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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10
People Generally Approved

When the people of Douglas read the
statement of Mr. Mackey in The DIS
patch Yesterday morning and also the
editorial stating the position which
The Dispatch had taken there was al
most universal approval of the plan
to dissolve the Community Hotel cor
noration and give the field to Mackey
and his interests. There were, 1t is
true. some who did not look with favor
upon the plan but compared to the
general sentiment the opposing view
was negligible in proportion. 1t seem
ed to be the prevailing view that WITH
the assurance that since withdrawal
of the company was the step needed
I to make certain Douglas would get &
large and modern hotel taking the
step would result in exactly what the
company had been planned for III the
: first place and that the act was 1t
self a successful result of the organ1-
zation of the community corporation
! During the afternoon, in further
ance of it's step to bring about tht
! withdrawal of the Community Hote
corporation from the field, The Dis
patch caused to be circulated petition;
which read:
1--WE, the undersigned stockholders
the Douglas community hotel tavo
abandoning of all building OF the hote
and refunding the money to the stock
holders less the pro rata OF expense
paid out for the architect, promotioi
and other charges, provided F. c
Mackey agrees to the construction a
nearly date OF modern fireprool
15O-room hotel or the site of the Gads
den hotel We heartily approve OF M
enterprise and wish him success in HI
undertaking"
Those carrying the petitions report
ed that those to whom the offer wa
made without exception signed it.
is true, also. that when the report SO
about the streets that such petitio
had been started that persons came
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10
ROCKEFELLER
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Informing Senator Walsh that
Stewart had stated that the stock
holders OF his company could nave
his resignationEs whenever they de.
sired it, Rockefeller said "this is a
question which the stockholders
should, OF course, and will naturally
consider as the matter develops"
Besides Rockefeller, the committee
also mas subpoenaed A. w. Rice, man
ager of the New York branch OF
the Dominion Bank OF Canada, and
C. S. Howard, now of Toronto, but
formerly connected with the New
York agency OF the Dominion bank.
They are also to be questioned
Saturday.
Subpoenas also have been sent to
a number of clerks of the Dominion
agency They are to be asked about
notations on the margins OF the
ledger accounts OF the Continental
company and H. S. Osier, Jr., OF
Toronto, who headed the corporation
which made $3,O0O,OOO in profits in
dealing in American Oil.
Chairman Nye said photostatlc
copies Of these ledger sheets had been
obtained by the committee and that
some OF the notations were OF "pe-
culiar" character.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10
THE DISPATCH.

man as the man who turned over
the nutilated remains.
''He was the man who took the
money Parker said, and left the
witness stand.
Chief Tom Gurdane and Traffic
Officer Buck Lieuallen, OF Pendleton,
told OF Hicknan's arrest near there
and of finding three pistols, sawed.
off shotgun and l,465 of the ran.
som" money in his possession. Cur
dane also told briefly OF the "fit
Hickman threw" in the Pepdleton Jail.
He believed the prisoner was sane
and only shamming mental disorder.
DR.. A. F. Wagner county autopsy
surgeon, Los Angeles, described the
condition OF Marfan's body and testi-
fled that all the organs were complete
and normal.
The defense did not cross-examine
any of the witnesses called during
the day.
Unexpectedly the state announced
that it rested its case.
In their addresses to the jury Dis
trict Attorney Asa KeyeS and his
assistant, Forrest Murray, ridiculed
the insanity plea and declared Hick-
man a sane, cold-blooded killer with
money as his motive. They demanded
the death penalty.
Jerome Walsh and Richard Can
tillon, defense counsel, admitted all
the facts of the crime, reviewing it's
horrifying details and argued that
no sane man could have perpetrated
it.
Judge .Trabucco occupied less than
20 minutes in his instructions to the
jury. The keynote OF his charge was,
"You are instructed that the sole
issue for you to decide is the issue
of whether or not the defendant was
sane or insane, at the time OF the
crime
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10

