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.HSM »~rtm THE H«HE5BT PLAINDEALEB, McHKfET, HX. "»), '"r 3 . 'tM^- Requires teaching of U. S. Constitution in Schools. Springfield.--The Barber bill requiring that the United States Constitution be taught in the public schools was passed by the state senate of the legislature. The senate also passed the Searcy bill requiring collection agencies to obtain certificates before engaging in business. * Defer Action on License Bill. , Consideration of Senator Dehvirs bill providing for the licensing of all .factories and machine shops was postjKHied by the seriate committee on license and miscellany. Several amendriients will bo offered and a bearing on the bill will be held. Attorney General Oscar Carlstrom and • others have asked for a hearing. . Colonel Fyffe, counsel for the Illinois Manufacturers' association, spoke, denouncing the measure. Leon Hornstein, assistant corporation counsel for Chicago, told the committee that it was imperative that Chicago have the mofie.v that would be raised under the terms of the bill. Wiring Bill Opposed. - Another fight was staged on the bill introduced by Senator William J. Snoed of llerrin making it impossible for anyone but a licensed electrician to install wiring. A great deal of opposition had-developed to the bill because it made homemade radio an impossibility. Senator Richard .1. Barr offered an amendment to the bill striking out references to radios. Consideration On the bill was deferred. Four senate bills were passed also. They include Senator Barbour's bill to put certain employees of the Municipal court in Chicago under civil service, ajid Senator Cuthbertson's bill, which virtually doubles the penalty for assisting in a jail delivery. Senator Kessinger's bill appropriating money to pay the state's share-of special assessments for improvements • of about six Illinois National Guard armories was passed by the senate. The bill now goes to the house. A total of $0,590 is appropriated. This is divided among armories at Peoria. Chicago, Woodstock, Aurora, Kankakee and Danville. , Welfare Measure Passed. The administration bill appropriating $26,560,553 to the state department of public welfare, was passed in the house, 117 to 1. It provides in-addition to funds for operation, the following items to state institutions: Watertown State hospital. $235,000; Chester hospital, $1,000; Alton State hospital, $850,000; Lincoln State school, $84,000; Jacksonville School for Deaf. $50.0<>0; Jacksonville School for Blind, $38,000; Soldiers and Widows' home, $50,000; Soldiers' Orphans' home, $150,000; St. Charles School for Boys, $5,000; state penitentiary. $520,- 000; Illinois woman's prison, $50,000 Southern Illinois penitentiary, *17,000; Illinois State reformatory, $20.01)0: Chicago State hospital, $600,118; Jacksonville State hospital, $82,870; Elgin State hospital, $100,000; Kankakee State hospital, $152,000. OCOCXXXXXXDOOOOCXXXXXXXXXX>^ NEW MAYORS FOR SEVERAL TOWNS ISvanston.---Charles H. Bartlett elected mayor over "H. P. Pearson, who had held office 12 years. Sunday movies defeated. Oak Park.--Willis McFeeley re-elected president of Oak Park. Sunday movies defeated. llockford. -- ltockford voters defeated a proposition to grant a traction franchise to the Rockford Public Service company, a newly formed corporation, which had the support of Mayor J. Herman Hallstrom. He was reelected. It is expected that the question of granting a franchise to the present company will be submitted to a special election later in the year. Peoria.---Louis Mueller, Republican candidate for mayor, defeats Henry Mansfield by 9,- 000. ; ; -<•, \ Freeport.---Oscar E. Mellon elected mayor, defeating James B. McCool, former sheriff. Bloomington.^-F. H. Blose, Republican, re-elected mayor over Patrick W. Coleman. Citizens approve bond issue, for $10,000 viaduct over railroad. Geneseo. -- Alderman * John Pritchard elected mayor, defeating Mayor Carl Lager. - Macomb.--C. E. Asher, Democrat, elected mayor. » Danville.--Claude P. Madden, Democrat, elected mayor over Earl R. Bean. Republican. Quincy. -- Frank A. Jasper, Democrat, appears victor over Mayor William B. Smiley by 83 votes. ILUNOiS STATE NEWS Springfield.