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Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-09-17
JURY WILL BE HUNG
PASTOR SAYS: MYSTERY
CARBROUGHT INTOCASE
Witness Testifies Auto Driven by Theater
Magnate's Wife Was Scraped by An
other Machine Just Before She Hit the
Car of Japanese, Causing His Death

LOS ANGELES. Sept. 16. W.R)--
In a courtroom made tense by the
prophecy that its jury would be un-
able to reach verdict, the trial OF
Mrs. Lois PantageS, accused OF the
murder of Juro Rokumoto, Japanese
gardner, continued today.
The greatest interest was centered
in the scheduled after session ap-
pearance of Rev. r. P. Shuler who
charged in a radio speech last night
that the Jury will be hung" and
that he knew the man who will
hang it."
The jury. unaware of this init
nation that one of its members was
fixed" listened attentively as the
defense called one witness after an
other to break down the prosecu-
ton contention that Mrs. Pantages
was responsible for the automobile
collision i'll which Rokomuto was in
jured fatally.
The outstanding defense move Of
the day was the introduction of the
driver of the mystery car, the ma
chine which, the defense claims,
forced Mrs Pantages' automobile
in RokomutoS.
Henry Lee. rancher of Ell Dura,
took the witness stand and said that
Mrs. Pantages' car passed him just
by the site of the collision and
passed on to crash into Rokumoto.
The Japanese was attempting 10
make an improper left hand urn,
Lee said.
Crowded" Says Witness
Mrs. Allyce Campbell went to the
witness box to support the defense
claim that a mystery car" forced
Mrs. Pantages to drive into Roku-
motos machine.
This vehicle. not reported by any
prosecution witness, Scraped the
tenders of Mrs. Campbelrs car ana
then crowded Mrs Pantages to the
left of the highway, Mrs. Campbell
said.
In presenting it's case, the State
asserted that Mrs. Pantages was in
toxicated and her condition was re-
sponsible for an erratic turn into
Rokumotos car.
The crash was unavoidable, Mrs.
Campbell maintained. Under cross
examination she said she knew Mrs.
Pantages by sight but was not a
friend of hers.
Witness Recalled
John Conternc, a defense witness,
last week, was recalled to the stand
by the prosecution.
The State attempted to draw an
admission from Conterno that he
made conflicting statements at the
time of the accident and when he
appeared for the defense.
Conterno denied that he hao
changed his story or that he hac
sent word to Pantages that he coulc
help him out"
In answer to prosecution question,
DIR. c. A. Macdonald, defense wit
ness, who said he had treated Mrs
Pantages but that he was unable
to detect any odor of liquor on he
breath, said the only money he re
ceived from the Pantages was IL
payment for his medical services.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-09-17
Is Reno the Only
Place for Divorce?
Just Ask GrOebli

A letter of inquiry was re-
ceived yesterday by Viola Burns,
city clerk, i'll which a resident
of California asked whether
Reno was the only place in Ne
vada where divorces could be
obtained.
The inquirer wanted to know
whether Las Vegas was county
seat, and whether divorces
could be had here. and if SO
"hOw much"
Mrs. Burns wrote him answer
ing his question in the affirma-
tive.
She might have answered by
informing him that yesterday
a man who was married in Reno
in 1922 filed for his divorce
mere.
George Gr0ebli charged May
GrOebli with desertiOn in his
divorce suit filed against her
through Attorney ]. X. Lewis.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-09-17
WahmOnie Mail
Delivery Dropped

Rural mail service to Wahmonie
from Las Vegas was ceased the first
of this month, according to Robert
Griffith. postmaster.
Due to the fact that the popula-
ton there now consists of one indi-
vidual, and that ninety-two miles
from this city, that part of the
route was dropped, delivery in that
direction extending now to Indian
Springs only.
Indian Springs is about forty
four miles from Las Vegas.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-09-17
Hooper Installs New
FireprOOf Safe

The better to protect the records
of his clients, w. J. Hooper, income
tax specialist, auditor and public
accountant, had installed yesterday
in his office a siX-foot fireproof,
all-steel safe.
Thsi is but one unit of an eXpan-
sion program in Mr.. Hocper's buSi-
ness, which has been located in the
Park building, on south Second, for
the past nine months. He came to
this city five years ago.
The investment of large sums OF
money in Office space and equipment
gave evidence of the faith he has
in the future of the city.
The first opening of the safe war
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-09-17
Sand Drifts Block
Roads Near Ontario

