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i (pities | of Illinois IIMtllltttllllllllimilfc City.--Ford county farm bui nIll hold it* annual picnic at Robittt ghxte August 24. Cairo.--Mrs. Annie Berkhigler was aiot and killed by George Frederick, a gtirage owner, who then took his own lite. The wwnan obtained a divorce from her husband a month a$o. Havana.--The state law in relation to licenses for nonresidents who Indulge in book and line fishing was enforced for the first time here when two men were arrested and fined $15 each. Danville.--Gas masks were used by the sewer department of Danville when grease accumulated in the sewers, was removed. The strong odor of gasoline made the gas mask protection necessary. Terre Haute, Ind.--Thomas L Gllliland, twenty-three years old, sought the authorities of Madison county, Illinois, in connection with the recent murder of his wife, was arrested at Haute on request of the sheriff. Jerseyville.--Plans are under way for the building of a hew county heme to house the country's wards, at the poor farm. It is proposed to obta!n the needed funds by levying a specipi tax rather than by means of a bond issue. Pensoneau.--Funeral arrangements for Alam J. Fries, fifty-nine, were held up at Pensoneau pending the completion of a special coffin. Frier weighed more than 400 pounds and was reputed to have been the heaviest man In southern Illinois. Jacksonville. -- Methodist preachers of central Illinois will attend the annual Illinois conference of the Methodist Episcopal church at Jacksonville September -6 to 12. Bishop Thomas Nicholson of Chicago will preside. The lay electoral conference will be held at the same time. Waddams Grove--For many years George J. Schudt, wealthy retired farmer, entertained the public at a picnic in his private park at Waddams Grove on each succeeding Labor day, and when he died a few months ago he left a fund for the continuation of the annual outings. Danville.--One man was scalded to death and three others badly injured at the Danville Rendering plant when a steam pipe broke. Harry Vance, ^working in the room, was enveloped by- the escaping steam., ( The three others were scalded whan they attempted to rescue him. One of the latter, John Moore, is not expected L^1Perintendent °f woman preachers, ' ' *" * Coleman Monsor Peoria.--The old settlers' picflte Peoria county, will be held in Gi Oak park, at Peoria, August 31. < rhestras have been obtained to furnish music. Joliet.--Farmers of Will county will hold their annual picnic at Dellwood Park, Joliet, August B7. The national sport of the farmer, horseshoe pitching," will feature the event. Bloomington. City water is superior to Bloomington well water. This! report has been made by Dr. J, M. PUrstman, city health director, as a result of the state water survey. Freeport.--A federal veterinarian will be employed by the Stephenson county farm bureau in co-operation with the United 8tates bureau of animal industry to test cattle tyc tuberculosis. Tolono,--Soy bean growers from all parts of the country will gather at Tolono on Thursday, September 1, to attend the all-day meeting and picnic to be held on the farm of O. L. Meharry. Freeport.--An outbreak of typhoid fever at Freeport, is believed by healih officials to have been caused by milk, all but one of the patients having used milk from the suspected dairy. There have been two deaths. Kankakee.--J. B. Smith, for many years editor and publisher of the Kankakee Dally Democrat, and a leader in eastern Illinois Democratic circles, was struck by lightning during an electrical storm and hwtantly killed. Rockford.--Thirty-six motorbusses will inaugurate a city-wide trunk line passenger service at Rockford. it was1 announced by the Fay Motor Bus corporation. The losses will operate on a 5-cent fare basis. Traction fai^a here are 8 cents. Galesburg. -- Richard Thompson, twenty-eight months old, of Monmouth, is the best talker for his age in Illinois. Scorers at a baby contest at the district fair at Galebsburg found that Richard has a vocabulary of 1,- 058 words. He Is thi» qhild of Professor Thompson of Lombard college. Chicago.