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On i The Weather ' Maximum yiwtoitluy ....... .Oil AIIiiIiiiiiiii Unlay.. U7 Prediction! Tonight mid Tomorrow Fair heavy frost. pally iMiirlnnnlh Your. 1'uriy-iiliitli Your. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1919 . NO. It Mail Tribune ' - ' ' .: MEBFORD .J - FINAL DRAFT OF LEAGUE IS FINISHED ' ' ' Dfaftlnq Committee Comulotes Its Work New League Covenant Has 27 Articles Tension Not Yet DIs pelted But Feeling Gradually' Im . proves Rumors of Speedy Ad journment Consideration of Com pleted Draft Postponed. . fARIS. April 8. Tho meeting of. the poucu conference coiuiuixHion on tho Lviigua of Nation lor coimiilurii i tion of tho completed lira Tt or thu covenant which hud hi'ou planned' for tonight, bun hcen1 iMMlixmod until Thursday. It U 'understood tho postponement wan iioeotiMituled bv tho Inability t,f -President Wilson to attend a uuf tiuir curlier than Thuin duv. . PARIS. Anril 7. (Hv tho Abho eiiitcd Premi.) Tho (lniftinir coin miltvo of tho League of Nations Iiiih completed iU work. Tlio covenant n ruvixod contains 27 article. A full meeting of tho lcnguu of Kiitidim committee will ho hold toinorroir. I ho overnight tunxmii in penco conference circles lind not been iUh ixdled when tho council of four met toiluv. In conference circles, 'how ovcr, it wn felt tliut Hid session to duv would serve to clear tlio uliiios 1 ulinro. The first question token m ut the fori'iioun session of the council, nt which Colonel I Ioiihq represented 'President Wilson., was Hint at Pro eedure. in nu effort to accelerate tlio work of thu council. - ... It wiim planned to dovolo tho af ternoon Kcxion to tlio sullied of re Himnsihilitv for the war, ini'liidinir the question of ft tribunal to trv the former Gorman emperor, tlio former crown prince nnd oilier on which di vided rciiortM hnvo been presented. ' It wutt said hv Americnn meuibcrK of Hie tMMiee conference Ihrtt Ihe general situation wiim improved Home what todav hecaiixo of tho agreement roncliod hv the commission on ropnr tiouu on tho niiiin features of tho reparations question, leaving oulv a few unessential (let nils for adjust ment. Gonornllv. n more hopeful lone pre vailed nu the dnv went on. Arcmherx of tho Aincrieiin deltiirn tion declined to irivo 'an explanation of the ninnv rumor in circulation ' that the conference would complete its work xliorllv. Ono iiiemher when nuked for del mile inforniiitinn snid: "Vou know the George Washing, ton hax been ordered Id Hroxt. That is n Kood Niilncct for Hpeciilalion-' OF MEXICO IS A MEXICO CITY.'April 7. Tho re- iu'nntion of Knl'uol Nieto, for four voarx under aoorelnrv of the trensnrv ' nnd for more : than ,n venr in full cliuruo o T tho (lepnrtnient, wnx no enpted todnv bv I'roBidontr Corrnnr.ii. Lum Cabrera, former secretary of the trensnrv. Hiieocds linn. Sonor Niolo ix cMioctod to ontor the onmpaiKn for tho covcrnorship 1 of tho stuto of Knn I.ins Potosi. . WASIIINaTON. April 8. Luis Cabrera, unpointed bv President Cnr ranza to Riiececd Ha fact Niolo aft IicikI of tho Mosienn troiisurv, is re garded in Wiixhinuton as ono of the ullteroxt otionueg of the United hlntcs in Moxii0. Uurinir tho war ho toured Latin-Ainerieiv ondonvorinc; to nlicn thn Ijiitm rennlilics in a policy, of noil trnlitv with Moxico. ; DiiniiK tho revolution Cnhrorn wns cIoho In Ciirriin.n nnd to him is nt' trilintod Iiivl'cIv tho adoption of f now constitution which pormitted tho "confiscation" of properties ncninst , whbdi.tho United Stales. Hritisli and J'roncli irovornmunlB Hnvo pt'olOHteil SPANISH FORCE NEARLY , ' ' CRUSHED BY RAISULI PARIS, April 7. A helulod I,Tiivii8 (lispnteh from Tiniitier. , Morocco, xnvs tho Spanish forco situated in cump Civo miles from Twiian wns nt tucked Mui'cli 21 hv tho B.iodnla triliOKinon under Rnisiili, tlio ono-liiiin . lirotmiiler to thu . Moroncnn throne. The Hpaniarils suffered heavily nnd were reforced to riilrout preipiliilelv but wore nhlo to retrain Ihuir camii. TREASURER JEWELS AND MONFY , IttmAPHBT, Sunday, April . (Ity Assoolulod Press.) Wlilio General Jan (Ihrlittlitn Smuts, who win sont horo liy tho poaco conforonco at 1'nrln, had author- Ity to. arrange a now nrmlstlco between llungury and tho on- tanto power. It