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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.
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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
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