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THE MCHKKRY PLAtNDEALES, MeHBNRY, ILL. ILLINOISJ |STA TE "NfiWS ^ Spiingfield.--Dr. J. C. Kraftt of Chl- .^cago was named president-elect of the • Illinois Stat* Medical society before adjournment of its annual convention. : Dr. J. C. Nea! of Springfield wo« elected lirst vice president and Dr. Charte* Maple of Chicago second vice president. Dr. Harold M. Camp of Monmouth was named secretary. Councilors elected wtere Dr. R. R. Ferguson of Chicago, Dr. H. P. Blerne of Qulncy and Dr. William D. Chapman of Silvia. Springfield.--The monthly report of State Treasurer Oscar Nelson, shows a balance of $40,370,077.30 to the credit of the state account on May 1. The Items are: Cash in state depositories Inactive. $26,351,500: active reserve for outstandings, $13,998.357.31; cash in vault, $20,21 P.99. The bonded indebtedness of the state is $92,1 S>5,800. Joliet.--John ltoblnson is out of the penitentiary and plans to go "straight." He is eighty years old, and 50 of them have been spent in prison. "I'm getting old, and I'm going straight from • How on," the veteran prisoner said. ' "I'm going right to the poorhouse and .behave myself." - Eureka.--Legality - of college students participating in a municipal or general election 1ms been brought inte question in the election contest of James Anderson, Republican, who was defeated by Frank Pfeifer, Democratic candidate for county supervisor. Pfeifer won by four votes. Macomb.--The history of McDonougli county, from the earliest historical times, is being written into an immense historical pageant, to be presented this summer, with the grandsons and granddaughters of many of the characters playing purts. Peoria.--A gigantic scheme for elec- * trifying the entire state of Illinois was proposed by President Frank Farrington in opening the eighth biennial convention of "the Illinois Mine Workers, Chicago.--Pound guilty by a Jury of embezzlement of $105,500 from the West Town State bank, George A. Preble, thirty, • teller, faces a term of one to ten years' imprisonment In the penitentiary. r Springfield.--Amid the impressive and solemn ceremonies of tlie high Episcopal church, Right Rev. John Chanler White of Springfield was con- • secrated and ordained bishop of the Springfield diocese of the church. Springfield.--Dr. P. G. Puterbaugh. Chicago, was elected president of the Illinois State Dental society. Peoria was chosen for the 1925 convention. Dr. John J. Donelan, Springfield, was chosen vice president. Decatur.--The Reindeers-Clark legislative primary contest was dismissed by Judge J. S. Baldwin, who assessed the costs against Fred W. Reindeers ' of Mount Pulaski, who brought the contest against John Clark of Decatur. Chicago.--Henry M. Byllesby, nationally known broker and engineer, left an estate of approximately $1,000,- 000, it was revealed when his will was filed for probate. The entire estate Is bequeathed to his widow. Streator.--Clerks and patrons of a large grocery store were thrown Into a panic when a huge blacksnake, having feasted on eggs in a back room, suddenly appeared among them. Men attacked it with clubs and killed it. Urban a.--Miss Kathryn Kahn of Chicago was elected Senior Illinate president for next year at the University of Illinois by junior women. Miss Cvelyn Still, tJrbana, was named secretarytreasurer. Rock Island.--Bethlehem Lutheran church ot Joliet has extended a call to Rev. Emll F. Bergren, Hock Island, to become Its pastor. Mr. Bergren is Identified with the Augustana Book concern of Augustana Lutheran synod. Princeton.--A concerted drive on the part of clubwomen, school children, . city officials and property owners, to rid the city of dandelions, has been launched by Mrs. A. H. Ferris. Poison •pray is to he used. Sbelbyville.--Rev. Hartwig Harms of Glenvllle, Neb., has accepted a call to the pastorate of St. Paul's Lutheran church at Shelbyvllle. He succeeds Rev. J. E. Kieffer, who goes to Sugar Creek, O., congregation. Galena.--A pageant portraying pioneer times in northwestern. Illinois, and particularly in the lead mine region of Jo Daviess county, is to be staged August 31 and September 1. Four hundred will take part. Pecatonica.