Daily Las Vegas Optic (Newspaper) - March 17, 1928, Las Vegas, New Mexico inc fHT JR LAS VECAS fam If in a Greater City c Optics Aim ift M Greater Vegas New Saturday March 17 1928 COPIES CENTS RE MARINES S TO NICARAGUA RS COMB SANTA CLARA RIVER VALLEY FOR BODES BURIED BENEATH DRIFTED SAND Are Forced to Endeavour Into Sea JE TO FATE OF FADES TO DISCARD aughter of Lord a Ship Have Joined f Lost at Sea on Mar 17 was granted to the today for Aircraft to fly over Am in search of the traSte Atlantic favour carrying Captain and the Hon ay esl was granted by the after application ladian legation ZIEGFELD FALTERS UNDER OF WORK TO REST UP New York Mar 17 statement from the office of today said that he had collapsed under strain of staging his musical production and had gone to his camp in Canada While there he will not be per mitted to do any work of any sort nor to receive telephone calls cables or telegrams the statement says He was accompanied by Dr Jerome Wagner The last 13 months have been among the busiest in his career with five productions to his credit the latest of which opened Tuesday night PESTILENCE IN AREA IS DENIED Know the Lass Or the No Contribution Made By lican to National Committee Testimony Contends Chicago Mar I1 testimony that the Cook county Re publican committee made no contri the vicinity of butlon of the Republican na said they had heard a committee in 1924 was given to Mar 17 Search for transatlantic monoplane id its two English regarded today as cases of 14 Other trans ars by morning no evidence tne Senate Teapot Dome sub t it was that of Captain committee at the closing of its session mcr A notation of such n girt is con in the records of the late Fred Los Angeles Mar 17 bat tery of 55 tractors traveling in forma tion like military tanks so as to leave no ground rolled down the Santa Clara river valley In a final search for victims of the St Francis dam disaster of last Tuesday With the recovery of one more body this morning the total known dead in the catastrophe as compiled from official and unofficial sources reached 244 Those directing the search believe that all bodies visible on the surface or partly buried have been found While this search progresses other tractors steam shovels and teams are at work throughout the valley on the job of the of which Mayor George E of Los Angeles announced yesterday would be borne by the city which had owned the dam Unconfirmed reports of epidemics in the affected section were current to day but health officials of Los Angeles and Ventura counties denied this de claring thul every possible measure is being taken to prevent an outbreak of disease Great care is being taken with drinking water surface pools are being covered and the population of the re gion has been warned against drinking any from sources that have not been tested In some centers the Red Cross is furnishing the drinking water Survey of the flooded area today of orchard and farm acreage inundated and badly Damaged to 79000 acres No estimate has yet been made of the cost of re habilitating this land Mayor of Los Angeles said that this work would be undertaken by Los Angeles Temporary roads connecting Saugus i T i j in MIU ui vim ncu G who di w upham national treasurer up to I ity some of the woodsmen been aware of it of all lumber camps failed to bring plane being seen or American and Canadian to search the wooded rc 2 were held in abeyance definite advices No one Ito have seen the plane gers said the only reports planes motor had been June 1024 and the Senate ors arc seeking to determine whether some of the of Sinclair Liberty bonds Upham received from Will H for political use were sold and proceeds credited lo the Cook and and also connecting Cas laic Piru are expected to be open noon Sunday FAILS IN TO REGAIN State in Baltic on Opposed Them on Mar 17 fight before the commission for lower on Lake Cargo coal the southern soft coal by waging a success confirmation of John Wisconsin for n railroad regulating body had served on the com six years prior to his re by President Coolige las his fight for yesterday when the Senate aws of debate behind closed tcd the appointment 39 led by senators from jrn coal states was based al on the corn change of attitude in the contest between the Pennsylvania and Ohio and Virginia Kentucky and Virginia for the Lake whereby he favored after sing rates for the fields recently rejected a southern railroads for a 20 bn reduction In Lake Cargo Importation charges and the der consideration for pos Democrat West Vlr led the fight against con l charged who also vot who described him clf as the harmony chairman in county during the 1924 campaign