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m*. v a mm ^ r n ~ t- ' - 9 ^ * V • - ' * ' •*** ff'""* ****• fiy^f<v>iif'*'11"" FLAirauuat. KtBinT. nx», SENRTE PASSES Provide* Bounty of $1,000 for Every Bandit Taken Dead or Alive. J STATE WILL OBSERVE HOSPITAL DAY MAY 12 feprinpfield--A bill which would would place a $1,000 bounty on the .*s '• bead of every bandit killed, captured y.*- or convicted of bank robbery, and pro- 'M-'-' vision for $50,000 to pay these bounf, i • ties, was passed by the senate and *Vr ^ ant to the house for concurrence. Remapping Plan Defeated. . - The Haensch resolution to reappor- ; tion the state's senatorial districts was defeated in the house. The vote was 76 to 54. * Bill* Passed. The bills passed by the senate were: ^ T>alley--Revoking pistol carrying permits issued by pence justices and restricting privileges of carrying arras to those authorized by law. jRoos--Levying 10-cent tax on each valuation assessment of $100 for forming mosquito districts. Kessinger--Offering $1,000 for killing or for the conviction of each of the first fifty bank robbers. MacMurry-Elrod --• House bills to prevent summary rejection of. tenants by landlords. liohrer--Making ,,Illinoi8,, Official song of the state. Electrical Bill Passed. The Sneed electrical equipment bills, amended so as to exempt home radio operators, were passed by a vote of 80 to 8. They provide for the licensing of electricians and prescribe the manner in which Installation of wiring aball be made. House O. K.'s Appropriations. An appropriation of $1,000,000 to pave the state bond Issue routes through incorporated towns, Introduced by the chgjrman of the roads and bridges committee. Senator William S. Jewell, was also passed. A bill is expected to appear in the house in the near future to reimburse cities which have already done such paving "« 4Wt of their own treasuries. House appropriations totaling more than $26,000,000 were approved. These measures have already been passed by tie lower branch. i The bill for a $19,000,000 increase bl the bonding power of the sanitary district of Chicago was advanced to &lrd reading In the form in which it . i•".'Was passed by the house. It increases the bonding power of the dictrict from to 4 per cent. ILLINOIS STATE NEWS Springfield.--Oaring for 32,281 patients daily at a cost of approximately $eo,000,000 annually, a figure comparable to the running expenses of the state government, the hospitals of Illinois ought to attract widespread intel^est on May 12 which has been designated as National Hospital day, to quote Dr. Isaac D. Rawlings, state health director. National hospital day is an event commemorating the birth of Florence Nightingale, the mother of , modern nursing services, and as such it has the endorsement of President Cool- Idge nationally and of Governor Small in Illinois. Hospitals throughout the nation and Canada will throw open their doors to the public on May 12. The institutions of mercjy In Illinois will be no exception. "Public interest In. the occasion ought to be Immediate and general," says Doctor Rawlings. "The signifjp*t»e«^of the event in Illinois is indicated by the fact that there are 398 hospitals in the state'with a total bed capacity of 52,472. These hospitals care for an average of 32.281 patients daily at an* estimated cost of $60,000,000 Annually or about $10 per capita per year. 1 "With facts like these relative to the hospital service performed and the capital involved. Hospital day ought to attract very general interest on May 12. It is o day when educational interest may mingle with mes- • • -sages of cheer and comfort." r •z •V. Chicago.--The board of education approved the 192.") budget of $66,000,- *00 for school operating expenses. McLeansboro.--The death of Letha Brockett, eighty-five, brought to 35 the total fatalities in Hamilton county •s a result of the tornado of March 18. She succumbed to injuries and shock. Kankakee. -- Tuesday's municipal Section resulted In a victory for the . fptitire Republican ticket headed by l*ouis H. Backman, vice president and i ifnshier of the First Trust and Savings Ijank, of which Governor Small is president. Dixon.