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the Mchenry plaindealer, McHEKBY, ill. P^' -ke^ iniRjimiiiinniiiiiiiiiimHiiiiiiiiiiiiis News Brevities § of Illinois | fiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiii* Springfield.--Since March smallpox In Illinois has been twice as prevalent «n<l mult * (hues raore fatal thar. it was daring the corresponding period in 1923. Between March 1 and June 14 of this year a total of 513 cases with more than a dozen fatalities occurred, while for the same period in 1923 only 250 cases ^occurred and only one fatality from smallpox was reported during the entire year. Successful vaccination Is the only thing, except a siege of the disease, that will protect one against smallpox. Springfield.--It Is reported that 12,- 000 school children were examined by the school physicians In East St. Louis during the scholastic year'just ended. Physicians and health officers recognize the medical Inspection of school children as an important factor In causing the correction of remedial defects that otherwise might seriously Influence the health of: the children In later life. Springfield.--The tiyphoid fever seaeon has now opened. From now until fall this disease will he walking to and fro In the state, seeking whom it' may devour. Vaccination, safe water and safe milk are three cardinal factors in preventing the disease. It Is a good plan to use the tfiree In combination. ( Galeshurg.--Norma Andersop, elghteen- year-old girl, who with a babe In her arms held up the Steenburg & Company bank at Farmington some time ago, declined $3,000 bail her parents offered for her release. She asserted her fear of other members of the gang who planned the robbery. Galesburg.--Ten thousand Illinois klansmen visited here to listen to state officers. Lincoln parit was given over for the demonstration, which was featured by three klan weddings in full regalia, a grand parade with mounted klansmen and $oatsand the "naturalization" of 1,000 candidates. Peoria.--The houseboat of Fred Kelfer In the Peoria river front, in which were seized 21 barrels of mash andt two large stills^wa.s burned*by prohibition agents In one of the greatest cleanups of the river front ever Inaugurated by police. Urbana.--Major W. E. Burr of the field artillery unit R. O. T. C. at the University of Illinois, was in charge of a six-day trip overland to Taylorvllle, 111., made by nine students enrolled In the basic course of the artillery unit at the state institution. Springfield.--Plans to make Camp Grant, where the Illinois National guard will assemble August 9, the finest training camp In the United States are nearing maturity, MaJ. Gen. Milton J. Foreman, commanding the Thirtythird division, announced. Galesburg.--Galesburg . high school has declined the invitatlbn to become a member of the new conference of six high schools and will play its football gtrines in, the "Big Eight" conference. John Gillespie has been retained as coach. Mount Carmel.--Mrs. William Warmoth, forty, of this county, wife of a farmer, was instantly killed at Browns. 15 miles west of here, when an automobile which she was driving was caught at a crossing by a backing freight train. Carbondale.--James W. Blair, Carter, 111., president of the Sigma Alpha PI at the Southern Illinois Teachers' college here, who drowned while swimming with four fraternity brothers, was honored by a large funeral at the school. Springfield.--James Haveiie and Peter Collis of Madison, 111., were tried before a jury in the Federal court and found guilty of violation of the prohibition act. They were fined $500 and costs each and sentenced to jail for one year. o Jacksonville.--The crop of cherries In Morgan county Is BO large that orchard owners are offering them on the tree at 10 cents a gallon. Strawberries have been Belling as low as $2 for a 24<quart crate. Harrlsburg.--Much damage was' done to buildings, stock and cropB when a heavy windstorm hit southern Saline county. Carrier Mills, seven miles south of here, Suffered the most. Rainfall was almost a cloudburst. Harrlsburg.--An infuriated cow attacked Roberta, seven-year-old daughter of James Rodges of near Equality, breaking the child's leg and making a deep cut In her left arm. She was saved by her father, who was near by. Taylorvllle.