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Illinois Hun&reds of Others Injured When Terrific Gale Hits lotlMMfc., Secretary of Commerol Hoover's GrM 4 Diviflon ituation. Samuel Gompers Sees Struggle Ahead for Organized Workers. VJHS*S W¥M Kiiitituimifrimtttiiiiiiiif? Dr. L. C. Taylor of this L-jtive secretary of the state medical examiners for the i years, tendered liis resignation ti^l(H#Kam Henry Harrison Miller, MtNlt'et the department of education registration. Si K Freeport.--The children Of Freejport's public schools, numbering S,E34» have saved during the year that a «C-liool saving bank plan nas been in operation a total (of $13,900. Most of the deposits were nickels, dimes :.hd pennies, the money being transferred t* regular banks after a certain sum bbd been saved. ' Oregon.--Several hundred! firmer-, actors from Ogle county conptry communities are reheursing for their parts in the pageant. "Forward, Farm Bureau," which will be presented at the farm bureau decennial celebration to be given at Dekalb June 30. Nearly 2/mk» farmers from 13 northern Illinois counties wUl be in the cast of &e jfcgeant. . Springfield.--Under a decision of the attorney general's office, farmery have the right to vaccinate their own hogs tt immunise them against cholera. .The opinion was made in( a controversy over the question which arose When an attempt was made to enforce a ruling made some time ago by the state department of -agrt«rttore prohibiting vaccination of Okie's private stock. Springfield.--Leaves, twigs and other fOiiuge near the Sangamon river just lM>rth of Springfield have been stripped from a cluster of trees and bushes hy 17-year locusts. The cicadas which have appeared this year are of the 1D05 brood which take 17-year intermittent sleeps under ground. The invasion of the Insects this year, accordi* S to entomologists; will be confined «• northern Illinois, eastern Iowa, •eathern Wisconsin and mfrtbwestern Indiana. Springfteld.--More than $30,000 collected by the Illinois food relief committee has been disbursed to flood sufftrers in the Blttols flood regions. In MNteni to money, many contributions of 0rWta h»ve been received by V. Yalffatan of Springfield, appointed by tl>e Red Cross to supervise tills class Sdonations. The campaign for funds still being carried on. It is ex- #ecfed the Chicago Association of Comaierce will raise $100,000 before clossubscription. cago.--Mrs. Anna Swift, who died in Chicago leaving an estate 5,000, bequeathed $"*00,000 to tft, her will, probated a few days tfeibwed. Sums of $100,000 each ven the engineering, college of [Western university and the al department of the University of Chicago. Fifteen churches and charitable institutions were remembered. Mrs. Swift was the widow «f Gustavns F. Swift, founder of die packing company. Champaign--Claiming to *>e the oldest horse trainer in the world, Lon freeman, eighty-three, has charge of a string of four trotting horses at the lace track here. He has been a follower of the turf for more *uan sixty years and is an authority upon everything appertaining to horse racing. He expects to drive his horses at a aumber of the leading harness race meetings In Illinois during the coming season. His fasted horse is a trotter with a record of 2:10. Pana.--Mrs. Ora Downs Ridgley, reputed once to have been one of the Wealthiest women la Illinois, and formerly owner of a railroad in southeast Missouri, was buried recently at As- J gumption. She died penniless at Hot figuring*. Ark. The burial expenses i jrere borne by a friend, who for years f»ad been the traveling companion ot lira. Ridgley. According to her friends, Mrs. Ridgley lost her fortune In railroad speculation. She was the daughter of the late James Downs, who lived near Assumption and was regarded one of the wealthiest land owners in central Illinois. Springfield.--The contagious disease situation during last week was better • throughout Illinois than was the corresponding week last year, accordiiig to iiie BiaieuicSt of the director of public health,, During the last week there were reported a decrease of 30 cases of diphtheria, 35 fewer cases of acarfet fever, and 48 fewer cases of •atapox. Typhoid fever had the 'aattfe number of cases reported as for COtresponding week in 1021. There wai iaiso during the last week a decreased number of cases of each of the diseases mentioned above reported as compared with the preceding week. The total for week follows: Diphf tlieria, 159, of which Chicago had 93. Scarlet fever, 91, of which Chicago v had 50; Winnebago, 0. Smallpox, 27, of which Bloomfield township, Johnson county, had 12; Havana, 5; Peoria, 3. Typhoid fever, 14. Epidemic meningitis, West Frankfort, 1. Poliomyelitis, Pana, 1; Tuscola, 1. Influenza, 3, of which Chicago had L Pneumonia, 131, v of which Chicago had 104. Whooping ? cough, 127. Chicago.