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BivtiHiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiirtrtfS Neu?s Brevities | of Illinois iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiniiS Dixon.--Ed Thurm, a Nachusa township farmer who has served but 66 days of a 180-day sentence for violation of the state prohibition act, was released from the county jail under parole to return September 20 and serve the remainder of his sentence. The parole was granted by Judge Crabtree that Thurm might go home and harvest his crops. Aledo.--A suit for $60,000 ^gainst the Sherrard bank »hhs been filed in the Circuit court of Aledo by P. A. Thuren and J. E. Swanson. This Is the fourth suit filed by depositor^ against the bank in an effort to regain/bonds and money which the bank claims were stolen when the bank was robbed several months ago. La Salle.--Twenty-seven federal prohibition enforcement agents, under direction of Maj. Hamlet C. Rldgeway, raided 14 places, arrested IS proprietors ^nd employees, and confiscated the largest haul of contraband liquor that has been seized in Salle since prohibition days began. : . ' " «Ointon.--'The city council, spurred by discourtesy shown to Congressman Graham of Springfield, whose Fourth of July oration was Unheard because of .the incessant discharge of firecrackers, has adopted an ordinance preventing the sale of explosives. I Decatur.--Waldo Schumacher • of Syracuse, N. Y., has been appointed professor of government in the department of history and political science at Millikin university. He was formerly of the University of Wisconsin faculty. Dixon.--In a fit of anger because he believed Francis Shaw, sixty-four, had poisoned his dog, Herbert J. McCann struck Shaw, his neighbor and tyfe-long friend, knocking him to the ground, the fall resulting in concussion of the brain and Shaw's death. Springfield.--A model army camp, with sleeping tents, mess tents, lecture tents and kitchen tents, will take care of the housing and feeding problems of approximately 300 boys who will attend the boys' state fair school here from September 13 to 19. t» Chicago.--Otto G. Roehling, cashier of the North Avenue State bank and widely known among business and professional men, was found dead.from asphyxiation in the bathtub In his apartment. Hinckley.--Swallowing a wire staple caused the death of a ninemonths- old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Iibuls Probst. The staple was dislodged during a spasm of coughing. Blood poisoning proved fataL Fanner City.--Alleging alienation of the affections of his wife, Ray L. Edwards Is suing Alvin E. McGath for (10,000. Mrs. Alvin McGath has filed suit for divorce, alleging infidelity and naming Mrs. Edwards as corespondent. Napervllle.--Northwestern college, conducted by the Evangelical church, will adopt a fall building program totaling $250,000. A memorial auditorium will be the first new. unit erected. Monmouth. -- Thirty-nine Warren connty property owners have procured BB injunction restraining the county treasurer from paying out public money for right-of-way land needed for new highways. Champaign.--The new passenger station of the Illinois Central, which will cost $50,000, will be dedicated August 9. C. H. Markham, president of the railroad, will deliver the principal . address. * Pana.--Caleb P. Baldwin, slxtytfght, prominent In Republican state politics for years, retired Insurance and realty man, and prior to 1890 traveling freight agent for a number of Illinois railroads, died here. Freeport.--Rev. Frank G. Sayers, Baptist minister add expert swimmer, saved the life of Joseph Teeter, thirteen, who got into water beyond his depth in a park lagoon. Sterling.--Rev. F. W. Nazarehe of Rochelle has been called to the pastors- ate of the First Methodist church to Succeed Rev. D. E. Cruea, who resigned to Join the Anti-Saloon league. Litchfield.--A check for $100 and a letter of commendation was received by Amos Laurant for having put out a fire in a ear loaded with volatile oils when a train was wrecked here. Chester.--Stephen Mann, twelve-yearold son of Walter Mann, was killed when he fell from his bicycle and was struck by a passing automobile driven by Forest Ferguson. Harrisburg.