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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10
UNITED SUPPORT OF GADSDEN
HOTEL PROJECT Is PLEDGED
BY Aqua PRIETA BANQUETERS

Assembled last evening in the his
toric dining room of the Curio Cafe
in Aqua Prieta, seated around the
table at which the famous plan OF
Aqua Prieta which formed the basic
for the present Mexican government,
vas signed, Is men Of the Ag'la
Prieta chamber of commerce voted
unanimously to lend the full moral
support of their organization and
their city to F. Q. Mackey in the
project to build on the site Of the
flame ruined Gadsden hotel a finer
and better structure. is more than
half of these present at the banquet
are stockholders in the community
hotel project and as manJ members
of the organization who were nor
present last evening sr2 also stock
holders the resolution included a
unanimous sentiment N favor of dis
banding the community hotel project
and refunding the collections to the
stockholders less what G..o necessarily
been expended.
The occasion was the annual ban
quet of the Aqua Prieta Chamber OF
ering of that body since the recent
election of officers for the year 1928.
Mrs. Alice Gatliff, proprietress of the
Curio, who has presided as hostess to
the men who have made history in
Mexico for the past many years, as
sisted Fred Girard, co-partner in the
Curio, serve a dinner The dinner
was made up of the choicest of Mexi-
can and American dishes prepared
by the master hand of the proprietress
of the Curio and the gastronomic
feature of the evening was great
English plum pudding which was
brought into the dining room while
the lights were dimmed and the blue
flames of burning spirits illumined
the deep brown of the almost perfect
dish
Ygnacio Soto, president of the cham
ber presided. He addressed the mem
bers on the need for improvements in
Aqua Prieta and four major proposals
were made and acted upon. They
were, a proposal to provide adequate
street lighting facilities for the city,
a proposal to secure for Aqua Prieta
a permanent exhibit of the products
of all the states of Mexico, proposal
to take action to construct sewer
system for Aqua Prieta which shall
be operated as part of the Doug
las sewer system to make for the
mutual healthfulness of the two cities
end a proposal to construct high
way from Aqua Prieta to Cananea
Soto explained to the members that
the governor of Sonora, Fausto To-
pete and the governor of the Federal
District of Mexico, Carlos Palacio, are
pledged to provide financial support
to some of the above named projects
Committees were appointed to secure
data on costs of the various projects
Mention was made of the fact that
year ago the Aqua Prieta power
plant we.s hope and that now it is
a reality ready to function and thai
because of this the task of securing
street lighting will be much easier.
The meeting agreed that those pro-
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10
ROOMS FOR ALL,
WHO VISIT CITY
CHECK UP SHOWS

Arrivals in the city both from the
east and the west report that they
had been warned not to come by
Douglas because the hotel had beer
destroyed by fire. Specific in2tances
have been mentioned to people here
by numerous travellers who arrive.
both Wednesday and yesterday These
reports reached different people but
some OF the most tlagranv cases were
brought to the attention of the
management OF the Hotel Palomar,
some of the worst coming yesterday
from persons arriving from the east
1T would not be so aggravating
if it did not appear so ridiculous >
said Mrs. Charles j. Garcia, of the
Palomar. "One lady arriving from
the east stated that at LordSburg she
was told, Do not go by Douglas.
Their hotel was burned this week
and you'n just have to drive to the
next town The only inference to
that would have been that Douglas
had but one hotel and that with
it gone, 1t was the big outdoors for
tourists and others depending on
hotel service. Well, the facts are that
our hotels are doing their share in
seeing that people are welcomed to
Douglas, that when they get here
they find comfortable quarters and
that they are encouraged to remain
as long as they like.
'We have extended our facilities
somewhat and we have list of all
hotels and rocming houses where
suitable accommodations may be had.
Also we have quite number of rooms
listed from private residences. We
have not been full since the Gadsden
fire-by that mean the complete
list Of available rooms. And when
you stop to think of it, there will
be no serious difficulty in taking
care of all that the Gadsden was
caring for. 1t had been operating
on greatly reduced room list be-
cause Of its repair work so we have
only to handle say about 40 to so
more than usual to keep all we'll
housed. We shall do that, I am
sure, for every hotel proprietor is
in hearty accord with the thought
of making this a city proposition and
caring for the visitors along lines
that viii send them away in happy
mood and ready to help us refute the
story that we could not provide for
visitors because one hotel had been
lost"
The chamber OF commerce, working
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10
BISBEE LADS GET
DEBATE DECISION
AGAINST DOUGLAS

