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-"*s '5*' '!s::.5£ sw ®?Ma xi MISS JOA* *TEVE#S ILLINOIS STATE fiEfVS| (KIT IN SECOND Bishop Hill.--The seventy-seventh RV anniversary of the founding of Bishop . Hill colony by Swedish settlers was HI*' celebrated with a reunion and picnic, 4r^' East St. Louis.--Definite decision to build a $300,000 home in East St. j&tj^, Louis was made by the Knights > of j-V"' " Columbus. A proposed tract of land, pj t-t on which the new home Is to be constructed is said to be under consldera- ? tlon for $16,000. Rockford.--Word has been received Wt -• bV MA at Rampart City, Alaska. He is credited with having opened one of the first trading posts in the Klondike. After his boyhood at Beloit, Wis., and service in the Civil war, Mr. Mayo went to Alaska, which then had re- "$F.x. cently been purchased from Russia. ;He arrived there in the seventies, a few years before the gold rush. Peoria.--Hot lunches, served In six schools last year, totaled 27,700, according to Mrs. Grace Clark, executive secretary of the Child Welfare league. jg^xNMUk was furnished to children in 16 >. schools and Mrs. Clark stated that > 271,000 bottles of milk were served. *> '* Arrangements are being made this . year so that children who cannot af- ;ford to pay for their meals will be J '^.given them free of charge. * Danville.--Charles Edward Lamon, : eighty-three, retired, one of the oldest ^native-born residents of Danville, is Belleville.--Walter C Cochran, forty years old, crazed with moonshine, held two score of porice and deputy sheriffs at bay for four hours at Belleville, « l»ile barricading himself In his home after fatally shooting his wife and seriously wounding his mother-in-law and tWo peace officers. He was captured after a barrage of riot guns wad directed against the house and a dozen tear bombs were thrown Inside by police from St. Louis. Peoria.--Oct. 10, 11 and 12 have been set as the datee for the State Nurses' association convention to be held in. this city. A meeting of the industrial nurses, shop physicians and emergency workers has been scheduled for the second day of the convention. T^he association Includes all graduate nurses In Illinois, those engaged In industrial nursing, public health and registered nurses. Peoria. -- President Coolidge expressed an opinion that other railroads should take over operation of the bankrupt Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis railroad in order to prevent It from being scrapped. Congressman William E. Hull, who Interviewed the President on the matter, states in a telegram to Peoria men Interested In saving the road. Murphysboro.--Assignment of pastors to the Odin, Murphysboro and Waverly districts were made at the Illinois state conference of the Southern Methodist church, held at Odin Rev. EL G. Hamlett is returned as pastor of Centenary M. E. church at Murphysboro and Rev. A. E. Thomas as presiding elder of the Murphysboro district The conference was presided "over by Bishop Darlington of Huntingjidead. He was a son of Brown Lamon! ton- W ^distinguished clrtxen of the antebel-1 --Lej/a--Purchase of a controlling in- Marttal Law Proclaimed by Governor In Fight Against Ku Kkjx. " --p cupirrtaft jlum days, and was a nephew of Wsrd n*y,^Hill Lamon, Lincoln's law partner ' «here and later provost marshal at Washington during the war. Mollne.--A carrier pigeon owned by M. Dorenveld of this city flew from Centerville, Iowa, to Moline, 132 miles, In three hours and forty-six minutes, *4^" <or approximately forty miles an hour. jW. Edward Deuvetter Is the owner of the bird that won the long-distance flight {from San Antonio, Texas, a distance of 1,000 miles. Elm wood--A bequest of $100,000 for ;J the erection and maintenance of a public library at Elmwood, in the will tof John E. Welby, has been contested $~x-: to a suit filed by surviving relatives. •«" l-I ^Attorneys for the relatives announced i that the case, 'dismissed (m a tech- Jnicality, will be carried to the Supreme court. Mount Carroll. -- Carroll county's K annual corn festival will be held here ^ ! jOct. 3. 4 and 5. Instead of holding It In the fair grounds, however, it will be on the downtown streets, where booths will be placed for exhibits of farm produce and entertainment will be provided. Mount Vernon.