--A hotel for the exclusive use of jobless and homeless former soldiers will be opened in Chicago this fall, it was announced by officials There will be accommodations for 1,000 men. Meals will be served twice a day and an employment bureau will be conducted in Connection with the hotel. Decatur.--Equal in authority with meft preachers and fulfilling all the duties of office, 15 women are serving as pastors of the Disciples of Christ church in Illinois, putting this state at the head of that denomination for its number of woman preachers, according to announcement of the fflSHWAr BILL Measure Carries $75,000,000 ^ federal AW in Malunfl , Roads. pf< Sr; '• - IK to live. \ Springfield.--One of the most elaborate state exhibits ever displayed wIH be brought from the state of Louisiana to the Illinois state fair August 19-27. Hie exhibit will include an assortt of agricultural crops, such, as cane, cotton, rice, peanuts and citrus fruits. Natural resources such as salt and sulphur from the largest mines in the world, an assortment of native timber and stuffed specimens of wild birds. Coffeen.--"Uncle Steve" White of CMfeen, one hundred and five years old, does not believe in wearing shoes. A favorite expression of his is "we wear shoes because we started wearto* them; otherwise we would not need them any more than a goose." He la the oldest man In Montgomery county and was a volunteer from Bond eooaty in the Mexican war. He was horn February 9, 1818, the year DUBOIS was admitted to the Union. Springfield.--Spontaneous combustion caused most of the fire loss in Illinois in July, according to the monthly report of the state fir4 marshal. Fires of this sort caused destruction of a $493,000 warehouse at 8tlckney in Cook county, and $364,- aoo loss at the Rock Island arsenal. The total Are loss for the month was 12,184,002. Electricity caused a $163,- 201 loss and lightning $156,010. Eight persons lost their lives in fires during July and 40 were burned. J Springfield.--Curtailment of the Injunction power of Illinois courts will be the chief topic of discussion at the thirty-ninth annual convention of the Illinois State Federation of Labor, which will meet in Aurora for one week, commencing October 17. The call for the convention, which will draw 1,000 official delegates to Au- , rora was sent to all labor unions in the state. Accomplishments of the •legislature's work will be reviewed llrst according to President John H. Walker, but discussion of the constitutional convention which will then be in session, will overshadow all else. Labor's attitude toward the proposed new constitution, will be determined, Jfr. Walker said, by the action basic lawmakers take on the labor article before them on their return to Springfield In September. Both Mr. Walker Mid Secretary Treasurer Victor A. Olander of Chicago, who joined in Wading out the call for the convention, regard the "injunction evil" as labor's most vital issue. That evil, they said, vji more violent today than ever. j'.-V. >- Peoria.--The Illinois Valley Yacht flbd Canoe club's annual endurance paddling race, from Peoria down the Illinois river to Quiver beach, forty- ' two miles, has been announced for Sunday, Sept. 4. The winning canoe llat year completed the distance in ijSven hours. Grand Detour.--The old homestead «f John Deere, builder of the first steel 9u>n and pioneer In the manufacture .pf agricultural implements, wnich has been falling to decay, is to be restored by Mrs. William Buttersworth, a ttranddaughter. t ; Joliet--The wall of the new Joliet penitentiary has been completed. It is fij 4 ,'•,700 feet, more than a mile, in length is thirty-three feet above ground and ;,v ten to twenty-two feet below ground. / ^ 'Foundations are from eight to eleven tT s-feet wide. The wall is fourteen lneh- 3| ,<?s wide at the top. £Uj' Peoria.--Two cases of infantile paralysis have been reported at Peoria. -'Mrs. Beebe Stark, twenty-six years X Xs* old, and Virgil McQuowan, fourteen i 'fire the victims. The Stark case was ^•'/'the first of its kind In the city, a*» Wording' health author!tie*. GOES TO CONFERENCE Original Appropriation of $100,000,000 in Bill Wat Reduced by Amendment by Senator New Who , Asked $50,000,000 Cut. Washington, Aug. 22.