--Bishop Edwin H. Hughes of the Methodist church addressed great audience at the First Methodist Episcopal church at the church conference. His topic was, "What Aro We Going to Do to Creat a Christlike World?" 1 ' Sterling.--B. I. King has been reflected mayor of Rock Falls in a . Ihree-cornered light, getting more Votes than both of his opponents. F. A- Van Osdol has been re-elected mayor of Morrison, without opposition, Cbr his fifth time. Decatur. -- Law enforcement, patriotism, education and publicity will each receive separate attention at the •, fffinual convention of the Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs, which will 'be held here May 19 to 22. A law enforcement luncheon, arranged by Jfcrs. William Harrison Cade, Chicago, will be held the first day of the convention. Herrin.--That peace has come to ®tay in Herrin, storm center of Williamson county's factional disturbances, was the opinion expressed by Marshall McCormack, chosen mayor ' in the hottest city election In years Running on the citizens' ticket. McCormack defeated Thomas Kelty. Ku Klux kian candidate on the conservative ballot, by a majority of 197. Champaign. -- Alleging breach of promise. Miss Hazel Shaw has filed suit against Grant Stamey, demanding $25,000 damages. The plaintiff alleges that She and Stamey were betrothed. and that she l ad prepared her trousseau and was ready to wed. when she learned that he had married, Pan s.v Wood instead. Heart balm In the sum named Is required to assuage her disappointment. Chicago.--Miss Emma Dryer, long noted in Chicago for her educational, charitable and religious work, died at her home here. She had lived here more than fifty years. Miss Dryer was principal of a ladies' seminary at Knoxville in 1865. She later taught at Normal university. Bloomington.--Herman Weasel, for- ' ty-one, was fatally Injured by aft plosion of gas In a city water supply tank at Secor. Wessel was about to enter the tank to superintend cleaning It out. A man lit a match and a terrific explosion occurred. Springfield.--A plan devised by Senator Kessinger of Aurora to take about *5,000,000 a year from those who "play the market" at the Chicago board of trade and give It to the public schools has been approved by the senate agricultural committee, it became known. The plan provides for a tax of one-thirty-second of a cent for each bushel of grain sold for future delivery, exempting only farmers who actually sell grain or persons who actually have grain for a manufacturing purpose. The purpose is to tax the margin players. Springfield.--Continuation of the decline in the number and value of horses in Illinois is noted by the federal bureau of economics and the United btates crop reporting board in statistics given out through the state department of agriculture. The total number of horses in the state on January 1, 1925, was 1,125,000, 13,000 less than on January 1, 1924, and the total value was $75,375,000, compared with $76,916,000 a year ago. * Chicago.--Henry J. Fernekes, twenty- nine, suspected of a score of bank robberies In Chicago, who was captured after a struggle in the reading room of the John Crerar library, was Identified by employees of four banks as one of the bandits who have held them up within the la®t year, Moline.--Members of the police and fire departments presented petitions asking the city council to grant them an Increase In wages and the council referred tile matter to the finance committee. The police ask for a raise of $10 a month and the firemen for a "substantial increase, Moline. -- Four Cordova residents narrowly escaped serious Injury when an automobile In which they were rid ing crashed with a freight train at Rapid City. The four were Miss Marie Woodward, Miss Helen Maywell, Frank WThlte and Al Stevenson. Carbondale.--George Neal, thirtytwo', of Ward, was killed instantly and his twelve-year-old son died in a locaf hospital from injuries received when an Illinois Central train smashed into his truck at a grade crossing. Taylorville.--The Christian County Bankers' association at a meeting at. Taylorville Country club decided to pay $1,000 for the body of any dead bank bandit, or a like sum for a bandit taken alive and convicted. Park Ridge.