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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-01

PIE in Douglas yet who are ready
to knock the efforts of those who
wish to build the town up to Z
crcditable city On the other hano
:here are a whole crowd Of boosters
,hat nothing can STOP
Spencer Woodman, U. of A: Doug
las seems to me to be the Kind OF
a city where people would enjoy q
good show. That's the main reason
we picked Douglas for the third
showing of the Senior Follies. There
is no doubt of a crowded house. Ihe
problem is going to be to accom-
modate all who wish to see the
university in real action"
Cyril Mannester, sign painter:
aimee advertised Douglas so we'll
down here and have a look at 1t.
Having taken my look I was qnlSe
IMPRESSED and decided to stay n
while. l am doing all right here
ana have quite made up my mind to
STAY for some time"
Harold j. Cummns, tour t:
"Douglas sunshine and Aqua Prleta
,noonshine are cutie all right when
taken separately. but I have found
that they do not mix we'll The
moonshine, too, is just little IN.
clined to leave n hangover that IS
rot altogether pleasant. The Doug
las sunshine is much cheaper and
also more satisfactory in the long
run"
Benjamin H. Donahue, salesman
Los Angeles: Douglas is one of the
hest towns I make in the entire
southwest This town is not subject
tn the periodical financial setbacks
so common to the towns in the SAT-
river and Yuma valleys. For that
reason it is always a good town
1t has a steady source of income
from the smelter payrolls and busi-
ness here is uniformly good.
Ralph p Pendergrass, Buffalo, n
y: so this is the town that leaped
into the limelight through the tact
that the great woman evangelist
walked in here from the hills OF
Ncx;co. ! have been over the Holy
Land, and it does not take mach
imagination to see a marked re-
semblance between this country and
The district made Holy through tie
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-01
COUNTY ASSESSOR WILL
BE In CITY WEDNESDAY

James L. Powell, county assessor,
Will be in Douglas Wednesday all
Gay and James Howell city assessor,
has announced that the tax books
of the assessors office will be open
to the public at the city hall all day
Personal taxes are listed in the
county books under this depart
nent 1t is the policy of the present
Officers holders to allow the public
to inspect the books "Wednesday if
any wish to do so.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-01
DOUGLAS DAILY DISPATCH. SUNDAY MORNING. MAY 1921

and heard of Hunt / do not think
him the proper man to he the fist
nan in the state of Arizona"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-01
TIME TABLE
PICKW1CK STAGE
SYSTEM

y 1Ok EN1
Leaving Douglas
WestbOund
7.3O A. M. For all points
west.
e.3O A. M. For Bisbee only.
Except Sunday
1900 A. M. For Bis b e.
Tombstone, csOn,
Phoenix and Nogales.
200 Pm. For Bisbee only.
Except Sunday
$40 P. M. For all points
west.
EastbOund
$3.50 A. M. Lordsbur& DEM
ing and Ell Paso.
7:15 P. M. Lordsburg, Dem
ing and Ell Paso.
Arriving at Douglas
From the West
7:5O A. M. From all points
west.
1880 A. M. From Bisbee only.
Except Sunday
$3.50 P. M. From Bisbee only.
Except Sunday
6:O5 P. M. From all points
west.
$3.50 P. M. From Bis b ee,
Tombstone, cson,
Phoenix and Nogales.
From the East
6:45 A. M. From Lordsburg,
Deming and Ell Paso.
1880 P. M. From Lordsburg,
Deming and Ell Paso.
All Stages Depart From
Pickwick Stage Depot
1924 G Ave. Phone SSS
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-01
For the Intelligent Woman
Who Carefully Plans
Her Budget
An ANALYSIS of the Cost of Doing
washing, Based on Large Bum
die Weighing % Pounds.

