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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-24
ATTEMPTED BREAK FROM CITY
JAIL FRUSTRATED BY OFFICERS

An attempted jail break from the
Douglas city jail was frustrated by
the watchfulness of the officers or
duty shortly after 8 o'clock last
night
A large piece of the cement and
stone wall had been torn away with
a piece of pipe torn from shower
tath ana piece of iron from one Of
the hunks.
Julio Garcia, being held on a charge
of stealing ah automobile from the
Mexican consul in Naco, and Louie
Collins, awaiting return to the state
pcnitentiary for violating a parole,
were locked in another cell follow +.
ing the discovery Of the attempted
jail break.
Officers discovered the attempted
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-24

getaway in making their rounds
through the Jail The men We're
working on the wall at one end Of
q barred window in an effort to
pull out the bars.
Collins is paroled prisoner from
the state penitentiary where he was
serving a sentence for wounding a
man with gun in Nogales, officers
said They have been holding him
here for several days for invesriga
tion in connection with ether cases
Three other men were in the tank
at the time but are not believed to
have taken a hand in the attempt a.;
freedom. They are being held On
minor charges. The shower bath had
just recently been placed in the colt
2 be pipe was broken away from the
wall TO be used as tool.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-24
BRITISH PLANES
DESTROY PIRATE
RESORT in CHINA

LONDON, March % R-An old
establish stronghold of piracy in
China fell today before an up-to-
theminute attack in which airpIane
bombing figured.
Bias Hay, notorious resort or
sea raiders situated a short distance
UP the coast from Hong Kong, was
demolished by British warships,s the
aircraft carrier Herm and two cruis i
ers participating in the attack After
the bombardment in which no lives
We're reported lost, the warships re-
turned to port.
an attack Monday night on the
Sang reached Hong Kong, the Of
ficers reported that pirates had over
powered the crew, robbed the ves-
sci, wounding European passenger
and gone ashore at Bias Bay. To,
days punitive expedition followed
upon the report.
Authorities in London are hope
full, but not certain, that the Bias
Fay pirate band has been dispersed
Tor it is pointed out that many willy
denizens Of Bias Bay are peacefui
citizens one day and pirates the
next. For many years they nave
preyed in this manner on shipping
in the south China sea.
The pirates scatter from Bias Bay
over the wild Hinterland after eacn
foray and gather again after their
loot has been expended. Their METH
od is to board some richly laden
steamer in gangs as steerage pass
engers, when the ship is near Bias
Bay to overpower the officers, inn
prison the passengers in their cabins
and force the helmsman to enter
Bias Eay where the cargo is looted
and the passengers robbed Then
the ship is allowed to continue it's
VOYAGE
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-24

was approved by President Hib-
ben and 116 members of Prince
toms faculty. Mr. MelIOn's reply
was addressed TO President Hib-
ben and sought to Justify the
debt policy of the admiDiStra-
tiOn. "Tn the first place." Pro-
fessor Seligman says, "when you
speak of loans as investments
and indeed throughout your
argument, You pass over in sill
ence those moral aspects of the
debt situation which formed the
principal basis of the Columbia
and Princeton statements, The
question will not be finally seq
tied until we reach am adjust
ment that is morally defensiOIe
as well as economically sound.
81 desire only to point Out that
your letter fails to meet this Is
sue at all,'
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-24
SECRETARY MELLON TO
TAKE EUROPEAN TRIP

WASHINGTON, March % QP-sec-
1etary Mellon is contemplating an
immediate trip to Europe. Announce
ment of his plans is expected to-
morrow.
It is the treasury heads desire to
visit his daughter, Mrs. David X. T..
Bruce, whose husband has been sta
toned in Rose as Il vice consul. She
has been reported in i'll health.
If Mr.. Mellon decides to go ahead
with his plans to visit Europe, il
is understood to be his intention to
leave Washington late tomorrow.
Secrecy surrounded his preparations
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-24

Copper steady; electrolytic
spot and futures 1887.
lull; spot 1865. Bar
, IS.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-24
Tucson Company Would
Run Buses in Douglas

PHOENIX. March 23.-An appli-
cation was filed with the state
corporation commission today by
the Occidental Bus company, of
Tucson. for a permic to operate a
bus line in Douglas. The appIi-
cation will be heard by the COM
mission ON April at Phoenix.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-24
-S1anghai World Revolution Base, Say Chinese
SIX HURT in HIGHWAY CRASH
4 + + ** ~ + = + 4 + \
Vermont Senate Calls
For Re Election of
President Coolidge

MONTPELIER, VT, March 23
R.-The Vermont senate today
called for the recollection of
President Coolidge. The senate
adopted the following resoIu-
ton;
"That we. the duly elected
members of the general assem-
bly, of the state of Vermont, re-
affirm the faith of Vermont in
the administration of it's native
son. Calvin Coolidge, president
of the United States, endorse
his policies and affirm that the
continuing peace ami prosperity
of this country call for and re-
guire his recollection.
x y 81 81 x x x, =. :.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-01
BUSINESS MEN DISCUSS
PHOTO-LITH0GRAPHY ART
Importance of Business Co-Opera-
ton Is Stressed at Dinner
of Bocorselski.

