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McHEXRY nximm%&h S. M. BRUCE JEAMDUPUY 3 DIE, 6 PENNED (N SUBMARINE muwnnmuiuniiiuiiniiHiMiHiiiHiig Neon Brevities| of Illinois | MwniiiiHiimiiiiiinimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuG ?4t>hlcago.--Whether Illinois will have pie of the most extensive zoological parks in the world will be decided by the voters of Cook county at the polls November 6. They will decide whether or not they are willing to pay taxes for the upkeep of the park, which would be established in the Cook county forest preserve. The plans for the park call for a zoo covering over 200 acres. In which the animals would l>e permitted to live as pearly as possible in their native state. Paris.--The Aesculapian Medical Society of the Wabash Valley, said to be the oldest society of the kind in the state to maintain a continued exlstsnce without missing a meeting, concluded its session in Paris with the election of the following officers: President, Dr. R. M. Combs, Terre Haute; secretary-treasurer, Dr. H. B. Rafferty, Robinson; censor, Dr. B. G. R. Williams, Paris. The June meeting will be held in Danville. Peoria.--Alleging coercion and threats which compelled former Mayor William F. Bryan of Peoria to maker® will contrary to his wishes, a sister, Jennie, and a brother, George, both of thls^ity, have filed a suit to have the document set aside. An estate of $150,- D00 is disposed of. His widow. Mrs. Annie Conkling Bryan, is accused by the complainants of keeping the testator under restraint Edwardsville.--An abandoned well, believed to have been dug by pioneer residents of Edwardsville, has been discovered. Patrick Begann made the discovery by the simple process of falling into tl^e well, which has been covered with timbers and earth for many years. The well Is now being Bled up to prevent anyone else from "discovering" it Rock Island.--Henry Rothschlle, a farmer, has been found guilty of violating the state law which provides that no person may have a fur pelt tat his possession after March 25 of each year. He paid a $15 fine which iras assessed against him. Evidence was introduced which showed that Rothschlle had shipped a skunk hide to Chicago April 13, last. Kanevllle.--Horse thieves, long believed to have become extinct, are again operating in Illinois, Robert Watson, a farmer living near here, has reported. After all horse thieves w*re thought to be dead or to have adopted the more modern trade off automobile stealing, two horses, a light wagon and a set of harness were stolen frtfm Watson. The wagon and harness were later recovered but no. trace had been found of the horses. Springfield.--"Fire fans" in Illlnol# had a very dull time of It during September, Judging from the report of John G. Gamber, state fire marshal. Just completed for that month. The citizens of the state burned up only $667,683 worth of property during the month and there were few spectacular fires of large proportions. The fire loss during the month was the lowest for any month during the last three years. Marseilles.--A second crop of sw^et corn and red raspberries Is being produced in the garden of Dr. Theron Warrick. The stalks of sweet corn, which were left standing' after the first crop of ears had been pulled, have grown a second crop of fully developed ears. The red raspberry bushes in the garden have bloomed and have borne fruit for the second time. The unusually rainy fall is believed to have been responsible far the second crops. Chicago.--Dr. John F; Norton and Dr. Edward I. Jordan of the department of hygiene-and bacteriology at the University of Chicago, have begun an investigation of the causes of colds and have sent out about 2,000 questionnaires to students concerning their chronic conditions, weight of underwear and other points bearing upon colds. Chicago.--Babies have colds chiefly because other members of their families have them first, say Doctors Winholt and Jordon of the University of Chicago. These two physicians made careful investigations of 1,000 infant cases, 500 of whom had colds and 500 who did not, and concluded that In most oases the colds had been contracted from others. Mount Vernon.