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LINOIS STATE NEWS Chicago.--All factional lines have been eliminated and group designations bare been thrown in the scrap heap by the Republican forces that •re working together to defeat the Chicago city hall organization In the September primaries. Under the name "Thfe National Republican Party of Illinois," the combined strength of the combination opposed to the Thompson- Liindln machine entered upon the fall campaign. The name was entered officially at Springfield through incorporation papers filed with the secretary of state by representatives of the preliminary organization that has been In process of development daring the last live weeks. Springfield.--Announcement of the resignation of Earl B. Searcy of Cpringfiold as adjutant of the Illinois department of the American Lejrion was made by Col. Milton J. Foreman, state commander of the Legion. The reason for Searcy's resignation is that tie will enter politics and expects to announce his candidacy for state representative on the Republican ticket fltom Sangamon county. The appointment of William Q. Setllffe of Rockford to be state adjutant to succeed Searcy was announced at state headquarters. Chicago.--After more than forty years spent In the legal field, either as a practicing lawyer or in a judicial position, Judge William Fenlmore Cooper of the superior court, resigned. In a letter to Gov. Frank O. Lowden, Judge Cooper asks that a special election be called to fill the vacancy, so that he can leave the bench the first Monday In December. A desire to devote the remaining years of his life to rest and recreation is the reason given by the Judge for his action. Chicago.--Certificates of Indebtedness in which the city publicly acknowledges its unpaid bills and frankly adds that It has not the money to meet them at present, were issued for the first time since 1912. "They're issuing scrip In the controller's office," was the word that flew about the city hall. There was a general rush of rAl estate experts, attorneys and contractors to put In their applications -for certificates. Springfield.--Several thousand corporations in Illinois win be subject to forfeiture of property and sheriff's sales unless their franchise tax, assessed under the general corporation act, is paid before July 81. The announcement is made by L. L. Emmerson, secretary of state, that of the 30,- 000 corporations which filed annual reports with him in February, approximately 2,000 have not yet paid their franchise tax. Shelbyville.--A fanner near here caught a 60-pound yellow catfish in the Okaw river. The large fish nearly pulled him under water in the catch. The fish was in a deep hole surrounded by shallow water. The fanner wading around the hole after discovering ' the big fish stuck his foot in the hole and nearly had It bitten off by the Clinton.--Material Is being received for the making of improvements to cost about $250,000 by the Illinois Central Railroad comptsiy here. One hundred thousand dollars will be expended on new buildings and a like sum for machinery. New yards will be laid out to accommodate the Increased traffic. Cooksville.--A house that has stood for 90 years on the farm of Charles Henline is being razed, and the heavy timbers, still sound, ire to be disposed of at the rate of $300 a thousand feet Fine, clear-grained white oak was used in the construction of the buildin*. even the laths, hewn by hand, being of that material. Prophetstown.--Gravel from the bed of Rock river is being used in road building work in Prophetstown and vicinity. Engineers have built a contrivance for digging the gravel from the river bottom, the gravel being carried by trolley to trucks or wagons Uong the banks. Washington, D. C.--The bureau of census reports show McDonough county has a population of 27,074, an increase of 187; Tazewell county, 38, 640, an increase of 4,513. Panama has a population of 1,281, with an Increase of 573. Chicago.--A committee from the Illinois Coal Operators' association left for Washington, D. C., In an effort to head off a runaway strike of -shift" men in the Illinois bituminous coal fields which threatens to tie up the industry in the entire state. Mackinaw.--The wheat yield In this vicinity Is exceeding by far the expectations of the farmers, being more than 25 bushels to the acre. Oats will make from 60 to 70 bushels an acre In favored localities. Dixon.--Samuel W. Watson has presented to the city of Dixon an island In Rock river to be converted into a public park. tsavanna.--Commercial fishermen at Savanna and at many othei- points along the Mississippi south of the great Keokuk dam say the dam has practically ruined their business by Impeding passage of the fish, driving 1fcem instead to sloughs and bayous north of the dam, where It Is difficult to set or operate nets. < Rockford.