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Newspaper Page TextWEATHER Let business just run along and you Highest Yesterday Lowest Last Night 45 Generally cloudy tonight and Sunday. let it run down llBU!iiit':fcii,iI.;i(eJKit- DOUGLAS COUN An Independent Newapaper, Published fr thi Batt Intoratta of th Ptopl Consolidation of Th Evsnlng Nw and Th Roseburg Review. ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 14. 1925. VOL. XII. NO. 288 OF THE EVENING NEWS VOL. XXVII NO. r ' ROSEBURG REVIEW Rose B WOBKEBSm TO REACH THE CAVERN lETuHS IS EN- TOMBED INflBQUTTWENTY HOURS Men in Main Tunnel and Rescue Shaft So Close Together They Were Able to Converse This Morning Probably Bring Collins Out Tomorrow. (Associated Press Leased Wire.) ' CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 14. Definite hopes that Floyd Collins, imprisoned cave explorer would be rescued by 7 o'clock tomorrow morning at the latest were voiced today by officials in charge of the Sand Cave rescue shaft. The supreme effort of the diggers was set to start tonight when the last section of shaft cribbing was to be placed with the digging from then on expected to strike almost immediately into a nine foot cavern. Hope runs high that this will lead to Floyd Collins. ' ' ' Further tests of sounds between the shaft and the original sand cave hole today, convinced engineers that the shaft or the tunnel now just below it will lead directly to the rock fall which shut off Collins from the world on February S, the day he was last fed and the last day his voice was heard until moans came up through a fissure in the shaft yesterday morning. The 55-foot wooden casing of the shaft was firmly anchored at the surface of the ground today to two huge logs so that it could not slip down when the cavern was reached. The diamond core drill's explorations has given the engineers strong hope that the cavern will prove to be a firm solid limestone tunnel into which the res cuers can hasten in search of Collins. tAsKx-lated Vrrt Lord Wirr.) CAVE CITY, Ky.. Feb. 14. The roof of an avenue expected to lead to the natural rock trap where Floyd Collins .has been imprisoned for 15 days, was only three feet away from the diggers in a rescue shaft at 9 o'clock this morning, according to the official bulletin Issued by those in charge. M. K. S. Posey, executive secre tary of the state highway depart ment, who was sent to Sand Cave " by Governor W. J. Fields, sent a telegram to the governor at Frank fort today in which he fixed 8 o' clock Sunday night as the zero hour unless unexpected difficulties are encountered. i It had taken nine and ohe-half hours to complete n three-foot section last night. Raid the bullet in. The rotten character of the material encountered and four dis tinct cave-lnR made the progress the slowest on record. Two weeks ago Collins' plight was discovered and for the last 10 days he has not received food. Four workmen testified before the military board of Inquiry .yester day that they had heard the Im prisoned cayo explorer breath and couch. Three feet Immediately below the earth still to be removed is a layer of limestone, also estimated to be three feet thick. H. T. Car mlchael, in charge of operations said, once they have penetrated this "roof" they expect to find a passage through which. they can reach Collins. CAVE CITY, Ky.. Feb. 14. Pue to the "very rotten character of material encountered, the pro gress last night was the slowest on record." said the official ' bul letin of those in charge of the shaft being dug in an effort to ex tricate Floyd Collin from a trap in Sand Cave. Rain, snow and cold er weather was experienced dur ing the night. Nine and one half hours wele re quired to complete a three foot section, said the bulletin issued this morning. German Newspaper Publishes Few of "Secret Clauses" in the Russo Japanese Treaty i AvUtf Pr WlrO BERLIN. Feb. 14. The Lokal Anzeiger today publishes from what it described as & "hitherto very reliable Russian source" the alleged details of secret clauses Included In the Russo-Japanese treaty signed