--Modern Woodmen of northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin will hold a picnic at the Pecatonica fair grounds June 28. Preparations will be made to entertain 20,000. Joliet:--Wbat Is believed to be a fragment of an Iron meteorite recently was dug out of the ground on the lawn at the home of George L. Harley, near here. . < Peoria.--Scottish Rite Masons of Peoria laid the corner stone for the new cathedral, whichisto cost$350,- 000. » Piano.--Sale by the Mollne Plow company of Mollne of the munufacturing plant It acquired three years ago, which formerly was owned by the Independent Harvester company, is announced, the purchasers being the Piano Foundry company and the Federal- Huber company of Chicago. Sycamore.--A refund of $60,000 from the state for hard roads built in De Kalb county prior to the passage of the $60,000,000 bond issue, is to be utilized in graveling a seven-mile stretch of highway from the village of Sandwich to Victor township. ... Pana.--Mayor Vt C. Johnson' has vetoed the ordinance adopted by*th cltji council which penults theaters to be open on Sunday, holding that it wa$ illegal. The city attorney cited precedents which Indicated that the measure would be declared void in the upper courts. 4„ ' Rockford.--Foreclosure of a $25,000 mortgage in Circuit court Is to be followed by sale at public auction of the ' Rockford^.Motor clubhouse to satisfy the judgment. The club has been deda retf'bunkrupt and Its assets are now being liquidated by a receiver. ffljfln.--A grave "situation, "artsfng from the lack of an adequate pure water supply, will eventually Imperil the people of Illinois If the present pollution of the state's rfvers and streams j> i continues," It. Jelllff, president of the Knox County Academy of Science, Gnlesburg, said here In an address liefore the seventeenth annual conference of the Illinois State Academy of Science. , Springfield.--With one person dead from hydrophohla, or rabies, at Harrisburg and an unusually large number of dogs' heads being submitted to the PR. C. S. BORINGER Tetfl Brookhart CdMlttfftM He Paid About $300,000 to Jess Smith. Washington.--George Remus of Ohio. liquor convict at the Atlanta federal animals. Centralis.--A $120,000 bond Issue for purchase and installation of ft water filtration plant was approved at a special election. A recreation project, carrying a supporting tax for five grounds and for supervision of play by a recreation director, also was approved. Peoria.--Twenty-four colleges of the state, members of the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic conference, have been sent entry blanks for the annual track and field meet to be held May 23 and 24 on Bradley field. Between 300 and 400 athletes are expected to compete. East Mollne.--No more married teachers will be hired in the East Moline public schools. This ruling was passed by the school board when it was decided that should a teacher get married during the school year she will not be eligible for the renewal of a contract for the next year. Springfield.--Frank L. Smith of Dwight was elected chairman of the new Republican state central committee at the organization meeting. Charles Peace, Chicago, was elected secretary and Clifford Ireland of Peoria treasurer. Springfield.--Authority to operate a bus line between Flora, Olney, Lawrenceville and the Indiana state line at Ylncennes was asked in an application filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission by the Midland Trail Bus Line. Carbondale.--The Southern Illinois Teachers' college was compelled to close Its doors to further enrollment for the present, term, on account of limited equipment, buildings and teaching force. The attendance is at a new record, nearlng the 1,600 mark. Eureka.--From far-away Belgian Congo, Eureka college has received a contribution £>f $200 toward its endowment campaign. The money was sent by Emory Ross and his wife, Myrta Person Ross. Ross Is serving his sixth year as an African missionary. Springfield.--Since January of this year the heads of seven dogs and one pig examined at the diagnostic laboratory of the state health department, showed the presence of rabies or hydrophobia. Decatur.--Millikin university students returned to classes after having been on a walkout for a week. It is expected that demands of the students will be given consideration by the board of managers. Chicago.