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. RIGHTO! , . Each morning The States man brings you the news of Salem and its 'vicinity,' in: - concise readable form. Here ; Is Oregon's 'second oldest paper yet one progressive, newsy. - - ',. T7EATHEB . . Generally eloedy , today; - "?ere temperatnre; Un settted. Max. temperatmre , Satarday 58; Mia. M; River 2M; Wind southwest. "No Favor Svoayt Vst No Fter Shell Aof 25? IMIn: SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR, NO. 314 - Salem. Oregon. Sundav Monrinr.Marrh 17. 1929 REBELS LEAVE lOiEON cin FEDERALS SAY Escobar Declared Trying to Flee Northward While Calles Approaches Both Opposing Camps Giving Out Optimistic Reports On Mexican War ; EL PASO, Mar. 16. (AP) A declaration that "the rebels are bottled up at Torreon, wttb the only possible outlet to escape be ing towards Chihuahua and with the federal forces making every effort to cut the railroad lines north to Torreon to force the rev olutlonists to fight at Tofreon was made here tonight by Mexican Consul General Enrique Llekens. 151. PASO. Mar. 18. CAP) Mrs. Concha Escobar, wife of Gen eral J. Gonzalo Escobar, comman rt.-r-ln-chief of the Mexican revo i;itionlstfl. entered the United Rtnt here late today. She was accompanied by her son. and by Mrs. Antonio Villarreal. wife of a general and Mrs. Jose Cueto. MEXICO CITY. Mar. 16 (AP) Moirpr renorts reaching here today indicated that rebel Gen eral Gonzalo Escobar and his forc are evacuating Torreon, spear head of their earlier southward drive and their last important stronghold in central Mexico. Aviators Report 'W I non Conditions j.-":'.1,-.!-"-V The government report Af this movement was based ; observa tions by aviators. The jsyacuatjon j voii Ksttn nredicted in roTrnment i bulletins for several days.X4fto- day's news is true It would' lndl- cate that Escobar has decided that the five federal columns, converg- Ing on Torreon are too strong for his troops. The government has said that about 30,000 well equip- ped federals are engaged In this ccmpaign. while EscoDai" was re ported to have only 5,000 follow- ers. part of whom are notwell equipped. Capture of the revolutionary headquarters that rebel Comman- nent and the rebels are reproiea evacuating the city in the latest rovemment communique from Mexico City. Federal aviators informed their , headquarters that Rebel Comman der Escobar was moving his troops to the Torreon railroad station and nrenaring to abandon the stronghold. Federal Cavalry Annroarhes Torreon The government bulletin added that federal cavalry under Gener al Almazan had reached San Pe- dro which is" 30 or 40 minutes by Turn to page 2, column ) pporas UPON REPHRJTIOHS PARIS. Mar. 16. (AP) The fifth week ot efforts by the in ternational committee studying UK revision of reparations payments meeting date from the third to the tn titcnTAT the final solution oflfmirth Satnrdav of the month. tha problem has ended with much done toward a compromise be- mw ami ha frmAltnrul on questions of bow much must le paid and in how many years, but with nothing tangible accom plished so- far as definite de cisions go. Much has been achieved toward setting up -machines for the fu ture. - Germany and her creditors are now only 400.000.000 marks apart on the annuities figure in place oi a Diiiion ana a nan maru the outset, soon after Dr. Schacht's returns from Berlin It became known that . he had set tled down. to a real business talk regarding the figures with allied exports. The best information available indicates that annuities under the new plan will begin at some fig ure under 2.000,000,000 - marks and. if the allies have their way, will increase progressively in pro ponion to increase of war debt annuities. A part of this annuity, which is sull to be determined but is es timated In French circles at a bil lion marks, wiH be. considered ap- viuauie 10 reparations- and pay- j i 37 years.' oie unconaitionauy for when it will have been amortized, Rehabilitation to Present Real Problem After Last ' Of Flood Waters KLBA. Ala., Mar. II. (API Rehabilitation problems and car ing for the refugees, many of hom have yet to be taken from Housetops, was uppermost in the minds of this town tonight as the floods of the last three days Tap idly coursed their way toward the Gnlf of Mexico. . - ' The water fell more than six fea today, giving hope to the "re man two thousand residents that they soon could return to A t!le,1fvhome8vDrT land h appear- 4e nine island near the cen. Dawes to Great Britain? ri y-vXV" v. s?4tovi&&4ttm ' r fcar v'??Bg jfci sail aeoasasssl x--: --' ' itfnt nurr Hi ami iiii iiiawasanf Despite the recent declaration