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Ipps j . •« THE McHENRY miNDKALim, 4KeHENBY, Hlk fptitfimmiiitifivivtiiinifiiiiiiiiiiftmiyis |N eu>s Brevities| I of Illinois | BuuiiiiiiiiiimuiiiiiuiuiuiiuiuiiiiitniiS Springfield.--More than 1,000,000 automobiles have been registered in Illinois this year, Secretary of State Louis L. Emmerson announced. From this registration the automobile department has collected $10,887,000 and turned it into the state treasury.- The total registration to date is 1.- 023,762. divided as follows: Pleasure cars, 802,158; trucks, 127,301; dealers, 4.308. ; Springfield.--Col. Burnett M. Chlperfleld of Canton, judge advocate of , the Illinois National Guard, has been named chairman of the state committee to arrange for the defense test on September J2. ft is appointment was announced by Governor Small, who also issued a proclamation urging Illinois to participate in the event, Which will ber nation-wide. Feoria.--Everett W. Wilson, wealthy resident of Peoria, has filed suit in the Circuit court of Putnam county to recover property valued at $1,000,000, which he claims was lost to him through a conspiracy of which the brothers were alleged principals. The defendants named included Fred L. Wilson, A. W. Wilson and C. L., Wilson. ; \ / r Waukegnn.-^-An attempt to sife 5 cents on: his restaurant check cost Thomas Phillips $10. When charged 25 cents for food he had eaten. Phillips protested that the bill was only 20 cents. He became so strenuous in his objections that he was arrested on a charge of being disorderly and fined $10. Urbana.--Farm earnings in. Illinois last year dropped to such a low level that farmers lacked at least $12 of getting anything for their labor and management after 5 per cent interest on a conservative valuation of their land, live stock and equipment was deducted, according to 233 farm records at Urbana. Rock ford.--Following arguments of attorneys. Police Magistrate B. W. Norton found evidence insufficient to hold John Wright, prominent farmer, to the grand jury in the case growing out of extortion letters sent to Senator and Mrs. Medill McCormick. The charge against him was dismissed. Springfield^--Six reels of motion pictures, which show ail of the activities of the various state institutions for the blind, the deaf and other unfortunates, will be the chief attraction of the state exhibit at more than fifty fairs in Illinois this summer and fall. Springfield.--During the last three years typhoid fever, spiallpox and diphtheria took from Illinois a toll of 4,501 lives, according to the state department of public health, or people sufficient to populate a city the size of Princeton, Desplaines or ^nna. Springfield.--Publication of the American Legion's "Port of Missing Men," a bi-monthly list of soldiers who have failed to return to their relatives, or who are sought by friends, names ten soldiers, either residents of Illinois or sought by Illinois relatives. Sprihgfield.--Thomas D. Masters, Springfield lawyer, filed suit for $12,- •000 against Gov. Len Small, alleging that the amount was due him as attorney's fees, for the part lie took representing the governor in the preliminary hearings of the "civil suits." Charleston.--Charleston, itself devastated by a tornado a few years ago, is raising a fund for relief of tornado sufferers in Lorain, Ohio. Memory of conditions following the destructive storm has made donations to. the fund liberal, it is reported. Chicago.--An airplane, carrying eight persons, equipped with reclining chairs for six of them, a table arranged between the chairs where food can be served, arrived ill Chicago from Detroit after a cruise of three hours and five minutes. Mount Vernon.--Among nine divorces granted in about two hours in the Jefferson county Circuit. court is that of Myrtle Walker from her husband, Charles A. Walker. The Walkers were married 23 year? ago and are parents of eleven children. Bloomington.--Calhoun county, the only Illinois county without railroad service, now has connections with the Chicago & Alton railroad. Heretofore this section has been served by a steamer on the Illinois river. Clinton.-- E. B. Bentley, representative in the state legislature from the Nineteenth district, has been elected president of. t^e People's bank of Clinton, succeeding George Argo, who died recently. Mount Vernon.