--Park Ridge's new poet office, one of the best of Its size in the country, is now open to the public. The building, of Roman and Grecian design and equipped with the latest appliances, was constructed at a cost of $34,000. Springfield.-:-Appropriations of $300,- 000 to rehabilitate schools destroyed in the path of the tornado may be sought In the near future. It was announced by Represen|atlve Elbert Waller of Tamora. Lake Forest.--The freshman class at Lake Forest university may be quarantlneu as a result of an outbreak of typhoid fever. Harvey Smock of Santa Barbara, Cal., was removed to the contagious diseases hospital. Paris.--Sheldon Ball, thirty-seven, foreman of the McGuire-Cummlngs Manufacturing company here, was Instantly killed when a Big Four freight train struck his automobile. Danville,--Within three hotura of each other, a mother and her oldest living son, living in the same house at Catlin, were stricken with paralysis. Mrs. Martha Jones, seventy-seven, wife of Frederick Jones, is unconscious with little hope of recovery. Dick Jones, fifty-five, may survive. Maywood.--Rev. John Edwin Whitteker, D. D., LL. D., seventy-four, for the last flv^ years president of the Chicago Lutheran Theological seminary here, is dead. He was born In Canada April 20, 1851. He was the author of several short HINDENBURG WINS GERMANELECTION Field Marshal It Declared * Elected by Majority . V •/ of 900,000. Berlin.--Field Marshal Paul von ,Hlndenburg, candidate of the Nationalist- Monarchist blocs, was offlcirflly declared elected President of Germany over former Chancellor Wilhelm Marx by a plurality of about 900,000 votes. The vote was as follows i Von Hindenburg 14,000,000 Marx ...1 13,700,000 Ernst Thalman, Communist.. 1,900,000 Had the Communists chosen to support the Republican candidate instead of splitting the Republican vote, Hindenburg's defeat would have been accomplished without much difficulty, thus the Weimar bloc leaders blamed the Communists for their defeat. Hindenburg carried the greater part of Bavaria, and he also did much better in the southern part of Germany than was expected. This, with the support given him in East Prussia, as well as the northern part of the coun^ try, gave him the victory. Despite the rain prevailing over the greater part of the country, n heavy vote was cast, equalling that Of the December relchstag election. The returns show that some 3,000.- 000 voters who failed to cast their ballots in the first Presidential contest on March 29, when the total was 28,- 000,000, on Sunday voted for Hindenburg. being unable to withstand the magic lure of the marshal's name. Hip.denburg will assume the Presidency immediately upon the publication of the official returns which will be before the end of this week. He will be sworn into office by the Socialist relchstag president, Loebe. Among the votes the marshal received were those of the entire Hohenzollern family. The former crown prince and his wife voted at Oels, while the rest of the former kaiser's sons cast their votes at Potsdam, where they live. Three are dead, one dying, and moie than 100 persons wounded In election riots which featured the polling. Two were killed and two seriously wounded In Karlsruhe and one was killed and one is dying in Berlin. There is hardly any city in Germany which was not the scene of election violence. Except in Berlin and Karlsruhe the police were able to keep the situation under control. The center of the fighting in Berlin was again in the neighborhood of Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial cburch, where thirty were injured. P yp - DR. M, & FANCO Dr. Henry S. Pancoast of the University of Pennsylvania, one of the country's noted physicians, has been one of the leaders of his profession in the fight against tuberculosis. He is an expert on X-ray, and has nsed this knowledge in carrying on the fight against the dreaded iung disease. ISLES WON BY BLUES ' IN FIRST "BATTLE' Invading Fleet Suffers Heavy Loss in War Game . Washington Not Alarmed by Hindenburg Election Washington.