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ti-Conspiracy Measure Found I to Affect the Farmers m i of Illinois. CHAINS E. | W MSOUE TIX PUN ~6olmmltts« Reports on Act That Asv****** One Cent Per Gallon for Fuel Ueed by Any Mo- 3tV • „• tar Car; • Springfield.--Despite the fact tbat the measure was supported by more Votes than necessary to pass It, the Bsslngton anti-conspiracy bill, a result of the Dalley Investigation of building "graft" in Chicago, was halted £b the senate; 34 votes had been counted. Finish of the ballot was flopped In fear that the farmers of the state would be included in tbe effect of tbe measure as other classes off citizens. Senator Swift, after the completion df the roll call, directed the attention .• Of the senate to the situation. "I have not voted for or against this Mil," Senator Swift said. "I am entirely in sympathy with it so far as it applies to building conditions in Chl- «ago as exposed by the Dailey committee. But, two years ago. we passed an amendment here to the conspiracy act that exempted farmers from that law. I fear that this bill puts them back under It and kills cur action of two years ago." "What's that?" cried Senator Kes- Singer. "Can that be possible in our Mil here? Why, I must insist upon delay until we can look into it" Senator Essington, in charge of the bill, although 34 votes already had been tallied for its passage, permitted consideration to be postponed. V( The senate passed Representative Jjfrlnkman's house bill that empowers < Hthe sanitary district of Chicago to build such wiers and compensating plants In the great lakes or tributary rivers as jnay be necessary to protect the lake level of Lake Michigan. It also carries provision for the erection |>f sewage disposal plants in Chicago. The house committee on roads and bridges reported in committee a bill that assesses a state tax of 1 cent a gallon for gasoline used by any motor , Car. The dealer is required to report his sales each 30 days to the secretary of state, and the proceeds go to the . road and bridge fund of the state. The se.nate has passed three house bills appropriating $10,000 for repairs to' the executive mansion, $25,000 for - a salary investigation commission to submit to the governor a plan for Standardizing the compensation of , state employees and $16,000 for repairs and improvements at the Starved Slock state park. The senate has amended and advanced to third reading tile new state housing code law. An attempt to secure for the new state tax commission power to appoint special assessors and reviewers to make complete new assessments of any block, precinct, ward, city, town, village or county in Illinois has been .abandoned. A substitute for that bill has been reported by the senate's revenue committee. The measure recommended by this committee retains one highly important feature of the > administration bill--it gives the state tax commission power to revise individual assessments, Another bill re- 1 ported favorably by ,the same committee Increases the membership on the state tax commission from three to seven. New members appointed t by Governor Small after July 1 will be able to serve without confirmation until the next legislature meets in January, 1928. Miss Margaret Haley is responsible for another week's delay by the senate coadkte on education in acting ftially resurrected bill to cajro school board to sell il estate belongings to schools without securing of the city council. This was buried In the committee a week ago. Virtually by a downstate versus 42hlcago vote the senate tabled the Hughes amendment, which was designed tb have the anti-board of trade legislation follow the lines In progress la congress. The roll call showed 2H votes for following Senator Hughes' course, "and 26 votes against it. Senator Hughes Introduced the proposed federal law as a substitute for senate bill No. 284. This was one of Senator Lantz' bills and would wipe out the board of trade. Senator Burr of Jollet - moved to table and the the roll call followed after several hours of heated debate. Without objection the Lantz bills moved up to third reading. Senator Corn well of Chicago had pro • ]«osed an amendment allowing socalled "hedging." The same align e ment defeated this anjeudment by a ' vote of 27 to 19. Dr6p In Winter Wheat Production. The winter wheat production In