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$> tor '< v ' •I? 1^; Hockford.Eipht free clink's are being held by Rockford hospital f#r the city's poor, and a ninth 'If soon to be opened Golconda.--The three sons of Melton Davis, aged nine, eleven ajid thirteen years, respectively, were-drowned while swimming In a pond near the Hillside mines. The bodies were recovered. Bock Island.--Fanners of Bock Island and adjacent counties are c«>npern (Hi over tlie appearance of the tussock moth, the activities of which im a menace to trees. An organized cam palgn has been launched to destroy this pest Decatur.--A long strike by carpenters was ended when a new scale of 00 cents per hour was agreed to by the union. In the past the scale has been $1, but many contractors refused to pay the higher figure and imported nonunion men. East St. Louis.--Farmers of Madison and St. Clair counties have agreed to disinfect their wheat to eliminate "flag smut" It also was agreed to plant this fall only wheat specified and disinfected by the state agricultural department Alton.--The traffic department of the Alton police force have combined comfort and economy in the matter of uniforms. The traffic men. opposed to standing for hours In the sun in heavy wool uniforms have purchased overall Manses and trousers to wear while directing traffic. Bast St. Louis.--On July 1, 1917. Bast St. Louis danced the red dance of death and destruction and has been forced to pay the piper to the tune of $450,000. The last act In the city's race riot drama, which cost scores of lives, was played when the holders of valid riot claims were paid. The city government has received $450,000 from sale of a bond issue foe, settlement of Judgments. Jacksonville. -- John B. Ross of Champaign was re-elected president at the Illinois Typographical union here. Other officers are: First vice president J. W. Andrews, Spring- Add ; second vice president J- E. Donaldson, Chicago; secretary-treasurer, H. C. Maddox, Alton; trustees, B. J. German, Bloom Ingt on; Abe L. Wood, Jacksonville, and Thomas Bowan. Alton. Springfield.--Just how state money has been handled in Illinois and the •mount of interest the state has received is the subject of a searching Investigation in progress by the Sangamon county grand jury. The Jury will cover the terms of the last three ' slate treasurers--Andrew Russell, now state auditor; Len Small, now governor, and Fred EL Sterling, now lieutenant governor. Civil suits on behalf of the state to recover interest en public funds which, compounded, nay reach a total of more than $2,- 000,000, are to be filed by Attorney General Brundaget This is to be supplementary to the grand Jury proceedings. Springfield.--Bids for 135 miles of hard roads in various parts of the ' Mate, show a decrease in the price of construction. A large majority of the bids were below the .$30,000-a-mile mark, which was set as a maximum by Governor Small. For 8.41 miles In taction 1 in Effingham county a bid of $22,500 a mile, included cement. The bid was $58,105.00, but there is a stretch of narrow pavement in it. /Other bids. In which there is more grading and heavy hauling, range from j $27,200 to $29,900 per mile. Including cement The low bidder on three sections of road In Macon county is the board of supervisors. It averaged approximately $27,700 per mile, including cement. The county is taking advantage of the privilege given to counties by Governor Small to construct their own roads when they can do the Work at a lower price than regular tilntractors. • Springfield.--Eleven bills passed by the Fifty-second general assembly-- tte last to remain the hands of (governor Small--were filed with Sec- . retary of State Emmerson without the ; approval of the governor. The question of their effectiveness must be determined by the courts, jt was said. JIhe measures included the Flagg bill, 1 providing a penalty of at least two fears for bribing baseball players and other athletes to "throw" games, and Hie Sadler bill, requiring all state departments and agencies to pay money / • collected into the state treasury imjlbedlately. Other measures were: Three bills by Senator C. W. Smith, £ t relating to cemeteries; the Glenn bill, establishing a 12-hour day for munlc- EDWARO J. BftUNDAGE, Attorney General of Illinois, Who May Institute Proceedings to Recover Interest on Public Funda. v" 15 f;i %al firemen; amendments to the work- #•'!