--All slingshots in Mount Vernon are carefully hidden and dire punishment awaits the boy caught with one. The war against slingshots followed a runaway which resulted from a stone from a sling. The stone was shot by a schoolboy S b Springfield.--Attempts, of the Fifty-1 and struck a horse hitched to a dethird general assembly to provide a | livery wagon. I i- *<• & lew method of distributing Illinois' 18,000,000 common school fund were held "inoperative and void," in an opinion given Francis G. Blair, superintendent of public Instruction In this • #y, by Attorney General Brundage made public here recently. Urbana.--To Miss Helen McAdow ' If Chicago goes the responsibility of -fplrilng the women's senior hockey Itam of the University of Illinois to I Hctory this year. She was named captain of the team recently. More than | tOO co-eds have turned out for the I various class teams thus far this seaion. I : Waukegan.--Edna Harrison, three- 1 jfear-old danghter of J. Harrison, llv- |: Ijig near this city, is apparently suf- I tbring no ill effects from swallowing f >|Wo phonograph needles. After the ? Jhlld told her parents she had swallowed the needles she was rushed to i hospital where an X-ray showed ey had not penetrated the flesh. f: Springfield.--Charles W. Hadley of ft'heaton, former state's attorney of DuPage county, has been called in by attorney General Brundage and given Charge of the case against Governor Small In re the -state fund interest ahargta which will be called for trial text month. 4 Dixon.--Horace G. .Reynolds, seventy, pioneer manufacturer, president »nd owner of the Reynolds Wire fcreen company and of the Dixon trlre mill, is dead at his home here. Mr. Reynolds had been in poor health ior some time* Elgin.--Work has been started on Ihe netf Bhtffee of worship of ttie First Methodist chrn-ch here, which Is to :ost $300,000 and will replace the ola itrueture, erected In 1806. Pana.--Rev. Frank L. Pattan has *een relieved as rector of the Assumption Christian church by the church »oard, because he delivered several iddresses for the Ku Klux Klan. Havana.--Construction work will be itarted soon on the new Havana gymlasium. The contract has been awardsd to W. O. Anno. Urbana.--During the last 12 months 13 doctor's degrees have been granted n chemistry at the University of Illinois. Chicago.--United States government igures show the cost of running this " rity in 1922 to have been $52,118,260, >r $57.56 per capita. Springfield.--Charles E. Selby, a nember of the Thirty-ninth Illinois general assembly, died at his home In this city after a lingering illness. Urbana.--Fall plowing of green sweet clover is discouraged by T. E. Richmond of the University of Illinois college of agriculture. Springfield.--One hundred road contractors offered bids for 122 miles of bond-Issue hard roads. Belleville.--Seventy-five years of service will be celebrated In the Jackson Street Methodist Episcopal church the week of November 4. Bishop John L. Nuelsen, supervisor of Methodist churches in Germany, Switzerland and Russia, Is to give an address. ^ Pana.--Lieut. William Murphy of the St. Louis detective force identified the body of the desperado shot to : death on a Chicago & Eastern Illinois passenger train here as that of John i C. Overpeck, police character of St. , Louis. Rockford.--Aid In combating city persons who, they declare, are overrunning their farms, killing poultry and live stock and stealing fruit, Is being asked by the farmers of Winnebago couhty. Some plan of policing the farms a gal net the vandals Is being sought by the farmers. Kankakee.--Kankakee .county and dty have established a new nursing service. The count>#board supervisors, the city school b<tard and the county tuberculosis association each support » nurse, giving a total of three for tit* county as a whole.^ U. S. Warship Sun* by Collision Near Panama Canil Entrance. VESSEL SINKS IN 2 MINUTES Panama.