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11. K.'SOEATH BILL Mcastire Pra- - - aiding Hanging for Robbery With PistoL -- Srs * Mil jwssfd kjr the •taty ***-*?*>. tV*!h hy hanging as the ^ aM\UKv.rc a ad IS yx^ars Imprisonment as !lw minimum *wf lb.- pen.Uties p«r»cT-i*>HI ft* wNwy with a deadly • «W|»I« OttaM till for Dry Body. a vow of ?6 tt; the bouse de- •HMpA the TV-c toil] to apwint a prokMittKttt TMve assistants *A«} 2.' itifDffl- U« enforcement agents. TurtttfOi iwoasider the tneas- . MA. *:s. w »,s beaten. Tl«s is Mir^icd to mran the death •I *iS dry Nng-isUtioti at thissession. • v" *JVb«ie on the measure was prolofcged and bitter. ° , Fergus Ordered Off Floor. ' John B. Fergus, veteran Chicago campaigner, sponsor of a measure aimed to safeguard Chicago's rights and promulgator of the threat to prosecute criminally those members of the legislature who voted against the Haenisch redisricting bill, was ordered off the floor of the house after Representative Lee O'Neill Browne of Ottawa had charged him with insulting . its members. • resolution was introduced in the iseBate for investigation of the state veterinarian's office. .The senate passed a bill requiring into tires on vehicles carrying loads in excess of 2,000 pounds must be 3.5 inches wide. The senate passed a bill for the creation of a St. Lawrence waterway commission of nine, four being members of the legislature. One measure passed by the house was the appropriation for the department of trade and commerce which restores $5,000 jobs to five assistant commerce commissioners abolished two years ago. Other appropriations included the $16,223,000 school fund, $23,575,450 to State Treasurer Custer for bond retirements and office operation. $2,399,560 U> Secretary of State Emmerson and $187,640 to Superintendent of Public Instruction Blair. Education Bill Discussed. Proponents and opponents of the 1 educational commission bill' Which would consolidate the various state school bodies into one board talked for an hour and a half in the after noon, but the house and senate educational^ committees will meet again later to hear further arguments. Francis G. Blair, state superintendent of public instruction, was the chief opponent of the bill, and Robert Moore, secretary of the State Teachers' association, announced that the legislative committee of the association opposed the bill in its present form. Injunction Bill Lost. The Sbderstrom measure for limitation of injunctions in labor disputes Was lost by a vote of 74 to 62 as the o house reaffirmed its rejection of the measure on March 25. A constitutional majority of 77 was necessary for the passage of the law Reapportionment, four times defeated in t' > house, came back again when Senator Van Lent and Representative Thon introduced bills containing the plan worked out by the Chicago Home Rule league. The plan consolidates 16 downstate districts into 11 and increases the districts touching Cook county and Chicago suburbs to 24. Opponents of the women's eight-hour law succeeded in adding two amendments. one exempting hospitals and the other establishments employing fewer than ten women, as the house advanced the measure to final reading. Mrs. Lottie Holinan O'Neill, author of the bill, indicated that she would call It up for passage soon. ILLINOIS STATENEWS , . '.Kankakee.--Two Italians were shot * killed and another possibly fatally wounded as the result of a new outbreak of the feud which started with the slaying of Sam Zaccero, Italian leader and alleged rum runner. Frank Luppino and Alssio Lortorici were shot and instantly killed. Danville.--Fire originating from an explosion of chemicals in. the photograph gallery of the Hynun & Maze-5 rum company in the second floor of the Chamber of Commerce building, caused a fire that wrecked the building and put a dozen concerns out of business. The losses will be about Springfield. Any local ordinance *--•ttat restricts the right of former service men who received honorable dis- ._*!L?rge8 from vending or peddling wares for their own profit is unconstitutional. according to an opinion which Attorney (Jeneral Carlstrom has prev pared for Claude M. Swanson, state's attorney in Paxton. * tontiac.--The resignation of William E. Bergan, assistant superintendent and disciplinarian at the Illinois state reformatory, was made public. Chicago.