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JOHN STEVENS ORST Mnner to Be Administered S] by Joint Committee of Senate and House# Springfield.--Governor Small signed the bill appropriating $500,000 for relief for the storm devastated region in Southern» Illinois, and arrangements Mere made for the immediate employment of the fund. A joint legislation committee of the house and senate will administer the knoney. It is composed of Senators -"William J. Sneed, Herrin; Richard R. Meentft, Ashkum, and Henry Wilson, JMnckneyville, and-of Representatives G. J. Johnson, Paxton; Milton T. Booth, Atkinson; Grover C. Hoff, Clinton, and Rollo IL Rohbins, Augusta. The emergency bill providing the relief funds was passed without opposition by. the house. It had been approved Ly the senate. - Six bills in all wiere approved by the : house. *,« Election Cede Revisions. First progress toward revision Of ,^the election code of the state was made in the house elections committee when it recommended the passage of two measures. One would remove the names of Presidential electors from the ballot, and the other provides the election of party state committeemen by convention. Tb« house appropriations committee approved the $1,385,000 appropriation for the creation of a new division of safety and research and statistics. The intended purpose of the new branch is to work for the prevention of accidents ic industries. The house committee on municipalm, . .. sSa&f M - r ities approved Representative Dtomas F. Reilly's bill to put policemen's and firemen's pension funds in trust. Another measure to provide a sliding scale of pensions, in accordance with changes in salaries of active employees, was deferred. A bill by Charles W. LaPjorte, Peoria, increasing the tax levy for municipal tuberculosis sanitariums was recommended. The senate municipalities committee has approved a similar bill. The house appropriations committee recommended the biennial appropriation of $1,385,948 for the department of labor. Bill to License Milk Dealers. Frank A. McCarthy of Elgin intro- » dnced in the house of representatives - a bill to require all milk dealers to obtain a license from the state department of agriculture and to post an indemnity bond of $5,000. ' Such licenses may be revoked at the * discretion of the department if the I dealer falls to make prompt payment to the da'ryman for -milk and cream, or if Irregularities in his business indicate Incompetence or dishonesty Sanitary regulations are to be enforced by the department. A fine of $50 to $500 or 60 days' jail sentence or both are prescribed as penalties for operating without a license, fixing prices, or violating the regulations of the department of agriculture. According to Representative McCar- \ thy the bill will correct abuses exist- 4ag In the Chicago dairying district. f Chicago Tax Bill Approved. A bill providing the extension Into , perpetuity of the present tax rate of • $1.85 in Chicago was approved with- * out opposition by the senate committee on license. Senator Daniel Webster's resolution ' calling for an investigation on alleged i graft on the part of officials of the . sanitary district of Chicago was disapproved by the senate after the exec ' utive committee had recdmmended J that It be rejected. * Park Appropriation Pasted. ' All appropriation to add 19 acres to i the «tate park at Salem, and the biennial budget of $815,880 for the attorney general's office were passed without opposition. • Other bills pot through wefe an act converting Camp Logan rifle range into a state park, and an amendment establishing boards of directors schools for crippled children. I M I I H I " ' :: THREE CITIES WILL :: VbTE ON APRIL 7 :: ;; On April 7, Alton voters will • • • • go to the polls to elect a mayor, ; | ! seven members of the city coun- « • ;; oil, a city clerk, a city treasurer \ [ and a supervisor and six assist- < • • [ ant supervisors for membership ] [ on the Madison county board ot • • supervisors. Five constables and five justices of the peace also * j will be chosen. There are two candidates for ; | mayor. One is former Mayor S. • . <}. fiXjCrawford, who will be ' making his eighth race for the office. The other candidate is Alderman George T. Davis, a member of the city council. Because Alton city and Alton