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»:• ILLINOIS BREVITIES •* ---*---- " Shelby ville.--Rev. E. G. Sandmeyer utr ,. of Urbima, IU., was elected president -J of the Epworth League Institute of ' the Illinois conference of the Methoijjy (list church, which has been In session ' here. Rev. C. R. Booth, pastor of the % ,; First Methodist church at Pana, 111., was elected first vice-president; Rev. E. V. Young, of this city, second €• 1 vice-president; Rev. H. G. Beck, of ii'_Y v Hoopeston, 111., third vice-president ; %r and Rev. J. D. Butler, of Blue Mound. IU., fourth vice-president. Rev. G. W. * Williams, of Litchfield, I1L, was elected registrar. _ T" : Joliet.--Eighteen grocers of this cfty were fined $20 and costs each upon the charge of violating the state pharmacy law which prohibits the sale of drugs except by a registered • pharmacist. It has been the custom for grocers to handle castor oil, glycerin, iodine, and other familiar medicines, usually handled by druggists, upon the wholesaler's1 assurance that there was no violation of the law. Springfield.--Five complete, motorized field units, with adequate personnel, and equipped with cinemato- |p-aphs, films, different exhibits and tons of literature, will this year start {•"v„• on a big health crusade, making the pounds of the Illinois county fairs, • scattering good health information, according to Dr. Isaac D. Rawlings, director of public health. Springfield.--The Consol Power company has filed application with the Illinois commerce commission for cer- " tificate of convenience and necessity to construct and operate a plant to « »^ ttianufacture, purchase, distribute and fiell gas, electric light and power in llount Olive, White City, Staunton v: and intervening points in Macoupin ' and Madison counties. Springfield.--The total resources on Jane 30 of the 1,412 state banks of Illinois were $2,251,360,801, according announcement made public here by y Andrew Russel, auditor of public ac- ' counts. This sum represented an ine «t,ease of $17,530,280 over the total reported on April 3 by 1,411 state banks. Clinton.--Cutworms are reported as $»elng unusually destructive in cornfields of Dewitt county this season, •lid in some instances entire tracts , f ; teave been replanted in soy beans. In some townships heavy damage is re- ' ported from chinch bugs which have left the wheat for the corn. Ottawa:--The masonic bodies of La K' Salle, Grundy and Bureau counties J, held their joint annual picnic here. \t. Jthe jollification was staged at Illlni beach, four miles south of this city, the 'masons having leased the beach for the day. : _ Danville.--A record lease for east- . w? *rn Illinois has been made in the se- -' , jfuring of the Aetna house, oldest hos- •-ti Jlelry in Danville, by Its present lessee, "f: Joseph W. Meitzler, for a period of V ; fifteen years, for $300$00 payable tri- ' monthly at $5,000. Springfield.--The state of Illinois Showed an Increase in building construction during the month of June, .1923, of 46 per cent over the corresponding month in 1922, according to f v Jthe monthly building survey given oat , < ®t this dty. „ Springfield.--An invitation to^>avid \ Lloyd George, war premier of England, to visit this city for a pll- : - grlmage to the Lincoln shrines has 5 been extended by Mayor Samuel Bullard and the Mid-day Luncheon club. Springfield.--Lieut. Gov. Fred E. ' V Bterilng as president of the senate, announced the appointment of Senator Harry G. Wright of DeKalb, as a member of the commission to investigate f bousing conditions in the state. .' Ottawa. -- Traffic policemen here v - stand upon rugs in order to rest their feet. Standing upon brick pavement 'All day is tiring to the officers and they hit upon the plan of utilizing a rug. Alton.--William Lamkin, a fisherman, was arrested and charged with having caused a run on the First National bank of Wood River after the bank refused him a loan. Belvidere.--J. H. Smith, who for two years has been head of the Belvidere public school system, has resigned and •Will become superintendent of West Aurora public schools. Woodstock.--The twenty-fifth animal reunion of the Third Illinois regiment, Spanish-American War Veteiv ans, will be held here August 13. Monmouth.