--A squad of prohibition agents were conducting a series of raids along the Ohio river in Gallatin county. Three large stills set for brewing were taken in the first raid. Decatur.--Officers of the new chapter of the Izaak Walton league are Charles A. Ewing, John J. Hogan, R. D. Rainey and H. M. Onyett. The membership is 300. Waltonvllle.--Yeggmen robbed the First National bank here of Liberty bonds and other securities valued at $30,000 and escaped. Rock Island.--Artemus W. Phllieo has filed suit against Police Magistrate A. M. Klove, demanding $25,000 damages. Phllieo applied for a warrant al leglng that a neighbor harbored i vicious dog. Klove neglected to turn the warrant over to an officer. Philip got mad and was fined. Decatur.--Charging alienation of Affections of her husband, Mrs. Ada M Probst has filed suit against Claudia Rlckard Probst, demanding $25,000 damages. The plaintiff is the divorced wife of Otto Probst, while the defendant is his second wife. Springfield.--Hot weather Is considerably more hazardous to health and life in Illinois than cold weather. During the five years ending with 1922 a total <Sf 263 deaths were recorded as 51 being caused by excessive exposure to hot weather, while only 59 deaths were attributed to cold weather conditions. Mortality from both causes was about evenly divided among city and rural dwellers. The year of 1921, with a total of 102, had the highest record for the period for mortality due to excessive heat, says the state health director. . « Bloomlngton.--Preparations have begun for a pageant, depicting the history of the Methodist church in connection with the Illinois conference September 10. Bishop Elwin H. Hughes will preside. The conference will celebrate the centennial of the opening of the first Methodist church in Illinois. Marlon.--Hosea Cagle, owner and proprietor of the Marion Amusement park, was instantly killed near hfere wnen he drove his automobile into a steel cable, hung across a state highway as a barricade. The cable tore up the front of the car, cut the steering wheel in halves and broke Cagle's neck. I'eorla.--The two-day convention of the Illinois Cleaners' and Dyers' association closed with the election of officers. . Harry Nickey of Springfield was re-elected president. Other officers chosen sre: C. C. Smith of ltockford, vice president ; Charles Jessup of Chicago, secretary; Otto FeUinger of Chicago, treasurer. Springfield.--A dowristate branch of the Association Opposed to Prohibition was launched at a meeting held in the Elks' club, with C. A. Wlndle, Chicago, as the speaker. It was announced that the association is not for the return of saloons, but favors beer and light wine for home use. * Wllmette.--Rev., William Netstraeter, former pastor of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic church of Wllmette, left his $200,000 estate to be used for the construction of a new parish church, it was revealed with the filing of his will.- Chicago.--One hundred and nine million glasses of malted milk were drunk by thirsty Illlnolsans during 1923, according to reports made after a survey by the dairy marketing department of the Illinois Agricultural association. Springfield.--Resources of banks In Illinois outside of Chicago increased $8,653,349 and savings deposits increased $5,368,583 in the period between March 31 and. June 30, according to a report made public by the state auditor's office. Rockford.--Removal of Camp Grant's Eagle and Flag monument, erected in 1917, is under consideration because of sigfts of dangerous decdy. Efforts will be made to secure funds to build a suitable monument in honor 6f the men who trained at the camp. Springfield.--Babies, 1,000 strong-- triplets, twins and individuals--will compete for honors at the Illinois State Fair Better Babies' conference, to be held at Springfield September 13-20. c Springfield.--Application for authority to close its stations at Mountain Glen and Hodges Park, on its main line in southern Illinois, has been made by the Mobile & Ohio railroad to the Illinois commerce comn^ssion. Rock Island.--If the city will provide ground on Market Square the Exchange club will obtain funds and erect a $30,000 Soldiers" Memorial building next year, the city council has been informed. ' Danville.