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The work 1g scattered throughout the state on sections which form an important part of the bond issue road system. :: ^ rrbana.---Hog and corn markets, requirements of the meat trade, •'sufry beans in pork production, and the paying type of hog are among the subjects that will be discussed at the secbod afltmal swine, day, October 31. at .the college of agriculture. Several hundred hog breeders and feeders are expected to attend, and stiy over for the Iowa football game and the annual "dad's" day at the university. Speakers who have been placed on tlie program include K. P. Warner of the federal Department of Agriculture, (liT- bert Gusler of Chicago, and C\ M. Veslal of the animal husbandry department at Purdue university. Monticello -- Residents of this vicinity are wondering what new tack will be resorted to by the defense to defer the punishment of Opal Arthur, who has long stood Jn the shadow of the gallows for the murder of his friend. Charles Martin, because the latter pressed him for the return of some borrowed money. Neatly three years have passed since the crime was committed. In that period Arthur's lawyers have secured five stays of sentence, four reprieves! by the governor, and finally a writ of supersedeas by the Supreme court. The latter body will review the case at the coming term. Chicago,--'"Commercial crime--fraud --costs thts country two billion dollars annually, or more than half as much as it takes to run the national government." David J. Evans, manager of the adjustment bureau of the Chicago Association of Credit Men, said at the Hotel La Salle in an address before the first of a series of open loruius which the association has arranged. "False securities to the amount of $1,000,000,- 000 are sold each year." he said. "Fraudulent insurance claims amountr to $600,000,000 annually, and fraudulent failures every year total $200,- 000.000." Chicago.--Liabilities .of $291,092 and assets (if $50 were scheduled by John I* Little, real estate dealer. He filed n petition In bankruptcy. He listed HO creditors, most of whom hold notes m mortgages on Iowa and North Dakota farm lands purchased by Little during the -war. The petition sets forth that most of that lrnd was lost through foreclosures Jn 1920 and 1921. Most of the creditors live in Dyersvllie. Iovfa: Trempealeau. Wis., and Drayton, Bowesmont "nnd Grafton, N. D. Rockford.--Investigation of charges against John and Clarence Peek of attempting to extort $o0,000 from Senator and Mrs. Medill McConnick last July by a veiled threat of harm to their little daughter were taken up by the grand jury. The Peeks were seized by detectives employed by Mrs. McConnick as they were taking a decoy package froirf under a culvert. They have been In Jail since their arrest. Aurora.--The names of all legal voters who fail to go to the polls at tl>0 presidential election November 4 will be published. It was announced by A. W. Slilpton. president of the Aurora Kiwanis club, which is conducting a campaign to get out a big vote. Names of the "slacker voters" will be taken from the poll books In each precinct after Ithe election, he said. Rock Island--Dr. fl T. Foster, flftyve years old, was shot and killed by two unidentified men who accosted him neur his home. ' In a dying statement the doctor said It was his belief that the murderers had mistaken him for some one else they had marked for death. He had no known enemies. One shot was fired and the men then fled, abandoning an automobile two blocks from the place of the shooting. Decatur.--Failure of a number of motorboat owners to -pay the license fee required for operating such craft upon Lake Decatur led t& an Injunction suit, filed in the Circuit court, which will test the legality of such license fees and also the authority of the -city to enforce rules governing boating and bathing. ltock Island.--On motion of defense the trial of Mrs. Mary Herman, charged with killing Frank Andrews during a lovers' quarrel on BeardleyV? Island In September, was set for December. Rock Island.--Fraud and misrepresentation are charged against officers of the International Life and Trust company, an Insurance concern whose head officers are In Moline. in a 1>11T for receivership filed in Circuit court by B. A- Shearer, a stockholder, who asks a receiver be appointed. 