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•r' J <*> ?•• ;";^:.C>' '-jK'r :• £\K'-V^ •^" ': 1 • • jps:'•'• -*^.«" 'pr^S^M THE MoKENRT PLAINDEALER, McHKVn&T, IM* n't M2kmx--m m • Jg'CSfK; gtmimimiiiiiiitminittiiiiittititiiiififf* News Brevities f of Illinois (UMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimimimiimiiiiiiiiaiifii Rantoul.--Aviators from every army air service station iji the Middle West will be at Chanute Field on Sunday, September 21, to help the personnel of that field give a flying exhibition for the benefit of the Army Relief society. Every type of battle plane will be flown and every phrase of aerial activity depicted and the managers promise the exhibition will be the best ever given here, and probably the best ever seen In this part of the country. The Army relief society is a charitable organization which operates for the benefit of dependent widows and orphans of officers and men of the regular army. Metropolis--While a petition for an Injunction is pending to stop the work, the city of Metropolis' is rushing to completion a water and light plant, to cost over $100,000. St. Louis firms have most of the contracts. A smoke stack, 152 feet high, Ls receiving its cap. The injunction petition alleges , the old plant could have been patched up and made to answer the purpose at a saving to taxpayers^ Metropolis.--Harry Kommer, thlrty- • five, pleaded the unwritten law for shooting and wounding Sam Martin. Kommer told the police that he watched his wife from a place of concealment at the store of her father, Grant Williams, where she worked, and saw her wRti Martin. Martin was wounded in the arm. Shawneetown. -- Shawneetown, oldest town in Illinois, and home of the first bank in the state, once refused to loan money to the city of Chicago, because it was "too far away," historical records show. Messengers traveled the entire length of the state by horse for a conference. with bank officials. Danville.--Danville's new milliondollar high school, which already is being used, though not quite completed, will be dedicated September 16. The contract was let two and one-half years ago. It is expected that the building and equipment will total $1350,000. Chicago.--Four yeggmen entered the Qulgley Dairy company, seized and bound two employees, smashed open the safe and carried off $7,000 while police of the entire city were prosecuting an unsuccessful search for the robbers who looted Uncle Max's loan bank of $100,000 worth of valuables. Amboy.--At least 60 per cent of the corn in Lee county has a chance to; mature, L. S. Griffith, farm adviser, said. Griffith had been erroneously quoted as sayipg not one-tenth of the corn could mature, and as intimating Lee county farmers face bankruptcy. * Waukegan.--H. N. Maxham, eighty, of Libertyville, awoke from a faint to find himself in a morgue, where an undertaker had started to prepare his body for burial. He was mistaken for dead when he suffered a heart attack. Belvidere.---A "dead" bomb, said to have been left over from a Ku-Klux celebration at Belvidere, exploded in the hands of Harvey Frazer II when he applied a lighted'match to the stub of fuse. The boy probably will be disfigured for life. 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. Dixon.--Harrison Rhodes, fourteen living four miles south of here, slid down a haystack at his Uome and landed on a pitchfork, the tines of which penetrated the lining of the lung* nut" the wall of the heart. He may recover. Pana.--The Meridian Trail state hard road route 2, Pana to Decatur, 83 miles. Is ready for acceptance by state division of highways. Four other hard roads into Pana are nearing completion. Lanark.--Cora canneries of northwestern Illinois are tuning up and soon will be in full operation. Those in this vicinity will put up corn from tracts ranging from 60 to 1,000 acres each. The crop ls a good one. Chicago.--Apoplexy caused the sudden death of William J. Healy, president of the board of trustees of the sanitary district and a leader in Chicago politics for many years. Rockford.--Rev. "Garth Sibbald, rector of Emmanuel Episcopal church of Rockford, has received a call to the associate deanship of Trinity cathedral, Cleveland, Ohio. Gibson City.