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' ' ' • v wmmwmmm -V r*v H06HES BUSTS RUSSIAN HOPES STAIENEWS mmmm* Springfield.--ContR(f1 oup diseases are the deame In Illinois, according fe-^r to Dr. L D. Rawllngs at Springfield, |?n ;» wtio made known the statistics on A „ „ such diseases for the first six months r'. -vt of the year, as compared with other >* *3. years. From January 1 to July 1, V,'1,. 1823, there were in the state 12,572 ; canes of smallpox, typhoid fever, - diphtheria and scarlet fever. During the corresponding period of 1922, there "f* <r were 16,279 cases, and 28,694 for the v ' * first half of 1921. West Frankfort.--The Knights of "}* the Ku Klui Klan of West Frankfort *'came to the aid of an aged couple, Mr. and Mrs. Jewell Sallies, and presetted them a sum of money that will enable them to get out of financial difficulties. Mrs. Jewell has been IH for eight years and Mr. Jewell recently has been suffering from heart disease. Aurora.--Mrs, Lena Waldley of Aurora who had five sons In the American army In the World war, received a check from the state of Illinois as the beneficiary of her two sons George and Frank. Jesse and Walter Waidley, two sons, also got $600 between them, and Jack, a third son, recently got a bonus check from the Wisconsin state. Edwardsville.--Hundreds of Ku Klmc Klan members In full regalia gathered on the farm of Mrs. Minnie L. Crocker, west of Edwardsville, and 1 staged an Initiation. A flaming cross, i thirty feet wide, was observed for miles around, and thousands of spectators flocked to the Crocker farm, only to be held back by sentries. » Woodstock.--The woman's auxiliary df I^eter Umathum post of the American Legion at Woodstock voted to give the sum of live dollars monthly to the T. M. C. A., department of Speedway hospital In Chicago, to assist In the purchase of comforts for wounded exservice men. Rockford.--The state fish commission at Springfield will dispatch a full car of young bass to Winnebago county this summer and the Rock, Klshwaukee, Pecatonlca and Sugar rivers are to be stocked with black bass flngerllngs. Joliet.--Health Commissioner HIgglns of Joliet has Issued the following warning: "The typhoid season is at hand. Everybody using surface well water should boll It, and everybody should vaccinate against the disease where they have been exposed to it." Springfield. -- Eighteen attorneys, tierts and stenographers at Springfield are affected by the ruling of Attorney General Brundage that bills appropriating money for the expenses of tbe house and senate elections committees are unconstitutional. Evanston.--Attesting to the wifle- ^read interest in religious education, . »ore than 150 students are registered ' to summer session of the department of religious education at Northwestern university at Evanston. Pana.--Frank Stanton, fifty-five, one Of the well-known coal miners in Pana •nd a brother of City Clerk Barry Stanton, Is dead here from Injuries caused by a fall on him of several tons of slate in the Penwell mine. Springfield.--The millions of tiny black gnats which are swarming central Illinois are harmless to persons, according to Prof. W. P. Flint, chief • entomologist of the University of Illinois at Urbana. Geneseo.--Tree and bush fruits In .the vicinity of Geneseo are more abundant this summer than for many years, particularly raspberries, blackberries, gooseberries and currants. There was a bumper yield of cherries. 4- Rockford.--The DeWerdt entries In the annual racing pigeon contest of toe Rockford Pigeon club won the 1923 ce between Manchester, la., and ockford, with the Kleppe entry see* d. There were IB entries. 1 Decatur.--There were 973 births in J>ecatur for the year ending April 80, 522 boys and 461 girls. There 524 deaths, seventy-lour under •ne year of age, and twenty-eight unj# er five years of age. 1 Yorkville.--A new Illinois state fish liatchery may be placed at Yorkville as the result of site Inspection trips made by Adam Clow of Plalnfleld, a deputy state game warden. Bridgeport.--A wagon loaded with nitroglycerin exploded on a bridge, tearing the driver, Charles Townsend, to pieces and destroyed the structure at Bridgeport. Bloomlngton.