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' \ J:^4^\ 4 ""\^->'. 'T^'-t r * - \ n 1 1 • 'r ^ •/Vs '"m',1* \fi< i V > •&'-^vrV':3 A- * ' v»' *.?; -astir •:" 4 ' . . / ' - rv Ms?*# ILLINOIS Danville.--Elmer Gardner, sixty-two, formerly a prosperous hotel man of Battle Creek, Mich., but b laborer for 18 month^ in the street department here, died In a workingman's hotel from self-administered poison. Pontine.--The record oats yield for Livingston county was obtained on the farm of Ford Boyd, where the crop from a 14-aere tract averages 101 bushels to the acre. -• Millstadt.--In an effort to prevent a possible holdup, the officials of the Bank of Millstadt here have taken unusual precautions, inaugurating a "safety before business" policy. Persons having business in the bank are required to rap for admission. After the cashier satieties himself as to the Identity of the caller, a string to the teller's cage releases the latch. - Murphysboro.--Billie "Little Red" Season, Tom Mangan and T. J. Patterson, were arrested by Sheriff White, charged with participating in the robbery of the bank of Vanduser, Mo., Jn July when $1,850 was taken. Seven participated in the robbery. Two have been arrested at Charleston, W; Va., and two at Llmo, Mo.^ ; Galesburg.--Flood waters on SpOon river have fallen fast, following the unprecedented rise in which the bottomlands from the tieadwaters of the stream near Wethersfield in Henry county, down through Knox and Fulton counties, were inundated, causing heavy loss to farmers and stock raisers. Rock Island.--Having made more than a million dollars in the grain market and thereafter losing it through bad investments, Charles H. Wayne, widely-known broker, was found dead in his apartments in Rock Island. Apoplexy caused his death, doctors say. Urbana.--It costs about 10 cents per rod to keep up fences on the ordinary farm In the grain farming sections of Illinois, according to data compiled during the last four years by ten Champiagn and Piatt county farmers In co-operation with the college of agriculture, University of Illinois. Bloomington.--Veterans of* the old Ninety-fourth infantry, which heads its roster with the boast that "the Ninety-fourth marched 1,200 miles into nine battles without one retreat," gathered in Miller park in Bloomington for their forty-flrst annual regimental reunion. Bloomington.--Wheat to averaging 35 bushels to the acre on .two farms near Bloomington. On these farms there are only 300 acres in oats and 250 in wheat, against an average of 1,000 acres for the two grains in former years. Peoria.--Final preparations are being made for the entertainment of the state convention of the Illinois Federation of Labor, which opens at Peoria September 8 for an indefinite period of sessions. Between 800 and 1,000 delegates are expected. Centra I ia.--The "mysterious person" who wrote threatening letters to three women of Centralia was punished with a "sound spanking." Gladys Hurd. twelve years old, admitted she wrote the letters "to have some fun." Springfield.--Rivers and streams j ing the Urbana.--Possibilities of the worst seed corn shortage next spring since iyi8 Is one of the most^serious aspects of the present alarm over coru crop conditions in Illinois and throughout i lie corn belt, according to J. C. liuckionian, crop extension specialist of the college o» agriculture. University of Illinois. He lias warned farmers not to take any chance, but to gather a considerable surplus of seed in order to be prepared for the threatened shortage. Danville.--Mrs. Floyd Bartlett of Danville, has invented a new "booze cure" that has been approved by the chief of polfcj^ When officers were called to the Bartlett home they found Bartlett tied hand and foot to a sanitary cot. Beside the .cot sat Mrs. Bartlett, armed with a piece of board. Marks on Bartlett showed the board had been used. Mrs. Bartlett explained that her husband had been drinking and that she was sobering him up. Springfield.--Prospects of an extremely low mortality rate for Illinois^ for H>-4 are outlined in a weekly health bulletin issued by the Illinois state department of public health. The report shows a total of 40,853 deaths in the state during the first six months of 11)24 compared wijh, 4o,40U in Ike same period in 1923. • ' • Waterloo.