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Tile collections this year, according to a report made to Washington by Internal Revenue Collector Mabel G. Relnecke, Were £98,172,729.65. Evanston.--Carl Bostrom, blind Northwestern university student, who makes his way unaided about the university grounds at Evanston by sensing the pressure of air upon his cheeks and - thus determining which building he is in or near, scored better than 90 in all his studies last semester, according to Registrar Fred L. Kerr. McLeansboro.--A boom was launched at McLeansboro for C. B. Thomas, the present United States referee in bankruptcy for the eastern district of Illinois, East St Louis, for the Democratic nomination for governor, by the Hamilton county Democratic central committee. Springfield.--The state highway division is approaching its goal of 50 miles of new pavement a week for this year. The last report of the division , on construction shows 33 miles of standard 18-foot pavement constructed last week. This brings the total for the year up to 207.32 miles. Springfield.--Adoption by a special session of the legislature of a new soldiers' bonus bond issue of at least $12,- 000,000 is predicted by state officials as a result of accumulating evidence .that the $55,000,000 state bonus fund will fall far short of the amount required. Rockford.--Floyd R. Conne-y, twenty- year-old Rockford youth, recently joined a street carnival company as a driver of a racing motorcycle In a motordrome. He is now in a Racine, Wis., hospital suffering from concussion of the brain, broken nose and jaw and other injuries. Rockford.--Melvin D. Traylor, pres. ident of the First Trust and Savings bank of Chicago, is the new head of the Illinois Bankers' association, with Wayne Hummer of LaSalle vice president L E. Merritt of Hoopeston was eleeted treasurer. Pan a.--Dr. Matthew Reasoner of Christian county, a medical officer attached to the Americafl-fcrmy of occupation at Coblenz, Germany, has Just rejoined his wife and children at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Milner, of Alton. Evanston.--Twenty-three thousand men, most of them from Evanston and other Chicago suburbs, are members of the Minute Men of the Constitution, - an organization founded several months ago by Gen. Charles Gates Dawes. Springfield.--Van A. Bitten of Pittsburgh, Pa., a leader in the United Mine Workers of America, has been secured as the principal speaker by the Springfield Federation of Labor for Labor day. Oregon.--Harry Boyden, truck gardener, need no longer worry over his crops if rain is not abundant Boyden has installed an electric sprinkling system throughout his twelve-acre garden at Oregon. / Hillsboro.--Andrew Chliman, flftyflve, Is dead at Hillsboro from the effects of an injury received fifteen years ago. Chisman was caught in a fall of coal in 1906, and had been bedfast since that time; Chicago.--Approximately $5,000,000 is being expended by the Chicago & Northwestern railroad in improvements now under way, it was announced. Benton.--A valuable team *>f horses belonging to W. J. King, living two and one-half miles northeast of here, was stung to death by a swarm of bees. Evanston.--More than 2,1Q0 students have registered for summer work in Northwestern university here, it has * been announced. Women students are Slightly in the majority. * Chicago.--Judge Wilkerson at Chicago Issued an injunction restraining the Smith Bus company of Aurora from operating its motorbuses between Aurora and Elgin. Springfield.--Illegitimate children and marriages contracted within one year of prior divorce in Illinois are legalized under the Thon bill, signed by the governor at Springfield. Rock Island.--Ernest Cunningham, twenty-seven, of Rock Island, was Instantly killed when his automobile turned over near Princeton, m. Carllnville.--Miss Mary Hoyt Stoddard of Carllnville has been awarded a gold medal offered by St. Nicholas magazine for the best poem entitled "To Mother." Miss Stoddard is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Stoddard and a student in the local high school. Jersey vlllsi--Calhoun county, the "Apple Kingdom" of Illinois, and the only county in the state without a railroad, now boasts of a $100,000 vinegar factory, known as the Calhoun Vinegar company. The company • will manufacture cider, but will also take up canning and pickling of the byproducts of the apple. The plant also will manufacture alcohol for mechanical purposes, obtained from-the dark molasses from the South. Springfield.