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ILLINOIS NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD i Quincy--Grading bas been completed *nd tbe laying of gravel has been be- «nn on the road from Quincy to Pall Cr«ek. Ro<kford.--The Rockford board of ;V"#dncatlon has declined to honor bills ' Incurred by the city health department lb purchasing vaccine for school chll- ';'t --^ren In the campaign against smallpox |a«t winter. g,: 4 ' ? Marion.--All attendance records for ^ 'I . the Marion township high school were f mashed this year, tflien over 500 ^; '* were enrolled In the first two days of ' > tchool. The enrollment for 1920 was L Jlnly 400. Annawan.--Onion week was obp\ ierved recently In the famous Kedron <• f alley onion field. The anual harvest ' ' - now on. and tons of the vegetables i|re being prepared for markets. They 4ftaise onions around here as extensive- )y as they do corn in other sections, - ' and thousands of acres are devoted to jvv v;#»e crop. • Springfield.--The Illinois constltnftonal convention has ordered a recess ^ Until Tuesday, January 3, 1922. This u action was taken by • vote of 21 to y ' 11, following two hoars of debate in ^ ~7lhe convention that was meeting for *4he first time since last December. •'>( t)uring the four months that lnter- "f %ene an effort is to be made by Pres- : Ident Woodward and a harmony com- "i ailttee to end the fight that certain • ^ Interests have made to restrict Chi- T^' ; aago's legislative representation. • Decatur.--Volunteer women workers are making a complete survey of the CZ4-dlty of Decatur In order to provide ; ' -looms for some 10,000 American Le- £' (ion members who are expected to atlend the annual state convention next »; . »ooth. The legion auxiliary in Decays 'tor Is canvassing house to house to lov «ate quarters for the visitors. The 1 Auxiliary also must take care of the problem of providing rqpms for its jjiiembers, who will meet at the same 'r:;.;?;i|me. V / Rockford.--Buildings which cost the government approximately $2,500 were •old at Camp Grant for as low •s 4.2 cents on the dollar. Six hundred buildings and their equipment >.• ^ and salvaged army supplies are bein, Jbg sold at auction. Camp quarterti;? "toaster's office estimated the value of a 30 by 00 building at $2,000. It sold for $106. This does not include the i:!;; |>lurobing and heating. Buildings 43 |t ,;K l>y 140 was bid in at $200 to $345; fcV ' jethers, 43 by 100, sold at $150. Springfield.--The state highway department awarded contracts for 35 fnlles of hard surfaced road? in various /'• jparts of the state, at a total cost of •*r-f *$893,986.46, exclusive of cement, which t' will be furnished by the state at a cost of $7,000 a mile. The awards t: • were spade on bids received- by the department August 28. Bids on an ..additional 20 miles are pending. Among the awards made are: Route 4, Will county, 0.71 miles; Powersj&' 'Thompson Construction company, g Joliet; $151,704.07. Section 15, McLean I" county, 7.86 miles; H. K. Rhodes, Lln- . coin; $148,526.70. Route 10, section 10, Piatt-Macon counties, 8.78 miles; p ;.v-Oharles W. Clark company, Clinton; ;, ^ $131,900.03. Route 6. section 7-A, De- • \Kalb county, .46 miles; William A. ; V Jalcks, Chicago; $9,924.00. Bids are L' ' still pending on several stretches of roads until an investigation Is made by the department, Ellzabethtown.--Reports from terrlcf tory surrounding Ellzabethtown In con- -nection with an alleged uprising of the miners. Indicate restoration of law and order, without the interference of state troops. Tbe original force was estimated all the way from 200 to 800 men. Its announced purpose, as nearly all of Ellzabethtown insists, was to „ , Attack the city, dispose of three lead- Pv": * Ing citizens, and then take possession of the mining center of Rosiclare, five ' jf miles down the Ohio river. Threats of personal violence were made directly against James A. Watson, member of the Dllnols house of representatives and chairman of the Judiciary committee; Ernest A. Soward and George A. Hall of the village board. In Ellzabethtown the apparent collapse of the belligerents was viewed doubtfully, and precautions were taken to guard against surprises. Sheriff N. D. Fox swore in 250 deputies and had them fully armed and equipped. Four machine guns were placed at strategic points. "We have the authority of the governor to use armed power to aid In restoring law and order," was the comment of Adjutant General Dickinson, who was designated chairman of the commlslson from Springfield to investigate the sit nation. Cairo.