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•~&^i-;W: it WW&^ I , j • ,*,, \ rH'vW i • •>> v.* (^'..,"•. • ~ ™» MeHIWntT Fl.ArWDEAI.BR, MemgTBT, IIWf'^ IS BREVITIES Westville.--Killing the age-old law that a "man's house Is his castle" still exists. Judge Walter Brewer denied damages to George Larry, who sued John Keller, recluse, for $2,000 when a concealed gun In the latter's home was discharged, shooting Larry. Keller had not been seen for several weeks, and neighbors feared he might be ill or dead. They notified the police, and Chief Moyer, In company with Larry, went to the Keller residence to Investigate. When a door was forced open, • gun was discharged and the load entered Larry's right leg. Further Investigation showed every door of the house was guarded in like manner. Keller was arrested and later was sued for damages. He stated that his premises had been robbed several times and he had arranged to guard the property by hidden guns. Judge Brewer held none had a right to place such a trap in a field or yard, but that a dwelling was different and intruders entered at their own risk. Freeport.--After a thorough trial, the patrol system for the upkeep of the dirt roads of Stephenson county has been voted a complete success and - It may be extended to other counties of Illinois. The Rotary club recently decided to give eight prizes to as many patrolmen who were considered to have made the best showing in the way of maintenance of their district last year. J. W. Stukey was awarded $50 for the best road in the county. He has charge of Route 12 from the town of Davis to the Wisconsin state line. A second prize of $50 went to Daniel Horstmeier, in charge of Route 14, between Rock City and Berlin, for making the most improvements in the condition of a road during the year In face of all difficulties. Marion.--Snowed under by an everincreasing volume of indictments, the Circuit court of Williamson county faces an almost Impossible task if it Is to clear Its docket. Four terms of court, of two weeks each, are held In the county every year, and two judges are available to handle the docket. At the September term these Judges faced a docket of approximately 1,000 cases, 252 of which were criminal cases. Of the 252 criminal cases, 53 charge assault to commit murder. 41 charge larceny, 19 confidence game and 17 robbery. Eight murder cases are on the docket. Springfield.--Bones of mastodons and mammoths such as those recently fonnd in a dry creek bed at Peoria are not the remains of huge antediluvian monsters, but come from prehistoric animals only -slightly larger than the common elephant, which lived in the state approximately 30,000 years ago, according to Dr. A. R. Crook, curator of the State Museum of Natural History. "Mastodons, mammoths and imperial elephants were apparently very numerous In Illinois 30,000 years ago," Doctor Crook said. "Of these the largest were the Imperial elephants." Waukegan.--Poison was found in the organs of Mrs. Walter Stark, wife of a former deputy sheriff of Lake county, who was found dead in her home a week ago on her twelfth wed-* ding anniversary. A note to her sister, Miss Elfreda Schael of Evanston, said: "Oh, dear, my brain Is paralyzed." In the note she bequeathed her personal effects and $80, she had secreted from her husband, to her lister. The Starks had been estranged for several months. i Springfield.--Scarlet fever prevalence in Illinois registered a further gain, when 267 new cases were reported, the weekly statement of public health showed. Of these cases Cook county had 130; Adams, 5; Franklin, 7; JCane, 11; Kankakee, 5; La Salle, 8; McLean, 5; St. Clair, 6; Sangamon, 6; Will, 5, and Williamson,, 6. Diphtheria cases reported totaled 157, including 93 in Cook county, 5 in Madison county, 7 each in Sangamon and Rock Island counties. Galesburg-- Ben Robertson, wealthy farmer of Rio, told Circuit Judge Walter Frank that he was involved in the firing of his home last July 4 In a plot to collect insurance. His lawyers asked that In view of his plea of guilty he be allowed probation. Last week Archie Stotts told Judge Frank he actually applied the firebrands that destroyed the Robertson home. He was sentenced to Joliet for one year. Ottawa.