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ftpJ^-> V. V: §3P^ Heroic Efforts to Save Ken- -tucki&n From Underground Prison Fail. ---- Gave City, Ky.--"If the men doat let 'me oct the angels will." These last words of Floyd Collins to his brother Homer, the last time Homer descended into the tortuous depths of Sand cave in a hemic hot futile effort to effect his rescue, came true. Workmen finally fought their way down to Floyd through the muck and slime and boulders ami solid limestone of his tomb, but they \Vere too late. He was dead. Stavatlon, thirst, exposure and acute physical exhaustion had done their work. Rigor mortis had set in, and doctors who went within ten feet of him and made their observations through Edward Brenner, catlike little miner, hanging head down in a manhole cut In a limestone ledge, agreed that the end had come more than twenty-four hours before. Body Cased in Silt. . And Nature, whose forces Ktojftl defied time and again in his continual search for the beautiful cavern which might draw sightseers from the ends of the earth and make him rich, had been day by day tightening the unbreakable clutch In which she Seized him. Only his foot was fast at first, but when they reached him mud and silt and small boulders had filtered through the crevices above him and formed a solid sheath about his lifeless form. Electric Bulb Was Col* There are no sounds from the patient, no respiration, no movement of any kind. The electric light that was placed by the early rescuers on Collins' neck was found around at the top of bis chest. The bulb was out. "What was the cause of death, doctor?" someone asked Doctor Hazlitt. "Be died from exhaustion; acute physical exhaustion, exposure, starvation and thirst," Doctor Hazlitt replied, *,and Doctor Francis confirmed The opinion with a nod. Explored Caves From Boyhood. Floyd Collins had been a cave explorer since he was a little boy. He was born on a farm five miles from Sand cave, where the Collins family still lives, and as nearly as his father can remember Floyd has seldom been away from the cave country. ( When just big enough to handle a plow, his mule one day sank to his knees in what has since been known as Mule cave and Floyd's cave enthusiasm was started. A few years after Mule cave was discovered Ed Turner, a civil engineer from New York, spent eight or ten months exploring the cave country, >4nd taught Floyd the elementary geology he found useful. Between them they located an onyx cave, which also was inconsequential, and in Salt cave they found an Indian moccasin. One of the prized souvenirs of the region. Discovery of Crystal Cave. ay this time he had started spending his spare time after farm duties In cave hunting. Lee Collins had taken up trapping and In the bitter winter of 1917 Floyd saw a groundhog disappear into a "sink" on his fat ther's farm. This led to the discovery of Crystal cave, one of the popular lesser caves of the region. "Floyd kept me scared stiff all the time," his father says. "I told him that some day he would be buried deeper than ever I could bury him, but he kept on exploring." For three weeks Floyd had been working on Sand cave, his father says. At first there was nothing but a Small crevice, but Floyd enlarged it into the present entrance, about six feet high. The knowledge Hint be was working on Sand cave ted to his discovery about 24 hours after he was trapped by the fall of a boulder on his foot. Fail to Find His Rope. On his last trip down Sand cave he had taken 72 feet of rope with which to lower himself into the huge cavern he had said lay behind him. This rope was not found by the early rescue parties and may be lying behind him or fallen into the pit. Some of those among the early rescuers who talked with Floyd said he described his new-found cavern as "the most beautiful I have ever seen." With the finding of Collins' lifeless form it was realized that Collin's dream of three weeks ago was a presentment which had come true. "I dreamed I was caught in rock and the angels came and took me away," he had told his stepmother, Mrs. Jane Collins, three weeks ago, after having announced to her that he had before him two days of the most dangerous cave exploring he had ever attempted. Mrs. Collins