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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-06
Enforcement of Law Officers of Cochise County Con-
tnue Investigation Into Great Crime Trust Sus-
pected of Having Headquarters at Keton, and
Tentacles Extending Over Entire Southwest
DENOUEMENT PROMISED MONDAY
Understood That Dolores "Queen of Robber Gang That
Shot Sheriff Near WinslOw Has Incrimnated Others
Besides The Two Taken With Her in Northern
Part of State; Arrests Expected

Linking the shooting of a northern
Arizona sheriff, the babbling of
little robber girl and the finding at
Kelton in the valley north of Douglas
of thousands of dollars worth of
stolen property, officers said last
night that the case when it is finally
unraveled, will involve four states
in recovery of stolen goods and the
solving of robberies. A final gather
ing of officers and summoning of
legal strength went on in the county
last night following the third day of
the Investigation and the Dispatch
was promised that over the week.
end dramatic climax will be brought
about in the arrest of those impl-
Gated in the holding Of the stolen
goods.
Invoking silence from his deputies
and from those representatives of
other departments that are working
with him, Sheriff George r. Hen
shaw of Cochise county continued
yesterday the investigation into the
great crime trust with headquarters
at Kelton in valley north Of Douglas.
Officers refused last night to talk
for publication more than to say that
the findings of the third day of the
probe indicate that four states will
eventually be connected through tho
recovery at Kelton of stolen goods
from robberies.
Douglas sheriffs deputies returned
frem the renewed search for hidden
loot late last night and loaded
closed car with valuables recovered
on Friday, When the car was loaded
to the very top with auto tires,
cartons of dry goods and Navajo
blankets, said to have come from
robbery in Texas, the officers step
ped back and said to a representative
of the Dispatch, 'gl-his load of. stuff
is not drop in the bucket to what
we have already found and will find
before the case is closed"
While the offers realized when
they first started their work on this
case that it was big affair in
volving interstate activities of a gang
of thugs and robbers and a clever
system of hiding and disposing of
stolen goods, both County Attorney
James T. Gentry and Sheriff Hem
shaw stated late Saturday night that
the case seemed bigger and bigger
as the investigation goes forward
and more evidence and greater
amounts of stolen goods are brought
to light.
The officials protested against the
publicity being given the case, say
ing that it was hindering efforts to
uncover further finds of loot. A
statement was issued from the head
quarters in Tombstone of the county
attorney and the sheriff where they
We're in conference late Saturday
night that there was every indica-
tion that very definite and very
startling action would be taken on
Monday or Tuesday in the way of
issuing warrants charging the pos
session of stolen property
While definite information con-
cerning certain phases of the situa-
tion cannot be secured it is under
Continued on Page Three)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-06
PROHIBITION IS
STATES ISSUE,
SAYS GOVERNOR
Ritchie Advocates Right OF
Each State To Pass
On Question.

NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-P)-Plea for
settlement of prohibition question by
a return to 'the traditional American
doctrine of local government and
state determination" was voiced here
tonight by Governor Albert Richie,
democrat, Maryland. Governor Ritchie
offered his plan at the annual ban
quet of the real estate board of New
York in a speech characterized by a
denunciation of what he termed the
tendency to make law "a system of
social control, scheme to regulate per-
sonal conduct and practice.
Advocates of this new era "are in
tolerant of the orderly processes of
government and of the opinions of
Others, the governor charged. He
added that if they cannot get what
they want from the states, they would
take all power away from the states
and give it to the federal government" 3"
He termed the new trend "a spirit of
excessive federalism and expressed
the belief that it is fast destroying
the American system of sovereign
states in a sovereign nation. In sup
port of this contention, the governor
pointed to efforts to pass federal
child labor law and establish a fed
eral department of education, two sub
jects which he declared belong funda-
mentally to the states.
II believe in the right of each state
to settle in it's own way questions
which intimately concern it's people,
it's peace, it's order, it's morals and it's
customs" said the governor. Prohibi-
tion is such question and there is
grave danger in ignoring the fact that
"the urban element is against Volstead-
ism," he added.
'Why intensity the conflict between
the rural and the urban?" the COVER
nor asked. "The south and west are
rich in achievement and richer still in
promise If they want prohibition they
are entitled to have it, but why sub
merge the infinity of problems that
confront them in futile struggle, to
enforce prohibition in states which do
not want it."
Impelling forces in any real party
promise come from the bottom, ac-
cording to the governor, who asserted
that "last falls elections give us en-
couragement to believe that political
hypocricy, political cowardice and
political buncpmbe are coming to be
no longer political assets" He added
that the strong common sense and
instinct for reality which are strik-
ing American characteristics are again
making themselves felt in American
politics..
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-06
BREAK RECORD
IN ADOPTING.
LEGISLATION
Tax Anticipation Bill APP
proved; S5OO,O0O State
Warrants Out.
DELINQUENT
Senator Favour Says I'm
paid Taxes Since 1921
Are $4,l2O,516.

