Nogales International, 1926-08-01

Unanimously, the County Su Supervisors - pervisors Supervisors Association of Arizona, in annual conference here Wed Wednesday, - nesday, Wednesday, adopted a resolution en endorsing - dorsing endorsing the measure recently initiated by the Arizona Good Roads Association to finance state highways. The bill is for the purpose of e inacting the revenues now in ini - i ini laded in the highway appropria appropriation - tion appropriation bill of the regular session of the legislature of 1923, and pro provid'ng - vid'ng provid'ng for additional finances re recurred - curred recurred for state highways and to :tve the state the federal aid al allotments - lotments allotments now available. The bill, if passed, re-enacts' the ten cent levy or the one mill 1 tax upon each dollar of assessed valuation of the state; the three co it gasoline tax and the motor bus and truck tax, for the reason, framers of the measure contend, that these revenue provisions pass out early in 1927 when the amount of the appropriation provided for in the measure in which they are included, will be raised. Before passage of the resolu resolution - tion resolution endorsing the proposed bill, there was some considerable dis discussion, - cussion, discussion, W. H. Keegan, secretary of the Gila County Taxpayers As Association, - sociation, Association, and C. M. Roberts, sec secretary - retary secretary of the Cochise County Tax Taxpayers - payers Taxpayers Association, strenuously opposing it, and arguments for it being made by C- M. Zander of the state board of public institu institutions, - tions, institutions, and State Engineer W. C. Lefebvre. The resolution was in introduced - troduced introduced by Alfred Skeeles of Coconino County, president of the ( Arizona Good Roads Association, f Roberts and Lefebvre engaged in a warm exchange of words, particularly after the state engi engineer - neer engineer had asked Roberts "who he represented?" "I represent the same people that I did during the REYES SLAYER OF PATROL OFFICER LON PARKER? Manuel Reyes, 19 years of age, was the slayer of Immigration Patrol Officer Lon Parker last t Sunday, according to a circular leceivecl Friday by Chief of Po Police - lice Police J. J. Lowe, stating that Reyes is wanted for murder growing out of the killing of Officer Parker. The circular was sent out by 1 Sheriff J. F. McDonald of Co Cochise - chise Cochise County, in which county the ] killing occurred a short distance , over the Santa Cruz County line. The circular describes Reyes as follows: Height, 5 feet QVz inches; 1 callow complexion, hair, black; i eyes, brown; face, pock marked; : irregular teeth, one inch scar center of chin, small eyes, and flat nose. According to Policeman John Glissan of Nogales, Cochise offi officers - cers officers fired two shots at Reyes in a canyon the next day after Park- ; er was killed, Reyes making his escape and whether he was wound wounded - ed wounded could not be ascertained. The canyon is near the place where Of Officer - ficer Officer Parker was shot. The day after the killing of Parker the dead body of a Mexi Mexican - can Mexican liquor smuggler was found about two miles from where Park Parker - er Parker was shot, and at first it was thought that the dead Mexican was the one who had shot Parker.'

The last Catholic church serv serv - - serv ices at which priests will officiate / were held Friday, an order to this s effect having come from the of of-,'fices - -,'fices of-,'fices of the archbishop of Mexico, - the Most Rev. Mora Y Del Rio. | Priests were instructed to leave and not conduct services Satur Saturi - i Saturi | day, in order to synchronize the l cessation of services with the go go-! - -! go-! ing into effect of the religious . I regulations Saturday. >; Instructions have been given to - ''e police by order of Attorney . General Ortega to disarm all Cath Catholics. - olics. Catholics. This, the attorney general . announced, is a consequence of re re, - , re, ports that secret meetings are be being - ing being held in Mexico City by cer certain - tain certain groups which, the authorities fear, are fomenting forceful oppo opposition - sition opposition to the religious laws. The authorities in some places already have taken a hand in the case of newspaper editors publish publishi - i publishi ing articles and editorials which - the officials consider objection objectioni - i objectioni able. Some foreign diplomats, includ including - ing including the French and Spanish, are giving serious consideration to a movement seeking to have the diplomatic corps offer its services as friendly mediators in the re religious - ligious religious struggle. ENDORSEMENT OF GOVERNOR HUNT REPUDIATED Repudiation of the endorse endorsement - ment endorsement of Governor Hunt by the Phoenix Central labor council is voiced in a telegram signed by J. C. Provost, president, and J. J. Corrigan, trustee and past presi president - dent president of central labor committee on the grounds that the endorsement is a violation of the policy and program of the American Federa Federation - tion Federation of Labor. The telegram follows: "Thursday's issue Arizona Re Republican - publican Republican carried a resolution pre presumably - sumably presumably from the Phoenix Cen Centray - tray Centray Labor council endorsing Gov Governor - ernor Governor Hunt. The undersigned of officers - ficers officers of the council repudiates publically any endorsement of any candidates by the council as in violation of the policy and pro program - gram program of the American Federation of Labor. Phoenix Central Labor council has consistently observed this rule and it is evident an ad advantage - vantage advantage has been taken of the ab ab, - , ab, sence of a large majority of the members of the councl to procure this pretended endorsement. . "Your attention is called to the fact that the signatures of this resolution are all employes of the state highway department ecept one and we doubt his being a voter. "(Signed, J. C. PROVOST, President. "J. J. CORRIGAN, Trustee and Past President.'* DESERTED CAPTURED George Greenfield, wanted the past three years for deserting from the 25th Infantry at Camp Little, was brought across the line here Friday and turned over to government authorities.