--Mrs. Sarah Scott Bines, eighty-two, prominent In social, church and philanthropic circles at Ridge Farm for many years and wife of Hon. William M. Bines, Is dead at her home. De Kalb.--A Junior Ku Klux Klan Is being formed. The organization Is open to sons and brothers of K. K. K. members, the age limit being twelve to eighteen. Jollet.--A campaign to raise $100,- 000 for the building of a synagogue and community center has teen launched by Jollet Jews. Rabbi David Savltz Is directing the drive. Rockford.--Spontaneous combustion of oil and grease caused a fire which destroyed two stores and the post office at Shlreiand with a loss estimated at $30,000. Decatur.--Mrs. \Nannle Conrad, fiftytwo, wife of John W. Conrad, president of the First National bank of Cowden, was found dead, hanging in a grape arbor. Paris.--One dollar per bushel for 8,- 000 bushels of corn was recently paid Seymour Miller, manager of the Kamp farms, west of this city. The grain is now being delivered. Evanston.--A complete curriculum In public utilities and utilities management, in connection with its school of commerce, has been announce by Northwestern university. East Dubuque.--Fire companies of northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin held their annual tournament here on July 30. Bloomlngton.--A garage and 42 automobiles were destroyed here by fire with a loss of $40,000. Herrin.--When Joe M. Cravens and his son, Claude, failed to come home to supper, search was instituted at the slope mine, which the fat)t»r owns and operates six miles southeast of Herrin, and the bodies of the t4fe men were found asphyxiated at the bottom of the slope. Lexington.--fJue to thinning ranks, the Lexington post of the Grand Army of the Republic, after 41 years, has surrendered Its charter and the members have become affiliated with the Bloomlngton post. Only three charter members survive. WHEAT MONEY FLOODS BANKS Institutions of Southwest Millions in New !)•- posits by Farmers. Kansas City, Mo.--Country bank- >rs of the Southwest are clamoring >y mall and personally among Kansas, 2ity banks for commercial paper and. >ther outlets for their rapid accumulaions of new wheat money. The move* nent of netf wheat in the Southwest las only started, but already the >anks of Kansas City alone have ef- 'ected an Increase of $20,000,000 in lieir country bunk deposits. The hardest Is so much greater than expected md the prices being paid for wheat to much higher- that new wheat money s flowing into the Sotfthwest in a/ volume exceeding the happiest dreams >f farmers and bankers. One of the largest banks in Kansas 2Ity had $22,000,000 in country bank leposlts prior to the inauguration of :he new wheat movement; today Its country bank deposits are in excess of £30,000,000. Another large bank has gained $5,000,000 in country bank deposits In this period. "What shall I say?" This question was asked by an official of one of the :arger bank% here in considering a reply to a country banker who had Sent i second letter clamoring for comnerclal paper or other loans that would provide an outlet for $50,000 >f new wheat money. While he was considering an answer to this request, mother letter came to his desk from i country bank that it desired to Increase its application for the pur- :hase of commercial paper, grain oans or other Investments from $15,- )00 to $25,000. From the receiver of a country bank lear Dodge City, which Is in the Kansas district having the best wheat crops in history, one leading bank ?f Kansas City has been advised that the paper It holds against that Institution will be paid In full with Interest. The amount due Is $15,000 plus Interest. When the bank near Dodge City failed, the Kansas City correspondent bank told the receiver not to press the farmers to pay off In order to effect a rapid liquidation. "Let them make a crop," the Kansas City bank wrote. Nature and the farmers did the rest, and the Kansas City bank will not lose a cent. - REZA KHAN fteza Khan is the uewiy premier of Persia. Aected WAR DEPARTMENT IS RUSHING BONUS Sao Paulo Loss From War Estimated at $20,000,000 Sao Paulo.