The Bisbee forensic team composed
of Juleff Campbell and Harry Galusha
won to decision over the Douglas
high debate team last evening. Pres
colt of Douglas was easily the out
standing speaker on rebuttal, while
Galusha presented the best argument
in the constructive speeches. Farber
and Campbell ranked closely in their
constructive arguments. The subject
discussed was Resolved: That the
United States government should own
and operate its coal mines"
The judges were all agreed that the
decision was close and might easily
have been reversed with few addi-
tional arguments. The rebuttal
speeches of Prescott and Farher of
the Douglas team were exceptionally
good and merited the applause and
commentator of the judges and the
audience.
"No Breakfast Complete without
The Dispatch"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10
IS
SUCCESS TO ALL
BUT CREATOR

NEW YORK, Feb. 8 up = Trans
oceanic television has been demon
strated successfully, but the newest
radio development will require fur
ther research before it becomes prac-
tical instrument of modern progress.
TeleViSion between the new world and
the old was established last night when
a man and woman, in London, Eng,
seated before a strange electrical eye,
were seen by group of persons in a
New York suburb.
The machine that John L. Baird of
London invented, to send visions of
moving people across the ocean, did
what it was built to do, as far as other
people went, at the first demonstra-
ton, but it baked at transporting the
image of its creator.
Trans Atlantic television was dem
onstrated for the first time from a
London laboratory to the home of r.
M Hart in Hartsdale, NJ Y, just out
side New York City, and visions of a
reporter snd another reporters wife
distorted though they were, were trans
ported 5000 miles through tn eether
When Baird himself sat before the
electric eye of his televisor, however
cnly binding rain of dots appeared
at this end.
Benjamin Clapp, Baird's engineer
in charge of the tests on this side OF
the ocean, attributes This partial fail
ure' of the demonstration to interfer
ence caused by the sending of short
wave radio station in Mexico City.
To the lay observer, however, it
seemed that the machine had turned
against it's maker and refused to dc
his bidding.
Another peculiar feature of the
tests was the part played in them by
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10
SCHOOL NOTES

The, Bisbee Junior high basketball
teams play two games today against
the grammar school teams. Green
way lightweights play the grammar
lightweights and Horace Mann plays
the grammar heavyweights. Last
week these teams split even in two
game series, Douglas winning 16 to 2
and losing 13 to 10. The games today
will be played at the high school
gymnasium and the Y. M. G. A Coach
Greene has his teams in fine condition
and hopes to annex both games
Captain Mcbride of the lightweight
quintet is playing a good game and
Best, Hall, Vroman, Adams, Karger
are also improving their play
In a recent survey of arithmetic N
the grammar school it was found that
all classes except one were below the
median of the grade attainment. Tha
Studebaker-Ruch tests were used ir
this survey and are fairly reliable
Every student in grammar school may
know his arithmetical achievement in
terms of his present grade. In gram
mar, language, spelling and general
information the classes are above the
median.
"No Breakfast Complete Without
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10
OF
DOUBLE MURDER
DENIED BY COEN

HANFORD, Calf, Feb. QP-Re.-
pudiating his alleged written confess
sion and a statement made at the
inquest, that he had caused the deaths
of Mr. and Mrs. George Mace Artist,
December 4, by crushing their skulls
with a croWbar, as they lay, asleep,
Perry Allen Coen today denied his
guilt from the witness stand. Coen is
on trial on a charge of first degree
murder
Testifying in his own behalf the de-
fendant also contradicted the testi-
mony of his former sweetheart and
daughter of his two alleged victims,
Isabelle Artist, concerning events on
the ftal morning. Coen testified that
while sleeping in his room, which was
between that occupied by the couple
and another occupied by Isabelle and
her sisters, he was awakened by some
one rushing through his room and
slamming the door.
The defendant further testified that
he had heard Isabelle Artist quarrel
with her mother During the quarrel
Coen said he heard the gir Threaten
to knock" her mothers "block off. !"
Coen will resume the witness stand
tomorrow morning for further direct
examination.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10

Thousands of people cat bran
regularly for the healthful rough
age it provides. 1t is a splendid
practice. But be sure you are really
getting all the roughage you need
when you eat bran. Doctors say it
. takes 1000 bran to relieve consti-
patton. Part-bran products, at
best, can only accomplish PARKWAY
results. That is why they fall
Kellogg's ALL-BRAN Is 1000
bran. 1t furnishes roughage in
effective quantities-and in the
most effective form: cooked and
krumbled. Just two tablespoonful
daily-chronic cases, with every
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10
COMPARATIVE
TEMPERATURES

