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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-05-02
Stars Entertain Kids
Of the we

Thursday, May /, Victory Chap
ter No. so, o. E. s., gave May Day
party in the Parish House to the chill
dren of the Stars and Masons. One
of the big features was Jackie Coo
gan picture.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-05-02
WOOL SALES
BEGIN HERE

The first wool sale of the 1924 clip
was held at the Montgomery Blunk
warehouse Thursday of this week.
Several wool buyers were on hand for
the opening.
sheepmen report the new clip to
be of good quality and staple fine
and long. Prices are expected to be
in the vicinity of Acc.
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reported to be seriously ill at his
home in this city. Leakage of the
heart is given as the cause of his i'll
ness. -Drs. Pinkerton and Mapton of
the hospital department of the COM
pany. went to see the patient, on ar
irving in the city at the beginning
of the week.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-05-02
IRRIGATION
WATER rs ON

The water supply for the Mountain
Iome tract was turned on late last
week and the ranchers are now Civ
ng their fields the first irrigation.
Uunless late rains swell the sup
tly now on hand, the amount of wa
er available for the ranchers win
1e about as stated in last weeks is
ne of the Republican.
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Mr.. MeMaster I'll

H. H. McMaster, for many years
agent at the depot in Glenns Ferry,
and who was returned from the .sery-
ice Of the railroad company on a
pension little over year ago, is
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WEATHER REPORT

Following is the range of temper
ature and precipitation at Mountain
Home, Idaho, for the week ending
April 20, 1924:
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Total precipitation ..............-..- 0
w. H. MANIoN, Observer.
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Assessor Visits

County Assessor Tom Trathen was
in town finishing up his assessment
work at the beginning of the week.
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WHAT THEY SAY

Mr.. McCalley is a wonderful inter-
prefer of James Whitcomb Riley and
his violin solos and violin limitations
are great. - Lucy Pickles, Worthy
Matron, o. E. s., Gardner. III.
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ARNSTE|N To CO
To PRISON
TONIGHT
Alleged Leader in Security
Thefts Will Serve Term
In EeaVenworth.


"Nicky" Arnstein, alleged leader
of a gang charged with the rob-
berry Of more than $1,000, 900 worth
of securities in Wall Street, will
be sent to Leavenworth shortly be.
fore 8 o'clock. tonight with five
others who were convicted with
him on charges of conspiracy.
Fanny Brice, actress wife of
Arnstein, who came to Washington
last week in an effort to have the
place of her husbands imprison.
ment changed to Atlanta, appar.
emily has failed in her mission.
Others involved in the bond Sc.
curity thefts who will 20 with Arm.
stein are Wilen W.. yesterday
Norman Bowles, David w. lSulli.
van and Isadore Cohn.
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clared Banton had requested it be
fixed at $4,000.
I'VE will agree to $4,000 ball.
Harris said.
Accuses Banker.
c. c. Daniels. lawyer who had
arranged to meet Mrs. Harris at
headquarters, glared at the banker
and said:
There is something sinister be.
hind this arrest. They knew Mrs.
Harris could not get $1,000 bail
quickly at night"
The. letter which was the basis
of the forgery charge. Mrs. Harris
alleged was written by Harris to
another woman and she contended
1t exonerated her from the charges
her husband had made in his annul.
ment case. Harris denounced the
letter as a forgery and declared he
would leave no step untaken 10
punish the fraud"
Mrs. Harris this morning sent q
telegram from her cell to the press
in which she declared the alleged
forgery letter" was genuine.
II had absolutely nothing to do
with the letter Harris wrote to his
lady love-" Mrs. Harris telegram
said in part. ''She gave 1t to me.
/. / still believe Harris wrote the letter.
"This outrage should prove to the
public the enormity Of the col-
spiracy l have been the victim Of
for the past three years."
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JEWEL BANDIT
IS IDENTIFIED
BY WOMEN
LASER, Who Bound and Then
Robbed Guest of So, 900 in
Hotel, Attacked 8 Others.

