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mmmHiHiriiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHNiiinig I News Brevities | of illinois Wi V IimmiiiHiiMiimiiiiiimmiiiiiHiiimuc Chicago.--Fifty thousand business men and women of Illinois, members the Illinois chamber of commerce, •re now at work on a plan to cooperate with the next general assembly 011 a definite program of constructive legislation. Favorable action has been advocated by similar organisations in the state. Details of the plan are given In the April issue of the Illinois Journal of Commerce of Chicago, the official publication of the Illinois chamber of commerce. Eureka.--Parents of students at Eurfkg college soon wjil be able to liarn Of the school's activities by tuning their radio sets to the broadcasting station which Is being Installed In Prltchard gymnasium. The license for a station was taken out by Richard Dickinson, Jr., a graduate of the institution. College authorities plan to broadcast recitals, Sunday school lessons, historical studies, sermons and - running stories of athletic contests. Chicago.--Four thousand credit men bave been invited to attend the Illinois conference of credit men in Peoria, April 29, Lawrence Whltty, former president of the Chicago Association of Credit Men and chairman of the state counselors, announced. The conference will consider fundamental problems of credit In retail and wholesale merchandising. Springfield.--This year bids fair to establish a new record In, favorable health conditions In Illinois, according to a bulletin Issued by the state department of public health. Figures "for the first ten weeks of 1924 show a total of 40,508 cases of communicable diseases reported, against 51,805 for the same period of a year ago, a decline of more than 10,000 cases. Urbana.--Ninety-four farm account schools held In 49 counties during the winter months under the direction of the college of agriculture, University of Illinois, started approximately 1,300 farmers toward keeping books on their farming operations in the farm account book prepared by the college, according to U. L Mosher, state director. Bock Island.--As a memorial to Rock Island's dead heroes of the World war, Rock island Woman's club will purchase bronze plated, to be set in concrete blocks, lncribed with the names of the dead. These markers •111 be placed In front of the memorial trees, 44 in number, planted by the dub on Armistice day, 1921. Rockford.--One hundred and two candles adorned the birthday cake that w»s the feature of a feast that was served In celebration of the one hundred and second birthday anniversary at Mrs. Jane Cunningham of Rockford. lira. Cunningham , sews and works •bout the house as she did f•0o rty years •go. Aurora.--Under the patronage of the chamber of . commerce and the Northern Illinois Lumbermen's association, IU "Own Your Home" club is to be organized here with the view of stimulating home-building. Although the city's population increased more than G^OOO last year, only 100 houses were ' fcailt Springfield.--More than 780,000 automobile and truck licenses have been Issued by the automobile department of the secretary of state's office, exceeding last year's number during the mini" period by 250,000, according to •Secretary of State Louis L. Emmerson. Pekln.--The will of Jacob Fehr, disftsing of a $70,000 estate, requires • flwt an adviser Is to be named for the executors, of whom there are two, and Specifies he must be a member of the Oierman Apostolic church. He Is to .'".fife chosen by the heirs. ' Pontiac.--At the annual meeting of the Pontiac Golf and Country club new Officers were chosen for the coming jrear as follows: President, J. M. fcyon; vice president, F. A. Ortman; secretary, R. M. Nlven; treasurer, D. - 8. Myers. Springfield.--Rotary club members ftrom central and southern Illinois assembled iter* 16 annual conferences A "farade was the opening feature, after V #hich Gov. James White of Champaign delivered the annual address. Danville.--The United States District court during March collected $28,- 500 In fines assessed for violations of the Volstead and other liquor laws, principally from Williamson and Franklin counties and East St. Louis. Urbana.