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Bmim i THREE SECTIONS' j 16 Pages mm FIRST SECTION Pages 1 to 8 SEVENTIETH! YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 20, 1921 PRICE: FIVE CENTS HIGHWAY ROW jlOLWUWT! 0. C. FREED INDICTED BY GRAND JURY Grave Charge Is Lodged Against Brooks Man After Searching Investigation MEN WOUNDED IN WORLD VI ARE RECORDED QUICK WORK BY SURGEON . SAVES LIFE Remarkable Operation Is "Per formed on Urn in of 8-Year-Old iJnd.strum Lad A true bill or indictment was returned yesterday by the grand jury against Ole C. Freed on a Q;vf Tm flrmv I arlc VUhn n.n.ji nnti Inrfononrienro Uaildi aim iiiuwHu..Mw..vw, cnarge of statutory rape and im- Drop Fight Against State i roe,dKa,jl: a"tr 'flters er dlr v . a. ... -r I patched to the home of Freed. r.nmmiSS On ne ai VC lOinear Brooks, where he was ar West Side Route. NEW Coun cia 4" STATUTES ARE CAUSE OF DECISION y Seat Will Back Of fi- Independence May Sue Again nALLAS. Or.. March, 13. (ftnectal to The Statesman) At a meetisg of the joint committees'! representing: botn Lianas ana m dependence in their fight against the state highway commission on the location of the Pacific high way through Polk county, held In the Dall Commercial club iNma todayj the conynlttee dissolved and all obligations contracted by them for the purpo.e of fighting the-mctionpOf the commission were tally paKfc The two towns realize that with the oases re of road bills fathered by the commission at the recent session of the legislature they are hopelessly beaten and that in or der to be "good sports" there i nothlnc else to do but drop the flf ht against the commission and let It i go forward with the con struction of the highway here it deems best. . Road.. Wot k Held L i. .The Dallas membera of the Joint (committee were unanimous- Jy In favor of discontinuing me fhtht. realizing that about 40 -miles of highway In the county is belnei held ud by continuing it. Practically every citizen in Dal- las and the northern part of the county is behind the committee in (La decision and anxious to see harmenious feeling restored be tween the highway commission and Polk county. .While members of the Indepen dence committee were reluctant In dropping the proceeding they thought It best in view of the ac tion of the legislature, but lnti mated that they might possibly start proceedings on their on ac cord tin regards to locating the ; road south from Independence. Cm Widely Known The history of the Polk coun ty road fight against the hlghw.V commission is known to practl cally every resident of the Wil lamette TaUcy. It has been bit terly fought out In the courts of the state and at the ime he legis lature! passed the recent law giv ing the commission extraordinary powers in the location of roads, the case was being prepared for a fight In the supreme courts Dallas realizes it has been whipped in the matter and Is now willing to,drop the issue entirely and hereafter will devote its en ergles i toward backing the com rested, brought to Salem and placed In the county Jan.. It is nrobable he will Ik? arraigned Monday before Judge Perry 11. Kelly. Freed was already under ar rest and out on $403 ball, for contributing to the delinquency of a minor child, relative to the disappearance of the i:-year-old LaFlemme girl, whose parents live near Brooks, The more ser ious charge against Freed was re turned yesterday about 11 o'clocc after spprpt investigation 1v the . - - - -- a When brought before Sheriff Oscar Bower yesterday afternoon following the arrest which was made by Deputy Sheriff' P.ert Smith and Constable Deling. Freed appeared to be exceedingly nervous and almost in a hysterical condition. A not true bill was returned by the grand jury in the case of Wal ter Buchanan, arrested on a charge of larcchy by embezzle ment. The gTand jury had been ses sion since las Thursday. It Is understood that other secret In dictments