appears that bo 4 did nut do to. . Hrltlsh residents of the city will leave for Paris hy way of Vienna Monday. With them will KQ tho American wlvot of Hun garians who will bo permitted to tako with thorn Iholr monoy and effects. Tho government Booms to bo doing everything noBalhlo In favor of Amorlcana and othor foreigner. OF JUSTICE IS I! COPKNIIAOHS, April 8 The mo tor car In which llorr LandnliorR, iiilnlxtor of Jimtlco In tho nntlonnl Gorman government, was being taken to Jlrunnwlck after hln nrrot yotor- ilay nt MnKdnliiirir by revolting ol dlera, wax utonped uV llolmxtad and tho minister liberated, a Derlln dlx natch anys. The uiachlno wnt accompanied by a afronir oiicort of the InntirKcnla, but tlio pollco at Itulnmtnd disarmed them, llcrr Ijindxberg wont to tho police hoadquurtors. ... . ,.- .. As a result of tho nrrost of llorr Uindsbartt. a stale of bIcko was de clared at MaRduburK and a sufficient forco of troops was sot In moromont to brlnit thnxo rexponslbla to Justice, accordlnic to a Berlin soml-offlclul statomont. COPKNIIAGRNY April 8. llorr I.andulicru, minister of Justice In tho national Gorman aovornmont, was ar- restod ynxterday nt MiiKdoburK, enp it 1 of Prussian Bnxony by mombors of roRlmenls stationed thoro, a 'Man doburit dlspotch roports. Gonoral von Klalst, In command of the Fourth army, and hla staff also wore arrest od. Former Deputies Drnndes and Pll kol also waro "tarrostod. Other ar rests of soelnl-domocrnts nnd mom borfl of the bourKoolate aro planned Tho majority of tho Magdeburg anrrlson sympathizes with the Inde nondnnl socialists, tho niessaiio adds, I 4 MORE SIEEL STEAMERS ' POUTI.AND, April ... 8. -At lonst four stool stonmors, ono from each stool ynrd In the Portland district uro expected to bo lnunchod this month, shipping board offiulnls said todnv. It is hopod by tho food ndmlnlstra. tion grain corporation to have at lonst two more steaniors allotted In tlio nonf futuro to carry flour from this port. An 8800-ton vossolnmny bo assigned from this tloot as the next cnrrlor from tills port for th Pacific StoiimshtD company on Us Oriental line. . Tho flrBt of the stool fleet to tnko Us Initial dip will bo tho West Hnr grnvo, 8800-ton stool freighter now under- construction by Columbia Hlvor Shipbuilding corporation Other vossois to bo launched are tlio nnoo-lon stonmor Waban, now bulla- lug nt G. M. Slnndltor Construction corporation at Vancouver, tho stool rfiniin nt llm Nnrlll wost Stool company nnd tho 8800-ton stool stonmor Glymont at Alblnh En- irlim nnd 'Mnchlno Works. Shln.l of tho Glymont 'ypo find rondy ubo In tho sugar trade out of San Francisco to Hawaii, .; . . . v Plant Trees for Fallen Heroes WASHINGTON. April 8. Com nioncemoiit dnv nt ninny colleiics will hnvo for part of tho proBi'nin this venr tho plaiilinir ol! meinoriiil , trees in honor of former students who miv their lives or offered their lives to Ihoir conntrv in Hie World Wnr. A hov Dnv will bo morn widely iiinrUod tliiu yiie Ihnii in'cr before, hcentise of memorial (reo pliiiitim?, CL ULSUN PEACE VIEWS Matin Ridicules Stand Taken By American Executive On French Claims Danzig Goes to Poles German Reparation Agreed Upon Geneva Selected for Capital. PARIS. April 8. (llnvas.) ?rxident Wilson's utlitude on French Iniiux before the penco conference put forth bv "certain Americnn dr ies.' are declared bv the- Matin to be "entirely funtnstic." President Wilson, tho Mntin savs. is conscien tiously ,Htiidvinr tlio final details of tho iireliininiirv pence, Tho Petit nrixien ciiiphnticnllv denies that here are nnv differences between tho French nnd American delenntionx. cs pccialv reirnrding financial oiiextions. The Pnnx newxiiaperx predict that the meetinifx in Versailli probably will take place within 1.1 or 20 dnvs. According to I Joiirniil, the plan for n buffer state nt the mouth of tho Vistula Iiiih been abandoned, the handing over of Dnnr.iir to the Poles to be nrobublv the course adopted. The Kcho do Puns savs it is able to slate tliut the solution of tho rciin rations uuextion reached hv the con fcrence provides for eomplele repnrn- ion. Tho plnn. it adds, culls for the annual meetintr of n inler-allicd ommixsion to decide upon tho sum that Gcrmnnv shall pnv tho following