--Miss Chloe Rady of tliis city, who was Red Cross secretary to Ford county during the war, has been placed in nomination for the office of county circuit clerk. Rock Island.--The building > near Rockford that for several years before prohibition housed what was the longest bar in the world is being converted into an oil station. Vandalia. -- Fred Gates, thirty-six, .was killed by lightning while milking. Benton.--Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lee have announced they will name their newlyborn boy triplets after the three Presidential candidates, namely, George La Follette, Thomas Coolidge and "Ralph Davis. The smallest of the three weighed three and one-half pounds, and the other two tipped- the scales at five pounds each. Springfield.^-As a result of. abnormal weather conditions the output of canned sweet corn from Illinois will be about 10 per cent lower than during average years, according to estimates of the state department of agriculture. Danville.--The annual fall rally of the Walther League, a Lutheran jftung people's organization, was held here. Between 1,000 and 1,500 persons fpom all parts of central Illinois attended. The principal speaker jvas Rev. Robert Hoyne of Decatur, president of the Illinois district. Pana.--Members of the Hunter family reunion association from five states Danville.--The case of Mrs. tola Moffat of this city against the Pennsylvania railway for the death of her son, Raymond Tomlinson, at Liggett, Ind., on the St. Louis division of the £ i road, has been settled out of court after the case had gone to court and a verdict of $4,500 returned against the corporation in the United States District court here. Chicago.--By an overwhelming vote --470 to 50--members of the board of trade decided to replace the historic building with a structure to cost at least $6,000,000. For this fund fees will be collected on all bought and sold contracts for,a period of five years. These sums are to be regard«(l as a loan. Rockford.--Mrs. Oleana Allanson has filed her second suit for separation from her husband. She divorced him in 1919, alleging drunkenness and cruelty. He went west and married. His second wife died, leaving liim with three children. He remarried his first wife, who again charges drunkenness and cruelty. j Metropolis.--Erwln A. ( Speckman, Metropolis newspaper mail, and Mrs. Fay Hankins, both of whom obtained divorce decrees the same day, were married the next. The date of the wedding was the twenty-first anniversary of Speckman's first marriage and the fourteenth anniversary of the bride's former wedding." Metropolis.--A collie shepherd dog is given credit for saving the life of Mrs. Herman Mathis on the farm of W. V. Rush, Republican Nominee for state representative, on the Ohio river near here. A vicious cow attacked Mrs. Mafhis and had knocked her down when the dog came to the rescue. Decatur.--Guy Chamberlain of this city, who will coach the Cleveland Bulldogs, successors to the Canton Bulldogs, winners of the national professional football title last season, announced that Hoge Workman, former Ohio State star, will be with his eleven this season. Eureka.--By the will of Mrs. Ellen Major, Eureka college of this city and the Christian Women's Board of Missions at Indianapolis, are. each left $10,000, while the Foreign Missionary society, the American Christian Missionary society, and the Homo Missionary society are each left $5,000. Champaign.--Review of the work of the service recognition board in granting claims for the Illinois state soldier's bonus was made by Palmer D. Edmunds, chief board clerk, befote the annual convention of the American Legion of Illinois In session here. Bloomlhgton.--The Illinois Order of Moose will assemble here in annual convention September 18, 19 and 20. Several hundred delegates are expected. In addition to the business sessions there will be drill team contests with $2,000 in prizes. Effingham. -- Robert Gibson, postmaster, and Hale Elston, former superintendent of schools, were drowned In the Wabash river when they attempted to rescue Eugene Burk, fourteen, of Mason. They were attending a Methodist Sunday school picnic. Danville.