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News From Over ILLINOIS if •" Divernon.--Plans for a big Home- | 1 Coming ami Labor day celebration to beld here September 1 are Ih the t' »Jinnds of a local committee which 11 ".promises to make the day one to be P?! long remembered In the history of Dl- Vernon. The event will be under the pj ,#uspices of the D1 vernon miners. The I' Jpusinpss Men's association, the Red • 'sCross nod other agencies will also have * „ "*• an Interest in the celebration, to adh'y J jiitlon to a banquet for all of the returned soldiers, sailors and marines, . inhere will be plenty of entertainment. X " Airplane flights, balloon ascensions. tuseball games and two quartets will !/ %*» features. • * Havana.--Practice did not make jperfect in the caw of Dick Kimball, lield In the Mason county jail on a . Thnrge of attempting to hold up the • iM.-tson county bank. Investigation *hows that Kimball spent several weeks on the Illinois river practicing -with a rifle nnd a revolver. When he ^ '^entered the bank, and ordered ail to p-, "hold np their hands, he fired several Sprlngfield.-fA force of 40 men nnd 20 women are busy at the state fair preparing the grounds and buildings for the opening of the exposition on August 15. At the women's building, where the domestic science class will open on August 6, one week before the opening of the fair, everything has been placed in good condition. Girls from every section of the state who will attend the school will sleep and< eat in the building during the two weeks. The site In the southwest corner of the fair grounds where the boys' state fair camp will be erected has been prepared for the pitching of the tents. The camp will be laid out and erected upder the supervision of Adjutant General Dickson. A great deal of work is also being done on the site west of the fair grounds where the tented city will be placed for the accommodation df fair visitors who wish to live in the open during the week. Carliavllle.--Sergeant Elvin D. George of the Peking (China) guard marines has returned to his home In Staunton after an absence of twelve years. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. George, and was formerly an attorney. Sergeant George left Staunton in June, 1807, going to St. Louis. He enlisted in the marine corps about a month later, and has served continuously in that branch ever since, spending a great deal of his time in the Orient. During the San Francisco fair he was in charge of the Marine Recruiting station there. For ten years after his departure from Staunton, which was entirely voluntary, not a word was received from him by his relatives, although a constant vigil was k«*pt up by anxious members of the family. Fop some time it had been feared that he had died. Equality.--Gallatin county setting the pace in southern Illinois and making other counties sit up and take notice of the way they are handling the highway commissioners who fail to do their duty. David Painter, highway commissioner of Equality township, was tried before Justice of the Peace Mason on a charge of failure to keep the roads in repair, and was found guilty and assessed the minimum "fine of $5£) and costs. There were two bad places on the public highway In this township and the commissioner had been repeatedly asked to fix the roads, but had neglected to do so, and complaint was filed against him. This Is the second highway commissioner In the county In the past few weeks tc be tried on the neglect-of-duty charge NATION III DAVE FOR CUT IN FOOD Federal, State and City Forces Jtend to End jm'aSJC.ofL';' ?^Tt" ' shots, all of which lodged in the ceiling. He escaped without securing cash. After the attempted holdup Kimbnll fled to the woods, and tater surrendered to the city officials. Springfield.--Walter E. Day, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Day, 1326 North Grand avenue, east, is convinced that If the United States troops had been ' us slow going over the top as the of- ; flee force at Washington is in sending y out casualty lists the war would still be going on. Day's parents have just ' received word that he was wounded ; In action. The notice said not to worry unless further word was re- X eetved. Day has been home for two months. He was wounded a year and ^ three months ago. Litchfield.--Litchfield buyers of poultry and eggs received their first purchase of ducks for the year. The ducks were shipped to Detroit, Mich. Chickens are plentiful in the country. Geese and ducks are also plentiful, but turkeys are very scarce. The wet spell this spring came at the time when the young turkeys were too tender to stand the dampness. The poultry business In Montgomery and Macoupin counties has been a very profitable one for the farmers' wives. Clinton--Miss Caroline Seyfer former Lincoln girl, has'been appointed official reporter for both the circuit and the county courts of DeWitt county by Judges George A. Sentel and John Bedinger of these courts She has already filled the position for , Judge Sentel on his recent visits to Clinton to conduct business of the circuit court and is considered one of the most competent stenographers which DeWitt county has. Springfield.