Morning Sun, The (Newspaper) - May 23, 1925, Yuma, Arizona COTTON New York snot cotlon bar liter 07 IS WEATHER By fair and VOLUME 19 THE SVS SATURDAY SAT 23 1925 US NO WORD FROM PLANE POLAR PARTY Middle West Swelters In Grip of Sizzling Heat HIGH MARK OF Thunder Showers Promise Tomorrow Weather Men Oire Death Is Reported By Associated CHICAGO May The Middle West in the a heat wave which the mercury to levels for May But tonight the weather promised rain a cooler temperature The heat which swept off the plains of Nebraska and the Middle arid Northwest today with a- of the wind caused jump upwards of 40 de- grees in temperature in a few hours arid ands of people who went to in top coats and spring apparel returned night with blossoming hats and all spare parts of attire carried over the arm One death from heat prostration was reported from Lincoln Nebraska Thunder showers night and early tomorrow promised to bring relief within a few hours In Chicago the mercury hit a new for any day up to the twenty-second of May and equalling the record set May 26 1911 At Milwaukee a rise of 28 degrees in 20 minutes was a new record of 91 degrees for the day was set PIPI MADE READY Air Mail Flyer Is Here Final Plans For Preparing Local Place Lieutenant Harry Weddington of Kelly Field San Antonio was In town yesterday completing final details with the chamber of com- merce regarding negotiations for the new airplane field on the Yuma Mesa Clearing the ground baa begun and within two or three days the field will be ready for planes Yuma will be on tho mall and army route of flyers H was through the work of the chamber of commerce that the Held was available Getting the field ready was also the ment of this body It Is onn of tho finest landing fields on tlic routo according to airmen After With Her Hubby Seeks to End All By Jumping Off Dock Tide Sticks In Mud BERKELEY Calif May quarrel her husband a comely young Berkeley matron early fled their home rand walked hurriedly and tearfully hr Uie direction of San cesco with the announced ending it all Stumbling through the darkness out OH to wharf the woman who was tired of life paused for a moment and shuddered ns she giued down into the black waters Then she gritted her teeth and Tlw tide out She landed In six Inches of water and four of ooze Her screams were leard by a passerby who found her stuck fast In nud and every minute Bidding the woman in distress to Se of good cheer and noting tier that she was in no great danger until the tide the rushed to a telephone and notified the police The officers arrived and other para- After several easts still sobbing matron was lassoed and dragged to safety atop the wharf At gency hospital attendants scrapped off the Ling of mud and the patient home sUU sniveling but with renewed determination to carry CHARLIE DOTEN ACQUITTED IN Charged With Slaying Colored Man Freed After Seven Months In Jail Charles Doten Junior Is cleared of a charge of murdering William Rhodes colored here last fall the fury returning a verdict of not t one hour The verdict was unanimous cording to man the result aged father tried to thank the jury hut could not do tears of joy rolling down and his throat choking with emotion case went to the jury about o'clock yesterday afternoon Arguments for the defense began at o'clock Attorney Hooyer of the firm of Timmons Hoover laying particular stress upon the way the defense contended Rhodes vyas killed He arranged chairs in front of the jury to impersonate the seats of a car then strated how Rhodes turned around fell from his the hammer struck the car's footrail the fired and the bullet plowed into Rhodes head Attorney Timmons closed tor the defense with an able argument to substantiate their contention that the shooting was accidental Deputy District Attorney took put little time to present his case marshalling tho the trial and giving them to tho jury in a clear comprehensive manner Several witnesses were called during the day by the defense Doten himself taking the stand in his own behalf Among them were Earl Hall Henry Levy and A H McClure The state called F H Berry and Mrs Lizzie Rhodes In rebuttal Doten made a good witness He sale he drove the machine to the Rhodes house after was shot and that Mrs Rhodes had pressed upon him the shooting was an accident He said he not know it was his which fired the death shot until he got home and found one shell discharged Baseball PIOT SI Chicago 2 Pittsburgh 0 New York 5 Cincinnati 11 Philadelphia 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE No played COAST LEAGUE Sacramento 8 Seattle 2 Salt Seattle 4 Salt Lake 7 Vernon 6 San Francisco 7 Oakland 5 Los Angeles 10 Oil Rig And Rotary Drill Have Arrived In all probability work of ing the derrick which will take the big rotary oil drilling ar- rived here yesterday will begin Monday A corps of expert drillers