--Three pretty bobbedhaired, knicker-clad young girls of Gillespie confessed to stealing an automobile, after they were arrested near Owaneco, east of this city. Monmouth.--Monmouth college conferred degrees upon a class of 78, the largest in its history. Congressman H. W. Temple of Pennsylvania delivered the address. Milledgeville.--Declaring fireworks a nuisance, the village board has forbidden their sale or use "before, on or after July 4." Duquoln.--Miss Lillian tGubel man of Valley City, N. D„ has been indorsed by the state Democratic committee of that state for secretary of state and will in all probability be nominated without opposition. Miss Gubelmnn was for several years a member of the faculty of the. Southern Illinois Normal at Carbohdale: Pana.--Daniel Murray, severity, prominent farmer southeast of I'ana, was probably fatally injured when he was attacked by a vicious 600-pound sow wliich got. him 'down and badly lacerated his body. Dixon--Com crops In this section, ^seriously delayed by wet and cold weather, are threatened by the appearance of corn-bill bugs, a parasitic pest which destroys the blades of the young corn. According to authorities, the only method of eradication Is to get rid of the timoth- or grass, in which the bug appears. Galesburg.--Horse buyers are comhere from Europe. One order called for 100 small horses to be used In the coal mines of England. A German buyer Is seeking 1(1) heavy draft Davis.--When David Qoeke, fortyfour, a resident of this city, tired his shotgun at a "branch to which bees had attached their hive, he did not expect the weapon to explode at the wrong | end. But it did. As a consequence Goeke is suffering with a lacerated face and "shoulders, besides having the upper part of his body covered with powder burns, Klgin.--The Durand-Laona Baptist church, whose walls for more than 50 years echoed song and sermon, worshipers coming, In the early days, from 40 miles around, has been inverted into a cheese factory, conducted by a farmers' co-operative organization. The remodeled building was dedicated to its new use with a dance. Danville.--When police arrested Dave Shandor, an alleged bootlegger and captured but a few gallons of alcohol near the site of the new water works dam, they were attracted by a large number of fish lines. Investigation disclosed fifteen gallons of alcohol anchored at the bottom of the stream. Kankakee.--Five acres of ground at Riverside, between Kankakee and Momence, has been leased by the boy scouts of Chicago Heights, to be used as a summer camp. Troops froni southern suburban cities will utilize the camp at yafrious times during the season. Jollet.--August J. Belz, fifty-three, recluse who left his $40,000 estate to the Jollet school district to provide hot lunches for indigent school pupils, was of sound mind when he made his will, a month before his death In 1921, a Jury in Circuit court decided. Relatives sought to set aside the will. Rockford.--A campaign to raise $215,000, in order to obtain an endowment of $135,000 offered by the general education board, has been started by Rockford college alumni. Committees have Issued a last-minute cull in an attempt to raise the money. Carllnville.--To study methods of the "self help" colleges of Europe, President William M. Hudson of Blackburn college here will pass 15 months abroad, siilling about July 1. He will be accompanied by his wife and three daughters. The latter will enter school. Sycamore.--Setting aside of about 20,000 acres of land near here as a game preserve is being urged upon the state by the Izaak Walton league. The land is situated along the Kishwaukee river, between Sycamore and Henrietta. Murpliysboro.--Epworth league delegates, representing the1 southern branch of the Methodist church, will meet In this city on July 8 for a threeday convention. More than 130 delegates will attend. Chicago.--Six persons had a narrow escape from death when the 90-foot $50,000 yacht. Scout, owned by William E. Hofenauer, wealthy cotton broker, burned in the yacht harbor, after an explosion in the engine room. Benton.