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Newspaper Page TextALLTHENEWSTODAY BY ASSOCIATED PRErS LEASED WIRE SE' Rose Consolidation of Th. Evtnlng Nof,'". Boteburg Rtvlew News-Review V7 CIRCULATION TODAY OVER 4200 '-v.. VOL. XXVI NO. 139 OF ROSEBURO RE S- DOUGLAS COUNTY )a An independent Newspaper, Published for the Bett Interests of th. People) ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY. APRIL 30, 1925. VOL. XIII NO. 40 OF THE EVENING NEWS nrrrnrn pc nnni until LU OU.IIUU SIGN PAPERS TWO NEWSPAPERS IN SOUTH CONSOLIDATE (AMncUtrd hn Uunl WltO ! MEnCEl). Cal.. April 30. The Merced Evening Sim and the Merced morning Star will I appear as one publication nf- ter May 1. the consolidation belnfc effected by the en- ' trance Into the local newspa- per field of Ray and Hugh iS McCluntr, owners of newupa- per property in Pomeroy, . Wash. The consolidated- pa- e per. to be known as the Earl Clark at Inquest Saysj Merced Sun-Star will be lssu- 1 -w ru ti n Mil rvi-uiiif; uuiivuiiuu -w QUEEN GDNTES TO FOR SHEPHERD! : T liTO BE STARTED NEXT MONDAY Attorney for Shepherd Made Proposition. WANTED AFFIDAVITS six days a week. Refused to Sign But Was Offered Large Sum Interview Arranged by Reporter. (AaocUttd Pre Uuf4 wire.) rillCAOO. April 30. Earl H. Clark testified today In the re sumed In'iuest into the death of William N. McCllntock thut he had been offered a $5,000 bribe ly an attorney for William I. Shepherd, under the indictment chanted with the murder of Mc Clintock by typhoid Inoculation to sign an affidavit which Clark said he never had setn. Shepherd and his attorneys de clined to attend the iimueat. McCllntock was Shepherd's fos ter son and by his death last lvcember Shepherd Inherited a mlll'nn dollars. Shepherd is in jail, held with out bond, pending trial set for Mav 18. With the finding -of a verdict in the William McCllntock case, the coroner's jury will be Kin tannest into the deaths of Mrs. Emma Nelson McCllntock. mother of 'Hilly" McCllntock. 16 Oscar t)l iN S LOGGED Ballot Boxes to Be. Placed First of Next Week and Nominations Made. Mary MacSwiney, Irish Political Worker, Entered U. S. Without Passport She Admits to Officers BECAUSE DIDN'T CONTROL FAIL! Two Men on Trial Charged With Assault and Conspiracy. FORD WILL BE GIVEN (AaorUtrd Pmi Lnurd Win.) WASHINGTON, April 30. Considerable liKlit was thrown to day on the riri-iiintauces of tlie government's inquiry into the presence in America of Miss Mury MacSwiney, Irish republican poli tical worker, but what ott'icluls intended to do about It remludoil speculation. Professor Timothy Smiddy. who had previously been acquit ted by his secretary of any mo- i guilty and after having pai,t whatever penalty was assessed. Automobile to Be Given as Prize at Lucky Drawing on Night of The Queen's Ball. PLEAD NOT GUILTY Victim Says That He Was Shackled and Lashed Because Girl Didn't Stay Home. The committee lias already started plans for the queen's ball, which will be held the owning night of the carnival, and this will be one of the most eluborute of Its kind ever held in the city. As usunl the queen will bo pre CHICAGO. April 30. Miss Mary MacSwiney, sister of Terence Mac Swiney, Irish hunger striker, en tered this country withouta pass port and had no Intention of ever getting any, she said here before leaving for Minneapolis to speak today. A hunger strike would be her an swer to arrest iu connection with tlves in the case declared that he the Investigation of her entry Into had calred to the attention of thvjiha United States started by the sQate department published r- labor deparment in Washington ports that Miss MacSwiney had .and immigration authorities, here, announced that she arrived here without a passport. Ho denied any Intention of pressing for her deportation. i A report of immigration In spectors who Interviewed Miss MacSwinev in Chicago, Ws re ceived looay Dy l ommiss.oner ;waIlled , know wnat