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Evctusivc 8k ix Ticisinr rir tniriit, "yn loonw korominf uMtUad 3, sun. 4 Zut kouri cndinr 1 m. to dtu Ketwl IU United ComoYuJated Press Association VOL. CXII THREE CENTS SUNDAY, TEN CENTS OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, 1930 52 PAGES NO. 2 jOCDIXIIl CMON 4 I POLICE- CHIEF New Year's Drinks Kill OneWoman, our en Knew Too Much? After investigating circumstances of the "suicide" of MRS.

CORA MEAD in Santa Cruz for many months, a private detective declared today she had been murdered by a bootleg ring because she "knew too much." FIVE LISTED FORGOVERNOB FIB IE.DESI BOYED: miBTIER! Leakage, in Industrial Alcohol Hit By Probers Permit System Slated for Airing as Borah Sees Siens of Scandal. ii- nurin nmr I lUjUlil Hp BOMBED; THIRD PLOT FAILS Fiend Sprays Gasoline on East Oakland 'Structure in New Outbreak of TerroY Reign. LOSS ESTIMATED AT $400,000 A mysterious fire fiend whose torch caueefl" destruction of the Fremont In gli 'school and threatened the razing of L.ockwood junior high school last night, failed today in a plot to burn the Highland elementary school at Eiglily-fourth avenue and A street. All these schools are in Ea6t pyromaniac's latest attempt fell short of iu purpose by a narrow margin. Gasoline was spread about the outer walls of the Highland school, about six feet from the ground, and ignited.

The flames burned for only a brief however, dying out with only sight damage to the structure. BelieT that the firebug is working with the aid of an accomplice arose when Mrs. Mary Silveira, 1311 Eighty-fifth avenue, who discovered the Highland school fire, reported to police that she 'saw two rten flee in an automobile as the flames broke, out early this morning Superintendent Tillard E. Givens informed of the newest at- a if 1 I a police guard for churches in Solano, Lake, Sonoma and Napa counties has shifted his activities to Oakland and started the three school blares. A blackened mound of smoldering wreckage testifies today to the thoroughness with which the fire-bug applied the torch at the $400,000 Fremont high school, Forty-seventh avenue and Foothill boulevard.

1 Gasoline Bomb Hurled Into School Shoots Wall of Fire "While all fire apparatus sped to the scene in answer to eight alarms, the same pyromaniec drove up to the Lock wood school, East Fourteenth street and Sixty-eighth avenue, all Oakland schools. Authorities! at $100,000. The first unit of CITr ACTS TO OUST KEY INN and hurled a gasoline bomb against its exterior. The bomb exploded and shot a wall of fire along the surface of 4he school. As the incendiary jumped back into his car, F.

Freltas, gait Leandro fireman who was visiting in the neighborhood, gave chase, but failed to overtake the fugitive. The Lock wood fire was controlled with small damage. Three firemen were injured combating the Fremont blaze; Tbey are: MANUEL MADERIOUS, to Bay avenue, cuts and severe burns. HENRY DEL.FIELD, 3036 Montana street, burns and lacer-ations. T.

BERT SMITH, 1202 Fifty-first avenue, burns and lacerations. Loss of tho Fremont school building and equipment was esti Reopening of Cora Mead Mystery Suicide of One -Year Ago; Will Startle Santa Cruz, Say Probers Certain Officials to Face Charges 1 of Intrigue ami Graft Linked to Gan Operations, Sleuth Charges SANTA CRUZ; Jan. 2. The reopening of the year-old Cora Mead death mystery, with attendant charge of graft' and Intrigue that will rock the county are promised by Deputy Constable A. J.

Meagher, a private detective, who for the lat month has been In Simta Cruz. Meagher today will place evidence before District Attorney W. Gardiner, he says, that Mrs. Mead was not a suicide aa was determined by authorities investigating the case at the time, but was killed by hired gunmen because she "knew too much" about the ramifications of an alleged Ban Francisco-Santa Cru rum ring. This ring is alleged to be the source of a considerable supply of wine and Illicit that flew to resorts of the county.