--Four heavily armed |f " bandits, two of them masked, obtained $2,000 In money and watches and other valuables totaling $1,000 in a daring holdup of a gambling game at a resort three and one-half miles northeast of Mount Vernon at 11 o'clock at night. Springfield.--There is no prospect - of Immediate resumption of the state If?'1 bonus payments, according to State ' Treasurer , Oscar Nelson, who an- ^ . nounoed at Springfield that no date ^ ' had been set for a renewal of bids ^ on the bonus bonds. Peoria.--The fencing of all public ^_v .?l school property has been decided upon x# by the school board here after residents complained of damage done by students who, the residents claimed, J trampled on their lawns adjacent to Sv' • school property. ' ySpringfield.--A university for every- ^ body, rich and poor, open day nnd vvv nU>ht seven days a week, this is the I ideal before the incorporators of the Abraham Lincoln university now being founded by the citizens of Springfield. * Galena.--A memorial for war heroes is urged at Galena. Galena, says the Galena Gazette, is the only city of its slse in the state that does not possess a fitting memorial to World war heroes. Greenville.--George Perryman, veteran newspaper man, and editor and publisher of the "Greenville Item," was run over by an automobile and Instantly killed in front of his office on the public square at Greenville. Peoria.--Borrowing of public school property will cease, according to a decision made by the school authorities at Peoria. The borrowers, the authorities $tld, are those living close to the school. ' --Harold V. Hunt of Clinton, Mo., has been engaged as general secretary of Dixon Young Men's Christian association. Hunt is a veteran of the Canadian army and is a graduate of Saskatchewan university. Galesburg.--Ceremonies rededlcatlng the Spanish-American war memorial cannon were held when the cannon was moved from the square in the City park to the courthouse lawn. Peoria.--Oscar Snyder, messenger for the Columbia theater, was held up and robbed of $100 by two masked men. Elmwood.--A bequest ot $100,000 for the erection and maintenance of a public library, in the will of John E. Wiley, has been contested In a suit filed by surviving relatives. Attorneys for the relatives announced that th< case, dismissed on a technicality, will be carried to the Supreme court. Freeport.--The first fatal hunting accident of the season in northern Illinois occurred a| Mount Carroll when Russell Blom, fifteen, was killed by the accidental discharge of a shot gun as he was crawling through the strands of a wire fence. Springfield.--Provision for Short courses for young fanners who are definitely through with regular schooling can be made In the 150 schools of vocational agriculture In Illinois, according to a recommendation to agricultural teachers made recently by Franda G. Blair, state superintendent of public instruction. Danville.--The" conductors and motormen of the interurban division of the Illinois Traction System have been granted an Increase of five cents an hour, starting from September 1, according to announcement by officials. : 'W terest in the United Utilities company, with head offices at Lena, has" been made by the Wisconsin River Power company. The purchaser has large hydro-electric plants at Prairie du Sac and Kilbourn, and is building a third at Green River. The United company supplies electricity to many small northern Illinois cities. Danville.--Pastors of the United Brethren church will atten 1 the Illinois state conference of that church to be held at Decatur starting September 11 and closing the following- Sunday. Bishop Moyer of Indianapolis will preside at the conference and will be the principal speaker. Sterling.--After many delays the paving of the last stretch of the Lincoln highway in Illinois has been completed. The strip is one and seveneighths miles In length and situated a few miles west of Sterling. The Lincoln highway now is paved entirely across the state. Waukegan.--Mrs. Virginia McGrnth, aged fifty-six, of Hlghwood, was a lover of fresh mushrooms, and she grew them in her basement. Doctors say that those she ate were of a poisonous type. She died in Victory Memorial hospital in Waukegan. Decatur.