--Alleging she was re fosed service in an ice cream parlor because of her color, Mrs. Alice Holt, wife of the pastor of the African Methodist church, has sued the proprietors for $500 damages. Springfield.--One hundred and fifty new members have been added to the Montgomery County Farm bureau within the last two weeks, through the efforts of three representatives of the Illinois Agricultural association, now <m duty in this county. This brings /the total up to 1,419. St. Marie.--Three armed men held •p the hank of St. Marie, obtained <20.000 in Liberty bonds, $1,800 in cash, and, after locking the cashier in tlw? vault, escaped in an automobile, suspects were arrested near ffcsey Just shortly after*the robbery. (Chicago.--The scarcity of coal, tht high prices, and the fact that a number of mines in Illinois are Inactive because of strikes, have alarmed state officials and others. Archie I. Bowen, superintendent of state charities, who arrived In Chicago on a tour of inspection, is especially troubled. "The 26 charitable lnstiutions maintained by the state are operating on a day-today fuel supply with no relief in sight," he said. "Only a few bids for our winter's supply have been received, and these are outrageously high. The general price asked is $5.75 a ton at the mines; and even at that figure coal cannot be had in sufficient quantities for our winter's demand." Champaign.--"The most efficient methods of combating the chinch bug that we have found in this state are by winter burning, the use of barriers at harvest time, spraying bugs along the outer rows of infested corn when they are congregated on such rows, and the growing of crops on which the chinch bug will not feed." This statement was given out by State Entomologist W. P. Flint at the University of Illinois In response to the many inquiries that have been received as to whether or not "spreading the diseased chinch bugs" In Infested fields Would be beneficial. Springfield.--Increased wages and more guards were decided for the Joliet penitentiary at a recent conference between Governor Lowden and members of the new prison commission. Low wages were given as the cause of escape of prisoners. Members oi the commission defended the honot system and asked that "correct Information of its beneficial results in Illinois" be provided newspapers. The Increase to be awarded the guards will be decided at a conference to U® held in Joliet later between Warden Edward Murphy and Superintendent of Prisons John L. Whitman. Chicago.--Mrs. Amanda E. Poorman, a cousin of Abraham Lincoln, is dead at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William F. Huge, in Chicago. Mrs. Poorman was eighty-seven years old. The late Dennis Hanks, who was her father, taught Abraham Lincoln to read and write. She was born in Charleston, March 1, 1834. Her father often visited the home of Lincoln, teaching him in front of the grate fire. Two children survive, Mrs. William F. Huge and Mrs. Judge C. R Cummlngs of Decatur. ' Springfield.--Legionnaires of Illinois are giving serious consideration to the candidacy of William R. McCauley of Olney for the office of state commander of the American Legion. The present vice commander of Illinois is the first to formally toss his hat In the ring for the honor of. succeeding Commander Milton J. Foreman as the first legionnaire in the greatest legion state in the country. Whether or not he will be strongly opposed is a matter of conjecture. Mount Vernon.--Three prisoners escaped from the Mount Vernon Jail, sawing the bars from an upper window and lowering themselves to the ground with bed clothing. They are Fred Bailey, seventeen years old, convicted of forgery and sentenced to the Pontlac reformatory; James Bayne, charged with forgery and attacking a woman, and James Dodson, charged with burglary. It was the third escape here in a year. Kaneville.--While motorcars In other townships of Kane county have been assessed up«m valuations ranging from $200 to $225, the average In Kaneville township is but $97, and the board of review has Invited the 169 owners of cars in Kaneville to appear before It and show cause why the assessment should not be Increased. Quincy.--Mrs. Nina De Groot, twenty- one, has been arrested charged with the murder of her eleven-months-old child, which was found In v watering tank at her home near here. An autopsy revealed the child, which was discovered in about two feet of water, was not drowned, but had been smothered before being placed there. Byron.--Miss Mary Blount of Chicago has offered to the city of Byron the old Blount homestead, to be used f.<s a community house. The community house is to be a memorial to Miss Blount's mother. A special election will be held to vote on a special tax levy for equipping and maintaining the institution. Mount Morris.