--Once more in>-'communication with the outside world, the revolution- swept city of Sao Paulo, staggering under the blow of three weeks of vicious civil war. Is checking up the death toll and wreckage. Fifteen hundrfed persons, most of them peaceful citizens, were killed or wounded during the fighting, It Is now estimated. Property loss of at least $10,- 000,000 was Inflicted a# the city's large manufacturing district was torn by the bombardment of the federals and mob rioting, while It is said losses In the residential section will Increase this by another $10,000,000. Papers Going Through fltf Rate of 1,000 a Day, N Washington.--One thousand bonus applications have been put through every day since July 25, when the War department began its task of passing on the million that have been received. Two thousand clerks have been hard at work since June 14--when funds for the administration of the bonus law became available--distributing application blanks and perfecting the records of the veterans whose applications failed to include necessat-y data. f\ During this period 10,000,000 items of record and the information from about 80,000 muster rolls have been filed with the records. When the system of handling the applications Is perfected the output will be increased to 30,000, or 40,000 a day. Insurance certificates are dated January 1. 1925, and cash payments are due March 1, 1925. Gen. Robert C. Davis, adjutant general of the army, said the department is ready to receive a!l applications. He requested that veterans who have not so far applied, but who intend to do so, submit their applications as soon as possible. ' This will be to the Interest of both the department and the veterans, he said. If death should occur prior to the filing of an application the dependent would receive only a third the amount he or she would "have received had the veteran applied before death. ALUES AGREE ON DAWES PROGRAM Conference at London in Full Accord; German ;, Delegates Invited.. London.--The first stage of the London conference has been successfully tyassed. The allies reached a full agreement on a program for putting the Dawes plan Into operation. An invitation was dispatched to the German government to send delegates to discuss as equals the application of the Dawes ideas for the solution of the reparations tangle. The third committee sat until after one o'clock in the morning trying to reach a final agreement on the matter of arbitration In case of a disagreement In the transfer committee. The British wanted to appeal to arbitrators only in case there were two dissehtents, but the French Insisted on an appeal In case of only one dlssentent, and the committee, unable to agree, left the matter for decls'.on •py the full conference. The conference decided In favor of the French view and adopted the reports of the first and third committee, wh\ch now embody the French compromise plan as amended In the last three days and which Is said to satisfy the bankers. - Briefly, a system of arbitral commissions Is set up In ease of all pos-i sible disagreements. Americans are to be chairmen of most of these boards. The delegates obviously are relieved and delighted. Col. James A. Logan, the American mehiber, declared as he left the foreign office that this Is the most successful of allied gatherings since the treaty of Versailles. It is not likely that there will be any more plenary sessions until the Germans arrive. When they do come, there is little likelihood of any dispute on the financial and economic provisions of the, Dawes report, but they will Insist on an early military evacuation of the Ruhr as an absolute essential. » Th£ French plan calls for two years of occupation, and the Germans are unable to accept this. All the allies except the French favor Immediate evacuation, and, as usual, the French are trying to snatch some.. material advantagf from the situation. JUDGE A. J. TUTTLE lU. PLANS NEW ARMS PARLEY Coolidge to Urge Limitation Pact When Dawes Plan . Is Adoptedi^ Judge Arthur J. Tuttle of the United States District court is a Republican candidate for the position of-United States senator from Michigan. MARKET QUOTATIONS FOR MIDDLE WEST Secretary Hughes Meets Ebert While in Berlin Berlin.