that his committee received total of from the Republican national committee none of which was returned He added that his commit ee made no contribution to tho na party organization Heavy Contributors Turning to personal contributions lo the Republican national political chest hc Senate investigators learned from Phillip D Armour nephew of the late J Ogden Armour and F White president of Armour and Company that on September 8 1924 they con each They said they had not contributed any funds in 1922 and 1923 ex B A Eckhart assistant treasurer of the Republican national committee had asked them to make gifts during the Coolidge presidential campaign White testified hat Eckhart had asked him for FASCIST STRENGTH IS INDICATED AT CHILEANS EXILED FOR PLANNING TO RUIN GOVERNMENT Santiago Chile Mar 17 k AP A group of Chileans alleged to have been implicated in an ment plot recently discovered was exiled today to the Island Another group of exiles had as its destination Pascua Island meaning farther outside Ls in the Pacific ocean in the Juan Fernandez group ary residence of Robinson Crusoe CONTEST FOR MO VOTES Willis Takes Indirect Thrust at Hooyer His Rival in Ad dress Before Voters Seen around here Yon dont have to it twice of a St Patricks Day and here arc sivin of the eyes you know your Irish Then who arc these seven Look at their faces closely arid If you dont recognize them look below for the correct tion Al Smith of New York Moore of the movies world champion Tom Walsh of Mon tana head of the Senate oil J McGraw manager Of minstrels J McGraw n king of thc Irish 7 Jack former heavyweight champion of the world FRUIT SUFFERS WHEN THERMOMETER DROPS But 1 sent a check for he added Was your attention ever called to the discrepancy Chairman Nye asked No sir White replied Gave Stout Money Continued on Page Four NANCY MILLER BECOMES WIFE OF RAO AMID ALL SPLENDOR OF FAR EAST India Mar 17 API Amid scenes of Oriental splendor the marriage ceremony proper for Rao former of Indore and Nancy Ann Miller of Seattle Wash ington took place late today share In the reward offered for In separate processions for the ion where the ceremony was held the Former Prime Minister Gains No Backing When He Denounces Mussolini Beliefs Rome Mar 17 Italy was ft top nearer today to becoming a coun ry with virtually one constituency and was triumphant over the sln lc handed opposition of an aged for ner prime minister Doughty warrior of the old liberal school former Premier Giovanni Giol tti arose in the chamber of deputies incl with calm and impassive tone de the fascist measure As the statesman proceeded the members protested noisily but above their protests continued the voice trained by 46 years of continuous service as a deputy When the proposal was voted upon only two members opposed and Marcello former minister of war and finance The other two members of the Giolitti group were absent The places the final selection of the candidates for parliament in the hands of the fascist grand council and grants the vote only to family men taxpayers and several other categories In order that the assembly may re present the entire nation I believe it that is members be elected in full liberty said Giolitti This marks tho decisive break of the fascist regime with the regime contemplated by the constitution When Deputy rose to reply Premier Mussolini with an Imperious gesture ordered him to sit down Cruces N M Mar 17 Freezing temperatures did damage lant night to apricots early peaches and plum trees which were in blossom in the Mesilla Valley farmers reported today The lowest recorded at the State college orchard was 23 degrees Later blooming unaffected it was said ICKMAN ARRIVES AT SAN QUENTIN AWAIT DEATH Murderer Will Be Given No Specia Attention While Awaiting Gallows Officers Say San Cal Mar 17 William Edward Hickman convicted of two murders and a kidnaping ar rived at San prison this morn WEEK FINDS MAN Y NY STOCK MARKS BROKEN TO BITS All Trading Records Are Shat tered as Shaky Market Quo tations Shift Positions Lancaster Ohio Mar 17 With what appeared to be an Indirect shot Hoover prohibition was brought to the fore In can primary campaign here today by Senator Frank B Willis who declared in a speech that the voters this year will stand for no dodging on the issue by presidential candidates Campaigns cannot be won by eva sion said the senator who is for 51 delegates to the Kansas City convention Consequently In the contest of 1928 it may as well be un at the outset that the people will demand and arc entitled to receive o the position of candidates regarding the eighteenth amendment land the enforcement of law Should State Stand