--By the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs." Harry Inglett "Uncle" James Piper, one hundred four, becomes a great-great-grandfather. Mr. Piper is In fair health. Alton.--Donald H. Fairchild was killed and Miss Myrtle Kelley seriously injured In an explosion at the plant qf the Western Cartridge company, near Alton. Springfield.--Maj. Bluford^ Wilson, attorney and receiver for the Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis railroad, died at his home here. Springfield.--Hydrophobia continues to spread among dogs and cattle in the state, according to recent report. Newspaper dispatches Indicate that two cows in the vicinity of Duquoln and two in the vicinity of Eldoradd recently developed rabies as a result of dog bites and that a large number of cattle near Harrisburg have been bittenr Chicago.--Mrs. Fannie Gemersen was robbed of jewelry valued at $3,- 000 by an armed man as ' she was walking on ^Eightieth street, she reported to the police. 8pringfleld.--Illinois and Wert Virginia ran a close race for second place In soft coal production in the United States for 1923, newly-published records show. Pennsylvania headed the list, while estimated figures give West Virginia a few thousand ton# increase 0Vir that of Illinois. ^ Litchfield.--William Hensley, sixtynlne, the smallest Elk in the state, , who measured 4 feet 4 inches, and for many years night Clerk at the Dot/son. Litchfield and Hillsboro hotels* died at St. Francis hospital of uremic poison- Sprlngfleld.--All male citizens of Illinois sixteen years old, or older, who wish to learn to shoot, have been invited to attend a civilian nationa' school of fire, which is to be conducted by the government at Camp Perry Ohio, according to Adjt. Gen. Carlot Black. The school is to open August 28 and close October 2, No milltarj discipline will be enforced at tht camp, except the rigid rules of safety, laid down for the conduct of tht range. Effingham. -- When Effingham's school board called for landscaping plans for the new high school grounds four high school boys, students ol agriculture, submitted drawings. Tht plans were accepted and the boys re moved the necessary trees, constructed a concrete sidewalk and set out the shrubbery. Tools were donated and $300 was saved through their efforts. • Springfield.--Dr. Edith Lowry of St Charles was appointed chief of the division of child hygiene of the state department of public health by Dr. Isaac M. Rawlings, director of the department at Springfield. Doctor Lowry has long been an advocate of the teaching of sex hygiene in the public schools and has. maintained that "Ignorance if sin:"' 'r * Geneva.--Woodcrafters of Geneva will ask that the statue of Shabbona, Indian chief, who befriended the white settlers in pioneer days, be placed there, where Shabonna arid his braves made their home camp for many years. Tht statue Is to be designed by Lorado Taft. Chicago.--Members of the Chicago board of trade are congratulating themselves upon the discovery that under the provisions of the new revenue act they will save collectively more than $1.000,000 this year, which, under the old law, would have been dumped into the sales tax hopper. Springfield. -- More than $130,000 will.be offered in prizes by the Illinois State fair, which will be held at the. state fair grounds this year from Septeniber 13 to 20,, according to announcement by Walter W. Lindley, general manager. Premium lists will be available next week. Roanoke.--An organ now furnishes music for the Brethren church of this township. The congregation was organized in 1S52, but musical instruments were barred and only vocal music permitted. Recently the conference of the denomination voted to change this order. . Danville. -- Co-ope ratlofl of state agencies to obtain 25 disabled women war veterans to insure the erection of barracks for their use in this city, has been asked by officials of the National V litary home. Galesburg.--Cost of repairing andrebuilding bridges in Knox county damaged by recent storms will exceed $50,000, according to members of the road and bridge committee--ot--the county board of supervisors. , Champaign.