will likely be revealed the first of the week. Enlisted in Marion Cdunty And 22 From Polk Are Struck Down in Battle. DISSENSION IN NOT DISCLOSED NORMAN II. DAVIS of Tennessee, whose nomination as under secretary of state was recently confirmed by the United States senate at the request of Senator Lodge, chairman of the committee on foreign relations. Davis is a Democrat and held the post under YiIsoa. MANY PORTLANDERS SCATHED IN FIGHT Oregon's Heaviest Losses Result From Offensive in Argonne Region T 1 PHIS LOOSE IN CM Carload of Itinerants Freed From Boxcar At Late! Hour Last Night mission In locating of throughout this county. roads When a railroad official found about 25 tramps stealing a, ride in a box car last, night, he Quietly closed the door of the car and locked it. It was bis Intention to leave them there and take them on down the line. But the pris oners thought differently , and raised such, a rumpus that a night watchman came to their rescue and released thef. Consequently they were let loose upon the city, and in a short while it was necessary for the police officers to get busy and try to round them np again. Many of the men were reported as be ing armed. l About 10 o'clock a call came in- .to the police department from Mrs. F. A. Nelson, 280 North Eighteenth street saying that someone had forced an entrance into her home and taken three razors, a stick pin and rnmaged through a writing desk, spilling some Ink in an apparent effort to find money. The intruders were thought to be a part of the gang released from the box car. Up to a late hour last, night the police were unable to locate any of the men, but were keeping a careful watch for them. r Third Cut in Oregon . Short Line Shops Made i ... POCATELLO, Idaho, March. 19. Effective tomorrow, an -additional 120 men will be laid off at the Oregon Short Line railroad shops in thla city. This Is the third cut In j the last few months, the first being 585 men oh February 21. Another cut made In March brought the total to about" 705 men and the presentment brings the total to 823. FIRE LOSH $500,000 FRESNO, Cat., Mar. 19. Fire Of unkaown orlrtn broke out er ' tonight In the Forsyth orflce onlWing. Early estimates placed me ross at 1500,000. Exposition Advertising Started in California SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. March 19 Colonel David Dunne of Portland, arrived today as a spe cial emissary of the state of Ore son to interest- California in the Atlantic-Pacific ' Highways and Electrical exposition to be held in Portland in 192 a. He said his first endeavor would be to obtain from the Call fornla legislation an endorsement of the exposition, lie will leave tomorrow for Sacramento to In terview Governor Stephens. THE WEATHER. Oregon: Sunday, fair; moder ate westerly winds. Women Who Earn Big Wages Xo. 12 MRS. HELEN R. MASCHEU Who Supplies Sandwich to Drag Store Sod Fountains in New. York C'itjr and Earn Mor Tlian $50,000 Year (By International New Service) A fortune built up from 60 sandwiches is the strange bnt true story of the business success of Mrs. Helen R. Mascher. of New York City. Several years ago she conceived the idea of supply ing dainty sandwiches for drug store soda fountains. Her first Order was for 60 sandwiches. The Others quickly, grew until, today she is at the head of a large busi ness employing several hundred peonlo and supplying sandwiches wrapped in wax paper to keep them fresh for soda water foun tains all over the country. She earns over $30,000 a year from her business. J - Six per cent of all of the Ore gon men who served in the World war were e.ther killed, wounded or died of disease. This heavy per centage of losses is disclosed with a complete check of dead and wounded men by George A. White, adjutant general of Oregon, from official records compiled by him concerning Oregon service men. . The roll of Oregon's w winded as completed by Colonel White shows