£• men's compensation act and child v, ^itabor laws, and the laws relating to ; 'Chattel mortgages. 54 < - Springfield.--Reduction of the Size pt automobile license plates as the result of a new law will save the state $40,000 In postage and cost of |; plates alone, the automobile depart- *nent estimates. The size of figures '*>n license plates In 1922 and therei J*pfter will be three inches Instead of l2:/fonr' f Byron.--Fire of unknown origin defitroyed the plant of the Hohenadel Canning company here, together with carloads of canned corn waiting £ shipment, causing a loss estimated at *20,000. Wat >«ka.--Iroquois county has decided to take the initiative In the establishment of a constabulary force to %mrtol the cqqntry highways, protect the families of farmers and seek automobile thieves. It has been decided !to appoint 150 deputy sheriffs, who have the same'authority as the «cmstablea. Waukefan"--'The first threshing out- At in operation at Wilson, Lake county, reported winter wheat averaging 40 bushels an acre. This yield is better than the fanners - In that section fcad anticipated. Bloomington.--The Illinois club, which was organized more than forty years ago as the Bloomington Bicycle club, has disbanded. Springfield.--Governor Small vetoed Representative Thon's bill, providing for the segregation of mental defectives. The bill was vetoed because companion bills which carried appropriations for the care of defectives were defeated in the session of the legislature. Springfield.--Thirteen American Legior members from Illinois will sail for France on August 3rd, to attend the dedication of the Flirey monument and to take part in a series of ceremonies arranged In their honor by the French government^ The Flirey monument was erected in tribute to the valor of the American trAops. Springfield.--Officials holding oflloe or hereafter appointed by the governor under the administrative code for the four years commencing January 1, 1921, are not under the constitution of the state entitled to the salary Increase voted by the general assembly which has Just adjourned, according to an opinion rendered to Andrew Ruasel, auditor of public accounts, by Attorney General Brundflge. Springfield.--Four bandits who held up a truck and a touring car near Orlinville shot and killed Jack Lumserces, driver of the truck, and robbed three other men of cash and Jewelry valued at $1,500. The victims were residents of Springfield. Two of the highwaymen stopped the truck and shot Lumserces when he resisted. The other two bandits jumped on the running board of the touring car and robbed the driver, Frank Meshikes, of $263 In cash, a watch and a diamond ring valued at $1,000. Chicago.--A committee of the Woman's Bar association was Appointed to investigate how far the office of Attorney Edward J. Brundage has been crippled by the appropriation cuts of $700,000 made recently by Governor Small. The organization held a special meeting to decide whether It should offer its services or financial aid to the attorney general's office because of the crippling of his force. Some objection was made to the Organization taking sides in .a political battle, however, and It was decided to appoint a committee to Investigate. Jerseyville.--Calhoun county, the only county In the state of Illinois without a railroad, will, if present plans are consummated, have railroad facilities in a few months. At a meeting of the Nutwood Drainage and Levee district land owners, residents of Hardin and officials of the Chicago & Alton railroad plans were made for collecting the $60,000 pledged by lrndowners in the district for the building of a spur on the C. & A. from Eldred, in the western part of Greene county to Reddish station in the heart of the drainage district, a distance of seven' miles. Springfield. -- Illinois, despite her more than 100 years of statehood, waited until 1921 to shake herself loose from a more or less incomplete system of regulating weights and measures, and has Just officially adopted the standards of the national bureau prescribed by congress In 1836 and 1866. The new law became effective July 1. Under the provisions of the Bentley law all weights and measures In use in the state are placed under regulation of the state department of trade and commerce. The act lengthy and far-reaching, governs the sale of ,all commodities, liquid and solid, sold1 in the state. Even articles in closed packages are subject to inspection for their weights and measures. Illinois followed the lead of 22 other states in adopting the federal standards. All other laws relating to inspections of weights and measures were repealed by the Bentley law. Bloomington.