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**?•* KE n IS CALLED OFF > * ; • --'f. i <-- Transport and Rail Workers \ Abandon Miners' CauseH England. FREO f ^ ;••*• s * LLOYD SE8B6E TBHIffHANT Premier Cmerge* From the" Great. Crisis Stronger Than Ever, Having Ruptured the Most Powerful . Labor Body in Europe. I ^ ' London, April 18.--The triple allltance strike is off and the alliance to J?" > ^. • virtually smashed. *'• At the very hour when Premier 4S'\ -Lloyd George was announcing in parjliament that the miners were adamant o tand when the government prepared to k." ^ ' . meet the greatest general strike in the • jhistory of the kingdom the triple alli- Jance, after a stormy session, canceled . v The raflmen and transport workers, tenable to pacify the radical wins of s';; the miners' federation, abandoned the ^ tniners' cause. #. Premier Lloyd Georgft emerges from •|j§f'r^,'Jtbe great crisis stronger than ever, hav- |;4y Ing ruptured the most powerful labor pi -t>ody not only in England bat ia all . p^ jEurope. IICa' Walter Moore, secretary of the Lo- %omotive Engineers' union, made this » Statement to the International News ," "Service: , * "The decision of the triple alliance ^.^Pgalnat a strike was brought about by the refusal of the majority of the miners' executive body to negotiate; . , fdong the lines which Frank Hodges , *-• {miners' head) indicated. Our decision1 i |s final. We are out of the trouble Entirely. The miners now must fight * » their own battles." . ijffe V Announcement of the cancellation of the strike order was made by J. H. ii tFhomas, the railmen's executive. j7 ' The reason for this action by the railway and transport unions, which •• , "with the miners' union make up the '> "triple alliance," was quickly devel- *;. oped. appealed that the conferences Kj '.t /throughout the day among the members •f.- s '°* the "aUiance" had developed a heatied controversy revolving about the /Hodges proposals. The miners coo- \demned these with the assertion that y, Is. Secretary Hodges had conceded too ylJ^much in offering to discuss the questlon of wages without raising immedl- . ate'y the controversial issue of a na- , !tional profits pool, while the railroad ' - .-men and the transport workers de- > . clared the proposition was reasonable and that the miners should renew nex>* y • gotiations. The calling of a conference of repre- Hundreds Are Injured, Townsand Farmhouses Hit' by.- Tor- v ; nado in South. i •« •* • ' rt «„• sentiatives of the miners from all the coal fields, at a date to be fixed, was v' .decided upon by the executive of the miners' federation. It took this action \ after hearing the decision of the rall- ' way men and transport workers to cancel their sympathetic strike. Mr. Hodges, when questioned regarding this decision, said it meant that "': the miners' strike would continue. RESTORE SAN DOMINGO President Harding Soon to Issue Proe- -* ' tarnation Ending U. 8. Ca4&; (v trol of Island. • I * \r Washington, April 19--President "r, Harding will Issue a proclamation in jfH the very near future-Setting forth the 4r< v procedure by which a constitutional ; government shall be restored to San if*,' -Domingo. • k:».. . Under a treaty of the Roosevelt ad- Jj" ministration, the affairs of the island ; ^public have been administered by • the United States and order main \ lv tained by a force of marines. This <L,»«tep was taken to prevent the landgi v ling of foreign troops in 1904 to col .p --- •, Sect European debts amounting to I $30,000,000. The obligations have |;;i ,,':"i:been met. . President Wilson issued a procla- ^V'.;;->|triation stating that the time had ar 'or a restoration of constitu- •,J tlonal government. His provisions \ . met with opposition on the island. 