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Springfield.--Of ffc* approximately 6*000.000 people In Illinois 1.800,000 are less than ftfleen rears old. Add' tO the latter those of older ajK> are sick, injured, handicapped. Ml# and too old to work, and one leaim with aroaxement that sseureelj* lA| more than half of the peopte lire galafully occupied in self-sustaining production. This emphasizes the imporf tance of keeping the well folks well, says the state health department at Springfield. * Galesburg.--Congregational ministen of Illinois wiir meet in their an- - nual convocation for 1924 at Knox college January 1 to 4. Speakers will Include Rev. William Pierson Merrill, pastor of the Brick Presbyterian Church In New York. Prof. Graham Taylor of the Chicago Theological seminary, Prof. Frank C. Portet of Yale Divinity school, and Rev. William B. Barton of Oak Park. Clinton.--At a meeting of the D«- 4 Witt County Farmers" Protective league resolutions were adopted asking Sheriff Taylor to appoint a deputy sheriff In each township, to serve without pay, whose duty it will be to arrest hunters who trespass upon farm lands without permission from the owner. It is expected that these deputies will be selected from the membership at the league. Chicago.--'The familiar "Hello* is slowly dying out in telephone practice, according to the Illinois committee on public utility information. The new way is to answer the phone by saying, "This is Mr. So-and-So speaking." The committee says that the new way saves much time and has already been adopted in all places where private exchanges have been installed and is now extending to private residences. Macomb.--An echo of the failure of the Bank of Bardolph will be heard daring the January term of the Mc- Donough County Circuit court at Macomb. The case against U. G. Smith, Beverly B. Blackstone and Jourgen Olson, who It Is charged were in- . volved in the looting of the bank's ret sources and causing its failure, will come to trial at that time. Kewanee.--The annual convention of Illinois State Grange closed at Galva with the election of these officers: Master, E. A. Eckert, Mneoutah; overseer, A. J. Wolf, Magnolia; steward, Wesley Server, Davis; lecturer. Miss Anna Stahl, Washington; secretary, . Roy T. Moss, Belvidere; treasurer, D. Trotter, Jerseyville; chaplain, Mrs. HL J. Johns, Rockford. Virgil.--Arrested at Peoria, William -v Stevens, twenty-five, and Mrs. Louise Cotton, twenty-seven, have been brought back to Kane county. They are accused of eloping last May, the woman abandoning her husband and two children at Virgil. The husband, John Cotton, thirty-seven, trailed the pair. Springfield.--There are approxiraate- I ly 30,000 people In the various charitable and penal institutions of the state. A goodly percentage of this army of dependents could have been self-sustaining throughout life had It not been for the Influence of preventable disease, according to the state ~ health department at Springfield. Urbana.--Entries for the fourth annual utility corn show for Illinois, to he held In conjunction with Fanners' week at the University of Illinois, January 21 to 25, must be In Urbana not later than January 7. Special premium lists have been prepared by the college of agriculture. "EffingJUam.--Indeterminate sentences to the southern Illinois state penitentiary of not less than ten years were ---"JJfonounced In Circuit court on Raymond and Ralph Sanders and Charles McDonald, indicted at a special grand jury session for robbery with firearms. The holdup was on December 14. Chicago.--Prohibition agents, on the average, know 78 per cent of their Job. In a mental test of 62 agents working nnder the direction of Prohibition Director Percy Owen at Chicago, the average mentality was only three joints above the grade school "flunking" nv- Springfield.--Request that Springfield add approximately 800 acres to its area has been made of Mayor Billlard by a number of citizens, who were informed that sewerage service could not be extended outside the city limits. :,r Pana.--Alelem H. Vandeveer, seven- ^ ty-flve, president of Citizens' State bank at Edinburg, former owner of a MorrlBonville bank and one of the best- • -Jcnown men of central Illinois, died IjfladBnly at his home at Edinburg. ' v:. Concord.