--While removing a large bowlder from the soil, preliminary to excavating for the foundation tqr a bouse, William Eichelkraut unearthed a Bmall Iron box. He found three double eagles dated 1830 and other gold pieces of similar denomination, dated 1832, indicating that the hoard had been buried by some one nearly a esatury ago. Chicago.--A total of <12,000 was contributed by the Chicago Federation of Labor toward Senator LaFollette's campaign fund, It was revealed through a report submitted by Charles • ••• Willis of the machinists' uftlon. Chicago.--A total exceeding $91,000,- 000 in estates was administered by the Probate court In the fiscal year of 1924, said a report by John F. Devine. court clerk, to the Judges of the Circuit court. A total of 14.581 cases were disposed of and taxes in excess Of $4,000,000 collected. Oak Park.--Nearly 1,000 Oak Parkers attended the dedication of a monu ment at Harvard and Kenilworth ave- Boes to the men of the community who served in the great war. The $1,200 for the monument was raised by Inscription. ;I Rockford.--Roaring away In an au mobile truck amid a rain of bullets m the guns of trainmen and rail % toad detectives, six bandits escaped capture after a spectaculur but unsuc g « cessful attempt to rob a Chicago, Mil ,s ->" waukee & St Paul freight train at .vii'v Klrkland. 1^; v*Bloomington.--Celebration of the It,' '< ; t i *pivent,'llfth annlverBary of the found i 'v, " tag of Illinois We^eyan university will bring hundreds or'former students to L L Bloomington on Founders' day, Decem- " fcer 1. Bishop Ernest Lynn Waldorf Kansas will deliver the address. • .. % • • Chicago. -- Rev. Frederick Sidney Fleming, rector of the Episcopal rhurch of the Atonement, , who has been facing one of the most unparalleled situations in church history In trying to decide which of two bishoprics recently offered him he should accept, reached an unexpected decision. He declined the double ecclesiastical honor in favor of remaining at the head of the fashionable Edgewater parish of which he has been rector for the past nine years. He made the announcement at the dedication ceremonies of the church's new $100,000 parish house. On October 22 Father Fleming was chosen bishop coadjutor of northern Indiana. A week later he was elected bishop of Olympia, Wash. Chicago.--West suburban towns are becoming dangerous for vice lords, according to Rev. H. C. Hoover, president of the ministers' association, which, with the support of big business and manufacturing concerns, has undertaken to drive out crooks, beer runners and "lost sisters." Prohibition agents under Chief Charles W. Vursell, after a series of raids In Cicero, have become still more active and added 15 places to their number of raids on information furnished by the association. Peoria.--With a ballet hole In liis head, John Gass, sixty-three, a carpenter, was found dead in the rear seat of his touring car. The car was in Gass' garage and the door was tied shut. A rifle was propped between his knees with the right thumb locked on the trigger. Financial worries and worry over the suicide of his daughter three months ago are believed to be the causes. The daughter swallowed poison after 'a family quarrel over bobbed hair. Chicago.--A dozen executives of the University of Chicago braved a snowstorm at the cornerstone laying ceremonies for the university's new Rawson laboratory of medicine, at Harrison and Wood streets. President Ernest De Witt Burton officiated and sealed in the stone a weather and ageproof container which will hold records for future generations. Among the documents is a history of the University of Chicago. Peoria.--Four men were killed at Miller's Crossing, near Tiskllwa, when the automobile In which they were riding was struck by a Rock Island passenger train. The dead are Harley Peck, Henry Deroo and his son Earl, and Gus Desutter. Bodies of two of the men were carried nearly a mile on. the front of the locomotive. The men lived at Atkinson and were going to Tiskllwa to visit friends. Stockton.--A big Holsteip bull, enraged at sight of a lurid billboard by the roadside, tore a ring through the flesh of its nose, dashed to the sign and demolished it. It then attacked a house and terrorized half the people of the village, but was finally lured into a wedge-shaped space between two buildings, where it was lassoed and recaptured. Woodstock.