--Cupid staged an effective triple play here at the Blackstone hotel when former Gov. and Mrs, Frank O. Lowden's family luncheon turned from a celebration of their own twenty-ninth wedding anniversary, into? a welcome home from a European honeymoon of their youngest daughter^ Frances, and her husband, John B. Drake. Jr., and then veered into this: The announcement of the engagement: of Harriet, their second daughter, tor| Albert F. Madlener, Jr., eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert F. Madlener, Sr. Mr. Madlener since his graduation from Vale, has been assistant cashier of the Cosmopolitan State bank. Springfield.--Opposition to the proposed reorganization of the state educational system as proposed in the Johnson bill, prepared at the request of the Illinois educational commission, which filed its report with the gwieral assembly a month ago, was voiced here by , Elbert Waller, Tamafoa, one of the two school teachers in the house. Waller based his opposition on the ground that the proposed state board of education should Include more teachers and men experienced in educational matters than the 1)111 provides for. Wood River. -- While thousands looked on, Frank Howe, forty-five, was removed, dead, from underneath two tons of dirt in a cave-in at Wood River. . The whole town had watched the frantic efforts of rescuers, who hoped they would be able to bring him out alive. Howe, with two other workmen, was engaged in sewer repair work 20 feet underneath a concrete street, when it collapsed. A son of the victim, Charles, was the first to reach his father. A pulmotor was used for forty-five minutes in an effort to restore life. Springfield. -- Similarities* between ancient Chinese drawings and engravings found on a series of stone tablets unearthed near Mexico City drew the interest of scientists assembled at Springfield for the annual meeting of the American Anthropological association, central section. The tablets were described and some specimens were shown by G. R. Fox, Three Oaks, Mich., Secretary of the association. A Chicago.--Ma J. Gen. Loyd Wheat on of Illinois, who died in 1917. after having been decorated with every military medal in the gift of the United States, was awarded by the War department three posthumous citations for gallantry during the Philippine campaign. The general's son Is Dr. Clarence Loyd Wlieaton, 1806 North Park avenue, head of the tuberculosis division of the health department. Chicago.--With nationwide building construction lagging behind last year's figures, Chicago keep*) forging ahead of its 1924 building program and, according to a survey just completed by the citizen's committee to enforce the Landis award, there is still $250,000,- 000 In construction projects to be started this year in the city. The tremendous building program is scheduled to be completed without serious labor interruption. Washington, D. C.--Illinois manufacturing establishments increased their output more than one-third in 1923 as compared with 1921. The biennial census figures of the Department of Commerce, show an increase from $3,705,380,000 to $5,041,520,000. or 36.1 per cent. The figures take into account establishments whose products are valued at more than $5,000. Moline.--Mayor C. W. Sandstrorn of Moline has served notice upon all persons who bid upon concession privileges at Moline public parks at Moline, that they must not charge more than 5 cents for ice cream cones, pop, popcorn or other eatables sold for that sum uptown. . Duquoin. -- Hundreds of persons from Williamson, Franklin, Perry, Jackson and other southern Illinois counties attended the dedication of the new $75,000 Catholic church at Ilerrin, at which- the Rt. Rev. Henry AltholT, bishop of Belleville, assisted by a score of priests from neighboring towns, presided. Chicago.--John Walters of De» plaines. while dancing in defiance of his eighty years at a wedding held at 5100 South La Salle street, Chicago, collapsed and died within a few minutes. Excitement and exertion, in the opinion of the doctor who attended, brought on a heart attack. Rock Island.--Upon receiving as surances that, no further delay would be sought, Judge C. J. Searle set the trial of John P. Looney, disbarred Rock Island lawyer, for conspiracy, for May 25. Metropolis.