-- The •Pawnsend bill, appropriating $75,000,000 for federal aid in construction and development of good roads, was passed by the senate on Friday by a viva voce vote, 28 to 22. It now goes to conference, where an agreement with the bouse As expected before congress recessed. Tbe original appropriation of $100,- 000,000 in the bill 4as reduced on amendment by Senator New of Indiana, who sought to cut it to $50,- sxto.ooo. A committee amendment for a federal highway commission to administer the bill was stricken out and the secretary" of agriculture left to carry out its provisions. A provision for $15,000,000 for "construction and improvement of national forest; roads and trails was allowed to stank United States Insists That Republic Give Up Costa^ Rican Land. / | Charles A. Kram is the comptroller of the post office department, which office replaces that of auditor. Mr. Kram was auditor for, the post office department for the past ten years. Rev. Mrs. Jessie of Decatur/ ' / TaylorvlUe.--Thrive robbers descended on the mining town of Klncaid, held up a bank cashier and deputy sheriff, and escaped with the $114,000 pay roll of the Peabody Coal company's mittes at Klncaid, Langley and Tovey. Cashier Jones of the Klncaid Loan and Trust company had just drawn the pay roll from the post office upon its arrival from Chicago nnd was on the way to the bank with it, with Deputy Sheriff Jerome Lockhart as guard when the robbers appeared. One of the robbers knocked the cashier senseless with his revolver, a second knocked down Lockhart,and a third loaded the money packages into an auttimobile, in which the robbers disappeared before the villagers realized what was happening. The only description of the robebrs Is that one of them had a broken nose. Springfield,--Reports of the work done by the automobile investigators during the month and a half since they were appointed under the new law passed by the general assembly, Indicate that- nearly half a million dollars in license fees which has been escaping in the past will be brought into the state treasury through this agency. In every community visited by the Investigators up to this time; according to the automobile department of the secretary of state's office, the number of applications for chauffeurs' licenses has increased 100 per cent and there has been a large increase also in the applications for duplicate plates. Chicago.--The United States shows that the value of farm land and buildings in Cook county on January 1, 1920, was $90,730,831, sn Increase of $5,187,744 over the values of 1910. The acreage was as follows: 1920, total, 348,619; Improved, 303,470; 1910, total, 387,603; Improved, 331,- 092. The decrease is about 10 per cent in total acreage and 8 per cent Is Improved. Oats and corn are the banner Cook county crops. The totals for harvests, 1919 and 1909, of the four principal crops are as follows: Oats--1919, 56,196 acres, 1,682,981 bushels; 1900, 59,465 acres, 2,210,856 bushels. Corn--1919, 54,251; acres, 1,485,835 bushels; 1909, 66,330 acres, 2,137,823 bushels. Wheat--1919, 25, 105 acres, 4,261,749 bushelh; 1909, 8,033 acres, 71,401 bushels.' Hay-- 1919, 68,242 acres, 85,443 tons; 1909, 91,421 acres, 109,104 tons. The total number of farms In the county is 5,305, of which 2,198 are operated by tenants. IS FINAL OFFER TO ERIN Premier Lloyd George Says Peace Terms Are Best Britain Has to Offer--Rejection Means War.' London, Aug. 22.--The British government, declared Premier Lloyd Reorge^on Friday, In making its settlement proposals to Ireland, had deelded on putting tije whole of its terms Into the letter to Eamonn de Valera without keeping anything back, and the sequel had proved, he said, that It was right in adopting that course. **I want to make it clear," continued fhe prime minister, "that the government did not put forth haggling terms, but put forward everything they could possibly concede to purchase peace and the good will of the Irish people, ta Ireland, Itself, so far as I can see, the doubt is ndt so much as to 'the terms, but aa to whether the government really means them. "That Is a question of working out the tertns-M)f elucidation and elaboration, and not a changing of the terms. The outline cannot be altered nor the basis changed. "If there is rejection, and final rejection beyond hope of negotiation, steps will undoubtedly have to be taken which the executive ought not and won't wish to take without first consulting parliament and giving it full opportunity of expressing approval or disapproval of any steps we.might propose to it." PLOT LAID TO ANSELL Army OJffffijcceerrss Charged With Con- spirac;yy in EE scape of Bergdoll. U. S. TO SHIP F06D TO flUSS Washington Officials Arrange to Charier Several Steamers t» iK>, A. Carry Goods. Washlngtoa^ Aug. 22.