O. Dawes, left,' that he is through considered as s possible successor ambassador to Great Britain. Ambassador Honghton has already made plans to retire from the diplomatic service. . ! RECORD IS SOUGHT Louise McPhetridge, Present .Holder of World Title, After New Mark .OAKLAND, Cal., Mar. 1. (AP) Flying towards a new en durance aviation record for wo men, Luise McPhetridge passed her seventh hour aloft at 10:51 tonight over the Oakland airport. OAKLAND, Cal., Mar. 16. CAP) With the motor of her sturdy biplane roaring steadily over the municipal airport here tonight, Louise McPhetridge, holder of the women's airplane aituuae recora, naa neen aton hours and 24 minutes at 8:15 o'clock in her attempt to break the women's endurance record held by Miss Bobby Trout of Los Angeles. OAKLAND, Mar. 1.-(AP) Louise McPhetridge, holder of the women's airplane altitude record. took off at 3:51 o'clock this after- noon f rom the municipal airport here in an attempt to break the women's endurance flight record of 17 hours. 5 minutes, 37 seconds held by. Miss Bobby Trout of Los Angeles.-: Her HIsso-motored biplane was fueled with m gallons of (Turn to page 2, column 1) E Dr. A. Slaughter of rofUana, master ot Salem Grange No 17, Hi GRANbERS DISCUSS NEW TAX M IS stoop m.x u lTTii er Places of business, novel en nrday afternoon In LAbor ball, I ,.. .. dwelling irEeij uu iuc I urea passed at the recent leg isia- tire session, ne isxaeu vuicn; uu the excise, property relief and in tangibles tax measures, though other works of the solons were mentioned. The Grange voted to change the which means the next meeting will not occur for six weeks, or until I i I In addition to Dr. Slaughters I talk, numbers on the afternoon I program included two solos by T.vm.n McDonald: a readinr by Master McDonald: and two solos I br Miss Margaret Burns. ; I Out-of-town visitors at tne i meeting were Mr. and Mrs. George Farris and Mrs. Henry Earl ot Turner and Mr. and Mrs. M. Mp- pie ef stayton. Girls Hitch-Hike Way to Tacomal Miss Marcel Fuestman and Miss Leah Fanning, students at Willa mette university, will spend part ot their spring vacation "on the road." The girls left here Friday planning to hike to Tacoma where I they will visit Rev. and Mrs. Tho-1 mas Acheson, formerly of the Ja-I son Lee church here. The girls 1 rode as far-as Portland tn com-1 nanv with B-r ana Vr Harrrl Gardner and Miss Dorothy Whip-J pie. the latter being on her way I vie. ui Mtwr uvtug ub ir way i tn inna W TOKitinn with ! I parents at Vancouver -I Subside ter of the hown and ls.belng'nsed as a refugee camp. The motor boats, operated by na tional guardsmen and civilians; plied the flood waters today, .re moving 'stranded residents fronu precarious perches. - ' National guard officers esti mated 'that 1500 persons are In refugee camps and' that several hundred have yet to be taken out. jnejortty of thew rs Qiuurterd in public buMdings. Tr to ajM X. rolunin 21,' of former Vice President Charles with public life, he is now hein to Alanson B. Houghton, right, as PBHEBTO BE BIG EVEFJT HERE Large Crowds Expected to Attend Festivities. On March 21 - Salem's Third annual spring opening week, begins Monday and will culminate Thursday evening. March 21, in a gala series of events capping which will be the unveiling of scores of show win dows in the city in which the lat esfstyles for spring, will be ex hibited. The event, sponsored by the Sa lem advertising club, promises this year to be even more success ful than the openings of former years which have always attracted large crowds from the city proper as well as the surrounding ter ritory. Augmenting the window open ing will be several other events calculated" to please the crowd. Chief among these events will be a treasure hunt In wMch scores of valuable prizes will be given away without any obligations to the people attending the opening. I Tickets foT the hunt will be dis tributed next week beginning Monday and before Thursday night arives 10.000 tickets will be in the hands of citizens. Special Music Planned' S e.w . faso-lgpecfei muaic wni befurnlsbed for the opening by the combined boy's ana Kin's bands of the sen lor high school and the Parrlsh Junior high school band. These organizations wil play on the dOwntOWB otrnptl Anrln fYim urn. I mt gress of the evening's festivities, Replacing the auto show which I has been a feature of former years I will .be an "at home" stared bv I ton nf th antn iIaiIm . fi.. I showrooms in the Tarioua auto homM wJn be attractively ar ranred in attract fhm AA. A th ghowroomt Hun,redg 0, can In the latest 1929 models will be on display. SOc Dance Planned . . Following the window unveil ing and other