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O o CVS' Mail The Weather Prediction Fair, heavy fmt Maximum yesterday 8 Minimum toduy ..S8.3 Weather Year Mufmum fi8 Minimum U-l Dilly Twrntleth Year. Weekly Klfty-third Yeor. MEDFORD. OKKOON7, THURSDAY, APRIL 2.,. 191! MO. 28 Medford 2 SAFES BLOWN IN GOLD HILL LOOT 15 Local Authorities Suspect Night Job Done By Lee Dun can Who Broke Roseburg Jail This Week Profes sional Methods Used. A mnnter cracksman, thought by the shorlff's office, to bo Leo Dun can, ex-convlct, who escaped - from tho Douglas county Jail at rtoc burg, the first of the week, by hit ting hlH keeper In tho head with teacup, early this morning cracked sfea in tho Pickard Meat Market, and the W. H. Miller store at Oold Hill, securing $2.50 In pennies, and negotiable paper to tho value of about (200. No clues were left by the safo blower. A thumb print was found on a check, but it turned out to be the butcher's. Entrance was gained to both places by "Jimmying" the doors. A south bound freight passed thru Oold Hill at 3:15 o'clock this morn- ing. It is thought that the robber climbed off this train and went to work. Ench strong box was neatly soaped in every crack, and nltro- Klycerine used just cnoush to mow ,fM. In ,!, n,l In the butcher " . " : 1. . I snop. tno saro was pi.tceu in inc frigorator, to deaden the sound. This safe had not been opened for five years, and contained nothing. What loot was secured was neiicii from the Miller safe, and consisted of 2.60 in pennies, one tiold Hill treas urer's bond, one Btock certificate of tno z,immornian imns 01 muiu n..., Hl"' stuck in the proposed Oold Hill smel- ter one irrigation bond of the Oold Imnrovenicnt comnnny, lumber ac- cotinta ond a iierwonal note Tho depredations were dUeovercd this ' morning at six o'clock, when the business houses wore opened for tho day. Suspicion is directed at Duncan, the fugitive jallbreaker, for the fol lowing reasoiiB, by the sheriff's of fice: He Ib wanted by Jackson county authorities for the - robbery of the M. S. Johnson hardware store in Oold Hill, is believed to have two pals ln that section, nnd is thor- oughly acquainted with the 'lay" of the Oold Hill business district, and surrounding country. Further, he was known to be headed south. Sheriff Jennings said this noo-.i SILL that the safecracking was one of the toliayi A noon tle temperature safety at the foot of the shaft. , most thoroughgoing nnd workman- her0 wns s4 dCErCcs, tho highest of Their efforts beat possible disaster like pieces of criminal effort he had ,n0 yoar I only by a few seconds for almost Im- ever seen. The only damage, out-i I mediately nfter the body had been side of tho completely ruined s:ifes. j UUTTB. Mont., April 23. Butto withdrawn, tho lateral caved In. and was a marred counter in tho men waa un,cr fourteen inch blanket slid a hundred feet below Into a dark market, caused by the safe door ot anmv today with the storm, which pit. This substantiated Collins- re belng blown against It. started last night, continuing. It marks to 'rescuers who crawled to Telegraphic descriptions of Dun- waa on0 ( tn0 heaviest snowfalls him in tho early days of his imprlson enn were sent out this nicrnlng to on rPcor(j )t,re- Traffic in tho city mont Hint a deep pit was right bc- .nsninnu ana nil nortnorn Lauiornio points. 