Gardiner immediately declared he would reopen the investigation Into should STcfcgher proviuo -mrta any eVI-" dence that she was slain, WOMAN MURDERED, -ASSERTS OFFICIAL Meagher refused to go Into details concerning the eildcnce which he oJolmH to have uncovered but lie declared that "1 and Ivjo cspcrt criminologists Imc established del lull proof tim Mrs. Mead was killed. I to lay my evidence before li? trlct Attorney tiardner and If he refuses to re-open the case I shn.l carry it lo the grand jury." The death of Mrs. Mead causr.l a sensation here when her Ueail body was found in a ranch home on the outskirts of the city In cp-tember. 192 8.

She had been sl.t through the head. Subsequent investigation disclosed that she the wife of a wealthy Chicago bicycle manufacturer, had elopd with I Thornewlll, then a member cf the Canadian Northwest Mounted and had been living MV Thornewlll as man and wife orA several prior to her death. PKATH finally held CASE Ol SUICIDE Mystery shrouded 'the float which wa finally officially deelar-ed a suicide, it being alleged thnt the woman killed herseir In mirh a manner a to Involve Thornewlll. ft vaB declared that Jealousy wan the motive fqr her act. Thornewlll was taken into custody after it Vaa learned that he had been at iht Mead home shortly before her death, tie admitted calling upon her -and declared that he had broken with the woman some time previous and had refused her entreaties to return" to heiv On the night of the murder a telephone operator heard Mri.

Mead scream over the -phone "Help, he's killing me." When the body was discovered there, were several strands of. hair found clutched in her finger. Analysis disclosed that these did not match Thornewlll' hair, it wa declared by authorities. OAKLAND RELATIVE DEMANDS INQUIRY With the closing of the Invest Sjru-tlon demands were made on the attorney-general to conduct a further quiz. These came from Donald Pearson, 1118 Clarendon Oakland, son-in-law of ti dead woman.

This phase of case was subsequently dropped. Dlacusslng the case lat ni. 1 Meagher declared that "cert.nn high officials of Santa county 'are involved in evidem regarding this murder. I prrN to show that the Investigation "i the killing was dropied bci iiu -Its ramification reached Into i inner circles. Vital evidence a- withheld from tho coroner' Jurv that returned a verdict of drat i at the hands of a person unknown." Meagher is understood to l-n discovered important cl'ies In ter written by Mrs.

Mead I Thornewlll. Shortly after th'i -dcr federal agents visited r. Crus and it was understood si time that the visit resulted the letters befing shown to States Attorney yleorgo i tho letters being shown to I. contained exprestlons f-tha part of the woman life was in danger be'-cise knowledge of the an. Francisco-Santa bo and Its activities and LAST TWO MONTH'S COVERED BV INQUKY The investigation of was in the hands of Sinnott and Sianford t-that time district alter'-' resigned about a nicti announcement tion.

It liia.ie while Kn.it a. -The official In ere aient to sorrow that tH he' ra. t. 1 HALL DRIVE Marshall Opposed to Attorney Warren's Plans to' Stamp Out 'Cjosed' Type of Resort Prosecutor, However, Plans to Submit Question to Grand Jury and That Body Prepares for Probe District Attorney Earl Warren's drive against the "closed" type of dance hall In Alameda county today stirred the opposition of Police Chief Donald Marshall of Oakland, who Indicated that he Is -all In accord, with the dls-trlct attorney's belief that such places of entertainment should be put out of business. "If these dance halls were closed, more than J00.

people, including musicians, dancers and other mifloyees, would be 'pur-out of work," said Chief Marshall. "I have no desire to see that many people lose their Jobs In the winter time. Just because there-are some people who dgp't Ibelleve. In dancing." DISTRICT ATTORNEY ISSUES ULTIMATUM. Apprised of Marshall's attitude.

Warren issued the following ultimatum: "If the city otriclals and the pollce ehlef -refuse cooperation In the closing- of such dance halls, I Mill (iMvenc the grand Jury lu special session early next nud place the entire situation before It." -Without comment, the city council, acting on recommendation, today revoked the permit of John Ken II, operator of the Maryland dance hall, who was convicted of violating the child labor law s. Warren, in a statement today, tuado a plea to pirate- opinion against ditice halls. OTtt the-a roused opposition of the h.aid, can shut down uch such places of "Such halls are a relics of the old segregated Warren declared. "Innocent girls are lured there and subjected to-bad influence. "There lias been a recent et- panslon of the activities of tho closed dance halls In Alameda, county, particularly In Oakland," Warren said.