--Records of the Fiftyfourth general assembly will consist merely of a brief outline of each session held in Hie two houses. No shorthand reporter is employed to keep a detailed account of the sessions and the wit, wisdom and oratory which flows in the legislative hall, except" for the excerpts preserved in newspapers, is never recorded. This system does away with a great deal of expense in printing and brings the journal of the two houses down to a fairly readable size. Chicago.--Four officials and employees of the Metropolitan Automobile Service corporation, 608 South Dearborn street, indicted by the federal grand Jury for using the malls to defraud, are being sought by deputy marshals. They are S. D. Kennedy, president; C. L. Wols, secretary; Fred L. Davis, bookkeeper, and Harry Lap- In, sales director. Their corporation jjs alleged to have Issued policies to more than 35,000 motorists since Sep tember 1, 1923. Chicago.--Work has been started by the Illinois Chamber of Commerce on compiling for permanent record data on every city and village in Illinois. This is in the nature of a complete in dustrial survey for the use of persons seeking factory locations, for newspapers and magazines which may want Information, or individuals seeking knowledge for any constructive purpose. Quincy.--State Representative Sam Hyatt died at his home. Mr. H|ratt was In apparent good Ifealth until an hour before hlii death. Springfield.--Prospects of a new war within the ranks of the Illinois Mine Workers was seen with an announcement that Freeman Thompson, president of the Springfield subdistrlct of District 12. had been deposed by the executive board of the state and that John A. Walker, defeated for the position In the recent election, had been given the office. Chicago.--Attorney Charles A. Williams' unique plan to convince Federal Judge Cliffe that two former prohibition agents shouldn't be dealt with too harshly because they couldn't resist a $4,000 bribe went by the board In court. The Judge gave the pair-- Thomas E. Jones and John A. Holm-- the limit, which is a year in Jail a^d $300 fine each. Danville.--Friends of Joseph G. Cannon, "Uncle Joe," are alarmed over his condition. He is nearly prostrated with grief over the death of Ernest X. Leseure, his son-in-law. "I have lost my choicest friend," he repeats almost incessantly. The funeral of Mr. Leseure, a prominent banker of Danville, was delayed to permit the arrival of California relatives. Peoria.--Charged with robbing the post office at St. David, George Bodlsh, Eugene Murray and James Bodlsh, waived preliminary hearing when arraigned before United States Commissioner W. H. Moore and were held to the federal grand jury on bonds of $5.- 000. They are held In the county jail in default of bond. Murphysboro.--Dr. William R. Redden. director of Red Cross medical service in the tornado-stricken area, advised all relief workers and residents In the devastated area to submit to inoculation with typhoid serum at once to prevent an outbreak of typhoid fever. Chicago.--Dr. Julius Adelbert Leavitt of Lincoln, Neb., for many years one of the leading educators of southern Illinois where he was for more than twenty years president of Ewing college, died at Crandon. Wis., according to word received by relatives here. icago.--Sheriff Peter M. Hoffman and 15 deputies raided more than 20 road houses and made four arrests. In one of the raids a quantity of moonshine was found in the roadhouse of Joseph Muhir at Le.vdon and the proprietor taken Into custody. Pana.--Mrs. Sophia Jane Noyer, eighty-seven, native of Shelby county and said to have been the sole Burvlvor of the fajnous "covered wagon" train of 1847, made immortal by Emerson Hough's hook of that name, died at Portland. Ore. Chicago.--Investigation of a reported plot of Eastern bootleggers with direct rum row connections to flood Chicago with Imported liquor resulted in the seizure of $35,000 of contraband on the C.. B. ft Q. tracks. Monmouth.-- Liberty bonds, stocks, notes and deeds valued at more than $40,000, found In a cornfield near here, have been Identified as part of the loot stolen from the Sciota State bank last October. Peoria.--Nicholas Lidwinoskl, a state official, dropped dead in a Jewelry store. Heart trouble is supposed to have caused his death. Granite City.