1 Elgin.--Parents who allow1 their children to drive automobiles to school "would do them better favor if they refused them the use of ^ars," declared Police Magistrate <i. It. Thomp son after frequent arrests of. schoolboys for speeding. \ Decatur.--Buildings and 'Other ob Jects in and around Decatur that are intimately connected with the life of Abraham. Lincoln will be taken care of by an organization planned by the Decatur Association of Commerce, The organization will be known as the Decatur Lincoln Memorial association Chicago.--Six hundred and rifty members of the Illinois branch of the National League of District l'ostnias- • ters held their fiftieth annual convention here. C. E. Bowen of Plaintleld . was elected president of the asfcocla tlon for the ensuing year. fate* jr *' 'v rtigr -' Springfield.--Attorney General Brundage says that the state's victory In the Ruinous Illinois Central case be fore Judge Samuel C. Stough at Ottawa, will mean "millions" to the taxpayers of the state. At the end of 10 years' litigation the court held that the Illinois Central system of accounting Is an evasion of the provision of its charter that It must pay to the state 7 per cent of the gross receipts On the lines authorized by that charter. In effect the court held that the company lias credited an undue amount of its profits to lines built in addition to its charter lines and thereby materially reduced the 7 per cent. Peoria.--A sequel to the recent suits against Everett M. Wilson, president of a Peoria grocery firm and president of the American Distilling company, came In the filing of an Involuntary petition in bankruptcy by three of his creditors, Fred L. Wilson, Jacob Young and A. H. Purdle. who hold his notes for more than $15,000. Wilson Is said to own 6.000 acres of land near Pueblo, Colo., 760 acres In Peoria county, 5,820 acres in Jackson county and 330 acres in Putnam county, large holdings in the various Peoria and Pekin concerns and a mansion here known as the "House of a Thousand Windows." Johnston City.--Joseph L. Herrington, for whose death his widow and Robert Tate, a miner, have been Indicted by the grand jury, was given enough poison to kill 39 normal persons, according to a report recel fedfrom the chemistry department of the University of Illinois, which examined the viscera of the dead man. An inquest- was held and a verdict holding Tate and his wife, the former Mrs. Herrlngton, responsible for the death was returned. Marion.--State's Attorney Delos Duty, Indicted by the Williamson county grand Jury, says the Investigation was entirely one-sided and was a fraud in connection with the Smith garage shooting. Duty was Indicted for murder and rioting In connection with the deaths of seven men In Herrin August 30. Neither Duty's bond nor that of Clt;T Judge E. N. Rowen of Herrin, also indicted, has been fixed nor their arrest ordered. Duty said: "We will never be brought to trial." Chicago.--More than $1,000,000 is being asked by Supt. William McAndrew for the establishment of 14 new junior high schools during the coming year, it was learned. This does not include the cost of new buildings, but provides an item of $400,000 for remodeling old buildings. For educational supplies and salaries the superintendent asks $720,000. For books, maps, and globes he recommends an appropriation of $100,000. Pontiac.--Discharged on January 23, 1923, as a game warden, Victor P. Emery of this city has filed suit against the state for $2,500 In salary. Enrolled under the civil service act, he contends that he cannot be dropped from the service without the regular course of procedure provided, which requires tha« charges be preferred against a state employee, and that a public hearing be giy^n. De Kalb.--Municipal ownership of street car lines in De Kalb and Sycamore is assured by an order entered by Judge Fulton in the De Kalb county Circuit court authorizing A. D. Mackie, receiver for the De Kalb- Sycamore Traction company, to sell the properties to each city. The line between the two cities wiH be abandoned. falling to earn enough to . pay operating expenses. Chicago.--More than 5,000 delegates registered for the golden Jubilee convention of the Order of the Eastern Star In Illinois, at the Auditorium theater. The meeting closed with a banquet, after the installation of the newly elected officers, Mrs. Nellie R. Meyers, worthy grang matron, qpd James Delamotte, worthy grand patron, both of Chicago. Chicago.