--Secretary of State Hughes arrived In Berlin Sunday morning from Cologne. He was escorted to the German capital in a special car provided by the American government for the American embassy staff. Mr. Hughes was met at the station- by Ambassador Houghton, members of the embassy and Baron Maltzan, undersecretary for foreign affairs, who represented the foreign office. The secretary and Mrs. Hughes were driven to the embassy, where they rested until a luncheon was given in their honor by President Ebert. Secretary Hughes Given 'Honor Degrees in Belgium Brussels.--The University of Brussels and the University of Louvaln each conferred the degree of doctor of laws upon Charles E. Hughes, American secretary of state. The first degree was conferred upon him by the Belgian ambassador to the United States at the American embassy, and the second by Cardinal Mercler In the archeplscopal palace at Mechlin. Union Labor Leaders Hit Coolidge and Davis Atlantic City, N. J.--The American Federation of Labor, through its executive committee, made public Its platform of principles for the guidance of 5,000,000 members; of organized labor during the coming Presidential campaign. The statement specifically denounces President Coolidge and John W. Davis, Democratic nominee, as being unworthy of labor's support. i lush Warship to Strike Zone in Newfoundland St. Johns, N. F.--All available police and one warship were sent to the west coast where, at Cornerbrook, Alfred Prince, leader of 4,000 striking workers ofi the Humbermouth Paper and Power project, announced that the plant and forests tfould be laid in ruins unless Premier Monroe came to Investigate. ----^ Hospital Opens an Unique Filling Station for Babies New York.--A human milk depot opened at Long Island College hospl tal, which physicians said would re suit in saving lives of many Infants through furnishing of .nutritious food from healthy mothers to mothers who are unable to supply their Infants, Milk from healthy mothers Is placed in containers and distributed. Sinds Body of Man,'Head Off, in Illinois Woods Brookfield, 111.--A resident ol Brookfleld, picking flowers in a strip of woods south of the Burlington tracks recently, stumbled over the decapitated body of a man which evidently had lain there for many weeks. The head lay about two feet from the body. Decomposition had erased the features beyond recognition. Farina.--Strawberry growers In this section report receipts aggregating $78,000 on the 1924 crop. Picking be- Joseph McCready Is Dead Philadelphia, Pa.--Joseph M. Mc Cready, secretary of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, and a well known sport writer, died at khls home In Llunerlch, a suburb, from pneumonia. Peoria.--Motorbuses and automo biles have ruined the passenger bust* neks of the Peoria Railway Terminal gan May 30 and continued four weeks. I company, it Is stated, and permission From this station 24,000 cases of 24 quarts each;were shipped to Chicago commission men. The price ranged from $2.75 to $4.25 per case. Rock Island.--W. H. Rollins was held by the police on charges of deserting from the army and perjury. Rollins, arrested at Rollins' former wife's home, is alleged to have! attmpted to get a bonus check from the government twice. has been asked of -the Illinois commerce commission to discontinue passenger trains between Peoria and Pekin. Savanna.--A tooth, believed to be that of a prehistoric monster, has been unearthed on the farm of William Harlng, near here. The tooth is four Inches in length and fourteen Inches in circumference. It will I be sent to the University of Illinois. Aged Sportsman Dims Newport News, Va.--Hamilton Busbey, eighty-five, journalist, publisher and nationally known sportsman, died at the hospital of the national sol diets' home h've. Male Butterflies Boozers London.--Male butterflies like to get drunk while female ones shun liquor and are perfectly content with water as a beverage, Is the discovery of the zoologist, Sutt, after experimenting along these lines. Boy Scouts as Dry Agents New Orleans, La.--State Prohibition Director Jackson has suggested to the state boy scout commissioner that his Blaine Keeps Wisconsin Off the "Defense" Field Madison, Wis.