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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-21
BOOK
OF PRAYER HAS
BEEN RE MADE

LONDON, Jan. 20-(P)-The marriage
service in the Episcopal book of COM
mon prayer has been completely re-
modelled, the church of England says
today in giving an authoritative, al
though unofficial resume of changes
made as a result of the deliberations
of the house of bishops on prayer book
revision.
The newspaper says that the bishops
were unanimous in their decisions
eve believe that the revision will
generally be approved by church men
of all schools of thought except those
irreconcilably opposed to any change
the paper says. For those, the pres
ent book Of common prayer will still
be available.
"The marriage service has been
completely remodeled, there being
notable omissions and interesting adj
ditions. Ministration of public bap-
| tism also has been considerably re-
vised, together with the burial service
A large number Of new prayers and
collects have been added for the regu-
lar services and for special occasions
and saints days"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-21
BRITISH MARINES
SENT TO CHIN A;
WAR TIME SCENES

LONDON, Jan. 20 P-War time
scenes were re-enacted at Chatham
today when marines detailed for duty
in China assembled to begin their
preliminary journey to Portsmouth.
Three hundred marched to the sta
tion with full field equipment, headed
by a regimental band, and were
frantically cheered along the route.
They were joined by another 800
marines from Plymouth. Portsmouth
viii supply the remaining 400 neees-
sary to make up the contingent OF
1000
Official quarters again emphasized
today that whatever is being done
is in no way intended as departure
from the policy of non aggression.
In this connection the Star, radical
newspaper, tonight says:
'If it is intended to impress Eugene
Chen, Cantonese foreign minister)
then it may be possible to Justify
such demonstrations, but nation like
ours cannot make q demonstration
and then draw back
The marines will sail for China
near the end of the month, from
Southampton and according to the
government will be used only for
defensive purposes.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-21
Taps Sounded And
The VoIIey Fired For
Fl. Huachuca Officer

Thursday at noon the burial service
with military honors was read over
the late w b. Wren, a young lieu
tenant of the 10th cavalry at Fort
Huachuca. s
This popular officer of that military
Organization met his death in an acci-
dent on Monday last. While training
for the approaching horse show at
Los Angeles, when the riders of many
organizations will compete for honors,
Lieutenant Wren's horse stumbled,
casting his rider and crushing him.
Death resulted instantly.
Mrs Margaret I. Devices, who re-
sides in Denver Colo, the mother of
Mrs Wren came for the ceremony.
She was met at the train in Douglas
Wednesday afternoon and driven to
Fort Huachuca. The Wrens were
married only seven months ago.
The Rev E. w. Simonson of st.
stephens church, Douglas, also went
to the post on Wednesday to officiate
yesterday at this ceremony. Full mill
tary honors were accorded. A quartet
of the 10th cavalry supported by a
part of the band sang with finish and
feeling.
The burial will be at West Point,
N. Y. Mrs. Wren and Mrs. Devices
passed through Douglas on the Cali
fornian" yesterday afternoon on their
way east. Lieutenant Thier was jour
neying with them as a representative
of the regiment. The parents Of Lieu
tenant Wren live in Pennsylvania and
the first part of the journey is to them
This cloud of gloom that now hangs
so deep over Fort Huachuca spreads
also to Bisbee and Douglas, where,
during short residence in the west,
this young couple have made so many
friends.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-21
DE MOLAY PLAY
AT THE CIR and
is GOOD BILL


The De MUlay play, "The Rejuvena-
tion of Aunt Mary which is to be at
the Grand theatre Saturday, January
%, promises to be one of the best
amateur plays put on in Douglas.
Miss Grace Parsons, who has coached
the majority of the high school plays,
is directing this one.
The first scene is in Aunt Mary's
home. Jack, who has been expelled
from college for the third time, comes
home with the bad news for his aunt.
His college chums, Mitchell and Bur-
nett, come with him. To make mat
ters worse, Aunt Mary has just been
handed a bill for damages. Jack shot
at a cat and hit cook and killed a
taxi driver. This has not been ex-
planned before Mr.. Stebbins, Aunt
Mary's lawyer, presents notice of a
breach Of promise suit, brought by a
girl from Kalamazoo. This is too
much, and Aunt Mary disowns Jack.
The next two acts deal dexterously
with the ticklish situation, which cul-
minuates in most fascinating and
laughable way in rejuvenated and
reconciled Aunt Mary. There are three
acts of comedy, with a laugh at every
turn from beginning to end.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-21
Love Letters Shows
Fear Of Poisoning
By His Sweetheart