--Santa Anna's cork leg, resting for years in the state museum, has Jumped into the limelight again. Reports have reached Springfield that covetous eyes are being cast in the direction of this war trophy down Texas way. The Lone Star state is reported to have made out another case to show why the Mexican general's wooden leg Should repose In the museum at Austin, Tex. Assumption.--An automobile load of hooded Klansmen dashed up to the union church meeting at the city park and the masked visitors filed down the aisle to the pastor's 6tand where they presented him with a letter, departing as quietly as they had entered. The letter was found to be a commendation of recent action of the Protestant clergymen of the city pertaining to certain local matters. Springfield.--The dates of tfae meetings of the Illinois miners' examining board for the month of July have been announced by John Mulligan, secretary, as follows: July 9. Belleville, courthouse; July 10, Eldorado, mine rescue station; July 11, Herrin, Rome club; July 12, Benton, city hall; July 18, Duquoin, miners' hall; July 14, Staunton, Labor temple. Clinton.--Laying of the corner stons of Clinton's ne wcity hall is to take place on July 12, the ceremony to be under Masonic auspices, with Grand Master Beach of Chicago in charge. The building, which is to cost $50,000, Is to be erected on a site donated by Mrs. Eleanor McGlll, Clinton. The American Legion post wlU have quarters in the building. Shelbyville.--Shelbyville and vicinity was lit up the other night by a large shooting star or meteor, that passed in a southerly direction. The meteor shot over the homes of E. I. Walred and Alva Jones, near here. After it passed these farms there came the sound of a great explosion, as if the meteor had struck the ground somewhere or burst in the air. Chicago.--A new world's record in swimming 500 yards in ay75-foot tank was made by Johnn£ Weismuller when he made the distance In 5:20 2-5 at the Great Lakes naval station. Welsnjuller broke his own former record made at Honolulu when he made it in 5:52. Charleston.--A number of Charleston citizens saw a large meteor flash across the skies the other night. The meteor was of an intensely bright color and as it neared the south, it appeared to flash out in beautiful colors as though it had burst. *. Aurora--New summer uniforms have been adopted for the Aurora police department. The new outfits consist of lightweight blue serge caps, khaki-colored palm beach shirts, lightweight blue serge trousers and "Sam Brown" belts. , Aurora.--Herman Suelau, twentytwo. shortstop on the Algonquin semipro baseball team, was almost instantly killed in a ball game when the firstbaseman threw to the catcher to tag him out as he was stealing home, and the ball struck Suelau over the heart. • Kewanee.--The Kewanee city council formally rejected an offer of the American Gas company to sell Its public utilities properties here to the city upon a 30-year payment plan. The city estimated that the payments needed would run to $1,250,000. Springfield.--The average death rate in Illinois for 1921-22 was 11.2 per thousand, as against 12.5 for Massachusetts, 11.4 for Michigan, 12.6 for New York, 11.3 for Ohio, 12.3 for Pennsylvania, according the federal census URGES FEDERAL CONTROL OF COAL Board Is For United States Supervision* But Not ' ; Ownership. INQUIRY RESULT IS GIVEN Commission Recommends Empowering the President to Seize and Operate Mines When Production Is Imperiled fey Strikes. Washington, July 9.