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%>&:W THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER, McHENI$Y, ILL. Illl!llllfllli!l!flflflfllfllll!l!llllllllf!tll£ News Brevities| of Illinois flllimilllllllllHIHIIIItlliilllllllllllllllllfr FeVln.--The city council adopted resolutions opposing the bills before -congress which would permit unrestricted flow of water from Lake Michigan into the Illinois river, charging the lake water emptying into the river through the Chicago drainage canal invites inundation of property along the river and menaces the health of residents. ^lton.--The foundallon of the historic old city hall here, which horned recently, will be used for the new hullding under a plan before the city coancil. The proceeds from a bond Issue of |75,000, passed before the fire, for remodeling the old building, are available, according to corporation counsel, if the building is placed upon the old foundation. • Chicago.--Fifty federal dry crusaders, headed by Chief Field Agent Vursell and Group Chief H. B. RIdgeway, paid a surprise visit to the cities of Ottawft and La Salle. Twenty alleged Volstead tilters were arrested and taken to Moline for arraignment. The raids yielded three .truckioads of moonshine [ whisky, wine and hbmebrewv ,.. -• Chicago.--George N.' t"eck lias tendered his resignation as president of the Moline Plow company, and certain units of the company's properties will be sold to yield $4,000,000 for distribution to security holders, as part of the company's adjustment plan, it was announced. The company may be purchased hy new Interests which would operate it. Mount Carroll.--State Senator John t). Turnbaugh, Roltert P. Kckert and A; J. Clarity of Freeport, Roy H. Heer of Galena and several others are being mentioned for the Republican nomination for Judge of the Circuit court. Fifteenth circuit, to succeed Oscar E; Heard of Freeport, who goes to the state Supreme oourf. • Springfield.--J. E. Hill of the college of agriculture. University of Illinois, has been appointed supervisor of agricultural education, to succeed Carl Colvin, resigned to become agricultural director of Haiti. Mr. Colvin has had charge of the various agricultural departments of 150 Illinois high schools for lour years. Freeport.--A campaign to raise $T)0,- 000 toward a home for the aged Is under way here. The money must be avftilable by July 16 to take advantage of conditional bequests, totaling $2o0,- 000 from the estate of C. H. Little and Joseph Emmert. Otherwise the bequests are to be paid to the Winnebago County Old People's home. Monmouth.--Several miles of regulation- width highways in Warren county will be turned back to farming purposes wh.en tbe state bond issue roads now under construction are completed. The county Is supplementing the road work being done with state funds by Improving about fifty additional miles of roads. Elgin.--Physicians of the Kane County Medical society have prohibited members from participating in the free dispensary of the Elgin nurses' council of the Elgin Health center. Physicians assert that many persons, amply able to pay for such a service, have imposed upon the nurses' council. Springfield.--Governor Small Issued a requisition on the governor of Iowa for the return to Rushville, Schuyler county, of Orien Chemawek and Ray Parker, wanted on charges of grand 1 larceny. The men, who are under arrest at Keokuk, are alleged to have stolen an automobile from O. J. Greer. ---Rockford.--'Two men are dead and one Is dyins. while "several others are suffering painful injuries as the result of the" wrecking of a push-car vtrain on the Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad near Lefevre. south of here. The dead are Dan Pritchard and William Doyie. frbnna.--Franklin P. Johnson, St. Louis, captain of this year's Unlver sity of Illinois track team, has been engaged to return to Illinois next fall to take charge of all freshmen track men. Johnson, who has Just graduated, Is a hurdler and considered among the best in the Middle West. Pixonvllle.--Construction of a new hydro-electric power plant on Rock river here this year, replacing the old . plant, at a cost of *<516,000, was announced by the Illinois Northern Utilities company. Work will start •t once. - , '^Oregon.