ONTARIO, Calf, Sept. 16, WP)-
A. sandstorm from the desert thai
swept down through Cajon pass to-
day blocked all roads leaing east
from here to Redlands, Riverside
and Cotton.
Traffic on Valley and Foothill
Boulevards, the principal highways
leading cast and south, was COM
pletely blocked and it was neces-
Sary to route traffic over the Base
line road at the foot of the noun
tains, which was protected some
what from the sorm. Several motor
lists reported that the storm was SO
terrific that the paint was removed
fom their machines.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-09-17
New Altitude Mark
For Weight Is Set

LOS ANGELES, Sept 16, W.R)-
Carrying a load equivalent to ID
passengers. Jack Frye and Paul
Richter Jr.. officials of the Aero
Corporation of California. yesterday
flew a tri-motored Fokker to what
they belioeve is a new worlds alti-
tude record for the weight.
Unoficially they reached a height
of 25,2O0 feet, almost half mile
higher than the record established
in July by Waldo Waterman, Los
Angeles. The barograph used by
Frye and Richter has been sent to
the bureau of standards in Wash
ington for celebration.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-09-17
Soviet Planes
Scout Chinese

MUKDEN, Manchuria, Sept. l6,
U.P)-An official communique issued
today said that although the border
where Chinese and Soviet troops are
masSed in great numbers was quiet,
Russian airplanes were continuously
flying over RXWpfopho, on the east
ern frontier, photographing the
Chinese positions.
The communique added that the
officials of the Manchurian govern
ment resumed their extensive arrest
of Soviet employees of the Chinese
Eastern Railway who are suspected
of sabotage
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-09-17
FOkker Will Build
Planes at Alhambra

ALEXANDRIA, Calf. Sept. 16, (UP)
Construction of a Pacific Coast
branch of the Fokker airplane fac
tory will be started here inmecl-
ately, according to an announce
ment today by James A. Talbot
chairman of the board Of the conl-
pany.
The factory is expected TO cost
100000 and will employ 500 men
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-09-17
Waggoner Is
Indicted For
Bank 'Bunco

NEW YORK, Sept. is. OPP
Waggoner was indicted by the Fed
eral grand jury here today on
charges Of mail fraud growing out
of the transaction OF early this
month by which seven New York
banks allegedly were defrauded OF
$500 900. He viii be brought here
at once from Newcastle. Wyo
where he was arrested.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-09-17
Laxity Blamed
For Ship S Fate

HOLLAND. Mich, Sept. is, OPP
Charging laxity on the part OF the
operators of the gravel carrier An
daste which sank in Lake Michigan
a week ago with the loss of 25 lives,
Coroner Gilbert Van der Water, Of
tawa county. announced today he
will make an official inquiry into
the disaster.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-09-17
MARRIED

DIMICK-HUNTSMAN; In this
city, Sunday, September IS 1929,
Vernon NJ Dimick and Bertha
HuntSman, Bishop Ira j. Earl Of
ficiating
The happy couple left following
the ceremony for their home in
Mesquite
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-09-17

WILMINGTON, Del, Sept. IS, U'p
Two young women were sought oy
police here today at the request OF
Hugh Martin, %, who said he was
picked up by the pair. driven to a
lonely woods near Arden, beaten.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-09-17
Women Made Man Walk Home
In His Socks, He Charges

stripped of his clothing--eXcept his
socks-and forced to walk home.
Doctors took five stitches in Mar
tins scalp where he said the wild
women" hit him with an auto
wrench.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-09-17
BritOn Seeks Land
Arms Reduction Also

GENEVA, Sejt. 16, WP)-A reso-
luton designed to further diSarma-
ment on land as well as sea was
introduced by Lord Cecil of Eng
land before the disarmament COM
mission of the League of Nations
assembly today.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-09-17

August 30.-Trains resumed regu-
lar service after weeks tieup result
ing from strike Of four brotherhoodS
on the Union Pacific, during which
72 strikebreakers were detained in
Las Vegas because of refusal Of
railway men to carry them fur
ther. The strikebreakers were pro-
tected and fed. but told a few
things by local union men, withal
August 30.-LaS Vegas defeated
Yermo in baseball, to 8.
August 3O.-J. M. Ullom was ap-
pointed a member Of tna Clark
county board of education.
August 31.-Las Vegas L. a. S. L.
baseball team defeated the Los
Angeles railway boys nine on
wet, slippery field, 8 to 7.
September 1.-The Los Angeles
ball team evened up the score by
defeating Las Vegas railroad work
erS' team 8 to 3.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-09-17
Guggenheim Named
Cuba Ambassador