--Five hundred dollars was fjWarded Mrs. Xva G. Abernathy of Con- | * eord In a suit against Mrs. Hattle G. Graham of Springfield, alleging slani der. Ten thousand dollars was asked. Marlon--The cornerstone of the new -#00,000 church edifice of the Zion Svangellcal church was laid at Marion ' the presence of a large audience. ; y Woodhull.--Four hogs that were red under an avalanche of straw chaff during threshing operations the farm of Walfred Engstrand *uy 20 have been found, two of them f* : -Illve, but reduced to skeletons, the -'.iijther two dead, their bones picked i^ean. It is believed the surviving pair '!• Uvecl for a time on the bodies of the , _ others. Rochelle.--J. A. Countryman, eightytri -ihree, widely known live stock breeder II ijnd former member of the state legis- Inture from thcrTenth district, died at - H i s home h e r e . Springfield.--Declaring his intention. thNpttiM ItliMlt." Thk Ifet the *St ifaec* tfe* maiMtijMAt that th* law is flplcMi-lt iwmlttj liNM IMImi is t nlkMf tottex WfiS *«s a banner jw in Ufttols •?**<: t» and OAdat atottttk* of Hm Item department at stww t!W fa CommiMion Approves ' U. & ^ ^ Delegates. ^ ! dktrwgo wttt be ^ the „ «xamlM G. Dawes of the presidency which will with a view ta'l^mnn In nitao^ dur j w ** Own budget and ins UK, while fttf the twa nrvotHiinjc ' - ---^ years there were 1M ami 47 k^wlively, an Increase during the three years of more than per cent. Springfield.--All cities in Illinois of 8,000 or more people except Monmouth, Herrin and Marion, maintain nursing service in the public schools, according to the findings of a recent survey made by the state health officials. The report states that 35 communities of less than 8,000 have public School nursing service. Rockford.--One of the most beautiful sections of the state, little known because of the difficulty of reaching it by road, will be thrown open to tourists when the Grant highway Is extended from Stockton to East Dubuque. Work on the road Is scheduled to start next spring. Rockford.--Rockford's population Is 84,000, according to a newly Issued directory. The preponderance of Scan-/ dlnavians Is indicated by the fact that there are 1,912 Johnsons, 759 Carlsons, 703 Petersons, 565 Nelsofts and 357 Olsons listed. There are bnt 229 Smiths. Danville.--At the annual meeting of the directors of the Illinois and Ihdlana Harness Racing and Fair association new officers were elected as follows: President, David M. Fowler; vtce president, John G. -Hartshorn; secretary, George M. Cray; treasurer, M. J. Wolford. Coleta.--A freak ear. of corn found on the farm of Mrs. John G. Graehling, has each kernel growing In a separate husk, all being grouped In the usual way on the cob, which, however, lacks, the nsual covering of husk from base to tip. Galesburg.--City boys are better pig raisers than the lads of the rural communities, according to awards at the fat barrow and corn show. Galesburg boys and girls exhibited pigs that won over Yates and De Long, centers of the pig Industry. Aledo.--A rare specimen of the snow white owl, rarely seen south of Canada, was shot in a corn field by Foresth Anderson. The spread of the wings was four feet. Farmers deplored the killing as these birds are valuable In destroying gophers and field mice. \ Urbana.--Woman students at the University of Illinois have challenged the infantry rifle team of the Reserve Officers' Training corps at the university to a rifle match. Last year a similar match was held and the women were defeated. Athens.--A large wolf was killed on the farm of L. G. Kang, near Athens, when It was caught In a wire fence. Three other wolves have been shot in the vicinity this year and wolf hunting is becoming a popular sport. Chicago. -- The- special grand Jury which Investigated graft In Chicago for seventeen months was declared Illegal by the State Supreme court. This Invalidates the indictments returned by the Jury. Fairfield. -- Carroll C. Boggs died suddenly at his home in Fairfield. Be was district attorney here from 1872 to 1876, county Judge from 1877 to 1882, and served as. circuit Judge of the Second circuit for six years. Canrollton. -- Twelve men pleaded guilty at Carrollton to having tarred and feathered A. H. Dickens, Chicago & Alton round-house* foreman, at Roodhouse, July, 1922, during the railroad strike. Springfield.