--Little alarm appeared to have been created In Washington by the election of Von Hindenburg as President of the German republic. Senator William E. Borah, chairman of the foreign relations committee, said: "I do not think the Hindenburg election need to be regarded as necessarily disturbing. I have no doubt there will be a recrudescence of the nationalistic feeling and spirit, but if that is directed along right lines It will be helpful. I feel that It will be directed along right lines. "There will be much talk about Germany arming and getting ready for another war. I ' do not believe that there will be anything of the kind. I expect to see a strong, proud effort on the part of Germany to retain her national Integrity, both territorially and economically, and for one I hope she may. It Is to the Interest of Europe and all- tbe world that she do so. "In short, I think the outside world had better go forward on the theory that the German people had the right to elect the man they wanted and that until the facts appear otherwise they will accommodate their energies and their efforts to right principles and policy." Honolulu, T. H.--The islandfi of Molokai, Lanai, and Manl have been seized by the "blues," with a severe loss of life by the attackers. Admiral Robert E. Coontz, chief umpire in the war game being played by the United States fleet, made the first official announcements regarding movements of the invading "blue" forces. The opening major engagement has resulted In a costly victory for that portion of the fleet which Is attempting to prove that America's Pacific defenses are inadequate. Casualties of the battle Include the sinking of the "blue" mine layer Shawmut by defending planes. Gunfire from the attacking submarine S-30 "sunk" the "black" submarine It-19. The speed of the U. S. S. Wyoming was cut to ftfteen knots by the damage of "black" torpedoes. An attack on the "blue" destroyer Lawrence by two. ^ombers, which soared out over the invading ships, was unsuccessful, but in an air engagement off Molokai a "black" seaplane was brought down by "blue" aircraft. While Admiral Coontz gave . out these details of an engagement already completed, reports here indicated that the main portion of the invading sea forces were sweeping down \ipon Oahu. Following the theoretical capture of Molokai the .enemy began landing operations. During the night "blue" destroyers crept in against this city, but were repulsed by land batteries. A mine layer from the attackers approached the coast at Diamond Head, but was discovered. It was believed, before explosives could be planted. Senator Acquitted of Charge oi Accepting Fee for r\ ' tan J Permit*. . * Great Falls, Mont.--A verdict of "not guilty" and a new baby girl came to Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana about tbe same time. Five minutes before the jury In Judge Frank S. Dietrich's court returned a decision that he was Innocent of the government's charge that he had accepted a fee to take care of land permit cases for his client. Gordon Campbell, Senator Wheeler received a telegram announcing the arrival of his sixth child. Mrs. Wheeler la in Wash- In gt on. This Is the fifth round of Wheeler's year-long battle with the Department of Justice. His next will come In Washington, as he and Campbell are under Joint Indictment of conspiracy there, under much the same evidence as that presented here. Campbell also is In for more trouble as he and two promoters, one of them, C. F. Bloomhuff, a Chlcsgoan. go on trial May 1, on a mall fraud charge connected with the efforts to promote Campbell's oil properties. It was In connection vfrlth the invea* ligation of Campbell that the government found the firaf evidence againat Senator Wheeler. Government agents aided by Republican political agents, moved against Wheeler while he was at the height of his famous investigation of the Department of Justice, which resulted In tbe resignation of Attorney General Daugherty and the nnearthUig of many scandals. MRS. J. £. FECHET Mrs. James E. Fechet Is the wtfe of Lieutenant Colonel Fechet, who has succeeded Brig. Gen. William Mitchell as assistant chief of the army air service. Test Case on U. S. Highway Control Washington. -- Federal jurisdiction over highways Is at Issue In a suit now being prosecuted by the government In the United States District court of Indiana. The government has obtained a temporary injunction against the'demolition of a section of tbe Lincoln highway in Indiana and will sue on a petition for a permanent Injunction, Attorney General