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0 THE HcHBHKY s&*9§5Pi « "SwJ"*';S V-'S' .at • J ,.."< ' •+ iwiiiiiiimitfiwiiiiiri ILLINOIS News Notes 5 sliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiuiua Bloonilngt on.--Wayne Townley of Hloomlngton, district governor of the Lions clubs of Illinois, has selected " Friday, May 16, as the date for the dedication of the monument to the •Memory of the father and stepmother et Abraham Lincoln, in tlie little cemetery in Coles' county, where their bodies are buried. The monument movement was sponsored by the Lions Clubs. Former Gov. Frank O. Lowden and Dr. William Barton of Oak Park trill deliver the principal addresses. ' J. F. Garner of Quincy will present tfee monument to the state. \ Urbana.--Prof. C. T. Knlpp of the 'department of physics at the University of Illinois has been appointed a Member of a committee of the Ameri- 'ean Physical society to standardize the J*1 ysics apparatus Sn use in the United States. Dr. F. C. Bro^n, assistant Erector of the United States bureau JpC standards, Washington, D. C., chair- Man of the committee, is a former ' Inember of the faculty at the unlverc& tr- '<• : Springfield. -- Secretary of State Louis Emmerson has sent a radio mes- 7'fege from Nice, asking for information . regarding majorities in the last Republican primary election. The secretary, -Sirs. Emmerson and Mr. and Mrs. Omar Custer sailed for Europe April 12, four days following the primary lb which Emmerson and Custer were ""victorious. Pekln.--More than 150 building contractors from Illinois cities are expected to attend the district convention of J|ie Associated Building Contractors of Illinois at Pekin May 27, according to fterhardt F. Meyne, Chicago, vice president. Preceding the conference an executive board meeting will be held with V. L. Page, Rockford, president ef the association. Rushvllle.--One of the few remaining buildings in the business district of Rushvllle after Rushville's recent disastrous i Are, Is an old frame structure built In 1830. This building, the only remaining one on the north side t»f the square, has been threatened by fire on many occasions, and in one previous flre was the only building left In the block. Harrlsburg.--Fifteen thousand persons gathered at Raleigh, four miles ? north of Harrlsburg, In the first Ku Klux meeting of the year. Charles Mc- Gehee, great titan of Illinois, made the principal address on the streets, after which the gathering assembled In an open field, where several hundred candidates were received. Aledo.--A scholarship good for one ^ year at the recently chartered Illinois Military school and four years at either West Point or Annapolis, has been donated by Oscar E. Carlstrom. Republican candidate for attorney general, according to an announcement by Col. Clyde R. Terry, head of the school. Springfield.--Calls for an Illinois "State Farmer-Labor convention to meet In Peoria May 18 and select delegates Jjo the national Farmer-Labor conveniion in St. Paul Jane 17 have been sent out by Duncan MacDonald, secretary pro tem of the provisional convention committee. Decatur.--Faries Park, a tract of 153 acres, adjacent to Decatur, along the shores of Lake Decatur, has been offered to the city for park purposes by the daughters of Robert Faries, lire. E. Pa, Irving and Mrs. L. P. Walbridge. Chilllcothe.--Shipments of Uve fish In tank cars from the Illinois river to New York city has been resumed. The cars contain 30,000 pounds. It is said that this method is much cheaper than packing the fisli in boxes with Ice. Rockford.--Charles McAndrews, superintendent of Chicago public schools, will deliver an address at the dedication, June 5, of the newly-built $1,000,- 000 Theodore .Roosevelt school in Rockford. Chicago.--After he alighted from a New York Central train at the Englewood station Robert Billings, of Gary, Ind., was seized by three bandits out- Bide the station and robbed of $855 which he carried In a small black grip. Sterling.--Harold Ward has resigned as city clerk to become postmaster at Sterling. H. H. Over,-city treasurer, nas been appointed city clerk and H. M. Gait city treasurer, Bloomington.