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a "ti*-.' %a News Nuggets Ma Illinois ^ Springfield. -- Legalising ten-round •Soxing bouts in Illinois; a bill (or the Establishment of a state constabulary; fci abolish the state-wide primary election law; to abolish the state utilities iQommission; minor amendments to the v itate^aatomobile law; nn appropriation for the study of plant disease in Illinois; a housing bill in conformity With recommendations to be made by |l>e state housing commission; legislation intended to hit the "rent hogs." flfhese are among the important billSf Which are expected to be offered to -She Illinois general assembly, when It . ®pnvenes here next month. The •snal large number of measures are to _ fee tossed into the hopper after the house is organized by the election of a ||>eaker. Springfield.--Lest we tenet, nearly djOOO "buddies" are ftol^F to Spend Christmas day in hospitals of the state. Jfc the yuletide spirit going to be lackto? to those disabled soldiers, who will fee unable to enjoy the festivities abou* tlie fireside at home? Are the people mt Illinois going back on their buddies, who sacrificed much for them? These are the questions which \V. R. Mc- Ghuter. state commander of the American Legion. Is asking in a last apyt* nl for subscriptions to the $50,000 Christmas fund. Reports to state headquarters show that a very meager part of the fund has been subscribed, and but a few days are left to contribute. Vandalla. -- Commissioners of the Ok aw valley outlet drainage district , ffeve completed plans for straightening the channel of the Kaskaskia rir- ' er through Fayette county in order to reclaim 70,000 acres of land now |fhlueless except for hunting purposes. Ihie river, by reason of a succession of Curves and bends, is 100 miles In length through this county. By the pans decided upon, the course will be «tralght, shortening the length by 47 %hlles. Not more than half of the present channel Is to be utilized. The expense. about $500,000, will be borne by pie property owners. ;• -t Urbana.--A quarter million dollars §as been added to the wealth of 800 ^airymen of Illinois, who have been members of cow testing associations during the last three years, according to the members of the dairy de- < partment at the University of Illinois. Each of 35 associations is composed Of approximately 26 dairy farmers. Who own' In the neighborhood of 300 ; to 500 cows. The dairymen join these io-operative associations In order to Bave feed records and milk records kept on each of their cows. r Springfield. -- Recommendations to the next general assembly for repairs and improvements on the $300,000,000 worth of buildings owned by the state. * and for the construction of new buildings, will be based upon a careful survey of the properties. This survey has been In progress for several months, . land the reports of the engineers and architects who made it are now in the jhands of the department of finance ' land are being used in making op the new budget. Bockford.--Court action was start* td toward winding up of the affairs of . jthe Farmers' Co-operative Packing , company, which owns a packing plant Just south of Rockford. Attorney Wlllliam D. Knight was appointed receiver. The corporation was organized with a capital stock of $400,000, of which $310,000 is said to bave been paid "in. ;The stockholders run into the hundreds and are scattered all over Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa, Springfield.--In keeping with the time-honored custom, the inauguration of Governor-elect Len Small of Kan- ' kakee and other state officials will be held In representatives' hall at the state house. The ceremonies will be simple. The proposed Inaugural ball has been forgotten, and on the evening of January 10, which is the tentative date set, Mr. and Mrs. Small will receive at the executive mansion. Lovington.--Dr. John D. Donovan who Is dead here, aged eight-four, had the unique distinction of being the fa ther of ten children, eight of whom adopted the same profession as their father. It is believed that the United , States contains no parallel case. Doc tor Donovan commenced the practice Of medicine in 1860, and ranked with the leading physicians of the state Indianapolis, Ind.