- constitutional convention and the , first state senate, '' said Roberts, - who stated that the state engineer - wants to eliminate county inter interference - ference interference on roads. "The county I! supervisors now have an okay, >!and the state engineer resents it. jI have always been opposed to 1 centralization in everything, I be be. - . be. I lieve. in local people having an in injfluence - jfluence injfluence on things that concern them, such as road laws, etc.," . said Roberts. Lefebvre, Roberts . says, contends that the gas tax will become dead December 15 through statute of limitations. Roberts differs with him, and 'maintains that the gas tax re rei - i rei mains until repealed by the legis legislature, - lature, legislature, and says that this is the (Continued on Page 7) NEXT-SUNDAY BE VISITORS DAY AT C._M. T. C* to the International) Fort Huachuca, Ariz., July 31. - The boys who are attending the C. M. T. Camp at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, were given a holiday Wednesday, July 28th, together with the other personnel of the post, the occasion being organiza organization - tion organization day of the Tenth Cavalry. The features of the day were the horse show in the forenoon, a baseball game in the afternoon between the 10th Cavalry (Fort Huachuca) and the 25th Infantry '(Nogales), a barbecue supper and [boxing bouts in the evening. A large number of visitors from neighboring towns drove in for the day. Sunday, August Bth, will be camp visitors' day and prepara preparations - tions preparations are being made to entertain ;r large number of parents and friends. On this occasion the students will give demonstrations of the Various military and athletic activities In which they are en engaged. - gaged. engaged. Excellent work in all lines is being done, and the boys are enjoying every * minute of their stay in camp. BOY DIES FROM AUTO WRECK INJURIES As a result of injuries sustain sustained - ed sustained in an automobile accident sev several - eral several weeks ago when with an another - other another boy .he was endeavoring to drive up the steep Sonoita street hill just above Walnut street, James Hubert Autry, 21 year old son of James R. Autry of Camp Little, died at 6 o'clock Friday evening at the base hospital. Fun Funeral - eral Funeral services will be held Sunday morning at 11:00 o'clock at the Parker-Grimshaw chapel. RENTERIA INJURED Mr. Renteria, cashier of the Mexican Custom House, and Mi- , guel Pimienta, driving a Ford car, crashed into a rock pile on Buenas Aires avenue in Nogales, Sonora, Thursday. Renteria was slightly injured on the right leg. C. C. Crenshaw and R. L. O'Neill are expected home today from a business trip to Phoenix, Dr. A. W. Hardtmayer was a Nogales visitor yesterday from ( Patagonia.

Attended by many members of the Elks Lodge, the American Le Legion, - gion, Legion, the Immigration Service Border Patrol, all three of which he was a member, and by hun hundreds - dreds hundreds of other friends, funeral 'services were held Tuesday for Lon Parker, border patrol offi officer, - cer, officer, who was shot to death Sun Sunday - day Sunday afternoon while trying to ap apprehend - prehend apprehend a liquor smuggler in the Huachuca mountains in Cochise county about one mile beyond the Santa Cruz County line. ' The Elks lodge had charge of the commital services and the body was laid to rest in the Amer American - ican American Legion plot at the Nogales Cemetery. The grave was cover covered - ed covered by a profusion of beautiful floral wreaths sent by the many friends of the dead officer. Killing his Mexican slayer and his horse after he himself had been fatally wounded from a shot fired under cover was the strange story of great bravery told of Parker by Walter Miller, chief patrol of officer. - ficer. officer. Two and one-half miles south of Tom Wills' ranch where Parker was found mortally wounded, a of sheriffs and border patrol men searching the hills Monday for a clue leading to the identity of Parker's slayer, found at 5 o'clock the body of a dead Mexican and his horse. Both had been shot. Twenty gallons of mescal liquor were packed on the horse. Empty shells lying on the ground at a distance from the Mexican, and his horse led to the theory that Parker shot the Mexican and horse after he had been shot him himself - self himself from cover. It is known that Parker was shot from his horse from behind, examination of the wound disclosing that the bullet had entered the back and come out through the abdomen. After engaging in the gun fight