--A tablet to the memory of *€«pt. Joseph Ogle, after wtiom Ogle county was named, will be unveiled at the courthouse, Oregon, on Flag day, June 14. The tablet was supplied by Rochelle chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Galpsburg.--The Eastern Cuban Plantation company, which has numerous stockholders in tills vicinity, has been declared bankrupt. Claims filed aggregate $50,000 more than the known assets. J. K. Comstock, .promoter, was formerly of Galesburg. 1 Sheffield.--»High winds in the vicinity of Sheffield have forced growers of onions and other produce to replant large areas. The peat soil. In . which the produce thrives, is so loose that the winds this spring have carried it away from the roots of the ^ plants. Rockford.--A running gun battle between the sheriff's force and four bandits occurred near here following V tbe holdup of two couples in an auto • the Daisyfield rond. Only one of flie bandits was captured. He his name as Topy Gezingo, Five Justices of the State Supreme court were elected by voters of Illinois June 2. The three sitting justices, who were candidates for re-electioo S were returned by handsome ma- 51 Jorlties. In the Seventh Judicial gave district Judge Frederic R. De Young, Republican, was'elected over Angus Roy Shannon, Democrat, by almost 7,500 majority. Other winners In the Supreme court race went: Oscar E. Heard of Freeport, Justice Frank K. Dunn of Charleston, Justice William M. Farmer of Vandalla and Justice Warren W. Duncan of Marion. Peoria.--William Haney, twentyseven years old, alleged bank robber, was shot and fatally wounded by a city detective and two private detectives here. Haney was wanted by authorities In Wlnfield, Kans., for participating In the daylight robbery of a bank at Rock, Kans., last January. With him at the time of the robbery were his wife, Christina Hendrickson, twenty-year-old Pporla girl, and Oscar Rhodes, whose home is unknown, llaney's wife and Rhodes were captured and are . being held In Wlnfield, Kans. , Prairie City.--Public .opinion has taken the place of the strong arm of the law, and for many years Prnlrle City has had no police force or constable. The community has been so quiet and orderly that the village has found such offices an unnecessary expense, and the only officers appointed are the village treasurer, street commissioner and cemetery commissioner. Springfield.--John Evans, fourteen, Mlddletcwn, near here, member of a boy scout hiking party of that place, was drowned while wading In Salt creek. The Rev. Paul Calloway, Presbyterian minister, was rescued when he came near drowning in attempting to save the lad. Rock Island.--Alumni who graduated from Augustana college thirty and forty years ago gathered June 3 for the annual alumni day reunion of the college. Speakers were selected for the annual banquet from classes graduating forty, f thirty, . twenty-five and twenty years ago. Chicago.--Seventy-five thousand Be? rlously ill Chicagoans every day against a total hospital capacity of 19,000, such Is the alarming condition brought to light by a survey just completed by the authorities of St. Luke's hospital. Springfield.--Nine million dollars' worth* of the $00,000,000 Illinois hard road bond issue was sold at auction to the First National Bank of New York on their bid of $9,687,200, which will yield 4.29 per cent interest. There remains $9,000,000 more to be sold before the issue is exhausted. Springfield.--The new concrete road from Black bridge at the St. Louis National stock yards to Venice has been opened. This stretch completes the St. Louis-Springfield hard road between East St. Louis and Springfield vln Granite City, Madison and Venice. Moiine.--One woman Was killed and three others narrowly escaped n like fate on Campbell's Island bridge when a street car crashed into the party. The dead woman was Mrs. Emma Markland, Mollne. Batavia.--Burns M. Franklin, graduate of the University of Illinois school of coaching, has been appointed coach of athletics at Bata&ia high school, succeeding J. A. Peeft who goes to Highland Park next fall. Monmouth.--John C. Allen, banker, has announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for member of congress from the Fourteenth district to succeed William J. Graham, recently appointed to the Federal bench. Rockford.