--Announcement is made that contracts have been let for the ? construction of a new gymnasium at Monmouth college, to cost $228,000. Mount Vernon.--Three gallons of illicit liquor were found in a thicket Just south.of the fair grounds by some boys picking blackberries. Decatur.--Decatur lake Is likely to have a rival. The city of Springfield Is contemplating a similar reserve. v Plainfield.--One hundred years ago this month, the first Methodist church was established in this city. Mound City.--The peach crop in Pulaski county will equal only about half of last year's yield, M. J. Mc- Bride, of Villa Ridge, declares. The same condition also holds good In Union county, according to Mr. Mc- Bride. Springfield.--Justin Jager of Ottawa has been appointed collateral clerk - In the office of State Treasurer Oscar Nelson, it was announced here by . Treasurer Nelsori. The appointment g > _ Is effective August 1. The position is tog . one that was created by the general assembly at its last session. 1$. Chicago.--As has been the custom, a special bankers' train will leave Chicago on Saturday, September 22, f.carrying delegates to the annual convention of the American Bunkens' as- * aodatlon which this year will be held $ at Atlantic City September 24-27. * Carterville.--John and Leslie Malla- * born, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Ned ' Mallaburn, were arrested here by , ; / * M a r s h a l A l v l n T h o m a s , a f t e r t h e y \y were alleged to have distributed large Jif. tacks In the street, causing several automobile tires to be punctured The 6>* boys were fined $25 and .costs. Springfield.--The Central Illinois Public Service company was granted authority by the Illinois Commerce Commission here to a"*qulre all of the rai>ltal stock of the Middle \\>#t Power company of Chicago, which It did not already own, consisting of 15,000 shares of stock. The Middle West Power Company is constructing a 40,000-kiIowatt electric generating station at Grand Tower, on the Mlssisippl river in Jackson county, the power plant to be used to supply the Central Illinois Public Service company's system In southern Ellnois for coal mines, principally. Evanston.--Miss Grace B<ft"gelt of Havana, 111., and Miss Zella VVolsan. of Chicago, Northwestern co-eds. have together been awarded the Bonbrlght scholarship for next year. Dean Roy C. Fllckinger of the college of liberal arts of Northwestern university announced here. The scholarship is' designated for' the Junior who completes the best record for the year In literary, linguistic and historical studies, and carries free tuition ducing the senior year. Jerse.vville.--The best wheat ever, grown in Jersey county was produced this year hv James T. Berry, on his farm north of here. The wheat made the best test ever known In the histdiry of elevator men--that * of 63% pounds to the bushW. It Is the black hull variety and the 15 acres of seed averaged 30 bushels to the acre. Berry sold his high-grade wheat on the market for S8 cents a bushel. Joliet.--Members of the American Legion and other patriotic and civic organizntions of Joliet will make a bid for the proposed state home for rehabilitating veterans of the World war suffering from mental diseases. The legislature has appropriated the sum of $200,000 for the erection of such a structure and a site will be selected within the near4 future. Springfield.--The hotel at Starved Rock state park, near Utlca. has been leased for a four-year period to W. E. Crosiar of Utlca, for $9,000 a year, according to announcement by the department of public works and buildings. The figure represents a $2,000 Increase over the present rental. Mr. Crosiar Is the present lessee of the hotel and concessions. Evanston.--A sneak thief stole a purse from the home of R. C. Hacker here that contained a rail of banknotes' large enough to choke an ox. To be exact, the long green stacked up to the tune of 15,000. Mr. Hacker, however, isn't taking his loss much to heart, for It put him out only 3% cents, for the bills were German marks. Aledo--Warfare against the groundhog, one of the most annoying and expensive farm pests, is being carried on in Mercer county this year with unqsual vigor. Within 30 days the county paid out bounty to the amount of $846.75, which meant 3,387 of the animals had been killed in that period. Aurora.