--A coalition Superior court ticket was elected here and five sitting Judges were returned without difficulty. Two bond issues, $3,400,000 for bridges and a lighting proposal, won. The annexation of the ^ village of Maine also was approved. Oregon.--Capturing a fledgling eaglet that was learning to fly, a resident of Oregon sent the bird to the public park at Freeport to be added to the collection in the aviary. Eagles are nearly extinct in this section, dae to the persistent warfare by hunters, and are rarely seen in late years, Washington, D. C.--A joint resolution making immediately available $100,000 for restoring and repairing levees on the Mississippi river above Cario, 111., was passed by the bouse and aent to the seuate. Decatur.--More than 1,000 Illinois JWtbyterians will attend a three-day conference, beginning June 13. at tur, under the auspices of the <Qrnod, the dominant note being uplift." Among those who s the meetings will be Dr. Timothy Stone, Dr. Clelund B. George L. Boblnsofi ®nd Rorkford.--A pageant In which 1,0# will take part Is to be a feature Of the ' state convention of Christian Kndfavorers, to be held at Rook ford June 2i»-.Tuly 1. The pageant, entitled "Th$ Call," Is In three episodes. The firil deals with Old Testament events and the second and third with religious ev«Mt* from the Reformation to the present day. Rockford.--Built In the days when Indians roamed the prairies where Rockford now stands, the last log cabin In Winnebago county, located two miles from Rockford was destroyed oy fire. All of the contents of the cabin, erected in 1840, were destroyed except a parrot and a tin box containing valuable* owned by two bachelors. John Lake and Will Goodhue, who had lived in the eablv for more than thirty years. t Elgin.--R. I. White, superintendent Of schools of Elgin, handed his resignation to the board of director? to bocome effective September 1. After a short deliberation it was accepted. The superintendent's resignation follows a #arore in the city and a campaign by Indignant citizens to force his withdrawal as « Tegult of the suicide of Mary Elizabeth Long, who killed herself after* being discharged as a teacher. , > Sycamore.--The Dekalb County Telephone compaay is defendant in a suit for $20,000 damages tiled at Sycamore by Mrs. Minnie Griswold. It is alleged the company grounded one of its wires on a putnp in front of Mrs. Griswold's home and that during a storm lightning struck the wire at the game moment that Mrs. Griswold touched it, with the result that she received a shock and injuries from which she has not Recovered. Chicago.--Chicagy's leading lawyers have been drafted to rid the city of terrorism. Eleven attorneys promised aid to Robert Crowe, state's attorney, in cleaning up the 170 bombing, murder and slugging cases on the court dockets. All cases are the outgrowth of war on the Landis wage award. The lawyers all become assistant states attorneys. After 'they clean up the terrorism cases, prosecution of thousands of . other cases pending in the courts will start. Centralia.--About three-fourths of the fruit and vegetables crop of southera Illinois is being marketed co-operatively this year, it is estimated by C. E. Durst of the Illinois Agricultural association, as the result of the organization in the last year of the Illinois Fruit exchange of 1,000 members in eight counties. One local of the exchange, at Villa Ridge, has marketed co-operatively so far this year $100,000 worth strawberries and asparagus. Springfield.-*-All officers of the Illinois National Guard below the grade of brigadier general, and excepting division and brigade staff officers, have been ordered by Adjt. Gen. Black, to submit "personal history and military records" to regimental examining boards, seven of which have been named to sit in Chicago, and two for down-state to sit in Springfield. These personal histories will be passed upon by the boards before the officers are admitted to the tests, required Of all federally, recognized officers. Chicago.