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*' ' • ' •""< ' ;• • -" X --• ^ .„$•. '(& k &,-*- M-wV.T'-" ? ': •'<" " ', " * ' ' ' * " ;>" ; -. -•-..'* ^ ILLINOIS. STATE "HEWS I C^S^eeOEOSSCOKU Deer Creek. -- Ephralm Roberson, former of Tazewell county. 111 his will Inserted this clause: "If my son, Na- % thanlel, should die without heirs, the let for th#erection of the monument In Oilmen.--linns were laid at a macting of the Knights of i'.vtlilas held at the Hamilton club for the unveiling of a monument to the memory of the l«t.e Henry Palmer Caldwell, who was for over 40 years grand keeper of records and seal of the Knights of Pythias of Illinois. William H. Moore of Peoria, grand chancellor, and Al. Douglas, now grand keeper, attended the meeting at which the contract was Mtate shall be equally divided with my living heirs." Nathaniel died childless. The Supreme court ruled that the words "without heirs'* means "without children." W. A. Lee, who had purchased some of the land, loses It, and his sons, Budford and Martin, Who signed their father's notes, are !orced into bankruptcy. Jonesboro.--An historic old hotel will be preserved by a covering of itucccy according to H. H. Walker, »w»er of the building which is now Used as a general store. It was once tnown as the finest hostelry In southern Illinois. „ It was In this building that Lincoln and Douglas were entertained at the time of the debates held tt the old Jonesboro fair grounds. Rock Island.--Henry De Commer of Moline has filed suit In Circuit court ngainst Julius Tuytten and his wife, Mary, charging that on April 5, 1924, they forced their way into his home, beat him and broke his Jaw. Through his attorneys he is asking damages of 15,000. Jollet.--Declaring that in a moment •f hysteria she married a man SO years Older than herself, Sophia Weakley has filed suit asking that her marriage to Robert Weakley, a commercial traveler, be annulled. Mrs. Weakley Is teventeen. She was married about a fear ago. Danville.--Mayor Shouse, pastor executive of this city, tiring of the repeated violations of the law, announces be will organize a volunteer secret service in the city, with enough members to have an operative for every block In the city. Urbana.--Illinois has thirty million bens that lay 123,000,000 dozen eggs a year and eat 18,000 tons of feed each week. These are the figures of Dr. L. E. Card, head of the poultry department of the University of Illinois. Elizabeth.--Contract has been let for the grading of sections 28. 29, 30 and 31, state bond issue route 5, between Elizabeth and East Dubuque, the cost being $363,749. Contract also has been let for the necessary bridge work, costing $111,215. Decatur.--Three racing shells are expected to make their appea;rance on Lake Decatur before May 1- of the shells belong to the Decatur Boat club, which expects to open its season against the tilings Valley Yacht club at iPeoria. . - Aledo.--Ostar HL Carlstrom, Republican nominee for the office of attorney general, has been appointed a member of the national legislative committee of the United Spanish War Veterans by Commander-in-Chief Albert D. Alcorn. Rockford.--Rockford city council Is expected to concur In the recommendation of the board of appeals of the city Boning commission by passing an .ordinance Increasing the limit on the height of buildings from ten stories to , fifteen stories. Pana.--Pana again is to have Sunday movies. The city council has voted to legalize Sunday amusements in the culmination of a three-year battle between the two forces. Mayor E. G. Johnson said he would slgfl the ordinance. Duquoin.--Many coal operators are considering the possibilities of increasing profits by mining shallow coal at a low co t, following the announcement of the Gayle Coal company that it would equip such a mine near here : at a cost of $500,000. Freeport.--Thousands of Freeport's finest shade trees, a6h, Carolina poptars, elms and soft maples, have been attacked by boring insects. Spraying has been resorted to. Oak trees in two of the city's parks have suffered. Tuscola.--Roy Hurst, section hand OH the C. E. & I. railroad, was killed Elmwood cemetery, Streator.