PHOENIX, Feb. (R)A-On what
ordinarily is comparatively dull
cay in legislative circIes-Saturday-
the state legislature today evinced a
burst Of energy and engaged in more
business that it has on any one day
since the session started, January 10.
Final action was taken on ten
measures in the senate and on four
i the house, the former passing the
state treasurer's tax anticipation
bill by vote of II to 1. Several
days ago J. c.. Callaghan, state
treasurer, made known the exigencies
of the financial situation and re-
quested action
Since December % Callaghan has
registered state warrants totaling
nearly $500,O00 and early sale Of the
tax anticipation bonds, which have
an assured market will provide him
with ready cash. although he ex-
pressed doubt today that the state
would find itself on a strictly cash
basis again this fiscal year
When the bill was called for tnird
reading, Senator Favour, Yavapa.,
said that the total of delinquent
taxes since 1921 is $4,12O,516, OF
WAAISn P1s11U,Ot 4 As OQS Lie SIdL0.
1--WE know that in passing this bill
we are merely letting our feet slide
into the path of least resistance"
said the senator from Yavapai ''Ir
we are ever to get this state on to
a sound financial basis, we must
dig down deeper into basic condi-
tions.''
The ways and means committee
proposing to turn over collections OF
delinquent taxes to special counsel
OH contingent fee basis, and it ie
known that another bin VIII be
brought before this session propos-
ing to synchronize the fiscal and the
calendar years. Appropriations,
thereby would coincide with the re-
ceipt of taxes.
On the house side the appropria-
tions committee reported favorabHy
Representative Murphy's bill to ap-
propriate 100000 for the creation of
state comptroller's department,
vested with the powers of finance
now exercised by the governor as
ex-officio chairman of the board of
directors of state institutions and of
the state loan commission. A brace
of bills which were not intended
seriously in the words of one of the
introducers made its appearance IN
the senate today under the names
Of Bettwy, Santa Cruz; Kinney, ella;
Jones, Maricopa, and Kimball, Gra-
ham, proposing 10 per cent cut in
the salaries of all state Officers and
employees both appointive and cleo
tive receiving more than $1,500 a
year and not already fixed by the
state constitution. The bills, it was
Continued on Page TGree)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-06
The Day In Washington

The army supply p;;I passed
the senate.
The legislative supply bill was
debated in the house.
The senate failed to reach a
vote on the radio control bill.
%
President Coolidge recon-
mended American participation in
the Geneva economic conference.
Consideration of the McNary-
Haugen farm bill was deferred
in the senate,
Secretary Kellogg proposed
that Chinese armies agree to
keep out of the international
settlement at Shanghai.
The revised alien property bill,
reported to tho senate, provided
for payment of $43,54S, $50 to Ger
many for seized ships.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-06
Mexican Newspapers
Resume Old olicy OF
Lampooning Uncle Sam

