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Show Tribune Want Ads WEATHER, ednesdsy snd Thursdsn Generally mucn net tTir nng in lmprture. ' anr Local irttlem.nt Price. ld (cathode) 'Zinc . . Copper 3 I SALT LAKE CITY, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1927. Big Coke Contract Made; BREAKS Will Great National Smelting and Refining Compa- -' Mississippi Runs nies Join Full Rising Length. - ' - lowed ing to the Medley the eddies leVe In succumbof Vhe current and tonight the yellow wlter swept onward down an ereajlM miles long and many miles wide to Helena, Ark., ''!aaain"ltf ndredr ibt fcersont Ho1 th lone list of homelea. already prosSoutheast 'Missouri trate before the flo d, faced additional loss, as did un iappy Arkansas. Jhree major .. i reams the Arkansas, White and St, Francis rivers ' ,,whe : . 4 ntucn. of Its, farm land under water. I LAND THREATENED. ' towns and More than seventy-fiv- e in the villages In the two states were threatened section, ythile It was estiland of acres mated that i, 000,008 were in dancer. In addition to the wholesale de-- .. struction of crops Jn sections of Ken- -. lucky, Missouri, Illinois. Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana, the flood disrupted railroad, highway and telegraph traffic made thou sands of farmers farmless and placed before merchants and bankers of the territory the prospect of an autumn without crop revenues. Governor Martlneau of Arkansas today Issued a proclamation calling the flood the "greatest in a century" and appealing te citisens of the state to respond to the appeal of the American Ked Cross for funds with which . (Catiauwd ea Fare Iws.) of places, putting (OeUas Tear) President Plans Stronger Board te The Tribes. April 19. Gigantic coke contracts, involving a million dollars a year, and necessitating improvements aggregating ll.000.000 to the plant of the Columbia Steel com pany at Ironton, were signed today by that company, It was admitted by officials of the corposatlon at Ban Francisco. The contracts were signed with the International Smelting and Refining company and the United States Min ing, Smelting and Refining company, both with Utah plants. The actual legal procedure took place in Salt Lake and New rorK Deiwoen omcuun of the big corporations. The two huvlnr' comnanlea..lt was admitted, have contracted to purchase from' the Columbia Steel company an aggregate of approximately 400 tone of coke a day for a period of five years a purchase. It is estimated, that will of a aggregate In the neighborhood million dollars a year. ' To make possible delivery of uuu treat volume of coke, the Columbiawill' ecvobHiradjtijtStK33ra'p4uy crease Its production racuiaes a xne Iron plant by eu per eent. inn win mean an expenditure of a full million, It was stated. SAN FRANCISCO. MEMPHIS, Term. April IS (AP).- Valiant, but not defenseless, com munities In the jpisslsslppl valley north of here and lii Arkanaaa to the west today saw .andher of their bul warks crumble- and fnany square miles of bottom lands opia to the flood. The St. Johns baton leree, eight miles north of New Madrid, Mo., fol , a Year Involved; Contract Is Said to Be Signed Here. Bpe-et- the Co The existing coke plant-o- f lumbia Steel at Ironton has a proof ductive capacity ' approximately S00 ton of coke a day. The contracts Just closed with the International and United States- Smelting companies win require a dally production of about 400 tons, and It is probable that the new construction will duplicate in capacity the plant how In operation. inasmuch as there Is a lurtner mar ket for coke In this region. Approximately two tons of coal ere required to make a ton of coke. The Increased coke production will make necessary some improvements In the coal mine of 'the company at Columbia In Carbon county so ea to permit to 2000 a daily output of from S.i9 oars of tons of coat Forty to fifty coal dally a day will ba necessary to It is meet the coke requirements.' eetimated that the total expenditure imr ncwr coke ovens and mine- developments will be between a million and a million and a half