--Dealers in central Illinois report a famine In binder twine. Because of the depression, farmers refrained from placing advance orders. The opening of the wheat and oats harvest with a flood of orders, forced the dealers to hurry additional supplies by express. Aurora.--When a local ice plant declined to open its doors to sell Ice, a long line of patrons battered down the gates. Mayor Charles Greene took charge of the distribution and saw to it that all applicants were given a supply. Springfield.--The city of Springfield declared a half-holiday recently and went picnicking. As hosts of the chamber of commerce, 30,000 people attended the annual- community picnic at Bunn park. All business houses were closed at noon to allow their employees to enjoy the outing. Rockford. --j Rockf ord's zoological garden is to be abandoned, after being in existence for n year, "ftlg Babe," an elephant donated by a^ circus, la credited with bankrupting the Zoological society, all the funds having been used in buying food. starvation, are fleeing from central reports received in Russian emigrant The advance wave of the hungertortured refugees is reported to have reached Petrograd and Moscow, Intensifying the already bad situation In those cities. Reports received here are to the effect that the heat and drought have been so Intense and prolonged that great cracks have appeared In the earth, trees are leafless and wells and streams are dried up. * ^ Almost all of the cattle are said to have been slaughtered for food to prevent their death by starvation and the refugees are declared to be existing on roots, bark, moss and the bark of trees. In many piaces whole villages, seeing certain death by starvation staring them in the face, have packed what they could carry with them and are wandering all over the country north, east south and west in the hope of finding some place where they can get food. The vast majority of the refugees are moving in an easterly direction toward the Kirghiz country in Turkestan, Siberia, with a smaller army headed towurd the southern governments and the Kuban region. Riga, Letvia, July 19.--The Issvestia of Moscow says that an official appeal to all citizens of Russia to aid in alleviating suffering caused by famine, signed by all the members of the government, places the number of starving at not less than 10,000,000 In the Astrakhan, Tsaritsyn, Saratov, Samara, Slmbursk, Ufa and Vltaka governments, and along the Volga, in the Tartar republic, and the Shuvash territory. These, the appeal says, cannot exist until the next harvest without aid. The famine is characterised as a national calamity. According to an American relief expert in Riga, the cost of completely relieving this number from outside of Russia would exceed $40,000,000 monthly. George Tchltcherln, the Russian soviet foreign minister, denies thht a direct appeal has been made for American aid to alleviate the famine. Reports appearing in Baltic states' newspapers were that an appeal had been mude through Senator Joseph I. France of Maryland, who Is now In Russia. M. Tchltcherin's message reads: "We have not appealed to America, except through tlie widespread radio appeals of Maxim Gorky and the Most "Rev. Dr. Tlkhon, patriarch of all Russia. We have no connection with the American government and, therefore, have no intention to appeal to Americans for help. Have in mind that we cannot ask for American relief representatives when we have no existing relations." - TELLS NATION'S NEEDS Hoover Says Disarmament Only One of World's Wants. ' • Secretary of Commerce Outlines Harding Program at Realty Men's Chicago Convention. Chicago, Juty 16.