--A cawing flock of crows in a dense wood at the southwest corner of Winnebago county attracted the attention of Pat Shores and his son Harold to a fawn which had been born only a few hours before. Urbana.--Two hundred and fifty boys, students at Lane Technical high school of Chicago, will visit the University of Illinois here on a tour of inspection on June 20. i Sterling.--Hundreds of farmer boys are profiting by the decision of the Whiteside county board of supervisors, placing a county of 25 cents a head on groundhogq. Blue Mound.--Joseph Gofflnet, extensive land owner of this vicinity, died following a fall. He was seventyflve years old. Decatur.--Alfred Duodack, ten, was drowned in Lake Decatur when he fell from a boat in which he and some companions were playing. . Sterling.--Sterling voted In favor of. Sunday shows by a 275 majority." It was a hard fight, 2,045 voting in favor and 1,770 against. Harrisburg.--Mary Grace, wife of Charles Grace, former United Mine Workers' executive board member, died here. Kewanee.--Because Steven Sibich called Thomas Borrata "a poor nut** the latter shot Sibich three times. He is in a critical condition. Belvidere.--The body of David Pitman, two, was taken from the Klshwaukee river after an all-night search. Rockford.--Sleeping sickness caused the death of Wllliatn Townshend, sixty-eight, at Stockton after an Illness of ten days. Marion.--Roy S. Eldridge, Jot.n Crompton, Max Kratsch and Marion Collard, Ku Klux Klan special policemen, surrendered on warrants charging murder In the killlug of Jack Sketcher. alleged assailant of S. Glenn Young and Mrs. Young, |n a revolver fight at Herrin. Eleven business men of Herrin and , Marlon signed their bonds of $10,000 each. Bloqmlngton.--During the closing session of the Illinois State Gideon convention, Peoria was chosen as the location of the annual convention in 1924. G. 0. P. GATHERS 4 ? AT CLEVELAND Eighteenth National Convention Begins Sessions . 5 ; in Ohio City. Cleveland.--With all business details practically settled, except for the selection of a nominee for the vice presidency, the eighteenth Republican national convention assembled for business. The first day's session was short. Following the Invocation and the reading of the call for the convention, Temporary Chairman Theodore Elijah Burton of Ohio delivered the "keynote speech," a comprehensive and masterly review of the achievements of the Harding and Coolidge administrations, as well as a recital of the legislative accomplishments of the Sixty-seventh and Sixty-eighth congresses. After listening to Temporary Chairs man Burton's speech the convention ndjourned to release the delegates for service on the resolutions, credentials and rules committees. Delegates, alternates and unattacned politicians poured in by every trnin, for an advance word or two wjth this or that party chieftain. Nationally known leaders of the party were given receptions, enthusiasm being marked in many cases, as they took their seats with the delegations or were recognized on the flo:>r of the hall. Portraits displayed were limited to three. They were Huntington's por-- trait of Lincoln, painted for the Union League club of New York city, and sent In for this convention. George Burroughs Torrey's spirited portrait of Theodore Roosevelt, which Torrey pafnted in the White House in 1905. It also is loaned by the Union League. Howard Chandler Christy's portrait of Warren Harding, which is ldaned by the artist. . The festal note was sounded with tremendous effect when Sousa and his band, and the $100,000 pipe organ with Its 11,000 pipes and 150 stops, released "The Star Spangled Banner" In the opening moments of the proceedings. During these moments the portrait of Mr. Harding, which alone of the three was covered by an American flag, was unveiled, the ceremony calling forth a remarkable tribute to the memory of the late President. Two of the oldtime figures of every Republican Presidential convention for years were absent from the meeting. Chauncey M. Depew sent word that at the age of ninety he would not come, while from Danville,- 111., carne an announcement by relatives that "Uncle Joe" Cannon did not feel equal to the task and decided not to go. Senator William B. McKlnley of Illinois was selected as chairman of the credentials committee, which had less than the usual knots to untie. There were few contests of Importance before the committee. FRED W. UPHAM Summer Session of Congress Looked For Wasldngton.