--Isaac W. Carlisle, hi a plea for divorce from his wife, Betty Anna, In La Salle county court, testified that shortly after his marriage at Jollet In October, 1922, Mrs. Carlisle began a campaign of abuse and IU» treatment. Every few days, he said, she would black his eyes with her fists, and he had to dodge various utensils which she would throw at him. The divorce was granted. Lebanon.--"It is necessary to develop the body as well as the mind, through a rational system of physical culture." That statement was found in the will of Dr. Benjamin H. Hype, a physician of St Louis, which left $50,000 to McKendree college of Lebanon for the establishment of a chair of hygiene and physical culture and a tract of ten acres of land( adjacent to the institution for an athletic field. Elco.--An attack was made upon Israel Cauble, farmer, who planned to put in 300 acres of cotton, by night riders, who fired into his home and burned and dynamited tenement houses upon the land with the purpose of terrorizing negroes who had been Imported to plant and pick the cotton. Chicago.--Miss Emma March was elected president of the Chicago Society of Illinois Women's Colleges at the annual election meeting of the organization. Other officers for the coming year elected were: Miss Helen Irwin, vice president; Miss Zerita Schwartz, secretary ; MisC„ Helen De Witt, treasurer. Springfield.--The tidy little sum of $9,815,515 lias frone up in flames In 1812 DAUGHTERS BOAST PACIFISTS Women's Peace League Is Target of Hisses at Washington Meeting* Washington.--Denouncing "rats from Russia and germs from Germany like* ly to undermine the superstructure of our patriotism," the Daughters of 1812, led by Mrs. Noble Newton Potts, went Into action at a protest meeting against activities of peace societies In general and the Women's International League of Peace and Freedom in par tlcular. Hisses and cries of "traitor" Inter rupted the protests of Miss Mary Ingham of Pennsylvania and Mrs. John Jay White of New York, who vainly protested that the league had never pledged Its members to refuse support In any future war, that It never advocated abolition of the army and navy, the War department and the National Guard; and that It was not disloyal In Its beliefs or activities. Miss Mary G. Kllbreth read the minutes of the league's proceedings in Zurich and Vienna, which, she insisted, contradicted the statement of Miss Jane Addams of Chicago, that the league wrfb not pledged against any future war work. The meeting adopted resolutions repudiating "any organization of men or women or youth which urges any oath, pledge or purpose In conflict with the duty of every American citizen to support and defend the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic," and urging congress to "investigate the progapanda and activities of certain pacifist societies and ascertain the source of revenue that finances such societies." A committee was appointed to bring the resolutions to the attention of the the Mchenry plaindjsaler, MeHBNRY, ill,. * W. S. VARE Illinois during the first three months , lflte comm|ttees of congress, of 1924, according to»the report of John G. Gamber, state fire marshal. The loss during March was $2,504,863; during February, $3,848,320, and during January, $2,462,322. Chicago.--Employment conditions are Improving and various Industries throughout the state are commencing to call for additional help, according to a survey of conditions in Illinois by the United States Department of Labor at Washington. , Springfield.--Spring planting In Illinois has been somewhat later than usual In getting under way, but it has shown good progress, according to A. J. Surratt, government agricultural statistician, In a semi-monthly crop report for April. Springfield.--More than 143,541 Illinois veterans have received their bonus checks and the service recognition board has approved more than 176,018 claims, according to Palmer D. Edmunds, chief clerk of the service recognition board at Springfield. Urbana.--Fraternities ar the Unl- Dawes Plan or New War, Berlin Tells Germans Berlin.--In a proclamation Issued here the government warns the German people against the extremists who oppose acceptance of the 'Dawes reparation experts' report and makes this one of the chief government issues in the reichstag electoral campaign, now on at full tilt with the election date only a short time away. The proclamation points out that rejection of the experts' plan would develop a crisis which might eventually Involve Germany In a new war against the' entire world. , Sailor Killed, Pal Shot, in Evansville, Ind., Park Evansville, Ind.