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1ILINOIS 1 STATE NEWS iliiaiiiMMMiMMii Springfield.--Soaring prices of buildin ® materials are retarding work on state buildings now under construction and discouraging the starting of work ' ' "on new structures, according to state ,Jf>\ V officials. Contracts have not been let " on • proposed new armory at Peoria, uf '"and Architect Martin said his department was not workfng on the plans for * . this building, declaring the appropria- ~ tlon was not large enough to build an I p „-;i armory of the kind desired under the £ ' " present prices of materials.17 Work on * ? extensions to the Alton State hospital .' * x Is suspended because of a sympathetic 1 ' ^ strike among the plumbers. An appropriation of $650,000 is tied up h .' there. The state Is planning armories , at Danville and Kankakee, a group of * buildings at the Soldiers and Orphans' : ' home at Normal, a power plfcnt at the ' normal school at Charleston and con- V - templates the expenditure of a targe sum at the State Hospital for Epileptics at Dixon. Springfield.--Louis L. Emmerson, secretary of state, was restrained from paying into the state treasury the sum if $18,100.37, by an injunction issued • - iiy Judge E. S. Smith in the Circuit court upon the application of attor- : , ueyg for Channel Chemical company, Vesta Battery corporation and Alfred Decker & Cohn, all of Chicago. The companies contend the sum represents franchise tax collected Illegally. The Channel Chemical company alleges $7,632.50 was collected by the v secretary of state as franchise tax for 1921, and $4,780 for 1922. The Vesta battery corporation alleges $1,875 was collected illegally for 1922, and Decker & Cohn charges $4,222.87 was collected illegally for 1920. The three concerns are Joint plaintiffs. Abingdon.--Heddlng college, a Methv odlst institution at Abingdon which had sv • student body last school year of 150, has been ordered closed for one year ' ^ - by the trustees for financial reasons. f ; At the meeting of the board an ofTer of j financial aid under certain conditions ^ was made by President Harry Burke- £' ** « ley of the Abingdon Community and f(. * Commercial club, but this offer was refused. Hedding college will be one of S'Ov five Illinois institutions benefiting in a x , campaign for $1,250,000 which will be ; * started in the near future. With this ' . v aid it Is expected the school will open i|-v **• _ again next year. 0' Springfield.--Col. John V. Cllnni^, ' commander of the One HujyJfed and Thirtieth infantry of the Thirty-third division in France, who served for Pr. more than 25 years In the Illinois Na- ^"'f. tlonal Guard in all ranks from private to colonel, has been placed on the rev , * :t" tired list of the Illinois National ki,* Guard, with rank of brigadier general. The retiring order marks the passing * from active service of another of the gj&',;r: officers of Col. "Joseph Sanborn's "Dandy First" Illinois infantry who achieved national fame as World war leader. Kewanee.--A lively contest for the vacancy on the Circuit bench of the Fourteenth district, caused by the death of Judge E. C. Graves, is In sight. Candidates thus far mentioned for the position 'are Judge L. E. Telleen, Cambridge; Judge William Blodgett, Morrison; Judge G. O. Deitz, Moline; Attorney John Root, Galva, and At torney C. Dudley Marshall, Rock Is- V?*- - land. if.*'- Chicago.--City Sealer William ~ Stock went on the war path against C; . cheating grocers, peddlers, butchers and other dealers. Aided by his first deputy, William Cluett, the sealer ap- V< > peared personally in the municipal f courts with the result that nearly 100 _ offenders were fined on charges of short weight and other methods of pj^S'.Y; cheating consumers. Peoria.--This city Is to faunch a campaign in behalf of home building ell September 15, which will extend until November 1. Mass meetings will be held and worklngmen will be urged to stop paying rent and bnild their own houses. Plans for financing will be offered. St. Charles.--Because the ground he donated several years ago for a city playground and athletic field is now In the center of a rapidly growing residence district. E. J. Baker of St. Charles will purchase a much larger tract farther out and donate It instead. Elgin.--Fuel economy is being car- Vied to a fine point by the Elgin Watch works, where an order has been Issued discontinuing the blowing of the big factory whistle. It is announced that blowing of the big whistle necessitates maintaining a high pressure of •team early in the day. Springfield.