--Three members of the crew of the United States submarine 0-5 were drowned Sunday when the vessel was sunk in collision with the steamer Abangarez at the Atlantic entrance of the Panama canal. Seven other men went down with the submarine in six fathoms of water, but one came to the surface eight minutes later. ( , * At 11 o'clock Sunday night the other six were still In the submerged vessel and it was feared they would perish. Efforts pre being made to raise the craft immediately. The accident occurred as the Abangarez was steaming into dock from the north. Three submarines were on the surface, coming from their base on the east side of the harbor to enter the canal for transit to Balboa. The 0-5 collided with the Abangarez on the latter's port side and sank two minutes later. All the men on deck and in the upper part of the submarine* Jumped after the Impact and were picked up. Those who were lost stood by their posts In the engine room and below decks. Those reported as victims were: Lawrence Brown, chief electrician's mate, Tyngsboro, Mass.; Clyde E. Hughes, motor machinist's mate, first class, Manito, 111.; Henry Dreault, torpedo man, second class, Grand Isle, Vt.; Thomas T. Melzler, fireman, 1221 S. Twenty-fifth street, Philadelphia, and Fred C. Smith, mess attendant, first class, Cristobal, Canal sona. ? international Duquoln.--It would take Perry county 150 years to build the mileage of hard surfaced roads allotted th^ county under the $60,000,000 and the proposed $100,000,000 state bond issues, If motor license fees were retained by each county and used in highway construction, Governor. Small said In an address at the fair grouuds. Springfield.--As between the movie and the Infant welfare station the baby has no choice, but If he did have there Is little doubt as to where he would be found. Movies are all right, says the state department of public health, but as a loafing place for babies they make good Incubators for communicable diseases. Urbana.--Mayors of 122 cities in the state are delegates to the tenth annual convention of the Illinois Municipal league November 1, 2 and 3. Twenty- nine cities of over 10,000 population, 71 of from 1,000 to 10,000 population, and 22 of less than 1,000 population have membership In the league. Springfield.--Tuberculosis caused 5,- 590 deaths In Illinois last year. Out of this number 2,220 fatalities occurred in the city of Chicago. Twenty years ago <1902) 6,895 deaths were charged against tuberculosis^n the state, and since that time the population has Increased nearly 2,000,000. Galena.--Z. Marshall and LeRo^ Kellogg, youths, were fined $100 and costs each by Judge Heeron on a charge of transporting liquor. The boys were arrested when booze was found In their car after they smashed Into another automobile. Centralia.--A, movement to convert the old fair grounds Into a city park is meeting wide support among the citizens of Centralia. A stock company Is being formed to purchase the grounds and hold them for the city. Waukegan.--Light wines and beer will be the platform of Thomas E. Graham (Dem.) of Ingleslde in his campaign for election to the state legislature, he declared in announcing his candidacy. Kewanee.--Mrs. Lawrence Hennlng is dead and her little son, Owen Hennlng, Is In a serious condition as a result of an explosion of kerosene oil at their home here. Springfield.--Pasture feed ifl unusually abundant for this time of year due to very favorable weather conditions, according to the report of the agricultural statistician here. Aurora.*-Betty Jane Williams, two years *old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Williams, was burned to death when fire destroyed her jftirents' home here. Kankakee.--Thirty years' activity of the Young Men's Christian association in Kankakee will be celebrated next June. Decatur.--The Department of Com merce at Washington announces that the cost of government for the city of Decatur for the fiscal year ended April 30, 1922, amounted to $1,423,634 which was a per capita cost of $30.39. In 1918 the per capita cost was $22.78, and in 1915, $23.20. Springfield.--A mile of concrete highway was laid down every hour of a six-day week ending October 11, In Illinois, establishing what engineers of the state division of highways at Springfield declared the world's speed record In hard road construction. Ottawa.--A mother, Instead of her children, was made to suffer punishment here when the children failed to go to school. Mrs. Ruena Nolcomb was sentenced to serve nine days In Jail by Justice of the Peace Deen of Streator because of the absence of her offspring from school. Rockford.