had urged Floyd to abandon his intentions [f* explore Sand cave. I® Threaten* Farm Bill Washington. -- If the agricultural committee does not agree "within a very reasonable time" on a farm bill. Senator Curtis ot' Kansas warned that he would move to take up one of the measures placed oa tlie calepdar iast session. '• Mrs. (>. L>. Oliphanr. :mt;ional president of the American legion auxiliary, has called a conference to be known as the "Women's Conference on National Defense as Peace Insurance," to meet at American Red Cross headquarters in Washington from February 22 to 25, with women from patriotic organizations of the country. It Is intended to show that w^men In these groups support the national defense act MARKET QUOTATIONS BY U. S. GOVERNMENT Washington.--For the week ending February 13.--DAIRY PRODUCTS-- Closing prices of 92-score butter: New York, 40%c; Chicago, 40c; Philadelphia, 41^4c; Boston 40^4c. Wholesale prices at. Wisconsin primary cheese markets February 11; Single daisies, 23V4c; lonKhorns, 23^c; square prints, 23%c. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES--Northern sacked round white potatoes, $1.00 @1.15 on the Chicago carlot market, «1 .35At'1.40 in other midwestern cities, 80(i3'90c f. o. b. Midwestern yellow onions, $2.75@3.25 per 100-pound sack in consuming centers, $2.75(^2.85 f. o. b. Rochester and <2.76 t. o. b. west Michigan points. Northwestern extra fancy winesaps, (3.65Q3.75 per box in the Middle West. GRAIN--Quoted February 13: No. 1 dark northern wheat: Minneapolis, $1.71% tii 2.04 No. 1 red winter wheat: Chicago, $1.90 V4- No. 2 red winter wheat: St. Louis, $1.96; Kansas City. $1.90 @1.93. No. 2 hard winter wheat: St. Louis, $1.77; Kansas City, $1.69 @ 1.77. No. 3 hard winter wheat: Chicago, $1.74. No. 2 mixed corn: Kansas City, $1.08® l.OSV*. No. 3 mixed corn: Chicago, $1.12% @1.14V4. No. 2 yellow corn: Kansas City, $1.10@1.12. No. 3 yellow com: Chicago, $1.16 *4 @ 1.18; Minneapolis, $1.14»4<&/1.16V4; St. Louis, $1.13@ I.15. No. 3 white corn: Chicago, $1.10%; St. Louis, $1.13@1.14. No. 2 white corn: Kansas City, $1.10@1.11. No. 2 white oats: Chicago, 46 >4® 49c; Minneapolis, 45%@46>4c; St. Louis, 50%@51c; Kansas City, 51c. HAY--Quoted February 13: No. 1 timothy: Chicago, $22.00. No. 1 alfalfa: Kansas City, $19.50. No. 1 prairie: Chicago, $17.00. LIVE STOCK--Chicago hog prices closed at $11.30 for top and, $10.70® II.25 for bulk. Medium and good beef steers, $7.00^11.50; butcher cows and heifers, $3.75©10.50; feeder steers, $5.00 @8.25; light and medium weight veal calves, $10.00^13.75. Fat lambs, $15.50 @18.15; feeding lambs, $15.50(fi 17.75; yearlings, $13.25 @16.25; fateWea, $6.6q @9.75. • - * Flames Sweep Auto Show; Loss Put at $2,250,000 Kansas City, Mo.--Fire destroyed approximately $1,500,000 worth of the latest creations of automobile manufacturers at the Kansas City motor show in the American Royal Live Stock pavilion here. The pavilion, valued at $730,000, was declared a total loss by firemen on$ hour and a half after the fire was discovered in the annex of the main building. This brought the total loss to $2,250,000. Gasoline tanks on the motor cars on display exploded and added to the intensity of the flames. Three hundred passenger cars, representing fifty manufacturers, were on display, in addition to 100 motor trucks and 20 motor busses. There were 250 accessories booths. The exhibits also included two airplanes and a motor boat. Daughter Is Born to Mrs. Nicholas Longworth Chicago.--A baby girl was born to Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth, wife of Representative Nicholas Longworth, at the Chicago Lying-in hospital. She arrived ten days ahead of time. "She weighs six pounds, four and one-quarter ounces," announced the nurse in-charge. "She looks like the colonel," added Dr. Joseph B. De Lee, attending specialist. Mrs. Longworth, the Princess Alice of the Roosevelt administration, wh6 is in her forty-first year, came to Chicago several weeks ago to await the event. Although the baby has not been named, it is believed pha wjU be named after her mother. - h iV, PS • te >,iyc • k Anthrax Fund Approved Washington.--The senate authorized the appropriation of $1(mi.