--4 grand scratch of the Military Order of Cooties Is scheduled for Springfield December 29. Representatives from all pup tents of the organization In the state are expected to be present. Elllsvllle.--While being carried in an undertaker's basket, in the presumption that he was dead, John Ivanecksy of Elllsvllle suddenly revived, and now gives promise of recovering. Nashville.--Walter C. Cochran of Belleville, confessed slayer of his wife, was found guilty of murder by Si Jury in Judge Bernreuter's court at Nashville, with penalty fixed at death by hanging. • Blackstone.--While refilling an acetylene reservoir with carbide, Elmer Welgie, twenty-five, was killed by an explosion at Blackstone. Danville.--Charles R. Finley, owner and breeder, was elected for the third time to be president of the Vermilion County Farm bureau. Mllledgeville.--A public library building, the gift, of Miss Mary Fletcher, to the village, was dedicated. It cost about $35,000. Rockford.--The Rockford chspter of the Izaak Walton league has launched a campaign to cleanse the Rock river (Abacterial sewage, and has appointed a committee to confer with chapters at other points and secure their co-operation. It is claimed that sewage has caused the death of thousands of gnm* fish. Sewage disposal plants are to be urged to prevent pollution. Rockford.--During the post eleven months Rockford has experienced 390 automobile accidents, resulting in 12 deaths, according to the police department. Clinton.--J. W. Relham, defaulting stabilising Qanttm curfpM* the reparations comadssion unanl- I mously. The nf»es of geneqM Dawes and Own I). Young of New York were formally approved by the commission. Names of other members were not "passed upon, hot it Was decided that the American representatives should be acted upon at once in order to allow them time to cross the Atlantic. The German application to give priority over reparations to pledges of re-* sources for a food loan was referred by the commission to the delegates for consideration by their governments. It Is thought unlikely that the p«K posai will receive the approval of the governments concerned. e It was decided at the same time that ;be commission's com mittee on guarantees should make a thorough survey of the German situation. , Before the application was presented to the commission the Germans amended It. They invoked article 248 of the Versailles treaty as well as article 251. Article 248 provides that the first charge on all German assets and resources shall be the cost of reparations, and all other costs arising under treaty or supplementary arrangements or agreements, "subject to such exceptions as the reparations commission may approve." Article 251 provides that priority shajl be allowed to permit Germany to pay for "foods, raw materials, etc., Judged by the governments to be es-. sentlal to enable Germany to meet her reparations settlements." The report of the commission's guarantee committee will be available either to the reparations commission or to the allied governments, whichever shall finally have. J^lAdic^oh over the application. . House Acts to Stop Income Tax Leaks Washington.--The house ways and means committee took two Important steps In its consideration of the administrative features of the treasury tax-reduction bill. It desired to strike out a provision permitting a corporation with subsidiaries to cairy for-' ward from one year to another its own capital losses in computing its Income taxes, notwithstanding the receipts Of dividends of subsidiaries In excess of the parent company's losses. It also voted to ask the treasury to see If its experts could work out a way to make profits In the sale of stock dividends taxable at the regular income-tax rate, regardless of when sold ... , P. £. Fox Guilty, and^'%^ -Is Given Life Term Attentat Ga. -- "Guilty of murder with recommendation for mercy," was the verdict returned Friday night against Philip K. Fox, Ku Klux Klan editor, who killed William S. Coburn, a klan attorney, In Atlanta on November 5. At the request of the defense the Jury was polled. It was unanimous. Fox stood, up. He shook his head In the negative when the Judge asked if he desired to say anything. "You shall spend the balance of your natural life In the penitentiary of this state," the Judge said. Fox trembled and his head drooped heavily jm bis chest*;!, i,.