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48TH YEAR. NO. 233. 14 PAGES SPOKANE, TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1934. a i mj Mu fl UJ Baseballs Brook LUCAS LOCATES I MUTILATED SIGN STOCKTON, June 19.

(P) Eighty Stockton citizens today were looking for J. C. Brown, 79-year-old who had promised to lead them to riches hidden by the lost race of Lemuria. Police, wer interested and sought Brown for purposes of ques-' tioning. Brown began organizing a band of her husband had associated with I followers here a month and a half other women and drank.

Shortly aft-' ago after telling a Stockton news-, er they were married, young Miles paper man that in 1904 he had dis- became a deputy in his fathers office, she said. He worked at night and I worked in the day, and nearly every night when I returned from work I found he had been having a party In our apartment at the Pocahontas, she said. Judge Witt granted Mrs. Miles a return of her maiden name, Beck-mier. They were married at Colville in July, 1931.

Marks Decree. Mary Marks won a divorce frorti Lester Marks on grounds of nonsupport. They were married in Coeur d'Alene in 1929 and shortly thereafter he went home to his mother, in Portland, she said. Judge Witt declined to grant a divorce to Louise Paris from Jack J. Paris.

Mrs. Paris testified that three years ago she left her husband, although they had had no quarrel. She had been working since their marriage in September, 1927, and he also had continuous job as a painter, she told the court. I left him because I thought a long as I had to work I might as well be working for myself, she said. In denying the decree on grounds of nonsupport, Judge Witt said: When you were married you knew what sort of a financial situation you were facing.

Now you cant come into court and merely throw off your marriage to suit your convenience. You were married lightly and you are seeking to throw off that marriage lightly. It is time the divorce court put a stop to that sort of thing. Ina contested action on trial all day today before Judge Huneke Margaret C. Harrington wona decree from Quentin R.

Harrington on grounds of cruelty. She was granted support money of $50 per month for their 3-year-old child. Vii BIG TIME CHANCE STOCKTON, June 19. M5) Myron (Mike) McCormick, 17-year-I old phenom of the Stockton American I legion junior baseball team, left last I night to join the Cleveland club of the American league. McCormick will receive a nine-day trial.

Recommended by Carl Zamloch, former manager of the Oakland club of the Pacific Coast league, McCormick was given a bonus for signing his first professional contract. McCormicks feat in getting 16 straight hits during the semi-finals of the national legion tournament in 1933 won him national attention. YANKEES HAVE SOFT PICKING LONDON, June 19. (A5) American entrants again had easy matches today as the Queen's Club tennis tournament, its ranks riddled by withdrawal of the English and Czechoslovakian Davis cup teams moved through the second day. Lester Stoefen, Sidney B.

Wood and George M. Lott all members of the United States team, saw their first action against second round opponents. Stoefen defeated the German, Hans Denker, 6 4, 62; Wood won from Weimar Cross, unranked Englishman, 6 2, 6 2, and Lott- playing carelessly, dropped a set to Clynton Reed, another unranked English player, before winning, 61, 4 6, 63. Jiro Yamagjshi of the Japanese cup team, also won a second round match from W. Breese, 6 2, 75.

Frank Shields, fourth member of the U. S. cup team and the only one to play in the first round, advanced to the third by default of Harry Hop-man of the Australian squad. PLEDGE STRENGTH TO LONGSHOREMEN LONGVIEW, June 19. C4) Promising drastic reprisals in the event an attempt is made to open closed ports by force and pledging support of its membership of 3500 to the striking longshoremen, the Longvlew-Kelso central labor council last night went on record as "condemning the use of armed guards, soldiers, special police and otherwise for the forceful opening of Pacific coast ports.

LEAGUE The first clew which may lead to discovery of kidnap plotters who con. siructed an underground prison north of Spirit lake was obtained today when E. E. Lucas, Spokane plumbing and heating man, reported Hipperson Radiator company road sign north of Mead badly mutilated. Two strips of the yellow-backed sign, torn out, formed a metal covering for a coffin-like wooden box which Coeur dAlene officers and department of justice operatives of Spokane watched for nearly a month.