--Miss Dorothy McConnell ©f Champaign and A. G. Dixon of East St. Louis led the grand inarch at the • engineering dance held by students In the college of eglneerlng at the Uni verslty of Illinois. Chicago.--Legislation that will grant adequate pay to workers In the postal service was demanded In resolutions unanimously adopted at a meeting of 2,500 postal employees of the Cook county area." Danville.--The Democrats In the city election In this city reduced a hopeless minority in the city council to within two members of a tie. Galesburg.--One hundred and thlrty- „ four Knox students earned over $12,- 000 during the first semester this year, according to figures! obtained by a * questionnaire sent out by the college employment bureau. Men composed 77 per cent out of the students working. Clerks, cooks, waiters, barbers, taxi drivers, draftsmen and Janitors are included in the list. Chicago.--With only two dissenting votes, the city council passed the largest budget In the history of Chicago. It amounted to $171,432,420, Including a corporate fund of $46,496,021. Jacksonville.--Senorlta Sarltrt Jones, I a petite dark-eyed girl from Chile, lias I of been chosen queen of the May by a 1 thoroughbred bull Atlanta.--At the second trial of the slander suit of Mayor Samuel lddlngs against Alderin&n Allen Houser, the Jury doubled the award of damages allowed at the first hearing. One' dollar was the first Judgment and now, one 'year inter, a second Jury has raised the amount of damages to $2. Tlie board of aldermen alleged Inefficiency and succeeded In getting the mayor ousted. The courts reseated him and he filed suit against Houser, asking $10,000 damages. The court costs are still in controversy. Da Kalb.--Mrs. Minnie Grlswold has filed suit for $10,000 damages against the De Kalb Telephone company for Injuries alleged to have been Incurred through negligence. She declares the telephone company grounded one of its wires on a pump, which became heavily charged with electricity during a storm, so that when she grasped tl)e handle she received a severe shock and was permanently Injured. Springfield.--Characterising the pro» posed reconstruction of Camp Grant for use by tl\e Illinois National Guard as the "longest step In the direction of practical preparedness that has been taken by any state," Adjt. Gen. Carlos D. Black announced that contractors will Immediately prepare for the rebuilding of the old World war camp. Springfield.--The state department of public health was recently •jelled' upon for assistance In connection with an outbreak of abo^t 200 cases of diarrhea among children In Rockford. An Investigation Indicated that the trouble originated because pasteurization of a certain milk supply was suspended during the Installation of new machinery at the pasteurizing plant. Pana.--Springside Coal Mining company closed down Its mine i indefinitely on account of lack of orders, It was stated. Two hundred and fifty miners are thrown out of employment. Pana mine No. l^has been closed for the past three months, leaving t only two mines In operation here. Byron.^-Chester Rezell, Fred Helmrec and Leonard Carlson were arrested on the charge of shooting a wild deer In violation of the Jllinois fish and game code. 'Small herds of deer have been roaming northwestern Illinois counties during the last several "months. Danville.--The Mascoutah Brewery was ordered dismantled In the final disposition of the famous case in the United Stares District court here. Edward J. Nicholson, manager of the concern, charged with shipping beer to Matteson, was given a year in Jail and fined $2,500. Chicago.--Richard Coogan, three, died in Englewood hospital from scalds sustained when he fell Into a tub of hot water. The child was to be given a bath by his mother. She went to get cold water to temper the bath when little Richard fell Into the tub. Waukegan.--Even the city hall Isn't safe from robbers. L. J. Yager, commissioner of finance, started an Investigation In the loss of $200 city funds. The city hall door had been forced open during the noon hour and two compartments of the office safe looted. Evanston.--Mrs. Ella M. McComas, for 15 years hostess at the national headquarters of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, died while sleeping in her" chair at that Institution. Her death was , attributed to heart disease. Galesburg.