--World disarmament, the hope of President Harding In his conference of nations. Is one of the vital spokes In the great economic program of the United States, Secretary of Commerce Hoover told the convention of the National Association of Real Estate Boards here. "Settlement of the tariff Is not the only thing* In the readjustment program of our President," Secretary Hoover said. "It includes revision of our tax system, reduction of government expenditure, reorganization of the federal machinery for more efficient service, Veorganization of our merchant marine, refunding of the foreign loans aud relief of the world from armament. "These are some of the things that confront the administration. Others, some of which are almost as Important as those already mentioned, are assistance to exporters of commodities, upbuilding and safeguarding of our foreign commerce, assistance to our farmers by mobilization of private credit, expeditious settlement of the obligations of the government to the railroads, encouragement to development of our great power resources and research and education upon improvements In our processes of production and distribution." One of the most difficult problems, the secretary declared. In which the realtors were directly Interested, is that of housing. Estimating that nearly 60 per cent of the population are living as tenants, he said, "nothing is worse for the life and prosperity of a nation than Increased tenantry and landlordism." U. S. WEEKLY MARKET REPORT SHIP FAST IN RIVER RAPIDS Canadian Liner With 300 Passengers treaded in the St. Lawrene* lUy. ar^-No Danger. Ogdeustiurg, N. Y., July 18.--Although efforts to effect a rescue proved futile, the Canadian liner Raplde King, stranded In the St. Lawrence river near here with 300 passengers aboard. Is reported In no immediate danger. / The craft is on rocks at a narrow point In the river where the w^ter . Is only six feet deep, but the swlfi rent defies attempts to tK«t HOUSE KEEPS DYE EMBARGO Vote to Keep Provision in Tariff Bill 122 to 106 in Commlttst of . V' Whole ;; Wafelilngton, July 19.--Opponents"^? the dye embargo provision of the Fordney bill failed to eliminate It In the house. A motion by Representative Frear of Wisconsin to strike out the entire provision met defeat in the committee of the whole by a vote <K* 106 to 122. The debate on the provision was enlivened by a reiteration of the charges by Mr. Frear and others that the effect will be the bulkltag itp of a dye monopoly. * curreach 4he MEXICAN TROOPS AMBUSHED Vera Crux Reports That More Than federal Soldiers War* < . Killed by Rebels. ^ Vera Cruz, Mex., July 19.--It is reported that a large detachment of government troops have been ambuscaded and totally destroyed by rebels. More than 5,000 are declared to have been killed when the regiments were attacked between Zacamixtle and Tuxpam. 8entence Bavarian Outlaw. Berlin, July 19.--Max Hoelz, the Saxon communist was sentenced to life Imprisonment with the loss of civil rights on conviction of the charges of murder, high treason, rob ber? and other crimes. Flies 200 Miles in 1:14. London, July 19.--James H. James won the aerial Derby with Mars I., nicknamed "Bamel." The course was 200 miles, consisting of two 100-mile circuits around London, stalling at Herd on. Wheat Sells at New High Price---Live Stock Shows Advance In Chi* , cago--Butter Pricesllp. •f- .WEEKLY MARK 1BT<3RAM. * •: - 1*r fc. S. BTJRRAU OF MARKJSlNM Washington, July 18.--For week ending July 1B.-GRAIN--After the 9th and 10th prices trended upward, influenced by black rust, hot weather and damage reports and drought In Europe. Outride buying Increased considerably the latter half of Week and helped to sustain values. On the 15th September and December wheat sold at new high points. July closed weak account ruling of board of directors of Chicago exchange ruling after Monday grain in cars shall be deemed valid tender on contracts. Black rust and damage reports continue. Liberal export business r^porte.i with Germany and England. Country offerings corn small; scattered rains and slightly lower temperatures ever corn belt. In Chicago cash market No. 2 red winter wheat closed at