<hm> to. complete the fight in Mississippi-- and Arkansas against anthrax. Twenty Acquitted of Fraud Greensboro, N. C.--Twenty officials and stock salesmen of Bailey Bros., Inc., defunct Salem tobacco manufacturing concern, were acquitted in Federal District court here of charges of using the malls to defraud. > -- Washington.--William H. Jardine, president of the Kansas State Agricultural college, was selected as see* retary of agriculture tyy President Doolidge. His appointment, to take effect March 4, when Howard M. Gore, the present secretary, resigns to become governor of West Virginia, was sent o the senate. It was the first time that a man from Kansas had been ailed to a cabinet position. Now that the post of agriculture has >een filled, the personnel of President 'oelldge's new cabinet is virtually settled. This is, of course, contingent >n the final confirmation of Charles . Warren and Frank B. Kellogg of Minnesota by the senate, either durjig this session or at a later date. It k not believed there will be any hange In any of the other posts. Mr, Keilogg's nomination as secretary of tate, which had not been sent to the senate, was included in the nomlnalons, which also designated George \lexander Parks to be governor of Alaska. It is believed that Cecil. Creer of Utah, the youngest director of an exjerimental station in the United States, will be named assistant secreary'of agriculture. Doctor Jardine, himself a member >f the President's agricultural conference and1 a power in agriculture for many years, has a thorough knowledge of farm marketing and Is beleved by the President's advisers to 311 all the requirements which Presiient Coolldge has demanded for his aext secretary of agriculture. Doctor Jardine began his career as "cattle puncher" In the famous Big Hole basin of Montana. At the age if twenty he forsook the lariat and he saddle for a degree at the Utah Agricultural college. Addison G. Proctor Diet Chicago.---Exhaustion due to giving public speeches during and before Lincoln's birthday caused the death of Addison G. Proctor, eighty-seven, who was a member of the national Republican convention which nominated Lincoln for the Presidency. None Indicted in Herri A Marion, I1L--The, 57 Indictments returned by the Williamson county grand jury included none in Herrin's two latest battles, in which five were killed. thern Waterway Favored Washington.--An appropriation of Jfl^OOO.OOO for the Louisiana and Texas Intercoastal waterway was approved fey the senate commerce commute* Hungarians Arm in Secret Vienna.--A secret Hungarian military organization has been formed along the Austrian border with the object of reconquering German Burgenland, according to a police report to the chamber on Thursday. Urge* Bond* for Dry Agents Washington.--Representative Gallivan of Massachusetts introduced a bill to require prohibition agents to file J>onds of $10^)00 Sgaiiist damage suit*. ' " W. M. Jardine of Kansas ^College to Take Cabinet Post March 4. War Game in Pacific Is Approved by the President Washington.--President Coolldge, it iras learned, has formally authorized the War and Navy departments to proceed with the great war game at (he Hawaiian Islands In April and May. This war gkme, officially entitled the "grand joint exercises'* of 1925, mill consist of an "attack" by the preater part of the United States navy »n the Hawaiian islands, with the Intent to "capture" the archipelago. Our military and naval forces stationed there will strive to prevent the islands from falling into "enemy" hands. The army and navy have beeif pro* •eeding with their program for these maneuvers, which was mapped out three years ago, but on account of the agitation in Japan against the holding 3f the exercises no public announcement of the plans was made, pending Presidential approval. The agitation waned after the head »f the Japanese navy officially justified America in holding these maneuvers. The maneuvers will furnish a test of the fitness of our navy for war and of the adequacy of the defenses if the Hawaiian islands. F. W. Upham, Noted Figure in Republican Party, Dies Palm Ileach, Fla--Frederic W. Uptiam of Chicago, financial genius of the Republican party, of. which he was national treasurer until last June, lied here. Mr. Upham came here in November hoping to recover his health, which had been falling for several years. Four days ago he suffered a hemorrhage of the brain. He was sixtyfour years old. Mr, Upham was president and chairman of the board of the Consumers company, dealers in ice, coal and building materials in Chicago. Although Mr. Upham had ^resigned the treasureshlp of the Republican national committee, he still was committeeman from Illinois. ^ AiU.