MARSHALLIOWN, Iowa, Jan. 20
GA love note Charles Elrod
Lewellyn, Nebraska, wrote before he
died here January 8, in which he
told his sweetheart of his waning
strength and assured her Of his for
giveness if She had contributed to
his condition, constituted a dramatic
finale today to the evidence sub
mitted to a eoroner's jury.
Dear, I don't feel like I will get
to give this letter to you. l hopo
you or no one else has poisoned
me as l dreamed you did. But IL
you have, / will forgive you with
all my heart" Elrod wrote to Veda
Bellefeuille, his 10 year old ftance.
The coroner's jury late today re-
turned verdict that Elrod had
died from poisoning, administered by
a person the jury could not name.
Reading of the letter proved a
shock to the girl, who exclaimed, Il
can't stand any more," and appeared
to be nearing breakdown. Previous
ly she had related a story of a
fictitious lover, creating triangle,
for the purpose Of testing Elrod's
love for her. The idea, she said, she
CLEANED from a magazine, and under
the name of the fictitious lover she
wrote letters to Elrod, telling of
great love for Miss Bellefeuille.
Through these letters, she said, she
hoped to test Blrod's loye for her.
4
emo proaI,foc+ CoI1o plota Without
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-21
WRITER ASKS THAT
PICTURES AND BOOKS
ON ARIZONA BE SENT

Addressing his plea to the Doug
las Chamber of Commerce and mines,
a writer who gives his address as
Denver, Colo, asks that he be sent
pictures and descriptive data on the
entire state of Arizona. The man
states that he is writing number
of articles for eastern Outdoor"
magazines and his subject is the
advantages of the west for the
tourist
The chamber officials have sent
him a large collection of pictures
and a package of data on the state.
They point out that through the
advertising that this city is doing
nationally it has come to be thought
of in the minds of outsiders as the
center Of activity in Arizona.
niSnatch TnInnh0nAS-S1 and 30
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-21

Digpatch TeIepbones-S1 and S2
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-21

'No Breakfast Complete Without
The Dispatch"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-21
nREnGING NNARLY noNE

MEXTcos CRY, Jan. 20 Especial to
The Dispatch) ).-Dredging of the bar
at the port of Tampico is nearly
completed, according to reports to
The department of communications.
The channel across the bar is re-
ported to have reached a depth Of
more than 20 feet.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-21

A score of clergymen and about 100
laymen and laywomen marched with
banners on January 12 to Lambeth
palace, where the house of bishops
was in session, in protest against the
possibility of revising the book of
common prayer by introducing cere-
monies similar to those of the Roman
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-21

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 20 Especial to
The Dispatch).-Plans are now un-
der way for the establishment IF an
sirplane service between. Mexico and
Central America similar to that now
existing between London and Paris.
The planes which it is planned to
use will carry IA to 20 passengers.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-21

Catholic church One of the banners
carried by the marchers said: Alter
alton may wipe out the work of the
Reformation"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-21
No sALE oE ARMS

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 20 Especial to
Tne Dispatch) Under orders from
the war department the sale of arms
in the republic is to be classified as
rebellion and persons found engas-
ing in such sales will be tried aco
cordingly. Telegraphic instructions
to this effect have been sent all
military commanders.
, 1927-11-22

tax for said estate according to the
best of it's knowledge. Taxlists
which are forwarded later to the
Commission, will, together with a
list of those estates that have omit
ted to send in their taXlists, be
transmitted to the Government,
in order that other measures be
taken.
Blanks for taxIists will be distri-
buted some days previous to the
meeting of the Tax Commission
and are required to be accurately
filled out by the parties concerned
and delivered to the Commission
on ,the day which is fixed for each
street in the town and each quarter
in the country.
Tax Commission for St. Croix,
November %, 1927
FRANK I. XWEL
Despo5cbjHg Secretary
, 1927-11-22

The Literary and Debating Club OF
this town held its SIKH annual banquet
last night at No. 81 Strand Street.
Covers were laid for thirty one including
Judge Lucius j. NJ. Malmin who was the
clubs special guest on this occasion. Mr..
Holger lessen who was the guest Of hon
or this year was unable to attend on ac-
count Of illness. There was an excellent
menu and the discussion of this and toast.
ing which included some very eloquent
effort indicating the progress the club
has achieved in this respect, kept the
company around the board until nearly
z a. m.
The u. s.. S. "Grebe" is making atlip
from St. Thomas to Christiansted to-day,
arriving here at noon and returning at
200 p. m.
Mails FOR St Thomas and supplement
tary mail for Porto Rico and the States
via Porto Rico VIII be closed today at l 80
p. N for dispatch ty the u. D. S.
"Grebe".
, 1927-11-22

