are said to have
charged Julian petroleum high rates
Of interest and brought about its
financial difficulties. The receivers
previously announced they would de.
nland the return OF all interest
charges over seven per cent.
4 The amount of the interest on
line loan pools was estimated by OF
ficials as between $10,OU0000, ano
! S11 600 900. The receivers said checks
4 covering part OF this were expected
!, to continue to come in. ~
4 Following a conference with the
receivers today, City Prosecutor E. I
Lickley urged persons who had re-
ceived high rates of interest from
4 the Julian corporation to make re-
istitution at once and promised that
! such action would be given consid-
i Grafton in an, investigation cn usur5
\; charges being made by him.
Il I.ickley said he intended as par
cf his investigator to question Q. G
'Jultan who preceded Lewis in con
, troll Of Julian petroleum. The city
prosecutor said he would question
, The promoter regarding charges made
. in r2GiO talks
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-28
Anglo-Russian Break,
Will Not Effect u. s.,
Declares President

WASHINGTON, May u. H9-The
break in relations between Great
Britain and Russia is not expected
by President Coolidge to have any
effect on trade relations between tho
United States and Russia.
While the president is making no
comment on Great Britain's action
in Difference to diplomatic practices
attention was called today at the
White House that the American gov
ernnent has not recognized Russia
Nevertheless, the president feels there
is no bar to trade activities between
citizens of the United States and
Russia or between American business
firms and the Russian government.
Dispatch Telephones 81 and &c.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-28
Caught on the Wing

Duke Workman, private first class,
Camp Harry j. Jones: My idea of a
good time is to gather at a place where
there is good music and good company
and where man will get his moneys
worth for what he spends. I like tc
patronize a place where d dime will
be appreciated when it IS spent, not
that the dime amounts to anything
but I,want my money to, be appre-
ciated." s $50 $50 ii
Thomas i O,Rnnrkn. New York City,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-28
FIat WaI1te d w
IA READ M.AAT ADS
No Breakfast Complete Without
The Dispatch.

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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-28

Thomas j. oRourke, New york City
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-28
MAIL CARRIERS MEET

TUCSON, May q R.-Uncle Sans
mail carriers will gather in Tucson
Sunday for the annual three-day state
convention of the national association
of letter carriers. Sightseeing trips and
banquets have been arranged for the
visiting letter carriers Officers will be
elected Sunday evening.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-28
No Breakfast Complete Without
The Dispatch.

that have nothing better to do than
straddle fence at night and howl"
Ted Haas. speed cop Il think that
traffic signals here would soon pay
for themselves in avoided accidents.
every time anyone even has
minor accident it costs from SIS to
$35, and that would soon total up
to the cost of traffic signals
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-28
TIME TABLE
PICKWICK STAGE
SYSTEM

Leaving Douglas
Wcstbound
1880 A. NJ. For all points
west.
$3.50 A. M. For Bisbee only.
(Except Sunday
11:0O A. M. For, Bisb
fic Tombstone, cson,
sla Phoenix and Nogales.
rt4 200 P. M. For Bisbee only
Y l. Except SundayJ
.p $3.50 Pm. For all points
- Eastbound
$3.50 A. M. Lordsburg, Dem
d ing and Ell iPaso. .
~, 7:15 p. .M.aLordsburg,. Dem
ID s.g ing and Ell Paso.
IA Arriving at Douglas
7~ From the West
4 1850 A. M. From all points
west.
1850 A. M. From Bfsbee only.
Except Sunday
1850 p. M. From Bisbee only.
Except Sunday
6:O5 P. M. From all points
west.
$3.50 P. M. From Bis b ee,
Tombstone, Tucson,
Phoenix and Nogales.
From the East
GAS Al. M. From Lordsburg,
Deming and Ell Paso.
7:30 P. M. From Lordsburg,
Deming and Ell Paso.
All Stages Depart From
P1cIkwick Stage Depot
1924 G Ave. Phone 1888
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-28
aISsa y I7Idd|4 {:
Will Be Closed Monday
MEMORIAL" DAY

Step into PIGGLY WIGGLY today. It's just as
easy as stepping into your own pantry and picking
just what you want when you want it from the
Shelves In seeing the hundreds of items before
your eyes, packed under well known nationally
advertised brands, the power Of suggestion will
help you to make selection for just your wants,
no matter how small or how big they might be.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-28
ELGlN MAYONNAISE