in which he killed the Mexican Parker is thought to have re-load re-loaded - ed re-loaded his gun, re-mounted his horse and rode to the Wills' ranch. He was found unconscious on the woodpile shortly after 6 o'clock Sunday evening when the Wills family returned from a picnic, j The woundtd man died 30 sec seconds - onds seconds after he was found without being able to divulge the details of the shooting. The Mexican was shot through ,the forehead and his horse through the neck, rifle. UNDERSHERIFF'S STORY Pat Patterson, undersheriff of Santa Cruz county, said that Parker was shot in the vicinity of Wills' ranch while on his horse. Evidently the shot unhorsed him as he was covered with mud on one side as though he had fallen from his mount. Although mortally wounded, Parker got on his horse and rode to Wills' ranch, where he was found unconscious by the Wills family. Parker was attempting to head off the rum runner that was pass pass! - ! pass! ing through the canyon near Wills' j ranch when he was shot from i cover. He was last seen by J,John Merritt, rancher of Canille, j about 4:30, at which time he was i tracking the bootlegger. From j Merritt's report it is now known that there was only one rum run runner - ner runner as evidenced from the tracks Parker was following. POSSE SCOURING HILLS Parker's horse with the saddle stained with blood was standing near his owner when the Wills re rej - j rej turned to their ranch. Standing .'guard, was his faithful hound. | Another light on the case was [given by Walter Miller, who said Ithat the smuggling gang that was ! responsible for the death of Wal Walter - ter Walter McKee last April, at which (Continued on Page 9)

Cello arrived here Tuesday and he and Rivers have been training each afternoon at the Aztec Club. Cello showed up in fine shape in training Thursday afternoon at the training quarters located back of the Aztec Club in Nogales, Sonora. -- Cello sparred with Battling Olsen of Mexico City who is to meet Roughhouse Colvin of the 25th Infantry Sunday afternoon in a four round preliminary. That Cello will give the Miami Joe the battle of his life is the concensus of opinion of all the (Continued on Page 9) MARVIN CASE BE TAKEN UP AUG. 7 Phoenix, Ariz-, July 31. A meeting of the oard of regents of the University of Arizona, set for Saturday, July 31 has been post postponed - poned postponed until Sunday, August 7, it was announced at tht offices of Governor Hunt. The purpose of the meeting will be to act upon appointments of eight members of the faculty. All other members were appoint appointed - ed appointed at a meeting sometime ago. When the regents in session were unable to agree on eight of the personel. i While it was stated that the governor has no power to call a meeting of the board, it was ex explained - plained explained that any four members of the board or the chancellor may call one. The most important matter (Continued on Page 9)

Mexico City, July 31. Un Uneasiness - easiness Uneasiness and uncertainty are man manifest - ifest manifest everywhere, and Mexico City is filled with all sorts of rumore 1 and reports on the eve of the en enj - j enj forcement by the government Sun Sunlay - lay Sunlay of the new religious laws. While labor and political groups have organized extensive parades for Sunday as a manifestation of support of the government's re-j ligious policy, Catholics through- J out the country are planning to! proceed to their churchfes for )rayers, notwithstanding the ab absence - sence absence of officiating clergymen. FIGHT PROGRAM AT BULL RING TODAY Promoter Dan Cole announces Lhe following lineup for the box boxing - ing boxing program at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon at the bull ring in No No'gales, - 'gales, No'gales, Sonora: Freddie Cello of Douglas, 146, versus Miami Joe Rivers of Su Superior, - perior, Superior, 145, 12 rounds main event. Battling Sinaloa, 142, versus Benny Cruz, 138, semi-final, eight rounds. Cyclone Cooper, 162, versus Johnny Celmars, 158, of the Pa Pacific - cific Pacific coast, six round special. Battling Olsen, 158, of Mexico City, versus Roughhouse Colvin of the 25th Infantry, 165, four rounds.

Only two assessors were present at the time the resolution was passed Tuesday by the state tax conference opposing the proposed Kerby auto tax law, it was de declared - clared declared Wednesday by A. B. Ming of Yuma County, president of the County Assessors Association. "That resolution was drafted in Phoenix and brought down here by the State Tax Commission," said Secretary of State James H. Ker Kerby, - by, Kerby, a visitor here Wednesday. "All the assessors in Arizona, with the exception of three who are of opposite political affilia affiliations, - tions, affiliations, are in favor of the bill but fcn account of their meeting with the supervisors they were out outnumbered - numbered outnumbered in the voting. Repre Representatives - sentatives Representatives of different tax associa associations - tions associations also voted with the super supervisors, - visors, supervisors, as well as representatives of different mining companies. "It is the only bill that has ever