--While Henry Tarter was asleep at the wheel of his automobile the car spun down the streets, finally coming to a halt without doing any damage. Tarter slept on until aroused by police. Galesburg.--Farmers of Knox county are preparing to harvest bumper crops of wheat and oats. The yield, it is reported at farm bureau headquarters here, is the largest in a decade. Tuscola.--Ed Detrlck and Ray Philpot, two Klansmen of Newman, held here following the killing of Sherman Denny, tinner and mechanic, who was beaten and shot to death, were freed by the grand jury. Springfield.--More than two-thirds of the population of Illinois live la areas served by manufactured gas, according to figures recently compiled by the Illinois commerce commission. 1 One of each 4.1 persons are gas-users. Evanston.--While frantic parents and police searched for him, ten-yearold Joe Halasgwski rode back and forth between Evanston and Chicago on elevated trains. Moline.--Two Moline postal carriers, Charles O. Manson and William G. Baker, are starting their thirty-eighth consecutive year as carriers from the local postoffice. Rock ford. -- George C.r Dreisbach? Ironwood, Mich., has been engag^d,,»<f boy scout executive for Rock ford at a salary of $3,200 a year. He will be^in his work here on August 1. I'eoria.--A complete check by the Insurance company shows the loss in the robbery of the First National bank at Secor to have been $10,000. which Is much larger than at first estimated. Moline.--The city of Moline, through efforts of the chamber of commerce, is planning to have one of the largest erjiibits in the entire lijS&iis'Products exposition at Chicago in October. Rockford.--Louis M. Iteckhow, former Winnebago county judge, fifty-six, is dead here from sleeping ^sickness from which he had suffered five years. Cambridge.--In Henry county $2,025 was paid during the month of June in groundhog bounty. This means 8,100 pests were slaughtered. Freeport.--Oscar Mellom, thirst ward alderman, has ijecn elec ted mayor to serve out the unexpired term of Mayor A. N. Stephan, who resigned. Woodstock.--Carl M. Frank, fiftythree, was Instantly killed when a motor car he was repairing rolled off a Jack supporting the front wheels and crushed him as he lay beneath it. As the machine dropped down the flywheel struck Frank's bead ^and fractured his skull. Peoria.--Preliminary plans are now under way for the installation of a complete drainage system In Peoria which will do away in a large measure with the disposal of sewage in the Illinois river, Mayor E. N. Woodruff announced. Springfield.--With one of the poorest starts on record the Illinois corn crop, as estimated on the basis of its July l condition, will produce only 248,270,000 bushels, compared with a July 1 estimate of 337.312,000 bushels last year, according to a report prepared by A. J. Surra tt, agricultural statistician. Oak Park.--At two o'clock in the afternoon, the busiest hour of the day, six bandits raided the Prairie State bank, lined up a dozen employees and depositors and escaped with $1,000 in I currency. TROOPS RULE IN PERSIAN CAPITAL Martial Law in Teheran Due $0 Murder of U. S. Vic# Consul. Teheran.--Teheran and its suburbs were put under martial law until such* k time as the political situation be-1 rouies normal again. Agitators against I law and order will meet capital pun- ' Ishment. The papers which have been inciting the movement against the government will be suppressed and no public meetings will be permitted. One paper says the governtorant should have come to this decision sooner and saved Persia from shame due to the" murder of Maj. Robert Imbrle, United "States vice consul, by a mob of anti-foreign fanatics. The nature of the crime is very rare in Persian history. A similar crime, committed nior£ than a century ago, practically enslaved Persia to Russia. The editor of another paper regards the crime of the mob as an act which will strengthen the government's bands in putting down .priestcraft, with Its humbug miracles. Persia, he says, will never forget, Maj. Robert imbrle and the work he unknowingly did for the future good ,;of the country. • ' '/ - •- Evidence revealed shows that the two Americans were accused by leaders of the mob of having poisoned the "Sacred Fountain," causing the death of some women and children. A special man was put to work to propagate this lie, and it was he who, while running after the carriage in which the Americans were escaping, told the shopkeepers this lie and called them out to wreak vengeance. PJUffARCO E. CALLES I Cripple Can't Put *Em Up"; Killed by Bandit Chicago.