at Peking last month. According to this newspapers Information, one of these clauses provides that should either Kn land. America or France take military measures against the ponding government or against Thin1 territory which Is not neutralized Russir will place at Chinas disposal 200.000 men who will be armed by .) panes. It Is also stated that Russia re nounces In favor of Japan fifty pr cent of the shares of the Chines Kastern railway which Russia hitherto has claimed. An other clause is declared to give the entire Island of Sakhalien to Japan within five years on con dition that the latter supplies Russia with four small cruisers, one battleship, thirty submarines and seven destroyers. "Four separate and distinct times when excavations were ready to timber cave-ins occurred and it is estimated that 12 cubic yards were removed In this section alone. "The total depth of the shaft is now 64 feet. A timber section was completed at six a. m. and ex cavation on a new section was be gun immediately thereafter, with in the next three feet the llme- ; stooe roof should be reached and after breaking through the same depth of three feet the long hoped ifor avenue should appear and at this time all indications point to i the correctness of our original theory. I "Six Vanderbllt students (Nash jvllle) arrived during the night, .with the avowed Intention of out i doing tho western state normal students (Bowling Green. Ky.,) who made the record of filling one , sixth cubic yard bucket every two minutes for an hour. I "Due to the efficiency and splr lit of the college men who have j volunteered, those In charge are hoping that more of the same type will offer their services today when snch a supreme effort is be ing made." j Another official bulletin Issued at 12:35 o'clock was: ' "On account of the nature of the material at the bottom of the I shaft we are taking extra precau tion of swinging this cribbing on , four three quarter inch cables fast j ened to 20-12 logs which are an chored on solid ground. This extr j ordinary precaution is being used ! in the event the limestone ledge at the bottom of the shaft -Is not of I sufficient tWekneps to carry the j weight of the cribbing. This will prevent any possibility or likeli hood of cribbing falling into the supposed 80 foot cavern which Floyd Collins spoke of and which j might be in the near vicinity of j the shaft." The following official bulletin on i the situation at Sand Cave was 1s Isued at 12:30 p. m. "Another test was made when the shaft reached 55 feet. It was I (Continued on page six! Signed Last Month i Vladivostok la to be made a first class fleet base, the Japan ese paying sixty percent of the cost or construction. It Is added. A Chinese army of the peace strength of 800.000 men shall re ceive instruction from Russian and Japanese officers, the news paper declared and China under takes to buy weapons and war materials only from Russia and Japnn. The treaty Is supposed to have been concluded for a period of .10 years. The Japanese embassy here brands the Lokal Anseicer story as "altogether unfounded and pure Invention." I The embassy points out that j the suhstanre of the treaty was correctly published In Paris Feb ! rusry . Regarding the alleged 1 military clause the embassy ob- I serves: i "Japan la not In such a situs- t tlon as to find It necessary to call ! upon Rusia for aid. Ijiler the Russian embassy Is-. sued a categorlal denial of the existence of a secret treaty with 1 Japan. (AwUM rnm Lfutd Win.) GUANAJUATO, State of Guanahuato, Mex., Feb. 14. Threatened with capture in a running chase after a payroll robbery near here, the bandit carrying the loot threw gold pieces in the path ot his pursuers who halted to pick up the glittering coins. The bandit on his overburdened horse Improved the time thus gained to reach a tortuous canyon, from which he vanished into the mountains. The escape was the climax of an attack by a band of a dozen robbers upon the pay- master of the Oubo Mining ! and Milling company, who 9 was enroute to thig city with a half dozen armed