'GERMAN BIPLANE OVER DOORN Fred Morris Dearinf of Missouri, new assistant secretary of state, is a graduate of the University of Missouri and Columbia university. Mr. Dear- Ing began his diplomatic career as second secretary of the legation at Havana, and since that time has held positions of responsibility in European and Asiatic capitals, ^ . ' " friii'nt" jlfilftjliiiliiiti TARIFF BILL PASSES House Approves Measure by a . , Vote of 269 to 112. Fifteen Democrats Voted for and Nine Republicans Against the Proposed Aet. Washington, April 16w--By rabetantlally a party vote and an overwhelming majority, the house passed the emergency tariff bill, including the anti-dumping and foreign exchange sections. The vote was 269 for to 112 against, and came at the close of two days of debate. Fifteen Democrats voted for and nine Republicans against the bill. The bill, which now goes to the senate where Republican leaders have promised to give it a top place on their calendar, imposes duties on approximately twenty-five important farm products for a period of six mpnths, unless repealed wlthic that period by the general tariff bill on which the house ways and means committee now is at wort. The ant I-dumping section of the bill provides that In the case of foreignmade goods being brought into the American markets and offered for sale at prices below the cost of production, there shall be levied, In addition to all other duties, a duty that will bring their laid-dowi^ cost up to the level of the cost of production, plus transportation costs. 1 The foreign exchange feature stlpalates that In the liquidation of customs duties, no roreign money shall be estimated at lower than one-third Its par value. This will automatically serve to increase the duties on Imports from all countries where money has depreciated greater than twothirds its facte value. FRANCE FOR U. S. ON YAP ;sl Huge Machine in Black Drops Wreaths J., Near Cattle Where Body '0k1"* 'i . Former Empreee Llee. !VV E^'jS ___ ;":-' t'y* HWoro, April 15.--A huge German y biplane, with black planes and long <1black streamers, circled very low over ^ Doom castle, where the body of the • former German empress, Augusta i V;'--',Victoria, now lies awaiting the .0?. .ifuneral ceremonies to be held is'the " , •; <astle^ Sunday. The biplane dropped several wreaths j in the park surrounding the castle. i1" The visit of the German aircraft l' was in disregard of police regulations Dispatch to Washington From Parts Says Government Approves Action. Washington, April 16.--The reply of France to Secretary Hughes' note of April 4 regarding the Japanese mandate over the Island of Yap Is interpreted here in official circles as being tantamount to acceptance of the principle laid down by the Americau government--that It has surrendered none of Its rights to the former German overseas possessions. The text- of the French note, which is in the form of a preliminary reply, was made public both in Washington and Paris. It is signed by Premier Briand, who gives assurance that a representative of the French government will place before the supreme council at Its next meeting the question of Yap with "the greatest desire to find a solution which will give every satisfaction to the United States." P«TH Of DEATH IS LONS Storftr Sweeps From Northeait Texas Into Georgia Over Sectiotti of Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Alabama. Memphis, Tenn., April 19.--8eventyfUe persons'killed, several hundred injured, property damage of millions are t!w» latest reports on a series of torno does which hit in northeast Texas and swept eastward over sections of live states Into Georgia. Arkansas, with fifty persons reported killed in Hempstead and Miller counties, suffered the heaviest loss of life, la Alabama the number of dead was estimated at ten; seven were killed in Texas and six in Mississippi. In Tennessee, the other state which felt the effect of the storm, no fatalities were reported. The storm apparently broke In Smith county, Texas, sweipt sections of Good, Case, Gregg and Bowie counties, and passed Into Miller and Hempstead counties, Arkansas, where the reported death list had readied fifty. Six of the seven persons killed In Texas were crushed to death when their homes in the village of Avlnger were wrecked. Another death was reported at Atlanta, Tex. In the vicinity of. Hope, Hempstead county, the list of reported dead had reached twenty. Fifteen others were said to have lost their lives in th$ Vicinity of Prescott, and a like number north of Texarkana. One fatality was reported In Yell county. 0 Five persons were reported killed at Steen, a small town near Columbus, in eastern Mississippi, and one at Sontag, 16 miles east of Brookhaven. Leaving Mississippi, ^ the storm swept down again In northern Alabama. In the Aycock community, near Tuscumbia, seven persons were reported to have been killed afcd three others lost their lives In the town of Ralph, in Tuscaloosa county. One wreck wils reported, a Southern railway mail train, running into a washout near Laurel, Miss., and toppling Into a ditch. One passenger was killed. W' 1 BANK BANDIT SLAIN; 2 SHOT Oitieago Police Fell* $25,000 Holdup- More Than 100 Shots Fired In Street Battle. Ghidtgo, April 19.