venr. ' ' " '' " It is bchpvcil. thw newspaper also slates. Hint Geneva has been defi nitely chosen as the scat of the So ciotv nf Knlions. -The nlull for I riiimiiluil nnrnde in Paris .nlomr tho Champs F.lvsco nppiircntlv has been abandoned.' it snvs. I.KAVKNWORTIt.' Kas.. April 8. Warrants cullimr for tho deportation of it) men servinif Kcntenccs in the federal prison here, including 12 of tho I. W. W.'s recently admitted to buil. Hemline rehenrinir of their enscs. were served today bv an iniiiiurrntion official. Tho warrants cull for de Vortntion at tho end of their sen tences. . Tho members of the I. W. W. ngninst whom warrants were served were : Chnrlca Ashley. Chieneo: Racnnr Johnson, orgnnir.er of construction workers; .Louis Parenti. Cnn Fran cisco; hoo I Lnukki, nnti-drnft ngi tutor; John Avila. editor of newspa per at Peterson, N. J.: Vladimir I.os- sieff. liiiHsian exile; W alter, T. Nerr. MiiIiuIcIpIiiii: Cbarlos I'lnlin, Llu- cniro: Fred Aelsnn-; I hnrles Hotn- fishor. editor of n lliiniriirinn weekly nt Chieniio; Francis Milcr, textile worker; Siegfried' Sternberir. '-' T B0LSHEV1KI SHOW SOME SENSE nUDAPRST, Sunday, April 6. f-Dy Associated Press.) Great ear nestness Is displayed by the members of the new gdVernmont in carrying out tho work nsalgned to them. They dm rnn.lv In illRiMtaR thfllP nlann and (thov rofraln from nbuslMg capitalism. Jules Alpnrl, a prominent commu nist, and Julos Sovresi, peoples' com- nitsslonor In cliargo or socialization (of fnctorlos, nrgua that communism Is tne oniy motnoa oy wniuu comni Kurono can be saved from total ruin Capitalism, they maintain Is unnblp Ho cope with tho throat of brtnkruptey high wngos and tho unwillingness oi laborers to work. Thoy point out Hint undor communism workmen cannot strike nnd nre obljgod to ac cept a ronsonnblo wage. " S. F. TRADE COUNCIL REJECTS 'NEW WORKING AGREEMENT SAN FRANCISCO. April 8. Re iection by tlio Sim Francisco Iron Trades Council of (he now workins nsToeiiient for the Pncifio const ship yards, drawn up bv n recont Wash inglon con ferciicc, wns announced hero todnv. ' The council represents movo than fiO.OOO workers in the San Francisco hav reuion. An extension of tho awards of tho Into Federal Snip Huildinif Labor ad justment board Until Oetobor 1, nnd tho Snturdny lutIC holiday, were tho principal items of tho new nnreement, Tho executive committee , wns v striiclcd to ilnnv tip a new nirrceinmit to be subiliilled to the shiji exeeulives here, . .- ARE FANTASTIC MICHIGAN, VOTES TO RETAIN DRY LAW 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 DKTIlOIT, Mich., April 8. Cub ling the heaviest voto ever recorded at a bionnlal -spring election, Michigan electors on the face of Incomplete returns early today rejected yesterday 4 a proposed amendment to recall 4 tho prohibition law, adopted a $30,000,000 road building pro gram and gave the republican ticket of minor stale officials an overwhelming majority. The eood road bill provides for a. 4 paved boulevard along the lake 4 shore connecting with Detroit. 444 4 444 44444 Fiunk W. Woolworth Who Started On . $50 Capital Dies With Income of $8,000,000 a Year Laughed at as Vlsioparv Established Over 800 Retails Stores America and Europe : NEW YORK! April 8, Frr.r.k W Woolworth, who nUrted a five and ten-cent store at IHlco, N. Y., lorty years ago on a capital of 150 and eventually ljee.sfe the- millionaire proprietor or a great chain of these stores In tho United states, tnnauii and England, died suddenly early to day at his country home ut Glen Cove, Long Island. In addition to establishing a business with profits said to be nearly S8.000.000 yearly.' Mr. Woolworth built the celebralea 51-story Woolworth b.ulldlng In 'Low er New York, said to be the tallest building in the world. .' .He was born on a farm at Rodman, Jefferson county, Now York, on April 13.1852. Until he was 21 years old he worked on his fathers farm. obtaining a meager education In tne district school nnd later at a business college. His first- position was ob tained In a drygoods Btore and grad ually he was advanced until he be came a cleric and salesman, during which time he married on a salary of S8.50 per week. Me worked six vonrx in the drygoods Business in various stores before a euccesstui