WASHINGTON, Sept. l6, U,R
The White House today announced
the appointment of Harry E. Gug-
genheim, president Of the Guggen-
helm Foundation for the Advance
ment of Aviation, to succeed Noble
Brandon Judah as ambassador TO
Cuba
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-09-17

yesterday afternoon, Immediately
after A. NJ. Murphy, house mover,
had completed the task of dragging
it upstairs from the street with a
winch. The safe was shipped here
from the factory in Youngstown
Ohio.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-09-17
IT HAPPENED
IN LAS VEGAS
10 YEARS AGO

GFrom The Files of The Agel
August 30. I919-Returned SOL
diers. sailors and marines met at the
Age office to sign up for charter
for organization of a local Amer;-
can Legion post.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-09-17

PORTLAND, Ore, Sept. 16, W,R)--
All communication wires to Yacolt.
small Clark county. Washington,
town which lies in the path of an
onrushing forest fire. were severed
by the fires shortly before noon to-
day. No information as to the fate
of the town was available.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-09-17

FOR RELIABLE NEWS
OF LAS VEGAS, NEV.,
GATEWAY TO BOULDER
DAM, READ THE AGE
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-09-17

COMPLETE ASSOCIATED
PRESS, UNITED PRESS
AND NEA SERVICES;
NOW A MORNING PAPER
The Washington times., 1929-11-07
Too Much To Think About
By Herbert Kaufman

n REYFRIAR'S CHRONICLE which reported English hap
~ penngs thousand years ago. discovered during the
tire reign of Richard the Hearted less than inch Of
which, in the opinion Of its scrbe seemed worthy Of
mention.
Imagination delights to picture journalist Of that school
suddenly replevned from the Ages and installed e
tor of Twentieth century daily.
The chameleon which landed on Scotch plaid could alone
understand such resurected wights bewIdermsnt
There are remarkable occurrences in modern hour
than ancient decade Compulsion has stepped thinking
machinery speed that would have wrecked the works and
induced epdemcs of brain fever hundred years back
Deliberate esurey minds unfit instruments for stages
of action where the most startling performances and
sonaies only be allowed mOmentary spotlghtng As
witness the celebrities celebrations caastrophes and
which the past month has paraded through the head
lines and already dumped into the 'hellbox"
seven-day marves become sevenline memos In
America.
Ramsay MacDonald visit practically forgotten before
he could recross the ocean.
Print film and radio shattered the welkn with Edison
gloriicaton and fortnight later there isn't echo Of
Lights Golden Jubilee left in printers ink ceuloid or
mike"
Pantages multimiIonare with daughter recently
into the nobility and dying wife under sentence for
is convicted of attempted rape and condemned
to prsonthereby furnishing editorial feature writers
material for weeks of deductive Commenand the spec
tacuar episode merely evOkes stick of fOIowup
Speculatons jerry structure logically cracks and tumbe
buryng millions in the ruin and for the WHILE dwarfs the
significance national routine congressional issues the latest
of science and the problem of Mrs.
proper seat
No wonder the ordinary can't evauate the acts Of pub
lie servants form adequate verdict Administration eff
cency inegeny debate the intricaces of the Hawey
bill.
It's as much he can do to keep posted particular
Job or business That's why so many families are puzng
how they retain Phyllis finishing school, Jack at college
and meet the next insurance premium.
You can't successfully gamble in Wall Street with your wits
off the ticker for single instant any than you may
hope win bridge casino without gueing your eyes
to the cards
The average citizen thinking of many other things
beat the specializing student Of finance in his highly
technical domain.
The Washington times., 1929-11-07
uw Should Uphold Newspaper Confidence


to give is already before the Grand Jury in written
fOrm-names, addresses and everything?
CompuIsiOn of testimony in case like this is very
delicate act of hairspltting that won't meet with
much applause from the general public
And in a case like this, involving solely an un-
willingness to betray sacred newspaper condolences
and by means indicating any actual disrespect for
the tribunal why is it necessary for Judge to i'm
pose so severe sentence as As days in jail?
If the court believed that these reporters had no
legal defense and that it was incumbent upon the
tribunal to uphold the majesty of the law by actu-
ally imposing sentence, would it not have been
in cOnsonance with public sentiment to have made
the term merely few days instead of month and
half?
Certainly there is no vital principle involved in this
case that strikes at the heart of civic safety
No crime was being concealed by the refusal of the
reporters to testify The Times had specifically laid
all the details of the alleged lawbreakng before the
Grand Jury, and the court knew this.
This case was nothing but the determination of a
stubborn foreman of hostile Grand jury to in
sist on getting something that was not essential
three individual personal to question that
already had been fully answered in writing.
The Washington times., 1929-11-07