--The Cairo terminal of the Mississippi-Warrior service (Federal Barge line) is complete and waiting for the beginning of operations this month. It will be used for interchange of freight through agreement with the Illinois Central railroad. Chicago.--A state organization In Illinois of the International Aero congress is being planned by men prominent in aeronautics In Illinois. Hlllsboro.--Stephen White, one hundred and three years old?^te$red farmer, is dead at his home southeast of this city. Herrln.--The city council of Terrln, ted by Mayor A. T. Pace, has started plans for a million dollars' worth of paving to be laid in the city within the next six months. The citizens are I backing the mayor and councllmen in their plans. Klrkland--Fire, supposedly startad by sparks from locomotives, destroyed the McQueen stock yards' hay and grain sheds alongside the ChlcaffOy Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad track* here, causing a loss estimated at 175.000. The barns were filled with jjjfc.'. r "' f Elfin.--Three members of the and bridge committee of the Kane county board of supervisors will go to Wisconsin to study the patrol system of road repair, according to present plans of the committee. Moline.--The penalty for driving an automobile, while in an intoxicated coodHion is to be increased from $28 to $200, a change In the ordinance having been agreed upon by the Moline city council. Chicago.--"There Is no shortage of teachers in the Chicago public schools." Superintendent Mortenson made this announcement in reply to a report circulated to the effect that the shortage was so great as to threaten a crippling of the teaching service. Springfield.--Another important link in the good roads system of Illinois soon will be entering the completion stage as per announcement that, bids will be requested in a few days by the state highway department on sections of the Jacksonville-Danville road that are not now under contract. Streator.--Miss Bessie O'Donnell, daughter of Frank A. O'Donnell, a Chicago attorney. Is dead, and Mrs. O'Donnell and another daughter, Lena, are suffering from injuries sustained in an automobile accident at McN"nbb. The O'Donnell family was returning from a vacation tour when their automobile was stalled cn a railroad crossing and was struck by a wopk train. Chicago.--Following charges that Orville Yardeman, fourteen years old, was beaten to death while a pupil in the Chicago Parental school, Cor* oner Hoffman was to be asked to re>- open the inquest and exhume the boy's body. Warren ts charging accessory to manslaughter were issued for Fred Smith, superintendent of the school, and Charles de Boer, an instructor. ' Belleville.--Southern Illinois potato growers will pool their potato crops for marketing this fall. The co-operative movement will be effected under the auspices of county farm bureaus and the Illinois Agricultural Association. St. Clair county, where most of the organized growers are located, grows about a million bushels of potatoes annually, more than any other one county In Illinois. Springfield.--With most of the summer work on farms completed, farm labor is much In excess of the demand at present according to reports received here by S. D. Fessenden Agricultural statistician of the gov* ernment In Illinois. Fall plowing for winter wheat and rye has been making good progress and is far advanced for the season, according to reports. The ground as a rule has been In perfect condition for this operation. Springfield.--Commission merchants must settle Just claims brought within 10 days of their filing to the satisfaction of consignors, or the state will take a hand in such controversies, according to a bulletin Issued by the Illinois Department of Agriculture, Division of Foods and Dairies. The bulletin urges consignors of farm products who meet with difficulty in securing prompt settlement to Immediately notify the Superintendent of Foods and Dairies. Springfield.--James R. Clark of Bloomlngton filed his bond and qualified as assistant state commerce commissioner. Others named on Governor Small's list of new appointees to state jobs include the following: Dr. T. H. Leonard, Lincoln, assistant director of the department of public health; Fred Benjamin, Watseka, superintendent of standards; Charles Denner, Lincoln, warehouse inspector; Richard Dye, Jacksonville, factory inspector; H. U. Bailey. Princeton, assistant commerce commissioner. Springfield.