--One bandit was killed, two were wounded and two others arrested whqn they were surprised by the police while raiding the Cicero State bank, Twenty-fifth place and Cicero avenue. The five were trapped in the bank. A sixth, driving the bandit automobile, escaped in a hail of bullets. One policeman was slightly wounded. The battle occured on the main street of the town. The bank was surrounded-by a-HBeore. of jftlicexoen armed with rifles, summoned' by S. B. Witkowski, the cashier, who stepped on a button which sounded the alarm in the police station. More than 100 shots were fired. The dead man is believed to be Julian Norwell. twenty, of 1908 South Halsted street. The others are John Karsha, 1445 South Halsted street, shot eight times; Louis Rostra, twenty, same address, shot In the head; Joseph- Wagner, twenty-one, and Louis Zeburt, both of 1266 Augusta street. Policeman Steve Ficht was slightly wounded In the left leg. The sixth bandit escaped with $25,000, which was later recovered near the bank. George LItz was arrested some hours later. He is believed to be the sixth man. SHEET STEEL PRICES CUT Quotations Reduced From $7 to |14 a Ton by American Company. . New York, April 18.--Price tioii8 for sheet steel were announced by the American Sheet and Tin Plate company, a subsidiary of the United forbidding all aviation activities, ex-1 States Steel corporation. : v ' cept those of the Dutch military Detroit Trams Lose Mon4tt / s Hfetrolt, Mich., April 19.--iSie net loss during February, the first month fof operation of. Detroit's municipal «treet railway lines, was $10,923, reptresenting an operating deficit of $2,- |823, according to a statement here. j No More Tax Burden. I Washington, April 19.--Congress twill refuse to enact sales tax leglsla jtion, Mr. Mondell, Republican leader tof the house, declared. He also rellterated his declaration there should jbp no "shifting" of tax burdens. ' $6,000,000 Oop Comes. j New York, April 10.--Nearly $5, 1000,000 in German gold coin, the first :such shipment since the war, arrived there on a steamer from Gothenburg, jBweden, consigned to Kuhn, Loeb & .Kfe, bankers. The reductions varied from $7 to $14 per ton on various producta. * Agree on Scale at Cleveland. Cleveland, O., April 19.--By an overwhelming vote about 3,000 employees of the Cleveland Street Railway company agreed upon a new wage scale and working conditions with a cut of about 20 per cent. PEGGY TRAPPED, IS CLAIM Lawyer Declares Husband Has Enough Evidence to Fill the Field * Museum. Chicago, April 14. -- "We have enough evidence to cram the Field museum full and then have some of It piled up around the outside," declared Alfred Austrian, attorney for Stanley Joyce, Chicago lumberman and millionaire, who seeks freedom from his wifet Mrs. Peggy Hopkins Joyce, former actress. "The evidence is all under lock and key and Mr. Joyce Is the qnly one who has access to it, and it must remain a aecret until he consents to give.it out," continued Mr. Austrian. "This evidence runs a traH from France to Italy, from Italy to England, and from England to America where it blazes its way from New York to Miami and Palm Beach and other fashionf «ble winter resorts." ^ f%; New Premier of Hungary, r •" Paris, April 18.--Count Stefan feetlilen, who has acted as adviser to "Archduke Joseph of Hungary, lias been appointed Hungarian premier to replace Count Paul Teleky, who has resigned. Invites Crowd to See Him Die. Rockville, Md„ April 19.--Before * curious crowd which clamored at the Jail gates until they were admitted at his direction, Guy Vernon Thompson was hanged here for dynamiting the home at James Bolton. ! Flour Brings $7.80 BarfreM 1 Minneapolis, April 16.--For first itime in almost seven years flour sold Hinder $8 a barrel at the mills here. With a reduction at one of the large iIUs of its quotation from $8.20 to a#w low price obtained. •mills ot JKM, S House Passes Tariff Bill. Washington, April 18.--By substantially a party vote and an overwhelming majority, the house passed the emergency tariff bill, including the anti-dumping and foreign sections. The vote was 260 to 112 Buys Home In Wet France. Newport, fe. I., April lg.