--Laudations of the South and hopes that never again would the nation be torn with "civil strife, were expressed by Mrs. Belmont Ward of Nashville, president of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, at the fortieth annual convention at the Hotel Sherman. One hundred women from over the midwest attended the convention as delegates from the central district. Danville.--The great council of Illinois Red Men convened with several hundred delegates present, representing all of the Important cities of the state. The convention of the degree of Pocahontas, the ladies' auxiliary, also was opened. Charles Haas, the great lncohonee, the highest office In the gift of the order, is in the city from Harri8burg, Pa. Chicago.--Mrs. Mae Miller Alper. widow of A. A. Alper, former head of the San Francisco branch of the Great Western Smelting and Refining company. left an estate valued at $750- 000, according to an Inventory filed In the Probate court by Attorney A. A Anderson. Villa Grove.--Frank Cahalek, seventy- t*ight, Douglas county farmer, was struck by an automobile while walking on the highway west of here. He died before medical aid could be summoned Freeport.--It begins to look as if the treasury of the city of Freeport must yield up $8,000 damages to Charles Doer to repay him for the loss of a leg. A boy of eleven, he was seated upon a street curbing when a passing autotmobile struck a depression In the pavement and skidded against him, injuring one lef so badly that It had to*be amputated. Freeport-.--Northwestern division of the Illinois State Teachers'. association will hold Its annual convention here October 24. It Is ixpected about 1,200 teachers will attend. Geneseo.--Four townships in Henry county will be closed to hunters this year by the farmers of that region. At a meeting of the farmers a resolution calling for action against sportsmen because of "damage done In recent years by city hunters" was adopted. Funds have been collected to prouecute hunters. SHANGHAI FALLS TO KIANGSU ARMY 0OCTOR ECKENEK Mfii iuci Lifti' iucu Firuin Wl ship* in Harbor to Pro- . tect Foreigners.,^ WiiiilnliHi.---The Cheklang fending Shanghai surrendered to the Kiangsu besiegers, and an armistice has been declared between the two forces. • Gens. Lu Tung Hsiang and Ho Feng Lin, defenders of the Shanghai area against Kiangsu and the Peking government, are reported to have fled to Japan, and, the whole Cheklang defense of the Shanghai area is collapsing. The Kiangsu troops and Fuklen troops are advancing on Shanghai. Intense excitement and disorder prevails in the native areas. Foreign volunteers In the foreign settlements have been mobilized.* Every unit of the foreign defense forces In Shanghai, including marines landed from foreign warships in the harbor, Is mobilizing along the boundaries of the foreign settlement to repel any effort on the part^'the Kiangsu forces to enter it An unsuccessful attempt WAS' made to wreck the train carrying Gen. Wu Pei-Fu, commander of the Peking government forces, on his way to the Manchuria battle front. A short distance beyond Tientsin two galvanized iron tins were taken from the rails. They contained a whitish powder, said to be a high explosive. The preceding train had struck one of these infernal machines Without affecting the detonator. The Manchurian forces marching on Peking have captured Chlnwangtao, a gulf port near the Manchurian border of Chlfili province, an aerial bombardment assisting the troops, according to an unconfirmedCr^port. 1 Killed, 5 Injured When Bomb Wrecks Army Blimp Newport News, Va.--Lieut. Bruce N. Martin died as a result of Injuries sustained in an accident at Langley field when a bomb, carried by the United States army blimp TC-2 prematurely exploded, wrecking the craft and Injuring the five members of the crew. The' accident occurred during target practice and caused the craft to crash 150 feet to the earth. That all of the crew were not killed was attributed to the fact that the blimp was inflated with the nonlnflammable gas, helium. Lieut. Alfred Puryear of Hendersonville, Tenn., and Master Sergeant^ Fitch are said to be in serous condition, while Sergeants Weils and Jensins were said to have sustained only minor Injuries. Woman Flyer Killed as Parachute Fails to Open Wichita, Kan.