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The Washington times., 1929-04-17
Many Flee Potomac Flood
OF
TIDE IS ON
WAY HERE

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HAGERSTOWN, Nd, April
1.-THE Potomac River flood
slackened at noon after reach
ing a height of 25 feet at Will
Transport, where the water
was only rising three inches
an hour.
The river increased all morning at
the rate Of inches an hour. OBJ
servers said the flood would reach
ITS crest this afternoon and de-
EcIared the danger point had been
passed.
Flood conditions have forced entire
families to leave their homes and
seek higher ground
This plant Of the Potomac Edison
Comp supplying electric ppwer
to residents nearby. Is cut of lH
the rising water and Workuen afa
rcoEnpelleds to use boats to get to
the plant. The river at this point
lis rising at the rate Of six inches
an hour. -
Ine fDWkaHQ9 near " tl1ANAMSpDEt
are submerged and IL families on
the west end Of the town were com
PEELED to flee from the rising water
last night
L The old Chesapeake and Ohio
canal. which has been dry for some
time, now has at least six feet OF
water In it where 1t backed up
from the river.
Comococheaque Creek, at vii.
Transport, has flooded the Como
mack amusement park and cut off
all the roads along its sides. 1t is
one OF the large streams here and
it is in flood stage also.
The tannery of W.. D. Byron and
Company and the Comococheaque
Brick Company plant in the west
end Of Williamsport were forced to
shut down due to the rising water.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
was compelled TO reroute their
trains over the tracks of the West
ern Maryland Railroad due TO the
rising waters. The trains are now
being rerouted between Cherry Run
and Jerome, W. Va.
six inches of water are over the
railroad tracks in spots between
the two towns and railroad officials
are taking no chances
At Hancock, Nd, the water Is
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D. A. R. Urged
To Fight
Radicals
Tunes staff Photo

A warning to fight against
radical legislation designed to mass
bureaus and centraIize control of
the Government in Washington was
voiced today by Mrs. Edwin c..
Gregory at the 3Sth Continental
Congress. Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution at the Washington
Auditorium.
Mrs. Gregory, chairman Of the
LEGISLATION committee, declared that
communities of this Nation have
grown accustomed to shaping the
policfes of their own localities and
are slow to see the encroachments
upon their freedom being made by
Bureaucracy.
The Daughters of the American
Revolution must enter the political
arena to ward off any attempt to
take away local autonomy and
State rights Mrs. Gregory asserted.
Declaring that ''thoughtless en-.
tiorsement of legislation often works
havoc" Mrs. Gregory urged the
Daughters to make a more thor
ough study Of bills pending before
congress before taking any action
on them.
She said it is the duty of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton to help the Government ward
off attacks Of radicalism either by
violence or by unconstitutional leg
islation.
The congress voted to raise $500.
900 Immediately, in order that the
work of erection and completion OF
Constitution Hall may go forward
without interruption. The structure
Is being erected adjoining Cont
mental Hall, headquarters Of the
organization on Seventeenth Street.
Th money will be raised by a
bond issue >or by placing mortgages
on other property owned by the
organization.
The delegates tonight will nomi-
nate q complete slate Of national
officers and supporters OF various
candidates have launched cam
paigns that would put veteran DO
liticaI managers to shame.
National committeeman were Of
fering their reports all day long to-
day, but found little attention from
the delegates. In, the auditorium
along the corridors, on the street
in front Of the building and in hotel
lobbies. little groups of delegates
gathered to further the campaigns
cf their candidates and 70 learn the
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WOUND z

