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The Coconino sun., 1927-05-27

I from the front OF section Two was
knocked some distance out OF place
and that car had to be lifted back on
before it could move.
Both trains were filled to capacity.
For the first couple hours following
| the wreck all were writing kilograms
I'd friends and relatives assuring them
of their safety.
Within four hours following the ac-
cident wire had been received by
The Sun from the New York Times
asking for photograph of the
wreck. which was sent by air mail,
and telephone messages had been re-
ceived from Phoenix and Los Angeles
asking for particulars and making
specific inquiries about various per
sons known to be passengers on NO.
la. These messages continued TO ar
rive throughout the day,
Justice of Peace Harry Richlylne
got together coroner's jury as soon
| as word was brought of the finding
| of the body Of Mrs. Watson. They
went at once to the wreck, then met
| ~ the courthouse that afternoon and
| later again went to the wreck. The
| crew of section three was here for the
hearing that afternoon. The crew o.
section two was not, though it is re-
ported they had been ordered to re,
main here. However, they returned
to Flagstaff next afternoon to be ex.
amined. Justice Richwine having ad.
iourned the inquest until then.
On the jury were Jos. ]. Waldhaus
Joe P. Wilson, Walter Bennett, II. L
Hines. w. Z. Compton and Or. Felia
Manning. county health officer.
The dead woman was not identified
until Monday afternoon, and then bs
Pullman. Conductor j. H. Davis.
| All the leading sections Of No,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
GERMANY BEATEN
IN BIG CLAIMS CASE
Loses Out in Action for g.
100000, 900 Gold Marks
Before ArbitraI Court.

BY the Associated Press.
THE HAGUE, January 29.-Ger-
many today lost it's case brought
against the PREPARATIONS commission
involving claims totaling more than
5000, 900 900 gold marks by decision
of a special arbitral tribunal and
Interpretation court created to settle
questions of Interpretation Of provi.
sions of, the Dawes plan.
The matter for settlement was
whether certain payments by Ger
many should or should not be regarded
as included in the annuities payable
by Germany to the agent general for
PREPARATION payments.
The court, OF which Thomas Nelson
Perkins of Boston is president, upheld
the contention of the reparation COM
mission that the payments should not
be included in the annuities.
The items regarding which Ger
many raised the question are:
Payments made since September /,
1924, or to be made by the Reich to
German nationals under certain
clauses of the treaty of Versailles as
compensation for retention, liquidation
or transfer of their property rights or
interests in the territories of the allied
and associated states, including Alsace
Lorraine; for transfer of German rights
in the Shantung (China) Railway;
transfer of the German share of the
capital of the Morocco State Bank
and transfer of German interests in
public utility undertakings in Russia,
China, Austria, Hungary. Bulgaria,
Turkey and the territories formerly
belonging to Germany and her allies
in the World War
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
COFFEY TO FACE
MURDER CHARGE
51-Year-0Id Husband Will Be
Served With Warrant in
Death of Wife.