--William Z. Foster and his proposal to form a "Labor party" In Illinois met crushing defeat on the floor of the convention of the Illinois Federation of Labor at Decatur. The vote on the resolution stood 456 to 65 for Its adoption. Bloomington. -- State's Attorney Evan Worth appeared before the Logan county board of supervisors at Bloomington and declared that the offices of the state's attorney and sheriff were unable to control illicit* liquor traffic In that county. Springfield.--The fifth district convention of the Associated Building Contractors, to be held at Bellexttte September 26, will be attended by members from throughout the state, according to H. B. Carley, director of this district of the association. Waukegan.--Building contracts are involved in an unprecedented situation, some work being at a standstill, as contractors hired bricklayers from one another with boost eft wages, some workers receiving as high as $146 a week. It is reported. Freeport--Freeport now boasts of the only vegetarian zoo In Illinois. Because the carnivorous animals were proving expensive boarders, the park commission disposed of them, a circus taking lions, tigers and other beasts. Litchfield.--A M. Howell, sixty-nine, president of the Montgomery County Telephone & Telegraph company, banker and lumber dealer, died at his home In Hlllsboro. Canton.--Blame for the death of Miss Ruth Graham, twenty-five, who was burned to death beneath the wrecked automobile of Guy Coleman after It overturned near here, was not fixed by the coroner's Jury. Galesburg.--Purchase of a plot of ground as a cemetery foY World war veterans, Is being considered by the city council at the suggestion of the American Legion. Decatur.--Corn In Adams, Jay and Blackford counties Is threatened because of continued rains, which are causing mold to form In the ears. Rockford.--Miss Carolyn Marsh, Rockford Y. W. C. A. worker In Tokyo, has escaped injury In the Japanese disaster, according to word that has reached her parents, the Rev. and Mrs. G. H. Marsh of this city. Springfield.--Failure of the fiftythird general assembly to meet the federal increase for subsidizing arglcultural teachers' salaries will limit the number of high schools In Illinois where vocational agriculture will be taught this year, Francis G. Blair, state superintendent of public instruction, says. Decatur.--John H. Walker, president of the Illinois Federation of Labor, issued a statement that union labor in Illinois would take an active part in partisan politics und line up to defeat labor's enemies. Rockford.--G. R. McCartney of Rockford, has won the title of "Luther Hurbank of Illinois" as a result of his remarkable achievements in tree grafting. McCartney has one plum tree onto which he has grafted more than one hundred small branches from other plum trees, as well as several branches of cherry trees. Urbana.--Holes in the floors of cattle cars, projecting nails in the walla and similar defects have caused the college of agriculture of the University of Illinois to transmit to shippers a [warning to "look before you load." Executive Grips Power in State as Hf Fodaids JufiM and Calls Out,6.QQj|^ 'jMombsife of the National Guartl Oklahoma City, Okla., . Sept. 17.-- Martial law for the entire. state of Oklahoma was proclaimed" by Gov. J. aC. Walton. Calling the full force of the approximately 6,000 troops in the Oklahoma National Guard to his command, the governor climaxed his spectacular fight against the Ku Klux Klan by declaring that any persons woh aid the organization in carrying out its "puit>oses" are enemies of the sovereign state of Oklahoma and shall be dealt with by the military forces. General orders embodying the essential regulations under which the state capital will live during the suspension of civil authority were issued by Lieut. Col. W. S. Key, in command of local troops. Thus far only the capital has felt the new order, but the remainder of the state awaits the coming of military rule. Early Sunday'night machine guns were mounted around the city hall, the police station and the county courthouse here. Approximately 300 troops are under arms hi the city. Ray Frazler, chief of police, and Ed Snelson, assistant chief, were deposed by an order of Lieut. Col. Key, and Capt. Nelson J. Moore of the One Hundred and Sixtieth supply company of Tulsa was placed In charge of the department. Capt. Moore is