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TO MAI •; J . -• 'v"^ '•" -i. ;• '" "' '5 " :' " •• ••'• ' " L* ' ' ; ' "' ' ' ' ^ ' ' ^ " 4 ' % ^ THE McHENRY PI.AINDEALER, McHENKY, IIA. fiHP Senate Passe* Appropriation Bill--Redistrictt&g Plan Beaten. Springfield.--The Illinois state senate passed the bill appropriating $6,000,000 for hard road maintenance. After u bitter attack by Representative Schnackenberg of Chicago, a resolution offered by Lincoln^ Bancroft of Greenup, which would have curtailed further representation of Cook county In the general assembly, was defeated in the house by a vote of 108 to 11. The bill would havV limited the number of senatorial t^striets in Cook county to 19 and increased th£ number of representatives fnjni certain count l e s , . i d o w n s t a t e . L - , * : Substantially the SMne as a Clause in the rejected draft for a new state constitution, the measure provided for representation by counties. Each county would have been entitled to one representative, each downstate district one. and each Cook county district ' two. : '• •••. • ' A; • .Both downstate and Chicago members, united to defeat the bill. . $50,000 Appropriation Passed. The long expected minority report of the house rules committee, sponsored by John Devine of Dixon and Democratic Leader Arthur Roe of Vandalia, was shelved by a vote of 91 to 45. This measure sought to require an Itemized report of expenditures by state departments. Majority Leader Reed Cutler contended that the Devine proposal was unnecessary, since the records of the state auditor were open to inspection by the members of the house. The senate passed the $50,000 emergency appropriation for Attorney General Oscar E. Carlstrom. In a resolution offered by Senator Lantz of Congerville an amendment to the state constitution empowering the assembly to levy taxes on income, persons and property was proposed. The sponsor of the* measure declared the bill was supported by a Joint committee appointed by the state banking association. the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, and the Illinois Agricultural association. It would provide a vehicle for a state Income or poll tax, should the assembly see fit. Gas Tax Question Up Again. The gasoline tax question was brought up in the senate again when Senator Cuthbertson of Bunker Hill Introduced another measure providing a two cent a gallon levy for the construction of state hard roads. This proposal raises tlfe number of state gasoline tax bills before the assembly to six. Three in the senate have been referred to the committees on revenue and finance. The house bills have been sent to the judiciary committee, which will hold a public hearing ou thp subject early in April.* The sponsor declared that his bill would not constitute an additional 16*7, as would take the place of the present tax for state aid roads. Revenue from the bill was estimated at $10,000,000 a year, of which Cook county would receive $3,000,000f Would Repeal Dry Act. Senator Marks of Chicago Introduced his proposal to repeal the state search and seizure law. The state racing commission bill of the 1923 session was reintroduced by Senator Denvir. This would prohibit operation of gambling devices and license vending machines. At the same time he introduced a bill to make failure to file personal property tax schedule where the property Is worth more than $5,000 punishable by six months to one year in the county Jail. ILLINOIS STATE NEWS STATE POUCE FORCE URGED FOR ILLINOIS Springfield.--Speakers strongly supported the bill providing for a state police force at the luncheon demonstration held here. Protection was emphasized for rural banks, for 'motorists against holdup men, for" farmers against murderers and thieves, and for every citizen against lawlessness, riot, bloodshed, fire and flbod. Many members of tl\e state legislature were present at the gathering, many country town bankers, nipt or club representatives, civic lenders and many victims of crimes in rural communities heard what the state might expect from a well-directed- state police force. Major L.vrine Adams, superintendent of the state force of Pennsylvania, was on^ of the principal speakers. Major Adams declared: "In 1922 we had one rural bank robbery. It was solved and it§ perpetrators