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Newspaper Page TextivfiATHER FORECAST nwon Tonight and Saturday fair, heaT frost ear'y n"rn"8 '"'tot near coast; warmer Saturday. t JSto muy westerly, l- Min. temperature SJ. Max. ,.n 56. Rainfall, ,JS Inches, ,. feet, falling. Rear Admiral Brittain Ends Own Career wwhlngton. April 23.-Rear.Ad-Birl Carlo B. Brittain. chief of staff Admiral Henry R vcttaoa' co' t hn Atlantic fleet, tm- Ite eolcide by shooting Silraselfl jsterday wnne on uu'j a Cuban waters. Admiral Wilson In advising the -vy department of Admiral Brlt--iA death gave no reason for the !Llrar act. The body will be toeWtit to the United States on the ospita! sn'P Solace. Admiral Brit ain, home was at Richmond. Ky. Admiral Brittain was born at Pine riila, Ky.. 6' yea ago, and was iraduated fror the naval academy 5, 1888. During the Spanish-American war he served on the cruisers Newark and Brooklyn and the aux iliary Badger with the rank of lieu tenant. For his services aboard the Newark in the battle of Santiago he wni awarded the Sampson Medal. From 1900 to 1903 he was sta tioned In the Philippines and Jrom 1)05 to 1907 he was on the staff of the commander of the North Atlantic fleet. Other aea service included com mander of the battleships Massnchu ietu and Michigan. He was made a rear admiral In 1914 and assigned to the staff of Admiral Wilson when the latter was placed In command of the Atlantic fleet. Nebraska Count Slows Johnson's ' . Lead is Growing Lincoln, Neb.. April 23. The plu rality polled by United States Senator Hiram W. Johnson of California over Major General Leonard Wood for re publican presidential preference In Tuesday's Nebraska primary has In creased to 15,021, according to returns compiled by the Lincoln Daily Star. . Figures from 77 of the state's 93 counties estimated by the Star to rep resent 80 percent of the totnl vote in the state give Johnson 51,808; Wood 36,787 and Pershing 24,698 while with approximately the same number of precincts reported on deniocratic-f presldentkil preference show United ': Sates Senator G. II. Hitchcock has 1M5! as compared to 10,845 for bis only opponent Robert Ross of Lexing ton, Neb. - William Jennings Bryan, in the con tent for delegate at krge.'to the dem ocratic national convention retains fourth place on the face of returns from 79 counties representing a vote which tabulators here figure to- be four fifth of the state complete. With four to be chosen, two Hitchcock: men were In first and second places while one of the Bryan candidates was in third,. , , For republican delegates at large (four to be elected) three candidates nominated by the Wood forces but ho were also Indorsed by the John n organization, are innHm nn ih. face of returns estimated by thu Star o per cent of all votes cast, E. J. Burkett, a Pershing can Mate was fourth. All of them, how- attorney general's office Md, are morally bound to adhere to Presidential preference as express- by the voters. Caillaux Given Three Years in French Prision ui I; 2,3rThe sntence w Prl hh5U C0Urt IMsonm.. "', ''" ree years Im ttI"PW't of the costs ,ne trial, Includes hnnicv,m. '.nd loss f clvlc -J Par&. Apr, , sd. Nontan.. - a . . At 'in lm,.i ot inree d -. """"l was ImnuRert tn. Zr? Prem' seph CaTT im... . u y the hlch pourt va ' bi ?rmerce an correspond1 AhOm.. m. Xne lime tiur- ducted, i. " unaer Will be 6 "oath to aery." S but li... LOW y wfy M, , ' average an d L ' An'Prln ministers is " mhrin, haIf reeclve leM 'brth.."1" workn'-wage. r i T rcnurch movement W''ncedt:dayn",ChlCag0.direC- at 8 or t0 ., . . A . -"-rmmpnYFAR. "NO. 98. : : I '. FnKU-i ; SALEM, OREGON. FRIDAY. APRIL 23. 1920. . Wtc txphrer Safe is April 22. CantBln "verw. explorer "'"sen ?hLe 5 LV "CfT Siberil' wording CC da,ed Anadir f" fctaua . "!ht- The dispatch l I, . ""leteen ninntho (ho , ar "eas nave i,...ij u.uuucu ki ahi. Roald Amundsen '- in that, : to rch tho k "s vessel. e Maudv fookBear the norti pole. Capital aem People Urged to Treat Visitors As Guests Blossom Dag, Sunday If reports beinsr received t tha r. raerclat club and heard by business men are true Salem will ha ,.,. thousands of persons Sunday ww they, come here to, participate in the celebration' of Blossom bay." , Adver tisements have, been, placed'in Port land newspapers and slides telling of the ocacslon have been all of the principal