--Remarkable Success In the growing of potatoes on peat lands In McHenry county is recorded In the case of H. A. Arnold, who obtained an average of more than 200 bushels an acre from about 150 acres. The seed was treated before being planted and the soil also was built up with acid phosphate and potash. Marlon.--Sheriff George Galllgan denied a rumor that he had conferred 1th Governor Small and requested that Williamson county be placed under martial law, when he returned here after an extended business trip. The sheriff found the county quiet, with Indications that IroopS remaining soon will be withdrawn. . Chicago.--Prohibition Agent Archie M. Benson, said to be the first dry sleuth in the state to don a dress suit since the wets muddied Count William Yaselli's snowy white front, has Just completed a high hat Investigation which officials expect to result In the closing of many of the bright places. Duquoin.--The four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Germanovlch of Dowell died by a strange accident. The child had candy In his mouth and at the same time was blowing up a rubber balloon. He swallowed the balloon and In his effort to dislodge it only succeeded In inflating it. Chicago.--Unanimous approval of the citizens' committee that the bouse of correction be purchased for a new county Jail and criminal court building was voted by the executive committee of the Chicago Association of Commerce. Urbana.--Nearly 5,000 blooming chrysanthemum plants were shown In the chrysanthemum show at the University of Illinois. The collection, one of the largest in the world, included 351 varieties. Wilmette.--Burglars ransacked the home of J. D. McGuire at 1351 Greenwood circle, while the family were at the theater. Silverware valued at more than $1,000 was taken. Joliet.--Rev. P. A. Sorenson has resigned the pastorate of the First Lutheran church of Joliet and will become pastor of St. Mark's Lutheran church of Auburn, Ind. Mattoon.--A new hard road will be built from this city to Shelbyville and one from Charleston to Kankakee. Danville. -- Mayor Thurman P. Shouse, former Methodist minister, is trying to prevent street paving Sundays. lie received a shock when he f<iund a steam roller and force of men drowning out the services at the Grace Methodist church, his last charge, before being granted leave to serve as mayor. Chicago.--Judge Joseph B. David of Chicago has overruled the demurrer ot Gov. Len Small In the $50,000 libel and Blander suit filed against the governor by State Senator Barbour of Chicago. Danville.--Petitions are being circulated here by persons working under the direction of Frank Schecter, late city attorney of Danville, asking County Judge Thomas A. Graham to give the citizens an opportunity to vote on the commission form of municipal government. Should It carry, 14 aldermen would automatically lose their positions and a mayor and four commissioners would be elected. Peorl&.--An argument over the use of a party line resulted in the killing of Fred Mlchals by John Schwent near Metamora. , MRS. W.G. HARDING DIES IN HOSPITAL Widow of Late * President Succumbs After Long Illness; Buried at Marion. Marlon, Ohio.--Florence Kllng Harding, widow of Warren G. Harding, twenty-ninth Chief Executive of the United States, died. The end came at the White Oaks sanitarium of Dr. Carl W. Sawyer, where she had been fighting for life for the last few weeks. Mrs., Harding's death was due directly to a kidney ailment, from which she had suffered for years, and which nearly resulted fatally while she was mistress of the White House. She died peacefully, Doctor Sawyer said. Doctor Sawyer's statement on the causes of death gave chronic nephritis, mio carditis and hydro nethrosls. Clifford B. Kllng, Mrs. Harding's brother, George B. Christian, Jr., who had been secretary to Mr. Harding; Mrs. Mary Sawyer, widow of Brig. Gen. Charles E. Sawyer, and Dr. Carl Sawyer were present when the end came. The funeral services were held at Epworth Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. Jesse Swank, pastor of the church and who conducted the funeral services for President Harding, was 'in charge. He was assisted by Rev. George M. Landis, pastor of Trinity Baptist church, of which Mr. Harding was a member. Mrs. Harding had been1 a member of Epworth Methodist church since girlhood. In a little stone tomb in Marion cemetery the