dollars. .. board. There were Indications at the White House today that the resignation of Robert A. cooper ana Bdwira Jones as members of the board would be accepted. While tt was ssjd that the president la not seeking a complete turnover of thecanboard, he does Increase Its believe the board service and the functions of the farm T loan system. ' Mr. Coolldge Is particularly , anxious that the intermediate credit banks function on a broader scale, particularly in the financing of. agricultural lands, crops and cooperative associations. While he Is not familiar with the details, he .plans to have additional methods Introduced Into this phase of the government's work at an .early aate. Hurt by Water CITT7. April IS (AP). losses suffered by the railroads because of water competition were testified to todsy by railroad witnesses In the interstate commerce commission hearing into the pleas of western trunk line roads for Increases In class freight rates. "Western railroads have suffsred tremendously from competition in transportation via the Panama canal," declared H. J. Plumhof Kansas City, of the southgeneral superintendent ern division of the Union Pacific, and Colorado. ' Kansas comprising "Since the opening of the canal," Plumhof said, "we have been sending an Increasing number of empty boa cars westward, which formerly were utilised by shipments of freight to the west, the csrs to be returned to the east witn commodities from this Important producing section." KANSAS - 19 ON SNAKE RIVER Surprise Dry Officers Runners and Alleged Also Make Arrests. gpeclsl te The Trlbese, MOSCOW, Idaho, April IS. Snake river has its rum boats and one was sunk last week by officers, who ar rested Ira Jenks and Harry Ostran-de- r. The boat was one of three well- known scows forming the Snake river "rum row." The two men are in the Asotin, Wash., Jail under $2000 bonds each to appear In court next month. It was only after receiving a straight tip from a presumed' friend of Jenks that the officers of Asotin county,- Wash., the federal prohibition officers and deputies from Nei Perce and Latah counties In Idaho found It possible to be stationed at the landing place selected by tbe two men. After an vigil, two of the officers stationed four miles below Asotin, which is only eight miles abov Lewlaton, on Snake river, found- that they had selected the right spot where the boat would land. Thirteen eacka, each containing four gallons of liquor. were seised, as well as a .31 caliber revolver, handily placed on the seat of the boat, tbe raiding party an- ht - nounced. The officers were scattered for ten miles along both tbe Idaho and Washington shores of the river above Iew-lsto- n. Jenks now has a possession charge pending against him in the Washington courts, and Os'rander paid a heavy fine last Iecember for liquor law violations. Both men are residents of South Clarkston. Hankow Government Of Through its suit the Canon between $15,000,000 and on an alleged violation of the principles .In smelting with reTtrberatory furcompany is attempting to collect side-feedin- g naces. v DETROIT, Mich., AprU 1 (AP). Chaos' took possession ef Aaron Ba- plro's 11,000,000 libel suit against Henry Ford today and shrouded its status after next Thursday tn ex treme uncertainty. until then Court was adjourned upon the plea of. counsel for the au tomoblla manufacturer that thelr Jeader.j Senator James A Seed pf Missouri, would be unable to appear before that time because of illness. and with the reejuest was coupled the formal serving of notice that ths alleged official misconduct of a wo man juror would be the ground for a motion for a mistrial. Sapiro's chief of counlel, William Henry Gallagher, countered with assertions that Ford detectives had meddled with, the jurors, that the defense's case had collapsed, and that the f ord attorneys had disregarded propriety In conferring privately with Judge Fred M. Raymond, but did not renew his motion for a mistrial, made and denied several days ago. SECRET MEETINGS. Two protracted secret conferences of Saplro. his brother, Milton. Gal lagher, and Walter Lynch of his