: An address on the development of
photo.lithography and the importance
of business co operation featured an
inf, rmal dinner rendered the photo
photographic section Of the Mercha nts
and Manufacturers Associa ton by
Herman Isncorseiski Of Webb Il
Bocorselski and the Norris Peters
Photo. photographers, in the City Club
last night. ~-
Speakers included MIR. Bocorselski.
who told of the development OF color
photography in Sweden Maj. Wallace
w. Kirby, former director Of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
who said photo-lithography was in.
tlispensable during the World War;
S. j. Kubel of the Geological Survey
who Told of the development of the
art in this country. and. Edward
Shaw. secretary of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association. who
stressed the Importance Of business
co operation. Others who spoke were
James l. HALEY. Paul A. Heideke, G.
Guthrie and j. w. Babson. Former
Representative Jameson of Iowa pre-
sided,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-01

ing pointed out that the prisoner be-
fore the commission of the crime for
which he was sentenced today, had
been released from serving 10 years
for assault The records show that
while intoxicated took policeman
gun away from him and tried to club
him with it.
Gets Three Years.
Dennis r. Tinney was sentenced TO
three years on two cases for taking
automobiles. The sentences are to run
concurrently. Tinney was on proba-
ton at the time for sentences In five
ether cases of theft of automobiles.
and the probation was revoked, but
the sentences allowed to run concur
rently with those passed today.
William Price and Frank Gray each
were given one year in the peniten-
tiary for engaging in a cutting ARRAY
at dance.
Arthur g. Thomas was given three
years in the penitentiary on charge
of assault with a knife in Seventh
street cafe. tie appeared there intoXi-
Gated. ordered something to eat, and
then took exception to the presence
Of other persons there. When they re-
fused to accede to his demand to leave,
he chased them out with a knife
William Galloway, colored World
War veteran, who. in fit of anger.
tore up his papers in the Veterans
Bureau. because he could not get his
adjusted compensation. was given six
months in jail on a charge of mutilat-
ing Government records.
Among other sentences imposed
were the following: Thomas c. Bur-
rell colored one year for grand
larceny; Shelly Hedgepeth, colored,
three years for statutory offense;
Elizabeth Jenifer, colored, two years
for assault; Andrew Minton, colored
two years for grand larceny; William
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-01
MEMBER Of ROBBER
GANG SENTENCED
Man Who Took Part in VIII
Iiams HoId-Up Gets IA
Years, 5 Months.

Joseph Fried. another of the par
ticinants in the robbery at the home
of Mrs. Caroline G.. Williams. at l221
Sixteenth street. was given sentence
today by Justice Adolph \. HoehlinS
in Criminal Court No ] Of II years
and 8 months in the penftentiary.
The court said that he would impose
the limit, but took into consideration
that the man shoald he given credit
for the time he has spent in the Dis
trict jail Fried pleaded guilty to the
charge of housebreaking, which was
the one on which he was sentenced,
the Government not having pushed
the charge of robbery. because it
would have been impossible to CON
Wet on account of the death of Mrs.
Williams subsequent to the robbery.
which was committed by an armed
gang.
Fried was not apprehended until
many months after the crime, and
only after he had been traced all over
the country by Assistant United
States District Attorney w. NJ. Shea,
who prosecuted the case.
Cites Mans Record.
In passing sentence, Justice Hoeh-
ling called attention to the long Grim
inal record of the man, starting in
1891, and showing that he had spent
more than 30 years in prison on nu-
merous charges of burglary, grand
larceny and carrying concealed weap-
ons, serving time in Sing Sing and on
Blackwells Island.
Joseph Davis, an accomplice in the
robbery, now is serving a term of 80
years in the penitentiary
John H. Phillips WAS given one year
in the penitentiary for grand larceny,
but was placed on probation by JUS
tice Hoehling.
John Hot, colored, who pleaded
guilty to manslaughter, following an
Indictment for second degree murder,
was sentenced to Is years.
Anderson Summers, 69-year-old col
ored man, was given 10 years In the
penitentiary upon CONVICTION Tor
criminal assault upon an infant.
Summers was characterized by Justice
Hoehling as a menace to society, and
the court asserted that he should
spend the rest of his days in prison.
Purse Snatcher Sentenced.
Allen Norman, colored, was given
one wear in the penitentiary in four
cases of purse snatching from women
at night.
Fred c. Ellis. colored. who was a
student here, was sentenced to one
wear and one day in the penitentiary
for robbery.
James Eberly and Clyde Pingley OF
Winchester, Va, were each given SIX
moeths in the District Jail for viola
ton of the Mann act. In imposing the
sentence, the court said he took into.
account the notorious character of the
two q men involved.
Otto Hawkins, colored, was given
FIVE wears in the penitentiary for as
saulting a policeman. Justice Hoehl-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-01
JULIAN A. SCH0EN NAMED
FOR POST AT OCCOQUAN
Captain of Guard at Atlanta Prison
Appointed Assistant superin-
tendent of Workhouse.