--More than 500,000 popples will be sold In Illinois on Poppy days, May 29 and 30, it Is expected by state headquarters of the American Legion. Quincy.--Agitation for a free bridge it Quincy over the Mississippi has relulted Is the introduction of a bill in :ongress by Congressman Edward J. ""King of this district. 7 Marphysboro.--The twelve-year-old son of William Wayland, while out •ihootlng crows near Murphysboro, accidentally shot and killed his two-year-" Did brother. " • Springfield.--A writ of Injunction to restrain Treasurer Osqar Nelson and State Auditor Andrew Russel from paying alleged campaign expenses of Oov. Len ,Small out of the state treasury was filed In the Sangamon county circuit court at Springfield by Edward McDowell of Chicago. Elgin.--The boards of education of Elgin and other Illinois cities Will petition the state legislature to so amend the trawol law as to permit the naming of presidents of such boards from within the board, rather than by popular vote. Freeport.---Farm Institute dates for Uve of the counties of the Thirteenth Aurora.--The Illinois Supreme courf decision holding that the Chicago health commissioner cannot compel public school children to be vaccinated against smallpox or bar them froaa a i school If they refuse to submit to vac- ' cination, does not apply to Aurora or other cities having boards of health, Aurora authorities hold. Chicago having no board of health, the health commissioner is without legal authority to declare the existence of an epidemic, they declare. Belleville. -- The air circus stage* under the direction of the commander of Scott aviation field, was a feature in the entertainment for delegates to the state convention of, the Travelers' Protective association at Belleville. Representatives from every county in Illinois will attend the convention, according to the secretary of the association. Galesburg.--The .Illinois Supreme court has ruled that the will of the late C. O. Carlberg is valid. He left a fortune of $200,000, the bulk going to his grandchildren. His children were cut off with nothing. Bequests were made to the Lutheran hospital at Moline and other philanthropic organizations. ® Belleville.---Indictments charging extortion by threat against alleged liquor violators were returned by the St. Clair county grand Jury against Dr. CAPT. W. Rl GHERARDI We'Votes to Put Rertrn# on Same Basis as Public Documents; < 1 Washington.--Defeating the Republicans of the finance committee decisively the senate adopted an amendment to the tax bill by Senator Norris qf Nebraska, providing for complete publicity of tax returns. The Norris amendment was adopted by a vote of 48 to , 27. In addition to this action, an aiwendment by Senator Mc- Kellar of Tennessee, which makes all claims for abatement or refund of taxes, includlng^the decisions, public records and subject to inspection. The Norris amendment, which applies to all tax returns, was adoptedby a combination of Democratic votes and progressive Republican votes. The action of the senate on publicity of returns was a blow at the finance committee. which had reported a provision providing that congressional committees, under certain machinery must see tax returns and make ttoem public if H. F. Killene, exacted Cyclops of the I advisable. The Norris amend East St. Louis Ku Klux Klan; Harve A. McCormack, member of the klan executive committee, and A. L Cuturnings, an active klansman, Aurora.--To determine his mental condition, Warren J. Lincoln, Aurora lawyer and horticulturist, who confessed to the murder of his wife and her brother, Byron, after the heads of the two had been found encased In a concrete block, will be placed on trial June 23, according to an agreement of attorneys. Urbana.--Meetings to impress the farmer with the value of modern soil Improvement methods are to be held this spring at seven of the 33 soil experiment fields maintained by the college of agriculture of the University of ment is a brief one which writes Into the bill the provision that records "shall be open to examination and inspection as other public records under the same rules and regulations as may govern the examination of public documents, generally." The McKellar amendment provides that "all claims for abatement of refunds of taxes, including the decisions, shall likewise be subject to inspection under similar rules." Senator Smoot and other committee leaders do not Intend to rest with the decision of the senate, which was made In committee of the whole. They will force another test in the senate proper, when the bill reaches that stage in its Capt. W. R. Gherardl, U. S. N., who has been commander of the aircruft squadrons, scouting fleet, and now is the newly appointed aide to Secretary of the Navy Wilbur. 