--Large sums will be spent immediately in the United States for cereals and other foods, soon to be shipped to soviet Russia by the American relief administration, under plans announced on Friday by Secretary Hoover. Agreement between the relief society and the soviet authorities is near completion and the relief work will go on at once, the secretary Bald. Relief work In Rtessla may entail expenditures of $10,000,000 before many weeks have elapsed, including the financial outlays necessary abroad as well as In America. Officials are arranging to charter several steamers at New York to carry the food cargoes across without delay. Every dollar spent for Russian relief supplies will be spent in the United States. ' * 1 M %*• Rockford.--William H. Jennings of Chicago was elected right eminent commflhder of Illinois grand com' mandery, Knights Templar, at the sixty-fifth annual conclave In Rockf ford. Glen F. Coe of Dixon was elec ted to the stepping stone office of grand warden, defeating W. R. Brown ef East St. Louis. Polo.--What is believed to be the largest edible mushroom ever grown is Illinois was found in a pasture near Polo. It measured thirty inches across the top And weighed several pounds. v Morrison.--The miliroom of the Illinois Refrigerator company at Morrison was put into operation after a six months' shutdown. Other departments of the plant, which employ about 200 men normally, will be reopened soon The wage scale of the employees has been reduced 15 to 40 per cent. Chicago.--Fire in the water-front yards of the Taylor Coal company at Chicago burned 300 tons of coal and part of the dock and gave the crew of the fire tug Graeme-Stewart a fourhour battle. XtaroriflD <* tbo flxa wms j»<>t knoigi "CLOUDBURST" HITS CHtCftQO Thousands of Persons Marooned in Autos and on 8treet Cars by Deluge-- Property Loss Heavy. Chicago, Aug. 22.--Chicago experienced one of the heaviest rains In years Friday night. The downpour, which lasted three hours, Inundated the streets to the depth of three feet in some places. Thousands of automobiles were stalled and the occupants forced to wade through three feet of water. Thousands of dollars' worth of property was damaged when basements were flooded to the depth of several feet. Street car traffic was halted on several lines when the water reached the floor level. Several buildings were struck by lightning. Majority Report of 1>touse Inveatigatdng Committee Severely Criticizes Former Judge Advocate General. Washington, Aug. ,20.--Samuel Tilden Ansell, former acting judge advocate general of the army and of the prisoner's legal counsel; Col. John lfi. Hunt and Col. C. C. Cresson were charged with conspiracy in connection' with the escape of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the draft evader, in a report signed by three of the five members of a special investigating committee, filed with the house oh Thursday. A minority report filed at the same time hild, however, that there "was no testimony to support, the charge that Ansell, through whose efforts, as counsel, the^*prisoner was released, "conspired to effectuate his escape." or that his motive was improper. One Republican, Representative Luhring of Indiana, and two Democrats, Johnson of Kentucky, and Flood of Virginia, signed the majority report. The minority views were presented by Chairman Peters, Maine, and Congressman McArthur, Oregon. Republicans. The majority held that Colonel Hunt, commandant of the barracks at Gov' ernor's island, from which Bergdofl set out on his errand, was directly responsible for the slacker's escape through failure to handcuff him or to provide an adequate guard. As a basis for its criticism of Colonel Cresson, the majority report said that "as ugly as are the many phases of the whole matter, none Is more defenseless than the conduct