entertainment, a SOe dance has been arranged for the Crystal Gardens. Music will he furnished by the popular Royal vmgnis - orcnestra. Clarence Wlnrer fa tha itlrcwtst 1P.ah rr a crowa -or peopie auena mis event. Committees from the Salem ad-1 rertislng clnb have" worked for I weeks in making preparations for I the opening and it is apparent avw mn targe crowus win axienn i the event. raoF Mrs. Catherine Pugh. who came Lto Marion county with her father j in 1853. died suddenly at the fam lily home at 441 North ISth street Saturday evening. Death was due to apoplexy. She was S9 years old. Catherine EnU was born in Jefferson City. Mo February 11 1840. Thirteen years later, in company with her father - and mother. Mr. and Mrs. Knna Knta. she came to Oregon traveling , by water to the isthmus which was ukHmw wu.vw i crossed bv land, the nartv then I continuing north by boat. 1 The mother died on the trip enroute to Oregon. "She was married in 8alem to David H. Pugh, who died here in ill. Mr. Pngh was a prominent architect and buildervi a number xt the important Salem I tructures ranking among his l work. The Pngh family- home was I tor years on North Winter street. I Mrs. Pngh Is survived by three sons,' Waiter D, -and ' David W., I both of Salem, and Edward BL, ot Portland. - ". . Funeral arrangements hare not been completed bnt are In charge of , the Rigdon mortuary. ROYALTY EVICTED MOSCOW. March 18. (AP) Two grandchildren of the former Grand Dnke Constantino Constan- tinovitch were evicted today from a Moscow apartment for nonpay ment of rent. These descendants of the former imperial .family had i DIES AT ABE OF 89 to seek shelter at the home of friends. t..- . FINE RECORD III FIRST 2 WEEKS Protection of Oil Reserves and Abolishment of Tax - Secrecy Effected Full Publicity Will be Given Refunds From Treasury, President Asserts By RICHARD L. TURNER Associated Press Staff Writer I WASHINGTON, Mar. It. (AP) I Although the week Jnst past I was but the second of the Hoorer administration, the force of the Ideas which the new chief ex ecutive brought to the White House is being felt throughout much of the governmental organ ization. In addition to settling with complete finality two problems thai-have, perplexed the Washing ton government In recent years, the president filled three impor tant positions, conferred with nu merous callers from Capitol Hill on farm relief, the tariff and what is to be done about these subjects at the coming extraordinary ses sion of congress. He also took TTurn to page 2, column I) ' Irish Chief Sends Word m-gm Q xV-lTldriCa DUBLIN. Irish Free State. Mar. 16. (AP) President William T. Cosgrove today gave the As sociated Press the following mes sage for the people of America on St. Patrick's day. It .was signed I with the Gaelic form of his name. Liam T. MacCosgair.-- "On St Patrick's day hosts of Ireland's thoughts take wings across the oceans carrying her children's and friends message of gratitude and confident call of their fealty and friendship. "Exiles' hearts are stirred and they proudly proclaim tneir race No other country's national fes- tlval Is more loyally celebrated j than that of Ireland. In every comer oi me worm trisnmen anui women gather in their dozens. their hnaiMdi and in their thou-1 sands to demonstrate their abid-i ing love of their mother country, the old land the spirit of self reliance Is the force that Is Nevertheless the good will and mn..i .niwirt nnr foiinw THh- ... m. men in uiucr canuinra ua ucuim wbi.h infm.nc. and assist ns and on which we know.we eanilways count: Every one of our people abroad can do his or her share in miVinr ihm Nnw Ireland bv main-1 talning that nnshakjible pride of race wmca cas aner long cenmr-i i hrnnrht n mil in tha circle I nf nations bv ahowlna- in daily I life a lofty Ideal ot citizenship and by keeping ' themselves well informed of affairs la the home- land." SACRAMENTO, CaL. Mar. It. f AP) Five alleged members of a.nowerfnl Honor ring operat- I in r alonr tha Pacific coast today I were' indicted bv the federal grand I lQry for .violation of the federal prohibition law in the first test l ALLEGED RUM 16 TO BE PfiOSECUTED of the statute since the enactment I ably applied." She is not respon of the Jones bill. slhle, she said for Institution of Thirteen Indictments. Including six for liquor law violation and j five for violation of the federal I narcotic law, were returned and I presented before United States I District .Judge -George -m. sour-i quia. Joe Ferris. James Sanchez, Frank Wilson, Frank Finney and Freddie Marino are charged with transportation and conspiracy. Sanchez and Wilson were ar rested with the track of liquor and