Illinois Is estimated at 46,950,000 bushels, a drop of two per cent on the forecast April 1, which was 49,084,000, according to a state crop report issued by 8. D. Fessenden, government agricultural statistician for this state. This compares nicely with 35,720,000 bushels harvested last year and 38,810,000 bushels, the ten-year average. Only 2.8 per cent Of the acreage sown In wintVr wheat or 57.000 acres, will be abandoned, leaving 2,418,600 acres on which tbe crop will be harvested. Health Heads for All C<Hmtt*a. In a communication headed " Tl:o* shalt not kill' either by sin of commission or omission" and sent to each member of the house of representative ®, Health Commissioner John Dill Robertson of Chicago has appealed for support of a bill providing for a health commissioner In each county. An excerpt from the letter reads: "Is It wise to say we cannot afford to spend $250,000 a year in Illinois to save 7,000 or 8,000 lives? There are those who state they do not believe human lives can be saved by purifying the water and milk supplies. Fortunately, this is not a debatable matter. Prior to the time that all Chicago's milk supply was pasteurized she lost more than 500 children each year from scarlet; fever; since Chicago has pasteurized all of Ita milk It has lost but 200 each year, although the city grows at the rate of 50,000 per year. The claim Is made that this would be a political organization.^, Every effort was made to see to it that it will not be. The bill provides in effect that the executive officers of the county, the county supervisors, be they Republican or Democratic, co-operate with the county medical society, which is made up of physicians from every party, to select the best available man In every party." Defeat of the bill will, virtually condemn thousands to death, the letter warns. Women for Juries. Representative Church of ®vanston sent Into the legislative hopper three bills sponsored by a suffrage leader, and the secretary of the Illinois Women's Bar association. The measure grants to women the right to hold any elective or appointive office, to sign all legal petitions and to act as jurors. A provision is made that a mother of a child under ten years of age may obtain exemption from jury service. The second bill empowers all married women to make contracts on their own responsibility and Incur liabilities In the same manner, though they may be enforced against her the same as If she were not married. The third bill wipes out the provision now In the statute that the testimony of a husband against his wife or the testimony of a wife against her husband in civil suits Is incompetent. Either, if this bill passes, may give testimony in civil suits regarding conversations between them, though such testimony may be used to tfaft detriment, of either one of theft.. :. •- Slump in Farm Values In State. Illinois farm land values show a decided drop over the State this year. Values for March 1 ranged from $16.76 an acre to $374.40." The top price was drawn by land In Tazewell county and the minimum in Johnson county. These figures, authenticated by S. D. Fessenden, agricultural statistician for Illinois, have just been published here by the state department of agriculture. Just a year ago the highest figure was $428.57, the price paid for an acre of McLean county land, and the lowest figure was $22.50 in Hardin county. Land in Tazewell county at $374.40 this year commanded $395 the year before. Woodford county's best land, which drew the second highest price of $416.67 last year, went for $344.87 this spring. Farm land without improvement drew an average of $150 this year and $165 last year, and with improvements added, the average price this year was $185, Last year It stood at $204. Peace Restored in All Districts -•if West Virginia-Kentucky ; Mining District, Signs Road Building Bill. , Governor Small signed the Holaday bill, which gives to counties the right to bid upon and make contracts for building roads belonging to the state road system. The bill, which had an emergency clause, is now a law, and carries all of the machinery for the state department of roads to proceed as it sees fit In construction of the $60,000,000 bond Issue system, with the power of building factories to make cement, securing gravel pits, purchase of machinery, etc. DEATH UST WflHT EXCEED 10 True* Is Declared on the Seven-Mile Battle Line--Perilous Trip Made >• by Doctor Dotson and Two Othera. Williamson, W. Va., May ».