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ILLINOIS BREVITIES Benton.--Declaring that every rata Ijfc i,; ' plunges the town into darkness by put- V*-' ting the electric light plant out of com- ; mission, citizens of Benton have circuiated a petition to purchase a tent to cover t*ie Central Illinois Public Serv- Ice company's power plant so lights can r^,.^ be kept burning when it rains. The petition In reality is a facetious proi test against the service furnished by r the light company, and may be filed with the Illinois commerce commission 1 r kM&i with a formal complaint. "When a *• cloud appears a mad rush follows for candles," said James M. Snyder, sect, >'H retary of the Commercial club. "A t rain of any kind puts out the lights." Hoopeston.--Reed Williams and Gllber Rlggs were killed and Fred Lucas severely hurt when their automo- ^ . bile was struck by a Chicago and E.ast- • trn Illinois passenger train at a street crossiDg here. jl"; / Springfield.--Suits for accounting ;' ..y against five ex-state treasurers, alleg- ', leg shortage of approximately $2,500,- 000, were started by Attorney Genera! i' %1. t Edward J. Brandage, The suits cover r; the six terms preceding that of the K - present treasurer, Edward E. Miller, •v. and are directed against all state / treasurers who held office between &: ;M l909 and 1921. State Auditor Andrew . Russell, who was treasurer twice during the period, is defendant in two "" suits. The other ex-treasurers in- ' volved are: Gov. Lefa Small, Lieut. Gov. Fred E. Sterling, William Ryan, Jr., and Edward E. Mitchell. The Small, Sterling and RusseU suits were filed In the Sangamon Circuit court at f - Springfield, their official residence, i... • Suits against Ryan and Mitchell were to be started in Cook county. Chicago.--At the International Live Stock exposition held in Chicago. Illinois prize winners included Denby Brothers, Carlinville, sweepstakes on fat shorthorn yearling steer; John Im- T boden & Son, Decatur, first on Here- ^ cattle; John Hulby, Mason City, first and second on Aberdeen-Angus. On sheep (Ramboulllets), Marshall Brothers, Belvidere, first; A. A. Cox, Altoona. second. On Berkshire - : ; swine, J. H. Nickel, Arenzville, first; on Doroc Jerseys, A. E. Price, Grant * Park, first; on Poland Oiinas, Farlow A Seikals, Augusta, first; J. W. Crass, y "Delavan, second; on Chester Whites, *^,A. P. Hamilton, Augusta, first; G. E. Phillips, Delavan, second; on Hamp- ; ;r ' shires, R. J. kelson, Rushville. second ; on Tamsworths, W. C. McGuire, h; Maroa, first; B. T. Harris, Champaign, |g • second. V Chicago.--Charles A. Gregory, new ^ federal prohibition director for HU- ' nois centered on his new duty here. He succeeds John Kjellander, who recently resigned. Mr. Gregory the last year had charge of the permit section of the local office. After de- . daring that he hoped to dry up Chl- ' cago in a systematized campaign of raids and court actions, Mr. Gregory ~ announced that each branch of his department will have a head, who will be held personally responsible. Guy W. Glnders of Rockford, a former 1 sheriff, who was recently appointed ' '* first assistant to Mr. Gregory, will be •jv la charge of all field agents, Springfield.--Real estate dealers in '» the state are warned to secure their 11- •x censes which they are required to do Under the law before Janhary 1. The State real estate brokers' license commission declared that although the dealers have but another month to secure their licenses, comparatively few bare applied. There are between 12,- 000 and 15,000 dealers In the state. Joliet.--One man was killed and four others injured when a scaffolding broke In a cell which was being repaired at the new state prison near here. The men fell to the ground 60 feet below. Charles M. Nelson of Lockport, a civilian employee, was lastantly killed. Delavan.--H, M. Wood, a dairyman, owns the champion Holsteln heifer. In 12 months she produced 21,750 pounds of milk. J. C. Mason of Armington owns the champion Jersey cow of Illinois, producing 10,842 pounds of milk In a year, and establishing a new record for Jerseys. Vermont.--Farmers of Schuyler, Fulton and McDonough counties have organized to Insure their live stock en . route to market. The fee for hogs is 6 cents a 100 and 2 cents for cattle and sheep. A fee of 1 cent a 100 pounds is assessed for general expenses. Peoria.--Thirty-five carloads of Texas cattle, shipped by stockmen of > Marfa, were sold by public sale to fPnlnate the speculators and middlemen and to sell calves and yearlings directly to the central Illinois feeders. Who will fatten them for market. Springfield.