\ / Infallibility of Gmt New York.--Modernists technfcal victory over thelf, tive en thtfl Fran UnltaUi^; s de • Itoachi James W. Good, former m«mber of congress from Iowa, will be associated with William M. Butler In managln<; the Coolldge campaign and will have headquarters in Chicago, where he practices law. William IS. ("Pussyfoot*) Johnson arrived at London Monday from a sixmonths' tour of South and East Africa and Egypt, "Mohammedanism Is growing faster than Christianity ta the lands I have visited," be said. SOVIET PLOTS TO m^OVERTHROW U. S. HdtftH Plan to Raise Red Flag Over White House, W ashlng^on. --> Evidence showing that Soviet Russia is still conducting revolutionary propaganda to overthrow the American government and to raise the. "red flag over the White House" was made public here by the State department. Secretary of^State Hughes backed up the refusal of the American government to entertain negotiations with the Moscow regime by citing the text of instructions given Zinoviev, president of the Communist Internationale and president of the Petrograd Soviet to the Workers' party of America. The latter, the State department said, Is the American Communist organization engaged In an effort to subvert the government along lines dictated from Moscow. Secretary Hughes stated the Department of State had been assured by the Department of Justice of the authenticity of tht in~ structural* Pastor M was m ymsfitf •/jsj 1st, in a public debate on the "Resolved, the Bible la the lai word of God." The Rev. Mr;; upheld the negative The debate, which was tljte first of|g series of five between the two miff isters, drew an audience that filled Calvary Baptist church. Hundreds stood in the aisles and many more outside crowded to get within hearing distance. The other four questions to be 'debated are: That the earth and man came by creation of a living god, and not by evolution. That Jeans Christ is the divine ion >of God., That the miraculous virgin birth of Jesus Christ is an essential Christian doctrine. That JesuS will return In bodily presence to this earth to establish th# kingdom of peace and righteousness^ One of these remaining questions will be debated in Dr. Straton's church, two in Dr. Potter's and thtt fifth in a neutral churcn. The Judges' vote mi the debate was two to one, their decision being based on the arguments brought out and not upon the merits of the question. The Judges, two Episcopalians and a Christian Scientist, expressed regret that there had not been closer co-operation between the debaters in their interpretations of the subject. They felt that the speakers had drafted their arguments along different linqfe , Houm* C. O. P. to Meet January 10 on Bonos Washington.--Tentative plans have been formulated by Republican house leaders for a party conference on Jannary 10 at which a definite policy relative to soldier bonus legislation will be agreed upon. The program for a conference attended by all Republican members to deal with the bonus question Is agreeable to the group of ex-service men In the house and to members of the ways and means committee, which has the legislation in charge. ' ; • Big Capital Rum Plot Hits Alien Legation Washington.--What the federal government regards as a "gigantic" conspiracy against the Volstead act In the capital of the United States la expected to be uncovered with the arrest here of a group of bootleggers and the Issuance of warrants for several others, Including several young women. Four were arraigned In court Friday and held under heavy bonds. Interest In the case Is. increased by complications with a foreign legation. Forgeries, Tchitcherin'* Reply to Hughes Moscow.