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A--' 'is** * \i *.. tW *1' ' * -*'> ' . ' ' * 1 ^ *' 1 - n'1" 1 ' * **^<1 1WttW**tT ILLINOIS BREVITIES t^'t & b[iS;'-' H? t Springfield.--Governor Small ana 1 JTtwunced at Springfield the meflaber- ;%;&iji>lp of the Illinois educational comialt- . , 'fee empowered to make a study of d^iteb001 'HWS °' *l,e Bta,e- W. W. L«w- ' '^on of Cicero, chairman of the original 'TomnilBsion, was reappointed. The v'* 4ther members are: State Representi • #tlve Lottie Holraan O'Neill, Downers • :;;L, IJrove; Representative Gus J. Johnson, I 5*axton • Senators William S. Gray, r j. \* Coatsburg, and G. H. Giberson, Alton, fnd Dean C. M. Thompson, University /*..$! Illinois. Danville.--Four persons were billed ^ gjnd one seriously injured in traction fl«r accidents at Danville Christmas. Margaret Peyton, Madge Spencer and ttobert Spencer Were killed and Harold fiattleld seriously hurt when an autoi Mobile in which they were riding was ••truck by an interurban car of the 1111- C,.M°ta Traction system. A. few hours litter Charles G. Harper was killed *hen he was struck by u car of the -jJlame interurban line while lying on ;• "|pe tracks. ^ Chicago.--Judge Norman L. Jones is In his race for the Democratic domination for governor, and Is in Chicago in an effort, to land a solid !•'; <|k>ok county delegation at the state adf4" fisory convention in Springfield January 18. He is holding conferences ' With local leaders, who will aid him. He has arranged his affairs to permit . . His absence from Circuit court In the t :Xi ^prlngfield district, and will devote his 'f*" time from now on to his candidacy. » Chicago.--"The world's greatest head ••gaiter" had the unique experience of (Jieing served by ten prominent professional men of Chicago, his friends Jor years, at a testimonial dinner in Ihe Atlantic hotel dining room. Daniel Kramer, head waiter of the Atlantic Ikotel, was the hero of the occasion. Mr. Kramer in all of his years of service lias refused to accept a tip from his friends. Springfield.--The Supreme Court of Illinois at Springfield reversed the ,,t)ook county dourt in the case of the Clhicago Title and Trust company Against the Central Trust Company §t Illinois and awarded a judgment of , #110,000 to the former. The case grew out of the old La Salle Street Trust #nd Savings bank affairs, the Lorimer t>ank which failed In 1S14. . Bloomlngton.--Marital disagreements |55 years ago led to the divorce of f*irney Arbogast of Bloomington and fcis wife, formerly Miss Nettie Phil- *,»' • lips of Downs. Mrs. Arbogast later P?"S* *-*,•? * ilnarried John Evans, who died three jP|< -V1- years ago. Arbogast and his former tvlfe were remarried at Peoria re- '-'mf? tently. v vfe-.Tv-j ' Mount Vernon.--Leonard McCrill, . Ihlrty-nlne, a real estate operator and f contractor of Wayne City, was shot and :>'» , tilled in a fight with Alvln Thomason, -j/ .^/tillage marshal, at Wayne City. The ^ Shooting followed an argument be- !rv • tween the two men, which is said to Jiave been occasioned by a violation a village ordinance by McCrill's son. I&v Waukegan.--Mrs. Marion Marze has I • ^led suit for divorce from Isaac Marze & ,n court here, charging that he won't |,V * %peak to her and will pay no attention "m to anything she does. For this reason "3 lyi'tier home life has become unbearable, / - * the charges. v " Galesburg.--Members of an orchestea playing In a theater at Galesburg PIJ," that Is showing "The Covered Wagon' It MS: W H' festing place of the author,* Emerson •Hough. They played a selection and {then placed a wreath in the crypt. > Rockford.--Flames destroyed the ; ;j^Beven barns and buildings and two silos - iof the Burr dairy farm near here, one ijjV. ; *>f the chief production centers of the ^7 ' -;|Rockford milk supply. The farm, lotfei, ^ I® m i cated on the top of a hill, was swept !by a high wind that fanned the flames. Springfield.--Automobile investigators were given Instruction by Secretary of State Emmerson at Springfield to "lay particular stress on the enforcement of the provision of the law re- 1' squiring all automobile license plates to r be plainly visible." ^1', 1 Waukegan.--The largest award in a > ^ personal injury suit in Lake County •Nwas given Eugene Bolle of Waukegan, a former switchman, a Jury allowing him $20,000 for the loss of a leg in a verdict against the Chicago it Northwestern railroad. Chicago.