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FOR RELIABLE NEWS COMPLETE assoc *ted
OF LAS VEGAS NEV PRESS' UN,TED PRE8S
OF LAS VEGAS, NEV., , AND NEA SERVICES;
GATEWAY TO BOULDER
DAM, READ THE AGE N0W A MGRNING PAPER
....— -- - -NUMBER SEVEN TYRONE
VOLUME TWENTY-FIVE ___' ~
FARM RELIEF
BILL PASSED
BY SENATE
—«r—
President Hoover Carries
Bill to Victory After Bit
ter and Prolonged Fight in
Senate.
-%■
House Cheers Passage
Signature of President to be
Affixed to Bill on Monday
Announcement o f Board
Members Expected Soon.
WASHINGTON, June 14,
(U.R)—The senate ratified the
farm relief agreement today
and the bill was ordered en
rolled immediately to permit
its being sent to the White
House before President Hoover
leaves the executive offices for
the day. The vn*e was 73 to 8.
The senate held up the meas
ure for debate during most of
the afternoon while Democrats
and independents protested it ,
would not accomplished the de
sired results. Most of them,
however, said they would vote
lcr it.
The house was kept in ses
sion whi|e the senate debate
continued. Speaker Long-worth
desired to wait until the sen
ate passed the bill so he could
sign it in the presence of the
house and exnedite its dis
patch to the White House.
The house today agreed to the (
conference report on the admin- j
istration's S500.000.000 farm relief
bill. Less than two minutes was j
used to push the measure through.
Chairman Hmuthen of the agricul- ,
tural committee moved to take'
• House Bill No. T from the speak
er’s table and agree to the confer
ence report which eliminated the
debenture plan which the senate
had been insisting upon.
Majority Leader Tilson explained
it was unnecessary to read the re- 1
pert of the house as it had been
reported before, so this formality,
was dispensed with.
Speaker Longworth then announc
ed the conference report had been ;
considered as read the tliird time,
agreed to and passed. Not a single 1
voice was raised either for or
against, it. i
The bill was sent immediately to
the senate for its consideration. It
wailed there but 10 minutes and
then was taken up by the senate 1
upon motion of Chairman McNary
with prospects that debate would be
shortened so it could be sent to the j
White House before President I
Hoover leaves his office for the day. j
He is expected to sign'it immediate- j
ly and there is a chance he may an- 1
nounce tomorrow the personnel of
the eight members of the federal \
farm board which is to take over
agricultural supervision and admin
ister a $500,000,000 federal revolving j
fund under provisions of the bill.
All known speed limits for legis- '
lation were smashed by the action
of congress. In all the history I
known to the oldest congressional j
employee, no major item of legis- j
lation has received such swift con- |
sideration.
Just before the bill was taken up j
in the senate, Senator Steck. demo
crat of Iowa, read into the record a |
protest from the corn belt commit- j
tee purporting to represent 1,000,
000 farmers, and stating the bill in I
its final form "does not manifest
the slightest effort to handle the all
important surplus question, which is j
the root of the farmers' ills.”
The farm bill delayed action tem- j
porarily on the pending senate
amendment to abolish secret ses- ,
sions, and the Borah resolution
seeking to instruct the senate fi- j
nance committee to confine tariff |
revision to rates on farm products
alone.
Applause greeted Speaker Long- j
worth’s announcement to the house
that the senate had passed the bill.
Longworth signed it at 3:55 p. m.
and returned it to the senate for
Vice President Curtis’ signature.
The bill will not, however, go to
the White House until Monday be- j
cause the senate recessed over the
week-end. The bill must be :
signed by Vice President Curtis in |
open session after it is engrossed !
on sheepskin and this cannot be j
done until Monday.
--
Unions Represented
By Welcome Group
A group of men~were chosen by
Mayor Hesse Thursday to repres
ent the labor unions of Las Vegas
in the reception of the national
officials who will arrive in this city
June 21, it has been announced.