An Analysis OIL UHO SOSC ~ 1893
Washing, Based on "a Large Bun
die Weighing % Pounds.
The cost when a washerwoman is
hired and Electric Washing Machine
used:
Labor "A hrs. at Csc per hr) .$1.OO
Soap .........:....... 10
Washing Powder ............... 10
Starch ................... VI
Bluing .....,.....'......' 'uS
Heating Water ................ 10
Upkeep of Tubs, Boilers,
Stoves, etc. ................... 10
Metered Water .................. Is
Noon Lunch for Washwoman..
Electric Machine costing $165.OO
Qife Z years) .................. As
Interest on $165.OO invested in
10 stock .................. .22
Repairs on Electric Washer
(average per week. k)............ 30
Electric Current ................ 10
Total ..................... $3.50
The INTERNATIONAL LAUNDRY
will do the same bundle for 1920 and
iron all of the flat pieces. Besides.
we eliminate all of inconvenience of
odors in the home and you have no
doctor bills from exposure.
These figures are conservative and
can be easily verified. We have a
rate on e. pieces of flat work ironed
even cheaper than the rough-dry rate
given above.
international Laundry Co.
Phone III
SPEND YOUR MONEY WISELY
Evening star., 1927-05-10
NEW RAIL MERGER
HEARINGS OPENED
Van SWeringen Plan, Based
on C. & o., Opposed by Mi
nority Stockholders.
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Hearings began today before the
Interstate Commerce Commission des-
tined to bring about a vast new
Eastern railroad consolidation to take
the place of the Nickel Plate merger
disapproved by the commission in
February, 1926. The Van Sweringen
brothers Of Cleveland. promoters of
the original plan. have revised the
proposition to meet the objections
made on the ground of its improper
financial structure" They have
eliminated the Nickel Plate system
from the scheme, which now proposes
to merge only three lines--the Chesa-
peake & Ohio. the Erie and the Pere
Marquette.
The Chesapeake & Ohio is the road
around which the consolidation pri-
marily will range. If the Interstate
Commerce Commission authorizes the
merger it will place the Van SWer-
ingens in control of a trunk system
Of, roundly, 5000 miles, and make
them formidable competitors of the
Baltimore & Ohio, the Pennsylvania
and the New York Central for the
Evening star., 1927-05-10
he young Cleveland magnates.|

fact. The young Cleveland magnates'
giants of the railroad world within
10 years of their entry into it-plead
in particular that no exchanges of
stock between the constituent COM
panies are concerned: that no so-called
stock ratio" is involved. and that
the two brothers and their associates
nave come into possession of con-
trolling holdings through legitimate
buying activities in the open market.
They have already paid S3S per
share for Erie common, and possess
options for enough additional shares
acquired at $34-to give them COM
plete control. Erie common is selling
this week at around S55. The Van
Sweringens bought Pere Marquette
outright and on option, to assure them
control, at $110 share for stock SELL
ing this week around S123. The Cleve-
land group declares that the Chesa-
peake & Ohio opposition, representing
some 100000 shares a year and half
ago, now accounts for not more than
100. 900 shares.
The projected consolidation would
set up the only great trunk system.
with terminals on both the North and
South Atlantic--the Chesapeake &
Ohio having Hampton Roads in the
South, and the Erie having New York
In the North. The merged lines would
Evening star., 1927-05-10

mittee formally seeking its approval.
The scheme, it is contended by its
hackers. follows faithfully along the
lines promulgated by the Interstate
Commerce Commission when the old
Nickel Plate merger was guillotined
A wide expanse of railroad territory
would be served by the consolidation;
desired competition with existing sys-
TENS would be provided, and finally
the Van Sweringens put forth, the
financial structure" can be shown to
b. devoid of Objectionable features.
The opposition is understood to be
centering its present fight mainly on
the proposal to merge the Erie Rail-
road with the Chesapeake & Ohio.
1t Is alleged ID that the Erie Is
"wrecl%x not worth buying; (2) that
the price proposed for it's purchase
is artificial" and (3) that the road
is in such financial shape that it can
never be successfully operated. What
the opponents Of the consolidation aim
to Illustrate, through decree of the
Interstate Commerce Commission. is
the purchase by the Chesapeake &
Ohio of the stock control Of the Erie
and the Pere Marquette.
Van Sweringens Deny Charges.
The Van Sweringens say they're
ready to show that none of the op-
positions objections Is founded in
Evening star., 1927-05-10
,,,oh ,ha areat Lake. At mol fewer