--Telephone communication for motorcycle policemen in DuPage county will be installed on the three principal highways in the county following the plan suggested by Sheriff Hefterman, It was decided here after a meeting of the DuPage county board of supervisors. Elgin.--When the Rev. O. S. Grlnnell, pastor of Wayne, goes on his vacation this year It will be to visit and enjoy his own summer home, the minister having been presented with a forty-acre farm by Mrs. Brunson, widow of Prof. Clark H. Brunson of Chicago. Shelbyville.--There are four men in this city who will make the town unsafe for bootleggers in the future. The four have just paid 150 hardearned simoleons for a keg of Kaskaskla water in the belief they were getting real whisky. Edwardsvllle.--The next meeting, of the Madison County Medical society will be held In this city on August 3 The guests of honor at this meeting will be Dr. E. W. Flegenbaum and Dr." W. H. C. Smith, who have recently returned from a trip around the world Marseilles.--A series of deadly raids on chicken roosts In this vicinity was explained when W. E. Kinner, a farmer, surprised a wolf in the act of dragging away one of three hens he had killed. The wolf escaped. Lincoln.--The largest bass caught near here In many years was landed by Arthur Shilling, Lincoln nlmrod. The fish, which was of the large-month bass family, weighed 4% pounds. Aurora.--A tract of six acres has been purchased here by Bishop P. J. Muldoon of Rockford diocese, upon which is to be erected a new Catholic high school. Aurora.--John M. Pfeffers of this city, and Charles Seidel of Elgin, have been appointed United States commissioners for the northern district of Illinois. Decatur.--Dr. Louis E. Holden, for three and one-half years president of James Milllkin university here, has resigned his position, to take effect September 1. Rockford. -- A judicial convention will be held here August 7 to nominate a successor to Judge Robert K. Welsh of the Circuit bench, who resigned. Rock Island.--Charged with leaving the city without permission, Arthur Belke, a fireman, was suspended for 80 days without pay, by the board of police and fire commissioners. Pana.--George W. Grames, who recently suspended publication of the Witt Star, after a few months' existence of the paper, went to Sorento to look over theft town as a newspaper possibility. During his newspaper career, Mr. Grames has started 58 newspapers since he was sixteen years of age. He is sixty-four years old. . THIRTEEN DIE IN TWO ACCIDENTS Tr^on Pennsylvania Unejpg ";ffr«s in Both Collision* iT Wttbin Short Tim* 5 Of VICTIMS First Disaster at Highland, Illinois, and the Second at Liggett Crossiff* N7„;r"***• Terre Haute, Ind., July 30.--Nine motorists were instantly killed when their machine was demolished by a train at the Liggett crossing of the Pennsylvania lines, eight miles west of this city. The accident Was the second fatal smash in which the train had figured in a distance of 100 miles, it having struck an auto with four passengers at Highland, 111., killing all of them. The train was being pulled by two locomotives at the time of the second accident and racing at a high rate of speed to make up time lost In the first smash. Those killed In the Llgg&tfs Crossing accident were: Mrs. Velda Bostwlck, forty-one, of Danville, and her five children--May, eighteen; Richard, sixteen; Trllla, thirteen; Etta, three, and Frank, one. Mrs. Ethel Slavens, twenty-one, of Central Terre Haute, and her infant daughter, Anna Leona, and Raymond Thomason, twenty-one, of Danville, driver of the machine. According to G. G. GUlishie, telegraph operator In a tower at Llggett's Crossing, the Bostwlck machine had come to a halt as It approached the crossing. , The driver then, apparently, 'decided he bad time to cross the tracks ahead of the train and started bis auto. It was smashed In the middle. The mangled bodies of the motorists were strewn along the tracks for more than 100 yards. The' victims of the Highland accident, all of whom were residents of Garden City, were: John Fzaz. forty; John Fzaz, Jr., fourteen; Joseph Len-, gyle, nineteen, and George Donko; thirty- three. >') l> RED HPHISIHC Members of Municipal Council Ask Help From Federal * ("Pi • Government. ^ - ..f -v-ii ' .tV-f PREDICT LOOTING BT MOBS ' -t* vi r "f Miss Darden Moose ofc. Little Rock, daughter of the late W. L. Moose, attorney general of Arkansas, has been appointed attorney general of the state. Communist Uprisings fti . Germany Turn Out Fizzle Berlin, July 30.