"Now in the time to determine whether or not, we are to lt by and let this situation groW or whether we are going to take Immediate steps to stamp It out." GRAND JURY TO CONDUCT I'ROHE. After further conferences with Warren, Frank Lea vltt, foreman of the grand Jury, announced today that his body will make a thorough investigation of the dance hall question. To this end Warren announced that women -operative of his office are now gathering evidence and making reports on the manner in which such establishments are conducted. Warren detailed the efforts or other Alameda county cities to keep out such dame halls, telling how one was cloBea in aiiiohj and of the. passage of an ordinance prohibiting Buch places there in the future, and also of a raid conducted by his men ad Alameda police on a similar place in the Island City Jaat Saturday night.

Berkeley, Warren pointed put, has never permitted such a hall to spring up within its city limits. The board of supervisors, acting nn his advice, has blocked several attempts to gain permits for such places in unincorporated areas oi the county. Warren stated. written a letter to Chief Marshall asking that license for elosed dance halls not be re newed until a thorough Investigation has been made. "I am under the impression that such license are granted from year to yeaT, in which case are In a strategic position Just at present, Warren pointed out, 4 marsValis opinion IS AT Marshalr.

however. Is quite at variance with thawof tne district The police chief holds that the dance halt licenses do not expire January l. but con tinue Indefinitely. They may be terminated at any time by resolution of the city council, Marshall said. "This dance business to not and never lias been a police Marshall added.

"We have never had and trouble Willi them. The first trouble to come out of such place was In the arrest of John Read, operator of the Maryland, for violating; the child labor law. Such place arc under the supervision of rompe-tent women who do all In their power to safeguard the interests of the girl employees. "Because one man made a mistake and had his license revoked, why punish everyone In the business? A soon as 1 receive "A legitimate complaint against any dance hall. I will immediately recommend to the rtly council that It license be There" are only five halls of this type in Oakland.

Marshall said. Reali't. whose license was revoked Tuesday, made a sUth. Earthquake Felt At Points in CIMe SANTIAGO, Jan. 2.

Fantlao and other points in the republic felt a brief i 4:50 p. m. day. New York Hospitals Treat 79 Victims of Alcoholism. BV ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIBE TO IEJBDNE NEW TORK, Jan.

2. Liquor was blamed by hospital physicians today for the death of one woman and four men aa an aftermath of the New Tear's celebration here. Hospitals treated 79 cases of tl holism. The bodies of the woman and one of the men found by police on Brooklyn streets. An" autopsy was ordered inthe case of a man who died In his home to-determine whether he had been killed by poison liquor.

One other died at home and the fourth -man succumbed at Bellevuo hospital. The number of persons admitted to hospitals suferlng from effects of over-indulge-nce In alcoholic beverages was 28 more' than were treated a year ago and 41 'more than New year's 928. Si of the 35 cases at Bellevuo were pronounced acute. One man was in a state of coma and. physicians 'feald his condition was critical.

On of the acute cases was a 20-year-nld girl taken from a night club. Police officials said the New Tear's eve crowds were more dls-" Orderly, destructive of property and harder "to handle than ever before. Hotels, restaurants, and night clubs said business had been at capacity volume. In many places the celebration continued until aft e.c, da No records of arrests for drunkenness were tabulated but police estimated the number was light, Only eight cases of disorderly conduct were on the docket In Tombs court whore City Magis trate Adolph Stern tald the' list was the shorest he -uld remember for New Year's Day. GALES SWEEP Windows Shattered, Trees' Blown Down, Power and Phone Lines Wrecked.

Windows were shattered. trees uprooted and power and telephone lines wrecked early todny when gales swept the Knstbay district. Numerous sign were blown down thrwiKhout Oakland. Berkeley, and Alameda and the police and fire departments were nwamn- 1 wJVZZ of and telephone company escapeq perieus namnge, largely, according to shipping men. because many yachts and power boats have been taken out of the water for winter.

The gale Interfered with air traffic and the mail plane from fcalt Lake City, due In the Enstbay at this mornlnsr, was unreported. It waa believed the pilot had" made a landing to escape the gale. The wind at the Oakland airport reached velocity of SS mUea an hour, according to officials there. Damage was heaviest In Berke ley. Windows were shattered in store at 222S -Telegraph avenue.