b3 LHe Associated PfeSS.
LANCASTER, Wis, January 29.-
Eight days of investigation which I'M
folded the tragic romance of Mrs.
Hattie Hales Coffy brought her biga-
mist husband to a cell in the Grant
County jail tonight, facing the pros
pect of a murder trial for the crime.
Failing to definitely point out to au-
thorities the spot in Grant County
where he confessed Staying his second
wife with a baseball bat while camp.
ing, William N. Coffey was brought
to the Jail here and turned over to
Sheriff Ray Morse. Sometime tonight
he will be served with a warrant
charging fIrst-degree murder, Sheriff
Morse announced.
Coffey's Incarceration followed day
of questioning that resulted in his
complete collapse in a Platteville no.
tel. Later he was taken for an auto
mobile ride through the southwestern
section of the county, which he had
described in confessions as the scene
of the Staying
Points to Death Scene.
Sullen and hesitant, the 51-year old
man who is facing possible life i'm.
prisonment sentence to climax a va
ried career, finally pointed to a spot
off the road q mile and a half south.
east of Sandy Hook and a mile from
the Mississippi River.
Directing attention 10 a place near
a clump of bushes, Coffey said he
Thought that was the place where
they camped.' The place was un-
suited for camping and on a different
ft.nyN hn tH1n lr ha1 Ia1n f1ar.I
in two confessions. There was no
sign of the place having been occu-
pied by a camp.
~ believe Coffey is stalling." Dis
trict Attorney r. NJ. Orchard said.
He abandoned his original intention
to have Coffey re-enace the Staying.
While still inclined to scout the
story that the Staying was committed
in Grant County, the prosecutor will
proceed with plans to have him tried
in Wisconsin,
Clings to His Story.
Showing visible signs of the strain
of the past eight days for the first
time, Coffey proved untractable to-
day. Awakening from a sleep which
proved insufficient, after spending Fri
day in Riter's woods near here help
ing recover his wife's dismembered
bOdSt NOilCC was lOL sew
eral hours.
Sheriff Lyall Wright of Juneau
County. and District Attorney Orchard
sought to break down his story that he
killed his wife in Grant County. He
refused to admit he was Icing and de-
MED he killed the woman either in
Eagle Point Park, near Dubuque.
Iowa, or in the woods where he buried
the body.
Just before he collapsed, he had been
shown the knife which was recovered
| today in the woods in the same hole
| in which another part of the body
| was cached. Coffey admitted that he
| had used the knife to dismember the
| body.
Some support for Coffey's legal wife
and three children at Madison was
! provided today through an order for
| the sale of his automobile. Mrs. Coffey
| has filed suit for divorce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
AGE BESTS YOUTH
IN 1OD-M|LE JAUNI
Chlsm, 70, Was Going Strong
as Men Who TWitted
Him Fell Out.

"Old. Too old to walk? Why. n-nof
I'm not"
1t had hurt to be told by younger
men that he was too old to walk-to
walk when he used to run-and
George Chism. 3719 Canal road, Re,
out to show 'em.
He was only 20 years old and--huh,
On July &c, 1925. he took along the
very men who said he was old and he
out-walked them. doing AZ and one-l
tenth miles in 8 hours and IS minutes.
That wasn't so bad, but then YOU
must remember that Mr.. Chism wasn't
in training.
Old? He'd show EN-. He'd walk,
100 miles in one hike before he passed
70, that's what he'd do. And so he set
himself about the business of attain.
ing that goal.
Tried 25-Mile Strolls.
He took many short" strolls Of 25
miles or so and quite a number OF lit
tie walks of around 80 miles-aIl. Of
course, with witnesses. And then he
figured he was about ready for that
l00-miler.
He made elaborate" plans for that
hike because he didn't want to fail.
As soon as he finished his days work
on Saturday, September 10, 1925, at
about O'Clock in the afternoon, he
went right home and prepared for
the walk At o'clock he was at the
zero mile post. just south of the
White House, and ready to so. 4
J. ID. Fry and w. w. Miller. botli
of the Capital Traction Co, for which
Mr.. Chism has worked now for 81
years, were there with an automobile
to escort him. His little grandson, IS
year-old Calvin Green. was there. too.
and so was Willis Waldron. who. with
the others, was TO accompany Nh
Chism on foot.
ScOffers Fall Out.
SO, starting at O'Clock, Mr.. ChisIn
and his fellow walkers headed for Bal
timore. Before Laurel was reached
Mr.. Chism was the only man in til
field and he plodded over the. roads.
trailing the automobile convoy all the
way to Baltimore
At O'Clock the next morning Mr.
Chism was leaving Baltimore for the
return to Washington. after having
slipped a cup of coffee and hot dog
sandwich in that city. At 1:25 o'cloek
Sunday afternoon he was back at the
zero milestone. having walked 100
miles in 81 hours and % minutes. The
next day Mr.. Chism was at work as
usual.
And now Mr.. Chism says he'll walk
l25 miles in one hike and he'll make
the attempt some time in March if
the weather Is good.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
CLAIM UNUSUAL FIND.
Doctors Arouse Discussion Over In
fiuenza With Discovery.

LONDON, January 20 (P-A letter
from two Edinburgh doctors, David
and Robert Thomson, brothers, re-
counting the discovery of what they
term an unusual streptococcus, has
aroused another discussion over the
influenza bacillus.
The letter, which appeared in the
medical journal, the Lancet, says the
streptococcuS was obtained from
nasal discharge and blood of one of
the brothers while he was suffering
from influenza. They were seeking,
expecting to find "bacterium pneu-
mosintes," discovered by Drs. Olitsky
and Gates of the Rockefeller Institute,
which supposedly but unprovedly. is
the cause of the disease. They tell of
falling to discover the "pneumosintes"
and of their surprise in finding this
new streptococcus, which tentatively
suggests the real cause, invading the
blood from a primary focus in the
nose"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
TRIBUTE TO INEBRIATES.

