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v - . ; X ~-*f- ; ,JT-wf-^TVv-WSMreftlt-s-iWW1«»*»"W - ,«/ 'V ^%^V'..»* *-&«• Tw^V' '«- V,V. •* * ' * *J ^ . * * * McHENRY, ILL. «fr? "$&:• I^V1"1-".^' / ';?: * .V '• > 'tiW' :":<dSfii QUAKE SHAKES ONE-HALF U, S. ANNING S PRAjLL -sink • • "-' -,£:; of shocki Somewhere in Vicinity of Great Lakes. CMcago.--An earthquake, ttld t<' have been the severest that hus shaken the United States since 1775, was felt throughout the nation Saturday night The tremors, which varied in dura tion from one to ten minutes, affected f the New England states, southeaster! Canada, the eastern seaboard as fa;' south as Florida and the West an< Southwest as fur as the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. According -to Prof. B. K. Johnson at the University of Chicago observatory of the United States weather bureau, the center of the quake was about 8(H) miles from Chicago. , The seismograph at the university recorded the severest shock at exactly 8:25 p. m. Slighter tremors were still being recorded at 10:55. . Locally the shock was felt for aminute, and it extended to «ii) parts of the city. Numbers •«< residents were alarmed and ;Ieft"tMfelf homes. Others reported the fewaylAg" 6f pictured" and furniture. . ' ' . According to l^rofep^oj- /VConnor of Fordham university, the. actual movement of the earth was only one-tenth of a millimeter (about fcnMhlrtleth of an inch). A movetntait, he said, of two to three-tennis t>f 'a' millimeter is enough to cause a panic. Washington.--While "lesser shocki" are "probables in the regien slmkeo-by the earthquake. Father Tendorf, . Georgetown university seismologist, said no disturbanee'of pronounced intensity was to be- expected.' * The disturbance, he estimated after careful study of the grams of his five seismographs, centered - about (520 miles from Washington, and its "epi , central point" was somewhere in the vMnity of the Great Lakes, with the "break" possihly_ a{ p.t d^pth of ten miles. The earthquake was one of the most prononnced that has ever taken place in continental United States, Father Tondorf declared, adding that another equally heavy one Is not considered likely for fifty-five or sixty years. "The earthquake, in the category of quakes, may easily rank with any in the history of the states, with the possible exception of the notable quake in 1811^13," he said. Toronto.--Officials of the meteorological office were nnable to state definitely the extent of the earth tremors. The roof and walls of St. Mary's cathedral In Shawinlgan Falls, Quebec, were cracked and in Montreal several plate glass windows were broken. X X PRESIDENT EBERT OF GERMANY DIES SIR CHANDRA BOSE Congressman Anning S- Prall. Democrat, New York, member of the aircraft committee, who challenges the navy to designate the North Dakota of some other first-class capital ship doomed under the artnS conference, to be used in a bombing test, the army flyers Co shower real bombs on It as it steams through radio-controlled maneuvers at full speed. POSTAL PAY RAISE MEASURE SIGNED Indiana Newspaper Mqn ft Secretary to Dawes Washington.--President Coolidge and Vice President-elect Dawes both have gone to Indiana in selecting the men who will be their secretaries after March 4. It was learned that General Dawes has named E. Ross Hartley, who comes from that state and who at present is a Washington newspaper man, to this post. Hartley was graduated from Indiana university at Bloomlngton* where he began newspaper work. River*, Harbors Bill Passed by the Senate Washington. -- A deadlock which threatened to tie up rivers and harbors legislation ended with the passage of the bill without a record vote. The bill, previously passed by the house and authorizing expenditures aggregating about $41,000,000, had been before the senate the greater part of the day and evening. The total in the senate bill was about $2,000,000 more than carried in the house measure. Fire Causes $300,M0 Lost at Chicago Stock Yards Chicago.--Fire of an unknown origin, that for a time threatened to spread to other parts of the stock yards, destroyed a beef-cutting plant of Armour & Co., at Forty-third and Lootnls streets. The loss was estimated at more than $300,000. Sheep and cattle in pens near the burning buildhig were in jeopardy and as the blaze Increased in intensity they were removed to other pens. Bill Approved by President Also Increases Rates. Washington. -- President Coolidge signed the postal bill granting pay increases totaling $68,000,000 to postal ent]»loyees and providing for certain increases in rates. The salary increases, which are retroactive to January 1, provide an average of approximately $300 per annum per employee. The bill makes no change in flrstclass mail rates, except that there Is an increase of 1 cent on private mailing cards, making the rate 2 cents instead of 1 cent. There is a new service charge of 2 cents on all parcel post packages. The bill also includes a corrupt1 practices act limiting expenditures in congressl6nal campaigns. On second-class mail matter the rate remains 1% cents per pound on the reading portion of publications. On the advertising portion the rates are 2 cents in the first and second zones. 