--Lonis Sorcher,. one. ot the few Civil war veterans in Waterloo, died here. ,He was born in Germany and came to America when a young man. He worked as a grocery clerk in St. Louis and later assisted farmers near Waterloo. He was approaching his ninetieth birthday. Springfield.--All children must attend school until they have reached the age of sixteen years, whether tliey have graduated from the eighth grade or not,.,, County Superintendent of Schools E. C. Prultt has announced to all school director* and members of boards of education. Chicago.--Seven bandits got $5,200 from the Inland Trust and Savings bank, Cicero and Milwaukee avenues, after lining the patrons and officials against the wall. The robbers took the money from the cages and escaped under pistol fire. One robher dropped $4,000 as the shooting started. Chicago.--Counterfeit currency in $5, $10, $20 and $50 denominations has been passed, at the Hawthorne race track here, according to federal officers who seek its origin. More than $100,- 000 in spurious notes has been circulated mostly in fretting, they said. Springfield.--Farmers of Illinois will plant on an average of 5 per cent less winter wheat this fall than a year ago, according to a survey made by A. J. Surrat, agricultural statistician of the department of agriculture here. Springfield.--The state department of public health reports a^total of 63,- 215 births in the state during the first six months of 1924, giving the stork a margin of 22«3<?2. Births in the same period in 1923 totaled 61,018. Pana.--Aaron Bonser, seventy-nine, who, resided on the same farm here over sixty years, died suddenly of heart disease. On August 6 he and Mrs. Bonser celebrated their fiftieth marriage anniversary. Patton.--Eunice Creeling, nine, of Patton, who was hit by an automobile. died without regaining consciousness. She suffered a fracture of the skull, which was followed by an attack of brain fever. Aurora.--Police of this city are seekmost desperate burglar," who throughout Illinois, swollen to flood stages in many districts by the excessive rains of last week, almost without exception, are receding and In some sections are back to their normal stages. • Pana.--Lain Nichols, sixteen-yearold son of Hiram Nichols, a farmeir near Herrick, was instantly killed by shot from a rifle. He was climbing a wire fence with rifle in hand when his foot caught and he fell, discharging the weapon. Sycamore.--Rev. F. E. Weicheleln has resigned the pastorate of St. Paul's Episcopal church and. will accept the rectorship of an Episcopal church at Maywood. Peru--While en route to the bedside of his wife, who is in a hosphal, John Garcobavrl, a farmer, was killed When his automobile turned over' near here. Springfield.--Babies of 37 counties in Illinois already have been listed In the ninth annual Illinois state fair "better babies conference," to be held here September 13 to 20. Polo.--Rev. David F. Seyst^r, sixtysix, for many years a pastor oT the Christian church, died here. He bad held pastorates at Kankakee, Lynville, Lanark, Mount Morris and Savanna. Springfield.--Charles "T. Baumann, mayor of Springfield from 1915 to 1923, died. He had been ill several months. Champaign.--August Lierman. sev- Nenty-five, died as a result of injuries received when he was struck by an auto. Mount Carroll.--A three-pound girl, born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shell-' baus is normal in every respect except Size, and is thriving. Elgin.--With more than 700 veterans from Chicago expected to attend and large delegations coming fjfbm other cities, fully 5,000 persons will see the two-day athletic carnival which will be held by the One Hundred and ^Wenty-ninth infantry here September :,:,;/;,®j-28. ' Rockford.--Desperately gashed by being thrown through his windshield when his auto hit a rut on a country #©ad, Harvey Frazer staggered hver a ttile to the outskirts of the-city and had an ambulance called. He will probably recover. Galesburg.--Water Is pouring over the spillway at Lake Bracken, new 1^00,000 reservoir built by the Burlington railway here this spring. The heavy rains of the summer which have •filled the lake assure the Burlington of * supply of water for this division for $ year to come. Urbana.