--The Bloomlngton city council recently passed an ordinance which provides that all milk sold In the city must either be pasteurized or come from tuberculin tested cows. Edwardsville.--The Madison county potato season is In full swing. It Is predicted that twenty-five carloads of spuds will be sent from Edwardsville to market. Chicago.--A $8,000,000 temple will be erected soon by Chicago Moose, it was announced by James J. Davis, director general of the order. Freeport.--A baby was drowned in the front yard of the Robert Whlttbecker premises when it fell from an elevated walk into water 30 Inches deep which had come from the swollen Pecatonlca river. A cloudburst had sent the stream up. eight feet in twenty- four hours, Iowa City, la.--Illinois furnished - more first-term summer school students at the University of Iowa this - year than any other of the 37 states represented outside of Iowa, according • to an announcement by university au- ' thorltles. Danville.--Joseph Taylor, a graduate of the high school and son of Depiity United States Marshall Pratt Taylor, received notice that he has passed the physical and mental entrance examinations for admission to the United States Naval academy at Annapolis, to which he was appointed by Congressman William P. Holaday. Danville.--A coroner's Jury has cleared Harry Patrick of Chicago of any blame for the death of Uttle Adeline Laker, who ran in front of the machine owned by John Parks etf Chicago, bat driven by Patrick, PMh"-.: ;-"w^. i,*1 Edwardsville.--Considerable mystery Is surrounding an automobile crash west of Edwardsville, In which three men were hurt as the result of the finding of a human finger on the scene of the wreck. The finger was taken to the hospital where the three lnc jured occupants were resting, but there It waB said that none of the trio had lost a finger. Springfield.--The Illinois Children's Home and Aid society, Chicago, and Moses E. Keiley, diocesan supervisor of charities of the central charity bureau of Chicago, made the first applications for a boarding home license under the new boarding" home law, which over the signature of Governor Len Small, became operative on July 1.- Galena.--A dam at Galena, constructed more than twenty-five years ago by the city at a cost of $200,000 and maintained since then by the fed* eral government, Is to be removed. The lock never was a profitable one, either for the city or the government. It Is at present without gates and produces no revenue. ' Rockford.--Re*. H. M. Bannen, pastor of the Trinity Lutheran church of Rockford, has been bequeathed $1,000 under the will of Mrs. Elizabeth Harleman of Holcomb, 111., which was filed, for probate. The Rockford Home for the Aged and the Rockford Children's Home were also left $1,000 each under the terms of the will. Springfield.--The semi-monthly crop report issued at Springfield by A. J. Surratt, federal agricultural statistician for Illinois, predicted a fair crop of apples in Illinois, and a rather short crop of peaches, especially In the heavy producing areas. Small fruits and vegetables were repotted above aver* age. Springfield.--An eight per cent Increase in the number of spring pigs saved in Illinois this spring Is indicated in the special pig survey made public at Springfield by A. J. Surratt, agricultural statistician of Illinois of the United States Department of Agriculture, division of crop and live stock estimates. Marseilles.--A more has been launched at Marseilles for a municipal swimming pool. The movement Is meeting with much favor. The closest swimming pool at present Is In Goold park In Morris and It draws crowds of people from Marseilles and all over the state. Springfield.--Bids for the paving of , approximately 200 miles of state highways were advertised by the state division of highways, according to Frank T. Sheets, state superintendent of highways. Three hundred miles of paving have been completed so far this year. Waukegan.--Miss Patricia Haslgr, sixteen, daughter of l*rs. Edward Hasler. Is dead at Lake Forest as the re- Bult of being thrown from her runaway horse on Telegraph road near Everett She received concussion of the brain. Paris.--13dgar county will celebrate Its one hundredth anniversary August 27-31 at Paris with a homecoming and a grand historical pageant in which a cast of 1,500 persons will depict the life of pioneer times. Thousands of visitors are expected. Hardin.