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L L I N O I S IREVITIES IP? '€ Mount Vernon.--Contract for tlie ..building of 1,000 box cars for the , 'Union Pacific railroad has been closed .v,.- fcy the local car company. Work will ' • Vtart on the contract about April 1. 1 Alton.--Boats tt» the nunfber of 1,203 passed this city on the Mississippi durtag 1921, according to a report on rtrer 'traffic made to the War department at Washington, D. C. Barges passing Alton numbered 242. Areola.--John Bracken, eighty-one. operates what is believed to be feie only sorghum mill in continuous |,y ,,|»se for 50 years. He produces yearly About 2,000 gallons of sirup pressed ' from cane grown on his own lands. ' -v) Paris.--Forest Smith an^ his wife -krere killed at the Big Four railroad sv;, station near Dudley when their auto Y Was struck by a train. Smith, a farmer, won the title of "corn king" of Sdgar county by taking the sweep- " .jpakes of several farmers' institutes. ^ i; - - Decatur.--R. I. Randolph of < hlcago ! y ^#as ejected president ot the Illinois Society ofEngineers at the annual ; Convention here. Other^pfflcers are , •iice president, H. &. iJabbitt, University of Illinois; trustees, M. C. Taylor, - Bloornington, and W. D. Jones, Chlr;-- <eago. Springfield.--Although building In '£[ <Aown-state Illinois showed a slight in- ^ -.grease in 1921 over the preceding year, decline In building activity in Chlveago was responsible for a drop of « 11 per cent in total value of contracts i . Awarded during the year in Illinois, ftotal contracts awarded in the state Illinois during the year 1921, according to the F. W. Dodge company, , v #m°unted to $198,835,700. "j " Springfield.--Efficient medical inspec- "-Hon of children in the schools of the gtate is being strongly emphasized by r the state department- of public health. The department says that ^ »any times when a child becomes 111 v, and proper examination is not made to determine the exact nature of the 111- |. aess, a disease not recognized as seri- •Vt ous is spread among the children of ffce schools and into their families, Causing an epidemic. Chicago.--The escape of "Lucky •Tommy" O'Connor from the Cook „ County jail on December 11, four days before he was to have been1 hanged lor murder, was due to "incompetence, management and complete break- : - V fng down of jail discipline for which the sheriff in the last analysis is indl- ' •»' ' fectly responsible," said a report ist "- ttued by a committee of the Chicago frlme commission. Sheriff l'eters was liot directly blamed for the escape. «; Springfield.--The first official figures ©f the election of six delegates to the ^"^'.Constitutional convention to till va- ^ cancies caused by five deaths and one k';4 ^Resignation show the new members Second district, Chicago, George ' • W. Tebbans; Twentieth district, • Charles D. Cary, Kankakee; Twentysecond district, B. H. Pinnell, Paris; , " Twenty-seventh district, Chicago, Stanjfe;/', ley Adamkiewicz; fortieth district, p?V'>/: Edward E. Adams, Taylorville; Forty- §§£'»'. Second district, Clinton G. Conkling, \':;*fjpringfield. fVf ' Peoria.--The city council refused to tidopt the resolution sponsored by the " Chicago city council which called for modification of the prohibition laws to • permit the manufacture of beer and light wine. The aldermen were tied on the vote and the matter was tabled • t>y the voice of the mayor. Much in terest has been held in the action of the Peoria council, as this city was jeommonly termed "the wettest city in "sthe United States" before prohibition because of the many distilleries located in the city. Decatur.--To stimulate building of houses and business establishments, ' the employees of a lumber company voted unanimously to ask the company to decrease their wages 10 cents an - hour in order that lower prices could I"?*-be quoted for lumDer and all kinds of supplies. The firm agreed to the request of the employees, and announced llf a new scale of pay and also a lower « schedule for building materials to conf'y form to the lessened overhead ex- J||/ pense. It was said that this is the V , ' first action of the kind among er»- J?" ployees to central Illinois. ' Chicago.