Voters will respect candidates o parties that clearly slate their posi tlon but they will not give their sup port to those who seek to equivocate to evade and to camouflage Partia answers will not do The of principles must be definite an courageous otherwise defeat will cort It is loo late in the history of th Republican party for it to tread the paths of cowardice or nullification With this Mr Willis dismissed the subject In the speech prepared for de livery here not far from AT El ill 1000 Devil Dogs Will Stand Guard While Natives Select a President to Succeed Diaz MOVE IS NECESSARY TO PREVENT OUTBREAK SAID Additional Forces Will Not Aid Leathernecks Now Trying to Capture Rebel Sandino Washington Mar 17 a sequel to Nicaraguas failure to enact legislation providing for American su of her next presidential elec tion plans were under way today for dispatching 1000 more marines to that country to help enforce the Stimson eace agreement The action to send tho additional wo battalions to the Central Ameri an republic was announced at the avy department late yesterday and oon afterward President Coolidge was as believing that the ed States can still be of assistance in Nicaragua in choosing its next dent despite the failure of enabling legislation Will Embark Soon The marines most of whom will be taken from the scouting fleet and At antic coast ports will embark as soon as sailing space Isv obtained and other Some are expected to leave within a few days They will augment the 2700 marines already In Nicaragua policing the country and trying to capture Gen eral Sandino last of the native lea ers to down their am the Stimson truce which at American aid to see to carried ou in a legal and orderly manner Secretary Wilbur says the new ma rine force will be used principally for maintaining order during the ballot ing for a successor to Adolfo Diaz New York Mar 17 trad ing records on the New York stock ex change were broken this week in a spectacular advance in prices which carried the general average of Indus trial stocks to a new high level for all time Each days trading ran above 3000000 shares with at least three sessions running close to the 4000000 birthplace of the AntiSaloon League which in the past hns consistently sup ported him in his political campaigns Dodges Hoover In connection with prohibition and law enforcement he made no direct reference to Mr Hoover who like him has replied to the dry law question naire of Senator Borah of Idaho In on Three HOUSE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS BECK BE GRANTED SEAT mark The railroad shares which had his reply the commerce secretary been lagging behind the industrials for several weeks joined the upswing as the week closed Radio Corporation was the outstand ing individual feature scoring an ex treme gain of more than 60 points on rumors of a technical corner in that issue which was made the subject of while taking a stand for rigid tion enforcement and against repeal That Solon from Pennsylvania Is Entitled to Honor Given Him by Elections Is Declared Washington Mar 17 Ing that men who have been chosen as representatives in Congress should not be excluded unless their cases present ing from Los Angeles He became a stoCk exchange inquiry No infor THREE BOYS KILLED Clarksburg W Va Mar 17 former ruler in full state dress and Three boys were killed and another wearing blazing jewels and the wearing the dress of a prin cess The only European touch was an engagement ring with a magnificent diamond The procession which Included elc was probably fatally Injured In the Wabash district of Doddridge county today when a can they found along a roadside exploded The can it was believed contained BABY BORN IN DUGOUT traversed the densely crowded Colo Mar 17 streets of the city and converged on K t i Vi VI IV t V t rfi rn roads cut I a huge gorgeously bedecked pavilion rr on the where an enormous crowd had gath because of A banquet at which 10000 guests Pennsylvania and the expected was scheduled to fol ttn low Snow bound in a whirling blizzard Mrs Hazel Bohannen of Mead Kan gave birth of a baby girl in an un and unheated dugout north west of Nunn Thursday morning It became lodny number 45041 in condemned row He has been sentenced to hang April 27 for the murder of Marian Parker daughter of a Las Angeles Banker He also is life sen tence for the murder of C Ivy Toms a druggist of Rosehill n suburb of Las Angeles was shackled to a guard on the trip from Los Angelas he was ono of 18 prisoners brought from the south under heavy guard in n special car Among them was Welby Hunt 17 yearold former pal of Hickman con of participating in the Toms holdup and