are noW In the state penitentiary. The next year we had one bank robbery. It was partially cleared UP. ' ; "• "Last y^ar we had four more robberies--the bandits had forgotten our vigilance. Three of these crimes were solved, property recovered and convictions obtained. We know who the men in the fourth robbery are and a lieutenant and three troopers'* are out to 'get their men.'" Senator Henry Dunlap, who Introduced the bill in the assembly told the record of Illinois bank robberies. "There were 54 bank robberies in Illinois last year," the senator declared. ' "Very few were solved and fewer convictions resulted. The robber bands ar^ waxing rich and the bankers are growing gray. "In 1923 a total of 52 Illlflols banks were robbed. The year before the total was 22." Mount Vernon.--"Here's your divorce," Mrs. Lora Irene West told her husband, Ross L. West,- as she swallowed two dunces of carbolic acid before he could stop- her. She died in 20 minutes. Their two young children 'witnessed the tragedy. Leipzig, Germany.--The body of Helen Reichart of Canton, III., music student who disappeared and for whom all Germany lias been searching, was found floating In the River Pleisso, a small stream that runs through ihe center of the city. Moline.--Mrs. J. A. Engstrom reached out of a window to disconnect a radio aerial. An armed man snatched her hand, climbed into the house, locked Mrs. Engstrom in a clothes closet and escaped with $30. Freeport.--Rose Bardell, three years old, was killed, and her aunt, Lillian Bardell, twenty-five, and her two-yearold cousin, Harry, were Injured when ap automobile In which they were rld- Ipg slid of! an embankment near here. Rock Island.--Carl Greiner, twenty- Bix, ciejk in the Doering pool hall, shot in the mouth by one of two bandits who held up the place, is near death at St. Anthony's hospital. His lower Jaw was shot away, as 20 persons helplessly watched. The thug* escaped with $20. POLICE DISPERSE JEDS IN CHICAGO Anti-Soviet Meeting in Theater Results in Injuries to Score. ALFRED P. DENNIS Joliet.--With the largest prison population in the history of the state, Warden John L. Whitman announced that reception of prisoners would begin at the new penitentiary at Stateville at once. The present number of inmates, 2,203, sets a record, and every wee"k the qumber of arrivals increases. The population of the women's prison, however, shows no noticeable fluctuation, remaining at 44. Joliet.--Bank bandits were quoted at $500 each, dead, In Will county. This quotation was posted by the Will County Bankers' association, which m'et In Joliet. Bandits have looted banks In the county of $30,000 in 12 months. Clerks In every bank in the county have been given high-powered repeating rifles and are invited to try for the bounty. Chicago.--Sheriff Hoffman and 15 deputies searched for some time through Grom's tavern at piggins road and York street, near here, without finding any liquor. Finally, Chief Raider Andrew Gnewuch spotted a bookcase In which were four of Dr. Elliot's five-foot shelves. Several hundred gallons of wine and whisky were concealed behind the books. Chicago.--Charles L. Mead, 828 Crescent avenue, a deputy collector of internal revenue, was arrested on a warrant issued by United States Commissioner Henry C. Beitler, charging him with accepting a $10 bribe to "fix" an income tax return so as to reduce a taxable Income from $40,- 000 to $29,000. Rockford.--Miss Alice Rowland, eighty-five, who is a granddaughter, 11 generations removed, of John and Priscilla Alden, made famous by Longfellow in his "Courtship of Miles Standish," died. She was born lq Augusta, Ga., and came to Rockford as a girl. Freeport.--Rose, three, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Bardwell, was killed instantly when the automobile her father was driving on a rainsoaked highway, three miles east of this city, skidded off the road and went into a ditch, where it overturned. Chicago.--Robert M. Medill, former state director of mines and minerals, is sued for separate maintenance by his wife, Mathilda J. Medill, In a bill filed In the Superior court Desertion is given as the cause. An unidentified woman is listed as co-respondent. Qujncy.