--Miss Ella Orsey, seventeen, was struck and k'Hed by a freight train near her home while she was sitting on the track. OUTLINES NEW POSTAL RATES - Increases Cover $68,000,000 Wage Increase--First Class Unchanged. Washington. -- A comprehensive statement was Issued by Postmaster General New on the Increases In postal rates, effective April 15, which are required to take care of the advance In postal salaries, amounting to approximately $68,000,000 a year. "So far as the rates on first-class mail are concerned," Postmaster General New said, "there aoe no changes whatever except in the case of private mailing cards, including souvenir post cards, on which the rate is increased from 1 to 2 cents each. Post cards Issued by the government, however, will continue to, be sent for 1 cent each. .. - « "The rates on second, third and fourth-class mail hhve been increased in certain contingencies, but this Increase is very slight and will not work any hardship -on the mailing public. The excess revenue will provide increased compensation for the post office's army of faithful employees." With the change in the rates on first-class mail matter, as outlined by the postmaster general, the other changes effective April 15 are as fellows : On second-class mail, newspapers, magazines and other periodicals containing notice of second-class entry, the rate for the public is 2 cents for each 2 ounces up to 8 ounces, and the fourth-class zone rate plus a 2-cent service charge on each parcel over 8 ounces. This does not include certain Increases in rates for publishers and news agents. On third-class mall, circulars and other miscellaneous printed matter, as well as merchandise, the rate is 1% cents for each 2 ounces up to 8 ounces. The rate on books, including catalogues of 24 pages or more, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions and plants Is 1 cent for each 2 ounces or fraction thereof up to 8 ounces. On fourth-cla^sT'tparcel-post) mail, the same matter} weighing more than 8 ounces, as handled in third-class mail. The limit of weight is 70 pounds in the first, second and third zones, and 50 pounds in all other zones. The present pound rates In the various zones have not been changed. A service charge of 2 cents In stamps, "to be affixed to packages In addition to the postage, has been Imposed for each parcel, except those collected on rural delivery routes. 'the act of February 28, 1925, offers a new and speedier service for parcel post which mailers may or may not purchase at their option. This new service is designated "special handling" service. Practically speaking, this means that parcel post, is to be handled, not as parcel post customarily Is handled but as first-class mail. Its particular advantage applies mainly to handling en route to railroads and other transportation facilities between the post office of dispatch and the post office of destination. It must be carefully distinguished from the "special delivery" service, where the chief advantage applies after the arrival of mail at the post office of its destination. For this special handling of mail, a charge of 25 cents will be imposed. IRA LLOYD LETTS Ira Lloyd Letts of Rhode Isiaml who has been appointed one of ths new assistant attorneys general, Student, III, Kills Self; Diaries Tell of Gay Life Chicago --The body of Robert Preston, twenty-one, Northwestern university student, was iound with a bullet hole In the head and weighted with Iron, In the lake off Madiscn street. Fastened to it, apparently in the student's plan to place them where they never would be read, were three remarkable, self-revealing diaries--- histories of his "flings," surfeits of forbidden food and drink, dusk-todawn revels, coed conquests and his batile against disease. He had chosen thus to end u"flght he could not win and, standing at the lakes edge, just before the Easter sunrise, and just at the close of last fling," he had fi'.ed a bullet into his brain and toppled into the water The youth was the son of William H. Preston of Oak Park, district manager for the Corticelll Silk company, 73 West Adams street, Ui» malady was diabetes. RUTH, "HOW RUN KING," STRICKEN Mighty Batsman of iJew York Yankees Collapses - on Train. f TURKS MOBILIZE " TO WAR ON KURDS Revolt More Serious Than Reported-- 1,000 Killed* London.