The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 8

TArF TVf n- THE FRESNO BFE SVITRnlY MAY 4 19:9 Mohawk Valley-Swept By Flood j4s Dam Breaks NEWS Of The SAN JOAQUIN Easton May Queen And Court HEHl-1 is the royal group yesterday when eleven for a ilay at the Washington Uninn High School districts included in the high school's assembled at ihe minimi May fete Miss Hazel (Jjcrsdal the queen and her are shown by lice ramenininn that held sway grammar school Twenty From Local Body Go On Intercity Trip To Bay Area VALLEY RECEIVE jam in sales COLEBROOK (N H) May 4 I The Mohawk River Valley stretching from the Connectlput Rivet eastward toward Dixvllle Notch presented a scene of flood wrought havoc to-day Houses and bridges were swept away and highway washed out When waters rushed last night from Balsam Dam thirteen miles above here The dam buret from pressure due to heavy rain Estimates of property damage ranged as high as $100000 Ample warnings reached the half dosen or more families comprising the hamlet of KlddervlUe nine miles east of this place The river rose twenty feet In a few minutes A forty-foot steel bridge waa swept down the stream while the trestle of the Maine Central Railroad which spans the Mohawk close to Its confluence with the Connecticut River Just below here waa carried Into the huger stream Ths dam which gave way hemmed In two small artificial lake- at the Balsams a Summer hotel near Dixvllle Notch Eight Carloads Sent From Hanford 6 From Fresno 2 From Chowchiila BAKERSFIELD (Kern Co) May A total of 16:9 hogs were sold by 125 consignors for 2797162 at llanford Fresno and Chowchiila on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday under the auspices of the California Farm Bureau Marketing Association The top price wee for 191-pmind hogs at Hanford Tuesday the porkers bringing $1140 The complete figures Organization of the Fresno contingent for the Intercity Visitation tn Oakland May 24th and 25th is now under way at the Fresno County Chamber of Commerce and the personnel of the Fresno delegs-ion which is' limited to twenty will be announced shortly The entire delegation from the San Joaquin Valley will Include 106 Fresno is the most southern City represented Oakland to Fntertain The Intercity visitation committee of the Oakland Chamber of Commerce headed by Barbee haa arranged an extensive program for the visitors At a dinner to be held at 6:34 May 24th at one of the Oakland Hotels a silver cup will he awarded the sneaker who makes the beat Home Town Talk in three minutes Delegations from the valley clt-'-" lea will meet at Tracy Friday and reach Oakland at 11:30 A After lunch they will be taken on a 65- -mile tour that will take ln Alameda San Leandro Berkeley Em 883 $14121 FRESNO May No Average weight 374 lbs 8 cars 6S consignors Dock Price $1110 TRACE PUZZLES Prosecutor Will Press Case Against Mrs Rablen Notwithstanding SONORA (Tuolumne Co) May -Examination of the stomach of Carrol Rablen who died forty-five mlnutra after drinking "bitter" coffee given him by hie wife at a dance Friday night ha failed to reveal the presence of any pol-aon it wan announced to-day by Mr Josie Terzirh Tuolumne County coroner The wife Mr Eva Rablen la ftlll In Jail here on a charge of murder sworn to by her father-in-law Stephen Rablen bead of a pioneer family here District Attorney CL however refuaed to be swayed from hie resolution to try Mra Rablen on the murder charge by the report of the absence of poison in the dead stomach "My belief that Mra Rablen poisoned her husband Is still fully ss strong as it was before this report wea said Grayson "The prosecution still has several trump cards to play In thle case" Other Organa May Us Tested Coroner Terzirh yesterday took stomach to laboratories in Oakland and it was their report which stated no poison rotild be found Mr Terzlch received an opinion from Frank Green Ran Francisco city chemist which may cause the Tuolumne County authorities to order an examination of Rablen1 entire body "From my long experience with thousands of cases like this I have determined that the absence of poison in the stomach of a dead man does not mean that he haa not died of poisoning" said Green "In many If not a majority of caaes poison will pass through the etomach and do Its work in other parts of the body causing death and the stomach will reveal no trace of the poison only way in which the cause of death may be