--The death of a woman parachute jumper marred the final day's program pf the National Air congress meet here. Mrs. Ruth Garver of Attica, Kan., was killed when she fell 1,000 feet with a parachute that failed to open owing to tangled cords. Mrs. Garver and Mrs. Levaughn Neville of St. Joseph jumped simultaneously from the plane of K. B. Garver, husband pf the dead woman. Mrs. Neville landed safely. Mrs. Garver fell In the midst of a large crowd. The race for the Wichita Chamber of Commerce trophy for pursuit planes was won by Maj. Thomas Lanpier, with an average speed of 158 miles an hour. , Edgar L. Larkin, Noted Scientist, Dies in West Los Angeles, Cal.--Funeral services were held on Tuesday for Edgar Luclen Larkin, seventy-seven, astronomer and writer on scientific subjects, who died at Upland after a long illness. Though a tireless contributor to the literature of science and widely known as director of the Mount Lowe observatory, Mr. Larkin was virtually penniless at the time of his death. He told interviewers during his illness that a lifetime of scientific toil had not been remunerative enough to pay what he felt would be his last hospital bill. Mr. Larkin was a native of La Salle county, 111., and a graduate of Knox college." W. A. Garrett, Noted Rail Engineer, Dies in East Philadelphia, Pa. -- William Abner Garrett, transportation manager of the Baldwin Locomotive works and widely known engineer, died at his home of pneumonia. He was sixty-three. He Is survived by his widow and two daughters. Trade Conclave End* Paris.--The negotiations for a Franco- German commercial treaty ended suddenly on Saturday when the Teuton delegates pucked up and departed for Berlin "for additional directions." U.S.WHEATGROP V Doctor Eckener, the German Zep. pelin expert who will be in charge oi the ZR-3 yhen it flies across the Atlantic. He is president of the company that built the airship. • DAWES PLAN LOAN TO GERMANY SIGNED United State*' Share fat Bond* $110ft00,00aL Paris.--It was announced by the reparations commission that the $200,- 000,000 Dawes plan loan to Germany has been signed and Is ready for issue. New American officials In the operation of the system were appointed. October 16 is the date set for issu-' ance of the loan in the United States, England, France, Italy, Germany. Belgium, Switzerland, Holland and Sweden. America is expected to handle $110,000,000 of the loan. The bonds will run for 25 years and will be sold at 92 with 7 per cent interest This means that they will yield about 7% per cent America's representative on the transfer committee will be Joseph E. Sterrett, member of the firm of pfice, Waterhouse & Co. of New York. Thomas Nelson Perkins was named by the reparations commission to be the American voting representative on the commission. Mr. Perkins is a member of the law firm of Ropes, Gray, Boyden ft Perkins in Boston. Although Mr. Perkins will not represent the United States government, he will be an active voting member of the reparations commission on all questions of adminlftration of the system. Col. James A. Logan will be retained as the official observer for America, 1' was announced. Super-Power Radio Rights Given O. K. Washington.--President Coolidge assured the delegates to the Third International Radio conference that the government would do everything in its power to assist in stimulating the progress in radio as well as safeguarding it for the public. The most Important conclusion reached was that in regard to the power to be employed In transmission by stations. The subcommittee on problems on broadcasting decided to recommend to the secretary of commerce that broadcasting by superpower stations be permitted on an experimental basis, with the definite understanding that, It be discontinued, if found to interfere with smaller power broadcasters. The Radio Corporation of America proposes to erect a chain of stations throughout the country employing 5,000 watts each. Those^who favor super power claim it will mean better reception, and will not tend to smother out smaller stations. Those opposing it claim it would give the owners of super-power station^ a monopoly of the air, since they would^ be able to drown out all others. Another Tong War :h Death Near Hew York New York.