LONDON. January 20 CP).-Inebri-
ates usually have most friendly and
charming dispositions and are also
good workers, IN the opinion of Com
missioner Adelaide Cox of the Sal.
walton Army. She gave her views in
an address before medical society.
AT the same meeting DIR. Helen
Boyle testified that inebriates were
mostly "lovable, charming and de-
lightful people," Apart from their one
weakness every one of them was an
idealist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
UNDER-C0vER FACTS
Barred BY MERRICK
Prohibition officer at Norfolk Tells
of Starting Impeachment Case
Against Judge.
By the Associated Press


RICHMOND, Va, January 29.-R.
@. Merrick, former chief field service
prohibition officer for northern New
York and now administrator for Vir-
GINA and North Carolina, said here
today that he accepted full RESPONSE
bility for a. report made to the Senate
by the Treasury concerning under
cover enforcement methods i'm New
York State.
Since the report was submitted,
Representatives Celler, Democrat, and
LaGuardia. Republican, of New York
have demanded the impeachment of
Federal Judge Frank Cooper of New
York on the ground that the jurist
acquiesced in practices whereby
prohibition agents trafficked in rum
from Canada to entrap offenders
against the prohibition laws
MerTick said cases involved were
brought in open court and resulted in
three convictions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30

Upper left to right--yoeI Grays0n
special employee i'm House document
room, Sc years service; William A
Smith, i'm charge of congressional rec.
Ords, SO years service; William Tyler
Page, Clerk of House, As years.
Second row-.Joseph j. SinnOtt
Democratic doorkeeper, AZ years; j. NJ
Mckee, i'm charge of folding room, IA
years; Bert Kennedy, doOrkeeper, 81
years.
Third row-Joseph G. Rogers, ser
geant-at-arms of House, 81 years
Kennedy Rea, clerk TO Senate appro
priations committee, SO years; James
ID. Prescott, superintendent of House
Press Gallery, 80 years.
Bottom--Theodore f. Shuey, super
intendent of Senate Press Gallery, &c
years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30

