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Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-07-09
Million Dollar
Opium Shipment
sConfiscated
Seven Trunks and Suitcases
Brought by Wife of Chinese
Consul Contain Three
Thousand Tins of Opium.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 8.-(P-
Working in the presence of Ying
Kao, Chinese vice consul and his
wife. customs officials opened seven
large wardrobe trunks and suitcaSes
discovering approximately three
thousand tins Of opium. The trunks
belong to the Chinese woman. Gus
toms officials said at retail prices it
was worth approximately one mil
lion dollars.
Continuing the investigation, over
the protests of Ying Kao's attor-
neys, officials said they found in
addition to the opium, hundreds of
pieces of expensive silks and fine
laceS upon which no duty had been
paid.
The woman professed her ignor-
ance of the contents of the trunks,
saying that they we're the property
of friends in China, who had in
fluenced her to use her diplomatic
privileges in bringing baggage to
this country She said she under
stood that the trunks contained
presents" for her friends friends
in this country and refused to re-
veal the names of the friends who
we're to receive the presents" say
ing that now that she knew the
trunks contained opium, those VINO
had requested her to bring the bag
gage here would surely kill her or
have Sar Francisco Chinese do
away with her at their orders"
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-07-09
Fear Lives of I
In Baseball Fire

DETROIT, July 8, WP)-SeVen OF
the more than 125 persons injured
Yesterday when a baseball crowd
of 1000 became panic stricken
when fire suddenly enveloped the
main grandstand of an East Side
park we're reported in serious con-
dition today as police and fire au-
thoritieS began an investigation OF
the cause of the blaze.
Ninety-nine of the injured, most
ly negroes. were patients in Re-
ceiving hospital.
The fire, which many witnesses
said followed an explosion, began In
the east end of the stands and
spread rapidly the length of the
structure as the crowd surged to-
ward exits. Scores of the crowd
were trampled underfoot. Thirty
suffered fractured arms or legs.
Gasoline, which the park man.
agement had used to dry the rain
sodden diamond, was blamed fol
the blaze.
The crowd had gathered to see g
doubleheader between the Kansas
City MonarchS and Detroit Stars
members of the National Negro
Baseball league.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-07-09
Goodness, Gracious,
What an Appetite
Vegas Must Have

Does Las Vegas have % res
taurants, 33 restaurants, 43 res
taurants, So restaurants or So
restaurants?
Before reading on, look back
and hazard your guess as to
which of these numbers is cor
rect. BLANK here while you
make your guess.)
Before divulging the number
of restaurants, be it divulged
that SO hotels, rOOming houses
and apartments have taken out
city licenses since July 1. for the
current quarter. Who'd a
thought it!
And be ii known that IL soft
drink places have taken licenses
thus far-WhOap! Hold 'er,
there; too late now to chage
your guess. You were wrong,
and may as well admit it
There are So tfifty--three)-
at least So eating establish
ments in town! That's what the
city clerks records said yester-
day. And Viola Burns counIed
'em herself. And the 53 res
taurants do not include Sofs
drink places either, the Al of
which doesn't overlap with the
So!
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-07-09
Rescue Party Gets
Students S Body

PARADISE INN. Rainier Nation
nj Park, Wash, July 8, W.p)-After
an 8-hour descent down treacherous
glacier slopes, the body of Forrest
Greathouse, former University Of
Illinois football star, was returned
here from the crevasse on Mount
Rainier where Greathouse and a
companion were killed week ago.
A searching party under Charles
Brown, veteran guide, located the
body early yesterday and carried
it from the crevasse after diff
cult struggle with the ice.
Greathouse and Edwin A. WetZel
Milwaukee, were members of a
party of six who attempted the
seasons first climb to the summit
of the famous peak. The party
was swept from a ledge. Four OF
the party were rescued and Wet
2ers body was found the following
day.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-07-09

visited there and went on north TO
Reno and Carson. on to Lake Ia
hoe. across to Sacramento and San
Francisco. up the coast highway
through Eureka to Grants Pass.
Ore. anG on to Portland From
there they went to Seattle and into
Canada, making a loop in Canada
and returning to the United States
via Kootenay Lake and the Oka-
ragon valley.
Then they went across to Spokane,
via Soap Lake, where Mac" re-
ports he derived a world OF good
from the mud baths for which that
lake is famous.
Got too blamed much OF an ap-
petite since those baths" he said.
Didn't want anything before, bat
that certainly fixed me up"
Down the Columbia River high
way to The Dalles and by the inland
route to Sacramento, then the coast
route to Los Angeles. they went,
coming on to Las Vegas yesterday
by way OF Barstow.
I'VE drove 1000 miles, and less
than 20 of it was the same stretch
OF road repeated" he said.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-07-09
Rome Flight
Under Way
Pathfinder Last Sighted OFT
Portland Lightship; Flyers
May Have Changed Course
Because of Bad Weather.
BY FRANK MURPHY