--Bank clearings took another bulge, the increases being seven times greater than in any week in Au gust, amounting to $3,198,762, compared with $2,922,778 the same week a year ago, an increase of $175,984. Davis Junction.--Two hundred tons of coal and the big C., M. & St. P. chute at Davis Junction were destroyed by fire, the origin of which has been undetermined. The loss has been estimated at $85,000. Springfield--There' are about 194 Indians In Illinois, some few of whom will vote^rfn the Presidential election this year for the first time, under provisions of the recent enabling act of congress, approved June 2. WaiAj&gan.--Rev. S. J. Gates, fortyseven years old, for ten years pastor of St. James Roman Catholic church at Hlghwood, died suddenly of heart disease. Danville.--A rare instance of gas baclllis caused the death of Daniel G. Boyer, a blacksmith of Kingman, Ind.. who developed the unusual Infection from a scratch received while at work. Kewanee.--After suspension of service since last October, the electric lnterurban line running from Kewanee to Galva was put In regular operation again. Paris. -bhe manager of a Standard Oil filling' station here was held up by a lone bandit and compelled to turn1 over the afternoon's receipts amounting to $300. Chicago.--Stanley Stravinski, eight, of 3209 Lime street, died at his home from blood poisoning, developed in a scratch on his right foot, while playing in his yard. Danville.--Jacob D. Lyon, eightyfour, CiviJ war veteran died at the home of his widowed daughter-in-law, Mrs. Abe Line, on the first anniversary of his son's death. Champaign.--Payment of the state bonus of ex-Bervlce men has reached the stage where every claim has had consideration.* Columbia.--Six bandits entered the First National hank at Columbia and escaped With $12,637 in bonds and cash, Dixon.--One thousand Dixon Elks held their annual picnic at Brant's grove, in Ogle county. Among the big eats were 500 fried chickens, fed"to the hungry Bills. Joe Mandel and Frank Garry of Rockford put on a fast 10- round bout, with honors slightly in favor of Garry. Springfield.--A reward of $50 for the apprehension of Austin Birmingham alias Harry Smith, who escaped from the state penitentiary August 21, has been offered by Governor Small Birmingham was serving 14 years from Cook county. Waterloo.--Louis Sorcher, one of the few Civil war veterans In Watjer- Too, died here. He was born in Ger many 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.--The division of hlgh- , .... , v , wujs, department of public works and Wld several II inois counties attended buildings, has announced the awarding tlae annual reunion here. The Hunter I <,f a contract for the paving of secfamily was among the early pioneers tiirQ 2, route Wo. 3 In Cook county, to pi ceatrul Illinois, rive gencruU«M j the Standard Paving company of Uhl- 9f*re pre**Bt t caeo, lowest bidders, at $32,359.67, BOSTON GREETS • FLYING HEROES American Airmen Given En- ,thu»iastic Welcome on Arrival. MRS. I. M. DODSON Boston.--Historic Boston welcomed new history makers when American airplanes roared Into the harbor of the staid old city after spanning 23,000 miles of the world's girth for the first time in the annals of human travel. The fiagplane Chicago, manned bv Lieut. Lowell H. Smith, commander ot the flight, and Lieut. Leslie P. Arnold landed first. Next came the plant Boston II, with Lluets. Leigh Wadc and L. M. Ogden, his mechanician, robbed of the complete world flight by a forced landjng off the bleak Faroe islands. Then came the modern Viking, Lieut. Erik H. Nelson, nnd Lieut.. "Happy Jack" Harding in the plane New Orleans. ' The engine stopped amid the din of the howling welcome of 40,000 spectators, who lined the shores for five miles. The flyers returned just five months to the day since they hopped northward from Seattle in April. They left next day for the hop to: Mitchel field, L. I., 225 miles distanty: The flyers stay at Mitchel field just;, one night, then proceeding to Washington. They stop at Dayton, Ohio, Chicago, St. Joseph, Mo., and Omaha, Neb., North Platte, Neb., to Seattle. From Seattle, the world-girdling tour having been achieved, the airplanes will be taken to Los Angeles by other army flyers. Mrs. Louise M. Dodson; £>es Moines, Iowa, has been appointed national director of organization for the Republican women's bureau. Mrs. Dodsjon had a like post with the national committee in the 1922'campaign. BEGINS WARFARE ON KLAN IN WISCONSIN General Pershing Sends Message to Service Men Washington.