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'* x: . EVANS <${ews cNf*ggets From Illinois '•*/'H,.*' Springfield.--Interest In Abraham -^Lincoln's tomb Is increasing from year « *•> year, according to Herbert W. Fay, 'f;--' custodian of the tomb, who issued the : Attendance report for June, 1923, ihowlng that during the month more pf' •£* than twice as many people had visited i:? the monument than in any previous <lonth. According to Mr. Fay, there #ere 9,160 visitors at the tomb In |f: Jane--visitors • who had signed the £^*31, register. Making allowance for a large number who failed to sign the . "£'» ' register, the probable attendance passed the 10,000 mark. | ' j Springfield.--State Senator Andrew ; 8. Cuthbertson of Bunker Hill will be the principal speaker at the annual Joint Farm Bureau and Old Settlers' Picnic to be held at Caldwell's Grove, Avgust 29. .The grove" Is two miles north of Chatham, Snd easily accessible. According to present plans, the Old Settlers' association will have v > . charge of the morning program of the ^ " day, and the Farm Bureau of the afternoon and evening program. W' *'• Bloornlngton.--In an effort to have Cities of central Illinois adopt uniform traffic and parking regulations, Mayor Frank E. Shorthose and J. H. Hudson, secretary of the association of commerce, will ask mayors and associations of commerce heads of Peoria, Decatur, Danville, Springfield, Lincoln and Pontiac to hold a meeting in the near future, It was announced here. ^ Moline.--"It Can Be Done" has been •elected by a committee of three Moline citizens as a slogan tor the city of Moline. The committee was ap- r pointed by the Moline chamber of commerce and the approved slogan was j selected from an offering of 619 auhmltted by the people of the city. Et Charles.--Her hair caught in the •Jowly-revolving rollers of an electrically- driven clothes wringer, Grace Rebm, nine years old, narrowly escaped being scalped before her mother came to the rescue. Much of her hair was palled oat by the rollers and the acalp was badly torn. Sheffield.--William Kleckner, who operates a small nursery, Is nursing in injured hand. Mr. Kleckner went to feed his chickens and reached Into ' the box where he kept his feed, not knowing that a big rat was Inside. The cornered rodent bit his hand. Inflicting a painful wound. Streator.--The Shriners belonging to the Caravan club of Streator, LaSalle, ? Peru and Ottawa will hold their third annual joint picnic Thursday, July 26, at the Illini beach. All the Masonic bodies of the county will be guests of tft* Shriners. . Jacksonville.--TTiere was some ex- U cWement in the vicinity of the truck belonging to Robert Hembrongh, when the truck loaded with hogs suddenly caught on fire. Prompt work by the & fire department doused the flames bor fore there was any roast pork. . Herri n.--Fire of sndetermined orl- \0ix did approximately 5100,000 damage to the business district here. The Good Luck Clothing company was de- Stroyed and the Miller-Wohl company and the Stein's laiW store were V damaged badly. Wnukogan.--Justice Chafes Mason of this city was held op In Chicago and fobbed of |63 in money, a gold watch r and chain and a fountain pen. The robbers also took an Elk's tooth and silver charm presented to him by the *' - _ ' Waukegun lodge. f|| ;' flock ford.--A cablegram from India S>*,' . announced the death at Delhi of Rev. ^ Frederick Butcher. Methodist missionary and former Rockford resident. His i taking off was caused by a fever prevailing in Delhi and vicinity, where It ; has resulted in many deaths. V- "Springfield.--Farm bureau officials of Sangamon county declared that • they believed that the season's crop -j,. Of wheat In the connty would surpass ^ „ that of last year, despite a heavy loss1 pj v from killing weather last winter, if **- Evanston.--The home of Michael I Doyle was set on fire when an airplane passing over the city, shot off some . fireworks. Some of the burning remnants fell on the roof and ignited the Shingles. Rockford.--Rev. W. C. Rutherford, • :»»w pastor of First Baptist church at 'Waukegan, may become pastor of State Street Baptist church, succeeding Rev. R. S. Carman, who goes to a new 4 charge at Joliet. :-r ^ i Springfield.