--A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph "rom Constantinople says the Turks have captured Ghendj In Kurdistan. The Kurds are said to have lost 1,000 men killed and many wounded. Constantinople.--den. Ismet Pasha, the premier, addressing the national assembly at Angora, said it has beeu found njcesatt^y to order a complete mobilization. He gave as the reason the threatening aspect of the revolt in Kurdistan and other dangers to which the country is exposed. The premier admitted that the revolt was much graver than newspaper reports bad indicated. The insurgents had atfhcked place3 widely apart, such as Malatia, Mardln and Melazgerd, and even a fortnight ago threatened Eghln. The premier added that he feared the revolt would assume even greater proportions. The government's prompt military measures, however, had begun to be felt The rebels had been driven back from urban centers into the moon tains, but nevertheless they retained their organicatlon and were contlnu ing the struggle. E. J. Sailstad, Who Burned Corpse to Elope, Paroled Green Bay, Wis.--Edward J. Sail stad, serving a four-year sentence in the state reformatory here on a charge of arson, when told that he had been granted a parole, said he was anxious to find a position as soon as possible and resume liis activity as a private citizen. He has been in the reformatory since December 30, 1923. Dorothy Anderson, Sailstad's "sunshine girl," who was sentenced to four years at the women's industrial home at Taycheedah in connection with the same case, will not be considered for parole for several months. The trial attracted wide Interest because of the nation-wide search for the pair, who disappeared after the burning of a cottage on Lake Nebagarton. At the trial it was brought out that the body of a friend of Sailstad was taken from its grave and placed in the burning cottage with some of Sailstad's personal effects while he and the Anderson girl disappeared. Vic the New York.--Senator McKinle.v if Illinois sailed from New York for Europe to make arrangements for the meeting of the interparliamentary union which Opens in Washington, D. C, September 30. Springfield. -- State Representative Ctrl Mueller of Chicago was stricken With apoplexy in his room in tlie Iceland hotel, Springfield. He is in Galesburg.--Excitement over the municipal election, In which he had taken an active part, is believed to have caused the death of Frank Norman, cafe proprietor, who fell dead In his home. Heart disease is ascribed as the cause of death. Chicago.--Col. Herbert Harris, special prohibition agent from Washinga (ton. D. C.,'and Joe Wahl, chief raiding critical condition at the Springfield 1 officer of the general prohibition office U. S. Gets Big Dividend From Panama Railroad Washington.--A check for $350,000 was transmitted to Secretary Mellon by. the War department, representing a flve-per cent annual dividend from the Panama Railroad company, owned by the government and operated across the isthmus by the Canal Zone administration authorities. Governor's Son Fined $100 for Escapade With Gir Columbus, Ohio. -- Hal Donahey nineteen-year-old son of Gov. Donahey, is home again and episode which linked his name with that of Lillian Vogel, fifteen-year-old Zanesville (Ohio) schoolgirl, is closed incident. The affair was concluded in the Probate court at Zanesville when Judge Clarence Graham found young Donahey technically guilty of con trib'uting to the delinquency of a jninor and fined him $100 and costs. Miss Vogel, who disappeared from Zanesville and whose whereabouts remained a mystery until she was found in a local rooming house by Mrs. Donahey, was placed on strict probation for a year. COL. S. A. CHENEY New York.