--6iinday found comparative quiet in the mountain regions where for three days a heavy battle lias been ^ waged between industrial forces. Peace was restored to all district* excepting the territory adjacent to Matewan, where sporadic fighting was reported. Reports from tbe fight area indicated the- death list in the three-day battle will not exceed ten, although many have been wounded. The state police are entrenched in Matewan, and reports froip Captain Brockus, in charge of the detachment, stated heavy fighting had ceased and the situation was well In hand. It was believed here federal troops will not be called unless the threatened Renewal of conflict materializes. For the first time In a week not a shot was fired during the whole day on the seven-mile battle front along tbe Kentucky-West Virginia frontier. A truce has been declared and the making of that truce must be credited to the personal heroism under fire of a local physician, Dr. W. A. Dotson. Doctor Dotson was able to carry out his mission not only because of his daring^ but also because of the extraordinary confidence which the simple mountaineers place in his integrity. Feeling in the villages Is running so high that the slightest breath of suspicion would have prevented the bringing about of a truce. With Doctor Dotson on his perilous mission went B. J. Francis and R. M. Mills. The three messengers were selected by Captain Brockus of the state police to visit the stronghold on the Kentucky side. after the captain had arranged terms of the truce with the West Virginia fighters. The three men were placed upon a flat car which was "kicked" across the' Tug river bridge near McCarr. The doctor told the correspondent that as he and his companions set foot on Kentucky soil a hail of bullets from both sides greeted them. The peace emissaries sought shelter In the brush at the foot of a mountain and, Indian fashion, they crawled about a half mile Into the village of McCarr. Doctor Dotson, an influential resident of that region, commanded the respect of the mountaineers and they assembled to hear his message. Standing upon a sheltered spot, the physician addressed the fighters, calling upon them to lay aside their arms, cease fighting and abide by the laws of the state. After hearing the doctor a mountaineer, said to be at the head of the McCarr forces, stepped forward and shook the physician's hand. Turning, he spoke to his followers, commanding them to cease firing and heed the advice of the doctor. When the fire from the Kentucky side subsided the mountaineers, in the West Virginia hills, living up to their pledge, laid their rifles aside. To Push the Waterway. The senate passed the senate bill that reapproprlates $20,000,000, already authorized by the bond issue referendum, for the construction of the Lockport-Utlca deep waterway. The house committee on waterways has approved a similar bill. The governor Is empowered to proceed without delay In actual construction work. . blue Sky BUI Paaaaa Senate. The Shearer bill amending and strengthening the blue sky law, already passed by tfie house, was passed by the senate, and the Smejkal house bill that amends the general corporation uct as to the methpd of operation was approved by the senate. FOX TROT AT BUCKINGHAM British Premier Teds Commons fltat the Poles Defg Treaty. "> FEUS A WORLD Charltes E. Mitchell has been elected president of the National City Bank of New York, to succeed James A. Stlllman, resigned. Mr. Mitchell has been at tbe head of the National City company, a concern closely connected with the bank. 6 GRAIN BILL IS PASSED Tincher Measure Regulating Dealings in Future to Senate. President of Chicago Board of Trade Calls Measure Undemocratic and Arbitrary. Washington, May 14.--Tfie bill to regulate deuMngs in grain futures was passed by the house and sent to the senate. The vote was 269 to 69. The measure is designed to abolish the practice In grain markets of "puts" •and "calls," "ups" and "downs" and "Indemnities" by levying a tax of 20 cents a bushel on such transactions. A' similar tax is provided on contracts for future delivery, made outside of "contract markets," to be designated by the secretary of agriculture, except when the seller Is the actual possessor of the grain. Chicago, May 14.