Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1931, Page 5

SPRING IN WEST ROUTED BY SNOW Rovada has Heaviest Fall of Year, Stalling Autos, as Reno Mercury Is 82. B the Assoclated Press. KANSAS CITY, April 23—Snow blanketed a large area of the West to- day. Spring flitted restlessly over the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast States, favoring some sections with drought-breaking moisture and fanning forest fues in others. Snow covered parts of Montana, ‘Wyom'sg, Colorado, Nevada and the Sierra Mountains. A severe drought in Western Nevada was broken by the heaviest fall of the year, which con- tinued early today. Motor Cars Stalled. Scores of motor cart were stalled on the highways of the State. Tuesday the mercury touched 82 at Reno, a new high mark for the year. Two fect of snow was reported at Red Lodge, Mont. Alight rain broke a 67-day dry spell in Los Angeles yesterday and showers were “forecast for today. There was a heavy rainfall at Modesta, Calif. A forest fire in Gentry Canyon, Arizona, was drenched by rain. High winds swept Oregon, Utah and Northern California. Timber Fires Unchecked. Idaho, Foresters worked vainly to check tim- | ber fires in Oregon and Idaho. carrying clouds of sand and dust, wrecked wire transmission lines. Oliver Allen, 40, was killed by the falling of a tree near Medford, Oreg. Rain, hail and’ dust storms visited Arizona and air mail planes on the Southern route were grounded. Skies were reported clearing over Wyoming and Montana, but unsettled weather was forecast for Colorado and New Mexico. The Plains States to the east, the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Jowa and Missouri, were down for un- settled weather, with probable showers today and tonight. Temperatures were sbove the freezing mark. A gale, EASTERN RAIN WELCOMED. Fight Against Forest Fires in New York State Alded by Weather, NEW YORK, April 23 (#).—Welcome rain dampened Eastern States today. Soggy, black barrens—in some places contrasted against glaring white patches of snow—showed in sections where stubborn forest fires had raged for days. Heavy rains helped scores of fire- fighters who were combating fires in Cattaragus and Allegany Counties, N Y., along the Pennsylvania line. The most dangerous blaze in New York State burned for 2¢ hours along a 3- | mile front in the Adirondacks. In the vicinity of Jamestown, N. Y., | the rain turned to snow. Rain and snow in the Allegheny Mountain region of Western Pennsyl- vania quenched scores of fires. Snow 2 inches deep in parts of Blair, Cambria, Somerset and Indiana Coun- ties made motor travel dangerous on | mountain roads and caused the depart- ment of highways to send out snow plow crews. In Western Maryland a severe elec- trical and rain storm ended the forest fire menace in the mountains. The rain removed the forest fire menace in New Jersey and on Long Is- land and was welcomed throughout the East by farmers. The downpour brought a measure of relief from the | water shortage, which has caused even New York City, with its vast reservoirs, to take precautions. Golf course offi- cials saw in it the salvation of their greens, which had been drying up. ‘Those in the metropolitan area have been unable to obtain city water: TEXAS GIRL FOUND SLAIN ON WAY FROM SCHOOL Mexican Sought by Aroused Com- munity When Overalls Near Scene Are Identified. B the Associated Press. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., April 23.—The slaying of Merle Springer, 11-year-old schoolgirl, aroused the community of Leming, Tex., today. The girl's body, mutilated by a score ©f knife wounds, was found in a gulley near her home last night after her step- father, Elmer Dickey, became alarmed #t_her failure to return from school Police and sherifl’s officers identified bloody overalls discarded nearby as the roperty of a Mexican and announced e was the object of their search. Investigators expressed the belief the child had resisted an attempt to attack | her on the secludfd path to the Dickey home and that the assailant had slain her to silence her screams. Locksmith Told By Judge Not to Ply Trade in Jail By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 23—An ad- monition - “not to practice his trade while in jail” was given yes- terday by Judge Rudolph Dessort to Thomas Tangredy, a locksmith, when he sentenced him to six months in “alimony row” for being $861 in arrears of pay- ments to his wife, Elizabeth. PULER OF SNESE RESTS N NEW YORY ing Settles Down on Famous Estate to Gain Strength | for Operation. By the Associaled Press. | PURCHASE. N. Y. April 23.