nlp , carae uenerai nusuanti nei"' """! ov- on. and then I told tnem , the inspector said, that she arriv- ; rould not 8e(, ,nat ,hat concerned ed in New ork about Januar) , rnited SMn government. I 24. on an English vessel trayel-, w. ablp t( atuf , VniM Ing on a llrltish passport. MiPs,ate9 auttl0rUtes if nwessary. declined to produce the passport . . . .. . . . h . it men "",., she said. She was qupslloneA by officers , here yesterday. "They asked me If I had a pass iport," Miss MacSwiuey said. "I said I had none and was not aware thHt 1 needed any. They next or to give the name under she landed. I ' Mr. Husband instituted an In- NEW YORK. Anrll 30. The sented with a J."0 award with qulry today to determine whether presence of Miss Mary MacSwiney which to aid in the purchase of Ellis Island records would show , New York to cham)on tne caU8e her wardrobe. The queens rol.e Ml?s MeSwineys arrival on or . ... rer)Ublic was announc and crown, are provided by the! about the date on which she said or. an rln renu5"lc as nnounc onmmiiieo , ...... ii ,.. k.j o ' ed on January 25. She refused to I DAY RIOTS ITALY PLAN OFREDIRKERS Strike nists Called by Commu and Police Find e JONATHAN BOURNE AGEO 70, TO WED 4 WOMAN OF 29 YEARS , (AMMUtHl hte IwftM Win.) ' . MOIIII.E, Ala.. April 30. A marriage licence was Issu- A .,( hern toilnv In .Innuthan I . Hourne. former Vnlted States senator from Oregon to wed Miss Francis linker Turner. The former Oregon senator gave his age as "0 and the bride-to-be as 29. Mr. Hourne owns a large planta- 4 tion In this county. Much Propaganda. RUSSIANS ARE AIDING Pamphlets Distributed to 350,000 Workers Urging Them to Quit Work on May 1st. (AfcUtrd PrtM Lnw Win.) SHREVEPORT. La., April 30. v.tnru n on mifl or Dr. son. The coroner's chemist has .'Arrangements were completed reported that he found enough poison In Mrs. McClintock's body to cause death within ten days. Clark, a former employe of Of. Charles Faimnn, who has operat ed a science school In which Fai mnn has testified, he taught Shep herd how to administer typhoid rerms to produce death, is a wit ness over whom the states attor neys charged that Clark was be ing coerced day for the opening of the trial cf W. K. Miller, 40, and W. C. Oliv er, 28, of Cedar drove, a suburb, charged" with assault and conspir acy in connection with the recent flogging of John Darker, a Cedar Grove construction foreman. Barker at the preliminary In quiry, declared Miller and Oliver were among a group of men who enticed him from his home, carried him to a nearby woods and after Today CInrK snlil tnai ne nan snackling him to a tree, lashed two interviews with Attorney ii- , hm ad le m(.n (0,(, hm Ham Seott Stewart of Shepherd a ,h(,v were fajng tQ ,ak(J la daUKn. counsel, arranged by a reporter ,pr out am acare h(,r Ug a(,(le( for the Chicago Evening Ameri- )at one of . - . .. rrl.a ruiuirtpr he miiui. Tele- . ... 'phoned to him to go to the news paper office. Clark said he did go to the office and that Stewart appeared In the newspaper office said: "You don't control your family. You let your girl put on khaki pants and ride a bicycle. Every with some whiskev nnu inai an .- ............ -.. .... sand." ihrM hnj a few drinks. Suddenly, Clark mentioned a dispute between himself and Scwart. in these words: "At last I pulled him out of his chair and there were words used that would not sound nice here. He refused to fight. "He wanted mo to sign an affi davit." , , The witness snid he never had P!en tiny affidavit but that stew- known as Raleigh Barcar of ert said he had one already iano county, California, who Miller and Olllver, who are un der 11,000 ball each entered pleas of not guilty when arraigned. As a result of the publicity giv en the Harker case, Sheriff Crane has received a letter from Mrs. J. C. Denman of Eranklln'on, I.n., asking If the flogging victim Is re lated to Raleigh Barker, also So- the passport which would