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Sunday Morning Edition THE BAILYAEGUS-LEABEM Sunday Morning Edition "SOUTH DAKOTA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER HVENTY-FOUR PAGES omcui cm FATES SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 1934 OmCIAL COUNT! FATES TRICE I CENTt 1 mn UVl i 0) THOUSANDS IN Governor Of California Dies Rolph One Of Quintuplets In Danger PARCHED AREA TO HAVE JOBS Police Vice Squad Will Be Formed Here FATHER NOT SATISFIED WITH FAIR CONTRACT Visitors Kept Out Of House Work Program Drafted by hciVRESQUE EXECUTIVE ENDS Corbeil. June 2. (Pi Pre TO WED YOUNG ASTOR Pick Morstad cautions against excitement were in Hopkins With Approval of President Roosevelt 3 YEARS OF. PUBLIC LIFE AT creased in the Dionne farm home today as the smallest of the girl quintuplets showed signs of not responding to treatment. To Head Unit MEMS SANTA CLARA RANCH This babv.

now weighing onlv one pound and 12 ounces, has Been given 11 STATES NAMED rum several times, Dr. A. R. Defoe, the family physician revealed. She Visitors were barred from the home today In order to prevent excitement of the babies and their 24-vear -old mother.

The father, Ovila Dionne, was reported to be somewhat dissatisfied with the contract he signed yesterday to exhibit the babies and their mother at the Chicago Century of Progress. Under the contract, he is to receive $100 weekly until the family is able to go to Chicago, after which the pay will be $2:0 weekly and 30 per cent of receipts. Dionne said he is not certain the agreement he siened is binding because his wife did not Join him in signing it. He said he has received $100 for his expenses to Orillia, where the contract was executed. eart Failure and Lyng Conges has shown less vitality than the other girls, who have responded to similar treatments, he said.

Water Supply and Food Con ILLNESS IS FATAL tion Is Pronounced Cause of Death For 'Cleanup' Former' Sergeant Will Be Appointed Assistant Chief Monday, Graff Says Following an extended conference The country doctor, who was pres ent at the birth of the girls Monday servation Projects Will Be Used for Relief IERRIMAN IS GOVERNOR ana nas woricea naro to preserve their lives, Emphasized that all are In danger of death and that everything that can be done bv medical 'ormer Head of State Was Na science is being done. between Chief of Police John Rooks By 8AM BLEDSOE, Associated Press Staff Writer. tive of Iowa IV Years San Francisco Mayor T.Vt If AA Washington. June A work program designed to employ thousands of men in the mid-west drouth areas was drafted today bv Harrv L. Honkins.

federal relief administrn. IAca I LillC 4 I I i'. nictiiresaue and widelv- wr v'ii 1 lZm eovernor, James Rolph, jr. tor, with the approval of President Nine Persons Arrested in Raids When Officers Visit Two Places; to Be Arraigned in Court Monday I died here today. PAID INTO FUND IN NORTH DAKOTA Judge Christianson Testifies They Were Solicited for Five Percent.

PROBE NEWSPAPER FUND Broker Says Governor Langer Received Big Check on "The Leader" Bismarck, N. June 2. (TV-Federal relief employes were solicited, for five percent of their salaries, but the committee In charge of the work ordered that solicitations cease when the matter was brought to their attention, Judge A. M. Christianson of the -state supreme court, administrator of relief work In North Dakota, testified today in the trial of Governor William Langer and seven co-defendants.

Judge Christianson, who succeeded Governor Langer as state relief administrator after1 Washington officials ordered removal of the chief executive from that position, was questioned closely by District Attorney P. W. Lanier about solicitations to the "Leader," state administration newspaper. Delving further into its allegations that the governor and co-defendants conspired to solicit political contributions for support of the newspaper, Lanier asked Christian-son to outline circumstances surrounding -reports that federal em-ployes were solicited. Christianson, who was chairman of the relief committee before beine In the quiet ui me and Mayor A.