3 cents in the third zone, 6 cents for the fourth, fifth and sixth zones, and 9 cents in the seventh and eighth zones. There is an Increase of a quarter of a cent in the present rate on religious, educational, scientific, philanthropic, agricultural, labor and fraternal newspapers and periodicals. The rate on third-class mail matter Is increased from 1 to 1% cents for each two ounces. Under the bill all merchandise, printed matter, etc., under eight ounces, will be classified as third class and all over eight ounces as fourth class. First ExecutWe Succumbs After Operation for -- Appendicitis. Bwtin.--rrledrlch Ebert, first pull dent of the German republic, died hare on Saturday morning. President Ebert recently was operated on for appendicitis. Peritonitis developed and his physicians abandoned hope for his recovery. Fried rich Ebert was born In Heidelberg in 1S71. The son of « tailor, he turned to the trades and became a harness maker. Later he became Interested In polltics and took an active part In the activities of the Socialist party. He became the editor of a Socialist paper and In 1900 was elected to the Bremen city council on the Socialist ticket. In 1912 he was sent to the relchstag from Bremen and a year later Was elected leader of the Socialist party. When the Imperial government collapsed and the kaiser and crown prince fled from the country. Prince Max of Baden, who had been appointed regent, named Deputy Ebert chancellor. On February 11, 1919, he was elected President of the German republic. Though he proved too conservative for many of his former Soclalfst supporters, during the crisis la whi«fc fee Sir Ja^udis Chandra Bose, the most distinguished scientist ever produced ly India, who has made an Instrument, the "super-retina," which renders >paque objects transparent. After SO fears' work he exibited and proved It ttefore scientists in Calcutta, using for » subject a heavy book, which was made transparent by "Invisible light." This Is done with short electric waves having the same properties as a light deam. -pxa Bomb Attached to Auto Kills U. S. Dry Agent Niagara Falls, N. Y.--Orville PreOa federal customs official, active in Suppressing liquor smuggling here, was killed by the explosion of a bomb. Elmer Whltacre, a friend, was so seriously hurt he may die. The bomb, concealed In Preuster's automobile, exploded when he pressed the starter. Preuster had caused many arrests of Hquor smugglers. Score General Gains in Live Stock Values By Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U. 8. Department of Agriculture. Chicago (Union Stock Yards).-- Fat cattle continued to advance. Upturns amounted to from 25 to 50 cents during the week, which on top of a substantial gain a week earlier placed fed steers and light heifers $1 or more above early February- The dressed-beef trade was more active, shipping demand was broader and receipts continued comparatively small, which was a most effective price stimulus. These developments at least suggested that values have taken a definite turn for the better. Country demand, although narrow, was in excess of supply, and stockers and feed-' ers shared the advance on fat kinds. Meaty, well-bred yearlings continue in broadest demand on country account. Killers were unable to buy much below $8.25, except low qualltled "warmed-up" steers. Big weight fat steers touched $11.50. Choice long yearlings made $12.25, several lots going at $11.50 t<* $12. Swine values continued their sharp upward trend and fresh advances carried the top well above $12, the highest figure reached In more than four years, and fully $5 higher than rates current a year ago. Outstanding features of .the week's trade have been the severe price lashing administered lambs of excessive weight and the contracting rise on thin lambs returning to the country for further feeding. The $18 lamb became established on a more stable basis, through the gradual gains accorded better grade lambs, the rank and file moving at $17.50 to $17.75. Prof. J. A. Parkhurat Diet Chicago.--John A. Park hurst, for 25 yean an assistant and associate professor of astronomy at Yerkes observatory of the University of Chicago, Williams Bay, Wis., died suddenly » Funeral services were held at K0» observatory. Munitions Blast Kills 160 Constantinople.