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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-15
Castle Sad Scene
For Hindenburg

BERLIN, May Ia H9.-As long as
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg is
president of the German republic, the
offer of Wilhelmshoehc castle by the
city of Gassel as summer white
House" is unlikely to be accepted.
This was emphatically stated by a
person qualified by ye6rs of intimate
acquaintance with the soldier-p -presi-
dent.
"I regard the project as impracticable
for psychological reasons" this person
said. "Wilhelmshoehe is the scene of
Won Hindenburg's greatest disappoint-
mentS, of his bitterest memories.
when the kaiser left for Holland in
November, 1918, his last request to the
field marshal was that he bring his
troops back from the front in ordered
fashion. This Won Hindenburg did. He
dismissed them at Wilhelmschoehe. 1t
was a tragic moment for the aged
leader-the outward manifestation that
al lost war had been fought"
1t was at Wilhelmshohe that Won
Hindenburg received American news
paper correspondents for the first time
after the war.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-15
GYPSY MOTH HAS
MET MATCH IN
PROF. M'INTYRE

ALBANY, N. Y, May IA pP-The
Gypsy moth has met its match III
Henry L. Mcintyre of the New York
state conservation department..
When the dread pest crossed the
New York-New England boundary il
1922, Mcintyre was delegated to stop
its westward march. His campaign
brought the moth to halt in tho
Hudson valley and other states have
heen saved from a plague which
New England has been fighting since
shortly after the Civil war.
The meth first appeared in this
country in 1868 when colonies from
Europe were discovered near Boston
For a number OF years it appeared
sporadically in eastern Massachusetts
BY 1905 it was moving west at al,
annual airline rate Of six miles. New
England spent $25,0o0,000 in its los
ing fight against the vocarlous III
sect, and lost uncounted millions
through the destruction OF forest
fruits and shade trees.
The state OF New York acted
promptly when the moth reached It's
eastern boundary With the CO.
operation of federal, state and Can
adian ela5omologists and foresters
Mcintyre mapped out a barrier zont
OF 5000 square miles, from LonE
Island to Canada and from the Rud'
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-15
DOUGLAS
DIAMOND ON THIRD FINGER OF
HELEN WILLS MEANS NOTHING

SAN FRANCISCO, May IA (Pi-
When she appears in the ll-Engllsh
championships at Wimbledon, Eng
land Helen Wills. will wear soli-
taire diamond on the third finger OF
her left hand but it will mean only
that she is the proud possessor OF
the Jewel.
For Immediately after she leaves
the court on which she eXpecus to
win the championship of England,
she will, as is her custom, remove
The ring from her lett hand ana
place it where she usually wears it.,
on the third finger OF her right
hand.
Rings CHI the fingers of her right
hand, she explained ut her home in
Berkeley just before she left for
England, bother her in holding the
racket and cause o callous. So she
makes the transfer The temporary
position OF tie stone simply means
nothing at all" as TO the tennis stars
future other than the effect it might
have on her playing if she didn't
make the change.
The three times national champion
woman tennis player OF the United
states, and winner of the Olympic
games title in 1924, is a perservering
young woman. Forced to withdraw
her entry in Wimbledon play last
year and to default in the United
States national tournament because
Of ar appendicitis operation, she
went into training as soon as she
regained her strength.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-15
SHAH OF PERSIA
is PROMO TING
NATIONAL SPIRIT

