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Evening star., 1926-03-11
RIVER BED DROPS
into HUGE CRATER
Bottom Fell Out of Earth"
Says Dazed Observer of
Phenomenon.
By the Associated Press.

~AoCONAos%A
SHARON SPRINGS, Kan, March
n.-A crater. formed suddenly in
the bed of the Smoky River near
here, continued to enlarge all night
and today it had grown to a diameter
Of 300 feet and to a depth estimated
at 500 feet. Persons who rushed to
the scene could not account for the
phenomenon.
The bed Of the river was dry when
the hole appeared, but today about 25
feet Of water stood at the bottom of
the crater, apparently having come
from subterranean streams. At first
the hole looked like large well, with
it's sides almost perpendicular. Later,
however. the surrounding ground be-
gan to sink slowly and some of the
dirt dropped in from the sides, until
this morning it was shaped something
like a funnel
1.-The bottom just fell out of the
earth," was the way one man, who
lived nearby, described it. "The first
we knew about it was when dense
cloud of smoke was seen over the To-
cality. Apparently the occurrence
was local in nature, as there was no
earthquake"
Level prairie land surrounds the
place. There are no mines or oil or
gas wells in this locality to which the
occurrence could be attributed. 1.-THE
cloud Of smoke" which was seen over
the region, had disappeared today.
1t is believed to have been composed
mostly of dust, which was stirred up
earth formation here is mostly sandy
loam.
Old settlers in this locality recalled
today that, in the early days, there
was a hole in the ground near or at
the place where the crater now is
forming, and that it had been filed
up by the washings of the river.
Evening star., 1926-03-11
SENATE TOPRObE
TARIFF BOARD
Will Inquire if Officials Have
Influenced Actions of
Members.
By the Associated Press.

~ ei'C hSSOIidtCo 1ICss.
Investigation of the Tariff Commits
sion by a special committee was or
dered today by the Senate.
At the insistence OF Senator Nor.
ris. Republican, Nebraska, the scope
of the inquiry was broadened so that
the committee will delve into the
question of whether any attempt has
been made by Government officials
or others to influence the official
action of any members Of the COM
mission.
The resolution offered by Senator
Robinson of Arkansas, the Demo
cratic leader, went through without
record vote. The amendment to
broaden it would encompass the in
quiry into charges of presidential in
reference with the commission led
to fight, but was approved, 3S to 80.
The special committee will be ap-
pointed by Vice President Dawes, and
will consist of five Senators-two
regular Republicans, two Democrats
and one Republican insurgent.
Evening star., 1926-03-11
COUPLE ARE ACCUSED
OF PLOTTING MURDER
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, March 11.-Mrs.
Olive Bowers, 3S years old. is under
technical arrest, and Elmer M.
Archer, 81, of Santa Monica, is in
Jail on charges of plotting to poison
Mrs. Bowers husband, w. HI. Bow
ers. 6S, attorney and banker of Saw
telle. a suburb of Los Angeles.
Archer is said to have confessed to
police that he bought poison which
he gave Mrs. Bowers to administer
to her husband and to have declared
his love for Mrs. Bowers. Mrs. Bow
ers. however, declared she never in
tended to poison her husband, that
she destroyed the poison as soon as
she received it, and that she was
"iust kidding Archer along"
Discovery Of the alleged plot came
when two women overheard con-
versation between Archer and Mrs.
Bowers on a two-party telephone line
and reported it to the pastor of the
church where Bowers is a Sunday
school teacher. Archer is a clerk in
the Sawtelle Bank, of which Bowers
is attorney and director. Mrs. Bow
ers' brother, Judge Warren II. Orr,
of Carthage, ILL.,, was notified and is
now en- route here.
Evening star., 1926-03-11
BRAND Looked Upon as Only
One Capable of Saving In
ternational Body.
ADMISSION OF GERMANY
O.K.'D BY SUBCOMMITTEE
Brazilian Envoy Creates Fears by
Late Appearance at Important
Session.