--Playing cards, even under the auspices of a parent-teacher association, is taboo in Quincy schools, the board rules, following a request for an evening of whist by the parents of the Berrien school. Evanston.--John F. Hayford, fiftyseven, for 16 years director of Northwestern university's school of engineering, died at his home here. McHenry.--Paving projects that will mean an expenditure of $125,000 have been decided upon by the village board for the coming summer. Chicago.--More than 10,000 persons, who have been without employment In Illinois for some time, were put back to work in February, or a total of 31,- 000 in the last three months, according to the'estimate, of the general advisory board of the Illinois department of labor. Chicago. -- Red Russia turned an antl-Sovlet demonstration In the Oarrlck theater Into a mob In which twenty persons were hurt, at least as many seized by the police and a hundred police reserves and detectives were needed to quell the riot. For more, than two hours police' fought' with the crowd. The chief speaker, envoy of the Kerensky partisans, never was able to . say mor" than a sentence without starting thr fighting again. Toward the end the police clubs subdued the rioters and Raphael Ahramovitz, the speakef, Was able to talk briefly.; The Reds ruled at the last.' The moment the curtain went down they surged into the aisles And without attempting to leave the theater raised their voices In a thunderous howl of their song, "the International." Again flying squadrons of bluecoats and plain-clothes men, in wedge formation, plowed their way [through... the •crowd before they were able to - clearthe building. c * In the street the rioting started again. Screaming women protested against "American Cossack" rule and fought and scratched the policemen. William F. Dunn, an editor of the local Communist paper, the Chicago Daily Worker, mounted a box beside a police telephone, while thousands surged around him on the sidewalk and in Randolph street, blocking street car and auto traffic for thirty minutes. "On with the great American revolution!" was the tenor of his message,' a message received with shouts. Again the police scattered the crowds. The mob, muttering, moved on up Randolph street, and clustered around the four corners of Randolph and Clark streets. It was an hour more before they were sent home. Anti-Soviet lenders in the Garrlck audience made the direct charge that the riot was inspired by Soviet propagandist chiefs In America and that it was an organized effort to break up tlie meeting. 1 Th^ Garrlck meeting was arranged by the Chicago Jewish Socialist party. Its purpose was to raise funds for relief of political prisoners, exiled to the frozen island of Slavltski, on the Arctic circle. John Borden, Explorer, Weds Mrs. C. L. Stillwell Washington.--Mrs. Courtney Letts Stillwell, daughter of Mrs. F'rank C. Letts of Chicago, and John Borden, Chicago millionaire sportsman,explorer and writer, were married In the apartment of the bride's mother at the Wardman Park hotel. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. V. Brlggs. Following the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Borden left on a honeymoon trip through the South, during which they expect to spend much time on Mr. Borden's plantation In Mississippi. As Miss Courtney Letts, Mrs. Bopden made "her debut in Washington while her fctther was serving here during the war. Her first marriage, which ended in divorce, took place, however, after her return to Chicago. She has two small children, a boy and a girl, who have been sent to the Mismtssippi plantation under the care of a gbverness to await the arrival of Mr. Borden and his bride. Mr. Borden, who Is widely known as a sportsman, scientist and explorer, has also been divorced. A new portrait of Alfred Pearce Dennis of Maryland, member* of the United States tariff commission, recently appointed by President Coolldge to succeed Davis J. Lewis, whose term expired. COOLiDGE GREETS NEW GERMAN ENVOY «W!JB Says Republic Is Once More in Path of Prosperity. Washington.