--After writing a note commending his wife and children to God and pleading ill health, Jack Mc- Gee, sixty-eight, farmer and Republican leader near Joppa, went into his yard and shot himself. Chicago.--Mrs. Mary Re~an, widow of Patrick C. Regan, who died while a patient, blindfolded, in the fire which raged in the Chicago Eye. Ear AUTOS IN YEAR 450,000 Persons Injured in 1 Stslfii Durinflr 1924. " : ' ^ftew York.--Automobiles caused 19,« 000 deaths and injuries to 450,000 persons in the United States in 1924, statistics made public by the National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters revealed. This is a dally average of 52 dead and 5,650 injured. Of the dead. 5,700 were children. Notwithstanding the death total, the largest ever reported, the bureau found signs of encouragement in a pronounced fall in the rate of increase of accidents. The increase in deaths In 1923 over 1922 was 20 per cent, while the increase in 1924 was only 4 per cent. This was attributed to organised campaigns to reduce accidents. A comparison of the automobile death rate with the number of cars registered shows a steady decrease. In 1915 the number of deaths for eyery 10.000 automobiles was 24, each succeeding year showing a decrease until the 1924 figures indicate only 9.6 deaths for every 10,000 cars. There are 17,500,000 cars in the United States. Grade crossing accidents took 1,688 lives, a decrease of 71. Since 1908 the dentil >*ate due to motor car accidents has increased steadily until today automobiles cause more deaths than all other vehicles, including trains and street cars, combined. WILLIAM S. CULBERTSON President Loads Role of Jews in American History Washington.--A high tribute was paid by President Coolidge to the part played by the Jews in the history of the United States. The President spoke nt the dedicationrf exercises attending the laying of the corner sfone of Washington's new Jewish community center. Taking as his text the deeds of the heroes of the Old Testament and recalling the fact that the Hebraic law was one of the principal sources from which the codes of the original colonies were drawn, he traced briefly the contributions which the Jews of America have made In the way of statecraft, science, literature, art, business, finance, philanthropy, and the spiritual life of/the nation. j He dwelt on the great (ask^hattconfronted the colonial fathfei^in welding a nation of many nationalities and creeds, and he warned that the work of spiritual unification is not yet completed. EUROPE FREE OF , • RIOTS MAY DAT Russia Holds Big Military Review--One Killed, Sev- > eral Hurt in Mexico. William S. Culbertson of Kansas, vice chairman of the United States tariff commission, has been appointed minister to Rumania. He succeeds Peter Jay. who ha* been transferred to Argentina., . U/X-TRADE BODY ENDS PUBIflClTY Moroccans Mobilize for Drive Against French Tetuan, Spanish Morocco.--Information reaching Tetuan from the Interior is to the effect that Abd-El-Krim, the Moroccan leader, is preparing a great offensive against the French zone of influence. He is said to have mobilized his Riffian forces at Yebelt and the greater part of the Gamaras at Bend Zerual. These forces comprise all the men under the command of Ebd-El-Krim, with the exception of the tribesmen along the Spanish front. The latter forces will, it is asserted, attack the Spanish line in order to keep the Spaniards busy and prevent any movement to get in the rear of the tribesmen and thus put them between the Spanish and French troops. Ahd-J£}-Kfiin'g objective to Vet, the capital..' ' • Balloon Race /* Won by Van Orman; Flies 600 Miler St. Joseph. Mo.--W. T. Van Orman, piloting the Goodyear III, covered the greatest distance in the national elim-* ination balloon race, which ended on Sunday when the 16st two bags came to earth. Van Orman landed at Reform, Ala., outstripping the veteran Capt. H. E. Honeywell by about 40 miles. Captain Honeywell brought the St Joseph down at Aberdeen. Miss. In a message reporting his landing Van Orman estimated the distance he covered at 530 miles. A rough measurement by map showed the distance to be approximately 600 miles. The race carried a cash prize of $1,000 for the winner, the Litchfield trophy, and the rigfit to represent the United States in the international balloon race. Second place got $800. Congressman Williams of Battle Creek, Mich., Dies _ _ _ _ B a l t i m o r e , M < L -- R e p r e s e n t a t i v e A r - Nose and Throat hospital on JTarr-b , ^ *!a.ttle. ^reek. 28, brought suit against the hospital for $10,000. Galesburg.