body of Mrs. Florence Kllng Harding was laid beside that of her husband. Only 15 months ago Mrs. Harding, leaning on the arm of George B. Christian, Jr., private secretary to President Harding, followed the bier of her husband to the little tomb and saw it placed tenderly inside to await her coming. Rows of soldiers stood at attention as their commander in chief had been consigned to the temporary resting place. • m The life story of Florence Kllng Harding, like an epic of sturdy American womanhood, was a chronicle of continual struggle against great odds, and of continual accomplishments. After she became first lady of the land, as always In the ^-ears preceding, the helpless and the unfortunate received the fullnest measure of her devotion. Children of every class had her unfailing attention. Wounded veterans of the World war owed her many a debt for hours gladdened by her visits to their hospitals or by flowers send by her personal order from the White House. Of those gathered around Mr. Harding when he entered the preconventlon campaign of 1920, there was none who kept better informed on what was done to further his candidacy than Mrs. Harding. After the nomination. Mrs. Harding became, in spite of the growing threat of physical collapse, an active figure in the front porch campaign. ' Mrs. Harding was born in Marion, Ohio, in 1860, of a sturdy stock of pioneers, her father, Amos Kling. being one of the town's first settlers. She married Mr. Harding in 1891, when things did not look too bright for him. He had just taken over the ownership of the Marion Star, and It was loaded down with mortgages and still had to make a place for itse)f in the community. She went to work In the business office and soon was in charge of advertising and circulation, buying the print paper and other supplies, and even standing by the presses and Instructing the carriers before they started on their routes. She mothered the club established for the carrier boys, one of whom, answering to the name of Baldinger, entered the army, rese to the rank of major, and was later detailed at the White House as military aid te the President. Another was George Christian, who became the President's private ^secretary. 1 She was a member of the Method* 1st Episcopal church, but was very tolerant of others, and as the President was a Baptist, it was the custom of the Hardings to attend the Calvary Baptist church In Washington. W. H. Anderson Will Leave Prison Christmas Eve Oaslnlng. N. Y.--William II. Anderson, former state superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of New York, will be paroled from Sing Sing Christmas eve. The state board of parole met at the prison and granted Anderson's petition for parole. Hoover Will Remicnn in Coolidgefs Cabinet Washington.--Herbert Hoover, ur>;ed by President Coolldge, will remain secretary of commerce In the new administratis, it became known. MRS. HARDING TO TEST INCOME TAX PUBLICITY JOl/K 1. TABU Mrs. Florence Kling Harding, widow of the late President Warren G. Harding, who died at the White Oaks sanitarium 6t Dr. Carl W. Sawyer near Marion, Ohio, after an illness lasting several weeks. THOMAS INCE MOVIE MAGNATE, IS DEAD Succumbs to Heart Disease; Stricken on Yacht. ^ Los Angeles, Cal.--Thomas H. Wee, maker of celebrated films and film celebrities, died at his Beverly Hills home, Dias Dorados, of a heart seizure. . - The producer's death was sudden and came from a heart affection following an attack of indigestion which began at a yacht party aboard the Oneida off San Diego. The party aboard the yacht was tdrneS Into a celebration for Mr. Ince's forty-third birthday anniversary. A partial list of the guests contained the following names: William Randolph Hearst, Elinor Glyn, Charlie Chaplin, Seena Owen, D. C, Goodman, Marion Davies, and Margaret Livingston. Marine Strikerm Sentenced Havre.--The maritime tribunal, sit ting In Havre, condemned the twenty members of the striking crew of the liner Paris, all naval sailors, to various punishments on the charge of: desertion. Quebec Seize9 Liquor Quebec.--Three thousand gallons of alcohol and 2,700 cases of whisky were seized on Friday by Quebec liquor commissioners. The estimated value is $400,000. U. S. Can Sell[ Shoala Power Washington.