--Supported by affidavits by Senator John A. Wheeler and Chauncey M. Jenkins, director of the state department of public welfare, Qov. Small's petition for a change of venue from the court of Judge E. S. Smith for trial on charges of embezzlement of public funds while state treasurer was filed in the Circuit court of Sangamon county. Both sworn they believed "the judge of said court, the Hon. Elbert S. Smith, is so prejudiced against the said defendant in said cause tnat the defendant cannot have a fair and impartial trial before said Judge." Curtis' fight for a change of venue from the court of Judge Smith and from Sangamon county will begin Sept 10. Then arguments on Gov. Small's application will be made, It was said. Springfield.--Although wild deer are virtually extinct In Illinois, there are a few remnants of that once common Illinois native, whose freedom in the state has been indicated by various reports reaching the state division of fish and game. Woods in the northern part of the state and the Sangamon, Illinois and Mississippi river bottoms are their habitat. Those in the Sangamon river district are believed to be the offspring of a few animals turned loose about twelve years ago. In 1915 the state division of fish and game estimated that their number in Sangamon ift>t toms had grown to 35. They have been observed lately in groups of three or four. Those found in the northern part of the state have generally been traced to game preserves, but a few have been unaccounted for. Urbana.--Figuring on the basis of the present number of permits to register, the enrollment at the University of Illinois this year will be Increased over that of last year by from eight to ten per cent * Rockford.--Contending that the ordinance which prohibits Sunday night dances Is discriminatory,, the proprietors of a large Rockford amusement place will test it in the courts. Sterling.--The will of John Sanborn merchant, who died recently, leaves a bequest of- $70,000 to Starling public hospital. Elgin.--An Elgin horticulturist whose holiiby is grafting of fruit trees, has a pear tree on which seven varieties of that fruit are grown, each maintaining Its own flavor, sixe an<". other characteristics. "Freeport.--Caddies employed at the Freeport Country club, paid 25 cents a round struck for 35 cents and refused to go on. the course until their demands were granted by the club. Galena.--South Presbyterian church of Galena, one of the oldest In Illinois, will celebrate Its seventy-Gfth aunlver" Chicago Youth Admits Killing Bernard Daugherty and Carl Ausrnus. :rr-"*W U.S>A MARKET REPORT SUYS THEM SIN6LE-HUDED Amazoo His Questioners by the Hiettal of the Cold-Blooded, Mannar In Which He Killed and Mutilated Men. * Chicago, Sept 13--Harvey W. Church has made a confession to two of the most distressing murders in the history of Chicago. After nine hours of ceaseless grilling the twenty-three-year-old boy broke down. He amazed his questioners by the recital of the coldblooded manner in which he killed and mutilated Bernard J. Daugherty, star Packard motorcar salesman, and Carl J. Ausmus, demonstrator, merely to get the $5,400 car which he had proposed to buy. He killed both meta single banded*' one at a time. The terrible beatings shown on the bodies and the trussing of both was merely "to be sure they were dead," he confessed. Daugherty, whose handcuffed body with throat slashed, was found in the canal near River Forest, was the first victim. While Ausmus waited in the car outside Church's residence at 2922 Fulton street Church tooK Daugherty Inside. Immediately inside the door he turned and pressed a revolver against Daugherty's side, forced him to hold up his hands while he handcuffed the salesman. At the point of the revolver he forced Daugherty into the basement of his house. There, while the helpless man. tried vainly to fight back with his manacled hands, the boy swung terrific Mows again atid again over bis head with a baseball bat After Daugherty fell, Church slashed his throat, "to make sure he was dead" and pulled the body to one side. Then he returned to the parlor. A few moments later Ausmus tame in, Inquiring as to tbe delay. Church drew his revolver iiuu cv*uuuxuu<ni Ausmus to precede him to the basement. At the point of' the gun Ausmus submitted to having his hands tied. With the revolver stlU menacing the demonstrator the boy seized the ball bat ' "Ausmus waited in the car at the curbing," said Church, "while I went inside with Daugherty. I told him I would get him