109 DIE IN STORM; i • r* DAMAGE $10,000,000 Tornado Cuts Path of Ruin in Si# Southern States. Illinois, accordlngvto F. C. Bauer, chief consideration. of the experimenting fields. I Early In the day ah" amendment In- Urbana.--Student troopers In the troduced by Secretary Mellon, limiting cavalry division of the University R. deductions from net Income derived O. T. C. held their fifth annual "gyrak- from tax-exefnpt securities, was rehana" at the University of Illinois. I jected 37 to 36 following a union of The performance was in the nature of | Democratic and insurgent forces-, a circus and exhibition of mounted another in Virginia brought to 100 the death toll from a series of tornadoes which devastated sections of seven southeastern states, Injuring hundreds of persons and causing property damage estimated at more than $10,000,- 000. Relief measures* speedily were put Into effect by the American Red Cross and numerous local organizations. An incomplete survey of the windtorn regions, parts of which still are isolated, apportioned fhe dead as follows : South Carolina, 76; Georgia, 14; Alabama, 11; North Carolina, 5; Virginia, 1; Louisiana, 1; Arkansas, 1. The first fatality in Virginia was recorded In Amelia county, but the damage in that state was not general. gymnastics. Decatur.--The /Wllbash railroad has allowed $125,000 to adjust the wages of 2,600 clerks on the system for the year starting May 1, W. E. Golllngi general chairman of the clerks, announced. The clerks retain Saturday afternoon off. Marengo.--Through the chapter of the Izaak Walton league 1,000 pheasant gggs for hatching are to be distributed on farms in the vicinity of Marengo. The eggs were purchased by the state from the Evans game farm at St Charles. Aurora.--Theaters, school - authorities, the Aurora chamber of commerce, police officers and parents are co-operating in the formation of a Junior Safety legion which is designed to reduce the number of children killed or Injured by automobiles. Springfield.--Main hall of Blackburn university at Carlinville was badly damaged by fire. "Self help" students, who comprise most of the enrollment, assisted the work of fighting the flames and carried the many valuable books of the library to safety. Rockford.--Winnebago county will spend about $175,000 on roads and bridges during the summer, according to plans of the board of supervisors. About $89,000 will be used in Rockford township. Peoria.--Disabled veterans of the World war will hold their first* annua! state convention June 3 and 4, according to Dr. E. E. Gillespie, commander of Peorta chapter No. L Raymond Bergen of Chicago is state commander. Freeport.--Mrs. Ethel Footltt, thirtyfive, who shot and killed her husband, George Footltt, a grocer, December 27, will go to trial May 12 In the Circuit court of Stephenson county. Pana.--Noble Kingston, twenty-ofte, was electrocuted at Shelbyviile wtflle trimming tree limbs which hid heavily charged electric wire. Linemen took down his body. Waukegan.--Eddie O'Connor, forty, died Just as the police often predicted be would. He had been drinking "canned heat" and was found dead by die roadside. Peoria.--Pacifism and war will bf discussed at an open forum meeting of the Peoria association of commerce May 12. Aurora.--Rev. Edward Babcock of Lowell, Mass., has accepted a call tc the pastorate of FirSt Baptist churcD of Aurora. Decatur.--Candidates chosen in the boy scout election had charge"of the city government ot Decatur for one hour. Galena.--Oscar R. Carlstrom, Republican nominee for attorney general, delivered the oration at the annual Grant birthday celebration. Rockford.--The annual conference and dinner of the Insurance Federa tion of Illinois was held at Rockfo Urbana.