--The President should huve the authority in event of cessation of operations in the anthracite coal industry to declare an emergency, take charge of the mines, fix wages and the Compensation to the owner, subject to review by the courts, and to distribute the production as he deems wise. , --- This was the outstanding • recommendation of the report of the United States coal commission made public here. Created by congress last October, the coal commission has since been making an exhaustive study of anthracite conditions with a view to uaranteeing an adequate and uninterrupted supply of fuel to the consumer at a reasonable price. No specific legislation was urged by the commission in the report. Another report will be made before Sept. 22, at which time the life of the organization expires, dealing with conditions in the bituminous industry. At that time the commission intends to lay before congress a legislative program calculated to remove many of the evils now surrounding production and distribution of coal. The commission announced that it opposed government ownership of the mines, but for determining the effect of a natural monopoly on the consumer, recommended publicity through annual reports made to some governmental agency. The report declares that the mine workers have a legal right to work as they please, but declare that if miners and operators cannot agree and there is danger of the supply being cut off altogether, then both sides must peaceably and voluntarily, if they will, and under compulsion if they will not, deal with each other in the light of the general welfare of the public. The report of the coal compiission was made by the direction of congressi 11 "Whipping Boss" of Florida Camp Given Twenty Years Lake City, Fla., July 9.--Thomas Walter Hlgginbotham was found guilty of murder of Martin Tabert of North Dakota, in the second degree, by a Jury here and sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment. He was released on $10,000 bail pending an appeal. The jury was out one hour and twenty minutes. The former convict whipping boss was accused of having caused the death of Tabert as the result of a beating administered while the North Dakotan was serving a term in the Putnam Lumber company convict leased camp. PRESIDENTS SEA TRIP mMnNA i/ «JimsAu . T Witiaeu i Tacoma, Wash., stop of the U. S, which President sailed for Alaska, July 7.--The first S. Henderson, on Harding's party was at Ketchikan. Then the Henderson went on to Wrangel. Arriving at Juneau July 10, the party next goes to Seward. Then four days up the Alaskan railroad to Anchorage, Chickaloon, Nenana and Fairbanks, within 200 miles of the Arctic circle. At the Tanana river brldgo the President will drive the golden spike completing the railroad. The return southward will be by motor over the Richardson trail to the Copper River & Northwestern railroad at Chltlna, then to Cordova, then Sitka, where the chief executive will sail for Vancouver. PROMISE SHORTER DAY Steel Magnates to Eliminate Twelve-Hour Shift United States Postal Receipts Break Records Washington, July 9.--The Post Office department announces the largest Increase ever recorded in receipts for fiscal year in which postage rates were not advanced. The business in fifty cities was used as a basis. The average increase was 12.16 per cent. The estimated entire revenue is $533,- 000,000, the previous high mark having been $484,893,000 recorded in the fiscal year 1922.. President Harding's CorrespOYi^Brtce With Leaders of the Industry Is Made Public as Executive Sails for Alaska. 4" Tacoma^ Wash., July 6.--Before sailing on the Henderson for Alaska President Harding made public correspondence between himself and the directors of the American Iron & Steel institute concerning the President's request for abolition of the twelve-hour day in the steel industry. "The large majority of the steel manufacturers of America have undertaken to abolish the twelve-hour day in the American steel industry at the earliest moment that the additional labor required shall be available," the President said in his statement. The correspondence followed a report made by the Iron and Steel institute on its investigation of the twelve-hour day In the industry. The institute at. that time declared that conditions prevented immediate abolition of the twelve-hour day. On June 18 the President wrote to Elbert H. Gary, a director of the institute. The ^'institute's reply was signed by Mr. Gary and the following directors: John A. Topping, W. A. Robers, W. H. Donner, W. J. Filbert, E. A. S. Clark, James A. Farrell, E. G. Grace, Willis L. King, James A. Burden, L. E. Black, Severn E. Kerr, J. A. Campbell, A. C. Dinkey and Charles M. Schwab. DEPUTIES'VOTE Deadlock With Britain Over Policy in Ruhr Valley Is EmphasizedlVff FRENCH ENCIRCLE FRANKFORT Ready te Raid Rail Centers and Cut • :Off Bavaria From the North-- .