--Women of Grove Cemetery association here were shocked to find a still in the cemetery chapel. It had been packed away In the storage room. Members of the asosciatlor have asked the sheriff to look tor th< owner. France Limits Expert Quiz on Germany's Reparations Paris.--America need suffer no illusions regarding the proposed reparations conference after reading Premier Polncare's speech at Samplgny. The French permler bluntly and positively stated that France will not permit a discussion of a reduction in the reparations total fixed in May, 1921, at 132,000,000,000 gold marks ($33,000,- 000,000), or a suggestion for an abandonment of the guarantees held--the military occupation of the Ruhr and Rhineland. First photograph oi S. M. Bruce, the new prime minister of the Commonwealth of Australia. " STEINMETZ IS DEAD Etectricfty Wizard fs Taken by Heart Failure. Sfchenectadyi N. Y.--Dft Oharlei Proteus Steinmetz, electrical wizard, died at his home here of a physical breakdown due to a trip to fhte Pacific coast, from which he recently returned. Tha attendtegj»bl^lc'ian said breakfast was being/served the patient when suddenly his? heart seemed to give way and he died Immediately. The American career of Doctor Steinmetz had its beginning in New York In 1889, where, penniless and able to speak vefy little English, he arrived from Zurich, Switzerland. He was accompanied by a young American who had been his fellow student at the Zurich polytechnicium. One side of Steinmetz's face was badly swollen as the result of a trifling illness aboard ship and the immigration authorities at Ellis island refused at first to allow him to enter the country. He was sent to the* "detention pen" and was only released by the eloquence and persauslon of his American companion. A few years later he became a naturalized citizen. At the time of his death 'Doctor Steinmetz was regarded not only as one of the foremost authorities on electrical engineering but one of the greatest mathematicians In the world. Strangely enough, oi.«» of his great difficulties as a child was in learning the multiplication table. Secrejary Hughes to Act on Reparations if AH Allies Will Ask for It. United States Column Repels Moros' Spear Attack at Parang Manila.--Unofficial advices state that Gen. Rafael Crame's constabulary column at Parang was attacked by Moro spearmen. The constabulary repulsed the Moros. Gov. Gen. Wood was not present when the skirmish occurred. Representative G. Piang, Induential Moro, in a statement at Manila said that all Moros would immediately revolt if the United States' sovereignty is withdrawn. Four Per Cent Beer Wrecks |! Sewers, Flooding Reading Reading, Pa.--Reading is recovering from a beer flow. Federal officers poured 3,800 barrels of 4 per cent beer, valued at $50,000, into the sewers. All went well until the "gas" from the high powered beverage began to expand. Then sewer tops blew off. The beer rushed upward to the street, flooding several blocks. 6000 OFFICES ON NEW TERMS Paris.--The French government replied to the British note suggesting an international conference to Investigate reparations, with the United States participating, by accepting the plan, provided the board of experts is approved by the reparations commission which was vested with the problem under the treaty of Versailles- Washington.--In response to an official inquiry by the British government Secretary of State Hughes has Informed Great Britain that the United States Is willing to participate in an advisory economic conference for the purpose of considering Germany's capacity to pay reparations and methods of effecting such payments. The co-operation ^guaranteed only on the understanding that France and all other powers directly Interested in German reparations concur In the plan and participate in the conference. If France or any other Interested power should not approve of a reparations survey and refuse to participate the United States would determine whether It would participate only after mature deliberation. Great Britain is revealed as putting forth a desperate effort to halt the dismemberment of Germany and , restore the status quo with Germany and France In agreement on the payment of reparations. To this end Great Britain seeks aid of United States. That there had been a formal exchange of views between London and Washington on the European situation was disclosed by Secretary Hughes few hours after former Prime Minister Lloyd George had called on him and lunched with President Coolldge and told the press that only the United States can bring about the solution of Europe's problems. Lloyd George delined to comment on Hughes' note. As a culmination of the subtle drive of the canny Welshman to induce the United States to take a strong hand in European affairs the American reply to the London sounding falls short his desires, though he regards tt aa a step In the right direction. Dixie Colored Folks Are Eager to Return Home Mobile, Ala.