conclusively determined Is by a thorough chemical examination of all parts of the body After hearing of Green's statement District Attorney Gramon said he would order an examination of the entire body if that were deemed necesary Insurance Policy Revealed In delving into the case through ouestloning all friends and relatives of the dead man Sheriff Dam-bach er to-day unearthed two possible motives which may have Induced Mrs Rablen to kill her husband The first was the fact that Rablen carried a $3000 Insurance policy Ut until a few months ego this had been made out in favor of father Tbe elder Rablen said his eon had Informed him that hit wife was constantly urging him to name her beneficiary and that she asked both father and eon many details of the nollcy and had them explain Just how she might go about to collect tbe $3000 should Rablen die The second possible motive lay in bitter domestic relations between Mrs Rablen and her husband Rablen first became acquainted with bis wife through an advertisement in a matrimonial paper against his wishes Arguments Brought To Light The couple corresponded and arranged a meeting In San Francisco They met and went to Reno and were married eighteen months ago The elder Rablen admitted ha had taken his side in several famtlv rows that have occurred in the past year Mrs Rablen la said to have come from Texas where ehe was married to a man named A 10-vesr-old eon by this marriage lived with the Rablens here Mrs Rablen has been identified as the woman who purchased a ouantity of a deadly poison at the Bigelow drug store in Tuolumne The bottle which had contained this poison was found a few feet from the snot where Rshlen snt in his car Friday night when his wife brought him coffee sandwiches and cake from the hall in which she was attending a dance Mra Rablln still continued calm and unconcerned in Jail here and steadfastly Insisted on her innocence Sheriff Dambacher has begun a probe of her past life in Texas and her first marriage FORMER RESORT fiA MCD IQ H-AH UVVIlLl 10 ULHU PORTERVILLE (Tulare Co) May 4 Funeral services will be held omorrow afternoon at 1 clock from the Lovd Cbspel for Joseph Mitchell 65 who died ty ices wjt'a eemrteiy Irlerirciit in a Vi-aiia eryville Piedmont and Richmond fea Sach delegation will be permit- ted to bring literature for distribution at lunch and dinner Friday An attendance of 800 is expectcu tor lunch and 500 at dinner (Continued From Page 1-B) sen had charge of the following bridge work with especial road tip provoment funds: Construction of new Reedley -bridge at a total cost of $110000 repair of Kings River bridge $15- 1 000: erection new Cole Slough bridgo In Supervisor die-trlct $12983 repair of Frlant bridge $2000 repair Power Houee 1 bridge $2000 repair Ilsnke bridge $750 and repair of eleven bridges on the Turner Road $12r -973 Elimination of the highway maintenance department would mean the removal of these duties from Jenscen who has a statewide reputation as -a highway and bridge engineer Hiss other duties as prescribed by law- are to make all surveys required In petitions to open new roads give lines for the construction of new roads and to handle anything fan engineer ing nature requested by the supervisors Under the county budget act adopted by the state legislature last year It Is also Jensen's duty to prepare estimates for all 'road work However the supervisors have never followed this practice making their own estimates Director Of Budget To Join Investment Firm WASHINGTON May 4 Oen Herbert Lord director of the budget has accepted an offer from Arthur Kleeman and Company investment bankers of New York to become chairman of the board of one of that firm's new Industrial undertakings which will have international ramifications General Lord's -dostre to retire from the government service was made known soon after President Hoover took office Ha is expected to assume his new post on July 1st thl year There haa been no indication's to who will be named by President Hoover to succeed the retiring budget chief Widow Asks Accounting Of Herrold Estate Funds Charging that Frank Hcrrctd fraudulently transferred to his brother George Herrold enr-real estate for $4200 cash for no consideration was re WILE OPEN MUSIC Musical Program In Roeding Park To-morrow Evening Includes Big Chorus Roeding Park will he the setting for an open-air concert tomorrow evening that will usher in the observance