--The Illinois state library has developed a system of book mailing which is finding favor throughout the country and in Canada. The library now has 81,751 volumes and Is one of the few depositories In the country for United States documents. Sterling.--Sterling is to have a new bank, to be known as the Farmers and Sferchants' State bank. Decatur.--Four hundred clergymen and laymen are expected In Decatur September 12, to attend the annual conference of the United Brethren churches of Illinois, which will last six days. Bishop H. Fout of Indianapolis will preside. Leaders of the 4fcnomlnation will deliver addresses. "" Rock Island.--A drainage district, M ijbtmprlsing 4,000 acres, near Rock Island, is to be created to curb floods Which destroy farm property within that district. A petition calling for ' creation of the district has been filed |n the county court. ljt > Chicago.--George W. Reed, vice f esident of the Peabody Coal coniiny, denied the recent. published atement thgt the Lester strip mine " Sear Herrln, had been bought by the Peabody company from the Southern "jlllnoiw Coal company. Mr. Reed said •. /Jhe had no knowledge of any sale of the Lester mine. Hinsdale.--Francla S. Peabody, mul- : tl-mll Honalre and national figure in the 40BI industry and in politics, was estate sear •tadcken with heart failure and died M the first hunt of the season at his . eld.--Hard roads «*« been completed in Illinois suftsfOst to permit autolsts to ride continuously for 718 miles in a loop around the state. Starting at Chicago, the auto tourists can drive southward through Joliet, Ottawa, La Sail*, Depue, Peoria, Springfield, to St Louis. From St. Louis the loop runs back following the old National road through Vandalia and Effingham and turning north at Marshall. From Mtfrshall the hard road runs north through Paris, Danville, Watseka and ljlwijto Chicago. The only unpaved section on this route is a short strip near Depue. The road goes through some ofcthe most historical territory of the state and offers a great variety of prairie, hill and vallejr scenery. Chicago. -- Petitions bearing th* names of 000,000 men and women who want a popular vote on the amending' of the state and federal laws so that beer and light wines may be sold and used were completed and are to be filed with the secretary of state, so that the following question will be placed on the ballot in the November election for state-wide referendum: "Shall the existing state and federal prohibitory laws be modified so as to permit the - manufacture, sale and transportation of beer (containing less than 4 pet cent by volume of alcohol) and light wines for home Consumption One-third of the qualified voters of Illinois signed the petition. About 250.000 of the names were procured in Chicago. Waukegan.--At a special meeting of employees on the night crews of the Waukegan line and main lines of the Chicago, north Shore & Milwaukee Electric railroad, the employees agreed to accept the company's ofTer of the same wage^for which they were working before strike agitation was started. This means they will receive no cut in pay. When the company made an offer of a wage cut three months ago the men refused to accept it. However they did not go on strike when the Chicago employees went out r Urbana.--Experiments that most likely will result In Important contributions to the efficiency of the coal mining industry in Illinois are being carried on at the present time by the University of Illinois. The federal bureau of mines and the state geological survey are co-operating. Dllnois, in spite of its reputation as an agricultural state, ranks third in the United States in the production of coal, and has more unmined deposits than any other state in the Union, according to authorities. Springfield.--L. L. Emmerson, secretary of state, has granted permission to the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction company to do business in Illinois. The purpose of the company is to supply electric transmission and sell electric current. It will employ $337,250 in this state. The company has bought a leasehold of a railroad from Sanford, Ind.,, to Paris, 111. Springfield. -- Highway commissioners, railroad officials and presidents of various automobile clubs In Illinois were called upon In a letter sent out by the Illinois commerce commission, to assist In planning a campaign "to reduce the number of accidents to automobiles at railroad crossings.** They were asked to attend a conference in Springfield September 20. Jollet.