--A new clubhouse for the Soangetaha Golf club was decided upon, plans for the remodeling of the old structure being rejected. Work will commence next fall. Charles F. McCann was engaged as professional golf Instructor and will report April 1. Peoria.--The Illinois Bell Telephone company now has 1,000,000 telephones operating in the state. The one millionth Instrument was Installed In the home of Joseph Jochman here. An informal dinner was given In celebration of the event Marlon.--The day of the dog In Marion will be over If the city council passes an ordinance it Is considering, which would levy a fine of from $5 to $25 upon persons who penplt dogs to run loose upon the streets. Dixon.--Agitation for removal of the temporary arch of victory erected In Dixon at the close of the World war, has resulted In a movement to build a permanent arch, financed by all the people of Lee county. Carbondale.--A new enrollment record of 2,517 was established at the forty-fourth annual meeting of the Southern Illinois Teachers' association at Carbondale. This figure exceeds by 200 all previous enrollments. Springfield. -- Auditor Russel at Springfield has begun the payment of 2,000 deferred soldier bonus claims, the payment of which, for one reason and another, has been delay^J. Urhana.--Mothers', day at the University of Illinois at Urbana will bring thousands of mothers of students to Urbana. Chicago.--Thirty cities find villages in Cook county elected o^lclals Tue» day, the elections being hotly contested In many instances. Alton.--A special tax for the support of a playgrounds program for children was adopted here. Decatur.--B. F. Coffman, treasurer of Macon county, has agreed to turn the interest from county funds into the public treasury. In the past, the treasurer has been retaining the interest A bond of $3,500,000 has been required and bonding companies exact a premium of $1,275,to furnish protection. Berwyp. -- Eight-year-old Robert Bragg lost his life at a gateless grossing In Berwyn when an automobile driven by his father crashed Into an express train of the Chicago, Burlington k Qulncy railroad speeding westward at the rate of 50 miles an houx. Princeton.--Condemned on account the presence of tuberculosis, a valued at $2,500, f- K. K. K. BATTLE Score of Others Injured in footing Between Townspeople and Kl&nsmen. Lilly, Pa.--Two men wele killed, mother "believed fatally wounded, and a score of others were more or less seriously hurt in rioting between townspeople and members of the Ku Klux Klan, a close checkup by state I»oHce and deputy sheriffs disclosed. Four women -were among those injured. They were said . by police to have been attacked after cheering the marching klansmen. Four residents of Lilly were being held by state police on charges fcf rioting, while at Johnstown 25 men, said to be klansmen were being held by Sheriff Logan N. Kellar pending an Investigation. Charges of riot and murder will be preferred against the 29, according to District Attorney D. I*. W'eimer of Cambria county. The rioting occurred when the stream from a fire hose was turned On the klansmen as they were boarding a Special truin for Johnstown, 19 miles west of here, after having paraded In the darkness through the .town from an adjoining hill where a ceremony attended by some 60 klansmen had; been held. Firing began Immediately, and when the special train pulled out thirty minutes later, several wounded inen had been tuken aboard, while two townsmen lay dead in the street. End Ruhr Collection*, Says the Dawes Board farts.--A semi-official summary of the report of th^ Dawes comijiittee of experts reveals that the whole scheme Is based on the relinquishment by France and Belgium of the system for the collection of reparations which has been built up in the Ruhr and Rhineland. Not only the railways must be returned to Germany, but the tax receipts and other moneys collected by the Franco-Belgians must go Into a special department of a new gold bank created t<q bring sanity to Germany's money. MISS JULIA BANK$ Miss Julia Banks of the Interior department, who has been made assistant United States attorney. Is the first woman to be appointed to a legal post of responsibility In the Interior department. Miss Banks entered the government service In 1913 as a stenographer. Chinese Governor Eats at Banquet; Fires Hosts Shanghai.