Ferris, Marino and Finney were in a touring car with the ma chine gnn. Under terms of the Jones hill, which increases bonds. that of Ferris and Marino was set at $10,000 and that of the other three at $5000. , -m k?nt sc nnr !r. wfc Back. to Oregon FRESNO. CiU March 1 8. (AP) Roy Killlon. who entered a plea of guilty in the V. 8. dls-1 trict court here to vlolauon of tne I Mann ' act, was turned over to I Oregon authorities today for prosecution as a parole violator. Kiuon was e barged with bringing Ermle Clark to .California from Oregon. . . t ,;. Olympia Quintet Wins Hoop Title SEATTLE, Mar. 16. AP) For the second time in history a west side team captured the Wasbv ington - state high school basket ball championship when the pow erful . Olympia quintet " defeated North frl of - Rooka t Wedford Of State Championship; Steddin Captains smMnamMmmmmmaammmmsnnV)" I , -- 1 I Medford bore home the largest next honor down the river. To OF SECRET IGEIITS - Senator Flays Methods Used to Obtain Evidence Upon Prison Conditions WASHINGTON. Mar. 16 (AP) Severely condemning the use of under cover" agents In ths fed- . ,. ,, B..t. nn)i eral penitentiaries. Senator Borah, republican. Idaho, in a statement today predicted that ths new at- "toraey-generaC William D. Mit chell, would discontinue the prac tice. This confidence In the course to be pursued by Mr. Mitchell was . . A expressed by the senator after a conrerenee witn me suorney-i"- erai tnia wees:. Moweyer, oped that Mrs. Mabel Walker Wil lerbrandt. assistant attorney gen- eral, was not so ready to give up me sysiem. "The whole system is based nnon a wronr theory." said Sena- tor Borah today. "I have given much time to the investigation and consideration of the so-called spy, or nndef coyer, system la our penitentiaries. It Is my judgment it ean not be justified noon any theory of law or of practice or of expediency. General Mitchell is a great lawyer, trained in law from childhood and. basing my opinion noon this fact, I predict that the system wIU be discontinued." Mrs. Willebranat wno is in charge of the administration of the prisons declared, however, that "the system seems the only wv at nresent to find the facts rv to keen ' conditions whalesoma In the penitentiaries. she believed the "under cover" system bad been -rainy ana equn- the nraetlce. It was instituted oy former Attorney General Sargent. ; The present row was surrea np when Warden John snook ot me Atlanta penitentiary : reiusea to cooperate wim me ueparunem u the use of ."under cover", agents i tn his Institution. His resignation within SO days was asked for en March S but it was declared at the department that this was not the only complaint against Snook's administrative ability. Film Actor Weds Canadian Woman HOLLYWOOD. .March 111 f API Bryant Washburn, motion picture actor," was married here today to Miss Dahlia Pears ef To ronto, Unt., known to tne screen world as Virginia. Vance. ' This was Washburn's second marriage. His first wife,, Mrs. Mabel Wash- bun. obtained a final deeree of divorce March ( which gave her the custody of their two enuaren Washburn and his bride left on a honeymoon to Agua Cailentes, Bala Calif ormuu f Musicians linion Is Hit by Talkies SAN FRANCISCO liar. 18. (AP) Union muilctans met here today to decide what reUliatory measures may be taken against the talkies. The situation became ac ute . tonight when another. San Francisco theatre, the Castro, dis charged nnion musicians after talking ' pictures had been' ln- I am noaor aowm tne river, xo wasmngton nign went consolation 0n0F8" to rlsnt: Rnner"llP championship and consolation BORAH HITS SYSTEM Team Is Big ess and Cups Depart trophy while Astoria lugged the Washington high went consolation I F Oregon Senator From Salem Speaks With Smith of South Carolina WASHINGTON March 18. (AP) Senators McNary of Ore gon and Smith ot South Carolina, who 'shortly will take prominent parts in the drafting of farm re lief legislation at the special ses sion of congress tonight turned to the radio to giro their views to the country. McNary, chairman of the senate agriculture committee, and Smith, the ranking democratic committee member, disclosed their views through the National Radio For um, a nationwide hookup arranged by the Washington Evening Stsr. This forum-shortly will serve as a platform for the discussion by members of the new cabinet of other questions of concern to the nation. While differing on certain phases of farm relief proposals that will come before the special session, McNary and Smith agreed upon organized marketing as one of the most promising methods of curing the farmer's ills. Senator McNary, however, as serted that