--Further lnvestl Pat ion of the soft coal conspiracy cases against 125 operators and miners In Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and western Pennsylvania, brought under the Lever food control act, will bt made by the federal grand Jury now % session here regardless of whether the act Is repealed, It was declared by District Attorney Frederick Van Nuys. Mt. Vernon.--The greatest building boom in the history of Mt. Vernon Is going on at present. Approximately a half-million dollars' worth of new buildings are under construction or being completed. Oalva.--Legislation making it possible for towns of 5,000 population or less to employ a city manager will be proposed in the next legislature by State Representative Randolph Boyd of this city, he announces. "Springfield.--Illinois 29 Republican members of the electoral college will meet In Springfield Monday, January 10, to cast their votes for Presidentelect Warren G. Harding. At the same time they will elect one of their ntunber, by lot, personally to deliver • copy of their vote to the president 0t the senate. i East St Louis.--The Bank of Sandoval, a private institution, filed a vclantary petition in bankruptcy here with C. B. Thomas, referee. It listed liabilities of $60,910 and assets aggregating $47,660 against which there Is •n Incumbrance of $13,250. Washington.--The negro population Chicago has increased 65,491 In the last decade and now Is 109,594, the census bureau announced. The percentage of increase was 148.5. The total white population Is 2,589,104, an Increase of 450,047, or 21 per cent, anil all flthtra nnmhorwl JLQQ7 y. Springfield.--Illinois farmers will lose hundreds of thousands of dollars this year In the opinionJV federal and state crop authffities. T#a Midi losses, occasioned by tihe toboggi* slide of prices, at a time when many were hilding their crops for higher prices, probably will hit Illinois harder than most states. •' While the country Is producing the bumper corn crop In history, Illinois falls far below Its record and the per acreage production 1$ from 10 to 15 per cent lower In this state than in others, according to government figures. The state will have a good production in wheat and oats, but the cost of production* being very high, the farmer,claims that the selling price has dwindled to a point where the margin of profit will be smalt or nothing. In this respect, the farmer claims he will sell at a loss on corn, which at present Is quoted around 70 cents, while the cost of production la estimated at about $1 a bushel. Springfield.--The question confronting the Sangamon county board of supervisors i>, who will collect the county's taxes this year? Last year the population of the county was less than 100,000 and the taxes were collected by the county treasurer. The county has no such officer as a township collector, as the legislature abolished this office in counties of less than 100,000 population. Unofficial figures from Washington. D. C.,- give the county's population at 100,262. No township collectors were elected at the last election. so the question may be placed before Attorney General Brundage for his opinion. Springfield.--In spite of the large building program which the state contemplates for next year, the increase in executive appropriations and other necessary expenditures, the state tax rate remains at 40 cents on the $100 valuation, the same as last year. The tax levy boards, consisting of Governor Lowden, State Treasurer Sterling and State Auditor Russell, fixed the rate. From the 40 cents, 16 1-3 cents will be for revenue, or general state purposes; 14% cents for schools; 6 2-3 cents for the University of Illinois, and 2% cents for waterways. Chicago.--The Illinois wool pool, promoted by the Illinois Agricultural association, one of such co-operative pools In 17 states, has been highly successful, according to association officials. Through county farm bureaus In Illinois wool is collected In standard bags and shipped to Chicago where It Is graded and stored in warehouses on a contract basis, the wool remaining the farmers' property. As the market demands, this wool is sold to manufacturers direct, eliminating middle men. There are more than 7,000 fanners in the Illinois pool. Springfield.