--Kao Enhung, new governor of the Tslntao area appointed by Gen. Wu Pel Fu, Chihili war lord, to insure control of the revenues of the former Japanese Interests In China, was given a banquet by government employees of the previous regime. Immediately afterwards Kao signed orders dismissing practically, all old employees, including his hostsi - -\| Turkish Troops Attack Post Held by French Constantinople. -- ReBewed encounters between the Turks and the French along the Syrian frontier are reported In dispatches from Adana. The Turks attacked the French post at Abdurrahman, killing two soldiers, while a Turkish bank was attacked by French detachments in the Neighborhood of Antloch. Peasants*Turn on Reds and Kill Many Officials Berlin.--Peasant opposition to Bolshevik rule is breaking out sporadically In the Ukraine and the Urals of Russia. In the provinces of Odessa, Podolsk and Valkl, numerous villages have barred all Commnnists and are murdering political agents and commissars at every opportunity. Yeggs Cut Two Wallsj Escape With $t>0, Chicago.--After tunneling through the basement walls of two adjoining buildings, thieves cut through the floor of the Empire Jewelry store and, overcoming a network of burglar alarm wires, blew open a safe and escaped with jewelry and unset diamonds val ued at toore than $50,000. $i,2£0,000 Charged Againat Books on March 1,1923, Witnesses Testify, ™rM'rf '.A" I SENATE CALLS WEEKS IN AIRCRAFT FRAUD Witness Hints at $50,000,- 000 Graft. Washington.--Secretary of War John W, Weeks Injected himself Into thl rejuvenated aircraft scandal in a manner that has caused amazement in the capital and has raised the question of broadening the powers of the Brookhart committee to Include an investigation of the War department. Mr. Weeks was requested to present to the committee certain reports which were taken two weeks ago from the brief case and desk of Thomas F. Lane, former legal adviser to the aircraft division of the War department. These papers, Mr. Lane testified, were his private papers, copies of reports made by him in aircraft frauds during the last five years--rrauds which he estimates at $500,000,000-- and they form, he stated, "the final fulcrum to open the lid and turn the light on some darkness in the Wax department" Capt. W. F, Volandt of the air service, who was accused by Mr. Lane of having "stolen" the documents, admitted on the stand that he had taken them, but claimed they were official fiifes, and that as Mr. Lane had been fired" by orders of Secretary Weeks, the papers were government papers. "Where are the papers?" Captain Volandt was asked. "The secretary of war," he sald,v has directed me to Inform the committee that the papers are In his possession and that a subpoena will have to be served on him." The committee ordered the papers submitted to Its inspection at once. Ittdianapolis, Ind.--Seventy Indiana bankers testified that Gov. Warren T. McCray had banking Indebtedness of $1,250,000 on March 1, 1923. Attorneys for the state declared that this amount would be raised appreciably when other bankers take the stand. K. W. Opman, representing the Harris Trust aid Savings bank of Chik cago, was one of the witnesses. Mr. Opman testified that the governor owed his bank $100,000 on March t, last year. The examination of the bankers consumed all of a morning session and practically all of an afternoon. A long procession of bankers passed to and from the witness stand, to be eataittlned briefly on the paper their institutions hfld against the governor, who is on trial for grand larceny and embezzlement. , The g'rvernor's financial statement for the March period upon which the hankers were asked to testify showed liabilities at $537,000. It nad been understood ° that the state would rest its case, but the prosecutor announced that more witnesses had been summoned. They will appear later. The new witnesses will be handwriting experts, who will examine notes which are alleged to have been forged. SENATOR W. L. JONES Increase of About - - k to 55,000 Trainmen *>; * • ' " ' Ne<v portrait of United States Senator Wesley L. Jones of Washington who this year rounds out a quarter of a century of service In congress. He served in the lower house ten years and this Is Ms fifteenth year in the senate. V. S. GOVERNMENT , MARKET REPORT Washington.