--In cities of the Lake Michigan region are 17,000 negroes, formerly of Alabama and other southern states, who wish to return to the land of their nativity, the chamber of commerce was advised. Memphis, Tenn., has made provisions to return 1,000 families, according to information received here. Other cities In need of labor, the communication stated, are Invited to bring the negroes back. Rioters Seize Krupp Works; Seven Persons Are Killed London.--A mob of several thousand unemployed seized the Krupp works at Essen and barricaded themselves in the main buildings, says a dispatch to the Dally Express. At least seven persons were klll4b and two hundred wounded in a desperate fight with the 'Blue" police, who are described as Inadequate to deal with the* situation. United States Ready to Feed Hungry in Germany Washington.--If conditions In Germany this winter develop to the point of a famine. It is likely the United States will give aid similar to that announced at the White House. The administration is said to favor western wheat growers* plan to ship 50,- 000,000 bushels of wheat to Germany, payment to be,guaranteed by the Bar* lln government Ontario Miner Finds $20,000 Silver Nugget Cobalt, Ont.--Th£ biggest silver nugget brought to camp in recent years arrived here and old-timers are admiring It. The hugget weighs about 3.200 pounds. Is fully 75 per cent silver, and Is worth over $20,000, according to the owner, Angel Clemens, a New Llskard carpenter. Clemens found the ehunk while doing ment work on his claim. Germany Asks the Allies to Ease Up on Reparations Paris.--Germany has asked the allies to re-examine the nation's resources and capacity to pay and to permit the Berlin government to explain measures to be taken to balance the budget and to stabilize money. Germany frankly recognized Its obligations to pay indemnity. It pleaded the impossibility of continuing the schedule of payments now owing to the economic and financial collapse resulting from the occupation of the Ruhr and depreciation to zero of its paper money. Mark Skids Off Wall Street Into a Bottomless Pit New York.--Depreciated beyond the point of comprehensible worth lessness, the German mark passed outside the pale of Wall street, the financial trading center of the United States, as It had previously been driven from the bourse in Switzerland and from exchange dealings in several other capitals In Europe. Two Slain in Poker Game Stickup at East Alton, III. Alton, 111.--John Preed, thirty-eight, constable of East Alton, and Joseph McMahon, twenty-six, of St. Louis, were shot to death when three masked men attempted to hold up and rob six persons who were playing poker in a room at an East Alton hotel. Last Six Weeks' Trade Best in Three Years Washington.--According to reports to the federal reserve board coverflig the business for the last six weeks wholesale trade In that period was the largest in three years, retail trade increased 9 per cent over a year ago and production of basic commodities declined. » , e Klan Will Hold Convention. Dallas, Tex.--The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of America will hold a national convention nt Tulsa, Okla., within the next 90 days, It was learned here on good authority. Mexican Troops Fire on Crevwfc, Mexico City.--Reports from Telolapan state that federal forces fired on citizens in front of the state legislative buildings, killing five and wounding 25 or more. Two of the wounded died later. Policeman Slays University of Illinois Student at Urbana Champaign, 111.--Phil Sharp ol Ur bana, twenty-two years old, a fresh man a| the University of Illinois, was shot and killed here by & D. Hillyer, a motorcycle policeman, who claims lie saw him taking tires from an automobile. Big Dry Probe for Jersey. Washington.