--Willow flies falling upon Hardin and Grafton like a plague, forced the business houses of both' towns to remain closed one whole eve* ning to keep the pests from taking complete possession of the places. Mount Carroll.--During the last six months Carroll county has paid bounty on the pelts of twenty-two wolves, and it Is said there are yet a great many of the animals in the hilly portions of the county. Hlllsboro.--John Henry, eighty-three years old, living at Hamel, 111., proved that romance did not die with old age --he has just led Mrs. Elizabeth T. Alderson of Modesto to the altar. Rev. A. B. Peck performed the ceremony. Rockford.--George Carlos, two and one-half years old, is dead at Rockford of traumatic pneumonia resulting from an egg shell becoming lodged In Ms throat. An operation failed to save his life. Sprlagfleld.--The state historical library Is being moved from the third floor of the state house at Springfield to Its new quarters In the Illinois Cen tennial building, where It will occupy the east end of the third floor. Elgin.--Rev. Frank D. Adams. D.D., has resigned the pastorate of First Universalist church of EH gin and will become pastor of First Universalist church of Detroit, Mich., in September. Ottawa.--Ottawa, according to official figures for the year 1922, had birth rate of 22.5 for each 1,000 inhabitants. The death rate is given as 15.3 for each 1,000 residents. Harrisburg.--After a search of eighty hours in the Wasson mine No. 1, near Harrisburg, for James Greer, entombed miner, the rescue workers declared the search unsuccessful. Marlon.--Plans are being completed at Marlon for a big field day demonstration, July 25, of the beekeepers of Williamson county. Lincoln.--Lincoln Is making a strenuous effort to land the 1924 state pl<s nlc of the Illinois Agricultural association. Urbana.--White corn known as Iowa Silver Mine is practically devoid of the vitamin commonly known as Vitapin A, experiments conducted by the nutrition and swine divisions of the University of_ Illinois have demonstrated, and therefore a ration of white corn and tankage, a supplement which Is also devoid of Vitamin A, permits no appreciable growth In pigs at weaning age. Pana.--The C. ft E. I. railroad is preparing to build a cattle yard In Pana to handle stock shipments to the market. Springfield.--Sheriff Ora E. Lemon and his deputies seised the largest still ever found in Sangamon county, and 500 gallons of mash, together with 28 gallons of "white mule" liquor, when they descended, armed with a search warrant, on the home of ifttgin Turner, living three miles east of the city. • Galva.--Merlo Burgess and Leonard Whlttaker narrowly egc&bed death or serious injury when thefr machine in which they had just taken the air failed to clear the wires of the Oajva Electric company and ctrited. Deol&res Soviet Government H an Outlaw Among the Nations. ' UNWORTHY OF RECOGNITION Iftyc R«4s at Moscow Have Not Abandoned Plan to Destroy Existing ' Government--Gompers 8e«ks the Faota. Washington, July 28.--Recognition of the Russian soviet government by tbe United States cannot come while Its leaders continue to evince "a spirit of destruction at home and abroad," according to a declaration by Secretary Hughes, made public here. In an exchange of correspondence with Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, Mr. Hughes made a statement of principles which he said was guiding the American government's policies with regard to Russia. The letter probably was Intended as an answer to Senator Brookhart (Rep., Ia.) and other members of the radical bloc who are demanding recognition of the soviet government and who expect to start another drive In that direction when congress reconvenes, American tradition, Mr. Hughes said, founded on a desire to refrain from Interference with internal affairs of other nations, might require recognition of any government, even a government of a "tyrannical minority," when the people of the - nation concerned manifested "acquiescence or submission" to It Nevertheless, the government seeking recognition should evince a disposition to "live up to the obligation of Intercourse," cTenying in detail assertions that the Russian government wasVgo doing. Mr. Gompers, remarking on "misinformation gathered by returning travelers during closely supervised tours" in Russia, suggested that some purpose might be served if "those standing for the American.concept of right and justice and democracy could be given clearly to understand that the backbone of the whole situation regarding Russia is the denial of the people of Russia of any opportunity OHM* Art KHM to ! lean FeutL or to say by whom or In what manner they shall be governed." Governor Pardons Lifer; Lawyer No Good, Jackson, Miss., July 20.