the^-money in the parlor. He seemed satisfied and unsuspicious. When we got to the parlor I drew a revolver. ' I don't think Daugherty had any Idea of what I "was going to do. He just held up his hands. "I pulled out the handenffs with one hand and told him to hold out his hands, one at a time. Ail the time I kept the gun leveled at him. He looked like a powerful man and I wasn't going to give him a chance. After I snapped^ one bracelet on, I made him hold out the other hand. He seemed calm enough. Then I told him the way to the basement stairs and told him to walk that way. 1 told him I'd kill him if he made a break. "He walked right along and down the basement stairs. When we got to the bottom I told him to stand BtiU, right where you found those bloody spots. Then I took the baseball bat in one hand, bnt I kept him covered with the gun so jtbat he couldn't move. Turn around,' I paid. He started to turn. 1 guess he had an Idea of what was coming then, but it was too late. I swung the bat with nil my might, and It caught him right across the head. He went down but kept wriggling and tried to strike back with his two hands together. "I kept beating him over the head until he didn't move any more. I hit him with the bat and the hatchet Then I cut his throat. I was afraid he might have come to while I was going upstairs to get Ausmus. "Then I went upstairs and waited, knew Ausmus 'would come in. He did, a few moments later. He wanted to know what the delay was about \Where's Daugherty # he ask^d. pulled the revolver again and told him to hold his hands up quick or I'd blow his brains out. "He held them up. I went through the same thing as I did with the other fellow. That certainly was a beautiful car, and I guess I should have gone back and cleaned up the basement right away instead of riding around. It didn't seem so terrible to me. wanted the car, and I thought I'd get caught if Daugherty or the other fellow got away." ^ Britain Tells De Valera to Say Whether Erin is to in Empiric BUILDING COSTS CUT Wages of Chicago Building Workers Reduced. Marketgram of. Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates. T to Octobtt,- Dies at Birthplace, 1M St. Louis, Sept. 13. -- Stephen White, aged one hundred and four years, is dead on his farm near Greenville, III., where he was born, accoifclng to word received here. White lived on the farm all his life. Slayer of Deputy Marshal Killed. Fairbanks, Alaska, Sept. 13.--Deputy United States Marshal J. L. Anders was shot and killed by Sam Cote, Hot Springs farmer, and. Cote later in the day was slain by a " posse of several Hot Springs men. Twenty Nf Cent Saving In Canatruo- 11Min Prices Under New Says Judge Landis. • v " l Chicago, Sept. 10.--Judge Landis cut the wages of building laborers right and left In his long-awaited decision in the dispute between the building contractors and their employees. It was expected his arbitration of the difficulty would result in the return to work of between 40,000 and 50.000 men and a boom in building throughout the city. The wage cuts, which Mary, coupled with the abolition of all restrictions on the use of material, save prison made, and the doing away of the old "makework" rules, the Judge estimated will bring about a reduction In building costs of about 20 per cent. The new rates of pay are fixed In accordance with the amount of skill required by the work, coupled with the average number of days worked per annum. The fireproof tilelayers top the ne\v scale at $1.12% per hour, the bricklayers receive $1.10 and the ^structural Iron workers $1.05. Common labor was slashed more deeply, coming down from the old scale of $1 to 72% cents per hour. Excavating laborers receive 47% cents per hour and wall excavators a slightly higher amount. . The new wage scale, coupled witn the abolition of restrictions on the hiring of men and the use of labor-saving devices and material, was asserted1 by F. E. Davidson, president of the Illinois Society of Architects, to constitute one of the most momentous decisions ever handed dryvn In the history of the United States building Industry. . NOTE WBinne MUST END Reply of Cabinet Is Considered aa Da. mand for Definite Answer From Head of Irish Republic--Stan Felft Expseted to Aoeept. Lon<&n, Sept 0.