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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-11
Grecian Skies May Be Beau
tiful in Daytime, But
the Arizona Night


See yonder fire! 1t is the
moon
Slow rising Ger the eastern hill.
1t glimmels in the forest tips,
And through the ''dewy foliage
drips
In little rivulets of light,
And makes the heart in love
with night"
So runs the stanZa from Long
fellows .The Golden Legend" And
to those familiar with the Arizona
moonlight, it creates a suspicion
that Longfellow, at some time prior
to writing the lines, must have
passed night or two in Arizona.
Moonlight nights III Arizona offer a
charm that few, il any, other places
on earth hint. The changes from
the first quarter to the full moon
carrys each beauty OF individual
character and each provides reward
sufficient for those who love moon
beauty to remain up to enjoy it.
And the moon changes, too. sug-
gest those other lines written by
Swift in "On the Moon" which
run:
Il, with borrowed silver shine
What you see is none Of mine.
First l show you but quarter,
Like the bow that guards the
Tartar:
Then the half, and then the
whole,
Ever dancing round the pole
II there is anything more beauti-
full than a March night in Arizona,
it has yet to be discovered, so far
as Arizona people are concerned.
The great spread of cerulean blue
dotted by innumerable silver points
that shine as stars and the moon,
changing during the month, as it
does from silvery bright crescent
to an opalescent circle fill it with a
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-11

ing rally and banquet which did much
toward creating better understand
ing and a closer bond of sympathy
between Douglas and her neighbor on
the east. E9tlg
Kiwanians who came from Bisbee
and joined the trip were: Dr. w. F.
Johnson, president of Bisbee Kiwanis;
Robert Hamilton, secretary of the Bis
bee chamber of commerce; Earl Solms
of the Bisbee r, M. G. A., and Ralph
Motz, Bisbee city engineer.
Douglas Kiwanians who reported
before noon on Saturday that they
would make the trip and most of whom
were accompanied by their wives were:
M. j. Anderson, j. E. Congdon, Dr.
John Cook Tom Glenn, E. j. Huxtable,
James A. Howell, George E. Jackson
Harvey johnson, Dr. A. L. Massey, DR.
John r. Newsomer, Lyman Perrin, Dr.
G.. w. Patterson, Henry Schwantes
Rev. j. Hunter Smith, H. A. Wimber-
ley Pat White, Kendall Melcher and
G. G. Mcbride
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-11

contribute, and which, incidentally,
is the only contribution made by me
to the national campaign fund OF
1920, exclusive OF $2.000 contributed
, during the campaign.
When Hays was recalled before the
committee last week, he testified that
100000 OF the bonds went to Upham:
$4,000 to Senator T. Coleman Du-
pont. of Delaware. and $4,000 to the
late John w Weeks, war secretary
in the Harding cabinet, but he made
nc mention OF having sent any to
either Mellon Oh to Butler"
Members Of the committee could
only speculate as to the identity Of
Butler" mentioned in the Pratt
memorandum, but they assumed that
the reference was to William M.
Butler, chairman OF the republican
national committee Whether he is
to be called still ives undetermined
tonight by members of the committee.
Hays testimony last week was that
Sinclair gave $4,000 to the republican
committee outright and advanced an
other $185,OO0 in liberty bonds to
secure part<of the committee deficit
He said that the $4,000 was sent
to Dupont to retire a note in the
Empire Trust company OF New York
city.
Detailing then what became of the
$185,000 advance" Hays said $4,000
went to Upham. $25,000 to Weeks and
$4,000 to Pratt and that he returned
the remaining $4,000 to Sinclair.
Presumably this was the $4,000 which
he sent to Mellon and which the
treasury secretary said he returned.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-11
EoRM HORSESHOE League.

PRESCOTT March 10 CH1-At an
organization meeting here last night
representatives of 20 teams formed
the Prescott Horseshoe Pitching
league and took steps to formulate
a regular schedule which would
continue through the spring and
summer months. Those forming
the league consisted of bankers,
lawyers, merchants, mail carriers,
shopmen, electricians, clerks, lodge
men and court reporter, l.. O..
Tucker, who was elected chairman.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-11
MOUNTAIN
CONTINUED IRON Page one,

lContlnued from Page One)
had been previous WARNINGS of a
possible shifting OF the side of the
mountain. there had been no indica-
ton that any such danger was imme-
diate. Coming as it did it undoubt-
edly caught many residents of the
stricken area asleep,
Dispatches to the BuenoS Aires
papers said 16 houses were completely
crumbled and buried; other estimates
were even higher. Between three
million and four million cubic meters
of earth are said tc have J fitted,
completely burying to a depth upward
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-11
MARINES DEFEAT REBELS.