orderly marketing was only one phase of the question, and urged that "with any program to adjust production to market re quirements' should go a plan of reducing production costs where possible through adoption of more efficient methods of farming. The Oregon .senator also sug gested the use of crop Insurance, a general survey ot the freight rate structure, tax revision, in creased research work by govern mental arrlcnltnral oreanizations. consolidation of distribution agen - cies. expansion of both domestic and foreign markets and an ade quate tariff. Bit 'o Green For Honor of Old St. Pat We'll be wearin o the green I M'l OUTLINES VIEWS ON Mi this morning in memory of old St. I Oregon High School Athletic as Patrick "hlsself." who do be pro-1 sociatlon wishes thus publicly to tec ting all we colleens and laddies throughout the year through. Let the citizens have the good old Irish potatoes for Sunday din ner, sing the good old longs: and the young ones, dance the. Irish jigs. Bring out yonr old green tie that yon had last year, and don't anyone bring out an orange one unless he wants all we good Irish and self-appointed Irish down on his head. If you haven't a tie, get yon a wee green shamrock to stick In year buttonhole, on your I collar, or If you're iron ur oia sod itself youTI hi s stlckin' lt in yourhalr and a diggin' in the gar den around the tulip beds, wrtn your Irish grin a goin' and a "top the morning for an or us. For today is St. Patrick's day, and all of ns who have a fondness for the-sturdy' green Isle will be lobeerTing lt..;.?-;V' PIONEER COUPLE DEAT-,5 LA GRANDE. Ore.. Mar. 18. J f API One day after the death ef . her husband Major South, of j Union, re.. Mrs. South died at 1 her home. today. Both-. were gon pioneers. - oV. J. Winner Ed c tor ! Pearpickers Regain Coolness First and Defeat Fish ermen 35 XoH By RALPH CURTIS Champions are not born, neither are they made. They grow. The Medford high school basketball team holds the Oregon championship today because last year the same lads fought forthe champion ship, and the two years before mat tney tried hard to win it. With the background of four years of fighting and tryinsr. it wathe Medford team which had the coolness to settle down and play basketball in a championship game. The Astoria team, equally fast, equally aggressive and capa ble, lost because it had been pre cipitated into the great final game without sufficient amount of that background. Medford had the better team. because it had the opportunity to develop a better team; it had the opportunity because Medford "is a city where high school athletics are taken seriously. ' Medford won 35 to 14: a de cisive margin, yet the story of the state championship is not told in tne score. Both teams went on the floor keyed to the limit: both played erratic, terrible basketball for fire minutes. MacDonald First To Regain Coolness Then one homely, red headed. iron muscled lad regained his equilibrium and began deliberate ly poking the ball through the basket; that was MacDonald -of Medford, who used to be a guard, later a forward, now a center. Just a few seconds later his ex- ample steadied his team mates. and the state championship was won. Breaks of Game , Favor Pearpickers Breaks of the game favored (Turn to pas 1, column t) FINDS SELF NEW YORK, Mar. 1$. (AP) George Young, born and raised In New England, was deported in a ship's prison today because he took the English oath of alle giance to get into the war in 1915 and then tried to return here as an American citizen. He explained his plight to reporters from be hind bars before the liner Anton la sailed today, telling of his birth In Arctic. R. I., and his bovhood in Bridgeport, Conn, At 18 he felt an nree to something of the" world and eot to England somehow or other. The war came along and he drifted Into It, swearing allegiance to the crown In a recruiting office. He was wounded twice but he liked army life for all that and stayed In service until 123 when he got work as a laborer in Ireland. Recently his mother and broth er sent him money to come home and he had no difficulty boarding the ship when he showed his Am erican birth certificate. But im migration officials here learned of the British oath and turned him back as an alien who can only come In on a quota passport. - He said today that m would come back as soon as .possible and renew his American citizenship. (rkntrrtl Rnr1 " DUCtlU Lauds Salem's Tourney Support In view of doubts cast upon the attitude of Salem citizens toward the state tournament In, news papers and elsewhere prior to the following i this gear's event, the following statement was issued Saturday night: The