the 856 enlisted men of the army alone were struck down in battle but recovered from their wounds and returned , home. The list of wounded officers, and the list of wounded In the marine corps and navy, has not yet been compiled, but it is expected to bring the total number to over the thousand mark. Some Credited KIev here. A number may also be added. It was explained, by Oregon men who are erroneously credited to v other states by reason of having enlisted while away from home. Records of the dead, previously compiled. show 934 officers-, and enlisted men who died of disease or were killed In battle. A total of 23.000 men were in service from the state. , Portland - shows the largest number of wounded men. More Portland men were hit in battle than from any five counties in Oregon. The total number of Portland persona wounded is 294. An additional 14 wounds were sustained by residents of Multno mah county living outside of Port land, bringing the total for the county to 308. Every County Has Casualties Marlon county men wounded in action were-second in number, the total for the county being 62. Every county. In the state is rep resented. Lane and Yamhill are each credited with 20 wounded men. Clackamas and Clatsop each bad 29 men wounded. Twenty three Linn county men were hit and 22 each from Polk and Wash ington counties. Columbia and Coos each had 20 men hit. Uma tilla. Union and Klamath counties also sustained similar losses, 18 men from each county being hit. Benton county is credited with 19 wounded. Every battle and skirmish fought in France is represented. While considerable losses were sustained in the Aisne-Marne of fensive. Oregon's heaviest losses resulted from the Argonn offen sive. . Official List Given The official list of wounded en listed men for Marion. Polk. Yam hill and Linn coounties follows:' Marlon County Berry, Mrin I... HuMrl. Bird. Hrt B Mill. Birrh". Fred R.. Balrm. Hrovlrn. Hrt Wmxllinrn. hoate. Homer 8.. nnodborii. Hlrn, William M WoodUorn. Col. L.orl M., Turner. Covpjt, V Wnodlinrn. royi-. Jr u.. noiim. Ialy. Alonzo. Mill City. Pavm. I.uitlarr. halnn. 1 Jartlin, Jmwva It. ('rrxmU. iMinaron. I narira wooouurn. Itrmaa. (JrntPiM-a P.. Salem. liwilx, llelmnth l, hal-m. Inrl.in. Kranklin W Sa1m. Kmncni. Carl William, Kalcia. Klrb. I.rmu-1 Y. Kalent. (ioUlrn. Virril, Salem. Minvn, !-en l. Salrm. lf)Br. Mrlrin. HilTPTtoa. Howard. SidBojr. Jrrr-raa. Hunt, Samnel Winner. Brook. Ilawwr. Kalh M . Tanwr. iTpraea. Jack. hiWerton. Ixir, Lloyd W.. Salem. Johnaon. Herman J., Salem Ktiwr, Clyde Marleay. Kelly. Roy Stano. Keen. I'lmont. WoodUtira. Kej.hart, Jeae, Silrrton. Kloaler, Vernon, J Salem. l.aron. Cheurr. ijuinaby. IrfNinard. Raymond J., Womlburn. Mtheney. Miehael J - fferraia. Manth. William H. Aarora. Moir. (Jwdrirl f' Hlem. Moere. Knrnl Salem. Marpiir. William M . Saieui. Near. Thomaa. Salem. Nirbola. Iwi lHnaW. olan. Alford K . Kalem. Olier. Unrl R . Salem. I'arker, Roy Silerla. Iarriah. Monroe,' Wel Woodkon. I'mti-ii IwAn, Theotloro t'.. Salrni. Pietrok. l'atil B- Say. f'itlenrer, Ilnward K.. Woodbarn. Rathkey; Kred. Aurora. KoUnett. Koy. Irtrit Sehaefer. iere 8 Mt. Angel. Sy-bifferer. John W.. Tamer. Sim. Klbnro T" Woodborw. Stewart. Jaraea' t... Wowdbara. wtTtr, Iae A.. Salem Telfer. William R. Seau Mitla. Wearer. inT linbbard. Wilart. William F.. Salem. William. Raymond ... Salem. Yale. Riebard J, SiWerlon. Zielinki. Cbarles A . Salem. Polk County Balderree.' trrins. latia. Bocynaka, Henry C lalla. ttreB. Ralph K . Kalla. Hark. I da 1., Airlie. Iarik. Willie A, Illaa. I my. Howard K. Tallaa. liU;rrald. Ionard A.. 1 adepeudene. After cne or the most difficult operations ever pe; formed In Sa lem, and one ot the morii Inter- Attemnt tn Brinn flllt Snlit e tirg frcra the potnt. of view or 9 r the Rurreon. William Lindsti urn. AulOng EXeClltlVeS By Th "r' . I.fnds.i um ci Norlh Sa-1 UpiOn UbOf COUnjel Is 1'jji Is ct.nva!csccnt ar.d bcyon.I j