--Borne unconscious on a stretcher, his, eyes unseeing and his lips and face puffed and swollen, Babe Ruth, the mighty batsman of the New York Yankees and Idol of the baseball world, was carried through the Pennsylvania station from his spring training trip. Shortly after the train left Manhattan Transfer, over on the Jersey side, the mighty Babe collapsed in the dressing room of the car and struck his head on the wasttfetand. For a time it was feared he had suffered a concussion of the brain and possibly fracture of his skull. For a half hour he was unconscious In the station before an ambulance arrived to take him to St. Vincent's hospital, but soon after reaching the hospital he regained consciousness and recognized those about him. It was not until then that Dr. Edward King, who had attended the great hitter In his many Illnesses and ailments during the last nine years, pronounced the patient out of danger, Doctor King's statement follows; Ruth's condition is not serious. He is run down and has low blood pressure and there is the indication of a slight attack of the flu. What he needs is rest. He should have been in bed a week ago. He has a temperature of 101. He is resting now and his condition is satisfactory. It is possible he may be out in two or three days and that he may play in the opening game of the season. Ruth is such a powerful fellow he is likely to recover overnight If he wants to,< as he has in the past." Ruth was sent on ahead of his team after he had collapsed at Ashevllle, N. C., last Tuesday. He first was taken ill Sunday, but, despite his condition, he insisted upon playing in the exhibition games that day and Monday, making two home runs in the Sunday contest and another, which won the game for the 'Yankees, the following day. Tuesday, however, his condition became more serious. He was ordered to his bed, and then It was decided to send him on to New York as soon as he was able to travel. KANSAS LABOR ' 4 COURT INVALID U. S. Supreme Tribunal ' Rules Law Creating 1 Is Void. Col. Sherwood A. Cheney, member of the "Engineer corps and native of Connecticut, who has been named to succeed Col. C. O. Sherrlll as military aide at the White House. Colonel Sherrlll was relieved of these duties as senior.aide in order that he may give his entire attentloli to his work In connection with the public buildings and grounds office. Colonel Cheney is fifty-two years old and waa formerly-military attache to the United States legation at Peking. MARKET QUOTATIONS BY U. S. GOVERNMENT Pair Found Shot to Death Cleveland.--H. B. P. Wrenn, electrical engineer of the Cleveland Union Terminals company, and his wife, Mrs. Isabel Norma Wrenn, were found dead In their home in Lakewood. Mrs. Wrenn is believed to ha\e shot and killed few husband and then kilted herself. hospital. Representative Mueller is jrtxty-three years old, and has spent almost a third of his life in the state senate and house. Springfield.--Dr. John A. Wheeler, }eng identified with Republican poll &*s In Springfield ajid Illinois, died at Uncoln, where he was the managing 4irector of the Lincoln State School and Colony for Feeble Minded. He -Was a high Mason and belonged to numerous other fraternal orders. Champaign.--United States Senator W. B. McKlnley left for Washington. »e will attend a number of political Omferences and next Saturday will *gMI for Geneva, Switzerland, to attend • short meeting *of the C&hncli of In- Jerparilamentary union. in Chicago, set a precedent In local Volstead procedure when they destroyed a $35,000 carload of liquor at the point of seizure. River Forest.--Citizens "of River Forest who tried to hold an Indignation meeting against the administration of President Henry Struble found the town hall barred to them by five policemen. They adjourned to a railroad station nearby and booted and jeered an administration speaker for an hour. Chlcago,7-Ground was broken on the site of the McKllntock memorial campus of Northwestern university at Chicago where the $4,000,000 group of medical-dental buildings will t« COB struct ed. Arab Clashes Are Avoided Beirut.--1The earl of Balfour sailed for Alexandria without any untoward demonstrations by the Arabs. BETTER-GRADE STEERS SUFFER SHARP FALL By Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U. S. Department of Agriculture. Chicago Union Stock Yards.--For week ending April 10.