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THE
ARIZONA
REPUBLICAN
A&M INDEPENDENT PROGRESS3VE JOURNAL
THIRTY-FIRST YEAR
36 PAGES
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 6, 1921
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VOL. XXXI, NO. 283
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PHOENIX HOST
LONG SERIES OF BRILLIANT
EVENTS TO MARK CONVENTION
WEEK WHICH OPENS TUESDAY
Four Conventions,.Visit of Delegation From Los Angeles,
Great Pioneer Parade and Meeting Among Features of
Week Detailed Program Includes Dinners, Recep
tions, Barbecue, Trips Over Valley and Grand Ball
Pioneer Day February; 14 To Be Concluding Feature
With every auxiliary committee announcing that its
share of the work of preparation has been well done, and
with everv member of those committees determined that
nothing shall be forgotten in
event of the Denod between
a memorable one, the Committee of 100, appointed by the
chamber of commerce and Mayor Willis H. Plunkett, an
nounced yesterday that every detail of the program of
Convention Week planned as the greatest week of its
kind in the history of Phoenix
Ta Begin Tuesday Morning
Beginning with Tuesday morning,'
when the Arizona Cattle Growers' as
sociation will meet In convention and
100 members of the chamber of com
merce of Los Angeles will arrive here
on a special train, there will be an
unbroken series of conventions, lunch
eons, receptions, dances and trips
through the valley until the week of
work and festivity is brought to a
close Monday evening. I'eb. 4, with a
dinner to the pioneers of Maricopa
county. Included In the program is a
grand ball Wednesday evening and a
pageant on Pioneers' day which will
beperhaps the finest historical paraue
ever staged In the whole Southwest
The final meeting of the barbecue
committee, in charge of the open air
dinner to be given at the state fair
grounds Thursday, will be held at the
chamber of commerce at 2 o'clock to
morrow afternoon, and at 4 o'clock the
executive committee will gather to dis
cuss the Una plans for the grand ball.
Two events will open Convention
week. At 10 o'clock Tuesday morning
the delegation of the Los Angeles
chamber of commerce will- arrive in
Phoenix. They will be assigned to
automobiles immediately and taken on
a tour of the Salt River valley, with
luncheon at some point along the route,
probably at Chandler. At the same
time the Arizona Cattle Growers' asso
ciation convention will begin a three
day session at the Salt River Valley
Water Users' association building, with
Judge R. E. Sloan making the open
ing address. The cattle growers also
re to be met and welcomed by mem
bers of the Committee of One Hun
dred, when cards from the chamber of
commerce are to be given to the dele
gates and flowers to their wives and
daughtrs.
Town Meeting Tuaday Night
In the evening there will be a great
town meeting and community confer
ence at the high school auditorium.
beginning at 7:45 o'clock. In addition
to a program of speaking there is to
be music and refreshments and special
Invitations are to be extended to the
women of the city. The members of
the Los Xngeles delegation who are on
their-way to the West Coast region of
Mexico, will not leave Phoenix for the
border until 11 o'cock at night, and
they are i to be invited to the town
meeting. On this evening the Wom
an's club will hold a reception at the
Woman's club building, where those
who do not attend the town meeting
are to be entertained.
On Wednesday the chief event will
be the grand ball, which is to be-held
at the Shrine auditorium, and which
has been outlined as one of the great
social affairs of the Season. The ball
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Read the Advertisements
and Go to the Stores With
Your Mind Made Up
Sit in your easy
chair and read the ad
vertisements leis
urely. Find out what
the merchants have to
offer. Make up a list
of the things you want
to look at or buy.
This will save hours
of standing around
the stores, asking
questions of the clerks
maybe getting what
you want and maybe
not.
The advertisements
are a panorama of
dealers' shelves
passed before your
eye, with the name of
Read the advertisements regularly!
the effort to make every
reDruary s ana v eDruary 4
has Deen completed.
Husband And Wife
Can't Divide Joint
. Income In Report
' Some confusion baa existed In
the minds of not only Income tax
payers, but also of lawyers regard
ing the returns to be made to the
collector of internal revenue. The
confusion has grown out of a deci
sion as to a Texas case in allowing
a husband and wife domiciled in
that state to divide their commu
nity property Income and each re
port as gross Income one-half of the
community Income. ' .'