--Benton was a mass of wrecked buildings and fallen trees, as the result of a terrific windstorm. Store' fronts In the business district were shattered, and small buildings throughout the city were wrecked. Aurora.--West Aurora school board has ordered stricken from the list of questions teacher applicants must answer the one inquiring as to their religion. Elgin. -- Construction of another bridge across the Fox river is the only solution for Elgin's downtown traffic problem. Mayor Earle R. Kelley and commissioners have decided. l Homer.--Roy Horton's boat capsized at a local park as he attempted fo rescue his friend, Howard O. Marshall, from being swept over a dam, and both men were drowned. Peoria.--Fire, from an unknown cause starting in the block room, destroyed the Peoria Stone and Marble works, with a loss estimated at $300,- 000. Harrlsburg.--The , state Baptist Young People's union convention was In session here four days. East St.« Louis was selected for the 1925 convention. Peoria.--William P. SchaefTer, a farmer of Kickapoo township, was paid the bounty for a wolf scalp. Farmers of that vicinity have reported heavy losses from these animals Jacksonville. -- Dr. Andrew S. C. Clarke, pastor of the Second Presbyterian church at Evanston, was elected moderator of the synod of Illinois. Decatur.--Paul Becker, aged twelve, was fatally Injured by a fast Wabash passenger train here. He died without regaining consciousness. Paris.--A burglar robbed the store of the Wright Drug company and escaped with the stock of morphine and cocaine, valued at $1,000. Quincy.--The strawberry season Is now at Its height, already nearly fifty cars having been shipped out of here, averaging $3.38 per crate. Springfield.--Owen Casey, fifty, of Springfield, was killed In a |iate slide at the Brewerton coal mine. No other persons were hurt. Bloomington.--Oscar Ekstam, fiftyfour years old. was fatally Injured when an automobile he was cranking ran ov^r him. Royal.--Fire that started from an overheated oil stove In a barber shop resulted In a loss of $50,000 here., Elgin.--A rupture of relations with the state and national K. K. K organizations is to be followed by a revocation of the charter of the local Ku Klux Klan camp. It is said, ll Is understood the Elgin camp will Join with other klans that have broken with the Atlanta headquarters In tne formation of a new klan composed only of Northerners. Mollne.--^Contract has been let by the Mollne lodge of Elks for a new clubhouse to cost $200,000^/A site lias DEMOCRATS MEET . IN CONVENTION . •'••%*? ___________ Delegate* and Visitors Hear "JCeynote" Speech of - ator Pat Harrison* New York.--Truly magnificent meeting place was thd Madison Square gar- Jen when tlie delegates at the Democratic national convention began their work. The decorations were lavish and artistic. The first and most striking impression being caused by a profusion of American flags artistically draped and festooned in front of the balustrades of all the balconies. Thousands of the national emblems have been employed in the auditorium. The next impression the visitor gets Is that of- t{»e wavy, billowing celling of six-foot stars on the blue field and red and white bars. The light from the glass roof floods through the naSional colors, and at either end Is a section of lighter blue, a robin's egg shade, that lends a suggestion of distance and space. Veterans of many national convent tions said the decorative scheme, suggestive of the nature of the function, that has been worked out in the garden never has been surpassed. Cardinal Hayes pronounced the invocation that formally opened the convention. Following the Invocation came the address by the presiding officer, read* lng of the call for the convention, and other routine proceedings. Mayor Hy« lan made an address of welcome to the delegates, and the day was taken up by the selection of committees and decisions as to the rules and order of business for the gathering. It had been decided before the convention met that the "keynote" speech, delivered by Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, should be In the evening and probably no orator who ever addressed a convention had a more distinguished or appreciative audience. All through the senator's speech there ran