--It Is considered certain. that the failure of passage of major legislation will force President Coolidge to call nn extra session this summer. The next regular session begins December 1. When congress adjourned Jnne 7 there were on the table the urgency deficiency bill which appropriates the $130,000,000 to pay this year's share of the soldiers' bonus. By its side reposed the bill for $111,000,000 to start the navy back to the H-iVS basis set in the disarmament conference, and with it was President Coolidge's veto of the $*{8,000,000 postal salary Increase bill and the bill to cut freight rates on farm products. All were dead. Probe on Prohibition Is to Be Thorough Washington.--Thorough investigation Into prohibition enforcement was tentatively agreed on by a majority of the meml>ers of the special senate committee which had charge of the inquiry into the operation of the Internal revenue bureau. Final decision lg to be made at a rpeetlng here ,*June IT. Nineteen Miners Die in Wilkes-Barre Explosion Wllkes-Barre, Pa.--Late reports from the Loomis colliery of the Glen Alden Coal company are to the effect that 19 men lost their lives in the explosion there. Forty-two miners were in the section of the mine where the disaster occurred and some of them are said to be entombed. Kato Takes Reins of Government in icqMn Tokyo.--Viscount Kato is the new premier of Japan, it was announced at the foreign office. He succeeds Premier Klyoura, resigned. . Prophetstown.--A co-operative cream marketing association, which will exdude all cream and milk produced by herds that have not been tested snd found free from tuberculosis, is being organized by local' dairymen. Poultry and eggs will also be handled by the association. • 4 Two Killed by Lightning Charleston, W. Va.--S. B. Avis, for* mer- congressman from West Virginia, and R. G. Altlzer, vice president of the United Fuel Gas company, both of Charleston, were Instantly kttfaMi by lightning. GASTON DOVMERCVE HELD FDR TRIAL Chicago Grand Jury Returns . indictments Charging % ^ - Murder. New photograph of Fred W. Uphatn of Chicago, who resigns from thie office of treasurer of the Republican national committee after many years of service. . Chicago.--Indictments charging mur> 9er and kidnaping for ransom wen voted by the grand Jury against Nathan F. Leopold, Jr., and Richard Loebk nineteen-year-old University of Chicago post graduate students. They had killed Robert Franks, fourteen, on May 21, after kidnaping him and demanding $10,000 from his father, the grand Jurors charged in the two true bills of which the murder indictment contains ten separate counts and the other hafi sixteen counts. Following the indictments the grand Jury voting a total of twenty-six counts fin the two crimes, State's Attorney Crowe gave out the confession of Leopold, an amazing criminal document, the revolting details of which have been made public. BEER IS HELD m NOT Supreme Court Decision Up Wet.' Last ^ Hope. %• & Gaston Doumergue, president of the French senate, may be elected presl- CHANGES IN G. O. P. V NATIONAL COMMITTEE The confession was made to Assist- dent of the republic If Millerand re- J°oPk 8SVT Palnleve does not get the and Chief of Detectives Hughes early place. He ^ to he Democratlc Roy O, West of Illinois New Secretary. In the morning of Saturday, May 81, as a consequence of hours of questioning. At the same time Loeb was undergoing a quizzing by others of Mr. Crowe's staff and made a confession substantially the same as Leopold's. Leopold's narrative, however, warn regarded as the more explicit and coherent, and for that reason his confesleft and has had a brilliant career In politics. Cleveland, Ohio.