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PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1910. PRICE - FIVE CENTS. VOL.. L. NO. 1 o,3GO. WORST STORM OF IS Rocky Mountain Bliz zard Reaches East 60 BELOW ZERO AT SUMMIT All Ohio Wrapped in Snow, Traffic Demoralized. WEATHER RECORD. BROKEN Worst Snow In 2 5 Years Wraps Cincinnati. Kail steady for 2 4 Hours 60-Mile Gale Sweeps ' State Cattle Suffering. CHICAGO. Feb. 17. The blizzard that gripped the Rocky Mountain and Mis souri Valley regions yesterday swept eastward today and tonight the Ohio Val ley and Western Alleghenies are strug gling with one or the heaviest snows of the "Winter. Extreme cold prevailed in the Western mountain states today, the thermometer at the summit of the Rockies going as low as 60 below zero. It was 17 below at Pueblo. Temperatures in the Middle Missouri Valley moderated during the day, but with nightfall the thermometer again began to fall and zero weather is pre dicted by tomorrow morning. A severe blizzard is raging over Lake Erie and Ohio is buried under a heavy snow. Passenger trains on trunk lines east of Chicago are from one to four hours late. The temperature at St. Louis tonight is 4 below zero, and temperatures as low as 8 below are reported in Mis souri and Southern Illinois. Snow Worst in Years. Cincinnati tonight lies under a. blanket of snow which Is the heaviest fall rec orded there in 25 years. The snow has been falling steadily for 24 hours and at 10 o'clock tonight had reached a depth of 20 inches. Communication with the Kentucky side of the Ohio River practically was severed for several hours this morning. All trains are from one to four hours late. Reports from small towns throughout Southern and Western Ohio say 24 inches of snow Is general. A gale ranging in velocity from 48 to 60 miles an hour and bearing with it a heavy snow, has demoralized traffic in Northern Ohio. Passenger trains on the New York Central and Pennsylvania lines are running two to four hours lat. Prac tically no freight trains are moving. In the 36 hours ending at 8 o'clock 14.9 inches of snow fell at Columbus O. This Is the deepest snow on record there. At 6:30 o'clock this morning the thermometer registered 17 degrees be low zero at Pueblo, Colo., the coldest of the Winter, and the coldest weather on record in Pueblo so late in th Win ter. Suffering of cattle on the range is reported. CASCADE STORM WORST YET X. I, and Milwaukee Roads Buried Under Nine Feet of Snow. SEATTLE, Feb. 17. (Special.) The heaviest snowfall of this Winter in the Cascade Mountains, near Seattle, began yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock, and when it had ceased this morning the passes occupied by the Northern Pacific and Milwaukee roads were packed to a depth of several feet. Rotary snow plows on the Northern Pacific worked throughout the night to keep the rails clear. Operating officials of the Northern Pacific reported this morning that the storm had ceased and that the line is open, although all transcontinental trains were from -4 to 27 hours late. Great Northern traffic officials report the main line as well as the Coast line open for traffic, and trains run ning comparatively near schedule on the west end, but seriously handicapped by extremely heavy snow storms in Montana. rOKTLV.Nl) COM PARTIVLY MILD Temperature 40 and 50 While Bliz zard Rages In Washington. Portland. yesterday. beamed under comparatively mild temperature, maxi mum 50. minimum 40, boasted better weather than any city in Washington and few cities in Oregon, even those close by. were as, fortunate as the metropolis in the absence of snow and heavy rain. Continuation of rain accompanied by a drop in temperature is the forecast for today. More snow is predicted for East em Oregon. The Dalles Is shivering at 36 degrees below zero and two inches of snow fell. Pendleton reports that an inch of snow an iour fell there though the temperature was not low for Eastern Oregon. A blizzard began to rage in Wenatchee, Wash., yesterday afternoon and reports from the four quarters of Washington refer to the snowfall as the beginning of the worst storm this Winter. Great loss of stock Is reported from the Klickitat Valley. LA GRANDE RECORD IS BROKEN One Aoot of Snow Falls, Worst Storm in Ten Years. BE, Or., Feb. 17. (Special.) record for one day's snow- WINTER RAGING LA GlO 1 n ioca.-i udsd oa Pas &- REFORMER HAS NO RIGHT TO OFFICE LOS ANGELES COUNCILMAN IS FORCED TO LEAVE JOB. Nonresident, Elected on "Good Gov ernment" Primary Ticket, Costs Taxpayers Over $30,000. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 17. (Spe cial.) Richmond Plant, "good govern ment" Councilman, in office " two months, was forced to resign today when his lawyers informed" him that he did not have a leg to stand on in his contention that he was a legal office-holder in Los Angeles. He was not even a resident of Los Angeles, qualified to hold office, when elected. Plant lived at Santa Monica, voted in Santa Monica, and was a delegate to the state convention at Fresno from Santa Monica. He had a house in Los Angeles, but did not occupy it, and was not .registered in Los Angeles. All this was printed during the campaign, but the Good Government direct pri mary machine pushed him through with the rest. Plant today, in a statement an nouncing his resignation, naively says that his attention had not been called to the fact that he was a resident of Santa Monica when elected. The city must now hold a special nominating election and later a reg ular election to fill the vacancy, and It will cost between $30,000 and $32,000, which the taxpayers must pay. PILLOW SAFE DEPOSITORY Woman Not Negligent Who Takes Jewels to Bed. NEW YORK, Feb. 17. Custom has de cided that a woman's pillow is her safe deposit vault at night, and as such can 'be considered judicially as safe a place for the security of her Jewels or other valuables as the vaults of the United States Treasury. Justice Foster, of the General Sessions Court, handed down this opinion today in declining to return to pawnbrokers with whom they had been pledged, jew els worth nearly $5000 stolen from Ida Emerson Hills. Miss Hills had put the Jewelry under her pillow when retiring with her mother after a New Year's night party in the house of her brother-in-law, Charles H. Zimmerman. When she awoke next morning she found that the jewels had been stolen and that Kim merman had disappeared. Zimmerman was arrested and today was sentenced to Sing Sing. The pawnbrokers contended Miss Hills had been guilty of negligence in not put ting her jewelry in a safe place. Judge Foster's dictum upset their claim. SCHOOLMA'AMS' AGE STOPS Umatilla Board Find Them as Young Now as FiveYears- Ago. PENDLETON. Or., Feb. 17. (Special.) Several Umatilla County School teachers are no older today than they were rive years ago. This was the inter esting discovery made yesterday by the County Examining Board, which has been engaged for several days in grad ing 600 manuscripts of teachers who took the examinations here last week. Having completed their work, the members of the board sought to amuse themselves by checking over the ages of the school teachers as they had been recorded from year to year. To their great surprise they found that some of the schoolma'ams are ex actly the same age today as they were when they took their first examination In this county, while many of them are one or two years older. ROOSEVELT IS IN DEMAND King Edward and Other Noted Britons Would Honor Hunter. LONDON, Feb. 17. Ex-President Roolevelt will deliver the Romane lecture at Oxford University . on May 18. This Is the only engagement defi nitely arranged for his visit to Eng land, but he is promised a busy time if he accepts all the invitations extended. King Edward is greatly Interested in the corning of Mr. Roosevelt, and in addition to entertaining him at Buckingham Palace, will attend some of the other functions at which the American will be a guest. Ex-Vice-Presldent and Mrs. Fair banks are expected here March 1. They have been invited to court on March 4. and will be entertained at dinner by the Pilgrims' Society on March 9. COLORADO OFFICIAL WAR Boiler Inspector Dismissed and Auditor Barred by Secretary. DENVER. Feb. 17. Alexander E. J. Whitney was dismissed today as Slate Boiler Inspector by Governor Shafroth. He Is charged with embezzling state funds. George B. Boasebom, of Aspen, was appointed as Whitney's successor. Secretary of State Pearce today locked the doors against the agents of State Auditor Kenehan, who announced his in tention of going over the books of the Secretary of Siate. "JAKE" SCHAEFER IS DYING Billiard Champion Gradually Grows Weaker at His Home. DENVER. Feb. 17. "Jake" Schaefer, the "wizard of billiards," Is dying at his home here. Schaefer has been in ill health for years. He is so low at presept that even the members of his own family are not allowed to see him and death apparently is only a question of a few days. Schaefer is 55 years old and has held very, billiard championship, of the world. BRIBES TOO OPEN TO BE BELIEVED New York Doubts Con ger's Version. WAY IN ALBANY IS QUIETER Open Exchange in Corridor Is Shock to Veterans. INQUIRIES TO