--Giving it as his deliberate judgment that the grain exchanges of the country will withdraw from business and close rather than submit to the "intolerable, unfair and arbitrary features" of the Tincher bill, passed by the house of representatives, President Joseph P. Griffin of the Chicago Board of Trade issued a formal attack on the proposed legislation in its present form as undemocratic, arbitrary and destructive to business. In his statement he said: "The Tincher bill, though passed by the house, must pass the senate and be signed by tbe President before It becomes a law and I am confident that neither the senate* nor tbe President will approve it In its present form." NAB PRIEST IN MAIL THEFT British Royal Family Take to the «r . Yank Jazz Music "Like ,* Ducks." London, May 17.--The latest American fox trots, two-steps and hesitations, played by the "Buckingham palace jazz band," are now the rage with' the royal family. A pianist and two violinists, recruited from the king's band, are the artists now entertaining. The music, or noise, Is receiving the commendation of Queen Mary for the first time, as she has previously positively refused to allow, these modern steps displayed inside the palace.. The innovation is due to the Princess Mary and the- prince of Wales, who coaxed their mother to permit them to try fox trots at an Impromptu party given by the prince. POSTAL SAVINGS DECREASE Rev. Father Anthony Gorek of New Chicago, Ind., Had $85,000 Bonds Stolen FroH Toledo, O. . Ghicago, May* 14.--Temptation lh tbe form of $85,000 in Liberty bonds sought out Rev. Father Anthony Gorek, head of an Impoverished Roman Catholic parish in New Chicago, Ind. The priest, held as an accessory to theft, told United States secret service agents the dramatic story of how he had fought a losing battle with the seductive bonds, and had finally surrendered. He had spent $1,140 of the money to pay the debts of his parish and to buy food for his jobless parishloners. The secret service agents found the bonds, amounting to $85,000, less just the $1,140, where the priest said he had hidden them. • On the information which he gava Mrs. Wanda Urbortls, a former pa» rlshloner, was arrested In Toledo, O. It Is thought that her confession will clear the $1,000,000 mall robbery in the Ohio city in which the bonds were stolen. To Govern State Fair Exhibits. ' The action of the state fair advisory lioarrt In adopting a resolution setting down health rules for the cattle exhibition at the state fair this year, was ' taken to aid in a campaign being conducted by the division of animal industry of the Department of Agriculture to eradicate tuberculosis wmong cattle in the state. The resolution adopted provides that owners of rattle exhibited must show the superintendent of dairy and beef cattle a certificate that the cattle have been teethed for tnbercuta^ik - • • ' Prison Appropriation O. K.'d. The senate passed the seriate bill covering the Joliet prison appropriations ; $1,374,880 for a new unit of the new prison near Lockport, and for equipment of a new asylum for the criminal insane at the same location. Convict Uses Small's Picture in Plea. Renewing his plea for clemency, Harry Zugg, imprisoned at the southern Illinois penitentiary, has painted a life-size portrait of Governor Small feriS sent it to the state capltol with his petition. Though house paint was used,. the portrait is a good likeness of the executive and of such excellent workmanship that Judge C. H. Jen kins, director of the state department of public welfare, has had It hung at the entrance of his private office. Zugg was sentenced from Franklin county in J917. Plan for Annual Meet of Assembly. Tbe first step was taken In the senate to have annual instead of biennial sessions of the legislature. The proposal came In a resolution Introduced by Senator tfesslnger addressed to the constitutional convention. Under the Kessinjper resolution one of the annual sessions wcjuld be restricted solely to the confederation of appropriation bills and would be limited to a 90-day sitting. The other annual session would be wide open for general legislation, bat conld consider ap i uro^riation bills under emergency. Unemployment Causes Dropping Off In Deposits of $10,t)00,000 During Month of April. ^ Washington, May 12.