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Nogales international., 1930-04-15
Threat OF Mexican Army Officers To
Kill Bandit Chiefs Father Helps
To Get Freedom For Bristow
NOT MISTREATED BY BANDIT GANG

was being held captive and was
glad they did not find me then for
it might have meant certain death
for me if the troops had starlcd
shooting.
During the few days before the
ransom was paid the bandits were
getting very nervous, fearing they
would be captured"
Bristow's mine that he was pros
pecting when he was captured by
the bandits is a lead, silver and
copper property that was explored
by the famous bandit, Manuel Lo-
zatlo, who controlled the state of
Nayarit from 1854 to 1873 ard who
was betrayed and killed by mis- own
men.
Bristow said he personally would
never return to Nayarit until it is
absolutely safe for Americans down
there. He stated he believed Mex
lean troops woiAd eventually rid
the country Of Lndits.
He said that the bandits tore up
his whole outfit and that Delgado
told him he would protect him If
he came back to his mine.
The pair of bandits shoes that
Bristow wore upon his arrival here
was swapped him by Delgado for
an $1s pair ofFAtnerican boots.
Bristow, after being photographed
and intervieweA sby newspapermen
upon his arrival here, went to the
First National Bank where he OBJ
tanned some American money. cit
is great to be back on American
soil", he said as he alighted from
the train.
The mining man lived Is years
at Pryor, Oklahoma, where he was
at one time county Judge and later
county attorney. he was also resi-
dent of Ardmore, Okla, 10 years.
He is big operator Of oil wells in
Howard county. near Big Springs,
Texas, and has a beautiful home at
San Angelo.
Nogales international., 1930-04-15
Former Operator Of
Local Mine No,u A
Resident Of Russia

Joe L. Thompson, who was opera
tor of the Santo Nino mine in this
county until a year ago, is now
superintendent of a mine for the
General Development Company in
Russia, according to word received
here.
In a letter received from Russia
he tells of the Russian govern
ment's "experiement" and express
ses the observation that it is DOOM
ed to fail. The letter is miraculous
in that it reached its destination
despite its propaganda that Soviet
Russia dislikes.
Irony, however, is carried to the
reader who cannot help but dis
Germ Thompson's suppressed feel
ings and his desire to express the
plight of new Russia. He was pre-
vented from doing so by the know
ledge that his letter would be read
by government agents.
Thompson stated In the letter
that Russia Is rich In minerals.
Nogales international., 1930-04-15
SIX CARLOADS OF
FARM MACHINERY
SHIPPED SOUTH

Six carloads of farming machin-
ery-3 cars of combined harvesters,
of tractors, / of plows and har-
rows, and one of lumber-were ship
ped out of Nogales Thursday even
ing by the Mexico Arizona Trading
Company to Ciudad Obregon where
farmers are now right in the midst
of the wheat harvest.
The trading company got excellent
service from the Southern Pacific
railroad company in giving rapid
shipment, the six cars arriving here
at o'clock Thursday evening and
three hours later on their way to
Ciudad Obregon.
Nogales international., 1930-04-15
|. /. BRISTOV, WEALTHY MINING man, WHO
GAINED FREEDOM after PAYMENT 5000
PESOS, REACHES CITY ON WAY TO TEXAS
YOUNG MAN HURT
IN ACCIDENT ON
r UBY HIGHWAY

Pinned beneath his car after 1t
had plunged down a 200-foot em-
bankment, Conradu Mirernd, 26, Of
Patagonia, sustained compound
fracture Of the right leg, a broken
left collar bone, and injuries to the
head, in an automobile accident
about one mile this side of Ruby
yesterday afternoon.
Mirefnd was rushed to st. Josephs
Hospital where his injuries were
dressed by DIR. A. l.. Gustetter.
The injured man has a wife and
two babies. He was formerly en-
ployed by the Montana mine at
Ruby and was enroute alone to the
mine at the time of the accident.
Nogales international., 1930-04-15
WORCESTERSHIRE
NEW DEMOCRATS

Nogales has five new Democrats
Mr.. and. Mrs. A. H. Skinner and
three sons, former residents of San
Ysidro, California.
Mr.. Skinner, better known as
Hugh, is the new manager of the
George B. Marsh, Inc, hardware
store on Grand avenue. He Is ex-
secretary and ex-president of the
San Ysidro Chamber of Commerce,
and ex-president of the San Ysidro
Business Mems Association.
Mr.. Skinner comes to Nogales
very highly recommended and both
he and his family are already in
love with their new home town.
Nogales international., 1930-04-15
GIL LAMADRID
SHOT TO DEATH

zeferina Gil Lamadrid, well
known carpenter of Nogales, Som
ora, was shot and killed about mid
night Sunday night by Marino JIM
enez in the Colonia Municipal dis
trict across the line.
The two men had been friends
and the shooting is said to have
been the result of a drunken brawl.
Nogales international., 1930-04-15
STATE RIFLE.
MATCHES AT
Fl. HUACHUCA|
Program Announced
For Annual
Matches

