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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-17
SEARCH OF THREE.
STATES FOR GIRL
IS UNSUCCESSFUL III
Young Woman's Father Of
fers $1,000 Reward for
Any Information

NORTHAMPTON, Mass, Jan. 16
RJ=-A day spent in running down
various clues in three states failed to
reveal the first definite trace of Miss
Frances st. John Smith, Smith coll
lege student, who disappeared last
Friday. State Detective Joseph DAILY
co-operated with President William AL
Ian Nelson of the college in direct
ing the search. @
The young woman's father, st. John
Smith, a New York broker, has Of
fered reward of $1,000 for informa-
tion which will lead to finding his
daughter. He and Mrs. Smith were
here today.
While the possibility of suicide was
considered, no motive could be found
Mrs. Smith and others called the at
tention of the authorities to the fact
that a peculiar chemical odor had
been noticed in the girls room in the
college dormitory. The whole coun-
tryside about Northampton and Am
herst was searched today.
A suggestion that Miss Smith might
have started for Florida came from
IF. Sturn, a Boston shoe salesman
who said he recognized Miss Smiths
photograph as that of a girl who
bought pair of tennis shoes from
him during the Christmas vacation
saying she was going to Florida
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-17
CALIFORNIA COURT
UP JURY.
IN MURDER TRIAL
AdmOnishes Counsel Delay
Will Not Be Tolerated
In Selection

COURT HOUSE, SACRAMENTO,
Jan, 16 lP-Accelerated by the repeat
ed warnings of Judge John F. Pullen
that selection of the jury to try the six
men accused of murder growing out
of The Fosom prison riot, of which they
are said to have been the leaders,
should be accomplished without undue
delay, prosecution and defense legal
forces moved forward rapidly this
afternoon.
The prisoners are Anthony Brown,
James H Gregg, Walter E. Burke,
Eugene Crosby, Ray E. Stokes and A..
M. Stewart. They are accused of kill
ing Guard Ray Singleton in the riot
ing and the state is asking their lives
as forfeit.
The rapidity with which the oppos-
ing counsel worked is shown by the
number of veniremen examined.
In all during the day 10 men and
women were called, of whom 18 step
ped into the box.
The occupants of the jury box at
adjournment numbered five men and
and all of the women tentatively
passed.
Exhaustion of the present panel,
made up of 80 men and women, is
expected by those connected with the
trial sometime tomorrow necessitating
a special call Also everyone connect
ed with the trial anticipates consider
able difficulty in obtaining a jury IN
view of the fact that the case has
gained much prominence and also be-
cause ia large number of challenges
allowed.
And while the convicts sit behind
their attorneys their every action is
closely watched by deputy sheriffs,
court bailiffs and city police, so that
there can be no successful attempt
made to break from the court room.
The prisoners were brought into
court this morning fresh from the
solitude of the solitary confinement
which has been their lot since the
Thanksgiving riot. They were man
acled and shackled and under heavy
guard. While in Sacramento their
movements are being watched closely
not only to prevent any of them at
tempting break, but also to prevent
friends attemptin gtheir delivery.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-17
CUBAASH0N0R.
U.S.PR RESIDENT.
AND MISSION
Speech Filled With Terms
OF Cancellation And
Helpfulness
PEACE is URGED
Emphasizes Spiritual Equal
ity Of All the Ameri-
can States