MULTIPLY Corruption Fund of Bridge Trust and Scandal of Adirondack For est Lands Arouse Citizens of Empire State. NEW YORK, Feb. 17 (Special.) Many5! columns have been printed concerning the charges of Senator Benn Conger that Senator Jotham P. Allds accepted a $1000 bribe to kill a bill which would have put a crimp in the bridge building industry. But in none of the New York papers have appeared the views of the experts, the men who really know what is going on at Albany. Everybody realizes that there Is "graft" in the legislature. There always has been, and probably there always will be. Still bribes do not change hands in the way that Senator Conger, and his faithful ally, "Hi" Moe, says they do. Money Drawn From Banks. Conger has ' already shown that his $1500 cashier drew the large sum of $6500 from the Groton bank, owned by the Congers, two days before the legislature closed. The books show that . The rec ords of the Syracuse bank prove that two $3000 drafts in New York were cashed there for Moe, and the man who intro duced him to the cashier in Syracuse has sworn to that fact. There is no doubt that on -April 22, 1901, Hiram Moe drew $6,600 from his bank, and left town pn some business errand, stopping off at Syracuse. Moe's story is clear and exact up to the time he reached Albany. On arrival there, he says, he went to Senator Con ger's home, slept there all night and in the morning put the money in three pack ages, wrote names on them as directed, and handed the envelopes, in Conger's presence, to three men the present Sen ator pointed out. In two cases. Conger swears, he saw the money passed over. But Moe was not clear as to the time he arrived at Albany, he was unable to tell where Senator Conger's home was located, and he was absolutely at sea as to the places in the capitol where he passed the money over. And yet there is no doubt in the world that he drew the cash, and that it was not for his own use. Veteran Disbelieves Stry. One of the Albany veterans, who has followed the case from the start, explains the matter this way: "There always has been a lot of easy money here, but it changes hands quiet ly." Imagine a man halting an assembly man in the hallway, and introducing "My friend. Hi Moe, the Groton village cut-up. He is going to bribe you, Jo, and then standing by while the money is handed over. Forget it! That never hap pened that way. , "Allds has simply to disprove that he received a bribe. Conger must convince the Senate, not only that Allds got the money, but also that he (Conger) had nothing to do with it. "Those bridge people bribed somebody (Concluded on Pase 15.) INDEX OF TODATS NEWS : The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 50 degrees; minimum. 40 degrees. TODAY'S Occasional rain; cooler; west erly winds. National. Set.ator Jeff Davis. In characteristic speech, consigns John D. Rockefeller to place of everlasting- fire. Page IS. Bill for issuance of $30,000,000 Irrigation certificates debated In Senate. Page 2. Majority leaders may block Treasury De partment's request for $50,000 to give n,.hl.ftv trt rfirnnration tax law. Page -1. Los Angeles reform Councilman found to be Illegally in omce; nvy s..v... city 30.OOO. Page X. Domestic. Secretary of Commerce and i-anor agei in Chicago speecn oki rc.r,., trol of corporations is demanded oy existing commercial conditions. Page 15. Men familiar with Albany's way or oriuc- taklng doubt senator ixmjsr " open exchange of money in corridors. Opening Portland gateway too costly says . - , . ...itni a. Tni.T-poT- near i nion raci'ic n - -- Race riots again tear Cairo. 111., and troops am ordered out. Page ! Judge Lawlor and DlBtrlct Attorney Flckert clash over ainoun case. jtiso j Explosion of Trojan Powder Works, kills five: causes $o0.000 property loss. Page 2. ' Sports. Beavers to start on training trip next week; expenses win oe r National League magnates remain deads lofked over schedule for season s games. Page . Pacific Northwest. Tacoma'a .efforts to elect commission gov ernment produce bad political muodle. Page 6. Steamer Yucatan pierced by Iceberg sinks In ly Straits: 65 passengers landed on Cnleh'angof Island: rellet leaves Juneau. Paga a. Mrs. Philip Streib, Jr., awarded $4000 dam ages In alienation suit against husband s parents. Page 8- F. A. Clark. State Oil Inspector of "Wash ington, accused of official misconduct. Page 1. Roseburg enthusiastic In Its efforts to ob tsin - more good roads throughout state. Page 8. Commercial and Marine. One thousand bales of hops bought for ex port. Page 21. Wheat prices sag at Chicago. Paga 21. Another advance