«~8inn Fein Ireland is called upon to st^te whether Its demands upon the British government contemplate separation from Grant Britain, according to the view of newspapers here, a The text ofilthe reply of the British cabinet to the latest note of Bamonn de Valera, president of the "Irish republic," made public here, ts considered as a demand for a definite reply from the Sinn Fein leader and a plnln declaration that the writing of* notes between Dublin and London cannot be continued. It is believed that Prime Minister Lloyd George has smoothed the way for an acceptance by Mr. De Valera and his colleagues of the Invitation to confer w'lth members of the Washington, Sept io.--For week ending j British government at Inverness on Sept. 8.-- GRAIN--For the week Chicago September 20. \ The text of Mr. Lloyd George's letter Is as follows: "The principle of government by the consent of the governed Is the foundation of the British constitutional development, but we cannot accept as a basis of a practical conference an interpretation of that principle which would commit us to any demands you might present, even to the extent of setting qp a republic and repudiating the crown. "You must be aware that a conference on such a baslsJs Impossible. So applied, the principle of government by cdrisent of the governed would undermine the fabric of every democratic state and drive the 'civilized world back Into tribalism. "On the other hand, we have Invited you to discuss our proposals on their merits In order thntryou may have no doubt as to the scope and sincerity of our intentions. "It would be open to yon In trach a conference to raise the subject of guaranties on any points In which you may consider Irish freedom prejudiced by these proposals. His majesty's government Is loath to believe you will Insist upon rejection of proposals without ex- December wheat gained 5%c net, closing at $1.32%; December corn H cent, closing at 66Vfcc. The only declines were on th« 2nd on account of lack of support and •elltng by northwest houses. Advance* were the result of good demand from eastern and seaboard houses, bullish £nd heavy buying by commission houses. Coarse srrains closed firm with fair buying. Country corn offerings light. Closing prices in Chicago cash market: No. 2 rea winter wheat $1.31; No. 2 hard $1.31; No. 2 mixed corn 56c; No. 2 yellow | corn 68c; No. 3 white oats 37c. For the week Minneapolis December wheat up "%c, closing at 11.4114; Kansas City December wheat up 6%c, at $1.23V*; Winnipeg December wheat up 4c at $1.40%. Chicago September wheat closed $1.29Vi; September corn 56c; Minneapolis September wheat $1.44^4; Kansas City September wheat $1.19V4; Winnipeg October wheat $1.44%. HAY--Quoted September 7; No. 1 timothy, New York, $90.50, Philadelphia $24, Cincinnati $19, Chicago $24, Minneapolis $13.50. Atlanta $26. Memphis $21. No. 1 alfalfa Memphis, $22, Mnneapolis $20, Kan- •atr City $17. No. 1 prairie, Minneapolis, $14, Omaha $12.50, Kansas City $10.50. DAIRY PRODUCTS--Following unsettled condition in the butter market last week the markets are now much firmer with Increased demand for all grades at higher prices Cloaine nrices, ft? score: Oiiiiagu Philadelphia and New York 41c, Boston 42V&C. Last week's quietness In cheese market was followed by more active trading at slightly lower prices. There is good movement Into storage and very active demand for smaller styles, especially Longhorns. Prices at Wisconsin primary markets average 17^4-lSVic. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES-Potatoes under limited supplies In eastern markets advanced B0-80c per 100 lbs. sacked at $2.16- 2.66. F. o. b. New Jersey shipping points - firm at $1.86-2,000. Chicago carlot market j amlnlng them In a conference, strong and active. Idaho rurals up 75-8Sc in eastern markets at $3.35-3.50; firm In Kansas City and St Louis at $3.00-3.25; firm at shipping points at $1.35-1.40 wagon loads cash to growers. September crop estimate total potato production 323,000,000 bushels, compared with 428,000,000 last year. Eastern yellow globe onions in Philadelphia up $1.00 per 100 lbs. sacked at $4.25. Steady In other eastern markets at $3.50-3.76. Middle western yellow varieties up 25c in New York at $3.75-4.00. Washington yellow stock steady in middle western cities at $2.75-3.00. New York "To decline to discuss a settlement which would bestow upon the Irish people the fullest freedom for national development within the empire can only mean that you repudiate all allegiance to the crown and all membership in the British commonwealth. "If we were to draw this inference from your letter the further discus- Wealthy apples weaker in Pittsburgh at j si on s between us could serve no use- $6.60-7.00 per bbl.; steady In Chicftjsro at $7.2C-7.76. Other markets slow and dull at $2.25-2.50 per bushel basket. Supplies moderate In most markets. September crop estimate puts total commercial apple crop OBJECT TO LANDIS' DECISION "Replace Strikers or We Will," Ultimatum of Contractor In Chicago. . ' ~ ta Bept. 12.