It was supposed by many that
that ruling would be generally ap
plicable, but it has not been applied
to Arizona. On the contrary, Judge
Franklin yesterday received a tele
gram from the department of the
treasury instructing him to refuse
to accept returns in which the-Income
of ,- community property is
divided in the returns by the hus
band and wife. Therefore all such
returns will be rejected.
To the average income-taxpayer
returns under the Texas ruling
would make little difference, but It
would make a vast difference in the
cases of large incomes where the
graduated tax is increased with the
size of the incomes.
Mexican Commerce
Bodies Favor New
Commercial Treaty
EL PASO, Tex, Feb. 6. Enactment
of international -commercial treaties,
actual operation of the gold standard
and abolition of excise duties between
states were Important measures fav
ored at the opening session of the con
vention of the Confederation of Cham
bers of Commerce of Mexico this
morning at the Juarez chamber of
commerce.
At the afternoon session the aboli
tion of stamp taxes was favored, as
well as the establishment of night
commercial schools by chambers of
commerce, the establishment of confi
dential records by chambers for de
termining the financial standing of
business men and extension of moral
and financial aid to members finan
cially embarrassed. A substitute for
stamp taxes will be discussed at a
special meeting Sunday morning. A
tax on capital received support.
the article and its
price plainly stated.
If you're in a hurry,
make up your order
from the advertise
ments and have it de
livered, or at least
wrapped up so you
can get ;t without
waste of time.
That is easier than
running your legs off
trying to get this or
that article . of mer
chandise. Even though you
"love to shop," the ad
vertisements will save
you a great amount of
time and money.
TO SOUTHWEST
Fifteen Million
People Starving
In" China Famine
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. The
famine situation in China has
reached such a crisis that 15,000,
000 people may die unless imme
diate help is given, according to
information received today by the
state department.
Another famine" equally -severe
may arise next fall unless seed is
made available to the Chinese
farmers, who are practically un-,
able to undertake the spring plow
ing, a statement by the department
said.
The Chinese are doing all in
their power to relieve the situa
tion, the statement added, and it is
estimated that $5.0CO,000 will be
obtained for relief by surcharges
imposed on the railway, tele
graphic and postal services. Red
Cross funds of $1,000,000 will help
85,000 persons for 00 days, it was
said.
SftDVDCATEDAS
Republican A. P. Leased Wire!
WASHINGTON. Feb. 6. Regulation
of the coal industry to prevent prices
rising too high or going too low,. was
advocated today before the senate
committee considering the Calder coal
regulation bill by Dr. C. O. Smith, di
rector of the geological survey.
Further light on coal mining profits
of 1920 was also developed by re
examination of D. L. Wing, statistician.
employed by the Calder investigating
committee, who cited some cases
where operators took as much as 17.91
profit margins on coal that cost $4.1
to mine.
Dr. Smith was 11 into sharp tilts
with Senator Reed, Democrat of Mis
souri, on cross examination, the latter
asserting that the witness was "aim
lnx "at a John D. Rockefeller etabiliza
tion' of Industry, to prevent compe
tition." Dr. Smith advocated government
regulation, but said he didn't favor
government operation of the mines.
"You favor having the bituminous
industry combat . the opening of new
mines, so that the big mines would
not have to face the competition of
the little new fellows?" asked Senator
Reed.
, "Yes, because the small mines are
riot efficient, economic producers," Dr.
Smith said, adding that the object was
I "stabilizing business."
Citing the organization in the steel
industry. Senator Reed said that "all
you mean by stabilizing is organizing
to prevent competition, with the big
fellows fixing it so the little man
knows he can't dare to compete with
them."
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Propose Fleet Of .
High Speed Plane
Carriers For Navy
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 First steps
looking to the construction of a fleet
of modern high speed airplane car
riers for the navy were taken today in
congress.