guards. Although mortally wounded, one of the guards killed two of the bandits before sue- cumblimr, while his compan- Ions, who had scattered when ambushed, joined in pursuit of the robber who bore away the paymaster's sack contain- lng 5,000 pesos gold. f Aasocisted Fm uurd Wlr ) CHICAGO. Feb. 14. A daughter was born to Mrs. Nicholas Long worth at the Chlcago-Lying-ln Hospital at 10:30 o'clock this morning. Physicians In attendance said both mother and baby were "do ing well." Mrs. TheodorA Roosevelt, widow of the former president, accompan ied her daughter, Mrs. Longworth, to the hospital, as did the latter's brother, Kermlt Roosevelt. Repre sentative Longworth of Ohio was in Washington, but Is expected to arrive here tomorrow by fast train to be with his wife and their first child. The baby weighed six pounds and 81 ounces, the nurses announc ed, and was a normal, healthy in fant. The mother, too. was in good condition, though for some time af ter the event of the daughter's ar rival she was under an anaesthe tic. j Mrs. Medlil McCormick, wife of benator McCormick. also accom panied Mrs. Longworth and her relatives to the hospital. (AMocUttd Prm Uutd Wirt.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. Rep resentative Longworth was given a tumultuous reception today when he walked Into the house a few minutes after the newB from Chicago had been circulated among his colleagues. Smiling from eye to eye the re. publican leader bowed his ac knowledgment as the leader of the democrats. Representative Garrett of Tennessee led In a prolonged outburst of cheering and hten de livered a short speech of felicita tion. It wsr the hope of all tfle mem bers of the house, said Mr. Gar- rett. that the Longworth baby (would have a long and prosperous ! life. First word that he was a father I was given the Ohio member by : The Associated Press Just before the house met. Half an hour la ter he received a telephone mes sage from Chicago assuring him. that Mrs. Longworth and the baby I girl were doing splendidly. He Im mediately made plans to leave for Chicago this afternoon. Dozens of house members swarmed about Mr. Ivongworth to congratulate hlra. The house floor was a picture of confusion to which Representative (.'pshaw of Georgia unwittingly contributed by gaining recognition after RepreV ..nlotivo r.arpolt t, a A nnnln1or1 Z 'X a boy, saying he was glad the I name of Theodore Roosevelt and Nicholas Longworth was to be prepetuated. E (AoHatd Pm Tjfi Win.) WASHINGTON. Feb. 14. Ceo. Alexander Parks of Alaska, was nominated today by President Coolldde to be governor of Alaska. Mr. Parks who has been station led In Alaska for several yars 'will succeed Scott C. Bone, whose term will expire In several months. ' Visitors Ovsrnight Mr. and Mrs. C U Curtis were guests at- the Hotel Grand last night. They are proprietors of the Tsrrm Ofe, at Ashland, and are ft turning home after a business trip to Portland. IDFd INS DOUBLE HEADER E Girls and Boy9 Both Dc- f eated in One-Sided Con tests Last Night , PERRIN IS INJURED Veteran Roseburg Guard Probably Out of Came for Rest of Season; Ligament Torn. . Roseburg basketball fans were forced to sit helplessly In the high school gymnasium last night and watch the pitiful slaughter of the two local high school teams by the fast Medford aggregations. The Medford girls won the first game by a score of 45 to 17 and the boys 25 to 10. Although the Roseburg teams must be credited with fight ing to the best of their ability, the games were too one-sided to be in teresting and the exhibition was a sorry spectacle, particularly for those rooting for the local boys and girls. The Medford teams were superior in every respect, and the locals had no chance from the outset. 