N. Graff, the mayor announced late Saturday that a decision had been reached to establish in Sioux Falls a police vice squad, to have sole charge of investigations of laws against liquor, gamblingand prostitution. The vice squad will be in charge of Henry Morstad. present desk sergeant, who Monday will be appointed assistant chief of police, and will be responsible directly to the mayor. All complaints of the character named will be referred to Assistant Chief Morstad, the mayor said in his announcement.

Hp ttooseveit. The relief administrator said the plan would be launched immediately In the counties that had been certified by the department nf nirririil. rancn nome ui Viim several ture as requiring emergency action. aes wrocn Six Men, Three Women irJ Group nnths ago ana icwhmj ne aunnuncea allotments to 11 states for the work. At the same time the administration had under consideration the ri.

May Lose Sight on campaign. rwuj.i Seized by Police, Federal Officers fAssoclated Prms Photo) id Been expect. in the week physicians "ndined hope for Rolph Every added that the nlan has wnrlrpri visability of asking congress for an additional appropriation of about $200,000,000 to cope with a situation that, officials say, is growing worse John Jacob Astor III. is to marry Ellen Tuck French (aoove), a debutante who was to have been a bridesmaid at his once-planned well in other cities, snrt that. it.

win' BUT BABY' WILL LIVE lire TV A imav uses lett mm wbih. oe u-iea nere "until the present con- LIQUOR SUPPLY IS FOUND Gambling Charges Included in nouny. Eleven States Listed inland, superintendent of the weoaing to Eileen uiuespie. THREE COUNTIES ate hospital ai UU1UU5 are unaer control." Gives Chief More Time "There is no purpose to enter upon a tyrannical campaign." he said. "There is, however, a purpose to bring about a better unit rlpfl nor hunced: James Rolph, Jr.

Hopkins' statement said that the work plan was "specifically designed to conserve food and water" and was developed following a long-distance telephone conversation with Offenses All Are Placed in Jail Six men and three women were in p. m. Merriam Becomes Governor Tim" Rnlnh. whose Der- REPORT SHOWERS situation in Sioux Falls and to President Roosevelt at Groton, Mass. Lnai characteristics and long pub-L made him known on two Jail in Sioux Falls Saturday night.

Intinents, died as his son, James nowara Area uets or an olDh 3rd, neiQ nis nauu. mio. heia on a variety of charges, after a squad of police officers, accompanied by federal agenta, raided two ine special allotments for the new program include; Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota. $1,. Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota.

Utah, Wisconsin $2,100,000 and Wyoming, 150,000. Inch Kingsbury, Moody Also Get Rain eliminate certain conditions which have become a public disgrace. "This will leave the chief of police free to work out nis major problems of reorganization of the department and to devote his entire time to bringing to it the necessary level of efficiency. "In reaching this decision, it is recognized from the evriini nt Roads Grant Rate Gut As Drouth Aid places late in the afternoon. pri ana me we bui others, Will, Ronald and Tom, re at the bedside.

The duties of governor Immedl-i toil imon Lieut. Governor Caused By Ants Jackson, June 2. Hope for saving the eyesight of a baby attacked last week by a horde of red ants, dwindled to- i day. Already blind in his left eye, the right eye of three-months- old Harold Watson Patrick, la seriously affected. The child was brought here by his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. G. W. Patrick, from their farm home near Bells, for examination. Physicians said there was little hope for saving the child's eyesight.

The baby was attacked by the ants a week ago as he lay asleep in an outdoor crib while his Rain visited a few scattered spots named state administrator, said he ordered that post-dated checks collected for pledges to the Leader be returned. "Work protects" the armminre- in eastern South Dakota late Saturday afternoon, but none fell in -arik F. Merriman of Long Beach, ke Rolph a republican. Merriman. former Iowa state legislator, is 67 the oast few weeks that it is tm ment from the relief administration said, "will bo nut sneedilv Other witnesses today pJ sible ior xhict j)f police, to giw icars old, a native of Hopkinton, Western Roads Will Move Live to employ the heads of farm families in need.

