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ILLINOIS BREVITIES Bhiomington.--The city council has launched a campaign in behalf of lower street railway fares and also the t'--" "rates for gas, electric light and steamheating service. , \Vj'/ Chicago.--Col. John V. Cllnnln, acting United States district attorney, ' announced his candidacy for commander of the Illinois department of 7, the American Legion in the October Section. : St. Louis, . X wanted in connection with the Standm Mo.--Thomas Hayes, WX. • ard Oil Co. payroll robbery at Good ? River, 111., Jnly 5, in whicfi three automobile bandits escaped with $46,000, 's wag arrested here. He is held by federal authorities on a warrant issued -..at Springfield, III. Springfield.--Pauline Patricia Pence, : daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Pence of Taylorville, is Illinois' cham- • plon baby. Little "Pat," who is eleven months and twenty-eight days old, ' .scored 99.5 in the Illinois better babies' ' conference at the state fair. Championship prizes were awarded by Governor Small. Lichtfield.-^The Lichtfleld coal mine • will open soon, fallowing the closing of a deal with prominent St. Louis coal . operators which has been pending for \ some time. Operations will begin In about fifteen days, it is thought. Work ©n the air shaft and in clearing out the mine will begin as soon as the papers are signed, it is said. Numerous orders for coal are now on file, and the big mine will soon be in a position to relieve the labor situation somewhat in the vicinity. Elgin.--That Chicago will be hit by - a serious milk shortage within three , weeks is the prediction of delegates representing thousands of dairymen of the Chicago district following an allday session at Diindee. A cut of 80 cents, making the price $1.50 per 100 pounds, is at the base of the expected shortage, according to the dairymen. They claim they cannot continue in the business under such conditions. Many say they will sell to cheese and butter factories at the $1.50 price and receive skimmed milk in return, a better bargain for them. Chicago.--By the abolition of the last of the restrictions which for years have caused strife and dissatisfaction in the building industry, Judge Landis, arbiter in the wage controversy between the unions and the contractors, opened the door to the greatest building boom that tlie city has ever experienced. Incidentally he provided work for 50,000 men when the building season reaches its height. The restrictions removed by agreement wifh officials of the union and heads of the big buildfng associations are the so-called work perntit and subcontractor practices. Harrisburg.--Eleven bodies of miners were brought to the surface of the Hareo mine from a depth of 445 feet and 1,000 feet from the mouth of the mine. The men were entombed when a dynamite charge in a new coal bed penetrated an old walled room, providing means of escape of black damp, which it Is believed killed the miners. Seven men, who escaped the explosion but are suffering from the effect of black damp, were taken to local hospitals. It Is believed they will recover. A check of the miners showed that 436 miners had entered the shaft and that all but the 11 reported dead had escaped. Aurora.--Nobody ventured to oppose the championship tractor plowmen in the forty-third annual Wheatland plowing match at Plainfleld, perhaps because of the tradition attached to a name. The tractor champion, Albert Stark, is a son of Cyrus Stark, many times champion in the days when the horse-drawn plow was the only blade used in turning a furrow. In any event, when Albert wheeled his machine up to the starting mark to defend against the world the title he won last year not a person offered to enter the lists. Jest as Stark went unchallenged in the tractor contest, so did Frank Roar dm an of Wheatland In the horse-drawn event. Peoria. -- Corn farmers appear to have been hit harder than wheat farm- Bra by the slump of corn prices to prewar levels, and tenant farmers have been hit harder than owners. That is the testimony in Peoria and Woodford counties, which are a rich portion of the corn belt. Farm tenantry, one of the growing problems of American agriculture, has increased to such a degree that nearly two out of every five farms in the United States are run by renters instead of by owners, and the fastest increase has been in the states comprising the bread basket region. Of all the northern states, Illinois now has most tenants--101,- 196. Of all the farms in the state, 42.7 are operated by tenants, and In Woodford county, it la said, the ratio Ss higher and there are' about as many '•enters as owners, many of the tenants, however, being relatives of the deed holders. 