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PODuIUce Scared as Tidal
Wave Empties, Fills Port

SOUTHWESTERN HARBOR, Me-,
Jan. 9.-The inhabitants of the little
village of Bernard, three miles from.
here, experienced their first tidal
wave today. It's origin, a mystery,
the phenomenon was followed by a
ten-foot rush Of water and then two
smaller waves. No one was injured
but about so fishing boats were
hurled ashore and two men in dory
had a narrow escape from falling
cakes of ice when their craft sud-
denly grounded.
The first sign of something wrong
was rumbling from the direction
of the harbor. Townspeople ran to
the piers to see their harbor emptied
with rush.
William Kelley, who has a fish
packing plant on the eastern shore
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of the harbor, told what happened
next.
1T was about low tide when the
first wave came" he said. "It flow
ed in steadily like the even flow of
a river. Then came two lesser ones,
and in less than ten minutes .he
whole harbor was filled to near high
water mark. Great whirlpools were
formed. Small boats were tossed
about at their moorings and the sew
enty foot fishing smack Fish Hawk
broke from her lines at the Under
wood dock and crushed against the
pilings. The entire harbor was a
mass Of foam.
The water left the harbor 50 rap
idly that a waterfall was created at
the harbor mouth. In less than fiji
teen minutes it was all over"
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BELCIUM'S LOSSES
in FLOOD ENORMOUS
(Bv The Associated Press J

BRUSSELS. Jan. 9.-The floods which
have ravaged northwestern Europe have
caused damage in Belgium totaling one
billion francs (s45 5,300.0O0.) Officials
of the ministry of public works ests,
mated today while the flood waters
were receding. According to these fig
ures Belgium's losses are twice as hea-
wy as those of France. 80
Belgium's richest manufacturing Gen.
ters, such as Liege, have been hardest
hit. Immense iron works have been ~
undated. In France, most of the dam
age has been done to farm lands.
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u. S. Rubber Company
Increases Holdings

NEW YORK. N. T., Jan. 9.-The Uni
ted States rubber company has increas-
ed its rubber growing holdings in Su-
matra and the Malay peninsula to 13O,-
Jas acres with a recent acquisition of
10000 additional acres in Sumatra.
About one-fifth Of its crude rubber re-
quirements was raised by the company
itself in 1925.
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(By The Associated Press. }

WASHINGTON, d. c.. Jan. 9-The
report of the naval court of inquiry
into the sinking on September 25 of
the submarine S-51 off Block Island by
the steamer City of Rome of the S..
vannah line, was turned over to the de-
partment of justice by Secretary Will
bur today for legal action.
The court found that the submarine
was rammed and sunk by the steamer,
with the loss of 33 officers and men,
on a clear, moonlight night under cii
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NEGRO CONFESSES

JASPER, Texas, Jan. 9-Facing death
on the operating table, Autrey Beatty
negro, today confessed to two robberies,
police said He was told he could not
live, and promptly confessed to the
robbery Of the Jasper postoffice and
a Jasper drygoods store. He was shot
Wednesday when he resisted arrest.
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THE WEATHER

EAST TEXAS: Sunday and Monday
generally fair. light northerly winds on
the coast.
3 LOUISIANA: Sunday and Monday
partly cloudy; not much change in
temperature. Light variable winds on
the coast.
ARKANSAS and WEST TEXAS and
0kl1homa: Sunday and Monday partly
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King of Usage Hills Indicted By
US. Jury im Probe of Murder Ring
Hale Beneficiary on In.
surance Policy Of
Slain Indian
(By The Associated Press }