--Awarded • distinguished service cross by the war de- • pnrtment, Joseph A. O'Leary, recently discharged from Battery F. One Hundred and Twenty-fourth field artillery, cannot be located to accept the decoration. Word that he is in Spring- Held was received by Col. E. W. Tanner, recruiting* chief of this district, who requested Capt. C. D. Bush of this city to attempt to locate him. Jacksonville.--William Joseph Hairgrove. one of the oldest residents of this city, and a veteran of the Civil war, died at Passavant hospital at the i age of eighty-seven years. Surviving are three sons. Attorney William N. Halrgrove of Kansas City, Mo., and John N. Halrgrove of Vlrden. Also two brothers. Columbus Halrgrove of Jacksonville and Marion F. Halrgrove, Browning, Neb. Champaign.--The Dlghten and Het- Uhee bank at Seymour was robbed and securities worth about $8,000 taken. Most of the securities were in the form » of Liberty bonds. The robbery was not „ discovered until six hours after It occurred. Zeigier.-- Quite a number of English, Serbians, Croatlons, Austrians j pnd other foreign born ministers of this' city are making arrangements to go back home and help reconstruct those countries. Charleston.--Absence of love Justifies a divorce. So avers Mrs. Gertrude Williams who has filed suit for divorce !b court here from her husband Garvey Williams, wealthy farmer, because he does not love her anymore. Burn side.--Ii was alright for cows f# graze on the public streets here until one of them bit a juicy piece off new shrubbery on the police station lawn. Now the free lunch has been ta- , jfcen from them. <Rockford.--The Tri-State Medical ?v- association will meet In annual convention here September 4. Maj. Gen. ; Leonard Wood and Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane are expectto speak. ; Aurora. -- Besides Inconveniencing • "|~.ijifK»ut 250,000 commuters, the Strike of 1 the 000 employees of the Aurora, Elgin Jc Chicago third rail interurbun system Sed up industries In Fox river towns nploying some 10,000 persons and rfi 'plunged .a number of Chicago's suburbs lit darkness. Many towns found theinpelves without water, but a comprog? ;| j|lnise was reached whereby union men • "igreed to run the company's large : v power plant at "drinking water _ -~„-- < - - <"arpentersvllle and Aurora-Elgin In- •torurbait lines were also tied up by the ^strike. (i. Jacksonville.--That a bond issue to ••wipe out Jacksonville's $300,000 floatip, Ing debt will be voted upon !n a short rorpus 10 secure tne release oi nis cnuf s.; .time Is the opinion of many citizens I dren from the Creal Springs Methohave heeded the voice of the cltyldist Orphanage, where they were being .ccucil. Since a meeting of the council?'supported by their mother! Judge D. T ^,at which Mayor E. E. Crabtree urgent- ,ly requested citizens to make known their ideas, the matter has been dlsrassed from all angles. A bond issae is favored by all those who have publicly declared themselves. Albion.--Miss Mary Stafford, recently elected district head of the Rebekah |odge. died in • hospital at Louisville, JKy„ following *p operation for cancer. Behton.--In appreciation of gallant service the employees at the Middle Fork mine of the United States Fuel company have decorated William Devllhllss, special Deputy Sheriff at the min4, with a gold star set with a diamond, and the company has presented him with a check for $500. On June 27, when the payroll at the mine, amounting to $42,000, was taken by five bandits, Devilbliss, although shot through the shoulder by one of the robbers, raised his rifle and, shooting 150 yards, killed Nalo Petrigatto, leader of the b&nd, who was making for the awaiting car with the sack of money, and wounded Albert Trinl, owner and driver of the oar. Springfield.--Illinois'^new state tax commission, created by the Fifty-first general assembly in place of the board of equalization, Is establishing Itself on the third floor, of the' statehouse, where temporary quarters have been assigned by the secretary of state. Permanent offices probably will be taken In the downtown district, where the state has office space, due to crowding at the capitol. It Is forecast by some here, who are credited with knowing what is going on, tlujt the members of the abolished board will meet In August, as usual, and will proceed with their accustomed business to test the validity of the law creating the commission. ^arlinviHe.