The protects will include the development of additional water rwa. He naa annuimteu pirnuuo- for the repuDiican nominauuii uie necessary time ana attention to the very serious and important tusk of reorganizing the police department and placing it on a basis where it is an adeauate asencv to Directed by Chief of Police John Rooks, the raiders first visited a place at 90S West Sixth where -a quantity of liquor was reported found, and one woman taken into custody after an effort was made to locate her husband. Up to a late hour Saturday night officers had been unable to find him, but indicated that if and when he is located, he will be arrested and charged with liquor law violation. All Kept In Jail The officers had no more than completed their visit to this place when thev went to 231 vpst. ku.

v. Remington, head of a Bismarck brokerage company, who testified that a check for $2,461.48, drawn on the account of the "Leader," was applied to Governor Langer's personal account. This corroborated previous testimony by R. M. Stang- rr governor.

supply tnrough wells and through impounding or diverting water from rivers and lakes. Projects employing men and women in the ranninir stock and Feed to and From Areas at Less Chicago, "June 2. WVrRate re Rolph's capacity ior muuiw iends. his acts and gestures of nerositv and his enormous capac-; fnr work, made him one of the 6 mux- Falls, A mild descended upon this area early in the evening, but the air cleared quickly and the storm proved to be of little consequence. A general rain was reported from the Howard district where it was said that about .15 of an inch fell during mid-afternoon.

Substantial raias were also reported in Kingsbury county, also around Brookings and in Moody county. The showers came as far south as Lone Tree, according to reports received in Sioux Falls Saturday evening. standing political figures of the ui meai, irun ano vegetaoies also will be used to conserve food resources of the area and furnish cash income for the families, Rnad wnrlr ter, manager of the Bank of North Dakota. Miss Stella Brandby, stenographer In the federal emereencv relief nf. Luinuai ma.ior crime, ir ne is at the same time burdened with the cam-oaign to curtail present vice conditions with all the petty details involved.

"Just as soon as conditions with regard to liquor, gambling and vice have been restored to normal, the kuntry. He held decorations irom parents worked in a nearby tomato field. When the parents found him, his face was a mass of cuts and bruises Toxic poisoning of the stream developed and affected the eyesight. The child will live, physicians say. flees, who preceded Remington on -ance, Japan ana otner countries.

The Rolph smile was famous. never anneared in DUblic With- as well, will provide considerable emergency employment." mm sxana, testmea she was given an increase in salary after she it a gardenia in his buttonhole, was ever ready to crown a beau- new management will be terminated and this phase of the matter handled as formerly." pledged five percent of her salary to the "Leader." HopKins said the state emergency relief administrations, through their work divisions, would approve the projects, although the relief administration in Washington would pro oueen. throw the first ball at tne. enth and raided another place. At this location they seized six men and two women, and reported finding a small quantity of liquor.

Shortly after midnight Chief Rooks reported that all parties arrested were in Jail, not having furnished bond for release, and that they face arraignment In munirinnl Many Complaints Made Hobson Honored lening game of the seasons na-mal pastime, make a speech, While the mavor did not enlarge vide guidance for thn tviw of pro ITALY TO FIGHT upon his reference to "certain con ject best suited. ditions which have become a public est an incoming dignitary or a siting actor. Heart Failure Was Cause The governor died In a coma Into Billion May Be Necessary Thousands of families are in hy Congress for court Monday. ductions to facilitate the emergency movement of livestock and feed as a drouth' relief measure were announced today for all western steam railroads. H.

G. Taylor, chairman of the Western Association of Railway Executives, said the action was taken at the request of Harry L. Hopkins, federal relief administrator. The changes are effective fit once. Distressed livestock purchased by the government will be hauled by the railroads at two-thirds of the published tariff rates.