Is on its way here now and It is ex- drill bit will be- gin biting its way downward to tho liquid gold within a very short time TO BE MED ON SPEEDS Officers Will Make Drive on Who Like to Tramp Down on Accelerator Would-be Tommy Miltons and Benny Hills here Is a little ing to you which you will to heed Gents and ladles who tramp on the accelerator of their gas carts are going to be summarily arrested from now on without fear or vor Judga Stanley will do the rest and he has a reputation Jor ing the Of late the speeders have been cutting up high wide and said Motorcycle Officer man yesterday particularly at night From now on I will not go off shift early in tho evening and he who craves speed had ter satisfy his longings where else than hero And say tell them this too I'm going after the cars with poor or unadjusted lights Tell ein to get them fixed up pronto Oh yes almost Giving wrong signals or not giving any signals at all has been allowed too much hero From now on autolsts had better give the right hand signs If they don't know tell em they had better find out Having thus delivered the matum to motorists it's up to you By the way the first grist in the mill was yesterday when Judge Stanley nicked Lyle Novis Black and Fred Bradford each for speeding Miss Coi of Gadsden will learn her fate this morning NEW federal grani Jury ordered the Helen baby farmer on a charge of degree manslaughter in tion with death of William ters a babr Trio In HIGH WATER is COMING IRE Meteorologist Gordon In- formed Stage Will Be 22.5 Feet Then Warmth High water coming Gordon of Weather yesterday received the first warning of 22.5 feet with a yis a foot higher than the highest so far this spring over- the headwater the past week accountable for the The gage reading here yesterday feet year ago it was 23.2 feet Statistics in the sion of feather Man don show June i 1924 trie gage was 23.8 feet and the discharge 000 second feet Last year's cYest was 24.2 feet with a discharge of second feet curring June 24 Mrs John Nelson was seriously injured and Mrs Earl relationship between badly cut about and body yesterday afternoon when a wheel camp off a new car they were west of Somerton Virginia of Mrs Earl Nelson was not scratched Mrs John Nelson for over an hour a medical examination at the office of Dr Sibert in Somerton disclosing she from concussion of the brain The cause of the accident was a wheel it suddenly off while the women were driving at a fair rate of speed John Nelson is the wife of a Southern Pacific fireman JIrs Earl Nelson being the wife of a driver for E F Both women are now at their homes here Clarence Dunbar dis- here for the Chevrolet car is going to have one of the siest sales rooms In zona within a very short time Work has already started on it Tho new building will be located on Second avenue next to the photo shop The total cost of construction IB estimated at Since taking for tho Dunbar has made it one of the most popular makes In thin vicinity and Is to upon bla success Just Having Spring Here said was the place In the good old s illil his don't know his to use a day in Phoenix ing a discussion of warm and wannest cities first and second honors were handed to and for being in superlative class ail by selves along comes the State man and knocks all that sky-high His figures ing Phoenix 105 Needles 102 102 and Ison 100 degrees Summer hare arrived in but along this bit of the Colorado river wo are ing spring Guess that will hold you other towns PLAN WELCOME Sixty Piece Band to Play v Parade On Main Street Many Other Features To Entertain Visitors and fifty Shriners enroute Los Angeles to part in the conclave there in Juns will arrive hero by special train May and be loyally entertained by of Yuma during their hour's stay Mayor Frank Ming J Homer Smith J J Waddell Clement all Shriners will join with other prominent the city in paying the a which they will long remember One of t e features of the day be a parade and band concert by a wonderfully fino band carried by the Shriners on their special train of nine Pullmans Other details of the in store for the fez wearers H bo given out later ALL IN ONE FAMILY II three sets of are r of Pal I rich suburb of They are foui six and years old Cotton By Associated Press toni 1 point higher to 10 points lower July Oct 22.12 Dec 22.30 Jiin 21.90 New Orleans spilt cotton ABOUT OR SAFE RETURN OF AMUNDSEN PARTY No Message Received About Expedition's Success Or Failure Up To Late Hour Last Night Secretary bur Expresses Hope For Polar Flight Eventually Reaching Destination and Returning By Associated NEW YORK May American paper Alliance announced at o'clock that no word had been received of the whereabouts of the two planes of the polar since their at Kings Bay Spitsbergen day afternoon The convoy ships Corporation Commission To Intervene On Behalf Of This