8pringfield.--Governor Small gets a ten-day delay In liis proposed fight for a change of venue from Sangamon county, where indictments charging him with embezzlement are pending. His attorneys sought for and secured ^postponement until September 10 of the proceedings that had been set for hearing before Circuit Judge Elbert & Smith of Springfield. JMount Carroll.--Cora, fully ripened, is being gathered on farms in the vicinity of Mount Carroll a month earlier than usual. The oars In most cases are large and well filled. Decatur.--Voters of Decatur, at a election, declined to authorise ~ increased tax levies in order to take care of the needs of the public schools. fThis city has lost many teachers because other places havS tendered higher salaries. In order to meet oot- •Mle competition, it is necessary to ##>vide more funds to take care of tfen enlarged pay rolls. Aurora.--Fifty special policemen mostly member8 of the Aurora Automobile club, have been appointed by Mayor Greene to »e» ilml ttm traffic rales are obeyed. .Toilet.--Dr. James McCoy, ninetyone years old, jregetarlan doctor of this city, shot and seriously wounded John Maher after an argument over a prescription of liqudr. Ualesburg.--More than 50,000 square feet of sidewalk has been laid here this year, according to the city engineer. All of the work was done by private contract with the . property owners. * La Salle?--Central Illinois will soon rival Kentucky as a center for the manufacture of "moonshine" whisky If there Is much Increase in the activities In this direction. In a raid of a still l<fcated 011 a farm near here, deputy sheriffs confiscated two truckloads of illicit "boore." Springfield.--Former State -Senator Albert C. Bollinger of Waterloo has assumed his duties as state director of finance. Mr Bollinger succeeds Omar Wright of Belvidere, who tendered his resignation to Qov. Len Small several months ago, but who was not relieved from duty until recently. Sterling.--That the northwestern portion of Illinois at one time was the habitat of mastodons or mammoth9 is indicated by the unearthing, in Whiteside and adjoining counties, of great teeth and bones. At Lyndon, a tooth weighing more than five pounds was discovered. i Chicago.---Wealthy dairy fanners, dissatisfied with the two cents a quart reduction in milk, given Chicago consumers by the big milk distributors, are planning to invade the retail market with a fanners' independent milk company. The new concern will sell milk at ten cents a quart, two cents less than the new retail price, according to Russel J. Poole, secretary' of the city council committee on living costs, With whom the farmers interested in the new venture have been conferring. " ' Crbaua.--The University of Illinois will hold another of Its experimental field "open houses" on Tuesday, September 13. This one will be at the Heury county experimental field afid Is being arranged in connection with a community club picnic and in co-operation with the county farm bureau. The field is located near Midland, about half way between Kewanee and Galva, and was purchased by the citizens of that community and deeded to the University of Illinois for a permanent soil experiment field. Chicago.--"Justice" threw 'away her blindfold here when seven penniless "vagrants," found sleeping in a park, were taken before Judge Charles McKinley, expecting fines and workhouse sentences. The court, instead gave each man a new one-dollar bill and a letter assuring him of a job in a South Chicago rolling mill. "Courts were created not merely to dispense punishment, but to lend a helping hand to those temporarily in dire circumstances," said the judge. Police fear a "run" on the park. Springfield.--Governor Small announced the letting of contracts for approximately 51 miles of 18-foot Portland cement Concrete roads at a total cost of $1,474,494.32, or an average cost per mile of $28,957, cement included, road complete, and built under standard 1921 specifications. Following are the contracts let to successful contractors, the contract price Including cement and the average cost per mile: Route 3, section 53, Greene county, 4.18 miles--Joseph Kesl ft Son, contractor; contract price, $121,- 972.49; cost per mile, $29,180. Route 5, sections 17 and 18, Winnebago Stephenson counties, 10.59 miles--C. C. Vanderpool & Sons, contractor; contract price, $312,699.15; cost per mile, $29,520. Route 13, section 1, Williamson county, 5.81 miles--Keokuk Quarry ft Construction company, contractors; contract price, $142,- 712.75; cost per mile, $28,620. Route 18, section 11, Kane-Dui'age counties. 