--James Stucker, twenty-two, a sailor on the United States ship Kankakee, was shot to deatll, and Cletus Vaught, twentyverslty of Illinois will compete In an three, a shipmate, was seriously all-university singing contest May 16, under the auspices of Sachem, junior honorary society. The contest will be held during the week-end of the state lnterscholastlc track meet Springfield. -- The Illinois service recognition board sold at auction $10,000,000 in soldiers' bonus bonds to Speyer & Co. of New York, heading a group of financial institution#, for which they paid a premium of $19,700. Springfield.--Last year an even 800 persons died in Illinois from diphtheria. This was an average of 15 per week. Most of the victims were children; Bayr'the state department of health. ~ ^ Urbana.--Prof. Stuart P. Sherman, head of the department of English at the university of Illinois, resigned his position here and will become literary editor of the New York Herald and Tribune, he announced. Carlinvllle.--The annual meeting of the Federation of Women's Clubs for the Twenty-first district will be held in Carlinville on April 30 and May L wounded during an altercation with William Hubert, twenty-three, of this city at a local park. Hubert, who Is charged with the shooting, was said by police to have been Intoxicated. Vaught's home Is In Enfield, 111. Stucker's .home also is In Illinois, but officials, were unable .to learn the city. when a rock, picked up by the momen- ] One hundred fifty delegates are extum of a passing passenger train, | pected to attend. House Approves Child Labor Amendment 297-69 Washington.--A resolution proposing a child labor amendment to the Constitution was passed by the house. Every effort to modify the measure, which now goes to the senate, failed. It would empower congress to limit, regulate or prohibit the labor of children under eighteen years of age. The vote was 297 to 69, or 53 more than the two-thirds' required for passage. Vntlnji In thp nffirmntive .were 167 Republicans, 128 Democrats.1 Socialist and 1 Independent. W. S. Tare, congressman from Philadelphia, who helped defeat Governoi Pinchot for the place of delegate at large to the Republican national convention. MEANS' RECORDS OF SPYING GONE Vital Evidence in Dougherty Case Is Stolen. Washington.--Gaston B. Means, the International investigator whom William J. Burns praised as the "greatest detective in the world," frankly admitted to the Brookhart committee tfc&t he had been duped. Fake officers, carrying a letter bearing the forged signature of Senator Brookhart, called on Mr. Means and calmly carted away the volumes of written evidence which was to have been the food atnd drink of the committee for another two weeks. It was |hls mass of papers which was to have substantiated the mass of verbal testimony which Means had offered at intervals since midwinter. Included In the missing record was the 23-volume dairy of Mr. Means himself. Somewhere on the pages of these mysterious books was the story of how Means had "gotten the low down" on Secretary Mellon. Members of the committee reluctantly confessed when they heard the news of the disappearance that the backbone of the Means testimony had been fractured, if not completely broken. The documents .were spirited away several days ago. The faet that there was something wrong about tlie transaction developed when the clerk of the Brookhart committee reminded Mr. Means to bring his records with him when he made his appearance before the committee. ' , ^ • -iiiei Hill i . Buddhist Prays for U. S. Envoy in Tokyo Embassy Tokyo.