*. .* William 11. jardine, president of the Kansas State Agricultural college, who was selected as secretary of agriculture by President Coolldge. . ... : i 'i • • I.' . U. S. NEEDS MORE OF LINCOLN TYPE Dawes Says Emancipator Was No Pussyfooter.' Chicago. -- Vice President-Elect Charles G. Dawes, speaking on Abraham Lincoln at tlie Lions club banquet at the Congress hotel on the one hundred and sixteenth anniversary of the Civil war President's birth, said the trait of Lincoln that appealed to him most was the great American's quality of leadership. "In my younger days I had always heard of Lincoln's generosity, his honesty and his mercy, the latter exemplified in his pardoning of men sentenced to be shot for some infraction of military rules during the progress of the Civil war, but I neved got the picture of him that I wanted until 29 years ago. Former Gov. Richard J. Oglesby, speaking on Lincoln at the Auditorium hotel at that time, gave it to me. After describing the conditions under, which Lincoln grew to manhood, he said that despite tlie fact that Lincoln in his youth lived In a log hut, in which some of the cracks had not been chinked up, he never recognized superiority. That in my belief exemplified his quality of leadership. "That In him which was supreme yielded to no detracting influence, however powerful. No one could ever Imagine Lincoln pussyfooting around In an effort to straddle or stand on both sides of a question like some of our cowardly politicians do today. That is what has been the matter with the country today. The trouble has not lain * with the American people. The people are all right. We need men who will not lie^ down, but men who will stand up. I have no respect whatever for the mat, whatever political views he may hold, if he won't stand up and fight for his convictions if they are on the side of the Constitution. . ^ "Lincoln possessed the unadulterated pride of American citizenship which remains as an example for us today." Judge McGee of Minnesota, Bootleggers* Foe, Ends Life Minneapolis, Minn.--John F. McGee, United States district judge for the Minnesota district, shot and killed himself in his chambers in the Federal building here. He left a note declaring that his memory had failed him in the course of his work on the bench and that he feared his health was becoming affected seriously. His body was found by his daughter. Judge McGee had added to the reputation he gained during the war as a member of the Minnesota Safety commission by his severe sentences in liquor and dope cases. Slayer of Five Confesses Before Going to Gallows Wheaton, 111.--John Kammerer, who was hanged in the Du Page county jail at Wheaton, left bis body to Dr. H. S. Ilulbert for tests that might determine what led him to murder his friend. Otto Eder, and four other members of the Eder family. The slayer's last act, as Sheriff John Hesterman was adjusting the noose about his neck, was to hand bulky document to Assistant State's Attorney W. G. Knoch. It proved to be Kammerer's confession, made for the first time, that he slew Eder. Eder's young wife, and the three Eder children in their home. Mayort Kill* Son-in-Law IWchlta Falls, Texas.--Frank Collier, mayor of this city, shot and killed his son-in-law. E. L. Robertson. A suit for annullment of marriage was pending between Mfs. Robertson and her husband. Congre** Honor* Dead Washington.--Congress paid a twohour memorial to its three dead Republican New England senators, Lodge >f Massachusetts, Brandegee of Connecticut, and Colt of Rhode Island. 19-Year-Old Negro Hanged Baltimore, Md. -- Carroll Gibson, nineteen-year-old negro, was hanged at the Maryland penitentiary for assaulting a white woman August 27 last. Gibson was tried and convicted November 22 at Trappe, Md. i& North Dakota O. K.*» Cigarette Bismarck, N. D.