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The Weather
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Weather Year Ago
Maximum ......50
Minimum 33
Precipitation 08 .
Prediction Rain
Maximum yesterday 43
Minimum today 32
Precip. .09 Snow '2 inch
Cully Seventeenth Tear,
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MEDFQRD, 01JEQOX, MONDAY, MAI.CII
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XO. 293
Texas Senator-Elect
Says Peddy Charges
Absolutely False
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A GIlUi IV TEN THOVSANII"
LATEST IIKAVTY CONTEST
FLY
Defense Suddenly
Halts in Emrick
Ballot Box Trial
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KLAN
CASES
JURY TOLD
HOW HALE
W TAKEN
Miss Roberta Pierce Is First
. Witness for State .in Night
Riders' Trial Hale Taken
From Medford to Jackson
' ville in Court Ambulance
Outline of Cases.
.. '".JVMnitI by a pliyslciiin, J. V.
ifoln, alleged victim of tho local
night riders nnd principal wit-tics.-
for the -stayc against them
wan taken to Jacksonville tills
afternoon In an nmlnilaiice,
1icrt It Is expected lie will tell
lila story to the jury later in the
tluy. Hale was reported to have
had a bad niglit last night. Inil
when Informed that counsel for
tho stato and defense could not
coiiHi to im agreement reai-clliiK
holdlnc a Jury t-csston in the
biuscim-nt or tlio Medford Hotel,
Hulo Insisted upon taking the
trip disregarding the warning by
lil.s physician that the strain
might result fatally to himself.
Tho first witness in the nightridini;
trial of which Dr. Jouctt P. ISray. J.
F. Hittson nnd Howard 'Hill uru de
fendants, was called to tho stand at
11:30 a. m.. and was Miss ltubvrta
pierce, 24 years old, a former county
clerk employe, who testified that
March 17th last, she had gone to the
Hale residence, to got some phono
graph needles, and that while she was
there, masked men knocked, told
IIoId n tilmnn full nV;iitirl hllll. Ulld
that they all left in an auto. She
mid she waited an hour before look
ing for him, and that he returned
about ono o'clock In the morning "be
draggled." Hale's son, .lay war. In the
houso nt tho time, and their pertur-
lio Hons rt-ore. described by the comely
Kill, who answered ail questions
freely and clenrly. Sho was sun
under cross cxanilnatlon by tho de
fense when court rocesscd at noon.
To Call J. r Hale.
There were- two outstanding fea
(ures In tho resumption of tho Jack
son county nlghtrlding cases In tho
circuit court at Jacksonville this
morning; tho decision of the state
of Oregon to call J.. F. Hale, Its chief
witness, stricken last Thursday with
hemorrage of the stomach "if the
doctors permitted, even though it
killed him," nnd the opening state
ments to the Jury of counsel for both
sides.
A report was made to tho court
from tho medical commission and
tho attending 'physician of Hale this
morning which stated Hint Hale
would bo able to testify at the hotel
where ho is confined, but not In the
courtroom. Th report stated that
Hale was suffering from lack of food
and sleep, worry and physical de
bility caused by his Illness. Dr. I'tckel
told the court that there was danger
of a nervous collapse, If tho patient
was brought Into the atmosphere of
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ion would be missing in the hotel.
' ' In deciding to bring Hale to the
rnnrlrnnnv thi, Ktiitn M.ilri It CXIlCctod
Hale to bo questioned as any other
normal witness, within tho realms of
tho law. The defense contended Hint
they were placed at a disadvantage,
and In a position of "Jumping on n
inn when he is down." They re
, retted that he wn's not in full pos
session of his health and vigor.
Tho court suggested that the testi
mony of Hale be taken in the bnse
ment banquet room of the Medford
hotel, and tho defense counsel went
Into a conference on this point. They
returned nnd Attorney wlnslow then
veauested more clarity on Hale's con
dition from tho physicians, to keep
tile record clear, and determine
whether the illness "was not due to
fear of facing the Jury."