--One hundred Kurdish rebels and sixty of the townspeople were killed In the explosion of a monitions depot at KharpuL J. I. C. Clarke, Author, Dies New York.--Joseph Ignatius Constantine Clarke, president of the American-Irish Historical society, playwright, author and well-known newspaper editor, died after a lingering 111- -- at the age of seventy-nine. Last Founder of jElks Dies Springfield. Mass.--Joseph M. Norcross, eighty-four, last of the group that organized the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in New York In 1808, and for 64 years In minstrelsy and vaudeville, died here. President Ebert crushed Bolshevism and held the warring sections of the young republic togethw, President Ebert was essentially a man of the people. Stepping from the simplicity of a workingman's life to the glamour of palaces was not altogether to his liking, from a social point of view. Nor was his simple, home-loving wife, Frau Lulsa Ebert, overwhelmed by the climb to fame. Frau Ebert, the daughter of a workingtimn, had always done the family cooking and dressmaking, and her daughter was previously a clerk In a store. Herr Ebert lost two sons In the war and a third son wus In the army up to the time of his father's appointment as chancellor. A fourth son is a newspaper man. At the time of his election to the Presidency Herr Ebert Was known aa Pan-German, or imperialistic Socialist. Upon being appointed chancellor and taking the reins from Prince Maximilian, Herr Ebert assumed a stern command. He set out to quell the communistic rebels and did so. r Nick Longworth Will Be Next Speaker tof House Washington.--Representative Longworth of Ohio will be the speaker of the bouse of representatives. He was nominated over Representative Martin B. Madden of Chicago at a caucus of the Republican representatives in the Sixty-ninth congress. The vote was ^ Longworth, 141; Madden. 85. This action Is equivalent to election, as the Republicans have a decisive majority in the new house. * Madden will continue In his post as chairman of the appropriations committee. Senator-Elect Deneen Given McCormick's Seat Chicago.--Senator-elect Charles S. Deneen was appointed by Governor Small to fill out the remaining days of the term of Senator Medill Mc- Cormick of Illinois in Washington, who died on Wednesday. The appointment was announced by the governor after Senator Curtis of Kansas had requested that Mr. Deneen be appointed. Through the governor's appointment Mr. Deneen becomes tlie junior' senator from Illinois only a few <lays earlier than he otherwise would. Sweden Seeks to Reduce Army Stockholm.--The government has submitted to the rlsksdag a national defense reorganization plan * which would cut the ,army corps from six to four. Feat 84 Fishermen Died Bull, England.--Eighty-four men are believed to have been lost in the fierce gale* which have swept the Icelandic fishing grounds during the last four days. Japs May Lease Land San Francisco.--The state supreme court ruled that Japanese may lease land In California for residential and commercial purposes because the treaty of 1911 between the United States and Japan still Is In force. Turks Repulse Kurds Constantinople. -- The rebellions Kurdish fortes have been repulsed by Turkish tr6ops In Kharput and El acts, which was recently captured by the rebels. Mexico T rolleys Tied Up Mexico City.--Tramway traffic In Mexico City Was suspended at midnight |>y order of officials of the alliance of employees of the Mexican Tramway company, because of nonrecognition of the union. Vote to Restore Capital Frieze Washington.--The house disposed of on ancient congressional problem by adopting the senate bill authorizing restoration of the historical friers in the capltol rotunda. . Arabs Kill 1,000 in Raid Damascus, Syria.--One thousand in habitants of Trans-Jordania were killed and many were wounded when taken by surprise by 10,000 Wahabl tribesmen who crossed the border of Trans-Jordanla and started a march toward Amman, says an announcement made b^re. ^Pershing in Venezuela Caracas.--President Gomes received Gen. John J. Pershing and his mission at Minaflores palace. U. S. GOVERNMENT . MARKET QUOTATIONS Washington.--For the week ending February 2H.