--The executive committee of the miaois Bankers' association dedared open season on oank robbers Kf, when it was announced that of 47 bank robberies In the last year, only fe. six had been solved. The bankers planned a concerted campaign to Jc make the bank robbers the targets of < y*- • a dozen riot guns and trie prey of a Ilk"'? swift automobile squad every time they appeared. It Is proposed to arm all storekeepers near banks and install silent alarms that will notify them the bank Is being robbed. At the same time it is planned to have telephone operators lay down a barrage of calls 0$:to all nearby officers, cutting off the * escape of the bandits. By this con- 1% , certed action, it was pointed out. bank rfL/v robbing wquld soon be made unpopular. ^ T Springfield. -- Illinois' land of "Egypt" has challenged China and Arkansas with its first rice crop. A. B. Scofield, in Jackson county, put part of a farm into rice last year. lie harvested a 75-bushel per acre crop and plans to use the entire crop for 1&22 seed. Jacksonville.--The new public tuberculosis sanitarium, voted several yeTrs ago by the taxpayers of Morgan cofttaty, has been opened. There are accommodations for 20 patients, and this number will be Increased as the . Additional rooms are furnished.' Peoria.--Mrs. Julia V. Johnson has p ; • announced her candidacy for the assembly. she stated she was not run alng as a candidate of the women, but of all the people. The eighth amendment, she avers, gives women the light to get actively into the fight and tine propose* to set an example for ber aex. - Rock Island.--One-man street cars (ire making their appearance in the igtty, following permission by the Illinois commerce commission. Employees fought the action, but the company »«•! out. ' - j*, p: "Aurora --Heart disorders caused 88 of the 493 deaths in Aurora, Aurora township and vicinity last year, according to the report of the city baattb commissioner. ** Mount Vernon.--Approximately $1,- 000,000 is to be spent In this vicinity this year for public improvements, Including the building of a concrete road between Mount Sterling and Wayne City. | Mount Vernon.--"Aunt" Margaret Edmison, a former slave, living here, claims to be one hundred and twentytwo years old. She gives her birthplace as Richmond, Va„ about March 15, 1799. Chicago.--More than 9,000 women have been graduated from the health department training school for home and public health nursing. Health commissioner Robertson said in announcing a new training course. Springfield. --A proclamation has been issued by Governor Small prohibiting the shipment of certain uninspected products from numerous Eastern states and aimed to protect Illinois crops from injury by an insect commonly known as the European corn borer. Pana.--When the merchants of Pana advertised a Dollar day, at which time many articles of goods were to be sold for $1, the clergymen of the city advertised that they, too, would cut prices on weddings. Some of the ministers announced that any ' couple would be married on that day for a single dollar. The reduced rate stimulated the matrimonial market. Springfield.-- Amateur Independent basketfiall teams of the state of Illinois will compete in a state tournament In this city on February 24 and 25, the winner of which will represent this state in the Central State's Amateur Independent Basketball championship at Indianapolis. The Indianapolis meet, which will be held there early in March, will decide the Central states championship from the winners of state tournaments in eight Middle Western states. f) Marion.--Brice Holland, eighty years old, who fought for both North and South In the Civil war, is dead at his home. Holland, who served two terms as mayor of Marion, lived In West Virginia at the outbreak of the war and was drafted Into the Confederate army. He was wounded in the battle of- Shiloh, captured by the Union forces and escaped. He then enlisted in the Union navy and fought in several battles. He was formerly a major in the Eighth Illinois infantry, National Guard. Bloornington.--Thousands of acres will be planted in soy beans by farmers of central Illinois this year. Advance sales at $1.'<5 to $2 per bushel are being made, and this Insures far greater returns than from any other product at the prevailing market price. It is also believed that a lessened corn acreage will increase the price of that cereal. There is a heavy demand for oil obtained from soy beans, and during the coming summer a number of mills are to be erected to treat beang and refine the oil. Ru8hvllle.