6.51 miles--Wilson A. Jaicks, contractor; contract price, $177,189.33; cost per mile, $27,218. Route 23, section 1, La Salle county, 6.81 miles--Earnest Barns ft Co., contractor; contract price, $200,332.89; cost per mile, $29,400. Route 23, section 28, DeKalb county, 3.43 miles--Wilson A. Jaicks, contractor; contract price, $101,806.90; cost per mile, $29,681. Route 25, section 6, Clay county, ' 7.49 miles -- Stressenreuter Bro6., contractors; contract price, $320,169.64; cost per mile, $29,395. Route 37, section 5, Franklin county, 1.11 miles--Shidler Construction ft Material Co., contractors; contract price, $32,655.50; cost per mile, $29,419. The following grading and bridge contracts were awarded: Route 23, section 1A, La Salle county--Earnest Berns ft Co., Indianapolis, contractors; contract' price, $27,234.40 Route 18, section 13A, Kendall county, 1.52 miles--Ben F. Harrison, contractor; contract price, $5,345.35. Route 18, section 14A, Kendall county, 3.17 miles--Ben F. Harrison, contractor; contract price, $47,<1£8.84. Route 5, section 23B, JoDavless-Stephenson counties, bridge--W- H. Shons, contractor; contract price, $12,256.15. Route 18, section 13B, Kendall county bridges--Frandsen Construction company, contractor; contract price $7, 487.20: Chicago.--The state Saloonkeepers' association has changed ltr. name to the Retail Malt Beverage Dealers' association of Illinois and will hold Its first annual meeting under its new name on September 29. It formerly was known as the Liquor Dealers' Protective association of Illinois. Granite City.--Arthur Dorman confessed to Police Chief Clark that the body of the woman found murdered and burled In a crude grave In a wheat flpid nejtr here June 10 last, was that of /-his wife, Nora, and that* be had murdei^d her. Rockford.--In compliance with the recent order of thf War department, Camp Grant, near here, will be aban doned in fhe near future. The camp will be dismantled during the early part of September. On September will start the sale of 400 buildings and other property at auction. Springfield.--The Sangamon county farm bureau has placed orders for seven carloads of seed wheat to be shipped to Sangamon county from Kan sas. The- variety of wheat which being brought in, Is black «H»*j lected Turkey Red wheat TO HOT VIRGIN!*? Nineteenth anji Twenty-Sixth Mltantry Fully Equippeffc v Go to Charleston, f, , sufficient to meet the government gu&rtlon is Charleston, where they will j antee of their earning power, in fact, 200 Mies KILLED, REPORT Battle oa 25-Mile Front Near Logan Courthouse Lasted All Day--Both Sides Fire From Machina Gun Neata/Officiate Say. -Logan, W. Va., Sept. 5.--Two hundred miners are believed to have been! killed in the battle of Logan Courthouse. Colonel Eubank, commanding^ the citizens' army defending Logan! against the advance of the miners,! said reports indicated heavy casualties at the front. x The battle, which lasted all day on a 25-mile front, was a complete check to the miners' apparent attempt to break through the Logan lines before the arrival of United States troops. Both sides fired from machine gun nests with telling effect, the loss to the miners being particularly heavy, j Private airplanes were used fori scouting purposes by the defending army. Some of them carried TNT bombs, which were dropped Inside the miners' lines Charleston, W. Va, Sept. 5.--The most sanguinary battle In the history of West Virginia mine disorders has occurred, according to reports received at the governor's office. The state of West Virginia is now in the hands of the federal government," Governor Morgan announced. The governor issued a proclamation announcing that the officers of the United States army were *now in charge and all peace officers and citizens were ordered to obey the law and also obey the regulations which are to be immediately promulgated by General Bandholtz. The proclamation issued by Governor Morgan follows: "To All State and County Officers, Civil and Military Deputies, Assistants and Subordinates: Whereas, The United States troops have, at my request, been ordered to this state for the purpose of quelling an Insurrection; the peace officers of this state are ordered to co-operate with the Untted States troops to the end that there may be unity of action. The peace officers of this state will obey the directions of the officer commanding the United gtates troops or his properly designated representatives." With the arrival of the United States army detachments Brigadier General Bandholtz, War department representative, becomes military commander of the state. Washington, Sept. 5.