counsel, with Stewart Hanely, Richard J. HlgRlna, Wsrd N. Choate and C. B. Longtey of Ford counsel, and Judge Raymond did not nerve to clarify the issues. The eight attorneys both times left the Judicial chamber with statements that they had their words that they givenwould not reveal what 'had been discussed, and Judge Raymond re fused to talk further than to say that tomorrow mignt nring developments. The situation was further compll- (CsUaed a Pas Tw.) - (Oalaaui Twa) Gasoline War Slashes Price "XiOS" AKGELKS. Csllf., April IS (AP). The, Associated OH. company today joined In the late price slash of the gasoline" war which has been California raging among southern producers for the last month by reducing its product ! cents a gallon In the southern California district, making the price in Iui Angeles 12Mi cents. This is the mark set by other principal marketing companies with the exception of the T'nlon OH company, which today announced It did not expect to lower its price of lts cents a gallon. Meanwhile enma Los Angeles independent filling stations displayed signs offering gasoline st IA cents a gallon, or ten gallons for to cents. ; i V tj President Makes Point of Talk ; "Christian General" Joins Nationalists; Deposed General to Fight On. II (APi. A April dismissing General Chiang k of as commander-in-chie- f the Cantonese armies and ordering his isarrest and punishment, has been sued by the Cantonese government at Hankow. FENG SUCCEEDS.. News of this development waa re ceived in measagea from Hankow to day. Two other mandates ware Issued, as follows: Marshal Feng formerly known as the "Christian general," is nsmed Chiang's successor, with General Tang SesgvChi, aaliitary towna of Honan, as associate commander-i- n chief. The third mandate' announces ser erance of relations with Nanking and General Tang is ordered Hhanghat. to move his troops toward Nanking SHANGHAI. mandate Kai-She- aUaek-CMan- g Kai-She- k. Marshal Fen appointment dlsatDates the hopes of the right .trWgrat'3,! .th :3Ku0M'ih.hgV tonese political party, that 'Br wouia not join the Hankow faction. Establishment of a new government at Nanking by the adherents of k Is confirmed by auChiang thoritative Chinese source. Its In auguration was started by a great mass meeting, at which several Chinese notables spoke, including- Chiang. points: Chiang emphasised three First, that the spirit of the revo lution started by the late Sun Tat Sen against the Manchurlan regime must continue to Inspire the people. ' ENVOY HOME H fill U. S. Ambassador Mac Veagh Says Communist Element Bad for China Kai-She- SEATTLE,' Wash., April II (AP). Charles MacVeagh. United States ambassador to Japan, arrived - here last night front Tokio en route to Washington, D. C, and to his home In Dublin, N. H., on a month's vaca SHOW COURAOE. ' ' tion. Second. Nanking must be the cap he expressed faith 'In the Although the reasons, ital for many including fact that Sun Yat Sen's mausoleum eventual satisfactory settlement" of was there, aad also because the peo the Chinese problem, MacVeagh voiced ple must be shown that, despite recent events, the leaders were net the belief that If the communist eleafraid to eatabllsh the seat of. gov ment In tbe nationalist party preernment there. vails, the situation will become seriThird, the people must 'never be ous. .' governed by military cliques or for The ambassador has found a gen' eral trend toward continued friendly eign oppression. the United States relatione between and Japan. "Janan feels, however." he .said. "that It ought to be recognised as a nation by the United States In the matter of entry of Its nationals Into This is but natural. this country. They want peace wwith the United do with them, State as much as but they would prefer that any action toward barring Japanese from America be accomplished by treaty, in- - which they would agree as- an te it, equal with the United States " i Instead of by legislation." - WASHINGTON. April II (AP). The story of a rift between President Coolldge and Secretary Hoover was vetoed unconditionally today at ths White House. the authorised Trie