Julian A. Schoen, captain of the
guard at the Federal Penitentiary In
Atlanta, was appointed by the Com
missioners today to be assistant
superintendent of the District Work.
house at Occoquan, Va, The appoint
ment was made on recommendation
Of Capt. NJ. NJ Barnard, general
superintendent of the Districts penal
institutions, and carried the indorse-
ment of the Board OF Public Welfare
Mr. Schoen was assistant superin-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-01

DR.. Joseph d. Rogers as deputy coro-
rier OF the District to fill a new posi-
ton created in the appropriation act
for the new fiscal year which began
today.
The salary appropriated for the
position is $1,S60 a year. DR.. Rogers
has served for some time as acting
deputy coroner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-01

tendent OF the workhouse from Janu-
airy. 1923, to February, 1925, but re-
signed to go to Atlanta Since 1902
he has had continuous service In
penal institution work. Prior to that
time he served In the Cavalry branch
Of the Army and was stationed in the
Philippines.
The Commissioners also appointed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-01

p. Holmes. coiored, three years for
joyriding; Charles Berry. colored, Is
months for housebrea king and larceny:
Albert r. Edwards. two years for
forgery, and Isadore Dantzler, colored,
two years. for forgery and utterinS
and placed on probation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-01

by film producers to take feature parts
in pictures. was injured critically yes
terday when his automobile plunged
over 300foot embankment at Latrel
Canyon near here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-01
Movie Actor Hurt In Crash.

LOS ANGELES, July / CP.-Paul
Vincente. Hungarian actor brought to
the United States a few months ago
, 1927-03-17
To all Foreign Residents
dOTniciled i'm the Virgin islands
of the United States.

EN- view of the possible approval by the
President Of the United States of a
Bill extending The naturalization laws
of the United States to the Virgin Is
lands and giving the District Court of
the Virgin Islands jurisdiction in such
proceedings, | hereby soIicit the patron
age of all aliens resident in the islands
who desire to be naturized. My fee is
reasonable and my services prompt. If,
therefore. you intend to begin naturiliza-
tion proceedings, consult me first and |
shall be glad to serve you.
February q, 1927.
d. HAMILTON JACKSON.
AttOrney-dt-LG}U
, 1927-03-17
MaBI-NOtice

Beginning Sunday, March Is, 1927,
the mail for St. Thomas, Porto Rico and
the United States for dispatch from
Chrisfiansted, will be closed at this office
at 100 .. m. precisely, instead of 1000
a. m. as at present.
P. o. C~hristiansted, v. l., March Z, 1927.
B. r. LARSEN,
Postmaster.
, 1927-03-17
Order Of The Day

the Colonial Council for st. Croix
for tne fiscal year 1926-1927, Sixth
Council, Second Session. Monday,
March Il, 1927, at one o'clock p. m.
|. Election of a men oer to serve on the
Kings Hill Publ, Village Commits.
sion for the uneXl red term Of H..
2, Hendricksen, deee Sed.
2. Colonial Council Bill NCe2I.
Introduction Of and LIST DISCUSSION on
Draft of Additional Money BIZ for
the fiscal year from 1st July 1926 to
Both June 1927 for an increase 5of
FIRES. 100000 under Public Works
Department item 43, (c) Repairs to
Public Buildings; With amendment
proposed by GoVernment.)
3. Amendment to the List of Court
Fees approved April 23rd. 1926.
4. Colonial Council Bill No. 70.
Introduction Of, and ever ualIy LIST
discussion, on Draft Of Ordinance
amending the Code of Laws for the
Municipality Of st, CroiX.
5. Resolution passed and approved by
the Virgin Islands Education Asso-
citation.
This resolution is at .le office Of
the Colonial Council for the inspec-
ton and information 81 members.
Colonial Council Office. St. Croix, March
Is, 1927.
Al. E. STAKEMANN,
Chairman.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
RITE CONTRACTS
FOR CATHEDRAL
New Corporation Accepts
Bids TotaIing 100000.