GENEVA, March 11.-Members Of
the council of the League of Nations
went into a secret, unofficial session
late this afternoon to resume the ne
gotiations on the problem OF recon
structing the council and of Ger
manys election to permanent seat
which broke up sensationally last
night. Premier BRAND replaced NJ.
Paul Boncour as the French repre-
sentative.
The secret meeting followed a brief
public session under the presidency
of Viscount Ishii of Japan. The pub
lie meeting was delayed by the failure
of Afranio Mello Franco, the Brazil
ian representative. to appear. he be-
ing the only absentee. In view OF the
critical situation caused by Brazlls
attitude toward the council problem.
the public began to wonder whether
his absence was premeditated.
The council began its public pro-
Gee dings after waiting nearly hair an
hour for Senior Franco. He appeared
later. explaining that he had been de-
layed by important consultations.
For German Admission.
The outstanding development this
forenoon was the unanimous adop-
ton by the assembly's full political
committee of the subcommittee's re-
port recommending Germany's ad-
mission to the league.
Premier BRAND arrived at 9:l5 am
and Immediately conferred with NJ. Paul
Boncour and Louis Loucheur of the
French delegation, who described for
him the development of the council
controversy since his departure for
Paris to adjust the French ministerial
crisis.
In adopting the subcommittee re-
port. the assemblys political COM
mittee smashed precedent by re-
nouncing the right to convoke repre-
sentatives of the German delegation
to give information concerning Ger
many's international status and hef
desire sincerely to conform with her
international engagements.
Complications Avoided.
Remuneration of this privilege pre-
vented further complication OF the
delicate situation, as 1t was realized
that the German leaders. in view OF
the uncertainty over the council mem
berShlp question. HllSHt wen oeoiA,ie I"
send delegates before the committee:
The fact that Premier BRAND
abandoned Paris at such an impor-
tant moment in French political life
WAS taken as an indication of how Sc
rious the international situation had
become in Geneva, for today opened
with the League of Nations in peril
and the entire Locarno policy of
European reconciliation jeopardized.
Last night NJ. Paul Boncourt said
Evening star., 1926-03-11
BRIDE DIES REFUSING
TO NAME ASSAILANT
Husband of Two Days, Held on
Suspicion, Faints When He
Sees Body.
By the Associated Press.

MULLENS. w. Va, March IL
Mrs. Tom Nicolloff, Is, declining to
the very end to divulge the name of
the person who last Saturday struck
down herself and her mother with a
sledge hammer in their home here,
died Tuesday. %The mother succumbed
soon after the attack.
Tom Nicolloff. SO, the girls husband
Of two days, has been under arrest
since Saturday, but steadfastly denied
any knowledge of the crime. Threats
against Nicolloff in this region, State
police said, led them to the decision
to remove the man to the Wyoming
County Jail at Pineville today.
Nicolloff tainted when he saw the
body of his bride on a hospital cot
and doctors who attended him said
there was no doubt as to the sincerity
of the faint.
State police and county authorities
continued to investigate every clue in
connection with the double crime.
Evening star., 1926-03-11
King Guest of U. S. Envoy.

SOFIA, Bulgaria, March II @.-
King Boris set precedent in his
social relations with representatives
of the great powers when he was
guest for the first time at dinner at
the American legation Tuesday night
He was accompanied by his sister,
Princess Eudoxie. The King con-
versed in French with the American
Minister, Charles S. Wilson, and his
sister proved herself fluent in Eng
uSh
Evening star., 1926-03-11
Professional Faster Chucks His Job
When Manager Eats Up All Profits