E. L. Van Dusen, of the car
penters’ union and president of the
central labor council will represent
the carpenters' union, Reynolds A.
Putnam will represent the paint
ers, Robert Elser the plumbers.
Howard Himes the plasterers, E.
Roland Brauch the electricians and
L. O. Bates the barbers.
NEVADA—SOMEWHAT COOLER
•Weather: Nevada, fair and
somewhat cooler."
That's the verdict transmitted to
the Age late last night by the
Associaed Press.
i Two Men Get Jail
Terms for Playing
of Practical Joke
MADISON, Wis., June 14.
<U.PJ — Pardon for a practical
joke which cost them three
years In prison is sought today
from Gov. Walter J. Kohler by
Francis Dolan and Harry Full
er, Vernon county farmers.
Returning from a party
where moonshine had flowed
freely several months ago, the
two men stopped at a friend’s
home and, finding his family
absent, moved the furniture
from the house into the nearby
fields and orchards. The din
ing room table, adorned with
the carcass of a skunk, was lo
cated In a grove of trees some
distance away.
Despite the courts’ instruc
tions that the men were not
guilty of burglary if they were
not intent on crime but merely
were participating in a drunk
en frolic, a jury convicted
them.
'
Many Will Go
To Rum Trials
Las Vegas Citizens Journey
to Carson City for Con
spiracy Case Hearings to
Begin Tuesday.
-3
Many Las Vegas citizens are leav- ;
ing for Carson City this week end I
to take part in one capacity or an- j
other, in the liquor conspiracy trials
to be held there, beginning Tuesday. |
The Arizona club trial will come
first, beginning Tuesday, and in all
probability will last for two or three
days, it is believed. This case is
said to involve Jiin Ferguson, Cliff
McClellan, Bob Ingersoll and Fred
Leroy.
Following this will come the trial
of J. Fred Hesse. R. E. Lake and !
Roy Neagle.
Norman Barry, Reno attorney and |
counsel for Hesse, will be assisted
in his defense by A. W. Ham. who !
also will work with Attorney j
Charles Cantrell, lawyer for Neagle. i
Cantrell is a former deputy U. S.
attorney and Norman Barry is presi
dent of the state bar association. |
_■a,_
Jacobson Case
Close Tomorrowl
LOS ANGELEs! June 14. (U.R)— i
Final arguments in the trial of six
persons accused of causing the j
false arrest of City Councilman
Carl I. Jaccobson on a morals,
charge were continued in Superior
Judge Wilson's court today. In
dications were that the jury would
get the case sometime tomorrow.
.I . I
Police on Lookout
For Tallman Car
LOS ANGELES, June 14.—(U.R)—
The week-old search for the elusive 1
William Loren Tallman, accused
murderer of Mrs. Virginia Patty, to
day still was without a substantial
clew as to his whereabouts.
Police in various Pacific Coast
cities, engaged in running down
every lead, found only mistaken i
identifications at the end of each j
trail.
Local headquarters, believing that !
the suspected brick slayer may have i
recovered his automobile and fled
inland in it, broadcast a description
of the machine.
Officials in all cities were asked |
to watch for a 1923 Ford roadster
with the license 6-G-1093.
i ... yj\—- — —
Searchlight Man’s
Wife Is Shot
Mysteriously
SAN BERNARDINO, June 14. W.R> ,
—Mrs. Reeda Taylor. 19. bride of j
Jack Taylor, said to be with a sur- ]
veying crew near Searchlight. Ne- s
vada, was near death from bullet
wounds today while police attempt
ed to solve a mysterious shooting
at the home of her mother here.
Two men, who gave the names
of Buck and Bill Elliott, were ar
rested near the residence after j
neighbors heard two shots.
According to police, the men said j
they had attended a gay party at
the house and were on the front
lawn when the shots were fired.
They declared they ran back and
found the girl on the floor.
Mrs. Taylor suffered two serious
wounds. Because of her condition
authorities were not able to ques
tion her.