--A party of 100 Canadian "farmers and farmers' wives from fcslex county. Ontario, "the corn belt of jfanada," were here studying the w.orkl •r. jff the* college of agriculture. University LjjXIllinois, and inspecting other points it - ®f Interest at the institution. ransacked the home of Edward Watson In broad daylight and stole a set of false teeth belonging to Mrs. "Watson. Nothing else was taken. Springfield.--Only three cases of smallpox are listed in the report of the department of public health for the week ending August 23. This is a marked decrease. Kewanee.--Lawrence Verkruysse. twenty-two, was drowned in flood waters near Atkinson, north of here. He had climbed on a log in Spring creek when it overturned. Taylorville.--Funeral services for David Hoover, eighty-seven, pioneer resident and oldest Elk in this county, were held. Rev. L. G. Iluff of the Christian church officiating. Venice.--The Venice State bank was held up and robbed for the second time within two months by four men who escaped with $5,851.66. Sterling.--Small creeks and streams have been raging in this vicinity and much damage has been done by high water. Danviile.--Mrs. Henry Grubenbach. seventy-six, was burned to death when tier clothing caught fire from a kerosene stove. Ottawa.--A midnight plunge in the bathing pool at Starved Itock cost the life of Ernst Van Dandan, 3100 Carroll avenue, Chicago, a traveling salesman. Springfield.--Logan county reported one of the two new cases of sleeping sickness in the state reported to the state department of public health. fisne.--Frank Kute, Nr., pioneer merchant of Clsne died here, aged eighty-five years. Paxton.--Theodore Becke of Rantoul was killed here by an Illinois Central train. ~ • Rock island.--Fifty-five' years a telegraph operator. Stiles H. Pierce of Rock Island, 111., is believed to hold the record for continuous service In that profession. Born in New Y<»rk in 1853. he went West with his parents and learned telegraphy at the age of fifteen at Tampico, HI., and has been, pounding a key ever since for the Chicago, Burlington * Quincy railroad. Chicago.--B. Frank Brown, fiftyeight, principal for 12 years of Lake View high school, died after an illness of several weeks. Springfield.--A clearing housed fot child-Jiealih problems to operate on a state-wide scale in the field of maternity and child, hygiene will be planned at a conference of state'health agencies here in Seemlier. Dr. Isaac Kawlings, state health director, announced. o • Chicago. -- Four-year-old William i Adelman found a revolver belonging to his father, William Adelman. in she home at 1917 Irving l'ark boulevard. He pointed i^ as his sister. It was dincharged. a bullet entering her ahd» men. Ruth is in a critical condition. REPARATION PLAN GOES THROUGH German Reichstag Sanctions - Agreement by Bi|(2S3 Majority. * London.--France and Germany having ratified the London agreement. It was formally signed here. Berlin.--The German reiclistag accepted the Dawes reparation plan agreerhent. adopting by vote of 314 to 127 the railway bill to put into effect the provisions of the London conference agreement. The German Nationalists, whose open opposition to the agreement and v. nose attacks on it during the debate had made the resftjts of the voting problematical, voted In favor of the railway bill, but they voted against the banking bill, another of the Dawes measures, which, nevertheless, was adopted by a vote of 295 to 172, a twothirds vote being unnecessary. The Industrial debenture bill, the third of those provided under- the: Dawes plan, also was adopted by the necessary majority. The vote on the railway measure provided twenty votes in favor of the bill in excess of the two-thirds majority required, more than two-thirds of the Nationalists favoring its acceptance. Up until ten minutes before the vftte was taken on the all-important railway bill the outcome of the voting on the London agreement had been wholly conjectural, although persons in well-lntormed circles had learned of a peace pact said to have been concluded between Foreign Minister Stresemann and the Nationalists. The price which the government paid for the support of t* 3 Nationalists Is reported to be a promise that the present cabinet will be reconstructed In the near future to Include several Nationalists. The government's approval of a tariff on grain Is reported also to 1>e part of the bargain made by Doctor Stresemann, who acted as a go-between for the present ministry. MRS, JOHN L. HINES Japan Keenly Watching V Developments in China Tokyo.