owner saw his guests come in hun
dreds to satisfy their stimulated appe-
tites. Erik's manager pocketed
nearly $4,000 in a week while Erik
got nothing but soda water and
cigarettes.
Every day Erik urged his manager
to bring a lawyer to draw up a fifty
fifty" contract. but the manager was
too busy having a good time in ex-
pensivc restaurants on the gate re-
ceipts. Finally he came, resplendent
in new clothes, looking fat and pros
porous. Erik threatened to break the
glass unless the locks were opened.
When he got out Erik staggered to
the nearest table and ordered his first
meal in a week on the strength Of
20 marks, which was all the manager
surrendered, and Berlin's sensation
vas over.
(CopyciEht. 1926. by Chicago Daily News CO..
Evening star., 1926-03-11
ADVERSE REPORT
OHM 'CAMANT SURE
Judiciary Committee Stands
8 to 3 Against Judge, 0p-
posed by Johnson.

By the Associated Press.
An adverse report on President
Coolidge's nomination of Wallace Nc
Camant of Oregon as a judge of the
Ninth Circuit Court was made certain
today.
An official poll, with IL of the 16
members voting, stood s to 8, with at
least two others certain to vote for
rejection.
Those recorded against the nom
ination are Chairman Cummins and
Senator Borah, Republicans. and
Neely, Walsh, Reed of Missouri. Over
man, Ashurst and Caraway, Demo
Gratis. Those favoring McCamant were
Senators Deneen, Golf and Ernst, all
Republicans.
Five members of the committee
we're absent, and 1t was agreed that
they should he polled before a report
on the nomination was returned to
The Senate. Chairman Cummins hopes
to complete the poll within a day or
two.
President Coolidge had heen advised
previously that the nomination would
not be approved, but he elected to let
it remain before the Senate.
johnson LeduS Fight.
The fight on Judge McCamant, now
holding a recess appointment, has been
led by Senator Johnson, Republican,
California. on the ground that Nc
Camant violated a primary election
pledge in failing to vote for Johnson
in the 1920 Republican national con-
vention. The jurist nominated Presi-
dent Coolidge for Vice President at
that gathering.
McCamant's case has furnished
the vehicle for an unusual procedure
in the Senate. The judiciary com
mittee once favorably reported his
nomination over the protest of SEN
ator Johnson, who then took his fight
to the floor.
Although launching out single
handed, Senator Johnson soon won
over a majority of the Senate with
his charge that the oregon jurist
had violated his pledge to support
the winner in the presidential pri-
mary.
Sensing the growing sentiment
against the man who overturned
plans of Republican leaders in 1920
to make Senator Lenroot, Repub-
ICo,+;p,ad op poco z Column 5l
Evening star., 1926-03-11
IRISH HAPPY THAT U. S.
LIFTED SHAMROCK BAN
Jreland's National Emblem Can Be
Imported Despite War OH
Plant Disease.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the AsSOcidteu IIcss'
DUBLIN, March 11.--Ireland is re-
ioicing in the knowledge that the be-
loved Shamrock in not forbidden
entry into the United States.
Many Persons who previoucly sent
the national emblem to friends and
relatives in the United States as st.
Patrick's day token We're under the
impression that American regulations
had stopped the importation Of the
shamrock because of the danger or
plant disease. Inquiries at the
American consulate-gereral, however,
revealed that shamrock could be sent
-. .he United states without restric-
tIon If the soil was enirely removed
and the roots washed, or if the leaves
were cut and placed in moist moss or
other preservatives.
Indications are that many Irish in
America this year will wear the real
shamrock on March II instead of the
imitation green silk badge generally
used as a substitute.
Evening star., 1926-03-11
GIVES SOVIET WARNING.
Zinovieff Says Activities in All
Countries Will Continue.

MOSCOW, March IL R).-In the
course of a long speech, NJ. Zinovieff,
president of the Third International,
told that body that the work of the
organization in all countries would
continue unabated, largely by clan
destine methods demanding a great
number Of victims"
Special attention would be given to
America and Great Britain, which the
International had placed at the head
Of it's propaganda list.
1.-THE American Government is
against recognition of Soviet Russia, "
he said, "but as far as 1 know the
Russian cabinet will quietly and con-
fidently await recognition, which will
and must come"
Evening star., 1926-03-11
DEER HERD HALTS TRAIN.
500 Animals Take Up Position on
Tracks in Colorado.