--An attack on the Illinois Tax commission for its policy in valuing farm lands separately from other classes of state taxable property Is contained in a booklet sent out to farmers and land owners In the state by the Illinois Agricultural association. Thi& practice lias cost land owners in Illinois from a million to a million and a httlf additional taxes in the past three years, the booklet says. The booklet is the compilation of a year's investigation of taxation during the past year jointly by the state farmers' organization and county farm bureaus. It is captioned "Taxation of Farm Lands in Illinois." Chicago.--Pronounced by Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, marine corps commandant, to be "the most distinguished private soldier from Illinois," John J. Kelley, former private in the Seventy eighth company of the Sixth marines. Is proposed as the state's represents tive disabled hero to attend the con vention of the Disabled Veterans of the World War soon to meet in San Francisco. Kelly Is one of the two wearers of the Congressional Medals of Honor of both the army and navy During the war be received three di visional citations. His record is to be forwarded to Governor Small by the American Legion. The governor 1s expected to make a choice shortly. B l o o m i n g t o n m e e t v a r i o u s o b jections advanced In relation to previous plans for the construction of the Illinois waterwuy for which the people of Illinois voted the Issuance of $20,- 000,000 in bonds, a new bill has been drawn to be introduced in congress as a substitute for the Mlchaelson bill which Is expected to be withdrawn. The new measure has been approved by Mortimer G. Barnes, chief engineer for the division of waterways, department of public works of the state of Illinois. It is designed to obtain the support of the advocates of inland waterway development as well as to meet the needs of the Chicago sanitary district in the amount of water required for sewage purification. - Elizabeth.--The popular belief that children of country school districts are healthier than those in the cities is contradicted by an Investigation at Elizabeth by school nurses, which disclosed that 02 per cent of the pupils of the Elizabeth school are under weight. Marion.--Rev. James Y. Reid, seventy- one years old, one of the oldest Methodist ministers of the state, is dead at his home In Marlon, following an Illness which he contracted during the recent conference at Hot Springs, Ark. Mr. Reid was a minister for more than forty years. Mount Carroll.--Seventy per cent of Mount Carroll's voters have signed a petition urging that Sunday baeebslh' be prohibited in th^ city. Springfield. -- Laborers who have been working on the job of Improving Springfield's streets walked out on a strike at a time when the pavement of the entire business district is torn up. The men are receiving 30 cents an hour, and are asking, a scale of 05 to 80 cents. Work on buildings in the business districts also was tied up 'when the strike was made a general one of the hod carriers, builders and MAKT ARE LOST ON SOUND five Pereone Are KilVsd and Nearly Fifty Injured When Great Ferris Wheel at Amusement Park Is blown Over. 'New York, Jane 12.--A violent storm accompanied by shifting winds that reached a velocity of 88 miles an hour took the lives of more than fifty persons, injured hundreds and caused enormous property loss In the metropolitan section. • Forty persons were reported to have lost their lives while boating in Long Island round, and many others were killed by falling trees, lightning, and accidents caused by the wind. Ten bodies of the drowned have been recovered, and the waters about N^w York are being searched for 80 missing persons. The storm came at the close of one of the most torrid days of the season. The wind, coming gently from the south and southwest, shifted suddenly into the northwest and Increased In velocity to 88 miles an hour, and sweeping through New Jersey, Westchester county, across Cltj Island, the Bronx and Manhattan, left death and destruction in Its wake. The most spectacular accident occurred to a 75 foot Ferris wheel in Clason Point amusement park in the Bronx. The