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Harris Barber Shop
Opens at New Site
The Art Harris barber shop open
ed yesterday in its new location m
the Griffith building, and Susette’s
Beauty Shoppe will open this
morning, it was announced yester
i day by Susette Lampe, proprietor.
The two shops were located at i
j the site upon which the new!
| Boulder Club is being built, on the
| north side of Fremont between j
First and second
Kip Enjoys Browsing ’Round Points
of Interest in New Home State
Trips which Kip Rhinelander has
made to Carrara, the Boulder Dam
site and other points of interest
around Las Vegas have been the
merest part of the young man's pro
gram of becoming a genuine citizen
of Las Vegas, but they serve to
show the Interest he has taken in
the country’ into which he has
come and in which he intends to
remain, it was explained yesterday
by Harmon and JSalter, attorneys
for the young man who has lived
here for months under the name of
Lou Russell, his true identity kept
faithfully secret by the few busi
ness men and friends who knew
who he was.
Choosing not to dwell upon the
widely discussed likelihood of his
filing suit here for a divorce from
his octarooh wife, and the proba
bility that she will come here from
New York to fight it, the lawyers
especially enjoyed telling of a trip
Rhinelander took to Carrara, where
he got his first look at gold mining
operations as they are carried on in
this state.
Meets Mining Characters
He met F. Ray Boggs, president
of the Gold Ace company and of
the Nevada Airlines Inc., and noted
mining men such as Briz Putnam.
‘Jim Shea and Pat McLaughlin, by
none of whom his identity was not
in the least suspected.
Rhinelander got an immense
"kick" out of his look intot he inner
workings of a Nevada boom camp
and mine, and picked up samples
of high grade to take with him as
keepsakes. He confessed a fascina
tion not only with the mining and
the activities lie has seen in Ne
vada. but with the silent desert, and
the beauties of the mountain en
vironment in which he has spent so
much of his time since he came
here in February to avoid harass
ment by newspapermen and photog
raphers.
The young man has had many
trips to the dam site, and to ;>oints
of interest around Clark county, all
of which were made with his iden
tity unknown, except to a few.
Charlie Ross, of the Nevada hotel,
who had seen Rhinelander several
times in New York, and who conse
quently knew him here since Febru
ary, faithfully kept the secret for
him, as did Mrs. John F. Miller,
who also recognized him. and many
others, according to Harmon.
“Kip is really a likeable chap,"
said Harmon, "and Las Vegas no
doubt is going to be proud to have
him as a citizen ”
Yellow Bird Has
Eventful Trip
* -
SANTANDER, Spain. June 14. (U.K
—The French monoplane Yellow
Bird completed the seventh non
stop airplane crossing of the north
Atlantic from west to east when
it landed on the beach at Comillas,
25 miles wes-t of here on the Bay
of Biscay, at 9:30 o'clock tonight
(3:30 p.m. eastern standard time.)
Pour men made the flight. They
were the plane's crew of three,
Jean Assolant, Rene Lefevre. and
Armeno Lotti, and a stowaway, Ar
thur Schreiber of Portland, Maine.
The flight from Old Orchard,
Maine, which the fliers left al
9:10 eastern standard time on
Thursday, was made in 30 hours
and 20 minutes.
Assolant made an easy landing.
The gathering darkness compelled
him to land to avoid a smashup
in a forced landing later.
The four men decided to spend
the night at Santander and con- j
tlnuc to Paris, their destination,
tomorrow-.
Their great adventure was ended
by a shortage of fuel. Head winds
encountered over the Atlantic had !
exhausted their supply as they
neared the coast of Portugal. Asso
lant was determined to go on to (
Paris and continuel along the
shore line of the Bay of Biscay
after reaching the continent, hop
ing to go as far as possible before .
landing.
Assolant had hoped to follow the;
coast as far as Bordeaux, but when
his fuel gave out, he made a safe,
landing on the beach at Comilias;
shortly after dark.