--Sale of cigarettes in this state will be permitted after April 1 under a house bill passed by the senate Sad ssnt to the governor 1 on Friday. Russell Scott, Former Head of Corporation, to Hang Chicago.--Itussell T. Scott, once an official of a $30,000,000 corporation that failed, but now the convicted Blayer of a seventeen-year-old drug clerk, was sentenced to hang April 17. ife was denied a new trial by Judge Thomas J. Lynch and the date of his execution was set. Scott was convicted for shooting to death Joseph Maurer, a clerk in the City Hall pharmacy, on the night of April 2, 1924. Gfain Men*8 $300,000 Indebtedness Fixed Chicago--The $300,000 indebtedness of the United States Grain Growers, Inc., will be liquidated through an lugreement with the newly formed Grain Marketing company, It was announced by Eugene Funk of Blooiuington, 111., who engineered the deal. Catholic Prelate Better Milwaukee, Wis.--Archbishop Sebastian G. Messmer of th°. Catholic diocese of Milwaukee is recovering from an attack of heart ailment which caused his removal to a hospital early last week. Maine Memorial Services Havana.--Informal memorial services were held here Sunday afternoon at the uncompleted monument to the battleship Maine, sunk 27 years ago Sunday. ' V. S. Schooner Soused Anchorage, T. A.--It is reported here that Canadian customs officials have seized the American-owned schooner Maid of Orleans at Herschel island for alleged non-payment of dutlaf. Defense Now in 4|p ' San Francisco.--Lord Thompson, former British air minister, declared here that Britain's first line, of defense have moved from tlie sen to the air. flyer Says Admiral Edited %^|rStatement--"Feare<|' --- £ujn Qf Nayy," Washington. -- Rear Admiral William R. Shoemaker of the navy's but* au of operations was changed before i|<lhe house aircraft Investigating committee wlft» suppressing facts on the bombing of the B. 8. 8. Virginia by jbrmy airmen. W. C. Shauffler, -'Jr., lieutenant irolonel of the Army Air Service Reserve corps, in making this charge, •old the committee that when the original report of the test was submitted to Admiral Shoemaker, that officer exclaimed : "It's true, every bit of It., but we cau't let this get out or It would ruin the nmvy." The recountfag of the incident, which occurred during the bombing experiments off Cape Hatteras about two years ago, was presented by Colonel Shauffler In the form of a letter he had sent February *6 to the house military affairs committee, but which was not made public by that body. "After the Virginia had b£en sunk, within a few minutes after being struck by heavy bombs dropped from the airplanes flown by army pilots, Mr. Gardner of the Aviation Magazine wrote a statement to be Issued by General Pershing concerning this bombing," said the letter as read to the Investigating committee. Mr. Gardner, it was declared, submitted this statement first to General Patrick for his O. K. The statement was read over very carefully by General Patrick and O. K.'d by him.'Then It was submitted to General Pershing, who stated that if the navy would O. K. it he would issue the statement over his signature. "I happened to be sitting on the upper deck on a life-preserver box In civilian clothes when this statement was brought to Admiral Shoemaker by a junior officer of the navy construction corps, and I happened to overhear the following conversation, which I will give to you as nearly as possible, after such a long laftse of time. "Junior Officer: 'Sir, here is a statement written by Mr. Gardner of the Aviation Magazine, O. K.'d by General Patrick and to be O. K.'d by the navy for General Pershing's signature. I would like to have you read it over and sea what you think of it' "Admiral Shoemaker read the statement and exclaimed: 'It's true, every bit of it, but we can't let this get out or it would ruin the navy. We will have *-> change this some, and see if it can be put out under the general's signature the way we want it.' "During the next fifteen minutes Admiral Shoemaker and his junior officer went over this statement, word by word, blue penciled whole lines and paragraphs, and changed the wording so that upon completion of their Job there was absolutely no resemblance to the original statement written by Mr. Gardner." Admiral Shoemaker branded Colonel Shauffier's story as "ridiculous," and announced he wtil ask to go before tbe committee. < Iowa Senate for Repeal of Federal Road Law Des Moines, Iowa.