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XeHKNRY PtAINDEALEB, IcHENRT, ILt« P s t f C ' . * - t y l t c t S V 4v-"fr .' ,. t ^.. „ ... iiminiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiimiuiiiiimi News Brevities | of Illinois imimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmn; ^ Paris--Tl»e third attempt made by •.' ..&« state board of health to prevent Dr. A. C. Kreuger from practicing his profession as a chiropractor has failed 1A the Edgar County Circuit court. Lawyers say that a decision in favor of the board would have barred every chiropractor In the state from practice. Peoria.--The body of an alligator, measuring six feet in length and weighing more than 100 pounds, was found . lp the Illinois river, near here. The alligator had been dead but a few days. J£xamlnation of the teeth showed that . the reptile was more than 100 years ©W. Lincoln.--'The state championship ;..i. v :|t«,rsesli(<e contest, with entries from al- ;,/v»;- |ti;ost every farm bureau community in ,-^;^e state, will be the feature of the ;w~:t Illinois Agricultural association's state .pjonic to be held August 20 at Lincoln, . With J. H. Checkley, farui advisor of - •' L*>gan county, in charge. ^ „ i:i.-'""-?^:Aun>ra.r--Suit-to declare void the will • '4>t Mrs. Clara A. Bowron. seventy-five, Who left all but $8,000 of her $2(^0,000 ;; esuite to an old people's home, has heen filed in Circuit court by a brother, v vX^iarles F. Earle, who charges his slswas not of sound mind when she *. made her will. . Galesburg.--Jules Kidder of this city says that a hailstorm which swept this city stripped his pet hen of all her feathers, as well as her cackle. Jules has bought a blanket to keep jthe pet warm, but he can discover no method . |» restore her voice. . Lewistown.--Miss Merean Lille has ' filed suit against Arnold E. Brodwine, asking $5,000 damages. She asserts • that he proposed marriage, but. after •he had prepared her trousseau and the wedding date was set, he notified her that he had changed his mind. Rockford.--Bond issues of $."*>,000 for a city yard site and $12,000 for a fire station, passed on favorably by the ' - voters at the April election, have been declared void because a 20-day notice / was not published previous to the election, as required by law. k Springfield.--Passage of the federal bonus law has stimulated interest in the Illinois bonus, and new claims being fi^ed number between 40 and 83 daily, according to Palmer D. Ed- 4 inunds. chief clerk of the service recognition bosird. Springfield.--A collie dog saved the life of George W. Smltt. a farmer residing at Butler, near Litchfield. An angry bull dashed Smitt to the ground • and was goring lilm, when the dog leaped to his master's aid. <, Suiitt will recover. - Peoria.--A decrease of 62 per' Cfcnt over the previous year is noted in the number of Contagious diseases re- J parted among children of the Peoria public schools. During the term of 1922-23 there were 1.351 cases reported. as compared with 40G this year. Alton.--Oliver Mayberry of--BeUetrees, walked over the brink of. a hundred- foot bluff at the end of a street here and suffered some bad.hone fractures. He lost his bearings in the dark. * • Litchfield.--The S. S. Phillips post, Grand Army of the Republic, here, boasts 100 per cent attendance at almost every meeting, despite the fact that the average age of the members la eighty-two years. Peoria.--By unanimous consent of Peoria's aldermen, pigeons which hereafter pick Peoria as their home will iFprlngfleld.--MaJ. l?en. Milton ,T Foreman, addressing the third annual convention of . the National Guard of Illinois on the U. S. S. Commodore, 5! urged a concerted effort to Increase the 51 guard membership to 11,000 by recruiting 1,500 men before fall. This, he said, would bring the Illinois organisation op to third place In the country Pana.--Beverly Armstrong, ninetyseven, retired Shelby county farmer of Moweaqua township, rode horseback to Shelbyville to cast -his first Democratic vote In 1848, for Lewis Cass. Since then he voted for six winning candidates, one for Pierce and Buchanan, two for Cleveland and two for Wilson. * x '/ Peoria.