--Secretary Weeks was advised by the United States Judge advocate general that the United States has the authority to sell power gen erated at Muscle Shoals from the Wll eon dam. World Planet Turned In Dayton, Ohio.--Hangars at McCook field received the three wortd cruising alrplatres. Their pilots will journey to Washington by rail to make their foranal reports on the world flight. Furnace Victim Believed to Have Been Murdered Columbus, Ohio.--Hands other than her own contrived the mysterious cremation of Mrs. Addie Sheiitsley. The Middle-aged wife of the Rev. C. V. Sheatsley was choked to death before her body was put into the fire that almost consumed her body in the furnace of the parsonage of Christ Lutheran church In the suburb of Bexley. These statements were made by the authorities here. ' The authorities base their contentions on the report of C. H. Long, chemical expert, who examined the vital organs of the woman's body, a report made known to Prosecutor John R. King. Chemist Long says that his : tests show that Mrs. Sheatsley never breathed after her body entered the furnace and that the body must have been put on the coals to be consumed after she was strangled to death. The chemist says the woman died either of strangulation or suffocation, but he adds that had she died of syffocation there would be traces of carbon monoxide gus in the lung and esophagus be has tested. He states positively that no. trace of this gas was found. Cut Freight Rates, but Not Wages---Coolidge Washington. -- President Goolidge" feels tliut Ifl a reduction of freight rates is made at this time it should be established through reduction in operating costs rather than at the expenses of wages of railroad employees. Present conditions, In the opinion of the President, do not warrant a .reduction In railroad wages, whereas he does believe sufficient economies can be made in operating expenses to permit a reduction in freight rates, if such is found feasible. H. M. Gore Gets Wallace Chair Until March 4 Washington.--President Coolidge expects to appoint Howard M. Gore, at present acting secretary, as secretary of agriculture, to serve until he becomes governor of West Virginia on March 4, it was stated officially at the White House. Such ah appointment will give the President ample opportunity to survey the field of candidates for the office after March 4, for which many recommendations have been submitted by farm leaders, at the '^request of Mr. Coolidge. „ Ex-Congressman Lamb of Richmond, Va., Dead Richmond, Va.--John Lamb, eightysix, for 18 years member of CQngress from the. Third Virginia district, died at his home here. Radio Smit Involve» Millions Wilmington, Del.--Millions of dollars are Involved in a suit for an injunction brought by the DeForest company to restrain the Radio Corporation of America from selling cw> tain types of radio equipment. Willard Mack Stricken Mount Vernon, N. Y.--Willard Mack, author, playwright arn^ actor, is seriously fit with pneumonia In a hospital. Beatrice Stone, his fourth wife, is at his bedside. Admiral McCtilly Named Washington.--Appointment of Vice Admiral Newton McCully, now commanding the Atlantic scouting fleet, to be chief of the naval mission to Brazil, is announced here on Thursday. Return Indictment Against Newspaper at Baltimore ~ For Publication of Lists. Washington.--While an Indictment was being returned against a Baltimore newspaper for publication of tax lists there were evidences of a reaction in congress which may make possible the repeal of the present pabllcity pijpvislon of the revenue law. The first case Instituted by the Department of Justice to test the legality df newspaper publication of amounts paid by taxpayers involved the Baltimore Dally Post. The in dlctment, which was voted by the feci eral grand jury at Baltimore, named the Baltimore Post company and con t»rined five counts. Each count was based on the publication of the amount paid by a single taxpayer. Information which under the revenue act of 1924 Is open to public inspection but with the right of newspaper publication itt doubt. Evidence of a reaction in sentiment in congress was given In a statement by Senator Pat Harrison (Dem., Miss.), a member of the senate finance •committee. • Senator Harrison declared that he is now- ready to co-operate with the Republicans in the repeal or modification of the publicity provision. The indictment against