--HAY--Quoted February 25: No. 1 timothy: Chicago, $23.00. No. 1 alfalfa: Kansas City, fiy.00. No. 1 prairie: Chicago, $16.00; Minneapolis, 1X6.00. FKU1TS AND VEGETABLES--Northern sacked round white potatoes, fl.Of 01.10 on Chicago carlot market, $1,250 1.35 in other inidwestorn cities, tJ5tiy95o f. o. b. Midwestern yellow onions ranged $2.50{j)3.2a in city markets, $2.85 I. o. b. west Michigan points. Northwestern extra fancy winesap apple*. $8.2503.76 per box. L.1VJ£ STUCK--Chicago hog prices closed at $12.20 for top and $11,600 12.10 for bulk. Medium and good beef Bieers, $8.00(&11.7&, butcher cows and heifers, $4.00010.50; feeder steers, $5.65 08.25; light and medium weight veal calves, $10.00014.00. Fat lambs, $15.Oil 018.00; feeding lambs, $15.25017.25; yearlings. $12.60015.50; fat awes, $6.25 09.75. GRAIN--Quoted February 26: No. 1 dark northern wheat: Minneapolis, $1.87 02.18. No. 2 red winter wheat: St. Louis, $2.00; Kansas City, $1,950 2.02. Hard winter wheat: Chicago, $1.91%; St. Louis. $1.93; Kansas City. $1.8201.83. No. 2 mixed corn: Kansas City, $1.19. No. 3 mixed corn: Chicago, $1.20%; Minneapolis, $1.13 01.17. No. 2 yellow corn: Chicago, $1.20ft; Kansas City, $1.23. No. 3 yellow corn: Chicago, $1.2401.25%; Minneapolis, $1.2001.2$. No. 2 white corn: Kansas City, $1.21. No. 8 white corn: Chicago, $1.23^. No. white oats: Kansas City, 66@56e. No. 3 whit* oats: Chicago, 62yfc063Vfcc; Minneapolis. 4»tt06OKo; St. Louis, 64ft 066c. DAIRY PRODUCTS--Closing prlcas of 92-score butter: New York, 42Vfce; Chicago, 42c; Philadelphia. 43ttc; Boston, 42a Closing prices on Wisconsin cheese markets February 25: -Singla daisies, 21%c; double daisies, 21 He; longhorns. 22Vfcc; square prints. 2>c. Indiana Rebel Senators Win Point; Return Honte Indianapolis, Ind. -- Tlie Indiana Democratic senators who fled into Ohio, tying up business In the upper branch of the state legislature In protest against attempts to pass a gerrymander bill, arrived here. They were welcomed back to the state capltol by Lieut. Gov. Harold Van Orman and other Republican leaders. The senators were given to understand the gerrymander bill which caused them to bolt' the Indiana general assembly will not pass. Information was obtained following a conference of the men who fled from Indiana to Dayton as a protests against the bill. Bandits Rob Passengers on N. Y.-Chicago Train Chicago.--Nine pullman passengers and two members of the train crew were lined up in a locked pullman car of the New York Central's western express as the train sped Chicagoward between Chesterton and Gary, Ind., and were nibbed by a pair of bandits, who threatened them with a sawed-oil shotgun and an automatic pistol. Five of the victims were women. The bandits were said to have escaped with about $10,000 In Jewels, and money. Democrats Name Garrett for Minority Leader Washington.--Finis J. Garrett of Tennessee was selected as the Democratic candidate for speaker and as a result will continue as minority leader In the house during the Sixty-ninth congress. Mr. Garrett was named by acclamation nt a caucus of Democratic representatives- elect. As the Republicans will control the next' house, he will be unable to poll enough votes to be elected speaker and automatically will become the party's floor leader again. Glacier National Monument Washington.--A Presidential proclamation Issued on Friday sets aside an area of 1,820 square miles on the southeast coast of Alaska to be known as the Glacier Bay National monument. Yankrf Drill Rights Upheld Peking--The Soviet ambassador loet his appeal to prevent use of the parade grounds adjacent to tbe Russian legation. by troops from tbt American embassy. Approves Cairo Bridge Washington.--President Coolidge on Thursday signed a bill authorizing Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky to build bridges over the Mississippi and Ohio rivers near Cairo, 111. T&e bcfalfes will be built soon. > Ponzi Convicted of Larceny Boston.--Charles Ponzi, former International "coupon flanancler," was convicted of larceny from clients In Suffold county Superior court on Thursday afternoon. 0. K.'S SEARCHING AUTOS FDR BOOZE tj. S. Supreme Court Hold® No Warrant Is Necessary to Hunt Rum. •Washington. -- Federal prohibition agents may lawfully stop automobiles and other vehicles and search them for contraband liquor without a warrant, the Supreme court decided in a case from Michigan, brought by George Carroll jjnd John Klro. In unother liquor case decision, brought from Georgia by Sig Samuels, the court held that states may. under the Constitution, make unlawful the possession of liquor acquired legally before enactment of the federal prohibition act. Chief Justice fTaft delivered the opinions, Justices McReynolds and Sutherland dissenting In the former, and Justice Butler in the latter. It was the intent of congress to make a distinction between the necessity for a search warrant in the searching of private dwellings and of automobiles, the chief Justice stated, and that distinction was constitutional. There Is no provisiqn In the Constitution which denounces all searches or seizures without a warrant, he said, adding that it prohibits only "unreasonable" searches or seizures. The rule to be applied in determining the legality of a seizure without a warrant, as laid down by the court, is whether the