Investigation today centered on locating the men who mutilated the sign. "Each week, said Mr. Lucas, "I drive out to Diamond lake on Friday and return on Sunday. About three weeks ago, I noticed the Hipperson sign ripped up. Probably Spokane Plot.

"When I read the description of the lettering on the sign In the kidnaping scheme story in the Monday Chronicle, I realized where the metal from the sign had gone. Finding that the sign was near Spokane strengthens the belief that Spokane probably was headquarters of a gang which planned to kidnap some member of a wealthy family of this city or of the Coeur dAlenes, the officers believe. The box was discovered by a woodsman on May 13 a quarter of a mile back from the Spirit Lake road and two miles north of the town of Spirit Lake. Before noon today department of justice agents, who are working hard on the case in the belief it will lead to an organized gang of kidnapers, went to view the mutilated sign. They expect to contact CCC truck drivers, who pass there frequently day and night, to find out if any can give hints which may be followed up.

KEEPS GOVERNORS SEAT BY FORCE BISMARCK, N. June 19. (A5) Governor William Langer, convicted on federal conspiracy charges, campaigned for reelectlon today while his opponents sought to throttle his present term. Langer holds the governors office by virtue of possession he has ordered the Burleigh county sheriff to see that only employees are admitted. To back him up Langer has the ruling of his attorney general, P.

O. Sathre, that the executive powers are lawfully his. The opposing camp, seeking to seat Lieutenant Governor Ole H. Olson, contends Langers continued incumbency is illegal because of his conviction with four others on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States. List Wife of President and Borah as Radicals fill JU Spokane's Grand Coulee day cele bration Monday not only furnished the people with an opportunity for expressing their satisfaction over the letting of the bids and their hopes for the future, but it brought in many Inland Empire residents who made the most of their time by trying to buy out the stores.

Bank clearings for Monday ran well over $4,600,000, a cheerful sign when it Is considered that the usual daily figure is between $2,600,000 and $2, 700,000. Business Boomed. The Davenport hotel lobby held a milling mass ail day and much of the night. For the first time in several years every room in the house was taken, with Guy Toombes, the manager, beset by late comers unable to get accommodations. The City Ramp garage also was packed to capacity, and was forced to turn away cars wanting storage or washing.

Retail stores found business booming. The number of customers from outside the city was especially noticeable, said J. L. Paine, chairman of the Crescent store board. "The store was crowded all afternoon.

Big Stores Crowded. "I think the celebration did a great deal to encourage the people of the Inland Emlre, and I believe we are sitting on top of the world right now. Montgomery Ward enjoyed a heavy volume of business all day, customers filling the store from early morning until closing. The increase came especially from out-of-town customers, it was said. Kemp Hebert and the Palace also enjoyed an unusually good trade throughout the day.

TRAIN PLUNGES II BELLINGHAM, June 19. OP) One man was badly Injured and four others, Including Deputy Sheriff John ODell, narrowly escaped death this morning when a Bloedel Donovan logging train crashed through a 150-foot bridge over the south fork of the Nooksook river, near Saxon. Otto Olson. 42, of Bellingham, the brakeman, suffered undetermined Injuries when the heavy locomotive, which had almost crossed the wooden span, dropped back into the river when the bridge gave way. He and the other men were in the cab.

Those who escaped injury, although bruised, were Odell, Jack Brandt, of Bellingham, conductor; Frank Dunlap, Sedro-Woolley, engineer, and Paul Chrlsman, of Bellingham, fireman, who leaped from the cab Into the water. Cab Fills Up. As the cab filled almost to the roof with swirling water, Dunlap was the first to crawl out between heavy timbers which tumbled on to the roof. Odell followed him, but turned back to find that Olson was unable to make It. He and Dunlap pulled Olson out, He was rushed to a local hospital.