--"Convicted solely because be did not employ a good lawyer," John Watt, negro life term convict, was pardoned by Governor Russell, who gave the foregoing reason for clemency. Tbe governor did not name the attorney who defended Watt. Home-Made Cider Must Not' Ferment, Government Rules Washington, July 21.--Preservatives to prevent alcoholic fermentation must be added when cider and other fruit Juices are made, whether in the home or otherwise, Commissioner of Internal Revenue Blair ruled.. The ruling authorises the manufacture of such juices without a federal permit. Find Pearl Valued at $2,000 in Pecatonica River Clam Belolt, Wis., July 20.--A perfect pearl, a half inch in diameter and valued at about $2,000, was found in a clam taken from the Pecatonlca river, a few miles from here, by William Castner, Rockton, I1L Father KIHs Youth tor Breaking Date With Girl Evansvllle, Ind., July 19.--Angered because Horace R. Logsden, twentythree, of Shawneetown, 111., broke a "date" with his daughter, M. F. Strickland, fifty-nine, drove to the young man's home and shot him twice. Logsden. died in a hospital here. Gasoline War Gives Dallas, Texas, Eleven-Cent Rate Dallas, Tex., July 21.--Eleven cents, the lowest retail price for gasoline in Dallas In years, was reached In a local gasoline rate war when a filling station supplied by the Humble Oil and Refilng company hung out the sign; "Eleven cents.". SUH IS HE SLEW Former Rebel Chief la that Feur Times In the Head and a Dozen Times In the Body--His Secretary. Also Slain. Dr. Harold Ostenfeid of Copenhagen, prlmas of Denmark, and bishop of tbe diocese of Shaelland, has come to America, accompanied by his wife. The object of his visit Is to bring, as a representative of the church in Dsnmark. a message to the two Danish synods In America, totaling 75,000 members. TO RECOGNIZE MEXICO United States May Take Action in Few Days. Ofltetal Confirmation Is Withheld at Washington, but Atmosphere of Optimism Prevails at State - Department There. Washington, July 20.--American ree* ognitlon of tbe Mexican government now headed by President Obregon appears to be close at hand, according to the authentic advices received here. Official confirmation was withheld, but the atmosphere of optimism prevailing at the State department served to substantiate the belief that the forma' announcement of recognition might be expected within the next week or ten days. Reports reaching here from Mexico City Indicate that all differences between the Mexican and the American commissioners in the recognition conference have been settled to the satisto pass judgment on their own affairs, Lfactlon of both sides. It Is understood that only a few minor details of editing the text of die agreement remain to be settled. The agreement necessarily must meet the approval of President Harding and Secretary of State Hughes, but the understandings arrived at by the American commissions, under the authority conferred upon them before they left, are expected to meet with satisfaction at Washington. It is believed the final settlement was achieved by the acquiescence of the Mexican senate to amendments tt> the petroleum bill. Atrial, Chihuahua, Mex* July Gen. Francisco Villa, Col. Miguel Trillo, Villa's secretary, and Rosallo Morales, one Villa guard and one bystander whose name was not ascertained were killed and one ViUa guard wounded in a fight that occurred between Longue*s house and the Guanajuato bridge on .the outskirts of Parral. Villa was wounded four times in the head and a dozen times in the body? Trillo was wounded six times. Federal troops were sent to Canotillo in anticipation of possible disorders at the Villa ranch. Gen. Bugenlo Martinez, cone commander, Is