--Safeblowers obtained $1,- 000 In the office of the Prudential Life Insurance company. The yeggs drilled through two heavy doors of the vault and blew open the «afe with nitroglycerin. ' Evanston.--Evanston, it appears. Is growing up. Announcement was made that after July 1 two telephone exchanges, University and Greenleaf, will appear before numbers In the directory. Carbondale.--There will be no more "bootlegging" of groceries In Carbondale. Complaints of grocers selling goods on Sunday have reached the city council and the city fathers have taken a stern stand against this method. Rockford.--Winnebago is among the first in tbe state in forest preservation. The board of supervisors has a fund of $65,000 which will be Invested- In public woods. A committee of the board will act as a forestry commission. Charleston.--Police are without s clue in the bombing of the home of Charles C. Lee, Charleston lawyei. The bomb was planted on a side porch. Lee and his family were In the honsn at the time, but were unhurt. TJrbana.--At a meeting William R. Franklin, Rockford. was named editor of the Dally Illlnl. the student paper at the University of Illinois, for next year. E. S. Coath was named business manager. Lincoln.--Striking quicksand while digging a drainage ditch, Samuel Morris, a farmer living near Middletown, sanlf to his chin before aid reached him. Neighbors dug frantically for lfl minutes to release him. Danville.--Dr. Walter J. Brown, prominent physician and surgeon for 25 years, died of general blood poison, the result of pricking a pimple on his left knee two weeks ago. Pekln.--A special election Is to be held May 20, at which time the votertf will pass on the proposition to establish a system of supervised playgrounds. Nokomls.--In eight hours a hoist of 6,046.85 tons of coal at the West mine recently Is considered a record for the state. In making the record Mine Manager F. W. Schneider said that 1,- 238 hoists were made. Average tonnage for March was 5,742 per day, he added. Bloomington.--Respect for the jtag, Its history and the proper methods of displaying it are being taught to more than a million and a quarter school children Inimnols through 200,000 pamphlets being mailed to the schools In the ptate by the American Legion. Joliet.--Aroused by the damage tt trees by incompetent trimmers and the hacking of brunches by telephone linemen In stringing wires, the city council of Joliet has adopted an ordinance which provides for the appointment of a city forester who will have RUpe'Vlslon over the trees and shrubbery. Urbana.--"The economic conditions of agriculture not only are Improving but the fundamental factors are such that further Improvement is certain." Ivan Wright, professor of agricultural economics in the University of Illinois^ declared state laboratory for examination fori| penrtentiary.' Void'the" Brookhart" comrabies, Dr. Isaac D. Rawlings, state rnittee that he had paid netween $250,- health director, Issued a bulletin warn-1 qqq and $300,000 to the late Jess W. ing the people of the state to avoid I jn order to keep out of prison, contact with strange dogs and other Ue gaJd that he coul(, not tell whether he had been double-crossed or not, because "the dead don't tell.*" 1 Remus was brought before the committee under guard. He told of bow he had bought a string of distilleries In Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky after the Volstead act was passed and had arranged by a "gentleman's agreement" with Jess Smith to get withdrawal permits. He said that he had been allowed Immunity from prosecution for a year and, a half, while he distributed some 600,000 or 800,000 gallons of liquor under the pretense of selling it for medicinal purposes. The witness could not recall just how much money he had paid Smith, who at that time was Attorney General Dauglierty's buffer. He estimated, however, that It was between $250,000 and $300,000. He said he never asked Smith whether he had split the money with Daugherty. When he was asked why he gave the money to Smith, Remus replied: "To keep out of the penitentiary--to keep the boys out--to get Smith to use his influence with the attorney general. Even after I was convicted In Ohio Smith told me I would never see the penitentiary. "Smltb told me that the general--the attorney general--said there would be no putting away of Remus tfnd bis mer." Remus said that, a plan bad be«i evolyed by which he was to receive clemency. If the case went to the Supreme court without gaining his release. ji "Harry Daugherty was going to see that I got my pardon--Smith told me that," Remus declared. "Smith killed himself a year ago this month without making his promise good." Spurned Woman Kills Man With Acid in Theater Columbus, Ohio.