1 he Medford girls were far su perior to Roseburg In passing, and it was seldom that the local girls got hold of the ball. The Medford forwards. Griffin and Newman. were exceptionally fast and accur ate, and In spite of close guarding mlsBed but few shots. Miss Griffin scored 25 points and Miss Newman 20. For Roseburg Ruth Collins scored 14 of the Vt points. The boys' game was a fast eoh - test, and the Roseburg team fought hard from start to finish, but lacked the calibre to match the visiting team. The Medford boys were- su perior in passing, and in fighting under the basket. Roseburg players had difficulty in locating the bas ket, and failed to follow up their shots as well as the visitors. In fact, a great many of Medford's scores were made from scrimmages under the basket after the first shot and hailed to convert. The Roseburg team was badly crippled after the second quarter. tor In the middle of that quarter Guy Perrln, the high school's star IMS fill guard, was forced out of the game states Weal her Bureau as fol wlth an injury to his ankle. An ex-; lows: animation this morning revealed a The outlook Is for much cloud torn ligament, and he probably will ness with normal temperature a.id be out of the game for the rest of . -with rain in Washington and Ove the season. The local boys are to gon, nonh and central California be praised for their spirit of fight, ! and puHHibly in Southern Callforn for after this disheartening occur- ja it-iujc me icaiu went DUCK inio uie game with more ardor than ever, and It seemed that each player re- doubled his el forts in an attempt to I make up for the loss. Bernard Young who took Perrln s I place, played a fine game for a playor with as little experience as j he has had. Ray Jost was the oulslanding player for Roseburg. playing a won- derful game at running guard. N. Chastain and Knluiis. Med ford forwards, were the high point ll'l'tf a. The liue-ui) for the boys' gam i follows: Rofwburg (10) Poi, Melford 2M Ileckley (3) Collins Olle (3) Helllwell Irwin (2) Jost (2) Perrln Voung F N. ChaMatn (11) F Knijipa (9) F C (J O G White sriS Summary: Personal fouli burg: Ileckley 1, Collin Jost 1, Perrln 1, Young 1; Med ford. Allen 1. Lang 1. Williams 1. White 3. Fouls converted, Rosi Iburg, Olle 1, Jost 2, Beckley 1; Medford, N. Chastain 1, Knippa 3, lAllen 1. Substitutions, Roseburg. IGlle for Beckley, Beckley 'for Ir !in. Irwin for Hecklev. Voumr for Perrln: Medford, C. Chastain for Klpps, Lang for Williams. Referee Kdlund, scorer Burr. SLAYER PAYS THE BOULDER, Mont. Feb. 13. Roy Walsh, convicted slayer of Albert Johnson, Renova, Mont., storekeep er, tialfl th ATtroma rumal tr tnm h j u crime on the gallows of the Jeffer son county grana jury early today. Eating an orange and cheerfully stoical. Walsh mnt tn him f wish the world well." Were hi final words. Lat night Walsh prepared a nnr statement for newspapers In which, be Urged boys to avoid the pitfall' Into which he bad fallen. DAUGHTER OF BOOZE Vl Ri J (AMOfUtfO Vrrm , Wlr.) PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 14. -"Kimllnff her mother dead hi bed. a . 15 year old girl, eurly today led a police raid on a saloon, whtTt she as- sorted her mother had ob- talncd a ulnt of liauor last night. The bartender was The girl, Sarah Ktlfcalher, said that her mother had pur- chased the liquior for a "Friday the Thirteenth" par- ty.". Coroner ration declared that should death be found to be from alcoholism, the ven- dor of the liquor would be held for murder. TF.XAS IUCU ItlOT. (Aaoctitrd Pre Lturd Wirr.) ORANGE, Tex., Feb. 14. Three white men were killed here today In a shooting af- fray between negroes and whites. The dead are: Joe Projean, about 46; Dallas Morris, about 2. and Deputy Sheriff llasil Stakes, 39. Two negroeB were arrested. . nr PARIS, Feb. 14. A magistrate has taken under consideration charges preferred against Carlos I Esnelo. secretary to Vlncente J lllasco Ihanez. as the result of clash with Cabullero Andaz, an other Spanish writer, who Eapelo claims, sent an Insulting letter to Ibitnez. Espelo said he merely slapped the face of Andaz while Cabellero i swore that tTie slapping was done Ywlth knuckle duster on one fist ! and a I blackjack In the other. T r (AHorUtrd PrrM Lrurd Wire.) SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14. The weather forecast for the week beginning February 15. was sn- nounced here today bv the United ill (AMAciatrd FTM uiwd WtT. CHICAGO, Feb. 14. Two 18 several night holdups were held today with four men alleged to have been their accomplices. Ma bel Robertson and Genevieve Wal ler, the women, admitted police said, that they kept their hus- r rhn.inin bands In ignorance of their opera Allen 7-i Hons, which they said Ihey did SULLIVAN GUILTY (AwwIatM. 