--Buddhist prayers for the welfare of Cyrus E. Woods, American ambassador to Japan, and for.success for his efforts to maintain friendship between the two nations were offered up In the American embassy by Senjlro Honda, t>ne of the leaders of the Nlchlhen sect of Buddhism. Clad In gorgeous priestly robes, Honda was the most picturesque of a score of prominent Japanese who called on Mr. Woods to discuss the United fitates exclusion legislation. POOLIDGE SEEKS JAP COMPROMISE President Works mk Plan , j/,t That Will Be Afecefp! -rj able to Tokyo. Washington. -- The first Intimation #f Presdlent Coolldge's attitude on the Japanese immigration question developed when It was announced officially lit the White House that the PresW dent Is at work on a (Compromise plait which would be acceptable alike tt* the excluslonlsts and the Japanese, i The President has held several conferences the last few days with Secretary Hughes and Senator Colt, both of whom are antagonistic to the Johnson Immigration bill insofar as it abrogates the existing "gentlemen's agreement" with the Japanese government. 1 It is plain that the way of the President in Ironing out the difficulty will be beset with obstacles on all sides. The plan of the President is to so adjust the matter that the imperial government will not consider itself affronted. This will be difficult, because of the overwhelming vote in both houses of <y>ngress for the Johnson bill as it now stands. Progress in effecting a compromise will be accomplished slowly, if at all. It Is believed that President Coolidge will endeavor to obtain reconsideration of the exclusion clause. If that move falls, it is possible that he may veto the bill. The Japanese are pulling every possible wire in the United States to prevent passage of the exclusion measure. Their object, at whatever sacrifice, Is to avoid what they term the humiliation of being barred from the United States by statute.- One plan is that the gentlemen's agreement should be changed so that Japan will not grant passports to the United States except to those who wish to travel and study. MELVILLE E.STONE IIDRAY GUILTY; • -TAKEN TO JAIL Governor of Indiana Con- Tided of Using uie flails to Defraud. Melville E. Stone, secretary and counselor of the Associated Press, photographed during the meeting of the organization in New York. Bo waq re-elected to hill position. MARKET QUOTATIONS BY U. S. GOVERNMENT struck him In the forehead and fractured his skull. Peoria.--Two robbers gained en- Dlxon.--The Sunday closing ordinance lost In the ^ity election by 1,722 votes. Thex vote was the largest ever trance to the Corning distillery, cast In the city. The ordinance t« and robbed a watchman of a watch, close Sunday shows was defeated, 3,- but were chased away by two. large | 078 to 1,355. watchdogs before they could make Sway with any alcohol. Chicago.--Three Holscomm children, Helen, eleven; Honore, fourteen, and Margaret, five, were drowned in Mc- Klnley Park lagoon here. Margaret fell into deep water and the others lost tfeelr lives In an attempt at rescue. Springfield.--A marble mausoleum, designed to hold the bodies of five Tampico.--At a special election voters of Tampico approved the proposed levying of a wheel tax on all motordriven and horse-drawn vehicles, the money thus derived to be used in improving streets. Bloomlngton.--The dlstttct meeting of the Woman's American Baptist Foreign Mission society, closed here. Mrs. George H. Taft of Chicago was electcanaries, has been built by a Spring- e<* Presl(lent. field marble and granite company for Moline.--Swan Stand, seventy, ar- Mrs. Clara Tueggel, One of the five | rested on a charge of vagrancy when lias died, after nine years of singing. -Manlto.--R. F. Maloney, superintendent of the Sunday School at the Methodist church here, dropped dead he was found begging on the streets, and who was sent to the county farm, has $2,250 in a Moline bank. Bloomington.--Daniel G. Fitzgerell, In the pulpit while announcing an Pas* grand master of the Illinois Ma- Raster hymn, plexy. East Death was due to apo- sons, died at his home in Normul from a stroke of paralysis. St. Louis.--Alleging damages Galesburg.--More than" $12,000 wat to property from acid. Miss Agnes I earned by 134 Knox students diirlng Breidecker has filed suit against the the first semester of this year, the col- General Chemical company of New lege employment bureau reports. Sev- York for $50,000. She asserts chern- I enty-seven per cent of the students German Reds Form Cheka ; Fight Foes With Germs Berlin.--Throughout Germany communist? are operating under the Russian cheka system, spreading Bolshevik terror among their enemies, especially those accused of betraying the cause. Not only are these communist cheka agents armed with two pistols, but they carry dysentery, typhus and cholera germs, which they place In the food of their victims. They have had numerous victims in the last few months. Bands 'of German Reds Burn Silesian Homes Berlin.