--L. M. Saulsbury, a, tot- ®er stockholder In the Northern Life Ihsu ranee Company of Peoria, which went bankrupt In 1911, has just received an $80 check as payment of a . dividend. Rock Falla.--Rev. Ralph K. Schwab " l»8 resigned the pastorate of Rock Falls Congregational church and will become a member of the faculty of ; Jjfljairmount college, at Wichita, Kas. - Springfield.--Victor Ross, charged stealing a dozen neckties, has t>een sentenced to jail for two and onehalf du.vs for each tie taken. Ross 'Must lay out thirty days. Zion.--A new, modern, up-to-date sj^jpdl has been opened up here and Is .'.^Steady for the city's "giiests." Three " *ew steel cage cells have been In- •* ktalled, and they are steel nil over-- • iven the floor being of steel plate, so J that a prisoner has no possible chance » «^|o escape. Each cell is equipped with 4'"'$I wash bowl and water fountain, and ; Khe cells are in a long row so that ...i* •• 'the prisoners are in constant view of v.-y jthe police. ^ Lincoln.--Marshall Hembreiker, sav- . C" «nteen, son of a Lincoln florist, was Accidentally drowned. tLv >*v!v' • *" Springfield.--Governor Len Small p?; ' lias Issued a requisition on the goverv„ Jior of Indiana for the return to Dev. £atur of William Price of Hlllsboro, 'i/Mm, and Hubert Turner of Trowbridge, . gll., who are under arrest in Frankfort, * Ind. They are wanted In Decatur on Ifthe charge of stealing an automobile the Decatur Grocer company on V June SOL ^ j Dixon. -- Ernest 8t8rkey, twelve, S$?^|^member Peru, III., Boy Scout troop, :;:.'.^-.i;|was drowned In Rock river in an at- ;if^|tempt to rescue Edwin Kara, thirteen, T-5 ;• ' ' JerseyvUle.--Mrs. folin Ueffroa fifty years old, of Greene county, ne spondent for years over 111 health ao« brooding oyer a pending operation, sal urated her clothing with kerosene, raf from her home to a straw stack on tht Heflfron farm, burled herself In th« stack and set fire to her clothing. Hot charred body was extracted from tht flames by her husband who was burned severely about the hands atid face in his attempt to rescue her. Urbana.--The appointment of 62 met) and women to hold fellowships anft scholarships In the graduate school of fkniUAinr firmirTO the University of Illinois next year, ~|wlnuJUlL nriilirt*o was announced by the university at j Urbana. These awards, which carry[ • • 1 a cash stipend, are for the purpose of allowing those men and women who FMNCEMU RETAIN POLICIES Germany WM Get No Leniency, the French Premier have shown proficiency in collegiate, work up to this point, to continue their studies. Bellevillo^-As a result of the antl> mosquito campaign launched a little more than n month ago under the auspices of the city, the International Health board, the state department of public health, the board of trade, and the Rotary and Lions clubs, the city Is practically rid of the pests. This happy result was obtained by the regular weekly spraying with oil of all breeding places. Waukegan.--The tourist traffic from Illinois to the Wisconsin and Illinois lftke regions is now at Its height. Hundreds of automobiles are passing daily through this city, bound northward. Cars are often so-thick on the roads in Lake county that refreshment stands on the state line are doing profitable business. Mount Morris.--Prof. George H. Warwick, graduate of Ames college, Ames, Iowa, has been engaged as head of the department of agriculture at Mount Morris college, succeeding Prof. John OlarK who resigned. The agriculture department will have the largest enrollment In Its history neftt fall and winter, according to officials. | White Ash.--James Flanery, twentyseven, of Johnston City was killed, al-1 most Instantly, when during a ball game he was struck In the head by a bat in the hands of W. R. Smith who wafe knocking flies to the fielders. A coroner's jury returned a verdict Of accldental death. | Springfield.--The annual picnic of the Sangamon County Milk Producers' association will be held on August 15, if present plans are successfully carried out, according to Mrs. G. Warren Insists Hi Speech at Senile That 1M More Concessions Will Bo Made Asks Adherence to the "7v Treaty. Part* July 16.