township are co-extensive, the city electiQn will be held on April 7 instead of April 21. Danville will hold threa electionj on one day, April 7. The city and township officials will be elected on that day. and Governor Small has chosen that date for the election of a successor to the late Coi'ntx, Judge Thomas A, Graham, who died suddenly at West Baden, Ind., recently. William Henderson and Buell H. Snyder, yo-ng local attorneys, are the principal candidates for the county judgeship, «• while Earl R. Bean, Republican. !! is opposed by former Mayor • • Claude P. Madden, Democrat, for !! mayor. No special questions •' will be voted upon. A proposal to abolish the pres- ) * ent county election commission .. will be the main issue to be de- ) | cided by Galesburg voters at the • > polls in the election of April 7. \ A full slate of city officials will • • be elected, but there is, so far, "! no opposition to the People's •• party candidates, headed by !! Mayor Elof W. Mureen, who is • • seeking re-election for a second !! term. ROYALISTS LEU ILLINOIS STATE NEWS Oak Park.--Two Oak Park high students with penchants for high explosives admitted in court that they had bombed a flat building, March 18, to test the efficiency of bomb of their own manufacture. The boys are from wealthy families. One Is Franklin Wells, eighteen years old and the other la Lawrence Smith, also eighteen. Chicago.--Six Chicago firemen un der Capt. John Beckman of Truck and Lieut. Geoge B. McKlmmon of Tmck 6 are in Murphysboro to assist the local fire Apartment in clearing away the debris left by the tornado and to prevent a conflagration. Evanston. -- Criminal negligence caused the death of Mrs. Isabella Harvey, seventy-five, 640 Sheridan road, Evanston, it was decided by a coroner's jury. C. Z. Henkle, Evanston, driver of an automobile which killed the aged woman, was held to the .grand lory, charged with manslaughter. Doctor J aires Heads List With lannn nnn Vote*-- New Poll Is Necessary. ^ Berlin.--The elections held thro'ngho'^ t Germany Sunday in the first popular balloting for President of the republic failed to elect, no candidate having the requireo*majority. Dr. Karl Jarres, the candidate of the combined Nationalists and Conservative bourgeois parties, led the poll with 10,707,000. Otto Braun, the Socialist nominee, polled 7,830,000, and former Chancellor Wilhelm Marx, Centrist, 3,988,000. Approximately 27,300,000 votes were cast, or 3,000,000 fewer than in the parliamentary elections last December, This is equivalent to about 70 per cent of the electorate. The other candidates polled as follows : Ernest Thallmann, Communist, 1,885,000; Dr. Hellpach, premier of Baden, Democratic party, 1,582,000; Doctor Seld, Bavarian People's party, 999,000; Geheral Ludendorff, Fascist party, 210,000; scattering, 30,000. The second balloting will take place April 26, and on that occasion the candidate obtaining the largest number of votes will be elected. The same candidates may be on the lists, or the various parties or combinations of parties may name new candidates. Although Doctor Jarres will lead all the other candidates, his showing, nevertheless, is viewed as disappointing inasmuch as he represents the concentrated efforts of the nationalistic an/ conservative elements in Germany, and he has even received active support from the rank and file of the Ludendorff Fascist party. I 1 i l l I I 1 1 1 1 I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I I I President, Cabinet Members to Dedicate C. of C. Building In MurphySboro.--A revival of the Gen. John A. Logan memorial project started in Murphysboro in 1914 has been undertaken by the Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce, which is planning a Logan centennial for next year. , Oquawka.--Illinois' 310.000 acres of •and land, usually considered waste, of low agricultural value, can be made te yield almost as much as average corn-belt land, if they are treated with limestone and green fertilizer in the fprin of sweet clover, according to officials of the experiment station, of agriculture, University of , . ****** --A fnrm-to-farm «»n- *Very furnipr in Illinois was -Waned to get a rehabilitation fund for *he agriculturists who Springfield.