--A new woman's fraternity, Alpha Delta Lamba, founded on scholarship, has been organized In Urbana at the "University of Illinois. All freshmen women with a certain scholastic average automatically become members. There is already a similar organization. Phi Eta Sigma, which recruits Its membership from freshmen men of high scholarship at tlie university. RocKforto--Fer the first time In many years a man is' td be tried on charges of horse stealing In the Winnebago county court at Rockford. i Springfield.--A piece' of the elm ,« , 1 tree under which George Washington jongressional district have „b ee"n ffiixrsetd I «--,» took> command. • o.f .t.h e A, mer,ic an Scot Who Tried U. S. Rum Running Loses $1,000,000 Edinburgh.--Thomas Cowan Steven, thirty-right years old and a former clerk, who accumulated a fortune of more than $1,000,000 during the war, was declared bankrupt by the Scottish courts. He has unsecured debts of $500,000. Mr. Steven's losses were due to the failure of several American rumrunning ventures. He was connected in huge whisky smuggling deals with Sir John Stewart, baronet, who a few weeks ago shot himself in his castle in Scotland, following heavy losses. Plant Gives Girl $100,000 as the Case Nears Jury New York--The $500,000 suit brought by Helene Jearner, former Follies beauty, against Philip Morgan Plant for injuries in an auto accident that ruined her beauty, destroyed the sight ,of one eye and left her, according to a medical testimony, in a state of emotional Instability, was settled out of court at a figure understood to be In the neighborhood of $100,000. The settlement was announced Ju8t before the case was to be given to the Jury. j Yo Germans Starving, Says Jutius Rosenwald Berlin.--"There Is no starvation In Germany. There Is considerable hunger and misery, but In the worst districts of Berlin conditions are not .{is bad as In sbme parts of Chicago and New York." This remarkable declaration was made by Julius Rosenwald, who, with $100,000, headed General Allen's campaign for the relief of "starving Germany." N. Y. Lead« World in Many Thing9--Including Lunatic4 New York.--Already recognized as the largest Jewish, Negro, Irish, etc.,. city in the world, New York now may claim the distinction of Including the largest lunatic community on eurth within Its five boroughs. A bulletin issued by neuropathists declared 200,- 000, or one in every thirty, New Yorkers to be slightly demented. Pardon Given Chiqagoan is Puzzle to Landis Washington.--Former federal Judge Landis, testifying before the Daugherty Investigating committee, declared that he could not understand how Philip Grossman, convicted In Chicago for liquor law violations, had obtained his pardon from President Coolldge. Con tinulng, Judge Landis declared that he believed politics should have no more to do with executive clemency than with decisions handed down from the bench. Coolidge Puts Ban on Arms to Cohorts Washington.--An embargo on arms shipment to Cuba, effective Immedl ately.was proclaimed by President Coolldge at the request of the Cuban government. In a message to Washington President Zayas explained that large quantities of arms in Florida were being prepared for shipment to Cuba where a revolution is imminent. Inquiries in Senate Cost the U. S. $325,000 Washington.--The nigh cost of senatorial investigations was revealed to the senate by Senator Warren, chairmun of the appropriations committee, who estimated the senate Is spending $325,000 on the probes now In progress, "The least any committee has spent,' said Warren, "Is $4,000, and the Teapot Dome inquiry has cost $56,000." Warn of Wheat Blight Urbana, 111.--Flag smut, one of the newest and most dangerous wheat 'diseases In Illinois, will begin to appear In the next few weeks, according 'to a warning by the college of agriculture of the University of Illinois. REV. HENRY ROMPEL Thousands of Others Injured as Labor Celebrates 1 3:-| May Dij, •***;- ' X: /is-;. Berlin.