theaters In the me tropolis, an ot which will have Its ef fect In attracting sightseers here to see the blossom-strewn hills in and around the city. Theommercial cluh tmiair !...,. out that the visitors, here will be Sa lem's guests and that they should be treated as the same by Salem's citizens v. no are asked to furnish autos and lend every assistance tn tha im.nn.a. while they are here. Emphasis on the fact tha the autoa that will be ur- nisnea are for thevisitors and not Sa lem people was ma"de by the club man. agement. Today Manager McCroskev and sev eral others were busy outlining a route through the blossom district to be fol lowed by the autos. It is thought that this route, when decided ,.rmn win h I a continuous one. eliminating traffic congestion caused from turnlmr Hnrt crossing of roads. Bulletins bearing the line of tour probably will be made and furnished to each person volunteering to drive a car during the day. Chamberlain 'Asks Mote Money For Veteran Pensions Washington, Apr. 23. Senator Chamberlain today addressed the sen ate in support of the pending bill In creasing pensions of veterans of the Civil war to not less than 150 Per month anil widows to 1 30. -He affirmed the belief In the'duty of of the government to provide pensions for Its defenders and to increase them as years pass on and the veterans be-. come enfeebled. His only complaint, he said; is that the bill does not go further and include regular army and other excluded cases; Chamberlain declared that he will support any reasonable legislation ad vanced for caring for men of the war with Germany. Overalls Drive VTo be Extended And Sustained New York, Apr. 23. A nationwide, continuous drive against profiteering In wearing apparel will be started by the Cheese club at the conclusion of Saturday's overall parade on Broad way, it was "announced today. The marchers will hold a mass meeting and effect' a permanent organisation, mvoua ana inomns manning js r with which overall clubs throughout ' ius and their chances for recovery tha nnnntrv will be invited to affiliate.: "We are not going to let this thing die with the parade," said Walter 'J. t,'tno.itlav phntrmnrt nf tha nnrdda COm u. 'iiir i . ch, thnaa . 'f..:j: ;:i""..r wno sn?r ni us in tic wie uciuvuolio, i Uon Is neither a fad nor a joke, It Is probable the number of march ers will reach 20,000, officials of the Chese club said. Nationally famous actors and actresses will be among those in the procession. Al Jolsoh ana Ed Winn will act as drum majors for two of the overall bands. Retail clothing merchants though out the city have commenced to dis play cheaper grades of suits In their show windows. Some firms have ad vertised sharp price reductions In the newspapers under the caption "Why wear overalls?" The Waldorf-Astoria hotel apiiounc ed that an overall wedding would be solemnized there Saturday. Democrats Vote To Reject Reed Jonlin. Mo.. April 23. The demo cratie state convention in session here this morning, voted to reject the se lection of United States Senator Jas. I A. Reed as district delegate to the ta tl-inn I nAtiirantlnn anil tfi rptlirtT h IS l""v,,a rt V.a. lrh Alatrlnt rnnfllH 'which nominated him. The vote was 1070 to 490, four not voting. It came as the' climax to an all nieht session of the convention in which wrangling and filibustering played .a prominent part. - . - itrated lecture to build up civic pride, Soirited debate preceded the roll- create an interest in clean streets and call. . ' The fifth district delegation (Kan sas City and Jackson, county) and the St. Louis delegation with the excep tion of two wards, cast their ballots against the Missourian. ' The convention adjourned sine die at 8:35 o'clock this morning. on oil at Dlxson Island, In the White Sea, "about September 1. 1918. and soon after sailed of to the northeast throUKh the rapidly freezing Arctic. It was the explorers plan to drive the ship as far northward as he could, then to lodge her in the Ice and per mit her to be dragged along with the enormous floes. 'Amundsen believed Vl - .l:. ,.U k. oarrlalt tn the , i..i,i. Art the vicinity oi me uukuv delta of the Lena river on the north I era Siberian coast. Here he believed jthe ,ce wou,d b. driven to the north ... .k.. -h i.k. him ' Some were apprehensive about the blossoms being out sufficiently conspi cuous to attract the visitors. Others feel that further postponement of the date for this reason will result In the occasion losing its appeal for visitors. Some of the more optimistic pictured the hills surorunding the city cloakeo in sheens of pink and white Sunday, and are sure that their beliefs will be gratified. 