HAVANA, Jan. is (R-With ali the
prestige the Amer. can presidency COM
veys to the nations of the new world,
President Coolidge made an appeal at
the opening session of the Pan-Amer-
ican conference today for peace and
good will in the western hemisphere.
Journeying outside of his homeland
for the first time since he entered the
White House, Mr.. Coolidge lifted his
hand in a sign of admonition and urg-
ed the delegates of 81 Central and
South American countries to adopt the
doctrine Of adjusting their differences,
not by resort to force, but by the ap-
plication of the principles of justice
and equity.
He was acclaimed as the head of the
most powerful nation of the new world,
but his speech was filled with terms Of
Cancellation and helpfulness, in which
he placed the United States as merely
enc country among many seeking the
way toward a closer and more COM
plete inter continental harmony
Although the audience which janlmed
the Cuban national theatre was pre-
dominantly Spanish speaking, Presi-
dent Coolidge frequently was inter
rupted with bursts of enthusiastic ap-
plause. This was taken up Spontan-
cously by the vast crowd, which, owing
to its unfamiliarity with the English
language, had come more to see than
to hear The tumuIt rose first among
the few who understood, to be carried
back in waves to their neighbors on
the main floor, to the boxes and the
balcony and finally to the fair distant
seats in the gallery.
It was in this atmosphere of almost
frenzied happiness that Mr.. Coolidge
spent his second day in the capital city
of Cuba. Long before he came out of
the national palace with President
Machado to start the procession to the
theatre, great crowds thronged the
plaza in front of the Cuban executives
home AS many as could obtain places
in the marrow streets along the line OF
march jostled one another for a posi-
ton of vantage.
At last President Coolidge, in high
silk hat and frock coat, appeared in
the doorway of the Cuban palace. The
crowd in the plaza had started cheer
ing the moment they saw his aides
come out. But when they saw the
president himself their cries leaped in
a mighty crescendo that swept itself
along the line to the theatre. "Viva
ell presidente!" they cried When Mr..
Coolidge passed, the men waved their
hats enthusiastically They had not
spent themselves in yesterdays tu-
multuous welcome and again produced
flags and flowers as if by magic, to
wave and toss as the procession went
by.
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-17
WINsL LOW WOODCHOPPER AND WIFE
GET PISTOL. DIVORCE; BOTH DIE

The dOubletragedy took place
while nine men, friends of the
couple were seated in the cabin.
Four of the men had accompanied
Mrs. Tillman to her husbands
wood camp for the purpose of
obtaining few of her belong
.ings. She had been living in
WinsIow since they had separ-
ated nearly four months ago.
Prior to the shooting the party
had remained in the cabin all Wis
iting in a friendly manner, ac-
cOrding to the men. Tillman
went to a ,lean-tO of the cabin,
witnesses said and came back
shortly, walking out of the house.
He was followed by his wife, the
remainder of the group staying
inside thinking that the two want
ed to discuss their marital reIa-
tiOns. They were soon attracted
to the door by, the rapid fire of
guns, just in time to see Tillman
collapse to the ground beside the
body of his wife.
The bodies were removed to
WinslOw for tOday's inquest.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-17
+ = ** y y * y ** y y 4 +
HooUer's Nomination
For President GiUen
Double Boost Monday

* WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (H9e
+ The movement to obtain the re-
* publican presidential nomination
y for Secretary Hoover was given
* added impetus today by a state
y ment from Assistant Secretary 4
y Robinson of the navy that he
X favored the commerce department :
X head, and prediction on the 4
= floor of the senate by Senator >
Y Shortridge, republican, California, 4
Y that Mr. Hoover would be the 4
* next president of the United !
y States !
x At the same time Secretary 4
y Mellon declared published re-
4 ports that he favored Mr., Hoover !
Y did not originate with him. Mr.. 4
y Mellon said he had neither in y
y dicated his position on the ques-
y ton nor intimated Ito anyone \
X what / plan to do in the conven- !
* tion" !
X Sescretary. Hoover, in the opin- y
X ion of Senator Shortridge, will \
y make himself clear to the Amer I
X lean people on every issue and i
* will continue the policies of this !
Il administration.
X y
4 * * * * * * * y y y * y s
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-17
FLTERS FORCED DOWN
BY ICE COATING ON AIRPLANE

gasoline tank alone preventing
success.
Today's hop started at 12:54:22
p. m. and they would have had
to stay up until 6:16:53 p. m.
Wednesday to bring the record
back to this country. Since an
existing record has to be bettered
by a full hour to be officially
broken.
When Chamberlin's plane landed to-
day, the only parts of it that were
not covered with ice were the rubber
tires of the landing wheels, the pro-
peller and the heads of the motor
cylinders. The windows of the pilots
cabin were so heavily coated that
vision was completely obscured Cham
berlin said he had to open one of
the windows and peer over the side
with ice and hail pelting his face
and stinging painfully in order to
judge his distance for making the
landing.
From the cause of the forced aband-
onment of his duration flight at
tempt today, Chamberlin offered a
Continued on Page Eight)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-17
WINSLOW. Ariz., Jan. is

WINSLOW, Ariz., Jan. 16
A 'pistOI divorce" between a wood
chopper and his estranged wife
ended in the death of both Sun
day when Mr.. and Mrs. John
TilIman, "shOt it OUT near Till
mans lonely cabin at Chavez Pass,
an isolated district southwest of
WinsIOW.
The woman was killed instantly
with bullet through her back
and two through the head. Till
man died shortly afterward with
three bullet wounds, two in the
chest above the heart and one in
his leg.
A verdict of a cOrOner's inquest
held this afternoon will not be
given out until tomorrow, ac-
cOrding to County Attorney Frank
Gold, who arrived here from Flag
staff.
Witnesses declared that the Till
mans appeared to hold no ILL
feelings toward the other, al
though both were suing for di-
vOrce.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-17
INTERNATIONAL
AIR PORT WILL
Be BUILT soon
Committee Meets, Pledges
Three Organizations to
Secure Action