--Foreign Minister Tchitcherln commented on dispatches from the United States reporting that the State department had made public documents pertaining to Communist propaganda. M. Tchltcheria said: ."The Soviet government never sent guch instructions, nor any Instructions) to the American Workers' party, nor to any other party in the United States. Any documents which are alleged to represent Intercepted Instructions from the Soviet government to the American Workers' party, giving detailed plans tor a revolution, are forgeries." Rockefeller Gives $1,000,000 to n of c. New York.--Appropriations totaling $2,725,000 for the benefit of four medical schools were announced In a Rockefeller foundation report, In which It was said the organization's commitments for the year 1924 already totaled $10,500,000. The newest appropriations Included $1,000,000 to the University of Chicago medical school, Rush Medical college. Third of German Workers Idles 19 Cents a Day Berlin.--One-third of the German workers are Jobless, according to former Chancellor Stresemann--they are getting an average of 75 pfennigs (19 cents) dally from the government. "This Is not enough to live on, yet It Is too much to kill," is the consensus of opinion. Owen X). Young, chairman of the board of the General Electric company, who, It is understood, has been picked as one of the two American representatives on the International committee of experts which ts>to aid the reparations commission. of Both Parties at :> Amnesia Victim Back * . Home; Checks Divorce Mansfield, O.---Leonard Danlson, thirty-five, who disappeared from bis home here last summer, returned In time to prevent hearing of divorce proceedings instituted by his wife, Mary, on ground of desertion. For five months, Denlson said, he was confined in the Cook county hospital at Chicago under the name of John Doe, a victim of amnesia and unable to tell his real name. Hypnotism was finally resorted to by hospital attaches, he said, with the result that he recalled his name and that he lived in this city. Leviathan on Reef Eight Hours; Towed to Pier New York.--After being lodged In a mud bank off Staten island all day, the giant liner Leviathan was pulled free at 6:30 o'clock p. m.. and pro-* ceeded to Its docks. Several hours previously Its 400 first-cabin passengers had been landed on ferries, but the other passengers were held aboard, and at no time were In danger. There was no panic or excitement. No Wonder Kewpies ' Popular; Each Had Des Moines, la.--Fat kewple dolls were becoming amazingly popular here, the police observed. "Scores of citizens were toting them home. In a raid on the warehouse of a "specialty salesman" the officers found several crates of these dolls, each iU1^3^j£h a pint of fine grain alcohol. - President Gets Choice Cut From Champion Chicago.--A choice cut of "Broadus .White Sox," the senior Aberdeen Angus yearling who was the champion of his breed, was carved to be forwarded to President Coolldge. "Other select cuts will be sent to Secretary Wallace and to various persons Interested In the work of the Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation, which owned the champion steer. Getf 30 Days in Jail for Disbelief in Santa Claus Syracuse, N. Y.--Joseph Hamilton, thirty-one, was sentenced to thirty" days In the lockup because he doesn't believe In Santa Claus. Hamilton became embroiled with two guardians of a Salvation Army kettle on the street over the established authenticity of Saint Nick. Deadlock iftei Ifp^VForft ' Washington.--Unable after 2f> ballets to break the deadlock over the chairmanship of the Interstate commerce committee, the senate agreed to defer further balloting yntU after the Christmas recess of congress, which ends on January 3. "Not to die in harness," Orrin N. Car- president of the Grand Mound Savings iter, associate Justice of the Illinois j bank, has been found guilty of larceny and embezzlement. Seventeen Indictments were returned against him. Bis defalcations caused the bank to close, the state said. Relham was formerly one of the leading citizens of the town. He fled and was captured in the West Dixon.---The Dixon police department has been equipped with rifles for emergency use and the officers are receiving daily Instructions in the hand Usg -- Sir - '..i. r •-••-JS'VvV i 'Supreme court, announced he will not j$ be a candidate for' re-election in the coming campaign, and., is preparing tp '^'fatlre from the bench ^rtoRThnk term ^vJfcxpires in-1924. \ ' Napervllle.