The Dispatch office to enter their ap-
proval and others telephoned and said
that if the ones carrying them did no
reach them within short time they
would call TO sign.
In order to make it possible for
everyone who holds stock to put his
name to the petition stated above, the
petitions will be available at The Dis
patch office any time today after 10
this morning and in the editorial rooms
CT the Dispatch this afternoon and
evening. Anyone who did not have a
chance to sign yesterday may call and
sign today as the petitions will be kept
available for all who desire to sign.
One stockh oiGer who subscribed for
more than a dozen shares in talking
of the plan proposed by The Dispatch
said: when I placed my name on the
dotted line / did it because believed
it meant helping Douglas meet need
that all of us were certain existed
That need exists to greater degree
right now than ever because OF the
Gadsden fire Also q situation has
developed that means we can go ahead
with our smaller effort to get some
: accommodations or we can fuse our
enthusiasm into the force that viii
rive us a hotel adequate to the needs
1T location that is far more suitable
20 meet all needs than the one that
| had been selected for the tourist hotel
Under those circumstan ;eS there is
only one safe course to pursue anc
that is the one that means getting tn;
hotel on the old Gadsden site.
I'm that connection there is ont
thought that was limited by The Dis
patch editorial that ought to be EN-
! phasized Neglect to take advantage J
this opportunity might not only leaV'
a corner of blackened ruins but !
might easily chance tho t~0o@ oe buSi
ness traffic and thereby make a Seri
Gus unbalance of realty values ant
vested property rights, That is no
an imaginative view. Conditions oftel
change traffic routes in city and on
of the things that pin property value
)! to locations is the we'll established
hotel The Gadsden block has oeel
established as hotel center; 1t IA
become grooved into The business III
{ of DOUGLAS. Business has been eStab
/ lshed because of its relation to tn
Gadsden location and with that mag
D net removed there is no reason
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10
INDIANA GOVERNOR
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place, however, as each side had left
six OF its ten peremptory challenges,
Special Judge Charles M. McCabe
ruled that perennptory challenges
might be exercised up to the accept
ance of the Jury twice in it's entirety
by each side.
Al ripple OF interest was evoked
when defense counsel directed theiS
attention to learning the feelings OF
prospective jurors toward the Ku Klux
klan. Those interrogated asserted the
fact that Robert l. Marsh, indicted
with jackson, was mentioned in the
true bill as a former aScorney for
the khan would have no bearing on
their verdict. They also said the
fact that the name of ID. G. Steph.
enscn. former khan dragon who is
serving life sentence for murder
had been associated with that or the
governor would not influence them.
Church and political affiliations
again were stressed by the defense
Jacksons attorneys also indicated that
it would attempt to prove that Jack
son did not place former Governor
Warren T. McCray in a state loi
fear to prevent him from exposing
the alleged attempted bribe. jackson
and the two co-defendantS are
charged with attempting to bribe
McCray to name their choice as
Marion county Indianapolis prose
cutor in 1928.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10
FESS BELIEVES
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didates into the field"
Senator Robinson, OF Arkansas, the
democratic leader, pressed Senator
Fess to establish whether his views
in this regard we're those o. Mr.
Coolidge and the Ohioan declined to
speak for the president.
Fighting back, Senator Fess de-
clared the democrats were fearful
that MIR. Coolidge would run again
But Senator Reed democrat, Missouri
replied that "the senator is hugging
to his breast one of the deiuslons
he frequently embraces"
Senator Reed, who is considered q
democratic presidential candidate, In
sisted that Mr. Fess was actually
arguing for the denomination of the
president.
II protest" Reed said, "in the
name OF Senator Willis from Ohio,
the republican leader, Mr.. Curtis, the
English statesman Herbert Hoover
the great dirt farmer, Mr.. Lowdeli
and in the name of the great re-
publican party that with all its faults
it is not absolutely forced &C nominate
one man."
Senator Harrison, democrat, Missis-
sippi, described Mr.. Fess' remarks as
"the nominating speech FOR third
term for President Coolidge" and
asked if this did not affect the
candidacy OF Senator Willis. Fess
replied he was speaking on his own
authority and Willis smiled as he
added he thought he spoke in har-
mony with lis colleague.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10
HICKMAN
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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8 GP-Even
though the machinery of the law IN
criminal cases was perfected, at the
last legislature to speed appeals, Will
liam L. Hickman's lease on life under
death sentence would be a minimum
of four months.
This was indicated at the state SUI
preme court here today although it
was pointed out that no appeal had
been passed upon by the court in the
cases under the new law involving i'm
sanity in criminals.
Should HiclmanS attorneys perfect
an appeal to the United States SUI
preme court after having exhausted all
efforts in The state supreme court,
Hickman would be certain of life for
i six months longer, it was said at the
court today.
Is Under the new law the case must
be placed on the supreme court call
endar 80 days after receipt of the
transcript" The receipt of the tram
script is dependent upon the ability Of
j the court stenographer to prepare it.
but in a case of the Hickman calibre,
! it was believed the transcript would be
ready within 80 days after the pass
!, ing of sentence
Is Just when the supreme court would
reach HicKman's case after it has been
placed on the calendar could not be
determined, but it was believed by
court attaches, that it would be reach
ed within 40 days.
AS amended by the last legislature
the law provides both appellant anc
prosecution opening briefs must be
filed before the case is placed upon
the calendar.
One thing is certain, After sem
tence is passed upon Hickman SatT-
day he may be taken to San Quentin
, to remain in a death cell until his at
torney's carry the case through the
, courts.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10
KIMANIANS
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got the floor and made the motion
that the club back unanimously the
move to dissolve the community hotel
project and back Mr. Mackey. The
motion was seconded from all corners
of the room at once.
Discussion was attempted by mem
bers who wished to carry the matter
further by adding to the motion a.
clause urging that the funds of the
community hotel be diverted for golt
links and other Improvements and for
an aviation field. The club would not
listen to the amendments there being
a sentiment apparent that these things
we're probably fine but out of place
as the one desire of the organization
was to make a clear-cut stand on the
one issue.
The vote was great roaring cheer
for f. o. Mackey and the club broke
into song so that the remainder of the
meeting was a sort of rally. The
Builders Song" was sung and many
others all of boosting nature.
Mr.. Mackey, who with his secretary,
j. H. Paul, were guests of the club,
was introduced. He was viSibly af-
fected by the overwhelming nature OF
the reception he had been given and
spoke but few words. He said, IT
am not much of speaker, but when
/ am mad / can talk very we'll
am certainly not mad now. The loss
of the hotel, feel, is a greater loss
to the citizens of Douglas than it is
to me. / can forget my personal loss
in the JOY that everyone was saved
in the fire and feel that Douglas
lost much more than I did. If do
build another hotel here can promise
YOU that it win be. fine building
and will be conducted as first-class
hotel as long as have any connection
with it and will be something that /
can be proud Of and that the people
Of Douglas can be proud Of
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10
SUMMARY OF TRIAL,