--Declaring that Germany wo8 once more set In the path of prosperity and peace, President Coolldge officially welcomed Baron Ago von Maltzan, the new German ambassador, and expressed the hope that he would profit by a study of our experience of a century and a half of democratic, government. The new representative of Germany thanked the President for the work of American citizens In the economic and financial reconstruction of his country. "I gratefully recall the generous activities of American citizens in socia! and cultural help, and the far-seeing work of financial and economic reconstruction, bearing an American name which has become historical," he said. "The last order of the deceased President of the reich was to express to you, Mr. President, his feelings of high personal esteem and his sincere wish for the welfare Of the United States of America." "It is for you to interpret to America the just aspirations of your nation," said President Coolldge In reply. "It Is for you to promote the understanding which Is the only' sound basis of lasting peace. "We have a long, history as a republic, and we hope that you may profit by a study of our experience of a century and a half of democratic government. "President Ebert succeeded because his vision was clearly fixed on right and duty, because he was a man naturally of great ability and had within him year by year a greater force. He succeeded also because he had the support of men and of good will." OF PINES PACT RATIFIED Senate Action Confirming Title to Cuba Ends Old :";Xvt " Controversy. ; ~ Washington.--By a vote of 03 to Ihe senate ratified the Isle of Pines treaty, which fixes the ownership of the Island with the Republic of Cuba. The ratification of the treaty settles # controversy which has been on ever since the end of the Spanish war, and the treaty has been pending before the senate since March 3, 1904, when It was submitted by President Roosevelt. Ratification of the treaty was desired by the Coolldge 'administration, In part to promote friendly relations with Cuba and in part to promote good relations with all of Latin America. The senate decided on ratification in the face of efforts of the opposition to prevent a vote at this session and despite strong protests from the Americans on the Isle of Pines and owning property there, who fear their rights will not be regarded by the Cuban government. < A two-thirds vote Was Seeded to ratify the treaty. There was not only the needed number but a large group of votes to spare. The senate, however adopted a * reservation proposed by Senator Borah intended to make the provisions of the Piatt amendment apply to the Isle of Pines as well as Cuba and another reservation by Senator Reed of Missouri intended to assure for Americans on the Isle of Pines rights accorded to foreigners who receive the most favored nation treatment in Cuba. The treaty was signed March 2, 1904 by John Hay. secretary of state, and Gonzale de Quesadu, then Cuban minister. QUEEN MAR? Father Kills His Four Little Children With Ax Kansas City, Mo.--Linn Gibson, thirty- four, lies dangerously injured by his own hand in a hospital here, the slayer of his fQur little children. He killed them--Marjorie, seven; her twin brother, Maurice Lee; Hazel, five, and Helen, one and one-half years old-- with a lather's hatchet while they slept in their b^ds at the home at Prather Hill, near North Kansas City. Following the tragedy Gibson fled to the Kome of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Nell Prather, near by, where he attempted to take his own life with the hatchet and later' by slashing his •wrists. Physicians say lie probably will not live. Gibson's wife called to him in the morning t > quiet the baby. Then, going herself to do so, she met her husband on the stairs, the bloody hatchet In his hand. Gibson raised the hatchet, but did not strike. He ran to Mr». Prather's home, where he was found stretched on the floor bleeding from many wounds In his head and wrists, Gibson had brooded over financial troubles. First President of China Dead at Peking Peking.--Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, first President of the Chinese republic, and recently President of the South China republic/ with Canton as its capital, died here. Doctor Sun became 111 with liver complaint shortly after his arrival here early in the winter for a conference af which It was hoped that united China could be re-established. Doctor Sun was looked upon as the leader of the more radical elements In China, but denied that be had embraced communism. Doctor Sun was twice named to the highest constitutional office In China-- the first time in the fall of 1911, when he was proclaimed the first provisional President of the Chinese republic, and again in May, 1-921, when he was elected President of all China. m# Hinsdale.