a police captain at Tulsa. Supervision of the sheriff's office was assumed by the military, but Sheriff Tob Cavnar was not removed. No other county office was taken over. The orders governing the conduct of the public are drastic. All streets and highways of Oklahoma county must be cleared between midnight and 5 a. m., according to the orders. Persons whose employment makes it necessary for them to be abroad during the Interval between these hours must obtain passes. Carrying of firearms is forbidden unless by permission of the commanding officer. Sale of firearms and ammunition*Is prohibited. Public assemblages called for "the purpose of creating opposition to the enforcement of martial law" are forbidden, as is also publication of articles having a tendency "to Incite to riot or violence or obstruction of the military." Uncle Sam Gets $160,000 of Dempsey-Firpo Gate Receipts Washington, Sept. 17.--Uncle Sam's share of the gate receipts at the Dempsey-Firpo fight will be approximately $160,000 in admission taxes alone, the internal revenue bureau announced. The rate of federal tax applied was one csent on each ten cents taken in, regardless of whether the admission was $3 or $25. An even larger sum probably will be collected in Income taxes. Fire Wrecks Eight Buildings, of the Maine State Prison Thomaston, Me., Sept. 17.--Eight buildings of the Maine state prison here were destroyed by fire at a loss estimated at $500,000. Many of the Inmates worked /with the Thomaston and Rockland fire departments and two companies of Coast artillery in combating the fire. One building housing 140 of the 206 prisoners was burned. Employment in United States' Shown on a Sound Basis Washington, Sept. 17.--Generally speaking, industrial employment iu the United States at this time is on a satisfactory and sound basis," and the outlook for the future is one of the brightest in recent years, according to a report made public by the employment service of the Department of Labor. Navy-Curtiss Flies 244 Miles In Hour; Sets Record Mlneola, N. Y., Sept. 14.--A navy- Curtiss racer, piloted by Lieut. Harold J. Brow, U. S. N., of Providence, R. L, established a new world's tpeed record by traveling 244.15 miles an hour, or more than four miles a minute, over a one-kilometer course at Mltcbel field. William E. Hull is the new member of the house yf represenUitiy^ frurn Peoria, IUL , . V' DRYS CANT USE NAVY Attorney General Daugherty Submits Opinion to President Rules That the Chief Executive Can Use Fleet Only When an Emer< fancy Exists--Must Have 0«*t» gressional O. K. # Washington, Sept. 14.--The i»retrtdent of the United States, has no authority to use the naval forces to enforce the prohibition law when no emergency exists and quval appropriations cannot be used for that purpose. A formal opinion to this effect was given to President Coolidge by Attorney General Daugherty. An official ruling had been asked by President Harding several nfonths ago at the instance of Prohibition Commissioner Haynes, who wanted to use naval forces to check wholesale rum smuggling along American coasts. The opinion was delayed because of ihe careful examination necessitated by conflicting views in the department as to whether the President could or could not order the navy Into service to catch rum runners. The coast guard of the Treasury department if conducting a coast patrol against the smugglers. The attorney general's opinion holds that the President possesses no authority under the Constitution or the revised statutes to employ the navy without the express authorization of congress, when no emergency exists and there exists no valid reason why "national emergency" should be so declared by the President. South's Vote at Convention of G. 0. P. Is Cut Down Washington, Sept. 15.--In an effort to make the 1924 Republican national con^ent}on more representative of the parfcy, a tentative apportionment of delegates has been announced by Chairman Adams of the national committee. The solid South will have 23 fewer delegates by the new apportionment while the North and border states will get 75 more. While the convention was coxnprised of 084 delegates in 1920, this year's will be made up of 1,036. G. 0. P. Chiefs Promise Coolidge the Nomination Washington, Sept. 14.