--General Pershing sent farewell message through the Disabled American Veterans. The message follows: "As you will perhaps know, on the thirteenth of this month I am to retire from active service in the army. cannot do this, however, without expressing to you once more my deep ppreclation of the great sacrifices which you made In the World war. Your indomitable courage and will made possible the brilliant victories achieved by our army, and your deeds will live forever as a record of your devotion to the ideals upon which our nation is founded. While, as your former commander in chief, I must bid you adieu, you may feel assured tlwt your interests and welfare will always be close to my heart in civil life as they have In the past. "With my best wishes and affectionate regards, I remain, as always, "Cordially yours, "JOHN J. PERSHING.** Fahy, Released From ^ Jail, Goes on Warpath Chicago.--Will fain F. Fahy, postal inspector, arrested August 26 on charges of being one of the leaders in the Rondout $2,000,000 mall robbery, succeeded In gaining his release on bonds. Fahy, accompanied by his attorney, Robert A. Mllroy, immediately began personal sleuthing expedition which, he says, will soon reveal details of the "way he has been framed" and the reasons the Postal department 'picks on" him. Large Amounts Given for Foreign Missions Detroit.--Thirty million dollars have been sent overseas in seventy-four years by the Methodist Episcopal Woman's Foreign Missionary society, the anniversary of which was celebrated by the Central German Methndlst Episcopal conference here. Mrs. Evelyn lUley Nicholson, wife of Bishop Nicholson of the Detroit area, who made the announcement to the conference, added that 175,000 women and girls have been led into the church by the society, which is represented In 19 lands by 700 missionaries and 5,700 native workers. New York City Marshal Short in His Accounts New York.--Shortage of $80,928 in the accounts of City Marshal John McCann was reported to District Attorney lianton by City Comptroller Craig. According to the comptroller, this deficiency represents the difference hetween amounts collected in personal taxes upon warrants delivered to ttfetmarshal and the amounts turned In to the finance department. High Court of Justice Chooses Its Officers London.--Max Huber, legal adviser of the political department of Switzerland and a member of the Court of International Justice, was elected president of the court, according to a dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph from The Hague. Dr. Andre Weiss of France, also a member of the court, was elected vice president. Their terms will run from 1925 to 1927. Rivera Takes Personal Command in Morocco Algeciras, Spain.--Gen. Primo de Rivera, premier and head of the Spanish military directorate, embarked on hoard the Spanish warship Extremadura for Morocco, where he will take charge of the war against the Moors. He was accompanied by members of the military directorate. Farmer Ends Life in Flames. Winnipeg, Man.--Worried over crop failure and unable to recoup by a gamble In wheut futures, Gus Starkey. a farmer In the Coronation (Alberta) district, set fire to a straw stack, crawled~bn""tbp, and died. Statesmen to Meet Soon. Belgrade.--Statesmen of the little entente and Soviet governments will meet soon regarding a reapproachment program of the great and little Slavic uations. Armistice in Honduras Tegucigalpa, Honduras. -- Possible peace in Honduras is believed to be In sight In consequence of efforts of mediation made by Mr. Morgan, American charge d'affaires here. A ten-day armistice was agreed on. Jap Ban Aids Recruiting Tokyo.--Since the passage of the restriction 011 Japane. 