—King | Prajadhipon of ‘Siam. a slight and | travel-worn figure who holds absolute | power of life and death over his 11.- | 000.000 subjects, has settled down to | gain strength for an operation on his eyes. | “For the time he remains in tha | United States Ophir Hall, the countr® | estate of Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, will be the | official residence of the royal party. There the King will rest, except for a brief trip to Washington next week. until an operation to remove a cataract from one of his eyes is performed next month. Several other tentative en- gagements have been made. Built by Ben Holloday. As the residence of the King and Queen, Qphir Hall is finally fulfilling the ;{cshny which its founder intended for Ophir Hill was built many years ago by Ben Holloday, one of the gaudiest | figures ever to invade New York from |the West, and it became, fittingly | enough, one of the most pretentious | country places in the Nation. | Born in poverty in Kentucky, Ben Holloday migrated to Salt Lake City | when a young man and started a | “pony express” The express line | failed, so Ben moved into Nevada and purchased the Ophir gold mine. It made him millions faster than he had believed possible, and when the total reached 15 he decided to look over the New York of which he had read so much. The socially prominent were inclined | to look upon him as an eccentric and | his first activity apparently confirmed their opinfon. He moved into West- chester County and erected a mansion that ccst him not a cent less than a million dollars. Died in Poverty. Good natured and hospitable, he be- gan to entertain in open-handed style. | Those who came merely out of curiosity 1=t to tell of his magnificent parties. | He wanted social recognition and he got it. Two of his daughters married titles. One was married to Count de | emmi&i;“ooo“o“og | Women's Dresses cleaned, §1 | @ Men's ‘Suits cleaned and presced. 50 $ ' DOLLAR CLEANERS, e th St. N.W. Pot. 3900 | 0000 406000000660600DF Just Received—Now BIRD BATHS Very Specially Priced Bath:. in. high Ereen $9.50 to $11.50 Bath, plain. A $5.50 $3.75 i Oil Jars A big shipment of new received. "Specially ‘priced, Tt 1t ERNEST BROS. Estahlished 1852 lumbia Pottery 1109 Bladensburg Rd. 3 Blocks North of 15th & H Sts, N.E. Phone At. 4447 20x27-in. value. *Actual photograph French, Shriner & Urner Fine Calf Shoes at $10 In Blac‘ and Brown, developed over the smart and comfortable Avon really good Shoe that will give satisfaction 510 R N R XCRT O last. A Exclusive Washington Agency SALTZ BROTHERS 1341 F St. N.W, Fine Clothing Haberdashery Hats Shoes | behind with its 200 rooms, its crys.al THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, farm women’s club in McClain County have started a “friendship basket.” Each carries something in it fo her | neighbor, visits with her and leaves Plan of Friendship. basket and contents. The basket must STILLWATER, Okla. (#).—To en-|be pass:d on to another neighbor within courage neighborly visits, members of a ' five days. Build Now and Save! Our Prices Were Never Lower Lumber Millwork Pourtales, the other to Baron de Buls- Hores. but. botn marsiages nmea oue| ~ BASKETS AID VISIT G e AU A 1 T e high point in Ben Holloday's | Fa career was reached when he was elected |- " Omen & member of the Union Club. It so pleased him that he increased his ex- Penditures heavily and Ophir Hall be- | came a burden to him. Finally he sold it to D. O. Mills, who also had made & fortune i Western mining, and M Mills presented it to his daughter Eliza. beth, the present Mis. Whitelaw Reld. Thirty five years 4ga, out = Oregos, Ben died in_the poverty in which he was born, But Ophir Hall Temained Club Originates its costly tapestries | In later days a golf | swimming pool were chandeliers and and porcelain. course and a added. Plumbing Doors & Sash STO-RM INJURES MANY | ANCONA, Italy, April 23 (P).—A| 10-minute tornado today wrecked three | earthquakeproof houses which had sur- vived the devastating July and October tremors and unroofed many houses after flooding the town with Tain. A score of persons were slightly in- jured and three others more gravely hurt. The wind blew a hundred-yard- wide path through the old quarter of | the town, which suffered badly in the | quake, but in other sections the popu- | iation was hardly aware of its violence. | ROCK-BOTTOM PRICES 3—Branches—3 MAIN OFFICE-I5™& H Sts. N.E. DOWNTOWN-6™&C Sts. S.W. 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