--A prohibition en' ment investigation in New Jersey Is expected to follow charges made at Trenton by Senator Frelinghuysen against Prohibition Director Chamberlain. Bolivia Has Eugenics Law. La Paz.--The Bolivian chamber of deputies passed a law requiring medical certificates for marriages and prohibiting the marriage of persons suffering from tuberculosis or other infectious diseases. Pennsylvania* Boosts Clerks' fay. Chicago.--Wage Increases ag^regat ing $1,892,112 annually and affecting 30,493 clerical employees have been granted by the Pennsylvania railroad system, the United States labor board was informed. Marks Are Confiscated. Berlin.--German officials have ee4» fiscated nearly three tons of paper marks along the Dutch frontier. Dutch merchants had bought them up to use as wall paper and advertising attractions. ^ Reds Want Recognition. Copenhagen.--It is learned from high authority In the Russian trade delegation here that Russia will press for an official trade agreement and recognition from the United States in the near future. . Southern Pacific Workers Insured. New York.--Southern Pacific hi taken out a group Insurance policy aggregating about $100,000,000 for the benefit of its 90,000 employees, accord Ing to a statement made by Julius Kruttschnltt. • , : •. \ ° Poincare Reservations No Bar* y*fler to Success of Movt^ Washington View. COMMISSION ONLY Jean Dupuy, a senatofr of France and famous newspaper man, has just arrived in the United States and will deliver several addresses. U. S. MARKET REPORT Weekly Marketgram by Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Washington.--For the week endlnff Dct. 26.--L.IVE STOCK--Chicago prices: Hogs, top, $7.70; bulk of sales, $6.90. Beet steers, (10.2511.60; butcher cows ind heifers, $3.25^10.75; feeder steers, 14.25<a>7.75; light and medium weight real calves, $7.50 <jp 10.75. Fat lambs, 111.25 13.25; feeding lambs, $11.00® 12.60; yearlings, $8.25011.00; fat ewes, 13.75 ©6.75. FRUITS AND VEGHSTABLISS--Potato markets lower; New York round whites :losed at $1.65@1.85 sacked and bulk per 100 lbs. city markets, $1.45® 1.65 t. o. b.; northern round whites steady it Chicago, at 90c@$1.10, mostly 86© )0c f. o. b. Cabbage markets fairly steady; New York Danish type closed i* $24.00@30.00 bulk per ton city markets, $16.00 @17.00 f. o. b. Demand for >nlons slow to moderate, markets about •teady; midwestern Btock, $2.75@3.26 sonsuming centers, $2.65 @2.90 f. o. b. Apple markets dull; eastern York Imperials, $3.00@3.76 per bbl. city mar* kets; Baldwins, $3.60@4.25; northwestarn extra fancy Jonathans, $1.90®1.36 per box leading markets. HAT--No. 1 timothy, $26.00 Cincinnati, $26.00 Chicago, $19.50 Minneapolis, $26.60 St. Louis; No. 1 prairie, $19.50 St. Louis, $16.60 Minneapolis. DAIRY PRODUCTS--Butter. 92 score, 17c Chicago. Cheese prices at Wisconsin primary markets: Single -daisies, Z4%c; double daisies, 24Vic; young Americas, 25c; longhorns, 24ftc; square prints, 25%c; twins. 24)4c. ORAIN--Cash prices: No. t red winter wheat. $1.16@1.18 St. Louis; No. 2 hard winter wheat, $1.08%@1.11% Chicago; No. 1 dark northern spring wheat, $1.16 @1.29 Minneapolis; Nq. 2 yellow ecrn, $1.0»%@1.04 St Louis, $1.0$ Chicago; No. I whit* oats, 41ttO4S3i0 Chicago. 1921 Was a Bad Year on Incomes, Tax Figures Show Washington.--Statistics just completed by the internal revenue bureau for 1921 show that taxes were paid to the federal government on but one net Income of $5,000,000 or more. That income was not reported by John D. Rockefeller. In fact, if statistics count for anything, the net Income turned In by Mr. Rockefeller for 1921 was only somewhere and $1,500,000. between $1,000,000 Great Britain Gives 0. K. to Twelve-Mile Search London.