MANAGUA, Mic, March 10 R
Lieut.. Howard Kenyon, leading ma
rine patrol, encountered band Of
Nicaraguan insurgent near the
Honduran border, killing. two and
capturing two guns, it was report
ed here today from Jalapa. Lieu
tenant Kenyon returned here today
after five days of observation near
the border
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-11
EAGLE GIVEN PRESIDENT.
WASHINGTON, March, 10

WASHINGTON Marche TO VHJ--~
An American eagle has been added
to President Coolidge's private me.
nagerie. H. B. Williamson of Cur
ley, Ala, sent the bird to the pres
ident with the request that he ac-
cept it. The president has done So
but has sent the eagle to the ma
tinnal zoo
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-11
PASSENGERS
CONTINUED from rage one)

Continued from Page One)
man. acting captain of the station AMI
Frank w. Griswald, surfman, lost their
lives.
Two were drowned when the surf
boat of the Manomet Point station
capsized in the surf A third member
of the crew Of the surf boat died Will
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-11
COMPARATIVE
TEMPERATURES

PHOENIX, March 10 CP)-Minimum
and maximum temperatures, taken. at
SIX a. m and six p. M, today, an
nounced by the Phoenix bureau OF
the government weather bureau, fol-
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-11

tNO4l E1OuI O41Cl
candidates. Half a dozen men are
openly in the race for the republi-
can nomination, with at least dozen
more figuring in discussions OF posi-
bilities The late winter crop OF demo-
cratic candidates is larger, with near
ly a dozen after the nomination or
being pushed by friends ana as many
more making up the dark horse"
brigade.
Among the republicans, Curtis OF
Kansas LANDED the delegates at large
from his home state All district del
egates in the state also have been in
structed for him except two still to
be elected. POLY" Tincher, Tor years
one of the picturesque figures in the
house of representatives, will let loose
his booming voice at Kansas City to
place the republican tioor leadCr in
the senate for nomination.
In South Dakota, republicans IN
convention enlisted under the Lowden
banner. The former Illinois governor
also gained an instructed delegation
at-large from Iowa, where the repubh-
can convention strongly urged" dis
den's nomination
trict delegates also to work for Low
In North Dakotay where Lowden is
the lone republican entry in the
March 20 primaries, his candidacy
was endorsed by ncIl-partisan league
republicans in convention.
The Norris-Lowden slate OF dele
gates in Nebraska at a meeting pledg-
ed their supper ito the senior senator
from that state, who also has enter
ed the Wisconsin primaries with the
expected support OF the LaFollette
faction.
Other preconvention developments
during the week from the republican
standpoint included Secretary Hoov-
er's entry into the Indiana primaries
against Senator Watson, and a pre-
diction by John T. Graham, chairman
of the republican state executive COM
mittee in West Virginia, that his
states delegation to the Kansas City
convention would be uninstructed.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-11

OF IL meters an area whose bounds
were placed as hundred meters
from the old base OF the mountain.
Among the buildings nearly de-
stroyeG is said to be the hospital OF
Santa Rosa, and it is believed a
number OF patients there were among
those killed. Operations at the place
were suspended aftr the avalanche
and all medical materials that could
be Salvaged were sent to the Quirogico
sanitarium for use there.
Rescue forces were recruited from
the Santos army and navy fcrces,
from the city'S sanitation department
and the fi1emen Although their
work was hampered considerably by
the mobility Of the shiftec earth,
report shortly after noon today said
they had recovered 20 hodies from
the debris. Entire families in homes
crumpled as if built OF paper, were
among those whose bodies had been
recovered.
Although Santos is more than 800
miles from Rio Janeiro, the catas-
trophe has excited CONSERVATION here.
AT Buenos Aires large crowds large
crowds are said to have thronged
the bulletin boards OF local news
papers throughout the day. It was
announced on these that the 'situa-
ton is most grave"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-11

Santos is the ieaolng coffee ex-
porting port of the world. It is
situated in the state of Sac Paulo.
about 35 miles southeast of the city
of Sac Paulo, and about 800 miles
southwest OF Rio Janeiro 1t is
separated from the mainland by a
narrow channel and has. within its
corporate limits both Mount Serrat.
which reaches into the very center
of the city, and Mounts 'Sbento and
Fontana. The area affected by the
slide is in the eastern or ocean side
Of the city, which has population
OF more than 100000.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-11
MELLON TELLS

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MAJOR PARTIES

CONTINUED From Fage one,
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-12
Bonds of inland
Water Dis trict
Given Approval