bargain countor sale gave turn tne idea of the possibilities of making substantial profits from nickel and dimn nurchnscs. His - Idea . wnen broached to his employers was term ed visionary and he was advised to stick to "the old-fashioned", plan of conductlne a store. Nevertheless winniwnrth was determined to ;iesi the plan and his first venture was at lltica In 1879. He had but $50 in cash nnd gave his personal note for the goods, i In a year he had paid off his debt and saved some money, nos- tnir out his store he located at Lan castor, Penn., and established not only a store but the foundation oi his fortune. " His rapid rise from a small "pigeon hole" store to the palatial wooiworm biiildlim In this city with more than oight hundred branch Btores in the United States, over sixty in Canada and England forms one of the most Interesting business romnnces in tne history of the world. Tho business was Incorporated several years ago for $65,000,000. In addition to being presiaent oi the firm of F. W-. Woolworrh and company, ho was the director oT number of banks and business enter prises here; He maintained a resi dence on Fifth avenue noted for Its rare paintings.. LEAGUE OF. NATIONS' , WASHINGTON. April ' S. hlna iisod on the Whtto House table for the dlnnor conference February 26 at which Prcsldont Wilson on his re turn from France discussed.. V League ot Nations with members qf the foreign relations committees pt congress, has toeen consigned to a jonbinet along with other sets used by presidents on historic occasions. It .is a plain dinner set, decorated with a single stripe of gold, and was used for the first tlmo at tho .-'League of USiatlons dlnnor. ! 5 AND 1 0 GENT STOREMAGNATE DIES AGED 67 MUNCH REDS A Bavarian Soviet Formally Renounces Ebert Regime. v Declares War Against Capital Everywhere Join With Russia anl Hungary Order All Workers to Leave Jobs. MUNICH. April 7 (Bv the Asso ciated Press.1 Complete severance from the old German imperialism. mnriifest ih the Ebert-Scheide- mn irnvnrnment. nnd .the resumption of a "brotherly connection" with the rtnunn i.nd llnnimruin peoples IS an nouneed in the proclnmntion of the soviet government lor uavann formed here. The text of the docu ment reads : ' . ' ' "Th ili.eiHifin arrived nt lor 15a- vnrin is the formation of a council of the republic of revolutionary work ers nnd peasants of Bavarin. includ ing nil our brothers, now united, sep arated bv no party laws. From now r,,. nvnloitntinn or oppression will Kn lnll.nl led. The dictatorship of the proletariat now has become fnet. Tho legalization of a centime socialistic community now is achiev ed, in which every working man mnv participate in public me ana in iiist socialistic aee. .' ' Bureaucracy Ended "The LitndUis has been dissolved And the old ministry retired. Peoples onmmiuanrica. resnonsible to the peo ple and chosen bv a council of the working people will, receive -extraordinary- powers to be employed in certain labor fields.. Their assist ants will be -intellieent men from all parts of the revolutionary ana so ninliktm community. Countless, val officialdom, especial lv from the:lower middle class, will be nsked to co-operate in the new wore. The bureaucratic system will be ab solutely cliniinutcd and the press will be socialistic. . ', . Create Bed Army "'A a protection for the Bavarian council of the republic against revo lutionary .Attacks front without and witlr'n. a red nrmv will be crcatea immediately and a revolutionary court will pursue ruthlessly every nt tempt upon the council. ."The Government ot the anvnrinn council republic follows the .example of the Hunenrian and Russian peo nlos.- It will resume immediately brotherly conection with these peo pies, but it declines any connection teVh .the .contemptuous i,oe Scheidemann government, because that government is continuing under the flag of a socialistic republic the imperialistic, capitalistic and military business of the disgraceful, broken down German empire. It calls upon nil German brothers to take the same view. It greets . all proletarians wherever revolutionary s.ocinlisra is fu'htinir in Wuorttemburg. in the Ruhr district, in the whole world. AH Work Ceases ; J "As n sieii of iovous-hope for fortunate future for all humnnitv establishes April 7 as a' holiday for all humnnitv. As a sign of the begin ning of the departure, the flight, the age of capitalism, all work stopped. Havana ceases, on April insofar ns it is not neccssnrv for tho welfnre of the working people, to do labor. . 