--President Coolidge received assurances from Republican leaders that be will be the recipient of the party's next nomination. A number of state leaders of the party had a brief conference with the President On leaving they were virtually unanimous In a statement that he would have popular and party support. Two Thousand Americans Try to Flee Revolt in Barcelona Paris, Sept. 14.--More than 2,000 American tourists at San Sebastian, the summer capital of Spain, stormed the American ambassador's summer home demanding passports to flee from the military revolt which broke out in Barcelona Thursday, according to reports received here. Ambassador Moors assured the Americans that there was no danger. Train Kills Four Small Children Riding in Auto Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 15.--Four little children, three of one family, wen Instantly killed when a passenger train of the Chicago A North Western road crashed into the automobile In which they were riding, three miles south of South Milwaukee. The dead: Florla Sander, eight; George Sander, six; Julia Sander, nin ; Thomas Vessel, eight. Ruhr Deaths 8et at 180. Berlin. Sept. 15.--Deaths resoltlng from passive resistance in the Ruhr are placed at 130, in statistics issued in a semiofficial statement covering activities since Franco-Belgian forces occupied the Rhineland. Scotch for Thirsty Canadians. Winnipeg, Man., Sept. 15.--A train carrying 10,000 cases of Scotch liquor from Glasgow for the Manitoba liquor commission arrived here. The liquor will be sold by the governuiwjjl- est permits. 8ets World Record. Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept. 1}.-- Paul Strand, outfielder of the Salt Lake Pacific Coast league club, made his 290th safe hit of the 1923 season, and thus broke his world's record of 289 safe hits established last year. Challenger Is Given a Terrible Beating by Champion Jaok ^ r ^ JJempsey. > • 'V UT1N DOWN EIGHT Yankee Fighter Knocked Out of Ring by "Wild Bull- From Argentine 1 wK&ighty-flve Thousand Men ^ and Women 8ee Fight. :; /* - New York, Sept. IB.--The heavyweight championship of the world is safe for the United States. Jack Dempsey, introduced as "champion of champions," saw to that when he knocked out iXiis Angel Firpo, the shaggy-headed, hairy-chested giant from the Argentine, fifty-seven seconds after the second round had begun. Dempsey won, but in doing so he had to prove that be had all the qualities that a heavyweight champion ever had. Firpo lost, but he proved he not only could take it, which the scoffers said be could not, but be showed that until be was beaten into insensibility, be was dangerous. Six times in the first round Dempsey $ent the challenger to the floor under a battering, savage attack of lefts and rights to the Jaw. Four times Firpo, bleeding at the mouth from the terrific punching, arose and after the fourth one, with a terrific right-band smash to the Jaw, he sent the champion flying to the floor and through the ropes. Dempsey, groggy, but still possessing the dghting Instinct that must be his by natural right, managed to scramble back Into the ring as the count of four was reached. Firpo tore at him with amazing speed and ferocity for one who had a moment before been given such a terriblfe punching. Dempsey, his bead still far from clear, covered up until he was himself again. A few seconds later the champion dropped Firpo with a right to the Jaw. As the round ended, the arena. Jammed with 85,000 men and women, was in an uproar. Never in the history of heavyweight championship contests has such a first round been witnessed. At the opening of the second round Dempsey tore after Firpo again, determined to settle the issue then and there. Once more his assault floored FlrpO, and again the challenger arose. Dempsey's . right suddenly landed flush on Firpo's Jaw. He whirled sideways and this time feU flat on his bade. He was knocked out cold, and didn't hear the referee's count The fight ended In 57 seconds of the round. v.. The engagement of Miss Joan Stevens, daughter of Hon. M*rs. Chas. Melton Astley of London, to Allister McCormlck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton McCormlck of Chicago, was publicly announced at a receht dinner given by Mr. McCormlck at Le Touquet, France. The marriage is to take place in Paris In October . Mr. McCormlck received. much publicity last year through being left waiting at the church by Miss Mary "Landon Baker. U. S. MARKET REPORT A: Five Thousand More Die as Flood Hits Jap Quake Zone London, Sept. 17.