seizing officer has reasonable or probable cause for believing the automobile has contraband liquor in it which is being illegally transported. This is ample protection to the individual, in the opinion of the court. Carroll and Kiro had been negotiating with federal enforcement agents for the sale of liquor, and the court"J» held there was ample justification for the stopping and searching of their automobile near Grand Rapids, Mich., without a warrant. In the Georgia case it hud been shown that Samuels had placed in his cellar liquor lawfully obtained before the passage of the prohibition law, and before the state of Georgia nmde possession of intoxicating liquor unlawful. Chief Justice Taft asserted that states could make unlawful the possession of such liquor even though it was permitted by the Eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act. Clark, Last of Copper Kings Dies in Gotham New York.--Ex-Senator William A. Clark, eighty-six years of age, last <of the Montana copper "kings," and rated ad one of the richest men in the world, died at his Fifth avenue mansion. He was a victim of pneumonia. .His death came within twenty-four hours of the announcement that his daughter, Mrs. Mary Clark Kling, had become the secret bride of Marius De Brabant of Los Angeles. Mr. Clark died in the magnificent home where he bad amassed an art collection valued at $3,000,000, tc which he admitted the public occasionally. Farmer's boy, school teacher, law student, miner, prospector, banker, and art collector. Mr. Clark was the last of that picturesque group lnclud ing Marcus Daly, F. Augustus Heinzt and Senator George Hearst, who wrested a fortune from Montana copper. en Persons Killed • • in Canada by Quake Quebec. -- The earthquake which shook the eastern half of the United States, including Chicago, is charged with seven deaths in Quebec and the St. Lawrence river district of Canada. One death vas In this city. Five occurred at points along the south short of the St. Lawrence, where people are reported to have been killed eithei £rom shock or from falling chimneys The seventh was at St. Anne de la Parade, about seventy miles from here, where an aged woman died from shock. The point where the quake Is believed to have been most severe is at St. Paul's bay, sixty miles below Quebec, where the earth Is reported to have "shimmied" for twenty-flve minutes. The Roman Catholic church there was wrecked and many homes were demolished. Negro Burned at Stake for Attack on Georgia Girl Rocky Ford, Ga.--An unidentified negro who confessed to attacking a fourteen-year-old girl near here was lynched. He was burned at the stake. He was brought back to the scene of his crime and Identified by his victim. He was carried into a field where brush and wood were piled about his manacled form and gasoline was applied to his clothing and the jrood set on fire. Barge Founders; 8 Die Boston, Mass.--Captain Mosher of Providence, It. I., his sixteen-year-old daughter, and a crew of three men were lost when the coal hai^e James M. Hudson, Norfolk for Boston, foundered off Boston Light. Bankers Warn of Forgers Chicago. -- A special bulletin of warning against' check forgers, particularly a trio that has been taking heavy toll In Chicago of late, was Issued by the American Bankers' association. Borden, Explorer, to Wed Chicago. -- John Borden, explorer and sportsman, is to marry Mrs. Courtney Letts Stillwell, March 14, in Washington. Thjs was announced by Mrs. Stlllwell's/mother, Mrs. Frapk CL Letts. Two Circuit Judges Added Washington.--A senate bill providing the appointment of two additional circuit judges in the Eighth circuit, was passed by the house of representatljkgtt m Monday. . i MERS PROBE U. I. LIVING COSH! State . Representatives In- ^-|quire as to Prid*| ^ Students Pay. Springfield.--When members of the general assembly visited the University of Illinois living costs of students became a subject of inquiry. A special committee appointed by the house appropriation committee will make a detailed investigation later, but a number expressed the wish to learn for themselves what tlie conditions are as the result of the movement by Representative J. E. Mc- Mackln, Salem, to lower the cost of attending the university by decreasing the price of food and lodging which students now pay. McMackin contends that the cost of food is exorbitant and rents are too high. He described a case in which he said three girls each paid $15 a month to live In a single room with only a chair and a small bureuu of their own. Cne of the girls, he said. Is his niece and that Is how he came to know about it. If conditions afe as they are painted he would like to have the state, take steps to relieve the condition by building huge dormitories with a great