of Colonel Cresson, in his pretense of prosecution of Colonel Hunt," tried by court-martial in connection with the Bergdoll scandal. No reference to Cresson was made by the minority. Maj. Bruce R. Campbell, accused by Bergdoll's mother of having accepted $5,000 to help obtain freedom for the prisoner, was exonerated by the majority. Dismissal from the Department of Justice of-fieri B. Wood, in charge of correspondence in the Bergdoll case, for failure to transmit Jo the War department warning from a special agent that the prisoner was planning to escape, was recommended by the majority. Maj. Gen. Peter C. Harrif, adjutant general of the army, who authorized Hunt to send Bergdoll, under guard, to the Maryland mountains to search for the gold, was charged by the minority with "primary responsibility for the situation which made the escape," NOTE FORWARDED BIT HUGHES Battalion of Marines, With-Full War Equipment, Ordered to Board Vessel for Service in _ *••»«»«. J .5,", PWted^Hrhia, Pa., Aug. of 400 marines embarked from here on the U. S. S. Pennsylvania for duty in Panama. , / According t<? the report* a battalion of marines at the base at Quantlco, Va., was ordered to board a vessel for Panama. Washington, Aug. 23.---The United States has decided tQ authorize the republic of Costa RIcp. to occupy the territory now held by Panama, but assigned to the former by the White* Loubet boundary award. ^ Panama was so informed iij a note from Secretary Hughes under date of August 18, the text of which was made public by tlie State-.department. The text of the note: "The government of the United States has received the note addressed by the government of Panama on August 6 to the American minister In Panama, replying to thd; communication handed by the minis*, ter on August 2 to the government of Panama "by instructions of the government of the United States, ~ In which were transmitted two requests of the government of Costa Rica re-' latlng to the boundary dispute be* tween the republic of Panama and* Costa Rica. "After the most careful consideration of the stateihents contained in the note of the government of Panama above referred to, this government has reached the conclusion that arguments advanced in this communication have been fully answered in previous notes addressed by the government of the United States to the gov-^ ernment of Panama, "It is greatly regretted that it has proved to be impossible for the governments of Panama and Costa Rica to come to a direct agreement for the delimitation of that portion of the boundary between the two ^republics laid down by the White awaru. "In view of the fact that *he' government of Panama appears/unwilling to carry out this delimitation In the manher provided in the Porras-Anderson convention, and inasmuch as a reasonable time, mentioned In the note of this government dated May 2, 1921, for the reaching of an agreement as to the manner of carrying out this delimitation, has already been afforded, there would seem to be no reason why the government of the United Stages should, as the friendly mediator between the two governments, or by virtue of its special relation to the government of Panama,^ feel compelled to suggest to the 'government of Costa Rica that it delay lonfefer taking jurisdiction over the territory which js now occupied by Panama and which was adjudged to belong to Costa Rica by the terms of the Loubef award. "The government of the United States ife now advised by the government of Costa Rica that sfnee it considers that the Pdrras-Anderson convention is in force, and since it believes that there if! -no valid reason for delaying its complete execution any longer, it is ready to assume immediately the Jurisdiction over tfte territory above referred to." • * v Viscount Kato, minister of-the navy, ban beem selected to head Japan's navy delegation. the Washington .conference. " JO. /'• LUCKY BOY SCOUTS TwoWinTripto South PoleWith W Shackleton. J- ?e 13,416 VESSELS USE Authorities Say 51,600,000 Tons of Car. go Have Passed Through Canal Since It Was Opened. Balboa, Panama Canal Zone, Aug. 19. --In the seven years that the Panama canal has been In use 13,416 vessels carrying 51,600,000 tot^s of "irgo have passed through the waterway, it was announced by the Canal Zone authorities. During the last year 2,843 ships with 11,000,000 tons of cargo passed through the canal. The seventh birthday of the canal fell upon Monday. Frank Gould Not to Wed. Paris, Aug. 23.