The train, consisting of the locomotive, a tank car filled with oil and several flat cars, started out for the Saxon road, where it crossed the bridge. "As the locomotive reached the other side- the whole bridge seemed to sway sideways and then go straight down, Odell said. The cab In which the five men were riding, dropped 15 feet into the water. COURT REDUCES TAX ASSESSMENT Holding tax assessments against the Washington Brick, Lime and Sewer Pipe company for the years 1929 to 1932 Inclusive were "arbitrarily excessive, Judge Witt today awarded the company $2117.96 paid in taxes under protest. During the four years, taxes on the property amounted to $6850, on an assessed valuation of $34,800.

The taxes were paid May 31, at which time the company submtted a written protest. The court findings were that a fair market value for the property during the four years never exceeded $47,860 ($23,930 assessed value) on which the tax would have been $4732. THE WEATHER Tonight and Wednesday; Partly cloudy; slightly warmer (Complete report on page two.) BLUE BLOOD PUG IS NOT WANTED NEW YORK, June 19. (A)1 The New York state athletic commission today warned Madison Square Garden that it will not approve a light-heavyweight title match between Maxie Rosenbloom, the champion, and Enzo Fiermonte, pugilistic husband of the former Mrs. John Jacob Astor.

The commissions action came in the form of notification to Sam McQuade, technically the matchmaker at the Garden, that the match, tentatively set for July 19 at the Garden bowl in Long Island city, did not meet with Its approval. All Rlftlta RmumS hr Tbh Anaoclatprt Prau of Agriculture Wallace, Secretary of the Interior Ickes, Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska, Father John A. Ryan, director of the National Catholic Welfare conference, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, Professor Irving Fisher of Yale, Lillian Wald, social worker who founded the Henry street settlement; Mahatma Gandhi, Newton D.

Baker, former secretary of war; the Rev. S. Parkes Cadman, Clarence Darrow, Arthur Garfield Hayes, Harold H. Swift, meat packer; Judge Ben Lindsey; Diego Rivera, Mexican painter; Leopold Stokowski, conductor of the Philadelphia orchestra, and Lorado Taft, sculptor. Mrs.

Roosevelt is described in the book as a "socialist sympathizer and associate; pacifist; co-worker with many radicals, some of whom have been appointed to government positions by her husband. Construction of the Grand Coulee dam will begin within a month, possibly within 20 days, R. F. Walter, chief engineer of the reclamation bureau, predicted at a meeting of the state Columbia basin commission at the Davenport hotel today. There is no question but that the contract will be awarded to the Silas Mason company, low bidders, and the bureau will get through the notification to proceed with all possible haste, Mr.

Walter said. Machinery Loaded. Officers of the Mason-Walsh-Atkin-son-Kier combine appeared before the commission and said they are ready NEW YORK, June 29. tP) Joseph to begin work within 10 days after W. Harrtman, former head of the de-jthey get the notice.

They said they 100 cars of heavy ma- ready to move into the covered a tunnel in the Cascade mountains leading to a cavern filled with relics of apparently a lost race. The newspaper man put Brown in touch with others he thought might be interested in assisting Brown to form a group to explore the cave and catalogue its contents. These included John C. Root, retired printer, and Harry Noyes Pratt, curator of the Haggln Memorial museum. Meetings were held twice daily and Brown's followers grew to 80 in number.

Browns original story expanded into one that the cave held the secret to the last race and continent of Lemuria, followers said. He was said to have Insisted he was worth 40 million dollars and promised to have a glass-bottomed boat here Sunday on which the party would leave to search foi" the lost continent of the coast of Washington and Oregon. Waited 12 Hours, Leaving Roots morning, Brown promised his followers a surprise if they would gather at 1 p. m. He failed to return but his, followers patiently waited 12 hours.

Many today still clung to the belief that some mystical power had convinced Brown that the "time was not right to reveal the location of the rich cavern and the secret to the lost continent. Some of his followers gave up positions and had disposed of furniture and other effects to follow Brown on his trip into the Cascades. Brown claimed to have pictures and further proof of his discovery In a Texas bank. ahead with the high dam at any stage of the present contract. He Indicated he Is strongly In favor of the larger project.