--Unemployment caused a decrease In deposits in the United States postal savings system during the month of April, the Post Office department announced. The total deposits on May 1 were $156,600,000, approximately $10,000, 000 less than on April 1. Scores Polish Insurgents for Action Hi Upper Silesia--Says Allies Should Permit Germans to Restore v. Ordar. Xondon,May 16.--Prime Mtaiater Lloyd George, In a dramatic speech In the house of commons concerning the Upper Silesia imbroglio, declared the action of the Polish Insurrectionists was a complete defiance of the treaty of Versailles. "I think It is right I should speak quite plainly," Mr. Lloyd George said, "because, if these things can happen and we take no notice and do not deal with them with that stern justice which has characterized the attitude of this country in all its dealings abroad, it is going to be fatal to the peace of Europe. If that is disturbed^ I do not see what Is going to happen to Europe. "I am alarmed, I am frightened that, unless some confidence is restored to the world, the consequences may be of the most terrible character." Mr. Lloyd George said there were two ways of dealing with the Sileslan situation. One was that troops of the allies assist in restoring order. It was not for him to express a military opinion, and he did not* Insist on this part of the prdgram, but he was ehtltled to insist on an alternative. Either the allies ought to insist upon the treaty's being respected or they ought to allow the Germans to do so, the prime minister continued. % Mr. Lloyd George declared the treaty of Versailles was the charter of Polish freedom, and that she wtfs the last country of Europe who had the right to complain about the treaty. Poland did not win her liberty, the prime minister asserted; her liberty was due to Italy, Great Britain and France. "There is not a letter of the treaty that does not mean a young British life, that does not mean nearly two. French lives, and there were hundreds of thousands of Italians," the prime minister continued. Mr. Lloyd George cited that the Poles were divided In the war, half of them fighting with the Germans. "They fell In German uniforms," he declared, "and shot down Frenchmen, British and Italians who were fighting for their freedom. "I see Korfanty (leader of the Polish insurrectionists) has said that the Poles In Silesia would die rather than surrender. If they had thought that earlier, when the battle for Polish freedom was being fought, there would have been fewer British, French and Italian lives lost. But they only think of It, when the Germans are disarmed and helpless. 'The Polish government has repudiated responsibility, and I am bound to accept that statement as representing their views. But it has happened once too often." The prime minister recalled the settlement with Lithuania, to which the United States, France, Italy and Great Britain were parties. 'Vllna was occupied by regular Polish troops in defiance of the allies," he /said. "They were asked to retire, and they said: ' 'We have no responsibility for it.' "The same thing is happening now. The same disclaimer of responsibility. Arms passing from Poland and officers crossing her" frontiers make it very difficult to feel that those repudiations of responsibility are anything but purely verbal." Mr. Lloyd George pleaded for the upholding of the treaty both for the sake of honor and for safety and security. f/ \ / United States Wins High Cwf $ 5 » ^ * Anting on Corporate • Tax. • «v* V-f * I* 'a t Waltet* McMenimen Is the new member of the federal railway labor board represent? ,je|peclftl|y the workers. tr*§f- Join Third Internationale, Santandor, Spain, May 16.--The syndicate of metallurgical workers, assembled here In national congress, decided to join the third Internationale of Moscow. The delegates from Asturias and Vigo voted against it. Tells of Warnings on Bergdoll. Washington, May 13.--Warning that Grover Cleveland Bergdoll. Philadelphia draft dodger, probably would at tempt to escape, was sent to the Department ot' Justice while Bargdoll still was In custody, John F. O'Connor, special agent of the department, testified before th*~i,house investigating committee. So far as he knew, it never was transmitted to the military authorities, O'Connor said. U. S. WEEIfjY MARKET REPORT Grain Market Unsettled--Hog Prices Advance at Chicago 35-40c Per 100 Lbs.