Saturday and Sunday May 3-4
have been set as dates for the an
nual matches of the Arizona State
Rifle Association at Fort Huachuca
The Nogales Rifle Club will be
among clubs taking part. (
Harry N. Renshaw of NogaleS is
president of the state association.
Tom Rasmussen, Phoenix, is vice
president; Guy Monthan, Tucson,
secretary treasurer; and H. r. Rem
shaw, Nogales, executive officer.
Among events on the program are
Greenway trophy match, individual:
state secretary team and state indiv-
idual match, adjutant-general's
match, team; Roskruge trophy
match, team, team championship of
Arizona; officers club match, Sex
ton trophy match, individual rifle
championship of Arizona, individ-
ual pistol and revolver match.
Rules
The matches viii be shot under
the rules and regulations governing
the National Matches Of 1929, ex-
cept wherein the following rules
shall apply:
l. Any military rifle model 1898,
1908 or 1917, sights as issued. Tele-
scope sights will be permitted back
of the 600 yard range except in the
Roskruge Trophy Match, in which
iron sights as issued only will be
permitted.
2. No restrictions on ammunition
3. Any question that may arise as
to the rules or their Interpretation
will be referred to the Executive Of
ficer, whose decision will govern ex-
cepting that written protest may
be filed with the Secretary and
transmitted by him to the protest
board of The National Rifle Asso-
citation.
4. Entries open to any member Of
any State or National Rifle Asso-
citation or affiliated organizations;
National Guard; Cadet and High
School organizations; U. s. Service
organizations.
S. All cups are perpetual trophies
and will remain in the possession of
the individuals or teams winning
them for one year or until the next
matches, when they will be taken
or expressed to the Secretary Of
The State Rifle Association. In case
any person holding one Of the cups
leaves the State, he will return the
cup to the Secretary. Winners must
give receipt and bond for the trophy.
6. All individuals and captains of
teams must pay entrance fees for
all the matches they or their teams
desire to enter, before any Of the
matches are shot. ANY variation Of
this rule must be approved by the
Executive Committee.
Nogales international., 1930-04-15
DEDICATION OF
| $4,000 HOSPITAL
|SET FOR MAY S

The new $4,000 hospital being
erected by A. G. Villasenor about
200 yards from the Colonia Moderna
school in Nogales, Sonora, will be
dedicated on May S, it was an
nounced yesterday by Mr.. Villasenor.
The building is a two-story, and
will have about 60 beds, and will
be modern and up to date in ev-
cry particular.
Nogales international., 1930-04-15
BARNUN Says
Lyman Will
Be ELECTED
Judge Frank Lyman
Candidate For
Governor

Judge Frank H. Lyman of Phoe
nix, who announced his candidac!
Saturday for the Democratic nom
ination for governor, will be nom
mated in September and elected IL
November, is was declared yeSterda!
by Judge w. T.. Barnun, visitor
In the city from Phoenix. Barnun
is an enthusiastic booster for Ly.
man.
Barnum, who was formerly Dem.
ocratic National Committeeman
from Arizona, stated that Lyman
will be Arizona's next governor fol
the following reasons:
He has never been closely
identified with any of the fact
tional fights of Arizona.
He has the confidence Of ev-
eryone in Maricopa county and
all other parts of the state where
he is known.
He Is man who can carry
Maricopa county, home of the
big vote, over Governor John
C. Phillips. who will undoubted-
" be the Republican nominee.
Lyman has been a resident Of
Arizona for 80 years and was for
merly a member of the State Su-
prene Court. He was also form
eriy assistant district attorney OF
Maricopa county under the late
George Purdy Bullard and was the
first county attorney elected in
Maricopa county after Arizona be-
came a state. He has never been de-
feated for office and is man high
ly respected by all his friends and
acquaintance.
Judge Lyman in making his an
nouncement Saturday said he ia
vorS:
"a prompt and effective remed!
for the present chaotic taxing con-
ditions which affect the State.
Placing the State institutions
upon an efficient and business
basis.
elimination Of waste and extra
Il
vagance in public affairs.
Measures for the benefit and
constructive upbuilding Of ou1
State, rather than personal or cap
tious criticism, to the end that pro-
gress may be promoted throughout
Arizona in all lines Of agriculture
business and industry.
"An aggressive fight for the pro-
lection Of Arizona's rights in the
Colorado river.
"There Is concerted movement
In progress to filch from Arizona
its greatest natural resources. The
Colorado river Is the most import
ant of these at present, but to the
point where they constitute an un-
justified burden. I am in hearty
accord with every movement that
has the development Of Arizona as
it's objective"
Nogales international., 1930-04-15
CONSTRUCTION NEW ROADS
in FULL SWING in SINALOA