not meet reveal men now sne goi into me the requirements, he added, he country. She said, however, that would let'the department of just- she was traveling Incognito and Ice take over the case. ' 1 that she had arrived on January It was pointed out that an alien j23. violating the passport act would "There are submarines and air not become subject to deportation pinnes", she told an interviewer, until after having been round' (Continued on page slxl 11fLBEDjl drawn up. I letter Raid, died reofntiy and left "lark nlrl StPWart and the r- a fnrtnntv Attnrnfv fnr ha . portrr said thy wanted him to tate are 8eekinB a John Harker. in f,,f 1,8 f,,II1ra;h V.,UP1 uPon ai)y ennfoos that the arriifatlon of iuisiiina she said. Harker said j 0,hlr. "y1''1- if desired. he would trv to find the family ? ' w' bible which hi mother had when rw-lvod, and a arpe nun.hnr of she died several years atro in ticlwts Mere sold and much n- Tamnfl Pl And .pp (f Hp rnnld prf,st aken in the Prlze trnn hla rplntfnnohin in iha rftl- J drawing. The hats which are to be offer ed for Bale this year, and whirl will count &i rotes in the qireeii'a contest, are similar to the ones of last year, a popular crusher style In carnival colors. The fact that outside commun ities are known to be preparing to enter contestants, is expected to add rest to the contest, and It is expected that there will be a preat deal of Interest shown. The contest for-Strawberry Car nival queen will be started on Monday of next week, and the committee expects a lively and spirited race for this honor. It hi understood that the candidates from ontnide towns are to b en tered this year, and the young ladies from . the?e places will doubtless give the Roseburg con testants a close race. nanoi noxes are 10 oe pracen f Ablated Pie. Lruri Wir.) , plans to drain the lagoon In ef- Bfnre and nt the I awrence real GARY, Ind., April 30. Hope of forts to find the missing legs and estate offire on Voml.iv Nomina- ! olving the mystery of the death of arm of the girl have been abandon Hnn nif.v . mnriu nt that titno the girl whose maimed untl burned ed in favor of dragging It nnd the young ladies who an? body was found tunday near here. 'sftile tdentlfieittion of the victim as placed In nomination, will bo p-vas waning today while author!- Mrs. ;trtrudo Thompson, 27, miss wn enough complimentary votes I tl worked to find new c lews ainl im: Cary shupi!lrl may dept-ndup-liv the committee to start them i develop the few already found. on finding of the missing arm. well upon the.ir way. I The upper half of the woman's : Mrs. Thompson had a finger ain- Votef. as usual will be sold for ; lisle stocking and a burned bit nf putated on one hand, one cent each, and the queen con- ' paper bearing the name "II. The empty gasoline can found testa will also receive votes for 'Schmidt," wre the latest clews 'near the girl's body was identified the sale of tickets to the queen's found late yesterday by Lux, a po-I yesterday by Paul Itishop. attend- uiui, tor i ne hh it? ui uuia unu mr au'omoltlle tickets. A Ford automobile Is to be gi ven this year to the person hold ing the lurky number. Tickets are to be sold by the queen con testants, each ticket bearing a number. On the night of the queen's ball, the stubs from these ticket will he thrown into a hopper, and a drawing held. The penmn holding the ticl;it cor responding to the number on the stub drawn from thvs lot. will be presented with a new Kord tour ing car. which may he turned In Shepherd was a frame up between the state's attorney, himself, C. C. Faimon and J. P. Marchand. T.nlr. Clark said. Stewart cal low him to hi own office and of fered ?.".00 If he would sign the fornia man nffidavtt. Stewart, according 10 the witness, as If taking for granted that Clark would sign. Imcan dictating to his stenogra pher: "I make tnis utatement freely nnd without compulsion, or word to that effect.' "When I heard that", said Clrtrk. "I walked over to the stenographer and told her she need not take any more dictation of that sort", as I was not going to sign The queen committee, which ' has the contest in charge. Is com pnMfd of O. M. Herrle. frank J Hills and A. It. Crawford. 