--A mock\IIHa«j>ii fe*f* lature was staged by the m*rw*w mf the literary societies of Krwvx Springfield.--Every Istf-Mlax in Illinois will be |n*perf»4 wttbiit tb# next few months to determine what fire hazards exist as the result of a plan of State Fire Marshal Gainber. Inspections of city schools will be made by deputies from the state fire marshal's office, and rural schools by county school superintendents, who j will answer questionnaires by the Orders will l»e 1s- Evanston.--Mayor Charles H.^Burtlett of Kvanston, went into office with the announcement tluit Chief of Police Charles W. Leg*eU and other Inherl- - tances from the administration of Mayor Harry P. Pearson would retire 1 state fire ' to private life. John F Hai,n w «-»ruera win be uyears cits clerk retired ' 18ued coverlnK changes necessaiy t« ; Mlchl*»n reformatory was destroyed £n[wl rffts irom hU *<*ool buildings safe and advice W firp Th« *K>,000. Sevy halllwlU Blven 8tho»l officials, Gainber 1 enty ftve Wooded Holstelns were res- %' «"»otiai.e*. said. «, | cued uninjureJ Chicago.--Fear of a murder charge T'F" "'"•ni me 1 in M T.|J construction of an air port, several ! iuaen, Banker, Dims Ml'-b., dle*J at Johns Hopkins hospital. Mr. Williams' death was unexpected. If* had been Improving stecdily since •a for gall stone performed m April 15. Professor of Yale Dies Xew I.'aven, Conn. --Charles Foster Kent, fifty-seven, professor of Semitic languages and biblical literature at Vale university. Is dead. Professor Kent had been connected with the fac oity at Yale since 1901. ' Business Firms Will Be Given Private Hearing, Washington. -- Final action of the reorganized federal trade commission was taken with respect to the long troublesome question of publicity regarding complaints aguinst American business firms. Hereafter business firms will not be subjected to publicity regarding complaints of illegal practices until they have had a chance to be heard. Huston Thompson, one of the. members of the commission, objected strenuously to the new policy and charged that it would permit "star chamber" proceedings. The commission, however, adopted the following rule: "From and after this date, in the settlement of any matter by stipulation before the complaint Is issued, no statement in reference thereto shall be made by the commission for publication, After a complaint is issued, ijo statement in regard to the case shall be made by the commission for publication until after the final determination of the cas?. "After a complaint has been issued and the answer of the respondent has been filed, or in case the respondent fails to file an answer by the rules provided, the papers in the case shall be open to the public for Inspection, under such rules and regulations^ as the secretary may prescribe." Five Die in Mississippi When Launch CapsHet Fuirport. Iowa.--A picnic arranged by Gus Dusenberry for his family ended disastrously. Leaving home in a large gasoline launch, the family of seven, accompanied by the sweethearts of two of the older girls, left for a day's cruiBe along the banks of the Mississippi. A heavy wind caused the launcli to capsize, and in a few moments Mr. Dusenberry, forty-six; his wife, Lida, forty-four, and three of their children --Charles, twelve; Clifford, six, and Iona, three--were swept to their death by the swift current. Mabel and Fern Dusenberry were saved. Name First U. S. Woman to Academy of Sciences Washington.--Science for the first time in America officially crowned a woman with its laurels by the election of Miss Florence Itena Sabin, physiologist at-Johns Hopkins Medical school at Baltimore, to life membership in the National Academy of Sciences, which terminated its annual meeting. Miss Sabin has done notable research work with blood cells. Others elected to membership included Ralph Modeskl, Chicago engineer, who is building the Delaware river bridge at Philadelphia, and Harry Gideon Wells, pathologist at the University of Chicago. $lS0j000 Derby Entry Dies; Poison Suspected Baltimore, Md.