4SK UNCLE SAM -10 GIVE OPINION WASHINGTON. April 23. Actinp Solicitor H. J. Donnelly of the post olfice department had under review todny the current Issue of the Har vard Lampoon, copies of which came from the postmaster at Boston with a request for an opinion as to wheth er some of the magazine's contents overstepped the bounds of permissible mall matter. The magazines were seized by po lice from news stands in Boston and Cambridge and the Boston postmas ter has been, withholding copies there from the malls pending a decision. One feature of the publication upon which the solicitor will pass is a pic ture entitled "The Goddess of Liberty, by Mr. Hot Mamma,' the central fig ure of which is a woman attired In a pair of slippers, a neckband of ribbon 1 and a bracelet. OF BEING SENT BY CHICAGO. April 23. Anything' that can be photographed, from fin ger prints of criminals to elaborate interior decoration has been accept ed as a "message.' hv the American '. d Tgrnih citVpany.Jhour revision in national advertls-l Telephone an ransmitted pictures ol - rnanv varieties hv wire. The most rieiinflt hu avr.iinsr in onmnntiv officials, has been transmitted as dls-1 tlnctly as words. which has transmitted pictures oiling "may Holding Hands in Church Favored By Dean of Manchester LONDON. April 23. Holding of hands in church by boys and girls is not to be deprecated,, fays the dean of Manchester, the Itov. Douglas S. Johnson. 4 Referring in an address to the good old days when ho was fr vicar of Allringham. the dean fr fr said boys and girls were en- fr couraged to go to church to- nether. There was no objec- tion to their holding hands, in fact, the church officials lower- . ed the liKhls to make it easier fr for the young folks to do so. r Eventually tho boys and girls of the parish Joined hands in 4 matrimony. EASTERN STATES SIZZLE AS THE ' ...... . Heavy wind OMAHA. April 23 and rain storms over Nebraska last night and early today followed mo .orme8fc day of the year in the east - ern part of tno state, the tempera- tun? riHing. to 89 degrees Wednes- dav Trees, small buildings and lL.ieBrai,i1 nnd telephone lines suf- fercd nc.llvy damnBO. , , M, .ui..ci. vuiw, iMJi.i ""ii jne mercury climbing steadily nil nt,at re(.0rds for April 23 In Colum- bus sin(.n 1SS5 had been broken at 3 .,. m.( when the official thermome- ,,. ri..istercd S3. Tho 18SD record is 84 ST pur. Minn., April 23. The , , ,, , struck th ,wln cl, t.8 heni 1h.1t irnru the twin cities yesUM.(1Vi was broken with a slight Hhowor ,his nftornoon after the ther- momotcr hud reifisterpri 80 decreea at noon. Twn doatlis in Hcnnenin , vmum1i' worn atnibiiteVl to tho , . CHICAGO, April 23. A now neat record tor this dato in Chicago seemed In prospect today as tho temperature mounted to 84 at noon toduv. eoualllng the record of 81 on I April 2P., 1915. linTnW Anrll 9.1. Ronton ex- I)Prpnoe( jts warmest April 23 In ycal.s today when the mercury clm'1C(j to 80 0 al 3 m. INDIANAPOLIS. Anrll 23. Tern-, Ipcratures nearly 15 degrees above .n-mni ,lrmiiileri throughout Indiana has becn partially interrupted. Other parts of the state reported heavy rains which turned to snow at some points. EX-CONVICTS ATTEND LA. POLICE LOS ANGELES, April 23 The fact that a man has served time in a penitentiary should not bar him from earning an honest living, ac- cording to Chief of Police Heath, but .n mvu -.x-innvit-ta wno ce registered as students in the police training school here yesterday will have to look elsewhere for work, The names of the men were wlth- koll l...t In .lloiooin thnm Mm it-Hi, uui, in uioi.i lonui chief gave notice that would-be po- llcemen who hailed from penltentla- i. ,..ui 10 "i", with suspicion. Miss Collett Gets a 74. LONDON, April 23. (By the As- 1 undated Press.) Miss Glenna Collett of Providence. R. I., took a 74 for the short Ranclagh golf course in her first 1 competitive round in England this morning. The course was done yester day by an English woman, .Miss J. Winn, in 68, equalling the woman's record for the layout. I One commercial use made of the new process was. the sending of an adverujying layout