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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-23
SHOOK STARTS
TO ORGANIZE
SCOUT TEAMS

Grover c. Shook, first aid expert
from the Copper Queen slnelter
started work last evening toward the
organizing of two first aid teams
within the scout troops that he has
been lecturing at the Parish house
Each Thursday evening II some
weeks past Shook has addressed these
boys on on various phases of first
air work.
He announced last evening that on
next Thursday evening he will work
the bows out with first aid team
from the snelter and prepare them
with some practical training for
competition in first aiG WORK. Last
evening he took up control Of bleeding
and the proper methods OF andaging
wounds in the shoulder, arm, arm
pit and hand.
Shook is very enthusiastic over the
work which is one OF the more i'm
portant branches OF scouting. He
first undertook to instruct the boys
in their required first Gid work so
that they could pass their tests but
he said yesterday that he had never
encountered such interest in the WORK
as is shown by the boys and will
continue tie work with the idea
OF organizing first aid team among
scouts Tor exhibition and competition.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-23
BURTON OPENS
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Hoover's attitude on agriculture by
reading to his listeners letter from
Representative Charles j. Brand OF
Ohio, written to Hoover, in which
Brand supported Hoover for the posi-
ton of secretary of agriculture The
communication dated January 81, 1925,
declared, II don't know of any one who
fits the place as well as YOU"
Burton first brought the letter to
light last week, when he engaged
Brand on the floor of the house in a
hot debate on the Ohio campaign
Brand is supporter of Senator Willis.
Burton defended Hoover's republic
canisn, declaring that he had been a
republican in good standing since 1909.
1T is said that Mr. Hoover was
voted on in the democratic primary in
Michigan Burton said. '"The facts
show he was qualified on both the
republican and democratic tickets by
the filing of petitions without his ap-
proval. The gentleman from Ohio for
gets that Mr. Hoover received $4,000
votes in the republican primary in
Michigan on the same day he received
$4,000 votes on the democratic ticket. "
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-23
UPSETS in WOMEN'S
TENNIS PLAY OCCUR

BROOKLYN, March % (P)-Two OF
Americas first ter" in womens
lawn tennis were defeated in the
seni-finals OF the national indoor
singles here today. Mrs Alfred H
Chaplin Jr., OF Springfield, who ranks
No. 3, was beaten by MRS. Charles
j. Hubbard Jr, OF Cambridge, in a
three set match. The score was
3-6, Ga. 1913 Miss Margaret Bake,
of Lenox, who ranks No. 8 nationally,
was defeated by Miss Edith Sigourney,
of Boston, 6-1, 20, GA.
Mrs Hubbard and Miss Sigourney
will play in the final match Saturday.
Both have been national tournament
finalists before. Miss Sigourney was
runner-up for the title in 1920 and
Mrs. Hubbard, then Miss Anna Fuller,
was runner-up in 1925.
You'll find it in Dispatch wanr-ads
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-23

of the United States" to the promul-
cation Of the executive order under
which Teapot Dome was leased to Sim
clair, and that the decision to open
up the reserve was made by naval au-
thorities and not himself
1t also was set forth that Fall had
stated thai he had driven as hard a
bargain as he could with Sinclair and
that the terms of the lease we're more
advantageous than could have been OBJ
tanned from the Texas Oil company or
others that made offers and that there
was no secrecy enjoined about the
lease other than that necessary to pro-
tect the navys plans.
Coming to the liberty bond pay
ments by Sinclair, the affidavit rep
resented Fall as explaining that this
was legitimate business transaction
and not bribe in any sense; that it
was subsequent to the lease and was
consummated only after extended neg
citations in Washington and elsewhere
and that it gave Sinclair q one-third
interest in the ranch property.
Witnesses summoned for April 2
were notified today by telegraph to
defer coming to washington until
April 4. These include Robert w.
Stewart, chairman Of the board of the
Standard Oil company OF Indiana, who
is under indictment for contempt Of
the senate by reason of his refusal to
answer certain questions before the
Teapot Dome committee on the ground
that they should be answered at the
Sinclair trial since they had to do
with Sinclair and the Continental
Trading company
Aside from the decision not to send
the Subcommittee 20 El Faso, the
senate investigating committee pro-
duced no developments in the oil sit
uation during the day. 1t will reopen
hearings tomorrow with a single wit
ness - Merritt Baldwin, Of Meriden,
Conn, confidential employe Of Sin
clair from 1922 to 1924.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-23
TARDY WILL GO
TO CAPITAL AND
OPEN new YARD
Well Known Douglas Man
To Start Plant in City
OF Phoenix