--Willis Sliarpe Kilmer's Preakness and derby candidate, Sunny Man, died at the Pimlico track, after an ailment of several days which local veterinarians believe was due to poisoning. Three veterinarians who saw Sunny Man before his death expressed the opinion, according to J. p. Smith, trainer of the Kilmer string, the ailment was caused by a "pill" of chloral and arsenic administered prior to the race at Havre de Grace. The Kilmer colt was insured for $150.000. Reformatory Barrt Burns Ionia, !.iifh.--The cattle barn of the •nd possibly the gallows prompted William Hlsze, 420 South Hermitage ; ivenue, a prisoner at the house of correction, to leap forty-five feet to r#ls death. His suicide was seen by ^ jletectives as a confession of guilt. He ^^^ifras named as one of the slayers of ; I>eputy Sheriff Emll Tripp who was killed October 1 last year, by Peter ilolyn, bad man. Rockford.--The carpenters' union 4»as signed a contract for the year^t an hourly wage of fl.OS. The old rate %as fLOBft am twwi. down town landing fields and tbe development of Chicago as the aviation center of the United States, will be taken In Chicago when Mayor Dever calls Into a general conference representatives of the federal government, state, county, city and all other forces interested in aeronautics. Fisher.--Mrs. Lucher Barrett, twenty- eight, wife of a farmer living near Fisher, was instantly killed wh(?n the automobile he was driving over. • Chicago.--WilHnm A. Tllden, for years ^one of Chicago's leading bank- Mothers to Meet in Atlanta Austin, Texas.--Atlanta. Ga., was selected a< ttie place for the 1920 convention of the national congress of mothers and teachers at the final session of the board of managers of the congress. The date Is to be determined 1 titer. Bank of France Head Quits Paris.--M. Robineau, governor of the Bank of Franc# offered his resignation to Finance Minister'Caillaux, which, It is understood, was accepted. C«-Op Must Get Permit Columbus, Ohio.--The Grain Marketing company of Chicago has to comply ^'.i8 * J®r* Tl,den was president | with the Ohio blue sky law and get ^ ,he Natlonal bank a permit before selling Its stock In from 1908 until 1922, when the Instl-1 this state, the attorney general has tutlon was consolidated with the Con- ruled. tinental ft Commercial bank. London.--Moscow propaganda for May day collapsed utterly throughout Europe. In nearly every section government machinery went ahead as usual and no challenge was heard throughout an unusually uneventful day. Trade unionists la nearly every country stopped work for the day and held street parades and peaceful demonstrations. Police preparations prevented outbreaks in the few countries in which Bed activities had been expected to be prominent. A number of Left Wing Socialists and Communists in < London marched to Hyde park to stage demonstrations. 1)ut returned soon in bedraggled eondl-> tion because of heavy showers. They then tried to march to the Bulgarian legation to demand the liberation of political prisoners, bat police turned them aside without any trouble. Mexico City.--A girl was shot and kHIed and several persons were wounded in a ehrih between Communists and labor union paraders which climaxed the Mexican capital's May day. The Communists had devoted the day to denouncing the government. Moscow.--All the ordinary activities of Rtissia stood still on Friday while endless legions of workers, soldiers. Communists, and boy and girl scouts, forming mile long battalions and carrying inflammatory banners, celebrated May day In true Bolshevik fashion. Government offices, stores, and factories were closed, the workers -being given a three-day holiday. Moscow was a riot of red, and every public building flaunted flaming lithographs of Karl Marx, Lenin, Rykoff, Kalinin, nnd other Bolshevik leaders. At night the city was aglow with red electric lamps, dazzling banners of red and white, and huge Illuminated signs. In Tied square a great parade embracing all branches of the army and navy filed pj.st Lenin's tomb. Red army recruits took the oath of allegiance In front of Lenin's tomb to support the revolution. MARSHALL McCORMACK mr-i Kidnaped Girl Declares Convict Was Kind to Her Middlebury, Vt.