--Entirely too many good to choice beef steers, most of theiu heavy, arrived during the week ending April 10, for shipping demand was practically negligible largely as fhe resultof a bundle of Jewish holidays. The upshot was a 50-cent decline on fed steers of value to sell at $10 upward, long-fed kinds scaling over 1,400 pounds frequently showing a 75-cent loss. Many heavy steers had to go at $10.25 to $10.75, some of these being comparable with $10.75 to $11.50 kinds a week earlier. Strictly choice matured steers scaling 1,413 pounds made $11.50. Belated Easter demand took comparatively few handyweight vealers at $11.50 to $12.50, most of the light veal crop going at $8.50 to $9.00. Sharply curtailed hog receipts late Jast week permitted a stronger turn to prices that was sufficient to push the top to $14.00, but quick reactions followed. Losses for the last week 40 to 50 cents. Demand from Eastern shippers also fell off in the face of heavier receipts and this increased the bearish undertone to trade. Accumulations of weighty and halffat lambs in coolers, together with a preponderance of these descriptions in the recent receipts were paramount factors in the 25 to 50-cent declines enforced this we«£ weighty offerings being accorded the severest price trimming. With the approach of the Easter season, spring lambs met an urgent demand at prices well above the general market, Callfornlas selling upward to $17.00. Choice handyweight old crop lambs reached $16.25, with comparable grades of clippers making $13.50 and $13.75, while extremely weighty clipped kinds cashed as low as $'10.25. Washington.--For the week ending April 10--FRUITS AND VEGETABLES-- New potatoes Irregular; old stock steady. Florida Spaulding Rose, $7.50^8.50 per -barrel in leading markets; $6.00 f. o. b. Hastings. New York sacked round whites, $1.00 @1.20 per 100 pounds In eastern cities. Northwestern extra fancy winesap apples, $3.50@3.75 per box. Old onions firm, new stock generally lower. New York yellows, $3.40@ 3.75 per 100-pound sack; top $4.00 in Baltimore. Texas yellow Bermudas, commercial pack mostly $2.25® 2.75 per crate in consuming centers; $1.35@1.50 f. o. b. Texas points. LIVE STOCK--Chicago hog prices closed at $13.45 for top, $13.10@13.30 for bulk. Medium and good beef steers, $8.75(^11.35; butcher cows and heifers, $4.50@11.50; feeder steers, $5.25@8.50; light and medium weight veal calves, $7.50@12.00. Fat lambs, $14.00® 16.25; feeding lambs, $14.00<g>16.26; yearlings, $10.50*113.25; fat ewes, $«.25@9.50. HAY--Quoted April 10: No. 1 timothy: Chicago, $22.00. No. 1 alfalfa: Omaha, $15.50. No. 1 prairie; Chicago, $15.00. DAIRY PRODUCTS--Closing whole sale prices of 92-score butter: New York, 43c; Chicago, 41c; Philadelphia, 44V4c; Boston, 44c. Wholesale prices at Wisconsin primary cheese markets April 9: Single daisies, 23c; double daisies, 22%o; longhorns, 2&q;,_jmHare prints, 23c. Washington. -- The Supreme court knocked out completely the Kansas Court of Industrial Relations. In a decision in two cases filed by the Charles Wolff Packing company against the industrial court the Supreme court held that the law creating the Kansas tribunal was void under the* fourteenth amendment. ' » 4 In a vigoi ens opinion. Justice Vaa Devamter said in effect that the Industrial relations court sought toy establish compulsory arbitration, which Is invalid. A The judgment of the Supreme court of Kansas was reversed in the opinion, which is looked on as of farreaching effect In the field of Industrial relations. • ? After a discussion of the law,/ftg applied by the Kansas Supreme court, Justice Van Devanter said; "The survey made of the act, as construed and applied, in the decision of the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas, shows very plainly that Its purpose is not te regulate wages or hours of labor, either generally or in particular classes of business, but to authorize the state agency to fix them where and in so far as they are the subjects of a controversy, the settlement of which is directed in the interest of the public." State and federal taxes have priority over claims for wages it the settlement of bankrupt estates, the court held in the case of the trustee of the West Coast Rubber corporation and others of San Francisco. The inheritance tax imposed br California can be imposed on an estate before thededuction of the^federal estate and inheritance tax, the court also held. It was decided by the court that any gain in value must be taken Into account on taxes under the 1918 revenue act upon securities purchased before March 1, 1918, and sold in 1919. Several cases were so decided by the court. In one tax case from Pennsylvania the court ruled that the purchase pries, when lower than the market value on March 1, 1913, may be used In computing for taxing pui^se* income derived from stock and bond transactions. The stock had been sold at a loss In 1919 in the case decided. Mercury Poison Found in Mrs. McClintock's Body Chicago.