--Establishment of a 12-mile limit for search of vessels suspected of carrying liquor Ihto American waters has been accepted in principle by the British government after long armament by the United States In favor of such a step. • "rte.yr Washington. -- Premier Polncare's declaration against reduction by a con»Cj|; mission of international experts of reiK arations due France from Germany 1(1' not regarded by the State department as precluding the success of the wor|r"? of the proposed commission, it was saii| vk ; officially here. "v , It was pointed out at . the departmeij|. that it Is an obvious rule that a treaty' to which France is a p&rty, meaning the treaty of Versailles, cannot changed without the consent of France^. ; and there is no thought here thut tlii^ " French should be committed In advaaoi^ to the making of a change in the treatjjH ;, which would be to France's disadv&%- • tage. ' The proposal, the State department^ > added, simply that a financial plan rWi"% • developed after a careful inquiry int»; ' Germany's ability to pay. Is that tht* plan then stand on Its merits. If tilt rench do not accept the plan worko® out that would be regrettable, but least the plan would belhtf e and the** Is always a chance tl\jtf ~tl^ plan wou^l V prove acceptable. i; £ The" proposed commlsslbn Is to itfr purely advisory, the State department pointed out, and its recoimnendutloiia will have no bihdlng effect either oil • France or any other nation party to tite treaty of Versailles. Therefore, when Premier Poincare said that the proposed commission would n0( be pe#* mitted to reduce French \ reparation* . claims, he said only what might havfc • been expected of him under the oircuia* stances and it did not in any way aitei* the feasibility of the Hughes .plan. Hands Locked, Two Texans Shoot It Out to a Teague, Tex.--Details of one of the most dramatic pistol duels Texas ever saw were revealed here by Sheriff Terry of Navarro county. The dead are Norwood Huckaby, prominent In Freestone county, and Charles A. Williams of Navarro county. The battle was an epic In' gun fights* according to the sheriff. It occurred In a barn shortly after dusk. Left hands locked together, their right hands clutching smoking revolvers which spat bullets until both were riddled, Huckaby and Williams died within a few minutes of .each other, toe to toe and with their boots on. Industries in tho Ruhr Are Shut by German Owners Essen.--The French are faced with a situation fraught with grave possibilities as a result of the decision of the German industrialists to close the factories and mines in the Ruhr rather than to deliver reparations In kind and coal tb France without pay At meetings in Cologne, Coblenz and Bonn the Industrialists, headed by Hugo Stlnnes, agreed to shj^jpjjphop during the next fortnight , Governor McCray Used Bank's Name to Borrow, He Says Indianapolis, Ind.--Gov. Warren T. McCray admitted that he frequently had used the name of the Discount & Deposit Bank of Kentland, of which he was formerly president, in connection with his own name to obtain funds for his personal use. Special Grand Jury for Fraud in Veterans' Bureau Washington.--The Department of Justice is preparing to present to a special grand Jury indictments growing out of the frauds In the war veterans' bureau. This was announced after Attorney General Daugherty conferred with President Coolldge. Car Labeled Apples Is Whisky. White Plains, N. Y.--Deputy sheriffs disclosed Saturday night that they had seized 1,500 bottles of Canadian whisky discovered in a car labeled "apples" that was consigned to a resident of this city. 244 Klan Paraders 8eissd> " Portsmouth, O. -- The edict of Mayor William Ifc Gobleman against the Ku Klux Klan was enforced here Sunday when police stopped' a parade of alleged klansmen and arrested 244 of the paraders. Children Come Fron# Farnfe Washingtoife^-The nation's crop ot children comes mainly from the farms no less than the food crops, according to Doctor Galpln, In charge of farm population Studies for the Department of Agriculture. Half Estate as Reward. Moline, 111.--George W. Wood, Mo line dry leader, whose home was dy namitedf. revised his will, bequeat' Ing half of his estate as a rewar< for the capture and cdbvktlott of tho* guilty of the bombing. ii ' nynj., Oklahoma Supreme Court Trapp at State's Helm Oklahoma City, Okla.--Lieut. Gov, M. E. Trapp was declared acting gov ernor of Oklahoma In a decision of the state Supreme court, making perma nent a writ of prohibition against Gov. J. C. Walton and District Judge Tom G. Chambers, Sr., which restrains them from interfering with the lieu tenant governor's assumption of the office. Former Senator Kellogg of Minnesota Envoy to Britain Washington.