In the stock market. Pace 21. Captain Astrup succeeds Captain Parsons as master of the Alliance. Page 20. Portland and Vicinity. New Nesmlth County committee prepares report showing how Douglas and Ine will be affected If proposal wins at next election. Page 9. Three-flfths of Rose Festival Invitations al ready disposed of by energetic women. Page IS. Protestant laity to meet tonight to discuss plans for laymen's missionary conven tion, to be held here next month. Page 20. Tort of Portland to pay only two-thirds damages for sinking Man.ia.nlta. Pegs 13, Property bought on Bast Side without cost is sold after three years for $57, TOO. Page . Republican County Executive Committee to meet soon to decide on procedure for selecting county assembly delegates. Page 12. Suspicion grows that Government " building fire was Incendiary. Page 13. Convention of Oregon Christian Endeavor Union ends. Page 1-4. Dr. H. R. Littlefield dies as result of in juries received in wreck of Elks train at Chehalls. Page 16. LURE OF CELL IMPELLING Prisoner Forgotten by Warden Re turns to Finish Term. VICTORIA, B. C, Feb. 17. (Special.) For the third time in the history of the British Columbia Penitentiary, the off! cials of that institution have enjoyed the surprise of having an escaped prisoner long given up for lost, calmly surrender himself. William Brewer, well dressed. well hatted and well manicured, entered the office of the penitentiary, deposited his smart suitcase on the floor and gen ially remarked to the Warden: "Well. I'm here!" The master of the prison did not recall his visitor. "So I see," he observed, "what can I do for you?' Brewer explained. He had escaped from the penitentiary annex at Wright Island, Pitt Lake, in August, 1907, and since then remorse had been ravaging his eoul. Investigation proved the story correct and Brewer was assigned to a cell. BIG TRACT TO GET WATER Desert Land Board Plans for Recla mation Work Xear Eagle Creek. SALEM. . Or., Feb. 17. (Special.) At a meeting of the Desert Land Board this afternoon a contract was entered into with the Eastern Oregon Irri gation Company for the reclamation of about 20.000 acres of land on . Eagle Creek, Eastern Oregon. The irrigation company was repre sented by Messrs. Skyes, Brickensteln and Blake. S 'MOW YOU MAKE GOOD.' CALHOUN TRIAL IS CAUSE OF CLASH Lavvlor Continues Case on Own Motion. FICKERT INSISTENT FOR TRIAL Disappearance of Gallagher Is Basis of Action. DEFENDANT ALSO READY Court Gives Prosecutor to Under stand That Hearing Must Be Thorough One Heney'a Mission Soutli Unknown. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 17. (Special.) Disregarding precedent cases, motions of counsel and a statement of the Dis trict Attorney, Judge Lawlor this morning on his own motion and in- opposition to thethe wishes of the prosecuting Attor ney and the defendant's attorneys, con tinued the case against Patrick Calhoun until April 25. District Attorney Flckert and Assistant District Attorney Barry were present in court representing in the prosecution of the case. When it was called the defend ant answered "ready." There was some preliminary work in the way of putting witnesses present under the orders of the court. Case Outlined by Barry. When that had been completed. Judge Lawlor asked the Prosecuting Attorney what had been done with regard to the arranging of evidence for presentation. Mr. Barry stated the various facts with regard to the Gallagher matter. Several affidavits were read showing that Galla gher left the Jurisdiction of the court with the knowledge of Burns and that he did not intend to return. Further more, the returns from every Sheriff in every county "in the state were made a part of the record, showing that Galla gher was not to be found within the con fines of the state. Stanley Moore at this time addressed the court with regard to the Gallagher matter but Judge Lawlor demanded that he remain still, and threatened the attorney for the defendant with pun ishment for contempt of court if he should dare to speak on that subject again, until the court decided in its own good time that it was proper. "You are aware of the fact that if this case should go to trial before a jury in the absence of a material wit ness, and if a verdict of acquittal should be rendered, the defendant would be entitled to his liberty?" said Judge Lawlor. Fickert Is Handicapped. Fickert replied that he was aware of that fact. Mr. Fickert said that he was further hampered by the fact that the persons who had assisted the prosecution un der the preceding administration were absent from the city. The court