Transportation experts announced
tonight that during the two days of
operaition busses have handled about
75.000 of the 125,000 passengers for
merly carried daily by the fraction
company.
MAYO MAY BE NAMED
Rochester, Minn., Physician May Be
Brought Out For President
ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 2.—“Dr.
Charles II. Mayo of Rochester, Minn.,
may be brought out ns a candidate for
the democratic nomination for Presi
eratic circles in St. Paul,” the St. Paul
Press will say tomorrow.
"The Proposal has not been broached
to Dr. Mayo, and is not taken seriously
by Minnesota democrats at this stage
of the pre-convention campaign,” the
paper will say, adding that “two demo
crats from New York state visited Min
nesota last week to ‘sound out’ the
Mayo candidacy.”
DEATH PENALTY FOR ARSON
German Bill Would Halt Night Raids
BERLIN, Feb. 22.—A bill making
arson punishable by death will be in
troduced in the Reichstag at its next
session the middle of this month. Its
sponsors believe that extreme measures
lire necessary to aid in Conserving the
food supply, which recently lias suf
fered by night raids in agricultural dis
tricts, barns, haystacks, grain and cat
tle sheds being burned.
Hemp c*'n be produced only in the
tropical regions that are exceptionally
In Nation
warm and moist
Blue Knocks Out Schafer
WATERLOO, la., Feb. 2.—Ean Blue,
Minneapolis, scored a knockout over
Jack Schafer of Omaha In the second
round of a scheduled ten-round bout
here last night. The two men are mld
dleweights.