--Premier ^Poliicarek In a speech at Senlis rejected the British proposals on reparations even in advance of the receipt of those proposals In written form, The British draft of the proposed reply to Germany is expected hero Thursday or- Friday. But the main outlines of that teply were delineated . In Prime Minister Baldwin's frank 1 statement In the house of commons, and Premier Poincare was equally frank In bis speech. "I always was favorable to an entente with England, but I always conceived tliis friendship as leaving both people full independence and freedom of language," said the premier. "I considered It as designed to conciliate their interests and not subordinate them to one another. I considered that the entente would find Its staunch est support In a constant effort at reciprocal comprehension and mutual respect. "Since the treaty was signed, Germany has Inspired the chorus everywhere to the same song, 'Belligerent France, Militarist France, Imperialist France.'" Although be did not name the United States, the premier referred to her when he declared the reparatlona question was a matter of Interest to the creditors. Other nations should not Interfere, he said. •t the same time be voiced the prevalent French attitude toward the debt to the United States, which, the French hold, should be cancelled on grounds of morality. Taylor, secretary of the association. 3,000 Spiritualists Gather The picnic will be given In (mo of Springfield's parks. Springfield.--Laurence H. Becherer, state superintendent of charities, has been appointed by Gov. Len Small as state purchasing agent, to succeed H. H. Kahn who has resigned after a sixyear incumbency. Ill health caused Mr. Kahn'8 resignation. Chicago.--City Clerk Gorman announced that an increase of $704,731 is shown by receipts from license fees during the first half of 1923 over the ' LonQShoreman, NOW for Convention in Indiana Anderson, Ind„ July 16.--More than three thousand spiritualists attended the opening of the thirty-third annual camp meeting of the Indiana Association of Spiritualists at the Chesterfield camp, five miles east of Anderson. Outside of Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Michigan bad the largest representation. One party In six automobiles came from Rockford, 111. fieures for the first half of last year. The 1922 receipts were $4,812,451; the 1923 figures are $5,812,451. Bloomlngton.--Joseph W. Fifer of Bloominjrton, former governor of Illinois. spoke at the dedication on July 11 of the Lincoln circuit marker on the boundary line between Woodford and McLean counties. Springfield.--Col. Jame^Romayne of Chicago was appointed prlgadier general of the 65th Infantry brigade, composed of the 129th and 139th infantry regiments, Illinois National Guard. 1 This brigade has just been organized. Charleston.--Lightning is deadly for horses. The second team to be laid low by a bolt of lightning In three days were found on the Frank Stiff farm south of Rardin, after a violent electrical storm. Lincoln.--Marshall Hembreiker, 17, son of Otto J. Hembreiker, a florist, was drowned in the Kickapoo creek. It v.-us said that young licrabrelker went swimming ocan after eating a meal, and was setotf with crai&ps. i Qulncy. --jo attractive and well appointed "babv ho«i«e" In which a better baby conference will be held, will be a feature of the Adams county fair the first week in September. Springfield.--The division of sanitary engineering, state department of public health, has given tentative approval of a preliminary report for Improved sewerage for Taylorville. Havana.--Havana has launched an extensive paving program for the summer. Shtty-flve city blocks are to be paved. The total cost Is estimated at $203,000. Dixon.--Widening of a number at Dixon business streets Is to be accomplished by narrowing the sidewalks to eight fnet. Springfield.--Death has claimed Thomas Doyle, shipping clerk in the of Union, Rides in Style How York, July 16.--Anthony J. Chlopek, who since boyhood has labored as a longshoreman or has sailed the seas as a stoker, left for Europe as a passenger In a fine suite on the main deck of the White Star liner Majestic. As president of the International Longshoremen's association, with a membership of 140,000, he will attend the British trade union conference. which opens Sept 8. U. S. Tells Grew to Stand for Open Door in Turkey Lausanne, July 16.