--The Communists' promise of a "Red Sunday" for Germany-- a Sunday that would menace the Fascisti and bourgeoisie and perhaps result In the overthrow of the Cuno government--proved a very pale pink Sunday. ' •» Five are dead and twenty or more Injured, but as Germany gauges her "days of protest and demonstration," this represents a very light toll. In Berlin, Frankfort, Dresden, Breslau and Munich the demonstrations were almost t complete fizzles. The proclamation of President Ebert and Chancellor Cuno, announcing the Installation of energetic reform measures to relieve the population, calmed the people and robbed the Reds of a great deal of their thunder. Doctors in Consultation Over President Harding San Francisco, Cal., July 30.--Brig. Gen. Charles Sawyer, personal physician to President Harding, issued a bulletin on the President's condition, resulting from the attack of ptomaine poisoning, in which he said new symptoms had arisen Indicating complications and leading to the calling of a consultation of physicians. After the meeting with these physicians, General Sawyer, it was announced, will -Issue another statement. The. statement was made authoritatively that it probably would be ten days or two weeks before the President would be able to undertake any long trip, such as would be invoked In a retain to Washington. Decatur.--It costs Milllkin university here $70.23 more than the charge for tuition to educate each pupil who attends the university, according to the annual report of the president. Woodstock.--Neighboring Elk lodges have, been invited by the Waukegan lodge to attend the grand summer ceremonial at Waukegan, August 14, and the Woodstock lodge is planning to attend in a Ijody. More than 500 candidates are t^be Initiated into the and it is estimated Fluctuations in Grain ^ Credited to Speculators Washington, July 30.--Frequent and temporary fluctuations In grain prices are caused largely by speculation, while long-time fluctuations aaay be attributed entirely to other causes, chiefly supply and demand. This is the conclusion reached by the federal trade commission, made public in the seeond volume of a report on "Methods and Operations of Grain Exporters." The commission recommends among other matters that the Chicago board make public each day the total volume of futures operations the preceding day, and that brokers be prohibited from speculating In futures for their own account. HARDING IN CANADA F4r*t President Ever to Set ' Foot on Canadian Soil. President Tflls Audience at Vancouver United States Has No An» ; . . nexation Ideas--Bugabo* Dead Long Ago. Vancouver, B. (X, July 27.--Warren G. Harding, the first American President who ever set foot on Canadian soil, told an audience here that the United States had no thought of annexing Canada, and smilingly added the advice that Canada should not think of annexing the United States. "It is public will, not public force, that makes for enduring peace," he told an audience of Canadians in Stanley park. "Is It not a gratifying circumstance that it has fallen to the lot of us North Americans, living amicably for more than a century under different flags, to present the most striking example yet produced of that basic fact? ^ "If only European countries would ; Ibeed tli6 lesson conveyed by Canada |and the United States, they would strike at the root of disagreements, and in their own prosperity forget to Inveigh constantly at ours." At another point he said that he found himself "quite unconsciously speaking of our two countries almost in the singular/when perhaps I should be more painstaking to keep them where they belong. In the plural." "But I feel no need to apologize," he added. "You understand as well as I that I speak In no political No P. 0. Deficiency for First Time in Many Years Washington, July 27.