--High school students have organized a Radio Science club. They plan to erect two towers on the roof of the high school building. All .. the work of installation is being done %jr the club members . .Dixon.--Mrs. Charlotte I,. Whlppertnan, one of Illinois' oldest citizens, is dead at her home here, at the age of > one hundred and three years, three months and four days. She was born la Hanover, Germany, and is survived by four children, 16 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren and three greatgreat- grandchildren. - ° . Peoria. -- The school board here %tvarded contracts for construction of ! l$v-o new school buildings and for an addition te Manual Training high •fchool, the cost of the three aggregat- . Jp£ $625,000. ? >' Atlanta.--The "czar of Atlanta" has yjjbme back. Reconsidering his decision to vacate the mayoralty chair, Samr Iddings, who was ruled out of • Office by Judge Llndley, Is holding •'••way as Aiianta's chief executive, de- ? glaring that he doesn't want to defy fi^Ilie court, but that he Is still mayor. Galesburg.--Andrew M. Harvey, Jr., Ln Grange, ranked first ampng the IP ilr 'en rWelve^ the highest in intelllil? ••*sP£enc€ tests recently given to the 250 P? -freshmen at Knox college, it was anpounced by President Jam** I* lie- Conaughy. -t y---•' . * , * • * ' , ' • J . . rrertfleat lobo H. Walker nor Serretflnr-Treasurw Victor A. Olander has opposition for re-election as the chief officials of tl»« Illinois State Federation of Labor in the annual election, which is in progress. Balloting closes December 81. allowing one month for union men to cast their ballots. Official canvass of the vote Is to start January 7. Every official of the state federation has been nominated for re-election this year. Besides Walker and Olander the Incumbent fourth, fifth and sixth vice presidents--Thomas Kelly of Streator. Joseph W. Morton of CI ilea go and A1 Towers of Belleville-- have no opposition. Mahomet. -- Preferring death rather than give up the life of a hermit to spend his last days in prison, Harry Davis, fifty years old, shot himself through the heart when he had been driven into a small lake by a sheriff's posse. He had been suspected of robbing a store at Lodge. Since he was accused of the murder of Henry Howe here 19 years ago, Davis roamed up and down the banks of the Sangamon river, getting food when be could find it and taking shelter where nature provided it. Springfield.-- Co-ordination of the work being done in the 14 divisions in the Ptate will be the main business at the annual meeting of the Illinois State Teachers' association in this city December 28 to 30, Inclusive. Approximately 1,200 representatives from the 14 divisions will be at the meeting. They will represent a membership of 26,000 in the state association. The number of delegates from the various divisions are selected according to the division's membership. Chicago.--There are 541.100 women workers In Illinois of whom 311.615 are In Chicago and 229,615 are down? state, it was reported to the annual convention of the Illinois League; of Women Voters ln session here. The percentage of women wbrkers irt Illinois increased In the last decade in proportion to the total number of women in the state, while the percentage of men workers to the total number of men decreased. Sullivan.--This municipality, after fighting the Central Illinois Puhllc Service company In various cases, find 8 itself broke. The company, without any notice, has finally withdrawn from the town. To pay off the debts incurred in the court fights the city will be bonded for $20,- 000. The attorney who fought the cases for the city has presented a bill for $4,500. WilliamsvlUe.--Farmers around Williamsville are waging a war against quail hunters, to prevent them shooting on their property without permission. A special officer has been hired to guard their farms in this respect. Rabbits may be shot at will, farmers say. , ' / Springfield.--State-aid road building ln Henry county must wait until bids come down. The state division of highways announced the second rejection of bids on the approximately six miles of paving on bond issue route No. I. There were two bids, both above $30,000. Springfield.