Streets, all at the said Police Office
at 10 o'clock a. m.
Owners Of estates are to specify
in writing the exact number of acres
in cane cultivation, in cotton cul-
tivation, in other cultivation
and uncultivated land, also infor-
nation concerning the buildings on
the estate used for residences house
keeping, workshops or stOrehouses
if there are any used by other than
the owner, manager, oVerseer, their
servants and the labOrerS perma-
nentIy engaged.
If any portion of the land is use
less, and yields no revenue to- the
5owner, the number Of acres of
such portion must be stated in the
taxlist.
Owners of empty lots in town
are requested TO fill in taXlists ac-
curateIy, giving the information
desired, in order that it may be
as~certained if any new buildings
have been erected on the property
during the year, also stating the
time when such buildings were first
occupied.
In order that reduction can be OBJ
tanned in the taxes for buildings in
tended to be rented out which shave
been |unOccupied for two months or
more during the year, the Commits
sion would particularly draw the
the attention of those parties desir-
ing reduction, that it is very neces-
sary in such cases that certificates
to that effect be produced, stating
that the buildings or parts thereof
have been vacant during said
period.
IT MUST BE SPECIALLY
OBSER WE'D:
Persons ~neglecting to procure the
information and proof described by
the regulation in the above shape.
time and place, must ascribe to
their own neglect all losses result
ing therefrOm.
AS several planters in the last
years have neglected to meet at the
r.
, 1927-11-22

Publication.
PURSUANT to order from the
Government, the Tax Commits
: sion for St. CroiX will meet on
the aforementioned days to receive
information in writing relating to
the taxes for the present year.
For the Town of Christiansred.
at the Despatching Secretary's Office
at 10 O'Clock a. m. viz:
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7th
for the inhabitants of Kings, Com
pauy, Queens Strand, North and
West Streets, also Western Suburbs
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9Th
for the inhabitants Of Smith, West
and Ulke Lane, Watergut, Market
and Princes Streets, Kings and
Queens Cross Streets, Church, Hos
pitaI and Green Streets and the
Eastern Suburbs.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER for the
inhabitants of Hill, East, Lagoon,
Little Hospital, New and Fisher
Streets.
Fer the Country.
MONDAY, December IL for the
inhabitants in both East End Quar-
tiers at the Estate Sally's Fancy at
II o'clock a. M;
TUESDAY, December 10 for the
inhabitants in Company's Quarter
at the Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton at Estate Annals Hope at II
o'clock a. m.
WEDNESDAY, December IA for
the inhabitants in Queens Kings
and Northside Quarter Ltr B. at
the Police Station at Kings Hill at
10 o'clock a. m.
THURSDAY, December Is for
the inhabitants in Princes Quarter
in the School House at Estate Dia-
mOnd at 2 o'clock p. m.
FRIDAY, December Is for the
inhabitants in West End Quarter
and Northside Quarter, Ltr. A. at
the Police Office in Frederiksted at
10 o'clock a.. m.
For the Town of FrednrikeFad
, 1927-11-22
u. 5. NAVAL RADIO STATION.
NOVEMBER 10Th, 1927.
Courtesy OF the Associated Pr6Ss.)

Washington. -Prasiden 1T Coolidge thinks
Gene Tunney looks like a motion picture
actor and Tunney thinks the President is
a very keen name. This information was
given out today after a call by Tunney at
the White House. Iunney came here to
share the limelight with the President
and other notables at tbs army and.
marine football game today.
San Francisco. After making a pell
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-27

t. find some nickelplated knives an
forks t. match a berry spoon. He
wuz tagged out an detected after
a fruitless search fer birthday
present fer tn wife, that lynn an
snoopin' neighbors say he murdered.
I'll have witness here who's been
recommended fer tn pustoffice by
tn republican state committee who'll
tell you that he met my client, Lester
Tet on tn street this same evenin',
an that my client, Lester Jet, re-
marked t. him, This is a hell of g
town t. find silverware in. Til have
witnesses O. undoubted varsity who'll
swear that my client, Lester Jet,
wuz discouraged an downcast DER
th' lack O. enterprise shown by tn
merchants o. this town in allowin'
ther stocks t run down. If my
client, Lester Jet, wuz now accused
O. shootin' jeweler we might have
some trouble gittin'- him out of it.
but he did not shoot th' wife he loved
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-27
Top left
tn uy Al Bangs,