--At a meeting of representatives of the harness racing associations in the Rushville section of the state dates for the summer race meetings were assigned as follows: Rushville, August 8 to 11; Lewistown, August 15 to 18; Macomb. August 22 to 25; Carthage, August 29 to September 1; La Harpe, September 5 to 8. It is expected that the same horses will appear over the entire circuit, thus reducing transportation expenses for all horse owners. Each association will give $6,000 in purses. Chicago.--John H. Walker wan reelected president of the Illinois State Federation of Labor, according to the returns from the referendum vote in December. The other officers elected are: Victor A. Olander, secretary and treasurer; Robert Fitchle, Chicago, first vice president; Nan Mclnerney, Chicago, secotd vice president; Michael J. Whelan, East St. Louis, third vice president; Thomas Kelly, Streator, fourth vice president; Joseph W. Morton, Chicago, fifth vice president; Al Towers, Belleville, sixth vice president; Emil Reinhold, Decatur, seventh vice president; James B. Connors. Chicago, eighth vice president, and Waldo Cross, Peoria, ninth vice presdent. Urbana,--Regulations of public util ities by state commissions has proved a failure in Illinois as .well as in other states, according to Willis J Spaulding, commissioner of public property at Springfield find leader In the fight for home rule for cities, who delivered an address before the 111! nois Municipal league at its eighth annual convention in Urbana. "Give cities the right to take over existing utilities by condemnation or to establish new ones." Mr. Spaulding safd, In calling upon the constitutional conven tion to provide means whereby munlcl pallties, instead of the Illinois commerce commission, may be the regulators of their own utilities. Mr. Spaulding urged that the league continue its efforts to obtain provision in the new constitution for a larger debt limit, to the end that cities may have financial power to acquire or establish their own utilities. Springfield.--Working only half of the regular force, Riverton coal mine, operated by the Springfield District Mining company, reopened after being idle during the last month. About 160 men found employment In the opening of the mine. The increased demand for coal Is given as the reason for reopening. Rockford.--Following the unsuccessful visit of six federal prohibition agents to Rockford, State Prohibition Commissioner Charles A. Gregory has named Winnebago county "the <lryest In the state." BANKERS' USURY President Investigates Reports .'"ff High Interest for S| ' L Federal Funds, „ UNCOVERS FINANCIAL StmDUL S«or«tary of Interior Fall Tells Cabinet Members Millions of Government Money Reloana^ M . Usurious Rates. :v -K-. r,-l' tVSShfhgton, Jan, 30.--A' "fi^nciar scandal of nation-wide Importance was unearthed at a cabinet meeting. President Harding was informed by Secretary of the Interior Fall that millions in government money are being reloaned by private bankers Ui the West and Southwest to farmers and live stock raisers at usurious rate*. Secretary Fall, who has Just returned from a two months' trip through the West, cited Instances of abuses which astonished the President and the cabinet. It was shown that funds of the War Finance corporation loaned to banks for the use of farmers and stock raisers in the present agricultural emergency at 5% and 6 per cent were reloaned as high as 12 per cent In addition, many of these, banks are alleged to have charged an extra commission on these loans. "The government is not going to tolerate usury," President Harding is reported to have said. The President called into conference Eugene Meyer, Jrn chairman of the War Finance corporation. Mr. Meyer stated that if conditions as reported by Secretary Fall exist the banks concerned were violating both the letter and the spirit of the law. Both Meyer and Secretary of the Treasury Mellon told the President that practically all of the government money is being loaned at 5% per cent and they denounced ,the practices revealed by Secretary Fall as unlawful. The legal requirements, Mr. Meyer informed the President, are that when banks reloan government funds they shall not charge more than 2 per cent additional. The banks also agree to charge no commission for reloans. This agreement Is alleged by Secretary Fall to be widely violated. In some Instances stock growers had been charged as high as 5 per cent for a sixmonth loan of government money. Mr. Meyer stated that the 2 per cent allowed to private bankers was more than ample to cover the cost of their Investigators and their risk with profit This would mean that