a plea for harmony In the party ranks, with the confident assurance of victory at the polls in November. The speech was broadcast to all parts of the country by radio. At the morning session Frank H. Farrls, Missouri delegate at large, was selected as chairman of the mles comniittee, which will have to deal with the absorbing question of whether or not the convention should favor abrogation of the two-thirds rule. MME. YOSHIAKI MIURA MANY DIE IN One of the most attractive newcomers to diplomatic circles at Washington Is Mtine. Yoshiakl Miura, wife of the third secretary of the Japanese embassy. DUNCAN MeDONALD FOR PRESIDENT Formal Reply to Exclusion Protest »Washington.--Formal reply to the protest of the Japanese government against the exclusion provision of the new immigration law was made by Secretary of State Hughes In a note to Masanao Hanlhara, the Japanese ambassador. Secretary Hughes expressed appreciation for the voluntary co-operation of the Japanese government in carrying out the gentlemen's agreement of 1907-08, and states that under the circumstances It Is proper that the Japanese»government should be considered released as from July 1, when the exclusion provision of the Immigration act becomes effective, from any further obligation under the old agreement. Reviewing the history of various negotiations and treaties between the United States and Japan, Secretary Hughes shows that the United States always has reserved the right to control immigration and that the Japaness government has repeatedly recognized this fact. It was with this distinct undestanding, it Is asserted, that the treaty of 1911 was concluded. Farmer-Labor Names , National Committee St; Paul, Minn.--Organization of the new Farmer-Labor party's national committee was completed here with the selection of members of the executive committee and the Issuance to them of instructions to attend the conference for progressive political action at Cleveland to present support for Senator LaFolletrte if he subscribes to the platform. Alexander Howat of Kanstfn was named chairman, and the other members chosen are Alice Lorraine Daly of South Dakota; Joseph Manley, Illinois; Alfred Knutson, Fargo, N. D.; Scott Wllkins, Ohio, and William Mahoney, St. Paul. The headquarters will remain tB St. Paul for the present. been obtained and the"corner-stone laying exercises will take place soon. Rock^ Island.--Inspection of the Rock Island river district, from „this point south to St. Louis, has begun under the direction of Maj. Mllo Fox, from the chief engineers' office In Washington, D. C. An Inspection of the levees and drainage districts Is being made by Col. G. H. Hoffman, New Orleans, La. ^ ' I'ekin.--Melvln Taylor, sixteen year* old. was drowned In Pekln lake. He told the boys with whom he was in a boat he could not swim, but'they didn't believe him and turned the boat over to swim to shore. Belgian Pilot Wins Big Balloon Race Brussels.--Lieut. Ernest de Mu.vter, piloting the balloon Belgica, was proclaimed winner of the Gordon Bennett cup race. It was the pilot's third consecutive victory, thus clinching the cup for Bel glum. - Medical Authority Dead New York--Dr. Beverly Hobinson, medical, authority and writer, is dead He was interested in recent years in the treatment of penitentiary prisoners and contributed many artlci** to the press. -- --. ' •• \ . -- .-.: Raid Counterfeit Plant Cleveland.--Twenty thousand counterfeit revenue stamps, bogus whisky labels, and a printing outfit were seized here In a federal raid on a residence. Two men were arrested. Urges Peace in South Africa Bloomfontien.--J. M. B. Hertzog, expected to be the next premier, emphasized the necessity of peace and good will between the rewgngfc ^ Dutch settlers. Choice of Third Party at Chief Executive• St Paul, Minn.--The "third party" was formed and the following "provisional" ticket named: For President--Duncan McDonald, head of the Illinois Workers' party. For. Vice President--William Bouck of Washington state. Forty farmer delegates bolted, led by W. J. Taylor of Nebraska, who had protested because they claimed adherents of the Moscow Red Internationale had captured the party. LaFollette was spurned In denunciatory addresses. P. A. Peterson of Minnesota put his name forth, but withdrew it. Frank Starkey, president of the St. Paul trades and labor assembly, and a number of Minnesota delegates quit the convention when Starkey was refused recognition. Income Tax Refund < Awaits Legal Ruling Washington.