--Roy O. West of , si on was the one presented to the grand Illinois was selected as secretary of , Jury. V. S. GOVERNMENT MARKET QUOTATIONS the Republican national committee, succeedir.g George Lockwood of Indiana. ' Fred Uphatn of Chicago, who for years has been Itt charge of the finances of the party, decided to withdraw as treasurer of the committee, •is successor has not been chosen. A third Idg figure In the control of Republican party organization Is to retire as soon as the national convention ends. This is John T. Adams, this chairman. It Is expected that Mr. Upham will be made national committeeman from Illinois, succeeding L. Y. Sherman. Mr. West, who has gained a name for silence, won the favorable notice' of Mr. Butler during the Illinois primary rnce between Senator Medlll McCormlck and Deneen. West was Deneen's manager. The selection of Mr. West for "the national secretaryship, while only tentative, is said to have the strong approval of the White House. He fornierly has been a member of the national committee. Bandits Release Captive Peking.--Bandits who kidnaped A. a McKay, an Australian, May 16, at Pichikow, on the Minklang river, have released him without high ransom, according to advices. Measure Goes to President "Washington.--The conference rert on the legislative appropriation , Cairo.--The; body of an unidentified .infant was f<!»und in a public parcel locker in the Illinois Central depot at _ j|uma. The body, which was wrapped ^ , Ip a newspaper, evidently had been In the lacker 4^«ral days, it m Snorted. "-v/ -- Chicago.--Prevention of coal mine accidents which since August have claimed 544 lives, will be the chlet subject before 200 middle western coal ' P°r' operators and safety experts who at- ' • carrying $14,3**0,000, was accepted tend tiie midwest coal mining safety i bofh the house and senate. The conference in St. Louis, June 25 and ' measure now^goo8-to-ttMft-Pre3ldent for 26. The conference will be.under the- approval. auspices of the National Safety council. Paris.--Maurice Williams, a tent year-old boy, residing In western Edgar county, met death when he fell from a wagon loaded with corn. The wheels ran over bis- bead, oaajdAg instant death. ; , . • Volcano Still Seething Honolulu.--The volcano Kllnuea continues to-emit steam, although the eruption is not so violent as at the beginning of the present outbreak several weeks ago, * . Reichstag Gives Marx Vote of Confidence Berlin. -- The reichstag expressed approval of Chancellor Marx' declaration on. the Dawes report by u vote of 247 to 182. Communists, Nationalists and members of the Deutsch Voelklsche yarty voted aguinst it. The poll may be regarded as tantamount to a vote of confidence In the government, at least so fur as its foreign policy is concerned. The victorious resolution, which was presented by the Middle Parties, was deliberately couched In a limited form, embracing only the approval of the cabinet's foreign policy In order to make possible Its support by the Socialists. A prior resolution presented by the Nationalists, expressing no confidence in the government, was defeated by a vote of 230 to 104. A resolution presented by Herr Graefe, of LudeiidonT's party, expressing confidence in the government, was sidetracked on ttMinical grounds. The reichstag adjourned until June 24 when It will consider legislation designed to put the Dawes plan into effect. From sources very close to the government It was learned that the work of drafting legislation requisite for executing the Dawes plan Is proceeding favorably In close cooperation between German and allied experts. ;/.• ' "Washington.--For the week ending June 5.^--LIVE STOCK--Chicago hoc | prices ranged from So to 20c lower I than a week ago. closing at $7.40 for J^thetopand |6.80@7.S5 for the bulk. Me- Glum and good beef. steers steady to t tn lower at I7.75@10.90; butcher cows Loeb escape capital punishmeut in anfl helfer, 15c iower t0 25c higher at their trial for the murder of Robert $3.85@9.B0: feeder steers 25o to 50o Franks, they will immediately be tried lower at $s.00@9.50; light and medium ajrnln i weight veal calves 25c lower to 500 This determination on the part of hl*her at *™B@9.75; fat iambs 75o Washington.