Senator Gerry, Democrat of Rhode
Island, introduced an amendment to
the naval appropriation bill providing
for four such vessels to cost not more
than $24,600,000 each. Before the house
naval committee Representatives Brit
ten, Republican of Illinois, and Oliver,
Democrat of Alabama, announced that
they would present bills, each providing
for two airplane carriers.
All naval officers and Brigadier Gen
eral Mitchell of the army air service,
who have been testifying before the
house committee for two' days, have
stressed the importance of obtaining
such carriers as soon as possible. Gen
eral Mitchell said today American avi
ation officers had little knowledge of
the uses of the proposed vessels because
Great Britain is keeping the data
secret.
Representative, Oliver's bill would set
$30,000,000 each as the limit of cost for
the two carriers and would provide that
until money was appropriated none of
the fund authorized for the battleships
Massachusetts and Iowa, already under
contract, could be available. The Brit
ten proposal would divert $52,000,000
authorized for 12 destroyers, one trans
port and six fleet submarines, for the
two airplane carriers.
General Mitchell told the house com
mittee that a united air service would
save the government money and would
place the air service under flying of
ficers who would be interested in its
development. Under present conditions
in both the army and navy, he said,
aviation is under officers who are un
sympathetic. Members of the navy general board
and Captain T. T. Craven, director of
naval aviation, will present the navy's
side of the case in opposition Monday.
The senate naval committee today
continued hearings on Senator Borah's
resolutions to suspend naval building
for six months while experts stnrlv
types of ships- Rear Admirals W. S.
Sime and B. A. Fiske, before the com
mittee today in executive session, op
posed the resolution.
Deny Knox Favored
Cancelling Loans
WASHINGTON. Feb. 5. The state
mcnt in the dispatches last niyht that
Senator Knox had at one time intro
duced a resolution proposing to cancel
the war debts of the allies was an
error. Senator Knox has never intro
duced any such resolution.
regulation !
coal industry
price mm.
BRITISH PREMIER
SAYS REPARATION
CMS MUST BE
Pi By GERMANY
Bill Formulated By Supreme
Council Just Claim And
Must Be Paid Germans
Able To Bear Tax Burden
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
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The British premier's advice to Ger
many is to accept the bill for repara
tions as formulated by the supreme
council.
"Our claim is a righteous one and
we must enforce it," he declared in a
speech here today. He replied to the
speech in the reichstag by Dr. Walter
Simons, in which the German foreign
minister stated that the reparations
plan could not be accepted by Ger
many as a basis for negotiations.
"A great part of this speech," the
premier -said, "was based on a com
plete t misconception as to what had
been done at Paris. Such misconcep
tion could be cleared up in the Lon
don conference. , If a full bill were
sent Germany, according to the Ver
sailles treaty, she would be compelled
to accept it. but I fail to see how that
would mprove matters and I advise
Dr. Simons to take the Paris bill.
"Ifhe has any alternative proposals
the allies are prepared 1 to consider
them- so long as the proposal repre
sents a bona fide efforts to liquidate
the liabilities of Germany. We are
willing that Germany should pay us
under conditions) which best suit her
own -- means, requirements' and re
sources, but if it is a mere attempt to
evade payment , we cannot put up
with it."
The premier pointed out before the
last election he had emphasized that
Germany was morally bound to pay for
the wanton ' damage she had inflicted
but that one could only get froifi a
debtor what the latter was capable of
paying. ' '
Germany,. he said, had not yet beer,
taxed to the level of Great Britain and
France, and it was Intolerable that a
country held responsible for the war
and which had suffered no damage
should have a lighter burden than her
victims.
Speaking tonight, he again referred
to Germany.
"Exchanges will have to be stabil
fzed," he said. "I have an idea Ger
many Is not trying to stabilize hers."
Germany, he continued, was a
strong and powerful nation and she
should be made to pay. He would tell
Dr. Simons when he met him in Lon
don that German was not making a
real effort to pay her way.
Referring to home conditions, the
premier declared that the nation wasi
simply going through difficulties in
evitable after a great war. but he did
not doubt it would weather the storm
as it did after the Napoleonic wars.
i "Let us stand together,' he admon
ished. "It is unity that enabled us
to win. This is no time to be pulling
both ways."