--For the week ending April 5.--LIVE STOCK--fchicago prices: > Hog's, $7.55 for the top and $7.35@7.55 Several additional debts of Governor fc for the bulk- Medium and good, beef McCray were revealed. They follow: Gary State bank, $15,000, direct. First National, First Trust and Savings, First Calumet Trust and Savings and the Indiana Harbor National bank, all of Chicago, $32,000, direct. People's Trust and Savings bank, Booneville, $5,050, direct Belgian Jury Condemns Ten Criminals to Death Ghent.--.k trial which snrpassed all records in the history of Belgian Justice has Just been concluded In the eastern Flanders assizes with a verdict condemning ten men to death, seven to life Imprisonment, five to 20 years, four to 15 years and one to 12 years in prison. The men were members of a band of 36 criminals who operated with practical Impunity throughout Belgian Flanders In the period Immediately following the armistice, profiting by the disorganization of the police at that time. January Inauguration Bill Reported to Hem Washington.--The Norris resolution, already approved by the senate, proposing a constitutional amendment which would provide for the Inauguration of the president and the vice president in January and for the convening of congress on the flrstjMonday in January following election was ^ported by a house committee, A house committee had already approved a similar resolution presented by Representative White (Rep., Kan.). Two American Merchants Murdered in Albania Rome.--Two American mercnants were murdered on the Tirana-Scutari road In Albania, forty kilometers from Tirana, says a dispatch to the Stefanl agency. The dispatch adds that the Albanian government has taken energetic steps to discover and punish the murderers. Exclusive London Club Host to Laboring Men London.--The Carleton club, made up of distinguished Conservatives, chiefly peers, and one of London's most exclusive organizations, gave a luncheon to 55 laborers, who have Just finished refaclng the building. ' ' Polish Diplomat in U. S. Discharged Over Booze Warsaw.--Dr. Venceslas Sotoolowskl, former first secretary of the Polish legation In Washington, who was recalled recently after ahe seizure of a targe amount of liquor in his apartment, has been released from the diplomatic service after an investigation by the foreign office. Dr. Sokolowskl was recalled after a raid on his Washington residence during the Christmas holidays and the discovery of alcoholic liquors estimated to be worth $50,000, Wills $100,000 to Mrs. Wilson, Cuts Off Family Richmond, Ya --Henry Berghelmer, aged Swiss watchmaker and reputed to be one of the most adept of his craft in America, died recently In Washington, leaving a will In which he cut off without a penny his son and daughter, and bequeathed to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson his entire estate. The estate, Including life insurance,- Is said to be valued at almost $100,000. tv. f*:;- unanimous vote of the students of Illinois Woman's college. The ceremonies of crowning the queen probably will be held on the camjsis here the second Monday In May. Chicago.--After blindfolding J. E. Scbank, president and treasurer of the R. H. Burke company, aS he was ubout to enter the firm> offices, two young bandits escaped with a $2,400 pay roll. The money had Just been withdrawn fwxn* Colorado Team Champions Chicago. -- Windsor, Colo., high school cagemen donned the crown of America's prep basketeers by defeating Yankton, 8. D., 25 to 6, In the finals of the championship round at the University of Chicago. Frmnch Troops Seize 61 as Agitators in Ruhr Paris.--French secret military police, reinforced by tfroops from the army of occupation, effected wholesale raids throughout the entire Rhlnetand and Ruhr, except the British rone at the Cologne bridgehead. They rounded up 61 alleged leaders of recruiting organizations who have been secretly jrlvinc youths Mid men military training. Large atmwnts of hidien firearms and munitions w*re seize?!, as well as riuch literature Inciting the German civilian populace, to enroll, train, and r*"ePi»"» for a war cf revenge against Franc®. steers, $8.25® 11.25; butcher cows and heifers, J4.00@10.75; feeder steers, J5.2B @8.75; light and medium weight veal calves, $8.25 @11.75. Fat lambs, $14.75 @ 16.75; feeding lambs, )12.00@ 15.00; fat ewes, $7.75 #12.00. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES--Northern sacked round white potatoes, $1.16 @1.50 In Chicago, $1.10@1.20 at shipping points; Florida Spaulding Rose, $1.00@2.00 per bbl. lower, bringing $11.00 5® 14.00 in consuming markets; Tennessee Nancy Hall sweet potatoes, $3.60 @3.70 per bushel in Chicago. Onions, sacked yellow varieties, $1«75@ 2.25 per 100 lbs., top of $2.50 for best stock in Chicago. Texas flat and round type cabbage. $60.00@70.00 bulk per ton in city wholesale markets. Louisiana Klondike strawberries,• $6.00@6.50 per 24-plnt crate in Chicago, $5.42,^4 f. o. b. cash'track. Northwestern extra fancy wlnesap apples, $2.00@2.50 per box. HAY--No. 1 timothy, $24.60 Cincinnati, $27.00 Chicago, $18.60 Minneapolis. $28.50 St. Louis; No. 1 alfalfa, $28.00 Chicago, $22.00 Minneapolis; No. 1 prairie, $20.00 Chicago, $16.60 Minneapolis, $20.00 St. Louis. GRAIN--No. 1 dark northern spring Wheat, $1.1)1% @1.26% Minneapolis; No. 9 hard winter wheat, $1.05@1.09 CJhicago; No. 2 red winter wheat, $1.15@ 1.16 St. Louis; No. 2 yellow corn, 73% @ 74V4c Minneapolis; No. 3 yellow corn, 79%@82c Chicago, 83@83%c St. Louis; No. 3 white oats, 47%@48%c Chicago, 61@51V6c St. Louis, 44c Minneapolis. DAIRY PRODUCTS--Butter, 92 score 40c in Chicago. Cheese at Wisconsin primary markets: Single daisies, 18%o; longhorns, 19c. Wage increases of 6 per cent to 55,000 railroad trainmen r and conductors were formally announced here. The pa^ boost, considered alone, would add approximate!# $5,000,000 annually to pay rolls of,, 36 caVrlers in the territory west of Cli|» ^ ... cago. However, it is understood tlM . brotherhood representatives agreed » , make concessions in the modification , of certain working rules. These wl|I save the railways much money. j* The agreement climaxed negotli» ; { tlons that were In progress in, ttt» • Transportation building for more thskt two weeks. Up to Mondny reports from the secret conferences indicated slight prospects for a settlement. Failure of the independent parley would have left the Issue to the UnitqA. " States railroad labor board. p?- ; Many of the eastern roads and tvfll;.' V Important lines In the South, a!read#-: hiave renewed contracts with certain groups of train service employees/: Some of fhese, notably the New YorS Central ai^l the Pennsylvania, granted pay increases of more thdn 5 per cent" all in the train services--condu# tors, trainmen, engineers, firemen ai|| swltclftnen. » f " Of the lines running west from Chicago, the Chicago Great Western, tK» /x Chicago & Alton and t*e Elgin, .Toilet Eastern are not parties to the a«res»* ment. However, the roads granting, the Increase represent about cent of the mileage west. Hamon's $18,700 Paid Harding*s Hotel Washington.--According to testimony given by his ex-partner to tb» Teapot Dome Inquiry committee^ Jak» Hamon, Oklahoma oil man anil lljlcal boss, paid the bill of $18,700 CWr Warren Harding's flag-decked and elpensive campaign headquarters on the second floor of the Congress hotel, Chicago, during the 1920 convention. He did it because his wife wanted him to, According to the testimony. Hamon was working for Governor LoW^ den on the floor of the convention and behing the scenery, but she was boosting in peacock alley tor HardiM^' whose distant relative she was. ; ; Says One Estate Growing Rate 100 Million a Year Washington. -- One estate in the United States Is increasing at the rate of nearly $100,000,000 a year. Chairman Green of the house ways and means committee asserted In a formal statement replying to Secretary of the Treasiify Mellon's attack on the In-. creasWt estate taxes written Into the tax bill by the house. Chairman Green declined to name the owner of the fortune whi"h, he said, was rising so rapidly, but there was no doubt he had reference to Henry Fprd.. Bandits Loot Bank ; s % $6,000; Kill Sidesman Bellmore, N. Y.