--The Post Office department is now operating without a deficit for the first time within many years. This time last year the Post Office department already had plied up a deficit for the fiscal year of $12,000,000, while for the entire 12-month period ending June 30 the deficiency was about $300,000,000. $10,000,000 in Debentures for Intermediate Credit Banks Washington, July 28.--Negotiations have been completed here for the sale of $10,000,000 in debentures of the new Intermediate Credit banks. This will be the first of similar issues to finance the new farm credits system. These debentures will bear 4% per cent Interest and will have a maturity of six months. Other Issues wii) follow until $60,000,000 has been raised to be added to the capital appropriated by congress. « Parachute Fails to Open and Jumper Is Killed Cheyenne, Wyo., July 28.--Kenneth Xeil, twenty-four, of Denver, known as "Diavolo," parachute jumper and "stunt" man with a flying circus of Denver, was killed here while performing at the Frontier Days show. Keil made a parachute jump and the parachute failed to open. He left the plane head first, and it is thought this caused the ropes of the parachute to tangle. Mussolini Urges More Airplanes. Rome, July 28.--"We must fly," declared Premier Mussolini In urging an increase in the country's supply of airplanes. "We will flyl We must have enough airplanes by nest year to hide the sun." Belgian Miners' Wages Increased. Brussels, July 28.--A Joint committee which has been considering the demands of the Belgian miners agreed to Increase their wages 5 per cent, effective August 1. The Increase is based on the higher cost of living. Rumors of Greek Revolt. Paris, July 27.--The French foreign office has received rumors of an Imminent outbreak of a revolution In Greece. The Greek legation does not confirm the report, but states that news Is lacking from Athens. Wood Embroglio Causes Boycott of U. S. Wares Manila, July 28.--A boycott against American goods has been launched In San Miguel, Bulacan province, a short distance north of Manila, where the sentiment against Gov. Gen. Leonard Wood and Ameftcan supporters of his policy is strong. Seize Arms Destined for China. Vancouver. B. C., July 30.--A seizure of arms and ammunition said to have been intended for Chinese revolutionists and bandits, was made here. About 100 automatic pistols and 15,000 rounds of ammunition were found. Four Autoists Killed by Train. New York, July 80.--Four women and a man were killed when a Long Island railroad train, going 43 miles an hour, hit an automobile as It was midway across the tracks at RockvlUe Center, L. L order at that tlm4 that from 2,600 present 8,000 Elks will be Blizzard Jury Disagrees. Lewisburg, W. Va., July 27.--After a trial lasting six weeks, the Jury in the case of William Blizzard, leader of the union miners In this state, reported a hopeless disagreement, and i OiB'hafgAd . • - ' • Horse Coming Back, Say Farriers. Cincinnati, O., July 28.--Many Industrial concerns are again using horses for short hauls, according to reports made to the thirty-sixth annual convention here of the International Uak>n of Horse Shoers. Bolt Kills Pastor and Two Others. Budapest, Jnly 28.--Lightning struck the Protestant church at Nylreghyhaza, near the famous vineyards of Toaay, during service, killed the pastor and' two of the congregation, wWch. was singing hymaa ^ t: Food 8upply Collapse Closes Many Shops as Crowds Besiege Markets -- Purses Stuffed With Marksi Which Are of No Value. Berlin, July 28.--With thousands of shops closed, the city almost without food, and people gathering in excited groups in the streets, grave fears are expressed that Berlin is on the eve of an armed communist uprising. Six of the twelve members of the Berlin city council culled on Chancellor Cuno and urged t federal action to prevent such an occurrence. It was said to be the first time Berlin officials had appealed to the federal government for assistance* In policing the dty. The councllmen foresaw general lootlo# and pillage if the smouldering feeling of the populace becomes inflamed. The result of the conference at the chancellor's office was eagerly' awaited. Leaders of both extremes, the communists and the Fascisti, or nationalists, are openly defying the government to enforce its ban apon meetings and demonstrations. Even if an uprising can be averted for another twenty-torn- hoars, it is extremely doubtful