--Christmas trade this year was the greatest in history, according to statements of Chicago merchants, who declare that holiday trade alone amounted to $100,000,000 while trade for the year amounted to $500,000,000 or mori Duquoin.--Past Commander William Jf' R. McCauley of thddllinois American ir Legion has announced his candidacy ; at Duquoin for the Republican nomina >- tlon for lieutenant governor and his ^| . campaign soon will be under way. ®v Benton.--Roy Duff, a farmer near here, has developed a severe case of rabies, and he asserts he cannot attribute It to anything, except, per haps, a dog bite eleven years ago. Jerseyvllle.--Ten of the leading landowners of Jersey county have combined their farms into a game preserve, near Jerseyvllle, with a total of 1,800 acres. The state has accepted the tract. The farmers have made arrangements to feed quail and other birds through the winter, when natural food supplies are cut off. Geneva.--Cai^p and other coarse flsh afle being seined from Fox river near Geneva, in order to permit a freer propagation of game flsh in the stream. The flsii are being sold for food at a low price. Macomb.--Jugs containing "the best wine ever drank," according to their purchaser, recently' were sold in Macomb «t a public auction for 30 cents each. Investigation showed that the Jugs, which were sold as empty, contained soda fountain sirup. They bad been stored ic the basement of an old house for many jemi% ao4 tlM sirup had fermented. Taylorville.--The blacksmith shop supply depot of the Peabody Coal company's mine No. 0 at Taylorville were destroyed by fire, caastng m toss estimated at $30,000. • /•'_' l," •. vr ' 1 ' V r -U-'.!- ' SV ' iij K' ••&.•<? ' W£ rM... l a.., Qulncy.--Vigilance committees organized to protect members of the Adams county bureau at Qulncy against chicken thefts afford a medium by which the sheriff's office may get information lmmediate\y after thefts, according to Ray B. Miller, farm adviser of Adams county. A $50 reward Is offered for the capture and conviction ot * thief wheu the theft has been made from farm bureau members. Vlrden.--Sylvester Wilson, seventeen years old, high school boy, in a school play given here was supposed lo end his life with a razor. Stage fright gripped him as he raised his arm to pull the back of the razor across his throat. He forgot which Was the back or the edge, decided to take a chance rather than spoil the play--and guessed wrong. Nine stitches were necessary to close the wound. Eureka.--An effort Is being made to raise a fund of $50,000 for the endowment of a chair of religious education at Eureka college, in memory of the late Knox P. Taylor, who gave 25 years of his life to the organization and development of Sunday schools of the Christian church In Dllnols, according to Bert Wilson, the new president of the college. Springfield.--Every form of chic Improvement philanthropy, government, recreation, education and advancement of culture and art, has witnessed the effective co-operation of the Illinois State Federation of Women's clubs, according to Mrs. George Thomas Palmer of Springfield, president of the federation. Freeport.--Mrs. Sbrah J. Llzen Kohl has been laid to rest In the soil of Stephenson county, which she left only once during the last 73 years. She came to this county from Pennsylvania In 1850 and the only time she ever stepped outside of Its boundaries was in 1861, when she went to Monroe, Wis., to be married. Cohcord.--Instead of $10,000 which she sought, Mrs. Eva G. Abernathy of Concord was awarded only $500 damages In her suit against Mrs. Hattle G. Graham of Springfield, alleging slander. While the jury was being selected, attorneys arranged a compromise. Belvidere.--Citizens of Belvldere, under the direction of Sheriff John Fair, are organizing a citizens' protective force, with which they hope to put an* end to banditry on the roads of Boone county and protect the town against raids by bank robbers. Forty men attended the first meeting. Urbana.--All phases of the manufacture of ceramic products will be covered In the short courses In clay working and In enameling to be given by the ceramic department of the University of Illinois at Urttana, January 14 to 25. Evanston.