Livestock being moved from drouth stricken areas for pasturage will be moved for 85 per cent of the prevailing rate, with option to the shipper to return the animals at any time within one year, upon the payment of the remaining 15 per cent of the one-way rate, making in effect a 50 per cent reduction for such movement. 1 Grain feeds and feed Brain will HER OWN BATTLES need of emergency relief because of distress caused primarily by drouth," Chicago Society Plans Drive for Freedom in Dress liich he had lapsed some three Act of Heroism iurs previously. His last gesture me durine the morning, when he Mussolini Says Nation, Will Not their needs can best be met through employment on oseful projects for uisnrace, it was presumed mat he had in mind the numerous night clubs which have snrung up in and around Sioux Falls in recent months, in which it is reoorted that liquors other than legal beer are openly sold, and in which it has been charged that the banned slot is operated extensively. Chief of Police Rooks and Mavnr oened his eyes and smiled faintly, Captain Who Bottled Up Spanish cash wages, adjusted to budeetarv Go to War on Behalf of Alleged Allies Rome. June 2.

fiPl Premier Mn Anti-Superstition Group in Re requirements of the needy family' Unofficially, It was said, additional work allotments would be made and that the number to be Navy Promoted to Rear Admiral and Retired Washington, June 2. iP On the Graff have been kept in hot water oyer complaints about such places volt Against Conventional Clothes employed in the new program would solini told 10.000 war volunteers to. day that Italy-will fight her next war for herself alone and not on behalf of anv other nations nrrtenrii nff tn hm thirty-sixth anniversary of the sinking of the Merrlmac by Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson in Cuban her allies. aimost constantly aunng tne lew weeks they have been in office, and the chief has raided three alleeed liquor "Joints" and caused slot machines to vanish almost completely, except in the night clubs. "Italy's volunteers, if war Is necessary, will shed their blood onlv for be moved to drouth stricken areas at 66 2-3 per tent of the prevailing rates, while the reduction on hay for the same purpose will be 50 per cent.

waters to block the Spanish fleet's escape, congress today voted him mating recognition of his son. Dr. Scanland announced the tuse of death as heart failure and ingestion of the lungs complicated kidney trouble. Rolph's death ended 23 years of blic service. 19 of them served as jyor of San Francisco, where he came prominent through his imanitanan work -after the irthouake and fire of 1906.

Rolph immediately came to the 1 of the city, where he was born the mission district. On horse-It or in his buckboard, "Jim" i ph drove through the streets as Members still smoldered, directing homeless to refuge and survey-! the wants of the destitute. As milding began he fought for civic provements. Refused Mooney Pardon "Sunny Jim" first was elected 'W of San Francisco In 1911, i nerved 19 years altogether In at office Ai mayor he was at the head of preparedness parade in 1916 at recognition by elevating him to the rank of a rear admiral wtth retired Petition Is Filed Here's a Smith pay or 4.50O annually. Congressional action was completed by unanimous house approval of a senate bill, which now goes to Chicago, June 2.

Soaring temperatures today gave members of the anti-superstition society an idea for their next fate defying meeting. The group plans a revolt against the conventional clothes worn by men. They hope to declare collars obsolete; to bring shirt tells out of hiding; to abolish coats and vests; and to replace trousers with shorts or "air-conditioned" pajamas. The society is composed of 13 of Chicago's young business and professional leaders. They alwavs meet for dinner on Friday the 13th with plenty of black cats, broken mirrors and" other evidence of conventional bad luck scattered around.

The next regular meeting will be for Mortgage Bill nun is Missing. At the first place visited that of Andrew M. Kiosterman, 906 West Sixth the raiding crew 'found only Mrs. Mary Kiosterman and a young son at home. They took the woman to the station- and the youngster left the place, ostensibly to fetch his father.

After some search they discovered two kegs, alleged to contain moonshine whiskey, behind a davenport on the screened-ln front porch, several bottles of similar liquor concealed under the top of the dining room table. and 63 quarts and eight pint bottles of home-brew beer in the basement part of it in a cupboard and part of it In a refrigerator. In the raiding squad were Police Detectives 8. H. Chapman and Rex Oullick.

Police Officers Charles Chamblin and D. V. Baker, and F. L. Boyington and J.