« Brussels Issues Ultimatum ^ to Berlin. ^ . Parts, July 7.--Nothing could better emphasize the deadlock which the British and French have reached in the London conversations than Premier Polncare's repeated insistence during a debate in the chamber of deputies of the papal letter to Cardinal Gasparri that "no power, temporal or spiritual, can turn us from pursuing the strict application of (he Versailles treaty." He added, "France, which already has advanced 100,000,000,000 francs for the devastated regions, will'regret she must make certain large financial consortiums wait awhile longer." In this stand the French premier received a vote of confidence of 388 to 186. As in the senate debate on this occasion which led to unanimous voting of credits for the Ruhr occupation, M. Poincare tried to defend France's prestige at the 'vatican by showing that the pope, after confeirlng with Ambassador Jonnart, had not only pointed' out that the letter was not meant as a direct attack upon France, but It contained recognition that Germany had not been a faithful debtor, and that the holy see had given formal Instructions to its nuncio In Germany to protest against sabotage in the Ruhr, which had caused the death of Belgian and French soldiers. Frankfort, July 7.--The French have pushed their army up to the edge of Frankfort, so as to be ready to seize it at a moment's notice. Frankfort is second only to Berlin as a German railway ceater, and occupation of it would enable France to send troops speedily to cut off Bavaria from northern Germany. Brussels, July 7.--The Belgian diplomatic agent at Berlin has informed the German government that diplomatic relations will' be suspended if the reich does not repudiate unequivocally the Ruhr "crimes," The French ambassador has given similar notice* bureau at Waahiugton. I Taft gays prohibitjon Is Urbana.--The fourth annual summer meeting of the Illinois State Veterinary Medical association and the fourth annual University Veterinary conference will be held at the University of Illinois at Urbana for three days, July 10, 11 and 12. Springfield.--H.JB. Johnston, for the 3st fourteen months a member of the itorial staff of the Illinois State Register at Springfield, has resigned to accept the position, July 1, of exceptive secretary in the office of Pres; Ident David Kinley of the University of Illinois at Urbana, HI. Springfield.--The 1924 automobile plates for Illinois will be of j^lack ^background with yellow figures/ The 4|ntract for 1,000,000 sets of plates was awarded by Secretary of State JSmmerson at Springfi el d tcHhe fi. JL jtyanaon company of Chlcafo. ,V f .>• * . • , Pana.--Anthony M; Jackson has ar rived at the home of his parents, north of Pana, after receiving his degree of bachelor of philosophy in foreign commerce from the University of Notre Dame at South Bend, Ind. Springfield.--Farm bureau officials of Sangamon county declared that they believed that the season's crop of wheat in the county would surpass that of last year, despite a heavy loss from killing weather last winter. Decatur.--Charles Schaub, 17, son of H. C. Sehatft), editor of the Daily Review, Is dead here from injuries suffered a short time ago In his home when chemicals with which he was experimenting exploded. Marseilles.--Hundreds of Klansmen from Streator, Mendota, Earlvllle, Morris, Ottawa, Freeport, LaSalle, Peru, Newark and Ransom participated in a gigantic initiation south of Marseilles. Galena.--John Foley, restaurant owner, was electrocuted when he stepped into a refrigerator in his place of business. Chicago.--Automobile deaths in Chicago are continuing at the rate of about two a day. The total for the first half of the year is 321. Spring Valley.--Charles R. Kimber, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kimber of Spring Valley, has fteen appointed business manager of the Pennsylva nian, the daily student paf>er at the Uulverslty of Pennsylvania, which has a circulation of 50,000, according to word received by his parents. Herrin.