photographed from a plate of type from a New York form to a Chicago newspaper .where it annenred the same day. Eleventh' ng "may be made by long distance. An X-ray picture or a numan hand was another message sent, demonstrating possibilities for medi- leal purposes. , MERCURY RISES SAND CAVE AT LAST GIVES UP ITS PRISONER Body of Floyd Collins Taken . From Shaft and Will Lie in State in Home Town Tragic Case Which Aroused. Entire Nation Is Closed. CAVE CITY, Ky., April 23. (By Associated Press.) Sand Cave has yielded its prisoner and todny the body of Floyd Collins, taken from the bottom of tho shaft after resting there overnight, lies in a Cave City undertaking parlor. Burial will be on a hill sverlooking CryHtal cave, a cavern which the explorer discovered several years ago. A limestone and sandstone - rock weighing between 75 and 100 pounds which pinned Collins' left leg as he was crawling from a newly discov ered pit, was removed last night by miners, employed by the victim's brother. Tho body was freed for the first time since last January 30, whon tho falling rock caught Collins and . . . . . . . ... httlla n, v . unteer workers struggled seventeen days to free him. 1 Today they attached a hook to a rope, fastened about the body, and raised the crumpled mass by means of a hand hoist. Wrapped In cloth. me oooy reacneu me lop oi mo smut while severnl score visitors watched. I After being placed on a stretcher. ' lm..rnvl.,l snek w- remnv..,! . .. .. . . iium inu ncau unu v. 11. num., miner i In charge of tho recovery work, asked ; the spectators to walk past tho cot. I ' "Pass by and look at tho body closely," Hunt said. "I don't want anybody to go away nnd say brought up a chunk wrapped rags." . One of tho minors. J. 8. Smith, "Hol that the group kneel while the Rev. R. B. Neel of Bowling Circon, H-y., oricren a prayer. A nearso irpm juv(k uty then hacked to tho'sceno and the body was .taken to town seven miles . away 'lrrlilr - , , . CAVE CITY, Ky., April 23. (By Associated Press.) h loytl Collins' body today was freo from tho under ground trap where he met slow death two months ago while a nation vainly prayed and feverishly waited for word that ho hnd been savod alive, i Morsels of food, rope, chisels nnd Ihnnimcrs cnrrled to him during the early days of his entrapment wero found by his side. Soon afterward the miners had dragged the body hind him. Tho body, nccordinff to v . H. Hunt engineer ln chargo of tho work, waa in good condition, kept so by the dampness, and low underground tem perature. HE WiSWFORUFE BUT IS GIVEN DEATH PARIS, April 23. An executioner awoke Laudies Ladkar, an Arab con- !,.,! ,.f n,..rrlrlnB to PortUEUOSe ftnd Wi0undlnK three others, from a sound sleep In LaSante death house today and iado hlm drew or the guillotine, which was awaiting, ex tending the usual cigarette and glass of rum, he asked the condemned man ..whllt y0ur wi,h." The condpmncd Arah roplled: wish not to be executed.' The guillotine knife o'clock. fell at 6.45 Daily Report on the Crime Wave LOS ANOELE8. April 23. Free dom for one suspect held In con nection with the killing of Mrs. Lou ise Unternahher at Culver City near herl Tuesday night and the tighten- ing of the net of circumstantial evl- denco about the other, was predicted here today by officers working on the rase. . i Louis ' Vnldes. d'spltc the" Moid- stain" on his clothing, is believed to bo Innocent of the crime, they say. - Furthet evidence has been gathered concerning Stanley 8harpe, acquaintance of the dead woman, the officers declared They add that Sharpe has been unable t account for his movements the night Mrs. Unternahrer was slain. - CHICAGO. April 23. Carlo Ponio. 