NEW YORK, May 14.-Harry
LASER, alias Jackson, arrested on a
charge Of binding and robbing Mrs.
Howard Johnson Of $4,000 worth of
Jewels in a hotel room with the aid
OF a woman pal. was positively
Identified today, according to police,
% the man who held up and robbed
three other women in an attempt to
take $4,000 worth Of ajewels from
them.
The three women are Mrs. Nellie
Ford, her daughter. Mrs. Mildred
Ford. Monroe. and the latter's
daughter, Shirley.
Mrs. johnson was bound hand and
loot, and choked to unconsciousness
With a rope. and left in that condi.
Son on the bath room floor OF the
MOTEL suite. She declared she was
alone when she regained conscious.
ness. Extricating herrelf, she was
assisted to police station in a
hysterical condition. NJ
LASER and the woman posed as
man and wife, she said, and thew
seemed the. acme of refinement,
She Joined them at cabarets and res.
taurants and always found them
entertaining.
Accepting an Invitation to Join
them at breakfast, she drove to
the Alamac, where the pair
stopped, in (, her car. Later she
took them for a ride and they re.
turned to the hotel. She was fin
ishing her toilet for dinner, Mrs.
johnson told police when the man
entered the bathroom.
Suddely selling her. he frightened
q moose about her neck until she
Swooned. Two hours later she
escaped. Detectives said they
traced LASER by a trunk which
was delivered to another hotel.
The woman, police say, could not
be found.
At the police station LASER re-
fused to say where he got $500
found on his person.
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False News Of Broken
Romance Brings
$25,O 900 Suit

BALTIMORE, Nd, May IA
Twenty-Five thousand dollars was
the damage asked today for
false news of a broken romance
that led a Baltimore girl to seek
death by poison.
A damage suit for this amount
was brought by Mrs, Josephine
Matassen Castagna, seventeen,
against Joseph Maranto. She
charges that six weeks ago, be-
fore her marriage, a man came
to her home and said that Cas-
tagna, student at a medical
college in Richmond, had sent
him to say there would be no
marriage between them. The
girl attempted suicide and when
her fiance heard of it he rushed
to Baltimore and they were mar
ried in a hospital by a priest.
The suit alleges the false mes
sage was instigated by Maranto.
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MRS. HARRIS Isl
RELEASED
On BAIL
Bankers Wife Was jailed by
Husband on Charge Of
Forging Name.

NEW YORK, May 14.-After a
preliminary hearing today on a
charge of third degree forgery,
bail of Mrs. Elinor Elaine Lee
Harris, southern beauty, was re-
duced to $4,000 and formal ar
raignment set for Friday on the
charge brought by her husband,
Beverly D. Harris.
Charges Persecution.
Throughout her stay in Jail since
her arrest last night. Mrs. Harris
denounced her husband and char.
acterized the forgery charge as
part of his campaign Of persecu.
tion."
Harris caused her arrest on the
forgery charges based on the recent
letter she filed as a basis for the
new trial in the annulment suit her
husband won.
Following a consultation with Dis
trict Attorney Banton, Harris, &C.
companied by detectives, appeared
at the Hotel McAlpin, where Mrs.
Harris was registered as Mrs. Eliza
beth Long, under which name police
allege she had reserved accommoda-
tons for her departure for st. Louis
today.
Interview interrupted.
Mrs. Harris was being interviewed
by a newspaper woman. When her
husband and the detectives walked
in, she cried:
Beverly, can you do this to me?''
Mrs. Harris was taken to police
headquarters in a patrol wagon.
After she had been booked, the
question Of bail was raised. and
Harris lowyeN n. w Alley de-
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GOV. Al. SMITHS MOTHER
IS HOLDING HER OWN"

NEW YORK, May 14.-Mrp.
Catherine Smith, aged mother of
Governor Alfred E. Smith, critical
ly Ill with pneumonia at the home
OF her daughter in Brooklyn, held
her own from midnight, until 8
o'clock this morning" members of
the family said today at her home,
. Middagh street.
She did not lose any more
strength, they declared, and her
temperature Of 102 varied yerv
slightly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-14
PROBES TALE J. KEARNS
ATTACKED AN ACTRESS