erpillar grader, Killefer scraper,
and road plow, to be used in the
road work.
This is the third order for road
machinery that the trading COM
pany has sold to Sinaloa, the total
shipments amounting in all to
around $4,000 pesos.
Nogales international., 1930-04-15
NOCALES ROAD TO
HAVE NEW BRIDGE

Bids for a 122-foot concrete and
steel bridge, to be built at Con-
tinental on the Tucson n-Nogales
highway, have been requested by
the state highway department, ac-
eording to word from Phoenix.
A temporary structure was erect
ed when the flood waters Of last
summer swept away the old bridge
The new one will be completed be-
fore Aug. 81, 1880.
Nogales international., 1930-04-15

Construction Of new highways iS
in full swing in the state Of Sinaloa,
particularly in the Culiacan district.
The Mexico Arizona Trading Com
pany on Friday received an order
from the state government Of Sin
aloa for Caterpillar tractor, ! Cat
Nogales international., 1930-04-15
800 CARS OF
MELONS WILL
PASS THR u.

Melon shipments through Nogal-
es from Sinaloa and Sonora will
get under way in full swing in a
few days. There will be about 300
cars of cantaloups and honey dews.
Sonora and Sinaloa shipments are
annually from three weeks to q
month ahead of those from I'M
perial Valley and about six weeks
ahead of the Salt River Valley.
Nogales international., 1930-04-15
ROTARIANSLEAVE
FOR CONFERENCE

Several Nogales Rotarians left
Sunday to attend the annual dis
trict conference of Rotary clubs
opening in Phoenix yesterday for a
two day session.
Fred Joyce, district governor, is
presiding at the meetings, and
among distinguished Rotarians in
attendance are Dan Ohern, director
of Rotary International; and AL
Roth, member of the community
service committee of Rotary Inter-
national.
The district conference is made
up of Arizona clubs and the Needles,
California, club.
Nogales international., 1930-04-15

out bandits shoes, and forty
pounds under weight as a re-
suit Of his experience, ]. E.
Bristow, wealthy San Angelo,
Texas, oil and mining man, who
was held captive for thirty days
by Mexican bandits in Nayarit,
arrived in Nogales, Arizona, at
1885 o'clock yesterday morning
\ enroute to his home.
He was accompanied by his son,
Gordon Obie Bristow, former fam
Gus Oklahoma University football
star, who paid a ransom Of 5000
pesos to get his fathers release.
With them was Merl Blakely, rep
resentative of the Daily Oklahoman
of Oklahoma City. college chum of
young Bristow, who journeyed to
Nayarit with Gordon.
The elderly Bristow, 60 years of
age, was captured by Cruz Delgado,
bandit leader, and SO of his fol-
lowers, while he was prospecting on
his mining property, '"The Nina de
Caro-, on the Santiago river, about
80 miles from Tepic, and not far
from Lake Chapala. The Santiago
river, the largest stream on the west
coast of Mexico, drains this lake
and flows into the Pacific ocean
near San Bias, Nayarit.
The mining man was met by his
son at Ahuacatlan, Nayarit, where
the son negotiated with the bandits
for his fathers release, the 5000
pesos, gaining Bristow his liberty,
having been paid to the bandits
last Wednesday.
Cruz Delgado, head of the bandit
gang, is leader of "The Gristeros", /,
the Ku Klux Klan of Mexico, ac-
cording to Bristow, who said the or
ganization is a secret military polit-
ical society, whose purpose is to de-
Stroy American immigration into
Mexico, and to chop off. the heads
of all Americans whom they cap
ture who fail to pay ransom.
Not Mistreafed
"I was not mistreated by the ban
dts, said Bristow in an interview
granted to a representative of the
Nogales International on a Pullman
as it was being switched from No
gales, Sonora, to Nogales, Arizona,
yesterday morning.
Eight bandits, under Cruz. Del
gado, were active in holding me for
ransom for 80 days. However, at
times, there were as many as so in
the party and were equipped with
Mauser rifles. They had trailed me
10 days before they captured me.
-Four days before I gained my
liberty the bandits took me on
to a point 40 miles where
I was to have been executed.
"At night I slept on the ground
in one blanket and at all
times they kept me closely guarded.
I established friendship with Del
gado and he even allowed me to car
ry his pistol. I obeyed his orders.
could have shot him but it was
pretty hard to kill a man after he
had trusted me with his gun.
"The bandits shared their food
with me as long as they had any
but the five days before I was re-
leased we all found it necessary to
live on bread and water.
II owe my life principally to the
work of General Pablo Rodriguez
and Colonel Figuerro who COM
manded Mexican troops in pursuit
Of the bandits. The troops arrested
one of Cruz leaders and Cruz fa-
ther and threatened to kill both if
the bandits killed me. This brought
them to terms and gained my re-
lease when the ransom was paid.
I was being held for S0,-
BOO pesos ransom. Cruz leader and
his father were held as hostages by
the troops.
"At one time the federal troops
were within 800 yards Of where I
Nogales international., 1930-04-15
GOVERNOR ELIAS
TO PUSH BUILDING
OF GOOD ROADS