--A substitute for all pending anti-gun toting bills was drafted by a joint judiciary subcommittee of senate and house. The new bill repeals the Sadler act, authorizing the granting of permits for carrying guns. provides that no person, other than constituted peace officers, shall carry concealed weapon In Illinois. I-enalties range from a fine of $300 to imprisonment for one year. Chicago.--A president, first vice president, recording secretary, treasurer and official parliamentarian will be elected when the Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs has its anaual convention In May. Sessions will Le in the First Methodist church oT Decatur, from May 19 until the following Frlda. night. Mrs. George T. Palmer of Springfield is now president. Chicago.--The bankers of Illinois are putting themselves on a "war footing" to meet the increasing number of bank bandits, preparing to shoot it out with the Invaders. Campaign speakers from the Chicago office of the III! nois Bankers' association are traveling through the state, meeting the country bankers, explaining the situation to them and teaching them how to meet it, Alton.--With a total of 45 field men participating, the Illinois State Fire Prevention association conducted a very successful inspection of Alton. The entire mercantile district of the city was Inspected, together with all of the public buildings, churches, schools and hospitals. The next inspection by the association will be that of Waukegan on May 15. Chicago.--Secretary of War Weeks has granted authority for holding Camp Roosevelt, the summer encamp ment of the Chicago public high schools, on the north area of the Fort Sheridan military reservation, accord ing to an announcement made by Maj F. L. Beals, in command of the high school O. R. T. C. The camp opens June 29 and closes August 13. Washington, D. C.--Representative Martin B. Madden of Illinois, chairman of the house appropriations com mittee, is suffering from grippe. His condition is not regarded as serious, and he is expected to be able to leave next m<frnth for a tour of Europe with Representative Sprocl of Illinois Urbana.--"White collar Jobs" have an unsually strong attraction for many students >vho are graduated from Illinois high schools each year according to a report by the bureau of educational research of the college of education at the University of Illinois^ Monmouth.--Leasing of the local fly ing field of the Midwest Airways corporation by the government for use as a test field for the air-mail service Is expected to redouble flying activitlrs around Monmouth, and make this city one of th^ aero centers of the state. Carbondale.--Orders were received by the local Red Cross from national headquarters In Washington to assume entire charge of the medical and ma terlal relief In Murphysboro. Murphysboro.--A clash between two sets of authorities was precipitated when a lieutenant of militia, not yet Identified, shot a negro. Will Morgan, wounding hiitt In the leg. The man was on a porch in Bridge street, when the lieutenant ordered him out for questioning. He ran and. the lleuten ant fired. Maj. R. W. Davis of the One Hundred Thirtieth Infantry Is conducting an investigation. Springfield.-- Former United Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman of this city has sold his home and has established a permanent resident at Daytona, Fla. Murphysboro.--'Tio satisfied the American Legion is handling its share of the burden satisfactorily." Howard I'. Savage, department commander of Illinois, said. The posf commander, R. Z. Gill, supervised a squad of 125 Legionnaires from Herrin, Sparta and Marion In digging 100 graves. Murphysboro.--Cooper Stout, ^United States marshal for the eastern district of Illinois under President Wilson, and one of Illinois' leading Democrats, died of abdominal injuries received in the _ Washington. -- Three cabinet memberr- as well as President Coolidge are expected to address the annual convention of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States which is to be held in Washington. May 19 and 22. Secretary Hoover will deliver an address at one of the night sessions of the convention. It is understood that he will discuss both foreign and domestic subjects. Secretary Jardine has accepted an invitation to make an address on agricultural questions. Secretary Kellogg is expected to speak in