--Frank J. Gould talked about rumors of his approaching marriage to Florence Lacaz, which has been talked of since his divorce. He said: "I am not to be congratulated. 1 am not to marry Miss Lacas." Michigan Bank Is Robbed. Bay City, Mich., Aug. 23.--The Farmers' State bank of Kawkawlin was robbed of • about $4,000 in cash and an undetermined amount in Liberty bonds by a lone thief, who forced the cashier to deliver all the money. Culver Rifle Team Beats Gobs. Culver, Ind., Aug. 22.--A rifle match between ten-man teams of thf Great Lakes Naval Training Btation and Culver summer schools was won by Culver, 911 to 838. The match Included 200 yards at rapid fire and 300 yards at slow fire. Bush of Great Lakes made the highest individual score, 91, Firemen Trapped at Fire. Milwaukee, Aug. 23. -- One fireman was overcome by smoke in fighting a blaze which swept the upper floors of the Ladish Milling company's storehouse, after the explosion of a dust pocket had trapped a score of men. Manila Is Under Water. Manila, P. 1., Aug. 20.--Following rains for the past nine days, Manila is In the grip of a serious flood. The business district Is tied up by high waters and portions of the residential district are under water. One Killed; Six Hurt in Auto. Anderson, Ind., Aug. 23. -- Mrs. Herschell Bailey Elwood was Instantly killed; Mrs. Charles Trotter, Betty June Bailey and Charles Trotter, seriously injured, and three others hurt when their automobiles collided. Flyer Killed In Air Drop. Rockford, 111.. Aug. 20.--"Bud" Bridgens of Chicago was instantly killed when his parachute failed to open after be leaped froni an airplane here. Brillfens nrartlelng for an aprlal New Head for Middlebury College. Mlddlebury, Vt„ Aug. 22.--Rev, Paul Dwlght Moody, youngest son ot the late Dwlght L. Moody, the evan' gellst, was elected president of Mid dlebury college. • He succeeds President John M. Thomas, who resigned. SwIm Unable to Locate Bergdoll. Berne, , Aug. 22.--Agents of the American legation here and the Swiss police have been unable to locate Grov er Clevelrfhd Bergdoll, the American draft evader, who was reported to have Jsd to Switzerland fronj Gerraa«r- Selected From Among Teir Competitors to Be Cabin Boya on His Ship on Antarctic Expedition. London, Aug. 19.--Tv;o Scotch boy scouts will shortly embark on a cruise of adventure such as their comrades throughout the world daily dream about, for Sir Ernest H. Shackleton, the antarctic explorer, has selected them from among ten competitors ,to accompany him in his coming antarctic expedition as cabin boys aboard his ship, the Quest The youths are Patrol Leaders J. W. S. Marr of Aberdeen, aged slxfejen, and N. E. Mooney of Kirkwall, in the Orkney islands, aged seventeen. I / The ten picked applicants came to London from all parts of the United Kingdom. Sir Ernest interviewed them to ascertain their qualifications and found so much talent that be could not make a decision until today. ' ' Young Mooney came all the way from the stormy Orkneys, a Journey of 600 miles. He had never seen passenger trains before and was so confused by the big city and Its strangers that Sir Ernest could not get him to talk. .JHowever,' Mooney has a winning personality and knows all about boats and the sea, as does Marr. The Quest will sail at the end\ of this month, to be gone two or mora years. • 1 TAX BILL SENT T0^ SENATE Raises Ipcome Tax Exemption for Married Men to $2,500--Provides Repeal of Excess Profits Tax. Washington, Aug. 28.---The Fordney tax bill, which was passed by tlfe house on Saturday by a vote of 274 to 125, now goes to the senate, where the tentative plans are to give it consideration ahead of the tariff measure. The bill, .as passed by the house, raises the Income tax exemption for married men or "heads of families,' to $2,500, Instead of $2,000, the present amount. The exemption allowed for each dependent is raised from $200 to $400. These changes apply to the income of 1921, belnfe made retro- -active. The bill provides repeal of the excess profits tax and substitution of an increase in the corporation tax, now 10 per cent, to 12»4 per cent. The maximum surtax is placed at 32 per cent. It applies to all incomes above $00,000 a year, and the higher ratesrunning up to 65 per cent--are annulled. Efforts to make these two clAuses retroactive failed; fM-; Births Triple In France^ ^ Paris. Aug. 23.