Having enlarged its authorized
capitalization and taken the other
legal steps to make possible its de-
sired expansion, the Douglas Lumber
company will, on April 1, establish a
lumber and building material yard
in Phoenix. AS a part OF that ex-
panSion, j. w. Tardy, manager OF the
company will go to Phoenix to have
general direction of the business OF
constructing the office and sheds and
launching the new business The
program will give the Douglas Lumber
company two yards, the che here and
the new one.
Mr.. Tardy, talking of the expansion
OF his company, said chat the new
business will be located at Seventh
avenue and Monroe street in Phoenix
in what might be termed the lumber
yards area and facing Seventh avenue
it has one OF the busiest avenues of
the city on one of its fronts There
are now IL yards in Phoenix and
the Douglas Lumber company yard
will be the 18th to operate there
THAT suits me fine said Mr. Tardy
1T means luck just now to have g
yard in Phoenix, no matter what the
number and to me the, figure So
is just an omen of good luck"
The Douglas Lumber company was
organized in 1906 and has been a
going concern since. 1t has been
closed corporation with only four
share holders Mr.. Tardy is one OF
the four. He came to Douglas ten
years ago and has been active in
affairs since. He has been a work
ing member OF the chamber of COM
i1lerce, the Borderland Climate club
the Cochise County Fair association
and the Kiwanis club He also is a
member of the Douglas Elks lodge.
He served a term as president of
the fair association and also OF the
Climate club. He has been an active
worker for everything that promised
to be for the welfare OF the city.
Mr. Tardy's family will remain in
Douglas until the close OF school
when they will go to Phoenix to
make their home He stated that
while he will have personal charge
of the new yard he also will continue
manager of the company anu will be
in Douglas frequently locking after
the yard here He expects to have
lumber arriving at Phoenix for the
new yard all the time after April l.
Mr. Tardy has been in the lumber
business all his active life and came
to Douglas from Texas.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-23