presldsnt statement that he was so wsll satisfied with Mr. Hoover's administrative record in the commerce department and elsewhere that be rated him as well qualified for any position in the cabinet that he would be willing to accept. To this was added a complete dis avowal, lhat. any .dlaparagtment Intended by the recent White House Mr. nronouncement eliminating Hoover as a possible successor to latter ths should Secretary Kellogg, Departgive up his post at me stateobserva ment. It waa declared this tion bad been entirely mlalntetpreteA. ENDING CHAPTER. ,T.he . prelAeirtllx;dlcl4rar added a, new. and. the White House hopes. a f ilial- - fhaptersummer Classic oi ninwinum pu- litlcal For upwards of week stories of cabinet troubles have been passed about, now In one form and now in another. They proved the more engrossing to the politicians be cause of a long, standing, but never authoritatively conrirmea, story mat should Mr. Cooltdae decide not to be a candidate for reelection, a consid erable part of tbe administration forces would fall into Itn behind , Mr. Hoover. It waa a anark from the Chinese conflagration that started the fast sput among spreading gossip about aadvisers. In the Dresldent's closest onarter where the Coolldge foreign re policies have not always been ceived witn entnusiasm, ine mm waa Hoover had dropped that Secretary the some ldeaa of his own about American attitude toward China, and (CsnUauei a rn Xwe.) - wi - . (Celesta Fiv -- NAVAJOS' OIL ROYALTIES UP ACTOR ADMITS ALTERCATION AT FOR SETTLEMENT at Conference ; Called Colorado Springs Attracts Operators and , Indian Agents. Airmail Pilot ; to Cross Ocean new York. Apni i (ap. The appointment of Lloyd W. Bertaud. Cleveland airmail pilot, as copilot and of the navigator on the New monoplane to etart within the flight scheduled waa confirmed todav next two week a, by Charles A. Levine,of chairman aT of directors the Columbia board the ' Aircraft corporation. 12 and started is old, Bertaud years Kan Francisco, his birthflying in 1912. In Previous to the world place. war he .was engaged In exhibition coast. During ths on west the work war he waa an instructor in flying. ' RAYMOND HOME Fist Fight Last Saturday Preceded Death; Lore for Victim's Wife Led to Fight. Wrlght-Bellan- York-to-Par- is SPRINGS, Colo., AprS II (AP). The basis for fixing royal ties to Indians on (he Navajo reser vation in northern New Mexico and parts of Arizona and Utah was the subject of a conference here "today before H. J. Hagerman, U. 8. commissioner in charge of affairsof the Navajo tribe. are session the Attending leading western oil men and experts representing the federal government. The federal law compels 'companies op erating on the reservation to pay royalties to the Indlsns, snd this conference is Intended to determine the bssls for the payments. Among those at the meeting were A. R. Carlton of Colorado Spring, president of the InTable Mesa comNew Mexico; W. pany, with fields H. Ferguson of Denver, vice n resi Mldweet of the Qll company; J, dent W. Snyder of Denver, vice president of the Continents! Oil company for this district, and 1. T. Maul or New York, nationally known professor of and petroleum expert, and several other government attaches. The Midwest, tne Table Mesa snd the Continental Oil companies are the leading operating outfits In the New Mexico Indian reservation oil fields. They have produced an output of. between three thousand and four thousand barrels daily and now the duration of myaltlea to th In dians niunt nethrehed cut. COLORADO one-eigh- Clark Estate Valuation Filed HELENA. Mont.. April II (API Final appraisal of the estate of the late Senator w. A. Clark, mlnlnemagnate, filed with the Montana atate board of equalisation today, shos a value or s.Z8.3ii The re port la made by the commission's special appraiser, O. A. Bergemn, former member of the commission retained to complete this work. FLIERS AT HAVANA. HAVANA. ' Cuba, April 11 (AP) The Unlbed Statee army aviators arrived here shortly before t o'clock this afternoon from Tbe fliers, who Fanttago, Cuba. hopped from Port au