'Long live free Bavnna ! Lone live the council government: Long in the world revolution!"' Protests against the formation ol the" soviet government, voiced nt political meeting in Jlnmbcrg. ortu ern Bavaria, nre reported in dis pntehos from that citv. Deputies (Continued on Page 811.) U.S. SHIPBUILDING as? RECOVERS POIS 'WASHINGTON. April 8. Amer ican', shipbuilding has : recovered largely .frdin the temporary decline caused by the armistice In November. In the first qunrte.- of this year, It was announced tooay, tne oureau oi navigation officially numbered 136 steel sea-going vessels and 107 wood en ships, making a total sea-going tonnage for three months ot S0S.0SS groBS tons, or at the rate ot more than 8,000,000 tons a year. Tho non-aeagolng vessels numbered 210. with a tonnage of 27,683. ' Steady Increase In the numbers all told by tho bureau was seen In the three months of the quarter, 255,750 tons 'being numbered In January, 264,201 In February arid .286,141 in March. The.best record ever made was last November, whon 349,000 tons wore nnmborod; ' PROCLAIM WORLD WAR iTACOMA SOVIET. IS TACOMA. Wash.. April 8. The home colony of anarchists at Luke' Bav. near here, may soon be a thine of the past, an action for tho dissolution of the society hnvine been started in superior court here toduv. The society has been divided into two fuctions for gome time, it is asserted. The society has been more or less notorious for some venrs and has afforded various sensa tional news stones, the most celebrated of which was enti tled "Xudes and Prudes- , The constitution of the socie ty provides that its lands can never revert to private owner ship. Judge Card ruled this MAntinn. thut. - n ; distribution would bc'ordered if the dlssatis- action. - - vi. s CHANGE OF DATE WASHINGTON. April 8. In an nouncing 'today that the presidential transport George Washington would sail from New York for Brest Friday instead bf next Mondav. the date or- iirinnllv fixed for her departure. As sistant Secretary Roosevelt disclosed that the change had been made as the result of a cablegram yesterday irom Admiral Benson at Paris inquiring when the ship could sail. ' . ! NEW YORK. Aprii 8,The sailing date of President Wilsons steamer. tho Georcc Washington, has been ad vanced from April 14 to April 11 which is Fndav next. ' . , ; . WASHINGTON. April 8. So far as could he. learned- todnv no infor mation, has been received at the White House or in other official quarters about tne situation which dispatches from France indicate had arisen there. Officials coniidentlv declare their belief that the president has nd idea of leaving Paris prema- turelv and that the inquiry about the transport merely was a precaution to insure the presence of the ship when the president is rendv to return home. The transport s sailing hour is fixed at 4:30 p. m. for Brest. She should arrive there about April 17. LE REFUSE TO DEAL COPENHAGEN, April 8 -The Ger man national government will not recognize the new soviet republic of Bavaria, a semi-official press bureau message receled today from Berlin declares. It holds that the soviet organization has not conformed with the provisional constitution for uer- many which provides that represen tatives of tne state council snnu ue chosen at a general election and shall enjoy the confidence of the people. Therefore, the national government's decision Is that the only legitimate government in Bavaria is tne won man government- Advices from various parts ot Ba varia show varying receptions of the soviet proclamation. At Nuremburg, after several hours of debate, tho sol- .dlers' and; workmen's council reject lad the soviet republlo Idea -by a vote of 138 to 70. At Ansbach the soviet republic was "proclaimed yesterday and work was at a standstill on the occasion of the general holiday or dered for tho day. Tho banks were .occupied oy troops. i At Nassau, close to tne Austrian frontier, a meeting called by tho sol diers' and workmen's council de