5 . Interest In thi coming of the sea planes to Salem Is belns strnnslv man. ifested by the fact that numerous calls have been made to newspapers re questing Information about when the "ships of the air" -will arrive, and what the cost of trips will be. A represent ative of the airplane company will be in Salem Saturday and details of the flights will be made known then. Uniformed Cherrians will act as guides during the day Sunday. They will be stationed at the depots and at other points to direct visitors where to go .and to guide motorists along the routes where points of vantage may be best had. About 100 Cherrians have volunteer- About 100 Cherrians have volunteer Jrly auobiles during the day .and hul visitors along the scenic routes. Between trains and during watts for automobiles to take them through the orchard districts visitors will be entertained by. various means In the city. Federal Troops Maintain Order In Butte Today Butte, Mont., April r3. With every avenue to the mines patrolled by United States "soldiers who arrived last night from Fort George Wright at Spokane and Camp Lewis, Butte this morning is quiet with no evidence of troubles such as marked the first three days of the strike inaugurated against the mining companies by the Mine Workers Union number 800 1. W. W., which demands a higher wage a six hour day and- the release of po litical prisoners. The strikers this morning made no attempt to picket the mines and there were no demon strations of anjr klpd against the sol diers or. miners. Not many under ground workers reported for work this morning, all the mining compan les bfing snort " handed. This Is ac counted for from the fact that ii was not generally known that soldiers would guard the approaches to the mines, and It. is said that nearly nor mal crews will go to work, tomorrow, None of the. 1 men shot in Wed nesday's clashes between strikers and a force of deputy sheriffs and police on Anaconda- road near the . "Never- sweat mine Is dead and all but four 6f the wounded men are progressing toward recovery. The ' condition- of Peter Marovich. James Sullivan, Boko "BUI. The soldiers who arrived last night are quartered in the Florence hotel, a big miners boarding house located On the cast side. They include parts of three regiments, and number 250 men, not Including headquarters staff The troops are in command ot Col onel Herman Hall of Camp Lewis. Salemites Urged To Hear Lecturer On Garden Topics . Local folk interested tn making the capital of the Btate the beautiful city that its location and general arrange ment makes possible, should not fall to hear Howard Evarts Weed, the .distinguished western landscape arch itect of Portland, who speaks In the public library tonight at eight o'clock upon "A More Beautiful Salem " Il lustrating his lecture profusely - with attractive color slides. Mr. Weed will go into detail con cerning the correct method of beau tifying the city, and will make his plans simple enough to be put into nractice bv the property owner of moderate circumstances, as well as the wealthy. His talk will be inspiring, and is upon a subject especially near every Kalemlte's heart at this time. He en- deavors by the medium of the Tllus- beautiful homes. New improvement a.unalatloTis ret their start from the discourse, and old ones are given new stimulus." As the slides are thrown upon the screen Mr. Weed skips rapidly from subject to subject, discussing public parks, children's playgrounds, mod ern nark cemeteries, children's flow er and vegetable gardens, the work of Improvement societies, billboards, w prorementa to elty and country homes In many cases showing the "before and after" effects. Hauser Investment Company Is Formed Articles of Incorporation were filed with the state corporation depasiient here, Thursday, by the Hauser Invest ment company of Portland, capitalized at 82,500,000. The company which will engage In a general real estate and investment business is Incorporated hv Af. IL Hauser. William Kennedy and R. W, Wilbur. A certificate showing an Increase In capita! from 85000 to 810,000 was filed by the Sherwooa to-operau.e change of Sherwood, Or. 1 Strike Heads Threatened Cbkgo, Apr. S3. Striking rallroadc-rg meeting brre this aft ernoon adjourned without taking action toward calling off the "out law" strikes. - Adjournment Was taken when tt . developed that .railroad managers hud Ignored an Invitation to at- -tend and discftss the men's de mands.