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m ILLINOIS Neyrs Notes THIS Itliiiiiiiiiiiiiiilisiilliiiun ,--Preparations for the rectptton <tf the First and Second field artillery, Illinois National Guard, for 15 days' intensivo^tralning, were completed Wednesday at Camp Grant. Held this year for the first time tinder the new federal reorganisation plan for the National Guard, the encampments have put Illinois troops at first-class wartime condition, according to Adjutant General Dickson. Elated by his recent inspection of troops at Camp Logan, the Illinois adjutant general praised his soldiers highly. Illinois' antiaircraft battalion will go to Camp Grant August 25. Battery B, Monmouth's howitzer company. Is scheduled for Camp Grant between August 26 and September 9. On August 18 the Fourth infantry. Illinois' big down-state organisation, will go Into camp at Cam® Lincoln, near Springfield, They will remain in train Ins until September 2. pbf'o- If, r Springfield.--Black three-Inch figures on a pearl-gray background with a hyphen between the thousands and the hundreds will be the style of ^the 1922 Illinois automobile llceos* plates, according t<» Walter W. Miller, In charge of the automobile department of the secretary of state's office. Next year's plates will be smaller-, measuring 13*4 by 4% inches, as compared with 15 by 5% Inches, the size of the plates this year. The smaller plates will be bought by the state for 15 cents a (Mir less than the 1921 plates, making a saving of about $105,000 on approximately 700.000 pairs. On August 5 there were 547,643 passenger automobiles registered, as compared with 471.044 on the same-date last year; 71,929 trucks, as compared with 59.- 239: dealers. 6.762, against 6.046, and 8,100 motorcycles, against 9.1&6. Springfield.--Co-operation between Peoria and Springfield in offering mutual assistance to the fairs to be held In the respective cities has been arranged, according to an announcement at Springfield. At the request of officials of the Peoria district fair and of the Peoria chamber of 'commerce, Wednesday, August 24, will be set aside as Peoria day during the Illinois state fair to be held here August 19 to 27. It also will be War Veterans day. In return, the Peoria district fair will set aside a day to be known as Springfield and Governor's day at the National Implement and Vehicle . show. Palatine--Harness races at the Palatine race track were enlivened when deputy sheriffs made a series of arrests for alleged gambling. Swoopteg down on the "betting ring" beneath the grandstand, tbey arrested five alleged bookmakers and several score of patrons and seised $7,000 In cash and an almost unlimited supply of tickets, books and racing sheets. 8even auto loads of raid victims were taken before a Justice of the peace tn the Palatine city hall, where they gave - bonds for hearing later. : Chicago.--Dr. Philip B. Woodworth, appointed by Secretary of War Weeks ts a member of the advisory board of the war plans division of the general staff, said "his new duties would not Interfere with his work as president ef Rose Polytecnic institute, which of- Ice he will assume September 1. Doctor Woodworth organized the educational work In the mllltanry camps of (lie central department, and In January, 1820, General Pershing, after a tour of inspection, declared Oamp Brant to be the model army school. Chicago.--A revival of business depends ou a new retail price scale. Alfceri Levy, president of the Manufacturers and Importers' association, told members meeting at the Palmer house at Chicago. "Manufacturers have all came down In price," he said, "but the retailers are not falling in with Oils spirit. They . accept our new prices and sell at the old^'^ Bock Island.--6. F. Fetterer, a curio dealer, has In his possession a petrified bird's nest which he found in a ravine near Rock Island. The eggs tal the nest are perfectly formed, and tile twigs with which the nest was made are evenly in place. La Salle.--By tt$ will of the late Catherine Maloney of La Salle, her sister, Anna, and brother, Thomas, lose their half-interest in her property •hould they marry. Both say at this time they have no intention 'of entering the marital state. Chicago.--Frank McGlinn, who was assistant secretary to Maclay Hoyne when the latter was state's attorney at Chicago, has sent in his resignation to State's Attorney Robert E. Crowe. Bloomlngton.