--There were twice as many marriages In France In 1920 as In 1913, according to figures just announced, (>23,865 against 312,086. The excess of births over deaths last jfear was 150,000. fT T " ' 1 J'" r.f v t Rescue Ship Craw BalR^ ^ Vancouver, B. C., Aug. 23. -- OMy two members of the crew of the steamer Alaska, sunk off the California coast with the loss of 62 lives, were willing to man boats from the rescue otAoni^f AnyoT: Shotgun Kills. Man In Bed. Sardstown, Ky., Aug. 22.--Whil{ asleep in his home, Charles A. Vancv, forty-three, a wealthy farmer, was shot and killed. The murderer, point ing a shotgun through a window, orer the bed, shot Vance in the heart. Burns to Qeath Under Wagon. Minneapolis. Minn., Aug. 22.--An overturned popcorn wagon Imprisoned Mike Dlnos and caused him to burn to death when gasoline from a ^tank sprayed over him and eaught -as he attempted tojfscapa. ! > HITS ARMY-NAVY REDUCTION 8enator Lodge 8ays: "It la Indefeasible to Take All We Have 8aved and 8pend It on Roada." Washington, Aujf. 19.--Reductions of army and navy appropriations were severely criticized in the senate on Wednesday by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, who has been appointed by President Harding a representative of the United States at the coming con* ference on disarmament Lodge's attack upon the "economy program" for the army and navy urged by Senator Borah occurred in the course of strong opposition expressed by him to the pending $100,- 000,000 good roads bill. 1 He said that when reductions in army and navy expenditures are made by congress, it seemed to him that it "Is wholly Indefensible to take all we have saved" and spend It on good roads which are Instruments of prosperity and convenience, but which Is not an insurance of our safety or a security of our peace. NO HITCH IN PEACE TREATY No Obstacles In Way of Negotiation* Between United States and Qais many, Says Washington. ' Washington, Aug. 19.--There are no serious obstacles in the way of the informal negotiations for a peace treaty with Germany, which are now being carried on in Berlin by American Commissioner Dresel, the State department announced. Officials refused to confirm or deny Berlin reports that Germany is refusing to accept responsibility for the war, but expressed confidence that the negotiations would proceed -- tta$so» torlly. ' • • Quiet in /French Morocco. Fez, Morocco, Aug. 22.--Official reports declare that absolute calm prevails in 4he French zone of Morocco, even in districts near the Spanish zone, where the tribesmen have, been engaged lc hostilities. V \.,fi Catch Alleged Embsmile*.< <- Dallas, Tex., Aug. 22.--Norman D. Richards, who is alleged to have Embezzled $70,000 from the funds of the Northern National bank of Philadelphia, September 20. 1920. was ar> rested here. Secretary Asks Resignation pipping Commissioner? » '6;' at New York. IMU OfiU UP UL OFFICES! %• Department of Commerce Says Special Agents Found That Systematic Graft Has Been the Ruts ^for Several Years. .^Washington, Aug. 24.--Graft is sampant iu the offices of federal shippings] commissioners, and there is to be a* „ "clean sweep" In that branch of thejf bureau of navigation at Atlantic as Jewell as Pacific ports, it was officially*^, stated on Tuesday at the Department ! of Commerce.. , I Secretary Hoover requested the res-g* Ignation of Shipping CommLssloner j# Quinn at New York. Hoover said * "would clean up" the New York bu-!5| reuu with a "scrub brush" to reraoW'l..,,. all traces of corruption. % Special agents found that \n New^f York systematic graft'has been tbers#' rule among all employees foi^aevera t ^ ^ years. » |v Reports laid* before Secretary Hoov-**|V er revealed that the graft secured by'1^ government officers In the form of se-^| curities of shipping companies-far ex-," fceeded the salaries paid to government employees. Hundreds of thousands of dollars are alleged to have been so feald to government agents for special conces- J •ions. i .ife? The "clean-up" at New York" is the- f Iforerunner of drastic measures at Jf.