- Cleveland, Ohio, April 23. Immedi ate arrest of railroad strike leaders In Cleveland unless they order switchmen to return to work by tomorrow morn ing was threatened by federal agents today. The warning was given ' to F. J.' O'Rourke. president of the Cleveland Yardmen's association- by John Swan ken, of the department of justice, just before the execeutlve committee of the association met at noon, Next More Waited. New York, April 23. Members of the so-called "outlaw" railroad wor 'kers union still on strike tn New York 'and Jersey City waited today for the "next move" In the struggle, which their leader, E. A. McHugh declared must come from the railroad mana gers. More than 6,000 men are out and voted yesterday, according to McHugh to remain out until the railroad labor board had acted on demands for a general wage Increase. This may take several months. The railroad managers met Mc- Hugh's challenge for a "next move" by redoubling their efforts to hire new men and reiterating their determina tion to tafce strikers back only as new employes with loss ot their senority rights. - Movements of freight continued to Improve today according to J. J. Man tell, spokesman for the managers, and he predicted that the strike would have "burned itself out" by the end of me week, Striking railroad workers .in the New York district appealed directly to the railroad managers today for restoration to duty and settlement ot the strike "in the public interest." Cluvago Men Still Out. Chicago. Apr. 23. Striking switch men and englnemen met today at the call of Insurgent union officials In an other attempt to bring about a settle ment of the unauthorized walkout in the Chicago district; i ' - .Admitting defeat of the outlaw movement, John Grunau, president of the Chicago Yardmen's association, said he would advise the men to re turn to work. - "We could fight the railway brother hoods and the railroad officials," said Grunau, "but we cannot fight the gov ernment. So far as our immediate de mands for wage increases are concern ed the strike has been a failure." Grunau declared, however, the fight fori permanent maintenance of the In surgent unions would be carried on. - Federal officials, including Judge K." M. Landls declined invitations to be present at the mass meeting. Rail road officials took no action toward accepting a similar Invitation. -..Return of additional strikers, rail road officials said, brought freight movement In Chicago to 80 per cent of normal. Elsewhere throughout the west to the Pacific coast freight traf fic was reported returning to normal. New Union Planned. '. 'Washington, Apr. 23. Formation of a new national organization of rail road men has been undertaken by rep resentatives here of the striking switch men in Chicago, New York, Cleveland, St., Louis and other cities. R. J. Mitch ell of Chicago, said, efforts would be made to enroll workers in all railroad crafts both In the United States and Canada. ; He estimated that the membership would be 75,000 it the start. J. P. Foley, of the Cleveland Yard men's asoclatlon, said the committees now in Washington represented 41,000 men in the non recognized associations and that elections for a grand lodge would be held in November. Drivers Puzzled; Frantic Queries Comt To Attorney Is a horn a whistle? v Scores of motorists In Salem don't know. Consequently they have been showering City Attorney Macy with telephone calls asking ,hls official definition of the matter. The city has passed a new traffic ordinance amendment that requires that all automobiles be equipped with a "bell or whistle." The average auto sports what is commonly known as a "horn," so to find out whether this said, "horn" can be construed as a whistle the motorists have be seiged the city attorney with queries. "Tell 'em that the auto has to have a horn, whistle and bell." Mr. Macy asked of The Capital Journal. 