--To carry on a campaign of Inspection of cattle thought to have tuberculosis, the Peoria county board of supervisors appropriated $5,000 at the quarterly session. This will take care of the expense of this investigation during the coming year. Pana.-- Acceptance was. vpted by the congregation of the Baptist church of a subscription of $5,000 toward the erection of a new edifice, tendered by the Ku KlnxKlan. The church wus short $10,000 of the amount thought necessary. DanVllle.--Clifford "Anadell, formerly of this city, but for the past decade a resident of Gary, was killed and his bride of a week was severely Injured In an auto collision near Greencastle. Ind. Anadell was one of the youngest American soldiers irt the World war. Rock Island.--Operating under orders of AJayor Itosenfleld, police stopped the distribution and sale of the "Quad City Spotlight," four-page publication which is Claimed to he a successor to John Looney's Rock Island News. Peoria.--Peoria and vicinity frttffered the worst electrical storm in years. A small cloudburst In Bartonville flooded many parts of the village. Lightning struck the old Woolner distillery, releasing gases which blew out the walls of the building. Peoria.--Because her father wouldn't speak to her after she had bobbed her^ hair and because her parents objected to her marrying a man much older than she, Cathryn White, seventeen years old, shot herself near the heart. Her condition Is critical. Springfield.--A total of 32 better baby conferences have been scheduled by the state department of public health to fake place during the next three months. Most of the conferences will be held in connection with state and county fairs. Peoria.--Two men and * several horses were buried beneath an avalanche of hri<j)iAi*hen lightning struck the plant of the Commercial Solvents corporation during one af the worst storms In the vicinity In years. One of the men probably will die. Canton.--Asserting* he wants hi* non sent to a reform school, Charles kartell, in a hospital here suffering from a bullet-wound inflicted by his son,= Leonard, thirteen, told authorities that his son frequently had threatened to take his life. ^ Jacksonville. -- The Presbyterlap synod at Its closing session here adopt ed resolutions protesting against the mobilization plan decided upon by the War department for honoring Genera Pershing on his retirement from serv 0 Ice September 12. Champaign.--Mrs. William E. Curtis', widow of the late William E, Curtis, Washington correspondent of the Chicago Record-Herald for. many years, died fit the home of her daughter, Mm George M. Mattis. Carlyle.--Carl and Earl Shelton, charged with assault with intent to DEATH AND RUIN IN STORM'S WAKE Killed Number 362, With 1,600 Injured-- HeivyS Property Loss. Cleveland.--The toll of the tornado In Ohio. Pennsylvania, Illinois and Iowa was 962 dead, 1,000 injured, and damage of at least $57,500,000. The list follows: Lorain--Three hundred dead; 1,000 Injured; $55,000,000 damage. *. Sandusky--Eight dead; 100 Injured; $2,000,000 damage. Associated Press dispatches place* casualties at other points: Cleveland--Sevep dead; small property damage. • ,v Mantua--Three reported dead. Akron--One dead; damage estimated at $500,000 to $1,000,000. Youngstown--One dead. Bay Village--Apartment house, said to .have collapsed, burying two. Alliance--One hundred isolated in flooded homes rescued by police. Cedar Point-rSix cottages blown down; no casualties. Vermilion -- Small - damage, -from heavy downpour of rain and^hlgh winds, but no casiialties. . - Waynesburg--Three dead. •. Beaver, New Castle, Greenville, Meadville and Clymer--Seven dead. Weymouth--Two dead. Pittsburgh--Three dead. ^ Illinois and Iowa--Twenty-two deajL BISHOP FAN S NOLI BEGINS WAR ON OIL COMPANIES have to remain penned up as do horses, | ln ('onn<*ction with the shooting of mules and other animals. Paris.--Three thousand Masons assembled In Paris to dedicate a Masonic monument and memorial in Edgar cemetery. Elmer B. Cooley, of Dadville, made the address. Galesburg.--Lake Forest and Knox colleges have signed contracts for a football game In Chicago next October 18 for the home-coming celebration of Chicago alumni of both Institutions. Freeport.--Army worms ravaged the rye fields of Stephenson and Winnebago counties, according to reports to the farm bureaus. In some localities the worms have attacked the corn. Salem.