--Mercury poison sufficient to have killed two persons was found in the body of Mrs. Emma Nelson Mc- Clintock, according to an announcement by Coroner Oscar Wolff. The mother of BIHy McClintock was murdered-- slain by a series of slyly given death potions, the coroner stated. Murder was the inescapable conclusion, Coroner Wolff declared. Doctor McNaliy's findings, as outlined by Coroner Wolff, intensify the limelight on William D. Shepherd, who is now In jail awaiting trial on a charge of inoculating Billy McClintock with typhoid germs so that he might obtain the $1,000,000 McClintock fortune. Former Patriarch of Russia Dies in Moscow Mosco.v.--The Most Rev. Dr. Tikhon, former patriarch of All-Russia, died of angina pectoris after an illness of three days. Doctor Tikhon's death occurred at his residence in the Donskoy monastery. Farmer Governor of 7 West Virginia Is Dead Morgantown, W. Va.--William E. UlasscocK, sixty-three, former governor of West Virginia, died at his home here. Mr. Glasscock had been ill for several years antj. death was due to a general breakdown In health. He was prominent in the state politically for years and was eiected to the governorship on the Republican ticket In 1909 after a bitter fight. He served until 1913. Plead9 for Speed Curbing Chicago. -- Curning of individual speed to increase the general speed of the traffic flow was urged by s. J. Williams, director of the public safety division of the National Safety council, at a routd-table discussion at the City club. Hicks New Custodian Washington. -- Former Representative Hicks of New York was sworn in as alien property custodian succeeding Thouias W. Miller. 56 Bodies Recovered Manden, Germany.--The bodies 61 58 victims of the pontoon brtdge disaster on March 31 have beeu recovered. Twenty-three German soldiers who were crossing the bridge are still missing. British Missionary Freed Peking.--Messages received here on Sunday from the Inland Indicate that the British missionary, Tomkinson. held as a hostage for a nan, has been released. $29,557 Saved by Barget St. LouH.-- Baiges in 18 days saved' "various parts of the state near the Mtssippl river $29,557 on shipments of sugar fioni New Orleans, figures of the U. S. enr'neer corps, unde.r whose Jurisdiction the barges operate, showed. Herrin Store Bombed Herrln. Ill--The second bombing within « mont'a was staged when a grocery stor* in the South side reitrtewe district was bombed, as a result of klan warfare. Swedish Minister May Resign Stockholm.--It Is reported author! tatlvely here that Axel F. Wallenberg, Swedish minister to the United States, will resign In September or earlier, In order to devote his time to private business affairs. Polish Naval Officers Held Warsaw.--The Polish naval corttnander and the chief of the Polish" navy have been arrested upon charges of graft following an investigation by the government. -r-- ^ -T-- / Kills Woman tend Winnipeg. Man.--Rudolph Weinberger, thirty-eight, shot and killed Mrs. Sarah Henderson, thirty-two, wounded Nellie, aged twelve, daughter of Mrs. Henderson, then shot himself, dying instantly. Jealousy ««• "aid *9 ^ the cause. Assumes War Portfolio Rome. Premier Mussolini took over the administration of the Italian war ministry, left vacant by the resignation of General di Giorgio April 2. "Poison" Widow of Gary Tries to Die in Hospital Chicago.