0 immigration fewer young Japs are dodging the compulsory •' military training la jfa pan. • , Governor Suspends Grant County District Attorney. Madison Wis. -- Governor Blaine started an open fight on the Ku Klux klan when he annouhced an order bad been issued to suspend George B. Clementson as district attorney of Grant county; The order was- effective September 9, "unless you can show cause why the order should be set aside." The letter was written as a result of a hooded demonstration at "hoscobel three weeks ago and of difficulties at Muscoda, also In Grunt county, as a result of which Leo Manning was shot and ls In a Madison hospital. The governor charges that Clementson failed to follow his orders regarding prosecution of those claimed to hnve been involved In the Boscobel demonstration when a deputy sheriff is said to have been assaulted. Europe Buying Large Quantities of Grain Chicago.--Signing of the reparations plan by the leading European powers has made Europe an Immense buyer of cash grain In the. United States and Canada. Estimates made by cash grain handlers In closest touch with the foreign trade Indicnted that 6.000.000 bushels or more of wheat, more than 2,000,000 ..ushels of rye, around 1,000.- 000 bushels of oats, and 600.000 hushels of barley were sold In two days. Kid McCoy?s Trial Is Set for October 20 Los Angeles, Cal.--Kid McCoy, former pugilist, pleaded not guilty to one charge of murder, three of assault with Intent to commit murder and four of robbery. The murder trial was set for October 20. McCoy is accused of having slain Mrs. Theresa W. Mors,'with whom the former fighter was living under an assumed name. New York Honor Prison Is Called a Failure Albany, N. Y.--The Great Meadow prison at Comstock. Washington county, the "prison without a wall." is to be'lnclosed with a reinforced concrete wall at a cost of $50,000. A report of the state commission of prisons disclosed that the "honor prison" had failed as a state institution. Daring Bandits Loot Illinois State Bank Springfield, III.--Bandits looted the Jefferson State bank, wlthlr. sight of the state house. Unmasked, they entered the bank shortly after the clerks had returned from lunch. Within a few minutes they drove away In an automobile, taking between $25,000 nnd $80,00(4 in casn and securities. New Chilean Cabinet. Santiago, Chile.--Army officers' demands for a new cabinet on a nonpolitical basis, and other reforms recited in the formation of a new governing body.- The-new officials were sworn in. Sault Freight Falls Off. Sault Ste. Marie.--Freight movements through the locks here during August amounted to $10,050,605 short tons, as compared to,$14,343,044 short tons in August bust year. f Creeks Killed in Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria.--It Is announced that two Greek soldiers have been killed In a conflict on Bulgarian terltory south of Petrltch. A commission has been appointed to investigate the incident. CURB FOR WARS French President Agrees to w i^f>roP°8al Mad« >y MacDonalcL t , - .«r 'Geneva.--Rather than risk isolation *^-with the little entente--Premier Herrlot, speaking before the fifth assembly of the League of Nations, abandoned the objectionable military provisions of the proposed mutual assistance pact and fell in with Prime Minister Mac- Donald's scheme of arbitration to prevent war. « M. Heriott camouflaged his surrender by Insisting that "sanctions." which are to be taken against wanton nggresslon, be studied and outlined by a committee which will handle the matter, but he refrained from demanding any concrete pledges of what military and naval aid would be forthcoming from the fellow memhers of the league against proven offender. The French premier concentrated his efforts on trying to keep the saifte committee of the league which has spent two years drafting the rejected guarantee pact to devise a new plan conforming with the British viewpoint, which is shared by a majority of the members. But since the personnel of this committee may be changed at will, the result amounts to complete acceptance of Mr. MacDonald's terms and the abandonment of the military alliances hitherto envisaged. Berlin.--The interallied control commission and the German military authorities agreed that control of German armaments would begin at once, and the government Issued a communique appealing to the people to avoid any obstruction of the commission's work, or hostile action which "would Involve the danger of perpetuating the present state of affairs with all of Its humiliating accompaniments." Soviet Government to Auction Art Treasures Riga, Latvia.