--Taking possession of the rear seat of an auto, p swarm of bees were removed only by the "old-time" method of hiving, while the auto was parked in front of a local store. Smithton.--The annual midsummer rally of the Southern Illinois Federation of EvangeUc Brotherhoods will be held ln this city Sunday, July 20. Joliet.--Thief catchers from many points assembled here to attend the twenty-seventh annual convention of the Illinois I'olice association. Champaign.--Daniel L. Harmon, Terre Haute, Ind.. was elected treas^ urer of the Theta Kappa Phi fraternity at the annual invention here. Decatur.--Adoption of steam motor cars, burning fuel oil. Is believed to. be under consideration by the Wabash and Chicago, Illinois & Western railroads, Milan.--Heavy damage to homes as well as cr^s was caused by-the flood here. Duquoln.--The Arcadia school in Spring Garden township, Jefferson county, Is believed by local officials to be the most expensive school per pupil in Illinois. During the last term only four pupils attended the classes taught by Miss Zora Tittle, who received a salary of $80 a month. ' •' Springfield.--Increase of building work during this .summer and labor needed for Illinois roads wHl absorb a large amount of the present surplus of labor ln the state, Recording to ind striai surveys made in the lurger cities of Illinois. Danville--After seeking for three years to establish the identity of Ernest O. Wolfe, a supposed World War veteran who catn^to the Danville Soldiers' home in November, 1021. ;he authorities have turned the man over to the county officers, who have adjudged him insane. Springfield.--The Pullman Car & Manufacturing corporation of Chicago, with a capital stock of $50,000,000, was grunted a charter by Secretary of State Emmerson. The new corporation will manufacture the rail equip joeat of the Pullman company. ' S. Glenn Young and Mjgp. Young, were held for the November term of the Circuit court. . Morris.--One of the worst storms in five years visited Morris and Grundj county, causing property damage o \ nearly $20,000. All toll lines betweei, Chicago and Ottawa were blown down. Several head of stock were killed. La Salle.--Three Chlcagoans were injured when a cyclone sweeping th»» Illinois valley blew a tree upon t}ieir auto at Starved Rock State park. Five other cars at the resort were wrecked by falling trees. ; Galesburg.--Walter Jordens, twentytwo, Denver, Colo., was knocked from the top of a Santa Fe passenger train at a street viaduct and before he coulc'l be rescued was run over by a freight train and killed. East Dubuque.--Five hundred delegates were here for the annual convention of the^ Northern Illinois and Southwest Wisconsin Volunteer Firemen's association. Peoria.--George W. Case, wapted ln Des Moines In the $20,000 Jewel robbery, was arrested and deputy sheriffs came from the Iowa city to bring back the prisoner. Rochelle.--Mrs. David Friend, twenty- four. was fatally burned when a kerosene can, from which she was using oil to burn the soot off cooking utensils, exploded. Peoria.--Two men were buried beneath a brick wall when lightning struck the plant of t^te Commercial* Solvents corporation ln one of the worst storms in years. Pana.--Jacob W. Hull, Shelby county farmer, has found new use for the sitting hen. Weather delaying his plants ing of watermelon seed, -Kull placed the seed in cloth, soaked them overnight and set them under the hen for 24 hours' germination. Four days after planting the vines were further advanced than if he had planted them' ten days earlier than usual. Champaign.--Philip Smith of Pejj.; rla was elected state commander of the Illinois division of the Grand Army of the Republic and Aurora selected as next year's Meeting place. Bloomingtoiu rr- Ernest Ayresman. twenty-eight years old, and his two children--Maxine, four, and Vincent, seven-of Gibson City, east of here, were killed near their home when a tree fell upon the automobile in which they were riding during a terrific wind storm. • Work of Few Minutes. Cleveland, Ohio.