Sargent announced. The go\ernment will contend that the excavation, if completed, will block Interstate traffic and damage property belonging tc the federal government, as the highway was constructed partly with federal funds. In cutting across the Lincoln high way, ho provision has been made for bridging or filling the gap, nor a detour planned to take care of Interstate traffic. & Peoria. -- James "Jimmy" Poynes, twenty-three years old, made a daring flight from police custody througl first-story window in the office of Police Magistrate Frank Hall, where he was taken for a private conference with his attorney, Ilarry Miller, Poynes and his pal, James Penn, twenty- four years old, had just been held to await action of the grand Jury under $5,00u on a burglary charge. East Chicago.--Benedetto PuntlUo," fonr, was burned to death while playing with lighted matches in a dog abed filled With straw. n -MM* D. A. R. to Build Auditorium Washington.--The Daughters of the American Revolution In convention here voted to erect a $2,000,000 auditorium In Washington. The proposal was opposed by delegations from number of states, particularly- Mississippi, Iowa and Minnesota. It won with a majority of 444 votes. Attorney General Warns of Anarchy in Law Defiance Washington.--In his first public speech since becoming attorney general, John Garibaldi Sargent preached to the Daughters of the American Revolution on the rearing of children. It was a blunt New England sermon on obedience to the law, and especially to the prohibition law, which Mr. Sargent did not mention by name but by Inference strong enough to leave no doubts as to his meaning. He said that as he passed about in homes of refinement and wealth and power he heard things which caused him to realize certain citizens were stretching their consciences to countenance the private violation of a law which they would publicly uphold. He told his audience that they passed about life these same homes and Impressed/ upon them as their solemn duty the debt th«jr owe to the nation to stop it. "It leads." said be, "toward anarchy." "The women of America,,"- said he impressively, "will make or break the nation by what they teach their children before the age of ten. "The country is safe, society is safe, when the law Is obeyed, not because it is enforced." Girl Slain, Body Burned Near Chesterton, Ind. Chesterton, Ind.--The body of a girl of sixteen, believed to be from Gary, was found opposite a lonely path of woods on the Furnessvllle highway, three miles northeast' of Chesterton. She had been shot twice through the head. Then her body .had been saturated with gasoline and set ablaze. It was buaned beyond recognition. Two farmers investigating what they believed a charred log-at the roadside, made the gruesome find. Glasses, their lenses intact, a string of charred beads and the remains of a plush coat may lead to Identification. Automobile tracks and a partially t>urned card may lead to the killer. On the card .was printed: "North West Region, Pennsylvania Railway, Employees' Association." Written In ink wast "No. 1032.*' v Jap Freighter Goes Down With Crew of Thirty-Eight New York.--The Japanese freighter Ralfuku Mara, her plates sprung by a 36-hour battle with crashing seas, sunk 180 miles southwest of Halifax at a few minutes before noon, carrying to their death her whole crew of 88 officers and men. The Homeric of tbe White Star fieft led the dash of passenger liners and other vessels to her rescue, but arrived too late* The crew was trapped aboard tbe doomed ship by the destruction of the lifeboats, crushed by the waves which washed the low decks of the vessel. The Homeric was within *Wlht of tbe freighter when she went down. V. S. GOVERNMENT MARKET QUOTATIONS Washington.--For the week ending April 24.--FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Florida Sp&uldlng Rose potatoes, |5.75®6.25 per barrel in city markets, 94.00 f. o. b. Hastings; Texas sacked Bliss Triumphs, $3.50 per 100 pounds on the Chicago carlot market; New York sacked round whites ranged from 90c@ 11- 15 per 100 pounds In eastern cities. Texas yellow Bermuda onions, commercial pack, $1.75® 2.15 per crate. North Carolina strawberries, $8.25 @ 25 per 32-quart crate in eastern markets, $4.25@5.15 cash to growers at Chadbourne; Arkansas Klondikes, $5.00 @8.00 per 24-quart crate. HAY--Quoted April ?4: No. 1 timothy: Chicago, $23.50. No. 1 alfalfa; Kansas City, $19.00. No. 1 prairie: Chicago. $16.00. GRAIN--Quoted April 24: No. 1 dark northern wheat: Minneapolis, $1.46%© 1.77%. No. 2 red winter wheat: St. Louis, $1.84@1.88; Kansas City, $1.0O@ 70. No. 2 hard winter wheat: < St. Louis, $1.57® 1.58; Kansas City, $1.50® 1.60. No. 3 mixed corn: Chicago, $1.04; Minneapolis, 98c@$1.00. No. 2 yellow corn: Chicago, $1.10% @1.11 V4 ; Kansas City, $1.06@1.08. No. 3 yellow corn: Chicago, $1.04% @1.07%; Minneapolis, $1.01@1.03. No. 2 white corn: St. Louis, $1.10; Kansas City, $1.06@1.07. No. 4 white corn: Chicago, $1.01%. No. 3 white oats: Chicago, 42@43c; Minneapolis, 391 /4@39%c; St. Louis, 44@44%c. No. 2 white oats: Kansas City, 46c. DAIRY PRODUCTS--Closing price of 92-score butter: Chicago, 44%c. Wholesale prices on Wisconsin primary cheese markets April 23: Flats, 22%c; single daisies, 22c; double daisies, 21%c; longhorns, 22c; square prints, 22%c. LIVE STOCK--Chicago hog prices closed at $12.30 for top, $12.00@ 12.25 for bulk. Medium and good beef steers, $8.50® 10.85; butcher cows and heifers. $4.50@10.75; feeder steers, $5.75@8.75; light and medium weight veal calves. $6.75® 10.50. Fat lambs, $13.00® 15.00; feeding lambs, $13.00@14.25; yearlings, $8.75@11.50; fat ewes, $5.76@6,76. Dry Navy Uses Machine Gunf Seaplane in Aid Atlantic City, N. J.--The dry navy used a seaplane and a machine gun and the result was one wounded rum runner, the sinking of one boat and tbe capture of two trucks bearing 137 cases of Scotch whisky. When the seaplane swooped down two small boats were alongside the Margate landing. Fifteen rum run ners were carrying cases to an auto truck. As the sailors (flilt the seaplane they unshipped a portable machine gun. Two of the smugglers got the gasoline engine going and escaped in one boat Two others. In the second boat, were slower and the machine gun began spraying their craft* Both men, one of them wounded. Jumped overboard and escaped in the marshes. The boat sank. District of Columbia Court Upholds Home-Brew Rightsi Washington.--Home brewers and home distillers In the District of Columbia cannot be disturbed In their pursuits unless police and prohibition agents can show sales or commercial activity, under a decision by Chief Justice McCoy of the District of Columbia Supreme court. The chief justice quashed the warrant and ordered returned the property of a man ar.d a woman who were subjected to raid < -i ^ warrant showing operation of dlstllllu- apparatus. It was held that sales would have 'to be shown before ibe'r home couii be invaded. Roosevelta Leave London London. -- Theodore and Hermit Roosevelt left here for Marseilles on their way to Turkestan. Chicago.--Bogus $20 gold certificates are in circulation here, according to a warning given out by secret service, officials. Tbe spurious certificates carry Serial Nos. B-29 or B-297 and a picture of George Washington on the face. The engraving work Is almost perfect, officers say, but the yellow Is a shade off color. Wheatcn. -- George W. Mupdlng, North side riding master, was fou: guilty of the tranter ot Mr*. Juki* Abb Douglas, his common law wife, by a jury in tue Circuit court here. Hj was sentenced to 22 years in prison. Woman Slayer Beheaded Gera, Germany.--Frau Schellhardt, convicted of murdering her ten-yearold daughter, was decapitated here. It was the first decapitation in Geru in-seventeen years and was witnessed by a large crowd. Constable Kills Two Boys- Humboldt, Tenn.--After killing two youths with a single bullet on the main street. Constable Will T. Cox was bound over under a charge of seconddegree murder. The two failed to stop when he tried to halt their auto, Cox declared. Sir Crowe Is Seriously til London.T-Sir Eyre Crowe, permanent undersecretary of the foreign office, is very ill and is said to be dying from an old complaint. Secretary of Senate Dies of Heart Attack Washington.--A. Sanderson of Chicago, secretary of the United States senate since May 19. 1910, died here after a heart attack. Left Million to School Houston, Texas.