--Federal troops are moving Into West Virginia from two points to quell the uprising of miners in the Mingo county coal regions. The Nineteenth Infantry was dls; patched from Camp Sherman, O., and tha Twenty-sixth infantry was sent from Camp Dlx, N. J. Their destlna RAIL RATES REDUCED Railway Board Orders Cut in the • V . "'I1'! "'fl1 To Reduce Rates 5/2 Cents a Hundred Founds--Roads Charged With Concealing Profit* of $200,000,000. Washington, Sept. 2.--Authority was granted by the interstate commerce commission to western and southwestern railroads to reduce 5% cents a hundred pounds the rates on grain and grain products for export from Missouri and Mississippi river points and on grain from the territory between the rivers and from Illinois to Gulf ports, Mobile to Galveston, inclusive. • • f • The commission also authorised the railroads to publish on five days' notice reductions on grain ranging from 1 cent to 5% cents a hundred pounds from the territory west of the Missouri river in Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado ,and Oklahoma to Gulf ports. The rates from Missouri and Mississippi river points and territory between and Illinois may be published by the railroads on less than the usual thirty days' nottce. "The redu^'^Mrtes are to apply during the Remainder of the calendar year 1921, and, effective January 1, 1922, the former rates again will become effective unless other adjustments are made. Western railroads, by expansion of Teserve accounts and the setting up of exorbitant depreciation charges against their properties, have concealed profits amounting to nearly $200,000,000, Clyde M. Reed, chairman of the Kanrtis public utllties commission, and spokesman for the western grain men, testified before the commission. On the basis of an analysis of the nCtounting returns of 19 railroads In the west, operating 89,055 miles of track, or 68 per cent of the mileage of the western district, Mr. Reed said their profits durlhg 1920, which, he said, generally had been considered inawalt furt her orders before moving into the troubled districts. Additional forces will go if necessary. The advance was ordered by the War department following the receipt of a telegram from Brig. Gen. R. H. Bandholtz, the War department representative on the scene, which declared the situation called for the presence of federal forces. Major General Harbord, chief of staff, Immediately telegraphed instructions to Camp Sherman and Camp Dlx ordering the Nineteenth and Twentysixth Infantries to entrain. He acted without waiting for formal proclamation of martial law In the state by the President which usually precedes the movement- of troWps In such an emergency. had been the greatest In their history. He charged that propaganda in favor of maintenance of transportation rates had misled not only public opinion, but also the official bodies charged with the duties of regulating rates. 100T DECLINES LEAGUE JOB Refuses Nomination as Member World Court Because of Ad- -vanced Age. York, Sept. 5.--El lira Boot baa declined a nomination as a member of the International court of justice under the League of Nations because of his advanced age. The Italian consulate here announced that Mr. Root had made his refusal known in a letter to President Titoni of the Italian senate, as chairman of the Italian nominators. Mr. Root also had been proposed by France, Brazil, Bolivia, Venezuela and Uruguay. On receiving Mr. Root's declination the Italian nominators proposed John Bassett Moore. Members of the court will be chosen this month by the assembly and the council of the League of Nations, meeting at Geneva, from candidates proposed by various countries. GREAT WARSHIP IS LAUNCHED Superdreadnaught Washington * Is Christened by Walla Walla Qirl . With River Water. 'Camden, N. J., Sept 3.--The superdreadnaught Washington, one of the four largest and most powerful battleships of the navy, was launched at the Gloucester plant of the New York Shipbuilding corporation. Miss Jean Summers, ten-year-old daughter of Representative J. W. Summers of Walla Walla, broke a bottie of water taken from the rivers df- Washington over the prow of the big fighting machine as she christened It for her native state. U. S. MARKET REPORT Marketgram of Bureau of Mar- , kets and Crop Estimates. JWa»hing*on, Sept. 8.