--Five thousand persons are reported to have perished in the floods which followed the typhoon at Tottorl, northwest of Kobe, Japan, Saturday, according to an Osaka dispatch. The river Tukure, Chiyo and Takiral burst their banks, destroying many villages. The terrific downpour of rain has been general. Both Tokyo and Tokahama have suffered greatly from the deluge and railways are crippled by the floods. Brother and Sister Who Wed Obtain a Divorce Bttla. Mo., Sept. 15.--A. H. Kattler obtained a divorce from bis wife after learning she also was his sister. The couple have no children. Separated in babyhood, the children were adopted by different families! Years later they met and Kattler wooed and won her. Recently Kattler met bis father and learned from him that his wife was his sister. The pair separated immediately. Dentists Elect President. Cleveland, O.. Sept. 14.--Dr. C. N. Johnson of Chicago, widely known throughout the world as a poet, lecturer and dentist, was chosen president of the American Dental association by its house of delegates^ $1,082,593 Paid t6 See Fight. New York, Sept. 17.--The Dempsey- Firpo bout attracted a crowd which paid $1,082,593 In net receipts to witness the title test. This total of receipts was announced when the tax department had finished its count. Cut in Vets' Bureau Costs 8een. Washington, Sept. 15. -- Director Hlnes of the veterans' bureau predicted a cut of from $40,000,000 to $60,000,000 in the operating costs at (that department during the fiscal year ' ending July next*. ; ^ Crope Damaged by FroeC::M.^ Washington, Sept. 14.--Large sections of the Wisconsin tobacco crop were wiped out and unknown damage done crops throughout the Northwest Wednesday night by heavy frosts and <t£in(}6EAtur&s ^ pptioi* . Rebuilding Tokyo. Tokyo, Sept 15. -- Reconstruction work in Tokyo and Yokohama, made necessary by the recent earthquake, will cost nearly 10.000,000.000 yen, or $5,000,000,000, it Is estimated. A great rahJuU4U*$ jp, uader wg Efficiency to Ru!s in Spain, Says Dictator Madrid, Sept. 17.--"All parasites must go," Is the edict of Spain's Mussolini, who. has commenced its Immediate execution by supervising a preliminary Cleansing of all Spanish ministries, which have been cluttered for the last ten years with well-paid but Idle functionaries. Captain-General Primo Rivera is hailed as tlia savior of Spain. Weekly Marketgram by Bureau of Agricultural Economics, WASHINGTON.--For tkt week ead> lnar September 15. DAIRY PRODUCTS--Butter. 92 scor* Chicago, 47c. Cheese, prices at Wisconsin primary markets: Flats, 2So; single daisies, 25c; longhorna. .26^4c; square prints, 2«Ha ORAIN--Chicago cash market: No. S red winter wheat, $1.03; No. t hard winter, S1.07; No. 2 mixed corn, 89c; No. 2 yellow corn, 89c; No. 3 white oats. 40c. Average farm prices: No. 2 mixed corn in central Iowa, Ttic. HAY--No. 1 timothy, Minneapolis, $20; Chicago, 827; Cincinnati. $28; St Louis, $24.50; No. 1 prairie, Minneapolis. $17.50; Chicago. $19; St. Louts, $16.60. FEED--Feed market dull and no trading of consequence. LIVE STOCK--Chicago prices: Hogs, top, $8.80, bulk of sales, $7.S0Q>».10; medium and good beef steers, $89 12.15; butcher ciSws and heifers, $3.40(9 11.25; feeder steers, $4.50>i|9; liKht and medium weight veal calves, $9@13.25; fat lambs, $12.25^14.75; feeding iambs, $12 @14; yearlings, $9 @12; fat ewes, $3.75 @7.50. FRUITS AND VRGRTABLES--New Jersey Irish cobbler potatoes, $2.50® 2.85, sacked, per 100 lbs.; New Jersey round whites, $2 f. o. b.; Northern round whites, $1.90@2.10 in Chicago; Colorado and Idaho round whites, $2.06 <92.25 in Chicago and St. Louis. $1@1.20 f. o. b.; Minnesota Red river Ohios, $1.40® 2. mid western cities. Eastern peaches, Elbertaa. $1.75@2.75 per bu. basket, top of $3.50; Michigan Elbertas, t2@2.50, $1.65@1.76 t. o. b.; Colorado Elbertas, $2O$>50. mldwestern markets, $1.85 f. o. b. California and Colorado cantaloupes, salmon tints, standards, 45's. $2@2.75, leading oltles. Middle-western yellow onions, $398.60, leading city markets. $2.75 93 1 o. b. U. S. Will Not Demand Bergdoll Return, Legion Told Indianapolis, Sept IB.