HOUSE OVERRIDES
EXECUTIVE VETO
reduk m
T0 175,000 MEN
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. The Joint
resolution directing the stopping of
enlistments until the regular army is
reduced to 175,000 men was passed to
night by the house over President Wil
son's veto. The vote was 271 to 16,
one member voting present.
The president's veto message was
not read to the house until six hours
after its formal delivery, but once read
action was swift.
Those voting to override the veto in
cluded 82 Democrats.
Action is expected to be taken on the
veto early next week in the senate,
where it was said prospects were fav
orable for overriding the president.
The president in his veto message
informed the house that he was unable
to see in the condition of the world or
in the needs of the United States any
such change as would Justify reduction
of the force from 280.000 men.
All 16 members voting to sustain the
president were Democrats. They were:
Bee, Texas; Bland, Virginia; Camp
bell, Pennsylvania; Cleary, New York;
Coady, Maryland: Eagan, New Jersey;
Fisher. Tennessee: Igoe, Missouri; Mc-
Andrews, ' Illinois; Minnahan, New
Jersey; Pell, New York; Raker, Cali
fornia; Adams, Tennesage; Tague,
Massachusetts; Weaver, North Caro
lina; Welling. Utah.
Lee, Democrat, of Georgia, voted
present.
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Cyclone Pit Saves
Family In Alabama
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
PHILCAMPBELL, Ala., Feb. 6. A
storm pit probably saved the lives of
the family of Riley Peppers here today
when a cyclone blow swept this sec
tion. The Peppers' residence and sev
eral other buildings were demolished
but no serious casualties were reported.
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ARMY ORGANIZING
FOR BITTER FIGHT
Bisbee 'Mexican
Gets "Kick" Out
Of Shoe ' Polish
BISBEE, Ariz.. , Feb. 5. "John
Doa Mexican' is held la the city
Jail as the first man ever arrested
for becoming intoxicated on shoe
blacking. He was taken into cus
tody after having offered a local
police officer a drink from the bot
tle he carried. The Mexican's face
was covered with blacking and his
cheeks, which he had apparently
brushed with his coat sleeves dis
played an excellent polish. Officers
said that, from the Mexican's hilari
ty, he apparently was rather shiny
inside as well.
Congress Firm On
Million '.And Half
Gor Gas Warfare
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 Horrors of
gas warfare were pictured today in the
house by members opposed to an ap
propriation of $1,500,000 for the chem
ical warfare service of the army. An
amendment by Representative Mon
tague, Democrat of Virginia, to cut the
amount to $1,000,000, however, was
voted down nearly four to one and the
amount caried in the army bill re
mained unchanged.
Declaring that the use of gas "de
stroys the last vestige of civilized war
fare," Mr. Montague said the "world
was horrified" when the Germans be
gan to use gas, but that nations which
deplored its use most were now con
ducting experiments to make it still
more deadly.
Representative Sisson, Democrat of
Mississippi, favoring the $1,500,000, de
clared he thought the United State's
should make war so frightful that an
enemy 'nation would "regret ever hav
ing tackled Uncle Sam."
"If we ever get into another war,"
he declared, "I want the United States
soldiers to kill as many of the enemy
as quickly as possible with the small
est possible loss of life to themselves."
"How about dum dum bullets," he
was asked.
"I don't see much difference between
shooting a man with poisonous bul
lets and killing him with ones not
poisoned,", was Mr. Sisson's reply. -
Debate on the army bill closed to
day. The vote probably will not come
before Tuesday.
Fourteen Injured
When Gallery Fails
In Denver School
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
DENVER, Colo., Feb. 5. Fourteen
persons were injured, two seriously,
here today when a balcony in the gym
nasium of the North Denver high
school, supporting approximately 400
enthusiastic spectators of a basket
ball game, collapsed fifteen feet to the
floor.
i Most of the injured were women and
girls. More than a Score of persons
were slightly hurt.
Joseph Fleming, athletic director of
the Cameron Methodist Episcopal
church, stood beneath the bslcony
when it began its gradual fall. A
splintered plank struck him, inflicting
severe scalp wounds and rendering him
unconscious. A number of boy spec
tators underneath the balcony suc
ceeded in leaping to safety.