--The Supreme blasted the last legal hope of the w --under present laws--and dealt death blow to breweries by rulifkg thitit doctors cannot prescribe beer as med|>; cine. Thus the last legal excuse fo^'.'A-. ... operation of breweries was killed. ^ | The court even went farther thaSt - J - ; that. For, in effect, it certified as j the perpetual airtlghtness of the eiglii» ^ eenth amendment, pointing out tl.idT ~ congress can do just about anything i V. it wants to under that amendment*-. even to the abuse of the power H. grants. „J"4'. •' Tlje decision, written by Justice Saii* -t. ford, was unanimous. It was de'.iv ered to cover two cases--that of ;h* £ James Everards breweries against" ' * * V Ralph A. Day, New York prohibition . ^* director, and James Burke, Ltd,\ j ^ against David H, Blair, commissioned ^ of Internal revenue. Technically, it was simply an ap*V.> proval of similar decision In loweir ^ courts which upheld the validity o^L- ' tthe Willis-CamDfjeU Met again** X prescriptions.® ,y /., > Two Capital Charges. If Nathan Leopold and Richard lower at *12.^5@ 14.50: spring lambs, BOc lower to 10c higher-at $11,000 . 17.25; yearlings, BOc lower at $9.7B0 1 12.75 and fat ewes $1.00 to $1.50 lower I at $3.50@6.00. HAY--No.. 1 timothy, $31.50 Boston. $S1.50 New York, $26.50 Pittsburgh, ; $24.00 Cincinnati, $27.00 Chicago. $30.00 Atlanta. $25.50 St Louis; No. 1 alfalfa, i $24.50 Kansas City, $29.00 Memphis, $20.00 Omaha; No. 1 prairie, $13.25 Kansas City. $13.00 Omaha, $17.50 St Louis, $20.00 Chicago. GRAIN--No. 1 dark northern spring wheat $1.1401.31* Minneapolis; No. S m i.i - i hard winter wheat, $1.05@1.11 Chicago, Washington.--The conference report $i.oo@i.io Kansas ciiy, St. on the postal salary Increase Mil, car- Louis; No. 2 red winter wheat. State's Attorney Crowe came upon reflection that the slayers of young Franks stand Indicted of two crimes, both punishable by death. One charge Is murder. The other Is kidnaping for ransom. Thus plans are going forward for formulation of two distinct and complete prosecutions. Postal Bill Passes; Goes to President Treaty Suppress Bootlegging Signed Washington.--A treaty designed to suppress smuggling of liquor and narcotics across the Canadian boundary was signed here by representatives Of the American and Canadian governments. Bach government Is to furnish Information, on request, regarding clearances of vessels or the transportation of cargoes, shipments, .or loads of articles across the International boundary whe& lUe importation i« subject to duty. * «• Appropriation Bill Goes to President Washington;--The conference report on the legislative appropriation bill, carryIng.$ 14,3C>0,000, was accepted by both the house and senate. The measure now goes tp the President. Mrs. Mary Lincoln Hurt Manchester, Vt.--Mrs. Mary Lincoln, wife of Robert T. Lincoln, only surviving eon of President Abrahnm Lincoln, Is ill at her summer estate, suffering frbm a compound fracture of her leg. » rying as a rider the Cable corrupt practices bill, was adopted in the house by vote of 362 to 0. Opponents of the measure stressed the point that It did not carry Increases in postal rates to provide additional revenue to meet th& salary advances. Increases of $900 a year are provided for post office and railway mail clerks, carriers, supervisors, inspectors and assistant postmasters. The night differential carried in the house bill, In accordance with which an hour's pay would have been given for 50 minutes' work, was stricken out In conference after consideration of the Post Office department plea that It would cost $12,000,000. As the measure stands. Chairman Grlest of the house post office committee said It would put ap additional cost of $04,000,000 a year to the expense of operating tbe postal service. Soviets Give Russia New Name; Is uUssi•" Paris, France.--"Russia" has passed out of existence, accord ing to a notice Issued by the French postal administration, saying that It has been advised by the Russian postal ..uthofetles that the official name of the country Is the "Union of Socialist Soviet Republics," which la abbreviated to "Ussr.n Utah Delegates Arm to Vote for McAdoo Qgdenu Utah.--After a bitter fight hinging on the instruction of delegates, which culminated In the resignation of James H. Waters, Democratic state chairman, a delegation Instructed to vote for McAdoo at the Democratic national convention was selected by acclamation at tbe state convention here. Dougherty's Case to Go to Supreme Court Washington.