TEHERAN, Persia, May IA tP1-,
From his goreous Peacock throne,
studded with enneralds representing
untold wealth, Reza Khan Pahlevl.
the new shah of Persia, IS building
up his country on modern lines and
promoting Persian naUlonai spirit:
Formerly a simple soldier, though
of distinguished lineage, the shah
climbed TO the post OF premier and
was proclaimed ruler by parliament
last year as the successor OF the de-,
posed Ahmed Shan.
Though women still walk veiled in
the streets of Teheran their rights
are respected and are increasing
They are protected by the strict
marriage settlements. Polygamy is
permitted by the national Moslen1
religion but has virtually ceased,
partly because of the spread OF west,
ern ideas, partly because OF economic
conditions.
Ten years ago, when the present
shah was rising to political power,
the Persian army was almost non
esistant. Now there is d disciplined
force of 10000. The shah has
cbliterated brigandage. Fe has
broken the power of the tribal chief
tains, say American observers, has
disarmed the triples and has IN
duced them to rally to the throne.
He has built new roads. He has
supported the American financial
mission engaged in reorganizing the
countryis finances under the presl7
dency Of Arthur G. Millspaugh, for
lnerly economic advisor to the stats
department at Washington. He re-
Gently sent TO the league OF nations
at Geneva, to defend Persia's view
point on the opium problem, Lieut.
Col. D.. w. MacCormack, formerly OF
Roxbury, Mass, and Washington, who
SIS a member Of the American mis-
sion, is his director OF internal
revnue.
The Persian budget is balanced
1'he shah proposes to build a great
railroad from the Persian gulf tc
the Caspian sea, passing by Tehe-
ran, at a cost Of $80G000O0.
He succeeds in ecollecting taxes
He is developing the ancient Fer-
sian carpet industry and is re-estab-
| fishing the old Persian arts and
crafts, especially in the working ol
brass, silver and copper.
I And finally he is giving his nine
year old crown prince democratic
education.
The Peacock throne was taken
from India in 1870 by the then shah
Nadir, known as the Napoleon OF
| Asia.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-15

to study their respective modes of op-
Grafton together.
Another important object is to de-
termine how rapidly and successfully
the army's air forces can come across
country to a given point on pre-ar-
ranged timetables in flights ranging
from 1900 to 2100 miles. The aSSemb-
ling planes will include 80 pursuit
planes, 20 attack planes, 200 bombing
planes, 13 observation planes and IL
army air transports. Fechet and his
transport: Various plane formations
will stop EN- route at Washington, New
Orleans, Macon, Montgomery, Musko-
gee, Belleville, III; Atlanta, Columbus,
Ga; Uniontown, Pa; Dallas, Little
Rock, Fort Leavenworth, Fort Sill, Fort
Riley and Fairfield, Ohio.
1t is estimated that the planes will
travel 475,0O0 flying miles. An elabo-
rate system of radio dissemination of
weather data is being prepared. Ev-
cry precaution will be taken against
mishapS.
Huge Air Review.
A huge air review will include about
100 planes from Kelly Field and other
air corps stations in addition to the 100
taking part in the war games.
/ The Second division, under Mai. Gen
James G.. Harbord, Omar Bundy and
John Lejeune, established a brilliant
World war record. 1t suffered 23,21e
battle casualties overseas more than
any other American division-and cap
tured 12,026 prisoners. The First and
Second were the two divisions of the
| A. E. F. all of whose units were award
ed the fourragere of the croix de guerre
by the French government. 1t fought
valiantly and successfully at Belleau
Wood Chateau -Thierry, st. Mihiel, ir
the Meuse-Argonne operation and nu-
merous other important engagements
| What was left of it was part of the
army of occupation and sailed for home
on July 25, 1919.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-15
NEARLY ALL OF U. S. AIR FORCE IS
ASSEMBLED in SAN ANTONIO TO
PRACTICE WAR With LAND FORCE

WASHINGTON
will
with
action
William Conner is
enlisted personnel The air
Fecfet will include
about o the available military aircraft
Aftermath of Mitchell
the presidents BOARD
Mitchell such hole about inadequate pre-
n
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-15
rench Are Losing
Distrust Of Checks

PARIS, May IA lP-The cautious
French business man IS getting slow
ly to the point where he regards the
bank check as safe means or
transferring money.
A recent report OF the Bank OF
France shows that 70 per cent OF
its transactions in settlement OF ac-
counts are by check where few
years ago only cash WAS exchanged.
Despite the government encour
agement of the use OF checks, thou
sands Of French business houses re-
fused for many years to issue or re-
ceive them.
The governments campaign, aid
eel by the large banks and new reg
lllations adding to the safety OF check
exchanges, have gradually brougn,
about q change.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-15
Cutting Off Water
Is Ruled Extortion

BERLIN, May IA R).-The p~oo+ice
of many landlords of shutting off the
water supply of tenants unable to pay
their rent has been declared by the
courts of Danzig to be form of extor-
ton and therefore punishable by law
A precedent was established at the
trial of a shoemaker, Herr Stechow,
who had shut off the water supply of
some of his tenants The tenants were
in arrears because almost their entire
income had been attached by the court
for other outstanding debts. The
prosecuting attorney described Ste
chow's procedure as "a most repre-
hensible form of blackmaf1," and the
court sentenced the landlord to a fine
of 100 gulden or two weeks Jail.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-15
Army Ready for Greatest MQneuuers Since World War
BRITISH POLITICIANS COURT
PROSPECTIVE VOTES OF Girl S