--The State department notified Minister Grew not to give way one hair's breadth in his opposition to the validation in the proposed peace treaty with Turkey of the Incomplete concessions to the British- owned Turkish Petroleum company in the Mosul oil field. Germany Nears Quadrillion in Piling Up Paper Marks Dnsseldorf, July 16.--There will be 1,000,000,000.000,000 marks in circulation before the end of the year If the present production of paper currency Is maintained. Prior to the beginning of the German money printing race, the figure quadrillion was seldom used except in astronomical calculations. President Harding Hears of Rail Feuds in Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska, July 16.--President Harding arrived here and. It is reported, received many complaints concerning the management of the railroad and concerning the power of the Guggenheim Interests in affairs. automobile department of Secretary of Polish Cathedral RobbeitL ' Galena.--John Foley, r«e staurant| Nets Bandits $8,000,000 owner, was electrocuted when ho stepped Into a refrigerator in his place of business. Chicago.--Automobile desths in Chicago are continuing at the rate of about two a day. The total for the first half of the year is Mi Geneva.--There were exactly 164 June brides In Kane county, 111., during June, 1923, according to the county clerk. This is more than In any June since 1920 when all records were broken with the issuance of 199 11- censes. There was also a good crop of " June brides in 1917, when 162 couples were licensed. 9 Qulncy.--Sheriff Orabb and three deputies raided a small cottage near "Ursa, III., 14 miles from here, where they found five stills In operation. The stills, together with 385 gallons of liquor and mash, were confiscated. Springfield.--Application was filed with the Illinois commerce commission by the West Suburban Transportation company of Berwyn for permission to operate a motor truck llrie along a route beginning in Cicero, III., through Berwyn, Riverside, Lyons, Congress Park, La Grange Park and La Grange. Mount Vernon.--Campers between Oswego and Yorkvllle are Investigating the cause of the death of thousands of minnows which are lining the banks of the river. The stream is literally at times covered with dead flcb one camper " " J Warsaw. July 14.--Bandits broke Into the oldest Polish cathedral at Genzen and robbed It of priceless relics and golden articles, Including a bead of St Aibertus, patron of Poland. The total losses exceed ^.OOO.OOOl Southerner Heads Rainbows. Indianapolis, Iifd., July 16.--Col. J. M. Martin of Marion, S. Cn was elected president of the Rainbow (Fortysecond) division. Veterans' association, at Its conoventlon here. Eo si^cceeds CoL William J. Donovan of Nov Xork. Eberfeld, Aarmtft anfTUmbuff Invad .\£: TAKE RBCHSMIK KUMGER -Arthur H. Evans of New York, formerly manager of the Peking office of the American International corporation, has beeq^ppointed a trade commissioner in the Department of Commerce. Mr. Evans will shortly proceed to his post In Peking where he will direct the work of a financial Investigation for the department. - RAIL STRIKES TABOO Injunction Against Shopmen's JtatoR Made Permanent, Judge Wilkerson Calls Primary pose of Strike Unlawful--Daugh- •rty Says No Tieup Will Ever - Again Halt TraiiWh July '13.--The Dauguflltj Injunction--the most sweeping and drastic restraining order ever issued by an American court--under the terms of which members of the striking shop crafts' union were temporarily enjoined last October in the Federal district court here from Interfering In any way with the operation of the railroads of the nation, was made permanent by a final decree of Judge James H. Wilkerson. By this order 400,000 member-workers of the Federated Shop Crafts, their officers and other affiliated bodies of the American Federation of Labor, their servants, agents and employees are stopped for all time from hindering or obstructing railroads engaged in interstate commerce; from conspiring, confederating or arranging to injure the railroads, and from loitering or unnecessarily being in the vicinity of railroads. In Washington Attorney General Dougherty gave out a statement saying the Injunction meant that "no extensive strike tying up interstate commerce will ever again take place In this country. The law In this regard is now forever settled." Judge Wilkerson Issued the order for a permanent injunction after reviewing a mass of evidence, represented by 181 exhibits comprising 250 affidavits submitted on and after Sept. 12, 1922, in support of the effort to make the restralner permanent. Atlantic City Is Kopenik to 1923 Cobbler-Dootor Atlantic City, N. J.