the total Interest rate on the loan shoald not exceed 7% per cent President Harding asked Mr. Meyer directly If all Interest charges of more than 7H per cent were not usury) "Ordinarily that Is so," was Meyer's reply. President Harding told the newspaper correspondents that he felled upon the American press to help terminate this evil, broadcasting the facts to stock growers and farmers that if they are charged more than 7% per cent interest for government money they are being defrauded. Withdrawal of government funds from the offending banks will be the first step taken by the administration to check the rapacity of the bankers concerned. In addition, it is expected that the government will permit the Institution of suits to recover overcharge of Interest. Treasury agents will be Instructed Immediately to Investigate the situation and make reports of misuse of government fttnds by the private banks. Cardinals Start Ritei Prewmiiary | j io Election of th#/i ! f,'»4^'?'" 'V* I Berlin Asks Reparations Commission to Ease Collections. OFFERS GOODS M PAYMENT i 'i Also Suggests That Allies Take Measures to Restore Germany's Internal and External Credit--»Prlce of Bread Up 75 Per Cent. Mrs. Louise Cromwell Brooks, only daughter of Mrs. JS. T. Stotesbury of Philadelphia, it is reported, is to become the wife of Brig. Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur, superintendent of the United States Military academy at West Point. POPE BENEDICT BURIED Body Is Entombed at St. Peters After Service. , Out? (Uplomatio Corp# and -Wmt Others Permitted to Attend Ceremony-- Vast Crowd at Cathedral. Rome, Jan. 28.--The tomb of Benedict XV was sealed at 12 minutes after four o'clock Thursday afternoon. A pure white marble slab bearing the date of his birtu, the date of his death and the years of his pontifical reign, now covers forever the remains of the "peace pope." Next to him lies Queen Christine of Sweden and exactly opposite him is lope Plus VI. Although 600.000 demands for invitations reached the office of the papal secretary of state, only the diplomatic corps and a dozen others were actually privileged to assist in the burial ceremony. This was the arrangement in order to prevent unseemly riots which, in the violent controversy raging around th^ late pope's pacific policy and reactionary tendency, were suddenly manifested. The large bronze doors of St Peter's were swung shut at noon, excluding the vast crc-vds until after the funeral. The sacred college, upon learning that the requests for tickets from diplo ats greatly exceeded the number riowed by the constitution. Immediately gave orders to suspend all Issuance of cards. The diplomats were permitted to enter upon the pceqentation of their credentials. CHURCH GAINS 85,000 IN YEAR Increase of Communicants Is Reported by Presbyterians--Conjtfi- , J-Hbffatlons Exceed $47,000,000. Des Moines, la.. Jan. 28.--AH Increase of more than 85,000 communicants of the Presbyterian church of the United States during 1921 was announced here by Dr. Lewis Seymour Mudge of Philadelphia, stated clerk of the church. Doctor Mudge was In Des Moines making arrangements for the annual general assembly of the de nomination to be held here In May. Doctor Mudge announced that the Tiber of communlcnnts of the church now exceeds 1,700,000. SOLDIER BONUS HEARING SET House Ways and Means Cofnngttee to Qo Ahead With Bllt^V Next Tuesday. V#v * A . Washington, Jan. 27.--Decision was reached by the house ways and means committee to begin hearings Tuesday on soldier bonus legislation with a view to enactment of a bonus bill at the present session of congress. Those to be beard. It was announced, will Include Secretary Mellon, who, it was Indicated, views with disfavor any proposal to raise bonus funds by taxutlon of necessities; officials of the Treasury department and representatives ot the veterans' organizations. 190 DEAD IN CAIRO REVOLT Berlin, Jan. SO.