The crowd was thrown into the
greatest confusion, many women and
girls fainting, and hysterical screams
could bo heard for blocks. Nearly
every one in the building began a
frenzied scramble for the two small
exits. Two or three men, assisted by
basketball players, remained to extri
cate a number of persona heaped un
der th wreckage.
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
DUBLIN, Feb. 5 A high officer of
the Irish republican army has given to
The Associated Press a statement on
the army and its operations. This is
the first . authorized statement thus
made public, but the identity of the
oflicer and the circumstances of the
interview cannot be disolosed, nor is
the correspondent permitted to publish
the statistical information supplied re
garding the total number of forces,
both regular and irregular, trow in the
field.
The officer who will be designated a4
"Colonel X," spoke freely,, answering
every question, but he enjoined non-
publication of' various statements.
which, he said, "might give information
to the enemy." "
He denied the declaration of Major
General Strickland, in command of the
British troops, that the Irish republican
army organization was dismeraberad
and repudiated the suggestion that the
remarkable activity in the last fort
night was a demonstration to disprove
the assertions that the morale of the
volunteers was impaired.
"The recent increase in the ranks of
the crown forces," he said, "was only a
natural development due to the per
fecting of our organization. From nw
on there will be further extension and
intensification of our operations in all
parts of the country."
, Plan Systematic Campaign
He intimated that the republican
army would soon begin the issuance of
a military communique, probably
weekly, and added:
"Our svstem of.communicatlom is not
yet rapid, but it is certain."
He smiled at a reference called to
his attention that Michael Collins -was
head of the republican army, saying:
"That Is a delusion persisted in not
only by the public, but by the British
governmenL" He did not say whether
the direction of the republican army
was in the hands of one man or a com
mittee. There is a large reward out
standing for the arrest of Collins.
Colonel X began:
"The Irish republican army dots the
country. Our plan is to account for
every "district either by battalion . or
companies; every foot of ground is
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LITTLE ROPE FOR
GASH BOflUS BILL
AT THIS SES
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON. Feb. G. An Ameri
can Legion delegation was told by
Chairman Penrose of the senate
tt tndav that he would
favor increases in federal taxation if
necessary to provide a cash bonus for
war veterans. Ho expressed ooudc,
however, whether the legislation could
be put through in this session.
Senator Penrose and Senator Me
Cumber, Republican; North Dakota,
who has charge of the bonus bill, were
interviewed by the American Legion
representatives, including F. W. Gal
braith. national commander. The ex
ecutive committee of the Legion will
meet Monday to discuss the situation.
The opinion that the people favor
"adequate and satisfactory provision
for soldiers, their wives and relatives,
was expressed -bv Senator Penrose.
"I further told the committee," he
said, "that the country was in a very
bad financial situation and hardly able
to meet its requirements and that rev
enue undoubtedly would fall off to a
very marked degree In the next fiscal
year.
"At the same time. I conceded that
It was tho duty of the government to
provide the revenue for this patriotic
purpose, and were it necessary that
an added tax be levied, I would favor
these taxes at this short session but
it was obvious that this is impossible."
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MRS: PEETE MUST
SERVE REST OF;
LIFE
I PRISON
FOR MURDER OF
fiGDB G. OENTO
Husband Weeps When Jury
Returns Verdict But De
fendant Shows No Signs
Of Emotion Out 6 Hours
Republican A. P. Leased Wire UV".
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5. Mrs. Lou
ise L. -.Peete late today was found
guilty on the charge of murder in con
nection with the death of Jacob Charles
Denton. The Jury fixed the penalty at
life imprisonment.
Mrs. Peete shook hands with her at
torneys, W. T. Aggeler, acting publio
defender, and Robert H. Scott, assist
ant public defender, then turned to the
bailiff and said:
"We'll go now."
She was then taken back to the
county jail.
There was no demonstration in the
crowded court room.