LOS ANGELES-Eight alienlSts IN
all testified that Hickman was ana
is sane. Three others swore to their
belief that he was and is insane
a victim OF dementia praecoX.
DR.. Paul Bowers, OF Los Angeles
who held the confessed slayer sane,
staged dramatic scene when ne
applied the derrnatographia test TO
Hickman's body, as the prisoner stood,
strippd to the waist, in the courtroom.
on Hickman's back and chest DR..
Bowers drew with his thumbnall q
large letter "i" The impression of
the letter would remain after an
interval OF three minutes, the doctor
said, if dementia praecox were
present.
AT the conclusion OF the three
minute period Dr. Bowers pointed to
the diffused condition OF the skin as
evidence of no dementia praecoX.
Defense Attorney Walsh contendeo
with equal certainty that there was
enough of the remains OF the IA
visible to indicate Hickman's insanity.
DR.. Thomas Orbison, former army
psvchopathic expert, agreeing tna'
hickman was sane condemned the
expense and "ponlp" OF court trial
TO prove his mental condition. why
not send him to the psychopaIIllc
ward OF the general hospital ior tWo
days' observation?" he witness asKeo
/ DIR Orbison characterized Hickman
written plea for clemency, introduced
as an exhibit, as the plea OF man
who realizes he's at the end OF MS
rope"
4 member of the Los Angeles coun-
tv lunacy commission, Dr.. EDWARD II
| Williams, declared Hickman norma
mentally and added the opinion ina
he was "teigning insanity III
clumsy fashion.
l The final day OF testimony-taklng
Feb 8, brought to the witness stanS
Perry M. Parker, father OF Marian
\ and for the first time since ne MAJ
turned over $500 to Hickman II
| exchange tor the mutilated BODY 0
his daughter the bank Official lace'
Marian's slayer.
AS Parker stepped to the stan
Hickman fixed his gaze stubbornly O
the back OF the man sitting in iron
of him, his attorney, Jerome Walsi
and refused to meet the eyes of III
victims father.
Parker gave the prisoner one lon'
intense look, then concentrated o
replies to questions by the dlstrl'
attorney. He identified letters an
telegrams received from Marlan's Klo
naper and subsequent killer, u
treasury notes he paid for his daugf
ter's body and then Identified Hici
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10