--Sweeping 00 miles along the shore of Lake Erie between Cleveland and Sandusky, Ohio, a tornado took a toll of life estimated at from 250 to 350 and injured from 1,500 to 2,000 persons. Property damage will total millions of dollars. Fifteen minutes spanned the wrecking of Lorain. At about 0 o'clock the tornado struck : at 6:15 it had passed. It* is likely that a precise count of the fatalities nerer will be possible. Only a fraction of the identified dead have been reported to the Red Cross or to the coroner, Dr. M. E. Perry. Of those injured a large percentage will die. All have suffered hurts of a crushing, .nature. Many, have fractured skulls.,. Practically alL have bones that are broken. - Every home that the storm left undamaged was crowded with those who had no homes. Wealthy and poor slept upon blankets and quilts stretched on floors <,f living rooms, dining rooms and kitchens. The area of tornado violence was In the 00-mlle stretch from Cleveland to Sandusky, along the lake, although other Ohio cities reported violent storms, with much property damage. Adjt. Gen. Frank IX Henderson went at once to Lorain in charge of 1,000 militiamen, who were on guard duty at-^all roads leading into the city and Throughout the devastated territory. The tornado swept down in the wake of a gentle northwest wind which had brought in clouds from which a mild drizzle was fulling. With a whine that grew to a roar and then became a screech the wind suddenly rose, black clouds lowered swiftly, and the «tornado struck the port city of 25,000 inhabitants with a devastating crash. Instantly the entire city was darkened as.the publics-utilities buildings were directly in the center of the storm's path. In the darkness, and amid the almost tropical downpour of sheets of rain, the lightning bolts momentarily revealed the destruction going on in the midst of eardrum destroying crashes of collapsing buildings. Dozens of vessels Were torn loose from the docks, all small craft ln the bay were overturned, and the wharves and warehouses began to fall apart. Shrieks of the panicstrlcken, cries of the injured, artillery-like reports of lightning bolts, and the howl of the cyclone made the darkness a horrible confusion. < Peoria District 8tricken. Chicago.--Seven dead in the Peoria district, 15 in the region centering at Des Moines, property loss estimated ln millions of dollars--was the summary on the latest storm reports from northern Illinois and Iowa. At Peoria "the bodies of Mrs. Carrie Humason and her flve-year-old son. George, lost in the sinking of their cabin boat ln swollen Farm creek, have been recovered. The bodies of other victims haw not yet been found. Property loss ln the Peoria district amounts to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Damage estimated at nearly $1,000,- 000 is reported from Galesburg, Mon mouth, Qquawaka and Port Dodge. Rivers are rushing over their banks and across the farm lands in some places. The loss in eastern Iowa will be at least $500,000, possibly $1,000,000. In Marengo alone the estimate Is $100, 000. Missouri Pacific Said to Plan Big Combination, New York.--Perhaps the most ambitious scheme of railroad consolidation ever attempted is now being planned by the Missouri Pacific railroad, according to well-informed rail executives. The plan calls for the creation of a single system, by ownership control, or affiliation of existing lines, that will stretch from Chicago, through St. Louis and Kansas City, to San Francisco on the Pucific coast, with a network of lines throughout the states of Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana. Assuming the Missouri Pacific management will be successful in Its attempt, the entire system, with a total mileage of some 17,000 miles, will he larger than any of the exiatipf^sjfsr terns in the country. : •;* Urbana.--A lav* review to be published jointly by th* colleges of law of the three, greatest Illinois universities --Chicago, Northwestern and Illinoishas been announced as an Important step toward creating the most distln Ealshed law periodical of the country. Family of Five Killed Chicago.--Otto Eder, his wife ^nd three .young sons were found beaten to death with some blunt instrument In their bungalow on Division street. West Elmhurst. Police blame a halfwit for the deed. Bishop Fan S. Noll, former Harvard student and now head of the Albanian church, selected to notify the League of Nations that the new national provisional government of Albania has been formed into a republic. Attorney General Charges ;;vlsJ|Solation of An|»» j Trust Law. Washington.