--For the week -eftded September 1 1921.-GRAIN--From the 25th to the 29th prices advanced on bullish news, short covering, seaboard demnad and large export Bales. Subsequent liquidation ,in coarse grains and failure of support caused declines in all grains on the 30th, but prices again advanced on the 31st under good buying demand. On September 1st offerings limited and good demand from commission houses and eastern and seaboard houses. Private crop report shows 740,- 000,000 bu. wheat for country, or 17,000,000 lesB than August government returns. Corn active at close on good buying and liberal offerings. Cash corn to arrive readily absorbed. In Chicago market cash prices closed: No. 2 red winter wheat $1.30: No. 2 hard $1.30; No. 2 mixed corn 56c; No. 2 yellow corn 66c; No. 3 white oats 35c. For the week December wheat up 5\fcc, closing at 11.27^; December corn unchanged at.54%c; Minneapolis December wheat up 4%c at $1.33\; Kansas City December up 4%c at $1.18%; Winnipeg December up 2%c at $1.36%; Chicago September wheat $1.25\; September corn 56%e; Minneapolis September wheat $1.34%; Kansas City September wheat $1.25%; September corn 65%e; Minneapolis September wheat $1.34%; Kansas City September wheat $1.15: Winnipeg October wheat $1.42%. HAY--Quoted August 31: No. 1 timothy, New York $31, Philadelphia $24, Cincinnati $20.50. Chicago $22, Minneapolis $19, Kansas City $14, Atlanta $26; No. 1 alfalfa, Kansas City $19.50, Memphis $22, Omaha $16; No. 1 prairie, Minneapolis $14.80, Kansas City $10.50, Omaha $12. FEED--Wheat mill feeds in good supply at lower prices. Quoted September 1; Bran $12.50, middlings $13.50, flour middlings $19, Minneapolis; gluten feed $30.15, Chicago, $37.91 delivered New England points; white hominy f»ed $23,SI St. Louis- 33 per cent linseed meal, $S7 Minneapolis; 36 per cent cottonseed meal (new crop) $31 Memphis; reground oat feed, $11.26, Philadelphia rate points. FRUITS AND VEGETABL.ES--Potato prices at New Jersey shipping points lost 36-50c during the week, round whites now ranging $2.35-2.50 and Giants $1.65-1.85 per 100 'lbs. sacked. New Jersey Irish Cobblers range $3-3.35 In Philadelphia and Pittsburgh; Giants slow and dull in Baltimore and Philadelphia at $2-2.15. New York closed $1.65-1.S5. Wisconsin round whites firm in Chicago at $2.45-2.60. Colorado and Idaho white varieties steady in Kansas City ,and Chicago at $2.50-2.75; slow and dull in Cincinnati, $3.26-3.76. Eastern yellow globe onions continued to advance. Middle western yellow onions weakened in New York, ruling $3.65; Pittsburgh higher at $4; Cincinnati firm at $2.75-$3. Chicago cantaloupe market strengthened to « range of $1.65-1.85; Colorado salmon tints steady in eastern markets at $2-2.50 per crate and range $1 .60-1.85 in middle western cities. DAIRY PRODUCTS--The butter market the past week has shown wide fluctuations and at the close was still unsettled. Demand has decreased. Market conditions are not the most satisfactory. Closing prices, 92 score: New York and Philadelphia 42%c, Boston 41c, Chicago 39c. The cheese market is lower this week and very unsettled. Demand mostly for small lots of the smaller styles. Prices in Wisconsin primary markets range from 18-19%c and In eastern distributee markets 20-22c. LIVE STOCK AND MEATS--Chicago sheep and lamb prices declined sharply the past week. Fat lambs lost $1-1.40; feeding lambs 75c-$1; yearlings down $1.26- 1.75; fat ewes 75c-$1.26. Hogs also declined, the net change ranging from 15c- 56c per 100 lbs. Veal calves are sharply higher, the advance ranging from $1.75- 2.60 on the better grades. Beef steers, feeder steers and butcher cows and heifers steady to 25c higher. September 1 Chleabo prices: Hogs, top, $9.60; bulk of sales $6.85-9.40; medium and good beef steers $6.26-9.75; butcher cows and heifers $3.66-8.75: feeder steers $5.25-7.75; light and medium weight veal calves $10.75- 13.75; fat lambs $6.75-8.60; feeding lambs $6.60-7; yearlings $4.50-6.75; fat ewes $2-4.50. Stocker and feeder shipments from 11 important markets during the week ending August 26 were: Cattle and calves 82,787, hogs 3 .012, Bheep 88 571. INDIA MOB STONES POLICE NEW YORK LARGEST CITY national Geographic Society's Figure* * • Indicate That London Ik Beaten. Washington, Sept. &r--N*w York has a valid claim against London for classification as the largest city in the world, according to the National Georgraphlc society. Discussing the recent announcement of the British census that "Greater London" has now a population of 7,476,168 persons, a society bulletin questions the right of London proper to claim all that population, and suggests that New York's 5,620,048 souls actually within one municipal unit, under one municipal government may make It the larger municipality. U. S. Buys Motors. Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 3.--It la announced that the engineering Arm of Sulzar Wintertliur has received an order from the American government for $5,000,000 worth of Diesel motors for submarines. Senate to Rewrite Tax Bill. Washington, Sept. 8.--Decision waa reached by the senate finance com- Elect Dr. 8okolow Zionist Chairman. Ctarlsbad, Czechoslovakia, Sept. 5.-- Dr. Nahum Sokolow, chaifman of the Zionist world executive committee, was elected presiding officer otohe International Zionist congress, In seaslan here. la Fired Upon--Casualties Uncertain-- Rfoplahs Rake * B/ltlfh. ^ , . From Ambueh. :• ^ ttMtts, Sept. 2.--Plghtltijf iit'wifeiefi half-caste Hindoos and Mohammedans on one side and Dravldians, or Indian aborigines on the other, wag resumed here after having been quelled Monday night. The trouble was caused by a crowd attempting to prevent the Dravldians going to work. The police Intervened, and, being stoned by the mob, were obliged to Are upon It. Details as to the number of casualties have not been learned. A dispatch from Calient states that a column of British troops was ambushed at Pukkatur by Moplahs, a hot fire being poured Into the British ranks from all sides. The Insurgents were dispersed after four hoars of hand-tc-han.l fighting, says an official statement. President Hal-ding Makes State- \ ;^ment in Address at W«r Whs*.,, REFffiS TO GOAL MINE WU Executive Blamee Trouble in Weat Virginia to Lack of Underatand- ^ , Ing--Weeks and Pershing Makd'Brief 8peechea. t," '< ^ Washington, Sept. 8.--President Harding, speaking at the opening of the fall term of the Army War college, declared that, "no matter where the beat aspirations of the world lead us, there never may be a time without the necessity for armed forces." The President in his brief address, however, pledged the 200 officers in his audience that during his administration they would never be culled to perform military service "they/could not enter into with all their hearts and fcouis as Americans." Referring to the situation In the West Virginia coal fields, the President declared: "We ought not to have a conflict like that which la going on In West Virginia. It is due to lack of understanding." Mr. Harding said ^there were "two relative essentials to the civilization to which we aspire; one is an understanding among men at home and the other an understanding between nations." The President expressed the belief that the time was coming when the "burden of armament" could be diminished. ^ "I wish with all my heart," he added, "that there will be leas - ofc, armies and navies." Declaring that through 4,000 years of pagan history, and 2,000 years of Christian civilization, the world only lately had come to a civilized state of armed warfare, the President reiterated that he thought It "perfectly futile to believe that there never may be armed conflicts." "We of America, without unnecessary boasting," he continued, "have eocqe nearer to civilised warfare than any nation." The President said "the trouble with the world today Is that there are too many theorists who know nothing of actualities." Whoever, he added, brings practical experience into play with theory will make a real contribution to progress. The President was accompanied to the war college by Secretary Weeks and General Pershing, chief of staff, each of whom made a brief speech. DRYS TO SPEND BIG SUM U. S. and Ariti-Saloon Leaguf •va ^ $6,500,000 to Kee$ Am|i lea Dry. , „ Washington, Sept. 1.--It will cost Uncle Sam $7,900,000 to keep the cup *rom the lip next year--or rather to ry to do It. That's the appropriation granted the internal revenue department for enforcing the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act. Besides that the Anti-Saloon league will spend around $1,000,000 creating senrtment in favor of dry Ijaw enforcement, ' says Wayne. B. Whieeler, general counsel for the league. The government appropriation is expected to cover salaries of federal dry enforcement officials, pay of chemists to analyst the "evidence," laboratory supplies, traveling expenses of officials and rent of headquarters in cities throughout the country, 8 GERMAN PAPERS SUSPENDED Nine Moro Bandit* Killed. Manila, P. I., Sept. 5.