--The tong war spread In a new direction with the finding of the body of Charlie Sam on a lonely road In New Jersey. During the week there have been murders and shootings in Pittsburgh, Chicago, Cleveland, Boston and New York. A milkman came across Sam's body beside the Kearny road. A rope was bound tightly around the Chinaman's neck, Indicating, according to police, that he had been tortured, and there also were several powder marks on his clothing and bullet wounds. Anatole France Dies After Long illness Tours, France.--Anatole France Is dead. His end came peacefully. Since August last his health had caused anxiety. Gradually he sank until a few days ago he himself said he had but a few ttoure to live. Anatole France (Jacques Anatole Thibault) was born in Paris, April 16, 1844, the son of a bookseller, and was educated at St. Stanislaus college. For more than half a century he was fa- Inous as a critic, essayist and novelist. Ottawa.--Four states will be represented at the annual convention of the Western Catholic union here October 19 to 21. Five hundred delegates from Illinois. Missouri, Iowa and Kansac are expect^ to attend. , Salt Lake City Ha* Snout . Salt Lake City.--Light Intermittent flurries of snow, the first of the season. fell here on Sunday afternoon. The accompanying drop In temperature Is not expected to damage crops. Dail to Meet October 18 Dublin.--The Dail Elreann will meet In Dublin October 15 to consider the bill granting an Irish boundary commission, passed by the Engl*t>h parliament and approved by tbf king on Thursday. ? Foil Gary P. O. Robbery Gary, Ind^--In frustrating a bold attempt to hold up the Gary post office •n broad daylight, Gary police shot one of the bnndita and captured two of his fl0mptnl#ap. •" Air Mail Across Ocean Washington, D. C.--Air mail service which will tie the Pacific coast with the capitals of Europe Is the next accomplishment for the bureau of aeronautics of the Navy department, It WM Indicated on Sunday. Troop* Trail Bandits Juarez, Mexico.--Three hundred federal soldless entered the Sierra Madres In search of the bandits who wrecked a Mexican Central train at Chihuahua and killed several passengers. €»©i*ri" 587,OCH^ 000 Bushels From Last V Year's Harvest. Washington.--A corn crop of 2,488,- 000,000 bushels, the smallest since 1903 with the exception of 1918, the largest wheat crop, 856,000,000 bushels, in three years and close to the average, and an oat crop of 1,509,000,- 000 bushels, the best since 1918, were the outstanding features of the government crop report given out here. An aggregate yield of 5,091,000,000 bushels for the five grains--gwheat, corn, oats, rye and barley-Ms only 4,000,000 bushels less than last month's returns, but 310,000.000 bushels short -of the final yields In 1923. Of small grains there is an aggregate of 2,(532,000,000 bushels, an Increase of 50,000,000 bushels for the month, mainly In wheat and oats, and an increase of 285,000,000 bushels over-last year's harvest., A feature of the crop report was the increase of 19,000,000 bushels in spring wheat, with a yield of 266,000,- 000 bushels, one of the largest In recent years, gaining 43,000,000 bushels over last year, and only 9,000,000 bushels short of the five-year average. In the total wheat crop there are 856,- 000,000 bushels or 18,000,000 bushels more than last month, 70,000,000 bushels' in excess of last year, .and only 26,000,000 bushels short of the five-year average. Minnesota, Montana and the Dakotas have 224,000,000 bushels of spring wheat, or 18,000,000 bushels more than a month ago, or 80,000,000 bushels In excess of last yenr. North Dakota has raised one of the largest crops for that state, 115,000,000 bushels, while last year it only bad 59,000,- 000 bushels. _ This Is putting the farmers In that state in better condition than for several years, as the yield per acre Is about -double that at 1923. The United States Is most fortunate in having a large wheat crop, as it will be needed abroad owing to the shortage in Canada of nearly 200,000,000 bushels, and so far it Is estimated that 100,- 000,000 bushels or more have been sold for export. Cold weather and early frosts cut down the corn crop to 2,459,00(1?000 bushels, a drop of 54,000,000 "ushel^ from