--Examinations will be held by the Illinois civil service7 commission In Springfield, Jacksonville and Lincoln on Saturaay, December 10, for the following positions: Senior diagnostic bacteriologist; institution bookkeeper; senior prison teacher, and junlor prison teacher. r WM 'jf.i and Hotels Looted by Mobs in Capital tf p ' Austria. <**•* • PRELUDE TO GRAVE TROUBLE? People Dragged Out of Street Cars and Automobiles and Beaten Up ---American Flag Only Shown Rsapeel^. ' *"" Ttemia, Dec. 5.--There fs a fear that the wave of recent plundering, which recently swept Berlin and is now ravaging Vienna, is a prelude, to grave disturbances In central Europe this winter. The extent of the vandalism, looting and plundering after a general survey Is said to far exceed the first reports. Kaemtner, Ring. Marlahilfew and oth-! er street3 In the center of the city radiating from them look as If a hurricane had passed. Tens of thousands of persons streamed Into the city to view the wreckage. In the adjoining Old and New Bristol hotels the mob penetrated to the fourth floors, wrecking everything, slashing valuable Gobelins, breaking open doors and throwing out -furniture, stealing the clothes of guests and breaking mirrors, A similar fate wn* meted out to the Grand hotel, the total damages to the raided hotels being estimated at close to one billion crowns. In Kaerntner strasse, where the windows of big and little shops were smashed and goods stolen and destroyed the loss is estl-* mated at two billions. f People were dragged out of street^ cars and automobiles and beaten up. One man was dragged from a motorcar with a rope to .shouts of "lamp post," but he was rescued by the police. * An American woman whose name was not learned stood in the door of her room In the Bristol holding a small American flag over her head and defying the i lundering mob to touch her or her belongings. Th# mob did not harm her and her belongings were saved. The room of Coloftffl Causey. American engineer and adviser to the Austrian railways, were not touched while the apartment of Sir William Goode. the British diplomat, was looted of everything but his overcoat. Lack of energetic action by the police Is declared to be responsible for the riots remaining unchecked. Judge Discharges Jurors When Hefuses to "£h^ig* Her Mind. Wltllaia E. Pulltam, who has been appointed receiver general of DotnlnU can customs by President Harding. He was first? appointed to this position by President Roosevelt und held the place under President Taft. He will leave soon for Santo Domingo, the capital of tbe Dominican republic. RAIL RATES TOO HIGH Federal Reserve Board Places Blame for Poor Business. ALLIES' DEBT BILL UP SOON & Rockford.--In the reorganization of the Illinois National Guard Rockford will get two companies which will be units of the same regiment, the Third infantry, now in process of organization. , Springfield.--Illinois plans to mark (ts roads next year with aluminum markers shaped like the map of Illinois. At the same time highway officials will remove all roadside advertisements. Cairo.--Cairo's "association store," to be operated on the profit-sharing plan, has opened for business. The store was organized several weeks ago at a meeting of 400 citizens in protest against high prices. Danville.--Contrary to general' belief, coal mining does not provide employment for the greatest number of men In Danville. A survey showed 3,600 men employed by the railroads and 2,600 in the mines. Bloomington.--Preparations for repaving the heart of the business district recalled to old-timers that Bloomington had the first brick pavement laid west of the Allegheny mountains and the second In the United States. Edgington.--Edgington claims the champion corn husker of the county and state in Thomas Murphy, who husked and shoveled in 3,350 bushels of corn ln 26 days. He also husked 204 bushels in nine and a half hours. Rock Island.--The home for the aged, maintained by tbe Order of the Eastern Star for years at Macon, is to be moved to Rock Island, according to announcement. Springfield.--Illinois' fire loss last month reached $1,363,140 ln 1,138 Area, John Gt. Gamber, suite fire marshal, reports. Chicago.--There are now <100,000 telephones ln Chicago, the Illinois Bell Telephone company announced on completing the Installation of telephone No. 600,0(X). In 1905 there were only 100,000, and In 1918 there were f>00.- 000. There are more than 1,000,000 telephones ln the whole Illinois Bell system. Urbana.--Horticultural experts advise owners of young orchards to wrap the trees during the winter as protectection against rabbits and mice. The wrapping should remain on the trees until April. Chicago.