giant wheel, loaded with passengers, was blown over, killing five and Injuring nearly fifty. Big trees, uprooted and blown high In the air, killed and injured many In the environs of New York City. A Linden, 100 feet high, uprooted by a sudden blast, crashed through the roof of the Red Lion inn, Mamaroneck, killing a young woman and her daughter, passengers, was blown over, killing six of the seventeen diners. Another wind driven tree killed a mother and Infant on their own doorstep at New Roche! le. Another killed man in his automobile on Long Island. Roads and streets were littered with live wiresi which killed others. Miss Edda Smith, seventeen, walking with a companion along the Reservoir road at Osslning was blown Into the water and drowned. Charles Emerson, New Rochelle clothing manufacturer, was rowing In Echo bay with his wife and three chll< dren when the storm broke. He managed to row to shore, then died from heart attack. Concetti Baslataso and his son, Anthony, ten, of Mount Vernon, were killed when a tree, under which they had fonnd shelter In the Bronx, was struck by lightning. A mother and infant son were crushed when another tree In Moan! Vernon fell on them. Two Long Island trains and several local%ln New Jersey were stopped by trees. Thousands of passengers or suburban trolley lines were stalled fot hours, when trees were blown acrost the rails. 1 » ^1^ 6£KM4NY.J2 fcfc P'OkM CHM9 INDIANAPOLIS NSWS. K.UHNRAIL STRIKE JULY, - J Jewell Sees Walkout if Crafts Vote Yes. BUCK PLAGUE AT RIGA Gateway to Russia Reports Two Cfceet of the Dread Disease, Called Siberian Pest. Riga, Latvia, June 13.--Two casei of the black plague hava been reported at Riga, the guteway to Russia, according to the Ragasche Rundchau. Two workmen were taken suddenly 111 while unloading hides and horsehali from Russia. Specialists diagnosed their disease as black plague. The Russians call this the Siberian pest, which at present is appearing In the Volga and Siberian districts. It is alsc reported that glanders Is spreading in the Ukraine, 20,000 horses being affected. Executives of Eleven Unions Affected to^ Wao# Cut to Make AppeN^I v.; - to Harding. Cincinnati, June 10.--The executive committee of the six railway shop crafts unions in each of the country's three divisions will convene in Chicago on June 24 preparatory to canvassing shopmen's strike vote, which is returnable June 25, it was announced by B. M. Jewell, head of the Federated Shop crafts here. • <,' A triple-barreled strike ballot now is in the mails, on which the 400,000 shopmen of the country will cast their votes. The questions Include that of accepting or rejecting the $60,000,000 pay cut ordered by the railroad labor board to go Into effect July 1. The ballots, originally made returnable June 30, were shoved up five days so that the membership "could be advised of the result" before July 1. Five general chairmen from each of the six crafts on each division--the east, the southeast and the west, compose the executive committee, a total of 90 men. In their hands lies the power to Issue a strike order if the ballots show a two-third majority in favor of a walkout. President Jewell said that the result should be known by the night of June 25. Meanwhile executives of the 11 organizations affected by wage cuts already announced by the railroad board for July 1 and those affected^ by pending reductions were planning a program of action. Among other things, a subcommittee on program was working on an appeal to President Harding in which the leaders of 1,200,000 employees will contend that the new wage rates are lhadequate to maintain an "America* standard of living." BRITISH WIN FORT IN ERIN 8tronghold at Belleek Captured After Artillery Bombardment--Defenders Routed. U, S> MARKET REPORT Weekly Marketgram by Bureau of Markets and Crops. Washington, June 11.--For the week ending June 8--HAY--Quoted June 7: No. 1 timothy--Boston, New York, $27.00; Philadelphia. 