The fliers were only 450 miles
down. The tanks contained almost
from Paris when they were forced j
no gasoline. They did not dare at
tempt to make the short flight
across the Bay of Biscay to the j
Basque country in Prance.
-«*>
New Plane for
Rise at Angle
Experiments at Milwaukee
Would Adopt Helicopter
Principle; Would Use Two
Propellers.
bWILWAUKEE, Wis.. June 14. (U.R)
—An airplane employing th eprin
ciple of the helicopter and yet,
radically different from mast verti- i
cal lifting contrivances, is under |
construction here.
The device, admittedly purely an:
experiment, will be equipped with
two propellers, devoted entirely to
the job of raising the plane, in ad
dition to the usual screw type pro
peller at the nase of the craft.
The vertical lifting blades will
be located beneath each wing and
wil be driven by a Hispano-Suiza
motor in the fuselage through an
arrangement of bevelled gears.
A tryout of the strange flying
machine will be conducted in July
by Jess C. Johnson of Delray
Beach, Fla., its inventor. The ma
chine is being constructed by thej
Hamilton Metalplane Co., here.
Johnson’s plane, if it is a suc
cess, will not rise vertically but
will enable a takeoff at approxi
mately a 45 degree angle with all
three propellers spinning. Landing
also could be accomplished more
abruptly than is possible with an j
ordinary type machine.
--
GRIFFITH, POWERS TO OPEN
FOUNTAIN BY JULY 1 1
R. B. Griffith and Jimmie Powers
will open their tobacco and soft
drink stand in the corner of the
Griffith building before July 1. Grif
fith stated yesterday.
This establishment will have a
corner door and will face on Sec
ond and Fremont.
Hop Shows Progress
On Trip Over Ocean
THURSDAY:—
9:10 a. m.—Left Old Orchard,
Maine.
10:15 a. m.—Reported passing
Matinious Rock f.ight, Maine.
5::40 p. in.—S. S. WythcVillc
reported plane passing overhead,
about 850 m>Ic> east of U. S. '
coast.
7:30 p. in.—Plane advised S.
S. Rochantbeau it was changing
course to fly by way of Azores
and Portuguese coast.
11 p. m.—Plane communicated
with S. S. American Farmer.
•
FRIDAY:—
1 a. m.—Plane communicated
with S. S. King City.
6 a. in.—I/Otti's father received (
message via Azores sayng plane
Is due north of there
7 a. m.—Plane communicated
with S. S. Niagara, which is 800
miles from the Portuguese coast.
20.000 Increase
In River Flow to
Reach Here Soon
Flow of 95,100 Second Feet
Due in Few Days: Present;
Flow, Estimated at 75,000
Peak Expected This Month
A great raise in the Colorado
River is due here within the next ,
few days according to aulhorita- ‘
tive information received yesterday
by the Age and the Boulder Grand
Canyon Navigation company.
A flow of 95.100 second feet was
passing the Grand Canyon yester
day morning, it was reported. The
present flow is estimated at around
75.000 second feet . according to
Paul Swartz, of tire Navigation
company. This means that within
a few days the flow will increase
about 20,000 second feet near Las
Vegas, based upon that estimate.
Engineer Walter, of the reclama
tion bureau has estimated that
there will be a 100,000 foot flow by
June 22. which is expected to be
about the pak, according to Swartz.
The average flow for the winter
months is around 17,000, said!
Swartz, the peak in the springtime ;
usually reaching around 100,000 to j
<125,000 second feet.
The highest flow on record is
said to be 285.000. some time before
1910.
It is these exceptional flows
which endanger the Imperial val- ;
ley, and the other yalleys in the
path of the lower Colorado river,
it is pointed out, and it is the dam
age caused by these high spring
flood waters which Boulder Dam
wil avert, by holding the water im
pounded, and regulating its release
and keeping it steady.
Great Salt Lake
at Lowest Level
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. June
14.—(U.R>—Great Salt Luke has re
ceded to its lowest level since 1920.
while the salt content of the water
has been considerably increased, an
announcment by the local weather
bureau said.