Prince, Haiti, to Bantls, yeaterday, wtH leavs th uhn capital at noon Saturday for Miami. Fla. - .. HOLLTWOOD, Cal.. April II (AP). Paul Kelly, stage and screen actor, the held for investigation following death this morning of Ray Raymond, musical comedy actor, today told newspaper reporters that he and Raymond had engaged in a fist fight after Kelly had admitted that he was In lovs with Raymond's wife, Dorothy MacKaye, actress. Raymond, who was 13 years of age, and tbe husband of Dorothy MacKaye, actress, returned to his home last Friday from a nationwide tour In ths musical comedy company of "Castles in th Air." Detectives who Investigated declared that a negro maid In the Raymond home and Raymond's witnessed ths old daughter, fight, tbe origin of which has not been given. Miss MacKaye was reported in a state of nervous collapse and under the care of a physician. Deputy District Attorney E. J. Dennlaon wss to question Kelly this afternoon. The actor had recently appeared In supIn the film, "Speport of Kddie Cantor cial Delivery," and also in the picture, Slide, Kelly, Slide." UTAt, ASSAULT, :. DENIES Kelly denied that he had administered a brutal beating, which police believe cauaed the death of RayHe said ha had "merely mond. punched Mm several times." but, that not kicked the actor, and "waa he had very much surprised that he died." A heated argument preceded the battle, according to Kelly'a story, in the enure of which Kelly told Raymond Fe (CeeUaesd ea (deltas !! s the central region, Canadian National railways. The dead are reported to be Engineer Peavy, Fireman 8. Courier, U G. Wilkin, a stockman, and three others, also believed to be stockmen. The engine'' tender turned ever and fifteen cars left the track. The cause of the derailment Is not known. his wife, farmer, Anna May, 40, with a shotgun, then turned the gun on himself today. He is not expected to live. The shooting waa In the presence of 14a IJerle. It, a daughter, oldest of four children. The Home had been quarantined six weeke for scarlet fever. Neigh- had been . brooding bora said over financial mailer a Fnl-H'i- ROME. 1J (AP). Thirty April Imprisonment, the maximum waa asked for the penalty,, today prosecution against Tito Zanlboni, former socialist deputy, and General l,ulgl Capello, accused of conspiring sgslnat th life of Premier Mussolini and plotting an Insurrection against the fascist state. Bumming up th rase of th prosecution before the military trlbsnal. Attorney General Keeeda declared that Zanlboni. who startled tbe courtroom' Ut week by celling Premier WASTflNOTON, April J fAP A petition for termination of the reMkeeoltnl en impoeter and declaring his hatred for faeclsm. was g ulltr of ceivership for th Klk Hills. Calif., bomlcld." attempted insurrection naval oil reserves w HI be presented and carylng a rifle. General Capelto Federal Judge MrCormlrk at 1it SAN FR A NT WO. April ) (AP). Anrele on Mar I. It waa announced lo, who has maintained his Inrffoenre a In contrsst wi'.h Znlbonl's defiant in FearVg he would "flunk" today by Owen J. Riert. . governM. of guilt, tne at'nrney en-erFitadmliwlen ment counsel In te- ell fharles examination, phTlc t or a sell. asserted, was guilty of complicity Th reeerv. whlrh w mrrity freah-msAlInsurrection and In an leaaed to Kdwsrd I fwhenvonrrill)r two student, drank attempted by kind of poison at hi home here "necary" complicity in homk-l- l bert B. Fall, former tnter1rr eerre-tarSoeeda inelated General held U.itaT. has ben la Attorney ! we rubd te the norfL that th court hoiild consider the inre Judre Mccormick held eet hi ool'-i or a wUlo contract waa Irlde, actloa by pbystcuu-.where aeaelnai ion ef iTemier MusaoiiaL as' ksrtng occurred, aiaos red his life. upheld by tne eepreme evart. Determined Man Elk Hills Lease Commits Suicide Petition Set JOffNSTOWTf, Pa.. April It (AP), A man who tried suinde by knife and dynamite accomplished bta purpose in a leap from the fourth floor of Memorial hospital herso wan Mike Valentine. Is, of He Helnhton. Pa , who leaped from the artndow last night, when. It hi thought, h learned that ftajphton official