--WIfh Mrtw* men striking in protest to Judge Landis' wage decision, officials of labor unions were notified by contractors to replace the men, or they would be replaced by workmen picked by the contractors themselves. "Replace them." E. M. Craig, secretary of the Building Construction Employers' association demanded of the unions, "or we will use the powers granted by Judge Landis and put other men at work." Jhe additional walkouts followed the meeting of the building trades' council, at which, by unanimous vote, the onions failed to accept the decision and ordered James J. Conroy, secretary of the council, to notify the arbitrator by telegram of the action and appeal to him for an Immediate rehearing. The telegram was sent to the Judge at Burt Lake, Mich., where he is passing his belated vacation. at 18.9 million barrels compared wtth 38.3 million last year. New York Danish type cabbage steady in Philadelphia at $50 bulk per ton. Domestic stock firm in New York at $50.00-60.00; steady in other markets at $40.00-46.00. Wisconsin and Colorado domestic strong and in good demand in Chicago at $2.75-3.00 bulk per 100 lbs. September estimate commercial production lats cabbage in 12 states 36.686 cars compared with 64,384 cars last year. LIVE STOCK--There wan a sllgrht contraction of the price range in the bulk of sales of hogs at Chicago during the past week. The lower end of the range advanced 5c, while the top declined 40c per 100 lbs. The average decline for the week was about 45c. Beef and feeder steers down 2E-60c. Butchr cows down 16c. Heifers unchanged. Veal calves show a net decline of 2C-50c. Sheep and lamb price* advanced; fat lambs up 60-90c; better grades of feeding lambs up 25c; yearlings advanced 26-65c; fat ewes 26c-$l.00. September 8 Chicago prices; Ho>?s, top, $9.15: bulk of sales $6.90-9.00; medium and good beef steers $6.00-9.50; butcher cows and heifws $3.60-8.75; feeder steers $6.00-7.26; veal calves $10.00-13.25; fat lambs $7.25-9.60; feeding lambs $5.50-7.25; yearlings $4.75- 7.36; fat ewes $3.00-4.75. Stocker and feeder shipments from 11 important markets during tbe week ending September r were: Cattle and calves 57,477; nogs 6,4X7; sheep 133,941 COTTON MILLS IN EAST OPEN Operations In Textile Industry Resume-- Some Mills Work pay : . and Night., Sept. 9.--The eottoa textile industry which centers in New England Is the first in America to come through readjustment. An 8-cent rise In price in cotton has been followed by resumption of manufacturing in full force In practically every mill center in New England. The resumption of mill operators means a great lessening of unemployment Already the best-known mills are working day and night. U-Boat Blast Kills Three, Liverpool, Sept. 13.--A tremendous explosion occurred aboard the former German submarine Deutschland at Birkenhead, across the Mersey from Liverpool. Three persons are known to have been killed. 8now Falls In Montana. Helena, Mont., Sept. 12.--With rain or snow in many parts of the state, and unseasonably low temperature, Montana is having the first autumn storm of the year. The Rockies near Helena and the foothills are white. Attacks Mellon Flan. Washington, Sept. 12.--Proposals for repeal of the excess profits tax and reflection Of the income surtaxes were ttlaoked by Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, In tbe first statement on ta^es coma from the Democratic ' Belgium Recalls Foree*. Brussels, Belgium, Sept. W.-^^flie Belgian detachment, sent into occupied Oermany some time ago, with a view to the occupation of the Ruhr basin, has bees recalled with the consent of the allies. Allies' Commission Barred. Moscow, Sept. 10.--The Russian soviet government has declined to permit the international Russian relief commission, recently appointed by the allies' supreme council, to Invest! gate conditions in Russia. ful purpose, and all conferences would be In vain. If, however, we are mistaken In this inference, as we still hope, and If yriur real objection to our .proposals is that they offer Ireland less than the liberty we hpve described, that objection cad. be explored at a conference. "You will agree that this correspondence has lasted long enough: his majesty's government must therefore ask for a definite reply as to whether you are prepared to enter a conference to ascertain how the associations known as the British empire can best be reconciled with Irish national aspIrations.