124.00; Pittsburgh, $25.00; Chicago, $26.00; Cincinnati, $22.50; fat. Louis, $25.00. No. 1 alfalfa--Memphis, $22.00. No. 1 prairie--Chicago, $18.00; Minneapolis. $18.00. FEED--Quo'ted June 7: Spring wheat bran. Chicago $19.50, Philadelphia $23.60; standard middlings, Chicago $21.00; soft winter wheat bran, St. Louis $18.00; alfalfa meal. St. Louis $23.00; gluten, Chicago $32.85; linseed meal, New York $64.00; hominy, St. Louis $23.00; GRAIN--Closing prices in Chicago cash market: No. 2 red winter wheat, $1.18; No. 2 hard winter wheat, $1.18; No. 1 mixed corn, 60c; No. 2 yellow corn, QOc; No. 3 white oats, 37c. Average farm prices: No. 2 mixed corn in central Iowa, 47c; No 1 dark northern wheat In central North Dakota, S1.25H; No. 2 hard winter wheat in central Kansas. $1.15. For the week Chicago July wheat down 6c, closing at $1.14; Chicago July corn down 114c, at 60%c Minneapolis July wheat down 4c, at $1.3414; Kansas City July wheat down 6c, at $1.07H; Winnipeg July wheat down 4%c, at $1.26%. , VEGETABLES'--Potato markets generally strong. Carolina and Georgia cobblers up $1.00@1.50; most eastern market* at $6.00@7.00 per bbl. Northern round whites up 95c in Chicago, at $2.40. Watermelons weaker In eastern markets. LIVE STOCK--Chit-ago hog prices advanced 20c to 40c; beef steers up 20c to 40c; butcher cows and heifers 15c to 26c higher; feeder steers 15c higher, light and medium weight veal calves generally $1.00 higher; fat lambs declined lie to 25c, while spring lambs were 2Se higher; yearlings weak to 50c lower; handy weight ewes 25c higher; others weak. June 8 Chicago prices: Hogs, top, $10.96; bulk of sales, $10,100 10.95; medium and good beef steers, $8.10® 9.15; butcher cows and heifers, $4.40@8.75; feeder steers, $6.15®8.00; light and medium weight veal calves. $9.26®11.50; fat lamb*, $9.50@12.85; spring lambs, $13.G0@15.00; yearlings. $7.50(010.75; fat ewes, $3.00@7.26. Stocker and feeder shipments from . 12 important markets for week ending June 2 were: Cattle and calves, 43,380; hogs, 12,189, sheep, 12,830 DAIRY PRODUCTS -- Butter markets firm most of week, but advances checked trading and at the close today the tone is barely steady. There has been fairly active buying for storage since first of month. Closing prices, 92 score: New York, 36c; Philadelphia and Boston, 36%c; Chicago. 34%c. Cheese markets barely steady. Buying more active on most styles. Some buying for storage. Prices at Wisconsin primary markets June 7: Twins. 18c; daisies, 18%c; double daisies, 18c; young Americas, 17\c; longhoras. 1714c; square prints. 18c. STOCKS ME mm LOW Argentina and Australia Have Considerably Less Than Laat Year--W»: * a. Carry-Over Will Be Light-4' Canada Hae Good Stock. Washington, June 12.--The world faces a shortage of wheat which will begin to be felt at the end of the month. Secretary of Commerce Hoover's foodstuffs division made public a statement to this effect, declaring that the present situation indicates that the "tororid wheat stocks will be lower than tor several years by July 1, as both Argentina and Australia have considerably less than last year, the United States carry-over wil^be light and only Canada has considerable stocks on hand. "The upward trend of European consumption Indicates a larger demand than last year, whereas prospects are for a smaller crop. Until next February the international trade will be largely dependent for supplies on North America and a limited quantity from India. With Russia out of the export trade North American wheat is in a relatively strong posltion." The world wheat situation has been going through very much the same adjustment during the past five years as other agricultural products, especially Wool and cotton. All three commodities depended very largely in prewar years on Europe to absorb the surplus. During the war European consumption and production fell to around three-quarters normal and resulted in considerable accumulation of surpluses at the end of hostilities. "It was generally expected In trade circles that the surplus would be quickly absorbed by Europe, but the reduced buying power and the lower standard of living forced by war conditions were not fully considered. World production and consumption have been below average for the past five years. « ' w • • i' • 4: BONUS hi -mr 8enator McCumber Presents 1 Carrying $3,845,659,' Over Forty-Three Years. Measure m NEW QUEEN FOR JUGO-SLAVrA Princess Marie of Roumania Wedi King Alexander--Ceremony Performed at Belgrade. Belgrade, Jugo-Slavla, June 10.