--Before making refunus to those who paid the full amount of their income tux on March 15 and are entitled to a 25 per cent reduction. Secretary Mellon has asked for a formal ruling from Comptroller General McCarl as to the legality of the plan decided upon. Mr. McCarl, judging from rulings already given in the case of other funds tied up through failure of the second deficiency appropriation bill, is expected to approve the treasury's plan and refunds then will be mulled out as soon as the necessary records can be prepared. Under the treasury plan the refunds will be paid out of general appropriations for tax refunds. The annual Treasury department appropriation bill carried an appropriation of $12,- 000,000 for tax refunds. The first deficiency appropriation bill carried an additional appropriation of $105,000.- 000 for tax refunds. Both of these amounts were made available immediately. Of the $177,000,444 all but about $30,000,000 has already been paid out in settlement of disputed taxcases where tax payments were overcharged. Under the plan of the treasury the March 15 refund wj.ll be made out of the $30,000,000 balance from the geueral tax refund appropriation. Offer to Sell Grain Plants to Farmers Chicago.--Five big Chicago grain firms have offered to sell their plants to farmers. These concerns, handling the balk of grain shipments coining to Chicago markets, have presented a tientative plan to the American Farm Bureau federation, officials of the bureau announced, proposing the consolidation of these companies with the farmers' 5,000 co-operative elevators Into an organization to be owned and controlled by the growers. Promoters regard the plan as a practical and Important step toward aiding farmers in their great struggle to bring their prices up to a level with industrial commodities. The firms involved include the Armour Grain company, Rosenbaum Grain Elevator corporation, Bartlett, Frazler & Co., Rosenbaum Bros, and J. C. Shaffer & Co. These companies handle more than a billion dollars' worth of cash grain transactions annually. Posse Kills Farmer ' Martlnsburg, Vq.--G. E. Speight, • farmer, wanted in connection with the killing of U. C. Crawford, a state policeman, was shot to death by a posse during a gun battle lasting more than six bours. Gompers in Hospital New York.--Samuel Goinpers, president of the American Federation of Labor, is in Lenox Hill hospital recuperating "from a breakdown cuused by overwork. •May Reorganize Fasctsti London--According to advices received from Rome, Premier Mussolini Is reported to be planning to disband branches of the Fascist! In Turin and other places, j»t a resultjOf (he Mat, rteotti incident. - Two Flag* on RoaltFs Plane Copenhagen.--Italian and United States flags will be the only decorations on Captain Roald Amundsen's airplane, bound, for the North pole early In July. Louisiana for Sterilization Baton Rouge, La.--A bill for sterilization of the feeble-minded In state institutions passed the Louisiana senate Friday. Insane and epileptics are excluded. The bill Will gfr fay the bouse for concurrences - ^ ^ Heavy Loss to Crops and «f||Pr©perty in ths Cerff ft tral West. Chicago.--A sudden rainstorm swept through the Middle West In cyclonic proportions, adding Ave deaths in I111-: nois and $3,000,000 of property damage to a toll of 17 heat fatalities la other states. In Racine county, Wisconsin, It de*' moll shed barns, blew down trees, telephone and telegraph poles, and killed crops and live stock, with a total damage of $1,500,000. In Ogle and Winnebago counties the mild tornado caused damage of more than $1,000,000. Seventeen are dead In Ohio, five of j them prostrated lb Cleveland. A seven-yea r-ofil girl was killed at Polo, III., when she stepped on a live wire j blown down by the wind. Ernest Ayresman, twenty-eight years old, and his two children, Maxine, four, and Vincent, seven, of Gibson City, III., were killed when a large tree fell