--Word has been received here that James Van Alen has purchased a large chateau Jn France and will occupy It indefinitely-- or at least as long as prohibition ia effect la Amwrip^. Adopt City Manager Plan. Long Beach, Cal., April 18.--Cttiaena of Long Beach voted, 3.237 to 2,f>08, Mrs. J. Borden Harriman in the Ru>- si an headdress which she wore at the ball given In Washington April 12 for the benefit of the Russian relief. Mrs. Harriman is chairman of the campaign committee. - / U. S. WEEKLY MARKET REPORT Chicago March Wheat Down 11 yz Cents In Week--Potatoes Up 20 Cents-- * Live otock Prices Down, WEEKLY MAJUCETGRAM. (By U. 8. BUREAU OF MARKBT8.) Washington, April 18.--For week ending. April 15.--GRAIN--Market unsettled the early part of the week, but bearish newi' developed on the 11th and a price decline resulted that continued until the 15 th. Factors Influencing decline were reports exporters reselling, slow export demand, large country offerings and world economic situation. Betterment British labor situation and reports good export demand resulted in free buying by commission houses and local traders on the 15th and .wheat prices advanced; but there was considerable selling on advance and higher figures not maintained. Country offerings smaller, due to decline in prices and condition country roads. Exporters seek corn. In Chicago cash market No. 2 red winter wheat $1.26Vs, No. 2 hard $1.38%, No. 3 mixed corn 53%c, No. 3 yellow 64c, No. 3 white oats 36c. For the week Chicago May wheat down ll%c at 91.26%, May corn 4c at 66%c. Minneapolis May wheat down l£^4c at $1.17; Kansas City May ll%c at >1.13%; Winnipeg May 15MjC at 11.48%. HAY - Receipts exceeding demand. Prices holding fairly steady except in northwestern markets, which quote lower. Quoted: No. 1 timothy $23.50 Chicago, $19 Minneapolis, $22.50 Cincinnati; No. 2 timothy $30 Chicago, $17.50 Minneapolis, $21 Cincinnati; No. 1 alfalfa $17 Cincinnati; No. 1 prairie $16 Minneapolis. FEED--Mill feeds weaker. Decline has destroyed confidence. Prospective buyers awaiting still lower prices. VEGETABLES--Northern sacked Potatoes steady, 70-85c per 100 lbs. ; f. o. b. Chicago carlot market up 20c at $1-1.10. New York round whites down 20-30c. Middle western yellow onions up 10-25c city markets at 60c-$1.25 per 100 lbs. DAIRY PRODUCTS -- Butter market steady early part of week, but prices declined sharply on the 15th and eastern markets now about three cents lower than a week ago. Chicago continues fairly steady, but with prices lc higher than New York; further price changes expected. Either Chicago will decline or New York will react and advance. Closing prices, 92 score: Chicago 46%c. Trading in cheese markets generally dull following break of about 2%c on the llth> on the Plymouth (Wis.) cheese exchange. Wisconsin primary markets prices: Twins 18%c, Daisies 19-19%c, Double Daisies 19c, Young Americas and Longhorns 19V4c. LIVE" STOCK-The tendency of Chicago live stock prices was downward the past week. Hogs ranged from 40c to 60c per hundred lbs. lower; beef steers and heifers steady to 25c lower; cows steady to 25c higher; lower grade feeder steers up £0c, other gTades steady; fat lambs steady to 25c lower; feeding lambs down 26-EOc; yearlings and fat ewes unchanged. April 15 Chicago prises: Hogs, bulk of sales, $8-9; medium and good beef steers $7.50- 8.76; butcher cows and heifers $4.75-9; feeder steers $7-8.50; light and medium weight veal calves $6.50-9; fat lambs $8- 10.25; feeding lambs $6.50-8; yearlings, $7.25-9; fat ewes $6-6.75. Stocker and feeder shipments from 11 important markets daring the week ending April 8 were: Cattle and calves 38,269, hogs 13,665, sheep 6,962. MUST OVERTHROW THE REDS Only Hope for Rehabilitation of Russia, Declares Secretary of ' * State Hughe*. Washington, April 19.--In the ojnerthrow of the soviet government lies the only hogp for the rehabilitation of Russia and the resumption of trade with the United States is tbe opinion of Secretary of State Hughes expressed In a letter to Samuel dampers and made public here. Analyzing the soviet ecqpomlc and Industrial conditions now prevailing In Bussia In response to Mr. Gompers' request that the truth be told about that country, Secretary Hughes' letter is regarded In official circles here as an even stronger document than his recent note on Russian trade. "The devastation of industry in Russia has been A) complete," he states, "the poverty of the country is so acnte, the people are so hungry and the demand for commodities Is so great that at present Russia represents a gigahtlc vacuum and ^io evidence exists that the unfortunate situation Is likely to be alleviated so long as the present political and economic system continued" : T Washington Makes Pubtio Note | Received From Tokyo GovArronent. * *J." * ' | Sees Justice In Yap Sta^Lr London, April 19.