--Every Indication points to success in developing a hand device which the totally deaf may carry and by which they may receive Impressions of oral speech, Prof. Robert H. Gault, head of the psychology department of Northwestern university, announced. Chicago.--Personal property values over the whole of Chicago as fixed by the board of assessors last spring were slashed $154,849,834 by the board of review, it was revealed when final personalty figures were obtained." Mount Vernon.--Oakley Arnett, fifteen, accidentally shot himself with his .22 calibre rliie Christmas morning, while going out for target practice with some friends. Death was almost instantaneous. Mollne.--A lone bandit, dressed as Santa Claus, held up the Cox jewelry store In Mollne Christmas Eve. H. R. Cox, proprietor, says the robber obtained $800 in cash and diamonds valued at $30,000. Springfield.--Contests for the extermination of rats are recommended by the office of the state supervisor of vocational agriculture at Springfield to teachers of agriculture in rural communities. Flora.--Peaches equal to any grown in the United States are produced in southern Dllnols, according to F. H. Simpson, president during 1923 of the Illinois State Horticultural society, whose home Is at Flora. Chicago.--Niels Juul, collector of the port of Chicago, has forwarded his resignation to Washington, he announced. His physician's orders for a complete rest is given as the cause of this action. Pana.--Victor Denato, thirty-eight, miner, was found dead in a barn at his home in Kincald by Victor Vasino. There was a wound over his right eye and a bruise on his head. Nearby was a piece of gas pipe. Danville.--Charles G. Harper was killed when he was struck by a car of an Interurban line while lying on the tracks. Police advanced the theory that he had been slugged and robbed and left on the tracks. Springfield.--Miss Mabel Matheny of Decatur was appointed by Governor Small as a member of the board of trustees of the teachers' pension and retirement fund. / Rockford.--In keeping with the spirit of Christmas, Mayor Herman Hallstrom emptied the city Jail of minor offenders and will release any other petty offenders. Chicago.--Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormlck, daughter of John Rockefeller, has embarked in the teal estate business at Chicago on a large scale. She had turned over $13,000,000 in Standard Oil securities In the Edith Rockefeller-McCormick trust, ol which she is president. Taylorville.--Motions to nullify live murder Indictments against John Tokoly and Robert A. Smith of Pana, growing out of the five deaths from poisonous whisky October 11 last, were overruled by Circuit Judge Dove at Taylorville. Lincoln.--Mrs. Joseph Modetzki, itlnety-four, one of the two women in Illinois whose fathers served In the Revolutionary war, died at Lincoln. She was a personal friend of Lincoln. Her father, Samuel Barrett Davis, was a drummer boy In the Revolutionary war. Champaign.--Women of the uni verslty at Urbana use better English than men, according to a recent report to the council of administration of the University of Illinois from tlie '-ommirtee of students' English, bead ed fey Prof. Franklin W. Scott. INCOME OF II. i TOPS EXPENSES Surplus of $100,000,000 for First Half of Fiscal - ^ Year. Washington.--Government "business hp to December 31, comprising the first half of the cur#>nt fiscal year, will show a surplus considerably above $100,000,000. This was shown by the treasurer's official figures covering both receipts and expenditures. Latest figures of the treasury up to the close of business December 27 disclosed an excess of receipts over expenditures of $105,^701.360. Larger revenues from income taxes are chiefly responsible for the surplus. By the end of the fiscal year treasury officials predicted the surplus will be more than doubled. From income taxes alone during the six months the internal revenue bureau collected $681,197,108, which Is an Increase of $146,194,690 over the corresponding period last year. Miscellaneous Internal revenue taxes also have increased. The total from this source was $513,382,086, as compared with $490,619,557 last year. Customs revenues continue to gain steadily, amounting to $263,180,250, compared with $244,038,120 last year. Treasury officials declared customs dues collected In the past six months practically equaled revenues ftom this source for an entire year In years preceding enactment of the new tariff law. From these principal revenue sources the gains were more than sufficient to offset losses by revenues which were chalked up this year on several treasury accounts. One item showing a big decline was the sale of railroad securities, which brought to the treasury only $18,083,421 as compared with $70,468,962 last year. Sales of strrplus property amounted only to $24,081,063 as compared with $32,702,039 last year. Receipts from other miscellaneous sources also declined. The governor's ordinary expenditures declined about $42,000,000. KQUTIDOUMOM No Resignations Pending, Cootidge Cabinet's Word Washington.