--A gray-haired man lost his life because he was unable to raise a crippled arm above his head in re? sponse to the command of a youthful bandit. The bullets--fired at such close range that they left black powder burns--crashed into his face and forehead and the victim fell to the floor dead. He was Frank H. Zabour, fifty-three years old. The shooting took place in the Uptown Social club. Five Persons Die as Car Breaks Through a Bridge Buena Vista? Colo.--Five persona were killed near here when their automobile broke through a bridge and dropped 50 feet iftto the Arkansas river. They were Br yon Tipton, thirty-six; Miss Ruth Skeels, twentysix ; Billy Tipton, ten; Catherine Tipton, eight, and Jack Tipton, six, all of Florence, Colo. Mrs. Tipton was dangerously Injured, and an Infant was unhurt. Olympic Tennis Finals Taken by Americans Paris.--Vincent Richards and Miss Helen Wills of America won In the finals of the men's and women's singles, respectively, In the Olympic games tournament at the Columbes stadium before the largest crowd that has ever witnesesd a tennis match In France. The victories clinched the tenuis team championship honor for Uncle Sam for the third successive time. . ' Six Killings in Chicago Within Twelve Hours Chicago.--Henry q Derrig, seventeen years old, killed his father, Henry Derrig, Sr., an ex-policeman, with a baseball bat. The killing, according to the boy and his mother, was In defense of the latter. Shortly afterward Rowland Campbell shot and killed an unidentified prowler in front' of his place of business. . These rtyade six killings In Cook county within twelve hours. I Danger of Smallpox Growt; 35 States Report Disease Washington.--Apprehension over the growing number of smallpox cases throughout the country was expressed by Surgeon General Cummings of the public health service, who said the presence of the disease in 35 states threatened serious consequences unless state health officers exercised the greatest vigilance in vaccination and re-vaccination. Miss WHit? Playing Turns Near Defeat Into Win Columbes, France.--The final classi ficatfon in the women's doubles in the Olympic tennis championships was announced as follows: 1. Miss Wills and Mrs. Wightman, U. S^ A. 2. Miss McKane and Miss Covell, England. 3, Mrs. Sheppard-Barrow and Miss Golyer, England. Gen. Plutarco Elias Calles whose election as tlje next President of Mexico Is being conceded. U. S. FARM WEALTH IS UP A BILLION Groin Growers Reap Harvest From Increase, > Chicago.--Practically $1,000,000,000 has been added to the agricultural wealth of the United States as a result of the sensational advance in grain values in a little more than a month. At the same time many millions of dollars have accrued to the farmers in the Canadian northwest, where wheat prices have Jumped 42 cents a bushel, as against nearly 30 cents a bushel In the United States. This advance has brought about an emphatic reversal of conditions in agricultural districts and is reflected in general business with a more cheerful tone everywhere. Foreigners are said to have bought upward of 25,000,000 bushels of wheat futures in Chicago and Winnipeg within a short time. July wheat, which sold at $1.03% on June 9, touched $1.30V& Thursday, gaining 4% cents for the day, while Winnipeg was up to $1.40Vi, an average of 4^4 cents, despite reports of rains in sections where most needed. July corn has advanced from 78 cents to $1.13 In the same time and cash No. 2 yellow corn brought $1.10^4 in Chicago Thursday, the highest in several years, as corn is scarce in all terminal markets. Oats sold at 61% cents "and are up 10 cents of late, and rye brought 87 cents, a gain of 20 cents a bushel in the same time. < Jnited States Giant War , Submarine Is Launched Portsmouth, N. H.