connection with a meeting of the American section of the international chamber. President Coolldge's address Is scheduled for the formal dedication of th* new building of the chamber of commerce. It is possible that Vice President Dawes also will be a speaker during the convention. One of the chief topics of discussion is to be the European situation with special reference to steps which should follow the inauguration of the Dawes plan. Portrait cf John Stevens, worldfatnoaa American railway engineer, who was formally awarded the John Fritz gold medal, moat exclusive and most coveted of engineering honors, at the Engineering foundation In New York. Mr. Stevens was born in Gardiner, Mo., nearly seventy years ago. {QUEEN VICTORIA? $1,000,000 READY ,4 FOR STORM VICTIMS Chicagoans Give $500,000 and State Equal Amount. , Chicago.--Chicago's official tornado relief committee, after but four days of actual work, reached Its quota of $500,000 and spilled over some $35,000, according to William R. Dawes, chairman of the committee, who reported n total fund of $535,474.56 at the weekly luncheon of the Association of Commerce. Governor Small signed his name to the emergency legislation appropriating $500,000 for the victims in the tornado zone. Eleven Die When Trains Hit Autos on Crossings C&ilcago.--Robert Sarrop, a coal miner, his wife and four children, ranging in age from one to eight years, were instantly killed when the St. Louis-Chicago express on the Chicago Alton railroad struck the automobile In which they were riding at Gardner, Grundy county, Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Petts, 3532 Beach avenue, Chicago, were fatally injured when a speeding Aurora, Ellkin and Chicago Electric train struck the sedan in which they were riding at Butterfield road and the railroad tracks, a mile west of Mayw^od. Madella, Minn--E. O. Lee, cashier of the State Bank of Madella, his wife and their eight-.vear-old son, Ralph, were instantly killed when their auto mobile was struck - by a Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha passenger train at a grade crossing one-half mile east of the Madelia station. Roosevelts Given Permit to l/se Pass to Pamirs London.--Through the good offices of the earl of Reading, viceroy of India, another route, through the Leh pass -to the high Pamirs tableland, thence to Turkestan, Is open to the James Simpson-Field^ museum expedition of Chicago for its pursuit this eummer of the rare ovls poll and other game of the central Asian highlands. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, his brother, Kermlt, and George K. Cherrle will lead the party. This route is even more hazardous than the one through the Hunza pass, which cannot be used by the American party this year, because all available native carriers have been engaged by a Swedish hunting expedition. The Indian government, however, will give Colonel Roosevelt'B party, which is being financed by James Simpson of Chicago, all possible assistance. The Leh route Is a dangerous and difficult taina. Compromise Suffrage Bill Approved by Japan Diet Tokyo. -- The compromise suffrage bill passed both houses of the Imperial diet. It is believed passage of the bill will avert the threatened government crisis. Under the original bill the vote was to be granted to about 14,000,000 persons, but the compromise measure reduces this to" about 4,000,000 by ex chiding from the franchise those "who, owing to poverty," are dependent upon 'public or private assistance for their livelihood. trjtfJ through barren moun- Teapot Dome Oil Lease Sfiit Ends at Cheyenne Cheyenne, Wyo.--Hearing of the government's suit to annul the Teapot Dome lease was ended in the United States Dlstrica court here after final argument by Owen J. Roberts of the governments counsel In which he declared the court was bound to take judicial notice of congressional resolution of February 8, 1924, declaring the lease unlawful and contrary to the national policy of keeping the oil reserves Intact. In closing the hearing, Federal Judge T. Blake Kennedy gave the government fifteen days to submit a brief of Its case and the defense another fifteen days In which to reply. He will consider these before making a decision. REBU1LDIN6T0WNS Restoration Begins in Artw Hit by Tornado--Less Danger of Epidemic. Chicago.