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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.