UnSUCCeSSlUl. r.e inn?:nr point. Lift Monday Ue Tad wa re'zed wiih a very vfolen? ear?che. About ;n hour later what Is known as brnin vomiting began and the lad neon was de'iilons. He was Jaken to the Tearonc3 hospital and to" save h's life s.n operation on the fcrani wr.s performed the 'ftllow ins dav. The vtysirlan removed a larte qumtiiy of pn. which in sicady ot gathering in ilia mat tosd cavity was ia the brain cav- liy, reqnirinf: a very delicate han ding of the c:se , Sinrc the operption Ibo toy's recovery has been rtpid. The c-ire has attracted rotn.u'erable attention. two officials put Through examination Gray. Explains Basis of Maj ority Report on Adjust ment Boards RATE BCTB II CHICAGO.' Mach 19. Attempt Ing, unsuccessfully to bring out alleged dls33n?on in the ranks of railway executives over national MKreeuicnis. r . r. waisn. union labor counsel, put two high offi rials through a grilling examtna tion uetOre the ra.lroad labor board to.lay. C. R. Gray of Omaha, president of the Union Pacific system, un der questioning by Mr. Walsh, de tailed his activities as chairman of the now abandoned labor com mittee ot the association of rail way executives. It was in tn' com mil tee. the union.-! contended. that a split developed Aftar outlining activities of the committee, Mr. Gray explained the basis of his majority report on establishing national boards of OMAHA. Neb., March 19 Rate I adjustment. This report was re- roHnolInna nf Dnnrnvinmliilv crvpn I JWIeQ by the mCmOer TOaUH. 11 rent nor hundred naundi on I was brought 014. and a minority I lumber frnm ihe nnrthrt to .repon oi . v . Aiieroury, vice Omaha and nlhpr Alissniiri river I V' 'ucl" vl "- i v w - - - - - - - - m a rroasinc rninta ro into effect on I auopieu March l. according to announce ment tonight of C. K. Childs. Drop of Seven Cents Per Hundred Pounds in Ef fect March 31 c ' "-iv y : ' ' - ' " - ' J 1 - ai ii i t !. atim-MQ-w--e i .31 ! ' '"' L a ' i- v . . - rt rl .. V' it- . ; ' l. I M il' -. . ; . .. - . .- .11 v. - i: ' I 4 1 v - 1 ii.' I : f j i I " ' 1 '. 1 1 i . "r 7 AnnnmiD pdaim n v uun biiHiu ROSE Gin IS SELECTED 1922 . Sli POINT ! Willamette, and Multnomah Chapters Voted Honor of Entertaining D. A. R. At Next Conference. BOARD WILL MEET AT . THE DALLES IN JUNE Delegates Emphatically Op' posed to Increase in Initiation Fee freight traffic manager of the Omaha chamber of commerce. Railroads recently were grant ed permission .by the interstate commerce commission to put the new rates Into effect cn five days Instead of 30 days' notice, Mr. Childe said. The cut is from 73 to 66 cents per hundre d pounds and will equalize the rates to Omaha with those charged on shipments to Minneapolis and St. Paul. IB T BRITAIN IS OH PHI BASIS Imports of Wheat Approach Former Point In England WASHINGTON'. March 19. Great Britain is again on a pre war wheat importing basis and Germany "surprisingly near it foreign market specialists of the bureau of markets announced to day. Holland and Belgium, they added, are taking half of their pre-war requirements. The United Kingdom from Au gust to February 12. imported ap proximately 106.000,000 bushels of wheat which, if kept up. the specialists said, would about equal their pre-war figures of from 210.000.000 to 220.000.000 bush els. Small quantities of flour were imported during the year by Po land and Cxecho-Slovakia. where as before the war that territory comprised some of the richest ag r.cuitural land in Europe. POLES HEN Tl 1 SHIM BRITISH Detailing Of Officers To Watch Voting Incenses Silesians Too Maay Men lleqnired The majority report of March 29, 1920, Mr. Gray said, waa pre sented with the idea that agree ing to national boards, which were urged by the employes, was the easiest way to settle disputes. "The report was not a recom mendation." he said. "The ma jority of the committee had an open mind on whether ooards adjustment should be national. regional or