Los ANGELES. CAL. May a.
Charges that Miss Frances Marian
Emmerson, screen actress, had been
attacked by Jack Kearns, manager
OF Champion Jack Dempsey, were
being investigated today by District
Attorney Asa Reyes. Miss Emmer.
son, known In private life as Mrs.
May O'Brien, made complaint to
keyes and gave the names of sew.
eral Universal Motion Picture EN-.
ployes as witnesses.
keyes will base whatever action
ne takes upon their testimony
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-14
I WO CHILDREN
HURT IN AUTO
ACCIDENTS
Boy, Seven, and Another,
Four, Slightly injured in
Traffic Mishaps
4 4
TIMFsi sTAFE1 PiloT0

Motor vehicles caused injuries to
three persons early today and yes
terday.
A speeding automobile whipped
past Benjamin F. Pinkney, twenty
three, 227 John Marshall place
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-14
SENATE SESSION HELD UP
AN HOUR BY ASSEMBLIES

Convening' Of the Senate was de-
layed for an hour today because It
was impossible to get enough Sen.
ators away from the Investigations
to make a quorum.
Eleven o'clock was set as the time
Tor converting, but sergeants.at-arms
were unable to drag in the abseil.
tees. Most of those present were
Democrats, and a motion for ad.
1ournment until ~ o'clock was final.
~ made by Senator Robinson Of Ar.
kansas, the minority leader.
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JEWEL RY
STORIES
ROBBED
Bandits Beat and Tie Man.
ager, Getting $1,000
in Loot

Bravely defying two thugs, one
of whom pointed q revolver with
in a few inches Of his face, sey-
enty-six- year-old Charles n Adafl
was knocked unconscious, gagged
and dashed to chair this morn
ing while his assailants Invested
the S. F. Cooper jewelry store,
505h Eleventh street northwest, Of
number of trays of rings and
watches worth several thousand
dollars.
Despite his feeble physical con-
dition, Mr.. Adam, it is reported,
summoned remarkable strength
and succeeded in biting one of
the thugs while the thief was
trying to tie him to q chair in
the back room Of the jewelry
store.
Police Only Few Feet Away.
So smooth was the work Of the
bandits that two policemen Of the
First precinct, who stood only a
few feet from the scene of the rob-
berry. were unaware Of the crime.
until, bleeding, the old man had
succeeded in freeing himself from
the chair and rushed out to the
street.
Work Of the bandits was facili.
tated by the fact that Mr.. Adam
already had opened the safe and
was in the act Of putting the trays
in the showcase.
II had just finished sweeping off
the pavement in front Of the store"
Mr.. Adam explained to the police.
Noticed Men.
II noticed two men. one young
and the other rather old. leaning
against a tree across the street. but
I did not take any notice Of them.
After had gone into the store,
however, they followed me in, and
one Of them asked me to look at
his watch and see what was the
matter with It.
: "As leaned over to examine the
watch one Of the men whipped out
a gun and put it in my face.
screamed and then he hit me over
the head.
while in this dazed condition, the
men took me to the little back room
adjoining the jewelry store, tied
me to q chair and gagged ma. I
resisted them ana tried to bite their
hands, but they succeeded in keep
ing me captive while they made
away with the trays Of jewSlry.
4 As soon as freed myself, !
stumbled out on the street and 10.
Gated Policeman ]. e. Fondahl,
who called an ambulance:"
Overlook Sum Of Money.
Neighbors said today that Mr..
Adam has been warned for some
time about opening the jewelry
store 20 early in the morning, but
that 1t is known that he desired to
serve his employer to the fullest
extent, and that It had been found
that considerable early morning
business was obtained from nearby
hotels.
Mr.. Cooper, owner Of the store.
told the police there was large
amount Of money hidden In one
section OF the safe which the bur.
glars overlooked.
Finger Prints Obtained.
A number Of excellent finger
prints were obtained by Fred Sand.
berg, OF Police Headquarters, who
CONTINUED on Page .. Culumn 81
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PRESIDENT
ASKSJAP
DELAY
Congressional Leader4 Called
to White House to Confer
on Exclusion Law