Contracts approXimating $4,000
600 were signed by the newly ore
ganized Scottish Rite Realty Corpor.
alton late Wednesday for construcs
ton of the Scottish Rite Cathedral
on the west side Of Meridian st. be-
tween North and Walnut SITS.
The Hunkin-Conkey Construction
Company, Cleveland, Ohio, was
awarded the general contract for
$1,117,469 Hetherington & Berners
indianapolis, the structural steel con-
tract for $s6,657. Electric wiring.
exclusive of fixtures, will be installed
by the Sanborn Electric Company,
indianapolis, for $44,S90 Matthews
Bros, Bloomington, received con-
tracts for providing cut stone at
$4O7,79O
The heating, plumbing and venti.
lating contract went to Hayes Bros.s
indianapolis, for 1922 900.
Wrecking of the vacant building
on the site began today with May
set for breaking ground. The cathe-
dral will cost approximately $780,.
200
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
COUNTY ZONE
Rec: APRIL &c
Continued From Page y

county zone or. if the committee
wishes, from outside the schools.
The committee viii select three
judges. The judges will settle any
question arising from pronunci-
alton or spelling, and will judge
the spelling of each word, The
prOnouncer will define words if
there is similarity. The judges
also should be selected from teach
ers in schools which have no con-
testants in the county meet.
The committee. at its meeting,
viii select from the Mccall Speller.
fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth
grades. the words for the county
bee. The lists will be sealed and
will not be opened until the con
test is begun. Then a copy will
be given only to the pronouncer
and each judge.
The lists, after the contest will
be filed with Superintendent
Swails, together with the winners
name. The committee will list The
contestants as they are spelled
down, and the word which defeated
them. This report also shall be
be submitted to the county super
intendent, with the committee
signed report
One township, which through
misunderstanding. did not select
its champion Tuesday, will hold its
bee Friday. and report the cham
pion's name Immediately to Swails.
Don Brown, seventh grade pupil
in Valley Mills school, couldn't
spell recommend. Mildred Rid
die. eighth grade. same school,
could. SO Mildred is the Decatur
township champion. They were
the last two to remain standing in
a very exciting contest.
Betty holland, 6l02 Ewing St,
sixth grade pupil at John Strange
school, won the Washington town.
ship championship.
May Vaughn. of school No. 2,
is Perry township, champion.
Superintendent Swails is compl-
ing the list of winners in all the
townships and at Beech Grove.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
BOARD OF WORKS !
TAKES UP DUTIES
BoquetS Greet DuvaII'S New
City Appointees.

The DuVall administrations new
board of works assumed it's duties
Wednesday, but considered only
routine matters.
There was no consideration of a
rumored change in street specif.
cations or revival of the asphalt
concrete paving war resulting in the
appointment of City Engineer Frank
c. Lingenfelter.
The board members took up
their task with smiles amid boquets
of flowers.
Following approval of old specih.
cations for asphalt for the city
asphalt plant, Lingenfelter said he
hoped to open the plant within ten
days. lie is seeking superin-
tendent.
Approval OF specifications was pre-.
liminary to ordering of materials
with which city chuck holes are to
be repaired. The material will not
exceed seventy tons a week, Lingen.
felter said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
SOCIETY NAMES HEADS
Missionary Organization REFLECTS
Mrs. Ackman President.