--Two women, a little girl yrt three men escaped death in a $50,- ,#00 fire in a garage at Hinsdale. Fifteen autos were burned. Residents in nearby buildings were overcome by smoke and had difficulty in reachlug the street. Urbana.--As the upshot of a controversy originating in the violation of a long-standing tradition among University of Illinois law students which ordains that none but a senior in the law college shall carry a cane, J. L. Sherman, Springfield, a student in the college of liberal arts, was forcibly- Seized and ducked in 'the university hall fountain. Springfield.--Serious Illness of Representative David, E. Shanahan of Chicago has led hl'.j to request the lower /4iouse to relieve bimMfmmittm #* ,£iffumefita. 11 Women Die in Stampede Calcutta. -- Eleven women were crushed and suffocated and seven In jured In a stampede of more than 1,- 000.000 pilgrims attending the annual festival of Ajodhja, famous holy place at the foot of the Himalayas. •""< SprlngfiMd.--A bill for a state board of education, carrying out the recommendations of the Illinois educational commission, will make its .appearance in the assembly, according to ^MrsS Lottie Holman .O'Nell, woman legislator from Downers Grove. Kewanee.--Property amounting to $400,000 was turned over by E. E. linker, president of the Kewanee Boiler company, for public purposes in Kewanee. This fund, yielding about $30,000 annually, Is primarily to develop Kewanee's park system, assist in crippled children work and aid boys In educational work. Glencoe.--Goods valued at $5,000 were stolen from the home of Harold M. Florsheiin In Glencoe, it was re ported. Burglars obtained a like amount from the homo e£U#Mjrti Strauss, also in, Glenco#. King George Rid of Flu London.--King George, recovered from his recent attack of influenza, hud his first walk In the grounds of Buckingham palace, the weather hav lng turned mild. Fear Mafty Died in Storm Tokyo.--The casting ashore of IB survivors of the small steamer Uwa Jlma Maru off Takashlma, northeast Joseph Leiter Indicted for Having Rum in Home Boston.--Joseph Leiter of Chicago, and three employees of his summer home in, Beverly, were charged on several counts with illegal possession of liquor In indictments reported by -the federal grand jury. The indictments give the date of the alleged offenses as December 1 and 2 last, specifying 585 bottles of choice liquors. A fortnight previously It had beer reported that hijackers had stolen $50,000 worth of liquor from the estate. \ Publicity of Income Tax Returns to Be Held Up Washington.--Officials of the internal revenue bureau declared that It will be several months ,at least before there will be an authorizati«*n for publication of Income tax returns now .beting filed on Incomes of 1924. Train Bandit Captured Eldorado. Kan. -- "Big" Bill La Trasse, nationally known train robber and bandit, was captured by But ler county officers, and his companion, Claude Henderson, was killed after a fierce gun battle five miles north of here. Under Light Receipts Fat Cattle Advance By Bur«au of Agricultural Economics U. S. Department of Agriculture. Chicago.--Fat cattle values, stimulated by small receipts, continue to •advance. Weighty steers had difficulty n holding the gain, these being dependent on shipping demand wvhlch fluctuated. Lower grade steers showed most of the 25c to 35c upturn over a week earlier. Fat stock made comparable advances. demand being active. Canners, cutters and bulls eased off. Vealers, in spite of expanded receipts, held about steady, a* spread of $11.50 to $13.00 taking the bulk of light offerings grading medium to choice, a small luota of selected 160 to 180-lb. calves going on shipper account at $13.50 to $14.00. Activity in stocker and feeder steers was one of the outstanding features of the trade. Comparatively little went out locally under $7.00 and meaty well-bred yearlings were not Infrequent at $8.00 to $8.25. A few selected fleshy offerings sold at $9.50 and better. Weighty steers were marketed liberally from Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois. Most offerings had been on feed three to five months anjl usually showed a $2.50 to $4.00 advance over original costs. Swine trade was "jumpy" and values fluctuated sharply each da^v. Net losses for the week amounted to 20c to 40c for the rank and file of offerings. Packing sows ruled 15c to 25c lower for the week. Slaughter pig supplies exceeded demand and an aocumulation resulted In a 50c break. Increased supplies knocked the props from unde* fat lamb values, losses figuring mostly 75c to $1.00. Well-finished desirable weight lambs steadied and sales fell with fair regularity In a range of $17,25 to $17.50. !!