\ "If. as we hbpe, your answer is in the affirmative, I suggest that the conference should meet at Inverness on the SOth Inst.** ONE C0Uft?E ONLY NAMED. A. F. of L. Official Says .Chicago Men Must Abide by the Landis Award. Washington; Sept. 12.--The only course for the Chicago Bonding Trades to follow Is to "abide by (he arbiter's decision," John Donlin, chairman of the building trades departinent of the American Federation of Labor, stated in discussing tbe Landis wage award. A' Chicago Woman Murderad. Chicago, Sept. 12.--Mrs. Eleanor Wheeler, thirty-five, was found murdered In her home. Her throat had been slashed and her body, clad In a nightgown, lay on the floor In a bedroom. Police ate baffled in their search for a motive for the crime. Detectives started a search for the woman's husband. ' 24 Die in Bridge CollapOK Chester, Pa., Sept. 13.--Twenty-four persons are known to be dead, nearly as many were Injured, and a number of bodies are believed to be at the bottom of the Chester river here as the result of the collapse of a bridge. Pershing Going to France. Washington, Sept. 13. -- John J. Pershing, general of the armies of the United States and chief of staff, is going to France to confer the congressional medal of honor upon the French unknown soldier dead. Chicago Plumbers 8trike. Chicago, Sept. 10.--A strike of the plumbers employed on the $5,000,000 Speedway hospital was staged as a protest against Judge Landis' building award, in which thf£r craft was eh IS cents an btort ".. ' Many "Little Fellows." Washington, Sept. 12,--RepubliCHn members of the senate finance committee ask that relief be given the small taxpayer before big business is relieved of the excess profits tax and the tax oa large Incomes is reduced. »> , ..r*B•• #>'?• Jap Prince Favors Meet. Tokyo, Sept. 12.--Emphasizing the urgency of doing everything possible to contribute to the conference on limitation of armaments at Washington, November 11, Prince Hirohitp dressed a great proctaslon h«re. >Y • - • K f. "FATTY" ARBUCKLE IN JAIL Motion Picture Comedian Is Charged With Murdering Miss Virginia Rappe, Film 6tar. San Francisco, CalH Sept 12.--Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle spent the night In Jail here. He is held on a cliarga of murdering beautiful Virginia Rappe, tbe Chicago motion picture actress. He has made no effort to deny charges against him up to date bat has left everything in the bands of his attorneys. Sentiment here is strong against Arbuckle; who only a few days ago was a great favorite.. Theaters are '.barring his films. The district attorney's office has promised to rush the comedian to trial as soon as possible after he is formally charged with the crime today. Chief of Police Dan O'Brien and representatives of district attorney's office questioned Arbuckle and then made formal announcement of the charge of murder against the moving picture star. Q. C. Hyatt Heada Postal Clarke. Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. ' 12.--Gilbert E. Hyatt of Minneapolis was reelected president of Hie National Federation of post Office Clerks at the close of the federation's twenty-seventh biennial convention. „ . Moux City Phone Chief Dead. Sioux City, la., Sept. 12.--Howard Spencer Baker, president and general manager of the Sioux City Telephone company and an active worker in the business life of Slonx City for the last 38 years, died lierv. . Senate Finanog Committee Votai Down All Secretary's JSy#- ftstions Before ItL NO RETROACTIVE TAX RBtAL Body Aieo Votes Unanimjaaty fir: Increaaed Income Tax Bxenwtion^ #> for Heads of Families and j 'for Dependenta. •• w •f-•*" Washington. Sept. 14.--The seo^ka finance committee voted unanimously for Increased income tax exemptions for heads of families and for dependents. - The provisions at the house riAvenue revision bill increasing the pei^ sonal exemptions from $2,000 to $2,500 for heads of families having incomes of $5,00C»or less and the exemptions for children and dependents. from $200 to $400 each were approved. Ali of Secretary of the Treasury Melloa's Tax recommendations that came to a vote were rejected by the committee, and the committee expects to reject the remainder of tbe administration tax program when it votes on making the excess profits tax PS- ( peal retroactive. Consideration ot the rate schedules will be