--Commercial circles in Japan are watching the civil war developments In China with deep interest.' Already many cancellation^ of orders are coming from Shanghai, where trade already is heavily checked. Japan exported to China $100,000,- 000 worth of goods the first half of this year, mainly through Shanghai. The civil war means the wiping out of Japan's main export market. The militarists also are keenly watching, especially the developments of the Manchurlan-Chihll clash. Ther^ are vast Japanese interests in Manchuria. The possibility of Russia assisting on one side or the other also ia gravely considered. Ik 1 New portrait <>f Mr*.. L. HUMS, whose* husband. Major General Hlnes, will succeed General Pershing as chief of staff. TEXAS MAY SELECT WOMAN GOVERNOR Mrt. Ferguson Winner in Democratic Primaries Dallas, Texas.--Mrs.' Miriam Ferguson, the^rst woman candidate for governor*OT Texas and wife of James E. Ferguson, former governor, was nominated at the Democratic primary, over Felix Robertson of Dallas. Judge Robertson, Ku Klux klan candidate, telegraphed Mrs. Ferguson at her hom^ at Temple, "I sincerely congratulate you on your victory." The Texas election bureau tabulation of the vote showed Mrs. Ferguson leading by about 70,000 and more than 725,000 ballots counted. The bureau estimated the total vote would be close to 850"000. Late reports showed it was heavier than at any previous election in Texas.' ^ Wheat Crop of World Less Than Last Year Washington.--Forecasts of wheat production received by the Department of Agriculture from 21 countries ive an aggregate of 2,171,000,000 bushels, compared with 2,449,000,000 last year. These countries produced 80 per 'cent of the^crop of the northern hemisphere in 1023, exclusive of Russia and China. Heir to British Throne Welcomed at New York New York.--Escorted by airplanes, greeted by the sirens of hundreds of passing vessels, the prince of Wales entered New York harbor aboard the liner Berengaria. r Sir Esine Howard, the British ambassador at Washington, and the official party, extended a cordial welcome to England's heir apparent. Afterward he went aboard a special train over the Long Island & Pennsylvania railroads, and after a private lunch with President and Mrs. Coolidge, returned to Syosset, L. I., where he will live while in the East. Catholic Body Opposes U. S. Child Labor Bill Allentown, Pa.--The Central Catholic- Society of America closed its convention here. Resolutions were adopted opposing the provisions of the proposed federal child labdr law, defending the right to educate Catholic children in the parochial schools and urging the passage of minimum wage legislation and farmer relief measures. United States Senator Dial Loses Primaries Columbia, S. C.--Incomplete Democratic state primary returns show that United Stat es-Seixu tor N. B. Dial has been defeated for nomination to succeed himself. Governor McLeod is given 96,70.". votes, against t>0,438 for John T. Duncan, his only opponent. Senator Dial is in third place for the senatorial domination. .Explosion of Gasoline Brings Death to Pittsburgh, Pa. -- An explosion of gasoline in the garage of the People's Natural Gas company took a toll of six lives, three of them boys,, caused probably fatal injury to seven persons and less serious injury to sever others. A part of the People's Natural Gas building was wrecked and adjoining buildings were shaken by the blast. The explosion occurred when n 1,500- gallon tank., of gasoline was being drained Into the storage tank at the garage. MacMillan on His Way Back From the Arctic Fi*epor, Maine.