A final eleventh hour attempt
to compel Congress to backtrack
son its action in setting Japanese
exclusion for July next was
made today by President Coolidge
and Secretary of State Hughes.
The President summoned to the
White House Congressman Long
worth, the Republican leader; Con-
gresham Garrett, the Democratic
leader; Congressman Garner Dem.l
OF Texas, Congressman Smell Rep.)
Of New York, chairman Of the Rules
Committee, and Chairman Albert
johnson, OF the House immigration
Committee, for general conference
with Secretary Hughes and himself,
at which the international gravity Of
the pending exclusion clause was
fully gone into by Hughes.
New Proposal RumOred.
1t was reported that the PresI.
dent and Secretary Hughes had
submitted q. new proposal TO the
House leaders by which the sting
could be taken out Of the exclusion
legislation so far as Japan is con-
cerned, but this could not be con-
firmed from any Of the conferees
when the meeting broke up after
an hours session.
None Of them would discuss It,
and Coolidge and Hughes were sim.
iIarly silent.
Congressman Longworth said "the
general legislative situation" had
been gone over with a view TO nd.
journment by June Z. but he was
communicative concerning the
immigration situation.
Outcome Doubtful.
cit is considered extremely doubt.
ful II any plan could be hit upon
by Administration leaders that
would cause the House to retract
the action It has twice taken on
the exclusion question
The second time the House acted,
1t directly turned down an amend.
ment TO the bill that was written
by the President himself. Sentiment
In the Senate Is similarly strong
for exclusion on .Julv
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TEN MEN HURT WHEN
ScAFFoLD CoLLAPSES

DETROIT, Mich. May 14.--Ten
men were injured, three perhaps
fatally, when a scaffold on the old
McGraw building, fell fifty feet and
tumbled part Of the structure
with 1t.
Six men on the scaffold were
buried beneath the tumbling brick
and boards,
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TIDE
T0BR|N(3
FLOW TO !,
PEAK
Crowds Throng Banks to See
Spectacle Much Damage,
But No Lives Lost

G. p. Leonard, Of Arlington
Beach, reported today that at $50
o'clock this morning he sawSa raft
going down the river and q
woman wearing q black dress
lying on it face downward. He
said he and several others tried to
get the raft, but were unable to
reach 1t. Mr.. Leonard also re-
ported seeing two horses and q.
cow going down the river Police
so far have been unable to find
any trace Of the woman or
animals.
The Potomac is still on the ram.
page, rushing toward and through
the District at great speed and
causing further damage, the total
Of which will exceed million dol.
lars.
Flood waters have nearly
reached the flooring of the Chain
Bridge, and the water is dasIllng
up against the piers with much
force, some Of the water splashing
over the bridge.
The Potomac near Chain Bridge
has spread so wide that it now ex-
tends on the District side to with
in few feet of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal. Ordinarily, the po-
tomac is several hundred yards
from this waterway.
Canal Almost Dry.
The canal below the bridge -,
practically dry. More than dozen
canal boats are aground in mud
several feet deep.
The break in the canal came just
below the bridge. and more than
forty feet Of a bank as high az ten
feet has been swept into the Po-s
tomac.
The unexpected break detoured
all of the rapidly rushing canal
water into the Potomac and in
creased the rise of the river below
the bridge.
All industries depending on the
canal for power hive been shut
down In Georgetown.
Repairs to Begin.
Officials Of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal Company inspected the
break and awarded a contract for
it's repair. Workmen will begin the
task this afternoon. Considerable
difficulty in patching up the open
ing is expected.
Chain Bridge was pronounced
safe today and because It afforded
the most picturesque view of the
great flood thousands OF motorists
flocked to that point. A dozen
policemen, led by Lieutenant Giles,
Of the Sub-T Police station, have
been assigned to handle the traffic.
Unless rain intervenes, r. Z.
Spencer Of the flood division of the
United States Weather Bureau. suys
he expects the Potomac to recede
this afternoon Immediately following
high tide.
VI Drop Is Recorded.
A drop of several inches in tho
water was recorded during the morn
ing. The cffirial reading Of the
Weather Bureau at Key Bridge at
9:30 o'clock today showed the water
to have risen III feet.
Unofficial readings OF the water
made by engineers assigned to finish
up Key Bridge, were taken at four
points this morhing and show as
foIIcws; Above AQueduct Bridge.
13.Ae fsati below Kay Bridge. lSssA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-14
ARMY FLIERs TO HOP OFF
FOR KUERiLE ISLANDS