board of conrtoi or tne thank the good citizens of Salem for their support In this the tenth annual - tournament. . (Signed) W. J. Mishler, president, Board of Control." WEE CUBED BRITISH Lindbergh Maps Out New Air Route to Bu PITTSBURGH. March 18. (AP) The Sun-Telegram, in a copyrighted story tomorrow, will say that it has learned authorita tively that Colonel Charles A. Llngbergh Is., working oat plans for a coast to coast air mail. pas- with-a traveling time of 3 8 hoars between ' New (York and Loa -Angeles. ; Under the plan, which the. pa- per will say is sponsored by the Pennsylvania - railroad and , the Transcontinental ? Air Transport, t Thirty Six Hours Tim Ore-line, for which Colonel Lindbergh Transport plan to inaugurate FLBfiloS 4 HOUSES LEFT Inhabitants Believed Safe Warnings Issued and All Flee From Homes Death Toll Mounts in Lower Mississippi Valley With -20,000 Threatened MONTGOMERY. Ala., March It. -(AP) Flood waters that eft- gulfed several southeastern Ala bama towns late tonight had be gun to subside and rescue work apparently was nearing a success ful termination. , PENSACOLA, ! Fla., March 14. (AP) Reports made here by relief workers in the northwest Florida flood zone tonight, ,saU that the town of Milllgan. Fla was being swept away by the highest water ever recorded en the Yellow riven The approximately 500 inhabi tants of the town, warned of the coming floods had moved out advance of the rushing tides and were safe in a school house oat of the inundated area. Salvation Arny workers reported. The Salvation! Army workers said residents of the town ex pressed the belief that the entire town would be swept away by the river, which although at the high est stage any of them remembers, still was rising tonight. But Four Houses Remain In Position Only four dwellings were left on the town site, added that these report said, and had been sweet itlons. from their found MONTGOMERY, Ala., March 1. (AP)- Unprecedented torrents f which raged seaward between Ala- bama's two watersheds tonight were a' handicap to the relief agencies affected j by flood waters. Clear weather, however, was aid ing the rescue workers, who had helped thousands! to sate ground during the past 34 hours. While only 13 j bodies had bees recovered estimates here were that the fatalities would run lnte the scores. j Loss In Property Not Even Estimated Property loss in the form ef buildings, livestock, household goods, farm implements and other materials was so- great that xve effort Was made today to give an accurate estimate. The greatest Immediate emer gencies tonight appeared to exist in .the neighborhood of Geneva, and Elba, in the Choctawhatchee Chattahoocbee watershed, bnt many other towns In that valleyt, as well as Brewton, Garland, and several other communities, in the Alabama-Tomblgsee basin likewise were flooded and1 In great seed of food and medical supplies. Elba, with wafer from Pea river, Choctawhatchee tributary. 25 feet deep In ita main sections. was the scene of a great exodws (Turn to page 3, column 1 ) E WASHINGTON, March 18. ( AP ) Diplomatic Washington recovered today from its first shock over the seizure by the pe nce of 80 cases of diplomat liquors consigned to the Siamese) legation . and - speculated - on the , prospect of a test; being made ef ' the - case to determine once and for all the rights of diplomats e any liquor they may desire to im port. The first inclination of the dip lomatic corps had j been to regasd humorously the seizure of the liquor its subsequent delivery te the legation by the police and the . arrest of the private driver and . his helper. .After a night of sleep ing on the subject; however, the realization came that the case might be of vast benefit te the corps. ,; v v J ' v-.'j- Reinforced br bore help and I another truck, the) police early te-' ; day. pulled the truck in which the liquor yesterday was delivered, lev the legation out of the soft mnd of ? the legation I grounds. The track had stuck there after the - dry-off leers and police had placed . the burden ot 1,440 bottles -of choice wines and Spirits in the le gation's wine cellar. 7-f Cross U. S. In- about May 1 under the 41-henr plan, passengers would spend twe nights tn railroad: coaches. ; is advisory engineer, - only night from New York to-Coh bus would be spent on-a train na the eoast-tocoast journey. . . - - Only one stop Is planned for the planes between Columbus and Lop Angeles and that for refueliax. probably at Dodge City, Kansas ea Las Vegas, N. M.i . . ; The service, the Sun-Telegrapi understands, will start soon after a 48 hour eoasto-eoast passenger serviced . - ML SHOCKED AT UQUOR - - A s f. -J""--"-' - T-