'.Hale will probably appear as wit
ness tills afternoon and accommoda
tions have been arranged for him in
on nnto room, where he will be under
a doctor's care until called to the
st.ind and may tell his story from n
P Assistant Attorney General LHJo
jfivlst phoned Hale, hefore deciding to
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1 ARDENT
OF
DENVER, March S. Al Cornish
was shot and fatally wounded early
this morning by Miss llessle Thomas,
!l. who according to police, confessed
and declared that the shooting was
the culmination of ovrr-nidciit
wooing on the part of the slain man.'
Miss Thomas was arrested.
The shouting occurred on the side-I
walk In front of a hotel . where the.
-hi was rooming. A number of;
hassersl.y witnessed the flaying. Cor
"h died nt a hospital. He was 351
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DENVER IN
.WASHINGTON. Mar. 5.
Senator-elect "Surlo B. Mnyfield
of Texas toduy gave out a state-
mem hero declaring "Infamous
and absolutely fanse" tho olec-
tion contest charges filed re-
cently with the senate by Oeorgo
E. B. Teddy, the ropubllcan-in-
dependent-democrat candidate
for senutor defeated by Mayflold
last Soptembor.
Poddy had charged that Sen-
! ator-clect Mayfleld belonged to
the Ku Klux Klan and had en-
tcred a conspiracy with Its
members by which his election
was fraudulent.
The statement today by Mr.
Mayflold declared Mr. Peddy's
election contest a "continuation
of a campaign of misreprcscnta-
tion and abuse.".
DOLLAR GALLON
BY LAFOLLETTE
WASHINGTON, March 5. "A dol
lar a gallon for gasoline" is the pros
pect held out for the consumer in
the report of the LaFollotle oil In
vestigating committee to tho senate
unless means are taken to break
what the report declares to be a com
plete domination and control of the
oil Industry by the Standard compa
nies. "If a few great oil companies
are permitted to manipulate prices,"
during tho next few years, as they
have been doing since 1920, the re
port, presented yesterday, said the
people of tho country must bo pre
pared "before long" to pay "at least"
that price.
Tho result of a three month's In
vestigation into conditions., the ro
port declnred, tho Standard compa
nies, in violation of the 1911 dissolu
tion decree of the supremo court ex
ercise their alleged control in such n
mnnnor ns to fix the "price which the
producer of crude oil receives at the
well, the price which the refiner re
ceives for his kerosene and gasoline,
as well as tho retail price to the con
sumer." Asserting that the more "subtle"
methods of such control placed tho
industry and the public even "more
completely at the mercy of the Stand
ard oil interests" than before tho su
preme court decree dissolving the
Standard Oil company of Now Jersey
and Its subsidiaries, the report de
clared that "with slight exceptions.,"
there was still a total avoidanco of
competition among iho Standard
companies.
"Two of the leading Standard com
panion. New Jersey and New York
divide tho world between them
selves in marketing operations," the
report said.
Among eight measures recom
mended by the committee to curb the
evils found were establishment of n
uniform accounting system for oil
companies to show costs and profits;
compulsory monthly reporting to a
government agency to show particu
larly quantities of crudo oil' and its
products In storago and transporta
tion; divorcement of tho ownershiy
of pipe lines from companies trans
porting the oil; and prohibition or
regulation of the exportation of pe
troleum Join Furm Bureau
Governor Pierce Hears
Walters Case Tuesday
SALKM, Ore., Mar. 5. Governor
W. M. Pierce announced today that
he would hear pleas tomorrow for the
life of Hunted Walters, who Is con
demned to died on the scaffold noxt
Friday. Unless the executive grants
a commutation, Walters faces deulh
for the murder of Patrolman Jerome
Palmer of the Portland police force
in November, 192 0.
This Is Farmers' Week
LEADS TO DEATH
AND VENICE 01
years old and the sole support of his
aged mother.
VENICE. Cal., March G. The
shooting of a young woman In an
apartment house was under Investi
gation today while llenjamln Hojar-
quc was held In the county Jail after
being arrested with Dloodsiainen
clothes In the room ill which the
body of Eileen Zlminerly was found.
llojaiquez told the police the young
woman ended her life when he re-j
fused to marry her. '
GAS PRED GTED
REFUSES JOB
FROM PRES'l
New Mexico Banker Declines
Recess Appointment, U. S
Comptroller After Senate
Refuses to Confirm Same
Harding's Leave for Vaca
tion Capital Deserted.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 5. James G.