--The first British comment on President Harding's message to congress was contained In an editorial In tbe London Times which accepted the American position regarding Yap. HOLDS MANDATE STUDS Reply to American Message 8ays That United States Must f>rove That President Wilson Made Reserva. tlons at Peace Conference. Washington, April 20.--To malntatn its position with regard to the Pacific Island of Yap, the American government would have "to prove not merely <#he fact*' that President Wyson made reservations concerning it, but also that the supreme council "decided In favor of those views," the Japanese government says in a note under date of February 26, made public by the State department, along with the other correspondence between the two! governments regarding Yap. "^'It must also be remembered," japan says, "that if a decision in favor of the exclusion^ of the island of Yap--a question of graye concern to Japan and one on which the Japanese delegation invariably maintained a firm- attitude--had really been made, as it is implied by the argument of the United States government, at the meeting of the supreme council, May 7, (1919), at which Japan was not represented, It could not but have been regarded as an act of ..entirety' bad faith." It was to this note tfmt Secretary Hughes replied April' 5, at the same time sending similar notes to the governments of Great Britain, France and Italy. He declared that the United States was unable to agree' with Japan's contention that in order to maintain its position it would have to* prove not only that President Wilson made reservations regarding Yap, but also that the supreme council adopted those views. "As no treaty has ever been concluded with the United States, relattag to the island of Yap," Mr. Hughes lidded, "and as no one has ever been authorized to cede or surrender the right or interest of the United States In the island, this government must Insist that it has not lost its right Or Interest as It existed prior to any Action of the supreme courcll or of the League of' Nations, and cannot Recognize the allocation of the island dr the validity of the- mandate to Japan." ; Japan has not as yet replied to this communication, so that to date the correspondence consists of the two notes quoted above, another formal note sent by Acting Secretary Davis last December 6 by direction of President Wilson and two memoranda with which the exchanges were Initiated last November after some question had arisen at the meetings here of the international communications conference concerning the action of the supreme council with regard to Yap. In the first memorandum, dated November 9, the secretary of state said It was "the clear understanding" of the American government that the supreme council at the previous request of President Wilson had reserved for future consideration the final disposition of the island in the hope that some agreement might be-reached to place It under International control/ The Japanese foreign office replied In a memorandum under date of November 19' that it was "the definite understanding" of the Japanese government that the- supreme council on Alay 7 came to a final decision to place under mandate to Japan all of the former German islands north of the equator; that the decision Involved "no reservations whatever In regard to the island of Yap," and that therefore the Japanese government would not be hble to consent to any proposU tlon which, reversing thfe decision of the supreme council, would exclude the island of Yap from the territory committed to their charge." In response to this memorandum, Acting Secretary Davis dispatched & long formal note to Tokyo, setting forth that the American government could not agree that Yap was included In the decision of the supreme council of May 7, 1919, as claimed, and that even on the assumption that the island had been included In the mandate "all other powers should have free access to the island for the land lng and operation of cables." The Japanese reply on February 26 said if the observation of the Amerl can government with regard to cables was put forth irrespective of the fact that the island was within the mandatory territory "then the question seems to be ofte which should be freely settled by the nation which has charge of the place, namely, Jai*a.u Poland Votes Peaco Treaty, w Warsaw, Poland, April 19.