--Beef Steers 25c Higher. WEEKLY MARKETGRAM. (Br U. 8. BUREAU or MARKETS.) ~ Washington, May 14.--For week ending May 12--ORAIN--Market very strong at opening ol week's business, but technical position weakened account high price level and prices dropped on the 7th. Sentiment and news mixed market unsettled until the 11th when acceptance of allied terms by Germany, statement of Seeretary Wallace that price level 50 per cent above pre-war basis would benefit whole country and further confirmation of damage to crops in*Southwest produced a sharp up-turn. Market erratic on the 12th. Export demand slow; business confined to small lots. Country offerings light. British wheat holdings officially estimated sufficient until August 1. Argentine port strike expected to be settled shortly. Corn demand fairly good. In Chicago cash market No. 2 red winter wheat, $1.46; No. 2 h^rd. $1.51; No. 8 mixed corn, 61c; No. 3 yellow corn, 61c; No. 3 white oats, 39c. For the week Chicago May wheat down V&c, at Sl.ttfe; May corn up lie, at «0%c.. Chicago July wheat up %c, at $1.1654; July corn *' at 63c. Minneapolis July wheat up at $1.21; Kansas July down lc, at |1.< Winnipeg July down lc, at $1.44%. HAY--Receipts very light, but demand continues poor. Prices practically unchanged. May 11, No. 1 timothy. Cincinnati $20.75, Chicago $20, Minneapolis $19.60; No. 1 prairie, Minneapolis $15. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES--Northern sacked round white potatoes up 10c per 100 lbs, at shipping points, closing 70- 80c. Chicago carlot market up 30c from the low point of the season reaching $1- 1.16. South Carolina No. 1 Irish cobblers $8 per cloth to slat barrel at New York. New York Baldwin apples up 25c to $1 per bbl, eastern city wholesale markets, A2% cold storage stock *6.75-8. Medium to large size extra fancy northwestern winesaps up 25c per box, Chicago at $3- 8.50; small sizes $2.25-2.50. Sacked yellow onions alow and dull in eastern centers, at 75c to $1.25 per 100 lbs. DAIRY PRODUCTS--Butter markets showing signs of weakness again after almost a week of steadiness. Conditions this time of year are such that markets are easily disturbed. Production increasing and time for active storage approaching. although no butter has as yet been fiut In storage tn eastern markets. Closng prices, 92 score; New York SSftc. Chicago 3H4c, Philadelphia 34%c, Boston 33V4c. Prices in cheese markets lower than week ago and now at lowest point since 1915 Current business not up to expectations and while more active than it has been prices are slightly Weaker than few days ago. Wisconsin primary markets 4iow averaging Twins. Daisies Double Daisieo and Young Americas 14^4c; Lunghorns Ho. LIVE STOCK--Hog prices at Chicago advanced 35-40c per 100 lbs the past week. Beef steers generally 25c higher; butcher cows and heifers up 26-50c; veal calves down 25c to $1; fat lambs advanced $1-1.25; feeding lambs unchanged; yearlings up 26-S0c; fat ewes 25c. May 12 Chicago prices: Hogs, bulk of sales, $8.46-8.90; medium and good beef steers, $7.50-9; butcher cows and heifers, $6.25-9; feeder steers, *.75-8.50; light and medium weight veal calves, $7.25-9; fat lambs, $10.50-11.26; feeding lambs, $7-8.50; yearlings, $8.25-10; fat ewes, $6-7.50. Stocker and feeder shipments from 11 important markets during the week ending May 6 were: Cattle and calves. 25,809; hogs, IT,935; sheep, 9,291. \M mm is DHOW Increased Value of Capital Asset Mtid| ^ Be Considered In Levy on Prof. ^ its, Is the Unanimous Ruting of Judges. ; 1 _..|g ^^ISifchinirCon, May 18.---The goVerut ; ment won In the Supreme court llj|- contention that Increased value of auj^v capital asset must be considered in fr . corporation's prdflta when taxes wei|j computed. - The court's decision was given lithe appeal of La Belle Iron worhp from a ruling of the treasury tfiat ori lands purchased for $190,000 In 190# must be returned in the 1917 report at , $10,000,000 and a profit tax paid ob_; the difference. The opinion sustainoi' this ruling. j>; "The meaning of the act as to 1%; vested' capital is clear," the court sat|^ "It was to cover actual cost of proi^J erty, disregarding anything vthat doefe*' not change the form pf the invesfr. ment." * The court was unanimous in its d#^ cislon, except that Justice McReynolcpt concurred only In the result. Associate justice