--The Hoosler farmers lost the grand sweepstakes in the coin division of the International Grain and Hay show. J. W. Workman of Maxwell, 111., was crowned corn king of the worid, winning In competition with more than 1,500 of the best samples of corn ln the country. Chicago.--The Joliet Street Railway company asked from the Illinois commerce commission the privilege of reducing its far<e from 10 to 6% cents to regular daily riders. Chairman Smith commended the company, and later the° commission granted the regtiest. • President Harding Oats Senate Lead- Agreement to party '• 4iv,: Action. Washington, Dec. 5.--Passage of ftife allies' debt refunding bill as the flfht work of the next session was understood to have been definitely agreed upon by senate leaders at the request ol' President Hurdiug. The President Is understood to have favored immediate enactment of the legislation and to have secured the agreement ro this of Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, Republican leader; Curtis of Kansas, Peurose of Penitsylvauia and Watson of Indiana during discussion of the legislative program for the next session at a dinner attended by thoee senators. Steel and Iron Trade Also Held Responsible for the Slow Recovery. Washington, Dec. 2.--Railroads and the steel and Iron trade were held chiefly responsible for failure of business in the United States to expand In the bulletin Just Issued by the federal reserve board. ' This" report lacks the optimistic predictions in earlier surveys and specifically says manufacturing centers have been forced to let up because buyers are holding off in the ,belief freight rates should and will drop. The business community, reports to the reserve bonrd clearly show, demands the railroads take their shnre of loss In the process of price deflation, and is prepared to hold back until the government, or the railroads themselves, make a real effort in that direction/ Members of the board agree with other high officials of the administration that while railroad rates do not constitute the chief obstruction to lower living costs, they do continue to block the way for hundreds of Industries. ln their program to scale quotations downward. The farmers are still bearing the brunt of the readjustment tangle, the board said. The prices of their products liave suffered another drop, hut the things they must buy in actual necessaries continue high and some of tjiern, In fact, near th" peak prices of war times. Some industrial groups, chiefly the steel and iron trades, are held responsible for some business uncertainty. U. S. DEBT UP $160,000,000 Increase in November Is Due to New Treasury Certificates, Official Re- , port Shows. Washington^ Dec. 5.--An increase of about 81G0,000,000 in public del# during November was announced ijv the treasury. At the end of October the public debt stood at $23,45b,14o,4iM}.19, as compared with $23,61'J,USS,7!i3<cl7 ou JsovemSer 30. The increase duriug tbe month, officials explained, was due to the issuance of $23l,W>,0,W worth of treasury certificates ou November 1. There were no certificates maturing during the month. BRITAIN TO PROBE TARRING in • ------ Attack on Episcopal Clergyman florid* Under Investigate^.. - by En8,andh •?.. . •"iftntol, Fla., Dec. 5.--Acting under telegraphic Instructions from tbe British embassy in Washington, A. H. Hubbard, British vice consul here, be gan an investigation into the flogging and tarring and ."eathering here last August of Rev. Philip S. Irwin, arch deacon of the Protestant Episcopal church and a British subject, who was engaged in work among tbe negroes of Miami. ^ NEGRO LODGE MEN HANG ONE 8trlng Up Memtfer for Divulginc Secrets, but Rope Breaks and He Escapes. Stoax City, la., Dec. 2.--Charging that Sam Jones, thirty-one, h&d exposed secrets of a negro lodge to which he belonged, 14 members ol that organization escorted Jones to a bridge on the outskirts of tbe city, bound his hai.ds and feet, and, after adjusting a clothesline noose about his neck and attaching It to a bridge girder, threw him over the rail. The mob then departed. But the clothesline broke and Jones landed In water waist deep. Rev. Dudley Smith, former pastoi of a negro congregation here, was arrested, charged with being one of the party that attempted to lynch Jonea FRANCE :0R RECEIVER Paris Qovernfnent Officials Favor the Exploitation of Germany by the Allies. Prince Received at Bikaner. fiikaner, British India, Dec. 0.