local. The objection to regional or local boards was that they would require too many men. Mr. Atterburry held that national boards meant national agreements. That was the funda mental distinction between the majoritv and minority reports." Mr. Gray declared under ques tioning that be had resigned as chairman when the member roads adopted the minority Atterbury report and. although continuing as a committee member, suggest ed that Mr. Ateerbury be appoint ed. Kules IM1 Failure J. M. Sheehan. counsel for the! railroad committee before the labor board, asked Mr. Gray to tell what be thought about na tional areements, contending that the line of questioning had not born on the Justness nor reason ableness of such rules. "My feeling is that !t Is prac tically impossible to devise rules which operate justly and and rea sonably over the whole country," Mr. Gray said. Mr. Sheehan asked if there had ever been any d)sasr?einent on the continuation ot national agreements by rail executives." "Never." Mr. Gray reolied. Bill of Might Criticized Mr. Sheehan then referred to the 11 fundamental principals laid down as labor's "bill of rights." by union officials yester day. "Could any road operate with efficiency with all these rules In effect?" Mr. Sheehan aked. "Certain of these rules are very restrictive." Mr. Grav replied. "It Is almost impossible to set up any set of rules which will do justice to all." Earlier today T. DeWitt Cuyler. chairman of the executive's asso ciation, was on the stand and maintained that he had no part In the formation or adoption of any labor policy. He rerused to admit there was any difference of opinion on national agreement. TI MEN QUIT IT Max Wallace and George Barton Escape, Captured Two Hours Later NERLING GIVES ALARM Prisoners Succeed in Forc ing Insecure Barriers In Local Jail ELEVATOR LOST One Man Killed in Explosion In Large Chicago Building FOUR ARE STILL MISSING Every Window Within Eight Blocks is Shattered By Concussion After prjlng apart the bars in Ihe door cf their cell in the coun- ; , jail AIHIUI j.r w t r trm,- ,day afternoon, .Max Wallace and George Barton, awaiting trial on a charge of burglary, made their escape Into the corridor, and with their hand bent the bars of the door leading Into the entrance, and after squeezing through, se cured coats and hats hanging in a washroom near at hand and walked out of the court house to freedom. They are the two men who stole the safe from the state tulierculosis ho5pital several CHICAGO. March 19. An ex ldosfon of grain diirt rocked the Fout hern "section of Chicago early loniKht. wrecked one of . the world's largest grain elevators, and broke every window within a mile. , , . Of the nine workmen trapped in the structure by the. blast, one is known to be dead and four are missing. The' night watchman was seriously injured. - The elevator, whfch consisted of steel and concrete towers, was located in the houthern outskirts of the city on the banks of the we'-ks ago and broke it open oni''" r,''- 11 was bul,t t a rest oi more man aiv.vvv.vuu and Vat operated by the Armour (Continued on page 2) KATTOWITZ. . Silesia. March 19. -Threats by the Poles that they will shoot British officers should they appear in Schopujn ilz tomorrow, the election dayiof the upper Silesion plebiscite, have reached Colonel Crtchton. British control officer iiere. He an nounced that he would watch the Schopplnitz' vicinity where anti- German sentiment is reported to be most bitter. Two officers had been detailed previously to watch the voting. . Rifle and machine gun fire was ht-aril along the lower Pollnh bor der last nigrbt as the Poles cele brated their anticipated victory. Heavy explosions early today re ported a continuation of the cele brations with dynamite. There Is a threatenin situation at Rybnik where a German auto mobile carrying foreign newspa per correspondents was fired on today as It passed a polish settlement. Lord Mayor of Bristol Writes of Unemployment G. B. Britton. lord mayor of Bristol. England, a city of 500. omi people, is a personal friend of Rev. Alfred Bates of Kimball School of Theology and Mrs. Bates. In a letter received yester day by Mr. Bates from Lowl Mayor Britton. he says: "As chief magistrate of this great city with itx distress caused by unemployment, I have a heavy burden to bear, and need the n)ni pathy of all my friends, both at home and abroad. 