the September returns and 587,- 000,000 bushels from last year's harvest. There is also a less of 440,- 000,000 bushels from the five-year average^ Conditional figures range from 54 tt 56 in Ohio and Indiana to 69 in Illinois, 67 In Iowa, 73 to 75 in Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas. *he latter being the highest in the country. Iowa makes the poorest showing of all big corn states, its yield being reduced 22,000,000 bushels last month, and is 337,000,000 bushels compared with 490,000,000 bushels last year and an average of 427,555,000 bushels. Illinois lost only 2,000,000 bushels for the month, having practically 280,000,- 000 bushels against 337,000,000 bushels last year and an average of 317,- 000,000 bushels. An oat crop of 1,509,000,000 bushels is 209.000,000 bushels in excess of last year. Flax crop is the best in many years. White potatoes are a good crop in excess of the average. The tame hay crop 95,100,000 tons, is 8,000,000 tons greater Uha test year. < Four Coal Mine Men Are Shot From Ambush El kins, W. Va.--Persons concealed in the underbrush shot and seriously wounded Lee J. Sandrldge, general manager and vice president of the Rock Island Coal company, and three of his assistants. The four men were on, their way to reopen tlie Meriden mines on a nonunion basis when the shooting took place. The mines have not been operated since the contract with the union expired fast April and the company recently decided to reopen on a nonunion basis, returning to the wage scale of 1917. Peking Forces Driven Back; Losses 5,000 Tokyo.---A dispatch from Mukden, principal city of Manchuria, says the Peking forces have retreated from Shanhalkwan southward along the line of the Peking-Manchurlau railroad. On the other hand, the Japanese consul at Mukden reported that the Chang Tso Lin forces had suffered 5,000 casualties in the battle for the possession of Shanhalkwan «nd that this fight was the bloodiest yet fought Spain Halts War on Moors; New Offensive Is Planned Mudrld.--The government announces the suspension of operatons In Morocco while a new offensive In the Tetuun- Xauen sector Is prepared. Planned to Kill Kaiser London.--The Dutch police, according to a Central News dispatch, arrested In Amsterdam a German bonnd for Doom in an attempt to assassinate the former kaiser. He was 'disguised as a woman. . ~r To Impeach Ministers t Vienna.--A dispatch from Belgrade says that the chamber of deputies resolved to impeach three former ministers of justice, commerce and forests on charges of corruption. Banker Found Guilty Parker. S. D.--F. H. Johnson, ter-* mer president of the defunct Sioux Falls Trust and Savings bank, was found guilty here on Friday of mi*, application of funds in connection with the failure of the Institution. Set* Duration Record Washington.--All records Tor duration of flight for seaplanes were broken on Friday afternoon by the new CS-2 naval plane when It remained In tfcs atr 20 bows and 28 mlnutsa. McNamara Jailed Indianapolis.--John J. ' McNamara. who served nine years in connection with the dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times building in 1910. was arrested here on four indictments fibarging blackmail. Flaming Train Kills 200 Vienna.--A Warsaw dispatch says that a passenger train with three tank car8 exploded near Moscow and the entire train caught fire. A»*»ut 200 wars burned, inctuding 80 eWloirta. MANUEL QUEZON New- photographic portrait of Man> uel Quezon, president of the Philippine senate, ^vho is a frequent visitor to the United States. MARKET QUOTATIONS BY U. S. GOVERNMENT Waahliurton.--For the week endtaff October 9.--FRUITS AND VEGETABLES-- Maine sacked Irish potatoes, $1.45® 1.55 per 100 pounds; New York sacked round whiles, $1.45® 1.50 tn Pittsburgh, $1.05 f. *o. b. New York domestic round type cabbage, $12.00® 16.00 bulk per ton. Midwestern yellow onions, $1.25^2.00 pfer 100 pounds, $1.50 f. o. b. western Michigan points. Illinois and Ml8sonr! Jonathan apples, $7.50@8.00 per barrel In Chicago. Estimated total production of white potatoes, October 1. 