--Revenging themselves for the high cost of living caused by the peasants on big estates charging double the peace time prices for foods, bands of communists are again burning houses In Silesia. These communists are organised under the name of the "Red Rooster." The latest outbreaks occurred near former Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm's estate at Oels. Chekaists Shoot 3,000 Prisoners; Dig Own Graves Berlin.--Taking them in groups of 20, cheka soldiers compelled 3,000 prisoners, captured during the recent uprising in the Amur district of Siberia, to dig their own graves and then, lining them up in front of the pit?, Rhot them,down with machine guns. Several of the revolutionaries, badly wounded and left for dead, escaped and brought the news to the outside world. American Banks Reopen Channel to German Gold New York.--Completion of the first step by which American financial resources will be made available for German rehabilitation was revealed in the announcement that a group of representative American banking Interests had placed at the disposal of Dr. Hjalmar Schaclit's gold rediscount bank a credit of $5,000,000, an amount which may be Increased later as required. Washington.--For the week ended April 26.--FRUITS AND VKQETABL.ES --Northern sacked round white potatoes, $1.10@>1.25 tn Chicago; Florida Spauldlng rose potatoes, $9.00 @10.00 per bbl. 'n leading cities, $7.50 t. o. b.; Texas Bliss Triumphs, $5.00 (g> 5.60 sacked per 100 lbs. in midwestern markets. Florida tomatoes. turning, wrapped, in six-basket carriers, $7.25 @7.50 in Chicago. Texas yellow Bermuda onions, $2.25 @2.50 per standard crate. Louisiana Klondike strawberries, $8.26 @3.75 per 24-pint crate in leading markets; Alabama stock, $5.50 6.60 in midwestern cities. Northwestern extra fancy wlnesap apples, $2.00® .50 per box. LIVE STOCK--Chicago prices: Hogs, $7.45 top and $7.10@7.40 for the bulk. Medium and good beef steers, $7.86 & 10.50; butcher cows and heifers,-$3.75@ 10.00; feeders, $5.50@9.50; veal calves, $6.50@ 10.00. Fat Bheep, $14.26@16.50; yearlings, $11.60@14.50; ewes, $6.00& .75. HAT--No. 1 timothy. $26.00 Cincinnati, $27.00 Chicago, $24.50 St. Louis. No. 1 prairie, $18.50 St. Louis. GRAIN--No. 1 dark northern spring wheat, $1.13@1.31 Minneapolis; No. 2 hard winter wheat, $1.04^& @1.13 Chicago; No. 2 red wheat, $1.12@1.13 St. Lbuis; No. S yellow corn, 79%c- Chicago; No. 3 yellow corn, 77@79c Chicago, 78@78%c St. Louis; No. 8 white corn, 76%@77%c St. Louis; No. 3 white oats, 48 %c Chicago, 49V4c St. Dbuis. DAIRY PRODUCTS--Butter. 92 score, 37c in Chicago. Cheese at Wisconsin primary markets: Slitgle daisies, 17?4c: double daisies. 17c; longhorns, 17c; square prints, 17%clllinois Bandits Take $63,000 From Bank Clerk Granite City, 111.--Bandits held up and robbed T. D. Gradlnaroff, assistant cashier of the Granite City National bank, of $63,000 in currency which lie had just received at the post office from the St. Louis Federal Reserve baii'k. Several shots were fired by Gradlnaroff and the bandits, but no one was wounded. • ___^7- Anti-Bolshevist Must Die for Execution of 700 Kharpov.--Captain Stezenko, a former officer In the czarist army, has icalB flowing from the plant killed all trees and shrubbery in adjacent land and no more will grow. Mooseheart.--There has not been a case of diphtheria among the more than 1,000 children in the Mooseheart school here since 1920. Medical authorities at that institution give immunizing doses of toxin-antitoxin to all diphtheria susceptibles who enter. Freeport.--W. L. Ware, trade commlsioner, Chicago Association of (3om merce, and C. M. Thompson, dean of the University of Illinois school of commerce, were speakers at a meeting working were men who earned $9,060. Women earned $2,437. Galena.--A company of Minute Men of the Constitution is to be organized' here soon after the return of Gen. Charles G. Dawes from Europe. Paris.--The Kansas & Westfield railroad short line was sold here to Cooley, Price & Brocton for $6,000 at a sheriff's sale. Springfield.