--Nine Moro mlttee to rewrite the house tax bill j bandits have been killed by a conso as to include in one document every internal revenue law on the statute books. General Von Buelowv Die®!/' Berlin, Sept. 2.--Field Marshal Gen. von Buelow, who was commander in chief of the German second army during the war, died here. Marshal Von Buelow, who was seventy-six year* old. was one of Germany's leaders. •M U. S. Dirigible D-6 Burned. Mew York. Sept. 2.--Dirigible balloon D-6 and Its hangar were destroyed by fire at the Itockaway Point naval air station. An explosion of ggiSfjllne stabulary patrol on Lebac island. It was reported here. The Moros robbed and murdered another *~waa reported. Two Drovim in Ditch. Detroit, Mich., Sept 2.--Two mlsaing men are believed drowned by the bursting of a 40-inch water main within a few feet of where IB men were working In a ten-foot ditch. Passersby reecued 13. U. S. Public Debt Increase*. Washington, Sert. 5.--An Increase of $151,092,658 In tb^ public debt during August was announced by the treasury. On July 31 the puhlic debt stood at $23,771,237,008 as compared with $23,022,329,666 August 81. Banker's Daughter 8hot; Mystery. ^ White Plains, N. Y., Sept. 5.--Miss Agnes Agnew, seventeen-year-old daughter of Come!'n* R. Agnew, prominent banker, was mysteriously shot In the head while horseback riding wUh her brother near Armonk. Killed on Pike's Peak Auto Vtefft Denver, Oolo., Sept. 3.--W. A. Coleman w» killed and Harry Majors of Colorado Springs was Injured while practicing on the Pike's peak automobile roadway, near Colorado Springs, for the Labor day races here. 'W' Tax RevMon Bill Restigrlt \ , Washington, Sept. 2.--Assurance was given President Harding by Senator Watson (Rep., Ind.) that the tax retanks wlthln the hangar cau^d the 1 vl«lor bnl woald ***** for coixsldflie. There were no casualties. eration by the senate on reconvening •J:1 .T. ,v. •" Find Canadian Veeael. Montreal, Sept. 8.--The Canadian Importer, believed to have foundered in the Pacific ocean, has been found by tfco Canadian Observer, which Is towing her to the nearest yojrt, the government Uii advised, t Government Carries Out Its Cenaofc 1 shiplike Decree Against tha Conservative Press. Berlin, Sept. 1.--The government decrees against nationalistic societies and demonstrations, and against newspaper uttacks on government officials and existing Institutions, created a storm In German newspapers. Comment was especially severe In the "right standing" conservative press. ' CaAv^ng out its cenBorshipllke decrees The government ordered eight of the ultra-conservative dally newspapers to suspend publication for a fortnight. The papers forbidden publication lights for two weeks are the Deutsche Zeltung, the Deutsches Tageblatt, Deutsches Abendhlatt, Spandauer Tageblatt, Deutsches Wochenblatt, Voelkisjcher Boeblchter, Gleshachen Aneeiger, and the Sueddeutsche Zeltung. Heads Bar Aaaociatlon. Cincinnati, Sept. B.--C. A. Severance of St. Paul, Minn., was elected president of the American Bar association. F. E. Wadhams of Albany and W. Kemp of Baltimore were re-elected treasurer and secretary. Turks Retire Before Foea. Constantinople, Sept. 5.--Turkish nationalist forces which have been fighting a desperate battle against the Greeks in the loop of the Sakaria river In Asia Minor, are withdrawing toward Angora. (remise Employment to Aft 6, i OOOOOO Men Out of Worl| - if He Urges. ^ • .<* • •i-'.TH* :4 SPEAKS AT DETRWT MEETW6 • --• if Demands That Public Work Be Start* • ed and Places in Mills MadeU- *#'0 Against "Living Wage;" Wanfc| the "8aving Wage." - * , " %" ' •Detroit, Mich., Sept. 7.--Labor day d a w n s o n a s i t u a t i o n t h a t c a l l s t o ^ ^ ev^ry loyal American for the best'}^ •••;£& thought, the hilghtlest effort and the ;lj atrongest faith he can summon, Secretary of Labor James J. Davis said at K ; a Labor day celebration on Belle Isle. V| "This year Labor day must be dedi- '; cated first of all to meeting the lmperative human need of the nearly 6,000,000 Idle," said he. "All over the country a strange hush has fallen. The great American productive machine, the wonder of the world, has slowed down. V? "The country Is sick from overindul- t "ifii gence and one and all we have had tp> f: go on the operating tatde for the re- * moval of false values. . : "Labor day this year must be the - „*/ day to dedicate to finding the answer to the question, 'What will put us back to health and work and prosperity again?" "The problem of unemployment