--The estate of the late Col. John Lambert of Jollet aggregates $2,134,302, according to the report for the executor. There are seven tracts of land, comprising 219 acres, near Los Angeles, Cal., valued at $400,000. There are also 83,883 shares In the capital stock of the Texas company, the estimated value of which is $1<- 500,000. Springfield.--Arguments on the motion for a change of venue from Sangamon county asked by Governor Small In the civil case against him for an accounting of interest collected while he was state treasurer will be heard In the Sangamon Circuit court September 11. Judge Norman L. Jones of Carrollton will hear the arguments. Springfield.--The Illinois fish and I game commission has set aside Lake Matanzas, in Mason county, for a state fish preserve, and In the future commercial fishing will be prohibited. It has developed that seiners have been removing the fish and not returning the bass and other game species to the water as required by law. Rockford.--A battle against 2,000 acres of weeds overrunning Camp Grant, using gas bombs, machine guns and artillery, is suggested by Rockford authorities In a protest against the weed conditions. They declare enough seed will be produced at the camp to seed all of Winnebago county. Duquoln.--Mrs. R. F. Favoright of Jacksonville has been tendered the temporary pastorate ol the Baptist church at Ottervllle, according to an announcement by Rev. A. E. Peterson, acting general superintendent of the Illinois Baptist state convention. Chicago.--The body of Mrs. NellW Grant Jones, only daughter of Ulysses S. Grant, who died at her home In Chicago, was taken to Springfield for burial. RushTttfeHTrylng 2ft Greeks, , who were found guilty of killing Sheriff Edward Lasnorig and Deputiw* can Neff and Frank Utter at Frederick on April 28, cost Schuyler county more than $5,000. The trial was held at Qulncy. Adams county will present a bill of $5,238.09 for expenses. The men were taken to Jacksonville, where they were held until trial, and Morgan county has put in a large bill for boarding the defendants. Boarding and lodging and pay for the jury and witnesses raise the total cost considerably. Rockford.--The thirty-ninth annnal meeting of the Northern Illinois Dental society will be held in Rockford, October 18 and 19. Dentists of national reputation have been Invited to read papers before the contention. Dentists of southern Wisconsin have been invited to attend. Streator.--A coal mine Is being sunk on a farm west of Streator. The lease Is to be run as long as the coal lasts. There are thirty or more acres of coal with a vein four and a half | to five feet thick. The vein lies about I fifty-six feet heneath the surfs** Railway Workers Are Restrained &<Nn Interference "/ST Potion. DMNHERTY fOESTO CHICAGO Jadfs Wllkecaen's Sweeping Injunction Apparently Ties Hands of the Union Officiate--I* Aimed at B. M. Jewell. Chicago, Sept 4.--The United States government has assumed 1rst place In the nation-wide rallrcaJ strike. Harry M. Daugherty, attorney general of the United States, won an injunction in Federal court restraining the railway employees' department of the American iederatlon of Labor from interference with operation of the roads of the country. Mr. Daugherty came to Chicagd unheralded. He appeared before Judge James H. WHfcerson in Federal court at ten o'cloc* to demand what is claimed to be the most sweeping injunction against labor ever attempted in this country. Judge Wilkerson granted a temporary Injunction. The defendants wer# notified that they may appear in court September 11 and show cause why It should not be made permanent. B. M. Jewell, president of the railway employees' department of the American Federation of Labor, Is the chief Individual named In the injunction. But scores of Other union officials are named. Immediately after the Injunction was granted scores of deputy United 8tates marshals hurried away to serve the processes. . They will be carried to every part of the country. Here are the high points in what the Injunction prohibits the strikers from doing: Issuing interviews or statements. Using their funds tscarry oil the strike. ^ Picketing. Holding parades. Urging friends to quit the Beiyice of the roads. Judge Wilkerson in granting the injunction, said Mr. Daugherty's petition "involved the fundamental principles of the government of the United States." The "open shop"--the right of every man to accept employment -- was stressed by the attorney general. "Tomorrow it will be said by some persons, more malicious than truthful, that this proceeding is Intended as a death blow to the unions," he