--Southern Illinois and Indiana and other states in the path of the recent tornado are humming with industry as the work of rebuilding and restoration progresses. Warm, sunny weather prevails 1* most of the stricken territory as carpenters ply hammer and saw on hundreds of new buildings and relief workers continue to give aid and comfort to thousands of Injured and homeless. Danger of an epidemic Is lessened as sanitary measures are advanced. The water supply in every affected community Is watched and a supply of diphtheria anti-toxin was rushed to Carbondale, the relief center, at the direction of Dr. L D. Rawlings, director of the Illinois department of health. Doctors and nurses reported the sanitation situation much improved and that favorable condition of the weather had greatly decreased fear of any extended outbreak of disease. With virtually all of the dead burled, J. N. Sletten, secretary of the National Funeral Directors' association, said that registration of graves had been carried out with such care that the final resting place of -each victim may definitely be located. Pending rebuilding of factories, relief workers are centering efforts on obtaining employment for workingmen, who were the greatest sufferers. Appeals were made to the state to start road construction In the Illinois area tp provide temporary employment With three additional deaths at Griffin, Ind., the number of fatalities In five states was Increased to 813, but this figure did not include a score of persons believed to have befen incinerated at Murphysboro. The Red Cross announced that 24)39 persons were Injured. Property loss was estimated in the neighborhood of $20,000,000. Searching parties, returning from an all-day Investigation of West Frankfort ruins, announced their belief^that all dead there had been accounted for. Conditions are excellent. Mayor T. Bangley wired Governor Small In announcing that troops, with the exception of medical wits, no longer were needed. At Murphysboro work was In progress on hundreds of homes In the 152 city blocks destroyed by the storm. The city was gladdened by the announcement that the Mobllle A Ohio railroad shops, employing 1,400 men, and another of Its largest industries would be rebuilt. Only 15 or 20 per cent of the houses destroyed carried tornado insurance, although most of them were protected from flre. Whether Insurance would be paid on buildings set on fire after the tornado passed was an undecided question, Rehabilitation work also moved rap- Idly forward In Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana. The death toll In the latter state, where Griffin and Owensville were razed and parts of Princeton destroyed, was raised to 112. Griffin, in which building operations have started. Is not suffering from the rising waters of the Wabash, as one railroad to the town is In operation, but fears were expressed for families In a sco^e of neighboring farmhouses cut off by water from medical aid and food. The current was too swift for rowboats. The rural districts, however, were given two days' supply .fit food on Sunday. ' STTSPENOEBM MEN RAM Postal Officials, ~ of Lobbyinur. Given Ell Lower Rank. ^,v „ Washington.--William Sanson,! sistant superintendent of delivery at Chicago, and five other postal officials, suspended last January In connection with charges that they had collected money fot- the purpose of pushing pay legislation through congress, were reinstated in the service, but at lower rank and lower pay In announcing his flindlngs In tiie case,. Postmaster General New declared that only the fact that all six were veterans In the service saved them from greater demotions and la some cases dismissal Sanson) was the hardest hit of all. In orders, effective at once, he .is transferred to the railway mall sarv The first portrait to arrive in this I Ice. fifth grade, with a salary of $2,450 country of the quean of Spain, Vic- per year. His former position carried toria, as posed in the Spanish royal f a salary of $4,100. palace, by her regular and favorite] photographer, Senor Calvacljg. Gen Lord Rawlinson, War 0 Hero, Is Dead in India Delhi.