that it can be avoided Sanday, when both the nationalists ang reds have scheduled demonstrations. The collapse of the food supply haa caused most concern. Farmers are not bringing their products Into the city and the markets were empty. The shops that did stay open marked up prices 100 per cent in anticipation fit a drop in the mark to that extent before nightfall. Threatened crowds besieged the markets. The nervous tension of the city was apparent. People ran into the streets, pausing for a moment, perhaps, to join one of the groups on the corners, and then starting off again at a quick trot, apparently without plan or purpose. Many of those sought food, both for immediate needs and to cache for the impending crisis that every one believes imminent Pockets and parses were stuffed with marks, but they were of no valne. Hourly hundreds of additional food shops closed and prices ascended to dixsy heights. mi A* Oedarttf Unacceptable by the Poincar* , Government. * • / Brltish Knight Plans to Ease Arid Foreign Throats London, July 28.--Lieut. Col. Sir Broderlck Hartwell, former British army officer, has issued a circular inviting subscriptions of $12.50 or over for a whisky selling expedition on the high seas, according to the London Dally Express. Sir Broderick plans to send 10,000 cases of whisky to a foreign port within a month. A private ship, sailing under sealed orders for an unknown destination, will carry the cargo. The baronet states he has already arranged for 5,000 cases, and guarantees to return money invested plus 20 per cent Interest within sixty days. <9 -- Giant Dogs Kill Boy; , Fight Off Men With Club< New York, July 28.--With half a dozen men pounding them with rocks and sticks, two Great Danes attacked a nine-year-old boy so savagely at Floral Park, North Bergen, N. J., that his jugular vein was severed and he bled to death. The boy, Joseph Geoatt, Jr., had slipped through the amusement park fence gate to get something to eat from a picnic table. With him were his brother, Albert ten, and John Slnlconl, ten. Suddenly two Great Danes, stationed as guards, leaped at him. t ; j , Baby Quits Crib, Crawl* & Railway, and Is Run Over Buffalo, N. Y., July 28.--Patrick Salisbury, two years old, crawled out of hlx crib at his home near the New York Central railroad tracks here, climbed up an embankn&ent, and sat on a rail. A backing freight train passed over him. He was taken to m hospital with both legs cat off. Washington.--For the week ending July 27--LIVE STOCK----Chicago prices: Hogs, top, $7.65; bulk of sales. $6,504) 7.60; medium and good beef steers, »7.75 @10^90; butcher cowa and heifers, $3.50 @10.00; feeder steers, $4.15@8.00; light and medium weight veal calves, $9.25 <9 10.60; fat lambs; 911.00@I3.25; yearlings, $7.75©11.50; fat ewes, IS.SOQ 7.00; feeding lamba, $11.00(3)13.00. HAY--No. 1 timothy, $17.50 Mlnne*- apolls, $26.00 Chicago, $20.00 Cincinnati, <19.00 St. Louis; No. 1 prairie--$15.00 Minneapolis, $16.50 St. Louis. FEED--Minneapolis bran, $20.00; middlings, $25.00; flour middlings, $29.00; rye middlings, $24.60; gluten feed, $S7.15 Chicago; white hominy feed, $31.60 St. Louis, $82.00 Chicago; 32 per cent linseed meal, $40.00 Minneapolis. GRAIN--Chicago cash market: No. I red winter wheat, 98c; No. 2 hard winter wheat, 98c; No. 2 mixed corn, 89c; No. 2 yellow corn, 90c; No. 3 white oats, 42c. Average farm prices: No. 2 mixed corn In central Iowa, 76c; No. a hard winter wheat In central Kansas. 78c. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES--Georgia Elberta peaches, $2.00 @3.00 per 6- basket carrier, $1.85@2.35 f. o. b. shipping poirts. Tom Watson watermelons from Georgia and South Carolina. S380.00@510.00 bulk per car, $125.00(9 875.00 f. o. b. cash track to growers; Texas stock, $2.25 @2.50 bulk per 100 pounds, 24-30-pound average midwestern markets, 60c @$1.00 f. o. b. ^Virginia and Maryland eastern shore Jfrish cobbler potatoes, $4.50@5.25 per •_ $>bl., $3.90@4.15 f. o. b.; New Jersey and Kentucky Irish cobblers, $2.35 @2.85 sacfted per 100 lbs.; Kansas and Missouri early Ohlos, $1.50@1.60. 70c@$1.2S f. o. b. shipping points. Arkansas salmon tint cantaloupes, $4.50 @5.00 midwestern markets; California and Arlcona salmon tints, $4.50 @5.50. • DAIRY PRODUCTS--Butter. 