423,508,000 bushels, compared with 4I2.S92.000 In 1923. LIVE STOCK--Chicago hog prices closed at $11.65 for top, $10.70@11.60 for bulk. Medium and good beef steers, $7.10011.35; butchers cows and heifers, $3.25@11.00; feeder steers, $5.000 7.85; light and medium weight veal calves. $9.00® 11.25. Fat lambs. $12.46(3)14.25; feeding lambs, $11.00® 13.35; yearlings, $8.50011.25; fat ewes. $4.00@7.25. GRAIN--Quoted October 9: No. t dark northern spring wheat: Mlnne* apolis, $1.48 (ft 1.68. No. 2 red winter wheat: St. Louis, $1.55(91-57; Kansas City, $1.64.* No, 2 hard winter wheat: Chicago, |1.50@1.61; Kansas City, $1.41 @1.48. No 2 mixed corn: Chicago, $1.14% @1.15^4; Minneapolis, $1.O9%0 1.10%; Kansas City. $1*9. No. S yellow corn: Chicago, $1.14% @1.16; Minneapolis, $1.14%; Kansas City, $1.13. No. S yellow corn: Chicago, $1.13% @1.14%; Minneapolis, $1.13%; St. Louis. $1.16@1.17. No. X whits corn: Kansas City, $1.11. No. t whits corn: Chicago, $1.18@1.1$%; St. Louis, $1.17. No. 3 white oats? Chicago, 53@54%c; Minneapolis. 49%@49%c; 8t. Louis, 56@65%c; Kansas City, 63%0 64e. HAY--Quoted October •: No. 1 timothy: Cincinnati; $19.50. No. 1 alftflfa: Kansas City, $21.75. No. 1 prairie: Chicago, $16.00. « DAIRY PRODUCTS--Closing wholesale prices on 92 score butter: New York, 38%c; Chicago. 37%c; Philadelphia, 39%c; Boston. 38%c. Wholesale prices" at Wisconsin primary cheese markets, ouoted October 8: Twins, 19 %e; single daisies. 19%C; double daisies, 19c; longhorns, 19%c: squars prints, 29%<s. Traction Experts Hit Downtown Auto Parking Atlantic City.--A committee of experts presented before the American Electric Railway association convention a detailed report dealing with traffic conditions In Anjerlcan cities. Summarized, the report declares that city "traffic congestion cannot continue at Its present rate and that taxpayers must decide whether they will prohibit* downtown parking nnd keep traffic moving or build new thoroughfares. They declared that the cost of street widening is almost prohibitive and is unnecessary, and indorsed the enforcement of anti-parking laws and speed* lng up traffic. "The most important means of Increasing the street flow is the elimination of the standing vehicle during at least peak-hour periods," thf report soys. President Calls on Nation to Aid Washington.--President Coolidge on Sunday urged liberal public response to the Disabled American Veterans* appeal in the annual forget-me-not observance to be held November <8. In his letter to Frank J. Irwin of New York, who wears a Distinguished Service cross and is national commander of the Disabled American Veterans, the President said: "I am deeply conscious that the care of the war's disabled is a sacred national duty, and In endeavoring to solve this extensive problem your organization has rendered valuable aid to those in authority." Buddhist Monks Attack. Americans in Rangoon Rangoon, India.--Buddhist monks have attacked nnd permanently maimed two American citizens here. They are Mr. and Mrs. Gleason, attached to thf American college at Rangoon. ' V Arab* Reported Beateit ' v Jerusalem.--A cable was received here on Friday afternoon from Mecca declaring that the Hedjaz army had defeated the Wahabl Invaders at Ouda, leaving 1,500 Wahabis dead and Wounded ou the field. Shrine Planned for WiUon . Washington.--The body of rormer President Woodrow Wilson Is soon to be removed from the crypt in Bethlehem chapel and placed la a marble sarcophagus. Noted Zoologist I* Dead Bvanston, 111.--Prof. William A. Locy, bead of the department of zoology at Northwestern university, died at the, family home. 1745 Orrlngton avenue, Evanston. Death was aiused by heart trouble. Traneport Plane* Planned Los AngeleS.--A contract for the construction of nine transport planes for the army air % service has been awarded to the Douglas company. Inllders «f around-tbe-world Court Refuses to R ChsfffM of Plot Obstruct Mailt. "Washington.