Attended by the executive officers
of the chamber OF commerce, the
Kiwanis club and the National Aero
nautical association, the joint COM
mittee on provisions for an aviation
field for Douglas met yesterday and
unanimously agreed that a field must
be secured at once. that the project
must be supported by the public and
that all necessary pressure will be
brought to secure appropriations for
the field.
A committee composed of Fred D.
Hubbell, Rex Rice and j. w. Tardy
was appointed to select the proper
site for the field and secure the
land or contract for the land SO
that when the funds are available
for the purchase the land will 6e
available.
John B. Crowell, Pat White and
D. c. O'Neil were appointed to a
committee to examine into the fl
nancial problems of the international
air port.
It was agreed among the members
present that the field must be erected
on the International boundary as the
GuOlIS COuIltIy ID OSpC11N11AS O11 OOuS-
las to provide an international air
port That the Mexican federal
authorities and the municipality OF
Aqua Prieta have completed 1.ego-
tiations for the deciding over for
aviation purposes. OF sqtiare mile
of land Immediately adjoining the
square mile to be secured north Of
the border was announced at the
meeting.
Reason for the necessity Tor i'm
mediate action was stressed. The
federal government is about to make
appropriations for the lighting of the
air line from Texas west to California
and at present the main approved
air line runs from Ell Paso to Lords
burg and on to Tucson and unless
there is a field built here lcIat is
to be permanent it is not considered
likely to that government will ask
for appropriation for the lighting OF
the airWay into Douglas.
It was estimated at the meeting
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-17

ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y, Jan.
16 (AP)- The third attempt of
Clarence d. Chamberlin and ROg-
er @. Williams to wrest the
worlds duration flying record from
Germany failed today when they
were forced down by ice forming
on their mOnopIane after being in
the air about three and a half
hours.
Chamberlin said he was willing
to start a fourth attempt with
Williams in two weeks and if
necessary he would change the
dates of his national lecture tour,
which is to start this week, at
Philadelphia.
The fIiers dumped $50 gallons
of gasoline before they landed at
Mitchell field at 4:25 p. m.
Twice before in the last week
they went alOft to try to beat
the German record of 81 hours, %
minutes and 81 seconds, but both
times they failed. On the first
try a fuel pump jammed after
four hours. The second attempt
lasted almost 81 hours, leaking
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-17
NOT
PLEASED WITH.
TALK
London Press Show Resent
ment at Pacific Phrases
of Address
U. S. NAVY HURTS
Great Expansion of U. S.
Navy Rankles London
Daily News

LONDON, jan II (Tuesday). Up
The Pan-American conference and
President Coolidge's address to it oc-
cupy much space in this mornings
papers, drawing rather outspoken COM
ment from some journals, especially
the liberals.
The Daily News likens the speech to
Hamlet with both the prince of Den
mark and the ghost omitted. "Nr
Coolidge left out the chief characters
in an otherwise excellent perform
ance," says the News. "He had a
good deal to say about Columbus, but
nothing about Nicaragua and Mexico.
He insisted that nowhere on the Amer
lean continent 'afe great military
forces maintained to overaWe or sub
jugate other nations, but neglected to
considering a great expansion of their
navy.
s'It also was unfortunate that only a
few hours before he pointed out the
American habit of respecting the SOW
ereignty of small nations, United
States bombers were dealing out death
and terror among so-called Nicaraguan
rebels"
Recognizing that the president went
to Havana "in a spirit of friendlineSs
and good will and that in the cir
cumst7nces he needed courage to go
at all, y the paper adds:
"It is plain the United States gov
ernment realizes at last the extent to
which it's aggressive and imperialiStic
policy has alienated the sympathy of
the whole Latin-A America and is anx-
ious to make amends and prove it's
benevolent intentions. Latin America
has outgrown all selfish interpfeta
tions of the Monroe doctrine and no
longer will submit to the supreme die
tation of a single state Peace is not
to be established by talking pious gen.
eralities.p
The Westminster Gazette says:
Probably not another nation in the
world could produce such an address
Open self-praise eliminating in the
soriptural quotation we have been
slow to anger, etc. Is the familiar
tune of the United States. The SOW
eighty of small states does not seem to
be entirely respected by the United
States
After further comments in this strain
and the admission that apart from
passages which it criticizes the speech
was admirable, the Gazette comedies
'"action is frequently poor comment
upon aspiration and Mr.. Coolidge
probably was not worse off in this re-
spect than would be the head of any
other state"
The liberal Chronicle views the ad-
dress more amiably, seeing an explain
alton of the tone of President Cool
idge's speech in the difficulties with
Mexico and Nicaragua.
''The presidents exaltation over the
new worlds doings is not meant to
depreciate the old world" says the
Chronicle, "but to lconciliate Latin
America by including it within COM
mon pride Certainty the South Amer
leans would be very unwise to raise the
Monroe doctrine issue at this time. It
is not a threat to them whatever it
may be to little states on the isthmus,
and the United States is in far strong
er position to uphold it than ever be-
fore. NO old world power can think of
interfering with her"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-17
Senate MoUes S For
Downward Reuision
Of the Tariff Rates