--Rati*, cation of the treaty of peace between to adopt the city manager plan oft Poland, soviet Russia and the Ukraine government. The city will choose sev en council men at as election neoit June. Ulster Ex-OfHclal 8laln. Dublin, April 16.--Sir Arthur Bklward Vicars, former Ulster kfng-ofcrms. was shot dead at Llstowel and his residence was burned, Five pollce- •men were ambushed at Fedamore, <nm of them b$ing killed. Harvey and Herrtck > Named. Washington, April 16.--Nominations of George Harvey of New York to be, ambassador to Great Britain and Myron T. Herrick of Ohio to be ambassador to France were sent to the senyjftt* by President 1 '4,-?-. 5 has been voted by the polish diet. This action completes Poland's ment. » ' Aviator Dies in Plane Crash. Washington, April 18.--Lieut. James J. Langin, army air service, was killed at Boiling field in the fall of his plane. He was descending to make a landing and was within 200 feet of the ground when the machine fell. ill *} ujl - • *-A Chicago Bank Raider Slain. Chicago, April 18.--One bandit was killed, two were wounded and two others arrested when they were surprised by the police while raiding the Clwro State bank, Twenty-fifth place and OcsTf avcnte. , Suggests Limited Control. #ew "York, 'April 20.--Elbert It. Gary, chairman of the Uuited States Steel corporation, told the stockholders he was in favor of "publicity, regulation and reasonable control" of business, through government agencies. Ilob Peoria Distillery. ' Peorta, 111., April 20.--Twenty-flve men, armed with shotguns and pistols, swept down on the Corning distillery in &ke of the most spectacular raids In the history of Illinois, seised 200 cases of liquor and escaped. { 'House Votes Bergdoll Quiz. • Washington, April 20.--The resolu* tlon authorising an Investigation of the escape of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, Philadelphia draft evader, who is BOW In Germany, was adopted by tbo bouse without opposition. Storm Dead Placed at 100. Memphis, Tenn., April 20.--Reports Coming from isolated sections indicate the death toll from tornadees and rainstorms, which swept over six Southern states late Friday and ttrday, will r«ach 10<k Seward.--A charter has been issued to the Seward State bank, recently orftniaed, with a capital of*40,000. , Aledo.--Capt. A. A. Kiev of Aledo has nonouoced his candidacy for Illinois department commander, Grand Army' of the Republic, at the annual encampment to be held In Galesburg. Eureka.--Men prominent in the colleges of Illinois will assemble at Eureka on April 25 and 26, to attend the seventeenth annual conference of the Illinois Federation of Colleges. Springfield.--Fruit, young clover and Alfalfa were damaged in the recent s«old weather, but other grain crops are In good condition, S. D. Fessenden, agricultural statistician, says. Batavia.--Uniform costumes will be worn by the girls of the graduating class of the Batavla high school at the commencement in June. The girls will make their own graduation dresses. Springfield.--The Illinois Music Teachers' association will meet In Springfield April 28 tJ May 1. The program will be mde up of selections by Illinois composers. A chorus of 1,000 student voices of Springfield will be beard. Aurora.--The treasury of Illinois will be enriched by $30,000 inheritance tax, to be paid from the estate of toe late S. D. Seamans of Aurora. He left 1700,000. His widow and three children are the principal beneficiaries. "Springfield.--U. S. civil service examinations will be held May 11, June 22 and August 2 for weather bureau assistfyits at Declitur, Peoria, Quincy, Effingham,' Urbana, Springfield and other places, the civil service commission announces. Bloomlngton.