--A resolution adopted by the senate asking congress to repeal the federal road law was taken to mean that Iowa will reject the annual federal aid allotment of $2,000,000. The necessity of meeting federal requirements was given as the cause. The vote was 30 to 10. The first of banking bills, providing liquidation and distribution of closed bank's funds on agreement of a majority of the depositors, if their holdings equal 75 per cent of the total deposits, was unanimously passed by tbe house. New Bulgar Envoy to U. S. Killed by Assassins Sofia, Bulgaria.--Prof. Nicola Mileff, who recently was appointed Bulgarian minister to the United States, was assassinated here. M. Mileff was a journalist and president of the association of journalists in Sofia. As such he was able to direct the policy of tbe 20 newspapers published in Sofia. Certain of these newspapers are reported to have aroused the wrath of tbe Moscow authorities by their attacks upon the Soviet. President Orders Special Session of Senate March 4 Washington. -- President Coolidge Issued a call for a si>ecial session of the new senate at noon on March 4. The senate. In accordance with custom, will confirm cabinet and other appointments which the President may desire to' make on beginning his new term. Will Attend Inaugural Cheyenne, Wyo.--Gov. Nellie Tayloe Ross will occupy a plack in the" inaugural parade on March 4, and will attend the inaugural ball to be held that night, it was announced from the executive offices, • Army Provides 250,000 Meal* Chicago.--More than 250,000 meals were furnished the poor of Chicago by the Salvation Army during 1924, according to the annuul report of the or- Indian Modems Aroused London.--A Peshawar dispatch says unrest among Moslems along the northwest frontier has been caused by 'cports from Afghanistan ihat twt reformed Moslems we^e stoned to de^th February 10. ; * Bank Cashier Robbed Kansas City.--Four ok five men robbed the bank of Martin City, south of here, of $1*200 and ,kidnaped thr cashlet. They released bhu in Kansat city. Judiciary Body of House Defeats Reapportionment Resolution. • Springfield.--Governor Len Small completed the state budget for presentation to the General Assembly, asking a total appropriation for all purposes of $273,395,989, as against the total of $331,6314215 asked two years ago. < According to his analysis, this shows a reduction of $58,235,317, or more than $3,000,000 after eliminating the appropriation of $55,000,000 for soldiers' compensation bonds. "Requested Increases" in appropriations contained In the budget over amounts of two years ago, the analysis said, "are found almost entirely in those asked for the charitable institutions. Increases in the cost of commodities going Into these institutions average 10 per cent. "The building program, as reflected in the budget requests, with few exceptions, is confined to additions and betterments in welfare institutions and reapproprlation of funds for the state fair grounds improvements. "The problem of housing the everincreasing population of unfortunates in state institutions is being met. Appropriations asked contemplate increased bed capacity and provide for a resultant increase In the number of employees In institutions." Reapportionment Rejected. Led by John T. Fergus, Chicago forces here went down to defeat when the judiciary committee of the house decisively rejected Elmer J. Schnackenberg's reapportionment resolution. The Chicago member's proposal called for an immediate redisricting of the state In accordance with the constitution. Lee O'Xeil Browne, who has been Democratic representative from Ottawa for a quarter of a century, led the fight against the bill. A bill providing for the submission of the proposed child-labor amendment to the Constitution to a referendum vote at the general election in November, 1926, was presented In the house by Representative La Porte of Peoria. Tlie referendum would be advisory, the result to be submitted to the Fifty-llftb general. assembly In 