'rm Osm. Wirt.) KLAMATH FALUS. Ore., Feb. 14. Pete Sullivan, ac- cused as the actual slayer of Oscar Erickson In a gambling house robbery here ear. last month, was convicted t first degree murder here early this morning. The Jury deliberated less than three hours. A recommendation for life Imprisonment acrom- panled the verdict. Iate this 4 riiornlng Circuit Judgt C. M Thomas, of Jackson county 4 sentenced bnth Sullivan and Situ Pate to life Imprison- ment in the state penlten Mary. Pate was convicted of 4 first degree murder last week In connection with the same crime. 4 John Taylor, whose con- fession resulted In the arrest of three others, will be sen- 4 teneed Tuesday morning. 4 Only one of the four men 4 John O Shea, was acquitted. WM. JARDINE ISIOLDCAVETRAGEDY NEW SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE President of Kansas Agri cultural College Selected by Coolidge Today. KELLOGG NOMINATED This Action Leaves Three ( Cabinet Appointments . Pending Before the Senate. WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. Wil liam M. Jardlne, president of the Kansas Agricultural college was se lected today by President Coolidge to be secretary of agriculture. He is to take office on the tlrement of Secretary Gore who on March 4 becomes governor of West Virginia. Along with Mr. Jardlne's nomlna tlon the president today sent to the senate the nomination of Frank II. Kellogg of Minnesota, now am bassador at London, to be secre tary of state after Secretary Hughes leaves the cabinet March 4 This action leaves three cabinet appointments pending before the senate, that of Charles P.. Warren to be attorney-general, having been sent to the capttot a month ago but delayed by opposition. Selection of Mr. Kellogg to suc ceed Secretary Hughes had been provisionally announced but within an hour of the time Mr. Jardine's nomination wns sent from the White Honse the supporters of oth er candidates. Mill hopeful of suc cess had called there In an effort to sway Ihe president's decision. Mr. Jardlne who Is a member of the president's agricultural confer ence was chosen from an original list of nearly 200 names. The exe cutive. In making the selection, en deavored to obtain a man with a knowledge of marketing and distri bution, which he regards as the primary problem facing American agriculture. MANHATTAN. Knns.. Feb. 14. Dr. Wllllnm M. Jnrdine, presi dent of the Kansas state agricul tural college here, selected today by President Coolidire to be sec retory of asrlciiltiire will bring to the cabinet a first hand knowl edge of agriculture and a person ality with a rugged western back ground. Once a "cow nunchor". a "bron cho buster", tall cutter and ranch hand. Dr. Jardlne has s sympa thy with the former and rnnrh man and a comprehension of his nrohlems based on Intimate ex nerlence. Ho U snld to be tho best authority In tho country on drv farming and the growing of wheat ond the ernin tnrghum. President Jardlne has been nn outsnoken advocate of the far mers' Interest. n piibllc nreocbes he ha r'-'clnred Mint onlv 10 per cent of the troubles of Ihe farmer enn b remedied by lerlslatlon that the o'ber 90 percent must be solved 'hv the foimer them selves and their Immediate asso ciates, thn business men of eorh ngftcidturnl ennrnunltv." He gained considerable attention when In the spring of 1924 he voiced opposition to the McNary Hnitgen nrlc-f ixln-g bill, lie re viewed the plnn as based on tin sound ecopoml theorv. siylnr that what the farmer wanted was to be let alone. Dr. Jardlne was born at Cherrv "reek. Oneida count v. Idaho, on January Ifl. 1879. He spent the first 17 years of his life on his fathers ranch In Idaho. He per formed the ustinl to"ks on a west ern ranch. 