Sinclair, United States treasury Inspectors. Kiosterman was expected to be arrested later, and Chief of PoUre John Rooks said that the prisoners would be turned over to federal authorities who it is expected will charge them with violation of liquor revenue laws. Are Arrested Within a few minutes after raid-" th! Pkce at 806 West Sixth the officers descended upon a place' at 231 West Seventh st, arresting six men and two women, and seizing about one quart of alcohol. Ji'nLanR'n. giving his address as 1429 North Dnkota was charged with operating a gambling house, and L.

E. Poyson. 231', North Dakota was charged with having liquor in his possession. The others will be charged with frequenting a gambling house, according to Chief Of Pnlir. Tnh' the white house for President oepena upon tne extent of drouth devastation.

Senators from the afflicted area have estimated that unless rain falls soon, a billion dollars may be necessary to meet needs. Honkins also said the Federal Surplus Relief corporation had received 27 telegraphic bids from meat parking firms on the processing of cattle and calves from the 13 certified emergency counties in the drouth area. The government has embarked on a cattle-purrhase program in the parrhed states. The subject of an additional appropriation for drouth needs has been under discussion for several davs. Some leaders said they expected the president to send a message on the situation to congress next week and that he might ask then for a special emergency fund.

Will Confer Monday Others said they felt the president might conclude that passage of the pending billion-dollar deficiency bill would enable the government to take care of the situa Administration Leaders Hope to liaiy, aeciared Duce. "Experience has shown them that it does not pay to help by land and sea the people who pretend to be our allies." Mussolini was interpreted as referring to France and her World war ally, Serbia, now part of Yugoslavia. France, he has said, did not give Italy the colonial territory promised in the London treaty of 1915 following which Italy entered the war. Olson Rejects Off er of Doctor to Resign St Paul. Juno 9 rm Roosevelt's signature.

The aged Spanish-American war hero, who has received no reeoenl- tlon from the government since his resignation from the navy 30 years ago because of health, walked into Keep Measure From Coming to Vote Washington, June 1 (IPtK petition designed to force a house vote on the Frazier-Lemke farm mort- tne nouse galleries shortly alter pas sare of the measure. time a bomb exploded, killing on Friday. July 13. Each member will attend a century of progress dressed in whatever they deem best Kitc, currency exnansinn nm. in That's Different Homerville, June 2.

iPi Willie Smith is a name and not a typographical error. It belongs to the principal of the Midway consolidated grammar school In Clinch county. Smith explains the fractional appellation this way: "My father said he wanted to name me after his father, Willie T. Smith. Knowing that this was a very 'common name, he decided that it was necessary to give me a middle name that no othr Smith in the world had.

"He said that after a few dayg meditation he found solution to the problem. In all the men he had ever met he had never found a man to have a fraction In his name, so he decided to name me Willie Smith." Chairman Vinson of the naval committee, in charge of the bill, led the house In a standing signea today by the 145th member. Governor Floyd B. Olson late today uvHuim to noDson. mMHut ami injuring ouifia.

immediately hurried to the ne and directed removal of the ired to hospitals. Sixteen years as governor, he refused clem-7 to Thomas .1. Moonev. convict- icjt-L-wru nn oner Dy ur. N.

Mor-tensen. St. Paul, to region nmi. giving tne legislation a preferred place on the calendar. Administration leaders, however, by using the unusual powers vested in them by yesterday's rule of pro- Step-Mother Killer Student of Indiana dent an(Hnember of the Minnesota state board of health.

ith Warren Billing? for tion. They added, however, a few more days without rain might cause Mr. Roosevelt to feel additional Waives Extradition rai in me Dommng. ciespit tne a of his close friend. Former funds should be made available as wruurr, ooum Keep tne bill from coming to a vote on June 11.

the day it ordinarily would come up. Present plans are for adjournment of congress before then, but supporters Of the bill honrd thv a matter oi precaution. Chester Davis, farm admlnts Youth Says He Beat Woman Be Governor Olson, in a letter to Di1. Mortensen. said he had investigated circumstances surrounding r.