--Coal dealers of central Illinois have been advised that Operators have Increased the price of , all bituminous coal 25 cents a ton at 'the mine. Robinson.--The first Jersey bull " show ever held in the"United States, It is said, has Just been held here. Forty bulls were in the show ring from different parts of Illinois and Indiana. The grand prize-winning . bull Is owned by C. H. Miles & Sons P Of Lawrenceville. Chicago.--"Dixie Highway day* brought 1,000 automobiles loaded with down-state citizens to the Pageant of Progress to Join the other thousands of people on the pier to celebrate- the day. The parade, celebrating the opening of the hard-road linking Chicago with Damtlle. was met at the city limits by an escort of Chicago motorists. The 1,000 down-state auiotm. biles were Joined by 5,000 other machines bearing Chicagoans welcoming the down-state visitors, wMo hailed from Hoopeston, Watseka, Kankakee, Momence, Crete, Steger, Chicago Heights and Blue Island. Officials of the Dixie Highway association and of many motor clubs were scattered through the long line of machines which dedicated the new road which means so much to Chicago and the country to the south. At the point where the parade started the motorists were met by Charles M. Hayes, president of the Chicago Motor club 5 D. F. Kelly, treasurer of the Pageant of Progress, and A.' F, Safford, one of the directors of the Dixie Highway association. They piloted the paradera to the municipal pier. Danville, decked In gala attire, celebrated the opening to traffic of the Illinois section of the highway with imposing ceremonies. A heavy rain wiped out a portion of the program, including the barbecue, but * night mass meeting at Lincoln park was attended by sev- Insist That Politics Shalt Not ^ Igtar Into PJai» - / • R e l i e f . : • • • < & . * ( ^ v Bloomington.--The fiftty-second coneention of the Ancient/Order <>f Hibernians of Illinois, add also the Ladies' Auxiliary, wiji^e held h?re August' 23, 24 and 25. This city is pre- , earing an elaborate round of enter- --Jtalnment for the delegates. •scleral thousand people. Springfield.--Governor Small continued to make appointments, announcanother new list. It follows: .Members board of lady managers, state fair, MrsXW. F. Carr, Ottawa; Mrs. W. S. Dillon,^ Danville. Managing officer, Illinois Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, Cb'cago, Dr. Leo Stelner. Managing officer," Illinois State reformatory, Pontlac, Ira M. Lish, Sauneman. Assistant superintendents of pardons and paroles, Charles P. Hitch, Paris, and A. D. Warner, Rockford. Chief grain Inspector, Charles J. Peters, Chicago. Superintendent animal Industry, John J. Juneman, Williamsvllle. State veterinarian. Dr. F. A. Laird, Auburn. State live stock agent, Dr. Ira Dllley, Roseville. Public administrator, Sangamon county. James E. Francis, Springfield. Economic Investigator, department, of mines and minerals, J, E. Anderson, Farmington. Springfield.--Southern areas In the state are going to produce little or no corn crops unless some rain falls soon, according to the report from the office of the federal bureau of markets and crop estimates on conditions In the state. "The plant is in bad shape In southern areas," the report says, "and more moisture Is needed to even make a partial crop in this section. Corn has fired badly In^tWe south, in many places in the north and in a number of localities In the Central section." Rain during the past week was general over the central and northern sections and In some localities was very heavy. Little or none fell In the southern part of the state. Thrashing of spring wheat and oats continues and Is Hearing conclusion. Yields and quality are generally poor. The barley crop, which Is being thrashed, will have a disappointing yield. Yields of rye are smaller than looked-for. The quality is fair to good. Chicago.--William W. Barnard, head of the seed and nursery firm of W. W. Barnard company of Chicago, left an estate valued at more than $300,000, according to an Inventory filed in probate court. His personal property Is valued at $127,500. Oi this, his holding in the Barnard company, 796 shares, valued at $118,500, is the largest item. Among his realtj holdings Is a 900-acre farm in Indiana, a warehouse and considerable land in Florida^ Mr. Barnard was unmarried. He died March 10. He willed his real estate to three sisters. Qulncy.