'Then they'll quit calling me up." . Census Figures Washington. Apr. 23. Cen- sua: Springfield, Ohio, 60,840. in- crease 13,919 or 29.7 per cent. Webster City, Iowa, 6657, In- crease 489 or 8.8 per cent. 4c Clinton, Mass., 12,964, in- I .m... ill nr .8 nar cent. . 4c Westfield. Mass., 18,603. in- 4c crease 2559 or 15.9 per cent. ... tt . .. II - OA A . 1 I.. 4r j crease 1739 or per cent. Gadsden. Ala., 14,737, In- crease 4180 or 39.6 per cent ' With Arrest urn; Court Apartment Tenants Protest ; Increased Rental While Senator Charles "McNary wages battle against the greedy profi teer In the confines of the Unite. States senate at Washington, D. C. ten-! anta in the Court apartments here, j owned by Mr. McNary and George F, Rodgers, president of the Rodgers Pa- j per company, are strongly protesting an advance in rent that becomes ef fective May 1. Twenty-four of . the tenants have petitioned local agents for the building in a "kindly remon strance" to reconsider the advance. which is said to be a 86 minimum on the smaller apartments. - - j This advance is reported as the third one tn the past eight month.-ia the Court apartments. The first was for IS and was soon followed by another for from 12.25 to S3.7S. The' contem plated advance woult make costs of apartments In the building 838, some 842 and on to 850 a month, not lnclud- ltghf and gas. ' ' , . ., The tenants say that they abided by the former advance , because of the high cost of fuel, transportation and operation; but they believe that this scheduled raise is unreasonable. The Imposition of the new advance is thought by the tenants to be in the hands of . the local -agents only, and they believe that . Senator McNai j knows nothing of it. New Allotment Of Sugar Held At 23y2 Cents San Francisco, April.. 23. A price ot 20 cents a pound was set today for a new sugar allotment by the California-Hawaiian Sugar Refining company to supercede a price of 15 30-100 cents declared April , One of the leading jobbers will turn over Its allocation ot the allot ment on a net margin of one cent a pound. The jobber's price was set for 21 70-100 cents with a cash discount Of 20-100 cent for quick payments. Retailers profits have ranged around two cents a pound, which will bring the retailer's price up to 2Z cents if past custom is followed. On January 1 sugar under govern ment allocations was selling for 8 cents a pound. The Increase since that time has been 10 cents or more than 100 percent. ' . Montana Voters 1 Casting Ballots For Five Today Helena, Mont, April 23. At noon today throughout Montana, voters will begin indicating their presiden tial preferences at the state wide pri mary. Reports from over the state indicate that fair weather will favor a large vote. The republicans will ex press a choice for president, having five candidates to select from. They are Warren G. Harding, Herbert C. Hoover, (Hlram W. Johnson. Frank O. Lowden and Leonard Wood. No democratic president candidates appear on the ballot of that party; but the name of Governor Samuel V. Stewart for vice president is offered. Each party will select four presi dential electors and eight delegates to their respective national conven tions. The polls close at 7 o'clock to night, i Kurtz Cannery May Have New Modern Flooring Negotiations whereby the new F. A. Kurtz packing plant will acquire a patented hard surface floor that shall be fireproof, sanitary and it said to be far more durable than other similar types of flooring, probably through out the plant, are under way with the Oregon Mastic Floor company of Portland, it became known today, T. J. Norton, manager of the flooring company, was in Salem today. The new type of floor, recently In vented, is declared to be far superior to tile types of flooring and is being placed in canneries, dairies and fac tories all over the coast. Other can. nerles In Salem may follow the prece dent established by the Kurtz comi pany, It is said, and improve their plants with this new type flooring. Slayer Of Labor Leader Is Known Chicago, Apr. 23. Maclay Hoyne, states attorney, announced early today- he had gained information which would result In the arrest of the un identified man who yesterday shot and killed Edward Coleman, head of the Chicago teamsters district council, in a new outbreak ot Chicago s labor war fare. Two members of the teamsters coun cil, "Mickey" Morris and John Haley, named by Coleman aa enemies before he died, were being held. Police