of Netional Music Week A chorus of more than 230 voices and fifty instruments will present a musical program between 5 and This 6 This concert has been arranged by the Fresno Council of Churches Conductors will be A Wahlberg of the Freano State College faculty and Alexander Ball of the Fresno High School faculty Arthur Luckln organist of St James Cathedral will be the accompanist Chorus To Participate Singers from the First Baptist the First Christian Grace Methodist First Presbyterian and St James Cathedral will take part in the program as well as students from Fresno State College and the Fresno High School Orchestral accompaniments will also be furnished bVTTTTBlc students from the state college and high school The program follows: Organ Prelude Andante ln Smart Worship The King Audience and choirs Invocation Rev Charles A Kent Massed How Lovely Are The Messengers (St Paul) Mendelssohn Baritone solo Fear Not Ye Israel Dudley Buck Earle Scott Massed Unfold Ye Pop- tale (Redemption) Ch Gounod Address Worship And Music Rev Gibson Organ Prelude in Kb Bach Massed The Radiant Morn Rev Woodward Organ Intermezzo Goss Massed choirs The Heavens -Are Telling (the Creation) Haydn Organ Postlude Tours Climax Come Next Saturday The climax of observance of Music Week will come next Saturday evening when community sing will he held at the civic auditorium under the direction of Hugo Klrchoffer of Hollywood Bowl fame A feature will be a program presented by the Fresno Technical School Band under the direction of Paequale Santa Emma from 7:43 to 8:15 Santa Emma will also present hts band in a program that will be broadcast from the studio of The Fresno Bee on Friday evening in conjunction with a program by the glee club of Fresno Technical School This part of the program will be in charge of Miss Esther Miller The Fresno State College Glee Club will appear In concert tomorrow night at 8 at the Selma Baptist Church The concert will be given under the direction of Wahlberg A 1 1 LOSES LIFE Harry Hoare Found Dead By Comrades In Waters Of Ten Mile Creek REEDLEY (Fresno Co) May 4 Believed to have slipped from a cliff Into the water of Ten Mile Creek seven miles above here while fishing Harry Hoare 19 a student at the University of California at Los Angeles and a former resident of this city was either drowned or killed by the fall yesterday morning about 10 o'clock Hoare who was accompanied on the fishing trip by Leroy Gerholdt and Calhoun of Reedley and Morey Fleming and Hiram Tuttle of San Jose had wandered up the creek from his companion The youfha were keeping In touch while fishing tha creek and missing Hoare they instituted a search Their flret Intimation of tha tragedy was the discovery of hie cep floating In a pool On closer Inspection they saw Hoare's body partially submergsd ln the water head downward Walk Seventeen Miles Gerholdt and Calhoun local Boy Scouts immediately applied resuscitation methods but without success and they were obliged to walk seventeen mile to General Orant Park to reach a telephone and call for medical aid Dr 8 Whitcomb of Reedley arrived at Hume where they had taken body in the afternoon and pronounced the youth dead Ihe body wee brought to the ebb undertaking parlors here last night Webb will preside at an Inquest late this afternoon As yet It is questionable whether Hoare was drowned or whether he suffered a fatal Injury In the fan Into the water Severe laceration are visible on his head end face Survived By Parent Surviving relatives besldss the parents Dr and Mrs Hoare of Glendale are three sisters Mrs Gladys Knaak Mary Hoare of Glendale and Winifred Hoare a student at the Reedley Junior College Dr Hoare practiced medicine here and in Free no until last Fail when the family moved to Glen dele He Is expected here to-dav The dead youth was In his third year ef wedlclrmgr ths University of California at Loe Angeles after having made an enviable scholastic record at the Fresno State College While residing here be was an eagle scout He was a msmbsr of the Reedley DeMolav chapter Funeral services will be conducted to-morrow at 12:30 from the Webb Chapel here K-v A I Watters of the Episcopal Church officiating Burial is to be tn Belmont Memorial Park Fresno Total Revenue Collected In 46 States $305233842 In California $29566769 WASHINGTON May Gasoline taxes amounting to $305 233642 were collected on the sale of 10178344771 gallons of motor fuel