29 was slain w ith an axe by Mrs. Jen nie mrpmagiia. sne inrnrmwi rn Tn Hce today, she said she killed Ponzo afterSie had attempted to attack her. Kite was detained tor questioning. MTSS COMiKTT. CHAMPION I GOLFKR OF V. S., LEAVES TO TRY FOR BRITISH TITLE iWIWMlBB:. ...... M tit 'fffia5uN 1 Miss Glcnna Colleti, champion American woman golfer, was pho tographed as she was sailing from Now York for Scotland to partici pate In the British women's cham pionship to be hld at Troon. BASEBALL SCORES Xnlioiuil. I . 1 HI I.A Dlil.FHl A. April iJ.-MW i homo runs were-mafle in tne iirst seven Innings of tho Philadelphia- Itrooklvn c-finie this nfternixm. The drives were made by Fournler and nn(, Numerous perosns ex-1 '"''aliens before the Bulgarian na- tl,irl measure of the 1925 session on Wheat of Brooklyn and Huber, Mo- ,,r0SR0( nnr and regret that wo did tionnl assembly regarding tho m tlvl- which the referendum Is being In kan and Henllno of Philadelphia. ', .tn.i ,,v f(1P . niliuites more llea ot .lugo-slav legation at So- vokod. Tho other two aro tho so- ,not stand by for a few ""i ntoro nom,,,,., ,, i ,i called tithing bill vonulrlnff. solf-tttis ST. UOVAS. April 23. HoKers Hornby, 124 Ntttional lcuuo bat- ting cliampion, was hit on the hoad i ,)y 0 vHchoa uan ln lno third nninB 1 ot t0riay.8 Ht- Louis-Cincinnati game and fell to the, ground, stunned. u i... , w....., ' Hornsby,- ltowovvi;uM(ible -to return , i,,,. ...ninn .i"..mi ha in ihn ,,., ,,.. r. .... ,hn "'-V" Cincinnati. ' ttornsny raireu ironi tno game "iii-i tut; Him minus. xiu buiu iiu hud a bad headache. At. Pittsburg . B. Chicago. . .' . 10 PlttsbuiK; - 9 BntterleS!1 Bush, 'Keen, Blako and Hartnett; Kremcr, Koupal, Sohger and Gooch. Jacobs, Adams, At New. York- R. . .4 H. E. Boston . 9 0 14 . 1 New ,'York Batteries: J. Barnes, kamn. Gra ham and Gibson; V. Barnes and Snyder. H- K- U 1 4 2 At Philadelphia . R. Brooklyn.-. 8 Philadelphia. ., 10 Batteries: petty. Decatur, Thor- Smh "'i ;fU'hffei'1 a"? Deberry; "ing Killinglm 'and Ilenline. American. At Cleveland H. St. Louis n H. 13 E. Cleveland 14 18 Batteries: Vangllder, Olrnrd, Oas- I"",","," V.'X"n; Kdwarls' Kilrr' Fa"1 and Myatt. At Boston R. H.' E. Philadelphia , .IB 15 j Boston 1 4 32 4 s ray nnd Cochrane; Rosa and Lueey, At Washington-f-., : New York , . .Wash in J' on H. 10 E. 1 8 1 O'Neill. Mlw": l eilllOCK All Jiatterles: Pennock Bcngough; Zachary. Gregg and Ruel. At Chicago Detroit Chlfttgo , Batteries: D a u s s Robertson and Schalk. R. H. B. . . .0 5 3 ...1 9 1 and llassler; 'Pullman Co. Will Build Air Sleepers For Night Trips A . CHICAGO. Aprll'2l Plans for the construction by the Pullman company at Pullman, 111., of floats of all-Pullman airplanes for service In trans-continental T w' rovenied. ? n'K"t y Hoter Parko, chief eiiBlneer of the company. It has already been decided, he said, to operate the planes along the same lln0" n" Pullman sleepers are u"-'f ln railroad trarfic. .......... Wall Street Report KEW YORK. April 23. Bullish "Father Neptune." wherein he of demonstration in selected issues Im- fercd the hand of his "daughter" a parted a firm tone to today's stock green-gowned lad with a fighting market after, an early period of lr- regularity during which rnanv noo- ular .ydiarefi sagged one to two polnta. Total sales approximated 1,100,00 ' LINER S CAPTAIN CRITICIZED FOR JAP DISASTER ' '" r- A ,, Passengers On Homeric Claim " Traditions Of Sea Not UP- held in Pnco nf Roiflllll Colonel Harold E. Ilartney, pres uase ot ttauuKu I(lent of tho O(M10ml . Ainvay8i Maru Could Have Saved Lives, Says Pinchot. NEW VOUK, April 23. ruKSPllRcra possible effort had been made by the Homeric nfter pecliiR the Jnimnoso frelRhter Riilfuku Mnru sink with lis 38 officers and men expressed widely dlvoruent views as to whether overy who nrrlved on the Wlhto Htnr llnor Homeric'a officers to savo tho Japan ese men. Tho division amonp tho passenpers was about equal, somo sayliiK that overythlns humanely possible had been done and that it would havo been ' suicide to launch the lloinorle's life ! boats, others statlnpr that they believed pome lives miKht have been saved had !the boats been launched or rnfts "t adrift toward the sinking vessel.