--When August Bellendorf of Quincy decided to make a-trip to Germany, he sold his household goods at auction. Mrs. Edward H. Sass was curious about the contents of the hair mattress she bought, and upon ripping it open found greenbacks totaling $2,- 016. The woman took the money to Bellendorf, who remarked that he did not know there was money in the mattress, and offered her a reward of $5. Bellendorf left for Germany. Chcago.--Fred H. Kolze, latest vlctlm in the Schiller Park arsenic mystery, which involves the poisoning of three members of two intimately connected families, committed suicide because of criminal knowledge of the way in wliich his wife and his housekeeper's husband came to death. That Is Coroner Hoffman's theory, developed after hitherto unquestioned witnesses had told their stories. Galesburg.--Chester B. Mogoon, eighty-six years old, and Susie White, sixty-seven years old, both of Galesburg, are on their honeymoon. They eloped to Peoria and were married by Justice of the Peace Miller. This Is the man's fourth and the woman's third marriage. Aurora.--The chamber of commerce at* Aurora Is going ahead with its housing program and will have 50 new homes ready by December 1. Two sample structures, one costing $3,200 and the other $3,800 have been completed. McComb.--State highway department engineers are surveying^ the route of the proposed new hard road between McComb and Monmouth. The old road will be followed until the Warren county line is reached. There it will be straightened a bit and relocated again where It cresses the Burlington tracks. Springfield.--Growth of motorbus transportation In this state has brought forth general orders from the Illinois commerce commission for its regulation. The rules are strict and fawning. ALL TAHKS TO BE FREES Maxim Lttvlnoff, Soviet Special Envoy, tftys Every Facility to Lltvs' - Country Will Be Given "*•" , Americana, Riga; Letvia, Aug. 15.--The Russian soviet government will coriSbat any attempt to Interject political questions into the Russian famine relief, but it Is sufficiently practical to see that if the holding of Americans In prison is an obstacle to the feeding of a million Russian children, it is best that Herbert Hoover's stipulation in this respect bs granted, declared Maxim Lttvlnoff, the soviet special envoy, here. M. Litvinoff made this explanation of the Russian negotiations with the American relief administration In talking with the American newspaper correspondents. He reviewed the famine situation to them and explained the situation from the Russian viewpoint. In addition to those held In prison tRussia, declared the soviet envoy, ery facility to leave would be given by the soviet government to any Americans in the country., even to the extent of advertising for them in the newspapers. Obviously 4the government could not undertake to locate them all, however, he added, as evwi the list the American government had prepared was probably Inaccurate, and In many cases the names bore no addresses. A telegram Was sent to Moscow b|| him suggesting that all Americans whose addresses could easily be learned be rounded up immediately and given an opportunity to leave Russia as a guaranty of the good faltli of the soviet government In Its desire to permit every American to quit Russia who desired to do so. % At Informal conferences with aids of Walter L. BrJwn, European director of the American relief administration, held here, the suggestion was given to M. Litvonov's secretary that the addresses of some of the Americans were so well known it would be easy to send them out Immediately. M. Litvinoff Stated that British, French and other subjects whose repatriation had been arranged long ago were still appearing now and then asking for passports to leave Russia. He added that if the United States insisted on the delivery of all the Americans on the list handed him the Russian famine probably would be over before the last man could leave. "Mr. Hoover has stipulated that all Americans imprisoned In Russia should be released," the soviet representative continued. "They have been kept in prison for certain reasons and some of them have been accused of grave offenses against the government. One Kalmatlano