touch the Great Lakes at no fewer
than seven different points - Toledo.
Cleveland, Buffalo, Detroit. Chicago,
Ludington. Mich, and Erieau, Ontario
constituting wholly unique rail
network between the Atlantic and the
inland seas.
The Van Sweringens are expected to
come under heavy fire for having
achieved allegedly excessive private
profits from their various railroad ma
neuvers in the past few years. Their
general defense to this accusation will
he that these earnings were derived
from sound operating practices, result
ing in legitimate advances in share
values, and that all stockholders in
Van Sweringen properties have par
ticipated In the brothers prosperity.
fCouvrjrht 1927
Evening star., 1927-05-10
BOYS FORGE AHEAD
IN N0RATOR CONTEST
Start Tide Which Girls Seem
Unable to Stem in Race
for Hon0rS.

The bows are running the girls out
of the contest. -
Beginning with the victory of VIII
liam Alexander Loker in The Stars
region the young men loosed an ora
torical tide that the young women
seem unable to stem.
Two DAYS after "Aleck" Loker of
Leonard Hall School, Leonardtown.
won the championship of this area
In the fourth National Oratorical Con-
test, Maxwell Lancaster of the Phil
lips High School of Birmingham, Ala,
won the Southern regional finals.
Then, on the third day after "Aleck's
! victory, Carl Z. Albert Of the Nc
/ Afester, Okla, High School won the
championship of the Kansas City re-
I eion, Zach of these winners of the
+ first places in the national finals won
/ over both boy and girl opponents in
!; their regional finals.
Four Places Yet Available.
Four places, it is true, still are
available in the national finals, to
be held in the Washington Audttori-
um, May 27, but one OF these Is
bound to be won by a boy because
there are no girls contesting FOR II.
! In another of the remaining contests
| for the as yet undetermined places in
the finals, only one girl will compete
in the program of eight speakers.
Advance news on the regional con-
tests to be held Friday at Los Angeles,
philadelphia and New York. bring the
discouraging news to the young Wom-
an orators that they have smali
chances to win places in the finai
meeting Of the contest.
In Los Angeles region, birthplace
of the oratorical competition, only one
girl will compete Friday night IN a
, contest sponsored by the Los Angeles
Times. She is Dorothy Carlson Of
Salt Lake City, Utah, and will speak
onS, "What the Constitution Should
| Mean to an American Citizen" Seven
boys will oppose her, each in his own
right, and their respective subjects
are: Harwood Stump. Long Beach,
Calf, on 1.-THE Constitutional Liv-
ing Issue; Howard Conn, Fresno,
Calf, or Milo Irwin, Bakersfield
their group contest not vet determin-
ed; Orrin X. Earl. Pasadena, Calf.
on sour Constitution Bernard JET
ferson, Los Angeles, on ''The March
OF the Constitution; Gregson Baut-
ger, San Pedro, Calf, on 'The Re-
sponsibility of Citizen Toward the
Constitution; William Kimball Tue
son, Ariz., on THE Stability of the
Constitution" Frank Ford, Humboldt,
New, on 1.-THE Constitution.
Boys Win i'm Philadelphia.
Over in Philadelphia, where the con-
test sponsored by the Bulletin,
the boys have won all eight places,
SO that the national finals are assured
of contesting field of least four
boys and three girls. With the odds
in favor Of the boys out in the big
Los Angeles region, it is conceded
the recent prediction of Randolph
Leigh, contest founder and director,
that the national finals would be
seems certain of fullfillment.
Philadelphia's contestants for a
place in the finals and their respective
Evening star., 1927-05-10
New York Girls Fare Better.
BURNING SHIP SAFE.
Fire Reported Controlled-An other
Vessel Stands By.