--July 14.-- Though he never studied surgery and has no degree, Russell George, twentyeight, Toronto, now under arrest here for robbery, hoodwinked physicians of the Atlantic City hospital so successfully that be was Invited to become "resident physician and surgeon" and actually held the post from March X to May 21 without exciting suspicion. "It was too easy," said George. "I never said I had any diploma, and was never asked for any." Police pCBelals and Funds AIM Mud III Reprisal for An Act of Vtoieno* --Ita'ly Sides With Qreat Britain. Dnsseldorf, July 14.--French troop* have occupied Elberfeld, Barmen-and Limburg. The first two cities are ott the edge of the Ruhr region. LttntKUB is just beyond tha CobUns bridgehead. Leaving Bessllnghaassen, the troops proceeded to M arm en, where they occupied the public buildings and the railway station. The manager of tha local reichsbank and a number of police officials were taken as hostages by the French, who also seised a fund of 8,000,000,000 marks. Although they have separate governments, Elberfeid and Barmen are practically one town. They are situated oat the Wupper, an the southern edge of the Ruhr district. For five miles they s{retch along the river. Bach of the towns has-a population of approximately 170,000. Industrie# form the principal economic basis. There are paper mills, chemical and Iro* works and textile plants- The seizure of Elberfeid and Barmen Is attributed by the French to an act of violence by fifteen of the German security police. According to this story, two French soldiers, who wen tracking some German smugglers, were surrounded by the police; who seized and dlaarmed them and took them to Elberfeid. Finally their weapons, now unloaded, were returned to them, and they were escorted to the edge of the occupied area. A report of this Incident resulted In the prompt issuance of orders for the seizure of the two industrial towns. Rome, July 14.--Italian officials today declared that Prime Minister Baldwin's statement In the House of Commons closely accords with the Italian policy. It Is predicted that Italy will assent to the main provisions of the note which Britain will submit to her allies as a reply to the last reparatlona note from Germany. Premier BnldwlA Is praised for bis efforts to obtain unity among tbe Allies. Italy hoped that the United States will be represented on the proposed International commission of reparations experts, which is expected to link the reparations question with tbe problem of the interallied debt* Monticello to Be Bought as $1,000,000 Memorial New York, July 16.--The purchase of Monticello by the Thomas Jefferson Memorial foundation has been arranged with the present owner, Jefferson M. Levy. Tbe estate, consisting of a mansion, 648 acRs and numeroua historical relics, will change hands for $500,000. A national campaign to raise $1,000,000 to complete .the deal and establish a fund to maintain the estate has been started by tbe foundation. v • ; s*v Seize 200 Rum Boats. Detroit, Mich.. July 16. -- Federal prohibition agents, assisted by representatives of tbe Treasury department. seized 200 motorboats off Ecorse, Wyandotte and Trenton In the downriver district. $180X100 Fire In 8elma, Cat. Selma. Cal., July 13.--Damage of $150,000 was done by Are which attacked a large business block here. Fire apparatus from Fresno helped to quench ^he flames. The alarm was given by a baggageman on a train. I. W. W. Call Marine 8trHca. /Los Angeles, Cal., July 13.--Aa a protest against the conviction of 27 alleged I. W. W. on charges of criminal syndicalism, the marine transport workerf' branch of the Iv W. W. called a strike in tbe harbor dfarlct. ^ Four University of Chica{jtf Students Held in Girl's Death Chicago, July 13.--Four students at the University of Chicago were arrested in connection with the mysterious death of Elsie Campbell, twentyfive, who fell to the sidewalk from tbe second floor of a student rooming house at B606 Drexel boulevard. She died several hours later at the Chicago hospital. The students are Harry F. Scofield, David Lamberg, Clyde Griffin and W. L. Spencer. Twelve Hundred Homeless as Two Towns in Idaho Burn Wallace, Idaho, July 14.