NEW YORK, April II u.N.s1.-
Blazing away with sawed-off shot
guns. five bandits today shot down
q policeman and a bank messenger
and escaped with a tin box con.
tanning $3S, 1892 .06 payroll.
The payroll was being carried
from the Chatham and Phenix Bank
at Eighth Avenue and Fourteenth
Street to the office of the Bell
Telephone laboratories at Bethune
and West Street.
The policeman and two armed
bank messengers were riding in q
taxicab when a sedan drew along
side and forced the driver to a halt
at the curb.
bandits leaped out of the car and
fired point blank through the
windows OF the cab.
Patrolrnan Joseph Clancy dropped
with two wounds in his head. Al
charge of shot struck Eugene Cor.
ley, one Of the messengers, In the
leg.
Before the payroll carriers could
recover from the surprise of the
attack one of the bandits had
opened the door Of the cab. scooped
up the black box containing the
money and leaped into the sedan.
His. companions followed and the
car fairly leaped away.
Wounded though he was PATROL
man Clancy. drew his service re.
volver and empti , it after the flee.
ing car.
The policeman's condition is said
to be critical One of the shotgun
slHgs entered his head just below
the left eye. Corley's wounds are
superficial.
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The President arrived at 3:22 p. m.
and took his seat. He wore his gray
fedora and his ulster overcoat. Mrs.
Hoover wore q becoming black felt
hat and 3 purple coat with gray fox
collar worn closely around her neck.
They stood and posed for fully five
minutes whfle the photpgra pliers,
movie and efiii got in their WInrls
EoIlowing this ritual the eesident
threw the baH to Unapirs George
Eforiarty, who MADE leap into the
aif to take It IN his left hand
|. sad Sam Jones, the 57-Yea
right-hand finger, was on the pitch
ing hill for the home team, Manager
Walter johnson desiring to trust to-
days business to the veteran who
won II games for Washington last
season the while he was dropping
but seven.
Connie Mack sent Steve Yerkes. a
left-hander, to the mound.
Washington fandom was slow to
put in appearance for today's opener.
the ball club headquarters being be-
sieged with telephone calls inquiring
whether the game would be played
under such cool conditions.
Thus there was scarcely need for
Capt. Robert Doyle's trusty minions
who were early on the job to direct
traffic and keep, all roads open
leading to the concrete coliseum.
However. as game time wore on, the
boys in blue had plenty to do and
seemed happy because the hustle
and hustle of the late arrivals lent
an atmosphere of warmth to an
otherwise frigid setting.
True to their tryst, members Of
the Cabinet appeared in their flag
draped boxes many minutes before
the arrival of President Hoover.
There were many women in the Of
ficial delegation, furs and heavy
wraps replacing the spring finery
which might have been expected for
such an occasion.
As President and Mrs. Hoover ap-
preached their box Immediately be
hind the Washington dugout. the
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BABE RUTH MARRIED
AT BREAK OF DAWN

The bridal party arrived as dawn
was just about coming up to bat.
The Babe looked surprised to see
the circle of cameras set up at the
entrance to the church.
The rain was coming down regu-
.larly and the members OF the party
used umbrellas to shield themselves
from the downpour and the camera
flashlights.
The ceremony was simple. the
bride holding Bible in her hand
throughout. Again when the couple
knelt down for q blessing from the
Rev. Father W. r. Hughes. 4 flash.
light broke the sacred intonations.
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Pla Play
Account 0f
Opener
Eint Inninr

PHILADELPHIA Bishop singled
to right. Summa, sacrificed Myer
to Judge. CochraIe hit by .
pitched ball. Haas grounded to
Judge both men advancing. HalS
singled to right scoring Bishop and
Cochrane. Foxx walked. Miller
hit to Myer who threw to Hayes
at second forcing Foxx. Two runs,
two hits, no errors, one left,
WASHINGTON flied to
Summa. Dykes threw out Myer. Cos
lin singled to right. Barnes doubled
TO left, GosIin stopping at third.
Bluege singled t ocenter. scoring
Goslin and Barnes. Judge popped to
Dykes back of second base. Two
runs, three hits, no errors, cne LETT.
Second Inning
PHILADELPEIA-Dykes singled
to left. Yerkes attempted to sacri-
flee but forced Dykes at second
Jones to Bluege. Bishop singled to
right, Yerkes going to second.
Summa, singled to right, scoring
Yerkes, Bishop took third and
Sumna second on the throw to the
plate. Cochrane hit to bluese and
Bishop out at the plate, Bluege to
Ruel. Summa went to third and
Cocarane to second. Haas doubled
to right center. scoring Summa and
Cochrane. Bluege threw out Hale.
Three runs, four hits, no errors, one
left.
WASHING ToN-Hayes out,
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column 81
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| NEW YORK, April II G.Ns.).--
my people are just as good az
yours. One of my ancestors was
the first governor of Virginia ard
am a descendant of Patrick
Henr r
This, a jury was told in supreme
court today, is what beautiful Evan
Burrows Fontaine told the mother
of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
', hen she opposed her sons ALLEGED
attempt to marry her.
1t all happened In 1919, according
to Daniel F. Cohalan. attorney for
the dancer. in her latest attempt to
Itablish the paternity Of her snrl
and sue Whitney, heir to the Harry
Payne Whitney millions, for
81, 900 600.
The jury is not to decide who is
the father of Miss Fontaine's son
nor will it pass upon her breach OF
promise suit. It is to pass only on
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MELLON RIGHT TO SIT
IN CABINET UPHELD