Another shipment of this delicious Mayonnaise and
Sandwich Spreads just received All Elgin prod
ucts have been Tested and Approved by the Bureau
of Foods, Sanitation and Health conducted by
Good Housekeeping Magazine. .,.,,1.i.,'.. n
The Washington times., 1927-04-07

been receiving approximately ss,-
100000 q month in premiums on
Government insurance This has
been Invested in the Governments
war loan bonds. and the bonds are
held for the insurance fund. These
bonds can be sold IL more money il
needed. according to Acting Score
tary Of thte Treasury Ogden Mills.
Mills opinion was expressed fol.
lowing the refusal Of CompsrorIef
General McCarI to permit the d.
rector of the Veterans Bureau to
borrow $4,000, 900 from the secre-
tary Of the Treasury for making
bonus loans.
Congress authorized the borrow.
ing OF this amount, but failed to
specify out Of which Treasury fund
It should be loaned. This omission
formed the basis Of McCarl's ruling
The Washington times., 1927-04-07

to deal in lands. investment securi-
ties and farming stock.
Personal incorporation has re.
Gently been adopted by many
wealthy Englishmen to avoid the
heavy super.taxes on personal in.
comes. and heavy death duties.
Although Socialists have attacked
this as unworthy and depriving the
government OF revenue. the peers
maintain 1t Is the only method OF
saving old family estates from total
extinction by taxation.
The Washington times., 1927-04-07
S8,0OO,O0O FOR
VETS LOANS

Besides the ss.OOo,OOO cash now
on hand in the Veterans Bureau
Insurance fund, which is to &c used
in making bonus loans to veterans.
large additional sums can be raised
to take care OF demands beyond this
figure. it was stated at the Bureau
today.
For several years the bureau has
The Washington times., 1927-04-07

Suits for divorce were filed in
the office OF the clerk Of the court
yesterday by Frank Page Martin
against Rachel Virginia Martin, and
Maude Bernice d. Davis against
James r, Davis.
The Washington times., 1927-04-07
PRINCESS PEER
INCORPORATES
b international News servIe,

by International News Service
LONDON. April Lord Las
eelies. husband Of Princess Mary.
IL now q Company"
Lord Lascelles and his father.
Lord Harewood, have incorporated
themselves as a limited company
The Washington times., 1927-04-07
NEWS BRIEFS OF.
ARLINGTON

ARLINGTON COUNTY, Va. April
ITO meet the needs Of Arlington
county schools. the board of super.
visOrs. at a meeting last night. were
asked for an increase OF 5 cents IN
the school levy for the next year.
Superintendent Fletcher Kemp
stated that it would take 100000 for
the operation OF the schools
The recommendation of Kemp
were indorsed by more than 200 eiti.
zens at the meeting. Owing to the
illness of e. c. Turnburke, chairman
Of the board, no action was taken.
With the approval of the proposed
increase, the rate in Arlington and
Jefferson districts will be $2,35, in.
stead of 1920. and s2.65 in Wash
ington district instead of $3.50.
The Washington times., 1927-04-07

Plans for the building OF $50 900
hospital will be the principal bust
ness to come before the meeting of
the Arlington County Monarch Club
tonight.
Efforts to gain the cooperation of
other organizations in the county
viii be made.
The Washington times., 1927-04-07

A Scotch city Is experimenting
with small houses for the working
classes built of wood and steel with
out the use Of brick or plaster.
The Washington times., 1927-04-07
CHILD DISEASE MEETING

Thirty organizations interested In
the prevention of children's diseases
will be represented at a convention
to be held on May g. The delegates
will include physicians. educators,
nurses, statisticians and psycholo-
gists from all sections Of the coun.
try. Secretary of Commerce Her
bert Hoover will preside.
The Washington times., 1927-04-07

The monthly meeting of the Po-
toEnac Citizens Association will be
held tonight in the auditorium Of
the Potomac town hall.
The Washington times., 1927-04-07

The annual meeting of district HI.
teachers conference, will convene to.
morrow at the Washington-Lee High
School. The evening meeting will
be opened by State Senator Frank l..
Ball, with County Superintendent
Fletcher Kemp, presiding. More
than 600 teachers win attend the
conference.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-15
SCOPE OF CHURCH'S
WORK HELD BROADER
Epworth Assembly Told Religious
Principles Must Be Used
in All Endeavors.

By the Associated Press
LAKE JUNALASkA, n. c.. August
15.-With the passing of the day OF
isolation and provinCialism the task
of the church has grown broader, both
in the scope of its work as applied to
peoples and nations and in the ap-
nlication of things religious to the
whole of the individual through all tn"
age periods of man. Or. w. 5. Bovard
Of Chicago. declared in a sermon yes
terd9y before the closing session of
the Epworth League assembly Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
THE church that would claim to
represent Jesus in the world must be
all inclusive" he asserted. The
physical unity OF the world has made
it one compact neighborhood, and the
church must set itself the task of
making the whole world a Christian
brotherhood.
Those who would serve childhood
must have regard for the kind of
parents the children have. Those who
are concerned in the reclamation of
adults must know that the most criti
cal problems of adult life might better
be solved by the gospel of prevention
when the church had its chance in
the plastic period of childhood"
DR.. Bovard is general secretary of
the board of education of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, South, which
is engaged in n program of unified
RELIGIOUS education.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-15
ITALIAN PEAK NAMED
FOR BENITO MUSSOLINI
Report That Mont Blanc Was Re-
christened Proves to Be
Erroneous.