A telegram was received this
morning by Edmund Welch, head of
the INLAND Water district, from the
State Bond Certification depart
ment saying that viii c. Wood,
state superintendent of banks, has
signed the bonds for the INLAND dis
trict. The bonds are to be forward
ed Immediately and will be turned
over to the county treasurer for
sale.
As soon as these bonds are dis
posed of the work of the inland dis
trict in creating water system for
irrigating 10000 acres of land in the
northern part of the valley will be
gin. The bond issue is in the a
mount of $lI0,00t.
The INLAND district is already un-
der jurisdiction of the Imperial lr-
rigation district and it is expected
that as soon as the work on the pro-
posed improvements is completed,
the new irrigation project will be
taken over by the Imperial Irriga-
tion district.
Welch was enthusiastic this morn
ing when he appeared in FL Centre.
Owe have been working on this
project for the last - years and at
last it appears that we northern
Imperialites are going to get a real
water system. Watch us grow.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-12
lSILENCE CAUSES FEARS FOR
SAFETY OF ARCTIC EXPLORER

Since that message two or
three amateur stations have re-
ported picking up signals from
Wilkins but it was felt certain
that any messages wilkins
might have sent would have
been picked up by government
radio operators ON constant
duty here or at other stations.
At first the silence of Viii
kins was attributed to Il pos
sible broken generator or other
trouble with his radio set, but
speculation as to whether an
the continued silence caused
accident had befallen the expe-
dition.
If wilkins attempted a take
off on the flight to Spitzbergen
and his plane crashed and broke
his radio set it will be weeks
before any definite word can
be brought by dog sled from
Point Barrow to the nearest
established radio station.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-12
Wealthy Indian
May Lose Wife

LOS ANGELES, April 12.-It IS
just another lawsuit for Jackson
Barnett, wealthy oklahoma Indian,
but action has been filed in United
States district court to annul his
marriage in 1920 to Mrs. Anna
Lowe.
The complaint, drawn by Assist
ant United States Attorney Peter
son, charges that the aged Creek
was seduced by Mrs. Lowe to marry
her in Coffeysville, Kansas. Bar
nett is 80 years older than his wife.
Since the day oil spouted from
lis barren farm in Oklahoma, the
aged Indian has been engaged in al
most continual legal controversies.
Most of these have ccntcred on his
marriage to Mrs. Lowe.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-12
REPUBLICAN LEADERS JOYOUS
OVER THOMPSON'S DEFEAT

orally were more gleeful about
the Denecn victory than about
any recent political happening.
They never have played politi-
cally with Thompson and were
fearful of what he might do
with his Coolidge pledged dele
gates at the convention. TO fill
their cup Of cheer they were
also thankful to Deneen for the
defeat of former Senator-elect
Frank l.. Smith of Illinois. Cen
orally it had been feared that
Smith would be reelected and
come down to the Senate next
session with credentials for his
seat, and those who voted last
spring and again last December
to oust Smith because of his
primary campaign expenditures
were worried that they would
be faced with the political nee
cssity of voting against him
annually.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-12
DEPOSITION OF
EX-KLAN CHIEF
READ IN COURT
Stephenson Serving Life
Term Attacks Evans and
Other Leaders.
By ROSS DOWNING
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent)

PITTSBURGH, Pa, April IL
The deposition of d. G. Stephenson,
former Ku KluX Klan official in
Indiana, was introduced in federal
court today in the equity trial Of
the Klan against five rebel :
members.
The deposition was taken by Van
{. Barricl3man, defense counsel
from Stephenson who is serving Il
life sentence for murder in the Ind
lana state pcnitcntiary.
Judge w. II. S. Thompson ruled
.luch of the deposition out Of the
evidence as it was read 80 the court.
The deposition was introduced to
day over the motion of b. II.
Connaughton, klan counsel, that
the entire deposition be suppressed
Judge Thompson Overruled the mot
ion.
The reading of the deposition, 10
pages long, required only an hour
after the most sensational parts had
been objected to by Klan counsel
and their objections sustained by
the court.
In the deposition Stephenson at
tackled Hiram w. Evans, Imperial
Wizard and otter officials Of the
Khan.
After the deposition had been
read the defense rested its case.
Practically all statements of sem
sational nature made by Stephen
SON We're ruled out by the judge as
being irrelevant to the suit of the
Khan against the five "rebcl ,
members.
Questions as to whether Evans
had anything to do with the incar-
reration Of Stephenson and as to
the murder Of Captain W. S. Co
burn of Atlanta, Ga, were ruled out.
Statements by Stephenson that
Evans had told him that "'they -
had burned negroes at the stake in
Texas, that .thev' had cut off
the ears Of one, and branded another
! un the forehead with the letters
TX. X. X were permitted to re-
main.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-12
Seven Year Term
For SWarthOut