--Gen. Lord Henry Seymour Rawlinson, commander in chief of the British forces In India, Is dead. Lord Itawlinson's death followed an operation for appendicitis March 25. ,-- , , died here, following an operation for Hhsd hi fti: J wers .iWRpvai- j tornado. His death brings . gM„„(i1||1i|y" | ' • ItwiPd'i total toll un to W Seven Convicts Escape Pittsburgh, PtyraReven convicts In the Riverside braWch of the western penitentiary, serving sentences of offenses ranging from robbery to second- degree murder, escaped through the roof of the institution. 7 Injured as Trains Crash Charleston, S. C.--Seven persons were injured when an Atlantic Coast line, passenger train collided head-on with a freight locomotive thirty, miles west of here. Dens in Lower California Cities Ordered to Close Mexican, Lower California.--Every house of 111 fame In the northern district of Lower California was ordered closed and its foreign Inmates deported In a mandate Issued by Gov. Abelardo Rodriguez to the chiefs of police at Mexican, Tijuana, Ensenada and all other cities and towns in the district Resort keepers in the border towns, who depend almost entirely upon American visitors for their income, were reported panic-stricken over the new order, which follows other restrictive measures put into effect within the last year. One of these was an order barring gambling, another was the United States Treasury department order closing the border at 9 o'clock nightly. Ex-Follies Girl Ends Life New York.--Miss Daisy L. Lucas, a former Follies girl, who had been mel ancholy since the death of her fiance six years ago, committed suicide by jumping from the roof of a hotel here. U. S. GOVERNMENT • MARKET QUOTATIONS | Washington.--For the week endlna March 26.--HAY--Quoted March 26: No. timothy: Chicago, $23.00. No. 1 alfalfa: Omaha, $15.60. No. 1 prairie: Minneapolis, $16.00. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES--North* ern sacked round whit* potatoes, tOc© $1.00 on Chicago carlot market. 70@76c f. o. b.; new stock 60c@$1.00 per barrel lower, Florida Spauldlng Roae bringing $11.00® 12.00. Illinois and Missouri Bear Davis apples, $5.6i@(.00 in the Middle West; northwestern extra fancy wine- Baps, $3.25@3.75 per box. Midwestern yellow onions, $2.75@3.00 per 100-pound sack in consuming centers. LIVE STOCK--Chicago ho* prices losed at $13.80 for top and $18,260 13.65 for bulk. Medium and good beef steers, $8.60® 11.60; butcher cows and heifers, $4.35© 11.40; feeder steers, $6.00 8.75; light and medium weight veal calves, $8.00@11.00. Fat lambs, $ 14.25< 16.25; feeding lambs, $15.00® 16.7$; yearlings, $11.25©14.00; fat ewes, $6.26 ©9.75. GRAIN--Quoted March S«: No. 1 dark northern wheat: 'Minneapolis, $1.67© 1.88. No. 2 red winter wheat: St. Low*, Jl.95121.97. No. 2 hard winter wheat: Chicago. $1.69; St. Louis, $1.67. No. S mixed corn: Kannas City, $1.03V4© 1.04. No. 3 mixed corn: Chicago, $1.09; Minneapolis. 97% ©9914c. No. 2 yellow corn: Chicago, $1.1514: Kansas City. $1.0$. No. 3 yellow corn: Chicago, $1.11© 1.1214; Minneapolis, $1.0314 © 1.0514 ; St. Louis, $1.09. No. 2 white corn: Kansas City, $1.06. No. 3 white corn: Chicago, $1.10©1.11; St. Louis, $1.07H. No. "I white oats: Chicago, 4Slfc©46%e; Minneapolis. 41H@43%0; St. Louis, 4»c; Kansas City, 47 lie. DAIRY PRODUCTS--Closing prices of 92-score butter: New York, 47c; Chicago, 4714c; Philadelphia, 47%c; Boston, 47%c. Closing prices on Wisconsin primary cheese markets March 25: Single daisies. 2314c; young Americas, 2314c; longhorns, 2314c;, touare prints. 23c. In announcing the reinstatement Mr. New said inquiry disclosed that four 6f the officials had collected and paid money to Edward H. McDermott, assistant secretary of the senate committee on post offices and post roads, to' buy favor from him. He said he did not believe the supervisors intended to use the money to corrupt members of congress. The""hill under discussion increases the salaries of nearly all employees in the postal service. The other five employees„who are to suffer loss of rank and pay are: James N. Greig, Boston, salary reduced from $4,100 to $3,700; Peter Wiggle, Detroit, $4,600 to $3,500; Harvey M. Tittle, Springfield, Ohio, $3,900 to $3000 ; J. J. Fields, Louisville, Ky., $3,800 to $3,300; Peter McGurty, New York, >4.100 to • $3,500. , Explorer Urges U. S. to Claim North Pole Lands Washington. -- President Coolidge was told by Donald MacMillan, the Arctic explorer, that the American government should make every effort to claim additional territory near the North pole. Denmark has a foothold in Greenland that might prove embarrassing to the United States, said Mr. MacMillan, if landing zones for airships and airplanes are needed in the North. He urged that either the airship Los Angeles or the Shenandoah be sent into the Arctic regions to make explorations with a view to claiming land as yet undiscovered. Mr. MacMillan also tokl the President that he would set out in June on another Arctic expedition. Tax Publicity Awaiti ; Ruling of High (Court ^RTashington.