--The German not* to the reparations commission in response to the commission's demand for explanations of Germany's alleged inability to meet her obligations for January find February requests that Germany be relieved of all cash payments in 1922. It also asks for a general reduction in cash payments and an increase In payments in goods. The note suggests that the allies take measures to restore Germany's internal and external credit, and here-, by facilitate the floating of a big international reparation loan. It announces that Germany will raise an Internal loan in 1922 independently of the forced loan in order to reduce the Boating debt It is pointed- out In the note that' the allied experts at the Brussels conference In 1920 recognized that (German direct taxation was incapable of further augmentation, but that nevertheless bills were now before the relchstag to provide further Increases in property tax, as well as taxes oh capital and corporations. The turnover tax will be increased from lft per cent to 2 per cent, and the coal tax from 20 to 40 per cent. The burdens on production and consumption will be increased, and, in addition, the increased customs duties will be collected on a gold basis. The entire burden imposed on consumption, it is asserted, is at least equal to that in other countries. In explanation of Germany's financial position, the note states that energetic measures will be taken against the removal of capital abroad and tht evasion of taxation, such as the abolition of the obligation to secrecy imposed on banks, and control over the ownership of securities deposited with banks. It explains that the railway rates, compared with pre-war conditions, had been increased nineteen fold for passengers and thirty-two fold for freight; the postal and telephone rates were Increased twenty-one fold. The food subsidies for 1922 will amount to only 1,000,000,000 paper marks, as compared with 2,250,000,000 previously. The price of bread wlil shortly be increased by 75 per cent. A system for insurance for the unem ployed at the expense of employers and employees will be introduced, to replace the existing relief system. The ordinary budget shows, with a revenue of 108,200,000,000 marks and expenses of 80,700,000,000 marks, a surplus of 16,500,000,000 available foi reparation payments. It Is absolutely necessary, if the matter Is viewed from an economic standpoint, the- note continues, that Germany should at least for 1922 be relieved of all cash payments on account of reparations. •The German government recognizes that economic and financial consldera tlons must yield to political necessl ties. It refers to the figures taken into consideration at Cannes by the allies, namely, 720,000,000 gold marks in cash and 1,450,000,000 gold marks In kind, and requests a reduction in the cash payments, increasing if necessary, the payments in kind. It also proposes that the costs ol occupation should be credited to the totar sum in cash and kind paid in 1922 and that the other obligations In foreign currency arising from the peace treaty, especially clearing house obligations, should be mitigated. v Francisco Rodriguez Castlllejo, minister of foreign affairs for the de facto government of Guatemala, who makes an appeal to the United States government for official recognition of the de facto regime. , Consuls appointed by the old Guatemala government are still accepted at Washington, and Castillejo Is asking that the new representatives of his government be permitted to succeed them. MOONSHINE STILL IN CHURCH Complete Boose Manufacturing Plant JlVBiund in Basement of Utiea : <lnd.) House of Worship. f< Louisville, Ky., Jan. 31.---A still was unearthed In Utlca, Ihd., when Filmore James went to the Utlca Baptist church to start a fire to warm the church for his grandfather's funeral. While searching the basement for kindling he found a complete moonshine manufacturing plant. One Thousand Others Injured---British Troops Quell Disorder. London, Jan. 28.--A cable dispatch to the Evening Star from Rome says it is reported there that fresh disorders have broken out in Cairo, Egypt, resulting * In 190 persons beiug killed and more than 1,000 others Injured. British troops, the message adds, quelled the insurrection. U. S. MARINE IS KILLED Potfee at Managua, Nicaragua, In Fight With "Devil Dogs" Reported as Deserte Noted. Explorer Dies. Montevideo, Jan. 31.--Sir Ernest H. Shackleton, British explorer, died January 5. on board the steamship Quest on which he was making an Antarctic expedition. His body arrived there on a Norwegian ship. British to Oppose General Wu. Peking, Jan. 31.--British marines are being held In readiness to land at iankow to protect the salt administration office against seizure by the forces of Gen. Wu Pel-fu, who are said to b6 under orders to occupy it. FARMER SHOT AS CAR THIEF Railroad Detectives Surprise a Wealthy _ --Waynesville, (III.) Man lift ing Freight Cara. :- Bloornington, 111., Jan. 31.