--Damage fixed by county officials at $1,500 000 has been done by a fire that sprang up in a residence in the town of Mace, Idaho, and, fanned by a breeze that blew up the narrow Burke canyon for three-quarters of a mile, destroyed Mace and the business district of Burke, another neighboring town. Twelve hundred persons, it ia estimated, have been rendered homeless. Find Calendar Stone of Mongol Period in Mexico Mexico City, July 14.--Prof. William Nlven, American explorer, this week unearthed a calendar stone several thousand years older than the famous Aztec calendar stone found at San Mlgual Amantha, near this city. The stone belonged to the Mongoloid civilization, proving that the Aztecs Inherited part of their culture from the civilization of the early Mongols who lived in Mexico from seven to tan thousand years ago. '*•" Human Ladder Hauls Tardy Woman on Moving Liner Hew York, July 14.--Three seamen on the Dante Allghlerl formed a human ladder and swung Mrs. HeJ^n Antoinette aboard after the ship had started. One seaman, held by two companions, swung head first over the side, grasped Mrs. Antoinette by the wrists, and she was hauled aboard while a crowd cheered. 7 - Air Mall Servioe Nearly Perfect. Washington. July 16.--Air mall service performance for 1923 waa 96.78 per cent perfect. This figure was attained on a year's scheduled flying that totaled 1,589,389 mi lei between New York and San Francisco. Chicago to Get Republican Convention in June, 1924 Chicago, July 13.--Tbe Republican national convention will be held at the Chicago Coliseum the third week of next June. This was definitely learned here, although the official selection of the convention city will not take place until next December, when Chairman P. W. Upham returns from Europe. Two Hundred Goats Sent .to Iowa. Brook Haven, Miss., July 16.--A shipment of 200 goats to Iowa, where It is said they will be used to supply glands used in modern scientific treatment of human beings, was made by Walter Turnteough. • A Rockefeller Gives Dime*. Moravia, N. Y., July 14.--Visiting the old wooden house where he lived when he earned his first dollar, John D. Rockefeller commemorated bis visit by presenting new dimes to several hundred villagers. . Alton Blaat Deemed Unavoidable.' Alton, 111., July 14.--Couety officials declared that the explosion at the Western Cartridge company's plant In East Alton, at which twelve employees were killed and a score of others lajnred, was una voidable. Four Dry Officers Fined $900l Denver, Colo„ July 16.--Four for* mer prohibition agents who servea under E. • H. McClenaban pleaded guilty to charges of malting false reports and.were fined $300 eacb la the United States court hera. Fight Nets U. & $138,127. Helena, Mont.. July 16.--In addition to tbe $22,448 which the government collected on the sale of tickets to the Dempsey-Gibbons fight, July 4, $115,- 679 will be collected In income tax. Internal revenue collectors announce), Strike Cost Potters $900,000i Atlantic City, N. J, July 14.--The general strike and the sanitary strike, which were Called by the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters within tlie last ten montha, cost the mil on more than $900,000. *Qet B Per Cent Pay Boost. . York, July 14.--An Increase of R per cent In wages offered by the Interborough Rapid Transit company as a compromise to the demands of their 14,000 employees for a 10 per cent increase waa accepted. Farmer-Labor Candidate Defeats^' 1 of Minnesota „for Senate. V-iii Pi£.ij Fiurat | io the Farm ai'Klmbali^f5 and Help His Boys Qet In the Rest of the " ; I . 3. >,»-&*- Dr. Abram Simon of Washington, who has been unanimously elected president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the largest body of Jewish ministers In America. _ U. S. MARKET REPORT Weekly Marketgram by Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Washington.--For the week ending Mly II.--FRUITS AND TaOBTABLAS --Georgia Tom ~Wataon watermelons, 1J-30 lb. average, »I50.00®660.00 bulk per car, top of 1640.00 In Chicago. 