--Secretary of War John W. Weeks has announced in a letter to Lemuel Bolles, national adjutant of the American Legion, that the return of Grover Cleveland Bergdell from Germany will not be demanded by the United Statea. The letter was written in reply to one of the Legion officials, inquiring "whether there is any real desire on the part of those having the power to do so actually to bring this man back aW make him serve his sentence."* Evacuation of Corfu Is Set for September 27 Geneva, Sept. 14.--The council of ambassadors informed tlic council of the League of Nations that It had been decided Italy was to evacuate Corfu on September 27, if up to that time Greece had executed all the demands posslbl* This does not include the demand for the running down and execution of rtie assassins, which Premier Mussolini, in his speech, to the cabinet, insisted must be done before Corfu was turned over to its owners. Silesia Rioters Storm City Hall; Martial Law On Berlin, Sept. 1A.--Martial law has been declared in Beuthen, Silesia. Workers, who are engaging In food riots, attempted to storm the city hall again. They were repulsed with rifle fire. One was killed and seven were wounded, including two women. The total dead is eight. Five Die In Air-Mall Craah. London, Sept 17. -- Five persons were killed. Including the pilot and mechanician, by the crashing of the Manchester-London air-mall plane near Gvinghoe beacon, on the Hertfordshire- Bedfordshire border. Brazil Rebels Slay 70. Buienos Aires, Sept. 17.--Seventy Brazilian state troopers were killed or wounded when their encampment at Cruz Alta, state of Rio Grande Sul, was attacked by revolutionist* who made a furious surprise attack. 7 8ofia Police Chief Killed. Sofia, Sept. 15.--The chief of police of Sofia was shot dead during Communist rioting. One hundred and thirtytwo Communists have been arrested here and hundreds taken Into custody In the provinces. Dealers Hit Coal Strike Settlement by Pfnohot Washington, Sept. 13.--The Pinchot settlement of the authraclte cottl strike is called a "gold brick" for the public ---a simple bit of political buck pas* ing--by the National Retail Ooa! Merchants' association, in a formal statement filed with the United States coal commission. ' U. S. Exports for August More Than Imports Washington, Sept. 1-J.--In August, for the second consecutive month, aggregate merchandise exports exceeded imports, the Department of Commerce announced. The favorable trade balance amounted to $38,000,000, wharves the July favorable balance was oaly $15,700,000, the department nnnouncedL Rob Bank of $2,500; Esoape. Mandan, N. D., Sept. 17.--Four nabhers blew the vault In the Farmers' bank of Goldenvalley, eight miles northwest of here, and lied with $2,500. The robbers severed ail wire communication with the towu. $00,000 to Printers' H Colorado Springs, Colo.. Sept. 11*-- Trustees of the Union Printers' home in session here were notified the.t an estate valued at $60,000 had been willed to the home <fcy the lata J. G. Woodward, mayor of Atlanta. 3a. Negroes Driven Prom fohiistniili Johnstown Pa., Sept. 15.--More than 2,000 negroes have left Johnotown since Mayor Caufllel declared a week ago that only negroes resident of the city for seven years would be allowed tft -Afe , < 1 . f M. V j r . . r * + * . . . * ? . Hayden, Ariz., Wreckeor by Storm. Phoenix, Ariz., Sept. 14.--A rain uad hall storm at Hayden. 72 miles south, east of here, wrecked the bootee of approximately thirty fumilieu Wednesday afternoon. The storm centered in the Mexican district. Powder Iowa Gaeoline 14Vfc Ceefts. Dee Moines. Sept. 14.--Gasoline ti selling at 14V& cents a gallon hare as the result of cut-tliroui competition among Independents and -the Stand- JERKElFf, ML Sixty Blocks in University City's Residential Sections Left Ruins. y -x- r. FIVE HUNDRED HOUSES BURN Brush Flames, Fanned by Hi^h Wind 'Start Conflagration--Other TowM#*-. Menaced--Scores Injured, but- No Loss of Life Reported, Berkeley, Cal., Sept. 17; -- sweeping over the hills east of Berkeley, laid wuste to the Cragniont and Euclid avenue districts, destroying at least five hundred residences in an area sixty blocks in extent, iu one at the choicest residential sectlous of the city. No lives are known to have been lost, although two University of California students were