--Dancing Is dangerous to the morals of this town's young people, ministers and members of their flocks declare, and an effort is being made to have the town hall closed to the American Legion post, which has been holding dances there. Lincoln.--Dlssi/tlsfactlon over the commission form of government has developed ia some quarters and petitions are to be put in circulation asking that the matter of returning to the former system of city government be put to a vote. Washington, D. C.--Census figures given out include Lincoln with a population of 11,882, an Increase of 990, or 9.1 per cent. Freeport.--Ground Is being cleared for the building of a theater to cost about $300,000. A stock company Is financing the improvement. Elgin.--Kane county farmers wit! pay about 25 per cent more this year to have their threshing done than they did last year. The rate for oats this year will be 4% cents, as compared with 3% last year, while the rate for wheat and rye will be 10 cents, as against 7 In 1919, and for barley 5% cents, as compared with 4% last year. Springfield.--American Legion membership drives are under way In nearly all cities of the state. Thus far Springfield and Rockford are leading in the numbers secured with Rockford ahead of Springfield. Chicago.--When Harry Andrae was sentenced by Judge Hugo Pam to be hanged on October 15 he made the seventh man scheduled to die on the gallows In the Cook county Jail on that day. Eight other murderers will meet similar fates on the preceding day, October 14. Boomington.---Under the auspices of the American Legion posts of central Illinois and with full military rites the funeral of George R. Simons was held here. He was among the first soldiers of this city to give up hi* Itfe in France. MANY Off IN < "M BELFAST RIOTS Frederick m. Tiattriar ' Unionists ami Sinn Feiners Clash, Despite Efforts of Military. ' :v*!' DEATHS KNOWN TO TOTAL TEH Bitterness of Feeling In the Irish City Seem* to Be on the Increase- Whole Sections In the Hands. * of Looters. ; jfbiy 26.--Sol diet# ft necessary to use machine guns against rioters in fighting throughout the city. In the Falls road district the Sinn Feiners were sniping soldiers and po lice from roofs and windows of houses The troops returned the fire. It Is stated that the wounded persons in the night's fighting total more than 100, Thirty arrests were made. Three unionists were shot dead by Sinn Fein snipers and another man's head was blown off. A man helping to carry the body of one of the dead men into a house was slain. Ten persons have been killed in the rioting. Shooting was renewed during the morning In the Kashmir street area, where bitter fighting occurred Thursday night In clashes between unionists and Sinn Feiners, with military intervention. Early in the renewal of the hostilities in this district one man was reported wounded by a shot that passed through the window of his home. The disorders, which„ started Wednesday, after some Sinn Fein workers in a shipyard were' attacked, were renewed at frequent intervals. Throughout the afternoon the military was engaged on Falls road in erecting barbed wire entanglements across the fronts of shops wrecked in Wednesday night's disturbances and posting large detachments of troops at certain danger spots. Soldiers with fixed bayonets patrolled the disturbed streets and many demonstrations which might have led to serious results were thus Interrupted. Looting and smashing of windows prevailed, spirit, groceries, and licensed premises being especially singled out. There was serious rioting at Bainbridge, the home of Colonel Smyth, who was assassinated a few days ago'. The offices of a news agency were set afire and destroyed. A majority of the employees of the Bainbridge factories have demanded the expulsion of the Sinn Fein workers, the management in each case being obliged to close down the works. An Irish volunteer, named Seamus Cogans, was shot through the head and two other soldiers were dangerously wounded when the motor car in which they were speeding past a military cycling party was fired on by the soldiers. The cycling party was proceeding along the road when the automobile approached at a fast pace. Disregarding demands to halt, a fusillade was directed at the car. The motoring parry returned the fire, but continued to dash on. Turning a bend In the road after pursuing the automobile, the cyclists found it deserted, with the wounded men lying nearby. It developed later that the occupants of the car Included a party of Sinn Fein pcfllce In charge of a prisoner. Ballina, July 26.--Police Sergeant Armstrong was shot dead and Constable Regan seriously wounded during an exchange of shots with a masked mob. AUSTRIA BANS COMMUNISTS Beta Kun and His Associates Held at Stettin on Orders From Vienna Government., London, July 26.