McNary of Now Mexico, whoso nomi
nation to bo comptroller of the cur
rency failed of confirmation by the
senate was offered a recess appoint
ment to the place today by President
Harding but replied that he could not
accept.
Afterward it was announced that
D. C. Crisalnger, the present comptrol
ler would continue in that office for
the present, despito the fact that he
had been nominated and confirmed U6
governor of the federal resorvo board.
It was made known also that Mr.
Harding had decided not to withhold
longer the commission of Mllo D.
Campbell of Michigan as the "dirt"
farmer member of the reserve board.
Although confirmed several weeks
ago, tho presidont had refrained from
signing his commission pending a
senate decision on the McNary nom
ination. WASHINGTON, Mar. 5. Presi
dent and Mrs. Harding, accompanied
by a party of friends, left Washing-)
ten today on a special train for Flor
ida, whore they will take a vacation
houseboat trip of more than a month.
Tho presidential special pulled out
a few minutes after noon' tor. an un
interrupted run to Orniond, Fin.,
whore tlierpartylsto board the house
boat. H was Mrs. Harding's first ap
pearance outside the White House
grounds slnco her serious illness of
last summer, but she appeared al
most her old self and stood on the ob
servation platform waving farewells
until the train was out of sight.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 5. An at
tempt by legal process to prevent At
torney Gonoral Daugherty, Chairman
Laskcr of the shipping board and
John Barton Payne, a former board
chairman, from leaving Washington
for a vacation trip with President
Harding in Florida, was begun and
then abandoned today shortly before
tho hour BOt for tho departure of the
president's special train.
At the request of attorneys for
Charles W. Morse, the New York ship
builder whoso trial here on charges
of fraud In connection with war con
tracts had been set for next Wednes
day, the Unltod States marshal's
office iBsued subpoenaes requiring
tho throo men to appear in court on
Wednesday as defense witnesses.
While a deputy marshal was trying
(o servo tho subpoenaos, however.
District Attorney Gordon conferred
with the Morse counsel and It was
agrocU that the attempt would be
abandoned.
Both tho attorney general and Mr.
Laskor, It was Bald, were to be asked
under tho plan of the Morse attor
neys, to bring into court certain rec
ords of their offices In connection
with the war time ship contracts.
WASHINGTON', Mar. 6. A record
for congressional service was estab
lished by Theodore V. Sliuey, Civil
war veteran and dean of tho senate
shorthand reporters, with the adjourn
ment yestorday of congress. It wast
tho 27th congress whoso adjournment
was witnessed by Mr. Shuoy who Ib 78
years old and bepnn work nt the
senate In 18CS. Senator HarrlBon,
democrat, Mississippi, in tho closing
hours of the session, paid a tribute to
the "pothook" expert, who still dally
rciiorts tho senate's proceedings.
, Hardings Leave
WASinfAyrtfr.','-. Mar. 6. President
Harding looked forward to his first
vacation in nearly a year today on
leaving. .WflfjUlnMon with Mrs. Hard
ing and a party it friends, to spond a
month l Florida. Although no itin
erary had been made public, much of
the vacation will be spent, it was
understood, In a leisurely houseboat
crulso down the Halifax and Indian
rivers, wiin occasional stops at nor-
Ida coast resorts, where the party
will go ashore for golf.
For Mrs. Harding the trip means
more than a change of scene and Hi
mate, for her departure from the
White House today to board the spec
ial train marks the first time she has
gone outside the executive grounds
since she became 111 last September.
Mrs. Harding was looking forward to
the benefit expected from tho trip
(Crntlnucd on pase eight)
. Miss Alyoo McCormiek. of O inn ha.
Ni?b.t who hiiH juit tirrivi'U in Nirw
York. Miss McCormick was picked
from a field of ten thousand com
petitors as the most beautiful girl in
her stM'tion of the country.
RECEIVE 4 BIDS
FOR OIL LAND IN
SALT CREEK FIELO
CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 5. The
Wyoming state land board, at a pub
lic meeting this ' morning, received
bids for a five year operating lease on
section 36-47-7D, Salt Creek field, this
lease to become effective at the ex
piration October 1.-1 924 of tho lease
on the section now held by the Mid-
AVest Oil company.' Four bids wore.
submitted as follows:.