--The Moscow Isvestlls states that 4,000 art objects will be auctioned at Moscow next December. The Soviet government Intends to send Invitations to European art representatives, and Americun million iflres, guaranteeing that all purchases will he permitted to be exported without duty. The objects selected Include many old masters. Several fa mous Ikons studded with Jewels are expected to bring prices equaling Rembrandts and other pictures. Men Leave Herrin in Interests of Peace Herrin. III.--Three men voluntarily exiled themselves from Williamson county and virtual control of the county's legal machinery passed Into the hands of the Ku Klux klan, as a result of the latest maneuvers for peace ID the persistent factional warfare. The "exiles'4 are Sheriff George Galllgan, his chief deputy, Ora Thomas both bitter klan foes, and John Smith, local klan chief. Texas Republicans Put Up Bute for Governor Dallas, Texas. -- The Republican party of Texas nomlnuted for governof George C. Butte, deu:> of the law school of the University of Texas. The Republican party does not intend, according to political observers, to make a very vigorous campaign ugainst Mrs Miriam A. Ferguson, the Democratic nominee, because of the fact that Mrs. Fergusbn Is even more avowedly antlklan than the Republican party Itself. Thunderstorm Causes Waterspout in Harbor New York.--A waterspout, the first In the history of New York^^arbor, started , from the Jersey shore, swept across the bay and stirred up spray which whisked overboard part of the cargo of a- barge near Governor's island. Old tars stared at the phenomenon In i amazement. The spout, originating in.a thunderstorm, lasted three minutes, $30,000,000 Loan to Belgium Is Completed Brussels.--The Belgian minister of finance and American bankers signed the terms of a 25-year loan of $30,000,- 000 to the Belgian government, with interest at 6% per cent. The money will pay off the treasury bonds Issued In 1920 in New York to buy locomotives, which fall due In January, 1925. Slays Man He Named in Divorce Proceedings Helena. Ark.--Edward I.igon. twenty, of Mellwood, was shot and instnntly killed by Dr. J. A. King. Docrod King recently filed divorce proceedings. naming Llgon as corespondent. He surrendered. To War on Peking. Shanghai.--Gen. Chang Tso-Lln, the Manchurian war lord, has declared war aguinst the Peking government and Gen. Wu Pel-Fu. the military dictator of the province of Olrthll. Hi« action was unexpected. ISABURO YOSHIDA Itiaburo losiiiiiu, the newly appointed counselor and charge d'affaires of the Japanese embassy has arrived In Washington. He succeeds Mr. Saburi and is now acting ambassador during the absence of Masanao Hanihura, who has sailed for Japan. MARKET QUOTATIONS, BY U. S. GOVERNMENT Washington.--For the Week endlnff September i .--GRAIN--No. 1 dark northern spring wheat: Minneapolis, $1.28@1.40. No. 2 red wheat: Chicago. fl.30M; St. Louis, $1.30; Kansas City, |1.26. No. 2 hard winter wheat: Chicago, $1.25V4@1.27St. Louia. *1.24H; Kansas City. $1.18@1.23. No. 2 yellow corn: Chicago, »i.2l V4 @1.22; Minneapolis, |1.17 V4 & 1.18. No. 2 mixed corn: Chicago, $1.20% & 1.21; Minneapolis, fl.16H01.17; St. Louis, fl.20; Kansas City, $1.13. No. 3 white corn: Chicago, f 1.19 % © 1.19% ; St. Louis. $1.16'* ©1.17; Kansas City, $1.10. No. 3 white oats: Chicago, 46%®47tfcc; Minneapolis, 4&H @4t>%c; St. Louis, 47Vi©48Hc; Kansas City. 48©48%c. DAIRY PRODUCTS--Closing prices, 92 score butter: New Yo,rk, 38V6c; Chicago, 3714c. Wholesale cheese prices at Wisconsin primary markets Sept. >: Twins, 18%c; single daisies, 19%c; longhorns, 19 He; square prints, 20Vic. LIVE STOCK--Butcher cows and heifers 26®35c higher, at f3.30@10.75; feeder steers 25c higher, at f4.50@8.00; light and medium weight veal calves 25@50c higher, at $9.25^13.75. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES--New Jersey sacked cobbler potatoes, $1.35® 1.65 i>,er 100 pounds; giants, $1.15@1.45; Kansas and Missouri sacked cobblers, $1.30@1.45. New York yellow onion varieties ranged $1.75<3>2.50 sacked per 100 pounds in eastern cities; midwestern yellows mostly $2.25@2.50. New York Oldenburg apples 15©25c lower, at 76c@$1.25 per bushel basket in city wholesale markets: Michigan and Illinois Wealthys and Oldenburgs mostly $1.25@1.50 In the Middle West. Illinois Elberta peaches, $2.75<£»3.00 per bushel basket in Chicago. Colorado salmon tint cantaloupes 50c#$1.00 lower, at $3.25@3.75 per standard 45's in consuming centers; few sales at $1.60 t o. to- Spanish Dictator Asks Army to Support Him Madrid.--Dictator Primo de Rivera Issued a manifesto to the army appealing for a further term In office for the dictatorship, declaring: "One year Is too short a time to .attempt to curry out the work which lay before the directorlo when we assumed power." The gravity of the tone of Dictator de Riverla's message Indicates that the directorlo wishes to obtain a mandate Trom the annv to continue the government despite difficulties. The Spanish troops successfully retreated from all advance positions In western Morocco, according to an official communique. The communique declares that the losses "although heavy, are much less than might be expected from the Importance of the movement effected." _ Formal Arrangement to Enforce Dawes Plan London.--The pact drawn up at the recent International conference here, outlining ways and means of putting the Dawes reparations program Into effect, was signed by representatives of ti e various nations. Premier MacDonald being in Scotland, the assistant undersecretary for foreign affairs, Sir Eyre Crowe, signed for the British. The ambassadors. ministers or charges d'affaires acted for the other countries,, while Ambassador Kellogg "looked on" for the United States. Tax Reduction Causes Loss of Many Millions Washington.--Internal revenue collections for July, the first month when all of the tax reduction features of the present Inw were effective, amounted to $110,814,885. a drop of $24,80.5,005 from the receipts of July last year. Tax payments In June were $412.- 465.251. but this included the regular quarterly Income and profits taxes and does not therefore furnish a JMato of comparison with July. U. S. Warship to Honduras Washington.--The cruiser Rochester has been ordered to the Honduras coast from Panama to supplement the patrol being maintained there bjr th# Tulsa. For "Fundamental" Liberty. Rome.--A meeting of the parliamentary opposition here and a resolution demanding the restoration of "fundamental liberty" to the Italian people, was passed. .----^ * . Japs for South America Tokyo.--Minister of Foreign Affairs Uchlyama will sail in September to study conditions In Central and South America with a view to encouraging the migration of Japan's surplus population there. Prominent fowan Dead ~ f?(inr Falls. , Iowa.--Lars Nfalsrsn, flftv-four, supreme treasurer of United Danish Societies of America and widely known In Danish-Amerlcaa circles, died at Sartori hospital. Austrian Bread Price *Higk Vienna.--The price of bread Is alarmingly on the increase. The price of 7.900 kronen for a loaf, fixed by the authorities, Is said to be higher than ever, even compared with the wor^t time of the Inflation period. Jap Ambassador to Come Tokvo. The Japanese vernacular press says the appointment of an ambassador from Japan to the United States to succeed M. Hanlhara ls Imminent. Eastern Publisher Dies New York.--Adams Wills WagnaTIs, one of the founders and president of the publishing firm of Funk & Wagnalls, died at the Northport <N. Y.) home of his daughter, Mrs Mabel Wagnalls Jones. He was eighty-one. Soviets Execute Rebels ~ Tlflis. Russia.--Twenty-four leaden of the anti-Soviet party, responsible for the recent revolt, were shot after having been con< Georgian cheka. G. 0. P. VICTOR IN MAINE ELECTION Brewster, Republican, Elect- • ed Governor Over Pafr^^ tangall, Democrat. • Augusta, Maine.--'Maine l&t again gone Republican. On the face of incomplete returns Ralph O. Brewster, Republican, has been elected governor by about .'