--The senate went on record almost unanimously In favor of carrying the Harry M. Daugherty Issue to the Supreme court with the employment of special counsel to uphold the Investigation powers of the upper house of congress. Railroad Official Dead Philadelphia.--James F. Fahnestock, treasurer of the Pennsylvania railroad, died In a Philadelphia hospital. He hud undergone an operation for appendicitis. Must Report Expenditures • Washington.--The senate adopted the conference report on the postal salaries increase bill, which carries a provision requiring periodical reports from political parties on campaign expenditures. ; Molla Malloty Defeated * Stamford Hill, Eng.--Molla Mallory was defeated by Miss P. H. Dransfleld In the fourth round of the north London tennis championship. Scores ware: ft-3, 8-0, 6-8. Depew Again al Desk; Not to Give Up Work York.--Chauncey M. Depew, chairman of the New York Central lines, returned to his office after an absence of ten days due to a sore throat. It had been reported he would retire, but the rumor was denied. Train Wipes Out Family Greenville, Ohio.--Six persons, virtually the entire family of Adam Pittman of Bradford, were killed when their automobile stalled and was demolished by a Big Four passenger train at Dawn. . Heads Harvard Clubs Betrolt.--George A. Mori son of Milwaukee was elected president of the Associated Harvard Clubs of the World at the twenty-sixth annual convention here. Prince to Visit America London--Prince Umberto, heir to the Italian throne, will pay an official visit to the United States during July, according to a statement published by the London Daily Expressr Warships wUl escort him. 1.10 St. Louis, $1.07 Kansas City; No. > red winter wheat, $1.05 Chicago; No. J yellow corn, 78%@79o Chicago, 72ft9. 7$c Minneapolis; No. S yallow corn, 78%o St. Louis, 78 H @79 Ho Kansas City, 71 @72o Minneapolis; No. 3 white corn, 81%c St. Louis, 77 %c Kansas City; No. 8 white oats. 50@60%o Chicago. 61o St Louis, 46ft@46%« Minneapolis. 48%c Kansas City. DAIRY PRODUCTS--Butter, 92 score, 40c New York. 39c Chicago, 40c Boston, 41c Philadelphia. Cheese, at Wisconsin primary markets: Single daisleB, 19c; twins, 18%c; double daisies, 18%c; young Americas, 19c; longhorns, ltet square prints, 20c. Haute Bill Favors Prohibition Bureau Washington.--Dry forces, by a vote of 275 to 00, rushed through tbe bouse, under a suspension of rules, the Cramton bill creating a prohibition bureau In the Treasury department, separate from the internal revenue bureau. • rwo-thlrds vote was required. The Cramton bill has been actively advocated by the Anti-Saloon league as one of the most. Important measures of the dry program. The drya want to get prohibition enforcement away from the internal revenue bureau. The Cramton bill, of course, had no chance of consideration by the senate at tills session. Veterans' Charges Are ^ " to Be Investigated Washington.--Following the strike of 150 students at the United States Veterans' rehabilitation school at Perryville, Md., on a charge of uusanltory living conditions and poor food. Gelt Frank T. Hlnes, director of the Veterans' bureau, sent Davis Q. Arnold assistant director, In charge of control service, to Perryvllla to Investigate conditions there. , ^ Y/alsh Teapot Report Is Scored Washington.--Charges that the Teapot Dome committee majority report, submitted by Senator Walsh (Dcic., Mont.) contained many conclusions not Justified by the testimony and had been rushed through the committee, were made in ,a minoi the senate. • {• • 7't" "• " No Salary Increase for Postal Employees Washington. -- President Coolidge vetoed the bill granting postal employees Increases of salary amounting to $08,000,000 a year. The President's message, which Is his .argument for rigid governmental economy restated, was read to the senate during the closing session. Dallas Convention City • Memphis.--Dallas, Tex., was selected by the United Confederate Veterans as the 1025 reunion city. R. S. Ktherldge of Chattanooga was elected commander In chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Royalty on Visit Valencia, SpaS|).--The king and queen of Italy and Crown Prince Humbert arrived here to visit the royal family of Spain. Political significance In the visit is denied. ' New Free State Official .Dublin.