--A modest appropriation for plant disease survey work In Hllnots will be asked of the Fifty-second general assembly. Dr. Francis W. Shepardson, state director of registration and education, reports. While for many years, according to Doctor Shepardson, attention has been paid to insect pests which cause damage to crops and great financial loss, Illinois has not paid much attention to the fungus growths and other plant diseases which cause financial loss, aggregating millions yearly. Decatur.--Four manufacturers of face brick indicted on a charge o< creating a combination In restraint of trade were fined by Judge F. H. Boggs In the Circuit court $500 and costs each. The four concerns are the Decatur Pressed Brick company, Decatur ; Poston Brick company. Springfield; Hydraulic Pressed Brick company, St. Louis, Mo.; and the Western Brick company, Danville. Springfield.--Thousands of game llsh from the lowlands near Marlssa are to be saved by state fish and game authorities and used to stock the 378- acre reservoir near Benton, in Franklin county, Ralph F. Bradford, chief game and fish warden of Illinois, reports. The fish would perish during the winter months In the shallow waters near Marlssa, according to Mr. Bradford. Chicago.--Charles B. Munday, for* mer vice president of the defunct La- Salle Street Trust and Savings bank, entered Jollet penitentiary to begin serving a three-year sentence for accepting deposits after he knew the bank was insolvent. He traveled to Joliet alone and unguarded. Munday had fought for six years In the courts to avoid going to prison. Kankakee.--The Kankakee Tile and Brick company announced the closing of two plants. A scarcity of orders is said to be given as the reason. About two hundred men are employed. The company announced, however, the payment of a bonus amounting to $6,000 to the men. Springfield.--Governor Lowden reappointed Miss Annie Moore of Moline as a member of the Illinois Teachers' pension and retirement board for a period of three years commencing January 1, 1921. Chicago.--Compulsory personal registration of all voters In the country towns of Cook county, similar to that required in Chicago, Is provided for in a bill to be presented to the next legislature. Rockford.--Winnebago county farmers desire a revision of the state dog tax law, so that the money will be placed in the treasuries of the towns in which it is collected, Instead of going to the county. Decatur.--Refuse from the sewers of Decatur is poisoning the waters In the Sangamon river, and thousands of fish have been killed. The state fish and game department has taken the matter up with Decatur officials, who promise that with the completion of the city's new incinerator plant the nuisance will be abated, Champaign.--Four hundred and twenty-four women have registered in the home economics department of the University of Illinois for the first semester of 1920-1921. Urbana.--The old gray mare tnay come into its own again in city shafts since the advent of 90-cent corn. The theory that the high cost of feeding horses has made the use of farm animals impractical has been exploded by figures just Issued by the farm management bureau at the University of Illinois, which cover a period of five smfc. WSHQffitWWS PRINCE'S tfART Wales Reported Ready to It* nounce Throne to Wed • Commoner. / fi A LOTIJOF rrnACk? i " " , : ' • in"; | ---r ,• t PRINCESS' MAID OF HONOR Lady Jean Mulholland la tha Luoky Girl - A Case of Love at First . Wt, London Rumor . 4 Has It X " London, Dec. 21.--London is excited over the persistent reports that the prince of Wales has fallen madly In love with an Irish girl--Lady Joan Mulholland, Princess Mary's maid of honor--and Is determined to make her his wife despite all the opposition that may be raised. Following his return from Canada, the prince encountered his sister on the street accompanied by Lady Joan, whom he had never met before. > It was a case of love at first sight, report has it, which resulted in an ardent courtship. From then on the future heir to the throne of England was often seen In the company of his sister's charming companion. On his return from his Australian tour the rumor he was to marry Princess Margaret was denied for good and all. Then It became known he had set his heart on Lady Joan. It was even reported he Informed Lloyd George that If a parliamentary act wasn't passed so he could wed a commoner