--The city council hfis oftered a reward of $1,000'for apprenen- ^ *l"n of the person who is believed to *jAii.mr,parted numerous fires in Naper- Durlng two years more than worth of property has been Confesses Fifty Burglaries. San Francisco.--Tliorwald Rasmussen, who, police say, robbed more than fifty homes In the Richmond district here and Mole more than $100,000 worth of articles, pleaded guilty before Superior Judge Roche. . * • U. 8. Asks Tangier* Kim ; Washington.--The American government ha§ made Inquiries of the governments of Great Britain, France and Spain concerning the agreement which has been entered into with respect to the status of Tangier. Operators Seek Wage Cut. K Chicago. -- Illinois cos! operators went on record as favoring a reduc tloa in wages to miners and a change In working conditions at the mines when the 1924 wage icala is negotiated next February. To Save German Unions Washington.--The American Federation of Labor decided to undertake relief work for the support of labor organizations in Germany. An appeal was issued by Samuel Gompers, president of the federation, and its e&esutive council. * /;* ' . Pennsy Clerks' ®uK Dismissed. ' Philadelphia;--The Brotherhood of Clerks, Freight Handlers and Station Employees lost 'its suit In Federal court to compel the Pennsylvania railroad to recognize brotherhood delegates In conference on wages. Gould Children * /. Each Get $S&,m Xork.-r-Supreme Court Justice Davis decided that each of the seven children of tiie late George J, Gould by his first wl! was entitled to $582,- 871 from the trust established by Jay Gould In his will for the benefit of George. J. Gould and his other chtldren. ~ • •• -it* •' •* ° J"> i 1. r-p* " Baby Chokes to Deefch , Sheridan, Wyo.--Strangulation fUl the result of mashed potatoes lodging in his windpipe caused the death of Larry Dillon Ulrlch, two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Jjt.^yirich of Sheridan. v >i: v U.S. GOVERNMENT MARKET REPORT Washington.--For the week ending Dec. 19.--FfttJlTS AND VEGKTABJUKri ---Northern round white potatoes, $1.00 © 1.16 in Chicago, mostly 85c t. o. b. Danish cabbage, (21.00@24.00 bulk per ton in Chicago, $25.00 @30.00 at shipping points, Jl9.00ijJ21.00 f. o. b. Yellow variety onions, $2.00 @ 2.25 per 100 lbs. In Chicago. Northwestern extra fr.ncy Jonathan apples, $2.00@2.50 per bjox in tnidwestern markets. Florida lettuce. $1.25@1.75 per lifc bu. hampers la city markets. LIVE STOCK--Chicago prices; Hogs, $7.86 for the top, $6.80 10 fpr the bulk. Medium and good beef steers, $7.75® 11.GO; butcher cows and betters, $3.26^11.50; feeder steers, $4.0008.00; 1' ;ht and medium weight veal calves, $8.00® 10.25. Fat lambs, $10.76@11.00, feeding lambs, $11.00 @12.50; yearlings, $>.2511.00; fat ewes, $4.50@7.60. HAY--No. l timothy. $24.60 Cincinnati, $2 7.00 Chicago. $28.60 St. Louis, $18.00 Minneapolis; NO. 1 alfalfa. $28.00 Chicago, $23.00 Minneapolis; No. 1 prairie, $20.00 Chicago. $10.50 fit. Louis, >15 .50 Minneapolis. DAIRY PRODUCTS--Butter, 02 score, 5S%c Chicago, 58c Boston. Cheese at Wisconsin primary markets: Twins, 21%; single daisies, 23Vfcc; longborns, 23%c; square prints, 23%c. GRAIN--No. 1 dark northern spring Wheat. $1.12@1.22 Minneapolis; No. 1 hard winter wheat, $1.10 Chicago; No. 2 bard winter wheat, $1.13@1.14V& St. Louie; No.. 2 red winter wheat, $1.07 St. Louis; No. 2 yellow corn,-72%c Chicago, 78c St. Louis; No. 8 White oats, 44s Chicago, 4So fit. Louts, Minneapolis. Estimate* Bonus at $2s0j000,000 a Year Washington.--Secretary Mellon estimated the cost of the soldier bonus cash payment plan at $0,085,883,687, or at the rate of $250,000,000 a year. In a letter to Representative A. Piatt Andrew (Rep.) of Massachusetts, the secretary said further that the farm and home aid feature of the bill Introduced the otter day wotild rttjuire $2,048,662,902. \ •U. of I. to Give Course on Life of Lincoln Urbana, HI.--A Lincoln course will be offered next semester at the University of Illinois by Professor panlel K. Dodge, who for thirty years has- made an Intensive study of Lincoln's life and work. Th» course Is being offered to clear up conflicting accounts raphers. "j' ^ ^ Germany Gets Butter Hamburg.