___•• ' Five in Auto Killed by Train; New Babe Dead Lawrencevllle, III. -- Five persons were killed when their automobile was struck by a Big Four passenger train between Cairo and Danville, III. The dead are: Joe Akin, twenty-five, Lawrencevllle, ill.; his wife, their tbree-year-old daughter end an unnamed baby, and Ranee Akin, twenty. The unnamed child, born as the result of the impact, died three hours later In the local hospital as a result of injuries and premature birth. Best portrait of Queen Mary, showing her majesty wearing her orders and official jewels and her coronet. On her left sleeve Is the Order of the Garter, with the big star of that order pinned over he.' heart. MARKET QUOTATIONS* BY U. S. GOVERNMENT Washington.--For the week ending March 13--FRUITS Af4D VEGETABLES-- Northern sacked round whit* potatoes, 1.10 carlot sales In Chicago; 80@85c f. o. b. New York Danish type cabbage, $8.00© 15.00 bulk per ton. New York yellow onions, $2.50@ B.25 sacked per 100 pounds in eastern cities; mostly $2.50@2.60 f. o. b. Northwestern extra fancy winesap apples, |>.00#3.76 per box. LIVE STOCK--Chicago hog pricra closed at $14.10 for top and $13.60@> 14.00 for the bulk. Madium and good beef Bteers, |6.90@11.75; butcher cowi md heifers, $4.2c@11.0Q; feeder steers, $6.25@8.75; light and medium weight veal calves, $10.6o@ 14.0.0. Fat lambs, $15.25® 17.60; feeding lambs, $15.60® 17.35; yearlings. $12.25® 16.26; fat ewes, $10.50 @14.00. DAIRY'PRODUCTS--Closing wholesale prices of 92-score butter: New York, 48c; Chicago, 48c; Philadelphia, 49c; Boston 48@48>^c. HAY--Quoted March IS: No. 1 timothy: Chicago, $23.00. No. 1 alfalfa: Kansas City, $20.00. No. 1 prairie: Chicago, $16.00. GRAIN--Quoted March 13: No. 1 dark northern wheat: Minneapolis, $1.60%@ 1.87. No. 2 red winter wheat: St. Louis, $1.80; Kansas City, $1.6£®, 1.79. No. 2 hard winter wheat: St. Louis, $1.68@1.70; Kansas City, $1.61 @1.72. No. 3 hard winter wheat: Chicago, $1.64%. No. 2 mixed corn: Kansas City, $1.07@1.08; No. 3 mixed corn: Chicago, $1.12%; Minneapolis, 99% @1.00%. No. 2 yellow corn: Kansas City. $1.12. No. 3 yellow corn: Chicago, $1.13@1.16; Minneapolis, $1.04% @1.07%; St. Louis, $1.11%. No. 3 white corn: Chicago, $1.13%; St. Louis, $1.11%.' No. 2 white corn: Kansas City, $1.09 @1.10. No. 3 white oats: Chicago, 43%@4£c; Minneapolis, 40@40%c; St. Louis, 48@48%c; Kansas City, 48949c. •Mitt* &'i * Rep. Green Sees Annual Tax Cut of $300,000,000 Washington.--An aggregate tax reduction of $300,000,000 annually Is In prospect in the next session of congress, according to Representative W. R. Green (Rep., Iowa), chairman of the house ways and means committee. Mr. Qreen predicted there will be a surplus of more than $100,000,000 at the end of the present flsc,al year, r more than $30,000,000 In excess of the treasury estimate. He thought the surplus for the f.scal year 1926, however, might be somewhat less than the $373,000,000 estimated. Unless there Is a hitch In the prop gram, Mr. Green believes the tax redactions can be made effective In time for the March 15 payment* «f next ^ear. * Epidemic of "Flu" Causes 201 Deaths in Chicago 1 Chicago.--An epidemle of malignant influenza has Chicago in Its grip, and in twelve hours caused ths death of twenty-seven persons, double the normal toll for a winter day. In the first nine days of March records of the health department show 201 persons died of pneumonia and influenza, an average of 22.3 daily. So malignant is the present wave at influenza, health officials said, that whole families are stricken almost at once. Air Mail Station* Ready Washington.