said, "and Inasmuch as falsehood travels twice as fast as truth, let me today start the truth on its way in advance --that in my Judgment this movement is necessary for the protection and preservation of the unions themselves. . "The government of the United States is not* opposed to labor unions •if they perform such functions as can be performed in lawful America. "Never while the labor unions limit activities to legitimate acts and lawful pursuits not Injurious to society, at least while I speak and to the extent that I can speak for the government of the United States, shall a blow be struck at them. "But It may be understood that so long as to the extent that I can speak for the government of the United States, I will use the power of the government of the United States within my control to prevent the labor unions of the country from destroying the open shop. "When a man in this country is not permitted to engage in lawful toll, whether he belongs to a union or not, with full protection and without Interruption, the death knell of liberty will be sounded and anarchy will supersede organized government." In high labor circles the view was taken that organized workers of the county are face to face with the most gigantic movement ever under taken to curb their power. That the government expects support from un organized workers was indicated in this paragraph of Mr. Daugherty's statement: "No union, or combination of unions, can, under our laws, dictate to the American Union. When the unions claim the right to dictate to the government and to dominate the American people and deprive the American people of the necessities of life, then the government will destroy the unions, for the government of the United States is supreme and must live. "No labor leader, or capitalistic leader, nor organisation nor associa tion of any kind or kinds, or com blnatlon of the same, will be permitted by the government of the United States to laugh In the frozen faces of a famishing people without prompt prosecution and proper punishment." MRS. R Forty-Seven to twenty-Two Vote garrtee M^POO/IOO^pOO I rll# to Confprenot,' : ^ BUTTLE I HOUSE LOOMS Mrs. How Pastor Stokes and two other prominent women radicals are reported to have fled from the Communist party convention raid in Michigan. The federal authorities are seeking them. RECEIVERS FOR ALTON firet Bif Railroad to Fall During Strike. Coal War Principal Contributing Cause | Of Failure--Unable to Meet Expenses for -Several Years. Chicago, Sept. 1--The Chicago & Alton railroud wus placed under a federal receivership here. It is the tirs< big road to full during the preseni period of industrial unrest. The bankruptcy petition was fllec before Federal Judge George A. Carpenter by attorneys representing tht Texas company (oil), holding ^ claim of $33,000 against the road. The petl tlon was not fought by the company. The Chicago & Alton has 1,779 mi let of track, connecting Chicago, St. Louif and Kansas City. WllHarn W. Wheelock and Willian G. Bierd, the latter for many year* president of the road, were appointed receivers. The coal strike was the principal contributing cause of the failure, according to Silas H. Strawn, attornej for the receivers, Mr. Strawn said the Chicago & Alton Is one of the heaviest coal-carrying roads in the Mississippi valley. An Immense tonnage Is hauled from the Illinois coal fields to the Great Lakes and to St. Louis and Kansas City. /The coal strike became effective in April. Since then revenues of the road have steadily fallen. The railroad strike proved costly. One division of the road was tied up by a \yalkout" of firemen and trainmen. For several years the company has been unable to meet Its expenses, according to Mr. Strawn. The company is weighed down with bond/ Issues aggregating $01,000,000 and $14,000,000 in unpaid Interest and current bills. "The company is admittedly Insolvent and no opposition was made to the creditor's motion for the appointment of a receiver," said Mr. Strawn. "Everything will -be done to effect a reorganization*, which will place the road on a more firm financial basis." Adopted Proposal Differs Fran tho ttordnsy Plan--MoNary Land and Simmons Debt Amendments . - Will Paos Heavy Barrage*^ Washington, Sept. 2.