--Twenty hooded and robed klansmen marched in>o the Herrin Methodist church Sundry evening during the service and presented the pastor, Rev. C. H. Glotfelty, with a letter containing thirty dollars. Then they marched out silently. Springfield.--A damage suit for $5,000 has been filed In federal court at Springfield against the county of Madison, Illinois, by Helnrich Karl Pragei", a resident of Germany, and father of Robert Paul Prager, lynched on April 5, 1918, near Collinsvllle, Madison county, for alleged pro-German remarks? Breaking Down the Law London, July 7.--Chief Justice Taft, writing the foreword for the new book, "The Law of. Kinsmen," by Lord Shaw of Dunfermline, blames the prohibition law, which he first opposed and now defends, for the wave of lawlessness which has swept over <<%he United States for the last four years. Flames Destroy Shell of Goldfield, Mine Boom Town Tonopah, Nev., July 7.--Goldfield, the famous gold mining camp of former days, burned to the ground with the exception of six buildings. One man is dead, a woman is missing, and several persons were injured in the Sre. The loss may total $1,500,000. All Trace of Two Airmen and Balloon Basket Lost Port Stanley, Ont., July 9.--Motorboats that joined airplanes from Selfridge field, Mount Clemens, Mich., the revenue cutter Morrill and the flying boat Buckeye from ggtroit, and the hydroplane Nina from Cleveland, in the search for the basket of the balloon U. S. Navy A-45698, retnrned to port here empty handed. They made a comprehensive survey pf the lake In an effort to determine the fate of Lleuts. Louis J. Roth and Telford B. Null, who occupied the balloon when it left Indianapolis in. the national elimination race. Fourth of iuly Death Toll Placed at Thirty-eight Washington, July 6.--Despite the nation-wide campaign waged for a safe and sane Fourth of July, 38 deaths due to fireworks and accidents were reported from all parts of the country. Ten deaths were reported from Ohio, three from New York city, five in Illinois, four In Minnesota, five in Pennsylvania, four in Michigan, three in Louisiana, one in Alabama, one in California, one In Utah and one in Washington. There were 194 Injured throughout the country. Three Die, Four Injured . as Train Hits Automobile Fargo, N. D., July 9.--Rev. W. H. iJrlver and his wife and two-year-old son, Arthur, were killed Instantly and Dr. E. Rlchter and Mrs. Rlchter and their daughter, Ruth Alice, and Audrey Driver, four years old, were injured when a train hit the automobile In which they were riding north of Hillsboro. ; ' > GEORGE E. STR0N# TWO WOMEN SLATERS Mrs. Nitti and Consort Given the .Death Penalty at r,x& - Chicago. ,7""' J. ••i • • •> t- 5 MRS. BUZZI SENTENCED IN N, Y. George E. Strong of Kansas recently appointed chief clerk of the Department of Justice and administrative assistant to the attorney generaL U. S. MARKET REPORT Weekly Marketgram by Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Washington.--For the week ending ^Uly 6--FRtTTTS AND VEGETABLES-- Georgia Tom Watson watermelons, 28- 8<Mb. average, $250.00@600.00 bulk per ca eastern markets, $125.00 @250.00 f. b. cash track to growers; Texas melons, $450 00®475.00 In Chicago. Mlss1 «.9ipt>l tomatoes, 4's, mostly 5Oc0 $1..'5; Texas and Tennessee stock, 91.40 @2.00 leading cities. Georgia peaches, Carvnans, $1.25@1.50 f. o. b. Virginia, North and South Carolina Irish cobbler potatoes, $5.50 @6.50 per bbl. leading cities; south-central Bliss Triumphs mostly $2.00@3.25 per 100 lbs. midwestern markets, top of $4.00 In Cincinnati. California salmon tint cantaloupes, standard 48's, $2.76@3.26 consuming centers. DAIRY PRODUCTS--Butter, 92 scors, 87%c Chicago. Cheese at Wisconsin primary markets; Flats, 2H4c; twins, 20%c; single daisies, 21^4c; double daisies, 21c; young Americas, 22c; longhorns, 21%c; square prints. 21%c. GRAIN--Chicago cash market: No. S red winter wheat,* $1.1$; No. 2 hard winter wheat. $1.0^ No. 2 mixed corn, 81c; No. 2 yellow corn, 83c; No. S white oats, 42c. Average farm price: No. 2 mixed corn in central Iowa, 69c. LIVE STOCK--Chicago prices: Hogs, top, $7.75; bulk of sales. $6.85@T.«6; medium and good beef steers, $8,360 10.65; butcher cows and heifers, $3,650 10.00; feeder steers, $4.75@8.50; light and medium weight veal calves, $7,250 11.00; fat lambs. $13.50@16.2fi; yearlinga, $10.00® 14.2G; fat ewes. $3.00@7.0Q. Wives Riot as Czechs Propose Forced Bigamy London, July 9.