The government instrument is
said to show the lake level had;
dropped to 5 feet 7 inches as com- I
pared with 6 feet 8 inches in June, j
,1920. The lowest level on record
was in 1905. when it fell four and
one half feet below the level of
June 1. this year.
The salt content is 21 per cent at
the present time, while it has been
yarying from 15 to 26 per cent dur
ing the past 25 years
Welcome Arch
Material Fund
Grows Rapidly
Structure to Be Erected at
Main and Fremont Has
Backing of Business Men,
Unions, to be Begun Today
Construction will begin today on
the big illuminated welcome sign
to be erected at Main and Fremont
for the arrival of Doctor Mead. Sec
retary Wilbur and Engineer Walter,
according to E. Roland Brauch. of
the electricians, who was appointed
by Mayer Hesse to get pledges and
collect money for the materials.
James F. Brower, engineer for J.
F. Hesse, worked out all the de
tails for the construction of the
arch and gateway and Harve Wil
son will be in charge of the actual
construction work.
The pouring of cement for the
two pillar foundations will be start
ed imediately. according to Brauch.
who states they will weigh one
and a third tons each, being four
feet square, and being rcoted a
foot below the surface. The pillars
will bo twenty feet high, the span
will be 52 feet 4 inches, and the
gates, which will be fasteenu ajar,
will be 12 feet high and 7>:. feet
wide each. There will be 18h- feet
clearance in hte middle.
Contributions have reachd $229.50
and are still coming in.
"That leaves about $150 more
which we need." said Brauch yes
terday. "And I am sure we'll have
that before long, judging by the re
sponse we've had so far.
The firms which have contributed
thus far, and the amounts are as
follows: •
J. r. Hes.sc
Hannon and Salter 10
R. B. Griffith 5
People's Store (paint) 15
J C. Penny Co. 15
Coca Cola Bottling Co. 5
Trent and Clark Motors 5
M. W. Davis 5
James Cashman 15
Overland Hotel 10
Manhattan Cafe 5
L8S Vegas Loan & J. Co. 5
Adcock & Ronnow 5
L. J. Oakes 5
J. T. Watters 5
Las Vegas Cafe 5
S. L. Friedman 2
Joplin's Cash and Carry 2.50
Ham and Taylor 10
Ward's Cash and Carry .. ... h
Mesquite Grocery 5
j. w. Oareheim Music House 5
J. T. Ullom. Hdw. i materials) 5
B. B. Tankel 5
C. D. Baker 5
Boulder Dam Townsite Co. 5
S. L.. Gelbnr Electric Shop. 10
Vegas Cleaning Works 5
Sweet Shoppe 5
Bruce Bros. Electric (materials). 10
Northern Hotel 5
Las Vegas Age
Las Vegas Review 10
Cons. L. & P. Co. (electric current'
Persons desiring to make contri
butions and who arc not called upon
by Brauch may leave their contri
butions at the office of The Age,
Brauch stated.
Should there be a surplus after
the arch is erected, that will go tc
the maintenance of the arch a-,
long as possible after the reception,
or its rejuvenation or remodeling at
a later date by the Chamber of
Commerce, if that organization de
cides to take over this responsibili
ty, according to Brauch, organizer
of the scheme for the erection of
the arch.
Dawes Arrives
In France Today
CHERBOURG. France. June 14.
(U.R)—Charles G. Dawes, new- Unit
ed States ambassador to Great
Britain, arrived here today with
his party aboard the Olympic, en
route to Southampton.
Dawes, who will present his cred
entials to the King tomorrow and
plunge into his duties immediately
by conferring with Premier Ram
say MacDonald on Sunday, re
fused to talk while here.
Realtors Favor
Western Pacific
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah—(U.R'—
A resolution urging the interstate
commerce commission to grant per
mission for the construction of the
proposed Keddic- Klamath Falls
connection by the Western Pacific
and Great Northern railroads has
been adopted by the Salt Lake real
estate board.