--The prince of Wales arrived here." He was received at the station by the mahara- Jah, Sir Ganglia Singh. The potmluce was most enthusiastic in its reception of the prl:ice. Building Contracts Increase. New York, Dec. 6.--Building contracts awarded here during tbe first eleven months of thfe present year amounted to $848,473,000, ur 10 per cent more tlotn in the entire year of VBOfk Paris, Dec. 2.--A receivership foi Germany lis ft bankrupt, with an an tonomous Rhlneland to be exploited by the allies for reparation purposes, Is likely Jo be proposed by France as an alternative to any moAtorluno on re;>arattons that mny be suggested by Great Britain, It was said taa official circles here. VOTE 10 TO 2 FOR FREEDOM Deliberations Carried on Day*--New Trial Is Expectefiiw ^ Chance That Case May Be J •- ( Nolle Prossed. ' 1 San Francisco, Dec. 0.--The 'Tatty'* Arbuckle Jury reported a disagreement at 12:15 in the afternoon and was discharged. The foreman reported that the final standing of the juroru was 10, to 2 In «ftivor of acquittal. Judge Louderback set January 9 as the day for the case to come up again, aAd already rumor is busy with speculation as to whether "Fatty" will be tried again. Some critics say he will and others believe the ease will be postponed againr and again, and finally erased from the calendar. After a good night's rest the jury resumed its deliberations at 10:30 in the morning, Miss Louise Winterburn, whose illness necessitated an early retirement at night, had entirely recovered.. "Miss Winterburn is feeling fine," said the matron in charge of the women Jurors. When the jury reconvened the prospects of a verdict appeared slim. Although the ballot taken before retiring was said to have been 11 to 1 for acquittal, the woman voting for conviction continued to do so and won over a second woman. The "jury had the case three days. Judge Louderback domtnended the jury on their endeavors to reach a verdict, and formally discharged them. And with the ban removed, the floodgates of speech were loosened and they tfegan to talk, some reluctantly, others willingly, and the details of what transpired during those two days In the jury room began to get the light of day. There was the one exception, Mrs. Helen N. Hubbard would not talk. She was met by a friend at the door of the courtroom. "Get me out of here quickly," she said, and the friend took her down the rear elevator and out through police headquarters Into an alley. She declined to discuss the matter with reporters. But the other women felt differently, and what they had to say was received with especial Interest. There were live women In the Arbuckle jury. Three of them, Mrs. Kitty McDonald, Mrs. Dorothy O'Dea and Mrs. Adelaide Nelson, were for acquittal, first, last and all the time. Miss Louise Winterburn vacillated. She voted for acquittal and she voted for conviction, but she rather favored a conviction. AJVos. Hubbard was for conviction from the start, and never changed her vote. It was she who really "hung" the Jury. The case went to the jury Friday afternoon at four o'clock. Immediately upon entering tne jury room the five women and seven men cast their first votes on the question of conviction or acquittalf Tills vote was 11 for acquittal and 1 for conviction. The other Jurors asked her to explain her vote. She smiled and drummed her fingers on the long table. There was much oratory vented for her benefit. The evidence was re* viewed and the personality of the prln* cipals and the witnesses in the case discussed. Then another ballot was taken. The vote was 11 for acquittal and 1 for conviction. Again the woman "holdout" was harangued. Again a vote was taken. Aguin the vote sljowed 11 to 1. The jurors 'went t© dinner. They returned and continued their discussion and their voting until ten o'clock Friday night. Seven votes had been taken by bedtime and the attitude oi every juror remained unchanged. After the night's sleep the jurors again got down to their task. The first vote of the morning showed 11 ta 1. But now the woman who refused to acquit began to talk. She drew upon such funds of logic that when the next ballots were cast the vote was 10 to 2 ln favor of freeing the fat comedian. There were later, votes. Finally another who had determined on an acquittal verdict flopped to the woman's Bide. The vote then was 9 for acquit tal and 3 for conviction. Then It switched back to 11 to 1 and showed no likelihood of varying from this proportion. Several times the jurors sent word to the judge that they were hopelessly deadlocked. The judge sent word back that they must continue toj try to reach an agreement Tbe last ballot showed *BOjU*pr switch to 10 to 2. , J ,v Johannes Gehnadlus, new minllter from Greece, who has just arrived in the United States. 