--The residue of the estate of Henry S. Fox. Jr., Houston banker and cattleman, valued at upwards of $1,000,000, was bequeathed to Rice Institute, Houston, in his will. Collins? Body Removed From Trap in Sand Cape Cave City, Ky.--There was no dirge, save the creaking of the hoist, when Floyd Collins' body was hauled up from the trap In Sand Cave, where he perished when trapped by a rock two months ago, while exploring for new ones. Not more than 100 persons, mostly Sand Cave natives, saw the liberation of the body. The rock that held* Collins' leg did not weigh over 75 pounds. Wrapped like a mummy am) hanging starkly from a rope slung beneath the shoulders, the body was elevated to the surface. Part of the cloth then was cut away from the face and chest, and life-long friends of the cave explorer identified the body. The body was removed to an undertaking establishment here. Honolulu.- Coontl and Major Ce^^^Hpnes, chief ttm|; plres in the I ni^P^Ptates Pacific wajf v game, called <>1T The contest, with thj* decision that joe ' Blacks," or defen#,^ ing forces, ^ere defeated, when th# "Blues," or attacking forces, consist*; ing of a United States fleet, capture^ and occupied the Hawaiian islands. .;r The reaf lesson of the joint, army • and navy exercises Is that the Hawaiian islands cannot be defended from attack by any large power except by tbe guns of the American navy. To develop this problem, Hawaii was de* fended only by an army garrison, .twenty submarines, six destroyers, and ninety airplanes, as .if the American navy were In the Atlantic and unable to reach the scene because the Panama locks had been destroyed by the enemy. The "Blues" wiped out tbe "Blacks? through superiority of sea power. The - "Blue" victory was achieved in the., face of the "Black" superiority in air strength, as the "Blue" had only on&- thlrd the number of planes that th# "Blacks" had. The "Blacks" were uifcable to sink or cripple any of th# eleven "Blue" battleships from the air. Part of the "Blue" fleet struck the islands a terrlffic wallop at 1 a. nu, while the battleships West Virginia^ Maryland, ami Tennessee, executing * diversion, bombarded the west coaKt of Oahu and the Wyoming made a feint in Maunaloa bay, on the southeast coast. The remaining battleships, under the command of Rear Admiral S. S. Robinson, hurled a hurricane of theoretical shellflre along almost the entire nortj^. em coast, clearing the way for a mail landing force of 1,500 marines, representing 30,000 men, two hours later. The "Black" army, under the command of MajoriGeneral Lewis, expected that the main attack would be te': that quarter, but was unable to sten the "Blue" onslaught on account of the havoc previously wrought by th» battleship fire on the land forces and communications. The umpires ruled that tlie "Blues'* made a constructive and successful landing, although with severe losses. Airplanes of both sides were shot , down theoretically in successive bat- < ties for the control of the air. an# several submarines and destroyers of each force were sunk in determining if a successful air attack eoiild not be\ projected from a "Blue" aircraft carrier, the Langley. Rear Admiral Robinson sent Rear Admiral McKean with a scouting fleet to seize Molokai and Lanal islands to establish land flying bases. This maneuver was carried out, but with heavy losses, as the "Blacks" were prepared for the move. One of Rear Admiral McDonald's defending "Black" submarines torpedoed the Wyoming off Molokai and the umpires pronounced her theoretically damaged. Later the "Black" force® sank the "Blue" transport Shawmut off Lanai. Big Merchant Marine Urged by Gen. Pershing Washington.--General Pershing, in a radio address from the Pan-American building, asserted that an adequate merchant marine is as necessary In the defense of this country as ~ are navies and armies. "Unless we wish to find ourselves again impotent as we were In 1917." he declared, "we must take measures now to prevent It." . Chicago Grain Elevators Burn; Loss at $2,500,000 Chicago.--Fire destroyed two great grain elevators with a loss estimated by the owners at $2,500,000, and for a time threatened to wipe out dozens of homes and industrial establishments In the Bridgeport district around South Halsted and Twenty-second streets. Firemen said It was the worst grain elevator fire Chicago has had in twenty or more years. King George Ends Vacation Dover.