The army fliers at Chicagoff.
Attu Island. Alaska, plan to leave
today on the hop to the Kuerile
Islands, according to q radio dis.
patch to the air service today from
Lieutenant Lowell II. Smith. com.
nanding the round.the-worid ex.
petition.
Smith recommended that Major
Blair. of the signal corps, be sent
to Labrador to get weather fore.
casts for the Atlantic flight.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-14
FRENCH SOCIALISTS MAY
RECOGNIZE THE SOVIET

MOSCOW, May 14.---Normal Fran.
co-Russian relations may be re-
stored as result Of the Socialist
victory in the French general cleo,
ton, according to opinion expressed
here today.
Premier Poincare steadily refused
TO recognize the Soviet government
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Commons Unseats Liberal.

OXFORD, England, May ia
Frank Gray, a Liberal member Of
commons, was unseated by the
courts today after his election agent
had been found guilty of infraction OF
the election law.
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Commons Has Rent Bill.

LONDON, May 1.-THE labor rent
bill, killed in committee, was report.
ed back to commons today. Death
OF this measure may involve the gov.
eminent In serious difficulties with
the Labor party. \
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northwest, knocking
him down. Pinkney
was treated at. En-
Urgency Hospital for
a cut on the left eye
and on the face.
Police have broad
cast a lookout for
the auto.
Carl e. Siedler,
seven, S42 Twenty
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WEATHER

Unsettled weather; prob
ably showers tonight and
Thursday; moderate tenn
perature; gentle to moderate
southerly winds.
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: Line to Buy Rolling Stock.

The Southern Pacific railroad was
authorized by the Interstate Com.
merce Commission today to issue
81, $4,000 of equipment trust GER
tificates. to be used in the purchase
in large quantities Of rolling stock.
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81
Killed
S97
Injured
Since
dan. l.,
1924.

west, was bruised slightly on the
head when a machine knocked him
down. His parents took him home.
A truck and a touring car
collided at New York and New
Jersey avenues northwest, injurying
Lyman Sander, four. He was cut
by broken glass.
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A number Of excellent finger
prints were obtained by Fred Sand.
berg OF Police Headquarters, who
Continued on Pags o. cplnmn 81
Evening star., 1924-08-04
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET.

CHICAGO, August + Omitted States
Department of Agricultural Hogs
Receipts. $4,000 head; desirable grades
largely S5 to so higher; others slow
big packers bidding steady; slaughter
pigs and light lights so to 75 higher;
active shipping demand; top. 1910;
bulk good and choice $50 to 24O pound
weights. 10.10a10.30: better $50 to 325
pound butchers, 10.O0a1O2O; good and
choice 40 to $50 pound kind. 9.T5a
1000: packing sows, S.50aS.90; strong
weight killing rigs, 925a9.50.
Cattle-Receipts. 10000 head: ex-
cepting few early sales mostly 10
outsiders fed steers and yearling gs
weak to IS lower: bidding 25 lower
in instances; weightly kind down
most: shipping demand narrow; early
top matured steers. 11.65; some held
higher: killing quality mostly good;
80 loads Montana graSserS to killers
7.40a7.55, for horned and dehorn ed
respectively; stockers and feeders
very scarce, firm; she stock uneven
better grades grain fed kind very
scarce. strong; others slow. steady
to weak; other killing classes mostly
steady; weighty bologna bulls, 4.50a
ASS; light kinds downward to 40C
and below largely, 9.00a9.75; market
on veal calves to packers; outsiders
1000 and above.
Sheep-Receipts, $1,000 head; slow
fat lambs uneven; steady to 25 lower
sorting more severe; few early sales
native lambs. 12.75a13.25; culls, S.50a
9. 90: early sales range lambs. 13. 50a
1890: sheep steady; no action on
feeding lambs; prospects steady.