--Surprised by a railroad detective while looting a freight car, Albert Ross, a wealthy farmer of Waynesville, 111., was brought down by a charge of buckshot. Ross had unloaded several palls of candy and a large quantity at stock remedy when surprised. Qets Prison Term; 8uffers Paralysis. Monndsville, W. Va., Jan. 31.--John Kavanaugh suffered a paralytic stroke in the Marshall county court when he was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary for setting flrf typhis house to collect Insurance. " .*.-"'J Washington, Jan. 30.--Sergt ' Lee Henry of the marine corps and four members of the police force at Managua, Nicaragua, were killed In fight January 24 when the police overtook Henry and three marine corporals who had been reported as deserters from the marine detachment the previous day. The police later captured the three corporals, Amthor Bennett and Russell, according te a dispatch to the Navy department*, r Esnsm *, W-ZS U. S. MARKET REPORT Weekly Marketgram of Bureau of Markets and Crops* "Washington, Jan. 30.--For the we&r^Tfalng January 26.--HAY--No. 1 timothy quoted January 2G: Cincinnati, $19.75; Chi cago. $22.00, Minneapolis, $18.50; alfalfa, Minneapolis, $21.00; No. 1 prairie. Minneapolis, $16.50; Chicago, $17.00. FEED--Quoted January 26: Bran, $19.60; middlings, $19.00; flour middlings, $22.50; 36 per cent cottonseed meal, $34.00, Memphis; gluten feed, $30.65, white hominy feed, $21.00, Chicago, 34 per cent Unseed meal# $42.75, Minneapolis; No. 1 alfalfa meal, $16.76, Kansas City. GRAIN--Cash market rather inactive at the close. Oood export demand for corn; domestic shipping demand sluggish. CloS' Ing prices in Chicago cash market: No. 2 red winter wheat, $1.23; No. 2 hard win ter wheat, $1.16, No. 2 mixed corn. 49c; No. 2 yellow corn, 49c; No. 3 white oats, 34c. Average farm prices: No. 2 mixed corn In central Iowa, 36c; No. 1 dark northern wheat in central North Dakota, $1.12, No. 2 hard winter wheat In central Kansas, $1.00. Chicago May wheat closed at $1.15; Chicago May corn, C3%c; Minneapolis May wheat, $1.21^; Kansas City May wheat, $1.06^4; Winnipeg May wheat, $1.12 V4. LIVE STOCK -- Chicago hog prices ranged from 46c to 65c higher per 100 pounds during the week, better weights advancing moat. January 28 • Chicago prices: Hogs, top, $9.00; bulk of sales, $8.60-8.76; medium and good beef steers, $6.66-9.00; butcher cows and heifers, $3.66- 7.60; feeder steers, $6.15-6.75; light and medium weight veal calves, I7.7C-11.00; fat lambs, $12.00-13.86; feeding lambs, $10.60- $12.75; yearlings, $9.75-12.90; fat ewes, $6.26- $8.00. Stocker and feeder shipments from twelve important markets during the week ending January 20 were: Cattle and calves, 62,982; hogs, 4,334; sheep, 30,619. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES--Potato markets Irregular, fairly Bteady. Eastern and northern sacked round whites unchanged in most markets at $2.15-2.35 per 100 lbs; 10 cents lower In Chicago at $1.80- $2.00. Onion prices advanced further; supplies light in most cities. Principal eastern markets quote Yellow Glotiis up 60c, mostly around $7.50 per 100 lbs; Massachusetts shipping points up 2Cc at $7.28- 7.60, f. o. b.; middle western red stook firm in Chicago and St. Louis around $7.00. Apple markets firm for barrel stock. New York Baldwins A2V4 follow general jobbing range, $7.00-8.00 per bbl. Northwestern extra fancy Winesaps generally steady In city markets at $^75-3.25; $2.10- 2.20 In producing sections. DAIRY PRODUCTS -- Butter markets firm and prices have advanced the past few days. Closing prices, 92 score: New York 39c; Chicago, 36V4c; Philadelphia, 37%c: Boston, 37M>c. Prices at Wisconsin primary cheese markets January 25th: Twins, 19%c; Daisies, 20c; Double Daisies, 19%c; Young Americas and Longhorns, 20c; Square Prints, 24c. \ ^ * ANTI-LYNCHING BILL PASSED House Measure to Make Mob Rule Federal Offense Now Qoes to ths Senate. ' Washington. Jan. 27.--By a vote o! 230 to 119, the hous e passed the Dyer anti-lynching bill. The measure now goes to the senate. The measure would provide drastic penalties for persons convicted of participation in lynchlngs and for officials who fall through negligence to prevent lynching. Counties in which lynchtoga occur also would be penalised. > " Suddenly Becomes Violently Ma^ 8houting, "Down With the Pope," ly Sweeping Cardinal , A Vannuteili Asides fionle, Feb. 1.