With the bailiff holdinar one arm and
her weeiwng; husband the other, the
defendant walked calmly and steadily
down the aisle of the eonrt room and.
down the stairs to the street. At the
doorway the three stopped a moment
while Peete rubbed the tears from hi
face with a handkerchief.
Then they faced a xrowd of probably
more than 1,000 persons as they walked
half ay block to the jadl. where Mrs.
Peete' is to remain until sentence-in
imposed Tuesday morning at 9:30
o'clock. - t
Peete accompanied his wife te her
quarters in the jail, waiting there un-'
til attendants compelled him to depart.
He went there to try and diva her
comfort, but the jailers said it waa she
who comforted him. He wept almost
constantly, they said, while she re
mained dry-eyed and with an arm
about his shoulder, endeavored to en
courage him.
Peete went from the iail to an apart
ment where he has been living with
rour-year-oid Hetty peete. who never
has been told her mother was under
arrest. He declined to speak to news
papermen. So ateo did Mrs. Peete.
Six Ballots Taken
The Jury had been out from 11:44
o'clock this morning until S:25 thfs
afternoon with a-"two-hour adjourn
ment for ' lunch. Six ballots were
taken. -
William T. Aggeler, actlna; publio
defender, who was counsel for Mrs.
Peete. stated he had not decided
whether a newtrial would be asked.
"That depends on the record in the
transcript of testimony," said Aggeler.
"If there is any basis for it, we will
seek to try the case again."
New Trial Improbable
"The record of the trial is perfect
and the verdict speaks for itself." was
the only comment made by District At
torney Thomas Lee Woolwine and
Raymond I. Turney, deputy district
attorney, who prosecuted the ease.
The Jury voted for conviction on the
first ballot and on every ballot there
after, according to the statement of J.
B. Johnson, foreman.
"The only question was as to whether
the death penalty should b; inflicted,"
he stated,.
Mrs. Peete' was the second woman
to be convicted in two days of mur
der in the first degree in Los Angelea
county. The first. Mrs. Maybelle Roe,
was found guilty yesterday of the slav
ing of McCullough Graydon, a real
estate operator. Her punishment was
also fixed at life imDriaonment. .
Crowds Seek View
A crowd, declared by court of fleers
to be the largest since the trial start
ed, was gathered about the hall of
Justice all day awaiting the outcome
of the case. A sudden shower of rain,
accompanied by hail, failed to thin out
the throng to any noticeable degree.-
The Jury was out about six hours
and a half.
Mrs. Peete listened to the verdict
with the same composure that she
maintained throughout the trial. Her
husband. R. C. Peete, burst Into tears.
In the trial of Mrs. Peete for the al
leged murder of Denton, which was Be
gun here January 19. the prosecution
sought to establish that Denton was
last seen alive June 2. last, and an
nounced the theory that he was killed
by Mrs. Peete on that date. A body
found September 23 in the basement of
the Denton residence was declared to
have been that of the missing man.
Circumstantial. Evidence i
It was shown that Mrs. Peete waa
renting the house at that time, Denton
retaining an apartment there. Other
testimony was that after June 3 Mrs.
Peete pawned a diamond ring which
belonged to Denton and disposed of
wearing apparel and other of his pos
sessions, whilo. several witnesses as
serted she had made contradictory
statements about his disappearance.
Mrs. Peete declared Denton was alive
after June 2, but she did not know
where ho had gone. She asserted she
had his permission to dispose of the
articles named. Her counsel main
tained that none of the prosecution's
assertions in connection with the case
had been established beyond a reason
able doubt.
Denton Last Seen June 2
Jacob Charles Denton, well to do
mining promoter, last was seen alive
June 2, 1920. He had been married
twice. His first wife and daughter,
aged 16, live in Phoenix, Ariz., Denton's
second wife died early in 1920. Soon
after her death he advertised his home
for rent and Mrs. Peete leased the place
She occupied the house until August a,
when she sub-leased it and moved to
Denver.
Denton had written to his daughter
promising to come to Phoenix. When
he failed to do so iiiquiry was made.
Eventually this led to the discovery ot
his body.
Mrs. ppete returned to Los Angele
after Denton's body was found, declar
ing she was ready to tell the district
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