even had been condemned to death." The newspaper Novy Put, the official soviet organ at Riga, has said that Kalmatlano (one of the prisoners who came out of Russia this week) had been condemned in connection with a plot to organize a military mutiny against the soviet government In 1918. "Still," said M. Litvinoff, " the soviet government was sufficiently practical to see that If this was an obstacle to feeding 1,000,000 children, then the conditions should be fulfilled. I realize that this condition is of some Importance to America, but certainly If It were only a question of Russian In-, ternal affairs, our attitude would be quite differert." London, Aug. IS.--The Russian famine was discussed in the house of lords. Several members advocated the sjstem employed in India, coping with similar visitations,. namely the establishment of large famine camps on the great lines of migration, where the people could be retained until the return of normal conditions permitted their restoration to the native villages, iseans could bs sdoptsd is tiis meantime to preserve the framework of vlllag? life and Insure a pure water supply. Lord MacDonnell thought that the government ought to make a grant of from £30,000,000 to £50,000,000 for the purpose of relief. > Gilbert Bettipan Is the chairman of the American Legipn legislative committee who presented n plea to President Harding not to put the administration In opposition to the movement for adjusted compensation for former service men. HARDING, SR., WEDS Father of President Marries Nurse at Monroe* Mich., SIX INJURED IN AUTO CRASH TWe Cars Meet on Lake Shore Road • Near Racine--Five Seriously Hurt. Racine, Wis., Aug. 15.--Six persons were injured In a head-on collision of two automobiles on the Lake Shore road south of Racine at night. The seriously injured were Jack Evans, Racine, garage owenr and former al derman, and D. Neal, wife and two children at Zlon City. Would Bar Beauty ContlUa Washington, Aug. 10.--A bill aimed at newspaper beauty contests was in troduced In the house by Represents tlve Herrick (Rep., Okla.), who declared women of today were thinking more, of their looks than their homes. Town of Marion Congratulates PhyBiotas on His Arrival Heme >•4-.:^ With Bride. Marlon, O., Aug. 15.--Marlon con-" gratulated Dr. George T. Harding, father of President Harding, on his marriage Thursday at Monroe, Mich., to Mls$ Alice Severns, his stenographer and office attendant for the last eight years. Scores of surprised townsfolk personally tendered best wishes to the venerable physician and his bride, both of whom are well knowij to Marion residents. Efforts to keep the marriage a secret wre of no avail, although not lintil after the couple reached Marlon six hours after Rev. Frank T. Knowles, a Presbyterian minister ftt Monroe, had pronounced them man and wife, did Dr. Harding admit that he had become benedict. He said that Miss Severns and he left Marion together Wednesday morning and went to Detroit. "We were refused a license In Windsor, Canada, because we were not residents," Dr. Harding said. "We passed Wednesday night in Detroit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lonls V. Sanborn, who are relatives of mine. They accompanied us to Monroe, where we were/married shortly afternoon. I know I am not going to be lonesome now," he told the newspaper men. Dr. Harding, who Is seventy-seven years old, has been a practicing physician In Marlon for fifty years. Hiq bride was born In Marion county fiftytwo years ago. He father^ Oscar Severns, was one of the pioneer settlers of Marion • county. He and his wife died several years ago. CUT MARRIED MEN'S TAXES Heads of/Famlllee Exempt From Incontm Taxeb Up to $2,600 and 9400 for Each Child* Washington, Aug. IS.--Taies were reduced for heads of families with moderate incomes by Republican members of the house ways and means coimhittee in whipping the revenue bill Into final shape. The exemption applying to Individual Incomes was Increased from $2,000 to $2,500 for those whose net Income Is not more than $9,000. The actton was taken on the motion of Representative Longworth of Ohio. No change was made in the present $1,000 exemption applying to single persons. The exemption for each dependent will be $400 as agreed upon earlier in the week, this amount being twice the present $200 exemption. It was estimated that the $500 Increase In the exemption to which married men with incomes of less than $5,000 will be entitled will mean a loss In revenue of about $80,000,000. The Increase In the exemption for each dependent will mean a loss of $20,000,- 000. Woman Attacked; HfAg Negro. Kingston, N. C., Aug./15.