he would renounce his right to the throne. It Is also understood he has informed his family of his Intention, but It Is not known whether he has succeeded In overcoming Queen Mary's opposition to his union with a commoner. Lady Joan Is a beautiful girl and Immensely popular at Buckingham palace. She Is a descendant of the Ulster barons of Dunlelth and Is related to the anils of Stratford, the fighting Byngs, on her mother's side. The report the prince of Wales intends to wed Lady Joan Js generally accepted and meets with popular approval throughout England. tyMILD Y1QU Mltp fw* VOTE FOUR INTO THE LEAGUE Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Finland and Luxemburg Made New Members-- Austria Also In. Geneva, Dec. 18.--Four new nations were made members of the League of Nations by the assembly of the league here. They were Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Finland and Luxembourg. France and Australia abstained from voting when the • admission of Bulgaria was before the assembly for decision. France abstained from voting on the question of admitting Bulgaria to the league. Rene Vivlanl, the head of the French delegation, declared It had no objection to Bulgaria as a member, but preferred not to vote. In view of the incompleteness of the information given it regarding Bulgaria's fitness. Thirty-five states voted affirmatively when the balloting took place, and Australia Joined France In not recording her vote. Geneva. Dec. 18.--Austria was elected a member of the League of Nations by the assembly of the leagpe. The election of Austria was wlt&'out opposition. Thirty-five votes cast In favor of her admission, members were absent and four stained from voting. Tribune FOR TAX ON DEPOSITS Treadway Offers Bill Making Levy of 1-4 of V Per Cent Special Committee of the Houss Apif »lht«d to Consider Relief for Farmers. Washington, Dec. 20.--A tax of onefourth of one per cent on all bank deposits Is proposed In a bill Introduced by Representative Treadway of Massachusetts, a Republican member of the house ways and means committee. Mr. Treadway estimated that such a tax would net a revenue of approximately $1,000,000,000 annually. Discussion of proposed emergency tariff legislation to check Imports and the decline in prices of wheat and wool, with the possibility? of its extension to cover scores of other commodities, was the purpose of a joint conference of members of the senate finance and the house ways and meuj>s committee. ' Although members of the two committees appeared to be divided as to how far the tariff program snould extend, with some advocating the entire wiping out of the free list of the Underwood tariff act, Chairman Fordney of the ways and means committee said be favored rushing through the emergency protection for wheat and wool and a few other commodities and letting other tariff matters go over for further consideration. While the finance committees were considering the question of checking price declines through a tariff embargo, the formation of a policy for dealing with all pending farmer relief legislation was to be undertaken by a special committee appointed by members of the house who banded together for concerted action to aid the farm- U. s. WEEKLY MARKET REPORT PRES. WILSON BUYS HOME SLACKERS GUESTS OF HONOR Conscientious Objectors Dined by* American Civil Liberties Bureau--'1 Called "Bravest of 4|rave» New York, Dec. 18.--Twenty-five conscientious objectors, several of whom served prison terms because of their refusal to bear arms during the war, were "guests of honor" at a dinner given by the American Civil Liberties bureau. Speakers, who Included Scott Nearlng, former professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and Rev. John Haynes Holmes, pastor of the Community church, lauded the objectors as the "bravest of the brave." MANY DIE IN ANDES QUAKE Several Towns Along Argentine Border Destroyed--180 Bodies Hava. Been Recovered,'.. Buenos Aires, Dec. 20.--Earthquake shocks, which Friday afternoon destroyed several towns along the Argentine slope of the Andes mountains, were the most severe experienced Jn this country since 1809, when half the city ot Meudoza was laid in ruins. Upward of 150 bodies have been already tRber from the wrecks of buildings. Score Perish at Sea. Paris, Dec. 21.