The board expressed the belief
that the construction of the line
would prove beneficial to the de
velopment of Utah. Nevada and the
Pacific coast.
SNYDER FIRES FOR TITLE
Lincoln L. Snyder ha* filed suit
*n district court for clearance of
title to lots 2 to C incluclve in
block 3. Original townsite. Those
named in the action are Bulgen
and Williamson. Harry Bulgin and
Thomas Williamson, H. Bulgin and
Thomas Williamson, H. Bulgin.
Christopher John Bulgin. Thomas
Williamson, Chris J. Belgin.
Ham and Taylor are attorneys
for Snyder.
New Times For
Mail Close Told
Letters May Be Posted at Of
fice for Train and Plane Up
to 9:45 p.m., and Co Out
Same Night.
Letters may be mailed at the
postoffice as late as 9:45 p.m. now
and still be dispatched the same
night, according to Postmaster Rob
ert B. Griffith.
This change has been ma/le fol
lowing the change of location of
the postoffice and the change of
railroad schedule. Mail posted after
9:45p.m. may be put into the boxes
on the depot platform, but tire
8:20 p.m. closing of dispatching
was pushed ahead to 9 45. whicli
dispatching will apply to air mail
as well as train mail, according to
Griffith. The Sunday dispatch
closes at 4:30 p.m.
Air mail now closes for the east
at 8:50 a.m. and at 8:40 p.m.. the
westbound mail planes' arrival time
being too irregular to be sure of.
because of the fact that this is
near the end of the entire trans
continental line, and consequently
must "take up the slack" for the
whole distance from New York
City here.
The afternoon westbouna piane
arrives here from 2:15 on. infor
mation generally being available at
the air field as to when the plane
will arrive. The night plane goes
over after midnight, 9:45 p.m. be
ing the limit for posting of letters
for this ship.
The mail to go west by train
closes as follows: for number 7,
formerly 25. at 9:45 p.m.: for num
ber 3. local train, at 2:05 p.m.
The mail to go east by train
closes as follows: for number 20.
formerly 28. at 7:30 p.m.. and for
number 4, at 10:35 a m.
There is no dispatch lo number
19. according to Griffith.
Rotary Meeting
Pleasing Event
—<&
The regular meeting of the Las
Vegas Rotary Club Thursday after
noon was a pleasing one for several
reasons. .
The program, in charge ol Cy
Wengart, program chairman for the
day. was short. allowing adjourn
ment before the usual hour, and at
the same time it was full of zip.
Johnny Lavelle was the first in
troduction. and he rendered a
couple of ballads with Mrs. C. E.
Pembroke as accompanis*.
The other musical feature of the
program was Father Reardon, who
kept the crowd in a tingle with his
vocal and musical eelectiorts.
Cy made his own contribution to
the program what he called a voca
tional talk. As Cy is a banker it
was quite fitting that part of his
presentation should include the fol
lowing torching poem
A SAD CASUS
Bv Edgar A. Guest
I'm sorry for my banker. If Iris
dreadful plight I'd known,
I never should have called on him
to ask him for a loan;
He greeled me most kindly and I
thought my chances good
When I asked him for assistance,
but he sighed: "I wish I could.”
His pleasant face turned solemn
and his eyes filled with tears.
His voice seemed strangely plaint
ive as it fell upon my ears:
He started in to tell me of the
many loans he'd made.
And he sobbed upon my shoulder
“They will never be repaid. "
"My boy," he slowly whispered, and
I shuddered at his groans.
"I've done nothing all this morning
but deny requests for loans."
Then his tears upon the carpet fell
like raindrops on a lake,
And I begged him to excuse me.
for I thought his heart would
break.
"I'm a man in need," I told him.
"but I'm tender-hearted too.
And it hurts me to consider that
I've brought such grief to you.
"Dry those tears and cease that
sobbing. As a friend I wish to
rank,
Should I raise that money else
where I will lend it to your
bank."
President Ferguson announced
that Otis Smith would have the
program for next week.