eight years he has been parliamenta-
| rian, edits the manual and digest-but
he is leaving at the close of the pres
ent session to take up the practice
of law in Toledo, Ohio.
Clayton +. Moore is clerk to the
ways and means committee. He came
| here first as office boy to his father,
| former Representative j. Hampton
Moore of Pennsylvania. He was made
assistant clerk to the ways and means
committee in 1919, in 1922 was ele-
waited to the clerkship by Mr. Fordney.
| He follows the intricate tariff bill
| through both houses of Congress and
observes its signature by the Presi-
| dent.
The appropriation bills originate in
the House, where the tremendous
clerical task is carried smoothly along
| by Marcellus G. Shield. now in his
| twenty-second year Of service. Through
| sheer efficiency he has held this posi-
| ton under successive Democratic and
Republican committee chairmen, and
has been repeatedly eulogized on the
floor by leaders of both parties, includ-
! the late Uncle Joe" Cannon.
At the Senate side Kennedy f. Rea
| carries the appropriation bills along.
Mr.. Rea was clerk Of the House com
mittee for IS years and has now been
clerk or the Senate committee for an
equally long term.
No list of silent partners of Con
| greSs IS complete without mention of
| JIM preston, who wears 80 years of
service smllngly, as superintendent
OF the Senate Press Gallery, and
| William j. Donaldson, SUPERINTENDENT
or the House Press Gallery, who
| started as q. page 16 years ago. They
are aides alike to Senators and House
members and the newspaDermen.
They also take charge of press accom-.
modations at all the big gatherings
like national conventions or the arms
| conference.
Lynn Architect for q Years.
The comfort and convenience of
Congress must be carefully considered
the Capitol workshop kept in good
! condition for constant inspection by
constituents from all over the country.
| David Lynn, architect of the Capitol.
has been employedfn that office for 81
years, and his job is to keep the
| entire Capitol group Of buildings, in
Guiding the Library of Congress, the
House and Senate Office Buildings and
the Maltby Building, in first class con-
dition. He is soon to undertake the
job of supervising the erection of a
new $8,000,000 House Office Building.
AS architect of the Capitol he is q
member of the Zoning Commission
and the Public Buildings Commission
Charles E. F'airman is chief clerk
and art curator, rounding out Is
years by the preparation OF an elabo
rate volume on the art of the Capitol
which is now being printed by the
Government Printing Office.
Arthur Il. Cook, the supervising
sengineer. has during the last 20 years
made everybody about the Capitol his
| friend,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
MINERS TO EXPEL
/. REDS FROM RANKS
Workers in Convention Adopt
Amendment to DiSbar
All Communists.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, January 20
In keeping with the Lewis policy of
strict adherence to conservative prin-
ciples of trade unionism, the United
Mine Workers today prepared for the
general expulsion from it's ranks of
adherents to the doctrine of com
munism.
After a short but lively debate. the
convention of the miners adopted an
amendment to the unions constitution
providing for the disbarment of mem
bers of the Communist party. Only
Is of the 1900 delegates voted against
the amendment Under it's provisions
either local, district or national organi-
zation can upon conviction that an
accused member is q Communist ex
pei him from the union.
Endorse Lewis Regime.
Further expression of confidence in
the Lewis administration was voiced
when the convention approved a
change in the constitution granting
the pres dent a salary of $4,000
year insLrd of $4,000 and the vice
president and secretary treasurer
salaries of SO, 900 instead of $1,000.
The Brophy faction of the miners
Lewis, president; Philip Murray. vice
president. and Thomas Kennedy, sec
retary-treaSurer, higher salaries, but
1t was joined by others in sympathy
with Lewis, These opposed the in
creases. contending the money should
be used in strike relief and non-union
field organization. Rinaldo Cappelini,
Scranton, Pa, president of district
No. /; +. T. Pagan. Pittsburgh, Pa,
president Of No. S; Christ j. Golden,
Shamokin. Pa, president of No. 8:
and Phil Murray, president, sup
ported the increase.
The decks virtually were cleared to.
day for discussion of wage and con-
dition demands, out of which will de-
Velop a policy to be followed by
central competitive field scale COM
mittee in the forthcoming contract
negotiations with bituminous oper-
ators of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and
western Pennsylvania. This meet
ing will open at Miami, Fla, Feb
ruary H.
Speakers Are Heckled.
The discussion of the communist
amendment provoked persistent
heckling of speakers for and against
the proposition.
Back to Russia shouted several
delegates when speaker sought to
oppose the amendment
Another delegate asked why mem.
bers of the Facisti were not denied
membership.
There is no evidence of Facisti in
fuence in the mine workers." Van
A. Bittner. secretary of the constitu-
tional committee, replied.
Asked to explain the unions in
vestigation of communistic activity,
President Lewis said the Communist
party was both political and social,
I'VE have found the Communists
have sought to destroy unionism and
we have encountered their work in
several districts" Lewis said.
Henry Burr, Pittsburgh, Kans., Sec
rotary of district No. IL, asked that
the union go further and expel all
holding radical beliefs regarding or
ganized labor.
Il believe this amendment would be
unanimously adopted If it were not
for the paid organizers of Communism
now in this convention" declared
o. j. Owings, Cambridge, Ohio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30

SCRANTON, Pa, January 20 R).---
When Mrs. Mayme Smith missed her
pet parrot, stolen today, she made the
rounds of the bird stores of the city
in search of it. Hello, Mamai" cried
out a parrot in one store and Mrs.
Smith recognized her bird. The police
traced the theft and made an arrest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
Dog, Valued at $4,000. Killed.

CLEVELAND, Ohio. January 20
OP).-Midnight, black police dog,
owned by Mrs. Carl II. Hanna. and
valued at $4,000, was killed here last
night when veterinarians pronounced
her suffering from rabies contracted
from a bite of a nameless terrier.
The dog was regarded as one of the
most valuable in the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
Deerfoot Boys Club to Meet.