--Austria will, refuse to allow the party of communists of which Bela Kun is a member to reenter the country, according to a wireless message received here from Berlin. Crtnsequently, It Is said, the communists, who have been removed from a steamer on which they were to travel from Stettin to Russia, will be temporarily accommodated at Stettin, where their future treatment will be decided when the attitude of the Austrian government Is finally determined. SOLDIERS MAY AID HARVEST France Considers Sending Troops to Help Gather the Crope--Farm Labor Scarce. -- ^ • Paris, July 26.--A proposal to send groups of soldiers Into the agricultural districts to aid in gathering the harvest Is being considered by the minister of war. France's harvest prom ises to be a good one, but there is a great scarcity of farm laborers. Frederick &. Hunter of Oakland, Cal., recently elected president of the National Education association. NEAR GERMAN BORDER Soviet Forces Now Close Prussian Line. to Armistice Halts Battle. London, July 27.--An armistice agreement has been reached between the two commanders of the Russian and Polish armies In the field, and It is understood that fighting in the Russo- Polish theater of war is to cease. Allies Take Steps to Give Military Aid to Poland--Germany Sends Troops to Border. Berlin, July 24.--Scdftlng " detachments of the soviet armies are reported within about 40 miles of the German border, and it is expected Trotzsky's cavalry will be at the East Prussian border in 48 hours. Coincidental^ with this advance the north wing of the Polish army Is being completely turned. Fear of a soviet sweep across the border has Intensified the clamor for a German army of defense, while the radical element in East Prussia are looking toward co-operation with the bolshevikl. German military experts call Trotzky's army the njost powerful war machine In the world. The German minister of defense Is already placing detachments of relchfr wehr at exposed points In East Pru* sia. "I'll talk armistice terms with you in Warsaw." With these words "Comrade" Tuchechewski, the young generalissimo of the soviet forces, who has replaced General Bruslloff, dismissed a Polish white flag mission which demanded cessation of hostilities in' accordance with the British proposal. Paris, July 24.--The allies have decided to take measures preparatory to giving military aid to Poland, If that should prove necessary, It was learned here. A French mission headed by Jules J. Jusserand, French ambassador to the United States, who is home on leave, with General Weygand, right-hand man of Marshal Foch, and M. 'Vlgnon, a close-collaborator with Premier Millerand, left for Warsaw to arrange for prompt succor to the Poles. VANDERBILT DIES IN PARIS Prominent American Financier a Victim of Heart Disease, From Which He had Been Suffering, Paris, July 24--William K. Vanderbilt, the American financier, died here Thursday. He had been slowly declining, suffering from heart disease with complications. , Mr. Vanderbilt's death occurred at 6 o'clock in the evening. At the bedside were his wife, his daughter, the duchess of Marlborough, his two sons, William K.f Jr., and Harold, and Dr. Edmund Gros, the family physician In Paris., The funeral will be held on Monday next from the American church, In the Avenue d'Almo. The body later will be taken to the United States, where It will be burled In the family plot on Staten island. WILL NOTIFY COX ON AUG. 7 Ceremony Will Be Held at Dayton- Roosevelt Notification, August •. • Columbus, O., July 24.--Democratic National Chairman George White officially announced that Saturday, August 7, has been definitely set as the date for the notification of Governor Cox of his nomination as presidential candidate. Monday, August 9, has also been agreed upon as the date for notifying Franklin D. Roosevelt of his nomination for the vice presidency. Dayton was confirmed as the place for the Cox notification ceremony, and Hyde Park, N. Y„ as that for Roosevelt. .Cup. Race Bores British. London, July 27.--"Let us be candid --the America's cup race bores us," says the Daily Express editorial. "There will never be another. These super-yachts are nuisances. When sport becomes farcical It dies." . Take Big Haul of Whisl## Toledo, O., July 26.--Federal agents Friday night made the biggest whisky seizure in the history of this section of the state when they confiscated liquor valued at $267,560 on a hiilroad siding at Lang, O. Poland Seeks U. 8. Aid. Washington, July 26.--Poland has asked the state department to formally announce to the world that the nation has "the moral support" of the United States In Its battle With the Russian'bolshevikl. New Polish Cabinet. Warsaw, July 26.