--The German mllfta^ Suppressed hundreds of attempts throughout the nation to hold pay day demonstrations. Thousands of persons were beaten by blackjacks and hundreds or heads were bloodied through blows from sheathed sabers, while there wis some rifle firing. v , In Koenigsburg, Prqpsia, One militiaman and one worker were killed. In Hindenburg, Silesia, six workers were killed and. five wounded. In the Gera (Thuringen) riots seven militiamen jvere wounded. The communis • suffered casualties, but hid the bodies. At Graez, Thdrlngen, 20 rioters were wounded. For the first time since the republic was established the government controlled the situation withxa great display of military power. Every public square in Berlin was crowded with soldiery. Militiamen with rifles patrolled Unter den Linden. Cavalry rode on the sidewalk all day even upon the steps of the former kaiser's palace. American methods were adopted for the first time by the German militia. An order was given to "keep them Atlanta, Ga.--The report of one moving," and they kept them moving, more fatality in North Carolina and When a crowd of 5,000 attempted to N Usten to speeches in the Lustgarten the militia flashed reports to the central barracks, whereupon soldiers, militiamen and cavalry appeared simultaneously in all the streets, hemm i n g i n t h e m o b . C l u b s u s e d freely.' / • Rep. Knutson Acquitted; His Companion Free Washington.---Hepresentatlve Harold Knutson (Rep., Minn.) was found not guilty by a Jury in Arlington county, Virginia, of charges growing out of aft automobile ride In Virginia last March with Leroy H. Hull, a Washington government clerk. The jurv^ was out one hour and three mlnuws and was said to have taken three ballots. Testimony against Hull had not been started and the prosecuting attorney announced he would nolle prosse the esse. Do Your B. V. D.'s Shrink? Uncle Sam Will Learn Why Washington.--The Department of Commerce instituted a sweeping investigation into the shrinkage of underwear. Assistance of the bureau of standards and makers of underwear was enlisted to help solve the mystery and a meeting of manufacturers was called for May 7. The effect of soap, laundry machines, wringing, pressing and finishing, as well as the tension of knitting machines, Mill be studied. \ Rev. Henry Rompel of the Method) Bt church In Jollet, 111., with three re* volvers strapped' to him, led 40 pro- Forcibly ... proves So-Called Bursum \y Measure; Economy. --!--* Washington. -- President Cooildg* sent his first yeto message to the senate, forcibly disapproving of the socalled Bursum pension bill, whfeb Would increase annual pension a| prlntions about $58,000,000. The chief opposition to the measure nrged by the President was that It was opposed to his program of economy, and In this argument Republican leaders found the reason the President is expected to give whei! he vetoes the bonus-Insurance bill, which was on its way to the White House as the pension veto was being announced. Administration advisers were Inclined to believe the same argument will he used by President Coolldge When he camc* to consider the insurance- bonus bill Just placed In bis hands. While the veto is generally ex- M hlbitlon agents in a grand deart up .j, pected by Republican leaders, because of bis town. Mr. ^orhpel a» '"o t the President's unequivocal utteroverseas chaplain during thex war. I Hii 't. •" i f * MARKET QUOTATIONS BY U.S. GOVERNMENT, Washington.--For tb« Weak. end«d April S«. -- LIVE STOCK--Chlea«*, prices: Hogra, top, $7.45 and $7.05@7.4e for the bulk. Medium and good beeteteers. $7.86® 11.60; butcher ,cows and heifers, J8.76@10.00; . feeders, $5 60© 8.60; veal calves, $6.60@1#.00., Vm• sheep, $14.25® 16.60; yearling*, $11,600 14.60; ewes, $6.00@9.75. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES--Northern sacked round white potatoes, $1.10 <@1.25 In Chicago; Texas Bliss Triumphs, $5.00 sacked per 100 lbs. In mldwestern* markets. Florida tomatoes. turning, wrapped. Arm at $4.60® 6.50 per 6-basket carrier, best repacked stock bringing $7.60 In Chicago. Texas yellow Bermuda onions, $2.0002.21 sacked per 100 lbs. 1ft consuming centers. Northwestern extra fancy winesap apples, $2.00(^2.85 per box. DAIRY PRODUCTS--Butter, 92 scor«, 87c in Chicago. Cheese at Wisconsin primary markets: stngle daisies, 17\4c; double daisies. Ifc; young Americas, 17 %c; long horns, 17 He; square prints. 17^c. GRAIN--No. 1 dark northern spring wheat. $1,18% @1.31% Minneapolis; No. 2 hard winter wheat, $1.07H 01.18% Chicago, <1.07H St. Louis; No. 2 red •winter wheat, $1.12 01.13 St. Louis; No. .8 yellow corn. 77@78%c Chicago. 