--The Macoupin County Cow Test association has completed Its first month's testing. Charles Sattgast is tester and the work has started off In fine shape. By means of the association the dairyman Is able to see what his cows are producing and to know exactly what each cow in the herd Is doing. During the last month there were five cows which made 40 pounds of butterfat each. Marlon.--A new Baptist chnrch, known aa the Third of Marion, has been organized in the northeast part of this city, as the result a series of n.eetings conducted by Evangelist C. C. Allen. A charter membership of 100 has been secured. Fairfield.--At a meeting of the Wavrie County Medical society Ih this city the physicians passed resolutions raising their fees 50 per cent. The doctors claim that the cost of living has Increased 75 per cent as well as everything used by the medical profession. Galena.--The Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois Firemen's association will hold its anual tournament in this city on August 13. John Haskin of Darlington, Wis., is president of the association. Springfield.--Frank E. Barbee. 528! South Spring street, an insurance agent, was instantly kilied and Charles Larrlmore of Decatur was slightly injured when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a Chicago & Alton freight train on the Air Line crossing, five miles south of Springfield on the Chatham road. Springfield.--Illinois' apple crop this year will approximate 866,000 ba» Batavia to supply rels, as compared with a crop of 750,- onfy." The Elgin- 000 barrels in 1917, according to estimates made by S. D. Fessenden, field agent of the United States bureau of crop estimates. Marion.--Arthur Boyd was surprised when he applied for a writ of habeas corpus to the of his chil Senate Banking and ©Urrenty Committee to Study Inflation ChargSt --House Starts Investigation " --May Restrict Packer*. Washington, Aug. 5.--Local officials all over the nation are lining up to support the government in the fight against high prices now being planned' by Attorney General Palmer. Investigations are beginning tu many sections to determine production Costs and wholesale and retail profits. Governors, mayors and grand juries are ordering searching probes. Officials of the justice department predicted investigations will be under way in at least thirty states within two weeks. Local officials in Ohio, Michigan, Maryland and New York already have investigations under way. Data to be obtained by local investigations will be at the disposal of Attorney General Palmer if lie wants it to aid in hi* nation-wide campaign against profiteers, officials here said. A vast amount of data bearing upon every angle of the^ problem of eliminating profiteers and Jamming down the cost of living is being accumulated In congress and by executive departments of the government. Exact figures on prices of all farm and dairy products received by farmer and wholesaler are being collected In all sections of the country by the agricultural department. Retail price figures for all principal cities are being collected by the labor department, while the federal trade commission is investigating scores of articles, including bread, canned vegetables, steel and shoes. Data already printed and available here would make a path 90,000 miles long if the volumes were laid edge to edge, when it is completed. Some of the developments scheduled were: Attorney General Palmer's committee, made up of cabinet officers and other high government officials, Tuesday will hear the report of a subcommittee which will recommend the revival of the food administration in some form UP TO CONCRESS Wilson Asks Special Commission toJPass on Increase of woo,000,000. ^ APPEALS TO THE HOUSE Roy E. MacElwee of New York ha$ been nominated to be first assistant director of the bureau of foreign avid domestic commerce, In the department of commerce.;;' ft "iff! SLAUGHfER 1$ JAPS MIKADO'S SOLDIERS ARC SLAIN BY CHINES^. Chinese Government Expresses Regret Over Incident--Chinese Losses Net Given. • ( Washington, Aug. 2.--Sixteen Japanese officers and men and three Japanese policemen were killed, and 17 Japanese"* soldiers more or less seriously wounded in a clash with Chinese troops at Kuanchenghu July 19, according to an official report received by the Japanese embassy here. The losses of the Chinese were not given. The clash was said to have followed an assault on an employee of the South Manchuria Railway company by about 20 Chinese soldiers. The report sold the Chinese government express#! regret over the incident, and dismissed from office the Chinese commanders and reprimanded Gen. Meng Un Yuan, governor general of Kirln province, in which Kuanchenghu is situated. FOR SALE--265 SEAPLANES Navy Department to Give Sportsmen Interested in Aviation a Chance to Buy Aircraft. Washington, Aug. 4.