HyHE iaiIing of the three reporters of The Wash
ingtOn Times on recommendation of the Grand
- Jury for refusing to divulge the source of In
formation regarding the Washington rum trattlc
emphasizes again the imperative need of legislation
to give newspaper condolences privileged status
and to curb the arbitrary power of our judges IN
contempt proceedings.
Newspapers render tremendous public service IN
ferreting out hidden facts in exposing the laxIy,
ineffciency and wrOng-doing of governmental Off
ciaIs. In informing the public of the shortcomings
and even crookedness of these officials they point
the way to better government, greater civic virtue
and righteousness
But to get these essential facts it is necessary for
newspapers to obtain condolences to guarantee the
absolute protection of the nfOrmers Without these
guarantees the information would remain secret;
those with the knowledge would hesitate about
testifying and thus jeOpardizing their own positions
These newspaper condolences are so sacred and are
so linked up with the public welfare that they should
be given privileged status before the law. The law
of privilege already has been extended by statute to
communications between lawyer and Client doctor
and patient, priest and parishiOner 1t should also
be extended to communications between reporter and
infOrmer
Maryland has such law. No Maryland judge has
The Washington times., 1929-11-07

the power to Jail reporter who refuses to reveal
source of information. Senator Capper, chairman OF
the Senate District Committee, has been asked by
The Times to father such law for the District
Being an able newspaper man himself, ne knows the
public value of such law Other able Senator's ana
Representatives who appreciate fully the public SER
vice that can be rendered by newspapers should
gladly cooperate in the passage of such law for
the District
That a Judge should be entrusted with power to
send reporters to Jail for endless period for re-
fusing to break sacred newspaper confidence is an
outrage. This is dangerous power to place in any
one mans hands. It opens the way for arbitrary,
unjust, foolish decisions that contrary to COM
mon sense and public sentiment.
And what power to place in the hands OF any 70
persons that can be picked off the street and placed
on Grand Jury! We are not SO far from autOcratic
government when a Grand Jury, conducting star
chamber proceedings bring about the indefinite
failing of witnesses who refuse to answer unessentlal
questions.
Doesn't reason have any place in the halls OF JUS
tice? Isn't common sense permitted in our Grand
Jury rooms and in our cOurtrOOms?
Why should it be pertinent to compel persons to
testify when the essential information they are able
The Washington times., 1929-11-07
The Suns Crown
By Archibald Henderson

UFIE major luminary Of our
L galactic system is rightly re-
garded as king of the heavens.
Vegetation, growth, health, life
itself, are all dependent upon
this solar benevolent despot." "
1t is only fitting that this
monarch of all he surveys, this
sovereign of the skies, should
wear crown. The technical
name for this. circl0t of light
which adornS the suns fore
head is corona" the Latin
word meaning crown.
For many centuries, and long
before any authentic astronomi-
cal records were kept, observers
noted that even during a total
eclipse of the LONGEST. duration,
something is visible which pre-
vents the darkness from rival
ling that of night. In an
eclipse, when the moon appears
relatively small and the sun
large, then the moon will not
antirely eclipse the sun but viii
leave a bright ring or annuluS
shining with customary bright
ness. II, however, the moon is
relatively large and the sun
small, the eclipse Iuay be total.
IN this case, also. there is, dur
ing totality, a bright ring Wis
ilIe round the moon. This,
however, is of a totally differ
V1t character from the bright
annulus of the former case,
eaentioned above. This latter
ring, peculiarly beautiful and
The Washington times., 1929-11-07