in 1928 in forty-six states and the District of Columbia The figures collected by the bureau of public road of the department of agriculture Included all states but Massachuaetta and New York which state did not have a gasoline tax In 1928 The state of Illinois had the tax for onlv one month in the year the supreme court of the state having declared the tax Invalid In February All these states will be represented in 1929 figures as Illinois has passed a new law and New York and Massachusetts Imposed a gasoline tax effective May let and January 1st respectively The Illinois tax la effective on August 1st this year 8 Cents Top Rate The average tax rate per gallon for the year was 8 cents the highest being 5 cents in seven states and the lowest 2 cents In twelve states At the close of the year the comparison of the total number of vehicles registered with the total tax collected showed an average of $1509 per vehicle After deducting the costs of collection the entire net revenue In thirty-five states was used for rural road purposes In the remaining states a total of 61849L-754 was devoted to other purposes although in those states the larger portion waa given over to road work Out of the total devoted to road building and maintenance $21 1-016591 was used for tha construction and maintenanre of state highway A total of $57880901 wa used for the construction and maintenance of local road and pT- OrIlCr hOiUM i COpif JJqJJ VisallO Picnic $17619995 waa used for payment on state and county road bond In California the total tax wa $29566769 and the net gallons of gas taxed totaled 985558973 DELANO (Kern Co) May 4 A Kansas picnic will be held May 11th at Mooney Grove large crowd la expected as thera are eo lent from Tulare County Probation Officer Charles Poole and Police Officer Ray Edward They were ebareed with stealing an automobile from Tulare end were arrested la the southern city THREE BOYS KILLED BROOrVlUlil (Ontario' 31 ay 4 Three youth were (i ard a fourth wa Injured seriously -v BANDITS MAY BE EX-REBELS BAKERSFIELD (Kern Co) May Bandits operating in the vicinity of Bakersfield may be returned refugees from the Mexican rebel camps according to one theory and Sheriff Cas YValser has started a vigorous investigation as to various clues During tbe present week a number of holdups have taken place just outside the city limits and In each cae there is a similarity in methods Autolsts are topped by a man with a searchlight which is flashed Into their faces and men roDbciL Six minor robberies havo been staged since Sunday and early yesterday morning a trio of ranchers returning from the circus wars robbed of $120 in currency the largest haul for the week Joe and Lee Caatrox and Arthur Sanches reported to the sheriff that they had been held up at a point about a mile south of this city after being signaled to stop by one of two bandits who relieved them of $160 A large auto was parked at the side of the road and the farmers thought that they were being signaled by traffic officers The ranchers proceeded to their homes and the bandits drove back towards the city the officers were informed Many of the refugees from the Mexican rebel camp are drifting back into the San Joaquin Valley where they were former migratory work in fruit and cotton operations and now make an added problem it is said In this state Boy Knocked Senseless By Flying Ball Bat CARUTHERS (Fresno Co) May -Pete Inlgez the 12-year-old eon of Inlgez a worker on an Alvina ranch was knocked uncon- acious yesterday afternoon when he i jft above the rleht eye by a bat which flew out of the nand of 'one of the players In the baseball gam between Caru then and Trsn- quiiiity High Schools here The boy was rushed to the office of Dr George Meracle here and four 'stitches were required to sew up lthe wound The hid was returned to hts bom and no serious after- effects are expected by Dr Meracle Visalia Lions To Elect Officers Next Month VISALIA (Tulare Co) May Members of the local LJone Club yesterday discussed plara for the annual election of officers June 7th Some diruw)lon was held on ans for a dinner dance on May 4th Dr Leopard Lipeon was choeen to head the committee The club set May 2Sth as the date for the golf tournament and a eommitee will be selected to ar-i range the matches Herbert Hargraves of gave a short talk WOMAN BURNED AT STOVE -V jtp -'k' v' Vjr £484 -4 i MADERA (Madera Co) May 4 Miyake Ishlshakl 