--Former United States Senator Frank B. Kellogg of Minnesota will succeed George Harvey American ambassador to Great Britain. The appointment, while not officially made, Is certain to become effec tlve In the near future, it waa .learned on the highest authority. To Protest Reading Break-Up. Reading, Pa.--Mayors of all cities In eastern Pennsylvania have been called to meet within the next ten days to take Joint action against the dismejn berment of the Philadelphia & Reading In the proposed rail merger. 478,000 Negroes Migrate, Washington.--During the year ending September 1 the number of negroes who migrated north from 13 southern-states was 478,000, the Labor department of the government haa made announcement. Mexico Arranging U. 8. Loan. Mexico City--The Meilcan government is arranging the terms of a loan with New York financiers for $25,000, 000 In gold. Graham As.imeale, representing Thomas W. Lamont, is carrying on the negotiations here. Vs., penby Opens Quia on Klan. Washington.--Secretary of the Navy Denby has begun an investigation into the activities of the Ku Klux Klan among the personnel of the navy. It has been leaned freat attfcoritatfva •ourcts. One Dead, Four Hurt in Mexico House Political Ro# Mexico City.--One was kiiled ana four wounded in the -Rsjliery of the chamber of deputies as a result of shooting during a debate relative to President Ohregon's and Secretary of the Treasury Pani's charges concerning Senor de la .Huerta's art shim 1st ra» tion of the national treasury." Th» galleries were packed by b<tth In anticipation of the debate. Bonar Law, Former Premier ^ • of Great Britain, Dili London.--Andrew Bonar Law. for-' mer premier of Great Britain, died early Monday morning. The former premier had been stricken a few days ago with septic pneumonia. However, he had been a sufferer from throat trouble for some months. He was the first prime minister of Great Britain of other than native birth and wqs born in the Canadian province of N«*r , Brunswick, September 16, 1858. Stresemann's Troops Oust the Saxon Government Berlin. -- The Communist-Socialist cabinet of Saxony, headed by Premier Zeigner, vacated its official quarters promptly at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon In compliance with an order of Dr. Carl Heinze, who was appointed Reich commissioner In Saxony. The" appointment of Dr. Heinze was mai|le by Chancellor Stresemann when Saxon cabinet refused to resign. * Bodies of Seventeen American ? Soldiers Come From Europe New York.--Seventeen bodies ^f American soldiers who died overseas* • Including two officers stricken down by lightning In the recent James Gordon ,Bennett International balloon race, were brought home by the transport Sapello. Fourteen of the soldiers were casualties of Flanders field d#v ing the World War. One died in se£rice at Constantinople. Priority In War Debts Is Denied by State Department Washington.--The United States government has established its co-equal right In German reparations for whatever Is due this country, notwithstanding the fact that it is not a party the treaty of Versailles, according |o an announcement from the State 4ftpartment. . | : >: . . i >5r Turkey Turns Into Republic; Mustapha Kemal Is President London.--The Angora^assemhly proclaimed Turkey a republic SundaJ^ Mustapha Kemal was elected president. Provision for a republic wa# embodied in the new. Turkish constftuttopwm: .: «r v ; To Extend Quay. Stockholm--The Stigberg qUa> at Gothenburg will be extended at th^ eastern end and the depth of the harbor will be Increased to ten meters, in order to accommodate the larger American ships. if Secretaries Get Raise. | Springfield, Ill--Attorney Qeneca! Brundage has advised the state auditor to pay the seven secretaries of Supreme court Justices $5,000 a year instead of $3,000, In accordance witik|k recent senate bill. 'V New Silver Market 8owght. Washington.--A survey to determbM* new uses for silver has been undertaken by the bureau of mines. Secretary Work ordered the step as • means of counteracting the decreaifc in demand for silver for coinage. | Tuberculosis Fight Gains. Washington.--Eradication of tubefculosis among cattle is progressing. Nearly 5,000,000 cattle are under federal and state veterinary inspectors and 145.000 herds are on the waiting lisC* is said. / , r- - V " ' f'd 5