--Wisconsin's National Guard will not take part In Nation Defense day, September 12, it was announced here. In an order Issued by direction of Gov. John J. Blaine Adjt. Gen. Ralph Immell declared "the governor feels that a test of mobilization Is inadvisable" and that the Wisconsin National Guard will "take part only on the call of the President of the United States Issued In a national em^gency." Kentucky G. O. P. Renames Congressman J. W. Langley Louisville, Ky.--Congressman John W. Langley of I'ikeville has been nominated on the Republican flcket to succeed himself on the face of Incomplete returns available on Kentucky primary. Mr. Langley, who appealed from his Federal court sentence of two years for alleged conspiracy to violate the Volstead act, made his campaign on what he chose to call a "vindication." Chicago.--For the week ended July 81: ' LIVE STOCK--Chicago prices: Hogs, bulk of sales, $8.60<ti) 10.50; heavy butchers. $9.50@10.25; heavy mixed packing. $8.30@9.00; roughs, $8.00® 8.25; mediums, $9.20^9.70; pigs, $7,500 10.00. Cattle: Prime steers, $11,250 11.75; good to choice, $9.50@11.25; yearlings. $9.00@11.50; fat cows and heifers. $5.00 @9.50; stockers and feeders, $4.2» @7.75; western lambs, $13.00@14.00; feeding lambs. $11.50® 12.50. GRAIN--Wheat: No. 1 red, $1.$5 Chicago, $1.37 @1.39 St. Louis; No. 2 red, $1.32^4 ©1.33V4 Chicago, $1.35@1.38 St. Louis; No. 3 red, $1'.32 Chicago, $1.32@ 1.35 St. Louis; No. 1 hard, $1.33@ 1.33* Chicago, $1.28@1.43^4 St. Louis; No. 2 hard. $1.32^@1.34% Chicago. $1.28® 1.33 Sk St. Louis; No. 1 northern, $1.35% @1.38% Minneapolis; No. S northern, $1.29%@1.!<5 Minneapolis. Corn: No 2 mixed. $1.10% @1-11 Chicago, $1.09 H Peoria; No. 3 mixed, $1.10% Chicago; No. 2 yellow. $1.11* @1.11 Chicago; No. 3 yellow, $1.10% @1.11% Chicago. $1.09 Peoria; No. 2 white. $1.11V4@111% Chicago, $1.10 St. Louis. Oats: No. 2 white. 54@55c Chicago, 55%@57c St. Louis; No. 3 white, 52@53%c Chicago, GfittO 57c St. Louis. PRODUCE--Butter, 92 score. 86 Ho Chicago. Cheese at Wisconsin primary markets: Twins, 18%c; single daisies. 19c; double daisies, 18%c; young Americas, 19 %c; longhorns. 19c; squar# prints. 19c. Poultry, at Chicago: Turteys. 20c; hens. 17V4@21c; springs, 28c; roosters, 14%c; ducks, 17c; geese, 13c. Eggs: Firsts. 27@27%c; extras, 32%@ 84Vic. Fruits: Apples. $1.50@2.00 bushblackberrles. case 16 quarts, $1,500 65; cherries, case 16 quarts. $1.50@ _.50; peaches, six baskets. $1.00@1.76. Vegetables: Beets, 100 bunches. $1.00® 1.25; cabbage, crate, 75c@$1.00; celery, Michigan squares. 50@75c; cucumbers, 1.00® 1.25 bushel; lettuce, head. $5.00 J)5.50 crate; potatoes, new, $1.20@1.50 sack, $2.50 @2.65 barrel. Girl and 2 Companions Killed in Plane Crash Crawfordsville, Ark.--Miss Audrey Oates, nineteen; Barney Schull, twenty- six, and Charles Hedrlck, twentysix, were killed ivhen the airplane in which they were making an exhibition flight fell 1,500 feet. One of the wings collapsed and the machine hurtled to earth. As It struck it burst into flames. The bodies of the occupants were cremated. Washington.--President Coolidge Is expected to issue a call for an international conference on the question of limitation of armaments In Washington in case a plan for the settlement of German reparations is adopted in the course of the present European parleys on that subject. It Is felt that whatever settlement Is arrived at will have for its foundation the Dawes plan, and thus a large measure of credit for the expected settlement will be due to American efforts. The Republican platform which was adopted at Cleveland commits the party to calling a conference on the limitation of armaments, once a Jjlan for the settlement of reparations has befen adopted. President Coolidge is not only in sympathy with this Idea but was instrumental in having this plank put Into the platform. It contemplates a conference, akin to the previous Washington conference, to consider the further limitation of naval armaments, especially submarines, cruisers and aircraft, and also the limitation of armament on land. In spite of many drawbacks and much disputation, the feeling here is that a settlement of the vexed question of reparations will grow out of the submission of the Dawes plan. Secretary Hughes Is due home in the next few weeks. He will have first hand and Intimate information about conditions* and it Is needless to say he will be consulted by the President as soon as he returns. el; "Runners" Sentenced to Pour Beer Into Sewer Norwalk, Conn.