--Sportsmen and business concerns Interested In aviation will be given an opportunity to acquire modern seaplanes at low The committee will also have up for ; prjceg wj,en the navy department sells discussion measures to reduce coal j ^ n)achlnes at auction in the near prices, forcing the stamping of producfuture. Secretary Daniels has aution costs on necessities, licensing j ^jlor|ze(j saje 0f the seaplanes at food dealers, and proposals to cut the WIc aiK;tion to the highest bidders. wheat price below the $2.26 guarantee. The president will await the report of Palmer's committee. His recommendation, which will follow this report, probably will take the form of a message to congress. At the capitol, the senate banking and currency committee will begin hearings on possible ways to deflate the currency as ordered In a resolution introduced by Senator Myers and passed by the senate Saturday. In the house. Representative Igoe will demand action on Ills resolution authorizing the federal trade commission to investigate the price of shoes public auction to the highest bidders. High speed machines of large carrying capacity, well adapted to commercial use, will be Included in the sale along with faster and smaller machines. The department will later issue complete details regarding the sale. MEXICAN BANDITS MURDER 60 Dozen Bey Scouts Die on Train Blown U0 100 Miles frem Capital. New York, Aug. 4.--Mexican bandits slon to investigate tne h,ew up a pa88enger train between and the al,®jjed con ™ P j Muamantla and San Marces, less than over the leather market. | mlles from Mexico City, killing League Supporters were plannlng to , ^ ^ ^ personfi includlng 12 boys use the situation presente iy j ^rom German college at Pueblo ing prices and the fight to bring lem wearlng boy scout uniforms, according down as an argument for the ear ; ^ priVate advices received here by ratification of the peace treaty, so that ^ National Association for the Prothe world can get back to a normal tectlon of AmertCan Rights in Mexko. base. 1 ------ Consideration is being given to a bill cipc Dl AT W RARPI) submitted by Representative Kelly. BIG FIRE VUi I I* DMUCU Pennsylvania, and approved by the federal trade commission, which would restrict packers handling food staples to a four months' supply at any given time. The Kelly bill' is intended to open the warehouses of all packers handling general food lines, such as eggs. hut- Mayor of Chicago Says That Information Caused Him to Yield to , Troop Call. Chicago, Aug. 2.--In ft statement Supplementing ,an announcement he cenerui iu«m num. f*u» n.-. i fnade, Mavor. Tho,m p, son .s aid, tha.t ,i t. ter canned goods, smoked and frozen ! was Information that Wednesday night meats and grocery staples, and by j had been chosen for a widespread plot keeping these products flowing through j to start fires in, the riot district, wh ci the packing houses restore operation j Induced him to pill out the sta e of the law of supply and demand as It j troops. He was guided in that action, applies to foodstuffs. *»<>• l»' knowledge that the police were Any person could go to a United j worn out by continuous duty. States district attorney with evidence I ~ of food hoarding beyond the four STRIKE THROWS 100,000 OUT months' maximum. 1 Situation at Scrsnton, Pa., Is Serious Requests Speaker G)llett of Body to Postpone Its Recess Until Definite • H Action Is Taken on the Rafter' Wage Question. WnMngton, Aug. 4. -- President Wilson asked congress to create a special investigating commission to pass on the wage, increases asked b/ the railway shopmen und other railway employees. The president forwarded to Senator Cummins and Representative Esch, chairmen respectively of ' the house and senate interstate commerce committees, the projM»s«l made originally by Director General Hines and askeo that provision be made for representa tion of both labor and the public on the body. The president asked congress to, stipulate, In Its legislation, that If wdge Increases are allowed under its award. It should be mandatory on the rate-making authority to Increase railroad 'rates enough to meet the advances. President Wilson asked Speaker Glllett of the house to postpone Its recess until definite action was taken on his request that congress set up a committee to pass upon wage In creases asked for by railroad employees. An identical letter was sent to Representative Mondeli, the Repub lican floor leader. Director General Hines informed the president that inasmuch as the Increases being asked by all classes of railroad workers aggregated $800,- 000,000 a year, he hoped something might be done to reduce the cost of living as an alternative, because he doubted that his powers were sufficient to Increase rates enough to meet the vast sum. Mr. Hines also Askejl that the railroad administration be allowed to continue to handle questions of rules and working conditions, saying these could not be satisfactorily separated from the current handling of railroad oper ations. President Wilson wrote the committee chairmen that he concurred- in the view of Mr. Hines that the legislation undertaken should authorize the body thus set up to make its findings with regard to wage increases retroactive to the first of August. 