'Stewart asked me to bring my !M,pu , .V; , ife Ernestine to meet him that Pr V rhanP night. Vhat he mieht make the J-ljH proposition to ner, out i din nm. Clark said he was next ap proached bv John K. Jones, head (Continued on page B ) (AnorUt Prm Itvd Wirt.) imUSSFLS. April 30. A dis- National Beige from pelle says members of nter-allled commission trolling navigation on the Rhine seized 17 tons of military cart lice dog which found a partly burn- ant at a filling station, as one he ed shoe Tuesday and led searchers sold to three men whom he t o a hidden lagoon. 1 1 turn ght he rnnld Identify. Boy High School Students Roll Down Collars as Protest Against Dare Knees of Young Maidens (Associated Press Leased Wire.) GLADSTONE, Mich., April 30. Two hundred boy student of the high school were suspended yesterday when they protested against girl sfudente being permitted to attend classes with their stocking rolled. Today the girls were threatening a "ympathetic strike" be. cause they .had been ordered to "roll 'em up". The overt act that led directly to the boys' suspension was their refusal to wear neckties to school and their persistence in disregard ing the dreee regulations by turning down their collars. Superintendent C. t . Teaaue, said today that when thev return the boy will be compelled to make up their echool work without receiving credit for It. Aleo they must wear neckties. The students today paraded the (treet of Gladstone and nearby villagee, bearing banners, drums and bugle. "Keep Your Shirt On" Is the Motto of Field Marshal Von Hin denburg; Inclined to Work Slowly (Aociated fnm Lru Win.) ROME, April 30 Police declar ed today that they had discovered evidence of a Italian revolutionary organization affiliated with com munists groups in Russia which has been planning a May Day workers' strike and demonstration against the government through- 'out Italy. The police expressed the opinion as the result of their Investigations that very active or ganizations of Soviet propagan dists are established In Italy. Po lice action to prevent trouble to morrow Is being taken. This was an elaboration of an 'announcement by police made yes terday saying they had raided sev eral alleged communist gathering places and scleed numerous docu ments. Since the recent troubles In Bul garia fascist organs here have been Innistlng thut the same dang er threatens Italy, but the opposi tion newspapers have maintained that the socialist community scare crow has been purposely flaunted by Mussolini's followers In order to rally Hnpport far fascism. Po llen Insist tliey have proof that subversive organizations planned a strong anti-government offensive throughout the country tomorrow. (They have discovered, according to j their statement, 350,000 copies of icommunist propaicanda. pamphlets intended for clerks, workmen, sol fliers and peasants. They also, estimate that they found several million other roples were printed nnd they are wonder ling from where the communists se j cured the money to finance the protect. j Police sny some of the propa ganda urged a practical action latrainst the ruling classes and said "Italian brothers, show yourselves -orthy of the heroic revolutionists who are fighting In BuUarla for our common cause." Police also claim to have found an Italian edi Ition of a Russian newgiaper called Truth which said: "Abstention from working on Mhv 1 is not sufficient." Fasclnt newspapers declare .thin 'communist activity Is connected ,wilh the Bulgarian terroristic movements, that ft seeks a revolu tion In Italy and that "it is not possible for the Moscow govern ment to ha unconnected with such an organization." ( Poltct? have taken the most en erietlc measures thmiiKhout Italy ,to prevent May Hay disturbances. Af Florence, several communist leaders have been arrested, Includ- jing Advocate IHginl. who Is said to b responsible for the publica tion nf a clandestine communist NEW YORK. April 30 Ru-1 preme Court Justice May In Brook- BKRIJX, April 30.