780 79c St. Louis; No. S white oats, 48049a Chicago. 49K 049%q St. Louts. Night Riders Terrorize New Mexican Towns Woman Refused Bonuses; Inherts Business by Will New Y<frk.--For many years Miss .Ethel G. Allen, treasurer of the New York Bank Note company, refused to ficcept bonuses from her employer, the late George N. Kendall, president of tlie company. She always said she could take nothing she did not earn. When Mr. Kendall's will was filed, for probate^ Miss Allen learned that she Inherited the business. The estate ^jwas valued at about $1,000,000. The ijiwidow gets $125,000, Miss Allen the " "balance. ances on bonus and his short sentence !p his first message, "and I am opposed to a bonus,", yet there Is every confidence by the bonus leaders that a bonus veto will be overridden, while thet Bursum veto will be sustained. After the message vetoing the pension Increase ha<J been read In the Senate, f Senatpr Bursum moved that It be laid on the tabl® and served notice that he would ,ctm It up soon, when a perfunctory attempt will be made to override th£ veto. Preslent Harding vetoe a similar bill fathered by Senator Bursum and no effort was made to pass it over the veto. The senate passed the present bill on April 1 by a vote of 51 to 10 after a few minutes' debate and the house accepted the bill withiuMt f »rd vote twenty days later. ' Thirty Thousand Coat Miners Idle in lUinoik Peoria, 111.--Face to face with a problem of unemployment, President Frank Farrbigton and 600 official representatives of district 12, United Mine Workers of America, will meet In biennial conveiitloh here. May 13, to- outline policies for another year. Extent of the problem Is seen in the recent announcement at i" I strict headquarters in Springfield that 150 mines In Illinois, employing 30,000 men, have closed, out of a total of 4W) mines gluing work to 100,000. Some of the 3Q,000 forced out of employment have found work in other trades 'and some have moved to other communities near mines. 325 'Delegates Now Claimed for Coclifye Cleveland, Ohio.--With Republican victories In the primaries in. Ohio and Massachusetts, President Coolldge now lias a total of 825 delegates pledged to support him at the national Republican convention to be held here, in June, William M. Butler, the President's national campaign manager, officially announced. Only 556 votes, are needed to Insure nomination. Seven Destroyers Added to thq U. S. Rum Fleet Washington.--Seven destroyers have been transferred at Philadelphia from the Navy to the Treasury department to augment the coast guard rum fleet, the Navy department announced. The destroyers were the Jouett, Patterson, Beale, Casln, Downes, Paulding and A in in en. El Paso, Tex.--The home of Ben- Igno Hernandez, collector of Internal revenue at Albuquerque, N. M., has been burned at Canjllon, N. M., by night riders who have been terrorizing Arriba county, according to a dispatch to the El Paso Times. The home ot Mrs. Tircio de Vargas, widow of the Canjllon postmaster, slain three years ago by night assassins, Is also reported burned. _ ; Britain Sinks Milliatt , Tons of War Munitions Washington.--A million tons of ammunition and 170,000 tons of poison gas, enough to launch a sizable war, were destroyed by the British government In liquidating war supplies, the t)epartment of Commerce was Informed by Trade Commissioner Lyons, at London. Most of the ammunition was sunk in the ocean, while the poison gas was burned. W. T. McGray Enters Cell; Becomes Number 17746 Atlanta, Ga.--Ex-Gov. barren T. McCray became prisoner No. 17746 in the Atlanta federal penitenitary and began serving his sentence of ten years for fraudulent use of the mails. He also must pay a fipe of $10,000. At 1:25 p. m. Thursday the Inner steel gate of the prison closed upon the former Indiana, executive, pushed to by *4 j. P. Hayesi' also of Indiana. - Bonus Up to President Washington. -- Congress completed the final step necessary to send the soldier bonus bill to the President, when the house approved the conference report on the measure. U. S. Public Debt Slashed One Billion Last Year Washington.