Administrative Code Favored.
The Olympia—(A. P.)—The gross cost of government operation under 18 months of the civil administrative code, was about $90,000 in excess of the same cost for the preceding period, a special house committee to investigate the code, reported today. However, the committee declares, the increased cost was justified because of the natural increase in business in existing functions and appropriations, and for other functions which act as legislative mandate on the administrative officers.
Washington—(A. P.)—The joint committee on the naval ship owners for vessels requested by the American government during the war, passed the house today and now goes to the senate. Forty bodies recovered at Dawson, Dawson, N. M.—(A. P.)—A raging blizzard, which began shortly after 8 a.m., drove everyone except the rescue workers and repairers from this tunnel entrance to the Phelps Dodge mine where 122 men were entombed by the explosion last Thursday. Forty bodies had been recovered this morning, according to the company's official figures. Two of the men escaped uninjured.
Officers Killed in Plane Crash
San Antonio, Texas—(A. P.)—Lieutenant Harry K. Martin and Sergeant Walter F. Grodecki were instantly killed at Kelly field today, when their ship crashed to earth and burned. The plane was flying over a rifle target when it suddenly crashed into the plane.  Nosed down.
X-Ray Discoverer Dead.
Berlin—(A. P.)—Professor William Conrad Roentgen, discoverer of the Roentgen rays,
X-rays, is dead at Munice.
Total List of Dead 34. 