1919. at any rate to the extent that the tribunal may regard reasonable and proper, in order to give real relief to the em ployeeg concerned." ' L. F. Shepherd, chief of the Brotherhood of Railway Conductors, accompanied by national officers of that organization called on President Wilson to discuss with him the conductors' recent demand on the railway wage commission for wage increases averaging 35 pty cent. f The delegation told the president the conductors were obliged to ask for the increase because during the last six years their wages hud fallen below the price of necessaries to the extent of 35 per cent. "An Incrense of 35 per cent would put thp conductors exactly where they were six yeurs ago," Mr, Shepherd said, "nnd even at that time we felt we were not fully paid." Reference was made by one member r>f the delegation to the recent action tif thtr Italian government In cutting the cost of food 50 per cent In that •ountry, to which the president was «aid to have replied that no such drastic action could be taken under the the laws of hie United States. On leaving the White House Mr Shepherd said he had been given to understand that the president. In dealing with the situation, was limited to the enforcement of, laws already on Hie stiitute books. tfi'iYi-'i'riiff'iri'i ME III RAILS Federation Measure Asks Retiri*;--*^ ment of Private Capital and of Profits. BILL READY FOR C8NGRESS C. W. Hare, director of sales of the war department, accompanied by a large staff of experts, has gone to Europe to dispose- of the surplus stocks of war materials held there. More than $1,500,000,000 worth of surplus property is to be disposed of by the director of sales. , CHICAGO RIOTS CEASE TROOPS KEEP SUNDAY FREE OF RACE .DISTURBANCES. Fifteen Thousand Negroes Employed Yards Net to at Present. . 'y" X Chicago, Aug. 4.--Movement of additional troops Into the riot belt had Its effect. For the first Sunday In a month there were no riot calls at police stations south of Roosevelt road and west of Cottage Grove avenue. Even the area "back o' the yards," where fire made 180 families homeless Saturday, was quiet, and muttering* and threats of reprisals had died away. Chief Garrlty and Adjutant General Dickson made separate tours of the riot and fire districts, questioning militia and police officers enroute. When they completed their inspections and returned to the joop both declared conditions to be "nearly normal." The 15,000 negro stockyards workers did not go back to work this morning, however. Representatives of the packers said "it had been agreed" not to bring the colored workers back until the situation was such "the police could handle any outbreaks." Neither Chief Garrlty nor First Deputy Alcock would Intimate when they thought the troops could be withdrawn and the policc able to handle the outbreak which, white workers in the yards say, will come when the negroes attempt to return to work there. VOLCANO KILLS THOUSANDS Molten Lava Carries Death to 50,000 Persons In Java, Bay* Refugee. Singapore. Aug. 4. •-- The awful scenes which prevailed when the volcano of Kaiut, in Java, burst Into eruption on May 20, destroyed 20 villages and caused a loss of life estimated by some at 50,000, are vividly described by Miss -E. W. Cranen, Who has arrived here from Sourabay. A river of boiling mud and lava which overwhelmed the village of Blitar, where Miss Cranen was staying, she says, was ten miles wide and four feet deep. SALES OF WHEAT INCREASE 33,7^3,000 Bushels Received From. Farms During WeekfEnded July 18--17,493,000 Previous Week. . r Washington, July 31.--A total of33,- | 793,000 bushels of wheat was received in markets from farms In the week ending July 18, according to figures issued by the United States Grain corporation, covering the wheat and flour movement throughout the country. This compared with 17,493,000 bushels for the previous week and 32,516,- 000 for the same week in 1918. $1,000,000 FRAUD CHARGED RAIL LOSS IS $23,000,000 BELGIUM BUYS U. S. GOODS --Whole Lackawanna Valley Without Electricity. Supplies Valued at 100,000,000 Franf* to Be Retailed le People. , Brussels. Aug. 4.--The "minister of food has bought ajl the American supplies in Belgium. They wer* valued at 100.000.000 francs. The supplies v$ill be retailed under government control. fl«Mfcft>n. Pa., July 31.--The industrial situation In the Lackawanna valley has assumed a critical phase. The strike has practically shut off the operations of the Scranton Electric company. Industry after industry l\as been forced to quit, and It Is estimated that more than 100,000 workers are Idle. Charles A. Strang, a Shipbu'lder, la Armsted in East on a Federal Indictment. New fork. Aug. 2--f%nrtes A. Strang, a shipbuilder, was arrested In West Brighton 011 a federal indictment charging him with conspiracy to defraud the government by means of a fraudulent pn.v roll. The complaint was made by the Emergency Fleet corporation. which operates the Duval Shtphulld'ng company In Florida, where Strang was employed. Federal officers declared that when Strnng's alleged co-conspirators are rounded un it will b« found the government was robbed of $1,000,000. Execute Frenchman as Spy. Paris, Aug. 5.