--A White House spokesman, following the cabinet meeting, sought to put an end to recent rumors of a possible break In the Coolidge cabinet with the declaration that .no resignations are pending or contemplated. Recent rumors have been that Secretary of Agriculture Wallace might resign as a result of differences of opinion over agricultural relief. The White House statement denying probable resignations was made with this and other rumors in mind. Quiz Urged on Oil Stocf^~~\ • Sale to U, IS. Soldiers Washington. -- Senator Caraway (Dem., Ark.) made public a letter of complaint from a private soldier, asserting that he had lost money In the Acme Production corporation, an oil company of which Leonard Wood, Jr., was president. As the result of this complaint, which stated that other soldiers were victims. Senator Caraway aiked an Inquiry by the War department and the postal authorities. Body in Sea Is the Only Clew to Lost Dixmude Paris.--A gold Identity disk bearing the name "Du Plessls de Grenadan" and attached to the wrist of a disfigured corpse wearing a life belt and floating off Sicily Is the sole relic df the former Zeppelin Dixmude with 50 French officers and men on board. Telephone messages from Rome state that not a single trace of wreckage or of another body from the missing airship had been discovered. Mobs Storm Homes ot • Jap Socialists in Tokyo Tokyo.--Mobs attempted to storm the homes of Premier Yamamoto and Home Minister Goto as a result of the recent attempt to assassinate Prince Regent Hlrohito. Police succeeded In dispersing the mobs. Baron Goto Is accused of being a Socialist, or at least of having socialistic leanings. The belief has prevailed since he extended an Invitation to a Moscow envoy to visit Tokyo. K.%vi"F m Admiral Konndouriotls was appointed regent of Greece after the withdrawal from the country of K«ne George and Queen Elizabeth and pending the decision as to the form of government that shall be established YOUNG LIEUT. WOOD ~ IN METEORIC COUP Street Stunned at Tip Seller's Success. New York.--The oudden fortune won oy Lieut Osborne Wood, son of Gen. Leonard Wood, as told In cables from Manila, resulted in a reaction of amazement in Wall street • That a twenty-slx-year-old army officer, unversed In the ways of "the street," could rush in and grab off such a cLunk of money, estimated at $700,000--perhaps much more--was surprising enough of Itself, but what really stunned old operators was that young Wood, thousands of ml las away in the Philippines, apparently was carrying out his financial program solely on ^he-advlce of a comparatively unknown "tipster," a professional who sells his service. There are several developments ol Interest in the affair. One was the confirmation by Secretary of Wat Weeks of the report that it was on hi* suggestion that Lieutenant Wood brought a sudden halt to his Wail street ventures. , "Some months ago," Secretary Weeks said in Boston, "there was brought to i^y attention the fact thai large checks were coming througli American banks to the credit of Lieut. Osborne C. Wood, who is stationed lo Manila. "The amounts Involved seemed tc me to be beyond the probable financial responsibility of the lieutenant and, ai he was an officer In the army, I directed that his operations should stop [This ordejr was Immediately complied Wlth'"- • 17 Die itt State HosptM( J for Insane at Chicago Chicago--The "death house" at the State Hospital for the Insane at Dunning became the fiery tomb of at least seventeen persons early Wednesday night when a swiftly-spreading fire ol unascertained origin destroyed an ol«] wood pavilion known by ihe foregolne grim name. Fourteen of the dead are known to have been patients In various stages of Insanity. Three others were Elijah Carraker and his wife, attendants, and Lowell, their eight-yearold hot, . . J i • ^Minniili i i Clarke Offers to Aid t/. S. "Purity or Wreck Klan Washington.