WASHINGTON Jan. 16 R-
Congress did a number of things
today that seemed to have more rela-
ton to the fact that this is a preSi-
dental election year than to any
definite legislative program.
For one thing, the senate officially
paroled that frequently exiled political
outcast the tariff. BY an alliance,
or at least an association OF demo-
Gratis and farm republicans, 1t voted
54 to "a a declaration for downward
revision of unspecified tariff rates
and informed the house of it's action.
Not content with the sighting OF
the views of high tariff diehards on
the republican side, the senate then
voted three to one to give preferred
status to a bill regarded by its
opponents as being in direct opposi-
ton to the Dlerchant marine policy
laid down by President Coolidge in
his annual message. The measure,
it was asserted without specific denial,
was intended to keep the government
permanently in the business of own
ing and operating merchant ships
while the president had urged dis
posal of the lines to private owners.
Neither of these actions brought
any cheer to the regulars on the
republican side, yet there was more
of the same to come. Senator Reed,
of Missouri, the democratic chairman
of the special committee which in .
vestigated the last senatorial vi
maries and elections, served notice
that he would bring in his case
against Senator elect Smith, of Hin
ois, tomorrow. Gallery gossip pre-
diets that Illinois will have but one
senator left when the voting is over.
Just to make political matters a
little more interesting, the house
democrats, under the leadership of
Garner, of Texas, broke into the
monotony of a days work on un-
disputed minor bills to launch a
thrust at republicans for delaying
senate action on the tax reduction
bill.
Democratic house clamor against
this plan was echoed by Glass, demo-
crat, Va, in the senate. The peppery
Virginian declared this was an open
invitation to treasury looters" in
both houses to get in their licks
now so that tax reduction would be
impossible by the time the bill came
UP. Finance committee democrats
began direct effort to smoke the
tax cut bill out OF committee, the
democrat barrage in house and SEN
ate serving to introduce 1le first
phase of the attack.
During the day, the eighth ami
versary of prohibition under the 18th
amendment, the senate listened to
Senator Sheppard, democrat, Texas,
one of the protest prohibitionists Of
record, who had collected a lot OF
new statistics on the effects of the
prohibition amendment. His remarks
regarding the benefits of prohibition
brought from Bruce, a Maryland
democrat and an outspoken "wet," the
caustic comment that there is no
such thing as prohibition.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-17
MOB STORMS JAIL FOR GIRL SLAYER
Coolidge Acclaimed in Pan American Address
Nine Men Entombed In
Pennsylvania Mine By
CdUe-In; Rescue Halted

: HAzLETON, Pa, Jan. 16 (P-
+ Nine men were entombed in the
: No. 8 mine of Lehigh Valley Coal
: company at Sheppton, about 10
: miles west of this city, late today
: when they were caught behind
: fall of earth. No details as to
+ the condition or safety of the
: men could be obtained up to this
evening
Officials of the coal company
: were endeavoring to get to the
: place of the accident tonight, but
: ice-covered roads and a continu
+ ing sleet storm made their prog
+ ress by automobile slow The
mine is in an isolated section.
: y 81 81 * 81 y * s. * * * * 81 !
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-17
ASK DRY REFERENDUM

TRENTON, N. J., Jan. Is Up
Republican leaders tonight introduced
in the senate party measures for a
prohibition referendum. which would
ask the voters at the general election
next fall whether congress should be
memorialized to permit the states to
determine what liquor is intoxicating
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-17
SUSTAIN PHOENIx CASE