{5,000 plurality over W. B. Pattangall, Democrat. ' * Return* from 3fW preclhct<j out of B33 in the state, including all but one precinct of the city of Portland, give for governor: Brewster (Rep.), 136,&iS; Pattangall (Dem.), 103,273. i : William R. Pattangall, Democrat, admitted defeat by Ralph O. Brewster, RepiiblIcan, in Mlonday*s gubernatorial election. , , . -J'nited States Senator Bert M. Fernald has been re-elected by a plurality larger than that given Brewster. Fernald's Democratic opponent ivajj Fulton J. Redman. The latest figures arer |r«rnald, 125.360; Redman, 83.258. " Based on the same incomplete results, the four Republican congressmen have been returned by slightly Inerensed pluralities over two years ago. The state legislature remains safely Republican in both branches, so the/ G. O. P. has made a clean sweep. , The Democrats made a vigorous campaign and their shouting, added to the pleas of Republicans to bnck up Coolidge and the national administratfon, brought out the largest vote in the history of the state. A total vote of nhout 224,000 Is indicated. The normal Republican victory Id Maine is around 28,000--the figure -oftwo years ago. Aside from the governorship, the major state office contested was that of auditor. For this job Elbert D.- Hayford is re-elected over Armon J. Hodgkins. Congressman Carroll L. Beedy of Portland In the First district. John E. Nelson of Augusta in the Third district, and Ira G. Hersey of Portland in the Fourth district, ere re-elected over William M. Ingraham of Portland, Leon O. Tebbetts of Watervllle and'Clinton C. Stevens of Bangor, respectively. The result In the Second district! Is considered close. The contest Is between Congressman Wallace H. White Jr., of Lewlston. Republican candidate for re-election, and Bertram! G. Mclntyre, Not way, Democrat. U* S. Marines Land With Others in Chira Shanghai.--Four foreign countries, Including the United States, landed marines in Shanghai. The United States landed 250, Great Britain 360, Japan 400 and Italy 100. The marines were ordered ashore after reports from the battle line Indicated that the defending army of General Lu has been routed. The marines will take up defensive positions on the boundaries of the internatloAil settlement to prevent Invasion of that section of Shanghai by the forces of General Chi and his allies. :-- . Dr. Sun Tat Sen will move hi* forces against Gen. Wu Pel Fu, it is indicated. Doctor Sun Is an ally of Gen. Chang Tso Lin, war lord of Manchuria. Chang is marching from the north intending to attack Peking, where General Wu is stationed, and Sun's attack is intended to stop the efforts of General Wu to aid the Klangsu attack on Chekiang. Sees Improvement In Business Condilionm Washington.--Decided Improvement In business conditions since early summer, when he left for Europe, is observed by Secretary of the Treasury Mellon. Business is Improving "In the right direction," and there is increasing activity In the steel Industry with a greater volume of orders, he finds. Emphasis is given to the fact that one large eastern railroad .recently placed an order for 10,000 new cars. Secretary Mellon feels that there will not be any change in the money market In the near future and expects easy money conditions to continue for several months. One Killed When Golden State Limited Is Wrecked Maricopa, Ariz.--The Golden State Limited No. 102, the Southern Pacific's crack eastbound passenger train, went into a ditch one mile west of Bonn, dfcar here. One trainman was killed, Jiut no passengers were injured. ' Held for Threat to Prince Wllliamstown, N. Y.--Marcus J. Geroy was arrested iu his home here charged with sending the prince of Wales an alleged threatening letter. Sheriff \ incent said Geroy admitted -Writing the letter. U. S. Fleet Holds Maneuvers San Francisco.--Shain attacks ui>on San Francisco and sham defenses by the huge coast defense guns occupied the first day of the maneuvers of the United States battleship tleet here. U. S. Orders Emir Deported Washington.--Assistant Secretary of Labor White has ordered the deportation of Sled Zerdecheno. self-styled emir and ruler <5f Kurdestati. The immigration act of 1924 is cited as the reason for the deportation. Philadelphia Banker Din . Philadelphia--Joseph (Vrrottf ' * vice president of the South Philadelphia State bank, closed Saturday by ie state banking department, tiitA unexpectedly of heart disease."