--The United States public debt now is $21,282,717,427, the Treasury department announced. The report shows that during the year ended May 1, government receipts were $3,165,036,492, exceeding expenditures by $137,075,973. The public debt wal reduced $1,000,000,000 during the year. House Committee Votes Down Posted Pay Raise Washington.--By a vote of 8 to 7 the house post office cofiamlttee rejected an amendment to the postal employees' salary bill to'provide for a flat annual payment increase of $400 for clerks, carriers, supervisors and Inspectors. Dougherty in New Fight Washington.--Harry M. Daugherty filed an injunction suit, seeking to prevent the senate committee, investigating the Department of Justice, from obtaining possession of telegrams which he sent and received. Woman Elected Mayor ^ Signal, Cal.--This city, center of n wealthy oil belt recently carved from Long Beach and Incorporated separately, elected a woman Its first mayor. She is Mrs. Jessie Nelson. Girl, 19, With 3 Husbands Undivorced, Is Sentenced " Milwaukee, Wis. -- Lena Falller, nineteen years old, was sentenced to an indeterminate term in the woman's state reformatory on a statutory charge, 12 hours after she had confessed to hav^og been married three times without being divorced. Three of her husbands are living, while one other died a day after marriage. --R; •"n $275,000,000 Naoal Bill Passes tHe Senate Washington.--The annual naval supply bill, carrying $275,000,000, was passed by the senate without a record vote. The senate added about $700,000 to the bill as It came from the house. The measure was sent to conference with the house with sev «tol differences to be ironed out.^ ^ >y officials as follows; Stephenson sounty, September 29 to October 4; Jo Daviess, January 10 to 14; Whiteside. December 11 and 12; Ogle. October 9 tnd. 10; Lee, October 7 and 8. Chicago.--Disappointed because of the defeat at the polls of a proposition to annex Mt. Greenwood to Chicago, Charles H. Richardson, village clerk, and eight other electors have filed a petlton In the circuit court asking for ^IPOMnt. t' army rests in Governor Small's office, waiting to be placed In the Illinois State Museum at Springfield. The relic Is a gift to Illinois from Cambridge, Mass. a / * Clilcago--Two bandits who followed them from a theater stopped Mr. and Mrs. David Gold and their daughter. Rose, and robbed Gold of $70 and his wife of a $1,000 fur coi^ and two rln^s valued ft $1,600, and his daughter of a watch sad ring valued it'UDi Tenmiiet G. O. P. for Coolidge Knoxville, Tenn.--Tennessee Republicans will cast 27 votes for Calvin Coolldge at tlie Cleveland convention and then launch a vigorous campaign to sweep tlie state Into the Republican column in November. Women Pacifists Meet Washington.--With an address by Jane Addains of Chicago, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom opened Its fourth International conference tterei Butler to Be Chairman W»shlngton.-:-President Coolidge announced that he would recommend to the Incoming Republican national committee the name of William M. Butler of Massachusetts for the chairmanship. Adopt 8'Hour Day • - u- Washington. -- Institution of an. eight-hour day and elimination of Sunday work were agreed upon at a meeting of representatives of the DO* board 'industry. Secretary Davis «ugyested the thange. Well, That's Settled * Washington.--With solemn formality the senate voted unanimously Friday afternoon to change the spelling of "mah Jong** in the -revenue bill to "mah-Jongg." Hebrideans Leave for Canada \ Glasgow.--Large numbers of Hebrideans are leaving their Islands to emigrate to Canada. Most of the emigrants will go to Albterta, where they wiir-te tlven farmlng UM. •>«*' To Move SO,000 Dead San Francisco, Cal.--San FrandaC©, growing rapidly and somewhat crowded on Its bottle neck of a peninsula, will move the bodies of 50,000 of Its dead from four cemeteries "to make more room for the living. Threaten Gov. Parker's Life if 6 Italians Hang New Orleans, La.--The board of pardons denied a plea for clemency for the six Italians sentenced to be hanged May 9 at Amite for the murder of Dallas Calmes during a robbery. Governor Parker received death threats In blackhand letters. One of them offered him $50,000 and $25,000 for the chief of police, if the prtegwore were allowed to escape* # Need $19,000,000,000 to Abolish All Rail Crossings Chicago.