97S.OOO 1176.00 f. o. b. cash track to growers. Georgia peaches. HI ley's and Belles, $1.0002.76 per ••basket carrier, I1.B0O1.76 f. o. b. usual terms. California salmon tint cantaloupes, standard 45's, (3.25013.75 midwestern cities. Arizona stock. 33.00® 3.60 leading cities. Virginia Irish cobbler potatoes, 36.600 7.00 per bbl. consuming markets. $6.26 f. o. b. usual terms; Kansas early Chios, sacked. 9t.00Ot.7S per 100 lbs. li. Chicago 31.6601.76 f. o. b. cash traok to growers; south central Bliss Triumphs, 32.25 @3.00 mldwestern markets. UVB STOCK--Chicago prices: Hogs, top. $7.80; bulk of sales. 36.86®7.76; medium and good beef steers, 38.600 10^6; butcher cows and heifers, $4.00 OlO.SS; feeder steers, $4.0008.50; light and medium weight veal calves, $7.35 011.60; fat lambs. 313.Be01B.26; year- 1 igs. 39.26013.00. and fat ewea, $3.60 07.00. HAT--No. 1 timothy. Chicago, $36.00; Minneapolis, $18.00; No. 1 prairie. St. touts. $18.50 FKE1>--Minneapolis bran, $1MI; middlings. $24.00; flour middlings, $28.00; red dog, $80.00; gluten feed, Chicago, $37.16; white hominy feed. St. Louis, 331.00; Chicago, 332.00; 82 per cent linseed meal, Minneapolis, $38.00. GRAIN--Chicago cash market: No. $ red winter wheat. 31.12; No. 2 hard Tinter wheat, $1.01; No. 2 mixed oorn. 8Sc; No. 2 yellow corn, 90c; No. $ white oats, 39c. Average farm price: No. 2 mixed corn in central Iowa. 73c. DAIR * PRODUCTS--Butter, *2 score, Chicago, ?7Hc. Cheese prices in Wisconsin primary markets: TFlats, 22o; tvins, 21 He; single and double daisies, 22c; young Americas, 23 $fcc; longhorns, 28o; square prints, 22 %e. - • ~ ? , . , Britain Will Deal WlHi Germany, Baldwin Tells House London, July 13.--The house of commons chewed when Prime Minister Baldwin announced that Great Britain had Informed Prance, Italy and Belgium that she Is ready to assume the responsibility of preparing a draft of a reply to the latest German reparations note and to submit it to her allies. ^Although Mr. Baldwin did not outline the nature of the reply which Britain would make, It Is understood that the German suggestion for establishment of an International commission of experts to fix reparatlona will be accepted. zi ISI bellevJ% If- iVild, Minn., July Johnson, a practical fanner of Kim-* Iball, Minn., was elected United StatedtA' senator from Minnesota in suceessiort^^ to the late Knute Nelson by 50,0tKjf£*^ majority. Johnson is a Farmer-La** \ I borite and a follower of Robert m|K^? LaFoilette. * He defeated Gov. J. A. "O. Preua^r^f ? who came out on a platform support^ lng the Harding administration. Car/ leyt the Democratic candidate, ran fa# 4 behind. - ^4?:$ Governor Prsns, In conceding Jotafcf ^ son's election, made only a brief statdf^I**' ment "thanking those who labored earnestly and unselfishly for my elec-f tlon." The senator-elect waa jubilant wh«r>- Informed that he had won. His flrsf| - ^ statement waa: "I beat that fellowT I am Unlterf ; States senator? What do yon thlnk^ of thatr p "Weil," he aald later when he wtatL assured of election, "of course now^* I'll go back to the farm and help thci^; boys get in the rest of the hay an<$|, then finish the harvest, and then ru^" go out organising again. Yon see, wm4, need It "I will do this because that the farmers and the workers and|^ the business men can by united actionf* better their conditions." lf^ The senator-elect declared be against the world conrt and th«£v league of nations and against any forjp eign entanglements, and he insistecf that he did not want to go on record^ "Yon see," he said, "1 will wait un-i - til I talk to my colleagues, BrookhartT and such, before I decide. t "Recognition of soviet Russia t Well, I don't want to go on record on - that now. Leave Russia out. Betweenf you apd me, I am for recognition right away, bttt I don't Want to go ofijk half-cocked. | "Prohibition T Leave that to mef We will have to see what to do aboutf that. ^ "Soldiers' bonus? Well, I am golng^ to work for a bonus and for the ex{" penses to be paid by excess profits/ h.ut It might be that we ^111 haoe fiat part of it on taxes." j •: ' I Manila's Mayor Resigns in Row Witfi General Wc Manila, P. I., July 17.--Ramon Peri nandes, mayor of Manila, who WIS appointed by Gov, Gen. Leonard Wood* has resigned. Furthermore, the retaries of all the Philippine depart* v ments have signed letters of resigna? ; tlon, according to Jaime G. De Veyra| Philippine" resident commissioner aif Washington, who Is now here. The <- • revolt of Filipino officials against General Wood -has been grpwij some time. ; --.