Maximum and minimum tempera-
lures taken at six a. m. and six p. M,
today, announced by the Phoenix Of
flee of the government weather bu-
reau, follow:
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10
MEXICO CITY QUAKE

MEICO CITY, Feb. 8 (R)-Strong
earth tremors were felt in Mexico City
at $40 this evening.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10
The TRUTH ABOUT BRAN
and CONSTIPATION

meal-are guaranteed to relieve
constipation.
You'll like the flavor and
crispness of ALL-BRAN. Serve
with milk or cream. Delicious with
fruits or honey added. Mix with
other cereals. Sprinkle into soups.
Use in cooking. Sold by all grocers.
Served everywhere. Made by Kel-
logg in Battle Creek.
1l.pl!ss,y..!.s, ~,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-10

"No Breakfast Complete Without
The Dispatch"
Evening star., 1928-04-05
D. c. FUNDS BILL
NEAR CONFERENCE
Senators Vote Against Lump
Sum Plan-ConfereeS to
Be Named Soon.

With the Senate on record BY the
decisive vote OF ~ to 20 in favor of
dropping the $e.00o.o00 lump sum and
returning TO the 60-40 ratio of ap-
portioning the cost between the Dis
trict and Federal Governments, the
local appropriation bill today is on its
way to conference.
While the Senate made a number of
amendments increasing House items for
important purposes, such as street I'M
provement and park development. the
chief issue in conference will be the
question of proper apportionment of
the expense OF maintaining and de-
veloping the Capital The conferees
from House and Senate probably will
be named within few days.
The vote by which the Senate re-
stored the 60-40 provision. which has
been departed from for the past few
years at insistence ot the House came
after hours OF debate yesterday after
noon.
Phipps Defends Claim.
The claim of the people OF Wash
ington that the lump-Snm basis Is in
equitable was defended torcefully by
Chairman Phipps of the District sub
committee OF the Senate appropriations
Continued on Page ., Column -
Evening star., 1928-04-05
SCHOOLBOY DIES
Of AUTO|NJUR|ES
Paul Robertson, 9. Struck by
Truck While on Way
to Classes.

Darling through traffic at Pennsyl-
vania avenue and Prout street south
east, while on his way to school This
morning, 9-year-old Paul Robertson.
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Robertson.
1872 Minnesota avenue southeast, was
knocked down by truck and injured
fatally. He died at Casualty Hospital
three hours later without having re-
gained consciousness.
The driver OF the truck, which was
going east on Pennsylvania avenue,
Donald Kerr. % years old OF Suitland.
Md. was held at the eleventh precinct
pending the result OF coroner's in
quest. Motor Cycle Officer w. II. Hum
phrieS, who investigated the accident,
stated that 1t was apparently unavoid-
able witnesses told him, he said, that
the y0ungster ran between line Of
westbound cars and then lodged in
front OF the truck. light delivery
vehicle. which struck him before the
driver could stop
Adelbcrt w. Lee, insurance man. with
Offices al i343 ii street took the uncon-
scious boy to the hospital. where he was
examination showed that he sustained
a fracture at the base Of the skull and
broken right leg,
Paul who was a favorite In the neigh :
borhood was on his way to The Orr
School lie WAS In the first grade there.
Many parents, learning Of the accident,
telephoned the school that they were
going 10 escort their children nome at
the close OF school
Besides his father and mother. the
child Is survived by u younger brother.
2-year~old Danny" and two step
brothers and a stepsister all grown
The father. q retired Navy man, Is a
Ash dealer
Evening star., 1928-04-05
VETERAN RECEIVERS HEARING
ON TRIP HERE IN AIRPLANE
Col. John K. P. Scott EIated
at Result of First Flight
at Age of 81.
Stops at Hoover Field on Way
to Hospital at Hamp-
ton, Va.