--Eight hundred and fifty men with 200 teams started work upon 1,000 miles of hard-surface'roads charges of responsibility for the death of 5.000 workmen and communists while acting head of the secret police of the Wrangel and Denlklne armies According to the court. Captain Stesenko confessed to ordering tba axe cution of 700 communists. Burton to Be Keynoter Washington.--Theodore E. Burton, representative from Ohio, and formerly senator, will be the temporary chairman of the Republican national convention, and as such (wlll deliver the address striking the keynote. 16S,000 Women Sign Pleas for World Court Washington*--Petitions signed by 130,000 Minnesota women" favoring American participation in the world court were presented In the senate by Senator Shlpstead, Farmer-Labor, Minnesota. Chairman Lodge of the foreign relations committee also put in a petition presented to him by 35,000 Iowa women dealing with the same subject. Home of Chicago Dry Crusader Is Bombed Chicago.--The home of Itev. Elmer been sentenced to death »>n--soviet. ^ Williams, dry crusader, vice foe, and an official of the Better Government association* was bombed early Monday morning. The pastor and his family, who were sleeping, were un Injured, but the entire front of his frame, residence at 4416 North Witt- Chester avenue, was blown out. 200 Koreans Die as Ship Collides With Jap Vessel Tokyo.--Two hundred Korean students were drowned off the west coast of Korea neat1 Chlnnampo when a steamship taking them for a visit to a group of Japanese destroyers an chored off shore collided with one of the destroyers and capsized. Owing to the rough seas only a small number of students could be rescued. Mexican Land Owners Slain by Agrarians Mexico City.--Bands of armed agra rlans are terrorizing the Chlcontepee district of the state of Vera Crus. Twenty-five land owners have been assassinated by agrarians, who charge all the land owners in the region with complicity in the recent rebellion, according to a commission of Chlcontepec residents arriving in Mexico City to deihand protection. 1 " Fireman Killed, 7 Edift&es Lost in $1,000,000 Fir6 Lowell, Mass.--One fireman was killed, several were seriously Injured, and seven buildings, an entire business block were destroyed by fire here early Sunday, which for a time threatened to sweep the business sec tloA. The loss is estimated In excess of $1,000,000. Hughe9 Heads Law Society Washington.-- Secretary of State Jluglies WHS elected president of the American Society of International Law, succeeding Elihu Root. , Mr. Root now is honorary president. of commercial associations of district weekly report made by the division of No. 4 of the Illinois Chamber of Com- highways for the wee«v ending April 17. meree here. Jollet.--"One-man" lnterurban caM Springfield.--Nearly forty contracts | placed In operation by the 1111- were awarded for state highway grad- I nols Traction system on the lines out Murderess Commits Suicide Detroit, Mich. -- Wanda Elaine which Illinois plans to build during i Stopa, who slew Henry Manning, caretlie summer, according to the first I taker at the home of her alleged lover at Chicago, killed herself In the Hotel Statler here by tuklng cyanide In sugared water. Exports to Germany Gain Washington.--Figures announced by the Department of Commerce show that American exports to Germany Increased 67 per cent during the first quarter of 1924, compared with the corresponding period of last. year,--- Brigg Scott Young Dies Washington.--Dr. Brlgg Scott Young, fifty-five, former supreme chancellor ot the Knights of Pythias of the World, and an nsslstant director "Of the veterans' bureau, died here. ing, paving and bridge work, by the state department of public works and buildings, division of highways, from April 1 to 15, Col. C. R. Miller, dlrec- • tor of the department, announced. of this city June 1. Alton.--The historic old town hall ol Alton, erected In 1856, has been destroyed by fire believed t» 'iwr»4>eea of incendiary -origin, r r DenverrHas Heavy Snow Denver, Colo.--Six Inches of snow was on the streets following an allnight storm. At times the" storm reached the proportions of a blizzard. Street railway service was halted. $1,000,000 Blaze in Oakland Oakland, Cal.