4 GUTHRIE, Okla, Jan. 9.-W K Hale
King of the Usage Hills tonight faced
two charges of murder in connection
with the deaths Of persons in the Usage
country Of Oklahoma.
The second charge was lodged late to-
day by the United States grand jury
here which is investigating an alleged
conspiracy against wealthy Osages
which is held responsible for the deaths
of nearly score of persons. The grand
jury charged Hale with completely in
the death Of Henry Roam, an Usage, who
was killed in January 1923. Roan's $685.
900 life insurance policy was made pay
able to Hale, who has pending suit
TO collect il.
The first murder charge was lodged
against Hale Monday in Pawhuska by
Oklahoma state authorities, alleging
that he conspired to cause the death of
W. E. Smith. who was killed when his
home at Fairfax was blown up in March,
1928
Cowboy Indicted
Indicted with Hale in connection with
Roan's death was John Ramsey. a cow
boy farmer living three miles from Fair
fax. Oklahoma. Ramsey was arrested
last night at his home and brought to
Guthrie today. shortly before the fact
that he had been indicted was announc-
ed by Roy Lewis, United States district
attorney.
" Hale was already in Jail here, where
he was brought Immediately after he
surrendered in Pawhuska Monday to an
swer the state charges.
Fifty-three other indictments were
returned by the jury in its first report
since it began work Monday The 9TH
ers were not made public but it was in
dicated that most Of them were in con-
nection with liquor offenses and other
matters not related to the Usage con-
spiracy inquiry. The jury devoted the
first three days of the week to consid-
Grafton of mass of such evidence be-
fore taking up the Indian investigation
Continued on Page Two)
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NDDECISION
GETS INTEREST
Speculation on Stand
ing Follows Texas
Issue Ruling
(By The Associated Press.)

NEW YORK, N. Y, Jan. 9.-The de-
cision of the United States supreme
court. denying the validity of an issue
of 100000 on bonds of road district
number 2. Archer City, Texas, has
aroused nationwide interest among
bond men because of its possible ad-
of road bonds under similar circum.
stances.
Alden H. Little, chairman of the MT
nicipal securities committee of the H.
vestment Bankers Association Of An.
erica in a statement to the Daily Bond
Buyer expressed hope that there would
be rehearing and modification OF
the opinion because if the court adj
heres to this decision, the damage will
be countrywide Similar districts
have been created in many other states
and such districts have issued bonds,
the validity of which are imperled by
this decision.
AUSTIN. Texas, Jan. "a copy Of
the United States supreme court decl
sion holding invalid an Archer county
district road bond issue of S300,000
was received late today by Attorney
General Dan Moody. The court held the
issue invalid, because the district was
not created by the legislature.
Moody will use the copy as reference
in drawing up a motion for rehearing.
He will be assisted by John c. Thomp-
son, New York; w. P. Dumas, Dallas,
and by George Christian and G. A.
Wheeler, assistant attorney generals.
Thompson and Dumas approved as safe
investments for clients millions of dol
lars worth of the district road bonds,
Moody said
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Preliminary work already has been
done on this bridge and actual construc-
tion is to be rushed, the builders an
nounced at McAllen several weeks ago.
The bridge is to be Of the suspension
type with one long span across the CEN
ter of the river. The approach to the
road already has been cleared and is
being graded
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BRIDGE AT HIDALCO
GETS US. APPROVAL
fRv The Associated Press J

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 9.-The
application of the Valley Bridge COM
pany Of Austin, Texas, for permission to
construct bridge across the Rio
Grande river near Hidalgo, Texas, was
approved today by Secretary Of War
Davis.
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i understood that this army general
will accompany him on to MatamoroS
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BOGUS CHARITY" PRO-
M0TERS GET MILLIONS