--The Arctic expedition of Donald B. MacMillan, which has been engaged in exploration and scientific work in Greenland, within 650 miles of the North pole, is homeward bound In the schooner Bowdom. The party probably will reach the Labrador coast soon, and will make its way slowly down to Wiscasset, Maine, from which MacMillan sailed on June 23, 1923. He is due at Wiscasset September 15. •- A Department Rejects Bids Washington.--Secretary Weeks rejected the bid of $600,000 mude by the Hoboken (N. J.) Land and Improvement company for water front properties which the War department advertised for sale. Racer Makes Season's Record Milwaukee.--Sir Roach, pacing mile ia 1:59% at the Wisconsin state fair track, hung up a track record and also is credited with the fastest mile paced this season. V Poles Strengthen Border Warsaw.--By the appointment of two military governors, to the eastern borders of Poland, tile government hopes to protect: the inhabitants against further raids by Bolshevist bancftts. . -v v Eight Years' Sentence for Embezzling Funds Madison, Wis.--11. nry E. Kohlf, former Hayward (Wis.) National bank •resident, was sentenced to eight years in the Leavenworth penitentiary by Judge C. Z. Luse. It oh If entered a plea of guilty to a charge of embezzling more than $200,000 of the bank's fund. Treaty of Lausanne Ratified by France Paris.--The treaty of Lausanne was ratified by the French senate with but 20 dissenting votes, after n short de^ bate. The action gives official French adherence to the treaty which was signed July 24, 1923, and re-establlslied Near Eastern peace. Premier Herriot Wins Overwhelming Victory Paris.--The senate approved Premier Herriot's policy and the Dawes report- by 204 votes to 40, thus definitely authorizing France's signature kp the accords, which supply the machinery for a reparations settlement. Die in Train Wreck in Induf London.--More than 100 person^ were killed or injured In a collision of two passenger trains nettr Lahore, British India, according to a dispatch quoting incomplete' reports received lh Lahdre. Last of Perry's Crew Dies New York.--Lieut. William Manning, last survivor of Perry's expedition to Japan, died at his home in Brooklyn after a brief illness. He was ninety years old. ' Soviet Extenda Mercy London.--The Russian soviet executive committee has commuted the death sentence of Gen. Boris Savlnkoff to ten years in prison, says a Reuter's dlt {Mitch from Moscow. Oil Men to Meet in Taiaa Tulsa, Okla.--Leading oil operators of Germany, France, Rumania, Mexico, Venezuela, Chile, Uruguay and Kng land will participate In petroleum ex position, to be held here commencing October 2. Victims of Meningitis Tokyo.--An epidemic of meningitis which ha* already claimed !KK) victims, has spread to Tottori prefecture, where 231 cases have been reported. With 102 deaths resulting. STILL SEEKING . r ROKDOUT LOOT Government Sleuths Think ^Millions Are Hidddrf in Chicago. Chicago.--Post Office Inspector William F. Fahy1---often described as the best known and shrewdest sleuth in the government service--was arrested by Deputy United States Marshal Hal Carr on charges of being the "brains" of the $2,000,000 mail robbery at Rondout. III., oti the night of June 12. "Bill" Faliy is the inspector who sent "Big Tim" Murphy and his pals to federal prison for the Dearborn station $380,000 robbery three years ago. Ills bonds were fixed at $50,(XX), and failing to find bondsmen he was locked up in the jail at Woodstock. Faliy made a brief statement in which he charged his arrest was due to a "frameup" by criminal enemies and professional rivals. He will be arraigned on September 6. With William F. Fahy, star postal inspector, lodged in Kane county jail, apparently making no effort to gain his release on $50,000 bonds, imported government sleuths opened a new hunt for the $2,000,000 Ilondout mall robbery loot, which they believe Is secreted some place in Chicago. 1 Officials expressed the belief that Fahy and James Murray, West side politician, already under indictment in the case, are the ones In whose hands the big carload of money fell during •the panic that ensued after One of the bandits was shot by* another during the progress of the robbery. Safety deposit boxes in downtown banks, to which Fahy is known to haye had access were broken open under the direction of Rush Simmons, national chief postal inspector of Washington, who arrived to take charge of the investigation. It was said that the arrest of two more alleged principals in the robbery Is expected momentarily. Chief Clarahan stated, however, that the new suspects are not members of the postal service. National Committee of Democratic Party Washington.