clared for the introduction of tho soviet republic and for an alliance between Hungary and Russia. I - . - SAN FRANCISCO, April 8. De nial of a writ of habeas corpus to pecure the release ot Pavel Melncdff, iniiegea uussian anarcnist, wno is us ing held tor deportation, was an nounced oy unitea BtaieB ... uisincc Judge E. E. Cushman here today. A motion to reduce Mehicoff's -bnll of 1$ 1 0,000, was doiiied also. WIIIWHEVIKI FREEDOM OF CI1Y ! wheat'sets NEW MARK 837 Million Bushels Estimated April 1st. Valued lat $191.620152 Million Bushels Lamer , Than , Former Hioh Record of 1914. and 248 Million More Than Last Year Condition Highest for April Since 1882 Nearly Double Averaqe. WASHINGTON, April 8,-he lar gest crop of winter wheat ever grown , was forecast for this year by the dec partment of agriculture today foaalng; v Its estimate on conditions existing April 1. The enormous . yield ot v. 837,000,000 bushels was announces, which at the government's guaran- ' teed price of $2.26 a bushel, places. the crop's, value at $1,891,620,000.' This year's winter wheat crop, u . no nnfavorable ' conditions develop, between now and the time of harvest, - will be 152,000,000 bushels larger than the previous record crop pro duced In 1914 and 248,000,000 bush els more than was grown last year. The department ot agriculture Is- . . sued a statement commenting on tne condition of winter wheat; saying: Ninety-nine and eight-tenths per cent Is the highest percentage on record, on the -largest acreage ever i planted In this country. The condi tion improved during the winter, an r unusual occurrence, due to the very favorable winter weather, particular ly the absence of alternate freezing . and thawing.. A striking feature ot the., present situation -is a -uniformly good condition in practically all im portant wheat producing states, rang ing from 104 in Ohio down to 96 In North. Cawlina, among -the states having one million acres or more. . Kansas, with approximately 11,000, 000 out of the United States' total, of 49.000.000 acres, shows a condition - , of 101. I The present moisture condl- tions thruout the entire country ale very favorable. - The winter wheat promise on April 1 ot 837,000,000 Is nearly dou ble the yearly average production In the United States lor the five years berorel the war (442,000,000 In 1909- , 1813) and is nearly fifty percent lar- ger than the production during the j war years 1914-1918 when the aver- ,; age was 562.000.000. ; "The condition of the crop Is high- -er than has been reached on April 1 since 1882, and the indicated yield la higher than any actual yield In any; year with the exception of 1914 when the yield per acre was 18.5 bushels per planted acre following an April 1 condition of 95.6." , Production of rve was forecast bv-. the department of Agriculture at,,' 101.000.000 bushels', compared with 89.10i1.000 bushbls fast year, (12.- 933.000 bushels in 1917.. and 44.547.- . " 000 bushels, the uvbrago of tho pre ceding five yenrs. ;. , ... . ,i. NEW YORK. April 8. Conferring on themselves the "trceuom or tno. city," nn unknown number of vegg-.' men spent the week end here cracking , seven safes Saturday night and Sun day, obtaining nearlv $15,000 in loot: and getting away with all of it. uc- corning to u rciiiuiuiii, .huiiusbiuii o.v the police. '". ' The boldest of tlio. safe breakers CONFERRED UPON N. I YEGBEMEN motored up to tho home of n brokor , in daylight, entered the-house and carried off a 500 pound safe which thev broke open in a meadow in Cen tral Park, two miles awnv. Thev ob tained about $2,000 in cash nnd Lib erty bonds nud $0,000 in iowelrv. i Another party of "wcek-cndors" i entered a .-drug store in the honrt of tho city, drugged tho Rafo from bn nonth n light which had been left burning for the benefit of passing patrolmen, and rifled it of $")00 in a dark corner. ' ' ;' - : ' ' Explosion of . a nitro-irlvcorino , churgo employed by other veggomcn to open the safe in n manufacturing plant attracted n score of residents of the neighborhood - but a casual -stranger readily convinced them the explosion wns the "bnek fire" of a passing" automobile and thev went buck home. The thieves then de parted leisurely with 'nhout $5,000. Tho other rubbories were prosuio. '