--A governmental upheaval has taken place here with the result that the Socialists are in power. Their policy Is Immediate and direct armistice negotiations w;iib soviet Russia. GIRL IDENTflP Victim Said to Have Been the Wife of Eugene . ,. Leroy. KNOWN ALSO AS FERNANDEZ Davis Coming Home. Washington, July 26.--John S. Davis, American ambassador to Great Britain, will sail for the United States on August 18 on a leave of absence, the state department announced. To Rush Troops Through Germany. Paris, July 26.--Should the Russian soviet commander refuse to nccept Poland's plea for an armistice allied forces will immediately be rushed to the Russo-Poland front by way of Germany. Established That Woman Disappeared Day Before Baggage Left Detroit for New York--Girl Originally ^ 'From Starkvllle, Miss. - 1 fcrtwMt, Mich., July 27.--Clues, tfc*! together from Information developed here and received from New York and Birmingham, Ala., seemed to clinch the identification Of the New York trunk victim as the wife--or Intimate--of Eugene Leroy, alias Fernandex, alias Wood. Leroy, said to be of the Spanish- American type, Is being sought throughout the United States and Canada as the slayer of the girl. He is described as an automobile mechanic, of dark complexion and with shiny black hair. If the murder victim was the supposed wife of Leroy, her maiden name was Katherine Jackson and her home originally was in Starkvllle, Miss. Development of this identification angle was achieved in Birmingham, Ala., when Allen A. Tatum, a linotype operator, la whose name the murder trunk was shipped, reported he had visited Mrs. Leroy In Detroit as late as June 6. Police received Mr. Taturn's report and checked It with Information obtained at the Wa-De-Na apartments here, from which an "A. Leroy" shipped two trunks June 10. Mrs. Leroy disappeared a day earlier. The trunk and clothing and blankets which had been padded about the unclad and mutilated body of the young woman were returned to Detroit Mrs. Lottie Brooks, keeper of the apartment. Identified the murder trunk as one she had seen In the Leroy apartments. She also Identified two of the returned blankets as having been found missing from the Leroy apartment after the departure of the occupants. Mr. Tatum, to whom the body of the victim was consigned in care of the American Express company at New York, gave himself up to Birmingham detectives. He explained he had known Katherine Jackson In Birmingham, first In June, 1919. He said she had gone from there to Nashville, where she used her own name and that of Katherine Dixon. Later, he reported, he received letters sent by her from Detroit. "She wrote me for money," Tatum said, according to the information forwarded here. "I sent It to her and later received a request that I visit her In Detroit. I went there In May of this year ,and saw her off and on until June 5, when I lost track of her. •She told me she was married to Eugene Leroy, a mechanical engineer employed in automobile works in the city. She intimated that Leroy was jealous of her." PLANES IN ERIN BOMB BRITISH Mysterious Aircraft Shell Troops Encamped on the West Coast of Ireland. ^ London, July 27-- Bombs from several mysterious airplanes were hailed upon British troops encamped on the west coast of Ireland In the last few days according to news just received here. The theory Is that the planes came from England, but they were manned by Sinn Feiners wearing English uniforms. It Is said. The planes carried British army colors. JUDGE GARY IS OPTIMISTIC Business Prospects Best In Six Ya^|»- --Labor Efficiency Is on thf^ ,/ Increass. " New York, July 28.--Judge E. H. Gary said that he had not felt so optimistic regarding business for six years. He said he had been surprised recently at the increased efficiency of labor in the steel mills. Labor has at last realized Its responsibility. It seems that the turn has come, he declares. JUAREZ IS POPULAR RESORT Four Hundred snd Eighteen Thousand Travel to Wet Mexico From Dry U. 8. , El Paso, Tex., July 27.--During the fiscal year ending July 1, 1920, 418,735 persons crossed into Mexico as "tourists." ETHEIBERT STEWBI U. S.MC0K TOPS EXPENSE ' Total of84,692 is Cut X:j tfe National r*M .Debt. 1 Ethelbert Stewart assistant chief of the bureau of labor statistics, department of labor, who succeeds Dr. Royal Meeker as chief of the bureau. He will assume his new duties August 1, when Doctor Meeker leaves for Switzerland to edit the bulletin of the League of Nations. Mr. Stewart has been connected with the department of labor In various capacities since 1880. In 1889 he became special agent for the bureau of labor, and in 1911 was sent to Europe by the tariff board to report on a schedule of cost of production of woolen goods. He was made chief statistician of the children's bureau of the department in 1912 and was made assistant chief of the bureau of labor statistics la July. 1918. NEGRO KILLED SEVEN Bogus Dry Agents Rob. St. Louis, July 27.