--Five stations to light the air mail flyers between Chicago and j4ew York are established. It was announced here. Three Bank Robbers Taken Tuckahoe, N. J.--Three men who robbed the Tuckahoe National bunk, shot Edward Tomlin, a bank director, ern Japan, seems to have established and blackjacked the cashier and his that the ship foundered with about 100 wife, were captured by North WlldpusseQgcrs in a gale that swept the foasW Wine A»*ociation Get• T*xe» San Francisco.--The California Wine association received a check for $1,000,- wood police in the woods some disstance from here. U. S. Sae» Mrt. Vamderbttt New York.--A suit in equity wus filed in Federal court by United States UQO tro«k Ui« treasury due (ty i>rrsf i Attorney Buckner against Mrs. wt*» Zederal paid taxes. 1 Ham U. Vanderlftlt II for $238,348k W, S. Metcalf Is Named Pension Commissioner Washington.--Wilder S. Metcalf of Lawrence, Kan.. Avas nominated by President Coolldge as. commissioner of the bureau of pensions. He succeeds Washington Gardner. Hoffman Philip of New York was named as minister to Persia. Herman J. Galloway of Indiana and Ira Lloyd Letts of Rhole Island were nominated to be assistant attorneys general. Margot Aaquith in Auto Crash London.--The countess of Oxford and Asquith. better known to Americans as the vitriolic Margot Asquith of the lecture plutform and memoirs, is suffering from shock following s motoring accident. -fv Old Sub Chaser Seised New York.--After an exciting chase a police launch, eommanded by Sergt, R'uggles. captured the converted submarine chaser Vee. The boat Is valued at $90,000. Osborne Wood Sails tor V. S Madrid.--Osborne Wood sailed foi America from Cadiz aboard the shipping board freighter West Chetnc. Its first stop is Tampa, Fla. It expects to arrive at Tampa the latter part of March. Mundelein See* Paris Church Paris.--Cardinal.-'Mundelein of Chicago on Thursday visited among other buildings the St\; Chappelle. a structure of which he erected a dopUout In Brooklyn, N. Y. » •.. Weeks Orders Staff to Work on Air Defensew Washington. -- Secretary of War Weeks directed the general staff of the army to make a thorough study of the effectiveness of anti-aircraft guns In combating airplane attacks. The secretary, Major General Hines, chief of staff, and high army officers are dissatisfied with the conduct of the recent anti-aircraft demonstration at Fort Monroe, where the guns and ammunition 4used were not of a modern type. Senator Smoot, Veteran C. O. P. Leader, Stricken Wasni-igton. -- Senator Keed JSiuoot of Utah, a veteran among Republican leaders, was taken iL In the senate, and after receiving medical treatment was removed to his home. The senator's physician said, he had been stricken with indigestion, but that his condition was not serious. Largest Building Sold New York.--The Equitable building at 120 Broadway, called the largest office structure In the world, was reported sold for $38,500,000, which would be the hlgaest price in any realty -transaction on record In this city. Gasoline Inquiry It Asked Washington.--A resolution directing the federal trade commission to Inquire Into the ijpeent raises In the price of gasoline was Introduced In the senate. Confesses He Gave Germs; to Shepherd to KStPfamJ** McCiintocE-* Chicago. -- William Darling Shepherd was directly, accused as the slayer of William McClintock, the mil-, llonalre orphan. The accusation was made in a complete confession by Dr. Charles p. Faiman, head of the so-called National University of Sciences, that he and Shepherd conspired over a period cf a«~ year to take young McClintock's life by means of typhoid germ poisoning. Falman declared, in the course of & deliberate and slowly traced confession, that he fnrnished typhoid genua to Shepherd; that he instructed Shep-." herd from time to time in the car^'"- and culture of the germs, and tiiat it was perfectly well understood betweeni ^ them that young McClintock should beS killed for his fortune and that the^* fortune should ° be divided by the slayers. J " > i- Falman and Shepherd were taken tc|j:, ' the state's attorney's office. v Shepherd and Falman were brought U face to face, Faimun was again asketi if Shepherd had got germs from him. ^ Faimun suddenly leaned forward, shook his finger in Shepherd's face, and burst out: . "He got the germs from me. I gave those tubes of cultures to