--Fiarl Woodward, ex-convict, is In jail here awaiting a hearing on the charge of kidnaping. He Lad been hunted for a week by more than a thousand armed persons. Rewards were offered for his seizure, dead or alive, and the mountains for miles around had been searched by posses and militiamen ready to fire on sight, for Woodward was supposed to be a desperate fiend. In other quarters In jail Is elevenjyear- oid Lucille Chatterton, daughter of Woodward's former employer. She was the supposed victim. But the story she tells has turned the anger of the populace against Woodward to sympathy. She says the ex-convict-- the quarry of the hundreds of pursuers-- took her from home to protect her from cruelty and guarded her as a brother would in all the long flight. They were brought here from Eaet Brookfield. Physicians who examined the girl and officials who questioned her say she was unharmed, physically or mentally. The fugitives were trailed to their hiding place In an abandoned barn la South Brookfield by a police dog. Father of President Is Examined by Specialists ifoston, Mass.--John C. Coolidge, eighty, father of the President, subknitted to examint don by two Boston specialists. Then he took the first train for Plymouth, Vt. His personal physician, Dr. Albert M. Cram of Bridgewater, Vt., who accompanied Colonel Coolidge, said the examination had disclosed nothing more than slight weaknesses Incidental to advancing age. The statement of the examlnicg physicians, Drs. Paul D. White of the Massachusetts General hospital and Arthur L. Chute, said the patient showed a slow pulse, varying from 38 to 56 per minute, and that this condition, known as "heart block," Is sometimes, found with advancing age. Doctor Cram added that nothing of a serious nature had been discovered. Slain Woman Identified as Mrs. Desidera of Gary CheMerton, Ind.--After more than 1,000 persons seeking missing girls had visited tlie Chesterton (Ind.) morgue ami viewed the partly burned body of a slender young woman found dead Sunday night, Gary police were convinced that the murdered girl was Mrs. Josephine Desidera of Gary, Nine Drowned in Lake Sandusky, Ohio.--Nine out of a crew of sixteen who were aboard the vessel Ke11<9 Island, sandsucker, when it rolled over in Lake Erie off Point I'elee, were drowned. Seven others were picket! up 6y a tug. Killed in Plane Crash BdRton.--Lieut, Alexander. V. Mc- Aulay, Massachusetts National Guarl, whose airplane crashed near the Boston airport when taking off for Army and Navy day maneuvers, died here. Jardine Name* N. A. OUem Washington.--Secretary Jardine has appointed Nils A. Olsen of Herscher. III., assistant chief of the bureau 9^ agricultural economics. /. 4 Dim, 2 Hart in Crath Frankfort, Ind.--Pour persons were killed and two others seriously injured near here on Friday night when a southbound Indianapolis and Eastern (taction car struck their automobile. Ex-Smnator, 70, to Wed Girt Mobile, Ala.--A marriage license was issued to Jonathan L. Bourne, former United States senator from Oregon, to wed Miss Frances Baker Turner. The former Oregon senator gave Ills age as seventy and the bride-to-be •s twenty-nine. Georgia Grants Off Pmrmltt Tiflis.--Italian and Belgian oil ln%pests have gained concessions for 30 years 00 petrolevai fields oenttieast «f Tiflis. Marshall McCormack is the recently elected mayor of Herrln, Williamson county, 111., the Bcene of so many bloody affrays. He controls the city council. MARKET QUOTATIONS BY U. S. GOVERNMENT Washington.--For th« week ending April 30.--FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Potato market dull and weak. Florida Spauldlng Rose closed at $4.50@5.50 per barrel in leading city markets; northern sacked stock, 70@80c on Chicago carlat market. Texas yellow Bermuda onions, $2.00@2.40 per crate in consuming centers. North Carolina Klondikea, 15@20c quart basis, top of 22 @ 28c for best strawberries tn New York; Jesse Klondtkes, $4.50® 4.75 per 24-quart crate in Chicago, (4.00 f. o. b. HAY--Quoted April 30: No. 1 timothy: Chicago, $22.00. No. 1 prairie: Chicago, $16.00; St. Louis, $15.00; Minneapolis, $16.00. LIVE STOCK--Chicago hog prices closed at $11.65 tor top, $11.10@11.40 for bulk. Medium and good beef steers, $8.50 @10.90; butcher cows and heifers, $4.60@10.75; feeder steers, $5.90@8.90; light and medium weight veal calvea, $7.60® 11.00. Fat lambs, $14.00® 16.00; feeding iambs, $13.00© 