92 score, 59%c Chicago. Cheese prices at Wis- :onsln primary markets: Twins, 21%c; Jingle daisies, 21%q; young Americas, t2%c; longhorn*, tf%ei square prints, 2So. America's Hope in Religion, View of Ex-President Wilson Boston, July 27.--Former President Woodrow Wilson, writing under the caption "The Road Ajvay From Revolution" for the August number of the Atlantic Monthly, sounds a note of warning that our civilisation cannot survive materially unless It be Irisdeemed spiritually. French to Execute Germans. . Dusseldorf, July 30.--German newspapers report that Major Zonnack and Lieutenants Keller and Knuth .have been sentenced to death by a French court-martial at Werdea for espionage. . Could Not Rescue British Miners. Sheffield, Eng., July 80.--The rescue parties at the Maltby colliery, where through an explosion many miners were entombed, were obliged to give up work. The official estimate of the dead is 27. Marathon Dancers Set fTseoM. South Bend, Ind., July 28.--Miss Dorothy Knott and Miss Launa Whlsman finished a marathon dance at Barron Lake. Mich., having danced 148 hours. The previous record was 132 J'. /-VSt :k j&MxkLaM:- 1,111,100 Marks for ft* ^ New York, July 28.--The German mark, which has been depreciating rapidly and for which no hope now Is held, slumped until It took 1,111,100 of them to buy an American dollar In local foreign exchange market. Baron de Warzee, Belgian minister to Cuba, Is now acting charge d'affaires at Washington during the absence of Ambassador de Cartler de March!enne. U. S. MARKET REPORT Weekly Marketgram by Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Former Service Man Slays Surgeon and Leaps to Death Battle Creek, AJleh., July 26.--Dr. W. S. Shlpp, forty-seven, president of the Calhoun County Medical society, was shot seven times in the head and body and. killed in his office in the Post building. Morris Werrin, twenty- *even, an ex;servlce man, who did the killing, jumped through a window to the street six stories below and died tn the Nichols hospital 20 minutes later. The police are trying to establish a motive for the murder. Anthracite Coal Strike Is Threatened on September 1 Atlantic City, N. J., July 27.--An ultimatum, demanding establishment of the closed shop and the check-off throughout the anthracite Industry, with a strike on September 1 as the penalty for rejection, was flung into :jhe joint wage negotiation conference here by the miners, and refused pointblank by the operators. Eighty Thousand Express , > Clerks Obtain Wage Advance Chicago, July 27.--Eighty thousand clerks on the payrolls of the American Railway Express and Southeastern Express companies have been granted wage Increases by the United States railroad labor board averaging 3 cents an hour, or an approximate «nnn«l totai of $7,000,000. Auto With Five Men Jumps^ > Into Tree Top; All Saved Oelwein, la., July 28.--Five men and an automobile were suspended in the branches of a tree, thirty feet above ground and obliged Jo remain there until a derrick was brought, when Fred Reineke lost control of his machine and it left a highway bridge near here. Philadelphia Firemen Injured. Philadelphia, Pa., July 30.--Mora than twenty-five firemen were Injured in a four-hour battle with flames which wrecked a six-story mercantile building on lower Market street. The damage was estimated at $500,000. Colored Man Burned at 8take. Yazoo City, Miss., July 30.--Willie Mlnnlfleld. colored, was burned at the stake by a mob which accused him of attacking a white woman here with in ax and inflicting wounds which will prove fatal. ' X Bulgarian Schools Praised. " Sofia, Bulgaria, July 27.--The schools If- Bulgaria were praised by a party jf American educators who made a study of them and declared that theoretical and practical education were Isxpertly combined. . Senator Moses Backs Johnfeit, Concord, N. H., July 27.--"You said It. There are two of us anyway," telegraphed Senator Moses of New Hampshire to Senator Hiram Johnson, r» ferring to the latter's speech denonnoi lnfc th£ world cpurt. STTtUTHM IS NOW GRAVE ••uch Anger Aroused In Ennland OW 1t h* f^mmary Rejection t '"1 Proposed Plans--Will Diseuss Reparations Problem. London, Jnly 81.