Texans Want to
Know About Vegas
Folks in Texas are greedy fot
first-hand information of Las Ve
gas. they have been muchly mi.>
infonneri. and many are enthuseu
about the prospects here when they
learn the truth, according to
"Texas” Sherman, who just return
ed to this city after a trip includ
ing visits to San Antonio. Corpus
Christi. Pecos, Del Rio and Junc
tion. Texas.
One family at Alice determined
to come to Vegas on the basis of
information'Sherman gave tnem.
Sherman visited his mother at
Corpus Christi, arriving back in Las
Vegas Thursday.
COLORADO RIVER MEET
ADJOURNS WITH HOPE
FOR PACT PERSISTING
I
Delegates Leave Conference at Washington
to Consider Chairman Donovan’s New
Water-Division Proposal With the Home
Folks; Will Reconvene in October.
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I
First Ocean Plane
Stowaway Inspired
By Lindy, He Says
COMILLAS, Spain. June 14.
(U.R)—The glory of Col. Lind
bergh inspired the adventure
of Arthur Schreiber of Port
land, Maine, who must go down
in history of aviation as the
first stowaway on a trans
Atlantic airplane.
The 22-year-old American
youth, who flipped a coin with
a comrade to decide which of
them would sneak aboard the
French monoplane Yellow Bird
for its flight from Old Orch
ard, told the United Press this
morning that the famous Am
erican flyer is his idea of "the
greatest man I know about,
and that, "I wanted to do
what Lindy did.”
Stowaway Takes
Atlantic Flight
OLD ORCHARD, Maine, June 14.
<U.R)—'The parents of 22-year-old
Arthur Schreiber of Portland, were
convinced today that their son was
a stowaway aboard the French
monoplane Yellow Bird, attempting
a flight to Paris.
Scarcely had the giant craft
soared off the sands here yesterday
when rumor spread that a youth had j
concealed liimself in the cabin. Two
young men who claimed to tie j
chums of the supposed stowaway |
gave the youth's name as Alexander
Jordan. Subsequently it developed
that his name was Schreiber. son of
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Schreiber.
A friend of the suptiosed stow
away delivered to Mr. and Mrs.
Schreiber a letter marked "Not to
be opened until tlirec hours after
the departure of the Green Flash
for Rome.”
The letter, which the parents said
was in their son's handwriting,
read: *
"Dear Parents: I am attempting
to go across on the airship Green
Flash. If I succeed in getting on do
not worry for me. I am doing this
thing on my own accord and was
not infuenced by anyone and wish
no one to be held responsible for the
consequences. I am doing it be
cause I know if I succeed I can do
much for your happiness.
“Pease do not think bad of me. I
will cable you if I arrive in Rome.
• I am constanty thinking of you."
When young Schreiber did not re
turn home yast night, his parents
said they were convinced he was
aboard the Yellow Bird.
Bakery Goes On
Despite Fire
In spite of the damage done the
Nevada Bakery in the fire which
raged there for awhile around mid
night last Wednesday, the bakery
will continue in business straight
through until repairing of the shop
is completed, it was stated yester
day by B. H. -Johnson, proprietor.
The bakery will get fresh baked
goods elsewhere and continue to
do business, the refinishing and
cleaning up of the bakeshop to be
completed early next week, is was
stated. The machinery was dam
aged very ittle. and tilings will get
moving again soon, he said.
The insurance adjuster is said to
have left Reno Thursday, and was
expected here yesterday at latest,
after which time repair of the dam
age was to go ahead.
The Clauson and Tucker barber
shop next door, the only place
damaged by the blaze, has been
closed up temporarily and will not
be able to do business until the
cleanup is complete.
Mutilated Body of
Coed Found in Field
COLUMBUS. Ohio. June 14.—<U.R>—
The Ixxlv of Miss Katherine Hicks,
of Bradenton, Florida, a coed at
Ohio State University, was found
frightfully mutilated on a rifle
range near here today.