United Press Staff correspondent
OLD ORCHARD, Me. July 8, UP'
Bound for Rome, 4,800 miles
away, the sturdy silvery monopiane
Pathfinder scared off the SANDS
here, at $40 pm. today in spec
tacular attempt to better the dis
tance record for heavier-than-alr
craft.
If all goes we'll Pilot Roger Q.
williams and his navigator, Lewis
A. Yancey, expect to land IN the
Italian capital about 9 am, Wed
nesday with a new distance record
to their credit.
Although one airplane and auto
mobile had become stuck in the
soft sand of the natural runway
only a few minutes previously, the
Pathfinder, weighing more than
three tons, got away to perfect
take-off after a slow run from
north to south on the beach
Pilot Roger @. Williams, with the
tide rapidly narrowing the natural
runway, kept his plane within 70
feet of the waters edge as 1t moved
about mile and a half down the
beach.
The huge plane lifted easily into
the loW-lying haze.
The monoplane was then turned
to the southeast and later shifted
to the east, heading directly for a
1,O0O-mile fog bank which they
hoped to pass over.
Lieut.. Leonard M. Melka of the
Gloucester, Mass, coast guard base,
with two companions, followed the
transatlantic plane Melka planned
to accompany Williams and Yancey
over the first hour or two of their
journey.
A radio message received at $50
am. from Lit Melka'S plane stated
that the Atlantic monoplane
Pathfinder was rs miles off Port
land lightShip and going strong.
Melka reported that the Path
finder had disappeared over the
horizon and that he was returning
to shore
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-07-09
Plane Works Up
Out Of Fog on
Romeward Hop

NEW YORK, July 8, U.P)-The
American monoplane was far out TO
sea tonight, presumably having
turned the corner" some 1000
miles from the main coast a few
hours after nightfall. as it sped
eastward over the Atlantic ocean
en- route to Rome.
ton, from which point the flyers
oplane, in which Roger @. Williams
and Lewis A. Yancey left the Old
orchard beach at 7:48 this morn
ing, the plane should have cleared
the fog area extending far out from
the coast and have been 1400 miles
along on their 4,800 mile trip to the
Eternal City, shortly before mid
night
The first break in the coureS of
the Pathfinder was scheduled to
come before pm. when it should
have reached the ship lane juno
ton, fro mwhich point the flyers
planned to turn from slightly
southeast to due eastward for Cape
Ortega, Spain.
But the sturdy plane in which
the two men put their trust was
forcea through dense fog many
miles before reaching the turning
point, and it is probable that the
flyers altered their route consider
ably to find better weather condi-
tionS. When last sighted more than
rs miles off Portland LightShip,
they were steadily gaining altituoe
to keep above the fog.
Fog blanketed the silver and
green monoplane, and for hours
there was no vessel at sea which
saw the plane.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-07-09

KotSonaros wants now to wreStle
anyone in the world il Las Vegas
especially Ira Dern, now light
heavyweight champion. He has TAX
en- this championship from Dem
two times,
KotsonaroS ais owants to stage a
ten-round boxing match in Vegas
against either Ira Dem or Pap
Jonas. All three OF these boys. it
seems, are expert boxers in addi-
ton 70 being Stellar performers on
the mat.
Kotsonaros has appeared many
times in the movies as a boxer.
Dern is said to be q better wrestler
than he is boxer. and if PapionaS
is as rought a neck at boxing as he
is at wrestling any two OF these
three should be able to stage a
dinger of a pug bout here.
Itll be a matter of sixty days,
however, until any of these boys
will be brought to Las Vegas again,
according to Promoter MortenSon,
tOr Sucn maJcneS are nOt now war
ranted by the population and will
not be until cooler weather, it Is
stated.
Kotsonaros, for instance, is sched-
uled to take part in . little bout
Wednesday of this week in which
his share of the pie will be $1,000
or more.
But the boys are willing to come
to Las Vegas in spite Of the paucity
of audience here, such is their
. faith in the future of this COM
munity as a center for sporting
events.
Sixty days from now we'll start
the old ball rolling again, said
MortenSon yesterday.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-07-09
Fight to Finish
In Car Strike