as by a magnet Special bracings
of planks and beams were raised
overhead to reinforce the six foot
board barriers in. %ne corridors, against
which long double line pressed dam
perously. Extra chairs within the
court railing encroached upon pas
sage spaces, and behind the rail two
extra rows of chairs jammed the
aisles.
The final session of the drama
filled trial found the doorway 10
the court chambers jammed with ad-
ditional straining heads, whose own
ers stood upon chairs to see over
each other and into the scene of the
expected closing actions. Eyes fol-
lowed raptly the waving gestures Of
the eloquent district attorney in the
states closing argument, while they
also strained vainly to see the color
less fece of the youthful murderer.
A hush of intense suspense per-
vaded the atmosphere when the case.
was given the jury. With the exit
of the twelve the court was recessed
for further call, and the crowd broke
ranks into a confused babel OF ex-
cited tongues Press men stuck to
their wires, flashing out descriptions
of the last rapidly moving words
of the court and of the trial climax.
The courtroom partly cleared, but
half remained in busily talkative, eX-
pectant groups. Thirty minutes, then
S5. A buzzer sounded a warning, and
court attaches and attorneys were
, electrified into action that was to
follow. The buzzer told that the jury
was ready to return to the courtroom,
possibly for instructions, possibly to
render its verdict.
The court asked crisply, while the
spectators and attorneys waited tense
ly, if the jury had reached a verdict.
! The foreman replied quietly that it
had. The court, seriously and sternly,
/. warned that there should be no DEM
onstraticn, on the penalty of arrest
and trial of anyone present.
! A brief moment of hushed suspense,
/ and the court clerk read the first ver-
dict, finding ''The Fox" sane on the
Indictment charging kidnapping.
The .'sane" decision of the Jury on
the indictment charging murder fol-
! lowed in order, but the tenseneSs Wis
ibly had broken when the answer on
4 the first was read
/ Announcement that, if counsel
agreed, Saturday next would be the
! day of sentencing, followed in business
i like speed from the bench. The no.
tice of appeal to be filed was made,
and the drama was closed.
Little demonstration followed. The
court room emptied rapidly, accom-
panied only by the hum of discussion,
while the convicted youth was marched
/ quickly out and to his cell.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10
F. O. MACKEY

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unity of effort by the Kiwanians
at their meeting today, do not
hesitate to authorize The Dispatch
to say that 1 need no further as
surance from the people of Doug
las concerning our hotel interests.
without further delay and with as
much progress as it is possible to
make, shall go forward with my
plans to build a modern hotel on
the site of the old Gadsden. 1t
can not be hurried because there
are legal limitations affecting the
matter. The insurance on the old
building has to be adjusted and
settled, Plans will have to be de-
veloped and reduced to workable
form. Other details affecting the
business must be worked out.
Contracts will have to be let. So
that it will be seen that it Will re-
quire some time.
But with the assurances that
have come to me from leading
business men in addition to that
given by the Kiwanis club, there
is no reluctance in stating that 1t
is now my intention To develop
plans for the new hotel and to
proceed with the work steadily
from this date until we can swing
back the doors to the public to one
of the most attractive hOstleries
that the southwest can boast. 1t
is my policy to bury the past when !
am undertaking any new endeavOT
and / shall do that here. l feel
that / know Douglas people better
than i did and 1 hope they know
me better. IT seems to be a truth
in life that ii occasionally requires
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10

The Dispatch office to enter their ap-
proval and others teleploned and said
that if the ones carrying them did no
reach them within short time they
would call TO sign.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10

doubt that such unmooring of busi-
ness might allow it to drift to new
channels, even far removed from pres
ent ones and thereby take our prop
erty values created by the trend of
trade. That is thought that none
can afford to pass over lightly"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10

a considerable sacrifice for people
to really know each other. When
neoule know each other, they us
naIlv arc friends, And so in this
hotel problem. am sure we are
all going to move along now upon
a better and happier understand
ing and that c'lt of it will come
hotel of win J, we all shall De
very proud"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10
ASK LEGAL OPINION

PHOENIX, Feb. g R)-Attorney
General John w. Murphy was asked
for an opinion today by Mrs. Anna
Frohmiller, state auditor, whether she
should pay salary claims OF Judge
Fred G.. Struckmeyer as code COM
missioner OF Arizona and legal counsel
for the Arizona highway commission
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10
DO YOU own STOCK? DO YOU
WANT TOPUT YOUR NAME ON
THE PETITION TO DISBAND?