DENVER, Colo, March II R.-
Days when great herds of buffalo
halted trains crossing the Western
plains found an echo here when State
Game Commissioner Parvin reported
that a herd of 500 deer last week held
UP a Denver and Salt Lake train
near Hot Sulphur Springs, Colo.
The herd settled down comfortably
on the tracks and the train crew was
forced to stop the train and chase
the animals off the roadbed, Parvin
said.
Heavy SHOWS have driven herds OF
deer from the higher ranges and
many reports have come to the COM
missioners office of deer raiding farm
er's haystacks.
Evening star., 1926-03-11
HOUSE HEADS AGREE
TO SHOALS MEASURE
Concur in Amendments to Reso-
luton With Demand for Safe
guard for Nitrate Production.

BY the Associated Press
House leaders today agreed to ac-
cept the Senate amendments to the
Muscle Shoals resolution with the
added provision that no lease be ac'
cepted that does not guarantee and
safeguard the production of nitrates
and other fertilizers.
The resolution as approved by the
Senate and as agreed upon by the
House leaders today requires the COM
mission proposed to negotiate for
lease or leases of the Government
properties at Muscle Shoals, Ala. and
to report back to Congress by April 26.
Evening star., 1926-03-11
Marshall Jury Obtained.

PHILADELPHIA, March IL R.-
The selection of a jury to try David l..
Marshall, charged with killinf Miss
Anna May Dietrich, and dismember-
ing her body, was completed at 11:25
am. today. after 146 talesman had
been examined for jury duty. -
Evening star., 1926-03-11
Ransom of $4,000
Paid for Release
OF Wealthy Cuban
By the Associated Press.

HAVANA, March 11.-A ram
som of $4,000 has been paid for
the release of Col. Enrique Pima,
wealthy planter. captured by ban
dts last week in the province of
Camaguey. and it is expected he
will be liberated by Saturday.
Reports say that Pima twice be-
fore has been held for ransom by
bandits. presumably the same
group now holding him.
Evening star., 1926-03-11
Elections Are Planned.

BUCHAREST, March IL H).-The
Government is understood to have
decided to dissolve Parliament on
March q. The Bratiano ministry will
retire April 6, and the parliamentary
elections will be held early in June.
Evening star., 1926-03-11
Epidemic in Austria.

LINZ, Upper Austria, March IL CP)
An Influenza epidemic of alarming
proportions has developed here. The
schools have been closed. A large
number of soldiers have the disease.
Evening star., 1926-03-11
'sFrOns Press to Home
Within the Hour

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
ton is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star., 1926-03-11

CONTINUED on Page 8, Column 81
Evening star., 1926-03-11

Light snow or rain tonight and to-
morrow slightly colder tonight, mini
mum temperature about % degrees.
Highest, 81, at $3.50 pm. yesterday;
lowest, 80, at noon today.
Full report on page 8.
Evening star., 1926-03-11

Continued on Page 8, Column So
Evening star., 1926-03-11

Continued on Page 4, Column q
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-03
THE DOUGLAS OF 1926

coming public utilities of this passed
that of the Ari-
which made smoothly that
marks
particularly of utilities ownership and
operation may the
eompanys operation of the utilities of this
1903
lighting Douglas
the change ownership
utilities
together with
he growth the adjacent
Phelps Dodge corporation
reodeng smeter here will be
shortly
remodeng it de-
installed rather than the i'm
work
completion the With the
Douglas takes added
year
Local months of 1925
previous year at a
premium the pulse Of
public building
the constantly
increasing growth consistently adding
families taking their residence
shortly effect in
O
experiencing steady increase
in 1926 and als we'll,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-03
GOOD TIMES AHEAD
(Bisbee Review

the in
aonhed at the high class musical
in woody general
it
Douglass highway between a
source Of wondermont him.
should dispeled will it,
crted advertising besides the
scenery
eventually
Jersey
Arizona New Mexico that
travel without
ridiculous Arizona still exists minds
advertising data
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-03
WITH EDITORS
COPPER AND AGRIcULTURE
(Arizona Republican,