More than $10O,0O0O0O is "swin-
died" annually from the public
throughout The United States by bo-
gus charity promoters, jn the opinion
of Public Welfare Commissioner Bird
s. Coler, as quoted in the first Of
series Of articles in the New York
Eveninp Post
In New York city alone, Commits
sioner Coler, who has said more than
$10,000,eG0 disappears every year in
misplaced and stolen charity funds"
Charity drives, organized by pro-
fession2l promoters and high pres
sure salesmen, both a backwash of the
World war, are launched for anything
that promises big financial returns,
with from 40 to 80 per cent of the re-
ceipts going into the pockets of the
promoters, Mr.. Coler says In many
recent cases these drives last months
or even years, and, after closing
quietly, the promised report of the
disposition Of the funds is never made.
The New York city welfare depart
ment, working with the police depart
ment, conducts an endless war ON
these takers, Commissioner Coler
says. Often, however, it is impossible
to prosecute them because they are
entrenched behind the unwilling en-
dorsement Of the socially prominent
and reputable persons or the drives
are just within the law.
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cent (7@o) per annum, and no more.
shall be cumulative and shall be pay
able before any dividend on common
stock shall be paid or, set apart, so
that, if in any year dividends amount
ing to seven per cent (7ao) shall not
have been paid on said preferred
stock, the deficiency shall be payable
before any dividend shall be paid upon
or set apart for the common stock.
Whenever all cumulative dividends
on the preferred stock for all previous
years shall have been declared and
have become payable, and the Com
pany shall have paid such cumulative
dividends for previous years, the
Board of Directors may declare divi-
dends on the common stock payable
then or thereafter out Of the remain
ing surplus or net profits. After divi-
dends of seven per cent (7a6) per an
mum shall have been paid on the COM
mon stock as provided, then and there
after the holders of both common
and preferred stock shall participate
equally in the dividends of the Com
uany until the holders Of the pre-
ferred stock shall have received divi-
dends in the aggregate or total
amount of ten per cent (10@o); all
further OF other surplus or net profits
CATER the payment Of ten per cent
(10G6) on the preferred stock and ten
per cent (10@6) on the common stock
shall be payable and applicable as
dividends on the common stock. Any
and all dividends on the preferred
stock other than, or in addition to, the
above mentioned preferential sever
per cent (7f6) dividend, shall not be
cumulative. In event Of any liquida-
tion or dissolution or winding up
whether voluntary or Involuntary Of
the corporation, the holders of the
preferred stock shall be entitled to be
paid in full both the par amount Of
their shares and the unpaid cumula
tive dividends accrued thereon, before
any amount shall be paid to the hold
ers of the common stock; and after
the payment to the holders of the
preferred stock Of its par value and
the unpaid accrued cumulative diyi-
dends thereon, the remaining assets
and dividends shall be divided and
paid to the holders of the common
stock according to their respective
shares.
30 long cS tIle Sd4u PA6aC1S 1SIlt4etA
cumulative dividends on said prefer
red stock shall be paid annually as
aforesaid the holders Of the preferred
stock shall have no voting power on
any question except as below provided,
but should any preferential cumula-
tive dividend or any preferred stock
be not paid when payable as above
provided, and remain so unpaid for a
period Of twelve (12) months, then
and so long as such dividend or any
part thereof remains unpaid, the
holders Of the preferred stock in re-
spect of which such dividend or part
thereof remains unpaid shall be en-
titled to the same voting powers
thereon as belong to the common
stock, but upon such preferential Gu
mulative dividend or unpaid part
thereof being paid, the voting power
upon said preferred stock shall again
cease, and so on from time to time as
said preferential cumulative dividend
or part thereof may remain unpaid
after said twelve (12) months or may
| be paid as aforesaid. Provided al
ways that upon any question relating
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to the increase or decrease Of prefer
red capital stock of the company, the
holders of the preferred stock shall at
all times be entitled to the same vot-
ing powers as belong to the common
stock.
All or any portion of the capital
stock may be issued in payment for
property, services or any other right
or thing of value for the uses and pur-
poses of the corporation, and when so
issued shall become ard be fully paid
the same as though paid for in cash
at par; and the Board Of Directors
shall be the sole judges Of the value
of any property, right or thing ac-
quired in exchange for the said CAPT
tai stock No share of capital stock
shall be issued until fully paid for,
and thereafter shall be non-assess-
able" /"
IN WITNESS WHEREOF we have
hereunto affixed our signatures and
the seal of said corporation this 18TH
day of January, a. D. 1926.
r. Wl. KRAMER,
President Of California Carbon Co.
Attest:
Robert H. Armstrong, Secretary.
State of Arizona, County Of Maricopa,
SIS:
Before me, Gladys Parry, Notary
Public in and for the County and
State aforesaid, on this day personal
ly appeared Il. Wm. Kramer, known
to me to be the President Of Cali
fornia Carbon Company, a corpora
ton, and to me known to be the same
person whose name is subscribed TO
the foregoing instrument and who
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acknowledged to me that he volun-
tarily executed the same for and on
behalf of said Corporation as its free
act and deed and for the purposes and
consideration therein mentioned.
Given under my hand and seal of
office this 18th day of January, A. D.
1926. GLADYS PARRY,
(SEAL) Notary Public
My commission expires Oct. so, 1929.
3-5-6t
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS:
That at the regular annual meet
ing of the stockholders of CALI
FORNIA CARBON COMPANY, a
corporation of the State of Arizona,
duly held at the office of the cor
poration at Flagstaff, Arizona ON
Monday, the 4th day of January, 1926,
at which all of the stockholders were
present in person, Article " of the
Articles of Incorporation of said
Company was by the affirmative vote
of all of the shares of the stock Of
said Company issued and outstanding
amended to read as follows, to-wit:
"IV
The capital stock of this corpora
tion shall be One Million Dollars ($1,-
000, 0,0O0.00), divided into five thousand
$4,000 shares of the par value of One
Hundred Dollars (S10000) each,
which shall be known as common
stock; and five thosuand (5,000)
dred Dollars ($10000) each, which
shall be known as preferred stock.
Such stock shall be paid for at such
times and in such manner as the
Board of Directors may designate.
The holders of the preferred stock
shall be entitled to receive, when and
as declared from the surplus or net
profits of the corporation, yearly divi-
dends at the rate Of seven per cent
(7@o) per annum, payable annually,
when and as declared by the Board Of
Directors. The dividends on prefer
red stock to the extent of seven per
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One OF the Emerson school teachers
was stumped last week when, after
she said to boy in the class: "Now
Johnny, prove that the earth is
round," and he replied:
II never said it was"
The Coconino sun., 1926-03-26