Texas. Producers company; royalty
of GO per cent,, ofvaluo; of oil pro
duced; oil to bo refined In Wyoming.
John W. Hay of Rock Springs;
royalty of C5 per cent on gross value
of oil and 40 per cent on gross value
of' gas produced, on basis of poster!
mid-continent price; oil to bo refined
in Wyoming.
Derrick Oil company of Douglas.
Wyo.. royalty of 51 Vi per cent on oil
produced, -state board to establish, an
equitable price on which royalty is
to be calculated; o.il to be rctlncd in
Wyoming1.
Mid-West Oil company, several
alternative . proposals as follows:
1. Such a royalty as may bo
agreed upon by the land board and
the Mid-West after negotiations; 2
royalty of 12 per cent and bonus of
$5,000,000; 3 Royalty of $1.25 a
barrel, plus 65 per cent on any
amount received in excess of tho
posted price; 4 Royalty of 05 pet
cent. Join Farm Bureau
Daily Report on
thi Crime Wave
SEATTLE, Mar. 5. An unidentified
burglar attempting to rob tho offlco
of tho City Dye workB hero wan shot
and killed early today by Charlos S.
Gilbert, night watchman.
Gilbert told police he was aroused
hy the sound of breaking windowglass
and while Investigating found a man
prowling in the dark. Ho said ho
ordered him to Hold up his hands and
surrender and fired when the man
refused to obey. A key ring In the
slain man's pocket bore tho name
John Atkins.
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The Noted Dead
DAVKNPOIIT. Iowa, Mutch 5.
Captain H. L. Hanks, of Princeton,
lown, first cousin of Abraham Lin
coln and fnr the irrcater nart of his
life a Mississippi river pilot running
between Stillwater. Minn., and Kt.
Louis, died today at the home of his
son. S. L. Hanks, here, lie wus 02
years old.
Captain Hunks was born in Ken
tuckv near tho hirthnbico of Ahri.-
hnin Lincoln, his father being a
brother of Nancy Hanks, the mother
of tho first martyred president. As
a boy Captain yllanks romped nnd
played with his cousin and their
frli-ndship continued until the death
of the president.
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Life Saved By Sleeping
With His Window Open
CHICAGO. March .6. William
Powers, state representative today
owed his life to a habit of sleepInK
with his room window open, thus
escaping death from deadly vapor
that yesterday snuffed out the lives
of six persons, three generations of
one family, In the npartnient where
he resides. The entire family of six
were killed by fumes of a Kas used
as a dlsinfoctunt In a enfe under their
apartment. j
FALLS 1
HOEOIES
Howard Young, Known As the
Human Fly, Falls Eight
Stories From a Broadway
Hotel Dies En Route to
Hospital Movie Cameras
Catch Fatal Drop.
NEW YORK, liar. 5. Howard
Young, known as tho "human fly"
fell eight stories today while climb
ing the front of the Hotel Martinique
In Broadway and died whllo being
taken to a hospital.
Young wus ono of the organizers
ol the "safety last" society founded
here last week. .Membership Includ
ed persons engaged in hazardous call
ings who are not accepted by Insur
ance companios as good risks.
Mrs. Young was in the great crowd
and 8a w her husband full. She
swooned and was taken to a hospital.
Dozens of movie camera men
caught the fatal fall and ground out
yards of film showing the crowd, esti
mated at 2 0,000, gnthoring uround
tho body.
; Young had toured the entire coun
try and given hundreds of exhibitions
by crawling up the sides of hotels and
sky scrapers. No explanation of the
accident has been given out. Young
was nearlng the top when ho sud
denly dropped and a cry of horror
wont up from the huge crowd below.
Join Farm Bureau
NEW SWORN IN AS
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WASHINGTON, March B. Harry
S. New, who completed a six year
term as United Stales senator from
Indiana yesterday, took tho oath of
office today as tho 49th postmaator
general of the United States. Ho suc
ceeded Hubert Work of Colorado,
who wus promoted by President
Harding to bo socrctary of tho Inte
rior In place of Albert 13. Fall of New
Mexico, resigned.
Dr. Work witnessed tho swearing
In of tho new postmaHtor gonoral
then went Immediately to tho depart
ment of tho Interior whero ho was
sworn in as tho head of that depart
ment. Hu is the USUI secretary of
thu Interior.