--Three little children were made orphans when a woman known to police as "Grace" dashed a bottle of acid in their father's face in a downtown theater, causing his death before he could be rushed to a hospital. The victim was George B. Hackney, aged thirty, who, according to his oldest daughter, had been keeping company with the wornnn for some timel "Grace kept asking papa to marry her, but papa wouldn't do it, so Grace got mad," the little girl sobbed. Her mother died a few years ago. Ambassador Woods Quits Japan Post; Illness Cause Washington.--Ambassador Woods has resigned his post at Tokyo and is returning to the United States from Japan as soon as the President and Secretary Hughes find It convenient to release him. The ambassador tendered his resignation to the President around May 1. The health of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Marchand, who has been with hlin in Tokyo and who went through the ordeal of the earthquake disaster, prompted his decision to terminate a brilliant diplomatic career. Ex-Kaiser Joins Fascisti; Proud of Showing Made Berlin.--Former Kuiser Williehn has joined the German Fascisti, according to Herr Wulle, member of the relchstag and one of the chief spokesmen for Adolf 'Hitler's extreme monarchist movement. Herr Wulle said that the former kaiser Is telling guests at Doorn that he Is thankful for the showing of the Fascisti in the recent elections. When the guests depart lie presents each with a silver swastika, emblem of Herr Hitler's anti-Semitic movement In Bavaria Planes to Rush London Diners to Paris Beds London.--Night flights to Paris byafter- dinner express airplanes traveling at 100 miles an hour, are to be attempted soon by the Ney Imperial Airways, Limited; to enable business men to dine in London after a day's work and get to Paris at bed time. Dr. George S. Borlnger of Camden, N. J., has been awarded the Remington Honor medal, the highest distinction In American pharmacy, by the New York branch of the American Pharmaceutical association. The medal Is awarded each , year to that member of the pharmaceutical profession who, In the opinion of a committee of Judges, has rendered most conspicuous service to the profession during the past year.or over a period of years. PRESIDENT VETOES WORLD WAR BONUS Says Principles Oppose; Country Can't Afford. Washington.--The house, by a vote of 813 to 78, defeated the President's veto of the soldiers' bonus bill. Washington. -- Asserting that no moral justification exists for the soldier bonus, that the country cannot afford It, that American principles are opposed to It, and that the veterans as a whole do not want It, President Coolidge sent the bill back to congress with his disapproval. The President attacked the measure both on economic lines and on principle. President Harding, who vetoed the former bill, put his opposition practically entirely on the effect the measure would hav® on the treasury." Indeed he said he would approve a pension bill If It carried In It the taxes necessary to provide the revenue. The President asserts that "we owe no bonus to th* able-bodied veterans of the World war," that the "first duty of every citizen IS to the nation," .and that a gratuity for performing /'this first duty is unjustified," from any standpoint. "The gratitude of the nation to these veterans cannot be expressed in dollars and cents," Mr. Coolldgft continues. "No way exists by which w* can eltlw equalize the burdens or give adequate financial reward to tbbse who served the nation In both civil and military capacities in time of war! The respect and honor of the'r country will rightfully be theirs forevennore. "But patriotism can neither be bought nor sold. It Is not for hire and salary. It Is not material, but spiritual. It Is one of the finest and highest of human virtues. To attempt to pay money for It Is to offer It an unworthy indignity which cheapens, debases and destroys it. "Those who would really honor patriotism should strive to match It with an equal courage, with an equal fidelity to the welfare of their country and an *qual faith in the cause of righteousness." 