MEXICO CITY, Feb. R).-The
chief Mexican newspapers, which re-
Gently have maintained editorial ST.
lence concerning the international
situation after a period during which
almost daily they attacked the Latin
American policy of the United States,
today resumed their criticism.
Excelsior spoke of "Uncle Shylock'
bleeding the remainder of an I'M
poverished world for his pound of
flesh and menacing Latin-Ameriea
with his inhuman dollar doctrine that
might makes right
Ell Universal said that it cannot
accept "the reasoning of North
American Imperialism that Latin
American should be grateful when
the United States could do so if II
desired. The paper also declared
that there was no reason that Latin
America should be grateful for the
United States investments in the
material development of Latin
America and refused to concede that
these investments were made for
charity, instead merely increasing
the imperialistic policy
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-06
ROBBERIES FROM A STATES ARE UNCOVERED
Legislature Passes IA Bills Saturday
Two Killed in Natural
Gas Explosion in Ohio
Church; Loss $3.50, 900

TOLEDO, Ohio, Feb. B.-
Natural gas was, responsible for
an explosion which wrecked the
interior of old First Congrega-
tiOnal church here today, killing
two persons and seriously fnjur-
ing third and causing $15O,OOO
DANCES, Coroner Charles j. Henz-
Ter and fire officials said tonight.
The dead are Mrs. Katherine
Wilt, 36, caretaker of the church
building, and Clyde HI. Wilt, 40,
her husband, who accompanied
her to the church before going
to work.
Mrs. Mary Fitzgerald. 33, sister
-in-law of Mrs. Wilt, who had
gone to assist her in preparing
the building for the Sunday serv-
ice, is i'm hospital with serious
burns.
Reports that explosives plantel
i'm the church building caused the
blast were secuted by Henzler.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-06
River Commissioners
Hope F or Agreement
With Calf, Nevada

PHOENIX, Feb. 5 (P).-A hope that
. treaty acceptable to Arizona viii
be arrived at by the tri-1ate river
conference which reconvenes in Los
Angeles Monday was expressed by
members of the Arizona Colorado
river commission here today before
their departure for the coast.
Principal differences to be settled
before an agreement between Cali
fornia Arizona and Nevada can be
reached relate to the amount of power
revenue to be paid to Arizona ror
power development on the river at
dam sites wholly or partially in Ari-
zona and to Nevada for dam sites
partially in that state and the ques-
tion of water division.
TT. S. McCluskey, Thomas Maddox
and John Gunter are members of tho
Arizona commission. Only McClus-
key and Maddox will attend the
conference, which adjourned on jan
uary 26 after a futile effort to arbi-
trate the differences of the three
states.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-06
Capt. Hubert Wilkins Renews
Quest of Polar Regions Both
By Air Planes and Ice SLedges

DETROIT, Feb. (P).-Prepared
for an expedition Of few weeks of
airplane flights or two to three years
mishap to the planes, Captain George
Hubert wilkins left here today on
his second quest for land and fur
ther knowledge of the 100000 uneN-
plored square miles north of Alaska.
The explorer commanding the De-.
troit News Wilkins arctic expedition,
was accompanied only by A. M
Smith, staff correspondent of the
Detroit News. Most of his person
mel planned to meet him at Seattle.
There were no formalities at Ills
leave taking.
Captain Wilkins and his party ex-
pect to reach Fairbanks, Alaska, on
Tuesday, February %, going by way
of Seattle, Wash, and Seward, Alas
ka.
At Seattle he will be joined by
Carl B. Eileson, chief pilot; Howard
Mason, radio operator; Orval Fl. Por-
ter, mechanic and an assistant radio
operator
The two Detroit-made airp1anes
with which Captain wilkins plans
to make his flights into the Arctic
"blind spot already are en- route to
Seattle for trans-shipment to Fair
banks. Alger Graham, of Detroit,
chosen as second pilot of the ex-
pedition, will leave here next week
in time to receive the planes at
Seattle. A second mechanic is to be
engaged at Fairbanks when the first
real test of the planes will come IN
the flight over the Brooks range to
Point Barrow 900 miles north.
third plane, one of the large
Fokkers used by Captain Wilkins IN
his explorations last year, is at
Fairbanks and will also be taken
to Point Barrow. Tt is planned to
have all three planes take off to-
gether for the flight over the noun
tains. To get over the Brooks range,
Captain wilkins said. the planes win
have to reach an elevation of 10000
feet and forced landing in the
mountains would mean long hike
for the fliers.
One of the smaller Detroit planes,
said to be easier to maneuver ana
land on ice, will be used by Captain
wilkins and Ellison on the flights
600 miles out over the polar basin.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-06