2430 Bancroft way, 2308 Te.ograph venue, and on Bhattuck square In the business district. A large tree was uprooted at Russell street, and Claremont av -nue, and tore away electric power lines as It fell. A power pole At Shattuck avenue and Ij-nnclsco street was snapped and felrlnto the street, carrying load of wires with It. Numerous other Instances of lesser importance) also were reported to police. were broken from trees In various sections of Oakland and Alameda, and considerable minor flSB a iso wss reported.

Hines, Hoovet Talk Merger of Bureaus WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. OP) Details of the proposed consolidation of all governmental agencies dealing with war veterans were -discussed with President Hoover today by Director Hines of the 'veterans bureau, General Hines is scheduled to appear before the expenditures committee of the house next week to discuss the recommendations made by President. Hoover In his message to congress concerning the placing of tho veterans' bureau, the pension bureau, and other veteran activities under one directing head. Hit and Run Driver Kills Portland Man PORTLAND, Jam, 2.

OPV Witnesses, who tailed to obtain the liceiwe number of the automobile which last night fatally Injured Herman Brandt, sixty, a nigbt watchman, told police the driver, a- woman and a boy. got out of their machine after the accident. The driver atralghtened a headlight while the boy walked back to view the body. The woman, witness declared. Etrove to sliene the boy when he returned to the automobile shouting that the vlrtim was dead.

The driven then told the woman and boy to gt into the car and drove away, poiks were told. mated by Superintendent Givens and Sailing to Be Candidates for Chief Executive of the State at Next Election With Sen. Johnson's Depart ure for Washington Lines- Definitely, Formed With IncumbcntStahdard Bearer By ANTHOXV'MOrrORET Fltts, Riley, Kolph, Sail-ins take jour choice! The fateful first of the year, devoid of any further formal announcements of candidacies, finds five aspirants for Governor of California either in the race or ready to'jump In. of the last' few months are gradually clearing away, and the state political situation is beginning to take form. The atmosphere surrounding the state administration plans Is seen to have clarified with Senator' Hiram Y.

Johnson's departure for Washington tonight after a fortnight' holiday -sojourn at home, during which he is credited with having given the 1930 campaign prospects some attention. iw YOUNG IN HACK; CAUNAJIAN NOT "A resume of the political set-up nn it stood today, was to bo found tn-aerara'rut'taidtZMntsr I Tho question of Governor C. C. Young's withdrawal from the race lit favor of Lieutenant-Governor II. I C'niiiiilmn of Los Angeles Is iTorted to liav- boon definitely 1 sprMMl ol duniiu Johnson's stay in San I laiii lnco.

Younsf will again run for Governor. Carnnltan ulll not. 2 Formal announcement of the candidacy of District Attorney Mimm II. Kills of lios Angeles to bo made early next vtcek. fteecptlon to Major James Ilolph Jr.

or San FraiiclM'o at Pasadena Tournament of Hoses seen ns NtrenRllieiilna- likelihood of his entering fie gubernatorial race. 4-rConlroller Ttay L. Ttllej- Marts forth on first campaign tour throw. horllicm end of stntc. fjIKRft FORMKII AS johnnon vvitn Johnson's departure for Washington, (be administration lines are seen to be definitely formed, with Young again as tho sianaard-bearer.

From tho'confer ences nnd political discussions of me last fortnight has leaked out a story that some of the Johnson chleflnlns saw strategy demanding pouuiern California candidate to lane ina Hggresslve for the administration the home grounds of I'Hts in Los Angeles county, A boom for- Carnahan with administration circles gained some Friends of Carnahan ereahnl the impression that the lieutenant-governor was not averse to assuming the burden of leadership. stood in tho of the substitution, the little birdies whisper, was the objection of the Incumbent, credited with a desire to go before tho people in defense of hi 'administration, and confident of winning. Administration calculations, like those In other eampa, are sold to have (riven much weight to the heavy registration of voters to be expected Ana-elea county. With, an Angeleno leading the administration forces, fcuch as f'rn. ban.

Fills would bo deprived of the advantage the heavy Los Angles vote now appears to give him. KOUTHEHN CALIFORNIA It VISION KXI'ECTKI However, those favoring Young as the candidate, see a picture of Southern California divided between Fitts and Tilley, There Is also Cole Sailing of Los Angeles, an avowed candidate. But Fitts and Kiley wWtf hr peeled to kill each othcfff in votes, the benefit of Young, who lias dispensed some choice state appointments south of the Tehachapl that will bear fruit on election day. The probable candidacy of Mayor Rolph would upset some of these calculations. Administration esti mates are understood to put San Francisco and Alameda county definitely In the Young column when the primary votes counted.