At the war department, Dwlght V.
Davis of Kt. Louis was formally In
ducted Into offlco as assistant soero
tnry n short" time beforo Hocretury
Weeks left for n vacation of two or
throe weeks at St. Augustine, Flo,
Doost Farm Bureau
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WINS IN ENGLAND
LONDON, .March t,. (Hy tho As
sociated Press) Sir Arthur Grlf-fiths-Boscawen.
minister of health In
tho Itunar Imw cabinet has been de
feated In the bye election for the
Mitcham dfivlslon of Hurfvy by J.
Chutcr Kikv tho labor cundldate.
Colonel O. F. Stanley, under secre
tary fur home affairs, who was de
feated in tho bye election for the east
division of Wlliesden, tendered his
resignation today.
Colonel Stanley was dofoatod by
Harcouit Johnstone, nephew of Olf
ford I'luehiit, governor of Pennsyl
vania. This Is Farmers' Week
Uplift Organizations
Join Together for
War On Wickedness
NEW YORK, Mar. 5. Threo of tlio
country's oldest and most mibsttintlul
reform organizations havo pooled
their financial resources und mapped
a plan of campaign against prohibition
repeal,, race track gambling, prize
fights, salacious literature, Sunday
theatrical performances und tialflo In
narcotics, the New York World de
clared today.
The new organization, according to
tho World Is to be known us the fn
tnrnatlonnl Reform bureau of the
World Temiiorunce Foundation. The
affiliated bodies are said to lie the In
ternational Reform Ilureau, the World
Prohibition Foundation and the Na
tional Tcmperanco society.
PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. 3.
The dofenso suddenly rested to-
day n the Emrick case. The nc-
tion came so unexpectedly that
u recess had to he granted while
tho Btuto scurried ubout In
search of somo rebuttal witness.
S II. ICmrlck, chairman of
tho night counting board In pro-
cluct 201 at tho May primaries
Is on trial charged with wilful
neglect of duty. Tally sheets
4- failed to check with tho ballots
cast when tho laltor were ro-
counted at tho Hall-Olcott ro-
check.
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KENOSHA, Wis., Mar. 5. Launch
ing for the mother, aunts nnd other
relutlves of Wallace Rcid, a campaign
agulnst the plan of erecting a narcotic
buimuriuin to oe named uitcr mu
screen actor, who is said to have died
fighting the drug habit, John West
brook, Kenosha, today made public
letters recolved from his relatives In
which they denounco tho action of
Dorothy Davenport Rold, wlfo of tho
actor, In lending her support to tho
venture.
Tho letters to the Kenoslian aro
from Miss Maude Westbrook and Mrs.
Viretnin Westhrnnk !lnkun. slntern of
J Mrs. Uei-tha Westbrook Rold, tho
mother of the dead actor, and they
purport to present the attitude of the
Retd family regarding the proposal.
The lettors also announce that Mrs.
Rcid, tho mother, has written a bi
ography of her, son In an effort to
omphaBizo other aspocts of hls 'irfo
than the fight against the drug habit
whttch is alleged to havo caused his
death.
The KonoRha man Isurgod to mako
public the "real situation" as It is
viowod by tho mother and tho two
aunts.
Boost Farm Bureau .
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PITTSBURO. March 5. Ono hun
dred riolliu'H wum tho prlco paid in po
lice court today for u tablo Bpoonful
of whlHkey. Peter Mnliadle, pro
prietor of a north uldo hotol, footed
thn bill.
"When a womnn complained that
Mulladlo was soiling liquor to her
hut-ibund, police raided bin CHtablfHh
mcnt. They found only a table
spoonful of whlBkey in a broken bot
tle. Tho cvldunco was produced In po
llen court. . Mallndio denied the
charKe, but Masi'uiate It. J fiuoco
fined him $100 with tho option of 30
days In jail,
This Ih Farmers' Wook
RAISE FUND TO RGHT
OREGON SCHOOL BILL
LA I'OHTK. lnd., March 5. A
special collection will bo taken In all
the Catholic churches of the Fort
Wayne diocese Sunduy, March 11, to
aid In tho fight on a law recently
enacted In Oregon which abolishes
tlio Catholic and Lutheran parochial
schools of that state, according to un
appeal of the Bight llev. Herman J.