14.60; yearlings, $9.75® 13.00; fat ewes, $6.25®9.25. ~ DAIRY PRODUCTS--Closing prices of 92-score butter: New York, 42c; Chicago, 40%@40%c; Philadelphia, 42V4c; Boston, 44c. Wholesale prices on Wisconsin primary cheese markets April 29: Single daisies, 21\fcc; double daisies, 21%c; longhorna, 21%c; square prints, 21 %c. GRAIN--Quoted April SO: No. 1 dark northern wheat: Minneapolis, $1,460 1.73. No. 2 red winter wheat: St. Louis, $1.80® 1.82; Kansas City) $1.65® 1.71. No. 2 hard v/inter wheat: Chicago, $1.69%; St. Louis, $1.62; Kansas City, $1.62® 1.56. No. 2 mixed corn: Kansas City, 97%®99^4c. No. 2 yellow cora: Chicago, $1.06* @1.09; Kansas City, $1.05% @1.06. No. 8 yellow corn: Chicago, $1.02® 1.06; Minneapolis. 98%c® 1.004; St. Louis, $1.09. No. 3 white corn: Chicago, $1.04%; St. Louis, $1.0*. No. 3 white oats: Chicago, 40%@42Kc; Minneapolis, 37%@38%e; St. Loula, 43%®44%c; Kansas City, 43®43Vfce. Houghton Says Europe Musf JCeep Peace or Lo«r Financial Aid. U. S. Gets $12,000,000 From Sale of Auto Firm _ New ^ork.--A certified check for $146,000,000. the largest ever drawn by an American banking honse, changed hands in payment for Dodge Bros., in the board room of the Central Union Trust c. mpany at 80 Broadway. The check, druwn by Dillon, Read ft Co., the bankers who purchased the company, on the Central Union Trust company, was to the order of "Dodge Bros.," that beUtg the designation of the old company. The new company, formed by Dillon, Read & Co^ is known as Dodge Bros., Inc. Uncle Sam's share of the' $146,000,- 000 will be about $12,000,000. That represents approximately the tax liability of the Dodge heirs. T»«i»rtnn,*=-fn his maiden add becoming ambassador from tbd-" trilled HIiiIon to the Court of Sl^gh;-*; .tniiH'x, Aliinnon IV Houghton told fuv ilUnntfUlahed and representative gntliSfv pfing that Included the prime mliilriif : j ler of Knglnnd. thai Kurope must set£*' • 1p lla dlfTereiieea 11 ltd compose Itneliffi • on a basin of amity, so that commerc|l|r and social relations could be conduct!^ ed with security nnd without In (err up-, tlon, or else forego further assistance from the United States. Without equivocation, the ambnssnV dor made It perfectly clear that lipwas monetary and not moral .assist ano#r f that he was referring to. The occasion was a banquet giveipT^ by the Pilgrim's society. Beside Mtl Houghton sat the duke of York&^ Speakers Included Prime Ministe^ | Baldwin and Ramsay McDonald^' 3 Others present were: The Belgiai#^?| Japanese, German. Portuguese an«?^' Brazilian ambassadors, the Hungnrlai- r minister, the archbishop of Canterj»; ~' bury. Viscount Cave, the earl of Kal- 5 four, Earl Cavan, Sir William .Toyn- * son Hicks. L. S. Amer.v, Sir Samuel Hoare, Sir Philip Cunlirfe Lister, Sir Dougiess Hogg, Viscount Cecil, Sir Hedworth. Meux, Sir Auckland Geddes and Viscount Astor. While no specific mention of any nation was made by Mr. Houghton, those present took his remarks to apply particularly to France and her" policy of militarism, which has dislocated the French budget, and to Germany. who by electing Hindenburg to the Presidency has caused a feeling of suspicion to grow in the minds of the American public. It was recalled that Mr. Houjrliton is a former ambassador to Germany and that, prior to his taking up his post in London, he was in Washington for a series of conferences with President Coolidge and Secretary Kellogg. While his remarks were hot interpreted as strictl^jjjfflcial. they were taken as representative of the attitude toward the Etiropeon problem of both | Mr. Coolidge and Secretary Kellogg. Two State Laws Found Invalid by High Court Washington.--The Supreme Court of the United States declared the Massachusetts excise tax law and the North Dakota grain grading act invalid in opinions rendered respectively by Associate Justices McReynolds and Van J>evanter. To each decision. Associate Justice Brandeis dissented. In the McReynolds opinion, the court reversed the ruling of the Massachusetts Supreme court, which had upheld the excise tax, and found that it imposed a burden on interstate commerce. This decision Is of the utmost importance to every foreign corporalion doing business in Massachusetts, and likewise of general interest in connection with the subject of corporation taxation by the states. The North Dakota grain grading act was one of the legislative measures brought by the Non-Partisan league. In his opinion, Justice Van Devanter held that the act was Invalid because ifwas "a direct regulation of the buying of grain in interstate commerce." Wisconsin Forest Afire; Troops Battle. Flames Madison, Wis.