were te take him becfc to that plaj-- e !, i. etshhlng of 'ir the o April 19. slashed Valentine that affray, Ms own throat, and pieced dynamite so rear s stove In hte roowi that hot sabs would faa tipoa the eUcks. opened fight the 132s Republican national convention when firty leading business and professional men met st s luncheon here todav and pledged themselvee to subscribe I?00.000, 'or as much more as Is needed," te defray the expenses of the conclev. A committee of ten was named te attend to details of raising the fund. William H. Crocker, chairman, told the gathering that he received word from New Twk that thst city with-drefrom th contest, lesving !- Jnenver, rtveland and trolt, Chloee-San Francleco In tbe running. gain w a Student Saved. From Poison proae-rutton- Call-fomf- Hi!, rcjr! r. s years' Its prevention wss entlrelv nstside of the will of Zaniboal and his alleged accomplices. Hs also asked th maximum penyear for Angela alty ofonethirty of the alleged conspirators, juatice-twelvwho Is now a fugitive from years and ten months for NlcnJosn snd Iulgl Calllgaro; even for I'll ImiccI, Kso Riva and Eslo Celottt. andr five month for Atigeio Cslliraro. brother ef IjUlgl. who was abeolted of all ehargea except "outraae against the contltnt4 authorities." The attorney general's sddreaa te th court took more ths n four hours. Previous to the prosecution s summation. Alberto Masclolt. a fascist Journalist aad friend of Carlo Quag-l.ZanaSonl'a ertsr-- . cold the court tnt he hd informed fax-ia- t tn Feptemer. rmrty o'flclal of the slleged plot of which be had learned through (Juegli. waa Masclolo While testifying, Quarila. whom Zanlboni ha called a traitor, entered th courtroom and took an obeevr et. H later aahwt permission to speak, but the court refiued bias. I'r-eli- o, Fer-rocc- lo a. l;s Twe-- t Student Pilot Dies in Crash Texas. April 11 (API. Kle leap to safety checked when hi parachute caught In the tail of his pisne. IJetitensnt E. D. Raney. Jr., of Besuford. 8. C. student pilot, fell to bis death when th airplane crashed IB a cotton patch ahout three miles south of Klly field, nesr her, this morning. Raney's crushed body was found beneath the demolished ship. Apparcord on ently he had pulled the rip before be cleared hie parachute )" the falling plane, for the ballooned rhnte wa tugging In th wind ever th twisted wreckage when aid reached the seen. AN ANTONIO. ACTON PAROLED. PKVERI,ET HTI.IJJ, Cat. April Joan Gllhert. film idol. w tP. released 1 Four Counties Swept' by Series of Wind- ' storms; Schools and Towns Suffer Most Bandit Chief Kills Calles Peace Agent Friction. Any Government Place. Na- 41, .Rounds Commerce Secretary Considered Able to. Fill ! 1 fifty-si- at Hinting 'Six Men Dead v in Rail Wreck Brooding Causes THIRTY YEARS IN PRISON Coast City Asks TORONTO. OnU April (AP). Double Killing G.O.P. Convention FOR ZANIBONI DEMANDED Ills men were reported killed In the derailment today of a Canadian tional manifest freight train Kan.. April II (AP). F.IJXIRADO, BY ITALIAN GOVERNMENT 8 AN FRANCISCO. April II (AP). miles west of Hornepayn. according Albert Llerle. wealthy oil man Ran Wrenn, general manager of and to A. her to shot snd klled Frandc0 K. Going esawassaaaaasaw r Tampering With Juror. - . X and Day Heavy With Possibil ities; Defense Charges v L f .. Leader. as Cantonese FIVE CENTS HQOVEH ficially Unseats Chiang (AT). An order permitting appeal of the decision returned January 25 at Butto by Federal Judge George M. Bourquln In the patent Infringement suit brought by the Carton Investment company and John Miller, trustee, against tne Anaconda Copper company was Issued here today by rederal Judge Charles M. Pray. Judge Bourquln In his rerdlct found for the Anaconda company. The order Issued today will enable the Carson company fo take the ease before the United States circuit court of appeals at San Francisco, It was announced. - -- Rail Traffic- - Mont, April IJEIXNA, 1 - RUM BOAT SUNK Washington, April is (ap. Strengtenlng of the farm loan system is being sought by President Cool-ld- c. who e meets soon to name sev eral new members to the farm loan Court Move; Appeal Given in Project. Wild, Threatening Mil New Acres. Million Dollars ions Number off Homeless in Flood Are Increased; IB Carson Wins PAGES Illinois Struck ENDS by Tornado; 40 SLIGHT GOSSIP Dead, Many Hurt ELEVATED TO Increase Capacity 24 WHITE HOUSE Brings Report Columbia Steel in Deal; River kept rooms that are for rent. NO. 6. 