Morteasen's alleged failure to report John Dilltnger and John Hamilton, the desperado's lieutenant, had come to him for treatment the middle of March and found nothing to "make it necessary for vou to re Continued on page 2: column 6) Essays of Prize Winners to Be tutor, said after a conference with senators and representatives from Sent to Paris for Interna delay adjournment long enough to Rooks, who waa checking up on the cause She Mad Abused His Little Sister tne parcnea areas today that a MENDER FALLS ASLEEP; oroaoer plan for relief would be drawn after a conference with the AND ROADS sign any uii.c mic uiu uirougn. Ex-Soldier Ends Life Washington Juno 9 im a president on Monday. ih oauiraay nignt. Those who will face this charge are Jerry Avery. 2308 South Phillips Fred Stoe-fen.

808 East Seventh M. Hart-sough. 763 South Third Lvle Pockman, Orace Nichols and Lhaet-t Ramsey, all of 231 West Seventh' We NEEDLE PIERCES HEART New York. June 2. 1P) Nemisio nu roia imormtuoo oj Ajswuttd Prem Local temper- wind lncity B-cntold.

tolunmry OnlMd ilU rw in Sioui ram. Santiago, a widower, died today in the strangest way, officials said, ever (Continued on page 2: column KANSAS CITY MILKMAN Kansas City Movie Damaged by Blast Kansas City, June frv A dynamite bomb tossed on th mnf nt Over German Killings Oshkosh. June S. Suf-ferlng, his family said, from a severe mental strain attributed to to come to tne attention of the VICTIM OF KIDNAPER meaieai examiners office. Weary after a day's work, he fell RUSHED TO COOL AREA Asleep on his bed while darning his clothes.

The needle he had been Official Forecast uth Dnkota: Partly cloudy Sun- Probably followed bv scattered Hn n'8nt or Monday; much change in temperature. tional Tilt Indianapolis. June 2. 4V-Harrv Terhune. a high school pupil of Martinsville, todav was named as first place winner in the American Legion auxiliary's annual Fidac essay contest.

Second award wss won bv Beatrice Y. Black, pupil at Dunbar high school, Washington, D. and third by Viola Andrus, a high school girl at Blaine, Wssh. Those receiving honorable mention were Anna Louise Kettler of Kansas City. David flung Inn Nahn, Washington Intermediate high school of Honolulu, and Ann Mae Taggart.

Milford. Conn, high school. The contest subject wss "Peace snd Security." The essays of the three prize winners will be sent to the Paris headquarters of Fidac, Interallied veterans' federation, for competition In an international iiui ennorw over naving killed sev-eral German soldiers In the World war, William Arndt, 38. who had Kansna City. June 2.

Ordered by physicians to seek immediate relief from the extreme heat the Murray plrture theater today tore a hole in the roof and celling. E. C. Hartman, manager, said he using, lallln from his grasp, be. came wedged upright in the mat tress.

wnicn threatened his life. I J. Unsettled Sunday and day, posMbly a few scattered not quite so warm Monday 3 WfKt IMtHnn I When Santiago turned in his Chapman, Kansas City dairyman. oeen decorated for bravery in cleaning out a German machine Jfrcft. took his life here today.

He died a half hour after he wns found in a hotel room with his new no reason ior the bombing and that the theater would be open tonight. Police said Ed Hartman. brother of the manaeer ami rnvn. sleep the needle was driven Into his was rusneo to, Duiutn, by airplane early today. neart.

Scattered showers "av, With mnln in 0 tor of the projection machine, was It was the second emergency trip IOWAN GETS 7 YEARS, nn union memoer and advanced the theory the bnmhlnnr an f- oy to escape the heat. In 1025 he suffered a sunstroke and i ut is aia.snea. NRA WANTS TO ENJOIN fort to force employment of union former soldier accused of the trunk slaying of his comely stepmother agreed today to waive extradition and return to Philadelphia. Police said the accused. Joseph Martin Hoge.

23, admitted beating Mrs. Mary Hoge to death with a chisel and hammer In Philadelphia May 10 and then stuffing her body into a trunk. He was enraged, he said, because he found that she had been abusing his 10-year-old Bister. MARQUETTE TO HONOR BRITISH SCIENTIST Milwaukee. June S-4V-Marquette university win confer an honorary degree of ortor of science on Sir Henry Wellcome, British scientist and philanthropist, born In Amond, at Its commencement exercises here June 13, a waa announced today.