--The soldier bonus bill passed the senate, 47 to 22, with 27 members absent or not voting. It was immediately sent to conference with Senators McCumber, Smoot and MeLean, Republicans, \ and Simmons and Walsh of Massachusetts, Democrats, named as conferees on the part of the senate. It Is generally believed two weeks will be required to straighten but the bill in conference. Passage of the bill by the vote registered in the senate seems to verify predictions made by tonus opponents that there will not be sufficient votes to pass it over a veto by the President. The full voting strength of the opposition, counting those senators who voted against it, and those who were paired against it, would be 34 votes, which is just two more thau would be needed to sustain a veto If the entire senate voted. The total vote In support of the measure would be 62. Opponents of the measure said that if the bill is vetoed they will gain several votes from the number who supported It on the roll call. Senators supporting the bonus, however, declared they will lose none of their votes and that if the bill is vetoed they will gain a sufficient number to pass it. The bill was supported by 27 Republicans and 20 Democratic senators. Of the absentees there were ten senators for the bill paired with ten against it, and seven other senators absent without pairs. Of these latter, five werag for tb«h boons and two against it. GARY SAYS COUNTRY IS 0. K. Samuel Flagg Benus, rn. ^ |M*Jessor of history at Whitman college, Walla Walla, Wash., a Presbyterian institution, won the Knights of Columbus $3,000 prize in the history contest with a monograph oir tne "Jay Treaty." Hundreds of history professors throughout the country competed. In announcing the winner, the statement was made that Professoj^ Bemts' monograph was a "masterpiece and will live forever." Harding's Secretary of Labor Br&Mfs Radicals a * Foe*> of Workers. U. s. MARKET REPORT Weekly Marketgram by Bureau fJ0'of Markets and Croptfc £ Steel Chief, However, Finds Profiteer. Ing Exists in 8pots, in Businsss and Labor. " Chicago, Kept 1.--"There is nothing 'the matter with thin country, opportunities here are greater than ever before," says Judge Gary. « "Great prosperity will be witnessed whenever conditions relating to production and transportation will permit. "There Is still a good deal of groflteerinjg-- in business, buildings, materials and In some trades or avocations of labor as well. "I look upon the reported proposed action of Henry Ford (closing his factories September 16, because of high coal prices) as simply n protest against extortionate prices.1* . - HERRIN MINER PUT IN CELL First Arrest Made as Result of Grand Jury Probe at *Marioit, Illinois. Marion, IU.. Sept. 1.--Otis Clark, a union miner living near Goreville, 12 miles south of here, was lodged in Williamson county Jail to answer to an indictment returned -by the grand Jury charging him with tlie murder of Mine Superintendent C. K. McDowell in the Herrin riot June 22. He was surrendered In the office of George H. Stone, attorney for the miners' union, after Ineffectual attempts had been made to gain his release on ball. It was learned that of the dozen witnesses who testified nearly all were hardware dealers of Herrin and .-Marlon. Their stores were looted of firearms by miners who later participated in the massacre, according to State's Attorney Duty. Motormed and conductors on the interurban trolley line running between Herrin and Marlon were grilled by the grand Jury. They are believed to know some of the men CARPEttTIER TO QUIT SOON French Heavyweight Boxer 8ays He Will Fight for Only Eight Months Ifore. Paris, Sept. l. -- Announcement comes from London that Georges Carpentier, European heavyweight champion, will retire definitely from the ring within six or eight months. This has created only mild Interest in Paris, where Carpentier Is not the idol of old among the fight fans, who rightly or wrongly charge him with snobbishness and an exaggerated ego. One caustic newspaper critic hints that Georges may be automatically retired before six months, referring to his coming boufs with Battling Siki and the winner ol..tbe B^kett-Frank Koran bout. > • mi » • :• 5?? MICHIGAN FRUIT IS ROTTING Freight and Brokerage Charges Leave No Profit for the Growers, It Is Claimed. of the miners. Frankfort, Midi, Aug. 8L-*-Thou whojled^from Herri^fter the_8la^ing l^nda of bushels of apples, plums and pears are rotting beneath the trees in [-Benzie county orchards. Fruit grow ers say tlie transportation costs are so high and market prices so low that the freight amounts to nearly as much and, in some instances, more than the fruit will bring when delivered to market. One grower said he shipped 47 bushels of Duchess apples across Lake Michigan to a Wisconsin commission man and received a check for 3 cents after the freight and brokerage obliges bad been deducted. Drainage Congress Meets Sept. 25. Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 4.--The National Drainage congress, composed of 3,500 engineers, statesmen and business men, will hold its twelfth annua^ convention here Sept. 26 to 28, it was announced. Food Soars; Germans Riot. Berlin, Germany, Sept. 4--Food riots took place In the market at Neukoelm, a suburb of Berlin, In consequence of honrly increases in prices. A strong force of police dispersed the rioters. Go to Jail in Rail Strike. " St. Louis, Sept. 2.--Police Sergt. Oscar Steers, sixty-four, of Hannibal, Mo., in the Federal court was sentenced to three months in Jail and fined $290, and Arthur Cole, also of Hannibal, striking shopman of the Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy, was sentenced to six months and fined $500 for violating an Injunction granted the road In connection with the shopmen's strike. , Two Die in Train Wrack. . Cape Girardeau, Mo., Sept. 4.--Two persons were killed and several injured when a St. Louis and San Francisco railway passenger train en route from St. Louis to Memphis was wrecked when a trestle gave way. Aflum Destroyed by Turks. Lcmdon, Sept. 4.--A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company, from Constantinople says Aflum Karahissar was almost destroyed in consequence of the bombardment by the Turkish nationalists. Washington. Sept. 2.--For th« week end- Ma August si--GRAIN--Price* k»pt within narrow range during the week and iveraged lower, Chicago September wheat lown 2^c, Chicago September corn down !c. Selling an«f liquidation Influenced by weakness in Liverpool and lack of buying rapport were main market (actors. On She Slat liquidation in September wheat by commission houses and selling by •astern houses gave market weak under- K>ne. Some export business in Manitoba sreak. Receipts Northwest increasing, while winter wheat movement only fair, lue to scarcity of cars. Liquidation in September corn and weakness in wheat made lower earn prices early, but unfavorable crop reports from Kansas had sustaining influence and close was Arm to fractionally higher. Closing prices to CMJago cash market: No. 2 red winter wheat, »t<M; No. 2 hard winter wheat. *1.08; N»- I mixed corn, 62c; No. 2 yellow corn, <2c; No. S white oats, S4c. Average farm prices: No. 2 mixed corn in central Iowa nbout 48c; No. 1 dark northern wheat in central North Dakota, 87Vic; No. 2 hard winter wheat in central Kansas, 86c. Closing future prices: Chicago September wheat, 99%c; Chicago September corn, >9\4c; Minneapolis September wheat, M^fce; Kansas City September wheat, 98c; Winnipeg October wheat, W&c. HAY--Quoted August 10: No. 1 timothy, (26.60 New York, |19.80 Philadelphia, I17J0 Cincinnati, *18.S(rChleago, *17.60 Minneapolis, 820.00 St Louis, 814.26 Kansas City, {K00 Atlanta; No. 1 alfalfa. 818.60 Kansas City, 828.00 Memphis; No. 1 prairie, >11-00 Kansas City, |i<.60 St. Louis, *18.90 Chlago, 814.00 Minneapolis. FEE6--Quoted August 30: Spring bran, 121.76 Philadelphia, 817.26 Chicago; winter wheat bran, 816.25 St. Louis, 816.00 Kansas City; linseed meal. 8*2-50 Chicago, M&60 New York; cottonseed meal, 883.M Memphis, 843.00 Kansas City; hominy feed, (25.60 Chicago; gluten teed, 820.86 Chicago; alfalfa meal, 821.00 Kansas City. FBfolTS AND VEGETABLES--Potatoes lower for the week; New Jerrifey sacked cobblers down 10@25c eastern markets, down 55c Chicago, firm Cincinnati nnd at shipping points. Apple markets firm for New York and mid western barreled stock. Onion markets slightly weaker for Massachusetts stock, down 25®60c for middlewestern yellow varieties. Prices reported August 31: New Jersey potatoes, sacked cobblers No. 1, mostly 81.S)®L60 per 100 fbs. eastern cities; Cincinnati steady, 81-86; In producing sections. 81.1601.25 f. o. b. Qiants mostly $1.20@1.60; dull Philadelphia, 85®90c. Maine cobblers, 81.40©1.60 Boston. Midwestern early Oh-ios, 81W@1 25 Chlcage and St LOuia, 81.60®1.66 Cincinnati. Colorado and Idaho rurals, 81.30@1.4O. Minnesota stock, 90e@J1.00 f. o. b. New York. Oldenburg apples, 82.5002.75 per bbl. New York; Michigan, Illinois and Missouri Jonathans, wealtliya, 82.5003.60 leading midwestern markeTta. Peaches continue to decline; eastern Elbertas, sixes and bushel baskets. 81.7602.26 New York and Pittsburgh; firm Boston, 82.0003.00; mlddlewestern stock, 81.6002.60. Grapes steady; Michigan champions. 