the Baltimore Daily Post charged that the newspaper printed income tax lists In violation of section 3167 of the revised statutes, despite a warning given by the Treasury department when public inspection was ordered. Attorney General Stone, In announcing the return of the indictment, said that he would press for early court action, and believed that it would be possible to get the case to the Supreme court of the United States before the court adjourns next spring. He expressed the opinion that the defendant newspaper would admit the facts and that the case would be carried to the upper court ona demurrer. Indictments against several other newspapers in other parts of the country will be returned in the next few days, according to the attorney general. » Calls Postal Inspector Brains of Bandit Gang Chicago.--Brent Glasscock, leader of the Rondout (111.) 'mull holdup gang, sat in a federal court witness chair and told it all. In five and a half hours of testimony he related every detail of the huge robbery, from planning it with James Murray and Post Office Inspector William Fahy to splitting the loot with Murray and giving him Fahy's share for delivery to the postal inspector. As the gunman went through thq story, lie sat behind $1,247,000 in cash, Jewelry and bonds--the recovered part of the $2,000,000 loot. It reposed in four open-mouthed jugs--miniatures of those of All Balm's 40 thieves--in quart fruit jurs, and in a big basket. Like the pirates of old, this modern Captain KIdd had buried his loot-- part In Missouri, some ty Oklahoma, some in Wilmette. Twice, he said, he met with Fahy in planning the Rondout and other robberies-- the others unsuccessful--and dozens of times he plotted with Murray. Nonchalantly he explained that he turned down a $100,000 holdup suggested by Fahy as a piker Job. Casually he told of carrying gas to Rondout to suffocate mail clerks, nitroglycerin to blow open car doors. Coolidge Shows Uselem Depletion of U. S. Forests Washington.--The President of the ,United States did the most Important part of his work with the aid.Af a movie. He talked and let the movie emphasize. "Between cutting timber in the woods," he said, "and finally putting the product to use, nearly two-thirds of the total volume is lost." Such a statement the movie later emphasized for Mr. Coolidge by showing the unnecessarily thick saws ripping through logs and creating so much sawdust that in a few days veritable hills of sawdust grew up around large mills. "A third of this loss," said tho President "can, with tried and methods, be saved." " Ireland Mourns Death of Cardinal Logue Belfast.--Cardinal Logue, who was taken suddenly ill on Tuesday at his residence in Armagh, died on Wednesday morning without regaining consciousness. Guilty of Woman*9 Murder I^os Angeles.--A verdict of guilty of first degree murder was returned by a Jury against Harry Garbutt In his triaj for the slaying of Mrs. Dorothy 'Lee Hunn, wealthy Chicago woman. Former College Head Diet Washington.--Dr. Stephen M. New* man, seventy-nine years old, a former president of Howard university, was found dead In his apartment here. Apoplexy caused death. - * Miss Brandeis Admitted to Bar Washington.--Miss Susan Brandels, daughter of Associate Justice Itrandels, was admitted to practice bfcfore the Supreme court. She is now practicing law in New York state. Onitarioiin Rum Figkt Ottawa.--Ontario authorities announced that unless the Canadian government helps stop smuggling of liquor intp the United States it will build a "diy navy" to co-operate with the United States forces itself. • Fire Perils Bank9 Honolulu.--rFlre destroyed the Pan- Pacl^c Traders' building In the financial Ylstrict here. The blaze threatened idjoinlng banking institutions. Damage was estimated at $500,000. Louis 3. Taber, master of the National grange, is recommended by the members of that body for appointment as secretary of agriculture to succeed the late Henry C. Wallace. V. S. GOVERNMENT MARKET QUOTATIONS Washington.--For the week ending November 20.