--Additional legal proceedings directed at leading oil companies are In prospect, but no criminal action is In contemplation. It was stated at the Department of Justice Attorney General Stone regards the suit started ln the Chicago Federal court, dealing with the pooling of patent rights for "cracking processes," as hitting at only one phase of the gasoline situation. Mr. Stone expects to confer within the next week or two with a committee of attorneys general of various Interested states. The question of whether the dissolution of the Standard Oil company, as provided by court decree, has been completely carried out will be one of the matters under consideration. AMBITIOUS SCHEME FOR RAIL MERGER Nature, Not Owner of Vinegar, Real Culprit Omaha, Neb.--If nature turns vinegar into alcohol It Is not the fault of the owner of the liquid and he cannot be punished as a moonshiner, the Nebraska Supreme court decided. George Simmons of Fillmore county claimed he was simply making vinegar from a recipe given him by his mother- in-law and that he wus not responsible because the concoction happened to turn into alcohol Instead of vinegar. The Supreme court decided Simiaoaa was right. Army Worms Spread Over Illinois Farms Aurora, III.--Army worms, which by the million have been pushing a slow, devastating march ncross the farmlands of northern Illinois, reached Kane county. Scores of farms In the vicinity of Aurora are among those on which the worms have started their ravages. Large movements are also reported from Kendall, Will, Grundy, De Kalb and Du Page counties. Arkansas Leads Move Against Child Labor Little Rock, Ark.--The Arkansas house of representatives went on record as the first legislative body to ratify the proposed child labor amendment to the Constitution. The vote was 45 to 40. The senate by a vote of 15 to 13 approved the measure. American Beats Best of British Golfer* Hoylake, England.--For the second time in three years Walter Hagen of New York is British open golf champion. He recaptured the title when he turned ln a score of 801 for the 72-hole struggle, with 80 golfers competing. Amundsen Postpones Flight to North Pole Chrlstlania.--Rould Amundsen, the explorer who has been preparing for an airplane expedition to the North pole, has announced that the trip has been postponed because of economic difficulties, says a dispatch frotu I'lsa, Italy. •» Bulgaria Will Give Up American Crooks Sofia, Bulgaria.--Ratifications of the convention for extradition were exchanged between the United States and Bulgaria. Hereafter any Americans arrested for felonies committed at home will be extradited. Canadian Strikers Return Toronto.--Local postal service employees, who had been on strike for eleven days, returned to work after a meeting, at which it was unanimously voted to end t^e walkout. * Stone Cheers Railroad Men Washington.--Attorney General Stone made known his Intention to "cooperate actively" with the Interstate commerce commission in the enforce^ ment of the statute providing uonthly Inspection of locomotives. Portuguese Cabinet Quits Libson, Portugal.--The Portuguese cabinet, headed by Alvaro Castro, resigned. The resignation was accepted, but Premier Castro will remain ln office lor the time being. Chicago.--A petition in equity filed here by direction of Attorney General Stone charges fifty of the most Inu portant oil companies in the United States with Violation of the Sherman anti-trust law and prays for an injunction to restrain th£ companies from further violations. « The complaint was forwarded by th^ attorney general to United States District Attorney Edwin Olson, who filed It in the Federal District court. The primary defendants named are the Standard Oil Companies of Indiana and New Jersey, the Standard Development company, the Texas company and the Gasoline Products company. Attorney General Stone charges that the companies have combined to fontrol production of gasoline by pooling of patent rights In violation of the anti-trust law. In substance the complaint sets forth that the defendants are utilizing processes for "cracking" gasoline, thus greatly Increasing the output from a given quantity of stock. The bill alleges that the "cracking" process lias been known for the last thirty years and that the original patents covering the Invention have long since expired. In spite of this, it Is charged, the defendants have pooled patents on unimportant improvements fcnd thus have1 been enabled to "extort huge sums from the manufacturers of gasoline In the guise of royalties and by means of certain restrictive covenants contained Jn license agreements." Mussolini Is Given Vote of Confidence Rome.