Pitney read the opinion. Hundreds of millions of dollars ; excess profit taxes were involved' ipr the case, which was characterized by ; a high government official as "thfr most Important legal suit affectli^f federal finances to arise In severl# , decades." Practically every American corpori-^ tlon of any size was Interested vltallfs, •n the case, counsel for the Iron coni» pany said, when asking the court expedite hearings In the case. Lumbfl#1 > companies, steel foundries and in«*. \r dlvlduals joined with the iron coqjferV pany as "friends of the court" in ttili effort to show that the natural e% v hancement in value of the company1* holdings could not be considered proit ItS. The estate tax provided in the refcc^ enue act of 1916 waff held valid tifr » the court In passing upon the appe^. of executors of the estate of the law, J. Harsen Purdy of New York. * f Estate taxes paid under state lavnr - cannot be deducted from the "net elk tate" ut>on which a tax Is affixed u*-', der the federal revenue act of 191IR, the court ruled in affirming decrees <if federal courts in New York In a snj^ , brought by the executors of the Purdjr estate. :XV 4 MISTAKES IN SUCKER SENATE PASSES TARIFF BILL Emergency Measure Goes Through by the Vpte of 63 to 23--Seven 0«moerats Voted for It. Fur Company Short $9,200,000. St. Louis, May 16.--Officials of the International Fur Exchange announced a deficit of $9,202,437 in the finances of the establishment. A circular containing this information Is being mailed to all stockholders^ Judge Llndsey Pays Fine. Denver, Colo., May 14.--Ben B. Llndsey, Judge of Denver's Juvenile court, ended a five-year controversy here when he paid a fine of $500 and costs assessed upon him following his can* vlctton on charges of contempt. Lodge 8eventy-One Years Old- Washington, May 14.--Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, Republican floor leader in the senate, celebrated his seventy-first birthday anniversary. In point of service he is the dcia of the senate. Attack Secret Sessions. Washington, May 17.--Secret senate sessions were attacked as a "reliv bt antiquity" by Senator Harrison (Dem.), Mississippi, In calling up his resolution proposing consideration of treaties and nominations. Plan to Reorganise Fur Exchange., St Louis, May 17.--Plans are under way for reorganizing the International Fur exchange, according to a formal statement from a committee of bankers representing the local creditors of the concert. W«*Mngton, May 13.--The^ sMJate passed the emergency farlff and antidumping bill, retaining all amendments recommended by the finance committee, but rejecting those Individually proposed. The vote was 68 to 23. Seven Democrats--Senators Bronssard, Louisiana; Jones, New Mexico; Kendrick, Wyoming; Myers, Montana; Pittman, Nevada ; Ransdell, Louisiana, and Sheppard, Texas--voted with the Republicans In passing the bill. An other Democrat--Ashurst, Arizona-- who was absent, was announced as a supporter. Only one Republican--Senator Moses of New Hampshire--voted against tbe bill. WOOD STARTS LUZON TOUR General Ready tovReceive Any State- /* «ienta the People Car* t* Make. i) ~ Manila. P. I.. May 13.--The mission sent by President Harding to investigate conditions in the Philippine Islands have arranged to start on a tour of northern central Lu?on. The trip will occupy 18 days. During the Duron, trip there will be no public bearings, but all who wish to do so may present statements bearing on any phase of the commission's work. Both General Wood and Governor Forbes have expressed gratification at the assistance given for furtherance of their inquiry. Acting Governor Yeater gave a dinner in honor of the mission. Expel 8py From Rhinetand. ' Coblen7., May 17.--The allies' high commission has ordered expelled from occupied territory Franz Schulenberg, who was arrested In • the United States during the war as a German agent and plotter. Mexico In Balky Mood. Mexico City, May 16.--Mexico cannot and will not sign a formal protocol as a condition to recognition, by the United States, President Obregon told newspaper men In referring to President Harding's policy. Diets of Cameron Oam Free. Madison, Wis., May lft--A complete pardon was granted by Governor Blaine to John Dletz, restoring freedom to the "defender of Cameron Mrs. Jake L. Hamon la III. .. Chicago, May 17.