--Officers of the Democratic national committee besides Clem Shaver of West Virginia, are Mrs. Emily Newell Blair of Missouri, first vice chairman; Samuel B. Amidon, Kansas, second vice chairman; Frank Hague, New Jersey, third vice chairman ; Charles A. Greathouse, Indiana, secretary; Burt New, Indiana, executive secretary; Jesse H. Jones, Texas, chairman of the finance committee; James W. Gerard, New York, treJIurer; Robert N. Harper, District of Columbia, assistant treasurer. At national committee headquarters, in Washington, Senator K^v Pittman of Nevada will be director of the organization bureau. He will be assisted by Mrs. Blair, in charge of the women's co-operative activities; former Secretary of Labor William B. Wilson of Pennsylvania, in charge of labor cooperative activities, with Mrs. Rose Yates Forrester as assistant, and Richard S. Jones, in charge of veteran and club activities and first voters. Receivers Take Charge of Wilson & Company New York.--Wilson & Co., Inc., one of the four largest packing concerns in the world, passed formally into the control of Julius M. Mayer, Thomas E. Wilson and Robert C. Morrell, who were appointed receivers by Judge Bondy >in the United States District court. This action. It is asserted, makes possible the working out (O^flfCjorderly and equitable recapitalization, as these receivers were selected by the company and its bankers and creditors as best able to direct its affairs until the refinancing can be corisuuimated. The way is clear for the final rehabilitation of this big packing house, which at one time wop. on the vfrrge of bankruptcy. Makes World's Record for Horseshoe Pitching Des Moines, Ia.--Frank Jackson of Kellerton, Iowa, former national champion, Set a new world's record In the state horseshoe pitching tournament at the Iowa States fair when he made 23 rings out of 26 shoes for a percentage of 88^. The foriuber record was 80 per cent. Ambassadors to Japan and Mexico Appointed Myittiontli. Vt.--President Coolidge announced the appointment of two American ambassadors, Edgar Addison Bancroft of Chicago to Japan and James Rockwell Sheffield pf New York to Mexico. Canadians win Rifle Match Ottawa, Ontario.--Canada won the first half of an international ritie match from the United States, 1,578 points to 1,541. The Canadian team will shoot a. return match iu the United States next year. ' Killed at Grade Crossing Toledo. Ohio.--Seven persons were killed and one was fatally injured when a Baltimore & Ohio train struck an automobile on a grade crossing at Perrysburg. ^ Blast Causes Heavy Loss Birmingham, Ala.--Fire originating from an explosion of a boiler, destroyed the machine shop of tl*e llardie Tynes Manufacturing company here at an estimated loss of $750,000. No one was injured. Liner's Passengers New York.--More than 50 'passengers were injured when the finer Arabic, on her way from Hamburg to New York, was struck by a hurricane 26 miles east of Nantucket. £#IR ABDULLAH Emir Abdullah governs the territory of Tran8-JordanIa, where the rebtlllous Wahnbis have been fighting his troops. He is the second sou of King Hussein of the Hedjaz and brother of K i n g F e i s a l o f I r a q . • / . V ^' MARKET QUOTATIONS BY U. S. GOVERNMENT Washington.--For the waek «ndtng August 12.--GRAIN--No. 1 dark northern wheat, |l. 30© 1.48^4 Minneapolis; No. 2 red winter wheat. 1.30 H Chicago, $1.38^1.42 St. Louis, *1.3001.32 Kansas City: No. 2 hard winter wheat, $1,27 0 1.28 Chicago. $1.24 St. Louis, $|.17©1.2/ Kansas City; No. 2 mixed com. $1,17 0 1.18 Chicago; No. t yellow corn, $1,180 1.20 Chicago, $1.16% Minneapolis; No. I yellow com. $1.16V4 St. Louis, $1,080 1.09 Kansas City; No. 8 white corn, $112% @1.13 St. Louis, $1.07 Kansaa City; No. 3 white oats, 49%051ttc Chicago, 47Hc Minneapolis, 4»05Oo 8t> Louis, 61Vi@52c Kansas City. LIVE STOCK--Chicago hog prices ranged from 10c lower to 10c higher, closing at $10.26 for the top and $9,100 10.00 for the bulk. Medium and good beet steers, 10c lower to 10c higher at $6.90 010.60; butcher cows and heifers steady to 35c higher at $3.50010.3ft feeder steers steady at $4.6008.25; light and medium weight veal calves, 26c<3>$1.25 higher at $9.50013.75. Pat lambs, 25035c higher at 12.25014.35; feeding lambs steady at $11.25@1S.2S; yearlings steady at $8.50011.60; fat •wes. 75c@Jl.00 lower at $3.2507.00. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES--Kansas cobbler potatoes, 1502Oo lower la Chicago at $1.20 01.35 carlot sales. Cantaloupes generally weaker; California Turlock Faction salmon tints, standard 45's, scud at $2.7503.25 la leading markets; Maryland and Delaware stock, $1.2501.76. Republicans Choose • Advisory Committee Chicago.--William M. Butler, Republican national chairman, has picked the advisory committee which will be his board of strategy in conducting the G. O. P. Campaign. It Is headed by John T. Adams of Iortva, Mr. Butler's Immediate predecessor as national chairman. Second in line is C. Iiascom Slemp, White House secretary and committeeman from Virginia. Three Illinoisans were named--Julius Rosenwald, Bernard A. Eckhart and Raymond Robins, farmer Roosevelt leader and Bull Moose candidate for United States senator in 1914. Among the members are: Congressman Will R. Woo<f (Ind.), former Congressman James W. Good .(Iowa), C. Jj. Knight, Akron, Ohio; Mrs. Henrietta W. Livermore, Yonkers, N. Y.; Nathan Elsberg, New York; Claudius II. Huston, Tennessee; Charles H. March, Littlefield, Minn.; Hanford McNider, Iowa, former American Legion commander; Emmett J. Scott, Washington, D. C.; Carmi A. Thompson, Ohio; Robert L. Vann, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Douglas Robinson, New York; Mrs. Harriet Tuylor, Ohio; Joseph It. Grundy, Pennsylvania, and Rud K. Hynicka, Ohio. Two Men Found Guilty in Herrin Riot Case Herrln, 111.--Carl Neilson, reputed cyclops of the Ku Klux klan here, and Carl Wlnstead were found guilty, on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon on George Stover. These were the first convictions under indictments returned against S. Glenn Young, klan liquor raider, and 55 associates as the result of rioting here February 8. Attorneys for Neilson and Wlnstead immediately filed motions for a new trial. Prisoners in Detroit ^ Jail Burned to Death Detroit.--Two prisoners were killed and fifteen others seriously burned in the explosion of a large quantity of confiscated liquor in a West si(}e precinct police station. Liquor spreading over the floor through the cells caught the prisoners helpless. Spontaneous combustion Is believed to have caus&d the explosion. Virgin Islands Stormswept St. Thomas. Virgin Islands.--A severe hurricane with a 100-mile wind struck the Virgin islands. Trees were uprooted, crops and small craft demolished, and house® wrecked. Ther« were no fatalities. Airmen Save Themselves Washington. -- Two army airmen, Lieut. L. L. Koontz and Private Walter F. Goggln, jumped in parachutes from a disabled plane and landed safety on Boiling Fields. Mothers Not in Evidence Pittsburgh, Pa.--'Attempt to organize a mothers' club at the University of Pittsburgh failed because there were not enough mothers among the 300 women connected with the Institution to become members. 'Disease Delays Schooling Detroit. -- Prevalence of infantile paralysis will delay the opening of the public schools until September 15, Frank Cody, superintendent of schools, announced. -=> DECLARES WAR ON "PRIVILEGE Senator LaFollette Outlines ^ Platform on Which He Stands, Washington.--Declaring that bo^t) ^ : Republican and Democratic parties* have turned over the government t# > Interests which are securlnjf ^'to thera^T" selves the fruits of the Ij^bor of the mass of the American people,"' Sena*.