--Damage estimated at $1,000,000 waB done by a tire which virtually destroyed the plants of the Union Construction company, the General Metal company and the Pacific Coast Engine company. Says Charges Are Baseless Washington.--Charges of fraud and Irregularities In the bureau of engrav' Ing were denounced as baseless by Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W Mellon in 4t report made to President Coolldge. - --: Warned of Fever Menace Manila.--Dr. Victor G. Huisor, Far East representative of the Rockefeller Foundation, has Issued a warning to health authorities here to take especial precautious against yellow fever. .,,.1^ I/. S. Ship Sinks in China Peking.--The American steamship Robert Dollar II lias sunk In the Yangtze river ne.ar Chang Chow, after having struck a reef. The vessel is complete loss. British Flyer Reaches India Karachi, India.--Stuart MacLaren, the British world flight aviator, arrived here from Persia, after an uneventful flight of 700 miles. MacLaren has covered 4,890 miles, or about onefifth of the distance around the World. Indianapolis, Ind --Gov. Warren? ' HcCray was fonnd guilty of using the tJnited States mails in furtherance of • scheme to defraud. The case was given to the Jury at 6:20 and at 6:30 the verdict was returned.- Upon the order of Judge Anderson,^ the governor was removed to the Mailon county jail to await sentence. The governor's trial was a rapid one. At three o'clock In the afternoon' the government finished Its crossexamination and the defense called nrf more witnesses. The government * called only one witness in rebuttal. This was J. J. Kiser, an Indianapolis banker. After he had been examined arguments were opened. • : " The arguments, which were made by Assistant United States Attorneys • num and Elliott #or the government ,< and M. A. Ryan and James W. Noe^'-V.*• for the defense, were completed at-f-:'K 6:05 o'clock. It took the Judge only- 15 minutes to charge the jury. \,£ In ordering the governor to jail •f- ' Judge Anderson described McCray ait -fe "one of the worst criminals" be had known In his twenty-one years on the bench. "Honest men could come to but one conclusion In this case," Anderson said. "He has had a fair trial by a conscientious Jury. In my twenty-one years on the bench I have seen boot-, leggers take the stand and commit rank perjury. It has been my Invarlfe able custom to commit these men t|| Jail. I have never seen so many felonies committed by one Individual. "There Is no difference between the lowest criminal and the highest." 300 Men Fall in Battle of French and Turks London. -- Sanguinary fighting between French troops and irregular Turkish bands Is reported to have taken place In the northern Syria by a Jerusalem correspondent. Three hundred men were killed or wounded during the fighting, he says, and the Turks captured a great quantity of arms. There have been recurrent* reports recently of unrest In Syria, of which country France Is the mandatory power. French aviators are reported to •hare bombed Syrian villages. « Thaw Pens Maze of Words About His Trial to Judge Philadelphia, Pa. -- In a rambling signed statement Harry Thaw voiced objection to his return to the state asylum under guard, although the trial jury had pronounced him of sound mind. The statement reads: Here is a small detail that yesterday If Dr. 'Rabbit' Fuller won he should have allowed me to return with my attendant, Mr. Connolly, as I am certain either Drs. Awen Copp or Bond. But he paraded with two other attendants, and that was the limit, consequently I am sending the inclosed letter to my lawyers, and in doing so I am sending this to you, for you can show that that rabbit lie was simple malace as you call see." Inherits *$2,000,000; Fears He Owes More Chicago.--Suit was starred here to determine whether a $2,000,000 legacy to Col. Robert H. Morse Is an asseet or a liability. The will disposing of the $22,000,000 estate of his father, Charles H. Morse, seems to provide that CoL Morse shall pay the federal and state taxes, plus the attorney's fees, which amount to $900,000 more than the legacy itself. The suit Is to have the will construedl Coolidge Now Has 713 Votes; Needs but SS6 Washington. -- President Coolidge won 119 delegates In the Pennsylvania and New Jersey primaries and the Delaware convention Tuesday. Pennsylvania gave him 79, New Jersey 31 and Delaware 9. Wednesday Oklahoma gave him 25. This gives the President to date a total of 713 delegates, with only 556 needed to nominate. Bluejacket Reported Killed in Honduras San Salvador. -- Several American bluejackets have been killed In Honduras, according to advices received here. An attache of the American legation In Tegucigalpa Is said to have, proceeded to La Libertad, Salvador, a cable station, to communicate with tbl government at Washington. Passenger Service Reduced South Bend, Ind.