in personal command of the column which reached Parral. It was announced that the bodies of Villa and Trillo will be taken to Chihuahua city for interment Mexico City, July SL^-Pmldnt obregon has ordered an investigation into the assassination of Geo. Franr dsco Villa. MaJ. Gen. Augenlo Martlnes, at Chihuahua city, has sent to Gen. Francisco Serrano, secretary of war, an official report he received from Col. J. Felix Lara, commander of the garrison at Parral, in connection with the killing of the former... noted rsbel leader. Villa, Trillo, and three members of their escort were killed shortly before 8 o'clock Thursday morning, with premeditation, while Villa and his companions were driving in an automobile which Villa personally was piloting toward Guanajuato, a suburb of this city," the report says. "The shots were fired by six or seven men posted in a house on the roadway. I immediately ordered an Investigation In co-operation with the civil authorities. I have learned that these men, armed with 30-30 rifles, fled from ttye house on horseback in the direction of Santa Clara, through the hills.', German Resistance in the Ruhr Is Weakening, Report Dusseldorf, July 21.--The German resistance In the Ruhr Is weakening, according to opinions expressed by officers at French headquarters here. In support of their assertion they cite the fact that not a single act of sabotage has been reported within the last six days. "Today there are 572 railroad trains operated In the Ruhr region," said one officer. "This Is more than double the number which were in operation up to three days ago." 436,994,953 in China Now; 3 Provinces Not Counted Shanghai, July 23--The population Of * China now Is 436,994,953, according to figures announced by the Chinese postal department. The announcement states that these figures do not Include the districts of Mongolia, Fengtlen and Tibet, for which the population figure? are oof avaife able. Group Seated at Home Hit | by Auto; 1 Dead, 5 Injured St. Louis. Mo., July 19.--An automobile driven <by Mrs. Laura Griffin of Beardstown, 111., plunged Into a group of persons seated in front of their home here, killing an elderly woman and injuring five others seriously. De Valera Asks U. 8. Cash. Dublin, July 28.--Ehraon de Valera addressed a message jto the American Association for Recognition of the Irish Republic, asking funds to support his candidates In tbe forthcoming Irish election. Chicago Car Men Are Given Three to Five Cent Raise Chicago, July 21.--An increase of three cents an hour for one year, untlt next June, and five cents an hour the second year was granted to 13.C46 employees of the Chicago Surface LlneS by the board of arbitration by a vote of two to one. The men had asked a te&»«eiit^aise. ~ Labor Short; Women Work in Illinois and Indiana Fields Washington, July 23.--So acute has become the labor shortage on Illinois and Indiana farms women are working in the fields. This was a statement made here by Will R. Wood of Indiana, chairman of the Republican congressional campaign committee. Pardons Easy In Mississippi. Jackson. Miss., July 23.--Gov. Lee M. Russell, who Issued .44 suspensions of sentence, has pardoned 73 convicts since January 1, and granted suspension of sentence to 181 others, accord lng to state penitentiary records,- ,• Factory Waft* Totals Reach Record Washington, July 23.--The federal reserve board, reporting large gains In the number of workmen employed In twenty leading Industries, declared that record, totals have been reached by American factories. • Both Houses .of Philippine Legit^ , lature Adopt Resolute Unanimously. ASK JUIBIUTE DtSMm r Former Danmt and revolutionary leader of northern Mexico was shot down from ambush near his ranch in southern Chihuahua. His secretary and four other men were also killed. U. S. MARKET REPORT . & Demands $15,012,750 for Ear _ Cut Off in Row Over Woman' St. Louis, July 20.