* many other ik>rts to reorganize com-, pletely this branch of the service. ||; Commerce department officials said«'i| with regard to the New York situatlon that no evidence has been ob- i talned to show that Commissioner I Quinn participated directly in the: | graft, but other proof is before the department which tends to show thati r he was lax in eliminating these and f other practices. v . * if. •' HARDING FOR LABOR'S VOICE Wants Workers Represented at Dis. : V! M«et» Saya'Swnu^' - ; i Gompers. ] Atlantic City, N. J.? Aug. 24.--Pre8i4f;| dent Harding looked with favor cm,' labor's request for representation at'; ? the disarmament conference to be !;|i held in Washington, Samuel Gomiiprs if said at the opening of the meeting ofi the executive council of the American Federation of Labor, and he 4|; stated that as president of the federa- 5 f • tlon he had communicated with or- it ganized labor bodies of other nations with a view of getting their attitude p on representation discussion. Mr. Gompers added that he had re- ,* celved a letter of appreciation from'r^ President Harding after visiting the^1^ White House and suggesting that* I American labor be permitted repre- ,| sentatlon in the conference^ r "Labor has always been an advo-, cate of disarmament," said Mr. <3omi> ers, "and the full force o.f organ-% tzed labor Of America backs President* '§j Harding in his move to bring about. world peace through disarmament." , % the disarmament HUNT FIRE RUJNS FOR DEAD Macon JFiremen Think More Than; 1;'-»;^i«reo' Whose Bodies vAr||^^ 4 (, • Found Perished. . -••• Macon, Ga., .Aug. 24.--Three persons are known to have lost their lives on Monday in a1 fire which destroyed the Brown house, a frame hotel here, and firemen expressed the belief the death list would be mate- > rially increased when the ruins of the structure had been fully explored. John K. Hays, a former justice of the )>eace, is among the dead. The bodies of two men taken from tlie second floor of the building have not been identified. Approximately 20 of the 150 guests; of the hotel ware injured* > URGES U. S. TAX BOARD Senate Finanoe Committee Asks - I House Body to Add to Tax Bill an Amendment..- -V'V • t~Vf' . t, , \ . *; |- Washlngton, Aug. 24.--Tlie senate^;-' finance committee will be asked by the^ * bouse ways and means committee to^^.' add to the tux revision bill an amendment providing for creation of a cpm- Jj mission to study tlie effects of certain forms of taxation on business,^ and government revenues and to recommend whether legislation is ad-r vlsable under which federal taxes;;'* f could be collected on state and muni-.. |, .cipal tax-exempt securities. § " % Woman Killed a« T«ln Hits Auto. J Louisville, Ky., Aug. 24.--Mrs. Anna '| Setf-ell Weaver, club leader and wife, if of Charles P. Weaver, former mayor V of Louisville, was killed when an au- V tomobile in which she was riding was^ f •truck by a train at Silerville. J Baby la Slain by Mother. $ Cleveland, O., Aug. 24.--Rather than see her year-old baby boy die by, starvation, Mrs. Mary Beltls told po-, lice on Monday that she ended its ljfe by'smothering it She la hel* 00 a, chwe of mdrder Dr. Edmund Hollar Cheyenne, Wyo., Aug. 20. -A report from New York that Dr. Edmund Heller was lost In the Hoodoo momtalns near tlfe east edge of Yelthwstone park, was denied by Superintendent Albright of the park. Burns Heada U. 8. 8leutha. , Washington, Aug. 20.--William Burns of New York, head of the Burns Detective agency, was appointed by Attorney General Daugherty as dip©e-. tor of the bureau of Investigation af the Department of Justice, V»V/ ' William J. Burns Sworn In. Tashlugton, Aug. 24.--William J ft urn s of Niew York "was sworh in, «.s director of the bureau of investifutlon of the Department .of Justice, succeeding William J. Fiynn, who . algned last week. '; / -/ Capsize* Boat; Throe Drowned. i Slirevep<*rt, La., Aug. 24.--Willardtt % McGee and Mabel McAlpin of Shreve* port and Mark Briedy of New Orleans were drowned on ^ondny when a boar ^ inndtnil on flirt la lafca . frl*. 'jegka? ' r•' " J. - I-' > "