--Six bandits held up four employees of the First N» tlonal bank here, took $8,000 from the teller's «mge and escaped In an automobile after shooting Ernest L. Whitman, bond salesman, who entered the bank as they were leaving. He died within a few minutes. The holdup was staged during lunch hour and pedestrians jammed the streets as the bandits sped away. They fired a volley at the crowd as they left High School Girls Cut. Classes to Haul Rum? Louisville, Ky.--An investigation of reports that certain Louisville high school girls had been "cutting" classes to use their automobiles for Illegal transportation of whisky has been begun both by federal prohibition operatives and the city board of education. Reports that bootleggers had employed high school girls as liquor runners on a Balary basis had been under way for several days. Jtdy State Secretary Hughes to Visit England in Washlngtoni^-Secretary of Hughes plans to go to England with the American Bar association In July as guest of the British Bar assocla tlon. Whether he goes will depend wholly on the exigencies of the period, he said. As matters now stand, Secretary Hughed expects to be able to jnake the journey and is looking tor- *ward to It with much anticipation. First Quarter Paid U. S. on Incomes 480 Million* Washington.--March collections Income and profit taxes--the bulk of the first quarterly payment on last year's Incomes and profits-r-aggregated approximately $480,000,000, about $17 000,000 greater than collections In the same period last year. Totol payments for the year have be^ estimated at about $1,825,000,000.^ and Imported recently from Scotland by J. ,H. Schroeder, was shipped to Chicago for slaughter. The government and state allowed $225 toward the loss Incurred. The ^carcass brought $175 from the packers. Chicago.--Kathleen O'Connell, eleven years old," died at the Washington Park hospital. Death Was caused by blood poisoning, which, set In after the girl had scratched a wdrt on one of her fingers. New Shipping Record New York.--A new shipping record was believed to have been set Saturday when a total of sixty-four steumers sailed from the port ot New York up to 10 o'clock. Tough on Coconuts Manila.--An earthquake that shook many tons of coconut* to the ground from trees was reported from the province of Tajabas, in northern Luzon.' ^No serious damage was reported. Havers Defeat a Jones Atlanta, Ga.--Great Britain triumphed over the United States in an unofficial golf match for the world's championship here when Arthur Havers, British open champion, defeated Bobby Jones, 2 and 1. Firpo Knocks Out Reich Buenos Aires.--Luis Firpo, the South f American heavyweight champion, added another victory to his record by knocking out At Reich in the first round. Spanish Quake Moim \ Farms More Than a Mue Madrid.--Most of the village of MonavliH. ten kilometers from Granada, moved a distance.of two kilometers (a kilometer Is five-eighths of a mile) during the recent earthquake. Numerous curious legal problems have arisen among the farmers whose farms suddenly moved to new territory.,^ • "J 4 Br"-" Retains Tennis Title * New York.--Vincent Richards of Yonkers, N. Y., retained the national Indoor tennis championship by conquering Francis T. Hunter of New York, 8--6, ft--2, 8--6, ft--8, lu.the final round match. Oklahoma Girls Champions .. Uo8elle, N. J. -- Guthrie,.. Okla., dlncHjed the national high 'school girls' basketball championship hy defeating Westfield, 34 to 17, In the second of a three game series. i J, S. Demands Albania ^ Get Americans' SlayeNt Washington.--The United States government, through Charge d'Affaires Koddtng, h&s made representations to the Albanian government. In connection with the slaying by Albanian bandits of two American business men, George B. Delong, New York City, and Robert L. Coleman, San Francisco. . he Albanian government has prom- " d to dispatch troops to pursuit ©f thA bandits. chigan to Coolidge by a Two to One Vote Detroit, Mich.--President Coolitfge carried the Michigan presidential primaries by a two to one vote over Johnson and Simpson. Coolldge's most surprising victory was In Wayne county (Detroit), which he carried by 10,- 000 votes. On the Democratic ticket Ford and Ferries ran a neck-and-neck race/ which may require the official count to decide. .?