6. S. MARKET REPORT Weekly Marketgram of Bureau of Markets and Crops. Washington, Dec. B.-^-For the week ending December 2--GRAIN--Prices trended upward the flrst half of week, influenced mainly by domestic and foreign reports of drought and crop deterioration, but the market was unsettled the remainder of the week. French winter wheat acreage reported 30 per cent less than last year. At close country offerings limited; export demand reported good. Closing prices in Chicago cash market: No. 2 red winter wheat, $1.26; No. 2 hard winter wheat, $1.15; No. 2 corn, 60c; No. 2 yellow corn, 61c; No. 3 white oats, 34c. Average price to farmers ln central Iowa for No. 2 mixed corn about 34c; to farmers in central North Dakota for No. 1 dark northern wheat $1.09%; to farmers in central Kansas for No. 2 hard winter wheat 95c. For the week Chicago May wheat advanced 2%c, closing at $1.17%; Chicago May corn unchanged, at 54%c; Minneapolis May wheat up lc, at $1.23%; Kansas City May wheat up 2c, at $1.09V&; Winnipeg May wheat up 4c, at $1.13%. HAY--Quoted December 2: No. 1 timothy-- Kansas City, $14; Chicago, $23; Minneapolis, $19; No. 1 alfalfa--Kansas City, $21; No. 1 prairie--Kansas City, $11; Minneapolis, $15.50. FEED--^Quoted December 2: Bran, $18; standard middlings, $18.50; linseed meal, $41; Minneapolis gluten feed--932.65 Chicago; $39.76 Boston; 36 per cent cottonseed meal--$34 Memphis. DAIRY PRODUCTS--Butter markets firmer and have shown consistent gains during the week. Closing prices, 92 score: New York, 46%c; Chicago. 47c.' Cheese markets quiet; prices barely steady. Prices at Wisconsin primary markets December 1: Daisies, 19%c; double daisies, 19c; young Americas and longhorns, 20c. LIVE STOCK--December 2 Chicago prices: Hogs, top, $7.10; bulk of sales, $6.65@$6.80; medium and good beef steers, $6.15@10.00; butcher cows and heifers, $3.60 ©8 76; feeder steers, $4.606i>6.60: light and medium weight veal calves, $6.E0<&9.75; fat lambs, $9.26@10.75; feeding lambs, $8.00® 9.15; yearlings, $6.00<g9.15; fat ewes. $3.00® 6.25. Stocker and feeder shipments from 12 important markets during the week ending November 25 were: Cattle and calves, 68,265; hogs, 4,668; sheep, 36,825. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES--Potato haulings 'light. Prices advanced at eastern shipping points, but declined ln North and West. Bulk Malnes now $1.31@1.41 f. o. b. per 100 lbs.; sacked New Yorks up 6c, at $1.70; Michigan round whites 5c lower, at $1.40(0/1.60; Idaho russets $1.10@1.50 per 100 lbs. cash to growers. City markets steady. Chicago carlot sales northern round whites steady, at $1.G0@1.75; Minnesota Red River OhiOB carlots up 10 to 20c in Chicago, at $1."W@1.60; down 15c in Kansas City, at $1.40. Apple markets Steady, movement moderate. Extra fancy winesaps Wenatchee district firm f. o. b'. at $2.10@2.15 per box; Jonathans extra fancy up 50c In Chicago, at $2.25®3.00. Eastern yellow onions steady in most markets, but jumped $1 ln Philadelphia, closing strong at $6.50 per sack; middlewesterns stock up 25c In Pittsburgh, at $5.00@5.25; western reds slow In Kansas City, at $5.00(&5.£>0. Virginia sweet potatoes advanced about |1 in eastern markets, ranging $4.00^)4.50 per barrel. FIND CHILD CUT TO PIECES Msrine Mail Guard Shot. Rt. Paul, Minn., I>ec. 5.--ltay M. Foor, twenty-four years old, a marine aiding In guarding the malls here, was shot in the right leg when his revolver accidentally discharged. His condition Is not serious. Qtm Robbers Seise $6,000. i Chicago, Dec. 3.--Two automobile holdup men .entered the Jewelry store of I. Oillii, iiM-kfcii ihe proprietor ami his wife In a rear room and escaped with diamonds and other jewelry valued at $5^XK). Lloyd Qeorge Salts December 12. London, Dee. 5.--Prime Minister Lloyd George, It was learned. Is definitely planning to leave England for the United States December 12 to attend the Washington annument cou ference. Rout Uruguay Comftiunlifi. Montevideo, Uruguay, Dec. 6.--Set' eral persons were Injured when police with drawn sabers dispersed a demonstration by communists protesting against the conviction for murder In Massachusetts of Sacco and Vanaettl. Fine Mare for Mia. Hardin*. TTasl'.Ineton, Dec. 3.--A thoroegfcbred Virginia hunter, schooled in jumping, w>i« presented to Mrs. Harding by John Green. The halter, a »ev- New Irish Peaee Proposals. London, Dec. 8.