--The first consignment of butter from Siberia seen here since 1914 arrived from Petrograd by steamer. The shipment was intended for England, but was diverted to Germany because of the high prices here. Butter Is retailing from 70 to 90. cents for twelve ounces. ; To Study 0. 8. Currency.. " : Seattle, Wash.--Lee Yuk-Lin, counselor to the National Industrial commission of China, has just arrived in the United States to study American currency. It Is proposed to establish a currency system In China. More Money Sought. Washington.--An Increase in flit fond for training army reserve officers Is being sought from congress. The present appropriation is $2,907,640. The Reserve -. Qffleeft'y- ipso elation wrnts $6,140,1501. -Pff.- Cohalan to Run Roed Campaign. New York.--Justice Daniel F. Oohalan will resign from the Supreme court bench within a month to manage the campaign of Senator James A. Reed (Dem., Mo.) for the nomination for president, it is* reported^ Chicago Auto Deaths 702. ^ Chicago.--Motor killings In Cook county since January 1 passed the 706 mark. Three were killed dnring the day, a fourth and fifth died of injuries raftered previously. The n$to of death advanced to IWi To Rule on Medtcat Besr. -Washington.--The right of physicians to-prescribe beer was denied in a brief filed by the government with the Supreme court In a test case expected to result In final determination of that qnestlon. ~ •- * ;--^ ftte# MoCray Inquiry^ Indianapolis, Ind.--The mating of Republican state committee, called to determine whether It would enter a delnand for the Impeachment of Governor McCray, has been postponed Indefinitely, Chairman Walb announced. Blames Busses for High«r Carfare. St. Paul, Minn.--Falling off of traffic due to busses Is given as the reason for an Increase In Duluth's street car fares. The fares have been boosted from five tickets for 25 cents to a straight 6-cent faire. Cfcfeatfo Nears 3,000,000 Mark. Washington.--If Chicago maintains Its W**ent growth in population, the 3,000^100 mark will be attained by next December, according to an estimate issu^i^y . ti*^ n*tJ9u#i ^snsus bureau. ' .. '"" " A' r•' Asks Senate Probe Washington--A formal resolution for investigation of charges of excessive expenditures in the election of Senator Mayfieid (Dem., Texas) was presented to the senate by Chairman Spencer of the elections committee. New Pension Ruling. Washington.--Secretary Work reversed . a practice of long standing when he ruled that no widow shall be dented a pension where the essential facts are the same as those upon which tfee husband was paid. t , : Curtis Buys Another v New York.--The Evening Post was sbld to Cyrus K. Curtis of Philadelphia owner of the Public Ledger of that city, the Saturday Evening Post, the Ladles' Home Journal, and other publications^ - Ford Backs Coolidge. TWrtrtt, Mich.--All the Forifcfor- Presidert agitation came to a sudden stop when Henry Ford himself stated definitely that he would not run for the presidency and that his support would be 100 per cent behind Coolldge. Retail Food Prices Up. Washington.--Though retail food prices Increased 1 per cent during November, there was a drop of 1 per cent in wholesale prices on 40* commodities, according to an announcement made by tb^Labor department. Washington.--A virtual agreement tor a caucus Immediately after tl*r holidays to agree | tax reduction lei fH program fi^; ^ yjfiln has bfeeli ' cached by hogh the Repute* ,'£-| Ucan and I^Mpneratic purge* ^ ~ DemocratWj-^ejaiitors *|>presCT|» . ^ tatlves will hold" a joint meeting juit. ' before congress reconvenes, ft devejti oped that Republican leaders In tl»§ house have a plan that Is rapidly tafir^ ^ lng definite form for a caucus immedl^r ately after the holidays. * -5-' Democratic leaders are disturbed over detections in their ranks * X'Wi favor of the Mellon plan and thc*^ ". J^ hope to block any further eommlf* ^; iif ments by Democratic members of eoi» " gress. The pfime movers for the Dem# ' cratic gathering are those who fe»f that the Democratic senators and ref»> resentatives can no longer be held IB' line