80,000 See Black Gold Win the Kentucky Derby Louisville, Ky.--Eighty thousand persons saw Black Gold, owned by Mrs. R. M. Hoots of Tulsa, Okla., and ridden by Jockey Mooney, win the Golden Jubilee derby at Churchill Downs. Chllhovvee was second. Beau Butler third, and Altawood fourth. The time for the mile and a quartet was 2:05^4. The purse was worth $63,300 to the owner of the winner. Six Killed in Wreck on Seaboard Air Line Raleigh, N. C.--Six person* were killed, one was probably fatally Injured and five otheA less seriously hurt when a Seaboard Air Line local passenger train crashed Into an express train In the yards at Apex, N. Ci, south of Raleigh. U. S. Airmen Hop 500 Miles Yetorofu Islands, Kurlles. -- The three American army aviators flying around the world landed here after having made -the 500-mlle flight from Parumashiru islands in e little more than seven hours. Recall Warships in Levant Washington.--Six United States destroyers which did relief work at Smyrna * will return to the United States in July, after having be«n til European waters for two years. Pat Harrison to Keynote New York.--Senator Pat Harrison (Miss.) has been selected temporary chairman and "keynote speaker" of the Democriitlc national convention which meets here on June 2^ it Mu learned here. *• 120 Dead in Quakes Constantinople.--Further earthquake shocks were reported at Erzerum. Hassan Kale and Kurs. Entire villages In the section were , destroyed and about 120 persons lost their lives. Makes Unexpected Profit of $4,400,000; Drops Dead Bucharest.--Emburlco, an enormous l.v rich English shop owner of Greek origin, died from shock In his office at Brallla, Rumania, when he received a telegram from London saying he had made nn unexpected profit of £1,000,000 ($4,400,000) on several cargoes. Three Comets Shooting at the Earth in 1924 Washington.;--Three comet n are due to approach near the earth In 1924. the naval observatory announced. They are the Encke and Temple,* which will appear In November, and the Tuttle. coming In December. All were small during their last visit within range of vUiou. < . , :il' - Needs $3,000,000 Mere W ushlngton.--An additional appropriation of $3,000,(100 for scrapping naval vessels in accordance with the Washington arms conference agreement was requested of congress by President Coolldge. Panama-Colombia Row Ended Washington.--The long-standing controversy between Panama and Colombia was settled when diplomatic envoys between the two governments were exchanged. forest Fires Raging Washington.--The forestry service announced that fires In northern Montana are reaching alarming ' proportions. Twenty separate fires, covering an acreage of 10,000 seres, are burning. HISS U. S. FUMm AS YANKEES WIN French, Beaten at Rugby in Olympic Games, Beat p"'"-' •' Up Americans r -»?; '>»; ' Parts.--The American Olympic ragby football team won two great victories at tbe Colombes stadium. The first was their defeat of France in the final Olympic rugby match, .17 to 3. The second was a victory over themselves In not losing their temper under great provocation from what was termed by spectators as unfair and unjust a crowd as erer attended a sporting event. ^ The American players were boded and hissed throughout the game. The raising of the American flag on the Olympic flagpole was the occasion for a demonstration of booing and catcalling, and the strains of the American national anthem were almost drowned out by the din raised by the seemingly Infuriated spectators. During the game a free-for-all fight occurred In the grandstand, two American students in Paris being knocked out. The big demonstration came right after the final whistle blew. The crowd for a moment seemed stunned. Amid silence the American flag was run up on the Olympic pole. This seemed to awaken 1 a large majority of the spectators from their minute of lethargy, for bedlam broke loose. The strains of the American anthem could hardly be heard, owing to the terrific booing and catcalling as the Americans walked-off the field.