the Secretary of the Treasury from
operating or owning any business
was debated for an hour without
a decision. The committee decided
tentatively to ask Mellon for a
list of his business holdings and
for statment regarding his legal
right to serve in the Cabinet.
Melons prohibition record was
discussed. Some Senators ques-
toned the extent to which Mellon
had divested himself of control
over a distilIery company which he
once owned. The legal question
discussed was whether by turning
his liquor holdings over to a trust.
Mellon had divested himself Of its
ownership.
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AL CAPONE IS BROKE,
SICK AND DISCUSTED

first. the election Of States Attor-
ney John Swanson. and second, the
gangland massacre" OF seven men,
bers Of George Bugs" Moran's
gang.
Sick and disgusted with condi-
tions, the closing of his depots and
vice haunts, Capone three days ago
defied the Federal grand jury of
Chicago and left for Florida, 1t be-
came known. He went to the pa.
latia1 estate in Florida, which, ii
was generally believed, he owned
and maintained.
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NEW YORK, April II H.N.S.k--
Babe Ruth. the well.known club man,
was married at dawn today It was
Z quiet ceremony except for the
flashlights.
The bride was dark haired pretty
Mrn. Claire Hodgson. actress, and
wa not ais tall as George Herman's
favorife baseball bat.
..I've got a new manager now
said the Babe with a boyish grin
after the simple ceremony and low
mass at St Gregory.s Roman Csth-
ollie Church.
The big fellow kissed his new
naAaeer.
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Secretary of the Treasury Andrew
~. Mellon can continue to serve
III President Hoover's Cabinet
without reappointment to office,
the Senate judiciary Committee
decided informally today in open.
Ing its inquiry into his qualifica-
tions.
Members Of the committee. which
includes the most learned lawyers
in the Senate, agreed that a Cabi-
net officer can hold office through
different Administrations without
recurring reappointmel and recon.
firTnation BY the Senate.
The question of MELONS, gualifi-
cations under the law forbidding
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n Y. LANDSLIDE DERAILS
LEHIGH VALLEY TRAIN

speed was within 200 feet Of the
spot. The engineer, John Reilly
and Fireman John Manning were
not injured.
Six cars were derailed, some of
TIL a hanging over the bank of the
creek which parallels the track.
None of the passengers was in
rjured, according to reports reach
inr here,
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CHICAGO, April 17.-- "scarface
Al" Capone is broke!
Not only Is the gang chieftain
facing serious financial problems,
bnt almost his entire organization
is facing the worst crisis of its ex-
istence. Hundreds Of his Chicago
liquor depots are closed. His ''alky
runners can bring in only a neg
ligibIe quantity Of liquor.
Two factors have brought about
the virtual downfall OF the gang
ster. it became known today by Ins
ternationaIs News Service. These are
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RANK STATEMENTS

Washington Clearing House.
S4.543. .656.59.
New York Clearing House bal.
apce. Sl58. .a00. 400.
New York Clearing House a..
change, 81, ,404 ,0lO, 900.
Treasury balance. $342 ,SSS, $40 ,Oa.
Customs receipts. sss.sse. .3ss.es.
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SEC. STIMS0N REPLIES
TO I'm ALONE PROTEST

An answer to the Canadian govern
nentss recent note on the sinking Of
the rum-running schooner I'm Alone
.by American Coast Guard cutters zoo
miles at sea was dispatched today
by Secretary of State Stimson.
stimson would not state the nature
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JURY HEARS DANCERS
SUIT AGAINST whitney

the Judgment given five years ago
in the federal court In California
where it was decided that Miss
Fontaine had no cause for action
against Sonny Whitney.
It's verdict win decide whether or
not the suit may be tried in the
New York State courts.
John W. Davis, counsel for young
Waitney, told the jury that his
client had never proposed marriage
to the dancer and was not the
fat! r of her child.
Births. EnEagemenfs, MarriageS, Deaths
and In MeulORiam, aDpear daily On the
last inside mage. last two columns.
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sAYRE, Pa, April II QNs.l-
Running into a landslide six miles
south Of Ithaca on the Ithaca
branch Of the Lehigh Valley Rail
road, the star crack through -ex-
press from New York to Buffalo,
was derailed today, the engine
plungins so feet into a field.
The landslide occurred when she
approaching train, running at full
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of the American reply, but it Is un-
derstood that the note defends the
sinking as justifiable under the ex.
isting treaties with Canada.
Both notes will be. made public
when the Canadian government ac-
knowledges receipt of today's docu-
ment.,
The Washington times., 1929-04-17
HOOVER LOSSES out
FIRST BALL; ROOKIE
ON HILL FOR MACKS
BY Kirk Miller
TimeS Sports Editor