The Deerfoot Boys Club will meet
at the home of Vice President Ralph
Thayer, 1854 Twelfth place north
east, Tuesday at 1870 pm. The pro-
gram will include discussion on amend
ments to the constitution and the
committee reports. Talks will be given
by Director William Perry and Ralph
Thayer in regard to organizing a base
ball team. At the last meeting John
Herbert gave a brief talk in regard
to the future of the club. Action was
taken toward raising funds for the
new clubhouse soon to be. erected
Mr.. Perry will appropriate Sufficient
furniture for the club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30

The wife and two children of a
Cornish. England, man, said to have
inherited $4,000 in Australia, are be-
ing supported by Cornwall aid So
ciety until the courts serve the order
compelling the husband and father
to pay $40 week toward the support
Of his family. 4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30

Miss Silanpaa, who recently was ap-
pointed assistant minister of industry
in the new Socialist cabinet of Fin
land, once was a servant girl.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30

Labor unions Of France are Joining
with groups of employers In demands
that the governmet start extensive
vide more work Tor laborers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
|O|L INTERESTS HAIL
MEXICO INJUNCTION
Decision Received in Tampico
District as Setting I'M
portant Precedent.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, January 29.-Dis-
patches from Tampico say that the
foreign oil interests there are greatly
pleased at the success of the Trans
continental Oil Co in obtaining def
mite amparo" from the District
Court at Villa Cuauhtemoc, Vera
Cruz.
BY the amparo it is understood that
the oil company has obtained what
amounts to permanent injunction
restraining the operation of the new
Mexican petroleum law, so far as that
company is concerned, until the
Supreme Court renders a final deci-
sion on the constitutionality of the
law.
Held Important Precedent.
The dispatches say that the oil
interests consider the District Court s.
decision an important precedent. In
oil circles in Mexico City the decision
II the District Court has aroused
some hope that it may presage a
Supreme Court decision favoring the
companies.
The government is Withholding of
fetal confirmation or denial of re-
ports that Secretary of the Treasury
Alberto j. PAM has resigned. Rumors
persist, however, that Secretary PAM
soon will go to Los Angeles to visit
his family and thereafter may pro-
coed to New York and Washington to
confer with financial and govern
mental authorities concerning the
Mexican situation.
Victory for Mar0nes.
If Pants reported resignation is ac-
cepted, it will be widely construed
hero as a victory for Minister of In
dustry Luis Marones, PAM and Ma
rones having differed considerably
within the cabinet on the policies that
the Gales government should. pursue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
Lehr Fess Kept Busy.

| One of the most important offices
to keep the House in good working
order il the parliamentarian who is on
duty at the speakers desk. Lehr Fess
came to the Capitol first as his
fathers secretary and was assistant
with the congressional committee. For
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-06-10
Senators Clinging to
Old Traditional Stuff

Washington. June 10 R,-The Sem
ate holds tenaciously to its prece-
dents. and the maintenance Of an
adequate supply of snuff for Its
members is one of them.
Two small. black embossed metal
lie SNUFF boxes resting on the wains-
coting Of the Senate chamber on
each side Of the Vice Presidents
dais have attracted few devotees
in recent decades Of the once ele-
CANT custom Of snuff taking. But
when the Senate extension of the
Capitol was constructed shortly be-
fore the Civil War. they were re-
garded as necessary for the conven-
fence OF the members. nearly all of
whom wre using snuff. and to this
day one Of the duties of the pages
is to make sure that the boxes are
supplied with the powdered to-
bacco.
Despite the passing Of the habit
from common use, efforts to have
the boxes removed have been re-
sisted by a large majority on the
ground that it was a Senate custom
and should be honored.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-06-10
OKLAHOMA WOMAN
real OIL BARON
Controls Fifteen Million Dollar
Concern

Tulsa. Okla, June 10 R-The oil
industry has bestowed the title of
"Oil King in Petticoats" upon Mrs.
Charles Murray. president of a
SIS, 100000 oil concern and the first
and only woman oil operator in
Oklahoma.
plain luck is the only basis of
my success" Mrs. Murray says.
Within six months after she en-
tered the oil game, she had amassed
a fortune of 100000. she admits.
Discouraged by minor reverses she
deserted the oil industry for two
years but returned as head of the
recently organized Murray OIL COM
pany. This time, she intends to
stay
Mrs. Murray is her own geolo-
gist, financial manager and drilling
superintendent. She wears over
alls. boots and gauntlets and wades
into the muck and mud of the oil
fields for her practical information.
"Oldtimers shook their heads and
laughed when I first began" Mrs.
Murray says. Then they began to
talk about my good luck so knew
/ had arrived"