--The French 'dispatch boat Bar-Le-Duc ran aground near Cape Dora, and It is believed 20 members of her crew were drowned. The ship was lost, according to an Athens dispatch. Pays *100,000 for tha H. P. Fairbanks Reeidence--WUI Live to Washington. \ Washington, Dec. 20.--The purchase for President Wilson of the former home here of Henry P. Fairbanks, 2340 S street Northwest, was announced by R. W. Boiling, the President's brotherin- law. The house* will be the permanent residence of the President after his retirement from office, March 4. Mr. Boiling said the house would pass Into possession of Its new owner February 15 or before. The price paid was not made pub* He, but is reported to have been ltt the neighborhood of $150,000. The bouse was built about four years ago, and Is of colonial brick and limestone. It is surrounded by grounds that take up nearly a square and Is raised well above the street level. Four Americans Among the Dead; Shooting Cause of " Y iutbreak. ST ig., FIVE DIE IN KANAWHA RIVER Ferry Boat Accident at Charleston, W. . , Xju, Results In Deaths of Sev-, eral Passengers. if&ikrteston, W. Va., Dec. 2lt---file number of dead as a result of the Kanawha river ferryboat accident was set at five by county officials. After checking the boat's occupants It was announced that when the ferry capsized the craft was carrying 16 passengers. Eleven have been accounted for. Heavy Export Salea of Wheat and , Trade C<fl^wv, r-j/'q • tlnues Dull. • 1 WBRKT-T MARKSTOfU^lr1' (By U. S. BUREAU OF MARKETS.) Washington, Dec. 20.--Week Ending D«a 17.--GRAIN--The outstanding feature* oi the week"s grain markets have been heavy export sales of wheat and great difficulty In securing cash wheat to fill old sales. On the ISth Great Britain bought in the United States 1,500,000 bv wheat; Italy bought 1,260,000 bu; Spain, 25(1,000 bu. Argentine reports fine crop prospects with yields running above expectation. On the 17th there was a heavj and general buying movement of futures, including wheat, corn and oats. Heavj export business in wheat continues. Cora also bought by exporters on the 17th. Stronger demand for cash wheat in South, west to fill old export sales, and much wheat, going direct from country station! to Gulf ports. Omaha reported exporter! bidding'31e over Chicago March for wheat up to middle of January, Exporters hav« also bought large quantities of rye during the week. Flour trade continues dulL Stocks low; estimated at half of volum* of year ago. Minneapolis reports No. 1 dark northern cash wheat in good demand at 7c to 12c over Minneapolis March; choice Canadian and Montana, 13c to 14< over; No. 2 dark northern, 4c to 8c over. For the week Chicago March wheal gained 6%c, closing at $1.64%; May corn down He, at 71%c; Minneapolis Marcli wheat up 6%c, at $1.59%: Kansas City Uf 7%c, at ll.fiOH; Winnipeg May up 6%c, a1 $1.77%; Chicago December wheat, $1.70' May wheat, $1.58%; December corn, 69^0. HAT--Markets continue weak. No. ] timothy, Chicago, $28; No. 1 prairie, Chicago, $22. DAIRY PRODUCTS - Butter market! have shown further Improvement; present tendency upward. New Tork, G6o; Chicago, 51%c; Philadelphia, 55V4; Boston, 53c. Cheese markets in general Improved somewhat following severe decline of last week, but trading Is still inactive and country markets in Wisconsin not mor* than steady, with prices about where thej were a week ago. Wisconsin primarj points prices average: Twins 21c; Daisies 22c; Double Daisies, 21%c; Young Americas, 23fto; Longhorns, 23c; Square Prints 24c FRUITS AND VEGETABLES--Potatc values continued to decline slowly, Chicago carlot market closing $1.36 to fl.60 Jobbing range in other middle western markets, $1.50 to $1.85; round whites slightly lower in East. Baldwin apples steady: western New York shipping points at $< per brl; Baldwins, Yorks and gTeentngi slow; consuming markets steady, $3.80 U $5. Northwestern extra fancy Wlnesapt unchanged, f. o. b. $2.25 per box. LIVE STOCK AND MEATS-Hog price* at Chicago showed a net decline of (0c per 100 lbs during the past week, averag« cost of packer and shipper droves dropping to $8.97 on the 16th. Cattle also declined heavily. Prices on ail sheep and lambs broke sharply at close ofi.week, extreme declines reaching 92. December 17th Chicago prices: Hogs, bulk of sales, $0-9.20; medium and good beef steers, $7.60- 12.50 butcher cows and heifers, $4.1S-10,25 calves, light and medium weight, $8.10 feeder steers, $6.25-9.00; best fat lambs, $8.75-10.75; yearlings, $8.00; best ewes, 9S- 4.30; feeding latnbs, $8.60-10.00. In the east ern wholesale dressed meat trade prict declines were general under slow demand. Beef declined $1 to $5, better gradet breaking most; veal, steady to $3 Tower; lambs, |1 to $2 lower; mutton steady U H lower; pork unevenly lower. 