7-yer-old girl if of the in the Madera in a serious condition following ah automobile accident yesterday afternoon Miyake left school at noon and entered her father's automobile when she remembered an article she had left behind She darted out- from behind her father's car to cross the street end get tha miasing article when she waa struck by the automobile of II Slater rural mail carrier Her right leg and Jaw were broken several teeth knocked out and her body cut and bruised Rlpperdan School is sra Sanitarium to-day Veteran Of War Madera Resident Dies In Hospital MADERA (Madera Co) May 4 waa received by bis parents here yesterday of the death of Marlon LeRoy Sloetzl 8 veteran of tha world war and son of Mr and Mrs Stoetzl of Madera Stoetxl died yesterday morning at the government hospital at Wheetle Arizona He became ill with tuberculosis two years ago and since then haa been confined In a government bospitaL Upon America's entry into the rorld war Stoetzl enlisted at Tu- worl lare where the Stoetzl were then living and waa sent to company of tha Eight Infantry At the close of the war he waa serving in Fiance with the American Expeditionary force and with the declaration of peace be re-enlisted for a year and served with the American army of occupation tn Coblenz Germany for about a year The deceased was born at Milan Missouri coming to California with his parents about twenty year ago Hie parents moved to Madera from Tulare three years ego Besides his parents be is survived P1 three brothers Harry Stoetzl of nga and Theodora Stoetzl of Eureka and four sister Mr Lucy Berry-hill of Fresno Mra Thirza Tanne-hlll of Eureka Mra Bertha Bali pern aster of Coalinga and Miss Pauline Stoetzl of Madera Tha body will be shipped to Madera and will be burled with military honors by the American Legion Actress Winning Battle For Life After Auto Crash MERCED (Merced Co) May 4 Englander UMan-halr-d stage beauty who wa critically Jn ijured when a midnight automobile Jured party came to grief rear Merced early Thursday morning wa re- ported by Merced hospital attaches! here to-day to be recovering Visalia Bank Manager VISALIA (Tulare Co' May 4 I After acting ln the capacty a i raagfc-garxgcr cf Bank of Iteiv for the last four' v-ars Ruell Pearce ba bn 1 president end VV Airplane Rides And Parachute Leaps' To 'Feature Community Celebration SAN JOAQUIN (Fresno Co) May 4 Tha San Joaquin chamber of commerce is sponsoring a celebration to-morrow to dedicate their new landing field Various committees have been appointed to make all arrangements in order that the affair may be a success Cal Callahan and Everett Barrett two of the valley's veteran wlll be at the field all day up passengers Miss Cherte May a professional parachute Jumper from Hollywood will make a spectacular in the afternoon III game tween teams from Mendota and Burrel will be played In tha afternoon This Is ihe first activity of the chamber of commerce since its reorganization two weeks ago Mrs IV Thrower Of Auberry Dies At Foothill Home AUBERRY (Fresno Co) May 4 Mrs Pearl Thrower 44 resident of the Auberry district for eighteen years died to-day Mrs Thrower is survived by a husband Thrower a sister Mrs Walter Lancaster of Auberry and the following brothers: Clinton Ploff of Coalfnga and Arch Ploff of Sioux City Iowa She was a native of Nebraska Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 11 o'clock from the Sullivan funeral home In Free no followed by burial In the Mountain View Cemetery Brakeman Falls From Train At Kerman Stop stop Hatfield was thrown to tbe ground where be waa found un conscious a few minutes later The brskman was rushed In a cabooee to Fresno for treatment by Dr John Morgan railroad com- He was discovered pony physician to have Injuries to the back and i after four days ilinrsa Guthrie 1899 and parents at flJr' ne for- parents iitr ein 1 ceived on beljalf of thn estate of the lata George Herrold Fresno garage man Mra May the widow yesterday filed ault in the superior court agalnat her stepsons demanding au accounting cf the Herrold estate Mrs Herrold also alleges that un-teas the property sold consisting of the family residence is restored to he will not receive a Jo000 bequest Attorney SAN ANTONIO (Texa) May 4 i Drow isHcoclVor body of defendants Child Tied In Yard In San Antonio Is Found' Slain Head Crushed International Gang Of Gem Robbers Sought IXJNpON May 4 lTl Continental police have