LONDON, May IA Flirting
with the flapper vote has become
epidemic among leaders Of various
parties since it became clear that
women between. 81 and 80 probably
will have the ballot in the next
general election
Lloyd George was the first to WOO
the prospective voters with bouquets
of his choicest Celtic He declared
with great emotion before the Ban
gor branch of the National Council
of Women that he had never been
able to understand why anybody
should discriminate against women
by denying them voice. in the gov
ernment.
This famous liberal leader is sup
ported in his wooing by the National
League of Young Liberals, and the
big liberal campaign fund.- and the
party already has a big drive on
hand to win the votes of college
women.
The labor party is also hard at
work among the women about to- be
enfranchised. Philip Snowden, John
r. ClyneS and j. H. Thomas are on
the stump in the industrial areas as
suring young women that the
trade unions want to embrace them
and have always been devoted to the
interests Of women.
But it is the conservatives which
have the hardest time getting close
enough to the budding voters to as
sure them of their devotion. In
spite of the fact that Premier Bald
win and many of his cabinet mem
bers espoused the interests of the
women without ballot, many conser-
vatives in the government stood out
against the premier and brought
down the condemnation of women
voters.
Lord Birgenhead, in particular, was
very frank in expressing his unWil-
lil1gness to have young women vote.
He told a gathering of women jour-
klalistS at the Lyceunn club very re-
Gently that he had never discussed
serious politics with young ladies of
tWenty-one. This remark brought
the retort: what about young
men?"
Lord Hugh Cecil, whom the suf-
fragists stign1atize as "a confirmed
opinion" that the prime minister lost
his head ''over the girls.
Diehards of this type have been
good deal of a problem for organ
izers who are erdeavoring to enlist
the prospective voters under the con-
servative banner. AS parties the
liberals and laboriteS have always
been more friendly to the demands
of women. But the Primrose league,
an organization for spreading the
doctrines of the conservative party,
is hard at work and is reminding
women that Lord Beaconsfield came
out. for equal suffrage 81 years ago
and that the unfriendliness of some
of Premier Baldwin's associates to
the equal suffrage legislation should
not be held against the party. The
Primrose league was given this name
because the primrose was Lord Bea-
confield's favorite flower.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-15

selves as if in martial business. F'echet,
for instance, will. dash to his plane and
hop off just as if war had been de-
clared on Mexico or somebody, one is
told.
Details of the naneuvers are not
available because they will not be given
by the division commanders until the
very morning of the day they are to be
carried out.
A Gigantic Offensive.
One phase will call for participation
of all ground and air forces in gi-
gantic offensive. This is to develop
staff functioning and conduct of op-
erations of large units of land and air
forces in pursuance with the latest gen
eral plans of the commanding general
In the second principal phase, part OF
the air forces will attack the ground
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-15
French Fencers Want
To Teach the World

PARIS, May IA Hp.-French swords
men as fencing masters for the whole
world is the dream of Roger Ducret
one of Frances best blades, recently
put in charge of the French Fencing
federation's tournament services.
Italy's school for fencing masters
at Rome, says Ducret, sends Italians
throughout the world to take charge OF
fencing schools and clubs. He thinks
France should do that.
The army school at Joinville- e-le-P Pont
outside Paris, once had great repu-
tation in fencing, but it Jagged behind
in methods, although army instructors
graduated there frequently show great
ability. At any rate, it is limited tc
military students.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-15
COSTS DEARLY TO BE
RAILROAD GENTLEMAN

LONDON, May IA H1-Patrons of
British railways who ride first class
are compelled to pay the government
IS per cent tax on Their tickets for
the privilege oy being rated as ladies
and gentlemen
Fri1iei. railWays Sried TO get
Churchill to abolish this tex in jhe
current budget, but he retGsed to do
SO, as he needed tic hal. nilliCa
pounds it yields annually.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-15

troops and the other air forces.
Secretary of War Davis will attend
the maneuvers, which will be under the
general command of Maj. Gen. Ernest
Kinds, commander of the Eighth corps
area. F. Trubee Dawson, assistant sec
retary of war for aviation, will fly from
Washington with such prominent per-
sons as he can persuade to accompany
him.,
Dawson says the maneuvers will give
staff officers opportunity to handle all
corps units composed of all types OF
combat planes, enable the personnel o1
one air unit class to study the effec-
tiveness of other types, test adequacy
of bombing and attack formations BY
attacking them with pursuit formation
and give air and ground forces chance
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-15
Movie Necessary To
Hold Servants In
Suburb Of London