concrete mixer on the dam when it
was built, testified, a stream OF water
three to four feet wide was flowing
the dam. He said he saw this when
he visited the dam and testified that
he had heard often about the
danger OF the dam breaking ''but
never had heard any reason advanced
for the gossip" His testimony was
borne out by that OF Matthews and
Smith, who told OF observing the
whole west side OF the canyon being
saturated with water, which Mat
thews described as a "seepage soaked
hillside"
William Mulholland, chief engineer
Of the dam and the Los angeles
water system of which 1t was a part,
testified yesterday to having seen the
water coming from under the dam on
the west side, but declared that 1t
was "clear" instead of muddy as the
dam keeper had reported to him
''They just cleaned the hill off and
put the dam up against it," Bennett
testified was his understanding Of
the construction work
That the dam went into the hill
sat least ten feet" was the testimony
of David S. Menzies, concrete mixer
foreman. He said that silt and dirt
got into the mixer because the ma
terial was being taken from the river
bed by steam shovel, which at
times got too near the bank, when
this occurred it was renedied Neither
of the witnesses believed that much
dirt or silt was allowed to get into
the concrete.
At the end of today's session
Coroner Nance said that tomorrow
the inquest jury would be taken to
view the wrecked damsite, and that
the taking of testimony would not
be resumed until Monday.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-23
u. S. EMBASSY
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can plateaus have been covered with
heavy clouds. 1t has rained most OF
the time and there has been some
thunder and lightning. At the precise
moment of the quake's greatest sew
Gritty several flashes of lightning swept
the clouds in the direction Of the vol
canoes Popocatapetl and Ixtaccihuatl.
This caused reports that the volcanoes
were erupting and belching lava but
no substantiation of this was received
today The clouds made the volcanoes
invisible from the city
Some sections of Mexico Citys cleo
trio lights went out for one or two
minutes but there was no general
breakdown of the service.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-23
SINCLAIR
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NSNiitlllutQ FTOul IdSC OllC(
Jurors Shadowed
Indefinite postponement of the trial
OF Fall was obtained by his counsel
Wllllam E. Leany, of washington
without opposition from government
counsel. Reports received iluIn gov.
elnment physicians agreed with those
attending Fail that his condition was
such that his life would be endang-
erec II he were required to come 10
Washington on April 3, the date set
tor the trial
Roberts and former Senator Atlee
Pomerene tnen moved that the cases
be severed and that Sinclair be placed
on trial April 2. Taking the position
that Fall is a material witness Tor
the defense, George P. Hoover, counsel
for the operator, opposed this motion
vigorously, but Justice Bailey granted
the governments motion.
The defense counsel sought a two
months postponement on the dual
ground that Fall was a material wit
ness; that the withdrawal of Falls
counsel deprived them of necessary aid
and that they would be unable to pre-
pare the case for trial within month.
Hoover also presented an affidavit
signed by himself declaring that he
and Martin W. Littleton, of New York,
Sinclair's chief counsel, would be busy
on April in other trials already un-
der way.
Opposing . postponement, govern
ment counsel called attention that
& q in Ia erixt llnf
a severance of the cases would be
asked if Fall could not come here for
trial and argued that the defense knew
he would not be here and so had
ample time in which to prepare their
case in advance of April 2.
Roberts sprung a surprise by read
ing a letter from Mary Thompson, Of
Las Cruces, N. M, Falls counsel, to
an unidentified person, saying that if
there was any contention presented TO
the court that Fall would be able to
appear for the trial before late in the
summer 1t should be controverted
strenuously. The letter had the en-
dcrsement of Fall himself as shown by
his "ok" IN one corner.
Government counsel emphasized that
the previous failure to complete the
trial was due to actions of Sinclair
himself, since he had hired the de-
tectives to shadow the previous jury
They also argued that the government
had already summoned its large num-
bers of witnesses from all parts of the
country and some from Canada and
that if the trial was postponed for
such long period new subpoenaS
would have to be served.
To support his conteiCtion for a
postponement, Hoover presented three
affidavits, one from Fall himself and
setting forth his entire willingness to
take the stand and testify. Fall said
that he had been prepared to testify
fully heretofore whenever he might
have been placed upon trial or called
as a witness.
The second affidavit was that of
Reginald w, Ragland, of Missouri, of
counsel for Sinclair, who accompanied
the oil operator to Ell Paso recently
when he called on Fall. 1t developed
that they saw the former interior Sec
retary day afterIday obtaining from
him what was set out in the affidavit
as his version of the lease and the
liberty bond transaction with the Tea
pot Dome leSsee.o
Falls story as thus related was that
he had aSSented = reluctantly and
only at the insistence of the president
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-23
WORKMEN
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II slept in, the barn that night
and with the door open," he testified.
81 was suspicious because or the water
I saw coming out OF the leak on
the west side. II told them they'd
better turn some water out of the
dam
81 was awakened that night by
the barking Of the ranch dog. Then
heard a roar, and the trees
Swapping. ''
Il ran for the Nichols diving i'll
the ranch IIouse) and hollered that
the dam was broke and got them
and we ran up into the mills with
the water right after us"
Nichols corrcborated Smiths testi"
mony OF their escape that night.
Coroner Frank Nance, who is con-
Quoting the inquest in an attempt
to fix responsibility for the disaster
on March 13, that cost nearly 300
known lives, and left 173 others yet
unaccounted for, questioned both
Smith and Nichols in detail about
hearing any explosion or noise like
one that night. Both declared they
did not, only the barking of the
dog, then the roar and rumbling
OF the deluge
Robert E. Atmore, rancher living
Is miles above the dam, also was
questioned closely about hearing any
noise like an explosion the night the
dam broke Atmore said he heard no
noise, and knew OF no one there
aboutS who had. He testified he
saw the dam two days before the
I1k ~
dangerous. .
Nine days before the dam broke.
Richard Bennett, of San Fernando, a
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-23
Vaccination Ruling
Of Health Officers
Does Not Stop Cars

Without in the least haInpering the
flow OF traffic from Douglas into
Aqua Prieta, the Mexican federal
health officers have carried on a rigid
vaccination inspection at the port
here the past three days. Everyone
crossing the border is questioned and
must show a vaccination scar or a
certificate OF vaccination from a
physician.
1t has been found, the officials
state that everyone has either been
vaccinated or is willing to be vac
cinated ir order to comply with the
Mexican ruling. An attendant az the
customs house has been vsfinatine
persons who drop in there and many
have taken advantage of this service
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-23
FIVE CHILDREN BURN