--The senate -gave Premier Mussolini a vote of confidence, 225 to 21. Six senators abstained fronT voting. The General Confederation of Industries. comprising all the owners of factories throughout Italy, agreed to suspend work ten minutes June 27 as a manifestation over the death of Deputy MHtteotti, victim of kidnapers. The opposition ln the chamber of deputies, with the addition of a group under the title of "Free Italy," comprising dissident Fascistl, has decided to hold a commemoration of Matteotti's death in tfie chamber and proceed afterward on foot to the spot where he was kidnaped and lay a wreath of flowers there. < The opposition delivered an ultimatum which demands recognition by the ministry of ministerial,, responsibility, a parliamentary Inquiry Into Matteottl's death and the finances of the directorate and abolition of the Black Shirt inilitia. Thousands of Germans Allowed to Go Home Paris. -- Premier Herrlot has Instructed General Degoutte. commanding the Franco-Belgian forces occupying the Ruhr, to permit, with few exceptions, the return to the Industrial region of all Germans expelled since the beginning of. the occupation, tn January of last year. It is understood that the new order will permit the return to their homes of about 210,000 persons. \ France to Recognize Russia;'Informs If. S. •Paris.--France has Informally advised the United States that It will soon recognize the Russian Soviet regime, it was learned. Premier Herrlot and President Douraergue are said to be in complete acctMU on recognition and the question of debts VU1 be taken up later. Russian Crops Damaged Riga, Latvia.--A drought with • heat wave pushing the thermometer to 105 degrees Is causing tremendous damage to the crops of the lower Volga, Don, Yekaterinodav and Crimean "districts. Would Join Postal Union Berne, Switzerland.--The Russian soviet government has notified Switzerland, as surveyor of the international postal union, that It wishes to Join that organization. Austrian Miners Kilted Vienna.--•Thirty miners were asphyxiated by an explosion ln the colliery at Ilartgloggnitz. Rescue work was impossible owing to defective gas masks, and some of the rescue .party lost their lives. i : Dominican Republic to Have Homo%Rule Santo Domingo.--Congress approved the treaty with the United States providing for the evacuation of the Dominican republic by American military forces. The treaty was signed June 13. Strit Against Ku Klux •Chicago.--ln a suit for $500,000 damages filed here, Hiram Evans, imperial wiznrd of the Ku Klux Klan, and other officials of the organization were charged with u conspiracy to use the malls to defraud. v-; Epidemic Loss Heavy Washington.--The toll of the foot and mouth disease epidemic in California show 50,000 cattle, 25,000 sheep, 22,000 hogs, and 800 goats "have been slaughtered. Palatial Home Pasfrojxtf Port Jervls, N. 'Y.--Brookwood manor, the $500,000 residence of William Ross Proctor, New York broker, located near Eldred, was destroyed by fire of unknown origin. - Serious Russian Floods Leningrad. Russia.--Floods In the Lake Ladoga region have engulfed 61 villages. The water rose 14 feet, causing enormous damage. Many lives are reported to have been lost in the flood. 0 > Commissioner Henry O'Malley of the United States bureau of fisheries has been ordered to Alaska to administer the new Alaska fisheries law passed at the last Session of congress. V. S. GOVERNMENT ' MARKET QUOTATIONS Washington.--For the week ending June 20.--LIVE STOCK--Medium and rood beef steers. 26®50c lower at *7.50 ©10.25, butcher cows and heifers^ 25® 60c lower at $3.50^9.35; feeder steers steady to 15c lower at )6.25@9.35; light and medium weight veal calves, 75c® 11.00 lower at $7.50@9.50. Fat lambs, 25@50c higher at 112.60014.76; feeding lambs, $10.50@ 12.25; yearlings, 50c higher at *9.75®>12.75; fat ewes. *60 lower at $3.25 @6.00. DAIRY PRODUCTS--Butter. 