--Mrs. Jake L. Hamon, widow of the Oklahoma oil millionaire and politician, is under the care of physicians In her home, 4909 Sheridan road, suffering fronj a nervous collapse. Cholera and Typhus In Moscow. Blga, May 16.--Cholera and typhus ate reported by a Moscow dispatch to the Letvlan Telegraph agency to have broken out unusually early In Moscow. The soviet government Is declared to be much alarmed over the situation. Author's Oaugther Dies. Emporia, Kan., May 16.--Miss Mary White, sixteen, only daughter of William Allen White, author and publisher of the Emporia Gazette, died dam" on the tenth anniversary of his I of Injuries received In a fall frorp a conviction. jtMpae. Her skull was fractared. Secretary of War Weeks Says Rest of the 155,000 Are O. K.; -^Washington, May 18.-**Of the IN&» 000 alleged draft deserters on the War department lists, only four men so fWP have been erroneously catalogued, Seps retary Weeks announced: Stanley HaJ^; rlson French of Brooklyn, Alfred Das* lei Brazil of New York, Howatt a. Mllllnsbn. address not given, and William Sutherland Bacon of Chicago. All of these have been stricken,tram the lists. 3Q DEAD IN ITALIAN RIOTS Hundred and Fifty Others Wounded! in Street Battles During the Balloting. Milan, May 18.--Thirty persons wei» killed and 150 wounded In street ba^ ties during the balloting in the generi|| election. - While the election passed off quietly In the big cities there were violent clashes between the fascist! and tfca c o m m u n i s t s i n t h e s m a l l e r t o w n s , - v - MASKED MEN SHOOT PRIEST Father O'Callaghan, of Cork Cathedral Clergy, Attacked in Hta Bodrpam at Night ' London, May 17.--Father O'Callaghan, one of the clergy at the Cork cathedral, was shot by masked men who entered his bedroom at four o'clock In the morning. Father O'Calmgban died at six o'clock last night. Acquitted of Auto Theft. New York. May 17.--Benny KaufT, suspended Giant outfielder, was acquitted by a Jury lh General Sessions on an Indictment charging lilm with tbe larceny of an automobile December 8, 1919. Bank at Anita, la., Falls. Anita, la.. May 17.--The Cltisena' Savings bank here, capitalized at $."50.- 000 and in existence for 30 years, failed to open Its doors, due to Inability to realise on farmers' securities Bandits Kill Gary Grocer. Gary, Ind., May 14.--Frank Zeslcki, 2277 Madison street, died here of pistol wounds suffered when two bandits shot him down In an attempt to rob his grocery store. The assassins «• caped. German Nerves Relaxed. Berlin, May 14.--Marked relaxation from the tenseness of feeling which has prevailed the last few days was observable In German political circles now that the crisis raised by the allied ultimatum has baen passed FOUR KILLED IN Three Government Officers and the -vs Wiie of One Are.JMwt^O fc'i- Death. Dublin, May 18.--Three government officers and the wife of one of them were shgt and killed In an ambush at Ballyelrn, four miles from Gort, CouB* ty Galway. , ; The victims were District InspectlOf Blake and ftis wife, Captain Gornwifc* Us and Lieutenant McCreery. ^ $2,000,000 for Art and Music. Cincinnati, May 17.--The $2.000,0<|S. estate left by Mrs. Eleanor C. J. AlrtS, widow of Frederick Alms. Is to go Into trust for the benefit of educational* charity, art, musical and recreational Institutions in this city by the tertia of Mrs. Alms' will, filed here. Refuses to 8end Federal Troops^^j Washington, May 18---Preside^* Harding refused an appeal for federal troops for the West Virginia coal fields. The appeal was made to the President v by Senator Sutherland, on behalf Governor Morgan of West Virginia.^ * I . , Railroads Must Do Better. : Washington, May 18.--"If America railroads can't do better this yearthlif ' last, they won't last yery long," Chairman Cummins of the senate interstate commerce committee told Julius Krap* achnitt of the Southern Pacific. *' * ' E x -Gov. Cox's Daughter Dies. Dwyton. O., May 18.--Mrs. HelMt ©ox Mahoney, twenty-five years old, daughter of Former Gov. James M. Cox, Democratic candidate for President last fall, died suddenly, .at iMttf home In Oakwood. a suburb. ."tr t: J; Miners 8tarve in Oklahotni£ : Muskogee, Okla., May 18.--Join Wilkinson, president of district 21, United Mine Workers of America, la-* sued a statement here in which ha said: "There are ndners in Oklahoma •«ho aw actually starving." mp.