--One thousand pedagogues attended the thirty-seventh a£ nual meeting of the Central Illinois Teachers' association at Bloomlngton. An exhibit of physical training work by the pupils of Bloomington schools was a feature of the opening season. Champaign. -- Five hundred high schools of the state have been Invited by the Athletic Association of the University of Illinois to enter teams in the twenty-seventh annual interscholasfic meet The track and field championships for the state >wlH be settled on May 20 and 21. Belleville. -- Leonard Kolter was found bound, gagged and beaten to death in tbe barn of his farm near Belleville. His head had-been covered with a sack. Hlfe house was ransacked and tbe police believe robbery was the motive. Waukegan.--Suit to enjoin collection of taxes on the basis of the 30 per cent blanket Increase In values filed by the Lake county board of review *in 1919, was filed In the Circuit court at Waukegan. For some time there has been quite a battle in Highland Park over tbe tax matter, as a result of which few ^Highland Parkers have been pacing their taxes. Springfield.--Illinois -today claims another achievement In American Legion affairs, for the John Rollnskl post, No. 440, at Toluca, is now 100 per centin membership and service. This makes the state first on record at national headquarters of having a community swept clean of all claims needing adjustment and every ex-service man a legionnaire. Ottawa.--To avoid bankruptcy, the Chicago, Ottawa ft Peoria Electric line has petitioned .the city council of Ot-' tawa for permission to carry freight through the city. It is represented that the decline In passenger earnings, due to the great increase in the number of automobiles, has become so great that It Is no longer possible to meet operating expenses. Carbondale.--The annual meeting of the Illinois Academy of Science will be held in Carbondale Friday apd Saturday, April 29 and 30. Five other socleties of scientists will meet here in conjunction, these Including the Illinois Audubon, the wild flower preservation, the Illinois section pf the American Mathematical association, the St. Louis Academy of Science and the Indiana-, Academy of Science. West Frankfort.--Forty-five women's clubs, representing eight countieft,. with about 300 visiting delegates, will meet at West Frankfort in annual convention of the Woman's club of the Twienty- flfth district, May 12 and 13. Tbe local club is busy arranging a program of entertainment for the visitors. The eight counties that ^111 be represented are: Pulaski, Alexander, Union, Jackson, Randolph, Perry, Williamson and, Franklin. Normal.--Six weeks will elapse before fruit men In Illinois Cain say definitely. how much damage was done their crops, according to A. M. Augustine of this city, prominent nurseryman and secretary of the Illinois State Horticultural society. Mr. Augustine says many fruit trees are showing" early signs of revival following the, frost, but that not ^11 of these signs are to be taken as- reliable. His expression of opinion was of tlte commercial crop. Aurora.--E. K. Isbell, veteran Chicago, Burlington 9c Quincy locomotive engineer, who died recently at Aurora, left most of his $80,000 estate to churches, hospitals and religious organizations. A nephew at Chicago receives $10,000 and the Chicago Theological seminary $5,000. • u Free port.--By the w;ftll of Arthur J* Bauscher of Free port, who recently killed Miss Helen Wilson and then committed suicide, his two* sons are left an estate of $150,000. Tbe money Is to be held in trust until they reach the Age of twenty-five. (Champaign.--The scholastic average for all men In the University of Illinois last semester Is 3.201, according to figures just released Ity the office of the dean of men. Nonfraternlty men lead the fraternities with an average of 3.222 as compared with an average of 8.172 compiled from fraternity averages. Benton.--A man, who attempted to deliver an anarchistic speech on a street corner at Rend City, was escorted out of town by a mob. Several In the mob was' . ester Wkafcavt BeotesnHig . • Wealth ; Cana4| PMtfi and Scrolling around tbe exhibit woa «|- tpe Tfrnnaiap government offlc* ia St* Paul, Studying the grain, and plddof up an odd iffaea or two of literature describing Canning and Its results la1 Western Canada, a dapper, weU-bullt. strapping atx-footer said to ths manager, "I've beer* having a grand whirl of living for the past few years. I used to work on my uncle's taitD In1 Iowa. I beard -of the big fat pay en-' velopes that the city chaps were getting every week. I went to the CityJ •nd I began getting them, too. I had* all the excitement they would bring --theaters, dinners, swell clothes and taxis. I surely saw a lot of that Ufa that in days gone by I bad anxiously, gazed upon and secretly wanted to try. "But Tm driven to earth sow. I'm still working, but th^ pay envelbpe is thinner. Not working steadily, you know; and I sort of miss those silkshirt times. 