dining room where the cost of living would be so small that more boys and girls would be able to meet the expense of attending the university. Advocates Army Mess Plan. The dining hall, he said, should be operated on the same basis that the United States army feeds its men or on the same economic pYincipIe that the state applies in feeding the Inmates of Its charitable institutions. "Down at Chester, the state feeds the prisoners in its penitentiary for about nine cents a day, and they get plenty to eat. In fact, they get more than a lot of families do when they suffer reverses and get 'up against it,'" McMackin said. "I wouldn't want to -feed students at the university in the same manner, but the same system could be applied with a material reduction in cost to the students. Under such a plan they could get a whole day's sustenance for what they now pay for one meal. Cheaper Rooms Wanted. "Rooms in the dormitories could be handled in the same manner. It wouldn't be necessary to construct great, ugly buildings. The buildings could be grouped about little courts and made really attractive atfd livable. The rent would be sufficient to pay for the cost of upkeep and depreciation. "The University of Illinois is one of the greatest forces for good we have. It would be still greater if more boys and girls-could take advantage of it." Especial interest In McMackin's plan was voiced by women members of the house. The committee will collect data on the subject to be submitted later. Proposed Gas Tax/Dropped. The gasoline tax was killed for this session of the legislature, when Frank T. Sheets, state superintendent of highways, was culled before the* senate and declared that his department has all the money It can use for the next four years' construction program and that no additional revenue is necessary before Januury 1, 1929. Superintendent Sheets said that further funds than are now in sight, should l>e available for 1929 to speed up the final stages of the 9,800-iniie program covered by the two-bond issues of $60,000,000 and $100,000,000. He said that the new $100,000,000 bond issue will fall about 2,000 miles short of completing the roads charted during the stute campaign. Wives to Pay Alimony? Equal liabilities for women la the slogan of Senator Adelhert Roberts of Chicago, who introduced in the senate a xbill which would require wives to pjiy^ alimony, costs and solicitors' feerflJfi divorce .cases where the circumsnifices warrant such action. "ILLINOIS STATE NEWS Springfield.--A surplus of common labor exists in Illinois, attributable to outj|de work being completed and a large Influx of workers from other parts of the country, says a review of the labor situation issued by the United States Employment service of the United States Department of Labor. . * Peoria.--John Nevln.' sixty, former deputy sheriff, was found shot dead in a hotel room. Coroner Elliot said be believed the man committed suicide. Nevln came here recently on a visit from the Masonic home at Sullivan. Elgin.--The life, habits, management and cultivation of honeybees was discussed here at the beekeepers' short course held under the auspices of the Illinois Beekeepers' association. Springfield. -- Representative Carl CbolS8er of tbe Fiftieth senatorial district, which Includes Williamson county, has introduced a bill which would prohibit hauling dead persons around in ambulances. Another bill offered by Choissec would require undertakers to have a high school education or its equivalent after 1928. Urbana.--A grain cradle which is probably more than 100 years old has Just been presented to the college of agriculture, University of Illinois, by J. F. Moffat, Ashmore, who was graduated from the Institution In 1928. Galena.--Jo Daviess. Ogle and Lee counties will hold special elections on April 7 to choose county judges to till vacancies. In Joe Daviess county the vacancy is due to the election of Judge H. Heer to the Circuit bench. In Ogle and Lee counties the vacancies were caused by the deaths of Judges F. E. Reed and John B, Crabtree, respectively. Charleston.--The grand stand at the baseball grounds was torn down and sold to farmers. Popularity of automobiles is blamed for the failure of professional baseball here. i HEALTH WEEK TO \ \ BE HELD APRIL- 2$ 8)prlngfield.