4-quart baskets, 100 28c; midwestern Moores, early, 20082c in leading markets; Michigan Moores, early, Kc f. o. b. shipping points. LIVE 8TOCK--August 81 Chicago prices: Hogs, top, 89-85; bulk of sales, t6.M09.7S; medium and good beef steers, 88.00010.60; butcher cows and heifers, 83-2509.40; feeder steers, 86.6008.00; light and medium weight \eal calves, 8U-00@12.6O; fat Iambs, (12.00® 13. TO; feeding lambs, 811.60013.00; yearlings, 88.76011.26; fat ewfes, 89.6007.60. Stocker and feeder shipments from 12 important markets during the week ending August 25 were: Cattle and calves, 99,187; hogs, 6,906; sheep. 47,842. DAIRY PRODUCTS -- Butter markets firm during the week. Decrease in production in evidence. Closing prices, tt score butter: New York, 38c; Philadelphia. 89c; Boston, 38c; Chicago. 38c. Cheese markets about steady during week, but an unsettled undertone is evident. Wisconsin cheese board prices Monday showed little change from previous week and trading is still rather slow. Prices at Wisconsin primary markets August 80: Twins, 19c; daisies, 19%c; double daisies. 19%c; longhorns, 20c; square prints, 2ttfcc. SPEAKS AT HOQSBIEiUrr, ILL Cabinet Member Deplores Inetanss* Wi Violence In Connection WMN the Prevailing Strikes--Says •trite MusMEnd. Ifooseheart, III., Sept. 6.--Americas labor has made great strides in the last year. Secretary Davis of the Labor department declared here is a i Labor day address. In spite of unem- * \ ployment, he declared, It has fought ** off all attempts to decrease wag» ^ levels set up during the war, and saf>^ ;/ ^ ly passed a war crisis. Working men "grown accustomed to comforts in lffe ^ not tasted before," he added, "will now find them preserved throughout." - ' fej Secretary Davis deplored instances of violence in connection with strikes, ;' declaring that "no gibbet can be built ^ too high for those who execute such »"Kt dastardly" deeds, as the "deliberate" >" wrecking of a train recently at Gary, : ^ Ind. • All the power of law and order h* America must be extended to the ^ utmost to exterminate the class of v men who hark back to the dark ages .•-i'j. in their disregard of property and human life," the secretary declared. "They can have no part in our America of today." Those who planned or countenanced such horrors, he said, "were equally guilty" with the actual perpetrators. Referring specifically to the recent "slaughter" of worklngmen in the state of Illinois, Mr. Davis described it as a "revolting spectacle*" which, "advanced not a jot the cause in which the men fell." "Despite the pressure of a tremendous mass of unemployed, despite the efforts of a few reactionary employers who selfishly sought to take advantage of the distress of labor and the nation, we have kept the general level of wages up," he declared. "I am safe in saying the average compensation of the man who toils today Is within a few per cent of what it was a year ago, and some have received an increase. "Today we have some melt in Industry who protest with noisy virtue that they favor high wages, and that they pay high wages. A little inquiry into these deceptive averages,. however, soon reveals that the high wages are to specialized workers, socalled experts, who work with plat and map. This appeals to me not at all, because they as a clasn are able to take care of themselves. I am for a saving wage for the man who works" with his hands, the man who. In the words of the Scripture, 'earns his bread with the sweat of his brow,' the man who swings a hammer or a pick." Continuation of high wage levels, Mr. Davis predicted, would bring prosperity in the United States, because it would Increase the nation's consuming power. There have been industrial conflicts, he said, referring to the mines, rail and textile strikes, which have "meant incalculable loss*" and loss that "will reach every man» woman and child ^n America. - ^ "One great prerequisite there is to continued progress on the path of ; . prosperity," he continued, "that Is isdustrial peace. Employers and workers ! " ! must Join forces If the campaign Is * . to be completely successfuL ' "Surely American genius can find a way to put Its own house In order, to bring to an end that destructive industrial warfare that saps the very blood of progress and prosperity. "These strikes give deplorable opportunity to the passions of unscrupulous men on both sides of each, controversy. They open the way to the cruel and calculating, the blood-. thirsty and irresponsible." After condemning instances of violence in the rail and mine strikes, he said: "We must and will find a way to end this fractrlcldal strife In Industry.^ We must and will find means to settle* ,1! •;C1 t. ;< Harding Backs Oaugnerty. Washington, 8ept. 4.