The score was II to 4 Mac in the rst Of the fourth
in favor Of the Macks.
CLARK GRIFFITH STADIUM, April 17.--Wih President
Herbert Hoover thanked his entire official family, present
up exceedingly cold situation Washington to-
day inauguated its 1929 baseball setting be-
coming to football than to the national pastme.
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Downtown or
Suburban
Apartments

sized to meet
your home re-
quirenaents and
priced to fit yoilr
purse are listed
in the Classifie 4
Rental columns
today. Next e
last page.
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NEW YORK, Aprn II u.N.s.l--2.sO
p. m. stock prices:
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MACkS, II; GRIFFS. 4.
IzRdl39IZ!z!

s#8#E .
o4a won
THE Montpeler Trained by
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New game called account Of cold weather
Brooklyn Boston game called on account Of rain.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-26
tons. but nearly all composed OF

tons. but nearly all composed OF
veterans.
At Les Invalides sa1vos of arti1-
lery announced the cortege and
added to its impressiveness. AS the
procession reached the head of the
Avenue Gallieni the casket was
transferred from the g~uncarriage
to a special catafalque in front of
Les Invalides, where it remained
while Premier Poincare paid the
last and only oral public tribute to
the departed soldier.
General H. j. E. Rouraud, one
armed hero of the Dardanelles and
the second battle Of Champagne in
the final allied drive of 1918, gave
the order for the column which was
to pay the last honors of the mar
shal's comrades in arms to file past
the catafalques. When the last
soldier had paid his tribute the bier
was transferred again from the
catafalque to the guncarriage. This
time it a followed by only the
marshal's family and his staff. 1t
was placed in a vault called vault
Of the governor Of Les Invalides'
to remain until a sarcopnagus
worthy of him and in keeping with
that of Napoleon can 81 prepared
for him,
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GETS EARLY
START ON TRIP

ELLINGTON FIELD, near Hous-
ton, Texas, March 26.-(P)-Lieut.
Col. Oscar Morales Lopez, Guate-
malan army officer, who is a stu
dent attached to the third attack
group, aviation, of the United States
army, stationed at Fort Crockett,
Galveston, Texas, hoped off from
Ellington field this morning at TIL
o'clock, central standard time, on a
one-stop flight to his country'S cap
ital, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
A slightly overcast sky greeted the
aviator this morning at the take
off. A quartering southeast wind
of low intensity was not expected
to impede his flight to any notice
able extent.
Major Lopez hopes to reach Mex
leo City this afternoon, spending
the night there, and resuming his
flight ito Guatemala City on We'd
nesday.
The Guatemalan officer narrow
ly escaped turning over just before
his heavily loaded plane left the
the ground. The wheels veered in
the soft turf, and the plane
lurched from side to side.
Three attack planes from Fort
Crockett were on hand to escort
him to the American border at
Brownsville.
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REBELS FAIL

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were in retreat with the federals in
command of the situation.
The two leaders were aided by
a half dozen other generals, in
Guiding the former Colonel Hector
Armada, who revolted with a part
of the Mexico City garrison in Oc-
tober, 1927, in the so-called Ser
rano-Gomez revolution and escaped
to Cuba. Armada joined the rebels
at Angonstura, Sinaloa, and was
Immediately appointed chief Of
staff for General Cruz.
JUAREZ, Chihuahua. Mexico,
March 26.-(P-Communiques tell
ing of more alleged revolutionary
outbreaks in central Mexico, the
bombing of Jiminez. Chihuahua. by
federal aviators, and Of plans for .
rebel attack upon the loyal strong
hold at Naco, Sonora, intensified
border interest today in the revolu-
tionary situation.
Escobar left here today on his re-
turn to Jiminez, where the major
Mexican revolutionary army is sta
toned.
General J. Gonzalo Escobar,
rebel commander-in-chief an
nounced here last night he had re-
ceived advices saying 1000 men
we're being concentrated in the
state Of Guanajuato for a march
on Mexico City.
The movement Of federal soldiers
through Arizona last night to REIN
force the loyal garrison at Naco
brought an announcement from
Governor John G. Phillips at Phoe-
nix that he would take the matter
up with the adjutant general and
would see that "a repetition of this
offense is prevented" Governor
Phillips announcement was made
after several truck loads Of federal
soldiers passed through Yuma,
Ariz., last night. Later two truck
loads of federals were said to have
passed through Douglas, Aniz., en-
tering the federal entertainments at
Naco.
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U. S. UPHOLDS
ship SINKING
Treasury Stands Pat But
Canadians, British May
Take Serious View