Because of the growing demands in the small towns surrounding the dam for school facilities, Chairman E. Banker of the commission was authorized to name a committee on schools and sanitation. The Mason interests told the commission they have three or four plans of construction which are feasible, and that if one system does not meet with the government's approval another will be ready. Commission member' praised highly the work of Frank A. Banks, head government engineer on the project.

1 NEW YORK, June 19. (CP) The New York Post, which has charged that the bureau of criminal investigation of the police department has been turned into a "secret police to harry radicals, today said that the department has a list of "radicals containing 1300 names and including those of Mayor Laguardia of New York and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. The list, said the Post, is in the form of a little red book which is kept in the private office of Captain John Lagarenne, head of the bureau of alien investigation.

He got it, the paper added, from E. F. McCrossln, described as a wealthy and prominent consulting engineer of 12 Wall street. The book was published a short time ago by the compiler, Mrs. Albert W.

(Elizabeth) Dilllng of Kenilworth, a suburb of Chicago, the Post said. Mayor Laguardia, when informed of the story, said; "It is not the first or last list I'll be on one kind or another. Previously both the mayor and Police Commissioner ORyan denied that the bureau of criminal investigation had been turned Into a secret police, and General ORyan declared that the city was not facing any red menace.f In the 1300 names in th book, together with a listing of some of their activities, are those of many prominent persons, including Senator William E. Borah of Idaho, Secretary BASE BALLSCORES NATIONAL BREATHES EASIER A CTITD noCD ATIOM Trust company, was convicted late Ar 1 Ll Ur LKA I lull day jjy a jury in fecjerai court on dam site area. ST.

LOUIS, June 19. (P) Eight-year-old Norma Anne Simmons, of Sedan, will breathe easier after her operation. For three years the child has been troubled by shortness of breath and a condition similar to asthma. A recent physical examination revealed a large tack, which she recalls having swallowed years ago, lodged in her right lung. It will be removed by surgeons.

funct Harriman National Bank and. ave about chinery all charges of falsifying records and misapplying funds of the bank. Albert M. Austin, former executive vice president of the bank, was acquitted. Harriman and Austin were charged with misapplying $1,713,080 of the banks funds, and with causing false entries to be made In the account of the bank's large depositors.

They were also charged with lending $300,000 on improper collateral, and with converting the money to We will in San members of said this here, and so the other companies to time. Mr. Atkinson work, stages, DOCTOR BREATHES LIFE INTO INFANT NEW YORK, June 19. OP) The tiny heart of a baby who for more than two hours apparently was dead, pulsated rythmlcally today. This six-pound, day-old daughter of Mrs.

Esther Rauch was born yesterday with an umbilical cord tightly twisted about her neck. To all appearance, said Dr. Bernard Zaglln, she was dead. Into the babys thigh Dr. Zaglln injected alpha lobin, to promote respiration.

Into the babys heart he pressed a needle carrying adrenalin chloride, potent primer of the human engine. Eyelids stirred. The heart beat feebly. Down on his knees went the doctor, his lips over the babys mouth. Minute after minute, he breathed Into the girl's lungs, forcing the tiny chest to expand, contract.

When he was exhausted a nurse took his place. For two hours they alternated at the child's side. Then came a familiar cry. The baby lived. WENATCHEE GIRL GLIDES TO RECORD WENATCHEE, June 19.

OP) Soaring over Oroville for two hours and five minutes last evening, Audrey Art-man, 16-year-old bird woman, set what Is believed to be an unofficial worlds sustained glider flight record for women. During the flight Audrey rose 1200 feet above the takeoff point on Mount Hull, or 3800 feet above the valley floor, where she ultimately landed when forced down by darkness. She was taught to fly by her brother, Floyd, who recently made a flight of more than eight hours from the same point. DISCOVERS REPEAL AFTER ONE YEAR CLARKSBURG, June 19. (A3) News travels slowly Into the West Virginia mountains.

Upon meeting a stranger on a bridge near Lynch's mine, Louis Denden of Weston was surprised to see him toss a package into the stream. It contained beer. Denden said the owner did not know beer has been legalized for more than a year. He feared Denden as a "rev-enuer. Denden helped the other retrieve the beer and told him about repeal.