TIL Lester Jet murder trial, in
which tn defendant, Lester Jet, is
charged with havin' shot his wife,
Pearl, with pistol at tn close OF
a large quarrel, is daily turnin' away
hundreds, mostly women. 1'h' stores
say they've sold more floss or yarn
fer this case than they have fer
any trial in years, while tn resturints
are feedin' an unprecedented number
O. husbands an children. TIL state
rested it's case Yesterday, an AL
Bangs, O. Bangs, Binkley, Fluhart
an Bangs, celebrated firm O.
criminal lawyers, Immediately gave
tn defense version o. tn tragedy.
I'll prove t you jurymen that there
wuz no murder committed roared
Attorney Bangs "Ill have gilt-edged
witnesses here that'll tell you that
my client, Jester Jet, went home
at 6 p. m. October first, tired an
worried after shoppin' all day tryin'
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-27
Veteran Alien Hunter NEW HYDRATOR
Returns To Scene Of BEING PUT IN AT
Fights Of Years Ago PAOL'S QUARRY

One of the most complete and up-to-
date hydrating plants in the western
part of the United States is being
erected at Paufs Quarry west of Doug
las. The plant was purchased from the
Mccain Manufacturing company OF
York, Pa, and c. ID. Jones, hydration
expert for the company is here super
vising the erection of the big unit.
Pauls quarry produces one of the
highest quality lines and lime pro-
ducts in the country and Alfred Paul,
operator of the business has from time
to time during the past few years made
large additions to the plant and equip
mRnt.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-27
Iowa Farm Leaders
Look to Presidential
Campaign For Relief

DIES MONIES, Iowa, Feb. 3.R-New
evidence appeared today that Iowa po-
litical and farm leaders were looking
beyond the next congress and into the
next presidential campaign for con-
certed renewal of the agricultural re-
lief fight. This evidence was the prom
discussions of President Coolidge's
veto of the NIcNary- Haugen bill.
Governor John Hammill, who called
several corn belt conferences last year
and led a farm delegation to Wash
ington on behalf of farm relief con-
tributed this statement today to the
political discussion: 'I am sure that
special effort will be made to select
at the next republican national conven-
tion, man whom the agricultural in
terests regard as in sympathy with
their program"
The governor, when asked if he had
in mind the presidential boom for
Frank 0. Lowden, of Illinois, said he
did not care to discuss him as a pres
idential candidate until he was advised
of Mr.. Lowden's wishes.
A. c. Gustafson, chief clerk of the
Iowa HOuS0 VI REPRESENTATIVES, -WllO
promoted petition among members
of the assembly yesterday asking Mr..
Lowden to become agricultures can
didate, wrote the former Illinois gov
ernor today asking his permission to
continue the movement and make it
statewide.
I Governor Hammill declared that per-
sons interested in agricultural welfare
never have been so determined as now
that 'now national policy looking
to the general prosperity of all indus
try'' be adopted.
'"They feel they were assured that
if they would agree upon program
and it was passed by congress that the
president would approve it. Sinclair
legislation has been passed for other
interests and they will continue Wig
orous effort to gain that recognition
for agriculture There will be no let
ting down."
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-27
INSULL REFUSES
SENATE NAMES
OF RECIPIENTS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 O. With
expressions of regret, Samuel insult,
multimillionaire public utilities opera
tor of Chicago adhered today to his
position that he could not disclose to
the senate campaign funds committee
the names of the four men to whom
| he gave $4,000 for use in the Illinois
primary last April.
His case will be certified to the SEN
ate Monday or Tuesday and resolu-
| tion be presented proposing contempt
| proceedings against him either in the
! senate itself or in the District of Co.
| lumbia supreme court.
| Senator Goff, republican, West Vfr-
ginia, was requested by the committee
| to draft the resolution which will name
also Daniel j. Schuyler of Chicago
personal attorney for insult, and Thos
w. Cunningham, Of Philadelphia,
treasurer of the Pennsylvania republi-
can state committee who previously
had refused to answer certain ques-
tions.
Before reiterating his refusal to an
swer insult read to the committee to-
day a statement which disclosed that
the 9IAO,UUU WHICH, 1lS ScNO " IlS SCH
atorial primary campaign fund Of F
L. Smith was borrowed from the COM
monwealth Edison company of Chicago,
a public utilities corporation which
was under the control of the Illinois
commerce commission of which SrEith
now senator elect was chairman when
the contributions were made.
The utilities operator testified that
he repaid these borrowings and others
from the company with a check for
$4,000 drawn on his own personal ac-
count at the Illinois Merchants Trust
bank This check was placed in evil
dence. 1t was dated June 80, 1926.
At that time the campaign funds
committee was investigating the Penn
1lvania primary election and Chair
man Reed had announced that it also
would inquire into the Illinois primary
election. 80
Action on the resolution proposing
contempt proceedings will be sought by
Chairman Reed before congress ad-
journs next Friday. The general ex-
pectation was that the cases of the
recalcitrant witnesses would be re-
ferred to the District of Columbia
courts as was done with Harry F. Sin
clair after he refused to answer cer-
tain questions in the Teapot Dome in
vestigation.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-27
San Francisco Bond
Co. Enters Arizona