--Asserting that injuries he received in an attack made on him by M. C. Martin, London capitalist, have seriously impaired his earning capacity, James C. L. Huber, a promoter of New York and London, filed suit for $15,012,750 damages in Circuit court here. Huber declares that he is able to earn only a small salary now, while before the attack his ineome was $500,000 a year. The attack, Huber sets forth, was made in London last August 20. Martin, the promoter, he charges, cut off his right ear and threw acid In his face. The lawyer filing the suit is O. BL Piper, who jaid the suit was filed hers because Martin possesses a large sum of securities In Missouri, which is subject to attachment. Piper said the assault was the result of a quarrel over a woman. The petition asks $10,000,- 000 actual damages and 96,000.000 punitive damageat Senator Brookhart Asks Hughes to 0. K. Soviet Washington, July 20.--Recognition of the Russian soviet government was urged upon Secretary of State Hughes by Senator Brookhart (Rep., Ia.) in a conference which took place at tbe State department a few hours after the senator's return to Washington from his trip to Russia, several weeks. ~ Weekly Marketgram by Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Washing-ton.--For th«. week ending July Jl--FRUITS AND VEGETABLES --Irish cobbler potatoes. $4.60 @6.76 per bbl., $4.6Q94.S0 t. o. b. usual terms; Kansas early Ohios, 91.50® 1.76 per ISO lbs. mid western markets, $1.25 I. o. b, cash track to growers. Texas watermelons, 26-80-lb. average, $266,060 410.00 mid western cities. North Carolina cantaloupes, Oreen Meats, standard 46's, $2.60@8.25 consuming markets; California salmon tints mostly $4-60@6.00; Arizona salmon tints, 14.60 06.26. HAY- :?o. ] timothy, $26.00 Chicago, $11.00 Cincinnati. $18.00 Minneapolis; No. 1 alfalfa. $$>.00 Chicago, $20.60 Cincinnati; No. 1 prairie, $20.00 Chicago, flt.OO St. Louis, $17.00 Minneapolis. FHED--Bran, $19.60 Minneapolis; middlings, $24.00; flour middlings, $28.00; rye middlings, $24.00; gluten teed, $87.15 Chicago; 82 per cent linseed meal, $88.00 Minneapolis; white homlay, $81 St. Louis, $82.00 Chicago. ORAXN--Chicago cash market: No. 3 red winter wheat, $1.08; No. 2 hard winter wheat, $1.03; No.-2 mixed corn, 86c; No. S yellow corn, S9c; No. $ whits oats, 42c. LlVK STOCK--Chicago prices; Hogs, top. $7.«G; bulk of sales. $6.4097.66; medium and good beef steers, $7.75# 10.66; butcher cows and heifers. $$.609 10.00; feeder steers, $4.60@8.40; light and medium weight veal calves, $6.75 @10.60; fat lambs, $11.60@14.00; yearlings, $8.26<8> 12.60; fat ewes. $3.5007.00. DAIRY PRODUCTS--Butter, 82 score, S7Hc Chicago. Cheese prices at Wisconsin primary markets: Flats, 22%c; single and double daisies, 22c; young Americas, Me; loftghoras «ad MMN prints. 2214c. Daylight Sea-to-Sea Dash Ends in Wyoming Town Rock Springs, Wyo., July 20.--Failure greeted the second attempt within ten days of Lieut. Russell L. Maughan, Intrepid army airman, to span the continent between dawn and dusk when an oil leak forced him to land here at 5:08 p. m. (mountain time). He had covered more than two-thirds of the United States, a total of 1,902 miles, and was hustling toward his goal at a speed of 170 miles an hour. -• •ISSE.'.v Two Flyers Killetf When " ^ Plane Burns and Falls Detroit, Mich.,. July 23.--Howard Neal, proprietor of the Detroit Air Photo company, and a than believed to e Eugene Ranchard, an airplane pilot, were burned to death when an airplane in which they were riding burst into flames 1,000 feet In the air and crashed twelve miles southwest of Windsor, Ont. 38 Insane Felons Escaper * Illinois Hospital for Insane Chester, 111., July 23.--Thirty-eight inmates of the Illinois Hospital for the Criminal Insane stabbed their guards, broke the bars and escaped Sunday evening. Dr. Frank A. Stubblefleld, the superintendent of the hospital, suffered a broken arm In trying to q"uell the outbreak. Four guards were Stabbed and one convict w'as.l^ll^, . Terrific Quake Hits Big •*. Town in California San Bernardino, Cal., July 23.-- Thousands of dollars' worth of damage was done here at 11:28 o'clock Sunday night when the severest earthquake in the history of the city was recorded. The Hall of Records, a building In the court house group, was badly damaged, tons of rock being torn loose from the walls. J11,661,276,020 Paid Out by U. S. In Fkttt-Tear of 1922 Washington, July 19.--Expenditures of the federal government "chargeable against ordinary receipts- during the fiscal year eliding- June 80, 1923, totaled |8,697,478,100(126, according to an official report $«bHAed by the treas< «ry. Public debt expenditures were given as $7,963,788,180.17, of which $402,850,000 was credited to debt r» tirement. •ehwab to Be Morse Witness^. ; Washington, July 21.