The explorer plans to make landings
on ice, take soundings of ocean
depths, and thus determine the like-
lihood of the existence of land near
by and it's probable direction. De-
termination of the direction of polar
ocean currents in another important
objective of the expedition.
ITO make these observat Rns," said
Captain wilkins, 'it will be neces-
sary to land on the ice. We will
take chances of making safe land
ing and take-off. After we get our
observations such operations, of
course, are exceedingly precarious
Consequently, we are going fully
prepared TO foot it out, go with the
ice flow across the polar area, to
Siberia or wherever we can strike
land and live chiefly on the game
we can find on the way.
'"The two planes left at Point Bar
row will be prepared to bring aid to
us in case we can keep our radio
sending outfit in operation" Captain
Wilkins said 1T would be utterly
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-06

foolish, however, for a relief party to
take out if we are unable to radio
cur position.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-06
RABBITS, BEAVERS, DEBTS, DOGS
HEARD IN SENATE MONOLOGUES

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the highway DEPART
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-06
Policeman Beaten By
Tall Woman, Short Man

Patrolman Sam Hayhurst, who but
recently accepted a position on the
local police force, was beaten up
last night by a tall woman dressed
in white and a short man, identity
unknown.
Hayhurst was taken to the c. and
A. hospital where his wounds were
dressed. 1t was stated at the hos
pital that he was not dangerously
injured.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-06
FOUR DROWNED

CHESTER, Pa, Feb. 5.-@--Four
persons were drowned tonight when
their closed motor car skidded across
the docks here and plunged into the
the Delaware river.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-20
JUAN SACASA OF
NICARAGUA ASK
u. S. FRIENDSHIP

PUERTO CABEzAS, Nicaragua, Jan.
19.-(R)-Dr. Juan Bautista Sacasa, lib
eral president, told staff correspond
ent of the Associated Press i'm an in
terview here today that Nicaragua
needs and desires "a friendly and just
alliance with and the cooperation of
the. United States, but cannot agree
to "tutelage" with injury to her dig
nifty and sovereignty.
The liberal chief, whose government,
recognized by Mexico, is opposing the
Diaz conservative regime at Managua,
which has American recognition, ex-
pressed confidence of being able to
carry his fight to a successful conclu-
sion. He also denied again that the
liberals have pact with Mexico or
have received military aid from the
government.
Together with my cabinet" he said,
Il am in perfect accord that the United
States offers Nicaragua and the other
Latin American nations greater COM
mercial advantages than Mexico or any
other nation.
1--WE wish a frank and dignified un-
derstanding between Nicaragua and
the United States-an understanding
between the greater commercial and
financial interests of the two sover-
eign entities.
1--WE do not wish offenses which, un-
der the pretext of defending Ameri-
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-20
SOLICITORS IN "Y' FINANCE
CAMP PAICN THEMSEL YES PLEDGE
l0PER CENT OF NEEDED funds

what / deem fundamental and vital
matters affecting the university that
feel my usefulness there is at an
end "A house divided against itself
cannot stand 1 am convinced that
can make no better contribution to-
ward remedy than to withdraw from
the board. This will give you the op-
portunity of appointing some we'll
qualified citizen in my stead who may
be able to adjust himself to the situa-
ton"
President Marvin's statement fol-
lows:
Recent changes in the personnel of
the board of regents of the University
of Arizona obviously establish a board
which will be unsympathetic to the
plans of the administration which L
feel are vital and render untenable
the position of any president who ac-
cepts seriously the responsibilities Of
his position.
80 I am rendering my resignation
today, to become effective at the next
meeting Of the board.
II take this opportunity to thank
the many friends OF the university who
have so cordially and Loyalty cooper
ated with me during the past four and
one-haf years to bring the university
to the place it now holds, and to thank
the large majority of the faculty for
the enthusiastic and energetic cooper
alton which accounts in a large meas
ure for the advance made in the pro-
gram of the university during this
period"
Corrigan's term would not have ex-
pired for six years. That of Ellinwood
would have expired in 1929, and that
of Judge Campbell in 1928. The re-
naming members of the board are c.
M. Layton, Roy kirkpatrick, Mrs.
Marsh, the governor and c. o. Case,
superintendent of public instruction in
Governor Hunt and Superin-
tendent Case are ex-officio members.
President Marvin and the entire fac
ulty of the university were appointed
last August Z by the board of regents.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-20
Fight STARTED.
TO BAR Smith
FROM SENATE.