--King George and Queen Mary arrived at Dover on their return from the king's long recuperation voyage In the Mediterranean. His majesty appears in mucb better health than when he departed. Suffragist* Meet to Disband Washington.--The National Suffrage associatior organized before tlte Civil war te obtain the vote for fomim, called a meeting here on Thursday to dlsband. tti ; Mother Tribute Planned Washington.--A nation-wide demons stratum by the United States army to express affection and appreciation for mothers of soldiers has been ordered by the War department for Mothers' day, May. 10. ^ i Papers Praised for Lynch Cut Atlanta.--Newspapers are largely responsible for the 70-per-cent decrease in the number eff lynchlngs In the lut three years, the Inter-Uaclal eMntaMott, tr atittOb bare, waa told. . _ Dewey's Chaplain Quits Washington.--Capt. John B. Fraater, ranking officer of the chaplain corps of the navy, will be retired at his own request In September after thirty years' service. He waa on Dewey's flagship at the bottle of Manila Bay. St. Paul Bank Robbed St. Paul.--Three men held up employees of the Cfty bank here on Friday afternoon and escaped with $15,- QOfcjp :owwewy» Horse Shortage Forecast Washington.--An acute shortage of horses and mules within five years unless breeding Is increased, Is the prediction of the Department of Agriculture. " ™ Legion Fetes Pershing New York.--Men prominent In public life of tbe nation were in attendance on Sunday at a public tribute given to General Pershing under the direction of the American Legion held In New York. » Three World Flight Heroes Awarded t). 5. M. Washington.--Maj. Frederick L. Martin, first commander- of the army world flyers' expedition, and First Lieuts. Leigh Wade and Leslie P. Arnold, members of that expedition, received the first Distinguished Service medals ever given for military services performed in time of peace. Tlie' presentation ceremonies took place at the War department and were attended by official representatives of the Army, Navy, State, Treasury, Commerce and Post-Office departments. By special act of congress the medals were awarded to the eight world-flight officers at tbe time some ' of their number also were made eligible for promotion in rank, but only Major Martin and the two lieutenants were present to receive the decorations. Addressing the three flyers, Acting Secretary of^War Davis said: "Other Americans have been given Distinguished Service medals for exceptional services during war, but no one has. ever been given this medal for services during peace. They are presented to you by the more than 110,000.000 people of the 48 states of this great natihn. The award is a most signat honor, and, therefore, appropriate loaf your most signal accomplishment." William D. Shepherd Will Be Tried for Murder May 18 Chicago.--It was agreed that the trial of William D. Shepherd <>h the Indictment, accusing him of the murder of William McCllntock shall start on May 18. Atlantic Flight Test Planned Paris.--With a view to attempting a flight from Paris to New York, the French army air service will test in June a hydroplane of 350 horsepower, able to carry about 1,500 gallons "nfgusoline. Duelists tCill Each Other Mexico City.--Facing each other with pistols at only four yards' distance, Carlos Carrilo, an engineer, and Professor Jose Izquierdo shot each other to death. Slayer Tries to End Life Manila.--Private William Johnson, U.v S. A., attempted suicide shortly after belng^entenced to hang for the murder of Private William Willoughby, slashing his neck and wrists with a Officers Honor Mitchell Washington.--Coi. William Mitchell, former assistant chief of the army air service, was honor guest at a luncheon given b? fellow service memti here. Forgeries Show Increase Philadelphia.--Increase In the nuoi- } ber of forgeries is due to tlie success of the forger' as compared with that of other criminals, the Philadelphia Association of Credit jAen waa told at a meeting here. Mine Blast Kills Five West Newton, Pa.--Five construction workmen were kille(] ir« plosion at the Humphrey mir - Westmoreland Coal company is MlCMday-mfbt., .I6!*'