NEW ORLEANS. July s. tUP)-A
fight to the finish" in the strike
Of 1000 street railway employees OF
the New Orleans Public Service
company was forecast in statements
issued here today by company and
Union officials
Both sides agreed to meet the
government representative in an
effort to settle the strike.
At the same time, however, they
issued statements reaQirming their
intention Of fighting to the fin
iSh" if their demands were not
met. Neither would agree to arbl-
tration Of the dispute over wage
increases demanded by the union
and refused by the company
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-07-09
Alhambra AirpOrt's
Inaugural Hop Off
Ends in Las Vegas

The first airplanc To takc off
from the new AiiambrI, Cali
fOrnia airport came directly 10
Las Vegas on the flight started
thereby. This was several DAYS
ago.
Not only that. but this plane
made the trip in just all hour
and 81 minutes.
L. ID Bedford. president ii tire
First National Bank of Alhan;-
bra, and William Forbes, rn Il cs-
tate man, were the pas>enge~s,
and they visited Paul HOusmin,
of the Las Vegas Creamery dur
ing their stay here, makiug the
trip to the dam site.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-07-09
QUAKE In LOS ANGELES
MOST SEVERE In YEARS
City Hall Tower Sways-Business Blocks Are
Rocked.-HOmes Destroyed and Buildings
Damaged in East Whittier-Gas Mains Are
Broken at Santa Fe Springs.

4, LOS ANGELES, July 3, U.P)-An
earthquake shook a score OF cities
in Southern California today and
did damage estimated at S5O,OOO.
Three homes we're destroyed, a
schoolhouSe wall was knocked out
and one residence, under construc-
ton, was moved off its founda-
tons in East Whittier.
One Of the houses, that Of +. N.
Veloy, was completely demolished.
He valued it at $4,000.
The tremor was most severe III
East Whittier, Santa Fe Springs
and Whittier.
Broken mains forced the gas
compreSsorS TO be closed at Santa
Fe Springs and windows were brok-
en- and plaster knocked loose al
Whittier.
Buildings throughout Los Angeles
were rocked and in the office Of
the United Press suspended lights
swung from side to side and tele-
graph instrument almost overturn.
ed.
Charles PrudhOmme. guide, eSti-
mated that the high tower of City
Hall Swayed u inches during the
quake. The building was construct
ed III manner that permits it To-
swing as far as three feet without
damage, Prudhomme said.
The weather bureau said the
quake was the strongest here in
years. Colonel H. B. Hersey, gov
ernment forecaster, said it appa-
rently was put on" for the bene-
fit of the national convention oil
Elks, in session here.
The shock was felt distinctly i'll
Santa Ana, MonrovIa. Fullerton.
San Pedro, Wilmington, Point Far
min, Pasadena, Mount Wilson and
Terminal Island.
Glendale and Burbank reported
that the tremor was slight.
Citizens OF Santa Ana reported
first Slight shock at 1880 am.
Chickens started cackling prena-
turely and sleepers awakened.
The second shock in Santa Ana
at 9:45 am. caused q gisS5 ware.
display in department. store TO
collapse.
In Fullerton the master clock OF
the school item system stopped al
0:45 am, and other clocks, con
trolled by the master, stopped at
the same time but all registering
3 am.
Impeyial Valley cities did not feel
the tremor.
A., No injuries were reported to poa
lice, although Miss r. Stollmer, 20,
OF Long Beach, tainted as she was
about to enter the surf when the
tremor was felt. The fire depart
ment rescue squad worked ten min.
uteS TO revive her.
The Santa Fe oil fields felt the
quake Several flowing wells were
reported to have stopped producing
due to the earth movement, while
two dead wells suddenly began
TO flow
} DENVER, Colo, July 8, UPt--
Earth tremcrs, apparently the same
mat shook Los Angeles and sec
tlonS OF California today were reg
lstered on the Seismograph at Re
siS College at $50 am. mountain
time, Father A. w. ForStall, seimo-
loGlst, announced
The tremorS lasted eight min
uteS and We're stronger than com.
mon Father Forstall said.
The quake was registered south
west OF here and probably center
ed IN the Pacific. Father Forstall
reported
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-07-09
Reporter Dies
Because of His
Devotion to Duty