WASHINGTON, March 26.-(P)-
The treasury department is stand
ing squarely back Of its coast guard
service in defense of the sinking OF
the British schooner I'm Alone in
the Gulf of Mexico Friday by the
patrol boat Dexter.
Forwarding the first official re-
port of the incident to the state
department, Secretary Mellon has
taken the position that the Dexter
was within its rights in firing upon
the rum runner when its master
refused to heave to after a con-
tinuous pursuit" about 200 miles
into the gulf from a point within
four leagues of our coast"
Meanwhile, it is becoming in
creasingly doubtful the same view
will be taken by the British and
Canadian governments. Their dip
lomatic representatives here are
awaiting an opportunity to examine
the official reports from the coast
guard and the British consulate at
New Orleans, where the crew of
the sunken vessel was landed. If
these confirm current newspaper
accounts of the sinking, in which
one British seaman was drowned.
they are expected to take a serious
view Of the incident.
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McAllen Boy Hurt;
Two Harlingen Men
Held For Stabbing

HARLINGEN, March 26.-Matil-
de Rodriguez and Salamon Morales
were placed unde rarrest here Mon
day by Deputy Sheriff E. w. Anglin
charged with assault to murder in
connection with a stabbing ARRAY
on the highway near La Feria.
William Utter, a McAllen youth,
received a stab in the left side above
the heart. The blade of the weapon
was DETECTED by a bone and the
wound is not expected to prove Sc
rious.
According to the version Of the
affair secured by officers, Utter and
two companions were forced from
the highway by a car in which Rod
riguez and Morales are alleged to
have been riding. An alteration
followed, and as Utter stepped back
to enter his a Rodriguez is al
legged to have struck him with the
knife. Morales also is alleged to
have drawn a knife.
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INJUNCTION
CONTINUED from Page One.)

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legations that the purchase was I'M
wise and illegal.
A truce in the battle between the
two forces, each seeking purchase of
different sites, was declared recent
ly and a previous injunction stop
ping the purchase was dissolved.
The Harlingen city commission then
entered negotiations once more and
contracted for the purchase of the
arroyo site, formerly occupied by the
now defunct Arroyo Colorado Coun-
try club.
Opponents Of this site at once
declared this was a breach of the
truce which they believed they en-
tered into with the understanding
that no further action would be TAX
en- until the matter was placed be-
fore the citizens Of Harrington in
an election. A petition immediately
was got under way and resulted in
the granting of the injunction by
Judge Kent Monday afternoon.
Purchase Of another site, located
in the eastern part of the city a
part Of which already is the prop
erty of Harrington, was advocated bv
some of the signers of the injunc-
ton petition.
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Loss OF FILES
DELAYS TRIAL
Dispositions OF Spanis
Heirs In San Roman
Case Disappear

Disappearance Of seven depos
tons from the files Of the So
Roman estate case halted trial whe
it was called for trial Monds
morning in the civil district cour
attorneys reporting that deposition
secured fromb six heirs In Spain ar
one in Monterrey, Mexico, could M
be found in the files.
The case, which involves title |
property in Brownsville and tt
coastal sections of Cameron count
of an estimated value Of $4,000
was originally tried at the Januai
term of the civil district court, tE
court instructing a verdict for e.
Spanish heirs. "A motion for ne
trial was granted, and the case s.
for March Is.
Disappearance Of the deposition
from the files was discovered abol
three weeks ago by the attorneys fl
the Spanish heirs, and all efforts
locate the missing documents hay
failed. Announcement was made to
day by the attorneys. Davenport
West g. Ransom, that Charlt
Celaya Of Brownsville would be ser
to Spain to secure new dispositions
The suit involves the San Roma
estate, founded in 1850, when FL
liciano San Roman arrived here fro
Spain and established a gener;
merchandise establishment. Mar
years later includes considerab.
property in the city and also a lare
acreage in eastern Cameron count,
The dispositions from the SPANS
heirs were secured when the estat
went into litigation following til
death Of F%uljencio Lopez San Roma
in 1927. They were presented at tn
trial Of the case in January, EMIL
San Roman Of Brownsville claimin
the estate as the heir.
Attorneys sttaed thta this is tn
first time in the history Of Camera
county that files In a case have dis
appeared. The loss, It was pointe
out, will merely delay the trial a fe'
weeks. necessitating the securing (
new depOSitionS.