for n partisan measure. The*-- propose to make one grand effort tif whip the rank and file of the party' _ In congress into Hue for a purely do*." . • m e s t i c t a x ' c u t t o d i f f e r i n some u i i » ' J Z " certain way from the Mellon plan. ** J By putttfijer forward their progradi^ for tax revision the Democrats hop#/"1 to offset to some extent the tremens^ dous demand by thelf constituents far', approval of tlfe Mellon suggestion®, ^ Republicans leaders are going aheaS> with plans to rush through a tax wfejSv i s i o n p r o g r a m a l o n g t h e l i n e s p r o r ; posed by Secretary. Mellon. r" ' ^ . i-*;--. • M. v~ f Train Kills Four |qf . Family in Auiomobt Hftjnmond, Ind.--A family of fou< on their way to visit relatives ov« the holidays, was killed when a wesf bound passenger train of the Penns^ vanla railroad struck their automobile at a crossing near Hartsdale, Ind. Thisear was flung 50 feet, the gasollnjK _ j * tank exploding as it fell to the groun<f " ; ^ Michael Somelov of Hartsdale and hilt young wife were burned to .deatl^ Four-year-old Theresa and her brothef^'" ' -^ Albert, aged six, were hurled clear of the machine. The girl was instantly-..-..'?^ killed, while the boy died a short tlm^fe; later in St. Margaret's hospital here. *2&504,000 Gold T: in Christmas Stockihgb New York.--On Christmas day $24^_ 504,000 in gold was found In the tlioiK t sands of Christmas stockings hung uji>.* .*•/ !&». all over the country. The federal re* serve system and the Federal Reserv# ,, _ bank of New York, in figures puh»;,,r llshed, show that this amount wa%-7 , withdrawn during the week ending: .,4^, Dec. 18. At the New York bank th# -" % , withdrawals of gold amounted to ?10jr <•' »- 339,578, the largest ever recordedHk*-; - the week preceding Christinas, * - ^ Interurban Hits Auto ^ at Crossing$ 3 KMle$^:\P* s ^ i Danville, III.--An Intermrtoan car on,*./ •. ^ the Cattln branch of the fillnol^^^ Traction system struck a car cot|fL, " talnlng four young people as the£ J were coming out of a driveway of the Vermilion county infirmary, kilt* ing three and probably fatally injuring, the fourth. The dead are Margaret Peyton, Miss Schramm and Robeigr Henry, all neighbors. Harlan Peytofl Is near death. - Raider, Swoop Down % on Williamson Count? , v Marion, 111. -- Chicago prohibitlcjB agents led a posse of 400 citizens anil members of the Ku Klux Klan int^ Williamson county, scene of the Hei* rln mine riots. When the smoke <«f battle cleared away five men, one judge, were shot, 79 persons were aj^,^ rested and more than one hundrepfc saloons had been raided. > >' i-.. Santa',, Tori* Bill a Cool Million Dofflcnw yarhlfTFt----Santa Claus will pajf approximately $1,000,000,000 In tariff duties on the gifts he Imports Into tlidr United States for Christmas distribtp- , tlon, according to estimates made her*. Even the reindeer which brings Santa^ V, sleigh from somewhere around tl North! pole we subject t* K dHty kS£.4" ^ 15 per cent. 4%; -- •. Increase in Membership Chicago.--An increase or 465.C members in tiie Methodist Episcopal church during the current quadretiK nlum, bringing the total membership to 4,774,520, was reported by the coin* mittee on conservation and advan<» from figures taken out o£ the |il Yearbook tor 3924. .• * NNew Air Record. . Paris.--A new world record for hj^. droplftnes was made over a raeasureft vourse la the River t-eine. The boat, piloted by M. Canivet, averaged lift kilometers, 60 meters (about 7& •ilef) per hour. |> Bwtherland Visits White HOtfM. Washington.--the Duke of Suthefc land, after a visit at the White Hous^ ,. , declared that he and President Cook ~ ldge iiave agreed that the present an inopportune titne for internationt^ ; ' Dixie Flyer Wrecked. Marietta, Ga.--The engineer'to? tftb "* Dixie Flyer, on the Nashville, tanooga & St. Louis railroad, wAf^,S?*«|; killed when the engine overtun»eJ The cars remained upright and n^ * ^ passengers were hurt. McKenzie to Retire. ; •V'f'i'T mtshlngton.--in a letter t6 • WWW of the Thirteenth Illinois ro®- 7* % ^ freeeTonal district, which he has reijp^ j •eesttted since 1910, Representati\*» ; John C. McKeneie announced that h| Will retire at the close of this t<S^ ^{51