NEW YORK, July 8 UP
Albert ]. Farrell, reporter.
nobIy exemplified his loyalty
to his paper even though it
cost him his life.
Although he was on the first
dav OF hl- vocation N III" CAT
skill mountains today. Farrell
who is police reporter of the
Bronx Home News, witnessed
an automobile accident which
he felt his paper should know
about.
Just after he had made note
of the situation, Farrell was
stricken with a brain hemmOrr-
hage. He weakened so he was
hardly able to stand. Farrell
dragged himself TO a telephone
and put i'll a long distance call
for his paper.
No sooner had he started to
relate the details of the acci-
dent than he tOppled to the
floor and died.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-07-09
{ crest Fires
Under Control

SAN FRANCISCO, July 8-WP-
Aided by heavy fog and dew, fire
fighters today had succeeded in
controlling forest fires which swept
valuable timber lands in many sec
tions of the state.
A crew of rs men brought the
grass fire near ONeal. on the san
Joaquin River, under control sun
day afternoon.
Fires in the Santa Cruz and San
Gabriel mountains and in the val
leys OF Monterey county were being
Smothered BY dew and fog as rang
ers and volunteers fought them.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-07-09
Custer of Wis.
Governor Sought

MADISON, Wis, July 8, UP-
First steps in an custer action
against Gov. Walter j. Kohler were
taken here today.
Sheriff Harold Smedal visited the
executive offices to serve notice of
action seeking to set aside the
Governors election and to exclude
him from office on the ground that
100000 was spent to elect him.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-07-09
Pair Of Flyers, Near Record, Drop
Note Asking For Chicken Dinner

, At 4:30 pm. the flyers oelehrat-
ed their l53rd hour III the air cir
cling the airport here and dropping
a note to their ground crew re-
questing a chicken dinner.
Everything going fine" the note
said, 1--WE are getting hungrier al
the time
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-07-09
Mail Pilot Burned
To Death in Crash

WASHINGTON, July 8, WP)-
Thomas w. Gurley, 26, air-mail
pilot for the Pitcairn Aviation COM
pany, was burned to death when
his plane crashed at Pine Valley,
N. j. tonight.
Gurley was on an experimental
flight from College Park, Md, to
Hadley Field, N. j., testing a radio
equipped plane. when he crashed
and the ship caught fire.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-07-09
NEW ORDINANCE PRINTED

The full texts of the new garbage
ordinance, parking ordinance, dep
uty city attorney ordinance and
the ordinance closing a section of
street for the new high school are
contained on page five of this is
sue of the Age, and will be reprint
ed in the two successive issues.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-07-09

CULVER CITY, July 8, UP)-
Two optimistic aviators, Warren
Mendel and Pete Reinhart, were
cruising the Southern California
skies tonight, confident that before
another sunset they will be the
new endurance flight champions
of the world.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-07-09

her nmty Moore was yet in jail
a. that time
The three who made bail were:
Charles Mckay, of the Sour Dough.
John DeRose, of the Exchange, and
j. r. Sutton, of West Side.
]. Fl. Suttons residence" netted
seven cases, of two dozen to the
case. and Is bottles of beer, besides
fourteen cases of empty boLlleS.
The wh1skey was found at the EX-
change
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-07-09
DUNDEE WHIPS MARTIN

DEXTER PARK. N. Y. July 8.
U.P-Johnnie Dundee, former fea-
therweight champion and holder
OF the junior lightweight title, won
a close decision over Eddie F.
Martin former bantam champion.
in ten rounds here tonight.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-07-09
Police Raid 4
Beer Joints

Four alleged beer joints were
raided last night by city police, net
ting % cases of beer and a small
quantity Of Whiskey. Three men
had been released on 500 bail each,
at IL O'Clock last night, and A, HUI
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-07-09
Indy Early In
In Inaugural Hop

WINSLOW, Ariz., July 8, CUR'-
Col Chas. Lindgergh, plotting the
first plane in it's eastward flight
over the T. A. T. lines, brought
the 12-passenger ship down at the
local airport today three minutes
ahead of time in heavy Salio
train service arrived here at 6:4o
and rain storm.
sengers. left for Clovis, New Mex
leo. a few minutes after landing
here. Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh re-
NAMED in WinSlow and are stay
ING at the Hotel Mack.
Tuesday they will return III an
other plane to Los Angeles WIN
the Colonel at the controls.
CLOVIS, N. NJ. July 8, (UR)-
The first of the two planes flying
eastward in the Inauguration OF
the national air-tranSport plane
train sedvice arrived here at 6:45
pm. from Los Angeles. The Sec
ond reached the local airport al
1928 having encountered a storm
west Of here. The two planes, car
rying 8 passengers bound for New
York. were met by a reception COM
mittee,
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-07-09
Kotsonaros Loses Teeth on Way
Home; Wants Another Bout Here