92 score, 42c New York, 40c Chicago. 42ftc Philadelphia. 42%c Boston. Cheese: Twins* 18%c; single daisies, 19c; double daisies. 18%c; young Americas. 19^4c; longhorns, 18He; square prints, 19%c. Hay--No. 1 timothy, $31.50 Boston. $80.50 New York. $26.60 Pittsburgh. $23.00 Cincinnati, $26.00 Chicago, $24.5® St. Louis, ^19.50 Kansas City. $30.50 Atlanta; No. 1 alfalfa. $18.00 Kansas City. $20.00 Omaha. $28.00 Memphis; No. 1 prairie, $12.50 Kansas City. $13.00 Omaha, $17.00 St Louis. GRAIN--No. 1 dark northern spring wheat, $1.25@1.47% Minneapolis; No. t wheat, $1.2501.47* Minneapolfcp; No. 2 hard winter wheat. $1.16% @1.17 Chicago. $1.0901.21 Kansas City, $1.14^4 St. Louis; No. 2 red winter wheat. $1.19 @1.21 St. Louis, $1.11 @ 1.12 Kansas City; No. 3 red winter wheat, $1.15'Chicago; No. 2 yellow corn. 88@88He Chicago. 84c Minneapolis; No. 3 yellow corn, 93Hc St. Louis, 88c Kansas City. 83%c Minneapolis; No. 8 white corn, 8SHo Kansas City;.No. 3 white oats, 49H0 6flc Chicago, 61H@&l%c St. Louis. 52o Kansas City. 47H047%c Minneapolis. Agriculturists Plan Aggressive Campaign St. Paul.--Legislative measures for relief of agriculture and plans tor a continuous campaign during the summer and full months in their behalf before presentation to congress in December will be taken up ~at the nutional agricultural conference to be held July 11-12. Representatives of farmers, farm organizations, heads of educational institutions, bankers, business men and others interested tn the economic situation of agriculture have been invited to attend. To Meet in Same Hall as Did Republicans Cleveland.^If Senator LaFollette is nominated for the Presidency by the conference for progressive political action, it will be ln the same hall in which his supporters nnd the platform which he advocated were turned down by the Republican national convention. The city council voted unanimously to let the conference use the municipalowned public hall for Its convention July 4 on the same terms as those allowed the Republicans--a rental of $i. •^liiwi;>.iiiini liyj;1 WJI M .1. , GrifRng 'EXevaled by Engineer Brotherhood Cleveland.--L. Q. Griffing, Long Island, N. Y., was elected grand chief engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Griffing was formerly a vice president of the brother* hood. He will have charge of the brotherhood's labor activities, working in cooperation with Warren S. Stone, who has been elevated to the position1 of president of all engineer brotherhood organisations. ' Mellon Going to Europe Washington. -- Secretary of the Treasury Mellon will sail for London July 5, it was announced ajl, the treasury. The secretary will spend the entire summer abroud. Will Supply All Malt Clerks With Gas Masks Washington.--Gas masks for railway mail clerks was the government's answer to the use of-Jetlial gas by bandits ln the recent $£,000,000 mail robbery near Chicago. The acting postmaster general opened negotiations for a sufficient number of masks to equip all the 5,096 railway mall clerks whenever necessary. General Crowder Hurt, Havana.--Gen. Enoch Crowder. the American ambassador, suffered a painful cut over his right eye from the hook of his eyeglasses when he fell while getting out of an elevator in an office building. Loans by Shipping Board Washington.--Approximately 36 500,- 000 has been lent by the shipping hoafd to date to private shipping interests foe construction of saw tonnage. ^ More Germans Go Home Paris. -- Thirty thousand expelled Germans, driven out of the Ruhr district under the Poincare regime, have been allowed to go back to their homes by an order of the hmupland commission. ^ Italy Create* Embassies Washington.--The State department has bes?n notified that the Italian government has decided to establish embassies at Santiago, Chile and Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tornado's Victim* Found |p| ^ vUe Fewer Than it First Reported. J Eighty-three persons are known tt| be dead as a result of the cyclower which swept Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Iowa. Following is u tabulation : Lorain--Seventy-two dead, several} hundred probably injured and property damage estimated at more than $28^ 000,000. * Sandusky--Six dead, about 100 l#> jured, with property damage estimated at more than $l,f»00,000. Cleveland--Seven jswrtl*. property loss. 