All stockholders in the Douglas Commun-
ity Hotel corporation who may desire to sign the
petitions favoring disbanding the corporation can
have that opportunity by calling at The Dispatch
office any time today after 10 this morning. Call
at the editorial rooms for that purpose this after
noon or evening.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-30
COMING NORTH TO GO TO TOP
 MT. M'KINLEy
Representative of P oils h Government on Yukon
 on Alaska Tour

SEATTLE, July 30. After sealing the heights of many lofty peaks in Europe, ascending alone to the summit of Mount Rain fer, Stephen Jarosz, representa- tive of the Polish Government, sailed last Saturday from Seattle aboard the steamer Yukon with the top of Mt. Mckinley as his ultimate destination.
 Jarosz is forestry negineer and has been connected with the Posnan University in Poland. He has travelled extensively in Eur ope where he is known for his daring mountain climbing.
 Before leaving Seattle, Jarosz said 'I am making inyestiga- tions for the Polish Government and expect to write a book as the result of my studies.
 Jarosz will go first to Mount Mckinley via Seward, later to St. Michael, Dawson, Fairbanks and other parts of Alaska mak- ing a study of the natives and customs. He expects to come out of Alaska via Skagway in about six months.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-30
ANTI-SMITH
 CROWD LOSE TEXAS FIGHT
Lone Star Democrats Re. nominate Moody and
 Crush Tom Love

DALLAS, Tex, July 30-The anti-Smith Democrats suffered a crushing defeat throughout the State in the Texas Democratic pri- maries Saturday. Gov Dan Moody was renominated with an over whelming majority, receiving in 236 counties 349.2S3 votes to 192.- 3S7 for Louis Wardlow. Judge Hawkins received o5,39S and Mrs. Williams 14,3S4.
 Tom Love, leader of the anti Smith forces fared even less for tunately, in the race for Lieuten- ant-Governor, where the same counties gave Lieut.. Gov. Mile. 1,304; Love 155 PTS and Parnell 59,110
 Senator Earle B. Mayfield led the field for renomination for United States Senator, but lack ing a majority, he will be forced to run-off with Congressman Thomas Connally. The totals give Mayfield, 159,01S; Connally, 146,- S64. Congressman Thomas l.. Blan- ton, former Congressman Jeff Me Lemore, Col. A. M. Owsley, and Mrs. Minnie Cunningham, other candidates, trailel far behiad.
 All of the eight incumbents in the National House of Represents. tives who fad contests seemed to be renominated except Congress- man Eugene Black, who is trail- ing Pattman by HOO votes. Among the Congre3smen who seem to have been nominated are John N Garner, who may be Speaker in case the Democrats carry the Ma tional House. o. H. Cross will sue ceed Congressman Connally, can didate for Senator, in the Eleventh District. Incomplete returns show that there will probably be a run off between R. o. Lee and J. P. Perkins as successor of Congress- man Blanton in the Seventeenth District. Harry Whurzbach, the only Republican Congressman from Texas, will be opposed by August McClocky in the Fourteenth Dis- trict.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-30
Lay Cornerstone Aug. 5
 For St. Mary's at Oakland

OAKLAND, Cal, July 30.-One of the largest gatherings of Catho- lie church dignitaries and laymen since the Eucharistic Congress at Chicago, will congregate here Aug ust 5. Two cardinals. two arch bishops, a bishop and scores of priests and sisters will attend the cornerstone laying of the new St Mary's College.
 Patrick Cardinal Hayes of New York, George Cardinal Mundelein of Chicago, Archbishops Bowling of St. Paul and Hanna of San Francisco and Bishop Nifty of Salt Lake are among those con- ing for the ceremony, which will open work on the $2,000,000 struc- ture.
 St. Mary's college was founded more than 50 years ago by the Christian Brothers. One of the features of the new school will be a convent with cloistered garden for exiled Carmelite nuns of Mex ico.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-30

QUEBEC. July 30.-Big blank spaces on tse map of Canada. heretofore labelled inaccessible v are being filled in by the young and vigorous science of aerial pho tography.
 Two hundred thousand square miles of territory have been pho- tographed and mapped ir the last five years as geologists, foresters, water-power engineers and others interested in developing the Do- minion's uncharted natural re- sources have flown with officers of the Royal Canadian Air Force across the hinterland that com prises four-fifths of the country's area. Already this photographic