--Marechal des Lojrlw de Branbant condemned to death for having maintained relations with the chief of the German secret service at Barcelona during the war was shot at Vincennes. Jews Are Massacred. London. Aug. 5.--Semiofficial Polish sources , have received re)»orts that Genernl Gre^goriefTs troops, which are occupying Odessa, surrounded the Jewish quarter and began * a massacre, which lasted three days. Hartwell ordered the children left at the hon^ and commanded Boyd to contribute half of fhelr support. Anna.--The council has repealed an ordinance prohibiting Sunday baseball after u hearing attended by representtatlves of the Ministerial association and baseball fans. Sunday baseball will be a feature In tills city In the for ture, after 25 years of prohibition. Weekly Dole for 760,000. London. Aug. 5.--The pay roll of the unemployed to whom the government is making a weekly dole, has been reduced about 500,000 names. Payments are now being made to about 760,000 persons. ' Close Six Army Hospitals. Washington. Aug. 2--Six army general hospitals, located at Ontario, N. Y.; Blltmore, N. C.; New Haven, Conn.; Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind.; Fort Douglas, Utah, and Fort Snelling, Minn., will be closed September 80. $25,000,000 for Cola Firm. Atlanta, Ga„ Aug. 2.--Sule of the Coca Cola company of Atlanta to New York Interests for $25,000,000 became known here, the final transaction being dependent upon reports of aud- I ltors for the New York capitalists. 4,000 Reds' Slain% Bucharest, Aug. 5.--Four thousand Hungarian I^eds were killed' Ih the fiplitlng with the Roumanians on the Thelss river, said dispatches from the *"ene of the fray. The Roumanian losses were heavy also. U. S. and Ch'.le Exchange Teachers. i BerktVey. Cul.. Aug. 5.--Plans for nil exchange of professors and instructors between the United States and Chile have been t-atifled by the University of Chile and the Chilean government. Britain Spends $22,000,000 Daily. Londop. Aug. 5.--It Is estimated every six weeks now the British government spends as much as sufficed for 12 months before the war. Great Britain ta now spending a day. ... ^ Government Out That Much in Operation of Railroads During Month ; X„„0•• June%?- ;,A' .j.ri 'm*M«|ton.;Aug. to the government in its operation of •the railroads during June. 1910, was $23,000,000, it was announced by Railways Director Hines. The net operating Income of the roads during that month was $51,000,000. TMs covers practically all Class i railroads and large terminal companies. Germans Vote Extra Wealth Tax. Weimar. July 31.--The proposed extraordinary tax on wealth was voted upon favorably by the council of state. Lansing Replies to Senate. Washington. Aug. 4--Two hundred nnd seventeen Americans have been killed in Mexico since the close of the regime of I'orfljio Diaz May 25, 1911, the senate was informed by Secretory | Lansing in response to an inquiry. Deity Still With Kaiser. Beflln. Aug. 4.--The former German, empress in the course of a letter to the vicare of Christ church at W'llhelmslohe says: "The kaiser is bear ing his burden, but the Lord will lead him out of the dark valley." Measure Put Forth as Remedy fir }tigh Cost of Living, Because Railroads Are the Key < Industry of Nation. , m ____ ^flshlngton, Aug. 6.--Organised j|fe bor came out with the unequivocal, formal demand that private capital be retired from the railroads. r:\ A tripartite control composed of the public, the operating management and the employees is demanded !*»»•' stead. 1 Addressed to the American public and signed by the engineers and teemen, the conductors and the American Federation of Labor, a formal statement was issued announcing tMs proposal, which will be carried before congress. "It marks," says the statement, "the step by which organized labor passes from demands for wage increases to demands that the systeu^ of profits to Industry be overhauled. This sentence sums up In a few Words the proposal, of which there have been hints and Indications, but which Is now laid before the country for the first time. Everywhere in official Washington It Is recognized as the most serious and far-reaching proposition the country will be called on to face. Characterizing the proposal as 'labor's bill," It Is put forth as a remedy for the high cost of living, because the railroads are the key industry of the nation. It demands the "genuine co-operation and partnership, based on a real community of Interest and participation In