LONDON (P).-No cinema, no
servant.
Householders of Claygate, a
suburb 20 miles from London,
:. have found that Mary Pickford,
Gloria Swanson and Bebe Dan
iels play an important part in
the servant problem. The vii
lage has no moving picture
house. Consequently, house
maids and cooks do not tarry
long. They move on to neigh
. boring suburbs which supply
celluloid drama.
Householders have organized
company to better the amuse-
ment situation and have ap-
piled to the Surrey license au-
thorities for permission to erect
|; moving picture theatre.
, - ~ - - e. y ~ 900 - - - - - - e.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-15
NIURnER LAID no WOMAN

ASIEVILIlE, N G.. May IA (H9-.
Mrs. Anna K. Montague. AZ, was
arrested here today on a warrant
charging her with the murder OF
Mrs. Mary R. Cooper, 81 year old
widow, whose body was found i'll q
vacant lot near her nome Tuesday
with throat slashed and skull frac-
tured. Mrs Montague is a nurse
who lived with Mrs. Cooper.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-10
GRADE SCHOOL
TRACK MEET Is
HELD SATURDAY

The spring track and field meet
between teams from the city gram
mar schools was held yesterday
morning on the grammar scnool
grounds under the direction Of II.
B. Warren, athletic coach at the
Douglas high school.
III the boys division for the fourth
grade the Fifteenth street school
took high honors with So points,
while the A avenue school girls were
victors with Fl points.
For the fifth grade, the Seventh
street boys took the title with &c
points and the Clawson school girls
were the victors with 2S points.
The teams entered in the events
and their respective scores are as
follows:
Roys: Fifteenth street, SO; Seventh
street 16; Clawson, 2; A avenue, 2.
Girls: A avenue, 81; Seventh, 1S;
Clawson, ).
Fifth Grade
Boys: Seventh, 26; Fifteenth, IT;
Clawson, 10; A avenue, 2.
. Girls: -Clawson, 23; Seventh, 20;
"A avenue 8; Fifteenth, 4.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-10
Championship Automobile Races Here Easter Sunday
HOOVER PRAISES
FISHING; GOOD
FOR THE SOUL

CHICAGO, April 8. (P-Fishing as
one of the great American pastimes
has steadily lost ground and will
continue to suffer unless sportsmen's
clubs, the federal and state govern
ments cooperate more effectually to
ncre ase Restocking, Herbert C.
Hoover, secretary of commerce, told
the Isaac Walton league at the clos
ing of it's convention tonight
Because angling is good for the
soul of man." it must be preserved
as national institution, Hoover de-
clared.
81 assure you the increase of crime
is due to lack of these qualities of
mind and character which impreg-
nate the soul of every fisherman ex-
cept those who get no bites"
Present methods of rehabilitation
through hatcheries are a failure be-
cause of the high infant mortality,
he said. Experiments conducted by
the bureau of fisheries of his depart
ment indicate artificial Matching can
be made more successful if the fin
gerlings are carried through infancy
to childhood. There is no field for
the energies of the game and fishing
clubs--the fostering of nurseries, he
added. All efforts, however, to re-
stock streams and lakes will fail, he
asserted, unless there is a check to
the pollution of streams.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-10
DEMPSEY DENIES OFFER
OF KEARNS' SETTLEMENT

WHEELER'S HOT SPRINGS, Calf,
April 8. tP-Jack Dempsey denied to-
day there was any chance of set
tlement out of court of the financial
differences between himself and Jack
kearns, which Chicago dispatches re-
ported as probable last night.
Chicago reports quoted Kearns as
intimating the settlement was prob
able, as attorneys had suggested a
compromise on an amount of 100000,
which he had refused. Dempsey de-
clared neither he nor his attorn eys
had made 100000 offer or any
other offer of outside settlement.
Furthermore, the Dempsey camp did
not expect to and never will.
"My attorneys will arrange to go
ito court as scheduled" Dempsey de-
clared.
The controversy concerns Kearns'
claims to the managers percentage
of DempseXs earnings, including the
Tunney battle. Kearns was quoted
as saying he refused the 100000 offer
because his share of that fight purse
alone approximated $280,00O.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-10
DOUGLAS BALL
CLUB TO MEET
SOLDIER TEAM