--GRAIN--Quoted November 20: No. 1 dark northern wheat: Minneapolis, $1.48@1.69. No. 2 red winter wheat: Kansas City, $1.57 @1.61. No. 3 red winter wheat: Chicago, $1.57. No. 2 hard winter wheat: Chicago, $1.49% @1.50: Kansas City, $1.44@1.54. No. 2 mixed corn: Chicago, $1.17%; Minneapolis, $1.15ft @1.16tt; Kansas City, $1.09. No. 2 yellow corn: Chicago, $1.19® 1.20; Minneapolis, $1.19@ 1.19 ft; Kansas City, $1.11. No. 3 yellow corn: Chicago, $1.18ft @1.18% ; Minneapolis, $1.14% @1.17%. No. t white corn: Chicago, $1.17@1.17%. No. 3 white oats: Chicago, 51Vi@62%c; Minneapolis, 48%<&48%c; Kansas City, 62%c. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES--Northern round white potatoes, $1.00@1.05 carlot sales In Chicago, mostly 70® 75c f. o. b. Northern Danish type cabbage, $18.00@22.00 in midwestern markets. Midwestern yellow onions, $1.50 @2.00* in consuming centers. Midwestern Jonathan apples, $7.50@8.00 in Chioago; northwestern extra fancy Jonathans and Spitsenbergs, $3.00@3.26 per box. DAIRY PRODUCTS--Closing prices Of 92-8core butter: New York, 43%c; Chicago, 44c. Closing prices on Wisconsin primary cheese markets November 19: Twins, 19c; single daisies, 19%c; double daisies, 19c; young Americas, 20c; longhorna, 19 %c; square prints, 21c. LIVE STOCK--Chicago hog prices closed at $9.75 for top and $8.70<a>5.40 for bulk. Medium and good beef steers, $6.50@11.75; butcher cows and heifers, $3.00@ 11.00; feeder steers, $4.25@7.60; light and medium Weight veal calvo*. $8.00® 10.00. $110,000,000 Profit for John D., Jr., in Stock Boom New York.--Stories of fortunes made and lost In Wall street during the current sweep upward are common, but most of them lack verification. It is, however, possible to closely approximate that of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. When a senate committee last year was Investigating the oil industry his holdings In various Standard Oii company units were disclosed. With this data as.a basis it is figured that young Mr. Rockefeller's Standard Oil shares have increased more than $98,000,000 In market value this year. His dividends from these stocks will be not less than $13,200,000, so that market appreciation plus cash dividends gives a total of more than $111,- 000,000. Head of Chicago Sleuths Quits; 'Department Rotten' Chicago.--Chicago's storm against gunmen and gunsters rose to something of a climax when Chief of Detectives Michael Hughes snatched off his star and turned it over to Chief of Police Morgan Collins. WTith this peremptory resignation Hughes ended a service of twenty years In the police department. , Hughes did not quit without a parting shot. It was this: "The police department is rotten. I wouldn't stay on under the present administration, if I had to take .a job shoveling the streets. They have been wanting to get rid of me ever since Dever became mayor, but until now they didn't have the nerve." Michigan Bank Bandits • Escape With $35,000 Detroit, Mich.--Six bank robbers shot their way through' resistance after holding up the Farmington State Savings hank at Farmington and escaped with $30,000 in cash and $5,000 In bonds. At least one of the gunmen was wounded in the fusillade, which followed them as they left the bank. Troop9 Leave Herrin Herrin, 111.--Two officers and 27 men of the One Hundred und Thirtieth infantry, Illinois National Guard, on duty In Williamson county since the rioting here last August, have -returned to their homes in Springfield. Indiana Grain ProRte Good Indianapolis.--Indiana fanners marketed approximately $2,559,950 worth of corn, oats and wheat through the Indianapolis Board of Trade during October. U. S. Man Killed in Mexico. Washington.--Paul Meer, an American employed by the Penoles Mining company, was killed November 16 at GuanacevI, Durango, Mex., American Consul McEnolly has informed the State department. He said the assassins had not been captured. Quit9 Dry Squad Chicago.--Percy Owen, Illinois prohibition director, announced the resignation of Major H. C. Itidgeway, until recently prohibition group chief! BRITISH TROOPS i SENT TO EGYPT t • * Zagloul Grants England'!^ , Demands, But Stands Finnl^^ Against Losing Sudan. ,v ^ ljondon.--The British government °f the possibility of troublf to Egypt, has ordered that a wholC division be kept ready at Aldersho|: to move at a moment's notice. Meai while a brigade of infantry, with a tillery, air force units and tanks, en route to Egypt. The First battaliojp of the East Kent regiment Is leaving Gibraltar for Egypt. The belief IS gaining ground that the grant of Egyp> tian independence may be revoked, cv* ing to the Inability of the Egyptian* * to govern themselves. Cairo.