Sir Henry, who la governing; dir. ector of the Wellcome foundation in London, will be here to receive the degree personally. Ji nr.E KING DIM Washington. June 2. Judge Will R.

King, 70, former chief counsel of the United Stales reclamation service, and one time member of the supreme court of Oregon, died suddenly todsy in his hotel room. He hod lived In Lot Aaaelet la nocnt jrw. wsa taken north in a refrigerator car, going to Isle Royale in Lake lauor. wl: PTlbly warred mrtT WfLrm tMt Pr' OMAHA LUMBER FIRMS meraay X(k. oupenor, MARE ATTACKS FARMER WASHINGTON 'IT GETS DENIES AID REPORTS Kansas City, June 2WV-Mlss Mary McKlroy, daughter of City Manager IU F.

McKlroy said today she had no plans to work for a par-' ole for Ocorge McOce. one of her kidnapers. "I don't understand how such re. ports got around." she said when jsked sbout rumors she had visited McOee at the Missouri state prison at Jefferson City where he is serving a life sentence. VIOLENT EARTHQUAKE REPORTED IN ICELAND Reklavlk, Ireland, June 2.

A violent earthquake today struck. Kvtsfiordur Thingeytsrsysia and eo house in the village of Dalvik. nesr F.ylaflordiir. hat huhd-ed, of inhabitants were forced to seek slwlter In So strong were the shocks at Hii'svlk. by Pkjalfsndi.

that people, walking In the street were flnn FOR EXTORTION PLOT Spencer, June 2. fTV-Claude M. McClurg, convicted by a Jury May 24. of a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses, was sentenced today by Judge F. C.

Davidson" to seven years imprisonment in Canton. Oscar Thompt, farmer living near Hudson, sustained rsther I 98 2 85 (18 Wind: Southeast Barometer itat'ry Sunrise IOWA 'IT PROFESSOR Seattle, June 2. The board of regents of the University of 10 PRISONERS ESCAPE FROM JAIL IN TULSA iinset r-Z." Omaha. June 5 National Recovery Administration will argue In federal district court here Tuesday for a temporary injunction against three lumber companies operating in Omaha, seeking to restrain them from further alleged Infractions of the retail JiimV-r code. W.

Strange of Washing, ton, NRA rotinsel, filed application for the injunction late yesterday and obtained from Federal Judge J. A. Donohoe a restraining order to remain la effect until hear- serious injuries in a most unusual manner. Coming into his barnyard, he discovered that one of his spring colt had died. Forgetting the inherent mother lov of all living things, he neglected to tie up the mare while he nmeerdd to burv the dead colt.

While thus cn-raged the msre suddenly tt rr'ted him and before he succeeded driving her off she struck him rhout the hesd and shoulders, dul sev-eral Of his teeth and mhrtM fnf for Week wen PoWblr 4 of nd toward "whit ne" Ithfi unsettled Fort Madison penitentiary. McCiurg waa alleged to have extorted 1437 from Mrs. R. E. Frsser bv claiming he was "fixing" a federal charge he claimed was pending against her.

A statu to Marshal Fwh wilt be erected in the Forest tif Complege, France, whexa the armLUca Tulsa. Okla June 2. OP) Ten prisoners escaped from the Tulsa county Jail this morning by-crawl-In? through a hole in a wall which tail officials said they "thought had ben repaired." The ten. Including two robbery aupeefa. entered a tunr room and wasnington announced today the selection of Dr.

Edward Henrv lu-er, director of the extension service of the University of Iowa, and neclaint in modem language, as dean of the College of Liberal Arts. He Is a graduate of the University of Mlchiasn. His appointment was recommended by the new president of Uu naivareiur Or. 1m Paul fileg walked nut of the bulldina lthmit patnfuiiy lnjonog him, prone, ghlna tied to the pier in lAicMteyTl wert batftjr thaXea,.

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