'nnr"hed" cattle, broke bronchos at 2K cents each and attended district school three or four months enVh winter. Dr. Jardlne was a graduate from the ttah agricultural colleirn In lflM. He was setlve In college sports end activities and ws a member of the Utah football team for four years and captain In his senior venr. He ta'wht a .short time after praduotinn and then became manager of a farmlnr comnanv that tlM"d thousand of acres In Utah. Hp was. assistant cerealist of the Unite. H'ate de port ment of agrcult uro from 1907 to 1910 when he left Wash ington to become n professor of nxronomv at the Kansas a ur (cul tural college. Three vears later h was made iban of the division nf agriculture at the college ond director of the experiment station. In 1918 he succeeded Ir. Henrv I. Waters as president of the col lege. Dr .Trdtna ! a member of tb American Aoratlon for the advancement of science, the tn Unnal research council and the advloty roe n e of the agricul tural commission of the Ameri can bankers association. He Is IS RECALLED TODAY A-Utn) fntt Lnurd WIrt.t CHARLESTON. W. V.. Feb. 1 4 The plight of Floyd Collins, whose fate In his un- derground tomb ut CaveLity, Ky., is being speculated, has recalled to old residents a cave tragedy of 30 years ago. The victim wns John Cos- horn, member of a prominent local family. Unable to mar- ry the girl of his choice, be- cause of his poverty. Coshorn left his Job In a country store and went to Tennessee where he heard of a mountain cave, supposed to contain vast sll- ver deposits. With ten days rations he started into the cave. Weeks passed and he did not reappear. Finally, his brother organized a posse and started into the cave af- ter him. ' Severnl hundred feet un- derground they came to a steep cliff which they des- cended by a rope. At Its foot the posse found Goshorn's body. He evidently had d'ed after a fall. The only sliver found In 4 the cave was In the frame of a picture of his sweetheart that Coshorn clutched In his lifeless hand. CONFESSION TODAY (AiwieliM Frm Uurd Win.) IJRNnLETON, Ore., Feb. 14. ! An Indlnn youth, Hurvey Strong, who gave, his age as 17 and his home as Toppenlsh, Wash., confes sed last night to Sheriff R. T. Cookinghnm, Deputy Bennett and railroad operatives to placing ol- slructlons on the O. W. R. 4 N. tracks that resulted In the wreck lng of a big Mallet freight engine, the tylns up-of traffic for 12 hours on the main line and I ho injury of Conductor Baxter of the freight train. Strong admitted fouling the switch at Cayuse. but stated that his companion had placed the rail road tie and fence post which the easthound freight hit at a point 3 and one half miles west of the switch where the Mallet jumped crosswise of the tracks. Deputy Sheriff Bennett left Inut night for Toppenlsh afler tho second Indian youth. Young Strong wns captured after Ihe wreck occurred but after a grll Ing that lasted most nf Thursday was turned loose by the officers, letter Deputy Bennett wllh a rail road operative, returned to Cayuse and found the Indlnn youth and faced hltn wllh evidence that trncks hnd been seen on Ihe right of way near the two obstructions and had been positively identified as his, whereupon the young In dlnn confessed. om:;ovs ihitii nut hidav tAvlal1 Pm WlrO PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. 14. . OregHn. the Valentine of the union was celebrating her own birthday today the A banquet by the Sons and Daughters of Oregon pioneers 1 tonight, will fenture the oh- j servanre hero. An Immense rnkn with r6 candles will he Wilson of Wflscn county clr- cult court will be tho prln- rlpnl speaker. president of Ihe American society nf agronomy and of the Interna tional Farm Congre. Ways and Means Committees Will Report Unfavorably on AH Salary Increases for Officials of State I MAll'.lim nr., r"nii'm, wreRnn, i Feb. 1 4 Br a vote of IB lo 14 the I Dennis Joint resolution directed against Income and Inheritance I taxes passed Ihe senate on recon sideration yesterday. The reso lution proposes to submit to the people a constitutional amend ment t.) prevent the