PHOENIX, Feb. 6-Announcement
of the appointment of Kirby L. Vid-
rine as resident representative of the
Anglo-London Paris company, one of
the strongest bond houses in the
west, was made here recently. The
company is owned by the Anglo and
London Paris National Bank of San
francisco.
The bonding company has invested
several million dollars in Arizona
bonds within the past decade, pur-
chasing several issues of the bonds
OF the Salt River Valley Water
Users association and recently IN
vesting half million dollars in
bonds of electrical district No. 2, at
Florence
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-27

an shopped fer. Now then, we're
,told that quarrelin' began as soon as
he got home. What of it? All
married people quarrel. I'll have re-
liable, upstandin', representative Cit
iZens here who'll testify that Pearl
Jet loved t. quarrel, she wanted t.
Jet, quarreled with her t. please
her. They'll testify, gentlemen O.
th' jury, that if it hadn' been fer
frequent quarrelin', Lester Jet an
his wife would have separated years
ago. Quarrelin' held 'em t'gether.
Why didn't Lester Jet shoot his wife
years ago? They've quarreled fer %
years. I'll have witnesses here from
th' first families in this town, wit
nesses of unimpeachab1e character,
some O. whom have refused public
office, who have known my client,
Lester Jet since he wuz a child,
an they'll testify that in all th'
years they've known him he wuz
never known t. shoot a woman.
They'll tell you, an everbuddy in
this courtroom, that after my client,
Lester Jet, an his wife, tn woman
he loved, had ther quarrel out an
had picked up tn dishes an got th'
dinin' room in order, he, Lester Jet,
my Client remarked t. his wife,
'Dearie, where's my revolver? I think
theirs skunk under tn house. These
same witnesses, these fellow towns
men of character an standin', IL
testify that then Pearl Jet, TIL lovin,
constant helpmate O. my client, Lester
Jet, fer almost a quarter of century,
then said, .rushin t. hide tn pistol,
you'll not kill no skunk under a
house O. mineE Gentlemen O. th'
| jury, thers been no crime, no murder,
Pearl Jet met her death tryin' t.
jam a pistol int partly open dresser
drawer wrong end first"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-27

Charles 7. Birchfield, veteran i'm
migration patroIman who has been
stationed at different border ports
for number of years past has just
completed tour of duty here and
is now in El Paso where he will
take up his duties at once.
Birchfield was badly injured in q
gun fight with rum runners in the
Ell Paso district some years ago
and was sent here to recuperate-
The nettle of the man and the serv-
ice is amply Illustrated when it Is
known that Birchfield requested his
transfer back to the dangerous Ei
Paso district.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-27
Specially Dance At
Gadsden Attracted A
Large Crowd Saturday

The Women's Auxiliary of the
American legion gave we'll at
tended and successful dance at the
Gadsden hotel last evening. There
were a number of special features
including waltz contest. Prizes
were awarded for the best couples
on the floor.
Music was furnished by Larry
Hammond's orchestra which has be-
come one of the most popular on the
border.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-27
Lorenzo Wright Sells
Business In St. David

Lorenzo Wright has announced the
sale of his mercantile business at
St David to HI. o. Post, the transfer
to become effective March I.
Wright has been in business In
ST. David for several years and has
built up q profitable business. He
has not announced his plans for the
future. The purchaser has also lived
in st. David for a long time. Both
are we'll known in Douglas.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-27
Roy Hiatt Announces
Sale Of Local Store

Roy Hiatt and Son announce the
sale of their grocery and meat mar
ket at the corner of Eleventh street
and G avenue to Rogers Brothers,
we'll known in Douglas.
The new owners will assume man.
agement of the store tomorrow and
the patronage of old and new GUS
toners is solicited.