--Attorneys for Charles W. Morse, his sons an<* others who are on trial charged with wartime shipping frauds, prepared to subpoena Charles M. Schwab as a defense witness. Percy Q. Williams Dies. East Slip, N. Y., July 23.--Percy G. Williams, retired theatrical magnate, died at his estate, IMnencres. In 1912 he sold his system of vaudeville houses to the Keith interests for a reported price of $12,000,000. French Naval Mutineer Pardoned. . Ramboulllet, July 21. -- President Mlllerand issued a pardon to Andre Marty, the former French petty naval officer who was sentenced to prison for taking part tn tbe Black sea mutiny I to manufacture sake, which ,during the war. | anese whisky made of rice. Convict Whipping Sought ta OejfQla. Moultrie, Oh., July 21.--The Colquitt county grand jury recommended that the Georgia legislature re-establish flogging In the state prison system. The grand pury declared that "whipping within reason" ia necessary. Sake to Be Made In British Columbia. Victoria, B. C., July 21.--Tin Vancouver Malt and Sake Brewing company, Ltd., with a capital of $100,000, was Incorporated here, partly In order Is Jap- Irlsh War Over, Says De Valera. Dublin, July 23.--"So far as we are concerned, the war is finished," said Eamon de Valera In a statement declaring that tbo Republicans do not intend to renew warfare in the fail or after the elections. U. S. Agreement Near, Says Obregon. Mexico City, July 23.--AH important questions before the international commission on American recognition of Mexico have been satisfactorily arranged, according to a statement by Prudent Obregon. ^ - Admiral Slgsbae OtlibV.~£^S New York, July 20.--Rear Admiral Charles D. Slgsbee, D. S. N., retired, captain of the battleship Maine when It was blown up in the harbor of Havana In 1888, died suddenly at his home here. Ten Hart In Vera Crux Riot Vera Cruz, July 20.--Two policemen and eight other persons were wounded when police engaged In a fierce street fight with members of the Red Union of Revolutionary Tenants, who refused to pay any rent. Farmers Plan to Hold Wheat and Aid the Market Chicago, July 21.--A plan for withdrawing 200,000,000 bushels of surplus wheat from the market and storing it on farms, while the formers are financed under the new intermediate «redlt act, was announced here bjr O. E. Bradfute, president of the American Farm Bureau federation. £pllt Between the Governor Gener^f and Manuel Quezon Also Develops^ f Local Political at v-3 Wgai| Embrogile.• > 'a :,r» iv.'"..-' Hanfla. July 24.--Immediate recall of Governor General Leonard Wood was demanded In a resolution unanl' mously adopted at a Joint meeting ^ both houses of the legislature hei* % The resolution was addressed to Pretfc - ;s dent Harding. v ^ <• All of the parties participated i ' the action indorsing the stand talS by the cabinet when its members « signed recently. * Governor Wood is in the province «jf 1 Samar making^m inspection of healtjfe •* conditions there. > The split between General Wood and Manuel Quezon, which resulted ift % the resignation of all leading offlcluHl ! of the Philippine government, has d*> veloped into a local political partisan ii embroglio, with th$ Democrata party % supporting Governor Wood and thtfr n Collectivista party opposing him, n», cording to political leaders here. i The Democrata leaders adopted rat*.' olutions opposing the joining of th* | parliamentary mission, which is to leave for Washington within the next two weeks to lay the facts of the Fill-. pino controversy before President Harding. Instead the Democrata lea&- ers favored a plan whereby the reg* ularly elected resident commissioner* would be given full power to lay tbft full facts before President Harding. ; Governor Wood stated that no offir * of cabinet positions had been made to members of the Democrata party, and, , so far, no Collectivista members hats* been willing to accept such positions. In the meantime, he said, the uiv- * dersecretarles are carrying forward the business of the Philippine goveM* ment. ' V ' -- 1"*'" • • - » Hands of Babies Rip f Immigration Law to ffeceir * New York, July 24.