'I wish jou and your l ar wife much success In your work." tho highway. A prisoner named Nerling. was taking .his Saturday balb. at the time, and though not garbed to make chase. was thoroughly alarmed and anxious to pjrevent the escape. The only ,th;ng be could do was to yell and it was largely due to prompt action that the sheriff s rorce was aole to. get an eany start on the chase and in about two hours time the pris oners were again taken in custody. Polk, t'onnty ! Int Ion., It was the evident Intention ot the iai! breakers to cross the bridge Into Polk county, but they arre?tcd tlieir flight at a ware house on Center street near the east- approach of the intercounty bridge where they went into hid ing underneath the building. Immediately upon learning of the escape. Sheriff Bower teje-. phoned the officials of the state penitentiary.' whereupon Warden Compton. "Cherokee" James and Parofe Officer Percy M. )rney responded. The force was joined by Police Officer Miller Hayden and search for the missing men van continued. An unidentified man who had been at the court house had heard a description of the fueitives and Grain company. The explosion waslne. It was said by officials, to a fire that started in a chute. The blaze set fire to tbe dust-filled air and the reuniting blast rent- asnader the big towner, rleaing thou rands of bushels of grain. So Kreat was the force of the explosion that It - hurled rreat concrete blocks hundreds of 'feet and derailed. a freight train stand inj; on a nearby track. The few men in the elevator are thought to have 'been trapped by the, flood of blaziuir grain, t'p to late, to night onlypne body had, been re moved. Four bthers. are known to hav? eca(ed. . . . . The elevator .waa- one of the largest In the. world, having a capacity of ten ntillicn buxhels. ft-stood .In an isolated Ft-on tbe sunt htm outskirts of tbe city, the n-areit dwelling beiii!? more than, a Mock away. The-, force of the explosion. which, occurred eCortly after b o'clock, was so great that it was By GERTRUDE ROBISON. P.OS3 Willamette and Maltnomah chapters of Portland will be hos tesses at the ninth annnal Oregon conference of the Daughters f the American Revolution la. 1922. an InTitatioa from the Portland delegation to that effect having been accepted by members of the eighth assembly at the state aoase yesterday afternoon. .The .next state board meeting will be 'held In The Dalles tbe latter part of June. Unlike' the opening day,! the last day of the conference of the Daughters of the American Revo lution was devoid of any social activities whatever, the time be ing taken np strictly with matters of business until the adjournment at C O'clock. The Boon lanebeon at. the Marlon hotel took or the appearance of a business session. - the chairmen of tbe various com mittees... choosing .that time to hear discussions -and ' Tonnnlate reports for presentation at the af ternoon session. Itaslnewi Rapidly Handled. The regular business rrorrafli was followed closely all morning. interest eenuriaaabout the re ports, of the chapter regeats and some of the state chairmen. Thr was little oratory, suggestions sad in o Hons being acted upon immedi ately npoa presentation. Messages, committee ana on a ce ment, amendments to the stste constitution and by-laws, and tks adoption ot resolutions were the order of. afternoon business. Among the resolutions adopted was one' extending a vote of thanks to Chseketa and Sarah Childress