CHARLESTON, S. c.. May 10 R).-
With the steamship FL Oceano as an
escort, the burning steamship Comus
of the Southern Pacific Steamship Co.
needs no further assistance, according
to a message sent to the steamship
Topila. picked UP bv the naval radio
station here last night at $50 o'clock.
Signed Boyd" the message read:
Thank you. captain. we apparently
have fire under control. FL Oceano
accompanying abeam us. We will not
require further assistance"
Evening star., 1927-05-10

immense traffic carried by rail be-
tween the Atlantic Ocean and the
Middle West.
Owing to the fact that minority
stockholders of the Chesapeake &
Ohio, represented by Col. Henry w.
Anderson of the Virginia bar, are bit
terly opposing the consolidation, the
Interstate Commerce Commission hear
ings are scheduled to last until July i.
Eminent counsel is engaged in the
proceedings. On behalf of the Van
Sweringens, Judge G. c. McChord, for
mer chairman of the commission and
now practicing professionally before
it. is appearing, together with Herbert
Fitzpatrick, general counsel OF the
Chesapeake & Ohio, and Frank ii.
CHM, prominent Cleveland corporation
lawyer. If the commission summons
0. p. Van Sweringen, the leader or ms
group, as a witness in defense OF the
merger proposal. he will be represent
ed by Newton d. Baker, former Sec
retary of War, as personal attorney.
Backed by Former Opponents.
Since the Chesapeake & Ohio minority
stockholders successfully opposed the
consolidation in its original form, two
lrading representatives of that opposi-
tion--John Stewart Bryan and George
Cole Scott, both of Richmond, Va
have joined the pro-merger camp.
With three others who favor the plan,
Bryan and Scott constitute the COM
Evening star., 1927-05-10
Planes Find Traffic Jams.

Aeroplanes equipped with cameras
are being used in solving London's
traffic jams The machines fly, over
the city to obtain Photographic maps
of the flow of traffic through the main
thoroughfares and the network OF mar
row side streets. The bird's-eye views
are expected to supply data to be
used in outlining the city's new traffic
raeIIlafi0pS
Evening star., 1927-05-10

subjects are Alvin r. Mitchell, Harris
burg, Pa, on "The Meaning of the
Constitution Today; Robert Criscuolo,
Trenton, NJ j., on ''The Meaning of
the Constitution Today; Blair N.
Kelley, tr., Lansdowne, Pa, on Amer
ica's Contribution to Constitutional
Government" Robert +. Lehman,
Bristol, Pa, on Americas Contribu-
ton to Constitutional Government" ;;
William +. Lundgren, Sd, Philadel-
phia, on THE Meaning of the Consti-
tuition Today; Martin Rosenberg,
Philadelphia, on "The Meaning of the
Constitution Today" and James M.
Tunnel, jr.. Georgetown, Del, on
'"Tne Meaning of the Constitution To-
day."
This is the first year that the Phil
adelphia region has had an all-boy
field.
New York Girls Fare Better.
In the New York region, sponsored
by the New York Times, the girls
have Jared better. There they have
won three of the eight places in the
regional finals.
The Chicago zone, under the Chi
cago Daily News, has not yet COM
pleted it's group contest phase, hence
an accurate estimate of the boy-glrl
situation there cannot be made at this
time. The finals in that region VIII
he held May 81. just six days before
the national finals here.
Evening star., 1927-10-14
Other New Fiction

Lights Up, by Grace Richmond. .......2
JaIna. by Mazo de la Roche. ...... $3.50
Gallons Reach, by H. M. Tomlinson.. $3.50
San Fairy Ann, by Hugh KimSer.... 81
Crandmothers, by Glenway Wescott. $3.50
Dusty Answer, BY Rosamond Lehman. $3.50
More Than Wife. by Margaret Widdemer. 81
Little Sins, by Katherine Brush. ......,.$2
Book SECTION, FIFTH FLOOR.
Evening star., 1927-10-14