on the automobile in which they were riding during a terrific windstorm. The storm's greatest damage was indicated in Racine county, Wisconsin, where a strip 12 miles long and a half-mile wide was swept, causing a damage of $1,500,000. In the village of Franksvllle, where the loss was $300,000, practically every building In the village was*vdamaged. Train service was impaired by crippling of wires. Rockford was similarly devastated. Power, light and telephone wires are down. Roofs were torn off, houses blown over, and a garage and car were blown two blocks. N The wind swept through Elgin, WTaukegan, Klrkland, Belvidere. Woodstock and other northern Illinois towns. * Hundreds of head of cattle were killed. ^ , \ Solve Rondout Robbery; Money Not Recovered Chicago. -- Spectacular police work in exposing tfie planning and staging of the Itoudout (111.) $2,075,000 mall robbery and running down four of the participants came to light simultaneously with the announcement that the crime was solved; ' ^ Chief of Police Morgan A- Collins made public the names of all the conspirators, four of whom are now being sought. The plot was hatched In East St. Louis, Ill„ he said, by Max Greenberg, former leader of "Egan's Rats," and carried out with the assistance of Chicago gunmen. Chief Collins sent out a message to police chiefs and sheriffs to arrest the following men: Ernest Fontana, Chicago man; Samuel Grant, an escaped convict from Huntsvllle, Texas; "Blackie" Wilcox, first name unknown ; Max Greenberg, ex-leader of "Egan's Rats" of St. Louis. Mo. Those under arrest, actual participants, named by the chief are: Carlos Fontana, brother of Ernest; Willis Newton, at! ex-convlct, the man who confessed; Joe Newton, a brother of Willis; William Newtott, brother of the other two Newtons. Only the $100,000 found In the automobile deserted near Jollet, III., has been recovered. Chiet Collins fixed the present amount of the loss at $75,000 li. currency and $2,000,000 In bonds. One missing package contains $500,000 in Liberty bonds, he said. Automobile Production for the Year Heavy Washington.--If automobile production keeps up through 1924 on the basis of the first five months there should be a total output of 4,321,121 vehicles, or 263,882 more than during 1923. In the first five months of 1923 there Were 1,493,514 passenger cars produced. This year. In the same period, 1,588,567, or 95,053 raore, have been made ready for market. In that period In 1923 there were 159,004 trucks manufactured. This year, in the same time, 163,710 trucks have been turned out, or 4,706 Twenty Drowned in Disaster in Norway Christiania, Norway.--Twenty persons, mostly women and cnildren, were drowned when the Norwegian mail steamer Haakon Jarl sank Immediately after a collision .with the steamer Kong Herald. The collision occurred in the Vestfjord. Girl Started Blaze y in Which 24 Died IJOI Angeles, Cal.--Josephine Berth ohne, fourteen, now un inmate ol the Juvenile hall here, confessed tc having set fire to the Hope Development school at Playa del Rey, neat here. May 31, when 24 lives were-tesj. Retired General^&ies . West Chester, Pa.--G?tf. E. E. WJood, retired, for many years an instructor at the West Point Military academy, was found dead In the bathroom o( his how* &eaih was du« to m heart attack. Look Into Military Disaster Athens.--The new war minister has ordered a thorough investigation before the military courts of the crushing of the Greek army in Asia Minor by. the Turks. Soviet Wins Denmark Washington.--The State department was Informed by the American minister at Copenhagen. John B. Prince, that de jure recognition was accorded the Russian Soviet government by Denmark. Claim Deliberate Infection San Francisco.--Infected dogs were used by the L W. W. to spread the hoof and mouth epizootic throughout California, declared Grove L. Flat, assistant United States attorney. VISCOUNT ISHU AVIATOR MAKES ONE-DAY FLIGHT Lieutenant Maughan Crosses Continent in 21 Hourfe| 48 Minutes. New portrait of Viscount lshii who, it is believed, will be the next Japanese ambassador to the United States. U. S. GOVERNMENT MARKET QUOTATIONS "Washington.