- Cap taln John Koberta was Rlvon a testi monial siKned by 123 of the 238 first cabin passengers. I.lston L. Lewis, New York attorney, said: "I was not impressed that tho Homeric uphold tho trudltlon of i Knglish sailors." Amos rinchot. lawyer and ptilill-lst nnd brother Of Governor C.lfford rln- nlinl I'nnnnvlvn Inn Rnld he SI1W EOmo Qf the ,,,,., struggling in tho r .i..,.. .,.. 1 . ..n.iA.i ;T;Zu;rt;;,-lnrl' insurnnce man said: t ft a litifl bopn lnlln(.hert from h0' Homeric even I without seamen on them, I blolovo tho "v lM" i il. . - i ,n n.n There certainly was no he- t" nlpn- I here ceilainl was no nc- rrfie effort to rescuo. the Japanese. u,.:n """"""i Among thoso who defended Onptaln Bt" &iVi JcthTdn.r who I pmye(, wU1) mirod ,,,, tho lnon "I boZ lho Tlom'erlc-s officers strovo heroicairv to reach the sink" stiovo heroically to i ea h the sink - TI:V1VC of tho liner's crew In lifeboat-." "V'anta n Rol erts d d cvorvthinc hu- . !u ,1. ,. ,. n, manely possible." said Mvcrett T. Tom - Huron, vice president of Dorcma and company, advertising agents. A nother passenger said Captain Itoherts "would have been a murderer if he had sent the boats out." Cat pain Uohrets was an officer aboard the Baltic which affected the I rewun of 1 600 persons when the 'steamers Republic and Florida eollld- ed off Now York harbor In lHOft. vew YORK. Anril 23. The Jnn- nnone consulate general here Is oh- ..tainlng all information possible in re gard to the loss of 3H lives In the sinking of the Jnpaneso . - freighter Rnifuku Maru off Halifax Tuesday. j II. Baito. Japanese consul general, sold today that officials of the Koko sual Kisen Kalsha, owners 1 of the f ..... . UK llin nA lm . White Ktnr lino, owners ot the Ho- merle which arrived too late to rescue tho Raifuku Mnru's crew, are invoml gating fully nnd aro in consultation with the consul general,- A statement on boholf of tho own ers of tho Homeric today said: "We feel that the nctual verified facts of the attempted rescuo exoner ated Captain Roberts from , tho charges of a few hysterical pusMon- gors. The directors, of course, pny serious attention to these complaints but they will not say anything. Cup Ul)n Kl)berll, lB one of tno highest and most honored commnnders In our ser vice and tho directors naturally would be Inclined to accept the Judgment of his forty yearB experience rather than the excited and somewhat con tradictory criticism of less than half tho passengers. "In this connection was slated a telegram received from tho Kaifuku Muru's owners. Kobe: 'Deoply appre ciate Homerlc's efforts for unfortu nate Kaifuku ' laru's (iHslstanco and reouest you convey our thanks to hor commander.' " , Prince of Wales in Poetic Outburst As Shtn Hitft EatiatOY n,,''mI whMi Thoret established waa hiHf 0 "VUMv'.two holJIH and 2C minutes. ABOARD H. M. 8. R10PUIKi:, April 23. (By Associated Press. The ancient ceremonies of the sea, atten dant upon crossing the equator, in spired the Prince of Wales today t express himself in poetry. The prinre and his staff wnre high ly amused with the time honored cus toms that were carried otit whon tho ship crossed the line. Hundreds nf members of the crew who were mak ing their first crossing wero snnt fly J Ing Into a tank and ducked. The prince received an address from face to the heir to the British throne. Th nrince osnreKMed his an. preciatlon In a verse of hln own com- poslllon. Airplane Carries a, "Baby Grand" to First Lady of the Land 4 I MIXICOLA, N. Y.. April 23. A biplane loaded with two baby gra nd pia nos a ml en rry ing six men. left Koosevolt field today r for Washington. 