^ tor LaFollette, in his radio address. ' asserted he has entered the Presidential rave "to convict that system." The senator disclosed his program for restoring "this government to the service of the public to obtain for the laborer and producer In, all lines greater share erf the product of hif" toll, while protecting the consume^,-, against the trust-fixed prices on all1. -he buys and to drive out of the gov*;, ernment at Washington the corrupting;.' : 'v influences now so dominant there." If elected to the White House. La* Foliette pledged himself to "free evfry-^ ^ department of the government froi® ] control of special interests;" revislot|;,v • of the tariff and taxation laws; reorl ^ ganizr.tlon of the federal trade cum* • i ! tnlssion and tariff commission; repeat".', of the Eseh-Cummlns act at-a special session of congress to be called immediatel. v after March 4; deal drastically with the federal reserve act and to restore the farmer to prosperity. Alleged Rioters Placed in Jail at Harrisburg Harrlsburg, Ill.-J-Nine mf'n, all alleged members of the Ku Klux klan. were brought to the Saline county jal! here from Herrin, where they had been arrested on charges of murder In connection with the recent disturbances. The Jail was surrounded by a force of deputy sheriffs sworn In by Sheriff John Small to protect the prisoners. A force of alleged klansmen gathered about the Jail, but displayed no signs of hostility. Marlon, 111.^-Sheriff George Galligan of Williamson county admitted that his deputies arrested eleven men charged with the murder of Deputy Sheriff J. H. "Bud" Allison, and Chester Reld. They are: John Smith, owner of the garage where the shooting started; Harold Crain, a Herrin policeman; Charles Benham, Harry, Herrin, Thomas Thornton, Sam Childers, Clarence Wyatt, John Whiteside, Gordon Smith, Carl Neilson, head of the Herrin Kv Klux klan, and John Crompton. Sheriff Galligan and five of his deputies were served with warrants, charging them with murders of three persons killed in the rioting. A warrant for the arrest of State's Attorney Duty, charging tym with conspiracy in the murders, has also been issued. Herrin, 111.--Six men were shot dead and five known wounded, two of them seriously. Two companies of state troops disembarked from a special train from Carbondale and from a motor caravan front Salem, patrolled the streets, dispersing clusters of men. Hundreds of armed members of the rival organizations--the Kn Klux klan nnd the Knights of the Flaming Circle-- came hurrying in from Mount Vernon, Benton, Marlon, and other nearby towns. The dead in the battle are: Deputy Sheriff J. H. "Bud" Allison, Dewey Newbolt, Chesfer Reid, Green Dunning, Otto Roland, Charles Willard. The wounded: lierman Phemister. bailiff of the Herrin City court, sbot in the head and expected to die; Deputy Sheriff Ora Thomas, Carl Shelton, Harry Herrin, Charles Benham. MacDonald Expected to' Call General Election London.--The British labor ministry Intends to resign in November and appeal to the country in another general election. , In the last fortnight this statement has been-* made confidentially by Labor party bosses. It received confirmation at the opening of the trade unioh congress when President Purcell said: "I warn the congress that it is well wlthlg the bounds of possibilities that the opposition to the Russian treaty may decide the fate of the Labor government" It is a certainty that the Conservatives and Liberals will unite in the house of commons in throwing out the treaty, with the lnevtyttblp result of a general election. f 64 Soldiers, 31 Civilians Held After Hawaiian Riots Honolulu.--Sixty-four soldiers and 31 civilians were placed under'arrest on various charges In a concerted drive by the military and civic police t» clean up gangs and prevent rioting. Wilbur for Strong Navy Bremerton, Wash.--Instead of cutting the navy's annual apropriation by $5,000,000, as he has been asked to do by the government'*, budget committee.' Secretary of the Navy Wilbur declared he hoped to Increase it. ^ * Seek "Practical Christianity* Berlin.--Eighty thousand Catholics gathered at Hanover in the biggest religious convention ever held in the country, to outline a campaign for "practical Christianity." Posse Kills Negro Slayer Valdosta, Ga.--According to a dispatch from Jasi>er, Fla., to the Valdostu Times. Warren Wiwtd, a young negro, was killed by a posse after he ran amuck and killed Policeman H. F. Knowles. Chicagoan Chosen President Philadelphia.--Casimir Zy« linski of Chicago w;is elected president .of the National Polish alliance iu convention here. J. S. Zawiiinskl of Chicago wa» ebpsen secretary. .J t