--Medieval pomp and splendor marked th< Wedding here on Thursday of King Alexander of Jugo-Slavia and Princess Warie of Roumania. Nearly every nation in the old and new world was represented at the ceremony, which ynked the dynasties of three Balkan countries, forming a powerful barriei against future wars In this turbulent part of Europe. The bridal gown was an antique creation of white crepe georgette, with long court train, embroidered In pure Sliver aud crystals. She was escorted to the altar by her father King Ferdinand of Roumania. U. 8. Gets German War Washington, June 10.--Military secrets of the German high command during the World war have been bared to officers of the United States army for use in future wars, it was learned on highest authority here. Belfast* June 12.--British troops occupied the fort and town of. Belleek, driving out the Irish irregular forces after a heavy battle. Bombardment of the fort be^Hfl at one o'clock. Within a few hours the defenders had evacuated. The British column, comprising artillery, Infantry and engineers, occupied the position, and then proceeded to possess the town, driving their opponents from its immediate environs before nightfall. This clash was not unexpected. Reports indicated concentration by the British on ' the Fermanagh-Donegal border. The concentration, directed from the south shore of Lough Erne, six miles from Belleek, accompanied by armored cars, was completed early In the morning. Simultaneously a similar maneuver on the fiorth shore'of Lough Erne was reported by heliograph. This encircling movement continued until it became apparent that Belleek was Its objective. Then, at one o'clock the Irish opened Are. Heliograph communication reported a burst of rifle fire from the north. The British artillery responded. Two shots were landed immediately near Belleek fort, in Free State territory. Feared Eight U. 8. Tare Drowned. Vladivostok, June 10.--It le feared that eight enlisted men from the United States gunboat New Orleans have drowned in a sailing mishap at Amur day, Siberia. There has been no tmoc of the men since Sunday. Floridane Renominate .Trammell. Jacksonville, Fla., June 9.--Incomplete returns indicated the renomlnation of Park Trammell as United States senator from this state by a majority of three to one over his op ponent, former Governor Gilchrist. Ku Klux Klan Ticket Wine. Daytona, Fla., June 9.--Wage on a clear-cut Ku Klux Klan and untl-Ku Klux Issue, the primary election here has resulted In the voters of Volusia county giving the Ku Xlui V f i vj/i' "'i Philippine Nationalists MpC' Maniia, P. I., June 13.--Latest returns from the election indicate that the nationallsta party will continue in control of the lower house of the^legislature. The party has won about 60 of the 80 seats In the house. ) Mystery Monk Is Arrested. Riga, Latvia, June 13.--Iliadore, known as the mysterious monk of Russia, has been arrested by the Lettish political police because his papers are not In order. He was taken into custody at the frontier. 8even Women on Obenchain Jury. Los Angeles, Cel., June 12.--The jury In the second trial of Mrs. Madalynne Obenchain, charged with the murder of J. Belton Kennedy, Is complete. Seven women and Ave were selected. Lenin Suffers a Stroke. Berlin, June 12.--That Nikolai Lenin is suffering from a stroke, not unlike the one suffered by President the confidential lnfonna ifficial channels - ,w * v Wilson, is iiou receive HOOVER ANSWERS REQUEST Secretary Tells Sepators Agreement With Coal Operatore Will Pre-. - vent Sharp Increases. Washington, June 9.--Belief that the price-fixing agreement entered into with soft coal operators will prevent sluirp increases in price was expressed by Secretary of Commerce Hoover in a statement sent to the senate. The statement was ic reply to the resolution of Inquiry adopted at the suggestion of Senator Walsh of Massachusetfs. Secretary Hoover defended his action in making the arrangement with the operators, stating at the same time that while it could have no force In law, it was hoped that the statement of the opinion of the administration as to what constitutes a fair price will operate to keep coal prices from rising. Washington, June 10.