- Field con- lyn refused this afternoon to grant on flindwiburg today for- a stav to save Morris and Joseph n,a" pien hi election to the Mamond from execution at Sing rnian presidency. (Aj-orUtH Ptm Im1 Wlr 1 HindenhlirtT In-lut nnnn elvlntr m Mar- , personal tmich to communications TODAY'S BASEBALL noses and a quantity or incendiary gn(t tonight. He offered to Issue nu uiuminaung oomns aooaro a ftn nrrtp. ,n -hnw - hot Ihw ans responsible for cargo explained that f Aavlatt Ptf Iasnl W'r.) VKW YORK. April 30 Rain ?d the postponement of all major the post ponement of all major league baseball gamen. Kflstern league fames also were called off while In the International league on'y Jersey City snd Buffalo were ajle to start their scheduled cen tei at the latter city. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS At Port Ian 4: Vernon 3. At Seattle 12; Oakland B. At San Francisco 15; Salt Lake At Angola 3; Sacramento : Batteriea for Today Vernon Eckert and Hannah. Portland Arrison and Tobin. First Innnlng: Vernon, 0; Port land, 2. Q nothing about the shipment, which they had thought was Iron ore, BF.RMN, April 30. When the new master enters Germany's vessels fh. ntin4,rm ,,,) hurtled before ' hlt House ' on 111 Willie m- they kn"w'TllMrp nnfiln of Hi a antiellate Mrasse. the executive staff ther vessel from Holland. The Germ- yon, for the Mamon-U withdrew: th DENTIST LOSES EYE division in a last minute attempt to prevent the execution. OSSiXIVO, N. Y., April 30 John Farina, who is to be electro cuted tonisht with Joseph and Mnrrlt Ilium. in. 1 l,rfifherM for the SAT.EM. Ore., April 30 rr. Murder of two Brook I vn bank mes Maurlce Butler, a den'lst of Inde- nonKm )n 1923. was nn-vented pendenre. lost his left eye and from fln attempt -at sulclrle. Sing when a him the reived a fractured skull near the Sin(t a(rMlritles betlev ft eye when an automobile In which he was rldinir with F. M. Powell of Saiem skidded off the hlehway early today. The acci dent happened on the Salem-I al ias road about 3 miles west of Sa lem. .Powell was not much hurt. The attending physician reports Pr. Butler as progressing favorab ly considering the lorioiAm of tthe injury. I fr. Butler has h"ti 1 nf lndarwnripnrp tiW and is a son of I r. 1 pysfclan. a resident msnr vears Oils Butler, a kpimp Irwliiv tfHtlr from sharrn-n- d handle of a tooth brush recently 1 which he had concealed in two oranges. Farina with the Idamonds wis b"ing taken to a cell nesr the death chamber In preparation fir th eTecutinn when his keener no ticed that he wss rar ing two oranres. After taking tnm from him the keeper found the oran?"S were sturk together Hh a bone tooth brush handle, the end of which had been sharpened to a knife like .point. ill have to learn that one of the chief peculiarities of Von Hlnd n I burg Is his aversion to hurry, ! bustle and fluster. Everybody in his presence must move calmly and deliberate ly. Even in the most exciting mo ments of the world war, the field marshal insisted on calmness and poise. One of his politlral follower.1, I.h uienant-f 'olom I Von Feldmann, il a story of an adjutant the great army headquarter. h; during the flowing days of th World War came rushing into Von Hfndenburg'n present with what he considered an Important com munication. "Slowly, s0vl- un man. K'ep your shirt ojT I know of no 1 Kubmiited for his sicnature. It Is known that he oft n recHt me , sages at army headquarters If the communlratfons wete In a stilted formal style. During the recent I campalpn the president-elect's j manager of publications, )r, , Schulze-Pfalz'T, found to his evi dent