--Gov. Len Small in a proclamation designated the week beginning Sunday, April 26, aa health week, and calls 6n -mayors and villas? boards to proclaim a general ob- VttiiCc, The proclamation In pan follows : "Health, happiness and proeperlty go band in hand, and of these three the first Is the greatest and most fundamental. It measures more accurately than anything else the positive resources of a people. "A four-year period of favorable health conditions, unpaf* alleled in the history of Illinois, closed with the passing of 1924. The general mortality rate averaged 11.4 per 1,000 population per year, against 13.8 for the '* next preceding quadrennial, a * saying of 30 lives dally, or a total saving of 43,731 lives In four years. . "Deaths among Infants fell from nn average of nearly 12,- 000 per year In the former period to an averaee of scarcely more than 10,000, while the average for epidemic «nd contagious diseases fell off 50,000 cases annually." "These statistics are most gratifying. "For all of the foregoing reasons and In pursuance of an executive custom, it seems fitting and proper that a time t should be appointed wherein J eelebratkffts of past achievements in health building may be held and community attention focused on the wonderful possibilities now at hand for disease prevention and health promotion." Chicago.--Imposition of a 2-cent per gallon gasoline tax would make1 the automobile owners of the state pay 42 per cent more money into the state treasury than the total state collections from general property taxes, a protest Issued by the Illinois State Automooilc association declared. Illinois motorists are paying the state in motor vehicle and chauffeurs' license fees 01 pt.- cent as much as the entire' general property tax paid to the state treasurer, the association's statement announced. Springfield. -- Governor Small appointed Senator-Elect Charles E. Deneeu to complete the unexpired five days of the late Medill McCormick's term in the United States senate. The governor was urged by Senator Curtis of Kansas, Republican floor leader, to fill the vacancy at once. The possible need of a Republican vote in the final legislative jam at Washington is understood to have been emphasized lit the request. Mr. Deneen's regular term as Senator McCormick's successor begins next Wednesday. Urbana.--A pure tred Holstein In the herd of W. T. Rawleigh, Freeport, Stephenson county, took the honors fbr January milk and butterfat production among tbe 12,000 cows in the 25 county herd Improvement associations of the state, according to an announcement by C. S. Rhode, dairy extension specialist of the college of agriculture, University of Illinois. She produced slightly more than 134 pounds of fat and almost a ton and a half of milk during the month. Harrisburg.--Four coal miners of Muddy, two miles north of here, were run over and killed by a limited passenger train on the Big Four railroad near O'Gara mine No. 1 at Muddy. The men, who were sitting on the track, were said to have been drinking. The victims are Luther Foster, fifty-six; John Cooley, thlrty-gpven ; his .brother, Henry Cooley, thirty-nine, and James McGurt, forty-two. Foster was married and had three children. Galesburg .-- Ministers must Use every legitimate menng of advertialmr if their churches are to serve effectively, Rev. M. A. Berger of Oneida told the Illinois Poster Advertising association at its annual convention here. "The church hell used, to bring them in, but it doesn't any more," he said. "For this reason pastors must ask appropriations for publicity and keep billboards and newspapers tilled with church advertising." Pekin.--"How's business?" asked a stranger who strolled into the grocery store of Emil Schilling. "Prettygood," replied th<? g«-ocer. "Stick 'em up, then," said the stranger, pointing a pistol at Schilling's head. The grocer seized a hatchet from a counter and lunged toward the holdup man with a yell, "Get out of here!" The bandit ran flying down the street. Galesburg.--High school students In Illinois will debate on the subject of the St. Luwrence deep waterway in their annual contest this year. District triangular debates will be held March 13 and 17, winners going to Normal May 9 to compete In the state contest. Chicago.--Cost of pumping water In Chicago by 1960 will be $790,000,000 if the present policy of pumping without universal metering is continued. It is estimated that the population of „ Chicago at that time will be 7.000,000 and many additional pumping stations, tunnels, cribs and mains as well aa other equipment will be necessary. This was the declaration of City Engineer Ericson. Chicago.--Seventy-8ve Junior high schools will be erected in Chicsfeo within ten years, according to plans announced by the board of education. Peoria.--Theodore C. Burgess, for twenty- one years president of Bradley Polytechnic institute, died suddenly at his home here. He was sixty-six years old. Doctor Burgess came to Peoria from the University of Chicago when Bradley was opened twenty-eight years ago. Doctor Burgess is survived by Ms wife and a daughter. Galesburg.--Phi Gamma Dei ternity house at Knox collegj 20 uien, was quarantined tc fever when Arthur Thompson] man of Qulncy, was found to -'>/ •