En- route by airplane from his home
in Gettysburg, Pa. to the United States
Soldiers Home Hospital at Hampton.
Va. where he is to undergo an abdom-
inal operation and treatment, Col John
K. P. Scott. 81 years old. veteran of
the Civil War and a noted authority on
the battle of Gettysburg, landed at
Hoover Field today and on stepping
from the plane discovered to his amaze
ment that his hearing. which had failed
him many years ago. was restored.
Why. can hear youl" he exclaimed
to Joseph H. Hines. recently retired
president of the Congressional Country
Club. who with Mrs. Hines was at the
field to greet him. II don't have To
read your lips any morel" he shouted
with glee You remember how you
used to have 10 shout at Newell. my
ears are open.
Dances About Field.
We were up 1000 feet when I felt
my eustachian tubes open. These old
ears OF mine have been worthless for
a loEg time. Yes sir. Mr.. Hines. can
hear you"
Between the JOY of recovering his
hearing. which he hoped would be per-
manent, and the experience of his first
fight in an airplane, Col. Scott danced
about the field while the monoplane Of
the Potomac Flying Service. which Is
undertaking the flight. was being re-
fueled for the next leg Of the journey
to Langley Field, Hampton. Va. He
embraced Walter e. Brooke. the pilot,
and told with pride how he extended a
Evening star., 1928-04-05
CHAUNCEYM NJ DEPEW, POLITICIAN
AND NOTED HUMORIST. DIES
o3- -Year-0Id Sage Succumbs
to Bronchial Pneumonia
in New York.
Famed After Dinner Speaker
Continued Active as Rail
Head to End.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April S,--Chauncey NJ.
Depew, picturesque grand old man, who
entered politics before Lincoln was
mentioned for the presidency and for
more than 20 years was famed as an
after-dinner speaker. died at 4;So ain.
today at his home Of bronchial pneu-
monia.
He had been i'll for less than week
and would have been % years old o.
April %, He continued an active
career until the end. serving as chair-
man OF the board Of the New YORK
Central Railroad He intended to at
tend the Republican national conveN-
ton in Kansas City in June Wita
the exception of the 1924 convention
in Cleveland. he had attended every
Republican convention as delegate.
nine in sll, since 1888. AT the 1883
convention he received 90 votes for the
presidential nomination. but withdrew
in favor of Benjamin Harrison. His
wit in rousing political speeches was
Evening star., 1928-04-05
R0UND.WORLD RACE
TO START IN JAPAN
Contestant Going East Due in Chi.
cago April 18-0ther Goes
West Via Siberia.

BY Radio 10 The Star aud Chicago Daily
News Copyright, l99s
TOXIC, April 5.-A novel round-the-
world race between two japanese. one
going west and the other east. starts
when Toichiro Araki sails from Yoko-
hama via the steamship Empress OF
Asia. Stoy Ryukichi Matsui will delay
his departure until next Wednesday
when he will leave Toxic via railroad
to Siberia.
Only the actual time between the
start and the finish OF the race will be
counted. The race Is intended to re-
veal how easy II Is TO surpass Jules
Verne's feat using onlv ordinary means
OF travel
Araki is due at Chicago via airplane
the morning Of the 18th OF July and will
ny 10 New York Matsui sails on the
Aquitania and is due TO arrive In Chi
cago May 4. He expects TO leave Seattle
on the President Cleveland May I.
Both must finish inside 20 days. The
winner gets 1880 and the loser $500.
Economy is one goal, The racers must
travel first-class and their expenses are
limited to 5000 yen each.
Evening star., 1928-04-05
BANDITS SPEED Off
UNDER PISTOL FIRE
Woman Shoots Three Times
at Trio Who Robbed
Grocery Store.

Speeding away as woman fired
three shots at them. three young white
bandits held up the Sanitary Grocery
store at l2li Fourth street northeast
early this afternoon and escaped in an
automobile after taking $50 from the
cash register and like amount from
the manager of the store.
Mrs Pearl Conner, 400 ~ street
northeast. reached her second-story
window in time to see two OF the men
dash toward their car. where COM
panion sat at the wheel They had
white handkerchiefs knotted about
their faces. She grabbed a revolver
from a bureau drawer and fired three
shots at them. One of the bullets
grazed a tree a few inches from where
the car Eas parked. Employees of the
filing station half square away stated
that the black touring car. going about
so miles an hour. passed their station
and then headed west.
The manager Of the store. z. W.. Rof-
fensberger. 4i6 c street southeast, was
alone when two men entered his store.
Both of them pointed pistols at hun,
he said. and one told the other to keep
him covered while he got the money.
Keep your hands up" said one
bandit. The other bandit emptied the
cash register of its contents, about
$40. and then searched the manager S
person. taking from him a wallet con-
tanning $50. Then they ran from the
store and Jumped into their car.
Mrs. Conner had observed the car
circlin9 about the street. and noticed
that 1t appeared TO be driven in an
unusual manner She paid no further
attention TO IL until her telephone rang
and her neighbor. Mrs. J. w. Jones, 400
NJ street northeast. told her that she
believed the grocery store next door on
Fourth street was being robbed. Mrs.
Conner went TO her window as the
bandits were making for their car. She
lost no time In grabbing her revolver
and opening fire. Two of her bullets
spattered against the brick sidewau OF
the store. while the third shot grazed
the tree and must have come very close
TO the car.
In their haste TO leave the store one
Of the bandits dropped a .22-caliber
pistol bullet. Headquarters Detectives
ODea and Cullinan. who responded to
an emergency call, stated that the de-
scTiption given Of the two bandits who
entered the store would indicate that
they are about 10 years old.
Headed by Capt Wilson. reserves
from the ninth precinct, including sew
eral motor cycle officers. depioyed abouC
the neighboThood in an effort to locate
the fleeing car After each Of the other
robberies the car used BY the gunmen
has been found abandoned a few hours
later
Evening star., 1928-04-05
O'DONNELL TRIAL
STOPPEDBY COURT
Case to Be Called Again April
16-Affidavit Causes
Halt.