--Forest fires which threatened the lives and property of farmers started in Marinette county, necessitating the calling out of two companies of the Wisconsin National Guard. News of the disaster reached Governor Blaine In a message from Wausaukee asking state aid. Adjt. Gen. Ralph M. Immel started at once for the scene and Col. N. M. Schantz was directed to muster the guardsmen. Wausaukee is in Marinette county in tlie heart of the cutever lumber districts. Fifty years ago it was the scene of the famous Feshtlgo fire disaster. ....... Soticitor Geheriri Be&fs Resignation Is Accepted Washington,--Formal announcement that the resignation of James M.. Beck as solicitor general has been accepted by President Coolidge was made at the White House. In his letter, made public here, Mr. Beck pointed out that through force of circumstances he had often -been forced to perform the double duty of acting attorney general and solicitor general. This, he said, had resulted In a very great strain on his eyesight, which lias never been of the best. President Coolidge, in accepting his resignation, highly ' complimented^. Mf. Beck. DePof*if' Get* thjunclton Trenton, N. J.^-ln a suit filed here the DeForest Radio corporation obtained an injunction against -the Radio Corporation of America after charging that its plant had been subjected to widespread espionage by agents of the defendant. Announce Tirm Price Increase Akron, Ohio.--Increases of from ft to 10 per cent In the prices of automobile tires, were announced at five of the six largest Akron factories. Popfiies for Memorial Day Chicago.--Scores of disabled and needy veterans of the war are now at work in various cities throughout the United States making thousands of popples for the annual national poppy sale of fhe Veterans of Foreign Wars during the week of Memorial day. Brazil Rebels on Move Buenos Aires.--Sao -Paulo^rehel* are preparing to attack the p#rt of bo Guayra on the Panto rive*, frordef dlapatches declare. Publishing of Income Tax Returns Is Upheld Washington.--The right of newspapers to publish income tax returns under the publicity section of the revenue la\V was again upheld in a decision rendered by Judge C. S. Hatfield of the United States Court of Appeals. The court held, in the case of Gorham Hubbard, a Boston merchant, to enjoin the government from publishing his tax return, that the publicity provision of the tax law Is undoubtedly within the legislative power of congress and does not offend against the fourth amendment to the Constitution and that treasury o'fticiais, therefore, may not be enjoined from tarrying out (he terms of the provision. Bride Who Hurled Acid in Hutband't Face Convicted Los Angeles.--Mrs. Bernice Day, charged with throwing acid in the face of her young husband. Darby bay, Jr., win of a Chicago millionaire, was found guilty by a jury. A jury of eight elderly men and four middle-aged matrons needed six hours to reach the venTict. Miss Carolyn Lundstrom, her sister and co-defendant, was acquitted. The verdict carries a sentence of one to fourteen years In Sun Quentin penitentiary. Mrs. Day's lawyers served aoijc* 4>f appeal. -» J*1 ^ Plan Postal Itate Hearings Washington.--Permanent revision of . postal rates to take care of the 000,000 Increase in salaries to postal employees is the object of hearings f<» be opened here on July 20 by a joint committee of the house and seuate. Esthonia Starta to Pay U. S. Washington.--Negotiations for the funding of the $40,000,000 Ksthonian debt to the United States are l>eing caried forward between treasury and Ksthonian legation officials. Austrian Aatronommr Dims Vienna.--The passing of a noted astronomer was revealed in reports of the death of Dr. John Palisu, director of the Vienna university observatory, who discovered without the aid of photography 124 minor pjanets. ^ ^ \ Sign Bank Tax Bill Harrisburg, Pa.--The l-SU pro\TiTtil|r a four-mills tax on the actual value of^ capital stock of banks and sayings lnstiturtone waa «H»a® -•P - Uun,r«e*. Pinchot * c