TODAYS INDEX CINCINNATI, June 19. (P) The Reds knocked Johnny Babich from the mound in less than four innings of hig major league debut and trimmed Brooklyn, 11 to 7, today in the series final. Score by innings R- H. E. Brooklyn 0 0 0 2 13 0 0 1 7 14 1 Cincinnati 20320040 11 14 3 Batteries Babich, Munns, Beck, Leonard and Lopez; Frey and Lombardi.

their own uses. The government contended the defendants used part of the money to bolster the market price of the banks stock. Harriman was tried on 16 counts and the penalty on conviction Is five years imprisonment, or $5000 fine, or both, on each count, set up temporary offices Spokane, Guy F. Atkinson, Francsco, one of the the Mason group, noon. "I expect to be will Sam Mason.

All officials of the four will be here from time will head the organization at least in its preliminary it was indicated. Silas Mason and Francis Donaldson, chief engineer, will leave immediately to return later in the summer. The Mason interests also told the commission that Harvey Slocum probably will be the project manager. As Slocum was introduced the commission heard a brief outline of 17 major projects he has directed so far. Expect Fast Work.

The dam will be built in 42 months, and probably much earlier, the Masons said. The commission will send the low bid to Denver today. It will be for-' warded to Washington, D. im-j mediately, Mr. Walter said.

Dr. Elwood Mead, commissioner of ANGELES, June 19. (A5) reclamation, addressed the commts Cunningham, holder of theston, stressing particularly that the government has made provision to go 1 record for the one-mile run Government Pays for State Roads BRAVES TAKE CLOSE ONE. CHICAGO, June 19. (IP) A four-hit pitching job by Ed andt and a home run by Randy Moore with a man on in sixth inning today gave the Boston Braves a 2 to 1 victory er the Cubs.

Score by innings R. H. iston 00000200 02 8 1 licago 00000010 0 1 4 0 Batteries Brandt and Spohrer; Malone, Joiner and Hart- Approximately $2,000,000 worth of highway construction projects, to be financed by federal money, have been allocated by the state highway department, according to reliable information received by the Chronicle today. The projects are said to be scattered throughout the state. Money for the projects will come from the half billion dollar highway construction appropriation which was approved Monday by President Franklin D.

Roosevelt. Approximately $3,000,000 of federal money will be alloted to the state of Washington for a two-year highway construction project, starting July 1, said Frank Gullbert, manager of the Inland Automobile association. This money will come as a free gift from the federal government, and will not require matching by federal funds. A further allotment on a matching basis will be available at the end of the two-year period, it is understood. The measure signed by the president on Monday has a clause which denies federal money to states which divert highway funds for purposes other than highway construction and maintenance.

This clause is not retroactive, and does not include this states $10,000,000 relief bond issue, but might have bearing on some of the plans now being made to divert highway funds for other purposes. LOS Glenn world's said that he hopes and expects to run both the mile and the half-mile events In the N. C. A. A.

meet here this week. I hurt my ankle just as I finished, warming up for the mile last week at Princeton," said Cunningham. However, I dont think it will be necessary for me to work out the soreness before this meet. I felt good enough after the mile at Princeton to run another race, and I expect to run the mile and the half-mile here. Cunningham said the ankle sprain was slight and that most of the pain he experienced w'hile setting the world record was caused by a tight bandage that was placed In the hurry to get ready for the race.

TRAYNOR LOSES FIRST ONE. PITTSBURGH, June 19. (IP)' The Giants bunched their hits off Larry French to good advantage today and gave the Pirates their first defeat under the new management of Pie Traynor, 5 to 3. Bill Terry drove in the deciding runs with a single in the seventh. Score by innings New York 0 1 Pittsburgh 0 1 Batteries Schumacher, Hubbell Grace, Hoyt and Padden.

AMERICAN LEAGUE WASHINGTON, June 19. (IP) Banging out 14 hits, two of them home runs, the Washington Senators heat "the Cleveland Indians, 6 to 2, in the first game of todays jdouble-header. Johnny Stone and Heine Manush got the circuit blows..