With the case of James ODonnell.
charged with manslaughter in connec-
ton with the death OF Lieut. Samuel L.
Callahan OF the Fire Department. al
most ready to be submitted to the jury
this morning, information was pre-
Sented to Justice SiddonS by Assistant
United States Attorneys Neudecker and
Burkinshaw. which influenced the court
to declare a miStrial and to discharge
the Jury from further consideration Of
the charge. Justice Siddons declined
to make public the allegations of an
affidavit presented TO him and counsel
on both sides were reticent To discuss
the mistrial
When the court opened Justice Sid
dons said: Information has been pre-
sented TO the court which. In the opin-
ION OF the court. requires that the pres
snt trial should proceed no further. II
Is unnecessary to say anything about
the details. the only thing necessary is
declaration by the court OF a mistrial
and 10 discharge the jury from further
consideration OF the case In Justice to
the defendant and to the Government
there should be speedy re-trial of the
case and IL counsel can agree on a date
will set IL down now"
Attorneys James A. OShea and John
H. Burnett for the accused suggested
they would be ready to retry the case
April Is. Government counsel declared
that date would be satisfactory, an6
Justice Siddons set the retriaI for thai
date in Criminal Division 3.
ODonnell, in his own defense. yes.
terday admitted that his car struck
the hose cart on which Lieut.. Callahan
was standing at the junction OF
Bladensburg road and Queens Chape
road July 25 last. but claimed that the
point OF collision was no farther back
than the front fender of the hose cart
He claimed that the police liquor suuac
car which was pursuing him also STRUCK
the hose cart, and gave as his opinion
that 1t was the latter vehicle that sWenl
the lieutenant off the running boarc
and carried him TO his death
Evening star., 1928-04-05
PUPILS OBTAINING
SAFETY PLEDGES
Business Houses Also Signing
Cards in Golden Rule 0riV.
ing Campaign.

Endorsements OF the Golden Rule
Safety Driving campaign, sponsored by
The Evening Star. continued to be re-
ceived today from local organizations
and business houses.
The returns from the pledge cards
distributed last week to the children In
the public schools for the signatures oi
their parents now are coming in rapidly
The cards were distributed after teach
ers in the different rooms had explained
to the children the purpose If the cru-
sade and taken occasion to preach little
sermons on the danger of playing ia
the streets.
In most cases the cards were brought
back TO school and turned over by the
teachers TO the nearest police precinci
stations where they were held TO be COL
lected' by The Star In other cases the
enrolment represented almost eli ihs
parents who are motorists.
Praise From Business House.
Among the business houses which to-
day returned signed cards for the ma
Iority Of the drivers of their large fleets
OF trucks was the Great Atlantic &
Pacific Tea Co. The accompanying letter
contained request for so more pledge
cards for the signatures of the field
supervisors and other officials.
We believe it TO be a splendid move
ment," said the letter. and one in
which We are very anxious to CO.
operate"
Among the organizations to indorse
the campaign Is the Parent-Teacher
Association of the Force Adams
Schools, composed OF parents living In
one of the most thickly populated Sec
tions Of the city where trafic is heavi-
est on the streets. Despite the closest
supervision these children are subjected
10 traffic dangers when crossing the
streets to and from school which are
fully appreciated and dreaded by the
parents.
The greatest danger 10 children, how
ever, does not come in such sections
wher' the very thickness of the trafac
acts as a curb on careless motorists.
Here they expect trouble and look out
for IL. But ii Is in the less thickly
populated sections with wide straight
streets V ere nobody expects trouble
and everybody is prone to be careless
that trouble usually comes.
Up 10 today total Of 4.2S4 Washing
ton motorists have pledged themselves
to observe constantly the Golden Rule
Continued on Page 4. Column IL