--For the week ending June 1®--LIVE STOCK--"-Medium and grood beef steers, 10 to 85c lower at S7.60@10.45; butcher cows and helfera, 25 to 60c lower at S3.60@9.50; feeder STSerg steady to 15c lower at (5.250 9.85; light and medium weight veat calves, 75c to $1.25 lower at »7.50® 8.50. Fat lambs, 60 to 75c higher at |12.75@15.10; feeding lambs, $10,500 12.35; yearling, 75c higher at $10,000 18.00; fat ewes. 25c lower at,$3.25@6.00. DAIRY PRODUCTS--Butter, 92 score, 41>4c New York, 39c Chicago. 42c Philadelphia. 42c Boston. Cheese: Twins, 18^c; single daisies, 19c; double dat» sies, 18Hc; longhorns, I8%c; square prints, 19 %c. GRAIN--No. 1 dark northern spring wheat, $1.2701.46 Minneapolis; No. S hard winter wheat. $1.17@1.23% Chicago. $1.09 Kansas City, $1.15® 1.15V4 St. Louis; No. 2 red wheat, $1.19@1.20 St. Louis, $1.12 Kansas City; No. 2 yellow corn, 87^4 @88c Chicago; No. 3 yellow corn, 92%c St. Louis, 88He Kansas City; No. 3 white oats, 92%@93c St. Louis, 88c Kansas City; No. 3 white oats, 49@S0c Chicago, 51H052o St. Louis,. 51051^c Kansas City. HAY-- No.o 1 timothy. $31.50 Boston, $30.50 New York, $26.50 Pittsburg, $23.00 Cincinnati. $26.00 Chicago. $2^.50 St. Louis; No. 1 alfalfa (new), $16.75 Kansas City, $20.00 Omaha, $29 00 Memphis; No. 1 prairie, $13.00 Kansas City. $13.50 Omaha, $17.00 Chicago, $16.50 St. Louis. Educators Will Listen to Noted Explorers Washington.--In connection with the meeting in this city of the 15,000 or more educators attending the National Education association convention June 29 to July 4, the National Geographic society will hold two notable geography conferences, on the afternoons of July 1 and July 3. These conferences will be attended by teachers of geography and allied subjects from practically every state In the Union. At the July i conference Ralph A. Graves, professor of applied geography at Georgetown university's school of foreign service, will lecture on "The Romance, of Geographic Explorations." A first-hand story of the South seas will be related and pictured by Dr. Herbert Cushman Murphy, noted scientific leader of many expeditions. Storm's Death Total Now Put at Twenty Sioux Falls, 8. D.--With 20 reported dead and damage estimated at more than $1,000,000, South Dakota set to work to establish communication with the storm-swept area. Wesslngton Springs, in the path of the storm, suffered most from the tornado, which left hardly a store In the business district standing, and* made the streets impassable. Hundreds of head of stock dead, destruction of crops and real property and broken-down telephone and telegraph wires were Included In the storm's toll. Glad Valley In Ziebach county is reported virtually wiped out Report Big Damaged# Russian Wheat Crop Washington.--The State department has been informed that field mice have practically devastated the Russian wheat crop for this year and that they have been aided In their efforts by both drought and rain. Indications are that, with Russian competition thus eliminated, the price of American wheat is due for a rise. Storm Destroys Air Mail Planes at Omaha Omaha, Neb.--Six government air mail planes were wrecked here when a severe wind blew the roof ofT the hangar, resulting la a cave-la of'.the walls. Warf^n Colorado Wreck Denver .--The third section of the Pacific Coast Limited of the Union Pacific ran Into an open switch at La Salle, Colo. Two dinner car> porters suffered Injuries. British Columbia far Beer Vancouver. B. C.--Fragmentary returns from the country districts in the British Columbia beer plebiscite showed a decided wet tendency. The suburbs of Vancouver City, however, have voted dry. a- .. "m Steamers in CoUisiid 8t. Johns, N. F.--The Italian steamer Clara Camus and the Canadian Pacific liner Metagama crept into St. Johns leaking badly as the result of a "collision In a fog seven miles oft Cape Race. There was no loss of lit* Turkish Military Move Athens.--The Turks are preparing defensive operations in the districts of Smyrna and Anatolia. They fear a possible attack by the Italians In thasu districts. San Francisco.