LEAF, Miss, March % P)-Five
school children and the driver OF an
automobile conveying the children
from the Salem school to Leaf were
burned to death near here late today
when a burning pine tree beside the
road fe,l upon te passing automobile
Two pupils in the rear seat were
thrown from the car and suffered
broken legs, while one occupant OF
the car, a girl, escaped uniniured.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-23
TWO TRAINS ARE
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The police assert that they found in
the house cases containing. $500 cart
ridges, which Hernandez was said to
be preparing to express under false
invoices to Jalisco
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-05
Files Suit For
Auto Damages

\ damage suit seekinr the sum OF
$j,693.4S was filed at the county
r'crk's office this morning by b. a.
Williams against S. Ottawa and L.
Yamaguchi.
According TO the complaint truck
owned by Ottawa, employer of the
defendant Yamaguchi, was driven in
such a negligent and careless man
nrr by the latter that it crashed
with a machine driven bv Williams.
Williams charges that he suffered
broken arm and numerous other
injuries as result The accident
occurred at a point about , l-2 miles
south Of Holtvillc.
The plaintiff charges that his cai
was damaged to such an extent that
it cost S193.4s to repair it. He
alleges that he expended $500 for
medical attention during the time
OF his injury and asks that he be
siven an addition 5000 for time
lost from work and for the suffes.
.irg endured as result Of the acci.
dent.
:. p. Williams is appearing for
;hc plaintiff.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-05
MERCHANTS TO BLAME

There is world of truth in the statement made
Tuesday by Chief Manss of Calexico, before local
organization holding merchants greatly to blame for
the prevalence of bad checks in Imperial Valley
munit;es.
Lack of care in identifying persons presenting
checks and IN many refusing to prosecute when
BAD checks are made good, named by the police
chlef as two cardinal faults of many merchants.
A merchant would not give hat or a sack of flour
to some stranger who into his store and asked
for It, with the statement that he would pay later for
It, Yet the merchant does just this when he accepts
strangers check. check is nothing more than a
promise to pay
1t is not difficult matter for responsible person
to be identified even in strange community, and few
honest persons resent having to be identified recog
nzlng that it is nothing than good business prin
clple In nine cases out of ten, the fellow who sets
up howl when he is asked to identify himself,
be cassed paper hanger, the police term the
bad check artist.
The honest man has nothing to fear The thief has
plenty and he tries to hide his fear by making the
merchant feel that the latter is doing him an injustice
in refusing to cash his check
On the ether hand, the merchant who bushes up a
case after his money has been refunded, is doing an
injustice to the person who attempted to pass the
bad check for he is encouraging him try again;
the honest whose check should be cashed, for he
is making It more difficult for him, and the police,
for he is deliberately hampering the latter in their
efforts to prevent crime.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-05
HE DIDN'T PLAY FAIR

If any further evidence were necessary to prove
that William Randolph Hearst, nationally known
publisher, acted in reprehensibe manner in print
ing alleged official documents of the Mexican govern
ment charging United States senator's with accepting
bribes, it supplied yesterday by Mr.. Hearsts
attorney.
The latter furnished to the committee of the United
States senate Investigating the charges against the
senators, reports from handwriting experts employed
by the publisher himself stating that the documents
are spurious
Had Mr.. Hearst been as careful to have the papers
examined before they were printed, he has been
since mis- action questioned by the United States
senate, he would not have committed an injustice
against the senators whose good he tried to be-
smrch.
Despite the fact that the papers discredited by
President Coolidge and other high government Off
cias, and although Mr. Hearst himself admitted that
he believed the senators accepted bribe, he
published the accusations.
This in itself was contemplate. Having had at all
times the to prove to himself the truth false
OF the documents and failing to take advantage
of the is further indication that Hearst not sim
cere at any time, and willing to print what he
knew be deliberate lies.
What his object is rather mystifyng. He
stands today pretty much discredted before the Am
erican people, who lovers of fair play whether it
be in sports, in politics or printing newspapers
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-05
December Warmer
Than Year Ago