*• <4 Appropriations Bill Passes Washington.--The independent offices appropriation bill, providing $349,000,000 for the veterans' bureau and $300,000,000 for the shipping board, was passed by the house. Langley Pleads Not Guilty Washington.--Representative. J. W. Langley entered a plea of not guilty when arraigned in District of Columbia Supreme court on conspiracy charges in connection with alleged illegal liquor withdrawals. Kellogg Boosts Waterway / London.--Ambassador Kellogg expressed the hope that the St Lawrence waterway project would be/ realized. The remark was made In sji address at a dinner given in his Pilgrims' Ship Is Burned Alexandria, Egypt.--The British steamship Frangestan has been abandoned, or. fire In the Red sea," and the 1.200 pilgrims aboard it transferred to the steamer Olan Maclver, which Is proceeding to Port Said. "('t 30,409 Yanks Rest Abroad Washington.'--Completion of all construction work on the eight American military cemeteries In Europe by May 30 was forecast In reports, showing honS I 80.40& AtoericMi wwf Mrs. Anne Stillman $8,000,000 Stillman Home New York.--"By right of seizure, Mrs. Anne U. StUlman reigns over the $8,000,000 estate of her husband In Westchester county. The legal ciause about "possession being nine points of the law" and a dozen police dogs maintain her on the 600-acre estate, and she Intimates she would resist all efforts of the millionaire banker, James A. Stillman, to oust her. Bank Robber Confesses Edmonton. Alberta. -- More than $200,000 in bonds stolen In a series of "bank robberies were recovered by provincial police as a result of revelations by "Smiling Johnny" Held. t*venty-slx-year-old buudlt. Minnesota Bank Cloimd St. Paul. Minn.--The state superintendent of banks ordered the Maple State bank closed, because of depleted reserves. The bank, capitalised at $15,000, had deposits ^of- $443,000. - V Poland to Pay America Warsaw.--Poland's budget for April was completely balanced, the finance minister informed the diet. Arrangements are being ma«fc for the payment of the American debt in Installments, the first to be $500,0iXX * Smallest City Collector Blue Springs, Mo.--Arthur Portwood, twenty-three. elected city col lector here, claims to be the smallest office holder in the world. He is Inches tall and weighs ppuads. > Manufacturer Turns Stock ^ Over to His Employee* Birmingham, Ala.--John J. Eagan, Atlanta capitalist and president of the American Cast Iron Pipe company, who died a few days ago, In his last will and testament, has carried out his pledge made a few years ago to conducts. business along the "golden rule" lines and has bequeathed his entire holdings of common stock in the com*-' pany to the etnployees. Laborites* Rent Bill Beaten in Common* London.--Premier MacDonald's l^aborlte government was defeuted. 221 to 212, In the house of commons when the rent bill, designed to aid unemployed, was rejected' on second reading. The Labor government does not Intend to resign, but will hold a conference to determine whether the bill will be reintroduced minus the ohfectlonable features. Eggs Ten tents a Dozen; Too Cheap to Gather Up Maysville, Ky--Eggs have become so cheap in this section that farmers have quit taking time from their planting to gather them. When the quotation dropped to ten cents a doaen farmers began giving them to producn drivers if they would gather them. v, LaFollette's Platform Washington.--The platform of the progressive division of the Republican pnrt.v, drawn up by Senator Robert M. LaFollette and built principally on the theory of government ownership, was announced. Can't Force Improvement* Washington.--States cannot compel Interstate railroads, the Supreme court declared, to join in the construction of union stations, nor con them to abolish grade crossing*. Canal Zone Delegates Ancon, C. Z.--llie first i-(Hilar!*•.«*>, ganized political convention in the tory of the Canal tone Vns held here, when Democrats named six delegates to the nations! convention Ml {ft* party. -#• >•' • Launch Ceprizes; Three Die EvnnKvllle. Ind.--Ua.v Walker, twenty-! lve. his wife, Llna, nineteen, and Walker's brother. Andrew, tw^nty-flve, were drowned when their motorboat foverturned is thir Ohio river. J. k'uii :>v mi*,: I'-,