--Convictions of Ii. Clements and other former employ of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa PN» railroad on charges of conspiracy te obstruct the malls and Interfere wlttl _ Interstate commerce during the shopmen's strike of 1922 will stand so far as the Supreme court is concerned. Tt» body, among other actions, refused fp> review the case. #2' The court held that land grant raf^ % roads which accept without protest settlement from the government of transportation charges based on the reduced land grant rates cannot later - bring suit to recover full rates. The decision came In upholding the find- ^ ings of lower courts in a case brought by the Northern Pacific mil road. whi<§lr charged land grant rates for trainspot; ing National Guard troops to federsf - encampments, but later contended that ' it was entitled to full rates. A case brought by the Central Unidi^ Trust company of New York, questioning the basis upon which the federal capital stock must be assessed under the revenue act of 1910, w«p~ dismissed by the <Nwrf fo^ fack w. jurisdiction. f.' v ^ Certain lands errofifeolisfy granted to the state as school lands by the secretary of the Interior were ordered returned to the Yakima Indians ttf Washington, with the consent of tkfe state of Washington. The court dismissed for want df Jurisdiction, a case against the Riti*- slan Socialist Federated Soviet republic, brought by M. Wulfsohn & Cflu^ raising the question whether the Sovtk et can he sued in the courts of tltf' United States. It was announced by the court thft an appeal would be granted in th» case questioning the right of the Radio Corporation of America to bring suit as licensee of the Deforest Radk» ~ Telephone and Telegraph company against the Independent Wireless Tel-, ephone company for an alleged frlngement of a patent owned by tilt Deforest concern. * The Coronado Coal company submitted a motion to have the hearing1 in the Coronado Coal case advanced, holding that District No. 21 of tb£ Unitied Mine Workers of America was not guilty of violation of the She|w man "antitrust" law by restraining interstate commerce during the ArkansiU! strike^ • The court refused cfr consid#* whether Henry Ford owed Edgar & Huff $11,000,000 as royalty upon maf» netos used upon 4,500,000 automobiles. Wales Leaves Chicago * After Many Busy Houtig Chicago.--Tossed and buffeted by the roaring cr&wds who hailed and greeted him on every hand, but still smiling and good-natured, the world'# best known young man, Edward, prince of Wales and heir apparent to tlM! British throne, left Chicago at 3:J9 Tuesday morning for Detroit aftsr nineteen hectic hours in Chicago. In one jam at the Field museum, the prince seized a youngster who was near to being trampled and polled him from the heels of the croWd, probably saving his life. f ; Thousands upon thousands of persons were packed into dense lanes all along- the route taken by the prince. From the bridge to the Congress hd» tel the sidewalks were jammed aloikg Michigan avenue as the heir apparent to the throne of Britain bowed and smiled his way from the Louis Swift estate at Lake Forest to the Univer-, sity of Chicago. His original hoar of departure ,frotfl Chicago--12:30 a. m.--was extends®" at the suggestion of the prince, w1m> was busy encoring for more dances that hour in the Saddle and Cydaclub, where 100 society guests we($ his companions. Chaos Follows Defeat of Shanghai Defender* Shanghai. -- Pandemonium in und around Shanghul is the aftermath Of, the collapse of the Cheklang defense of this city before the Kiangsu%attaclL Thousands of Cheklang troops, deserted by their commanders and not knowing where to take themselvtjS* are fleeing toward Shanghai over ep^ ery possible available avenue lead# from the former battle fronts. ; Defeat of the Cheklang army was as crushing as It was complete, according to outspoken admission "•op the Cheklang leaders * themselves many of whom are fugitives either l|u the international settlement of Shanghai or aboard foreign warships in tbs Wangpoo river, just off this city. Plan* Aerial "Naval Battler" Washington.--An aerial "naval battle" will feature the pageant substt- -"^ 3 tuted by the Navy department for tU» . : • ( Schneider cup races over Chesapeake ' bay, October 25, because of the failu^ ^ ;, ; of foreign entries to participate. Cholera Rout* Natives -£<pidon.--Ion Saud, leader of ths Wahabl tribesmen, has withdrawn hBt men a considerable distance from Mecca, owing' to an outbreak of cholem in their ranks, it was announced here. Navy A*k* $330,000000 _ Washington.--A proposal that tljjf Navy department and the budget bureau compromise on a $330,000,000 nf» propriatlon for the navy during the fiscal year, was advanced by Secretary Wilbur. * / BeKeve* World Happy ^ T Cambridge, Mass.--Modern youth |» In the happiest age the world has evsr known and has rejected all creeds and dogmas as to the depravity of mankind, Dr. Eliot, of.llarvard, announced.