J1.30; No. 2 hard 11.31; No. 3 mixed corn 61c; No. 2 yellow corn 6lc; No. 3 white oats 38c. For the week Chicago July wheat up 8V4c, closing $1.31; July corn up 2c at 63%e; Minneapolis July wheat up 17%c at $1.42; Chicago September wheat up lie at $1.32%; September corn up lc at 62c; Minneapolis September wheat up 12c at $1.38%; Kansas City September 9%C at $1.23%c; Winnipeg October wheat up 15c at $1.67%. HAY--No. 1 timothy quoted New York $32; Chicago old $26, new fHO; Minneapolis $18, Atlanta $28, Memphis $22. No. 1 alfalfa Memphis $21, Atlanta $29. No. 1 prairie, Minneapolis, $15; Chicago $23. FEED--Quoted: Bran $14. middlings $13.S0, Hour middlings $20, Minneapolis; 36 per cent cottonseed rneal $34.50 Memphis, $33 Atlanta; hoininy feed, white, $2150 St. I..ouls; gluten feed $27.50 Chicago; No. 1 alfalfa meal $19.20 Kansas City; linseed meal $34 Minneapolis, $33.50 Buffalo. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES--Virginia eastern shore Irish Cobbler potatoes at New York lost $1.50, last week's advance, closing around $3 per barrel. Kansas sacked Karly Ohios $1.25 to $1.60 per 100 pounds In Kansas City. Texas tomatoes slow and weak In Chicago at 50c to 75c per four-basket carrier. California salmon tint cantaloupes weaker in consuming markets and general range of prices slightly lewer at $3-3.60 per standard crate. Elberta peaches have been firm at Georgia shipping points, closing $1.76 to $2 per slx-utsket carrier f. o. b. cash trnck July 13. DAIRY PRODUCTS -- Butter markets have been very tlrm all week at higher prices. Undertone now unsettled. Reeling prevails In some quarters that prices are topheavy. Continued hot weather, lower quality with scarcity of fancy grades, and lighter receipts have been factors lending support to market. There are unconilrmed rumors of Danish offerings. Closing prices, 92 score: New York 41%c, Chicago 40%c, Philadelphia 40^0, Boston Cheese markets very firm and prices average l%c to 2c higher following advances at country markets. Vvi&consin primary" markets average: Twins 16%c, Daisies 17^4c, Double Daisies 17c, Young Americas 18Vic, Longhorns l*Vic. LIVE STOCK--With the exception! of fat lambs and yearling wethers prices of practically all classes of live stock at Chicago show moderate net advances compared with a week ago. Hogs gained 15c to 60c; beef steers 15c to 30c per 100 pounds. Better grades of butcher cows and heifers generally 25c higher. Veal calves up 50c to 75c; fat lambs 25c; fat ewes steady to 10c higher. Fat lambs declined 75c to 90c per 100 pounds, while yearlings weak to 25c lower. July 15 Chicago prices: Hogs, top, $10.40; bulk of sales $8.90 to $10.35; medium and good beef steera $7.25 to $£.80; butcher cows and heifers $3.75 to $8.75; feeder steers $5.50 to $7.60: hght and medium weight veal calves $# to $11.25; fat lambs $8.25 to $10.26; feeding lambs $6 to $7; yearlings $6 to $8.50, fat ewes $3 to $5.35. Stocker and feeder shipments from ten important markois during the week ending July 8 were: Cattle ana calves 16,067, hugs 4,SIS, sheep 9,763. CAPT. CHEW GETS 7 YEARS Veteran of World War Convicted by Court Martial of Forgery, and .. Other Crimes. New York, July 18.--Capt. Beverly Grayson Chew, veteran of the First division, was convicted by court martial tt forgery, impersonating fellow officers, conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, an(l other charges constituting a bill of 51 specifications, for which he has been ou trial ot Governor's Island since May 10. He was sentenced to dismissal from the service of the United States, and Imprisonment for seven years at hard labor In a military prison not yet named. N. V.-Oermany Mlp Pat* Cut. New York, July 18.--Competition of steam lines operating from New York to Germany resulted In a reduction of passenger rates by one line. The first cabin rate to Hamburg is to be reduced to $105. To Chase "Moonshiners." Sullivan, Ind., July 18.--No man' Or youth shall enter the Center Ridge, cemetery with any woman or girl between the hours of 8 p. m. and 5 a m., according to an ordinance by the Sullivan city council. Union Heads Refuse Pay. Indianapolis, July 18.