officials attributed the shoot ing to a fatclonal fight among leaders of the teamsters organization. Johnson Presents Credentials Today Rome. Apr. 23. Robert Underwood Johnson, American ambassador to It aly, preesnted his credentials to Vic tor Emmanuel today. Mr. Johnson left later for San Remo, where he will meet the secretary of the American embassy in Paris, who ha been ordered by the state department-. at Washington to go to the scene of the conference of the supreme allied coun AmericanRepresentatives In Mexico Ask W arshipsbe Sent to Protect Property ; Washnigton, April 23. American government representatives in Mexico have asked for tho dispatch of warships to that country to protect American citizens and their property. The requests came from , Maxatlan 1 ... ... i , . . Topolobampo on the Pacific coast and Frontera, on the Gulf coast. Officials i ot the state, war and navy depart ments are Investigating the requests, explaining that in times of disturb ances tn the southern republic, it is not unusual to receive requests tor warships when there la no need for them. - Details Lacking. Details aa to the request of the American agents were not made pub lic Advices today said that 856 Mex ican federal troops with two cannon had arrived at Masatlan, but there have been no reports of disturbances there or at the other two porta. Other reports received today, how ever, indicated a growing ferment and It was said that communication with various points tn Mexico was being In terfered with. . . Conference Called. Mexico City newspapers ycrterday contained no mention of developments in the situation. . ' Advices received here today, by Gen eral Salvador Alvardado, representa tive of Sonora, said that Colonel Ro dolfo Gallegos, a former federal com mander tn the state of Tamautipas, deefated a Carranzlsta force under General Rosalia Rodriguez at Linares and that the federajs retreated to wards Monterey.. It was also said that Carranza had ordered a general conference of gov ernors at Monterey. '..; CRUISER AND -DESTROYER " . ORDERED TO SAIL SOUTH Los Angeles. Cal., April 13. The oruiser Salem and destroyer No. 276 were ordered by Admiral Hugh Rod man, commanding the Pacifio fleet, to sail immediately for Mexican wa ters. It was announced ''the vessels would stop at Mazatlan. It was ex pected according to word from the flagship New, Mexico luat these or other vessels would also call at Topo lobampo. Both vessels are at San Die go at Present. At the offices of the Mexico-California Steamship company here It .was stated that word had been . re ceived that the porta of Mazatlan and Topolobampo had , been closed. The company has terminals at Mazatlan. ,At the time of tho sailing from there, ten days ago, everything was report ed quiet. ; , .-. ' ' I Influenza Cause s Of Increase In Tubercular Cases St. Louis, Apr. 23. Medical science must deevlop some method cf exter mining at controlling Influenza, if the fight against tuberculosis is to be suc cessful, according to speakers at the annual convention of the National Tut berculosls association here today. - Examination of post Influenza cases, it was asserted, developed that sixty five per cent wer infected with the tubercular bacilli. Great headway could be made in checking the spread of tuberculosis, if employers would realize the value of having their employes undergo exami nation, according to Dr. John 8. Bil lings, director of the National Ti- ber culosls association. Many cases are, in that way, detected In the incipient stage and proper attention effects a complete cure. Legion To Give '. ... Dance Tonight Capital Post No. t, American Leg Ion,, will give its third dance of the year at the armory tonight, begin ning at nine o'clock. 'Complete ar rangements for the evening's gaiety have been made, and everything con sidered It appeared today that the dance would be superior to any other given here yet this season. 