Alderlng, bishop of tho diocese, to be
read tomorrow. A fund of $100,000
(h lifliit mitt,.,! In r-nrrv un rttlemtit In
have thn Oregon law doelurcd un
constitutional by the United Htutus
supremo court.
Boost Farm Bureau
UNCLE SAM PAYS D.
FOR FIRE SET
WASHINGTON. Slur. r,. The ago
of tho ulrplano Is ulready bringing
new worries to congress In the form
of claim bills for damage done to
property by forced landings of army
and navy planes. Congress voted
money In payment of soveral Buch
claims Just beforo adjournment.
One (if those ordered paid is that
of I). M. Lowe of Medford, Ore., a
farmer. In this case one of the for
est patrol planes selected tho Lowe
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FIGHT ON
DRUG CURE IDEA
$100
PUT BEFORE
GRAND JURY
District Judge at Bastrop Ad
dresses Grand Jury On Out
, rages By Masked Bands in
. Moorehouse Parish Atty.
Gen'l. Coco Takes Personal
Charge of Case.
BASTROP. La., liar. S. A grand
Jury was organized hore today to con
sider evidence In connection with the
Morehouse parish hooded band atroc
ities nlloged acts of tho Ku Klux
Klan.
Upon ompanoling the Jury District
Judgo Fred M. Odom read the follow
ing chargo:
"1 desire to call your-special at
tention to certain violations of tho
law which have boen more or less fre
quent in Morehouse parish during tho
last year or more. I refer especially
to the activities of bands of hooded
or masked men who have on differ
ent occasions kidnappod, beaten and
deported citizens of the parish, and
moro especially tho incident on . tho
Bastrop and Mor Rougo public road
on August 24, 1922, when scores of
citizens on their way homo from Bas
trop were held up, flvo of thorn kid
napped and carried soveral njiles
away whore two of them were beaten
and turned loose, ono without pun
ishment, the other two not having
been seon since. Tho Incidents to
which I refer are matters of common
knowledge and need no further spe
cial montlon by mo. The details
woro fully gone Into 'at the public
hearing here somo time ago and I
Jo! sure that those .who .represent tho
stato will soe that all available Jaots
In connection with each separato casd'
.will bo presented to yon In tho
course- of your deliberations."
BASTROP, La. Alar. 5. Attorney
General A. V. Coco was here today
to personally present to tho More
houso parish grand jury the testi
mony gathorcd by tho state at tho
hearing hero In January In connec
tion with tho series of kidnappings,
floggings and other offeiiBes alleged
to havo been committed by masked
bands In this vicinity last summer.
This Is Farmers' Week
AIR Fl FFT Fl IRHT
POSTPONED A DAY
MONTGOMERY. Ala., March 5.
Announcement was made hero shortly
beforo noon today by officers of tho
United States army air servlco squad
ron, stopping hero en routo from San
Antonio, Texas, to Porto Rico, that
the planes will not hop off on' tho
third leg of their flight to Arcadia,
causo of repairs that cannot be com
pleted before midnight. It was be
lieved at first that tho planes would
bo ablo to luavo this afternoon. t '"'
Boost Farm Bureau r
LA CROSSE, Wis., March : B.
Daniago estimated ut Bovcral hundred
thousand dollurs was done In western
Wisconsin by yesterduy's sloot und
snow sturm. Streets of LaCrosso
were littered with broken ' trees.
Railroad truffle was paralyzed. Thu
southern Minnesota line of tho Chi
cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul rtill
rnml u-im fh tinniest lilt. Manv trees
and poles were across the tracks. Ton
menen oi inow icii nei-e. -
.s
BY U. S AIRPL
place for a tcniporary landing hut on
coming within 10 fcot of tho ground
tho pilot decided he had picked a poor
spot, so he "turned 'er loose."
Thero was a burst of flamo from
his engine as he soared aloft, which
set fire to the grass and developed a
lively fire that burnod tho Lowe farm
hotiso and outbuildings. , The claim
was settled for $832.42 In payment
of household goods, (arm supplies and
implements.
M. LOWE $634.42