enactment, of Income and Inheritance tax lows until tho yesr 1940 and would repeal the present Inheritance tax. The ways and means commit tee last night voted to report out unfavorably all the Important salary of the state treasurer and the serreturv of slate from $4, 500 to $fi.000 each, the superin tendent of public schools from $4,000 lo $5,000 and Ihe salaries of the deputy secretary of state, deputy slate treasurer end secre tary in the governor from $250 a month esch to $100 a month. Also the committee will today de mand that the bill to Increase salaries of District Attorneys which hss pss.ed the house and is In the hnnds nf the senate Ju diciary committee be offered to OVER MILLION DOLLARS WORTH AUTOS BORNEO Kansas City Motor Show Is Destroyed by a Mam moth Blaze. EXHIBIT IS WRECKED Livestock Pavilion, Valued at $650,000 and Cars Worth $1,500,000 Engulfed in BIa2e. (AaorUtm! Vrrm LMMd Wlr.) KANSAS CITY, Feb. 14. Fire starting In flimsy decorations sup posedly from defective wiring de stroyed automobiles valued at $1,500,000 and the American royal livestock pavilion, valued at $650,000 early today. All of the exhibits at the annual Kansas City motor show, were a total loss. The show had closed for the night, and no one was in the building, when the fire broke out. The exhibits were to have been moved to San Francisco for a showing there late this month. Firemen were hampered in their work because of the lack of wa ter plugs near the building and It was several minutes before they could play streams of water on the building, which was a mass of flames when the first com panies arrived. The explosion of gasoline tanks on the exhibits also held the fire fighters in checK. When two hours after firemen from the two Kansas Cities were called to fight the blase the walla fell In. - ' - Captain John J. Crane. 65, the oldest fireman on the department was caught on an Incline between the annex and the main building where he was attempting to work a hose, and was burned to death. Firemen who had noted his dis appearance, found the body when they penetrated the ruins. Three hundred plensure cars, approximately 75 trucks and two airplanes were burned. In addi tion to the exhibits of about 200 accessory manufacturers were de stroyed. Most of the cars on display had been shown earlier In the year at New York, Cleveland and Chicago. The fire started In the last fleet In minutes of Friday tho thir teenth, and its was the 713th fire of the year here. . . . Jess Simpson, engineer of the pavilion, said the fire broke out In a tiny blaze in the annex cell ing, "one minute there was a little blaze and the next , it was all over." he said. ' Fire chief Alex Henderson de clared the fire had "an awful start", when the fire apparatus arrived. Tho ghosts of the recent! proud Kings of the motor world.' It seemed, shrieked and moaned from the Interior when sirens and horns on the cars were set off as Insulntlnn burned from the switches and wiring. THACKER TAKES TIME TO ENTER PLEA TO INDICTMENT Charles Thackor, Indicted by the grand Jury for passing a worthlena $5 check, was arraigned before Judge Hamilton this morning. Thacker asked further time to en ter his plea and was given until Monday. the ways and means committee for consideration. The hill to Increase the salary of the state dairy and food com missioner from $3,000 to $4,000 wns amended by the committee and will he reported favorably with the Increase to $1,800. The Snellen hill calling for an additional one cent tnx on gaso line Is scheduled for discussion In hearing next Tuesday night. Tho house rosds and highways com mittee Is now opposed to it. The Halls hill calling for a forty per cent cut In the license fees and for a five cent gasoline tnx have been resting In the senste rosds and highways committee for sev ernl weeks. They may 'not come out. Oovernor Pierce has signed senste hill 16. changing date of raving taxes from April 5 and October B to May 5 and Novem ber 5. ' Mrs. Henry Arrhamheau of Tiller, was In the rllr fee several i days shoplng and looking after i business affairs.