--Mrs. Anna Cunningham Of Gary, being held while the authorities dig up and examine the bodies of her husband and four children for arsenical poisoning, attempted to kill herself in a bed in the county hospital by choking herself with a sheet. A doctor said Mrs. Cunningham Is suffering froir. an epileptic psychosis, a dangerous mental condition. Whether the husband and the four children died from arsenic, in such a way as it is alleged to have been administered to Mrs. Cunningham's son, David, Jr., who now lies ill from It In the Columbus hospital, may be known when the bodies are exhume^™' £. Haynes, Pioneer Auto Inventor, Dies at Kokomo- KOKOIUO, Ind. -- Elwood Haynes, pioneer automobile builder, inventor of the first "horseless carriage" and internationally known as a scientist and metallurgist, died at his home here of influenza. He had been critically ill for a number of days. Mr. _ Haynes was sixty-eight years old., The first automobile ever constructed in America was in 1894 when Mr. Hayues was field superintendent for a natural gas company with headquarters here. On July .4 of that year he had a queer-looking "buggy" towed to a point a few miles from town, and he drove it back into Kokomo at u speed o£ eight miles an hour. It Ur claimed that was the first trip of a gasoline-drivenr Vehicle in the United States. The machine was constructed after two years of experiment and is now in the institute at Washington. '*v V • • '1 Auto Manufacturers Seek Repeal of War Excise Tax Washington.--Automobile manufacturers promised Secretary of the Treasury Mellon that a reduction of i> per cent in the wholesale price of new passenger automobiles would follow immediately it congress at its next session repeals the war excise tax oa such cars. In appealing^ for the repeal of thistax, the manufacturers pointed out to- Secretary Mellon that all passenger cars were sold on a basis of nationally advertised prices plus the war tax. „ If congress repeals the tax, the manufacturers said, an average price reduction amounting to $31 per ca», and running much higher on the medium, and higher-priced models, would take effect immediately. Ex'Vice President of " Reichstag Dies in U. S. Detroit, Mich. -- Dr. Hermann Paasche, privy councilor and former first vice president of the German reich8tag, died in a hospital here of pneumonia. He was stricken a week ago upon his arrival here to address a mass meeting on conditions in Ger man territory" occupied by French troops. CoolidgeO. K.*s Guard Money Washington.--Continuation of tbe National Guard on Its present basis throughout the new fiscal year was Msured when the President authorized the War department expenditures tor that puiyose. : Mexico Taxes Gasoline >Joga'es, Aria. -- The Republic of Mexico will place a tax on gasoline, to raise a road fund, of 11 hundredths centavo a gallon, officials of Nogales, gonora, tave been informed. " 20 Die, 60 Hurt in Wreck Barcelona, Spain. -- About twenty persons were killed and sixty injured In a collision broken two electric trains near here. Tbe accident was due to the failure of tbe brakes oii one of the trains to work. 43d,000 to Quit Britain ~ London.--A plan for the Immigration of 480,000 British citizens front the United Kingdom to the Australian commonwealth within the next ten vears lias been agreed upon. Gotham Lawyer Is Held for Threat to Houghton New York.--Nathan B. Chadsey, a lawyer, ouce secretary to former Governor Suluer, was arrested on a cliargtv of disorderly conduct in the office ofT Alanson B. Houghton, formerly Unite* States ambassador to Germany and recently named ambassador to the court of St. James. Chadsey, who is forty-nine years old» was arrested after employees of Mr. Houghton's office had telepboued the-' police he was there demanding threateningly to see the ambassador. Auto Goes Into River Fargo, N. D.--Arthur 4ieggtB«e<v thirteen, and his sistera, Mildred, fifteen, and' Bertha, sixteen, wer»> drowned, and two children were save*! when an automobile Bertha was driving plunged off the bridge across the Red river at I'erley, Minn, twenty miles from here. : s Boundary Pact Is Signed Paris.--France and Germany signed the Franco-German boundary agreement on Monday. V Named Stock Exchaii&e Chief New York.--E. H. II. Simmons, president of the New York Stock exchangefor the last year, has been nominated to serve another term. The annual election will be held May 11. Warren B. Nash has beeu renominated a» treasurer. 4 Labor Elects Communist Toronto.--Tbe Communis; candidate was elected president of the Ontario section of the Canadian I.a1>or party at the convention here.