1 went to Western Canadp once, and I think T)1 make another trip. ' "I was up there five years ago. I want money, and lots of It; I want to be my own boss, but I haven't much coin to start with. I want to get Into that class that don't have to worry about a buck or so. I know fellows out there In Canada who went there, a few years ago, got a quarter section --some homesteaded and some bought on easy payments--and they are well off today. A number of tbe boys from my own state paid for their lands from a single crop. I' may not be as successful as they were, but I wdnt to try." He wanted to talk/ and the manager was a good listener. He continued: "I want to have jny own bome and raise my own cattle; I want hogs and poultry, and milk and eggs to sell. Can I get a market?" fie was assured that he could, and that he could get a decent-sited crop to tlirash every fall. "You know," he said, "If the thinners on flve-hundred-dollar-an-acre land can make money, my reasoning leads me to believe that I can grow as many dollars an acre from that cheaper land in Western Canada." This period of semi-unrest Is causing more thinking and planning for the future than probably at any tlma In the past. -The desire for personal L and financial independence Is grow- > lng. To secure this, the first real ' source of wealth is the land itsel&| That is the solution. During the of hfgh prices, doubtless there was! some inflation of land values. So tha> new man--tbe young man wishing to make a start 'on a farm--was confronted with the problem of the land; be wanted having gone beyond hlsi limited capital. He must seek else-! where. TWo decades ago, and less.] good farming land could be bought] In Canada at four dollars an acre, bt as the demand Increased and its pre ductivity was proven, prices advanced.!1 There has been no undue Inflation, < though, and prices today are very reasonable. Some day, when the country is settled, land will bring a much higher price in Western Canada. To-| day land prices range for unimprovt " $18 to $25 an acre; Improved, at up. The productive value Is almost yond estimate. Tbe reports of tft who have been farming these lan< making money and enjoying ever, personal freedom, are available anc can be secured on application. It is apparent that this last blf available farming area of Wester Canada will tend, to no small extent,, to dispel some of the unrest tha't wl so prevalent today among the young^ er men, who have had a taste of bet^ ter things and who Intend to havd tbem is tfce future.--AdvertisemeoC Abdut the Limit. "Ah," said Mr. Goodheart In thj hotel lounge one morning. "It blessed to forgive. I tell you, sij that you shouHl kiss the hand the smites you!" Mr. Fact shrugged his shoulders a deprecatory manner. "Kissing the hand that -smites yc Is nothing to what I saw In the hot^ this morning." "Ah!" beamed Mr. Goodhe*rt »gai] his thoughts wandering at once pleasant lands of fancy. "What w^ that?" "I saw," said Mr. Fact grimly, porter blacking the hoot that kicks him last night!" Searchlight for Night Flying. A powerful searchlight of the n< "dishpan" type has been built for government for use in guiding avlatol In ulght flight. This great beacon hj approximately 8,000,000 candlepowt It Is operated by two enormous tots and it can "pick up" an aviat three miles in the air. The light snt upon a wheel chassis and can et sily moved about. It will be trai ported by motor car ahead of tl planes each dag to the spot whe the landing is to be made at nlgi and its rays will guide the aviator the ground. Cordial Relations KnM HHP--How is It I don't see you Mabel together any more? Bang--Haven't you beard? Ska married. • N,.» Biff--You shouldn't life that such a friendship. Bang--Not in most casts, but see, I'm the guy that married Judge. struck, him with horsewh^: it • Choice of Evils. "Mr. Twobble la a consic ther." "How is thatf* "When he atarta to dtiastla* 111 Thomas Twobble, hasaya, "Hair br or slipper, son?*" Of course there are different kl| ef fool* bat no man is so versatile i .J ^