With Rolph in the race, it would be a different story. In Los Angeles the nolltical tros- sH anent Senator Johnson atti tude toward the coming stateMm-paign has It that he is Iooklne be yond 1930. and sees In the background the 1932 presidential prim ary. Jt Is even being said that a movement may be started to nut an anU-Hoover ticket In the eon- teat ror delegates to the Republican national convention two years hence, with the hoDe of bavin? California repudiate the President and endorse -Johnson's policy of opposition. MAT BK IN REAL DILEMMA Because of this, there is found reason for believing the 1930 gub ernatorial race, develop into a uaine Detween Hoover and John son forces, leaving Governor Toung In the dilemma of having to repudiate one or the other.

Riley started out this morntnir nn his first campaign tour through the northern end of the state. He will pend the ne-t few (lavs In the Pacramento Valley, maklrg contact with supporters who will attempt to launch county By FRANCIS M. STEPHENSON. Associated Pres Staff Writer, AVA'SH IPfQTOX, Jan. S.

Industrial alcohol leaks are regarded by President- Hoover's law enforcement cominlsision and congressional dry leaders as prohibition's most difficult problem. Out of the whirl of holiday discussion and controversy among the di-J-s rhlsr fact has been agreed on by nil factions. The law enforcement commission has set Itself to Inquiring into the situation, but the preliminary report of the commission to congress will not touch on, It. Described by Senator Borah of Idaho as a the administration of the permit system whereby Industrial alcohol is distributed to business, is due for a thorough investigation and already rumors of grave disclosures In this Inquiry have been heard. Senator Jones of WaaMjtton, administration spokesmanVor the drys, said in a statement last night after several conferences with members of the law enforcement commission: "All seem to view the Industrial alcohol situation as the most difficult one lo solve properly, as well as one of the most Important phases of prohibition ICoeeement.

In working this out the com mission should shield Nio Individ nul and no line of Senator-Capper of Kanaasj an-other. Republican dry leader also has called for a thorough investigation of the industrial alcohol system and there Is every Indication that President Hoover shares In tho view that this problem Is one demanding an overhauling. Supervisors Debate Making Purchase of Liquor a Crime'. The Alameda county, board of supervisors. through statements made In formal meeting by Ita members todny, Indlcnted that it will give serious consideration to tho passngo of an ordinance mnk Ing ihep urchane of liquor In this county a tjur an ordinance was proposed by Hupervlsor Redmond C.

Btsnts of Rerkeley, nnd his auggesfion met wtlh the Immediate approval of Supervisor Chnrlea The matter was slated Hoeonie up again atthjp noxt board Slants brought forth IjIh Idea. Willi larlling--nddcniies during a discussion of a proposed ordl-uanee prohibiting the sale of alcoholic bitters and wine tonics In iinlnelrpornted areas of the county. Vlf we're going to have li'iunr laws at all. I'll vote for an ordinance making it a crime to bu liquor, as well as to sell lt," he "That's right," Heyer chimed In. "Then maybe we could bring the whole prohibition question to a head and find some solution for If." The liquor -problem engrossed tliCj supervisors after receipt of an'oplnlon from District Attorney Karl Warren, slating that the.

hoard lias iower to pass an ordl-. nance prohibiting the sale of bitters and wine tonic. V- The opinion had been asked for by the board at the instigation of Helen Swett Artleda of the Public Welfare league, who some time ago addressed a letter to the supervisors calling attention to the alleged sale of highly intoxicating "tonics" In eoft drink: parlors. Airs. Artleda asked that sale of such tonics be prohibited.

Chicago Dry Starts Drive in Copenhagen ny SVKN TIIGE By Special Cable Dispatch Jan. 2. Max Henlus of Chicago, who has been making a dry propaganda tour, started a campaign here, today against the so-called American bars, which haye been developing rapidly in Scandinavian countries recently. His campaign is based on the theory that evils are. following in the wake of the establishment of saloons In the former American style.

(Copvriiht. 1930. for Tb I. S.f Britain Sign Border Line Pact WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.