'Vl Mantua--Three dead. „ .1 J: Akron--One dead and propiert.v dam* * age estimated between $500,000 atid $1,000,000. French Creek--Three killed, tjyelv» houses demolished or badi.v damaged!-: Near Weymouth -- Two children drowned. 4^ Youngstown--One dead. : ^ , Alliance--No casualty, hut ported rescue^ by police from flood*! " homes. > • Cedar Point--Six cottages, blow* down; no casualties. Vermilion -- Small damage from heavy rain, but no casualties. Salem--One dead. , i O^veland.--There has been jftd qrffc* 1 clal report of the number of persons ' killed by the tornado, no sfuch report being possible for some days. But It was declared that "the figure at the outside will not go over 150. The. number of injured is conjectured between 500 and 1,000. Seventy-two bodies have been recovered in Lorain, and twenty-six in other towns in northern Ohio. Damage In Eastern Iowa. Cedar Rapids, Iowa.--Eastern Iowa Is beginning to recover from the toiv nado. The property loss Is estimated at close to a million dollars. j The storm is reported to have beea t the heaviest that has struck this sec- \ tion of the state in 20 years, but sor far as known there was no loss ot life. The town of Marengo Is almost M < wreck. The estimated loss Is placed < at $100,006 and will be double that in the country. All crops In a threemile path across Iowa county were ruined. Bridges and culverts were swept away and roads washed out. Every house in Lailora was flood* ed. Thousands of trees are down at Cogjran, Central City, Monticello* Viola, Springville, Anamosa, Belleplaine, Tampa, Shellsburg, Urbana, Vinton. Dysart .and In and around this city. -- Two hundred telephone lines were blown down at Carroll, 500 at Boone, several hundred at Ames. At Hamp ton part of the fair grounds was demolished. , « Relief Plans' Started. Columbus.--Ohio will take care of its own disaster and relieve* distress- In the tornado-swept cities of Lorain, and Sandusky, Governor Doahey announced. A commission has been appointed by the governor to handle relief wo?k and the state emergency board w4flP' be asked to place $,"0,000 at the disposal of this commission. No outside aid will be solicited, £he commission decided. Seven Dead in Illinois. Chicago.--Seven known to have been killed in the Peoria district, IS In the region" centering at Des Moines, property loss estimated in millions of dollars--was the summary of the storms reports that have come la from northern Illinois and Iowa. Principals in Oil Scandal Indicted® Washington.--Former Secretary of the Interior Fall of Three Rivers, !&. M., Harry F. Sinclair, Edward L. Doheny and Doheny's son, Edward L., Jr., were indicted here on charges of conspiracy and bribery in connection with the Teapot Dome and California naval oil reserve leases executed by. Fall when he was In the Harding cabinet. - The greater part of the evidence - presented to the grand Jury was teflti* inony taken before the senate committee. The bribery charges were basgtl upon Doheny's admission before the '•ommittee that he sent his son with $100,000^ in cash In a black satchel %» give to Fall. To Punish Greek Naval Officers for "Striking* Athens.--The government has decided to punish 87 naval officers who "struck" recently in protest against a government order placing them provisionally on the retired list. A son of the President of the republic Is among those to be punished. : Six Die in Train Wreck Chicago.--Six were killed and over twenty Injured when a fast mail train on the Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy crashed intq, and crushed the rear cars of that road's Oveiland limited at Buda, III. Filipinos Without Standing Honolulu.--Attorney General Matthewman declared that Filipinos are ineligible to vote in Hawaii unleSfr they served with the United States armed forces. Germany Abandons Struggle Paris.--France accepts Germany** reply on disarmament, and the iiitet^ allied military control commission received orders immediately to begin * final inspection, compilation and Inventory of German armaments. Cholera at Moscow Riga, Latvia.--An epidemic of cholera, has broken out in Moscow. SCT*- eral hundred are ill, but th£ authorities are hiding the total number of deaths.