--Final prepara were begun for the convening of the solemn conclave at which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic church will choose a pope to succeed Benedict XV. The last-minute ceremonials will be preceded by three solemn requiem masses, the first of which took place with the cardinals participating. The beautiful and historic sistine chape!, in which the conclave will ; ' meet, has already been fitted with the | long stalls in which the cardinals will sit while the balloting proceeds. Mlnute instructions have been given out for the performance of the ceremonials, and the dress and deportment of those participating in them. It has been prescribed that all prelates excepting cardinals, wiii wear black vestments. The requiem mass for the late Pope Benedict in the sistine chapel furnished a scene of unusual pomp, with all the cardinals who have arrived in Rome participating. The noble guards were guard of honor for the improvised tomb of the late pontiff, and the Swiss guards composed the escort ot honor for the solemn procession of cardinals, archbishops and bishops as they came from the sala regale through the sala ducale to the capital. Suddenly becoming violently Insane, a member of the pontifical choir created a sensation in the chapel during the mass by shouting: "Down with the pope!" He Insisted upon leading the procession out of the chapel, preceding the cardinals andb somewhat roughly elbowing Cardinal Vannuteili out of the cortege before he was overpowered by the Swiss guards and locked up. The tomb erected In the center of the chapel -was octagon in shape, with a copious array of candles burning on all sides and up to the summit, on which reposed a replica of the pontifical arms and the others with phrases eulogizing the life of Benedict XV. The sistine choir assisted in the solemn ceremony. Cardinal De Lai was celebrant, while absolution was imparted by Cardinals Vico, Pomplelj and Cagllero. The service was attended by delegations from Genoa and Bologna. The Knights of the Sword and Cape and the Knights of thfe Order of Malta, In full-dress uniform, added splendor to the occasion. All those who will remain within the Vatican when its doors are bolted at the beginning of the election, have been summoned to meet in the Sal£ liegia, adjacent to the sistine chapel, on Thursday, to take the oath of secrecy for the duration of the sittings, and the sacred college has appointed a commission to examine the credentials of all the members, attaches and secretaries. This commission is also charged with selecting guards for the conclave, and the appointment of barbel's, plumbers, plasterers, and- such other workmen and attendants as may be by chance needed before the doors are again opened to the world. Devices have been installed at the entrance of the courtyard of St. Damaso so that any articles needed may be sent Inside, bwt their Operation must be only In the presence of two witnesses* These devices are in the form of cylinders placed vertically. Opening one of the vertical sections, an object may be placed within and transferred to those in the courtyard by revolving the cylinder until ttlS opening Is on the inside. NAVY STRENGTH TO STAND Lull In St. Louis Crime Wavs. St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 28.---The local crime wave is in a state of suspended animation. In the 14 hours ending at (J a. m. not a single case of murder, sjiootlng, stabbing, highway robbery or burglary turned up to disturb the police. President Is Against Any Cut Prsstnt Personnel %s 80,000 Men. in Champaign.--The state convention of the Illinois Association of Master Plumbers in session here passed a resolution advocating the establishment of schools for apprentices. A committee of three was appointed to take up the matter with University of Illinois authorities. Decatur. -- The Illinois waterway when completed will Effect ah annual saving in coal alone of $29,000,(WO, according to M. G. Barnes, chief engineer of the state division of waterways, In a paper read here before the Illinois , Society of Engineers. "Fire" 8triklng Miners. Johannesburg. Jan. 28. -- Notices were posted in the coal and gold mines In the Rand district, announcing that all strikers had been discharged as a result of the deadlock in negotiations between the employers and the miners. Boliva's Request Refused. Washington, Jan. 31.--The request of the Bolivian government for representation In the forthcoming treaty of Ancon conference In Washington between Peru and Chile has been refined by President Harding. 1 ^ X'; French May Advance. Berlin, Jan. 28.