115, LEvE ..,-"- well comfortable, si i 7. li Hl. i-- , pro- vide a directory of cozy, MEXICO CTT, April 19 (AT). Refusal of the government to pay him 6000 pesos to surrender today resulted In the breaking off of peace parleys by Vidal bandit chiefTenorio, tain of the state of Vera Cms, and the slaying of Captain Manual Flor Cantn of the federal army, who had gone to ths outlaw's hiding place to conduct ne- Teacher Saves Pupils,; but Loses Life; Damage to Properties and Spring Crops. well-know- gotiations. Tenorio demanded amnesty snd a money bonus for all his men. The murder of the federal emissary caused the military authorities to issue orders to renew .the campaign against the bandit chief and to exterminate his band. SPRINGFIELD, III., April 1 (AP). Tearing a straight Una through six central Illinois counties, a series of tornadoes and line squalls this afternoon brought death to upward of two score persons. Injury to to, others and left scores in a doxen homeless. Uncertainty colored an reports and gave rise to th belief that further reports mav aend l.ha fatality and . , injury fi4rura . higher-ri- or eliminate , .... some names from tbe list of dead. Where damage was heaviest, wires are down and definite reports are available only from those who are penetrating the territory ever d roads by and : horse and wagon. .CQolidge.jHope- .., Anton the communities reporting fatamieswarttf-Carrollton Elgot kitted and twelve ' ful . Nicaragua injured. Buffalo Heart Eight killed. killed. Cornland Three Is Re,ady for Peace, Clinton Thirteen injured. " ' Chestnut Two killed. Hardin One killed. CentervIUe Four killed and eight. WASHINGTON, AprU II. (AP). Injured. Hope of the administration for early Mount Pulaski One killed and six withdrawal of at least a portion of Injured. Wrights Five killed and two the American marines on duty In ' Nicaragua was expressed today at Six killed. the White House. Woodvllle Two killed. ' Kafer One killed. It was said, however, that pacificaren war-torSTARTS AT RIVeR. tion of the republlo The freak storm started at the Mfsi mains the only basis on which withby drawal could be effected, and Presi- slsslppi river and was described bureem officials as a series , dent Coolldge has reached no deci- weather Un from as ef distinguished squalls, sion aa to lust when the troop move ment csn begin. On the basis of a tornado. School ahlldren were among the recent victories bv President Diss's conservative army over the Bacaaa chief sufferers in today's storm. Three Mr. were reported to have been killed or liberals and on private advices Coolldge nevertheless- - ie - optimistic injured wnea the storm wracked rural that the civil war Is approaching aa schools elsewhere, according to fragend. . mentary reports. The storm, for the most part, struck LESS HOPEFUU were small towns of 100 or IM population, Other government quarters descended again on villages and then some less hopeful of the situation, observers pointing out that, even hamlets farther am ay. Desldes the loss of life, heavy propthough armed resistance to the Diss the politi- erty damage waa done,- but the damgovernment is overcome, as a men- age did not approach- th figure of cal turmoil would remain ace likely to revive conflict at any the tornado of two years ago, when time. Potentialities of thst situa- upward of 100 persons were killed is tion. It was contended, might keep the southern part of the state. American troops in that country lor Buildings were wrecked, trees and wire communlcatlona with years. House White ths at was said stricken districts virtually were the It to be the hope of President Coolldge virtually cut off for several hours. that all of the marines might soon - Within an hour after first repofls be