* An American photographer, while attempting to take a picture' of the American flag flying from the top of the Olympic pole, was hit with various missiles thrown by spectators and compelled to take to cover. Police reserves were called out to protect the American players from the crowd massed outside the main entrance of the stadium. The American team left by * side gate under police protection. --t : !- A 1 !• "• * " EDOUARD HERRIOT Coolidge Act Rebuked by Chicago Judges Chicago.--President Coolldge's pardon of Philip Grossman, a Chicago saloon keeper, who was sentenced to a year In the house ot correction for ontempt of court, was overruled by udges Wllkerson and Carpenter of the Chicago federal court. In reading the decision, Judge Wllkerson held that the Chief Executive is without pardon authority in contempt cases. U. S. Business Is Goodf" Kahn Tells President Washington.--The fundamental conditions of American business are sound; there is no accumulation of products, and immediate delivery orders are coming in steadily, though future orders are 110 so brisk. This message was brought to President Coolidge by Otto H. Kahn, member of the International banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb 4 Co. Misinformed in Grossman Case, Says the President Washington.--President Coolidge authorized the statement that he had been misinformed as to Important facts In the case of Philip Grossmun of Chicago, whose sentence for contempt of court In a liquor case he commuted several months ago, an extension of Executive clemency which Federal Judges Carpenter and Wllkerson have held he had no authority to make. Scheme to Nationalizm British Mines Defeated London.--The first out-and-out socialist legislation promoted by the British Labor government went down to defeat before a combined Liberal and Conservative onslaught. It was a bill calling for nationalization of mines and was rejected by & vote of 264 to 16S. British Salvaging German Fleet to Build New Ships London.--Salvaging operations were begun on Scapa Flow on the ships of the German war fleet which were scuttled by their own crews after the peace treaty. The bulls of tbe ships and materials will be used for the construction of other vessels. A huge floating dock, formerly Germany's property, was towed to Scapa Flow to begin operations. Finns May End Dry Law as Nation Soaks Up Ram Copenhagen.--Finland's rlkstag discussed tlu abolition of prohibition, making tbe sale of alcohollvs a state monopoly. The proposal for abolishing the measure states that In 1923 5,200,000 lltera (roughly. 1,300000 gallons) of alcohol were used In spite of prohibition. !• Oregon for Coolidge Portland, Ore.--Oregon Republicans at the state primary election Friday approved the candidacy of President Calvin Coolidge for the nomination for President by a 3 to 1 vote over Senator Hiram W. Johnson. Lisbon Under Martial Lam Lisbon.--Martial law is In effect at Lisbon and Oporto following threats of a general strike which Is expected to result in disturbances. Isolated violence already has been reported. J. H. McClemont Dies New York.--John Hall McClemont, sixty-two, a director in many 'orpon*. tions and formerly comptroller of the Edison ^General Electric company, died saddeftljLj»t his BcoeWyv bona. Coolidge Opens Headquarters Cleveland, Ohio.--National headquarters for the Coolidge campaign was opened here on the"fttyith floor of Hotel Cleveland. William H, Butler, the President's campaign manager, Is In personal charge here. Seaton to Head College All'ion, Mich.--Dr. John L. Seaton of N?w York, assistant secretary of tin board of education of the Methodist Episcopal church, has accepted the I presidency 0T Albion college. Edounrd l> ;••• ,i>ay-r 1 <-i|g and leader of the radicals, may succeed M. Polncare as premier of France. U. S. GOVERNMENT MARKET QUOTATIONS Washington.--For the weelt ended May 17.