--Lieut Russell Mat»>' Khan left New York at 2:59:90 o'clock Ih9 the morning of Jane 23 and landed at San Francisco at 9:47:15 that eve-^ •tog. " gji He had crossed the American eantt-!:Ct* ient between dawn and dusk. S *' No other record in aviation ap> proaches the 2,850-mile race of th^f; army aviator against the sun. f> ; It was more than two hours after sunset when the plane settled down to a perfect landing at Crissy field, and the last vestiges of daylight wer© rr' fading from the western sky as bis motor roared out of the east. The flight, made in 21 hours and 48 minutes, was all the more remarkable because Lieutenant Maughan fieW." alone, the first time a flight of this ; ; distance has been attempted by an 'V aviator unaccompanied by an assistant or mechanician. The actual flying time, exclusive of • time at stops, was 18 hours and 10" minutes. » The flight Is Lieutenant Matighan's third attempt at a dawn-to-dusk flight from ocean to ocean. treasury Surplus May Go Beyond $500,000,000 Washington.--Treasury and budget bureau officials confirmed the estimate of $498,000,000 as the excess of receipts over expenditures for the current fiscal year, ending June 30, whlcb was made public by Representative Madden (Rep., 111.), chairman of the house committee on appropriations. It - was Indicated that both Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and Director of the Budget Lord believe the surplus actually will exceed $500,000,000. The dally treasury statement for •Tune 20 shows that tax receipts on that day amounted to $35,000,000. The surplus for the fiscal year 1024 up to June 20 was $447,277,552.20. Further tax receipts will boost the surplus above the $500,000,000 mark before June 30. Italians May Make Dash to North Polo Pisa, Italy.--Italy proposes to make a single airplane dash to the North pole if th^ last minute efforts to resuscitate the Amundsen trans-polar flight fails. This is the tenor of a note which has been served on Haakon Hammer, Captain Amundsen's associate, by officers of the Airplane Construction company of Pisa, who are holding the explorer's two planes for final payments of $70,000 due on them. Cordell Hull Breaks Down From Overwork New York.--Cordell Hull, chairman of the Democratic national committee. Is under the care of physicians as the result of collapse twice from overwork and heart trouble. A physician said his cofldltlon was not serious, but cautioned him to be careful. All his engagements were canceled. Another Reparation Conference July IS Brussels, Belgium.--Belgium accepts the tentative proposals of Prime Minister MacDonald and Premier Herriot for a reparations conference in London on July 16, If the United States consents to be represented at the conference, its' success may be^cqinaidered as aswred. ~ Inspectors Find More of Rondout Mail Loot Chicago.--With the finding of 44 letters, some of which contained checks, on out-of-town banks, in a sewer on the North side of St. Ixiuls, Mo., post office Inspectors believe they have located another portion of the $2,000,000 loot of the,, Rondout (UL> mall robbery. Japanese Talk War With United SMe* Tokyo.--The situation in Japan following the slaying of Japanese in California is growing more tense, and even the possibility of war is being discussed. Responsible 4>eople and the authorities are trying to check tfcis sentiment Oil Inquiry Jury Finishes Its Work Washington.--The special federal grand Jury which has been investigating the transfer of oil leases by ex- Secretary Fall has completed Its inquiry and Is summing up to determine If indictments will be returned. Southern Leader Dead Birmingham. -- Col. William Young1- blood, eighty, last surviving member of General Longstreet's staff of the Confederate army, and for many years Republican leader of Alabama, died at his home here. i? Mexico Reduces Mexico City.--The Mexican government has ordered the discharge of 35,000 soldiers to carry out its plan, announced some time ago, of bringing the army to a maximum of 60.000. Secretary of Engineers Cleveland.--O. E. Lindquist of St. Louis was elected general secretary of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in convention here, and wilt make his business headquarters ia Cleveland. • Pershing in Europe tiondoo.--Gen. John J. Pershing ar« rived in London at the head of the battle monuments commission which will inspect the cemeteries flpiffl can soldiers In France. •. •'•••