13 DROWN IN OHIO RIVER 8team Launch Margaret Springe Leak and Sinks In Five Mlnutea Near Augusta, Ky. Augusta, Ky., Dec. 21.--Thirteen persons were drowned in the Ohio River when the United States steam launch Margaret sprang a leak and sank thyee miles below Augusta. Among the drowned were the wife and two children of Maj. H. B. Pittman, in charge of the government dam at Chllo, O. GOV. HARRISON AT Battle Occurred Within the Walled City Between Enlisted Men of the Filipino Constabulary and the/ Manila Poiloe. Manila, Dec. ia--Pour Americans and seven Filipinos were killed here during a riot within the walled city between enlisted men of .the Filipino constabulary and the Manila police, The Americana killed were Captain of Police W. B. Wlchmann, Patrolmen Albert H. Troge and John W. Driseoll and Augustus Jacumen, field clerk of the United States army. Fifty shots were fired when 40 constahularymen sought to avenge the shooting of a constabularynian by the Filipino police. The riot was a result of the shooting Tuesday night of a constabularyman, who was reported to have attacked the Filipino policemen with a knife. Police reserves with riot guns rushed to the walled city, where hundreds of shots were exchanged. The Filipinos killed a patrol wagon driver and six bystanders. Four Filipinos Were wounded. There were no casualties among the constabulary forces. The enlisted personnel of the constabulary forces Is composed entirely of Filipinos officered by Americans and Filipinos. The organization numbers 6,000 and is stationed In various provinces of the Philippine Islands for police purposes. Gov. Gen. Francis Burton Harrison and Brig. Gen. Rafael Crame, Filipino chief of the constabulary, took steps to quell the rioting. The governor found the constabulary congregated at the walled city and advised them to return to their barracks, and Instructed General Crame to hold all the constabulary In the barracks. Col. Lucien R. Sweet, Inspector general of the constabulary, declared this latest trouble between the constabulary and the police resulted from the arrest Sunday of the wife of a constabulary private by the police. "Her clothing was torn and the circumstances were such as to mak* any real man's blood boil," he said. People Delirious With Joy ai " SUFFERED DURING HIS EXILE LIEUT. PAT O'BRIEN, SUICIDE Famous World War 'Aviator Found Desd In Los Angeles Hotel--Bullet Wound In Forehead. Loe Angeles, Cal., Dec. 20.--Limit. Pat O'Brien, famous World war aviator, was found dead in a room in a downtown hotel here on Friday. The police said there was a bullet wound in the forehead and a revolver was near by. The police said O'Brien left a note declaring he Intended to kill himself because of separation from his wife, with whom he vainly had attempted to affect a reconciliation. O'Brien, a native of Momence, 111., went to Canada early In the World war and enlisted In the Royal Flying corps. He was shot In the face and made unconscious while two miles In the air and fell behind the German lines. Taken prisoner, he later was being removed from one camp to an other when he leaped from the window of a moving train. Moving at night and hiding "by day, he eluded the Germans for seventy-two days and finally cut his way through thq barbed wire entanglements into Holland. Ha had walked 250 miles. •ays He \|fill Establish Internal and Exterior Peace by Using Army ^ . to Cultivate Good Relatione /P With Allied Power*. ^ Athens, Dec. 22.