--Small anti-British demon* stratlons ^ere renewed in Cairo b^X:> students. Afterwards British troop*, , , marched through the city. Two ahv . V planes from Cairo flew over Tantah* where some restlessness among thjfc*--' natives had been observed. t'j% The Egyptian governmenftr reply t*' -the British note in connection witlf -4 the assassination of Maj. Gen. Sir * Lee O l i v e r S t a c k , g o v e r n o r g e n e r a l o ^ ' 2 5 . the Sudan and sirdar of the Egyptlaa , army, agrees to Great Britain's demand for an apology, punishment of the assassins and tfn Indemnity of 500,000 pounds sterling (about $2300.- 000). .. • V It also promises to prevent any turbance of the peace by demonstrations. The reply says the British demand regarding the Sudan breaks the status quo, and is contrary to the constitution under which King Fifad is commander in chief of the Egyptian army. It considers the demand regarding the Gezira irrigation project premature. The communication further says the position of foreign officials is regulated by diplomatic agreement, and cannot be modified without the: consent of parliament. Field Marshal Viscount Allenby, the British high commissioner, promptly , replied to the Egyptian note, which was signed by Zagloul Pasha, the Egyptian premier. General Allenby said that in view of the refusal of the Egyptians of the British requirements numbers 5 and 6, Instructions were being sent to the Sudan government to effect the withdrawal from the Sudan of Egyptian officers and units with the specified changes resulting from these measures, and that the Sudan government was at liberty to increase the area of Irrigation in 'the Gezira district to an unlimited extent. General Allenby's reply to Zagloul requests the payment of the Indemnity of £500,000 by noon Monday and adds: "Your excellency will learn in due course what action is being taken in view of your refusal of requirement No. 7, regarding the protection of foreign Interests." Zagloul Pasha read his reply at an open session of parliament after which the house adopted a vote on confidence in the government with only one dissenting vote. The reply again expressed sorrow and horror at the execrable murder of Major General Stack, but said the Egyptian government could not admit that it was in any way responsible; neither could it admit that the crime was the natural result of the political campaign. Nevertheless, the government agreed to the payment of the indemnity de- . manded. < Koretz, Alleged Swindler, Captured in Halifax, N.S• Chicago.--Leo Korets was captured In Halifax, N. S. Koretz, described as the world's most dangerous confidence man, is credited with having swindled the public out of $7,000,000, mostly from Chlcagoans. Koretz disappeared on December 1923, and has been sought all over the world ever since. His arrest was accomplished by John Sbarbaro, assistant state's attorney, and Nick Me- Swlggln, detective, attached to the office of State's Attorney Crowe. After a hunt of almost a year, In which hundreds of tips proved futile, Koretz was discovered in a hotel In Halifax, registered under the name Lou Keyte. He will start back to Chicago under guard of Sbarbaro and McSwtggin, having waived extradition. According to the two Chicago attorneys the prisoner left Chicago with $2,000,000 in cash, carried in a handbag. Since last March he has lived in Nova Scotia, where he purchased "Pinehurst," an historic - residence near Liverpool. Girl and Flyer PHot Kitted Santa Monica, Cal.--Ralph H. Jennlson and Miss Ruth G. Wilson were killed when two airplanes crashed 200 feet above Clover field. The victims* plane collided with a government machine piloted by Lieutenant Traughder and carrying Sergeant McMurrin. Traughder and McMurrin were injured. Confidence Voted Muetolinl Rome.--The chamber of deputies voted confidence in the Mussolini government, 337 to 17. - Goes to Paris for Decree Providence, R. I.--Mrs. Minta Arbuckle, who withdrew her petition for a divorce from Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle, former screen star, has gone to Paris to seek a decree, according6 to her counsel here. Nine Killed by Mint Dunkirk, France.--Nine fishermen were killed when a mine, brought up by their nets, exploded aboard a boat which was ftiWns In Dunklric waters. '