~ 2'serTer ~ 4 T 3
WASHINGTON. Jam 19.-R-With
few of4them doubling that the answer
would be- in the. negative, senator's to-
day debated for five. and a half hours
whether Frank L. Smith of Illinois
shall even temporarily have seat.
among them and then deferred vote
until tomorrow.
Inpffieials polls made late in the
day by some leaders showed 46 sena-
tors mostly democrats and republican
insurgents, @ against seating Smith
pending an investigation Of his case,
and 3 S9. senators, including three demo-
Gratis and the republican old guard, for
administering the oath of office i'm
mediately and investigating him after
wards The polls took into account 10
senators who are expected to be
paired.
This lineup was closer than had
been expected before Smith arrived
here yesterday bearing credentials of
appointment by Governor Len Small
as the successor to the late Senator
William B. Mckinley. 1t was claimed
that the majority against seating him
after the investigation would be much
larger.
Entering the chamber somb time
before the session started the senator
designate was conducted to his place
by Senator Deneen, republican, Hi
nois who opened the fight to have his
credentials accepted and the oath i'm
mediately administered.
Leading the group of senators in
opposition stood Senator Reed, demo-
crat, Missouri. who Smith faced across
the narrow strip Of table at Chicago
last July to assume full responsibility
for the acceptance by the managers
of his senatorial primary campaign of
S15O,OOO from operators of public utili-
ties over which the commerce commis-
sion had control. The acceptance of
these contributions form the basis not
only of the effort now being made to
prevent Smith from taking a seat, but
of a renewed effort that will be made
if he presents his credentials at the
next session Of congress to which he
was elected last November after the
disclosures before the Reed committees
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-20

mission of so much per name.
Representative Wiseners bill rclat-
ing to letters of administration and
repeating the present law giving pref
erence to men over women, with the
further provision that relatives of the
whole blood are given preference over
those of half blood, was approved by
the committee of the whole and passed
by the house.
Senator Joyner of Pima, by request,
introduced a measure to provide for
the sanitation of foodstuffs entering
Arizona from Mexico. 1t proposes to
create two new assistant superintend-
ents of public health, on eto be sta
toned at Nogales and the other at
Douglas. The measure was character
lied as a reciprocity move on the part
OF Arizona toward Mexico.
Governor Hunt transmitted to both
houses copies of six resolutions adopt
ed by the transportation brotherhoods
IF Arizona, asking the enactment of a
bank guarantee law and pure food
law, retirement and pensioning of fire
department members, increased sal
aries for certain state officials and
prison ldpor OH nlSHWdyS, Sldte quar-
ries and the proposed state cement
plant, with the following qualifica-
.tions:
But prisoners shall not be permitted
to come into competition with free
labor in the handling of or use of any
of the materials so produced and such
prison labor shall never be contracted
out Or placed under the control of any
contractor or employer"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-20

veterans to obtain loans either from
the banks or the government at the
same interest rate-6 per cent. Money
for the insurance certificates already
has been appropriated up to their
present value and this could be used,
he said, to make the loans. only a
small additional appropriation to meet
the cost of increased administrative
work would be required.
General Hines told the president
that banks in every state were now
loaning on the insurance certificates
and that about 1900 loans with a
value of $1,643 900 had been made.
The three million certificates now
had total loan value Of
$215,000,000 on January /, and this, will
increase, it is estimated, to g total
value of $S41, 100000 by next Janu-
airy l.
Administration leaders in congress
have been awaiting the word of ap-
proval given today at the White House
before taking UP several bills propos-
in gthat the government be permitted
to make the loans.