surprise, that far from sicn Ing anvthing handed to him, the field-marshal not only often made change, hut frequently entirely re-dratted the documents. RERUN. April 30. The salary and al owanee for th" German president Is entirely Inadequate, contend Ilar-n'ss Ioulse Von Reibnltz-Mitltzaii, prominent Ber lin social leader, who observed to day fn Korrejond nse Iere G.tl Ischaft. On of the firxt duties of the R-lchtag Is to vote the head of the nation funds In keeping with thp dienity of the office. Aside from the ex'cuttve mansion with Its complete household, heat. Drill ing and servants, which are f urn news Important enough to dman! Ished bv the stHte, the president haV" admonirhed the field mar- has nnlv fid.ooo marks at his dis- Un.AThU la llotri.tho- Inn lltle shhT. The new president's staff will have to learn further that Von Iv.Thl forTue head of 000,000 f -opt a r public of Q (AjMMHatetl Pim teW Wlr SAM FHANClSf'O. April 30 Manuel Silva. wealthy Stockton district rancher, obtained a license toIay to marry Miss Hazel Mer cedes Tmarte of San Francisco, plaintiff In a $00,0oo breach of promise action against Sllva. I Miss Duarte alleges that Sllva .is the father of h'T two children. Silva offered to end the action yesterday by marrying Ml 1u arte, but she declined until a rorn- mon division of Sllva's property jcoiitd be arranged. The court :nnve th'm until noon toflny to ef fect a posslhle settlement out their differences and the marriage was arranged In a conference out of court. ! A f-w minutes after obtaining the license, Sllva and Miss I wart e were married hy Justic of the peace Frank 1esy. ' CASE IS TRIED The action of Frank Skiff, against the Riddle lumber com pany, an action for money, was heard this afternoon in the Circuit Court before Judge Hamilton. The rase Is one In which the plaintiff Is endeavorlti to recover money advanced 1 iu company, which has been W, considerable litigation recently KILLING DAMAGES FROST FRUIT IN MIDDLE 1ST Nebraska. Kansas and Mis souri Suffer Tremendous Damage to Crops. ALL FRUITS .HURT Tender Vegetation Also In jured Strawberry Crop in Missouri Slightly Damaged. CHICAOO, April 30. A killing' frost spread over much of the middlewest and southwest lat night. Fifteen Nebraska towns reported freezing t'jmperat tires anu three killing fronts, causing fears for tender vegetation, al though no report of extensive or chard or early crop damage had neert TecelverT " Torrnv. Kansas and Missouri were not so fortunate, although the south west Missouri strawberry crop, estimated worth $.1,000,000 was only nllgMly damtedv . ' Near Salina. Kan huh, a heavy, dry frot did tremendous damage to fruit. The apple and cherry loss would bo 75 per cent, stated W. F. Jones, the Salina meteoro logist with grapes probably a total loss. Wheat 'and corn escaped dam age hy the frost, although It covered all Kansas. OMAHA. April 30. Fifteen points in Nebraska reported freez ing temperutures, three a killing frost during the night, the federal weather bureau announced today. The low temperature of the night, coupled with a heavy frost In many sections, Tuesday night has caused fears for tender vege tation in the state. SMALLPOX IU VIRULENT FORM HITS CAPITAL Coolidge Said to Have Been Vaccinated as a Precaution. SEVERAL ARE DEAD Surgeon General Orders All Government Em ployes to Take Vac- cine at Once. x TOPEKA. Kans.. April 30. A heavy frost struck Kansas last night, reaching almost all parts oT the slute and doing some dam age to early truck garden crops and potatoes, but wheat and corn escaped damage, according to re ports to th? weather bureau here. Temperatures ranging from 22 to :t0 visited Northwest Kansas. (Aawriitttl VftM Imimd Win.) WASHINGTON, April 30. All government employes In the Dis trict of Columbia have been re-. quested by the public health serv ice to submit to vaccination against smallpox and then) were indications today that President