According to word received here
from HermoSillo, Governor Fran
cisco Elias intends to continue to
vigorously push the building Of
good roads in that state for the
next 15 or 18 months, giving the
state, when completed, a very up
to date highway system.
The road work at present is CEN
tered about Pesqueira.
Nogales international., 1930-04-15
NOGALES, SONORA
BANKS CLOSE ;
DAYS THIS WEEK

The four Nogales, Sonora, banks,
along with all other banks through
out Mexico, will be closed all day
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Of
this week, in observance of the an
nual Easter holidays.
The Nogales, Sonora, banks are
the Banco de Mexico, Banco de Son.
ora, Banco Mercantil y Agricola,
and Bancaria del Pacifico.
Nogales international., 1930-04-15
Owners Big French
Mine "The Boleo" To
Arrive Here Apr. 23

w. d'Eichthal, president, and A.
Bellanger, general manager. Of Cia.
Boleo, owners of the big French
mine at Santa Rosalia, Baja Cali
fornia, will pass through Nogales on
April % enroute to the mine from
their general offices In Paris, France.
The Boleo mine II one Of the
Nogales international., 1930-04-15

Harry N. Renshaw returned Mon
day evening from Tucson, where he
has been since Saturday, on busi-
ness concerning the census.
Nogales international., 1930-04-15
Badly Hurt When
Thrown From Truck

Sabine Linares, about Is years Of
age, sustained q broken back when
he was thrown from a truck a short
distance south of Patagonia Friday
night.
He was brought to st. JosephS
Hospital by B. Taylor Wilkey who
happened to be on a trip to the
neighboring town.
DR.. A. L. Gustetter, attending ply
sician, stated yesterday that in ad-
dition to a broken back the young
man sustained other bad injuries
and that his condition is serious.
Nogales international., 1930-04-15

worlds largest copper mines and
employs about 1000 people.
The mine officials will make the
trip from Guaymas across the Gulf
Of California to the mine via boat.
Nogales international., 1930-04-15

]. M. Harvey of Los Angeles, rep
reSenting the California Vegetable
Union, left here Friday for the
south.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-01
The Yellow Dog Contract

Can the Yellow Dog contract be forced upon the
working people Of America?
Is the Yellow Dog decree of the United States
supreme court in 1917 sacred against the natural
evolution of law?
These questions are presented by the admins
trations decision to force vote on the nomination
of Judge John J. Parker for the supreme court.
The only argument advanced in support of Judge
Parker5 decision IN the now celebrated Red Jacket
injunction decision is that he followed the precedent
of the supreme court Actually he went farther
than the supreme court had gone, but had he fol-
lowed the letter of the earlier decision that fact
would offer no testimony to his judicial competence.
ANY dumbbell could have done the same
But in the ten years that elapsed between the
two decisions the principle of the Yellow Dog con-
tract had been repudiated by intelligent public
opinion. And the very notion of slavshy following
judicial precedent has fallen into disrepute in the
law
The courts themselves talk of the gradual evolu-
ton of legal doctrine through court decisions. In
affecting property rights there has been con-
tinual evidence of this evolution The whole theory
of utility rates, for instance still is being evolved.
Indeed, the vast injunction powers being exercised
by the courts have come into being in just that way
The courts have taken one step after another.
farther and farther away from basic principles in
the matter of labor injunctions
Parker was not bound to continue this destructive
march, but he elected to do so.
The yellow Dog contract, in effect, deprives the
worker of the right to organize for his protec
ton in his dealings with organized wealth. No in
strumeEt ever devised vcously attacks this funda
mental right.
Regardless of what the supreme court has done
in the matter the United States senate must not lend
its sanction the principle of the Yellow Dog
tract 1t must declare emphaticaIy its opposition
to this form of labor enslavement.
The most emphatic declaration it can make will
be to vote against the confirmation of Judge Parker
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-01
The Parker Defense