There nothing seveable schoolgirls
weaod woolen frocks But because they welaoed and
wool for them being distinctive
with delightful woolen
terials little styles designed for younger gi for
them being indeed.
The Specialized Girls Section is showing very
delightful selection of these wooen frocks-
sketch four to give you idea of their variety
Shirtwa Frock flannel skirt Flannel Frock with
with broadcIoth blouse. $40 silk tie $3.50
Printed Velvet Frock with Wool Jersey Frock
crepe $3.50 collar cuffs. $3.50
0RLs' SEI FOURTH FLOOR
Evening star., 1927-10-14
Sturdy High Shoes for
Undergraduates

Kindergartners, small as they are,
must often be out in bad weather;
so mothers especially approve
sturdy high shoes.
A wing-tip model in tan elk. with
rubber spring heel; sizes 81z to
II, 81.
A plain-toe model of tan elk, in
blucher style; sizes 51l to 8, $3.50;
81 to II, 81.
CHnDREN's SHOE SECTION, FOURTH Floor.
Evening star., 1927-10-14
ToVO Smart Entrants in the Field of Sports
The Bouc1e Knit
Sports Frock
$35
Of simplicity that only the chic sports ock bea
model with pover skirt border design
clever little pocket the distinguishing Black white
ture, navy, French blue tan and copper.
The Tweed-Knit Sports F'rock
$3.50

threepece affair the skirt striped
and cardigan banded contrasting shade complete
Evening star., 1927-10-14
Prefer
Blondes, 75c

Anita LOoS' popular book,
offered for the first time
at this Lov price.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-18
NOW YOU
ASK ONE
BIG BUSINESS QUIZ

With several mergers Of the coun-
try's largest corporations rumored.
test your knowledge on big business
by the first four Of today's questions.
What three manufacturing
corporations are reported to be
considering merger OF interests
through Pierre s. Du Pont?
2-What products were orig
inally the chief interests of the
Du Pont de Nemours company?
3.-What mid-western city was
built as a production center for
United States steel?
An the forming Of what big
corporation did the Durant inter-
ests play a prominent part?
5-What is the shortest dis
lance across the United States,
from Atlantic to Pacific oceans?
6-What is ethnology?
What are the two common
names for the game bird known
as the ruffled grouse?
Show many stars are there
in the insignia OF a major gen.
eral?
9-In which Of the American
colonies did the French Hugue-
nots chiefly settle?
New Britain herald., 1927-08-18
Policeman Bound Over
For Attacking Girl

Norwich, Conn, Aug. is Up
William J. Sharvan. Norwich police
man, who is alleged to have attack
ed young girl while on duty. was
bound over to the superior court to-
day in bond Of $1,000. Last night
the common council discharged
Sharvan from the force after 1t
found him guilty of the attack.
On July 22, Sharvan. under Or
ders issued by Captain Thomas
Murphy, went to the home of a jul
venile girl to collect articles the
girl was alleged to have stolen from
Norwich stores. While at the home
the attack is alleged to have taken
place.
Sharvan. who is about 30 years
old, had been a member of the To-
cal department for six years.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-18