--Compulsory bigamy, proposed as a means of mnking up the losses In population caused by the war, caused a riot when it was debated in the Czechoslovakinn parliament. Mile. Betta Kerpiskova, a woman deputy, introduced a bill to compel male Czechs to take two wives, whatever their personal inclinations might be. Heavy i»(^ialties were suggested for men who shirked their duty. Great Britain Puts Stop to Further Disarmament Bisley, Eng., July 6.--England will not reduce its armament further, the earl of Derby, secretary of state for war, declared in an address here. The margin of safety at present Is "extraordinarily small," he said. Train Hits Auto; Three Fort Wayne, Ind., July 9.--Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Riddner and her father, Karl Ganellin of Chicago, were killed when a train hit their automobile near here. Evelyn McGolowskl. aged three, was injured. Britain Faoes^Strike of All Railroad Employees London, July 5.--With 14,000 London dock workers on a strike, tying up a vast number of cargo vessels, J. R. Thomas, Labor member of parliament, uttered a threat of a national railway strike after a conference with odicials of the railway men's union. Two Krupp Branches Closed; Thousands Out of Work Dusseldorf, July 7.--Two branch factories of the Krupp works near Witten have been compelled to close down because of the lack of raw materials and as a result of other restrictions ordered by the French as a penalty for the Duisburg train bombing. Several thousand men have been thrown out of work. Damns Russian Rule, but Asks U. S. Recognition , Berlin, July 7.--In one breath Representative Ross A. Collins of Mississippi said: "I am in favor of recognition of Russia," and "Russia has the damnedest autocracy the world has ever seen." Mr. Collins, who is secretary of the progressive bloc in the house, and who arrived from Russia, gave his friends an earful about the wonderful theaters, cabarets and restaurants he enjoyed in Petrograd and Moscow. When asked to reconcile the foregoing statements, Mr. Collins replied : "America should recognize Russia merely because the government there exists and will continue." -- &.VU Turks Sink Greek Troop M Ship, After Battle, Report 8ofla, July 7.--A. report received from Constantinople says that the Greeks attempted to land a regiment at Kara-Buran, near the Dardanelles, and that the Turks repulsed them after severe fighting. There were many casualties on both sides, the report says. In the fighting a Turkish torpedo boat sank a Greek ship, according to the Constantinople |§B£Tt, and many were drowned. , #*ry riiHla Mm. NIttI and Married After Killing Mate ?i; ? ^ Guilty After Short * , Deliberation. <&ica«o, July 10.--Twelve juror* branded Mrs. Sabelle Nitti "husband killer" and established a precedent for the state of Illinois by giving the death penalty to the dumb, crouching, animal- like Italian peasant, found guilty of the murder of Frank Nitti. The jury then returned a death verdict for Peter Crudelle, Mrs. Nitti's co-defendant, former lover, and second husband'. A few hours earlier, In New York city, Mrs. Anna Buzzi was sentenced to die in the electric chair during tha w^ek of August 6 for the murder of Frederick Schneider, with whom she had lived for eight years. The Cook county jury heeded Prosecutor Milton D. Smith's closing argu- , ment to "forget that this defendant is a woman," and gave her the noose after deliberating only an hour and fortyseven minutes. But at midnight no one had been found willing to tell Sabeile that she was the first woman in the state to have a hangman's noose made legally ready for her. All evening the greasy woman moaned and gibbered in her Sicilian dialect for some one to tell her what those men said," and how many months she would have to stay In the Jail. But ho one would tell her. Mrs. Nitti grew hysterical with the frenzied pleading of a cruel animal that had been cornered and tortured by a new kind of trap. She was not the calm human who, the state charged, held her husband's head in her gnarled hands while her lover, twenty-three years her junior, pounded the sleeping farmer over the head with a six-pound hammer. And when, still at bay but refusing to be exhausted, the dirty, disheveled woman flopped into her bunk, she did not slumber as peacefully as she did that July evening, a year ago, when she sent her lover and her sixteenyear- old son, Charlie, to dump her man" into the catch basin near the edge of the farm. : ; . s 5 Killed, 8 Hurt in Freight Crash on M. & St P. Fairdale, III., July 6.