Two boys discovered the body. Po
lice had not long been trying to
identify it when university authori
ties told them Miss Hicks was miss
ing. She had gone to the Univer
sity hospital last night to seek a
j position as telephone operator.
Mrs. Alice Moran, secretary oi
Neil Hall, where Miss Hicks lived,
and Miss Beatrice and Alice Bustin.
sisters, who roomed with her, identi- ,
' fieri the bociv
WASHINGTON. JJune 14. lU.K/—
Bearing with them a form of
agreement to servev as the basis of
future negotiations in the west, the
Colorado River commissions from
California. Arizona and Nevada, re
cessed today and departed for their
respective homes. They held ses
sions here for 16 days.
Col. William j. Donovan, govern
ment referee, submtited to the dele
gates a formula which he asked
them to consider again when the
conference was resumed at Santa
Fe. N. M.. in October.
Submission of the formula came
after more than 48 hours of priv
ate conferences between Donovan
and the various state delegations.
Chairman John L. Bacon of Cali
fornia said lie regarded it as a
foundation on which future ne
gotiations might be based.
••I feel that the present confer
ence has accomplitdied more than
any of the previous ones,” he said.
■ At least, we have a foundation on
which to build a structure. At the
end of previous conferences, we
did not have even an excavation.”
Chairman Charles B. Ward of
Arizona would say only that he
considered the formula “ a possi
bility for an approach to the prob
lem at a later conference."
Nevada’s commissioner, George
W. Malone, was more optimistic
about the possibility of a future
compact than any of the other
representatives.
"I predict," Malone said, an
agreement will be reached within
six or eight months and the en
tire Bdulder Dam project will go
through according to schedule.”
Shortly before adjournment, Ma
lone asked permission to submit to
the secretary of the interior some
questions . directed to clarify the
question of division of power to be
generated at Boulder Dam. Arizona
commissioners objected, contending
such matters were subject to the
interpretation of the interested
states rather than of the secretary
of the interior. Malone asked to
submit the questions informally as
an individual.
The full text, of the Donovan
proposal is as follows:
1— 'That the Gila River shall go
to Arizona.
2— -Arizona may use any of the
now unused waters of her trib
utaries other than the Gila, re
leasing therefore equivalent water
from her main stream waters.
3— That of the 7,500,000 acre feet
of water in the main stream ap
portioned to the lower basin by
paragraph (A) of article IIII of
the Colorado River Compact. 300,
000 acre feet will be apportioned to
Nevada.
4— That of the 7.200.000 acre feet
remaining, and of the 1,000.000 acre
feet provided for in paragraph <B>
of article III of the Colorado Riv
er Compact, Arizona and California
each shall receive such percentages
as shall be deemed fair and equit
able.
5— That tlie addional available
water in the lower basin shall be
divided equally between Arizona
and California.
6— That the Mexican burden shall
be borne equally by California and
Arizona.
Gateway Hotel
Is Cause of Suit
Possession of the Gateway hotel
premises, on Nortli Main street is
the question to be settled by a
suit filed this week by D. H. .John
ston against Marion Wilson Gate
way Hotel company, Inc., Lucille
Henning and W. E. Sanders.
According to the complaint Ma
rion Wilson leased to C. H. Miller
and D. H. Johnston lots one to
seven inclusive, block one of Las
Vegas townsite, on a ten year lease
at $373 a month beginning No
vember 10. 1926.
Marion Wilson, it is stated,
agreed to finish the second and
third floors of the hotel, and in
stall a heating plant by Novem
ber 10, 1926. The charge alleges
this wras not done.
On December 6. 1927. C H.
Fuller assigned to the plaintiff all
Interest in the least; and on April
19. 1929 the plaintiff demanded
possession, alleging $8,800 damages
in rents and profits lost between
November 19. 1926 and April 19,
1929. Tliis amount plus sundry
other amounts are demanded by
D. H. Johnston in this aetioii,
which was filed by Roger Foley,
attorney.
News From The
Sheriff’s Office
Nothing to report.

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