Secretary Stlmson and Sir Esme Howard, the British ambassador, today signed a convention between the United States and Great Britain limiting definitely the boundary line between the Philippine archi pelago and the state of North Bor tieo, amous Wagnerian Opera Singer Dead BERLIN. Jan. VP) Therese Malten. "4, famous Wagnerian opera Binder and a member of the fomner Roal Saon Opera houe. died at Ureerlen today.

After her debut in I 7 3 she was principal fopmna st Dresden for thlrt" years played, in London, Berlin Vienna, COW MET ON RUM BUYERS the plant was built in 1907 at a cost of the second in 1912, costing $98,000, and the third in 1922, for $60,000. Equip-1 ment, including typewriters, adding machines and h'Et i tnnHnrx -i i mi 11 brests In light, power and was valued at 590,000, Givens said. Insurance will practically communication lines. cover the loss, it was declared, Small craft alone 1 tle Kntuary Superintendent Calls Meeting -On Housing of Students Confronted by a serious housing which run be solved before Monday, when the new term begins, Superintendent Givens early today called a conference of his council to arrange for transfer of students to other schools. -Jake Sbifflet, operator for Engine 18, located near the Fremont school, discovered the fire when he stepped outside the for a moment shortly before, 7 o'clock, last night.

The. entire school plant was an inferno before the first streams of water could be brought into play. As the crew of Engine 18 swung out to combat the fire, eight still alarms, were flashed into headquarters at central station by excited householders whose homes were being deluged with flaming cinders. The blaze was roaring skyward from three separate portions of the school upon its discovery. Two wings of the building and the section above the front door were already, crumbling as the fire fighters arrived.

i Fire Chief William Lutkey sounded a general call that brought 12 companies to the scene. Speeding to the high school, the chief was within five blocks of the burning structure when at Forty-second avenue and Foothill boulevard his car was wrecked in collision with the automobile of Rigby Ough, 1810 Sixth avenue. Ordinance to Condemn Grand Extension Strip The doom of the old Key Route Inn was finally sealed today, the city council adopted a resolution rMrectlng the elty attorney to prepare ti ordinance of, to acquire the property for the opening and extending of Grand avenue from Broadway to Tele graph 'avenue, a project which i estimated to cost 1900.000 to 11,000,000. AH pfotegt were overruled, i The 'council previously had adopted an ordinance declaring its Intention to cut the street through, and defining tho assessment district which would pay for the project. Today was the official protest day.

Many faction of property owner had held consultations with each other and with city of fit-In Is. and W. II. L. Jfync(s representing one large group.

Informed the council today that he was no longer dissatisfied with the assessments. The next thing, according to city officials, will be a resolution starting condemnation, which, begin actuaC court action. The Valuo of the property IJI be-appraised by the courts. After theVverdlct, the street can be widened. largest protest )s brought in today against the project by the Key System TransU Company, whose letter wa readf by title, but not in, Jt was then filed.

Tho Key, System said It was willing to deed atrip of IU property It right or way the city and lo relay ha tracks with- out cost, provided that tho central strip, about fifty feet wide, remain In 1 possession of the company, and provided Oiat the company be relieved of any assessment In respect to tho proposed street City official ald that this would mean that the city Could only half of iu proposed 100-foot itreet. Tho Key System' letter was filed without comment. The one-block opening and all.offlclals assert, mean that a new traffic artery Is opened for business to lloiar east and west along central Oakla'nd. or from the western water tipi tfe th hills, via Twenty-second street- and Grand Town Asks Clemency For Jailed Officials MLTXAX, Jan. I.

Un This amall mining community, bereft' of major officials because the federal government sent them to prison for conspiring to violate national lani. move, today to s-k presi Jen tial elemf-nry tV-r yiyor Arthur J. Haxwot'd, te co and others. Led bv .1. i j.

Of the I a -trcun (( r.fi iy f'rr- Ough was turned over to a policeman and taken to the city jail while Lutkey finished the run in a citizen's automobile. "It was all fire when wc got there," the chief declared. The flames belched forth simultaneously on the ground floor at two (Continued on Page 16, Col. 1.) Tribune's Special Section Tells Major Events of the Past Year QTOCK taking of the bid year is an entertaining process at this time, and an instructive one. It was a year of many forward' and few retrograde movements.

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