--A. C. Barton, e member of the Sinn Fein delegntloc attending the Irish peace conference, left for Dublin carrying a new, sel of peace proposals from the Rritist cabinet tar Eamonn de Valera. Bury 14 School Children. Ked Bluff, Cal., Dec. 6.--Joint funeral services were held ln Union high school for 14 boys and girls, killed when their school bus was struck by a train at Proberta.- All were Interred ln a single plot. Woman Also Slain in Brutal Murder 'V- Cake in Chicago-- ; 1 Reveals Crime. ' > Chicago,- Dec. 2.--Cut up and placed In a wash holier, ready to be, burned In red-hot stove, the body of Margaret Cough I in, three years old, was found In the basement of a Thouse at 112G North Avers avenue. Mrs. Rachel Whalen Penses, forty-four years old. was found upstairs ln bed, dead, her throat cut from ear to ear with a bread kulfe. Apparently she had committed suicide after police, called by South Park Policeman Edward Coughlln, the murdered child's father, had surrounded the house. Police are convinced that Mrs. Rachel Whalen Penses, a known moron and a psychopathic case, had murdered the baby, In a fit of Insanity, and then ended her own life with a butcher knife. The abseuce of any motive for the crime was explained by the announcement of r. William S. Hickson, head of the psychopathic laboratory of the municipal court that the Penses family had been examined and adjudged dementia praecox cases October 31, 1018. en-year-old "Lady. aurrel mare, la named Says Rail Rates Too High. WAHhlngtou, Dec. 3.--Railroad* the steel and Iron trade were hebi ••bleflv responsible for failure of bu*l ness ln the UnHed States to e*paw in the bnlletln Ju<»t bPrteed by the fed eral reserve board. Briand Back In Frano*, .«> Hav*e, Dec. 5.--Premier Briand r*- turnad to France after five weeks' absence, in which he presented to the Washington conference France's position on armament limitation. Be was greeted without enthusiasm. League of Nations Calls Court. Geneva, Dec. 5.--The League of Nations has issued a cJ' "t'lr the jnenibers of the International court of justice to meet at The Fla cue on January 80. Formal oix-nlne of the «OHTt to expected early In February. 1 Berlin O. K.'s Yahk Consuls. Washington, Dec. 3.--Full recognition of American consular officers in Germany has been granted by the Berlin government ihe State department was advised by Charge d'Affalres Dresel at Berlin. With thia recognition the American government is functioning throughout Germany as In prewar day* • iy-vi ii ~Y ;: ~.*4 Wirth Names Credits Beard.* Berlin, Dec. 6.--Chancellor Wirth has appointed a commission to direct dealings with foreign security brokers for the purpose of obtaining credits abroad to enable Germany to meet her obligations to the allies. Traffic at "Soo" 8hows Ladal'fv - Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Dec. 11-- Freight traffic through the St. Mary's rjver canal during November amounted to a little more than one-third of the traffic of November. 1020, according to the monthly report. Two Negro Slayers Hanged. -Montgomery. Ala., Dec. S.--Henry Barnett and Willie Williams, two negroes convicted of ihe murder of Davis Anderson, prominent merchant and planter, last October, weffe, banged la the county Jail here. .Rail Agent Kill* Man. Ottumwu, la., Dec. 5.--A. E. Mullen •yf ottnmwfl, special agent for the Burlimrtnn railroad, shot and killed "Boots" Emll, following an n I leered attack upon the Ralph Robinson. - Will Cost $500,000,000 Lest to Ofttjfal* Government New Plan. f FIGURES BiVEH TO GOIIBBESS:,/|, Exaet Figure* as Prepared by Newly ^ Created Bureau and Transmitted by President in Message/Were • _ U,505,745,7ZV< . a " ' ' Washington, Dec. 7.--A federal budget for the fiscal year 1923, ap-|£ proximately $500,000,000 below the $4,. £?."• 000,000,000 figure which had been eatimated some tame ago as the mini- S f - mym of government expenditures for several years to come, faced congress .when it reconvened Monday. The exact flures as prepared by the newly-created budget bureau and;; ii transmitted by President Harding An ; a special message, was $3,505,745,- 727, including an estimated deficit ©f p? $21,509,666 in the operations of theft: postal service. ^ • This total represented a decrease wB w of $462,167,639 from the $3,967,922,. r < 366 estimated expenditures for the t:- current fiscal year and $2,032,285,962 from the actual expenditures in the fiscal year 1921. It Is, however, $167,- 571,977 in excess of the estimated re- 'i:< ceipts of $3,038,182,750, while the out- f go for the current fiscal year exceeds >• the estimated receipts of $3,943,453,663 by $24,468,703. ; ^Referring to the apparent deficit for & 1923, President Harding wrote congres|s that "ways are provided for the relatively easy adjustment without added taxation" 'of the discrepancy between jr* the Income and outgo. Actual appropriations asked of con-;\ gress for the various federal depart-M ments and agencies for 1923 total $3.