--Amid the thta* <Jer of cannon, the hum of air circling airplanes and the roaring cheers of a great throng, Constantlne of Greectf (deposed as king of the Hellenes'by; the allies during the World war a* pro-German, and recalled to tbi throne by popular vote' entered Athens. ! His arrival was compared by hi# admirers to Napoleon's "return frofll Elba, and tears of joy were seen flow* lng down the cheeks of people lng near his carriage. Immediately after alighting from tlli||' railway train, Constantlne drove te the cathedral, where a magnificent service was given, all the bishops la Athens participating. J It was noticeable that no foreln ministers were present during the coming ceremonies. The arrival dt Constantlne was not marred by any; hostile incidents. . % The approach of the royal train wcif signaled by the arrival at the tiny tefwt, minus of the railway near Place de 111 Concorde by three royal carriages, which stopped In front of the station at 11 a. m. The king's carriage was drawn by six black horses, driven by three uniformed outriders, and draped in royal purple. In the throng were villagers ing the national costume of white skli<|^ red cap and black stockings, dock la* - borers and city dwellers, and a Attachment of French bluejackets was to evidence. Cabinet members arrived just befotjt* the train pulled into the station anil Were followed by Queen Mother Olga and Prince and Princess Christopher. (Princess Christopher was formerly Mrs. William B. Leeds of New York, widow of the American "tlnplate king." She is known In Greect by the sobriquet of "the dollat princess.") When Constantlne emerged from hlh rrfllway carriage he bowed salutations to the crowd and tears were seen to his eyes as he said to those near hint* "Be still, my children." He embraced Queen Mother Olga and shook hands with Princess Christopher, and lben was escorted to carriage, In which he was taken to t$NM cathedral. After visiting the cathedral, Constantlne went to the royal palace, where he read a message to tha people. Constantlne read his address froas the balcony In the presence of 6,000 persons. He was dressed in a marshal's unifotm, and Premier RhalllS stood on his right. Queen Sophie (slater of e*-Emperor William) and Princess Christopher also were present. He declared he would establish lB» ternal unity and exterior peace by ns>: lng the army to cultivate good relSHr tions with the allied powers. He said the marriage of Cro*n» Prince George, duke of Sparta, aftd Princess Elizabeth of Roumanla assured an alliance with that Danubian country, and he declared he would follow the policy of his fathers, and cultivate ancient Greek culture. Constantlne asserted he suffered during his exile. BATTLE IN COUNTY CURE Car Msn Faoe Cut. Detroit, Mich., pec. 21.--The Detroit United Railway company announced that, effective January 1, wages , of Its motormen and conductors would be reduced, possibly" as much as 20 per cent. Senate O. K.'s Antletrlke Bill. Washington, Dec. 18.--The I'olndexter antistrike bill was passed by the senate without debate or a record vote. The measure provides that interferences with interstate comtoeFCa shall be a felony. ' f Irish Kill Four Polloemsn." >• * London, Dec. 18.--Eight policemen were ambushed by 100 armed men at Kllcommon, in County Tipperary, according to reports received here. Four of the police are said to have been Falls Ten Floors; Die%" Wfew York, Dec. 21.--Edward' Gambler, vice president of the Atlantic National bank of the city of New York fell or jumped from his office on the tenth floor of the bank building on Broadway and was killed. Baby Weighs Only 1% Pounds. London, Dec. 21.--A Shrwsbury baby born three months ago weighed but one and a half pounds. At the end of the fourth week she weighed nearly three pounds. She now weighs five pounds snd Is well. FOJR COMMUNISTS KILLED Six Others Wounded in Attack on AustriSA Power Plant at Of> lawan, Dee. 21.--Four t^tmrnmlstt were killed and six wounded while attempting to storm an electrical power station at Oslawan, according to a dispatch to the Lldove Novlny d Brunn. Blast Kills Four. gonth Bend, Wash., Dec. 80.--Thret men and a girl were killed when the dredge Beaver blew up at the mouth of the Storth river. The dead are: Eagle Christensen, John Jarve, Frank Behnke and Blanche Behnke. Winter Wheat Crop 88 Per Cent. Washington, Dec. 20.--The area aown to winter wheat this fall is 40,- 605,000 acres, which is 2.8 per cent less than the revised area sown last fall. The condition of the crop on December 1 was 87.9 per cent of a normal. Ship Building Reoord Set. Washington, Dec. 20. -- American shipbuilders broke the world's prewar record of launchlngs during the last fiscal year, according to figures given In the annual report of the commls- To Restore Aldrlch Tariff. Washington.