control,** of which President Wilson spoke to congress, and which the statement says has been ignored by labor and the private owners of the railroads. " We ask," it says, "that the railroads of the United States be vested In the public; that those actually engaged in conducting that industry, not from Wall street, but from the railroad offices and yards and out on the railroad lines, shall take charge of this service for the public." Briefly, labor's plan demands: That private capital be eliminated from the railroads. That the private owners receive for them government bonds "with a fixed interest return for every honest dot lar that they have invested." That the tripartite control, heretofore referred to. be established In corporations which shall lease the roads and in which the public, the operating managements and labor shall be represented equally. That the public, the operators and the wage earners share equally all revenue In excess of the guarantee to private capital, by granting to the operators and the employees one-half the savings which are expected to be made by such a perfected organization, and to the public the other half as consumers, either by increasing service without adding costs or by reducing costs. 'This role originates with labor,** says the statement, "because labor happens to have firm organizations through which it may becojne articulate.". The statement follows: "The Jnnunedoes in telegraphed dispatches from Washington, appearing also in the speech of Representative Blanton of Texas, that the railroad unions are holding up congress nnd the government, may as well cease. This appeal is aiade to the American people direct. It invokes the Judgmen nnd common sense of public sentiment, of all the public which earns a wage or a stipend. We recognize that the only way In which we can exist under the present system Is to demand further increases in wages. But we agree with Representative Blanton that this affords but temporary relief. It does not ofler a remedy. "Labor's bill, on the other hand, provides a remedy, and we ask merely that Its terms be scrutinized. Our full argument in support of these terms will be presented on Wednesday before the house committee on. interstate commerce. In this statement we are sounding Jh$ note of our basic principle." - 3 '1 •b / 100 U. 8. Ships Sold. Washington, Aug. 4.--One hundred steamships built on the Great Lakes during the war have been sold by the shipping board to the Anderson Oversens corporation of New ^ork for ^nproxtiuately $80,000,000. ' jyiv Mrs. John Barton Payn* DeM. Chicago. Aug. 4.--Mrs. John Barton Payne, wife of the new chairman of the United States shipping board, is dead at her country home at Elmhurst, near here. She had been 111 , two weeks. Chinese and Japs Battle. Honolulu, Aug. 4.--Serious anti-Japanese disturbances are reported at Tsl- Nan-Fu, Shantung, China, by cable advices from Tokyo by the Nlppa Jill, and that the commander of the Chinese garrison has declared martial1 law. ' 3t,000,000 Pennies Coined. Philadelphia. Aug. 4.--The abnormal demand for pennies ta still taring the capacity of the presses in the Philadelphia mint, the enormous total of 38,931,000 having been, struck during tuIf. Warships Guard Plebiscite. Paris, Aug. 6.--The peace conference,, replying to Denmark's request that a warship be sent to Flensberg In connection with the plebiscite In Schleswig, notified Deumark that a British wnrahip Is already at Flensberg. • Strike Off on B. A O. ^tJumberland, Md., Aiig. 6.--Taking the stand thht the walkout Friday was Irregular, as It did not have the sanction of the brotherhood officials, the Baltimore & Ohio shopmen's strike was called off at a meeting of the men. Mayor Selling Government Newark, N. J., Aug. 2.--Mayor Gillen opened at a downtown engine house the city's sale of bacon released by the war department. During the day 12 other bacon* depots, 11 In the city fire houses, opened. < r Plan to Bar Foreign Ships. Washington. Aug. 2--House leaders planned to bring up a bill repealing the wartime legislation permitting forj elgn ships to engage In American I coastwise trade. The Hawaiian Islands exempted. British West Indies to U. S.? London. Aug.6--The National News gays a suggestion that the British West Indies be ceded to the United States in part payment of Great Britain's war debt is being considered sck rlously on both sides ot the Atlantic. Coblenx to Be Headquarters. Ooblenz, Aug. 0.--Coblens will become the headquarters of the American forces in Europe when American grand headquarters In. Paris Is closed about August 20. It became know* Wben General Pershing arrived tan* / 1 Rsjsct Wilson's Plan. ' Washington, Aug. 6.--Officnls of th» six big railway shopmen's unions to)4 President Wilson they could not ap* ^ prove of his plan for the settlement cjf .. railway wage problems and asked tl#f immediate granting of increases. -ir 4 ' .