--Opening 6,624 bottles of beer to be poured Into the sewer was a punishment accepted by William Willis of Bridgeport and John Barker of New Haven, In lieu of jail sentences when they were found guilty of transporting illegal beer. Besides the Jail sentences, Willis was fined $200 aad oogts and Barker $75 and costs. 3 Die When Hurled From Auto Under Ore Train Ironwood, Mich.--William Sill, twenty- four, his brother Ell, twenty-two, and William Anderson, twenty-two, all of Ironwood, were killed near Highbridge, Wis., west of here, when their automobile overturned and threw them under an ore train which |he driver tried to avoid striking. Rum Runners Use Submarine Boston, Mass.--United Stales Attorney Harris bad a report that a submarine had landed a cargo of liquors in Buzzaul's bay. He said his Informant t^ld him the cargo consisted of German i^eer and French champagne, One of U. S. Round-the- World Ptanes'Wrecked Hoefn Hornafjord, Iceland.--Two of the American round-the-world flyers have reached Iceland. The third, the machine of Lieutenant Wade, was forced down by engine trouble and wrecked by accident while the cruiser Richmond was trying to salvage It midway between the Scottish coast and Iceland. Mrs. Rosalie Evans is Shot Dead in Mexico Mexico City.--Mts. Rosalie Evans, a native of Brownsville, Texas, widow of a former president of the Bank of London In £*xico, an Englishman was shot dead in the vicinity of Tex melucan, state of Puebla, wlien on the road to her hacienda. Legless, Drives 7,000 Miles Logansport, Ind.--Jesse ijartln, minus both legs, has returned from a ,000 mile automobile trip during which he operated his machine entirely by band. It was rebuilt for him. Former Justice Shiras Dead Pittsburgh, I»a.--George Sliiras, Sr, ninety-two, Justice of the United Stntes Supreme conrt from 1892 to 1902, died in a hospital here df pneu monla which developed after he had fractured his leg ii. a fall at his ht>me. 'Mrs. Graham Killed Springfield, 111.--Mrs. Ji.mes M. Graham, wflfe of former Congressman Graham of feprlngfield, was willed In an automobile accident at Jackson, Mich., according to word received by relatives here. Mail Pilot Falls to Death Reno, Nev.--William Blanchfleld. air mall pilot, while flying above a cemetery here during the funeral of organization aid the cause of prohlbi- an ex-soldier, was dashed to death tlon by acting as • Informants.^ | when his plane caught fire, - . . . X • ' Big Parcel Post Shipment Sioux City, Iowa.--A shipment of 4,(X)0 "pounds of binding twine was made by parcel post from Sioux City to Gregory, S. p. The postage paid was $43.20. Forest Fire Beyond Control Boise, Idaho.--Strong winds and the Intense arldness of the section have caused the forest fire original lng at • Big Eddy to spread beyond control. One hundred and sixty-five men are combating the flames. Chicago Man Gives Six• $\ Employees His Business Chicago.--On his sixtieth birthday and marking his formal retirement from business, J. R. Emery, president and owner of the Union Club Motor Livery, presented the company as a gift to his six oldest employees. No reservation was attached to the gift of the business, which Is rated as worth $100,000. Mr. Emery retains but a very small share. Woman, 90, Living in City, 1 Never Saw Street Car Qulncy, 111.--Observing her ninetieth birthday, forty of which have been celebrated in her room and the last two in bed, Mrs. H. P. Walton, wealthy resident of Qulncy, bemoaned the fact that she ne* er had ridden in an automobile and scarcely knew what one looked like. Although residing within two blocks of the very heart of the>& city, she has never seen a trolley car, nor has she been able to view the growth of the city about her. Oust New York Agent in Dry Raid on Taft's Kin • New York.--Robert J. Owens, federal prohibition agent, who led a raid on the home of Hugo Gilbert de Frltsch, whose wife is a relative by marriage of Chief Justice Taft, was dismissed from service by an order Issued from Washington. Owens' dismissal followed soon after the stock of pre-prohlbition liquor seized in the raid was returned to the house. Fourth Twins Brings Totai Children in Family to 16 Reedsburg, Wis.