1927. Estimates prepared by Adjutant General Black Indicate the probability that a supplementary bond Issue will be necessary to finance the state soldiers' bonus fund. The committee on appropriations recommended for passage a bill that would extend the time limit for filing bonus applications to July 1. According to General Black's report, the state has paid out $52,754,109 In honuses to 255,594 claimants. This leaves in the bonus fund $2,296,000, while there are 13,455 claims, estimated to involve $6,395,888, still unpaid by the state. The appointment of Representatives Blppus, Steinert, Overland, Mitchell and Cola, all of Chicago, as u committee to investigate housing conditions at Dunning, was announced by Speaker Scholes. Two measures designed to take from justices of the peace the power t<f issue permits to cary firearms were introduced by Representative Cheynowith of Macon and Representative Thon of Chicago. The first would place the power to issue such permits In the hands of the county judge. The second measure carries the same provision with the addition that In large cities the chief of police would be given such power as well. A bill placing taxicabs and other motor vehicles for hire under the jurisdiction of the Illinois commerce commission was introduced by Representative Hosa of Elgin. Springfield.--As shown! annual report of State Fire liarshal John G. Gamber, the largest fire loss suffered by Illinois during any tweve-month period since the Igeeping of fire loss records was begun by the state fire marshal's office in 1912, was • that of last year. The property loss by fire In Illinois In 1024 amounted to $24,187,649, the largest previous annual loss being in 1920, when thq total reached $20,175,422. The year opened wife, a $4.- 462,332 loai in January and closed with a $3,111,208 loss In December, the report of Mr. Gamber showing that these were tbe months most largely responsible for the record-breaking total. The report shows that dwellings were hardest hit during 1924, with 7,109 fires, causing a property loss amounting to $5,012,165. Stores were next, with 1,563 fires and a loss of $4,505,339; followed by factories, with 486 fires and a $3,922,974 loss. Cook county has the unenviable record of heading the list with the largest loss during the year--$7,486,640; followed by Macon county, with $1,239,323, and Tazewell county, with $1,- 053,579; losses in all other counties of the state being under $1,000,000 each. The records of the state fire marshal's office show that 214 persons lost their lives through fire or burns in Illinois last year, while 218 others were more or less seriously Injured. ILLINOIS STATE NEWS Marion--Mayo/ Anderson at thf meeting ef the Herrln city council assured the appointment of 25 special policemen for Ilerrin, and trial in open court of Chief of Police Walker and Officers Llsenby and Walker for neglect of duty. The special pol Icemen will be selected by a committee of eight business men selected by the mayor. The committee will represent all factions. Randall Parks became acting sheriff with the departure of Sheriff George Galligun, according to agreement. Chicago. -- United States Senator Charles S. Deneen caused snlts for $20,000 each to be filed against the Yellow Cab company and the Chicago Railways company for Injuries sustained by his sister. Miss Florence Deneen, following an automobile accident which occurred about two years ago. Kankakee.--Five bandits held up the Bradley State bank and escaped with between $5,000. and $6,000. Chicago.--United States Marshal Robert R. Levy, who has returned to Chicago from Washington, said that the attorney general attaches no blame to him for the recent robbery of whisky stored at a government warehouse but "that some of my deputies might be involved." Chicago. -- Corporation Counsel Busch and City Prosecutor Plncus selected Elliot H. Evans, chief assistant city prosecutor, to assist State street and Wabash avenue men in eliminating numerous auctioneers alleged to be operating illegally. Chicago.