*--E. Y. Clarke, formerly high In the councils of the Ku Klux Klan, wrote President Coolidge, offering to co-operate with the executive lo ending the activities of "an element" which Is converting the klan into an organization "vastly different from that planned by Its founders." Clarke also announced his Intention of Issuing a proclamation to klansmen "calling the better element" either to take hold and "remedy the existing evU%"^||^to disband the organization. ; ' V-: Gasoline Goes Up Two Cents in Ten States Chicago.--Gasoline prices In the ten states served by the Standard Oil Company of Indiana were advanced two cents a gallon when Standard took the initiative and was followed by all of Its competitors in the Indiana territory. It was the first .general Increase throughout the Middle West since February 20, 1923, on which date the service station price was marked tip to 20 cents. Eiflhty-flv® Cars Pass Over Girl. Greenup, Ky.--Miss Ruth Craycraft fifteen, is In the hospital here. Injured when a locomotive and 86 freight cars passed over her. She saved her life by hugging the ties between the rails. Food Imports Grew. Washington.--Foodstuffs shipped Into the United States are increasing in volume, according to an analysis of the Department of Commerce covering the country's foreign trade during November. - --1 1 IT Woodrow Wilson Washington. -- Former President Wilson celebrated his slxty-*eventh birthday Friday. The day was sp-nt quietly at his home, with Mrs. Wilson and the other members of the household. Coolidge Gets O. K. of 3 State Committees Chicago.--President Coolldge's candidacy for the Republican nomination for the office he now hol<i& was given substantial Impetus by action that gave him partial assurance of the delegates from three states--Ohio, Virginia and North Dakota. In all of these states the Coolidge candidacy Was Indorsed by the Republican state committees, which control the party machinery and who, of course, will have a lot to say about who shall go to the Cleveland convention. Rate Increase Held Up. Washington. -- Proposal of various carriers operating in the Middle West to Increase their rates on certain Iron and steel articles between points In Illinois, Indiana and Missouri has been suspended by the I. C. (X Accepts Farley's Resignation. Washington.--It was officially announced at the White House that President fJoolldge had accepted the resignation of Edward P. Farley of Chicago as chairman of the United States shipping board. 500,000 Japs Thank America. Tokyo.--A handsomely bound volume containing signatures of 5do.f)on Jni.«. nese has been presented to the Amer<- lean ambassador. The volume expresses the thanks. o( the peupie far American usslstniice. v Jap Cabinet Resigns. Tokj'fv--After Home Minister Goto submifte^JOils resignation, assuming responsibility for the attempt of a young laborer to assassinate Prince Regent Hlrohito, the entire cabinet resigned. Sinclair Again Defies Senate. Wnshiiisnon -- Harry P Sinclair again ..refused to tell the senate rttt Inside -story of the flnanchil transac tlons involved In the Miitnmmh ot company, organised )n develop tin Sinclair leases of the Teapot Dome. cue TO QUIT II. S. A. FOREVER Steel Magnate Gives Up Ail His Holdings; to Live in France. New York.--According to his associates in the financiu! district William E. Corey, steel magnate, is about to quit America for good. News that be Intended to follow In ,the footsteps of the late" Viscount Astor and become an expatriate became known when It was disclosed that what has been characterized as a farewell dinner was given to him two w£eks ago by a dozen Intimates of his long career In Industry and finance Mr. Corey's plans have remained a secret, so far as motives and ultimate purposes are concerned. Everyone knew that it was thwarted political ambition and dislike ot newspaper publicity that drove William Waldorf Astor to England for life; ho one has told why William E. Corey will pass the rest of his days in the south of France. Reports that Mr. Corey Is about to depart are all the more puzzling because not long before his second wife divorced him she was quoted as saying that the divorce had become inevitable because Mr. Corey refused to live In France and she could not bear America. ^ Friends say he has dissociated himself from r. dozen dlrectoiates as each corporation had Its annual meeting. Few had noted bis steady withdrawal until bis recent retirement from the directorate of the Cuba Cane Sugar corporation, marking the end of his, corporate obligations. He has given np all his downtown offices, and now It is said his home at 991 Fifth avenue Is abput to be disposed of. Mr. Corey Is net yet fiftyeight years old. Penalties Are Cat in Neuf ; Tax Bill Before CongrSA Washington.