--Five unidentified colored men were killed and six others and two white men were seriously injured near here when a Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul freight train was wrecked. The train was loaded with live stock and wheat. The dead and injured were migratory barvest hands "riding the rods." Turk-Allied Peace Treaty Is Completed at Lausanne Lausanne, July 9.--The Nea* East peace treaty was completed here. The treaty will mark the final act of the World war, which began August 2, 1914, and means peace in the Near East for the first time in tw^ve years/ U. S. Demands Its Part of Seized Turkish Funds Lausanne, July 5.--Joseph G. Grew, unofficial observer at the Near East peace conference, called upon t General Pelle, the French delegate. Sir Horace Rumbold of Great Britain, and Slgnor Montagna of Italy and announced that America considered Itself entitled to a share of the 5,000,000 Turkish gold pounds ($25,000,000) seized by the allies In Constantinople after the signing of the Mudros armistice In 1918. Chinese Bandits in New Raid. Hongkong, July 9.--Bandits held up a train on the Canton-Kowloon railway, killing a Chinese military officer and one soldier and carrying off ubout ninety upper-clilfcs Chinese, Who are being held for ransom. Evanston.--The youngest graduate of Northwestern university at Evanston this year was Mist Martha P. JHoman is Named G. O. P. Leader. Newark. N. J., July 7.--Mrs. Lewi* S. Thompson of Red Bank is New Jersey's woman representative on the Republican national committee. The appointment was -announced by Hamilton F. Kean, of the committed. 60,000 Strike in Berlin. Berlin, July 7.--Sixty thousand metal workers in Berlin went on strike at Friday. An agreement which Five Hundred 8ail oi« Muenchen. New York, July' 9.--Five hundred passengers sailed from Hohokvn on the North German Lloyd liner Muenchen on its return maiden voyage. The Muenchen was the first German liner to enter New York harbor since 1914. >John D. Rockefeller Eighty-four.^ Tarrytown, N. Y., July i«.--John D. Rockefeller, who was eighty-four Sunday, got out of bed at 6 a.,iu. for the start of a quiet birthday ^iebration in which attendance at church and greetings of neighbors were features. Underwood Offered Bench Post. Washington, July 9.---Senator Underwood (Dem., Ala.), regarded as one of President Harding's best friends, recently received an offer of a place on the Supreme court from the President. Bowsfield of Elgin, 111., who got her I had been reached between the emsheepskin, an A. B. degree, at the age I ployers and the government was reof nineteen years. I )ectad by the unioa for a- aecond tlaaa. Seeks Solution of Controversy. Washington, July 7.--The government Is prepared to receive any suggestions major maritime powers may put forward as possible solutionis, of the liquor controversy now agitating the various foreign offices. Rain Causes Loss at Breeport. Freeport, 111., July 7.--Grain fields and gardens were \va»h<*d out and small trops vere ruined by a rainfall of 5.7 Inches within an hour and a half. This Is one of the heaviest rainfalls la rccent yaara, ' <• Small Pardons Union Men,, \ • Springfield, 111.. July 9.--Roy iflfffl and Edwin E. Graves, who were sentenced in May, 1921, to serve from one to five years for illegal activities in connection with the upholsterers' strike, were pardoned by the governor. Student Flyer Killedr ChAmgo, July 6.--Charles J. Arnold, a student flyer, was burned to death and his Instructor, Harry Richard, was seriously injured when a plane in which they were flying crashed |a the ground from less than 200 feet. Rail Lines Qet $478,000,000. Washington, July 8.--The guarantee provision of the Each-Cummins transportation act of 1920 at the dose of the fiscal year, June 30, has cost the government tha treasury reported. ; * ,• / Two Killed When Plane Falls From 2,000 F«et Santa Monica, Gal., July 5.