Gordon Swarthout, convicted here
en- two felony charges, must serve
seven years at San Quentin peniten-
tiary. Decision to this effect has
been reached by the prison board
and notice filed at the county
clerk S office. The defendant was
committed to San Quentin from here
en- February %, 1927.
The board held that on one count,
in which the defendant pleaded
guilty to having had immoral rela-
tions with n girl aged Is, the de
fendant spend seven years in the
penitcntiary. On the second count,
conviction ON having passed several
bad checks at Il pool hall in Holt
Vile, the sentence was fixed at one
year. The board ruled that the
terms might run cOncurrently.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-12
CITY DEFENDANT
In SUIT BROUGHT
FOR MAN'SDEATH

Damages in the sum of $4,000
are sought against the City of FL
Centro as principal defendant in Il
suit filed this morning by the i'm
mediate family of David b. Coates
of Inglewood, deceased. Coates was
fatally injured in an automobile ac-
cident on Main street on April %,
1927, dying in the FL Centre hos
pital a half hour later.
The accident occurred when two
volunteer firemen, driving machines
IN response to a fire whistle collid-
Cd at the intersection of Sixth and
| Main streets, one of the cars turn
ing onto the sidewalk in front of
the Clements drug store and strik-
ing Coates pinning him between the
machine and one of the cement sup
ports of the arcade in front of the
store.
The suit is filed by Franklin J.
| Cole, former Judge of the superior
/ court here, as attorney for the plain
, tiffs in behalf of Clara G. Coates, a
minor, James +. Coates, a minor,
! Mary /. Coates, as guardian of said
minors pending settlement of the
suit, Josie f.. Coates, Cyrus NJ
Coates, Bennie B. Coates, George w
Coates, Hey b. Coates and Josie f.
Harvey against Cornelius Reed
Charles F. Ferguson, the City of FL
Centre, a municipal corporation, A
n. Bucklin, II. w. Fawcett, j. T
Rice, r. II. Carey, W. j. Clements
and Thomas Reams.
The complaint set forth that the
plaintiffs are all members of thu
immediate family of the deceased
and heirs of the estate of the de
ceased, Reed and Ferguson art
named as the drivers of the auto
mobiles which figured in the acci
dent The complaint charges that
Reed was driving east on Main
street at rate of speed of at least
30 miles an hour and that Ferguson
was driving south on Sixth street
and failed to observe the boulevard
stop in entering the intersection
just prior to the collision.
Alleges Negligence
| Inc cOHlD!d LUZ tntl -utNldIN l
that the city through its city coun
ell had failed to enact ordinance
governing the speed of automobile
used by members of the fire depart
ment in going to fires or causing
them TO be equipped with sirens t.
give proper warning in such instan
ces.
They charge that the accident res
ulted from this negligence on tn
part of the city and that the dc
ceased was fatally injured as a res
ult of this negligence and careless
ness.
The plaintiffs hold that as a res
rlt they have been damaged in tn
sum of $4,000 and though they hav
made demand upon the defendant
for this amount, they have been re
fused. They ask that the court re
turn judgment in their favor in tina
amount.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-12
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SAYS SINCL AIR
OFFERED SHARE
IN TEAPOT DOME
By United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, April 12.-Harrv
r. Sinclair promised Il Teapot Dome
claimant a share of the naval oil
reserve two weeks before he leased
1T from former Secretary of Interior
Fall, the jury trying Sinclair for
conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment, was told today.
John G. Shaffer, Chicago publish,
cr, testified that at Falls sugges-
ton, Sinclair promised Shaffer 400
acres of the 1921 acres in the Wvo-
ming reserve, about the middle of
March, 1922.
Shaffer admitted his claim was
based onl Y on the fact that he own
ed adjoining land in the Salt Creek
territory on which he profitlessly
spent $4,000 in a search for oil.
Shaffer also testified that Sin
clair tried to reduce his allotment
to 120 acres and that eventually he
(Shaffer) got nothing.
This evidence closed another day
of government testimony featured
by statements of several big oil op-
orators who attempted msuccess-
fully to negotiate with Fall for lease
of the reserve.
Senator Kendrick and former
Representative Mondell of Wyom-
ing told of their unsuccessful at
tempts to get information on the
matter from Fall after the lease had
been signed.
Testimony in a previous oil trial
Icy L. l.. Aitken, Denver, of the
Midwest Oil company, which owned
the Pioneer and Belgo companies
was read by the government disclos-
ing that Sinclair actually paid $34l,-
75l on the contract for these claims.
Similar testimony of Frank f.
Kistler, Denver, former president of
the Producers and Refiners corpora
tion, told of Kistler's attempts in
March, 1922, to get a lease. Kistler
is ill.
Then court adjourned until to-
morrow.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-12
MOTORCYCLE OFF
FOR CONVENTION
IN TENNESSEE
'Broadway of America"
Is Given Support by
Imperial Valley Cities.