withdrawn. In any event, he Is of th loss of life came from the anxious that no necessity srise for storm-swedistrict, relief measures them on duty In Nicaragua were under way. First aid waa ren- - as. keeping for mora than a decade, as waa ths dered by volunteer assistant, who case with the marines landed in 191. penetrated the damaged area from to Complete withdrawal of the troops larger town from twenty-fiv- e Is expected to hinge largely on the seventy-fiv- e miles away. progress made by the president's Red Cross at St. Louis and st . The Henry special envoy to the republic planned to send immediate the former Chicago U Btlmson of New York, where it was most needed. In He is war secretary. Nicaragua help of the Injured were taken to Many now canvaaalng the situation. towns. Jacksonville and other near-b- y MORE FOF1 CHINA. Early reports Indicated that the damShould marines be withdrawn. It age would be more than tl.OOO.soe. XJoctors were sent Into the stricken wea luumid tnai tne iirni 10 so would be those taken from naval ves- area from near-b- y town. In waters sels rushed to Nlcaraguan TEACHER KILLED. advance of the regiment sent later. One of the ' school buildings hit They would then ne avauaoio ior rfiitv In China should reinforcement was at Centerville, three miles southof American forces there be needed. west of Carrollton .where Miss Annie Keller, the teacher, waa killed. Three pupil also were reported dead and a (CoaUsnee os P. Xwe.) (Oelasss rear) f iKir . : LOVE SOUTH tree-stre- water-soake- President That " pt , BANK ROBBERS OBTAIN $40,000 Alaska Timber Sold for Pulp i Littleton, Colorado. Scene of Fast Work; Helena, Mont, Another Victim. WASHINGTON. April 1 (AP) The forest service today awarded th BJS.OOO.eoe of spruce and of feet sale hemlock pulowood on tne ion)tas near Ketchikan. National forest Alaska, to I. snd J. V. JWIerbac of the 7,etlerback Paper corporation of San Francisco. Colo.. April 1 (AP). After forcing President Bam Fra iler, the cashier, assistant cashier nd two bookkeepers of the First National-banto lie on the floor tinder penalty of death, two men 10.ftO of in cash bank the robbed and tjn.no. n unregistered Liberty In fled aa au robbers bonds. The tomobile and were tnougnt to nave of Denver, started In the direction ten miles north. So quietly ota tne rooners wore !. the Ksnlr AiA auwtMa lullln not knew f the robbery until after hsd released persons the Imprisoned themeslves from the vsult snd spread believed Is thst the It the alarm. men hsd been watching the bank for oecause tneir some i time, emri,r u. . t n mvniA molestation on the part of customers. Hsd they entered a few minutes before, they would have found several customers ' In-- th building Because of the speed with which the the rolbers worked snd du towere lack of commotion, th police without snr trsc Of the men of the car In which they eecaped. HELENA. Won- t- April T (AP A robber held up the Kset Helena 4MS In cur. (state bank today, too reacy and escaped after lv king two bank employee In the vault. New Plane Shipped T.ITTIJSTON'. , AT CAPITAL. ITALIAN AVIATOS) , AwU 1 WASHINGTON-d 1'ioedo. Commander flier, Italv s famous snd In arrived Washington 1'Xlsy (P f?rnrm met st th Crltm station on parole from the rlty tire lial.an tnhiw staff, a and Ambassador d Vartlno. trrftar after having spent night a day In a rati In which he had t-- b sir denarttneot waa dised serve ten te by Brradr tjeneral sentenced daye lut of lb army aistanl turbing the peace. )i cbt for Italian FUtr .... i.ril 1- I A PI Ths irrni ji the vr.,1v'. Italian aviation It. Marl Santa service plane wnicn win Fram-escrepiac ire da one used by Commander and Plnedo on his transatlantic flight In Art. fir. - K, V acciaenis.ii? " sona, was loaded eboard the steam ne snip win au ship DiUlle tooay. for New York tomorrow morning. - '...n. 1 T TTAH will build U about miles of new road this year, it is re- ported by the bureau of public roads. About ninety miles of this distance will be of the gravel, the en. headed by sand-claymr-UaTo fry n represent-- air service. 100 , improved or ma- cadam, type. |