--Premier Poi&» care's reply to Lord Ourzon regarding the proposed British note to Germany* and the covering memoranda, were de> llvered to the British foreign office. The French premier's reply firmly rejects all the British proposals, some of them arbitrarily and others after long-drawn-out legal argument. It is felt here that the tone of th« reply is likely to lead to a grata crisis, British Anger Aroused. It Is learned from a high diplomatic source that the French ask Britain to make plain just how much she expects for reparations. Britain to asked bluntly whether she will be satisfied with a sum from Germany which will enable her to liquidate her debt to America. Paris newspapers had given the impression that Poincare's answer would be cordial. The reply had the effect of a bombshell. That the British are Incensed is indicated by the announcement by the Exchange Telegraph that the discussion of the military occupation of the Ruhr and the reparations problem will take place in the hpoaveg commons .Thursday. I Sudden Turn for Worse in President Harding's Condition San Francisco, July 31.--President Harding, suffering from ptomaine poisoning, had a sudden relapse following a night and day which was marked by seeming Improvement. The physicians in attendance declare the President's condition was "grave." They said that "definite central patches of broncho-pneumonia had developed in the right lung as Indicated clinically and by the X-ray." The development of pneumonia was the one thing which Brig. Geo. Charles E. Sawyer, the President's persona^ physician, had said he feared almost above all else as a complication. The physicians asserted, however, that Mr. Harding was "well adapted from a temperamental standpoint" to mike the "fight" a strong one. Thunderstrms Cause Heavy * Damage Throughout Maryland . Baltimore, Md., July 31.--Cloudbursts and a series of terrific thunderstorms sweeping the counties of western Maryland caused the Patapsco river to overflow Its banRs, sweeping bridges and buildings before It, drvlng hundreds of families from their homes and causing damage that will run into millions of dollars. So far as Is known no lives were lost.. ,,, One entire town, Marrlotsfllle, i^ t* ported under water. M Moro Fanatics Threatening ^ Trouble in Philippics Manila, July 81.--Major Santos of the Philippine constabulary telegraphed from Mindanao that about thirty Moros are headed for Kalisaurlng, sworn to kill the constabulary in Ganauu and Lanao provinces to avenge the death of relatives killed In 1920. The telegram added that the fanatic* desired to die In order to meet their relatives. Major Santos has gone to take personal charge of the Blame Premier Baldwin for " Yielding to United States London, July 31.--The Daily Express says that Premier Baldwin threw away the only weapon with which to settle the European crisis when he settled the American debt. The Express suggests that America woald have consented to be drawn Into European politics, would have delayed asking payment and would have joined England In forcing settlement. from France. Conference Of European Powers Practically Failure SInaia, Rumania, July 31.--The conference of the powers of the little entente has ended with Poland stilX outside the alliance but Greece definitely In. Affairs of the whole alliance have not been bettered by the conference, which leaves Czechoslovakia and Poland more bitter than ever over their boundary quarrel In the CirpatMpM mountains. !; Predicts Falling Off in Revenue^ Washington, July 31.--Ordinary recelpts of the government for the carrent year will be $203,437,243 less than for the fiscal year 1923. Director of the Budget Lord estimated in his annual report. r Liquor Proposal Is Secret. London, July 81.--Premier Bald<Ha announced that the United States refuses to permit Great Britain to make public jwoposalsfr which would give America the right to search any ship within the twelve-mile limit. Russia's Policy Unchanged. Mlscow, July 31.--R ^ policy on foreign debts and c jQ^ition to creditors remains unci V fr,.ni the Genoa policy. Christian Rakovsky* head of the Russian delegation in don announced. Women Indorse World Court. Jv Minneapolis, Minn.. July 31.-- do'rsement of President Harding's plan for American adherence to the World court was voiced In a telegram sent to the President by the Minnesota League of Women Voters.