--The soldiers' bonus bill was formally presented in the senate by Chairman McCumber of the finance committee with an accompanying report placing the probable cost of the federal government at $3,845,659,481 spread over a period of 43 years from next January 1. This is approximately $250,000,000 less than the estimate under the house bill, which was $4,098,719,350, payable over 20 years. • The senate bill estimate was prepared by treasury experts, and is based on the theory that 75 per cent of the 4,458,199 veterans who would be eligible for compensation would select the adjusted service certificate option; 22^4 per cent farm, home and land settlement aid, and 2% per cent vocational training aid. Should all of the veterans select the certificate plan the total cost would be $4,486,545,975. With reference to financing the legislation, Chairman McCumber's report said it- was hoped that the reduction in government expenditures plus the payment of interest on the refunded foreign obligations would be sufficient to obviate the imposition of additional taxation. SLAIN LINKED BY HANDCUFFS Bodies of General Blanco and Cotonel fr Mfdlnsi Recovered F*««t , ; v'-: Rio Grande. { •./ t '••it : I Ford Gets Calumet 8itet Hammond, Ind., June 12.--Calumet region Is excited by the report that Henry Ford has virtually closed the purchase of a plant site here. It Is reported »hat a 100-ncre site has been purchased in the East Chicago district for $7,000 an acre. san~ Antonio, Tex., June? 12.---The bodies of Gen. Lucio Blanco and Col. Aurellus Martinez were recovered from the Rio Grande river at Nuevo Laredo. The men were handcuffed together. Blanco was shot through the heart and Martinez through the head. Shortly before the bodies of Blanco and Martinez were recovered the bodjr, of Major Garcia, one of the officers oft the Nuevo Laredo garrison, was taken from the water. A key in his uniform pocket unlocked the handcuffs of the wrists of Blanco and Martinez. Blanco and Martinez were Mexican exiles who disappeared from Laredo. • - t CITES HIGH COURT DE0SI8W • If *-** " i Open-Shop, Unemployment, Wage lt£> - ductions, Recognition of Soviet Rue sis and One Big Union Among . Subjects to Be Discussed. . %• Cincinnati, June 14.--The ope4» shop, unemployment, wage reduction!, recognition of soviet Russia, the on* ' , big union, court decisions and injuncs tions affecting labor and other subject)^ - --y formed the major issues that confront* •' ed the American Federation of Labo^ when It opened Its two-weeks' conve^ ;j * 5| tlon here. ^ "Our consideration of industry aflj^ ladustrial problems," said a formal v statement by Mr. Gompers, forecast ing the convention's work, "will h# , from the point of view of service to» - '< \'}£• the masses of our' people. Our coa« • slderation of political problems wilt ; * ^ ^ be from the point of view of freedo® '• r end progress for humanity." f C As a final forerunner to the convention, the executive council of federation decided to draft a supplf* ment to Its report that will be pre* - sented to the session. This supple* • ment, containing organized labor's 1#» terpretation of the United States Supreme court's recent decision in thai celebrated Cor6nado coal case, may| not be presented until late this week, but members of the council say thrt) the decision is viewed as a destruetlta blow to labor unions. No avowed opposition to the re-ele|^;:-; tion of Mr. Gompers as president <$t..' other members of the executive coufrt ell has yet developed and their sup*-* porters are predicting their re-electl<p| at the closing session of the conveft-i" tion without opposition. ^ The prospective contest in the elec-1 tlon Is for the two delegates to h«l sent by the federation to the Britlsfe trades unions congress. Benjamin Schlesinger of New York, Edward Mc- Govern of Boston and Thomas Gainor of Washington are, listed «y| . delegates as probable contestants. . Mr. Gompers' statement said: "Those who oppose and antagonli* our movement have heaped issues upon us." Our movement Is united. Its spirit Is unconquerable. There is through out our ranks a militant determination that justice for all the people mv&t triumph. "We are shocked by things that have happened twice within a tem days. The Supreme court of our land has rendered decisions fitting only to the dark days of old. There Is % boisterous and brazen movement it work to destroy every progressive Institution and to submerge human rights for the sake of profiteers and induftrial autocrats. ' "We realize that there Is a grim struggle ahead, but we face the stmc* gle with confidence in the ultimata victory of justice, confident in the final triumph of humanity. We shall continue the crusade. We face tba future with hopeful