--The Michigan Central railway has discontinued passenger service between South Bend and Niles. The trains have been unprofitable since electric service between tta» cities has been Increased. Ford Earnings Last Year Were $82^263,483, Report Boston, Mass.--The Ford Motor company last year earned $82,263,483, according to statement of Its financial condition on February 28, 1924, filed with the Massachusetts commissioner of corporations. The report shows a surplus and profit and loss Item of $442,041,081.72, as compared with $359,- 777,598.14 last year. The assets stand at $568,101,639.76, of which notes receivable, accounts receivable, cash, securities, patent rights an(fst*uulemark8 account for $271,618,668.20. Give Up Hope tor 114 Men in W. Va., Mine Explosion Wheeling. W. Va--A total of tweOty- two bodies have been recovered from the Benwood mine of the Wheeling Steel corporation, where 114 miners were entombed by an explosion. Nineteen of the bodies wera_ found by rescue workers In the Brown® Run airshaft, while the other three were located in the main passageway. One of the dead miners was identified as George Holllday, Jr., son of the superintendent of the mine. Chicago Labor Chief Slain, Eight Other Men Wounded Chicago.--One union official wm shot to death, another was wounded so that he will die and seven others were wounded more or less seriously in tfata course of a shooting melee In the oofrldor of the Electrical Worker^ hall, Ogden avenue and Washington boule-. vard, the scene of a number of lab& feuds. Samwel P. Bills, business age|t of the Ice Cream Wagon Drivers' local of the Chicago Teamster*' > uaMta,-^raa shot through the heart. Moors Seek British Mediation Lorfdon.--Adb El Krlm, leader of the rebel Moors, appealed to Prince Minister MacDonald to Invite Spain to cease war, and has offered to send an ambassador to discuss conditions. Coolidge Appoints Democrat Washington.--Roland M. Baker was nominated by President Coolidge as postmaster at Boston. He Is the present postmaster and is a Democrat, firat appointed by President Wilson. •Quake Rocks Seattle Seattle, Wash.--A severe earthquake was felt here at 12:03 o'clock Friday morning. Residents pronounced it the most severe tremor in this district for many years. No damage has been reported. p • Fails to Agree on Boundary London.--Representatives of northern and southern Ireland, who met here to settle the Irish boundary question, failed to reach an agreement. The sessions were discontinued. < Corporation Earning Tax Raised by the Senate Washington.--The senate approved the recommendation of the finance committee. Increasing the tax on corporation earnings from 12^4 to 14 per cent. This Increase Is In lieu of thecapltal stock tax which is to be repealed according to a recommendation of the committee. The eoinn»itte«-- a mend meet restoring the tax on tete^-- phone and telegraph message.- was rejected. The tax was repealed In the™" house bill. Execute 43 Rebel Officers Mexico City.--Gen. Juan Alanzo and 42 subordinate officers captured by the federal troops near the' town of I*« tapa. state of Chiapas, were given 4 court-martial and immediately executed, according to an official report. Immigrants for Canada Ottawa, Ontv--More Immigrants entered Canada during the fiscal yeftr 1922-23 than in any similar peri«4 since 1914. The total for the twelve', months was 148,560. , Rebels Shell Tegucigalpa Washington.--After a 'bombardment of several hour*; revolutionary forces entered Tegucigalpa, the seat of the Ilonduran de facto government, according to a telegram received by tiki State department. Arizona for Coolidge Phonelx, Ariz.--Arizona's delegation of nine to the Republican national convention was Instructed for Calvin Coolidge by the st&W^ftveiuioa wfefch was held here. ;