George Kotsonaros won his
Greek championship battle on
the mat here several nights ago
frcm Leo Papionas, hut two of
his teeth dropped out on the
way back to Los Angeles.
This fact was made known
Yesterday by A. B. MOrteHsOn,
promoter, who went back to
Les Angeles with the m0vic
Star-wreStler after the big bout.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-11-22
THE CHRISTIAN HOME
TT is fitting that a study relating

TT Is fitting that a study relating
L to the Christian home should
center around the story Of the
home in which Christ was reared
and where. therefore. in a sense,
Christianity began.
Our knowledge of the early life
of Jesus is limited in extent and in
matters of detail. but 1t is surpris-
ing how deep and adequate 1t is in
point of essential fact. We have.
for instance. the clear representa-
ton of the worthiness and goodness
of Mary his mother. 1t was not an
accident that she should have been
chosen among women for the priv
lege of mothering the child Jesus
Surrounded by Love
In this home we see the child
Jesus growing up under the in.
~fuences of love and goodness In
the earliest years of his earthly
life he sees the meaning of love
and loyalty and kindness. There
is here no such terrible handicap
as confronts many children and
young people in America today.
The saddest aspect of divorce and
CT the breakdown of family life is
not found in the tragedy that ii
brings to adults and in the disloy-
alties and immoralities that cor.
rupt and befoul the most sacred
relationships of life. it is found
rather in the devastating effect of
these things upon the young. and
in the denial to the young of the
Ear and benefits of home and of
parenthood that ought to be the
heritage of every child.
Over against these things place
the reality of Christian ideals Ii
is true that these ideals may not
always be realized. Christian pro
fession and church membership do
not always guarantee f%aithfulncss
and beauty of character But the
Christian ideal of marriage and
home life should not be judged by
its failures, but by its r~ealizations.
These things are so elemental
that one would think that they
would be commonly recognized.
Perhaps people more widely than
we realize start out with high
ideals and good intentions but sue
cumb to the temptations and the
burdens of life The problems of
the average home are so acute on
their financial side. and in other
respects, that unless there is the
sort Of love that creates great
patience and fo%rbearance, as well
as much common sense and kindli-
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-11-22

and o. C. Johnson were appointed
by the city council as a committee
to have charge Of getting up an
ice skating rink to be located on
the reserve block (where the jail
is now. Plans of Elmer Hauge
and Morris Listerud for such a
rink had been laid aside on ac-
count of their enlisting in the ar
my.
Martin Jacobs was building a
house on e street.
A. P. Larson had moved his
land office and residence from the
building on Front street to his
new stucco building on Assini-
boine Avenue.
An interesting letter was print
ed from Raoul de Gagner, son of
Geo. Fl. de Gagner of near Oswe-
go. This young man had enlisted
with the Canadian forces in Aug
ust 1914 and had been in the thick
of the fighting ever since, taking
part in five of the greatest battles
of the war. Naturally none of the
details of his trench life were
given in the letter.
The Cooks and Walters union
of Great Falls had issued an ulti-
matum to restaurant and cafe
owners. They said that unless pro-
prietors observed suggestions of
the national food administrator to
the letter, nc union waiter would
be allowed to work for them. It.
seems that certain restaurants
were bootlegging meat on meat
less days.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-11-22

necessary vouchers within four
months after the first publication
of this notice, to the said Execut-
or at offices of Marion &c Feor,
Attorneys at law, Hu1sol Block,
Wolf Point, Montana, the same be-
ing the place for the transaction
of the business of said estate in
the County of Roosevelt, the State
of Montana.
ALFRED o. STEPHENSON,
Executor Of the estate Of s. Fl.
Stephenson, deceased.
Dated November, 9th, 1929.
MARION & FORR
Attorneys for the Executor
Wolf Point, Montana. 40-4t
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-11-22

ent representing eight communit-
les of the county. The proposition
of county division was voted
down Al to 20. Those who repre-
scented Wolf Point at the conven-
ton were John Listerud, John F.
Cook, ]. H. Coffey, S. l.. Kleve,
j.. P. West, Joe Klinkhammer,
Adolph Hauge, Ole Erickson.
The number of 1916 births for
the Wolf Point district had passed
the 100 mark according to Judge
Gordon. Births during November
to date included a girl to Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Blacktail on the 4th,
a girl to Mr.. and Mrs. Abe G. Ed
iger on the 10th, a boy to Mr..
and Mrs. c. d. Nelson of Oswego