hearts. Ottr thoughts and our efforts in every session of our convention will center on the promotion of £he welfare of men, women and children--the development of a civilization that- thinks first e£ humanity." The big National Guard armory, iiijir removed from the city's business district, is the seat of the convention. Delegates, forming in parade -downtown, marched to it in a body for tba opening of the session at 10 a. m. • thousand flags formed the decorations and a band of 100 pieces played the accompaniment for delegates singing "America" as the first item on the pro»j| grafli. . . After prayer by Rev. Fattier Pete* Dletz, the program centered about a. series of welcome addresses by Gov- * ernor Davis, Mayor Carell, Secretary T. J. Donnelly of the Ohio State Federation of' Labor, and others, ending • with Adolf Kummer, the temporary chairman, presenting a gavel, made hy Cincinnati carpenters, to Mr Gonjgr,, Prohibits Binding Feet. Pricing, June 10.--Gen. Fong hslnng, the Christian governor of Huan province, has Issued a decree prohibiting the practice of binding women's feet. Two Die In Auto Plutfeg, fcfes&l Bethel, Vt., June 13.--Miss Marjorle Hulbird, daughter of former Lieutenant Governor Hulbird of Vermont, and Mrs,, Arthur Mercer^ were killed when an automobile went over an embankment near this town. . , Prince of Walee in Cairo. London, June 13.--The prince ' otf Wales has arrived at Cairo, where he was given a tremendous reception. He was received by the premier, the high commissioner of Egypt and croanb representatives. Great Thirst -in America. London, June 12.--British distillers cannot supply the demand for liquors which has arisen in the United States since the prohibition laws became effective, it was revealed by Lord Dewar, one of the leading distillers. Lenin Illness Denied. Riga, Latvia, June 12.--A state* ment denying that M- Lenin, soviet preihier, IS Suffering from apoplexy or seriously 111 was Issued by the oviet legation her** upon recc!j>i of 3* •stalled telegrams froa lloscow. ^ «« Dwarf Killed In,"'OMin Kansas City, Mo., June '13.--Fred Roberts, known to the police as "Big Fred" because of his diminutive stature, was killed in a gun fight with thi-ee policemen. Roberts was charged .with murder. Booze en U. 8. Transport. Norfolk, Vs., June 13.--ApifroMmately 1,000 quarts or liquor, valued at $10,000, were said to have been seized by marine guards of the navy yard here In a raid en the naval trains port Sirius. • ' NEW RAIL WAGE CUT REAtif ^ Another Slash of $40,000,000 to Brffta i Tefal Reduction ' S ***> ' CfcleAjrb, June 14.--Wage reductlcml estimated at not exceeding $40,000,000 for 355,000 additional railway employees whose wages the carriers seek ; to lower through the railroad labor board are expected to issue from the board within a few days, to be effec- «;• tive July 1. The new decision will make a total of approximately $130,- 000,000 to be cut from the annual pgyV rolls of the roads. Life for Child's Slayer. Camden, N. J., June 14.--Geoifl ®lJ8# ..Monroe, the nineteen-year-old youth who confessed to killing sevenyear- old Ida Kramer of Woodbury, was sentenced to life lmpriseement[9ii the State penitentiary at Trtfton. Greweome Sand Dunee Find. Chicago, June 12.--Mystery shrouds the grewsome discovery of the body of an unidentified man, burned beyond recognition, lying In a lonely spot on the sand dimes, eight miles from Cfceaterton, Ind. Baseball Magnate Is bead. Chicago, June 12.--James C. Dunn, president and chief owner of the Cleveland American league baseball club and a well-known Chicago contractor, ?s!dsnc€, Hollywoof! fifty-seven years okfe Uprising In Yucatan. \ Vera Cruz, June 14 --The situation t» Yucatan, where there is a movement on foot among the workers to depose Governor Carrillo, is characterized as s^ripus. A general strike haskheen darfefl $y the labor anions h^if. 2^7 Electrocuted Fishing; Baylis, m.. June 14.--Webber Or mar, sixty-four years old, died of burns received when the tfp of Itfs metal fishing rod touched a five wire while Grammar was fishing in a stongh on the Illinois river. , " ••i £-,3v lilandslftfc "i" Ball 'Player Found 81^ Des Moines, la., June 14.--George Johnson, aged forty, a baseball player known as "Chief" Johnson, was found murdered In the tear of a building at 907 Southeast Tenth street here. SB tiail h«»> «hot * 16