calls for instant and energetic action. Cities, counties dpd - states should start at once the making of road repairs, building reservoirs .and other public works. Much such construction or repair is in heavy arrears on account of the Interruption of the war and' now Is the time to have it done. A double need will be met, the public will be served and the Idle are given tasks to do and money to earn. "For lack of courage we a"re neglecting any number of large undertakings that would give a mighty shove to the great stalled engine of American production^, ~ "What article, for instance, beside* steel enters more Intimately Into every process of life than coal? tfet the situation we have on our hands is a perfect example of that paralysis of mind and will on the part of us all which accounts for our paralysis iii business. "Mines are idle and miners with them because people think the prices Of coal could and may be lower. "Dealers and operators are in suspense because they think that wages arid freight rates should and'may be lower. The railroads are in suspense because they fear the attitude of emJ ployees. And employees, the mlnera with them, fear the attitude and. suspect the fairness of employers. "So we travel In a vicious circle, and no one has the courage to break It. The consequence is that coal Is scarce and will be high this winter bf all winters, when people should have their coal at the lowest possible price. "The price will never be lower, the situation wilL never be broken until one or the other party to It. has the American courage to take a loss, to make sa move and start the flow of coal. % • • "For some time the • railroads have fceen the keylog In the business jam. iiike the parties Involved In the coal ituntion, but on a scale that much mote widely and adversely affected the country, the railroads have been locked in a rigid tangly. "With the allotting of $500,000,000 to the railroads, at President Harding's solicitation, one of the great central vicious circles at the heart of the national business will be broken. "The cause of labor Is more alive today than it ever has been. , "A few employers have taken this period when jobs are scarce and the workingman is at a disadvantage, to break down their workers' organizations. "It seems to those people a good time to even up old scores, to revenge themselves for the high W5#fes they were forced to pay a year or two ago, and see to It that such a wage scale never obtains again. „ "The peril In this speaks for itself. To employers everywhere I would say, •Don't set yopir wages by the hungry crowd at the gates of your tnill.' "Let the open shop mean what it aays--open to all," he added. "Any employer knows that crushing the unions cannot be done in the first place; he knows that It would not be safe In any case. We want no Russia In ttyis country, no hordes of disorganized, leaderless men, reduced to such a state of starvation that charity must go to their aid." "Opposition to the principle of the living wage also was expressed by Mr. "I am against the living aald. "It Is not enough. We need to hear something of the saving wage. -ft Son of Prinoa Ohlka Klttai. 1 < Paris, Sept. 3.--Jean Gblka, son of Prince Alexander Ghlka of Itoumanta, was mortally Injured by a fall while climbing a jnountaln In the canton of Valals, In the southwestern part of Switzerland. West Hungary Calme Down. Qdenburg, Burgenland, Sept. 8.-*- The turbulent elements have been expelled from West Hungary by the Hungarian*. Two freebooters have been shot by the regular Magyar troops, who are maintaining order. Starving Crowd Samara. Samara. Russia, Sept. 7.--Hunger and death go virtually unnoticed in the neglected streets and alleys of Samara. Itefugees from famine districts, estimated from 30,000 to 50,000, are huddled together In deserted bulldogs. Gompers' Maaaage to Labor. Washington, Sept. 7.--American labpr was urged "to go forward" through organisation up to the "5,000.- 000 mark" by Samuel Gompers in hlo annual Labor day message to the trorlonen of the United States. • Victim of Tail Spin. . ' Houston, Tex., Sept. 7.--Stephen D. Revenal, twentj-four years old, of Charleston, S. C.. was killed when an airplane which he was piloting went Into a tail spin and fell 500 feet. Ban- / dolph H. Clement was injured. Aged Pair Hacked to Death. Philade'phia. Sept. 7.--Tha of Louis Wellenback. eighty-four years old, and his wife. Fannie, aged* eighty, were found in a little grocery store Conducted by them, hacked, slashed and beaten as if by a jnanlacji'*. '