--A traffic expert of the American Railway association declared that a budget totaling not less than $19,000,000,000 w.ould have to be provided by American railroad managements in order to enable them to eliminate at this time the 256,000 grade crossings now In existence in the United States. " v .hi"" <- Move Against Soviets Moscow.--The former tmlr of Bokhara is reported to be heading a great anti-government movement in Bokhara. The activity la being directed $rom Afthanlataa. , New Greek Republic Pt£k» Its First Minister to U. S» Athens. -- Greece has asked the Washington government to approve the nomination of M. Palicroniadis to be the first republican minister from Greece to the United States. M. Palicroniadis Is first secretary of the Berlin legation. ~ Canadian Wheat Kept Oaf ' Washington.--Imports of wheat from Canada have practically been stopped by the 12-cent increase in duty, placed In efTect April 6 by Presidential order, figures by the Department of Commerce Indicate. T"1 frith Barracks Wrecked si; Belfast.--The KlHoriner barracks In County Galway were wrecked after a preliminary fusillade. Records and equipment were removed, but occupants were not molested. Burton Approved as Keynoter Cleveland.--The selection of Representative Theodore Burton of Ohio as temporary chairman of the Republican national convention was approved by the arrangements subcommittee ot the Republican party. 1 • Warren Urges Co-Operation- Mexico City.--Ambassador Charles B. Warren urged co-operation between Mexico and the United States in an address at. a banquet given in his Mwr ben.- Big St. Paul Bank Fails * on Paper of Northwest St. Paul,-Minn.--The Capital Trust, and Savings bank, one of the largest In St. Paul, with $5,000,000 deposits, closed its doors. The closing came after an all night session of the directors and officers with A. J. Veigel, state superintendent of banks. The difficulties, Veigel said, are due to frozen assets, in the form of North Dakota and Montana paper. The b«l)$ has capital stock of $5^),000. IT" -sp; Germans Vote to Accept Dawes Commission Plan Berlin.--As a result of Sunday's elqj- , tlons throughout Germany the Dawes experts' plan for the payment of reparations probably will be accepted by the relchstag. The Marx government, which favors the Dawes plan, seems to control the new relchstag by a majority of 65 votes. High'Salaried Yanks Stir Up Row in Argentine ' Buenos Aires.--The employment of several American experts in the Argentine department of agriculture led to a formal note from a Socialist deputy asking the government to explain why it found necessary to bring in foreigners at high salaries fo( these positions. 3 Killed Seeking Shelter After Fire Destroys Home Seaford, Del.--Folfowlng a fire that destroyed the home of George Phillips at Bacon's Switch, Phillips' wife and three-year-old son and George Dickerson, a neighbor, were killed by a train as they motored to the home of a relative for shelter. *Stop, Look, Listen" Law Gets 75 Sunday Autoists Jackson, Miss.--8eventy-flve arrests were made Sunday under the state "Stop, Look and Listen" law which Just became effective. The law requires autoists to stop more than ten feet before grade crossings. The flnea jange to $50. Coolidge Frees German. * Washington. -- President Coolldge has commuted the twenty-five-year sentence of Frits W. Bishoff, a German, sentenced from New Jersey in 1918 for attempting destruction of wa*> munitions. Bishoff will be deported. Many Railways Abandoned '^Chicago--Tlvp total mileage of railways abandoned in the United States In the laet eight years amounts to approximately /ft^OO miles, the Rail Age says. " • - U. S. Army Officers Injured Honolulu--Lieut. Ralph H. Tate, chemical warfare service, Sergt. Richard Williams, and Private Papadlmltrlo were seriously Injured at Schofield barracks when * phosphorufi. l^Qaib ex/ ploded. ; * * • ; Confer on Keyriote Washington. -- Representative Burton of Ohio conferred with President Coolldge In connection with the keynote speech which Mr. Burton will deliver at the Republican convention. . \ . -f «.Vs.. ..'iif-k