With the opening of the Southern
Arizona league season only q week
away, Manager Jack Weiss of the
Douglas baseball club is sending his
charges against the 25th infantry
team, Camp Jones, at 4 o'clock this
afternoon.
The game will be played on the
Camp Jones diamond, as the Tenth
street park is now undergoing res
pairs. 1t is being dragged and
scraped for the seasons play.
The locals are requested by the
manager to be on hand at Camp
Jones at O'Clock for preliminary
practice. The clubmen took the meas
ure aof the soldiers last Sunday by a
count of 9 to 8, and the latter are
out for revenge today.
The Southern Arizona league sched-
ule opens next Sunday, with Nogales
booked to play Douglas here. On
account of the auto races being
staged here on that day, arrange
ments are now being made to have
the local club play away from home
on that date
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-10
California University
Beats Cornhuskers In
Track, Field Events

CALIFORNIA OVAL, BERKELEY,
Calf, April g. P)--Scoring heavily in
nearly all events, California's track
and field team defeated University
of Nebraska by an IS to 46 score in
their intersectional meet here today.
While apparently outclassed after
the first few events had been run off,
the middle westerners pulled one of
the stunning surprises of the day
when Glenn Johnson e e e i
Schwobeda ad Talbot, California s
crack miller and half-miler, and Elmer
Boyden in thrilling races.
California produced two double
winners with Alvaa Ragan scoring
first place in both the hurdles, Elmer
Gerken in the shot-put and discus.
One of the outstanding upsets of
the day was the defeat of Roland
Locke, worlds record holder, in the
22O-yard dash by Phila Barber, gradu-
ate California student. Barber showed
his heels to Locke, also graduate
student of Nebraska, in both the CEN
.tury and furlong events. The former
California captain ran the 100 yards
in 10 flat, and the 220 in 21.S, re-
markably fast time for the wet track
Both were exhibition events.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-10

FAILS TO BEAT
PRINCE I'M RACE

BLANKNEY, Eng April . P}.-The
aspirations of young English woman
to defeat the Prince of Wales in a
horse race came to naught today in a
pointN to -point event of three miles
across plowed fields and with % fly
fences to negotiate
She is Miss Laylock, daughter of
Brigadier General Sir Joseph Frederick
Laycock, of the Nottinghamshire horse
artillery, and is an experienced young
horse Woanan. She wanted to have the
honor of being the first of her sex to
beat out the doughty prince in a chase
through the fields.
Wales, however, astride Cark Cour-
tier, rode a good race among the 81
competitors and by strenuous work
managed to finish third despite the
heavy going. Miss Laycock also rode
hard, but her mount was unequal to
the task and finished back in the ruck.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-10
PAINTERS CAPTURE HIGH HONORS
IN Y. M. C. A. BOWLING TOURNEY

BY margin of three games, out of
a total of So played, the Panther bowl
ing aggregation takes the Y. M. c. A.
tournament honors at the end of the
contest last Friday. This team, which
is captained by VIM Bise, is made up
Z of the following men: H. ]. Jorgenson,
Earl Jorgenson, C. A. Hill and Ray
Swain.
The Bank of Douglas, winners of the
previous tournament, ran the Panthers
a close race, while the Y. NJ. G. A. team,
which has been steadily progressing all
season, came in so close to the bank
team that is hard to tell which is in
second place.
1t is expected that a new contest will
be arranged starting Tuesday About
half the teams want five pins, and half
ten pins, so, that the groups may be
divided into two divisions with a short
tournament for each game. Announce
ment will be made Tuesday.
new name appears on the honor
board this week, with Hugh Caldwell
capturing the weeks high score of PA
Weiss made the high average with 17G,
and Work hangs onto the highest
Barney Hart, state. champion, goes the
score of the tournament with 232. To
high average with 172.
The 20 high men are: Hart, 172;
Johnson, ITO; Childers, 169; Ballentine,
1868; Cooper 159; Weiss, 156; Young,
1856; Smith, 1856; Struthers, 1856; Ri
chards, 1874 March, 152; Hinton, ISL; ;
H., Caldwell, 149; N Caldwell, 147
Coughlin, 147; Lindner, 146; Hoyal, 145;
Adams, 144 Stolaroff, 143; Hickox, 142.
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