^ pec. 20.--Repeal of th« Underwood tariff law and re-enactment of the Payne-Aldrlch tariff sched ules, abolished in 1013, is proposed Is a resolution Introduced by Bspreasatatlve Begg (Rep.) of Ohio. " Hungary Holds Alien Jews. Vienna, Dec. 18.--The Hungarian authorities are taking steps to intern all alien Jews, says a dispatch from Budapest. During the last few nights, the dispatch adds, 500 Jewish families treie moved to an internment camp. Steel Mills Will 8uspsnd; Youngstown, O., Dec. 18.--Heads of Independent steels plants Indicated that the mills will be practically idle from the end of this week until the first of the year, owing to Jack of or It atCecta-StyXX) workers. Civilians Ambush a Group of Soldiers Who Kill Throe and Wound Four, i London, Dec. 21.--In a battle between civilians and a group of military, who were ambushed at Ennistymon, in County Clare, six soldiers were wounded. The soldiers were victorl ous, however, finally forcing the attackers to retreat when a machine gun was put Into operation by the sol' diers. Three of the attacking party wen killed, four were wounded and two others were taken prisoner. In reprisal for the attack all the hay ricks in the vicinity were burned by the troops. Vletlm of St. Louis Blast Dies. St. Louis, Dec. 17.--Walter Feddermann died from injuries suffered In an explosion at the plant of the Monsanto Chemical company. In which eight others were injured. Fire following the explosion, did damage timated at $50,000. B. F. Harris Diss. Champaign, 111., Dec. 21.--B. F. Harris, nationally known for his activities in behalf of a better agriculture and country life and for his public leadership, died at bis home in Champaign after an illness dating from last May. Arrest Virden (III.) Officials. Springfield, 111., Dec. 21.--Evans Williams, city treasurer of Virden, 111 Is In custody here and Alderman Martin Mayernlck of Virden Is at liberty :«nder bond of $2,000 following their arrest by federal prohibition agents. Horatio W. Seymour Head. New York, Dec. 20.--Horatio Winslow Seymour, editorial writer for the New York World, and formerly con nected with Chicago and other Western newspapers, died here. He was rtxty-sflc years old. Ex-8enator Gibson Dtea.< n Great Falls, Mont., Dec. 20. Former United States Senator Parts Gibson, founder of the city of Great Falls, died here, aged ninety. He was elected to the United Statea senate ia 1900 * NOT TO QUIT GERMANY HOW No Immediate Withdrawal of Unlt|li Statee Troops, Says General Allen. Paris; - Dec. 22.--Withdrawal t§. Americas troops from Germany Is not. being considered at present, Maj. Gen. Henry T. Allen, commander of American forces at Coblenz, is quoted dut saying in an interview with the Petit Parisien/ This withdrawal was reported Nas being contemplate# In cent dispatches from Brussels. ^ LINERS BRING 12,000 IN IMT Christmas Immigrant Rush Height in New York When Elght> Liners Arrive. New York, Dec. 22.--The Christmas rush of immigrants and other passengers anxious to pass the holidays oo American soli reached its height Sanday, when eight transatlantic lincni arrived with more than 12,000 pan* sengers. w Indict 52 in Building Quia. New York, Dec. 22.--A blanket fife V dictment against 52 defendants charging violation of the state antitrust law, was returned in connection with investigation of the "building trust." Indictments now number 131k . November Exports Smaller. Washington, Dec. 22.--Exports tor November were valued at $075.000,OOfc a falling off of more than $76,000,009 from the October total of $751,728.5TII, Imports, on the other hand, decliiUMftr only a little more thah $13,000,000. 1 Suffragiet Service February 18. Washington, Dec. 22.--Jane Addams of Chicago has been designated as chairman of the memorial service to pioneer suffragists with which the national convention of the Woman's par* jty Will open here on February 15. ' Gfrl, 16, Dies After Long fllsip. ; Milwaukee: Dec. 22.--Helen Look; sixteen years old, died here after lying in a deep sleep for 11 days. All efforts to arouse her from the comatoaa condition failed. A diagnosis ascribed tuberculosis as tiff casyp^. '*31. 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