--Six men, who represented themselves as federal prohibition agents, entered the home of W. S. Ireland and after blowing the safe escaped with cash, Jewelry and papers valued at $13,000. Murderer Burled in State. Crestview, Fla., July 27.--With the $350 "chipped in" by the 3,000 witnesses to his execution, at his request from the gallows platform, Robert Blackwell, twenty-seven, was given an elaborate funeral. Convioted Murderer Confesses to Other Crimes. Committed So Many Burglaries That ^ He Cannot Enumerate or H* v Tv J:' member Them. if '.*" Los Angeles, Cal., July 26 --Mose Gibson, negro, sentenced to hang for the murder of Boy Trapp, Fullerton. Cal., rancher, has confessed to seven murders and so many burglaries he could not enumerate them, according to a telephone message received by Sheriff John C. Cline of Los Angeles county from Sheriff J. E. Jackson of Santa Ana. Sheriff*Jackson has just returned from taking Gibson to the penitentiary at San Quentin. Four murders to which Jackson said Gibson confessed are: Roy Trappt rancher, Fullerton, Cal.; Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Earheart, Phoenix, Ariz., last month, and J. R. Revls, white restaurant man of Batop Rouge Junction, Ala., 12 years ago. Sheriff Jackson later said the three other murders admitted by Gibson were those of a woman at Orange City Junction, Fla., killed In November, 1919; a watchman at a sugar mill at Gramercy, St. James parish. La., murdered in November, 1910, and a storekeeper at Wagoner, Gridnie county, La-, killed In November, 1910. Admlssiohs that he committed "thousands" of burglaries, obtaining sums from a few cents to $100, were made by Gibson, according to the sheriff. Gibson was arrested in Topoca, Ariz., for the murder of Trapp, and for an assault on Mrs. Trapp. He was brought here, pleaded guilty to the murder charge, and was sentenced to hang September 24. MAKE APPEAL TO PRESIDENT Illinois Coal Operators 8eek Help of Chief Executive in Effort to Avert a Strike. Washington. July 26.--Representatives of the Coal Operators' association of Illinois appealed to President Wilson to use his good offices In an effort to prevent the spread of a strike of miners In the central competitive field. The delegation, headed by F. C. Searles, president of the association, discussed the situation with Secretary Tumulty and is understood to have left a memorandum for the presl dent. REDUCTION IS Bandits Oet $6,000 Pay Roll. Kansas City, July 26.--Charles Ayers, paymaster of the J. C. Nichols Investment company, was held up and robbed. of $6,000 by four motor car bandits, on his way from a bank. Ask Fare Increase. Washington, July 24.--An Increase of 20 per cent in passenger fares and 50 per cent in Pullman charges was asked of the interstate commerce commission by the railroads to cover part of the $600,000,000 wage award. Mrs. Cornwallis-West Dead. Mllford, England, July 24.--Mrs. 'Cornwall Is-West, wife of the late Ool. William Cornwalils-West, and mother of the princess of Pless and the ducM ess of Westminster, died at Arnewood, Mar here, after a long illness. BODIES OF 881 HEROES HOME Twenty^FIvs "War Brides" Also Reach New York City From. Overseas, New York, July 23--Bodies of 881 American soldiers who died overseas arrived here from Danzig and Ant werp. Twenty-five "war brides" of French and German nativity were among the first cabin passengers. Ruth Hits 35 Home Runs. New York, July 27.--"Babe" Ruth of the Yankees cracked out his thirty- fifth home run ,of the 1920 season and broke the world's record again. Lake Boat Lines Merged. • Chicago, July 27.--Plans have been practically completed for a $10,000,000 merger of lake steamship companies, which will control fifteen of the larg est lake steamers under one flag, and dominate the lake trade. Jonas Under Arrest. New York, July 27.--Ruppert D. Jonas, fifty-two, sought as one of the leaders in the Abyssinian riots in Chicago, June 20, in which Joseph Holt and Robert Lawson Rose were killed, been arrested here. Secretary Houston Issues Statement Covering Operations of the Govert*- : ment for Fiscal Year Endsd Ju*«.4 80-$2^97^80,180 Under Peak^,!•'] Washington, July 28.