--Treasury officials ex- "f$&t to be able to hold off making available for public inspection amounts Rich New Yorker NanfQ** Indian in Divorce Suit New York.--Joe Secakuka, a Hop! paid by taxpayers this year until after [ndlan jruide, in named co-respondent the Supreme court has ruled in the In a divorce action brought by Clif- pending cases Involving the right of ford Hendricks, thirty, wealthy sports- newspapers to publish these amounts, man of New York and California, The expectation is that the court against Mrs. Ida May Hendricks, thir-1 hand down Its opinion before it ty-two. The suit was revealed In the recesses for the summer in June. In Supreme court In Brooklyn, when I probability the treasury will not Senator Wheeler Indicted on Charges of Oil Plot Washington. -- Senator- Burton K. Wheeler (Dem., Mont.), recent candidate for vice president on the LaFollette "progressive" ticket, was Indicted by a special federal grand Jury. The Indictment, which covers twenty- nine typewritten pages, charges Senator Wheeler and two others with conspiracy to obtain illegal use and possession of public domain of the United States in Montana for the purpose of prospecting for oil and gas. Those indicted with him are Edward 8. Booth, former solicitor of the Inferior department, and Gordon Campbell of Montana, an oil prospector. James A. MacGowan, a fourth member of the alleged conspiracy, was not Indicted, as he appeared a* a witness before the grand jury. Justice Leander B. Faber signed an order permitting Hendricks to serve the summons and complaint on his wife by publication. Hendricks, who has a home in Nas-1 sau county and a hunting lodge near Los Angeles, recently fell heir to a fortune left by his father, and since has spent much of'his time afield with rod and gun. permit tax lists to be thrown open to public inspection before that time. Rep. McCloud of Detroit Hurt When Plane Falls Unlontown, Pa.--Representative C. J. McCloud of Detroit, Mich., suffered severe injuries here when an airplane in which he was flying to Washington crashed a moment after taking off. He was taken to a hospital, where It was said he had suffered a broken rib, a broken shoulder, and severe cuts and bruises. R. J- Mints, pilot of the machine, escaped with only slight In- 3uries.~x Shoals Commission Is//". Named by President Washington. -- President Coolidge oam^d a commission composed of former Representative McKenzle of Illinois, former Senator Dial of % South Carolina, Prof. Henry Curtis of Sale, William McClellan of New York, and Russell F. Bower of the American Farm Bureau federation to study the disposition of Muscle Shoals. The commission will be given power to detei* mine the most practical method of u»> Ing the facilities of the great Alabama project. A report will be submitted co the President Before the next M lion of congress, If possible. Col. C. R. Forbes Suffers Stroke on Eve of Hearing Boston.--Col. Charles R. Forbes, ormer head of the veterans' bureau ind under sentence In connection with regularities in the conduct of the bureau, has been stricken with apoplexy md Is in Hart hospital near here. Acordlng to physicians Colonel Forbes' ieart is in such condition that the itroke may prove fatal. He was strick- »n on the eve of his departure for Chicago where he had planned to pretent a writ of supersedas In an effort » obtain a new trial. Drury Underwood Is Dead Chicago.--Drury Underwood is dead. Mr. Underwood was one of America's best-known newspapermen. He was famed for his humor, which reputation he greatly enhanced as A column conductor.. Quake Hits Canal Zone Balboa, Canal Zone.--The severest earthquake shock felt here since 1913 caused a panic at a baseball game where a large crowd had gathered. No Injuries were reported. . Pension Post Accepted iTashlngton.