--FRUITS AND VEGETABLES-- Northern sacked round white potatoes, 11.15(91.30 In Chicago; Florida Spauldinp Rose potatoes, $8.50@9.00 per double- head barrel; Texas Blisa Triumphs ranpred J4.75@5.50 sacked per 100 lbs. In mldwestern markets. Texas yellow Bermuda onions, $1.75<g>2.00 per standard crate In city wholesale markets. Alabama cabbage, $4.25@4.75 per barrel crate In Chtcagro. Tennessee Klondike strawberries. $3.50<rM.00 per 24- quart crate In mldwestern markets, 12.75 @S.26 f. o. b. LTVE STOCK--Chlcasro prices: Hogs. 17.60 for the top and $7,250)7.55 for the bulk. Medium and good beef steers, $8.35@11.60; butcher cows and heifers, $4.00@10.25; feeder steers, $5.75@9.25; light and medium weight veal calves, $8.00@11.25. Fat lambs. $13.50@15.65; yearlings, $10.75@13.76; fat ewes, 15.00 @8.65. GRAIN--No. 1 dark northern spring wheat, $1.15% @1.32% in Minneapolis; No. 2 hard winter wheat, $1.07 @1.15 in Chicago, $1.07 in St. Louis; No. 2 red winter wheat, $1.12 In St. Louis; No. 3 red winter wheat. $1.04% @1.06% in Chicago; No. 2 yellow corn. 77% @78c in Chicago; No. 3 yellow corn, 76@77o in St. Louis; No. S white corn. 78<978c in St. Louis; No. $ white oats, 47^(9 48 %c la Chicago, 48%@49%o In St. Louis. HAY--No. 1 timothy, $24.00 in Cincinnati. $20.00 in Chicago, $25.00 In St. Louis; No. 1 prairies. $13.50 In St. Louis. DAIRY PRODUCTS--Butter, 92 score, 87In Chicago. Cheese at Wisconsin primary markets; Singfe daisies, 19a: double daisies, 18%c; young Americas, 18%c; longhorns, 18%c; square prints, l»o. Thousand Trillion Marks Given to General Degoutte Duesseldorf.--The municipality t>r Duesseldorf recently presented Gtneral Degoutte, the French commander In chief In the Ruhr, with on» thousand trillion marks ($230) for the mess fund of the "pollus" who aided In the Installation of the German sample fair in Duesseldorf. General Degoutte asked the municipality to devote the sum to the city's charities In the name of the French soldiers because the army regulations forbid tbe acceptance of such gifts. Yanks Travel 878 Miles in Jump Across Pacific Paramashiru Island, Kuriles.--The three United States army flyers arrived here Saturday morning at 11:35 o'clock from Attu island, the Aleutians, on their flight around the world. The jump from Attu Island, westernmost tip of the Aleutian chain, to Par-imashiru was the longest of the route laid out for the flyers and was considered one of the most hazardous. The distance, by way of Cape Kronatski, on tbe Kamchatka peninsula, lu 878 miles. Fewer Born, More Died in 1923, Census Shows Washington.--Lower birth rates and higher death rates for last year, as compared with 1022, were recorded by the census bureau. Statistics made public here show that the highest birth rate, 34.8 per 1,000 population, was in cities of Wyoming and the lowest, 15.0 per 1.000, in rural districts of Montana. The highest death rate, 28.8 per 1,000, was In cities of Mississippi and the lowest, 6.5 per 1,000, in the rural districts of Idaho.. German Trade Slumping- Fast Into Bankruptcy Berlin. -- Twenty-flve bnnkruptcles reported Thursday are taken as indicating the critical condition of German Industry, according to - business men here. In the -ase of the Mansfield Mining company the government was compelled to Intervene to prevent 32,000 workers from being thrown out of employment. Many firms, especially In the shoe and foodstuffs Industries, are asking moratorta. Fire Raxes Jap Town Tokyo.--A fire Friday morning wiped out the town of Hachinohe, near Aomorl. About 1,000 houses were razed. The United States round tbe world flyers are scheduled to stop at Hachinohe. Federal Judge 4o Face Quia Washington.--A bouse committee, after completing* preliminary Inquiry, recommended a congressional Investigation of charges against Federal Judge Baker of West Virginia. Deputy Speaks German Paris.--A communist. Charles Hucher, elected a member of the" chamber of deputies from the lower Rhine (Alsace), cannot speak French, and his party has already filed notice that the deputy, must speak German. Underwood Deserts Kentucky Lexington. Ky.^Senator Oscar Underwood of Alabama has withdrawn hi* name from the PresWentlul contest fn Kentucky, leaving the Democratic fleTO"%et» (9 McAduo. SENATE PASSES BONUS MEASURE Upper House Overrides die ^ President's Veto by Twip; "; . Vote Margin. TIT + Washington.