4 4 One of tho pianos was consign- t et! to Mra. Calvin Coolidge and was to bo delivered t her mv. :4 rotary at Boiling field at noon. Th wcond instrument was for a Washington piano dealer. r Inc., who was aboard the plane. said the company planned to op- erato an aerial freight line be- tween llotson and Bt. I'aul. BULGARIAN KING1 WAR IS FFARFfl KOMI-;, April 23. A dispatch from pertaining to all measures to which liolgrado to tho Trlbuna says that the referendum is to be Invoked This King lloris of IJulgarlii has been question was placed before tho at impiisonod In thu royal palaco by tornoy-genoral several weeks ago by tho order of (Uneral Ijizareff be-,"10 secretary of slate nnd Attirnny causo tho nationalist military elo- General Van Wlnklo is expected to ment objected to tho sovereign's ro- '""'I down an opinion on this today, quest that Premier Tzunkoff resign Horotofore only about SOfiO names to permit tho formation of a coall- wnre necessary on referendum peti tion cabinet, Including opposition Hons. If the petitions must have fivo elements. I'cr cent of the total voto cast for Another dispatch from liolgrado those the number this yeRr will bo declares that .logo Klavlu offended about 20.000. by minister of Interior Itunset s dec- threatening to break off dlplo- lUlilllUtlM. PARIS. Amil 23. Tim iiniirnriiin l I , . IUKULIUII lHflUI'fl ILH nrilOlllI Iinitllll ,(ir ",0 n,'""'t thut' Kln Uuris hud do- 111,..H ,, , " . ... . manded tho reulgnatlnn. of tn cnbh net headed by . Priimloi; Alexander . Tannkoff. d has never ceased to exist between the king and premier" !,. ... i -i..., - sol'IA' A"'" 23 ("y the Asso- ''atct' '"" Tho revolutionist Teh- 1 untoulofr , ..,,., , tor. If,"n,", n st ''" ",B nmnl .cft- l''h outrage, who was shot ! a"d killed by the police Mondav 1 death to fay n much tho samo mnnnr ii8 hlsa;.hf """ h Discovered hv the nnii.. h. fused to surrendor, they declare, and was shot down. ' MOSCOW, April 23. (Iiy the As- soclatod Press) Much resentment Is manifest in the soviet press and gov- urnmcnt circles over statements cir culated abroad fixing responsibility for tho terrorism in Sofia upon Mos cow. ueciunng tno Comintern op posed to purely Individual or local-1 Izod terrorism, tho statement gives' vigorous aenial to tho Bulgarian al locutions, saying responsibility for tho events In Hofla "must be born by Tzankoff's bloody government 11- BOlf." J1NY HERMAN BADLY By U)H AXCUCl.KH. April 23. While removing the cap from an overheated I!"!''":.0"!!0 hore early today riny Jim Herman, Omaha heavy. weight boxer, was severely burned about tho face nnd hands by the boil ing water that geysered upward. Ho was treated at tho receiving hospital. Clilmgn Cop a Ilank Holmcr. CHICAGO. April 23. Raymond Vlnvlnyl, 26. a traffic policeman,! was held today after Patrolman JaniCH fiuvin Identified hlm as one of three robbers who kidnaped him nnn sioie iir,uoo rrom a bank mes- sengcr he was guarding March 21, Nnv Itccord. Motorics I'lanc. IKTItKH, France, April 23. Uou tenant Thoret, celebrated French flier, CHtHhlished a new record In a flight with a motorics piano, when he remained In the air three hours and three mlnntea tnrtnv Tim rnrmur RIOTS RESULT WHEN . ARE BURIED IH DKS MOINKft, Iowa, April 23. 