ed the petition Of . group Of fifth
ward property owners who ask the
city to condemn for highway pur-
poses 4 plot OF land owned by Paul
Poplowski. Seizure Of this property
will eliminate pocket streets in the
Swanson tract and make for speedy
development the alderman pointed
out. He recommended speedy PC
ton by the board Of public works.
Because the park board failed to
send the council full Information
relative to proposed improvements
at the G. A. r. monument in Wal
nut Hill park. and on sidewalk
work in Franklin square park. its
recommendation that it be allowed
to proceed was rejected on motion
Of Alderman Judd and went back to
the board for the desired informa-
ton. The water boards recon-
mendation on proposed piping on
Ellis street was similarly acted upon
for the same reason.
Harry W. Hatsing was appointed
acting city treasurer to fill the office
while Treasurer Curtis L. Sheldon is
in Paris with the American Legion.
Committee On Golf Course
On motion Of Councilman Sablot-
sky a committee OF three members
will be appointed to work for estab-
lishment of municipal golf course.
Alderman Judd declared in favor
of such a course but expressed doubt
whether the city can build one now
since the cost will run to about
100000 and land is not now avail
able as far as he can determine. He
headed the last golf course commit
tee which worked. he said. with
out brass bands or publicity
agencies" but little was accom-
plished. He expressed the hope that
some day the. city will have a course.
Councilman Sablotsky questioned
the estimate of Judd as high. He
presented the following arguments:
I'm the city of Hartford. between
500 and 700 persons use the munich
pal golf course every day during the
playing months and as many Of so
cars are parked every morning be-
fore o'clock. The gross cost of
Goodwin park course in the 81 years
it has been operating Is 1928, 547.-
so, the income SS1.664.1o making
the net cost to the city s50.92S.0S.
For the first five years of this term
no fees were collected. Due to the
increased interest in golf the revenue
has jumped in recent years, and in
1924 and 1926 the links were more
than self supporting, turning back
some revenue to the city. In 1925
the cost to the city was s354.2o. AS
evidence of the increased popularity
Of golf it is seen that the revenue
in Goodwin park Jumped in the 10
year period 1916-1926 from $685.
to s17.954,55.
CONSTRUCTION OF this golf course
over the entire 81 year period has
amounted to but s5,940.15. The
maintenance was $60,025.79.
Hartford Us now working on a
new nine-hole course which will cost
$50, 900. of which $4,000 is the price
Of the land. This course will be
self-sustaining, a condition which is
assured by the interest in golf
New Britain herald., 1927-08-18
COUNCIL REJECTS
choice Of BOARD
ON CONDUIT WORK
fContinued from First Page)

Of the work Of the g. NJ. Gest COM
pany under difficult traffic condi-
lions on Commercial street. There
we're no votes at the board meet
inx against awarding the contract
to the Gest company. he told the
council.
Alderman David L. Eair disagreed
with the city engineer and asked
him not to take personal matters
into consideration In city business.
He declared the Gest company
blocked Commercial street consider
ably. The fact that Suzio was tht
low bidder and Is a local man were
arguments stressed by him In favor
Of changing the contract.
While he could not agree with the
board In this instance, Councilman
D. L. Bartlett would not question
the commissioners sincerity and de-
sire to do tho right thing, he de-
clared.
Councilman S. ~ Cooper favored
accepting the recommendation be-
cause It is the boards opinion 1t is
for the best. I'VE do not always
buy for price alone" he declared
After the council had rejected the
recommendation, Alderman Judd
was asked by Chairman Reginald
Towers to introduce a new resolu-
ton empowering the commissioners
to engage Suzio. The resolution was
Alderman Nair and Councilman
sablotsky presented resolution to
have the ordinance committee con-
slider establishment Of taxicab
stands on Church street.
Criticizes Supernumeraries
The same members recommended
that the police board method Of
appointing supernumeraries and
instructing them be explained to
the council by an investigating COM
mittee. Alderman Nair told of bust
nessmen being required to ride to
headquarters after committing minor
attractions Of the motor vehicle law.
He remarked that many actions Of
pOllCeHIcu SlloW idSh VI ploPCi III
struction. The alderman told of one
policeman receiving word from
headquarters that an automobile
had been stolen. Il catch him." the
policeman is said to have replied
and when the desk officer asked
him to repeat, he again said, Il
catch him." The patrol wagon was
sent at once to- the officers beat to
take the captured malefactor to
headquarters, but when 1t arrived
1t was found that he merely mean:
,he would try to catch him.
Another officer. Nair declared,
didn't know the name of the street
he was patrolling when accosted by
a stranger.
Alderman ]. Gustav johnson
recommended that the board Of
public works bring in a copy of its
contract and bond under which the
Connecticut Light & Power Co.. is
soon to open up West Main street
TO lay new mains. He was reminded
by Alderman Judd and Councilman
Bartlett that no agreements are