--The long, long fight to obtain a measure of justice for the 4,- 500,000 veterans of the World war ended in a smashing victory, the senate overriding President Coolidge's veto of the bonus bill by the vote of 59 to 26, Similar action having beea taken by the house, the bonus bill now becomes automatically the law of the land. Thirty Republicans, 27 Democrats and 2 Farmer-Laborites voted to pass the bill over tbe veto, while 17 Republicans and 9 Democrats voted to sustain the veto. Every possible Influence was -exerted by opponents of the bonus to round up the necessary votes. It is estimated that 3,0T.8,283 veterans ^Rill be entitled to the insurance policies provided by the soldier bonus bill, while 389,583 will be paid cash of $50 or less. The average certificate face value Is estimated at $962. The certificate is payable in full after twenty years, or before in case -of death. Loans may be obtained on the policies after two years. Those entitled to cash will not receive it before March 1, 1925. The first Insurance certificates will be dated Jan. 1,^1925. Preparation for administering the provisions of the bill has been going on for the last two years, so that the federal government is ready to put the bill Into operation Immediately. •• % t Klan and Foes Fight at South Bend; Many Arrests South Bend, fnd.--The South Bend police, reinforced by a squad from Mishawaka, were called on to disperse a mob of 2,000 people gathered in front of the Ku Klux Klan headquarters in the business district. The crowd did not disperse until after many persons on both sides of the question had been placed in jail charged with carrying concealed weapons and with assault. Several persons were painfully Injured when beaten by mounted police who chased the factions. Johnson Releases His South Dakota Delegation Sioux Falls, S. D.--Senator Hiram Johnson haS3 released the South Dakota delegation to the Republican national convention from Its obligation to vote for him for the party's Presidential nomination, ncordlng to a message from John Sutherland, tnanager of the South Dakota campaign of Senator Johnson. Mr. Sutherland announced the receipt of a letter from Senator Johnson stating that he releases the delegation "from any obligation to me." Methodists Turn Down ^ Report on Pacifism Springfield, Mass^--The Methodist General conference reconsidered Friday's action and cut the number of new bishlps to be-elected from five to three, after a hot fight which continued through the greater portion of the morning session. It also refused to accept either the majority of minority report In the anti-war resolution which was finally referred to a special committee'of 13 members. What Is an Emigrant? Countries Lock Horns Rome.--The International Emigration conference spent another entire day trying vainly to arrive at a definition of an emlgtant which would reconcile tlie views of the emigration and immigration countries. The former would define an immigrant merely as a seasonal worker, while the latter says lie )Jjs|*(|ips to the new country ,to becomj! va *«nftizen. Montreal to Gold Fields by Plane, Latest Air Route Montreal, Que.--Aviation history was made In Montreal when the flying boat G T A C T, one of the Laurentlde air service fleet, piloted by, Charles S. Caldwell, with James A. Rece as mechanician, hopped off from Malssoneuve for the gold fields at Rouyn, a distance of approximately 425 miles, Inaugurating a new service. Noiseless Plane Engine Success at Dayton Field Dayton, Ohio.--Noiseless airplanes, long a dream of aviators, became a reality when McCook field flyers announced the successful test of a device that eliminates the drone of the engine. The silencer, an exhaust muffler attached to the engine, occaslons a loss of S per cent of the engine's filewcr, field engineers said. Finish Reconstruction Work Washington.--Completion of the general reconstruction work undertaken by American Protestant churches In France was announced by the commission on relations with France and Belgium. Huge Steel Plant Foils Wllllch. lthenlsh - Prussia. -- The Becker Steel work, one of the largest Industrial plants in Germany, has filed a petition for receivership. Tbe plant manufactures high grade finished steel. Jail Judge for Gun Toting Florence, Ariz.--Judge Stephen H. Abbey of the Pinal County Superior court was arrested here on a warrant charging him with carrying concealed weapons. The jurist was cowialttrift' to tbe Pinal county jail. : ^ * - 4LZ. Grain Exports Double Washington.--Exports or grain from the United States last week were more than double the figure for the prec*«llng week. The totals were: 2,- 000,000 bushels against 1.O97J0OO. jifeiA:. ... ^-*:&4i.