Polk chapters for their cordial hospitality daring the con ic re nee. A resolution. Introduc ed by Mrs.. Isaac Leo Patterson, vice president general, embodies a vote of thsnks to tbe sUte of Oregon for the use of the bouse of representatives ss a conference room, and as a token of appreci ation calls for the erection by the daughters of a brass railing around the state seal in the ro tunda of the capital. The women were of the nnanlmons opinion that it was tonfittlag for persons to walk over the seal as they do at present. Dewecratiots Decried. That the grave of LaFayette la France be marked, and that the organization provide tourist agen cies with small placards. bearing directions on how to reach the grave from some ceatrsl point la Paris.: to be distributed to tour ists about to make a European trip, war the purport ot another isolation. It was also approved that the. desecration ot monu ments marking historic spots be prohibited by law. and a fine of 12 or some o'.hsr suitable pun ishment be provided. Steps were taken to make up the deficiency of $20 to the quota subscribed by the D. A. R. to tbe women's bnildlng fund at tbe University qi Oregon. . .. . A rising vot- of thanks was tendered to Mrs.. IL J. Hendricks for her gift to the organization of a copy of . th Ulster County Gazette of 180d, carrying an ac count of the death of George Wash in tton. It was decided to make this the nucleus of a mu seum of revolutionary relics. Higher K-?es Oppowd. It was voted to instruct dele gates to the national continental congress to oppose the proposed as he approached the bridge saw them go under the warehouse, lie! leasing ihe Kraih. whirh took fire. frit 'inilri :i w a v anil shatter"! i every window wiihln a radius of ncrease ot me initiation fee from Meht blocks. 1 -1 to 15. The reason given was imat in the eastern states trrti. rally all the women eligible for The elevator was made up of a number ttf rnnt rete !nvM. nn of w hich 44 rent asunder, re- l-o"rnnip are already members. VISA !.. aT al . T ;.IIV ARRIVES HOME. NEW YORK. March 13. Sampson Gary. United States min ister to Switzerland, arrived here today on the steamer Aquitanla. accompanied by Mrs. Gary. The vessel brought $3,300,000 In gold. reported to the officers, and the building was surrounded. Barton was located suspended on on of the heavy hills, vainly endeavor ing to evade the watchful ee of tho officer of the law by keeping bit arnn and les from dangling but Bert Smith spied him. lUrlon Ilefbuit. 'Tome down out of that. Bar ton." said Smith. "Ob. hell!" Barton replied with chagrin. "Get down out of that or I'll shoot." warned Smith, and Barton came out. but he was ur.ly and it wax necessary to use the hand ruffs as a persuader. (Continued oa page 2), hamrM-r in tr Ihe :-earch for persons believed to have b-cn In the struc ture. Htavr damage wa caused In n:irby ' tons by Ihe explosion. Windows were shatter; d In Ham mond. Whiting and Eat Chicago. The property los at Whiting, ac cording to merchant5, will reach $ I I.O.OI.O. Normally about 3.000.000 bush els of grain are stored In the elevator, but at tbe time of 'the Mast there was only about T.00. foo !uhl!. This wai destroyed by the fire that followed the ex plosion. Th? explosion occurred Just af i (Continued on page 2) - ana ine rise in fee would nearly paralyze extension la- tho west where the field for expansion Is rtlll very brosd. State dues wwro raised, however, without any op position. Senate bill So. 174. nrovldlnr for mental and physical tests of srplicants for marriage licenses, introduced through the efforts of Dr. Owens-Adalr, was again em phatically endorsed. f The entire conference was narked by the keen InterVst of the attending delegates, and the whol-sonie legislation enacted. The majority of the vifltlng dele gates had returned to their homes last night, a few remaining as the guests , of personal friends over the we:k-end. at A.