Section In convoy ships Farm and have at Danes and and complete confidence in the safe the plants expressed by members of their TOWS Power Suit LOSES AN EYE Flying Piece of Steel Optic Of a Section Another Loses the Corporation Com- mission will intervene on behalf of he citizens of Yuma in the case of he Southern Sierras jany California oad Commission it was announced yesterday by Vaughn man of the The Southern which- t power used In Yuma for domestic and commercial purposes has commission to Conjoin it from pre- venting the i power company from putting into effect 10 per cent in its rates The case will e heard in Los Angeles before the States Court on 28 Following the notice that the suit had been citizen's Yuma asked that the corporation commission intervene in behalf of the citizens of and Yuma valley who are sumers of the power furnished by he company and who must pay ho 10 per cent increase If the suit is successful IS TESTED OUT Jack Morgan clever driver of the Fire Department was ing like a basket of chips day afternoon Here it is in Jack's own language Say kid that now fire hose we just got in is all to the Boy she's sure tough as an hide Having heard that much ye cub editor sought further mation Morgan put 220 pounds pressure at the nozzle on the hose and 250 pounds at tho engine 500 feet being in the test It took five strong men nozzle when Jack got the nig members all citizens of Yuma am pumping woll they tho valley who can go are Invitee Manuel S P employee while at work on the granite spur injured his hand and had to have his thumb taKen off his right hand Pedro Mirando suffered Injury to eye and completely lost the sight ot it He was sent last night to the hospital at San Francisco Track work is being rushed on both sides of the river and a gang of about 100 men is at work near Colorado siding The cantaloupe force Is now being put on Forty men examined today and will report for duty at the P F E for icing cars Canteloupe trains are ing everybody rush around down in the yards and thereabouts Chamber Of Commerce Going To Barbecue The chamber of commerce at its meeting last night agreed to attend the barbecue at Sunday and passed a resolution request ing all members who can do so t attend this big meeting In addl tion to the chamber of were back as it 11 M Ammons mer governor of Colorado i at his uero by the chamber to join the proces sion to tomorrow and en joy tho barbecue and tho program Badges can ho had by calling 01 the secretary of tho chamber commerce WASHINGTON May lor the success ot the Amundsen night to the North Pole was pressed by Secretary Wilbur to lay who said the the very of The secretary pointed out that aking had an entirely different abject from tlie McMillan exploring expedition to Pole this was van the party attention r to ex- pole anil Alaska as well sections of land and Baffin Sunday May 24 Be Memorable Occasion In That City Hosts Will Be Present All roads lead to Wellton day From all over the state gations are coming to Join hands with the Yuma boosters in fittingly celebrating the con- struction of the main line from Wellton east Delegations are also expected to be present from Southern particularly several of Imperial Valley The day will be the mott important in the development of this section for many years The delegation from Phoenix will comprise Mayor Louis B Whitney the entire city sion of that thriving municipality and F J Elliott and F B president and manager TRACK UND On behalf of the city of Yuma Mayor Ming yesterday filed several deeds of tracts of land which town have been trying to get One was from Agnes Hodges and was for a strip of land 10 feet wide and 50 feet long along the west end of lot N block Another from the same party was ly of the Phoenix chamber of for a strip of land 10 feet Vide and 13.91 feet long along the west end of lot 14 block 117 A third was from Jennie hamus to the city of Yuma con- a strip of land 10 feet wide and 50 feet long along the west end of lot block 117 SANTA N to run down tho slayer of Coen S who was shot to death on an Isolated ranch home near rid were continued authority of tho war ministry a report at- to Rabat sources that men were braced for an attack by the on tho northern front of the French zone In Morocco tilts number was greatly exaggerated commerce The celebration has been in pre- for some time and will be held In conjunction with a linge public beginning at noon From reports of the progress ot the Yuma chamber ot commerce committee having the celebration in charge it will prove to be one of the memorable events connected with the construction of the main line railroad theory at evolution is a tiling of bom of the devil and fostered by In- fidel minds In the opinion of Squire one of the three justices of who found T Scopes ogy had taught Darwin Ism and held him for action by tho grand jury