--Two men were killed here when a wing of the airplane in which they were performing spectacular feats suddenly crumpled In the midst of a series of loops 2,000 feet above the ground. The plane burst Into flames. Its occupants, P. H. Delay, thirty-four, stunt flier, and R. L Short, aged thirty-one, Los Angeles automobile man and amateur aviator, were killed instantly. Big Crops Again in 1928 * Forecast; Billion Increase Washington, July 10.--Great crops are again In prospect for the American farmer this yettft according to the July forecast for leading products Issued by the Department of Agriculture. This year's crops will be worth over $1,000,000,000 more than last year's, on the basis of farm prices on July 1, 1923, compared with prices a year ago. Twelve of these crops, if they fulfill anticipations of the official forecast, will be worth $7,829,912,- 800 on the basis of prices on July 1» 1928. This total does not include tobacco and rice. Cow Halts Dawn-to-Duric Air Trip Across United States St. Joseph, Mo., July 10.--Lieut. Russell L. Maughan, army aviator who was forced to abandon his dawn-todusk New York to San Francisco, flight near St. Joseph, said another flight would be attempted within a week. He was within fifteen miles of St. Joseph when his engine went dead. Maughan dropped into a pasture, but In making a sharp turn to avoid striking a cow two of the steel tubes of the landing gear broke. 11 die in 48 Hours, Death Toll of Autos in Chicago Chicago, July 10.--Motor fatalities climbed to a peak when six persons, four, of them little children; were killed within six hours Monday afternoon. In forty-eight hours ending Monday night eleven persons, of whom seven were children, were killed in automobile accidents. The total number of automobile deaths In Cook county since January 1 soared to 346. Doctor May Qiva Untmited Rank Helena, Mont., July 71--Congress, having conferred upon phystcians the discretionary right of prescribing liauor, cannot regulate the amount a , , . „ physician may prescribe. Federal Dls- i#1* now " comp .... P J trict Judge BourquLn held in a decision. than twenty Communists were jailed. Nova 8cotla Challenges Strikers. Sydney Mines, N. S., July 7.--Addressing a mass meeting of striking coal miners, Mayor Nicholson declared that the strikers' tactics constituted a challenge of the government, and tha government accepted a finish fight. Geargia Prohibition Repeal Act Asked. Atlanta, Ga., July 6.--Dr. Craig Arnold introduced a bill In the house here to repeal the Georgia prohibition law. In that case the federal government would have responsibility for, enforcing prohibition in Georgia. Mrs. Cyrua H. McCprmick Dies. Chicago. Jnly 6.--Mrs. Cyrus Hall McCormlck, Sr.. died at her home In Lake Forest at the age of eightyeight from bronchitis. Mr*. McCormiek was the wid«»w of the founder of tha Internallonti Harvester company. Body of Roth Is Found iia Basket Drifting In Lake Port Stanley, Ont., July 10.--Lake Erie yielded the body of Lieut. L. J. Roth, pilot of the ill-fated United States navy balloon A-6G98. Strapped to the basket of the balloon and clad only In his underwear, around which had been tied a life preserver, Roth's body waB found in the basket fourteen miles off here by Capt. George \Vllson, master of a fishing boat. Fascist! and Communists Fight; 1 Florence, July 10.--Sharp fighting between Communists and Fascist! militia has occurred on the streets here in the last two doys. The Fascistl Last A. E. F. Leave Coblsnz. Coblenz, July 10.--Col. W. W. Harris, Maj. H. J. Weeks and Maj. G. M. Peek, constituting the last American military representatives at Coblenz, left for Bremen, to sail from titer* for New York. Minnesota Parties Seek Full Vote. St. Paul, Minn., Juy 10.--The final week in Minnesota's senatorial campaign began with the broadcasting of an appeal by all parties for a full vote in the Election on July 16, when a successor to Knute Nelson will be chosen. Gouraud Sees Wilson. Washington, July 10.--General Gouraud of France called on Wood row Wilson before leaving her^ lor Buffalo. Ambassador and Mme. Jusserand accompanied the general to the former president's V,;v • • , 'A-t? A a:.'* v4£i: r4...