--No salaries trill be accepted by more than 100 Officers of the United Mine Workers of America for their work this month because of the widespread meajflpjtoent among coal miners. > -Vs " i*"-' II. S. GUNNERS SINK 2 SHIPS Ex-Qerman Destroyers Sent to Bottom ,in Target Practice Off Virginia •*' Capes. ,v \ ; Board the Destroyer Wcsird, JNtfy 18.--Both remaining ex-German destroyers, the V-43 and S-132, allocated to the United States by the treaty makers at Versailles, were sunk by guntire by the American navy at a polat 60 miles east of the Virginia capes, in 56 fathoms of water. The V-43 sank at 4:50 o'clock In the afternoon, the S-132 at 7:02 o'clock at night. Bach destroyer was attacked by an American destroyer with four- Inch guns; then by five-Inch abella from battleships.^ Colonel Morrow Reaches States. San Francisco, July 19.--Col. M. W. Morrow, former commander of the American forces In China, arrived In San Francisco on his way to Washington. He was succeeded by Coi. W. F, Martin. v Washington, July 18.--Acting on the request of President Harding, the senate recommitted the McCumber bill to the finance committee. • The vote was 47 to 29. . An amendment to the motion to recommit the soldier bonus >111. which would'have directed the committee to report out the soldier bonus legislation again by the first Monday In January, 1922, was defeated, 67 to 9. Following fhe vote. Senator McCumber, Republican of North Dakota, author of the" measure, took the floor. He atarted a speech 1q extenuation oJ the senate's action. Senator Robinson, Democrat of Arkansas, objected on the ground that McCumber'g speech .was an apology for the senate's action. • parliamentary tangle ensued, lasting 45 minutes, during which time the senate was In an uproar most of the time. Senator McCumber finally was allowed to continue. During the turmoil It appeared at one time as though Senator Reed, Democrat of Missouri, and Senator McCumber would come to blows. In fact, there was a threat to "settle It outside" after the session adjourned. In the course of his remarks, Senator McCumber stated that the soldiers would get their bonus when Europe pays her war debt to the United States. Senator Reed retorted that that would be many years. Senator McCumber took Issue with the fighting Mlssourlan, and Senator Reed jumped to his feet, saying: "I am tired of senators on that side of the aisle questioning me when I get up to state a fact. It Is going to happen once too often." "Bah!" replied Senator McCumber. 'The senator does not know the character of the man with whom be I• dealing." "As to the senator's courage and physical prowess," replied Senator Reed, "he's at liberty to parade them right here and now." Pounding/his desk, Senator McCumber shouted: "I accept the senator's challenge, and I'll meet him outside." There was a momentary lull, then the controversy broke again In all Its fury when Senator Reed said: "I never saw a blackguard yet who did not want to go outside to settle something. But the outside Is a big place. There is usually safety In It." The roll call follows: For recommittal--Republicans: Ball, Borah, Brandegee, Calder, Cameron, Cummins, Curtis, Dillingham, Edge, Ernst, Fernpld, Frellnghuysen, Gooding, Hale, Kellogg, Kenyon, Keyes, Knox, Lodge, McCorinlck, McKinley, McNary, Moses, Nelson, New, Nlchol son, Norbeck, Oddie, Penrose, Polndexter, Shortrldge, Sraoot, Stanfield, Sterling, Wadsworth, Warren, Watson (Indiana). Weller and Willis--39. Democrats: ' Dial, Glass, King, My ers, Simmons, Swfinson, Underwood and - Williams--Tetal for recommittal-- 47. Against -- Republicans: Bursum Capper, Elklns, Harreld, Jones (Washington), Ladd, La Follette, Norrls and Sutherland-1--0. Democrats: Ashurst, Brousaard, Caraway, Culberson, Fletcher, Gerry. Harris, Harrison, HeOln, Hitchcock, Jones (New Mexico), Kendrick, McKellar, Plttman, Robinson, Sheppard, Stanley, Walsh (Massachusetts), Walsh (Montana) and Watson (Georgia)--20. Total against recommittal--29. Senator Walsh (Dem., Mass.) In the course of the four-hour debate that preceded the voce on the bill asserted that the recommittal would be "a humiliating spectacle." "It will be hailed on every platform," said Mr. Walsh to the Repuhlllan side, "as an Indication of your stupidity, irresponsibility and evasiveness. You may think, senators, that