The Republican
yesterday touching upon Walter Douglas
and the other by Senator Cappe
the benefits of protection
the former incidentally pointed out
remedy the depression
which exists in industry n
Of and likely to be- promises
African mines
which nomnay taxed
tariff argu-
need the protection of the
The
manufacturing and nearly all those other
protection specially designed
Improbable they
They nothing absence profits
and the agricultural in
ake-they mine less
running operations The
cannot his fields idle.
of this country need
they
produced by the cheap
performed which
be subjected.
the American standard Of
is upheld by
lection nothing to
afforded industries it, long they
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-03
RADIO PROGRAM

chestra, Bill Hennessy and Shat Nit
ltendArf, director; Dick Barton, solo
ist
KFON-Long Beach, Calf. (2S2.D,
$3.50 p. m organ recital, Brayton's
theatre; SO, service, First Church Of
Christ, Scientist.
KFWB-Hollywood Calf, (252),
ell D. M, Warner Brothers movie
frolic, California Blue Boys; Emma
KimmeI soprano; Peggy Mathews,
blues singers.
KGOK-Okaland, Calf, (361.2), IL
a. M. service First Presbyterian
church Rev. William Kirk Guthrie,
minister; $3.50 p. M, KGO Little Sym
phony orchestra; Arthur S. Garbett,
interpretative writer; Margaret Lam
bert Meshberry, contralto; $50 First
Presbyterian, Rev. William Kirk.
KGW-Portland, Ore. (491.5), 1885
- noon services; 1859, services;
$40, concert, Chevrolet Little Sym
phony orchestra.
KHJ-Los Angeles (4O52), AS p.
M, musicale, Western Auto supply
company; 6:3O-7 p. M, Leighton's Ar
cade cafeteria orchestra, Jack Cron-
shaw leader; 1880, First Methodist
Episcopal church; $40, program, Mar
tin Music company; Ruth Pitts So
prano; John Martin, concert pianist
KNX-Hollywood, Calf. (3S6.9) 10
IL m., First Presbyterian church; "a
D. M, l.. A. Park board program; rs,
First Presbyterian church; SO, AM
flbassador hotel concert orchestra,
Josef Rosenfeld, director; 9-10:3O, pro
gram, Beverly Hills Nurseries, Lubov-
ski string trio.
KPO-San Francisco (4283), 9:45-
10:45 a. M, undenominational and
nom sectarian church service; What
Will the Future Be?" DIR. J. G. Muir
ray; Fawn Post Trowbridge, sopra-
no.; ida Waldrop, organist; So p M,
organ recital, Marshall W. Giselman;
6-6:3O, Waldemar Lind and the States
restaurant orchestra; 6;S5-7:S0, Pal
ace hotel concert orchestra, Cyrus
Trobbe, director; S-S:S5, Palace hotel
concert orchestra, Cyrus Trobbe, di-
rector; S:35-1O, Rudy Seiger's Fair
mont hotel orchestra.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-03
Sixteen Years Ago


Attorney Frank Doan went to Tue
son Sunday on business.
r. S. Maclay and Il. r. Thornton
were passengers to Courtland yester-
day.
Mrs. ]. S. Williams came up from
Nacozari yesterday on her way to
Los Angeles.
Arthur H. Zachau, forest supervisor
with headquarters at Paradise, passed
through yesterday on his way home
from Los Angeles.
Miss Aileen Smith returned yester-
day to Tempe Normal school after
spending the holidays at home.
Misses jerks, Pine, Schmidt, Chris
ty, Quarles and Marshall, Douglas
teachers, have returned from their
Christmas vacations.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-03
TETI'',TERS
if#EEditd.