--"Babies bom j at sea on vessels flying foreign flags j will be admitted to the United Stats* *i despite and dismal old law," Immigration Commission Curran said. Sofia Przygon, of Polish stock, was born to Mrs. Sofia Przygon on July 18 on the Lapland, a British vessel. Irene Troyanoski, also Polish, first saw the light of day on the Belgafc- _ land. • "I looked at those two babies,'* Mr. ~ > Curran said, "and when they gripped ; my fingers I didn't need any special court of inquiry. Whenever babies just happen to make themselves known, a few days before they see the statue of Liberty, why, they come in.** Seven German Food Rioters Killed by Police Buffets Berlin, July 23.--Food riots which broke out In Breslau, capital of Silesia, have degenerated into a fight between the police and radicals, who still control parts of the town. Seven were killed and fifteen wounded when die police fired Into a mob. ~ Foot-Power Plane Makes Flight.' Dayton, O., Jply 21.--Officials at Mc- Cook army air field announced that an airplane operated by the pilot's foot power has been invented by W. E. Gerhardt and has proved capable SC limited fllgbt. ' <fe. O. P. In Peril, Say* Mosea. Washington, July 21.--Senator Vosss of New Hampshire, chairman of the Republican senatorial campaign committee, predicted that the wave of un- .rest Indicated in the Minnesota will sweep other states. . » ^ ' v: Big Bank In Colombia Shut. New York, July 20.--The Banco'Lo> pes, owned by Pedro Lopes ft Oo„ generally known as the Morgans of Colombia, cabled to the New York banking and export houses that It had gospended payments. Fllwer No. 8,000,000 Put Oat.* Detroit, Mich., July 20.--Font Motor no. 8,000,000 went off the assembly line at the Ford Motor cbmpany plant here July 11, It became known, establishing a new million production .£efiQ£jl. British Spurn Disarm Parley; * Commons Defeats Labor Plra London, July 24.--Labor's attempt to Bwthg the house of commons toward a policy calling for an international disarmament conference broke down after Prime Minister Baldwin clearly stated the government's opposition to the plan. Mr. Baldwin said the fighting instinct of human nature was one of Ukm greatest stumbling blocks In the way Of calling an international conference. "It is the tiger's Instinct," he declared: "From creation it has been ^found In democracies and empires, and even among men whose political' vUlvS might be classed as pacifist." ^ father Gives Up Son - I j as Brother's Stetyfer Russelville, Ark., July 24.--Accused of stabbing his brother to death, Jess Church, - eighteen, son of Mar con Church, farmer, of the Hector community, was placed in jail here. The youth quarreled with his brother. Preacher, sixteen, over a horse afters party, according to Information to officers, and the fight ensued, resulting in. the younger brother's death. The youth was surrendered by his father. _ 1 "f -- • ? . T Wheat Hoarding HeW Unwfee J by Government Officiate Washington, July 24.--While appreciating the plight of the wheat growers* officials of the farm loan board, the federal seserve board, the war finance corporation and the Department of Agriculture appear a unit in regarding the suggestion of the American Farm Bureau federation for holding 200,000,000 bushels of wheat on the farms as ua-^ sound. Dock Strikers March Frem LendsiK^ London, July 24. --After a night march from London. 1,000 striking dock workers reached Tilbury and persuaded several hundred men there to join them. Work was halted on tlx. big liners. " . - i ? Naval Transport in HiitL Port au Prince, Haiti, July Si^ttl naval transport Chaumont arrived here,, carrying a party of congressmen, including some members of the house naval committee. The party is making an inspection of naval bases. American Gunboat Fired On. % Canton, July 24.--Kwangsi troops fired on the United States gunboat Pampanga recently, it was learned here. Artillery and rifle fire was aimed at the boat, which was patrolling the West river. No Americans were hurt. Hiram Johnson Return*. -'New York, July 24.--Returning ftMB a tour of Europe, Senator Hiram Johnson refused to state whether he would accept the advice of his friends to become a candidate for the R«pubi)eatt nomination for president ' g v ". r - i n ,