killing Hickman and Hunt are now enemies Hunt claims credit for identifying Hickman as the kidnaper and slayer of Marian Parker and is trying to share in the 27000 reward offered for his capture and conviction Hickman retaliated by disclosing that Hunt par in the Toms murder Prison officials said Hickman would receive no special treatment at the penitentiary He will be put through the usual prison routine His conviction for the murder of the Parker girl is on appeal as it in volves the constitutionality of a new state law under which the youth plead ed not guilty by reason of insanity WEATHER FORECAST New tonight and Sun day slightly warmer tonight in south portion frost iu south portion tonight mation was forthcoming as to tho progress or result of the investigation which IK still underway The stock dropped from n high of 160 on Tues day to 138 closing last night at General Motors which touched 161 last Saturday and then reacted several points on started for ward again towards the close of the week setting a new high record at on Friday Other motors followed in iUs wake Chrysler Hudson and Willys Overland all reaching new high ground Unconfirmed rumors that the Ford organization was unable to make prompt deliveries on all orders coupled by other producers provided the back with reports of unexpectedly large in creases in February and March salci ground for the upward movement So extensive WHS the speculation in Radio American Linseed and a few cf the other pool favorites that the entire capital stocks of those corpora tions was turned over in the weeks trading A flock of new high records was created during the week by such diversified American national Corporation American Can Allied Chemical Baldwin Locomotive Continental Insurance Du Pont Elec tric General Cable Inter borough Rapid Transit International Telephone International Cement In Match preferred Inc Manhattan Electrical Supply National Biscuit Park and of amendment clear violation of the constitution ed from answering specifically the a House elections committee today rec queries whether he favored a dry law plank in the Republican platform and would leave it to the states to deter mine the alcoholic content of liquor Senator Willis in his speech resum ed his attack on Mr Hoover on the ground that his Republicanism is not genuine that he was a Wilson follower on the League of Nations issue that he is opposed lo the protective tariff and that he has worked against the best interests of the American farmer Bosses for Him Willis charged that the Ohio poli bosses were for Hoover added There never was a more absurd and indefensible deceit than tha claim that the delegation pledged to support my candidacy is handpicked and that the Continued on PMC that James M Beck be per mitted to retain his seat as a lican representative from vania Mr Beck was elected to succeed William S Va re whose right to sit in the Senate has been bitterly contested on the ground that his campaign ex were excessive The report signed by six Republi cans and one Democratic member of the committee was accompanied by a minority report which presented the Contentions of two Democratic com Continued ou Pago Two NEW ELECTION CODE TO APPLY TO MANY CITIES Santa Fe N M Mar 17 The new election code applies to the numerous city elections to be held April 3 and under It voters are not required to register in person Assist ant Attorney General Frank H Pat ton ruled in an opinion issued here today Registration as prescribed in the act which did not outline is required he said before a voter can legally cast a ballot It is also the opinion of this office he added that there can be no vot ing at such municipal elections as has and that the was not an inhabitant of Pennsylvania in the constitutional sense at the time of his election The majority report declared that we must rely upon the integrity the patriotism and the good sense of tho electors in the various districts with respect the choice of fit member ship in the House of representatives Tills is a part of the very genius of representative government it con And we do not think that it is proper to seek for strained and captious interpretations of this para graph of the constitution to find rea sons for rejecting men who have been chosen through the deliberate will of their constituents as Indicated at the polls The right of Mr Beck to take his seat In the House was challenged by Representative Democratic House leader at the opening o the session The House permitted him to take the oath and referred the case to an elections committee The committee decided that Mr heretofore been done by affidavit Beck is u ot Pennsylvania