--A submarine, twice as large as any built previously for the United States, was launched at the navy yard here. This big undersea fighter, to be known as the V-l, is the first of a fleet of. nine. The vessel Is 314 feet 6 inches over all, has a m&ximum breadth of 27 feet 8% Inches, a surface speed of 21 knots and a speed of 9 knots submerged, and a surface displacement of 2.164 tons. She is so nearly self sustaining that she will not need the services of a mother ship when in port. The V-l will carry seven officers and eighty men. 4 « 286,000,000 Bushel Drop ih World's Vpheat Output Washington.--A reduction of 286,- 000,000 bushels in the wheat production of eleven of the leading producing countries of the northern hemisphere, as compared with last year's crop. Is indicated In reports to the Department of Agriculture. These eleven countries producing 64 per cent of the world crop, will have 1,913,000,000 bushels of wheat this year, as compared with 2,199,000,000 last year. Creek Cabinet Ousted Athens.--The Greek cabinet headed by Premier Papanastasiou has fallen. A stormy meetiag of the chamber of deputies preceded the fall of the cabinet. The session broke up In a light. Several deputies were injured. Harry H. Tammen Dies Denver, Colo.--Harry H. Tammen sixty-seven, editor and part owner of the Denver Post, died here. In addition to his interest in the Post, he possessed a fortune of $5,000,000. £ Three Children Die in Pbre Ironton, Ohio.--Lindsay Barber, 9, Amy Barber, 11, and Cornelia Barber 7, children of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Barber, were burned to death when their home at Coal Grove was destroyed by fire. ? Stone Wars on Profiteers Washington.--Tlie first of a series of cases against firms alleged to be holding up the price of foodstuffs was begun iff? a suit against the Seattle Produce association. $200,000 Electrical Storm Hits St. Louis; No Deaths St, Louis, Mo.--Damage estimated at approximately $200,000 was caused by a severe electrical storm here which disabled 16.000 telephones and 20,000 electric light connections. The 54-mile wind destroyed thousands of trees. The telephone system was interrupted more than in any storm since the tornado of 1896, officials said. Cleveland Vaccinates Ten Thousand in Smallpox War Cleveland, Ohio.--After 10,000 persons had been vaccinated as a precaution against smallpox, quarantine, covering a district of three streets In Woodland and Central avenues, was raised by Health Commissioner Harry L. Rockwood. A small army of physicians and nurses engaged lnl the work. Brother Kills a Brother Cookeville, Tenn.--Word has reached here of the killing In this county of Jones Carr, fifty, by his brother. Wash Carr, a few years younger. The cause of the shooting is unknown here. * Big Blaze at Grand Rapids Grand Rapids, Mich.--Fire in the Hall street car barns of the Grand Rapids Street Railway company resulted in the death of one fireman and $500,000 property damage. Mrs% Hartford Asks Divorce New York.--Charging abandonment, Mrs. Frances Hartford filed suit for separation against her husband. John A. Hartford, president of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea company, in the Supreme court. 0. S. CONSUL IS SLAIN IN PERSIA Another American Fatally Beaten When Yank Camera Enrages Mob. Teheran.--Maj. Robert Imbrle, tJnlt- -•4 States vice consul here, was brutally murdered and Melln Seymour, an American, detained at the consulate for a year for alleged mistreatment of citizens in the south oil fields, was beaten so severely that he will die, by an excited mob, when they attempted to take photographs in a quarter of the city where a miracle was said to have taken place. A large number of maimed persons seeking a cure had' gathered at the place where the miracle was said to have been performed. Ignorant of Persian customs, the Americans failed to heed the warning of police not to take photographs, as women were present. As they entered a carriage the excited rabble spied the camera, which they took to be a machine for spraying suffocating gas. The mob followed the carriage In which the Americans attempted to flee, arming themselves with whatever weapons they could get their hands on. Their number was increased by shopkeepers ahd others along the road. Police stopped the carriage after it had proceeded a short distance to examine the Americans whose action was considered criminal here. The mob caught up with the Americans, dragged them from their carriage and mercilessly beat them. More than thirty constables and officers were seriously hurt in trying to save the Americans from their assailants. The police succeeded In getting the two men to the central- police station, but the mob broke tn and beat Major Imbrle into unconsciousness. Major Imbrle died at 1 r- m. GUILT PLEA BY 112,078,611 Now Census of the United States Washington.