1 AJI members ' of the legion and their friends, and the general public, are Invited to attend. The Revela tion orchestra will furnish music for the evening, and the American Leg ion Quartette Is expected to furnish entertainment during the dance inter missions. MEXICAN OFFICIAL ARRESTED Douglas, Ariz., Apr. 23. Ignaclo Pesquelra, chief Justice ot the Mexli can supreme court, said to have been appointed military governor of Sonora, was arrested by United State officers as he stepped off a train here today. A woman, said to have been brought here by Pesquelra, was detained. LATE BULLETINS St. Loui'b, Wr. Apr. 23. Striking yardmen in the St. Louis district today voted to remain on strike and press their demand for increased wages. The vote was unanimous, it was said. New York, Apr. 23. Indictments charging profiteering in meats were returned today by a federal grand jury in Brooklyn against the Chicago packing houses of Armour and Company, Swift and company, and Wilson and company, and their represen tatives here. Savannah, Ga., Apr. 23. A mob estimated at more than a thousand men gathered at the entrance to the county jail here today where four negroes accused of implication in the killing of Harry Allen, a merchant, are confined. Washington, Apr. 23. The house bill increasing pensions to Civil War Veterans to $50 monthly and those of the widows of veterans to $30 monthly was passed today by the senate and now goes to conference. The increases were provided to meet the ris ing costs of living. CIRCULATION Average for Six Months ending March II, 1920 5259 35 Member of Audit Bureau of Clrealattoa Associated Press Full Leased Wire PRICE I CENTS. Board of Control Rejects all Bids On Bond Issue , All bids submitted for the purchase ot the 11,000.000 bond issue offered) for sale under the act of last January, an extension ot the Bean Barrett act, were rejected by th estate board of control this morning as being too low. The highest bid was submitted by Freeman, Smith and Camp of Port land., representing" an eastern syndi cate, who bid 1.51 tor the Issue which would figure the issue to net 5.31 in terest. The highest interest netted by any previous issue of Bean Barrett bonds is 4.59 While One Issue of roada bonds was sold to net 4.6S. The de moralized condition ot the bond mar ket at this time ts held to bv respon sible tor the low bid on tha present issue. Only three bids were entered. The issue Vill be readvertised for sale on May 11. . -...;. Late Reports Put ' Tornado Deaths At 233 In 3 States Birmingham, . Ala., April .2J.-s-Re-ports received directly from the por tions of Alabama, Mississippi and, Tennessee swept by Tuesday' torna does today brought the 'death list tip to 233. Previous reports had estimat ed the dead at 156. Today's reports from the three states showed: ' ' -Mississippi 160 dead, 108 Injured. Alabama, 78 dead, 500 injured. Tennessee 6 dead, 10 Injured. Families made homeless were esti mated at nearly 600 and losses in live stock and property were placed at 82.000,000. - Huirt Declares He Desired to Regain Health Los Angeles, Cal., Apr. ,23. James R.Hulrt. alleged "bigamist, who has been hovering between life and dear here for some time as the result of two attempts at sulolde, declared today that he wanted to recover, and his physicians said he would. ,;Hulrt held a brief Interview yesterday with two of his "wives," Mrs. Katherine Worn bacher Andrew of this city and Mrs. Kathorine Kruue Williamson of Sacra- mento, after' which ho authorized his attorney to make a financial settle ment of their claims, which amounted to about 34000. Huirt was believed to have cash and property worth In all about 38000. Local officers also found evidence, they said, that Mrs. Maud Goldeusmlth of Wallace, Idaho, was among the women Huirt Is alleged to have wed. but telegrams to Wallace brought no response from her or from the offtt cers there. Deputy sheriffs announced they would ask Mnnn act warrants from the federal authorities, but tt was said at the office of the United States dis trict attorney today that no auch war rants had been requesed, nor had any federal churge been lodged against, Huirt. . Man Buried Alive When Walls Cave ' In 85-Foot Well Kesttls. Wash.. Apr. Z3. Caught In the bottom of an 85 foot well which ha digging when it walls caved in, Robert Schneider, 23, of Richmond Beacn. Wiah.. was hurled alive last evening and E. H. Markley, a companion, nar rowly escaped the same fate wnen a kecond cave-in occurred while he was workiiigto save his (rioudn MHrkley was digging frantically and had succeded In uncovering Schnei der's head when the wulls began to crumble again and IW'oarely managed to escape. Schneider's body was burled under 45 feet of earth. The accident Is believed to have been caused by Schneider striking aulcksand while digging.