Shepherd. He told me he wanted them for a million- dollar deal and he would pay me plenty." Shepherd turned to the state's attorney and said: "I never saw this man in my life before. I suppose you ca^ hang me, but I am innocent." Faiman said he met Shepherd in November, 1923. After some preliminaries they began talking of the uses of germs. This led to talk of tf»e Implantation of cultures with the idea of causing death. Then they came to the point. Faiman said Shephe-d told him he was foster father of young McClintock. Mrs. Shepherd was the boy's guardian. Young McClintock would soon coin© into $1,000,000. Also he would likely marry (Miss Isabelle Pope »as soon as he came of age. Falman said Shepherd proposed that they implant typhoid germs in young McClintock, cause his death, collect the fortune, and divide. 'I agreed to do this," Falman explained. "I Instructed Shepherd in the culture of germs. I gave him three tubes. There were three distinct species. I told him how to guard.theni and to propagate them. It was the understanding that Shepherd was to wait until young McClintock had signed a will leaving the money to Shepherd and then at the fisst favorabfe opportunity he was to be given the germs and killed. "From time to time I met Shepherd 1# various hotels in the' loop. We* tglked over our plans there and I tolff him more of how to carry on his plans. Finally the moment arrived. The hoy had made his will, leaving the money to Shepherd. The first dose of the germs was given to McClintock in a glass of cold water. After that the doses were repeated and his condition aggravated." Nomination of Warren Is Again Rejected by Senate Washington. -- The nomination of Charles B. Warren to be attorney general was rejected for a second time by the senate, 46 to 39, as compared to the 40-40 tie a week ago. .The roll call in the senate was as follows: For confirmation: Bingham, Buller, Cameron, Capper, Cummins, Curtis, Dale, Deneen, Du Pont, Ernst, Fernald, Fess, Gillett, Goff, Gooding, Hale, Harreld, Jones (Wash), Keyes, Lenroot, McKlnley, McLean, McNar.v, Means, Metcalf, Moses, Oddle, Pepper, Pine, Sackett, Sehall, Shortrldge, Smoot, Spencer, Stanfleld. Wadswortlv Watson, Weller and Willis--39. ^ Against confirmation: Republicans --Borah, Brookhart, Couzens. Frazie% Howell, Johnson, Ladd, LaFolIett% Norbeck and Norris--10; Democrats-- Ashurst, Bayard, Caraway, Copeland* Dill. Edwards, Ferris, Fletchei?, George, Gerry, Glass, Harris, Harri* son, Heflin, Kendrick, King, McKellar, Mayfield, Neely, Ralston, ltansdell. Reed of Missouri, Robinson, Sheppard, Simmons, Smith, Swanson. TrammelJU Tyson. Walsrti and Wheeler--35; Farm* er-Lahor--Shipstead--1; total--46. Pairs were announced as follows: Edge, Republican, for; Stephens. Democrat, against. Phipps. Republjcan, for; Pittman, Democrat, against,' Warren, Republican, for; Overman^" Democrat, against. Reed of Pennsylvania, Republican, for; McMaster. Republican, against. Greene. Republican, for; Jones, New Mexico. Democrat, against. Senator Underwood, Democrat, of Alabama, was in Bermuda. Daughter for- Mrs. Bishop New York.--Mrs. Henry A. Bishop, Jr., formerly Miss Gloria Gould, gave birth to a daughter at a local hospital. Mrs. Bishop Is a professional dancer. She was married In 1922. r-fc New York Lifts Poultry Ban New York.--The embargo against live poultry has been lifted in six states, not including Illinois, It was announced by the department of farms and markets lieye. Can Try Dry Violators Washington.--Persons charged with violating the Volstead act can be trle<| in state courts, the Supreme court de* t^ared in substance, in dismissing, for want of jurisdiction, a case brought from Humboldt county, OaMfornia, by A. Brambini and Isadore Maftiif. Wheat Brings $320^62,000 Ottawa.--Canada's 1924 wij^at was valued aL $320,302,000 in estimates submitted, by.the depart^^nt of agriculture. ' "* Daniel Guggenheim Is 111 New York.--Daniel Guggenheim,- financier, who suffered a heart attack early this year, is again critically ill' at his home in the Uitz-Carlton hotel. He was" brought here from Paltn Beach, where he had gone to recuperate. Gas =Price Hearing Is Set Madison, Wis.--The Wisconsin department of markets plans to hold a public session at Madison April 3 to Inquire into the rise ef gasoline prices. *&<