remarked that its aim at all times and in all cases, was to hold up the hands of the prosecution. "I feel that the ultimate responsibility rests with this court,' continued Judge Lawlor. "The court does not propose to preside at the trial of this case when a material witness is out of its jurisdiction. The court will not consume its own time, nor that of others, nor expend the public money in merely going through the forms' of a trial." Stanley Moore called attention to the (Concluded on Page 2.) MILLIONS IN SIGHT DRAW STAMPEDERS RUSH FROM ALL SIDES VERGES TOWARD XEW IDAHO CAMP. Men Travel Over Deep Snow in Be lief That Greatest Bonanza in History Is Goal. LEWISTON. Idaho, Feb. 17. (Spe cial.) Reports were received tonight from Elk City confirming the first ad vices of the big gold strike made on the property of D. Morrow and Jack Harmon, eight miles south of New some. Mining experts have .estimated the gold in sight as high as $30,000,000 and a general stampede for the new discovery is on. The ledge is eight feet wide, the values being evenly distributed through the ledge matter. The nature fo form ation removes all probability of a pocket strike. The ledge was pros pected with several 'shallow shafts, each point of opening showing high values, with increasing richness at greater depths. The driving of a cross cut tunnel on the 300-foot level was completed Tuesday and the opening of the ledge at this, point has sot every Central Idaho mining district agog with excitement. Men, gold-mad, are hurrying over the- deep snow from every direction, and Stltes. the railroad point, is pre paring for a big rush from the out side. The most conservative mining men of Elk City have pronounced the new discovery to be the greatest In the his tory of quartz mining in the West. Samples of the ore we're received in Stltes tonight and a rush from that point will begin in the morning. BILLINGS JOBBERS HEARD Freight Rate Injustice Charged by Shippers in Montana Town. BILLINGS, Mont., Feb. 17. To de termine whether freight rates charged to Billings jobbers to Wyoming points are unreasonably high, a hearing was begun here today before Special Ex aminer George Brown, of Washington, D. C representing the Interstate Com merce Commission. O. W. Long, rate clerk of the Mon tana Railroad Commission, offered fig ures showing comparisons with Omaha, Cheyenne and other centers, the object being to prove that a much higher rate per ton per mile is charged from Billings. SV. A. Sclvidge, president of .the Billings Chamber of Commerce, test! fled to the extent of business and re ferred to the handicap suffered by shippers by reason of the alleged ex orbltant freight rates from Billings into outside territory. GREEKS DENY WAR TALK Deputies Elect New Leader and Plan for Pacification of Factions. ATHENS, Greece, Feb. 17. The Cham ber of Deputies met in extraordinary ses sion today. Ex-Minister-General Tsama dos was elected President. Assuming the chair, he expressed the hope that all would co-operate earnestly In advancing the work of reform necessary to the paci fication of public, interests. An official communique was issued, de nying the sensational stories published abroad to the effect that preparations were being made for hostilities between the army and navy, and the reports that foreign warships contemplated bombard Ing the Piraeus. 'OILED' DOUGHNUTS. POISON Baker and Hardware Store Get Bar rels Mixed; 50 in Peril. LAUREL, Md Feb. 17. A mistake in the delivery of two barrels of oil nearly caused fatal results here when 50 persons were made violently ill by eating doughnuts prepared in machine oil instead of cooking oil. In two instances entire families were on the sick list, and the physicians had hard work saving them. It developed today that the machine oil had been ordered by a hardware dealer, who re ceived instead the barrel intended for a baker. LINN COUNTY AT PEACE Jail Is Empty and Few Litigants Go Into Court. ALBANY. Or.. Feb. 17. (Special.) The County Jail has been empty since the new year began and there has been little litigation in the local courts. Not a single suit has been filed in the State Circuit Court here for 13 days, the longest period In many years in which no new litigation has been begun. Only 19 cases have been filed since January 1 and most of these are for registration of title or other friendly suits incident to the transfer of real property. Virtually no cases which will be contested have been filed this year. RAIN INSURANCE IS SOUGHT Lloyds Asked to Gamble on Weather for Xelson-Wolgast Mill. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 17. Sid Hester, promoter of the Nelson-Wolgast fight, has applied to Lloyds of London for $30,000 insurance against rain on February 22. The new arena which Hester is building at Richmond, across the bay, is a roofless structure, and he is tak ing no chances of a wet day's slim at tendance. Bank Robber Caught? DENVER. Feb. 17. James Morgan, alias James Evans, was arrested today, suspected of having been one of the robbers of the Glen wood Springs Bank last September. Mayor Drach and State Senator Napier, of Glenwood, both iden tified him. E RIOTS ARE TEARING CAIRO Sheriff Fights Pitched Battle With Mob. YOUNG NEGRO THIEF SOUGHT Governor Orders Troops to Assist Authorities. TWO OF MOB ARE SHOT Relative of Annie Pelley, Murdered Girl, Is One of Women Robbed and Her Brother Incites to Frenzy Against Blacks. CAIRO, 111., Feb. 17. A pitched battle ii now in progress between 20 Deputy Slieriffs guarding the jail, and a mob of 200 persons who are trying to break into the jail to got a negro charged with purse-enatehing. Two members of the mob have beei shot, and the mob is now firing on the jail. The Cairo militia company has been ordered out. Sheriff Nellis sent out word to ths mob that he would fight it out to a finish and two 'went down in the first rush. ' It is not known how badly the two were injured. John Pratt, the negro the mob is after, was arrested yesterday and identified by two women as the man who snatched their purses. He confessed and was in dicted an hour later by the grand Jury. SHERIFF ASKS FOR TROOPS Relative of Annie Pelley Incites Against Negroes. SPRINGFIELD. 111., Feb. 17. Governor Deneen late tonight received a telephone message from Sheriff Nellis, of Alexander County, asking that a company of troops be ordered out to assist him in preserving order in Cairo, where there was fear of a riot. Governor Deneen ordered Company K, of the Fourth Infantry, at Cairo, to place, itself at the disposal of Sheriff Nellis, who said he had 'sworn in 20 deputies. Sheriff Nellis informed Governor Deneen that yesterday two negro boys had been snatching purses on the streets of Cairo and that two women had been robbed, one of whom was a relative of Annie Pelley, the girl who was attacked and murdered and whose murder caused the lynching of William James, her alleged murderer. The Sheriff said a brother of Miss Pel ley's relative had come from St. Louis tonight and was inciting habitues of sa loons to violence against the negroes who were indicted today and who are In jail. He had sworn additional deputies, but deemed it best to have troops sent to his aid. AUTO OWNERS URGE LAW Federal Rule Sought as Relief From "Freak" State Statutes. WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. Representa tives of automobile owners of the country appeared before the House Interstate Commerce committee today to advocate some sort of Federal law that would place them upon a uniform basis and relieve them from the "freakish" opera tions of conflicting laws of the various states. The Federal license bill. Intro duced by Representative Cocks, of New York, was being considered. L. Speare. of Boston, president of the American Automobile Association, op posed the provision that would regulate the licensing of automobiles according to horsepower. He explained that a machine of small power but running rapidly might do more damage than a machine of greater power, running at a slower rate. It was stated that the Cocks bill would produce $1,000,000 annually in revenue for the Federal Government through the license fee of $5 for each machine. There are now 650,000 machines in this country not counting the output of 1910. With but one-third of this number taking out Fed eral licenses the Government would de rive the large revenue stated. Edward S. Cornell, secretary of the Na tional Highway Society, said tonight that he found sentiment in Washington to bo againsit Federal automobile action at this time. The bills now before Congress, he said, especially the Cocks hill, had provisions that would destroy rights of the states to cause the arrest of an operator of a car before an accident occurred. MAD MULLAH LOOSE AGAIN Dervishes Kill and Burn and Raid Tribes for Camels. ADEN. Arabia, Feb. 17. Mohammed Abdullah of Soinaltland, the "Mad Mullah," Is again on the warpath. A big force of Dervishes has raided the Sultanate of the Mijiterns, killing and burning. The slaughter of the tribesmen was heavy. One whole town was burned and 14.000 camels taken by the Der vishes. The administration of the Sul tanate Mijiterns is intrusted to the gov. ernment of Italian bomalila AC AGAIN