--A mob Of 1,500 to 2,000 armed men captured Jerome Whltsfield, negro, charged with attacking a white woman of Jones county, and after hanging him to a tree by the roadside riddled bis body Vlth bullets. r ^ President in Statement Calls v; Finding Tax Revision Just ** ^ to Ail Classes. CUT MARRIED MOTS TMES BurdHi Will Not Be Shfr«tt From Rich Under Proposed Chaitgea In Law, .Declares Explanation P r o g r a m . * . , - WtfsWugtOT), Aug. 16.-- statement explaining the administration tax revision program was issued at the White House. It declares that the aim was to establish method^, that, would raise the needed revenue within a reasonable certainty, make collections sure and inexpensive and classes of the commuuity." "It Is felt that highly Important progress has been made along these lines," the statement says, adding: There has been no effort to relieve the rich of their share of burdens, but rather to insure t^at no class will be left an avenue of escape from these. A casual analysis of the proposals shows that what may be described as 'the rich man's taxes' will, produce about $1,800,000,000, while the balance will be distributed over the entire"! community, ri^h and poor. * 'The reduction to 32 per cent of *he : highest income and surtax brackets ts expected by the experts to produce actually "mure revenue from these sources than do the present much higher rates. The present rates prevent transactions which would involve application of the high rates,V and thus keep taxes away from the government. Also they drive money into the tax-free securities, to the distress of business, and they lead to fraud and evasions. Experience has shows, in dealing with the excess profits tax, that where there is periodic sailing, this tax Is pyramided, multiplying the burden of the consumer and inducing speculation and waste, which have been largely responsible for the intense speculation that followed the war. It Is an unsatisfactory tax on which to base revenue estimates because Its product of revenue Is so extremely variable, and In thfe present epoch of reduced earnings It would utterly fall to produce the amount needed.. ' 'In Increasing the tak on corporation earnings an exemption Is made of those having earnings of $2,000 \or less--the poor man's corporations. The number that Would thus be exempted would exceed 800,000." . After reviewing benefits which It is declared will flow from repeal of the transportation taxes and substitution of manufacturers' tax for the so-called •inulsance" levies, the statement concluded : 'The hole tax reform program contemplates freeing husiness from what have been found paralyzing and exasperating restrictions, encouraging to the utmost the resumption of enterprise and business, removthg every possible incentive to evasion and fraud, and distributing the tax burden with the greatest possible equity" among all classes of people, keeping . In mind the purpose to . Impose the larger share on those best able to pay." , The committee voted tot lilcrease from $2,000 to $2,500 the exemption allowed married men having an annual net income of $5,000 or less. This change would be retroactive to January 1, 1921, and would be In addition to the increase of $200 In the exemption for each dependent of a head of a family previously decided upon. Agreement also was reached, it was said, to decrease the manufacturers' tax on candy from 5 to 3 per cent, the manufacturers' tax on furs from 10 to 5 per cent and to repeal all the socalled luxury levies, Including those on carpets, rugs, trunks, traveling cases, pocketbooks, umbrellas and portable lighting fixtures, -a* wallas those on wearing apparel. •1 0^ THREE BANDITS GET $114,000 Bank Cashier of Mining Town of Kim cald, III., Robbed of Pay Roll-- Knocked Out by One of Robbers. • Taylorville, 111., Aug. 10.