10 simultaneous burning hero last i no simultaneous burning night of fiery crosses In various parts of the city, Including the state capltol grounds, aroused In one section a number of negroes who threatened the lives of two alleged Ku Klux Klan policemen and resulted In fire alarms that kept the fire department busy iinsw-ring calls from residemn who REFERENDUM IS TO BE INVOKED Tobacco Dealers File Papers Tomorrow for Vote On Bill Passed By the Legislature Special Session of Legis lature Urged. ONTOBACCOTAX SALEM, Ore., April 23. Oscar T. Olson, secretary of tho Portland Ilotiill Tobacco Dealers' association, nnd'y''. Lawrenco McNary, Portland attorney, ' aro here today making preliminary arrangements to Invoke tho referen dum on the tobacco tux bill onacted by the 1925 legislature. It was Bald tho pnpors will be filed With tllO SOCretnrV nf ntntn (nmnrwiiv f and request will bo made of Attorney- iiunuiui vuii w initio ior uuiiot tuie. While, here today .Olson and McNary 'conferred with Secretary of Stalo Kozer nnd tho attorney-general. One angle of tho referendum discussed was the number of names that will be necessary on referendum petitions The tobacco tax act will bo the talnlng stato tlvItUto nay In.o the ri iuu t v H I "III IF! HIDH nil nil cinl returns, and tho bus bill. Completed referendum petltlono - miml l.n tUnit Hu Mo 90 tho ,tnn r-n ini "' muvt u.t no, vnia "inn. 'u which tho new laws bocomo effective ,h rofoionilnm fall a ' r the rpforendum falls: Tlio tobacco tax. and tho tithing hill ..wore two of the revenue measures de- signed to rescue the Btnto Irom n Ilnai" cl"' ',o18 caused by a shortage of nvnlluhln Ptmlu tno llm nenannt Men. n'"-'" nmounting to about $1,000,000. Tho tobacco tax alone was vnrloun'y estlmatod to raise from S00.OOO to J,V?o0:Hev"n,!heVs,atennlnly "a"n"C" ljj..u. l u,.eouufl ,f ' roferondums nro siiccessfiil. nnd n view of the fact that Oovernor P"" V""1 measure calling for a B1,eclnl election next September In event any of the revenue bills wore roferended, tho quostlon arises, what Is the stato going to do. Some siiecu- lutlon as to tho probability of a spe- c'nl loBlslntive session the latter part of 1,10 Pret year Is already being heard in Salom. . CinCAOO, April 23. More than two mllliiin husbets of corn and onts lielonging to tho flraln Mut;kotiiK cor poration were destroyed fin, . n fire which started shortly beforo midnight, burning two wooden v elovtoras ami threatening nn Industrial' section on the south cido before it was subdued early today. The loss was estimated at $2,250,000 by K. F. Uosonhaum, ! puiont' of tho Rosenbau inA,nnM,in h.-... whioh m Grain corporation, through which the ele vators were leased to the Farmers' Co operative organization. Destruction of tho grain, ho esti mated at $1,500,000 nnd of tho struc tures, among the oldest wooden ele vators here, at $750,000. The losses worn rnvorod hv Inmirnnrd. ho wild. Blazing grain, pouring into tho south branch of the Chicago river, ringed the stream and . thren'ened shipping, forcing withdrawal of two fr(, tugH. Bearrh was started after the fire for an aged watchman and his wife, be lieved to have becn quartered in ono of tho buildings. Ncit PaHK.on Play In 1WI0. flRK It A M M M'l tf 1 A t . Q 0 r m B il V. April 23. There will bo no PaHsinn i initt Ut,m I.Ann nrrim. musly announced from time to time. Th nn.l tn-n.lnrH.in will Im In 10S0. FIERY CROSSES " DES MOINES, 101 feared burning embers, carried by j nlffh winds, would cause damage. Ono negro was arrested. Tho demonstration was said to bo an attempt by the klan to arouso interest in a membership campaign. Crosses were burned on tho flng pol-i of the municipal building which court house grounds and at practl. cally every school In the city. ' houses police headquarters, on tho I ? o osn nnn nor lDL.LuU.UUU l IM PUIPAPn 10 m i.nii.uini i. til UIIIUMUU iU fUUYJHSUp i