--John O'Byrne, Jr., counsel to the Free State government, was appointed attorney general to succeed Hugh Kennedy, who has been appointed chief Justice. • -- Mexicans Slay Americans Nogales, Ariz.--Charles F. Sturtevant, an American mining man, was shot to death In his bo&e at Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, hy assassins who escaped, according to advices received bere. Doctors in Annual ^ v l Session at Chicago * % Chicago.--This city became the me<£' \ leal capital of the United States an#j •! will remain the capital for five days," More than 10,000 of the leading*T physicians and surgeons of Europe and America were in the city, as the / annual convention of the America* * Medical^ association officially opened r its doors at the municipal pier. A Dr. Olin West, secretary, stated that' » there are now more than 90,000 men»» f ibers in the organization. Fifty-flv« thousands of these bear the honorary ^ title of Fellow of the American Medfev « cal association. The association, Do<fc «f tor West, added, publishes 31 stats*- Journals, besides the official organ, th#---/ 'ir Journal of the American Medical as,--trsociatlon. /' 'f ~ J / " Supreme Court Holds • Strike Not Conspiracy - Washington.--In an Important de» • clslon In the case of United Lea thefts _v, v Workers International union, loct&ip* lodge No. 06 et al appellants, vs. He^-* V kert and Meisel Trunk company et at V appealed from the Circuit Court c# J ;r Appeals for the Eighth circuit, th»; i. United States Supreme court, through Chief Justice Taft, held that a strik* against manufacturers intended' t»,... -L prevent continued manufacture, waijl ; f. not a conspiracy to restrain interstate | commerce under the anti-trust act. Chief Justice Taft, in his decision, reversed the decree of the Circuit Court of Appeals in this case. Justices McKenna, Vandevanter and Butler dl» sented. » III Health Results 'in Writers Suicide San Francisco.--Peter Clark Ma<S» farlane, noted author and playwright; committed suicide in front of coroner's office, adjoining the hall of Justice. He fired a bullet Into his left ' temple from an automatic and die4 Instantly. Long-continued ill health Ur , given as the cause of suicide. ~ West Virginia Family • Wiped Out in Flood 1 Bluefield, W. , Va.--Eight person^ ' - were killed and a score of fcousejk ~ washed away in Mercer and McDowell counties by a flood following a rainstorm that reached the proportions of a cloudburst. Sections of the Norfolk & Western railroad'were washed out An entire family of sevetf persons was killed tn Mercer county. - Millions of Dollars Lost in Bootleg Dealt Dundee, Scotland.--The trustee oi.f the estate of the late Sir John Stewv art, the rum-rummlng baronet wh|> lost millions of dollars in unluckjpv bootleg ventures, reported to a meef^ Ing of the creditors that the total de%: clt is $2,424,082, 'with estimated assets, after personal debts are sub' tracted of $140,909. Large Increase ui|*^ Robberies of .KMT York.--An increase of 4<i pet, cent of the number of bank rol>i»erle| and crimes against banks was reporte in the first six months of this year ap compared with the first half of 192? or a total of 677 cases as compar with 463, according to the protective department of the American Bankers* association. North Dakota Bank Reopens Minneapolis.--The sixth bank reopened in North Dakota through th*v assistance of the ? 10,000,000 Agrieufc. turnl Credit corporation, the First Statlrt bank of Hastings, Barnes county, ,***' sumed business. Came Preserve Assured Washington.--The house bill proposing creation of the "Mississippi Fish and Game Refuge" from swamp lands in valley states was passed by tbe senate. Walton Loses Appeal Washington.--Impeachment of former Gov. John C. Walton of Oklahomaby the legislature of that state is noVT subject to review by the courts, It \vaifT held by the Supreme court. * "* " :,«3r7-ir . Jap irritation Increases * Tokyo.--The movement to boycott American wares is assuming large pr«tportions, while the public sentiment against the United States Is growings Nothing approitehing attempted vio* lence is reported. Ex-Soldiers Unemployed Dublin.--Only one In ten.of the men - > * demobilized from the army has «ncceeded in obtaining employment, either ' ^| from the.government or from prlvat^r^^f firms, It Is stated' • ' a