--Three robbers on Saturday descended on the mining town of Kincald, held up a bank cashier and deputy sheriff, and escaped with the $114,000 payroll of the Peabody Coal company's mines at IKincald, Langley and Tovey. One of the robbers knocked the cashier senseless with his revolver, a second knocked down his guard, and a third loaded the money packages into an automobile. In which the robbers dls- B;-|fjappeared before the villagers realised what was happening. \ Prince Engalitcheff of Russia, photographed on his arrival in New York from France to complete his studies at Brown university. World to $4,500,000,000. Ana this represents money due , , American business concerns merely as promises to pay when world exchange^- - disorders are corrected. The debts ' ^ are at present uncollectable. ^^,."'1 The balance due on trade accounts ' is In addition to the more than $10,- V 000,000,000 due the United- States gov- '/••> T" / "j m ernment in war loans. ' •>*' i V America's credits to the rest of the-v ^ world; therefore, which still remain, to be paidXtoday stand at $14,500.- 000,000. \ ft j The federal \ reserve board for theT^/'l first time in a tevlew of the menacing* ~v • "*^'j futures of this credit situation, ad-. . mitted that some American concerns* " ^ already have recognized that in these , stupendous sums of foreign obliga- • tions, there are many absolute losses.1 • Part of these bad debts represent " KENNEDY GUN Weapon, Believed Used in Mur» rier, Washed Up by Waves, C. Obenchaln Indicted--New Evidence Found. Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 13.--The startling new evidence that swayed the grand Jury In finding an Indictment for murder against Arthur C. Burch, and. Incidentally, against Mrs. Madalynne Connor Obenchaln, In the slaying of John Belton Kennedy, was a thorn In the knee of the accused man, It la learned. The thorn was similar to those found near the spot where Kennedy was shot. It developed also that evidence has been secured by the state that the slain Insurance broker paid a secret visit to Burch in his room in the Russell hotel three nights before he was slain. He was summoned to the room by a woman who waved to him from Burch's window, according to a story told to the district attorney by Margaret Ollinger, a Janitress oj the building, where Kennedy had his office. A tremendous stride has been taken In the case by the finding of a portion of the gun which ended Kennedy's life. The stock of the shotgun was Recovered through the efforts of reporters who had plastered the beach near Santa Monica with posters offering a reward for Its recovery. It was found by William Wylie, a Los Angeles roofing contractor, who was camping on the beach. Despite the indictment of Mrs. Obenchaln, as well as of Arthur C. Burch, for the murder of the former's sweetheart, John Belton Kennedy, the state Is still working, It is believed, to Induce the former to tell an entirely new version of the shooting at Beverly Glen that will complete the case against Bnrch. SENDS DISARM BID TO FIVE v President Harding Invites Britain, France, Italy, Japan and China" to Conference November 11. Washington, Aug. 13.--Formrfl "Invitations were sent to Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan and China to attend the conference on disarmament and Far Eastern questions at Washington November 11. The invitations are identical and brief, except to China. They will be sent directly to the foreign office and copies handed to the diplomatic representatives of the powers here. The communications place no limitation on the scope of the discussion to be had. question of naval armaments "may naturally have first place," though it. has been thought best not to exclude questions pertaining to other armament from the subjects to be considered by the conferees. Springfield.--Beaten to death with mme heavy Instrument, the dead body <6t Harrison Hill, half-breed Indian, was discovered by authorities in a rig driven by his wife, Dixie Hill. The wife is being held and police are looking for the wife's brother, Barney Ely, With whom Hill had quarreled many ftmefc. . Danville.--William DepkW, a farmer who lived near Rankin, died as a Tesult of his automobile being struck ,*y a Lake Erie & Western passenger train near his home. Mary bis wifa^ was killed instautty. ~';.y Springfield.---Danger of cancellation of night performances and stock shows at the Illinois state fair as a result of the controversy between the city of Springfield and the Sp^fcigfleld Gas" and Electric company has passed, according to state fair officials, and the night events will go on as originally planned. Carlinvllle.