--If the federal injunction obtained by Attorney General Daugherty at Chicago fails to solve the rail strike problem, other and more drastic steps will be taken. ThU> was made plain at the White House. Gets Tar Trimming. Penaacoia, Fla., Sept. 2.--Lonnia Durham, thirty-five, an employee in the Louisville and Nashville shops here. Is In the hospital recuperating from the effects of a coat of tar and feathers applied by three unknown men. •-3 •-M Big Battle In Russia. London, Sept. 2.--Heavy ' fighting, accompanied by severe loss of life Is raging between revolutionists and Red Russian troops In southern Russia, according to advices received here from Odessa* via Berlin. Panama CanaUSets Record. JUama, Sept. ^Rrwo hundred and eighty-one ships passed through the Panama canal during August, this constituting a record since the opening of the waterway eight years ago. The tolls exceeded $1,000,004 Germany Gets Respite. Sept. 2.--The allies' reparations commission unanimously adopted the compromise proposals, put forward by Belgium and Italy, whereby the allies agree to accept German treasury notes. Orys Cant 8eiz« Ships. Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 2.--Shipping board vessels cannot be seised as an outgrowth of prohibition laWs, It was ruled by Federal Judge Henry D. Clayton, whose Md proceeding Seize (200,000 Booze Cafgo. New York, Sept. 2.--Tlie British three-masted schooner Gamma, with $2<XM*W worth of Scotch whisky aboard, and the t*cur»loo steamer Smithfleld, which is alleged to have been carrying a bar, were seised. Greeks Driven Back. Paris, Sept. 1.--The capture- by the Turkish nationalists of Eskishehr, the principal stronghold of the Greeks on the Asia Minor fighting front, was reported in Paris official circles. The Turkish advance is being continued. opinion dismissed •-Mr. S&jS®.'- Canada Mine Blast Kills Thirteen. Cumberland, B. C., Sept. 2.«--Fifteen men ww* kilted and sixteen injured in the explosion which occurred In No. 4 mine of the Canadian collieries, Puusmulr coal properties here. All of have toss Nicaraguan Rebels Routed. Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Sept. 1.--- Nicaraguan government forces have routed the 250 Nicaraguan rebels commanded by Martinez Funes, who attacked the Plaza Yuscaran, In Hondscas near the NlcaragpaB border. Harding to Visit Detroit. Washington. Sept. 2. -- President Harding Informed Senator Newberry of Michigan that he hoped to go to Detroit on September 18 to lay the cornerstone of the new Masonic pl* , Blast Furnaces Reopen. Youngstown, <»., Sept. 1.--First resumption of Iron producing units, hard hit by coal shortage, was announced by the Shenango Furnace company of Sharpsvllle, Pa., which reopened a blast furnace, idle five weeka, « these Industrial disputes without re-| ^ course to the futile arbitrament oC-j force. . "We must see to It that llw worker], ; Is guarded against the loss of wages,^ the employer against the loss ofl-^ profits and the public against the loss; of service which comes through these suspensions of work. *1 venture to say that not one In- .-v? dustrial dispute out of a thousand! has ever been permanew ly settled ex--^Ju cept in one way--by the negotiations^ of reasonable men. In a reasonable*' frame of mind, who sat down to dls-_^ cuss the issues In a spirit of fairness^; mmi eo-operatlon." ;1,v^5V. . Kills Youth as Burglar. Chicago, Sept. 8.--Surprised lice while attempting to break open the safe of the J. Gardner confec-t tlonery, William Heelon, Jr., sixteen years old, was shot fatally by tlie police. He died an hour later. "Indian Kills Two Agents.', " Ore., Sept. Glife Price and Grover C. Todd. federat|^r\ prohibition agents, were killed by Phil* ' Up Warren, an Indian, in a fight af*\ Vj New Grand Ronde. Warren wtf. r wounded and later arrested. g: Rail Guards Shot. Augusta, Ga., Sept. 1,--E. M. Feast «r, thirty-four, was killed, and Reedy Booth, twenty-two, was fatally wounded by unidentified assailants while guarding Southern railway OTPsrtgwt liambnia^^--.; - ¥• - ' ^\ \ ^ I--- " •' \ ^ ' -- • * * • /f t ...t. _ ..." -. - ,, > ." • .**/ -• ~• 'r -' * *'• '"1•*1 Parmer Killed in Rum Battla. S3 Paso, Tex., Sept. 6.--Avlel I*rk; *• ma, a farmer residing near the Ri«fc|. Grande river, was fatally wounded b^M-, -• y a stray bullet tn a battle between pr«m. hibltlon agents and rum runners. than 100 shots were fired. > ^ Woman Killed, Babe Unhurt. :*L Paris, IU., Sept. 6.--Mrs. Earl ; Glmple of St. Louis, who was touts- < ing with her husband and infant chllf • „ to Chicago, was Instantly killed whe| \c her car turned turtle. Tine yomasfp ' brains wan d**he£ est. • ,