--An Increase of 925XKXMM0 In assessed valuation of property In Cook county over 1923 Is shown In the report of tlie Board of Review made public here. The total for 1924 was $1,839,521,386, as compared with $1,- 813,896,723 in 1923. Sterling--Ambushed on s lonely road near Sterling, B. Levle, salesman for the Fox House, Chicago jewelry dealers, was beaten Into insensibility and robbed of $50,000 in diamonds by two bandits. The holdup occurred two miles outside Sterling, in a side road off the Lincoln highway. Miami, Fla.--William Hector Cochrane, one of Chicago's leading real estate operators before his retirement, died here. The body will be sent to Chicago for burial, accompanied by the widow and son, Albert Cochrane. Dixon.--The great field of ice in Rock river has broken up and Is moving out in solid cakes 14 to 16 inches thick. Tills is the earliest In 30 years that heavy ice has gone out in Rock river. Ttye river rose three feet in the last 24 hours. Chicago.--Judge John R. Caverly Is leading a move to create sentiment for a repeal of the present Illinois statute governing the carrying of concealed weapons and the substitution of a new measure based on the Sullivan law now in effect in New York. The substitute Is to be introduced iif the general assembly within the next fewweeks. Springfield.--Another list of pavement, grading and bridge building awards was issued by the division of highways. The contracts come to more that $1.(500,000. The biggest award was $604,320.43 and went to the McCarthy Improvement company of Davenport, Iowa, for paving 31.12 miles on route 2, between Itockford and Dixon. Three sections in DeKalb county will be paved by the Harrison Engineering and Construction company of Kansas City, Mo. The distance of 18.47 miles, on route 23 between Marengo and Sycamore, pays the contractors $372,- 324.25. - " Springfield.--Automobile ' investigators were sent out by the secretary of state's office to see that the rules regarding the use of automobile headlights are complied with. They were given Instructions to work with local authorities both in the cities and on the highways in an effort to check the wave of disregard for law which is sweeping the state. "Improper lighting Is one of the greatest menaces to, public safety," Secretary of State Louis L. Emmerson said in an urgent appeal to every automobile driver in the state to nssist in enforcing the auto lighting law. He cautioned the drivers against improper rear lamps, running with but one headlight, and lights which are not of the right color or sise. Springfield.--Declaring that cancer is now a health problem of the first magnitude, Dr.^ljiaac D. Rawllngs, state health director, In a bulletin Issued. points out that the number of victims of this malady ha^e tripled l-i Illinois during the last 20 y&rs. From 2,680 inl903, tbe cancer fatalities Jumped to 6,666 In 1923. The death rate per 100,000 population grew from 51 to 98 during the two decades. Similar rises in mortality from this cause have been reported throughout the country. "Cancer has risen in 20 years from seventh to third place among tbe most fatal of diseases," said the bulletin. Galesburg.--Four hours after the grand jury had returned indictments against Theodore Edwards, Walter Parker,, and Carl Herrlngton, the men were arraigned before Judge Hillyer of tbe Circuit coyrt and were sentenced to terms in the state penitentiary of from one to twenty years. Lansing.--Six armed bandits interrupted the merrymaking of a dozen revelers In the Forest gardens, a roadhouse on the Thornton road, about two miles south of Lansing, locked them, members of the jazz orchestra and employees in a checkroom and escaped ten minutes later with $600 and a valuable collection of jewelry. Chicago.--Vacant \Kosner, a clerk In the office of the ,Czecho-Hlovak consulate here, was fr>und shot to death in his bedroom at 2750 South Central Park avenue. His wife said IU health had made him despondent. r Urbana.--Few Illinois c»H*% "wiB# or need an Increase In the tax rate limitation for municipalities." according to information gathered here4 the Illinois Municipal league fror questionnaire which was sent out practically every city, villag< ;,n,| In the state. Only 45 of tlie l.io sjvers received Indicated a an Increase In the tax rate linJ The remainder, comprising mo] 96 per cent, expressed the bel| they could get along with the J rate, which Is 1.33 per cent of] value of any given property.