--Blackburn college's big bell, cracked by an overxealous patriot on Armistice day, November 11, 1918, will be replaced by a mammoth electric deek, ttm gUi the rtass of ' Bandits Get $4,000. Chicago, Aug. 16.--Two "two-gun" negro bandits invaded the home of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Stern, bound and gagged a sixteen-year-old nursery maid, locked her in a closet, and escaped with $4,000 In furs and clothing. A -- American Valuation O. K.'d. Washington, Aug. 13.--The AmeiV can valuation principle for assessing Asks Recognition.^/ ' Budapest, Aug. 15.--Unreserved acceptance 1 of the terms of the peace resolution, passed by the United States congress early In July, has been asked of tbe Hungarian national assembly, by M. Banffy.* Says "Jazz" Lowers Ideals. State College, Pa., Aug. 15.--"JaziT is hurting the standards of taste and the finer sensibilities of many college students, according to Prof. A. R. Warnock, dean of men at Pennsylvania State college. Loot Brule 4Wis.) Bank. Brule, Wis., Aug, 13.--Bandit* blew the safe of the Brule State bank and A tariff duties in modified form was ac- escaped In an automobile with $1,450 cepted by the senate finance commit- in silver. Several thousand dollars tee. Chairman Penrose announced. Sx- In securities were left behind by the perts are working out details. u Prof. Henry C. A. Adams Dies. Ann ATbor, Mich., Aug. 18.--PreC. Henry Carter Adams, widely known economist and for more than 30 years head of the department c# political economy at the University oL Michigan, died at his home here. burglars. Judge William C. Hook Dead. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 13.--William C. Hook, Judge of the United States Circuit court, one of the most widely known Jurists in the United States, Twenty Hurt on Santa Fe, Pueblo, Colo., Aug. 16.--Twenty persons were injured, three of them seriously, wiien passenger train No. 11, eastbound on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad was wrecked at Devine, ten miles east of Pueblo.f s Secretary Hughes to LeaSk.-- Washington, Aug. 16--President Harding designated Secretary Hughes •to head the American delegation at the disarmament conference and has plared In his hands the task of arranging ail remaining u«iulls. <s Savea Train From Wreclt? ^ Warrensburg, Mo., Aug. 15.--^otlfad Brosnahan, section foreman, seventythree years old, saved Missouri Pacific passenger train "No. 16 from being wrecked when he flagged the train before it reached a washout. u. S. POTATO CROP IS SHORT Unexpected Poor Outlook In YWftd Sending Prices 8kyward, Sa#s Government Report. ^Washington, Aug. 18.--A short potato crop is sending prices skyward, according to the Department of Agriculture, with the outlook for a yield ef only SlOjOOO.OOO bushels, the price already is higher than $6 a barrel. The present crop, If It amounts to only 316,000,000 bushels, will be threefourths of last year's yield and the smallest since 1916, when It fell to 285,000,000 tmshels. The Northwest and Far West will yield their ayerage quota, but conditions are unfavorable In tbe heavy producing trio of Minnesotar«PI#cei*- sin and Michigan. U. S. 8lngers Off for Home. Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. l.Sd-- The contingent of American slngerS of Danish descent that has been giving concerts in Danish cities sailed for home. During their stay the singers were received at the palace. ^ u. s. fsms World Trails Debtors fnerease f - ObigatiOfiS to Americadl : vVVi by $!^00,00000a M«k§ % COLLECT "UK; Reaerve Board Admita Certain Firms Recognise That In These Sums Foreign Obligations T»NPi •iL, Are 8ome Losses. Washington, Aug, 17.--World trade debtors increased their obligations to American business concerns by $1,-^ 800,000,000 in the last fiscal year. -jl,' The federal reserve board's jgtl.^^' I ,, mates showed that this tremendous* buying of American goods on a credit basis had further swollen American's' favorable trade balance against the! cancellation of goods In foreign ports.' '•» 2^ Millions havfe been lost to American commercial Interests through refusal. ^ of foreign buyers to accept shipments.,-' American financial institutions, for .. ;^J": reasons of business safety, are con-.,,/ tinulng to withdraw from, commlt-^2|i;|v? ments in foreign trade. •' >-iUh : HARDING ASKS CASH FOR MEET,' Ff . President Requests Congress to Ap-f^\ p^oprlate $200,000 to Defray Ex- ^>1 penees ef Disarmament Conference, i Washington, Aug. 17.