completed by the finance committee on Friday, Chairman Penrose announced, so that tbe bill can be drafted and reported to the senate on September '21. , . The bill, in its final form, will be virtually the same measure that passed the house. Senator Penrose predicted that the finance committee probably will refuse Mr. Mellon's request to make the excess profits tax retroactive. If this Is done, Senator Penrose said, Mr. Mellon's recotomendatlon that $250,000,000 in additional taxes be levied on small taxpayers to make up for the loss of the excess profits tax would not have to i>e carried out. "Personally," said Senator Penrose, "I would be entirely willing to see tl»e excess profits tax abolished as of January 1, 1921, but my suspicion is that the committee will defeat me.* The finance committee fixed 32 per cent as the maximum individual Income surtax rate. This is the sam» figure as fixed by the bouse. Mr. Mellon had recommended that surtaxes be reduced to 25. per cent, but the senate committee rejected his proposal without a record vote. The schedule of surtaxes wUl be Iraarranged by the senate committee. Senator Penrose said the committee was working on a plan to have the surtaxes start at 1 per cent on incomes of $6,000 instead of $5,000 and increase the surtax 1 per cent for each additional $2,000 of income iq- t Stead of 2 per cent as at present. The plan. If adopted, would mean a reduction of surtaxes on incomes from $5,000 to $72,000. The 32 per cent tax would be levied ou Incomes of $72,000 and over. In deciding upon the house figure for' thi surtax maximum the senate committed drafted a motion to reduce the normal income tax rate from 4 per cent on incomes of less than $6,000 and 8 per cent on incomes above that figure to 3 per cent. Senator LaFoIlette made the motion to reduce the normal income tax,- but it was rejected without a record vote. The senator announced later that he would propose the reduction in the senate as an amendment when the tax bill is considered there. The finance committee also approved the provision of the house Mil permitting taxpayers to deduct net losses against their income for the succeeding year. In addition to the excess profits tax repeal the committee will vote on Secretary Mellon's recommendation that one-half the present transportation taxes be retained for another year and that the existing tax on capital stock be repealed. Senator Penrose said that the committee probably will refuse to retain the transportation taxes and he pre-' dieted also that t|ife corporation tax of 12% per cent fixed by the house bill will be approved by the finance committee. There is no disposition on the part of the committee to in^ crease the tax to 15 per cent as recommended by Mr. Mellon, SenatW Penrose said. v YANKS HOME FROM RHINE Four Hundred arid Twenty-Sews* 8oldiers Return to U. 8. From ' Germany. New Tort, Sept. 14.--Four hundred and twenty-seven soldiers formerly attached to various units of the American army of occupation In Germany accived on tbe transport Cantlgny. New Treasury Note Issue. Washington, Sept. 10.--To meet maturing obligations, Secretary Mellon announced an offering of $600.(X»o,oo0 In three-year per cent treasury potes; six months B per cent and one year 5^4 per cent treasury certificates. Urges Taxation Increase. Washington, Sept. 10--A taxation Increase of $250,000,000 over the levies provided for In the revenue revision bill recently passed by the house was recommended to the senate f inance committee 1if Secretary Malta. White Russia In Rebellion. London, Sept. 14--White Russia the scene of an Insurrection against the soviet authorities, says a Warsaw dispatch to the Daily Mail. The trouble began, It Is said, as a result of forcible food levies by the bolshevlkL ---- ---- # t $1,600,000 Liquor Seized. 4 . Ktew York, Sept. 14--Liquor valai#- at $1,500,000, bootleg prices, has been seized in New York during a fortnight's Intensive drive by federal ang state prohibition agents, aided % spe'*ial federal mobile force. ! ; # Berlin Darfc and Carlees. Berlin, Sept 14.--All electrical s#r-s tees In Berlin were tied up by a strike of the electricians. No street cars are running, the electric light service ta suspended and the newspapers are Vi* able to appear. 4 .-Vj Formal Charge Against Arbuckle. , San Francisco, Sept. 14.--A formal ^ complaint charging murder was sworn to before Police Judge Daniel O'Brien ( ngninst Roscoe C; (Fatty) Arbuckle, .In connection jjef£h of.MUj*_ HiglBta Rappa^ ."; ' • ". - o r . * " • " >