Mrs. c. w. Ackman was reelected
president Of the Women's Mission
airy Society of the Indianapolis Clas-
sic Of the Reformed Church Wednes-
day at the Second Reformed Church,
Merrill and Alabama SITS.
Other officers: Mrs. Karl Kiewit,
Terre Haute, first vice president; Mrs.
NJ. c. Dittes. Lafayette. second vice
president; Mrs. George w. Wolf,
Mulberry. recording secretary; Mrs.
NJ. c. Doindge, Linton, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. ]. S. Bosch. Indian
apolis. statistical secretary; Mrs. A.
]. Youndt. Mulberry. treasurere, and
Mrs. c. e. Korn, Indianapolis, his
torian.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
WHY? QUESTION
At MURDER TRIAL
Continued From Page y

son. but this one offers more
material for sermons than any
other event OF the past three
years.
What led to it all-was it the
quest of jazz, the thirst for adj
venture, etc, etc.? Why? Why?
Why?
Complexities of modern life
say the philosophers, and busily
prove their case.
Following Mammon, instead
Of Cod" declare the religionists
as they launch into favorite de-
nunciations of night life. Otis
a trial made for the church, as
practically every commandment
was smashed by the two at some
time or other)
Jazz" says one moralist.
Lack of home life" says an
other.
"a loveless union"
Difference in ages"
And so on.
And Liquors Blamed
Liquor" says the prohibition
list, recalling that Judd, at least,
was drunk at the time of the
crime.
Bootleg liquor gravely
amends another, certain that
such a deed would have been i'm
possible in the good old days.
For once society can stand with
clean hands and face her debt
ors; two healthy. sane adults
with normal intelligence and ed
ucation above the average, with
wholesome home influences and
religious training, who have re-
paid her gifts with one of the
most revolving murders of the
decade.
Even the immediate motive for
the crime is a matter of specula-
ton. Was it passion for her
lover or desire for her husbands
insurance that caused Mrs. Sny-
der to plot his death?
Money, Says Logic
Logic says the latter, for adul-
terry or a divorce would have
given her Judd Gray, while only
death could bring a hundred thou
sand dollaEs. Then. too. if love
had been the chief factor, she
would not have turned against
him with such venom, such anath-
ema. Her reviling sounds like
that of frustrated ambitions;
Gray had Become to her a mere
tool with which she could ac-
complish her purpose, a means
to an end, and when that failed
she was not only done with him
emotionally but heaped upon him
all the bitterness q her disap-
pointment.
Similarly, may be argued
that Gray vas guided almost
wholly b. secondary motives;
that is, he had no direct reason
for wishing Snyder out of the
way; his wife would still prevent
a marriage--or else require an
other murder-and his share in
the insurance would depend Who'll
ly on Mrs. Snyder's generosity.
And, from his acquaintance with
that cold, clear eye, set mouth
and hard jaw, the outlook was
none too CHEEKY. Consequently
it may be assumed he joined in
the crime either through fear of
her exposing their relations Or be-
cause he was so infatuated that
her wish was law.
Looking Backward
You feel somehow, as he sits
there, huddled in his chair, never
moving, never turning, with hard
ly glance for the jurors to be.
that he's living in the past, that
he's looking backward, wonder
ing how it all happened and why.
Whereas. just across the table
from him, Mrs. Snyder watches
every move with appraising eyes
and consults her attorneys. No
wild regrets for her, what's done
Is done-she's living in the pres.
ent and looking forward
To what?
TO- lac
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
RULES ON INSURANCE
Attorney General Holds Existing
Fire Rates Unconstitutional

Attorney General Arthur l..
C'ill'om' in an opinion Wednesday
TO Clarence c. Wysong, State in
surance commissioner, held that
existing fire insurance rates are un.
constitutional and that persons. who
previous to 1919 received a cut rate
or an unfair fire insurance rate
cannot continue to enjoy that rate
under Sec. Q, OF the 1919 anti
discriminatory law.
Wysong said approximately twenty
industrial plants in the State will
have to be reinspected for the pur-
pose of establishing a new rate if
they are to carry insurance with
any company licensed in the State.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
WELL CASE DELAY SEEN
May Not BE Tried Until May-Will
Ask Change of Venue.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
WARSAW, Ind. April 21.-Trial
Of Samuel and Athol Riley. farmer
youths, charged with poisoning the
we'll at Mt. Tabor school near here
layed until May, it was indicated
today. The defense will ask a change
Of venue from Judge Lemuel Royse.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
THREE HURT IN CRASH
Two Women and Man Injured When
Cars Collide at Intersection.

A collision between truck and an
automobile at Twenty First and
Delaware SITS. injured two women
and a man Wednesday night.
The truck, driven by II. w. Judd,
1902 w Twenty-First St, crashed
into a machine driven by Clarence
Jenkins. 2644 Allen Ave, according
to police. Miss Mary Altland, So,
and Mis- Lou Altland. SO, sisters, of
2144 n. Talbot St, riding in jenkins
machine. were injured about the
chest. J. II. Jackson, S3S n. Capitol
Ave, riding with Judd, sustained
cuts and bruises. No arrests were
made.