--President" Harding asked congress on Monday^ for $200,000 to defray expenses for' j the disarmament conference. The , ' President transmitted a letter fromV*| Secretary Fletcher to Director Dawes of the budget bureau showing the amount needed, and also transmitted f ^ an official copy of the invitation to the nations to participate. The communications were immedi- ' ately taken under consideration by the senate appropriations committee^' * . $ with the purpose of making the $200,- i 000 provision a rider on the sblp-^ ;!^^^ ping board deficiency appropriation bill to hasten passage. The bill has passed the house. President Harding's letter was a' ^ brief formal transmittal note saying' in part: ^ "In the statement of reasons set i^^. f i forth by the undersecretary of state •X concur, and recommend the appro- % priation as being in the public interest." • , Premier Briand of France has as- i-* sured the United States government*' / •; that he will personally attend the disr ^ V < i armament conference. ' ; , - Li ~ RUSS RELIEF IN DEADLOCK Brown , and Lltvlnov at Odds on Red CrOss Claim to Control United ' 1 ' 8tates Stuff. i Riga, Latvia, Aug. 17.--A deadlock was readied In the negotiations relalt is suggested, hdwever>d*at--the^ ^(ve to American relief tor Russia's famine sufferers between Walter; Lyman Brown, director of the American relief administration, and Maxim Litvinov, acting on behalf of the soviet famine relief committee. Action by Washington and Moscow will be necessary to decide jthe issue, it is declared. M. Litvinov has declined to surrender the Bolshevist government's rights to the control of persons distributing food. •U4i v' • jO iV. ' 'V.4- TO VOTE CANAL TOLLS OCT. 10 Senate to Take Up Borah Bill Which Provides Free Tolls for American 8teamers. Washington, Aug. 17.--By unanK mous consent the senate qn Mondayf^|gj|; agreed to vote on October 10 on the|>X:! Borah bill providing for free tollst,,^ on American coastwise vessels usingf > j, ^ the Panama canal. If the senate lsi * not In session on that day it was un-^'.f.^V: derstood the vote will be tak^ th*. . first day after It Is convened. * ') New York Auto Thefts Dowlfc'"-'1 New York, Aug. 17.--Automobil^;^^p thefts In New York have almost* doubled in the last six months, accord- ^ ; ing to police figures made public on ^ Monday. Since Feb. 20, 2,491 cars, val-,v v ^ J hed at $2,500,000, have been stolen. > Sinn Fein Rejects Proposal. laondon, Aug. 15.--The London illy Express learns that the Sinn •VU iSiaiVBi i» Fein reply as r_e ceived by Premier j Lloyd George in Paris Thursday, was regarded by hha as a rejection at his * peace terms. U. 8. Raking in Back Taxes. < Washington, Aug. 16.--More than $8,666,000 has been collected In the last three weeks as a result of a 'special drive In 14 cities for tihe collection of delinquent sales on miscel- >us tares. V Rob Gamblers ef $2,000. " Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 15.--Two men with four pistols walked in on a card game in an apartment house here( picked up $2,000 table stakes and walked out. They passed up diamonds and watches. Foil Mall Train Robbery, Syracuse, N. Y., Aug. 1 Attempted robbery of a fast mall train just east of the city was frustrated by railroad detectives acting under orders from the railway audi service Is Washington. • • " . . . ' yr-jirp Arrest Two for Flying Too Lew. Davenport, la,, Aug. 17.--Lieut^M^^; Jim Ingram, pilot with the ltoerwntPr^S|3 flying circus, and A. S. Hall, news{lfa-£< per photographer, were arrested here"»-v': •'?_ for flying over the city within 1,000* feet above the businesa section., . ' v Hem# Brew Leada to Mu Denver, Colo., Aug. 17.--Bl>can%1 ;„ic! she said her husband, Will Slianklin, V ' insisted upon Installing a huge liquor*^ still in their home, despite her ^ tests, Mrs. Mary Shanklln shot an4|% « probably fatally Injured hlm^ «' William Tyson Wilson Diesi London. Aug. 17.--Announcement made of the death of William Tyson^"^ Wilson, former member of parliament;*^, He was erne of the most prominentia^ leaders of the labor party, being named chief labor whip In 1019. > r . v , f k*