With the shrieking of sirens and
the footing of auto horns the
Broadway of America' motor
cade arrived in FL Centre shortly
before ) O'Clock last night, paraded
about the city and then assembled
at headquarters in the Barbara
Worth hotel where at $3.50 o'clock
dinner marked the celebration
The motorcade with three valley
cars left the city at 8 o clock this
morning bound for Memphis, Tenn,
and the 'Good Roads conference
to be held there April 81 and 90.
Valley representatives making
the trip include Fred Nebel-Thau
Lloyd Bouton, A. f. Kellogg Of FL
Centro, Leo Watts, Chief of Police
Manss and Mayor A. j. MERCER of
CaleXico and William $. Cummings
of Westmorland.
The Ell Centre car, sponsored by
the chamber of commerce, contained
Fred Nebel-Thau and Lloyd Bouton.
They were equipped with pamphlets
and literature setting forth the ad-
vantages Of both the valley and es-
pecially FL Centro. The CalexicO
car was similarly equipped.
The third car was occupied by
Cummings and kellogg and carried
literature dealing only with the
, county as whole. This car was en-
tered by the Associated Chambers
of Commerce, the county board, the
American Conservation club and the
Imperial Irrigation District.
The cars were scheduled to stoI
at Yuma for luncheon today and
proceed on to Phoenix for the night
stop. More cars win be picked ~
! enroute and it is expected that sev
eral hundred persons will be in tho
motorcade when it arrives in Mem
! phis. ias1s
At the dinner last night a number
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-12
Past Overtakes
Successful Man

HONOLULU, April ia man
who for five years had been sue
cessful Honolulu real estate man
and respected citizen was reveal
ed here today as an escaped con-
Wet from the Oklahoma state pen.
{. NJ Rason, alias Orleando starr,
was arrested charged with being a
fugitive from Oklahoma, where de-
tectives said he escaped from the
state pen while serving sentence
for embez2lement.
Under the name of Starr he had
been in the real estate business in
Hawaii since 1923 and had prosper
ed.
His daughter, Jeanette, was kill.
Cd in the crash of the airplane
Malola' several months ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-12
Infants Die In
Burning Auto
by United Press Leased Wire

BAKERSFIELD, Cal, April 12.-
Two infants were burned to death
and their mothers were seriously
injured early today when an auto
mobile gas tank exploded near here.
The tots, one a two months old
baby boy and the other ID months
cid girl were the children of Mrs.
Cecil Dagen and Mrs. Earl Stearns
respectively.
Mrs. Dagcn and Mrs. Stearns
were removed to Il Bakersfield hos
pital suffering from third degree
burns.
The blast occurred while the ser
vice station attendant was filling
the car with gasoline under the
light of a hand lantern which he
held over the tank.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-12
BY United Press Leased Wire

SEWARD, Alaska, April -.
Another "a hour vigil by
army and navy radio operators
failed today to bring word from
Captain George wilkins at
Point Barrow to the outside
world.
Although all army and navy
radio stations in the Alaskan
territory equipped with short
wave receivers We're listening
for signals from wilkins, their
efforts were marked by failure.
Nearly eight days have elaps-
ed since the last definite word
from wilkins, who, with Lieu
tenant Carl b. Eielson went to
Point Barrow for flight
across the North Pole.
The last message received
here was that the departure
scheduled for week ago to-
day, had been postponed be-
cause of cloudy weather.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-12
Actress Claims
She Was Drugged
Nv United Press Leased Wire

OAKLAND, Cal, April 12.-Tell-
ing an incoherent story of being
drugged and stupefied by liquor,
Mrs. Faye Lavagnino, who said she
was a movie actress from Holly
wood, was under the care of physic-
ians here today.
She was found by police in the
Lakeside hotel here last night. Will
lam Plagman, clerk at the hotel,
and Carl Gustafson, of Lafayette,
were held for questioning in con
nection with the case.
Mrs. Lavagnino said she met
Gustafson in San Francisco and went
with him for a drive through Con-
ira Costa county two weeks ago.
Then, she said, they came to the
hotel here and that was the last
she remembered definitely.