Al Beasley says the maddest he
ever was was@ one time after he'd
washed coverall suit he found it'd
shrunk SO he couldn't get it ON. After
he'd cussed around while thought
struck him and he went and washed
himself and then he found that the
coveralls fitted perfectly
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no-'count she is. "She knows just as
much bout needle as the young fell
Ter that's a buzzin' 'roun' her knows
bout bucksaw," says Rimmie.
The Coconino sun., 1926-03-26

Walter Fleck, during visit to
Phoenix, got acquainted with a young
woman who was awful easy to look
at and awful hard to forget. As is
sometimes th case with young
woman like tat, a feller'd have to
squander small fortune entertaining
her a few hours, for she was used to
the best there was and a lot of it.
Next day, down town, Walter saw
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and with rare presence Of mind and
the utmost nonchalance and sang
froid, possessively put one foot on the
running board of a swell sedan park
ed at the curb and said:
"I'd dearly love to take you for a
ride, but I've promised to meet a
couple tof men on an important busi-
ness matter in 10 minutes"
"I'd dearly love to go with you,"
she gurgled, "but / have to go to a
wedding reception" And she daintily
brushed Walters foot off the running
! board Of the sedan and got into it
and drove away.
Jedge Miller says when he was a
young feller, jes' for lark one night,
him an mother feller slipped over to
hen roost and jes' lifted couple
big OF roosters off the perch. There
was a noise an they run. When they
had got some distance away an was
still runnin', Jedge gasped
Laws, Nose, why you s'pose them
flies follows US so close ?"
keep gallopin'," said Nose, keep
galfopin' Them amt flies. Them's
buckshot"
Dainty young miss stepped into the
Western Union telegraph office night
before last. She carefully wrote and
handed a telegram across the counter.
"Seventy-five cents" Miss Allen
said.
"Graciousw the girl exclaimed,
isn't that rather expensive 2"
Regular rate" Miss Allen Informed
her.
"Seventy-five cents for only one
word ?" asked the girl.
"Yes, ma'am. But of course you
rcan send nine words more without it
costing you any more"
She thought over this for a mo-
ment.
NO." she finally decided. "I've said
Yes once. Ten of them would look
like was too anxious"
One of our finest young men is un-
dergoing great anguish of mind be-
cause the girl he's stuck on told him
she thought the finest job a modern
woman could have was being cores
pondent in the big divorce cases; and
the poor feller don't know whether
she knew what she meant and meant
it or is just a dumb Dora.
The best thing for a fretting baby
is bust in the mouth.
Frank Bennett says the drunkest
man he ever saw was trying to read
a newspaper and had it upside down.
Frank asked him what the news was
and he answered:
"Hic-terrible shipwreck Here's
-hic-a picture Of the ship upside
down"
Little Mary Moran, hearing that
someone had was sick with grippe,
told her dad the ailment was suitcase.
Pete Solberg says people in this
country have improved in their Ian
guage great deal in the last twenty
years. Pete says when he first came
here from Sweden the people here
spoke something awful and he could
not understand word they said, but
they soon began to improve and in
year or so spoke pretty clearly so he
very seldom had any trouble under
standing them.
Our lesson in geometry A circle
is line drawn parallel to all sides of
point.
Think that over and see if you can
disprove it.
A woman rushed up to Agent Tom
Stahl on the depot platform.
"Can l catch No. Z to Ashfork 2"
she asked.
The Coconino sun., 1926-03-26

Joe Schmidt says the gladdest thing
he is about is that he stopped wear
ing galluses before the price of rub
Der went up.
The Coconino sun., 1926-03-26
ARIZONA NEARS THE
HALF MILLION MARX