The defense of John J. Parkers nomination LOT
the United States supreme court now is indicated
pretty clearly.
II takes two lines one is to excuse his yellow oog
injunction decision on the ground that ne merely Iol-
lowed earlier decisions OF the supreme court Ihe
other is to charge that Parkers opposition IS due 10
SOCIALISM" and partisan politics
Along the first line, no spokesman ana not even
Parker himself has said word in defense oil tne
yellow dog contract as such AS for his obligation 10
follow binding precedent of the supreme court tha'
claim has been answered by Of the best lawyers
in the senate.
They have made clear that there was no necessary
relation between the Hitchman decision and Parker
Red Jacket decision; that Parker ignored the ti-cy
and later supreme court decisions which coulo nave
furnished him with presidents; and that he went
far beyond other courts in enjoinng abors legal anu
constitutional right of peaceful persuasion
AS for political partisanship there douOteSS Is
certain amount among some persons on both sloeS
The prize exhibit in this connection, is the letter pro-
duced in the senate yesterday, from Joseph DSon'
assistant secretary Of the interior to Walter Newton
the Presidents political secretary. In this Dixon
urged Parkers appointment as a major pohucal
stroke" to hold North Carolina for the Republican
party.
FinalIy-'socialism" This is the cry that usually
poes IN in the absence Of real argument 1t Is not
strange that it is being heard now
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-01

NV Theodore roosevelt n outlook Nov s. l9lO9
Under our form of government no otner Dooy Vi
men occupies position of such far-reachlng lmpor
tance as the Justices of the supreme court
Power so great is of course because oil It's very
greatness eonally capable of working harm and Oh
working good; and exactly as he is no true parloV
who fails to uphold the judge who is far-Seeng ana
fearless public servant he is no true patriot VINO
hestates to point out the facts when the judge does
not serve the people
Ours is a government of the people, and no man
has a right to be in public life who is not in high
and true sense the servant of the people and the doc
trne that there shall be honest fearless and tenn
perate criticism of any judge is not only unworthy OF
being held by any Tree who respects himself ouC
is betrayal of the cause of good government Tor only
thus can there be proper discrimination in the pubic
mind between the wise judge who serves the people
and his equally honest brother Who because he lacks
statesman-like qualities cngS to outworn (tnaC Is
fossized) political theories, does damage to the
people -.
We are entering period when the vast anu
coplex growth of modern industriaiSm renders 1t oil
vital interest to our people that the court shall Apply
the old essential underlying principles OF our govern
ynent to the new and totally different conditions IN
such fashion that the spirit of the Constitution snail
in very fact be preserved and not sacrificed to mar
row construction of the letter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-01
Backward Regions"

Senator Grundy derisively has designated the
western staes-the grazing area of the sons of wild
jackaSSeS-as backward regions. This got rise out
of Senator Nye of North Dakota who called attention
to certain evidence of backwardneSs in JoeS own
keystone state
Now on report on the immigrant woman and
her jobs" issued by the womens bureau of the de-
partmen of labor plaques Grundy with more evidence
of retarded social development in his bailiwick the
Lehigh valley.
Out of q representative sample of 1856 women
studied 10 per cent received under SO week. % per
cent received between $40 and $15 81 per cent received
between SIS and $2O and 90 per cent received $40 and
up. The average wage was $1675.
In hours of labor the situation is hardly modern
1t is reminiscent of the days of the factory acts in
pre-Victorian England. Only per cent work under
nine hours 43 cent from nine to hours and 81
per cent more than ten hours.
The majority Of the women were married. The re-
port states that large numbers of the children were
"inadequately cared for while the mother was at
work"
1t might be in order to remind Grundv about the
beam and the mote One also could recall to this Ho-
ratius OF the protective tariff that one of the classic
arguments of tariff partisans has been that tariff
protects the highly paid workers of America against
the wage slaves of darkest Europe.