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Some time ago there was a timely
article on the telephone borrower and
it certainly did relieve the situation
somewhat.
Just now, there is the Vacuum
cleaner borrower who is about to
drive me to drink. She is the wom-
an next door whose husband gets a
big salary. They have a big car and
many other luXuries, but can't afford
Il cleaner-not so long. as mine is
available.
l saved in every corner to be able
to buy mine. l have to keep it up
and clean it, aside from the $65
have Invested and she uses it as
much or more than l do. Besides,
she has a maid to do her cleaning
most of the time and l cannot afford
one.
1 am leaving town or never
would have had the courage for this
outbreak. But l hope that it may
be the means of lessening this form
of borrowing pest.
Thank you for the space,
NJ. A c.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-03
More Truth Than Poetry
BY JAMES J. MONTAGUE
AS TO FOOD

AS TO FOOD
New York's Health Commissioner
predicts that home cooking will soon
be a thing of the past.)
I'm not the sort of person who be-
Titles
The viands that the restaurants pur-
Vey.
These places often serve delightful
victuals-
And sometimes in a most attractive
way.
i've seen strong men grow gaunt and
lean and wasted,
Although their wives prepared their
daily food
And lots of real home cooking | have
tasted
Was not so good.
The farmer boy who newly has for
The home where every morning he
was fed
mess of soggy beans and flabby
Along with heavy slabs of doughty
bread,
Delights in city fare, and VOLTS it
madly,
The light of new born knowledge in
his eyes
And never at his dinner maunders
sadly
Of mothers pies.
But even so, the dishes set before one
Amid the flashing lights in gilded
halls,
# one eats nowhere else, eftsoons
will bore one;
Before one is aware, their flavor
pals.
And presently one falls to wishing
wishes,
And as one gazes toward the lofty
dome
One thinks with fond regret about
the dishes
One got back home.
Far be the day when folk must herd
like cattle,
Where walters move with faces gray
and grave,
Anu cHooSe, WHlle ulHHef ulSHeS CRASH
and rattle,
The food the chef believes that they
will crave.
The charm of restaurants is some
what fleeting
The choicest things they serve soon
lose their zest
And for a steady, three-meal daily
diet,
Home stuff is best.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-03
GO TO CHURCH TODAY

churches of the city joining today in move to
their schoce The
with
attending of 1926
will
but feel within himself
of cleansing purifying will greatly his
following church members them
in
be remarkable thing every
regard
uary throughout he year
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-03


the general Of public but
swollen monopoes
The has
u whether, the
application of the flexible tariff resulting
the
of the protective theory
claim, what
a n the But
which this of
equaly, honestly
benefited by higher
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-03
TOOk No Chnnces

A high building was being erected
when a workman lost his footing and
fell from the roof In his fall he
managed to grasp telegraph wire'
which still left him at a perilous
height from the ground.
Hang on for your lifev' shouted
his fellow workmen, and some of
them ran to procure a mattress on
which he could drop.
He held on for a few seconds only,
and then shouted: Stand from un-
der!" and dropped.
He was picked up senseless and
taken to a hospital. On his. recovery
he was asked why he did not hang
on longer.
'Shure," he said, Il was afraid the
wire would break. k."--Exchange
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-03
THE DOCTOR OF TOYS

This is my busiest time of year,
They want me there, they want me here
Whenever the telephone starts to ring
have to run like everythingl
I'm on the go from morn till night.
I hardly get time to eat bite.
1t takes terrible lot of glue
To do the things have to do
A setting of legs and arms and such
You wouldn't believe could do so much
Sawdust transfusions, score day,
Feet and hands that are torn away
Heads replaced, and broken necks,
Toy trains that are total wrecksI
Busted dolls, dismembered limbs,
Auto wheels with ruptured rims
Electric trains that will not go,
Operations for thus and SO, 1.
Inside out and outside in
Excuse me, there's the phone agin