-"X U. S. Offer for Bedbugsj "Success; Gets One Alive Waahlngton, July 16.--The offer of the Department of Agriculture to buy 1,200- bedbugs for Its Insect experimental station at Vienna, Va., has cot been without result. A single bug, Shipped from Philadelphia In a tiny pasteboard box, reached the station alive and well and ready to make the supreme sacrifice In the name of sd- 100,000 Persons See Firpo Knock Out Je,ss Jersey City, N. J., July 13.--Ona hmidred thousand persons, the greatest crowd that ever witnessed a prise fight, saw Jess Wlllard go down In defeat before Lula Angel Firpo, the Wild Bull of the Pampas, In tha eighth round of a terrific battle scheduled to go twelve rounds him Wlllard was knocked out 275,000 French and Belgian Troops Now in Germany, Claim Berlin, July 18.--According to figures described as coming from a wellinformed German source, there are now 80,000 French and 70,000 Belgian troops in tbe Ruhr, and 97,000 French and 17,000 Belgian troops in the old occupied territory. In addition 10,000 French and 1,000 Belgian Railway have been sent Into the Ruhr. Rainbow Division at -'Indianapolis, Ind., Jniy 14.--9ha Rainbow Division Veterans* association opened Its three-day national convention here. The division la tha ona which helped stop tha Germans of Rhelms hi July, 1018, Decrease in Employment. Washington. July 14.--In a covering 1,428 concerns In (0 industrial centers, the employment service of the Department of Labor finds a slight decrease In tha numbe* e( psc employed. Civil War Naval Captain Dtsi. St Louis, July 18.--Capt. John Q. Parker, retired liquor distiller and veteran of the Civil war, died at hla home here at the age of elghty-thres years. In tha latter part of tbe war ho commanded the Ironclad Bsseac, . ; ^ ;V" -"i '--"-A-**" Dry Law Peeves French. Paris, July IS.--The French authorities, as a reprisal against the application- of the American liquor laws to French vessels, are applying tha passport rules with th« *itnu»a» vtrictnass. it la said. . i$at£ " "l*i& - C rjCattle Dipping Causes a * Serious Mixup in Mississippi Jackson, Miss., July 17.--To prevent further dynamiting of cattle** dipping vats, a Jfcrce working under, the direction of Dr. Wilbur McPherson, government representative of thg tick-eradication work in Mississippi^ has been sent to Amite county arme<f with machine guns and rifles. Unidentified persons during the last several weeks have blown up 48 vats near liberty. ?~v; Mrs. Warren G. Harding Is III on Alaskan Trip Fairbanks, Alaska, July 17.--Mrs. Warren G. Harding, wife of the Pres--» Ident, has been so worn out by accepting hospitalities extended by Alaskans that she has been compelled t<» take to bed, Mr. Harding informed an audience here just before he and hla party left for Seward, Alaska. Fascist! Destroy Catholic ^. Headquarters at Flor&TSfe Florence, Italy. July 17.--A groun" of youths, after ringing the bells ofiN several churches to call the people to-Together, and shouting "Long live Mussolini," "Down with parliamentarism,'* and "Down with the Catholics," Invaded and destroyed Catholic head- J quarters here. " 1 ••r - Flying BoatJirvtoHi Detroit, Mich., July 17.--The Aero-'" (HiHrine Airways, Inc., opened dail.v flying boat service between here and ;. Cleveland. Hydroplanes left both cities at the same hour. Morning an&~*" afternoon trips will be made. D- B. Gamble Diss in West. /• Pasadena, Cal., July 17.--David R» Gamble, seventy-five years old, former secretary of the firm of Procter Gamble, soap manufacturers of Cincinnati, died here oarly Monday. H«- was noted as a philanthropist 4s -jtr- 'Injunction Against I. W. W. Sacramento, Cal., July 17.--A porary injunction restraining ail ac-.; " tivitles of the Industrial Workers of*; . - the World in California was granted" here -hy Superior Judge Charles 0.>? BM"*- • - Savinga Deposits $17,000,000,000. It New York, July 17.--Savings of therf American people on deposit with banks|^^ and trust companies exceed $17,000,-sftv, 000,000, according to ah official compilation by the American Rankpra' •» f t o r f a t f c p . - J y j , „ a . ; -j- * ^- i r > 1-/;';-r' yv - .. 4