--The complete text of the new tax bill was made public by Chairman Green of the house ways and means committee. - One of the principal revisions is a reduction of Burtax rates to make the scale begin at 1 per cent on net Incomes from $10,- 900 to $12,000 and to provide an additional 1 per cent for each additional (2,000 up to $36,000, 1 per cent additional for the next $4,000 and 1 per cent more for each additional $6,000 Qp to a maximum of 25 per cent op $100,000 or morst f . * ** • J«fcn Borg, who started lk Wall street In 1897, at a salary of four dollars a week and has made $2,000,000 in the Interim, has given his business to his Junior partners and "cleared out to give the young fellows a chance." He's only forty-two years old and wants to play, and to conduct a newspaper. Legion Founder Resigns, Disgusted at Bonus Pleas New York.--Every other method of expressing his opinion gone, Lieut. CoL Benjamfn Moore, military ald to CoL E. M. House at the'Parls peace conference and a charter member of the American Legion, which was formed in Paris In 1919, has resigned from the Legion because Its policy of demanding a bonus for ex-service men "has so far deviated from the Ideas of its founders that I am utterly out of sympathy with them." ,* > / 'Tranmere?' on Wins Home in America New York.--Her rendition of Schumann's "Traumerei" on her violin before a special board of inquiry at EUla Island convinced the authorities that Regina Kohn was entitled to classification as an artist and won her admission to the United States. She had been threatened with deportation because the Rumanian quota was exhausted when she arrived Monday, Children Burn to Death v in Oil; Mother Blamed Onawa, la. -- Two children were burned to death, a third narrowly escaped the same fate at Ute, twenty miles east of here, when the mother, during a moment of insanity, is declared to have saturated their clothing with kerosene and act them on 0r«. f Quarter Ton of Gold Is Bonus of One Crane Plant Bridgeport Conn.--Guarded by 12 motorcycle police, a truck carried a quarter ton of gold and 250 pounds Of sliver currency from a bank to the Crane company plant here. The coin, worth about $200,000, was distributed to empioyeea of the plant as an fiitnuai bonus. 0 Strangler Held in N. Y. for Slaying Six Women New York.--Frank Benner, who is believed to have strangled six women to death and attacked several others, was captured here. He confessed that he is the slayer of Estelle Phillips, department store saleswoman, who was strangled In her room ten weeks ago- Confirms Hall Nomination. Washington.--By a unanimous Tote the senate confirmed the nomination of Henry C. Hall of Colorado as chairman of the interstate commerce commission. He will serve one year. He succeeds R. H. Meyer. Eighty Thousand Will Sue Germany. Brussels.--Eighty thousand Belgians deported by the Germans during the World war are bringing a monster collective damage suit against tb^ German government by virtue of article 904 of the treaty of Versailles. '*« Ignores Soviet's Reply, ^ Washington. -- Secretary of State Hughes will refuse to enter into a controversy with Soviet government jr. with the Communist Internationale regarding their efforts at hostile propaganda In the United .States. Living Costs Down* JJVashlngton.--According to an announcement issued by tne bureau of tabor statistics the cost of living v^as me-fifth less in .September this, year chan It was In Juqsi, t ftifeji.. the Ktk was readied. smut® v. s. GOVERNMENT; •' , MARKET REPORT SWMihin^ton.--Fur the week ending Dec. 29.--LlVii STOCK-^--Chicago prices: Hogs, top, 17.20; bulk. $6.65@7.10. Medium aixJ good beef steers, $7.85® 11.10; butcher cows and heifers, $3.65@ 11.25; feeder steers, I4.00 4I S.00; liffht and medium welgrht veal calves, »10.00@ 12.75. Fat lambs, $11.50@13.50; feeding lambs, *11.00@12.S0; yearling's, »8.50@11.60; fat ewes. >4.75 @7.60. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES--Northern sacked round white potatoes, $1.20 @1.25 at Chicago, few saleB at 85@98c f. o. b. Danish cabbage, $23.00@27.00 bulk per ton at Chicago; Florida pointed type. $1.25@1.75 per lfc bu. hamper at city markets. Tellow varieties of onions, $2.00® 2.50 sacked per 100 lbs. at Chicago. Northwestern extra fancy Jonathan apples, $2.00@2.25 per box at Chicago. HAY--No. 1 timothy, $24.50 Cincinnati, $27.50 Chicago, $18.50 Minneapolis; No. 1 alfalfa, $22.50 Minneapolis; No. 1 prairie, $15.50 Minneapolis, $20.00 Chicago. DAIRY PRODUCTS--Butter, 92 scor®, 54c Chicago. Cheese at Wisconsin primary markets: Twins. 21c; single daisies, 22c; double daisies, 21%c; longhorns, 22c; square prints, 22\c. GRAIN--No. 1 dark northern spring wheat, $1.11 @ 1.19 % Minneapolis; No. 1 hard winter wheat, $1.04% Chicago; No. 2 red winter wheat, $1.12 St. L>ouls; No. 2 yellow corn", 72c Chicago; No. 8 yellow corn, 70@71c St. Lonls; No. • white oats. 4J%@4J%c Chicago, 4$H® 44c St. Louis. Man Drank a Little, Fought a Lot and Lived Till 108 Nashville, Tenn.--After living for 108 years, fighting in six major battles of the Civil war, being severely wounded twice, suffering a stroke of paralysis and recovering from yellow fever, James H. Wood, veteran of the Twenty-second Georgia regiment. Confederate army, Is dead here at the Old Soldiers' home, from a second attack of paralysis which followed a fall. Mr. Wood attributed his long Sllfe to the "slniple life," drinking only moderately, "a toddy now and then," drinking coffee but three times a day, smoking with moderation and eating meat occasionally. Harvard Loses to Rad cliff e in Mental Test; Girls Score Cambridge, Mass.--Recent psychological testa of a number of students at Harvard and Radcllffe colleges show thnt the girls scored over the men. The Harvard students show an average of 50.5 per cent in tests given 107 students, while the Radcllffe girls have a 55 per cent average on tests of 37 girls. The tests, devised by Dr. Abraham A. Roback of Harvard, were based on relative speed In observation, deduction, mental application and interpretation. Babies Eat Fireworks* ; Two Die of Explosion Pipsacola, Pla. -- James Burleson, thirteen months old, and Ida Bell Vann, eighteen months, arc dead as the result, of eating fireworks known as "danctag devils." The children picked up the objects, that Ui color resemble chocolate candy, and chewed down on them, causing the fireworks to explode. They were badly wounded and bled to death. Ertgine Hits Automobile i. Three Killed, Five Injured BlOQmington, III.--Three persons were killed and five seriously injured at Deer Creek, 30 miles west of here, when a Nickel Plate engine and caboose hit an automobile, owned and driven by Frank Newell, The dead are: Mrs. Mllllson Roves, seventy; Mrs. Sadie Ross man, forty, and Bofcert Newell, five. Seeks Writ Against Packers. Chicago.--Petitions for writs- of mandamus were filed by the federal government Thursday In the United States District court against the Cudahy Packing company, WQna 4 Co- and Swift A Co. Sees Ten-Year Price Drop. Washington.--The next ten or fifteen years are going to be a period of falling prices, predicted David Friday, speaking at the open session of the thirty-sixth annual meeting' of the American Economic assortstloil. ^ Slain by Mother-In-Law.»?!***«*< Arkadelphla, Ark.--Sheriff Monroe Frances of Clark county was shot and Instantly killed by his mother-in-law, Mrs. Clem Grayson. Mrs. Grayson, who Is slsiy years of age, said her son-in-law was mistreating his wlfo Wants Terse Plstform. Washington.--"Vote catching*" planks will be missing from the 1924 national platform of the Republican party which will be marked by simplicity and directness, ft PreslgeM Coolidge is nominated. It is said. i of Stite Huglw* Tells Why America -Helps Mtdxiccfc * "• Washington.