Comparison of Imperial Valleys
temperatures for the month just
closed with those of December, 1926,
show wider variation of tcmpera-
ture according to j. G. Rouser, prom
;Lcnt Farm Bureau member who has
a" recording thermometer and keeps
Il systematic record of temperatures.
During December, 1926, Rouser
states, the average maximum tenn
porature was $50. For the past
month it was 673 or 3.4 degrees
'Ggher. Average minimum tempera-
ture for December, 1926 was 40 de-
rrces, and that of December, 1927,
- 5, of 2.5 degrees lower.
The interesting point in the conf
garrison is the fact that for last
month the days were warmer and
he nights colder, according to the
month s averages, than for the pre-
ceding year.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-05
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD E. GARIS
Copyright, 1927, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
RED DRUM STICK
New! New, Meaouw, ~

EMew, New. Meaouw!''
That is the sound which Uncl;
&lggily heard coming from behind
a snow covered bush one day as
the rabbit gentleman stood near
Mr.. Whitewash, the Polar Bear
vino had offered to give Tap Tap s
ride OH his back.
"New, New, Meaouw,'
''Did you hear that'' asked
Urcle Wiggily.
"Surely l did growled Mr..
Whitewash. at was only the wind
blowing in the trees. Hop up on my
back, little deer, and | will take
you to the North Pole where l am
going on visit.
AS / told you in the story before
this, Uncle Wiggily met in the for
ast Tap Tap, a little lost reindeer,
who had run away from the Nortl
Pole to look for his father. The
father deer worked for Santa Claus.
Uncle Wiggily was wondering how
he could send Tap Tap back home
when along came jolly Mr.. White
wash who offered to ride the deer
on his back. And then sounded the
fanny noise.
Excuse me, Mr.. Whitewash,
said Uncle Wiggily, timidly twink
liag his pink nose, "but can't be-
lieve that sound was wind BLOWN :
in the trees. 1t didn't sound like
Tat to me-
Maybe that was my daddy call
Ing for me- suggested Tap Tap.
"Oh, no,' chuckled Mr.. White
wash. "A reindeer doesn t new
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-05

cluster of dried, red berries in the
shape of the big stitk which the
bass drummer uses. 81 want that
icd drum stick purred kittie.
So Uncle Wiggilv pranccd over to
the sumach bush, stopping low down
So Kittic could reach the red drum
stick which she broke off.
Now Ill have some fun.' she
mewed. "Giddap, horsier IN go
iug to have fun with my red drurt
stieh,'
$50 am l going to have fun
suddenly growled a voice in the
bushes and Uncle Wiggily's pin (
nose turned pale. For he saw some
thing that made him shiver 1t was
a big SNOWFALL, moving slowly along,
ana who was pushing it, and why,
voU shall hear tomorrow nigh.
when the story will be about Unc!"
Wiggily and the funny SNOWFALL
that is if the gas stove doesn't turn
upside down and spill the rice pudd
in, on the oilcloth.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-05
4 GOOD MOIE

ished result of the California Railroad Commits
sions orders that hereafter all public utilities
panies must make annual accounting of all polit-
ica expenditures.
For several years there have been numerous rumors
about the large funds used by public enthusiastically
power companies--tc combat legislation to which
they opposed. None will deny that the companies
have right to legitimate means to oppose such
legislation, but payment of large to "sush
funds is a different matter.
II there is much corruption of this sort
would have US believe it be exposed and stopped
through the means adopted by the railroad commits
sion If the rumors not true, the companies will
not suffer in any way by having to submit such re-
ports.
In view of recent disclosures in national politics, it
is we'll for the state to adopt such policy Teapot
Dome, and the Smith and Ware elections recent
and outstanding examples Of what huge "slush
funds" accomplish
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-05
Stewart Held For :
Superior Court

O. r. Stewart %, of FL Centre
was ordered held to answer on
charge of having forged bank
check when arraigned before Judge
!. Mavficld Yesterday afternoon. l..
4. Perry arrested in connection with
the ease was released when the
charges against him were dismissed
upon motion of c. b. Smith, deputy
district attorney.
Stewart is ALLEGED to have passed
The worthless note at the Central
Billiard parlor, complaint against
him being entered by Elmer Toncy,
proprietor. Kendall b. Perkins ap.
2carcd in the ease as attorney for
the defendant. No testimony was
taken in the ease, preliminary hear
imp being waved.
The defendant was rcmandcd to
.he county Jail in default of $500
bail. poth Stewart and Perry were
picked up on warrants issued by
Judge /. Mayfield by Deputy Shcr-
IFS Sharp and MeCleiland last Sat
urdav.