--Estimates of the census bureau show that eleven cities have grown past the 100,000 population since the last census. There are now 79 cltlps having a population of 100,000 or more, according to the new figures. Chicago has a population of 2,939,605, according to the statistics. New York now ha# a population of 6,015,504. The relative rank of some of the Cities are changed by the new calculation. New Orleans has passed Cincinnati, Rochester has outgrown Jersey City, St. Paul has passed Providence. The population of the country on July 1 is estimated at 112,078,611. Wheat From Canada to U. S. Shows Big Increase Ottawa.--Canada exported 20,428,- 396 bushels of wheat to the United States during the nine months ending with June, as compared with 131,167,- 301 bushels during, the nine months two years ago, according to a government report. Exports of Canadian farrt products to the United States were valued at $53,858,420 in same period, against $42,220,038 In the corresponding nine months of two .years ago. Pope Bars Women Failing to Observe Dress Rules Rome.--More than 100 women have been refused permission to attend papal public audiences In the last few clays owing to their failure to conform to the dress demanded by the pope. According the papal orders the women must wear a high collar and their sleeves must extend to their wrists. Hoover Asks Lengthening of the Building Season Washington.--Lengthening of the building season to Include the winter months, is advocated by Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, as a means of mitigating seasonal ups and downs in the construction industry, of stabilizing employment and lowering costs of production and buildings Senator Wheeler, Democrat, Joins LaFollette's Party Washington.--Burton K. Wheeler, Democratic senator from Montana, accepted the vice presidential "nomination" as running mate to LaFollette which was offered him by the* Wisconsin Insurgent's national committer . America Wins Olympic . Swimming Competition Les Ton relies, Franco. -- America won the Olympic swimming competition with a total of 217 points, 18 points more than the combined total of the other 11 nations which broke into the scoring column. Huge Masonic Temple New Orleans, La.--The grand lodge of Masons of Louisiana announced that an 18^story building will be erected here, to include lodge rooms, auditorium and rental offices. The building will cost $2,500,000. Persian Fanatics Arrested Teheran.--More than 100 arrests in connection with the murder of Maj. Robert Imbrle, United States vice consul, here by a mob of fanattaU Persians have been made. ' German Trains to Have Radio Berlin.--German express trains will be equipped with radio telephone and telegraph apparatus for the seeding and receiving of messages enroute, as well as reception of concerts. Creates Revenue Review Body Washington.--In order to reduce the amount of work for the new board of tax appeals, the treasury has created a board of review in the revenue division that will pass on cases before •ending them to the former body. Warrants for Ritz Officials New York.--Four officials of the Ritz-Carlton hotel are named In warrants issued by prohibition agents following the raid on the fashionable roof garden of the hotel. -GEORGE W. OLVANY Jud^e George W. Olvan.v, i»f >h« Court of General Sessions, New York, who has been elected as Tammany chief ih succession to the late Charlie Murphy.. U. S, GOVERNMENT MARKET QUOTATIONS Washington.--(For the week ended July. 18.) -- LIVE STOCK -- Chidago prices: Hogs, $8.10 for the top and $7.50 @7.90 for the bulk; medium and good beef steers. 17.85@ 10.35; butcher cows and heifers, $3.75@9.50; feeder steers, $5.0009.00; light and medium weight veal calves, $8.10@10.25; fat lambs. $12.25<g>14.75; feeding lambs, $10.50® 12.25; yearlings, t9.50@12.50; fat ewea, $3.2506.50. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES--Virginia Irish cobbler potatoes ranged $1.75@3.25 per barrel In Chicago. $2.00 f. o. b. Onley, Va. Carlot sales of Kansas Irish cobblers. $1.40 @1.70 sacked per 10 lbs. in Chicago, $1.15 f. o. b. Kaw Valley points. Georgia peaches, $1.00@1.75 per bushel basket In city markets. Arizona cantaloupes, salmon tints, $3.00@3.50 In consuming centers; Imperial Valley stock firm at $2.75® 3.25. Georgia and South Carolina Tom Watson watermelons. 22-30 lbs., $100.00 @275.00 bulk per car. , HAY--No. 1 timothy, $26.50 Chicago, $24.00 Cincinnati. No. 1 prairie, $18.00 Chicago, $16.00 St. Louis. GRAIN--*Io. 1 dark northern spring wheat, $1.88@1.60 Minneapolis; No. I red winter wheat, $1.29 \i" Chicago. $1.ST @1.39 St. Louis; No. 2 hard winter wheat. $1.29^4 @1.37% Chicago, $1,269 1.27 St. Louis; No. 2 yellow corn, $1.15 @1.16% Chicago, $1.09* @1.10% Minneapolis; No. 3 yellow corn, $1.15%@l.lf St. Loul3; No, 3 white corn, $1.15% St. Liouls; No. 3 white oats, 58%@60%o Chicago, 52% @52% Minneapolis, 52% @59c St. Louis. DAIRY PRODUCTS--Butter, 92 score, 38 %c Chicago. Cheese, at Wisconsin primary markets: Twins, 17%c; single .daisies, 18c; double daisies, 17%c; longhorns, 18c; square prints, 18%c; young Americas, 18%c; Cheddars. 17%& Deserter Killed Major Who Gave Him Auto Lift Asheville, N. C.--Maj. Samuel H. McLeary, missing army officer, was killed by Mortimer H. King of Canton and a companion on July 2. King confessed to federal and local officials. The motive was robbery. After the major had tnken King and his companion Into his car to give them a lift they shot him to death. King la a deserter from both the United States army anc%tlie Marine corps. Yale Crew Wins and U. S. Takes Olympic Regatta Argenteull, France.--Yale's unbeaten varsity crew won the Olympic championship regatta for the Unl'ed States when the eight powerful Wll oarsmen swept to a brilliant victory by three and one-half lengths over Canada, with Italy third and with Great Britain, which had been expected to give the Americans their hardest fight, fourth and last. Farmer Bankrupt, Owes $333,240; Assets $16,500 Cedar Rapids, Iowa.--A petition in bankruptcy which scheduled liabilities of $333,240 was filed In Federal court here by Edward Brennan of Tipton, Cedar county, Iowa. His assets are scheduled at $16,500, and he asks exemption of $15,500. Slump In land values was given as this cause- of failure. . Corning & Co.'s $4,000,000 Liquor Assets Divided Peoria, 111.--Corning & Co., wholesale liquor dealers, have dissolved and distribution of $4,135,272 In assets is in process. The assets being divided are Liberty bonds valued at $1,499,- 500 and $2,685,772 in cash. There Is no liquor to be divided, it was said by officials. There are 17 stockholders. 13,955 ScofHaw Arrests in Washington Last Year Washington--Arrests by the police for prohibition violations in Washington during the last fiscal year totaled 13,955, Maj. Daniel Sullivan, head of the police department, repocted to the city commissioners. The number was 1,207 more than for the previous year. Harold C. Jones Dead Chicago.--Harold C. Jones, well known in the steel business as the president of the Mid-West Forging company and a former vice president of the Inland Steel company, died here of pneumonia. . Discovers Gas Plot pyfuldence. R. I.--Governor OTyna has announced he has affidavits from those involved In the recent placing of a gas bomb In the senate chamber which causfed the Illness of sem^rs. Saskatchewan Votes Dry Regina, Sask.--Votew of Saskatchewan repudiated a temperance act of four years' standing In a plebiscite by a veritable landslide. The act was condemned both by city and country, with four big cities rejecting the act. To Close 34 Business Houses Fort Wayne, Ind.--Thirty-four business houses. In the downtown section of the city will be closed by federal injunctions for alleged participation In liquor deals. Leopold and Loeb 'Ask Mercy; Fate in Hand! of Chicago Judge. CMc®go---Casting from theni* hope of freedom a? easily as they killed for a thrill, Nathan F. Leopold, Jr., and Richard A. Loeb risked their lives on the outcome of their last great experiment with human nature. Today they stund no farther from th© gallows. The door behind them Is closed. Chief Justice John R. Caverly of the Criminal court is the subject of the final dramatic experiment of their lives. Their pleas of "guilty" have plhced their lives in his hands. Clarence S. Darrow, chief of counsel for the defense, formally pleaded his two clients guilty. Called to the bar, both youths said they realized what that plea meant. . - ' And it means that the tTiii most have one of these results : •' A sentence of death. .' .