Coolidge was among the first to signify compliance with the request. As the result of an order by Sur geon-General Cummlng, depart ment heads today sent circular in structions to all employes advising them that the vaccination should be accomplished at the earliest possible moment. The order af fects approximately 65,000 govern ment workers. There have been 19 deaths from smallpox here since January 1 out of 54 cases. Two of the deaths oc curred yesterday. Dr. Cummlng: considers the disease to be In a virulent form. The public health aervlce has ar ranged to send surgeons to the various departments an that thn 'accomplished with the least pos slble interference to government business. In the veteran's bur eau, where several thousands are crowded together dally, vaccina tion began several days ago be cause a woman clerk had continu ed to come to work after she had been exposed to small pox. While White House officials re fused to discuss. President Cool idge's vaccination, It was pointed out that he receives and shakes hands daily with several hundred people nnd occasionally attends public gatherings here. The president had a number of engagements today, but was late I in apearing at his office and can celled plans to attend the baseball .game this afternoon. A number of officials and clerks at the executive offices have been administered vaccine within the 1 last few days. Major J. F. Con pal, the Whlto House physician, Secretary Sund ers and E. T. Clark, personal sec retary to the president, all flatly refused to say whether Mr. Cool idge actually had submitted to vac cination. If such a step had been taken, Ir. Coupal said, he would not feel at liberty to discuss It. - I newspaper. WEALThTRANGlER WEDS HIS ACCUSER I SAUNA, Kans.. April 30. The temperature of 25 degrees last night, accompanied by a heavy frost did tremendous damace to the fruit In this vicinity, Wulter F. Jones, local meteorologist, said today. The loss to apples and cherries wuld lie 75 per cent with grapes probably a totatl loss, he staled. Peaches apparently stif le red much less. KILLED III FIGHT ST. PAI L, April 30. Freez ing temperatures were reported todny from several tedious of Minnesota and the Dakotas, where the lower mark during the night resulted In killing frosts. 'Ht'rre( re-ported i-ontiidern,M damage In (vntral South Iiakola to Alfalfa, grain crop and fruit trees; Moon-head and Crooknton. Minn , experienced temperatures of degrees and other points here at the freezing mark. JOHN Cli'E" TO RECEIVE TREATMENT (A-wsHitM Prvta Imanl Wlr.) SAN Ql'ENTlN. Cal.. April 30. Lawnnce Mahach, an Indian boy 'serving a term of 25 years for rob .bery In Humboldt county was stab jbed to death In a washroom of the Jute mill at state prison here to jday in a quarrel wk'h Andreas jC.omez, who Is serving a sentence j for carrying conceulcd weapons Sacramento county, j Oeorge Miehiing. a guard, wna attracted by the Indian's outcry and fired three shots at domes In an attempt to shoot the knife out of his hand. One of the shots went through the hand that the 'guard was aiming at and lodged 1 In (JomejE leg. The men had been friends. 1 Gomez refused to make a state m nt. j PKYMorTIf, Vt., April 30 I Colonel John C. Coolidge, father of ' Pnsldent Coolidge, left Pl mouth todav for Ilonton, where he wll undergo treatment for his heart at Mt-achu4s O-neral Hospital. I Colonel ( oolidge has heen In 'poor health this nprlng and it wss on the advice of bis physlrhin, !r. A. M. Cram. ltrid'wat r. Vermont and of President Coo!ld.0 that he decided to undergo treatment In lloton. He was In good spirits this morning and did his customary morning "work." He took an af ternoon train, accompanied by Ir. Cram. TheWeather 1 tr 1 Higheet temp. r yeeterdey 78 Lowest temp. Ind night .....52 Cloudy and cold r tonight. Fri. day (air and A cooler. What wojild self-conscious slrsnr- or sy t.sselr-consrlous stranger If II ftervn't for the weulher.