--The birth of twins to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Denman, living near here, brings their family to an even sixteen children. The newcomers are fourth twins In the family. The family consists of twelve sons and four daughter^. Five children are less than three years old. One child died last winter. New Honduras Revolution Mexico City.--News that a new revolution has broken out in Honduras was conveyed to .Mexico City by an announcement that a censorship had keen established. Rome to Get War as Wheat Prices Mount Rome.--All bakeries in Rome are again baking war bread. It is sold at 1 lira 20 ceritlslmi per kilogram, while the price of regular bread will raised 2 "re per kilogram. The increase In the price of wheat is responsible. Italy's wheat crop will be poor this season. Attorney General Opens Fight on Radiof Makers Washington. -- Attorney General Stone has ordered further inquiry into gasoline prices nnd also, it was Indicated at the Department, of Justice, Is preparing an attack on certain radio equipment companies for alleged violation of anti-trust laws. Germans Have Paid Over Eight Billion Gold Marks Paris.--Germany's 'total reparations payments In cash and merchandise are given as 8,405,932,000 gold marks In a revised provisional* statement of the reparations commission as of June 30, made public here. $100,000,000 is Wheat Gain Washington.--The present boom in grain prices will net wheat growers from $10*0,000,000 to $200,000,000 more than they received for last year's crop, the Department of Apiculture estimates. % • Big Fire in San Juan San Juan, Porto Rico.--More than 1,000 persons were rendered homeless Thursday night by a lire at Areclbo, which destroyed 200 houses in tfct poorer sectloi- of the city. New Jersey Wars on Beetles N RIverton, N. J.--New Jersey is slowly winning In Its war on the Japanese beetle, fighting the pest on a battleground of 700 square miles. An embargo has been placed on all shipments from the infected district. • .I ' ' Soviet Envoy at Peking Peking.--L. M. Karakkan, who has been acting as soviet representative nt Berlin for several months, has presented his credentials as Russian ambassador to ClUiuu Wyoming Mining Town Wiped Out by Forest Fire Cheyenne, Wyo.--the town of Cold Springs and neighboring mine buiklings have been destroyed by the forest fire raging In thick timber in the War Bonnet district, 60 miles southwest of Douglas, Wyo., according to information received at the United States Land office here. Scdres of Persons Hurt y as Klan and Foes Fight --Nlles. Ohio.--Scores of persons are believed to have been bruised and beaten in a pitched battle In the street Monday night between about 750 men; said to be members of the Knights of the Flaming Circle, an anti-klan order, and some TOO klansmen. Four Drown in Swimming *" . Pool at Harrisburg, lit. Harrisburg, 111.--Charles Patton, his wife, baby and brother, Earl Patton, all residents of Dupo, 111., were drowned In Big Saline creek, 12 miles southeast of Harrisburg. The entire family had gone In bathing. China Executes Two in Street; Stole 20 Children Shanghai.--Two Chinese, convicted of kidnaping twenty children, were publicly executed on the Bund, a principal business street of the Chinese city, by the local military officials. • tg, Japan Buys Machine Guns London.--An order for 140,000 machine guns from the British Vickers company has been placed by the Japanese government, and the company is working on the order at top production, says a report. Pig Loan for Norway New York.--Flotation of a $250,- 000,000 loan, for Norway was an* nouneed by the National City company, which will head a syndicate making the public oflfering of the issue. Orizaba Paralyzed by Strike Vera Cruz, Mexico.-- Orizaba is literally paralyzed by the general strike of workers beginning Saturday. Street cars and electric lights are suspended, bakeries are at a standstill and hotels are unable to get labor. Find Copy of Fourth Patent Washington.--A copy of fourth patent, issued in 1791, was unearthed in the patent office. It Is signed by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. " #