--A French commander In the occupied Rhine cone has made inquiries of burgoraelsters whether they are able to give guarantees to the French billeted troops In event of a further advance. Urge Rail Deflation. Washington, Jan. 30.--A declaration that railroad labor and railroad corporations should share in the deflation to bring prices of other commodities In line with agriculture was adopted by the national agricultural conference. Body Found Tied With Wire. Bollinger, Ala., Jan. 31.--The charred body of a young white man, bound with wire between two trees, was found near here. The body Is believed to be that of Brew Connor, missing since Christmas. Mexicans 8coff War Rumor. Mexico City, Jan. 31.--Rumors of war between Mexico and Guatemala are described by a high Mexican olficlnl as "too ridiculous to deny." Semiofficial sources were positive lp denying the reports. Harding Asks Work for Idle. Washington, Jan. 30.--Aid of the War, Navy, Agriculture, Treasury, Interior and Commerce departments In providing work for the unemployed was requested by President Harding In a letter addressed to the heads. 8M Heads of Defunct Bank. Freeport, 111., Jan. 80.--Involuntary bankruptcy proceedings were instituted here in Federal cjtort against John and Benjamin Eadle of Hanover, 111., former officers of the defunct Hanover Union State bank. * Chicago Priest Shot by Bandit Chicago, Jan. 30.--Rev. Father Chadniewicz was shot in the leg by a burglar whom he was chasing down n stairway In the parish house of St Florence Roman Catholic church The burglar escaped.. Washington, Jan. 30.--Suggestions that the United States navy be cut to a personnel of 50,000 are not looked upon favorably by the administration, it was stated officially at the White House. No substatnial reductions from the. present establishment are anticipated, it was said. FIRE ON 4,000 INDIA RIOTERS Firm Qets Warships. Washington, Jnn. 30.--Eight obsolete warships recently offered for sale by the Navy department have been awarded to the firm of J. G. Hither & Sons of Philadelphia for $239,000. tfce highest bid made. Martial Law South of Tipperary. London, Jan. 30.--Owing to the great number of robberies and a murder case, the Irish republican army proclaimed martial law in the five parishes south ot Tipperary. Five arrests were made. Dempeey Buys $42,500 Hi Los Angeles. Cal., Jan. 28.--Jack Dempsev, heavyweight champion, has purchased a house here and announced he would make It his permanent residence. He was said to have ikid (42,500 for it. Fur Industry Cut Half. Ottawa, Ont., Jan. 28.--Canada's far industry fell off 52 per cent during the *year 1920-21, the bureau of statistics reported. Furs valued at only $10,- l°2,RTl were taken during the last yew. Battle Over Arrest of Two Workers Leads to Battle at Calcutta. Calcutta, Feb. 1.--Four thousand' workers In the Standard jute mills at Tltteghur, in the environs of Calcutta, engaged in a riot and were quelled by the police only after numerous casualties had been Inflicted. The trouble arose when the workers demanded the release of two comrades, arrested on a charge of assaulting the manager of the works, which was refused. Police rushed to the scene, only to be received with a shower of missiles. They fired Into the air, but the rioters renewed their attack, whereupon the officers fired a volley into the mob,. two of the members of which were killed and 40 wounded. • Booze Stays in Warehouses. Washington, Feb. 1.--The Supreme court of t f i e U n i t e d S t a t e s d e n i e d to fi 0 owners of whisky held In government bonded warehouses their claimed right to withdraw it on payment of taxes ; and remove the liquor to their homes. : Work Kills F. E. Wheaton. Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 1.--Fred E. Wheaton, sixty-one years old, Democratlc national committeeman from Minnesota, died at a local hlspltal af- ^ ter a long illness. Death was due to iWfcrt disease brought on by overwork- Garment Workers Strike. p New York, Feb. 1.--Six thousand /y women and girls employed In shops ft in the lower Fifth avenue district were ^ ordered on strike by the Ladies' Waist j&U and Dressmakers' uriion as a protest aguinst a proposed 25 per cent cqfc - • , New York Firms Indicted. f 1.--Twentv Co*- i*' ' J - - - * wrvili'* " i New York, Feb. porations and 29 individuals engaged'/ in the heating and ventilating branch f of the building Industry were Indicted; by a Supreme court grand jury heretor violation of tby Donnelly law. ' '% i U '*'? £lX