--The government's Income for the fiscal year ending June 30, exceeded Its expenses for the first time in three years, Secretary Houston declared in a statement in which he announced a reduction in the gross public debt and forecast a further "important reduction" for this coming twelve months. While the annual operations of the government showed a surplus of $291,- 221,547, the more important change, treasury officials said, was the cutting of $1,185,184,692 from ;the gross public debt during the year. The nation debt aggregated $24,299,321,407 on June 30 and $25,484,506,160 a year previously, but in the meantime the obligations of the nation had mounted to their highest point--$26,596,701,648 --on August 31--due to the operation® Incident to the handling of maturities of treasury certificates of indebtedness. Thus, a reduction of $2,297,- 380,180 from the peak is shown. Outside of the translations involving the gross debt, treasury receipts for the year aggregated $6,694,565,- 388, while expenditures totaled $6,408,- 343,841, The statement reveale^, however, that the surplus was due largely to a partial liquidation of the assets of the war finance corporation. Exclusive of the specl&i Income from that source, there was" a deficit of $71,879,072 In the actual handling of Income and expenditures. "The operations Incident to the handling of the maturities of treasury certificates from June 15 to July 15, have now been completed," the statement said, "and have resulted In further reductions in both the gross debt and ^he floating debt of the United! Stt/tes. The gross debt on June 90, 1920, on the basis of daily treasury statements, amounted to $24,298,821,- 467, as against $25,484,506,160 at the end of the previous fiscal year on June 30, 1919, and $26,596,701,648 on August 31, 1919, when the gross debt was at its peak. In other words, the gross debt on June 30, 1920, has been reduced by $2,297,380,180, from Its peak on August 31, 1919, and by $1,185,184,692 from the figure on June 30, 1919. On July 20, 1920, on the basis of dtrily treasury statements, the gross debt amounted to $24,264,309,321, showing a further reduction of about $35,000,- 000 after taking Into account fhe $201,- 061,500 face amount of treasury certificates Issued under date of July 15. The floating debt (loan and tax certificates unmatured) on June 30, 1920. amounted to.$2,485,552,500, ns against $3,267,878,500 at the close of the previous fiscal year on June 30, 1919, and $3,957,225,000 on August 31, 1919. On July 20, 1920, the loan and tax certificates outstanding amounted to $2,- 453,946,500, showing a further reduction of about $31,000,000, as the result of the redemption of loan certificates since the close of the fiscal year, 1920. In the amount of some $232,000,000. and the Issue of loan and tax certificates dated July 15, In the amount of some $201,000,000. "Further issues of treasury certificates will be offered as necessary from time to time to provide for the current requirements of the government, and to meet maturities of treasury certificates now outstandfhg. "The amounts of these Issues will depend In large measure upon the extent of the burdens Imposed upon the treasury by the transportation act, 1920, in connection with the return of the railroads to private control, including particularly the liability on the guaranty, which Is is yet unascertainable. While, as the result of new issues of treasury certificates in the Intervals between the large Income and profits tax installments, there may be temporary increases in both gross debt and floating debt, the treasury expects, though it is Impossible to speak positively, thL-t both gross debt and floating debt will, during the first two quarters of the current fiscal year, be reduced below the figures outstanding on June 30, 1920, and that unless additional burdens should be imposed by legislation there will be an important further reduction In the last two quarters of the fiscal year.** .v •» Villa Reported on Move. Mexico City, July 26.--General VUla and his forces, said to number 1000 men, are heading toward Coahulla, according to statements of deserters, as reported by Gen. Joaquin Amaro, chief of operations at Chlhuahna. Lightning Bolt Kills Evangelist. Holly Springs, Miss., July 26.--Rev. J. H. Herndon, negro evangelist, was struck dead by lightning while rending his text at a revival meeting at Providence Baptist church. No one alae in the <£ur£h was Injured. Seize Three Cars of Whisky. Toledo, O., July 28.--Three carloade of whisky was seized here. Democrats' Gavel Maker Drowns. Davenport, Iowa, July 28.--Russell Sternsdorff, a 17-year-old high school student, drowned while swimming in Rock river. Sternsdorff made the gavel with which Cuminings opened the Democratic national convention. t Two Killed in Accident ^ Rockford, 111., July 28.--Two y|py sons were killed and eleven Injured when a speeding automobile, driven by Jack Marelll, overturned at Rural and Prospect streets. The dead ire Jack Marolli and Marie Scandralt. Indiana Mines Shut. Terre Haute, Ind., July 28.--Indiana's coal field is partially paralysed by an unauthorized strike of day laborers and drivers, following similar action In the Illinois field. Ftfljr mines near Terre Haute are idle. Woman Kills Neighbor. 8t. Louis, July 28.--Frank Smroka, 48 years old, was shot and instantly killed here by Mrs. Ida Shea, 24, while engaged in a fight with Mi's. Shea's husband, George B. Shea. A neighborhood quarrel caused the troafelfc. .