begun an investiga Auto Leaps Curb Crushing Dinuban Against Building DDfUBA (Tulare Go) May 4 Charles Reagen father of City Clerk Tom Reagen is In a local hospital to-day bis left leg crushed and hie body bruised and cut as the outcome of a strang accident yesterday Reagen was standing on the sidewalk near the Hoskins Gun Store when the brakes of an automobile driven by Mugg failed to hold the machine leaped the curb and pinned Reagen between it and the building At tbe hospital to-day It was said that Reagen leg may have to be amputated It is not believed be suffered internal injuries Distribution Of Water Discussed At Delhi Confab t-t ttt DELHI (Merced Co) May A conference was held at the settlement office yes 1M water tenders the Turlock Irrlga Jloa District water tender and wa- IT upintentlenh and the super the Land Settlement jo matters of water dis i on ln thB coony- mor efficient handling will result erine Mary Elizabeth Cooper daughter of Major end Mrs Cooper was found in the yard of the Cooocr home where the child had been tethered to the front porch that she ro'ght rot wander i Into the street The baby's head had been crushed and partly scalped Detectives investigating the case could offer no explanation to-night of the death Three Dead In Fight Over Pasture Fence ROY (N M) May A gun and knife fight which resulted from an argument over location of a piece of fence on a sheep pasture to-day had co-t the lives of three men and two others were wounded The dead: Pat I-edoux 41 who leaves a widow and seven children David Iedoux Jr 19 end Oiilip Spurlock 55 who is survived by a widow and five children Cold Iron father-in-law of Spurlock and another of the Lc-doux hoys were wounded David Idoux Sr declared Cold- Iron started the fight when he drew a knife on one of the Ledoux tren The Ledoux family had been rancher in this section for forty-five The Sput locks and Coldlrons came here about fifteen years ago tion of a mysterious diamond robbery involving stones valued and 25000 pounds (about $175000) An International gang la believed to ba Involved The diamond were posted in registered mall from Lnrenco Marquez Portuguese East Africa to an Antwerp firm When the parcels reached Antwerp thrv were found to contain only worthless pebbles The original seals had been removed and others substituted The English expert diamond as eayer John Bell ha been summoned hurriedly to Antwerp for consultation with authorities The diamonds were heavily insured in London Six Dead 69 Hurt In Renewed Bombay Riots IAVMFN PLAN feEK VICES GUaJTINfc (Merced Co) May 4 services Sunday morning at Community Presbyterian vr- Bnd later ac- Church will be in charge oj lay-1 t--m given 1 jeer auo tj rs hy Lunea haifie Miss Ruth nd w- i s'" where he Roberteon end N-wton Arrange- j-urche-i-d a men! to use the Memorial Hall for i Il hm him in Ire'Funday service until the comple-' raie ti- lJot 5rrirae tiotl of the new church have been! ie-rrt 1 i the cl-mer mu The present church will ree FOMBAY (India) May Six persons were dead and sixty injured late Inet night after a day long outbreak of renewed fighting between Hindus and Voelem Isolated assaults still were being reported at midnight although the city for the most part was quiet The police were rounding up unruly elements throuchout Bombay Laet February 143 persons were Wife She Shoots Him here durine OAKLAND Vsv 3 Willard 'm Mariner Prefers Sea To a similar reign of terror growing of religious differences Kinsrs i Martin 4S retired mariner given his choice between his wife and the cell of the sea chose the sea Two -out Florida Grapefruit In hours later he was In a hospital fichtirg for his life The woman) he spurned was in jell She shot him In ths chssi aa Martin worked of Florida grapefruit wa dextrnved tn the projection room of a motion at a temporal fry' picture theater where he ein-i -irnon nnrih rf Horntrook "on pived a an operator suspicion that the frut have Mrs Martin waa subdued when contained lervae cf the ieJiterra-Fovd Martin eon of the wounded neian fruit fly man also ir the projection room Quarantine officers said they bed turned a tire hose cn her aa ehe1 no instruirenta to determine whtl hUi a smoking revolver er larvae actually ui jjeaaok for ths in-: when their automobile hit an of twenty- mert of an overhead railroad the bridge near Presco't to-day The ill make la dead are Joech Reilly Frame Francisco 1 Black and John Eaeter.