Arizona is approaching the half
Elnilhon mark in population and an
other year or two will put her over
it, if the present rate of growth is
maintained.
Figures sent out by the bureau Of
The census show that Arizona's popu-
lation, counted and estimated, regis
ter as follows:
1920 -..........................-...--.- 334,162
1925 .........-........................ APT, 7,65S
1926 ....-.......................... 444, ,708
The report says:
''The department of commerce an
nounces a revised estimate of the
population of the United States made
by the bureau of the census and based
on the available data regarding births,
deaths, immigration and emigration
since 1920,
"This gives total estimated popu-
lation of 117135,817 on July I, 1926
as compared with 115,378,094 on July
I, 1925, and 105,710,620 on July 1,
1920 The population for the several
states is arrived at by distributing the
total increase for the United States,
since 1920 on the basis of the distri-
button Of the increase between 1910
and 1920, except that state census fig
ures are substituted in all cases where
state census was taken in 1925, and
10 estimates are made for those states
which showed a decrease of population
from 1910 to 1920, the figure given in
such cases being the population in
1920"
q
The Coconino sun., 1926-03-26

Flagstaff still has some of the
characteristics Of village, one, at
any rate, if the definition by Jack
Mitchell is good. Jack says q village
is where you call up central and ask
whether its a boy or girl.
The Coconino sun., 1926-03-26

Ben Doney comes to bat with the
latest definition of optinist, which,
Ben says, is q feller who's getting SIS
a week and marries a girl who says
she Just loves children.
The Coconino sun., 1926-03-26

"a woman is only as old as she
looks" said Charlie Proehnow.
"W-w-well,p said Bucko Sisk, "a
m-m-man is old when he stops IL
looking"
The Coconino sun., 1926-03-26

Rimmy jim Giddings says it makes
him gosh-dam tired to hear all this
talk about the modern girl and how
The Coconino sun., 1926-03-26

"a cynic," says Rev. H. F. Softley,
'is all right in his place. But he never
goes there until he dies"
The Coconino sun., 1926-03-26

The Sun handles everything in the
printing line.
The Coconino sun., 1926-03-26

mot unless you are some marvel
Gus runner" said Tom. ut left five
minutes ago"
Out at the rifle range the other day
they got to Dragging how we'll they
could see and Sgt. Booker remarked
that he could see well enough to in
stantly call his own shots at the 800
yard target Kelvin Henness in
stantly took him up and they made a
bet on it. Booker picked up a rifle,
fired, and called out miss" He
fired again and called, miss"
Here" interrupted Henness, "You
amt trying to hit the target at ALL"
"Of course not" retorted Booker.
"I'm winning that bet"
A young fellow said, "If | could"
Then he stopped for moment and
stould.
II affirm by my soul
Could afford to buy coul
| wouldn't be here saving would"
FRANK COMPTON
A weak but ingenious young guy
Was induced to believe he could fluy,
So he built machine
That required gasoline
Well, he found it quick way to duy.
FRANCIS DECKER
There was young man with squint,
Who couldn't be moved with a hunt,
So he stayed, and he stayed
Till her pa made a raid
And now he is plastered with luint.
CLAUDE KNIGHT
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CHEERFUL CHIRPS
(By "DEL.")

Mostly those intervals
along and is grabbed off.
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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORA-
TION OF CALIFORNIA CARBON
COMPANY.
The Coconino sun., 1926-03-26

"Not unless you are some marvel
Gus runner" said Tom. "It left five
minutes ago"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-24
BREAD()N SAYS
H()RNISBY TRADE
Was GOOD One

ST. LOUIS, Dec 23 tF9.-Defending
his trade of Manager Rogers Horns
by to the New York Giants, Sam
Breadon, president of the worlds
champion st. Louis Cardinals, said
today he would have been gambling
with the clubs financial future il he
acceded to Hornsbys demands for
three-year contract at $4,000 a year
"Hornsby had bad playing sea
son last year." he said. ''We were
willing to pay him $4,000 for next
season. Our winning the champions
ship will guarantee us good crowds
in 1927. We could afford to take q
year to look Hornsby over anG see il
he was worth 100000 as player
and $4,000 additional as manager
"But what about 1928 and 1929 :?
Could / pledge our 400 stockholders
to pay $4,000 each Of these two
years to Hornsby, when he might be
finished as player and failure as
a manager?"