seen to plunge into a vortex of lire when the roof of a house upbn which they had climbed collapsed. Hundreds of frensled residents lied from the burning area as the fire burned its way through the closely settled -district and eventually died down to a smouldering ring of flames encompassiug the entire area which it had devastated. The section was a smoky waste. Many fraternity and sorority bouses of the University of California were destroyed, as were the homes of several instructors, although the institution's instructors themselves were not harmed. The fraternity houses destroyed included Tau Kappa Epsilon, Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Kappa Sigma, and Theta Phi. Among the sorority houses destroyed were the Zeta Tau Alpha, Del<- ta Zeta, and Alpha Sigma Delta. On Hearst avenue firemen used dynamite to check the tiaines that had approached the residence of President Wilbur of the university. Among the residences burned were those of Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president emeritus of the university, and John Howard Taylor, architect. The loss amounts to several millions. The fire which so greatly damaged this city of 60,000 persons was but one of a series of forest and brusli fires which caused destruction in all sections of California. More than twelve counties were affected. The fires are in all sections of the state. Continued extremely hot and dry weather was followed by high winds which are spreading the flames over thousands of acres of timber land, threatening many towns. The Berkeley fire started In the brush in the hills of Coafra Qosta county. * f * m0& Anthracite Mine Workers % Ratify Peace; Return to Work Scranton, l'a., Sept. 16.--With hundreds of citizens in attendance, the gve hundred delegates to the special trl-district conference of anthracite mine workers here ratified the tentative agreement reported by the subscale committee- at Harrisburg on September 12. There were no extraordinary demonstrations as the vote of the men was taken, and, as a result of the conference's action, the underground workers will return to .their tolls at once. * Serbs Mobilize to Strike Army From Bulgaria, Report Paris, Sept. 18.--Macedonian irredentist bands under leadership of Todor Alexandrof, reported to number 8,000, are concentrated within a couple of hours' march of the Jugo- Slaviun frontier. Serb troops are massing at Nish and along the railway towards Tzaribrod, and airplahes are observing the movements of the Bulgars. One airplane flying over Bulgar territory was shot at but not hit. Two Men Killed in Chicago's Beer War; Riddied With Bullets Cldcago, Sept. 18.--Shotguns and pistols wrote another chapter iu 'the O'Donnel 1-Torrio betel running feud Monday night when "Georgia" Meeghan, an O'Donnell agent, and his companion, "Spot" Bucher, were killed riddled, with bullets and slugs from a tpassing machine as they sat in a roadster afc Laflin street and Garfield boulevard. Snow, 30 Inches Deep, Falls Over Wyoming Sheridan, Wyo., Sept. 18.--Thirty inches pf snow has fallen at Domelake, a summer resort In the Big Horn mountains, since Sunday morning. Various ranger stations in the Big Horn mountains reported snow depthsranging from two feet to twenty-eight inches. ' 8enator Ladd Sees Russian Cadets. Moscow, Sept.. 18.--United States- Senator Ladd was a spectator at a review of several thousand cadets being trained to become units ir. thfr territorial army Russia is buiidin# up. The cadets are of the peasant class. Coal Analysis Urged. Washington, Sept, 18.--All industrial consumers of coal are being urged by the bureau of mines to make careful analyses of coal in an effort to save fuel bills and conserve the nation*} supply. • ' - - .---- Ship Line From Fristo to CthrWny. San Francisco, Sept. 18.-- Direct ships from this port to Germany without Atlantic coast stops will be started here with the sailing of the freighter Montpel, the United American lines have announced. .. Nine Navy Wreck Reporta. San Diego, Cal., Sept. 18.--Nine ver- vi; sions of the naval wrecks September 'i.-.; 8 off Point Honda will be given by the- ^ commanders of all seven destroyers ard Oil company. 16% cent* The price lias bmm I and those- of whose ships were daiu- |^^ ^belore th$ naval c»ujctpf ii^ujLg^ ;n * ' ^ , * ' * . 'ly „ •"'v3>