* A sentence of life imprisonm^t' hi! Joliet. • , • A sentence of imprisonment of not les.1} than 14 years and not more than 75. Alienists will 'take the stand for the defense. They will testify as to the mental condition and degree of responsibility of th£ college 'honor men. But the defense is not insanity. It will consist of evidence intended 'to mitigate the crime by showing: 1. That the murderers were not entirely responsible. 2. That their youth should be taken into consideration, as one reason why they Should be kept from the. gallows. If the sentence is to Joliet, It is possible that later they might be ad- Judged insane while In prison. In that event they would be transferred to the Chester Asylum for Criminal Insane.«nd upon recovering would be returned to Joliet to serve out their sentences. Soviet Divorces Granted in Five Minutes for $1.50 Moscow.--Soviet Russia offers far more advantages to persons seeking easy and quick divorces than perhaps any place in the world. Under a new decree a divorce can be hfd within five minutes at a cost of $1.50, provided Roth parties agree. If, however, one objects, the case must be referred to the courts. Misconduct does not constitute a valid reason for the annulment of marital ties, but desertion* religious superstition, excessive religious piety, incompatibility of temperament and divergence In political views are held to be sufficient causes. Hughes Gives Pledg* of Aid to European* London.--Europe can count on the United States (1) in efforts toward further disarmament, (2) in support of institutions of International justice, (3) In co-operation for the promotion of peace In conformity with the program of national Institutions for the promotion of public health and war oa the drug traffic, and (4) assistance In rehabilitation through the Dawes plan. Secretary Hughes declared at an international dinner given in his honor by the Pilgrims' society. Morgan Agent Insists i Allies Evacuate Ruhr London.--The Daily Telegraph asserts that Thomas W. Lamont of J. P. Morgnn A Co. has presented an ultimatum to the allied premiers, declaring American bankers will not have anything to do with the proposed loan to Germany without stronger guarantees. The guarantees, Lamont is declared to have said, must include the evacuation of the Ruhr. ^ Spot Where Columbus " Landed Now U. S. Park San Juan, Porto Rico.--Governor Towner formally accepted from the Insular government the gift of the tract of land near Aguadilla where Christopher Columbus landed In 1402, the only sprit under the American flag where the discoverer of America ever set tofft. The government will develop the tract as a park. Warren Warns Mexico Against flew Uprising , Jtfexico City.--Gen. I'lutarco Elias Calles, who on the face of returns from the recent election has been named next President to succeed Obregon, left his ranch at Nuevo Leon for Mexico City. Ambassador Warren let it be> known that any factional revolt against the recent plebiscite would find no sympathy in the United States* Mulla Chieftain Seized Washington.--The Persian authorities have arrested Khalosi Zndeh, a* Mulla leader, with 200 others suspected of participating in the murder of American Consul Robert IrubfUt the State department was advised, Dies in Quicksands Tuma, Ariz.--William Jones, fessed slayer, escaped from a sherllrs posse under a fusillade of pistol shots, only to lose his life in flight in the quicksands of the Colorado river. v Two Die at Kenosha Crossing Kenosha, Wis. -- Grade crossings claimed two more victims when Fred Hainne, thirty, and Ferdinand Egger, twenty-six, were killed as the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a train. Summer Hits Chicago Chicago.--Heat--directly or indirectly, claimed 14 victims Monday In and near Chicago when summer, suddenly arriving, sent the thermometer to 91 decrees.