OF moderate brightness, is what
astronomers call the corona"
The earliest known mention
Of the corona in literature is
that made by Phi;oStratus in
his Life of Apollonius." This
was then regarded as a prod
igy," after the superStitious
fashion Of ancient times, fore
telling the death of the En-.
peror Domitian. This histori-
cal association Identifies the
eclipse with the year 95 A., D.
Solar total eclipseS are rare
so rare, for example, that none
were visible in London between
the year 1140 and 1715. Grad
ually astronomers began to
make intensive studies of this
phenomenon at a time of solar
total eclipse.
They were, eventually, to OBJ
serve two crowns bright and
comparatively narrow Inner
corona. and a fainter exten-
sion, known as the "outer
corona"
It has now been discovered
that the shape of the corona
changes from year to year. But
1t is not known to what extent
the shape of the corona alters
IN some given interval. Five
expeditions were sent out dur.
ing the present year TO observe
the total eclipse Of the sun,
The path of totality lay right
across an American possession,
the Philippine Islands.
The Washington times., 1929-11-07
Mr.. Rogers, Prophet

He Diagnoses Prohibition.

WILL ROGERS tells the Seattle PostIneigencer what
W will happen result of the great prohibition raid
New Jerseys bootleg CASTLE .
"You know what will happen when the whole thing goes
through the courts Why the drivers will be sent to
JAIL the radio will have his gold membership
cancelled for six months leaders will go into vaudeville
till they make mergers and then open bigger and
better than ever
And this unfortunately expresses the opinion of many
concerning prohibition enforcement They feel that
is farce and that laws concerning be taken
seriously
The Washington times., 1929-11-07

Reading is to the mind what
exercise Is to the body. AS by
the one. health is preserved,
strengthened and invigorated; by
the other. virtue (which is the
health of the mind is kept alive,
cherished and confirmed.
Addison.
The Washington times., 1929-11-07
Truth About Movies
Save Comment From Bavaria.

nR KOELSH Bavarian State Councillor and Industrial
- Physician to the Bavarian Government having tested
the effect American moving pictures young people de-
that they turn the young AWAY from crime and evil
doing because they show Inevitable punishment for crime
That is one Of very few statements about
moving pictures.
Dr. Koesh goes further and tells his American audi
ence "I believe physician, that if this invention had
not come this time and had not been developed with the
competency with which producers brought it to its per-
lection routine modern industrial life would have pent
up human emotions and tensed human until there might
well explosion volcanic enough to disrupt
eety.'
The Washington times., 1929-11-07
Eliminate Grade Crossings

THE toll of human life the District through grade
ings continues and we little if any, to their
elimination than when they first came into uss
The Engineer Commissioner Of the District is again busy
with elimination plans but plans fully agreed upOn
bring no relief unless money appropriated to do the work
There no possible for grade crossings at steam
railroads and failure get rid of them due to procrasna
ton and negligence somewhere.
The Washington times., 1929-11-07

There are two kinds of discon-
tent in this world; the discomfort
that works ana the discomfort
that wrings its hands. The first
gets what II, wants and the second
loses what it has There's no
cure for the first but success: and
there's no cure at all for the Sec
ond.-Gra ham.
The Washington times., 1929-11-07

There il a chord in every heart
that has a sigh in 1t if touched
aright.-Ouida.
A rotten case abides no han
ding. Shakespeare.
Every war is 4 national calam.
ity whether victorious or not.
Ven Moltkes
The Washington times., 1929-11-07
WORDS FROM THE LIPS OF WISE MEN

The world is a looking glass
and gives back to every man the
reflection Of his own face. Frown
at it and it will in turn look
sourly upon you; laugh at it and
with 1t, and 1t Is a jolly, kind COM
panion.-Thackeray.
Keep a thing, ita use viii come.
-TennyBons
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-09-20

are about the most featured theme
of the Immediate hour. These lovely
velvet weaves which have brought
such fame to the fabric realm have in
their patternings captured every rich
hue on the autumn and winter color
card. Included In their range are RAJ
diant browns which reflect the witch
cry of autumn browns and sunset glow
and golden tints in their highlights.
The new BURBERRY tones, wine shades.
the popular bright blues, dusky violet
tints, pea-green and forest green. all
mingle in lovely confusion in these
much-featured print and plain velvets.
The rayon transparent velyet Of
which this winsome gown in AApic-
ture is made. Is printed in a,
Interpretation, which means Of
a mingling of exotic pluma
sinca such Is asly tie sef !
velvet car portray.
The tendency to adopt princess lines
for fall is confirmed in the silhouette
which this mode achieves molded-to-
the-figure lines through the use Of fine
tucking above the normal waistline..
the fitted portion extending to below
the hips, where full skirt is shirred on