PHOENIX. Jan. 16 lP--The state
supreme court in an opinion today
affirmed judgment OF the Maricopa
county superior court in refusing to
issue an injunction sought by Arthur
Luhrs, to prevent the sale of bonds
aggregating $750,O0O sold to a Denver
Chicago firm for rehabilitation of the
Phoenix railway system.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-17
MILLIONS HEAR PRESIDENT

NEW YORK, Jan. 16 P)-President
Coolidge's message of good will be-
fore the Pan-American congress to-
day was heard by radio audience
of more tina n15,0O0,000 persons.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-17
TRAVELER Is ROBBED

YUMA, Ariz., Jan. Is (P)-Edward
Campbell, 81, was robbed of $3.50 in
travellers checks and $18 in cash at
the point of gun by two travelling
companions and then left stranded
on the desert near Ogilby.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-17
HARDY.s REMAINS IN URNs

!, LONDON, Jan 16 R)-All that re-
mains of Thomas Hardy, except the
shining memory of his brilliant genius.
rests tonight in two bronze urns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-24
SCORED
FOR WAR FORECAST
British Press Calls New York
Talk of AngIo-U. S. Con-
fIict "Amazing."
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, January 24.-The London
press regards as an amazing indiscre-
ton" the speech of Rear Admiral
Charles P. Plunkett in New York, when
the officer Is reported to have forecast
a war between the United States and
Great Britain. Most of the morning
papers play up the speech in big head
lines with the comments and criticisms
OF Senator Borah and a few prominent
British officials. as well as Admiral
Plunkett'S reported denial that he was
correctly quoted.
All papers except the Laborite Herald,
however. refrain from editorial COM
ment. The Herald says the first impulse
upon reading the report Is to shrug
ones shoulders but it recalls similar
speeches In London and Berlin before
the great war. 1t asserts that I'M
doubleday "a spirit of antagonism is
growing between the ruling classes of
Great Britain and the United States
while there is conflict of interests of
American and British capital"
The Herald urges that Admiral
Plunkett's outburst should serve as a
warning to sane persons to eliminate
the possibilities Of quarrel and insure
that any disputes between the two
countries may be settled by other means
than mutual suicide
Lord Sydeham. former secretary of
the committee for imperial defense. is
quoted in the Express as saying that he
entirely disbelieves that any responsible
statesman in America can share Ad-
miral Plunkett's unworthy suspicion.
The same paper quotes Admiral Sir
George King-Hall as saying that Ad-
miral Plunkett does not know what he
Is talking about and that there is no
reason to anticipate war between Amer
lea and Great Britain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-24
MODERN NAVY HELD
VITAL BY WILBUR
Maintain Efficient Ships or
Scrap Sea Forces, He
Urges in Speech.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, January "a. A demand
that the Navy be kept up to date was
made by Secretary Curtis D. Wilbur of
the Navy in an address before the
MiddleseX Club here last night
We should either scrap our ships
and abandon our Navy" he said. "or
of efficiency"
He defined modern naval battle as
essentially an artillery duel fought
against moving targets from moving
gun platforms. complicated by the use
OF torpedoeS. mines and aerial bombs.
The scientific problem of hitting tar
get at long range had been demon
Strated in blood" he said, during the
World War in the naval battles between
the British and German fleets al
Coronel and the Falkland Islands.
1T is obvious" he continued. that
If the Nation is 10 maintain itself upon
the high seas III the event of war. ii
must have firSt-claSS material. II since
the World War possible gun ranges
have doubled. then it must have guns
capable of firing at those longer ranges.
II torpedo range has increased. then II
must have the longer range torpedoes.
If the hitting power OF the proJectlie
has increased. then il must have the
heavier and speedier projecille.
If we owe something TO the Sccur-
ity of the Nation. IL IS manifest that
We owe something also 10 the men who
volunteer 10 hazard tier lives IN order
that the Nation may be preserved. NO
matter what our moral standards may
be or how much we may ahllor war. ii
must be conceded that II Is shame
full thing for Nation having financial
sbility 10 equip itself with modern
weapons to plan TO send its boys into
battle in ships so inferior to the enemy
that their sacrifice is the obvious re-
suit. A spirit of fairness and decency
alone should compel us TO keep up with
the trend of modern events and provide
for our modern young men modern
weapons of war"
The Secretary added that from every
accident and from every mishap We
seek TO learn all that is possible in
order that such mishaps may II pos
sible be avoided in the future