By the Associated Press.
ROME, August 15.-The Alpine
peak which has been christened
Mount Benito Mussolini'' is not Mont
Blanc, but is the highest one on Ital.
ian soil of the several mountains Gull
minating in Mont Blanc. 1t was
stated last night. This announcement
came after nealy SO hours of mysti-
fication, during which it was stated
in many quarters that the French
peak had been given new name by
the Italians.
During the christening ceremony at
Courmaveur Saturday Curzio Mala-
parte, the Fascist editor, in a speech
protested against reports that French
soil was affected by the symbolic pro-
cedure.
ut has been said that you come
here to christen Mont Blanc" he said
I'VE protest that you really come to
give the name of Mussolini to the
highest italian peak"
These words were not mentioned
in any account of the ceremony reach.
ing Rome until last night.
1t was limited last night among
friends of Malaparte that the mystery
was explained by desire to involve
him in an international imbroglio.
His friends intimated that the i'm
broglio was expected to follow upon
the failure to clarity the location of
the mountain which was christened.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-15
BOOTH RENDEZVOUS.
WILL Be VACATED
Structure Next to Ford'S
Theater Is Believed Un-
safe for Use.

The historic old building adjoining
Fords Theater on the south, where
John Wilkes Booth Is said 10 have
ouenched his thirst prior to Lincoln :
assn ssination. has been ordered ahan-
doned by the War Department pend
ing a series Of Investigations Of its
safety.
According TO n r. PadCett, Gus.
toiian of the building for 40 years. il
was in the harroom and cafe on the
6.,' floor Of the structure that actors
r~nY, Cords Theater were in the habit
al loan&ing between performances
and il is considered not improbable
that Booth may have talked over plans
for killing the President while drink
ing there.
OF recent years the building. three.
story brick structure, has been oc'
cupied by the Army Recruiting
Service. Following rebuilding opera
tons next door several weeks ago it
was discovered that large cracks were
visible in the south wall. and Col. Il.
X. Cravens, in charge of the recruit
ing office, called the attention of War
Department officials to what he be
lieved to be an alarming condition.
Inspections Are Made.
At the request of Col. L. S. Grant $
office, the United States district en-
gineer's office conducted an investiga-
ton of the wall and recommended that
the building be vacated until the walls
can be strengthened. AT the same time
District Building Inspector Oehmann
was invited to make an inspection of
the wall and he pronounced the build
ing apparently safe"
In the meantime the recruiting
Office is occupying the second floor
OF Fords Theater, already congested
with files and supplies.
Padgett says that in the rear of the
barroom was a door through which
the customers could pass into an
areaway and thence through another
door into the theater. 4 passageway
there led under the stage to the
dressing rooms, and another stairway
led to the upper part of the theater.
Booth is said frequently to have used
this passageway between the bar and
the theater.
At that time the first floor had a
number of large windows and was
otherwise constructed for saloon pur-
poses. but the Government remodeled
the structure into It's present appear
ance, less suggestive of its former
history.
Seek Funds for Work.
The cracks which have developed
in the south wall are believed to
have been there for some time. Day
light shines through them, and in
places they are nearly an inch wide.
The wall also appears to bulge inward
The problem now confronting the
military authorities is the location of
funds with which to repair the wall
and make the building safe. A deci-
sion in this connection is expected
shortly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-15
Rum Runner Gives
Away His Liquor
When Car Breaks

Free bootleg liquor was dis
pensed with a liberal hand late
last night along Good Hope road.
according 10 reports brought TO
the Capital by passing motorists
The dispenser was the operator
Of a largc automobile which had
broken down in minor COLLISION
with load of liquor on board,
Apparently determined on say
ing his automobile from contsca-
ton by Federal agents. the driver
was said by passerShy 10 he glN-
inS away his bottles OF liquor as
fast as possible, There seemed
10 he n good demand.
The smell of liquor perNaded the
countryside. it was said, from hot
ties broken in the crash.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-15
Glencarlyn Citizens Elect.
to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
GLENCARLYN, Va, August 15.-
The people of this community reor-
ganized the Glencarlyn Citizens AS
ISOLATION Friday evening and elected
Stuart Hilder president. William
Backus vice president and Miss Mar
garet Olcott. secretary and treasurer.
Selection Of delegates to the Arlington
County Civic Federation will be made
by its president at its next meeting on
September J.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-15
MAD CAT BITES GIRL.
Pasteur Treatment Given 5-Year-
Old Louise Giles at Lynchburg.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LYNCHBURG, Va, August Is
Louise. the five-year-old daughter of
G. c. Giles, 1905 Russell street, having
been bitten by a rabid cat last Thurs
day, is taking Pasteur treatment here
for rabies.
After the cat bit the child It's actions
were such that it was killed and it was
found to have been suffering from
hydrophobia.