-. 224,875,592, exclusive of Post Office de- ^. partment. Tlhs represents a reduction of $122,806,310 from the original es- ij timate as presented to the budget t- % bureau, It is stated, but is approai*y^|' mately $27,000,000 more than the ap-j,#! propriatlons for this fiscal year. Explaining the $280,879,134 excess : of estimated expenditures in 1923 over; the appropriations asked for, budget bureau officials-explain that some of;• " the funds actually to be put out will! •.'•V be carried over ln continuing appropri- ' • ' atlons and by other means. They say f that appropriations for a given year , ; do not accurately reflect actual expenses for that year, asserting that while the appropriations for thlB fiscal year were $3,197,807,962, the eStimated outgo will exceed this sum by * approximately $770,000,000. Of the total estimated expenditures? |« for 1923, approximately $2,900,000,000 Is to pay for past wars and to keep upfe the fighting arms of the government,^ v leaving only about $600,000,000 for thej* peacetime pursuits of the federal es-p tablishment. The estimate for the|t army and navy Is $801,636,107, a re-l ductlon of $66,305,299, as compared!, with this fiscal year, and $965,352,741,|> as compared with the fiscal year 1921., The navy estimate of $431,754,000,£ it might be explained, does not take^ Into account any possible reductions? that might be brought about as a result of the arms conference. J The largest single Item In the budget; is the fund for the interest on the| public debt, the $975,000,000 provided , -y lacking only $25,000,000 of the total, txpenses of the federal establishment ' ; {before the World war. In addition there 1s an estimate of $369,338,800 for , U* the war debt sinking fund. ^"*1* Included in the total for the army and navy Is $31,964,000 for develop-"*"" ment and maintenance of the air servi Ices of tbe two departments--$16,195,-: ^ 000 for the navy and $14,964,400 for the army. These compare with expenditures this year of $15,000,000 and' $19,159,700, respectively. The navy estimates carry an Iteml: of $99,198,000 for continuing construction on the 1916 building program, as compared to $142,452,000 for this year.. Navy pay calls for $148,754,000, an Increase of $49,000,000. Pay, mileage, etc., for the army ia the largest Item in the War depart*,.* ment budget, the figure being $154,- 448,400. For the National GuJtd anexpenditure of $28,946,690 is estimated, - Expenditures on public works under the War department are given as $57,5/ 943,900, Including $44,245,400 for river* and harbors, as compared with $29,• 850,000 for the current year. Included In the $455,232,702 estimate for the veterans' bureau are thes# v -c i'i items: Military and naVal compensaff^-.-*. tion, $160,000,000; military and navap Insurance, $62,713,000; vocational ref* habituation, $127,000,000; medical amj||7rr hospital service, $72,000,000, and salgi?. aries and expenses, $26,521,702. For prohibition enforcement, budget bureau estimates $10,000,000 increase of $2,500,000 over thia I Hah Agreement Reached. London, Dec. 7.--At a conference between tlie Sinn Fein delegates an# Lloyd George and other members oj£ ;)M •ags" & the British cabinet, an agreement waf^ reached on which a final settlement x 1 Irish question will be made. " ' ^ Jtew Orleans, Dec. 7.--Striking halj bor workers returned to tlieir jobs s the port of New Orleans, ending a pai^C f" ? > tlal tieup of shipping for about twgf -- > weeks. It was estimated from 12,00S to 15,000 persons were affected.' • Cotton Worth $750,000 Banw. f V , Greenwood, Miss., Dec. 7.--Ov«# . 7,000 bales ob long staple cotton went destroyed by a fire which burned tl# Greenwood Compress and Storagf) company warehouse. The Joes Is eS» timated at $750,000. it End New Orleans Tleup. : ! * Anti-Red Revolt in Turkeatan. Jtaval. Dec. 7.--Anti-Bolshevik • vol ts have broken out ln Turkestap* - and in the'north Archangel goverd. ment in Russia, where numerous coi|j. munists have been tdlled aad tlp^ soviets dissolved. r %