you are fooling the American people, but you are not fooling these patriotic ex-service men." "Big money-holding classes." he said, were behind the fight against the bilL Supporting recommittal, Senator New (Rep., Ind.), pleaded against "rocking the nation's financial boat," referring to widespread distress among fanners and business men, who, he said, would have to bear the bulk of a bonus burden. "If the banks would close In and collect, the country would feq, In the hands of a receivership in a few minutes and everybody knows It," he said. Perish in CloudburA Alliance, Neb., July 18;--Sevieraf* persons perished and thousands of head Of live stock havq been lost, and many homes swept away at Andrews, near Crawford, Neb., by a cloudburst. •itf CarpeVitier 8tarte 118ms New York, Jply 16.--Georges Carpentler, the French pugilist, embarked on the Savoie for a few weeks' stay in France. He will return to the United States in time for a bout with an unnamed opponent on October 13* ^ Famous Pc/lo Pony Dies. . ^ New York, July 16.--Tenby, fatwte polo pony of Devereaux MHbiirn, captain of the American polo team which won the Westchester cup, died on board of a steamer which was bringing him^home to America. MiE KILLS.THE WtiH tMkX. TS ILLINOIS State News i BtoHn Hears That 20,000,000 People Are Getting Out of Russiai tortice IN*'* 00 Back to Committee by fares ter Opposing Tax ta America. CMIMUT M I M I I I M M ' M ' FAMINE NATIONAL CALAMITY i®. • ACTION FOLLOWS MI DBKTE "Mg Money" Qets 8lap In the Contr*. versy--Senators Reed and Mo- Cumber Came Near During the Argument. Hunger-Tortured Refugees Reported to Have Reached Petregrad and %• '• Wseoow From Central :vs%% ' •&,«! Vpte ef the Committee of lh« Whole . tor Elimination of 4he i Is 187 For to #-'• / ^ . Against. Washington, July 20.--By a vote <r* 187 go 78, the house in committee of the whole struck from the Fordney '< tariff bill the duty on crude oil and ordered oil back to the free list. The vote was so overwhelming for free oil that its most active advocates * have surrendered hope that oil can be ' irestored to the .dutiable list. Much of the credit for defeating the • diligent effort to levy an impost on oil i imports is given to the Intervention of ^ President Harding, whose letteV opposiqg such a terlff was laid before - the house by Chairman Fordney of the ways and means committee, al- 1 though the President twice wrote Chairman Fordney protesting jagainst . such a duty, but Mr. Fordney-declined to make the second of the letters public, despite demands from the minor- " 4] Iftf a# tko Aaav tliof ho rist OA . •'/ <1 ity side of the floor that he do so. The President's letter, which was ^ laid before the bouse, was written Y 'l June 30, addressed to Chairman Ford- ; | ney., It said: ' yjj "I understand that your committee ' is very soon to decide whether to in- i j elude a protective duty on crude oil i n t h e t a r i f f b i l l t o b e r e p o r t e d t o t h e - ' i , house. I cannot refrain from express- i ing the hope that your committee will J take note of the forelgA policy to which we are already committed, under which the government Is doing • every consistent thing to encourage ^ the participation of American citlaens .:S| in the development of the oil re- r j sources in many foreign lands. This course has been inspired by the grow- J Ing concern of our country over the supply of crude oil to which we may J ! j turn for our future needs, not alone •• ^ for our domestic commerce but In d meeting the needs of our navy arid .fj our merchant marine. '"Ij> levy a protective tariff on tfude ! 5^ petroleum now wpuld be at variance with all that has been done to safe- y ^ guard our future Interests, , "I am not unmindful of the oil ladustry within our own borders aixl * most cordially believe In Its proper| " consideration. Would It not be prac- • ^ tlcable' to provide for such protection| J In some bargaining provision which may be placed In the hands of the Ex- " y ecutlve so that we may guard against $ the levy of duties against us or the im- . '| position by other nations of export 5.:^ tariffs which are designed to hinder the facilitation of trade which is eesentlal to our welfare? , "In the matter of crude oil, and In the one of lumber, concerning which . d we talked, our position will be the Ss stronger if the tariff levy is omitted ; ^ and authority Is given the Executive to impose a duty in appropriately ^ J stated circumstances. I hope your committee will find it consistent tfM^jj give consideration to these suggeq- Vl j tlons." , Vjj Neither the committee on ways and means nor the house, both of whicTi fere In the final test overwhelmingly :i| against any form of oil duty, acted on: .