--The United States gKfc* srnment has determined to help the Obregon government in Mexico suppress the revolutionary movement headed by Adolfo de la iluerta, former Mexican minister of finance. This tjovernment has granted an application from the Mexican government for sale to it qf a quantity of war materials. The action of the American government, surprising In sonfe quarters and likely to provide a considerable controversy at the capitol, is approved ny President Coolidge on the recommendation of Secretary of States Hughes. Secretary of War Weeks, It Is understood, did not seriously oppose the Obregon request, although the policy Involved is not favored by officers of the general staff of the army. Secretary of State Hughes tonig)i| confirmed the government's decision. In a statement to the Chicago Tribute, Secretary Hughes said: . . f" '"The Mexican government has presented a request to this government to aelfeflt a limited quantity of war material. This government has expressed Its willingness to make the sale, in view of the relations between this government and the Mexican government, which was formally recognised last September, and of the Importance of the maintenance of stability and orderly constitutional procedure in the neighboring republic." The munitions to be furnished Mexico will include Springfield rifles of the American army pattern, to be taken from surplus arsenal stocks; also some millions of rounds of ammunition. Officials were extremely reticent as to the character and quantities of war materials involved. It is understood, however, that the munitions will embrace between 10,000 and 15,000 Springfield rifles and perhaps as mjACli as 10,000,000 rounds of ammunltiop^ > Four Years of Dry Law Called a Total Failure Washington.--Asserting that "complete failure has attended the effortsof four years of attempted prohibition enforcement," Capt. W. H. Stayton, head of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, announced the calling of a"face-the-facts" conference here on Januury 21 to recommend an "enforceable substitute" for the Volstead act. Captain Stayton said the conference would be attended by antlprohibltlonl8ts from all psrta»:i£f1 the country. ^ Belgian Envoy's Wife Won't Dine With WiedfeUt Washington. -- Washington society and the diplomatlc^eorps are excited and wondering whether unpleasant complications will arise over a disturbing incident at the recent official dinner given by the President and Mrs. Coolidge In honor of the diplomats, wherein the wife of the Belgjhn ambassador, the Bareness de Cartler de Marchlenne, declined to accept the German ambassador, Dr. Otto Wiedfeldt, as her allotted dinner partner. Reserve Board Pictures 1923 as Excellent Yi Washington.--In Its annual review of economic conditions, the federal reserve board announces that the American people produced more, spent more and saved more during 1928 than in 1922. There was a large industripd output, practically full employment, a constant demand for goods and a price level that was mors stable tliatti stir since 1915. - P Confirm Loss o/ U. S. Ship and 37 on Boar4 Constantinople. -- Confirmation was received here of the sinking of the United States shipping board freight steamship Conejos in the Black sea Thursday. All on hoard were lost. It sailed from New York November 5, from Naples Novembe- 24, and arrived at Constapza on December 4. The Conejos was bound from . New York; German Enters U. S. Fuel& Mart With Coal Ricai Minneapolis, Minn.--August Ttyssen, who next to Hugo Stlnnes is the most powerful industrialist in Germany, has perfected plans to enter the American fuel industry with the North Dakota lignite fields ae the scene of his endeavors with a new brlqueting process perfected iri Germany which is said to produce fuel equal In firing efficiency to anthracite. Kills Wlfs and Self. Stanton, Mich.--William R. Worddfc*-lifer forty-seven, a farmer living north of *" ? Vestaburg, shot and killed his wife and then killed himself. The man had been released on bond on an assault and battery charge filed by his wife. Seize Four Carloads of Rurn. Minneapolis, Minn.--Four carloads Of liquor, valued at $00,000, was seised by federal prohibition agents on Its arrival In Minneapolis. They wei« consigned to Minneapolis • fcpam tHwr' York via Chicago. < - Troops Kill *1 Moroa. ' Manila. -- Thirty-one Moros were killed in a clash with sixty soldiers of the constabulary at Malundy. bS Lanao province, island of Mindanao, «» Dec. 16, according to a dispatch*#- ceived here by Mayor Fletcher. •nS!'- Train Hits Auto--One Deei. ^' Hlshawaka, Iv.d.--Cewere DlSlnuttl, forty-five, was killed when an auto |* which he was riding was struck by u New York Centrul freight train., His companion, Joseph Beianchi, thirty* two, sustained a fractured simii ~ ' I '-\f