--WUder 8. Metcalf of Lawrence, Kan., haB consented to ao cept the post of commissioner of pensions temporarily and then resign so the President can make a new appointment, he announced. Ex-Grid Star Dies at Tulsa Tulsa. Okla.--Frank Crane, star football player and traclu man at Northwestern university ten years ago, Woman Held as Slayer Clyde. Texas.--Declaring that her aunt, Mra. Salome Hlrt, sixty-eight, had forced her to become a virtual slave In her household, Miss Ltllle Belle Hlrt, twenty-seven. Is being held In jail at Baird on a charge of shooting the aunt to death. No 48-Hoar -Week for Women Albany, N. Y.--A hill limiting the hours of worklngwomcti to forty-eight a week failed of passage in the as> wmM». Archbishop Christie Very UI Portland, Ore.--The condition of Right Rev. Alexander Christie, Archbishop of Oregon City, remained unchanged. but physicians held out slight hopes for him. Oil Companies Win Claim Wichita, Kan.--The government .will pay back from $12,000,000 to $17,000,- 000 to various oil companies as the result of a decision in the Federal District court here in a. case brought for transportation taxes. " Harding Shaft Coats $600,000 Washington.--The board of trustees of the Harding Memorial association has decided to begin at once the construction of a shaft at Marlon to cost ' M m ' Cel. Ullman to Fight $150,000 Suit of Nurse New York.--Col. Isaac N. Ullman, member of the manufacturing concern of Strouse, Adler & Co., and Republican leader of New Haven, Conn., appeared before Supreme Court Justice Guy to defend a suit for $150,000 damages brought by Florence Iteddington, a nurse. She alleges breach of promls® and asserts that Colonel*Ullman Is the father of hfcr son, Agnew, four years of age. Colonel Ullman denies the nurse's allegations. ' •jfc' Coast Guard Destroyer - Seizes Plane on Rum Rffifr New York.--Caught in the act of establishing communication with a ship of the rum fleet, an airplane, believed to be the Lorraine IL and its crew were captured by the coast guard destroyer Majave. The wireless dispatch from the destroyer did not state whether the airplane had been shot down or had been captured while making Connection with a rum boat. Sum Croher*s Widem Jacksonville, Fla.--Preliminary papers were filed In Federal court here n a suit directed against Mrs. Bala broker, widow of Richard Croker, aleging damage in the sum of $100,000. rbe plaintiff la Arthur C. Sberidaa «C Sew York. Rejects Child Labor Bitt Augusta, Maine.--The Maine senate, >y a vote of 16 to 7, rejected the ffcdsral child labor constitutional amendnent. New Stahkps Out April 4 Washington.--The special series at hree postage stamps to commemorate he 150th anniversary of the battle of jexlngton and Concord will be on sale Vpril 4. The Vfc-cent st*mp wHi Im of- 'ered the same date. U. S.'Loan Rejected Managua, Nicaragua.--The proposed oan to Nicaragua, negotiated recently rith New York bankers, was rejected >v the Nicaraguan congress. The as for $600,000. Gen. Mitchell Assigned to Eighth Army Corps Washington--The War department assigned Brig. Gen. William A. Mitchell as air officei*- of the Eighth army corps area, with headquarters at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, effective upon his retirement as assistant chief of the army air service on April 20. The post. Secretary Weeks announced, is regarded as the most important air as aignment in the field. I Dead, 1 Hurt in Plane Crash Baton Rogue, La.--Albert Gladney. eighteen, Louisiana Stnte university student, was killed, and John D. Tempie, high school student, was Injured when the airplane In which they were riding as passengers fell. Mellon in Bermuda Hamilton, Bermuda. -- Andrew W. Mellon, secretary of the treasury, arrived here on Monday on a vacation trip. He jvlll spend several wewM e* • the Island. > Field-Marshal Fremih Worse . London.--The earl of Ypres, former Field Marshall French, who underwent an operation, ha* deve.opod symptoms which the bulletin describe! a8 "disquieting." There is lucrco$e4 anxiety over bis condition. American to Make Pole Trip Oslo, Norway.--Lincoln Ellsworth. American engin«^r and aviator, will " make the flight to the North pole with Roald Amundsen. It was announced " yftaiB arrived here. ^ %