-'j the President's suggestion for even a ^ reciprocal or retaliatory arrangement^ on oil such as the committee wrote' - 'Jf'M Into the lumber schedule. The test? came on a straight amendment to? strike oil from the dutiable lfcst, as offered by Representative Treadway, Republican, of. Massachusetts. •GOOD FELLOW' IS ARRESTED i Secretary > of the National Body l» • Accused of Mail Frauds-- f Got $62,500. '• Sioux City, la., July 20.--H. K. Hansen, secretary of the National Organization of Good Fellows of America, | was arrested on the charge of using the mails to defraud. It Is chargei that Hansen secured $62,^00 In 25,- ;, cent membership fees from 250,000,. /j persons in all parts of the United States. The object of the Good Fellows of,1 ^ America was to make a drive to se-- cure legislation permitting the manua l fa.cture of light wines and beers. Han- f J mb was the founder. ..... i,* \i lowan Killed In defmatty. - ^ 'Coblenz, Germany, July 20.--Jamea Hlggins, a member of the motor transport "company of the American forces . in Germany, whose home was at 85*.- Bonnet street, Dubuque, la., burned! j to death Saturday night uader aa^rpr* 4; turned motortruck. . " Admits Big Shortage. Austin. Minn., July 19.--Formal announcement was made by George JL Horme & Co. and K. J. Thomson, controller of tJhe company, that Thomson bad admitted defalcations totaling "at least $150,060." Twenty-Five Injured In Car Crash. Reading, Pa., July 19.--Twenty-fivf passengers were injured, seven seriously, when two street cars collided at Pottstown. Motorman Calvin Lavan had his legs severed and George Engel, a passenger, lost one. -Lone Wolf" Bandit Hanfstf. Chicago, July 18.--Harry Ward, known as the "Lone Wolf," was hanged In the county Jail here for the murder of two men. His execution followed the refusal of Gov. Len Small to grant a reprieve. Gives Cash Away; Arreatfd. Louisville, Ky., July 18.--DtstrlttBtlon of genuine $5, $10 and $20 bills was stopped here by a patrolman and as a result Fred Kuhn, fifty-three, was lodged In Jail. He had Just drawn $600 from a bank. Two Drown In Lak4; 7 Saved. Chicago, July 19.--A heavy surf and undertow were responsible for the drowning of two boys at north shore beaches. Seven persons, overcome by the same forces, were rescued during the course of the day. Seattle Bandits Oet 'Seattle, Wash., July 16.--Two ban dlts snatched a bag containing $25,000 in currency from a messenger for the Northwest Trust and Safe Deposit company and escaped In an automobile here. , Packers Denied Wage Cut. Chicago, July 16.--Federal Judge Samuel Alschuler declined to grant the "big five" puckers authority to reduce, wages of stockyards employees f> cen*6 an hour, MHi decision hahdad down here. Harding Plans Trip. Washington, July 20. --President,* Harding will spend a week in M^ssa-?^ cliusetts. He will leave here on the**'", Mayflower on August 1 to participate to the Wlgrim celebration iQkOUtb. « -i,',"; V;;' " ' •- 1 •' f ' .,."a Drown Fly In Man's tar.{i* New York, July SO.--When a fly,. ',*1 lodged In Albert Ziminermon's ear liir I Elizabeth, N. J., he was drlveqr *- frantic by the bussing. At the hos>, J pital surgeons poured water in his eaif " nod drowned the pest. V 1 . Reds Active in Buenos Buenos Aires, July 20.--A powerful 1 bomb wks exploded In front of the cap tol building here. One pqllccnaif Was wounded, but only slight naate»'„ ^ rial .danjage was done. The outrag# la credited to communists. , - , ? - /1;-. , Bandit Gets $10,000. T< - 4 t^ashlngton, July 20.--"Shefr tWl the tens and twenties and don't pull any? monkey business," said a lond bandit as he leveled a revolver at thf cashier of the People's Commercial and Savings bank. He got $10,000. a ^ k-' < V. • f 3. ' •C Miy m