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THI McHBNTtT PLAIXDBALBR, MeHMRT, HJU V!^T1 '""* " k •" f" '•$*& - - 4 ** , V % *'*• v *V? . * . ' '•z&x&iK+zKK+i+z+z+z&z^zK+y* ILLINOIS I The Rock River Baptist association will bold its annual meeting at S«- vanua September 10-17. Delegates and visitors from more than 200 churches will attend. Joseph Edmission, fifteen, son of W. R. Edmission, ex-chief of police of Pana, died suddenly of tubercular spinal meningitis following a two-days' that baffled three physicians. Carlinville banks will alose daring tbe noou hour as a measure of protection against robbery. . Most of the robberies in downstate Illinois have occurred between noon and 1:30 p. m. Thousands of ministers and laymen from all over niinois attended the Ofintral and Illinois Methodist conference of business and educational meet; ings which opened at Bloomington. Mrs. Sarah H. Stanley died at Macon at the age of ninety-three, leaving 70 direct descendants of four generations-- 5 children, 29 grandchildren, *:4t great-grandchildren. ' " ' Edwardsville banks announced a redaction of interest rates on savings deposits from 4 to 3 per Cent. Adjustments of the money market made necessary the reduction, the bankers Matted.. • v-' V V . i ; • ' v . • . "'V" Earl Tocnm, eleven; son ..of" E. L, Yocum, president of the Yocum State bank of Geneva, died suddenly i.t a hospital in Kewanee of blood poisoning following a cat on the heel by a piece of glass. -- .. Wesley Carpenter, seventy-three, a prominent fanner of Shawnee township for many years and at one time wealthy, died at the county farm at Danville «$ar an illnoag of several months. 1 • Harvey Shanafelt, forty-eight, was killed, and C Goodwin, a boy, received ft broken arm, when the touring car which Shanafelt was driving sideswiped another car in an attempt to pass on a road east of Sandoval. < Jack Frost and King Corn are running a close race In the northern Illinois counties, according to the synopsis made by Clarence J. Root. United 8tates weather bureau. The corn crop will require thirty' more days to be safe. « A case of anthrax haa been recently reported to the state department of public health from Robinson, Crawfbrd county. The disease, according to the reports, developed In a veterinarian who had performed an autopsy on a mule that had died from anthrax. Illinois road builders have added a tital of 752 miles to the state's paved *oad system since spring. This is approximately 110 miles in excess of the total completed on the same date last year. During one week covered by the report 46.36 miles were completed despite unfavorable weather. The progress being made indicates that the year's mileage will be limited only to the funds available. A celebration for the ten gray- •r lpired veterans of the Chicago fire department who fought the flames daring the Chicago fire, at the time when Mrs. O'Leary's cow kicked over the now historic lantern, will be staged next month, according to plans laid at Chicago. Special festivities were planned at a meeting of retired firemen in the Great Northern hotel. • 'A committee was appointed and an elaborate program was arranged. Wi A forward step in the struggle of Benin citizens to obtain an efficient local law enforcement force was taken, according to Mayor C. E. Anderson, when members of the city council by unanimous vote confirmed the mayor's police appointments. As a result of the council's action the city now has a recognized force of seven patrolmen, • chief and asnistant chief of police. A small detachment of troops, remaining from two companies of the Illinois National Guard, is on guard.with joa definite date set for release. John M. Walker, president of the JUlnols Federation of Labor, speaking before the forty-second annual federation convention at Peoria, declared lie stood for the formation of a trade Ohion in every branch of industry. He ~ flirther said each person employed by ^ that industrial branch should he a member of the union. He recommended the immediate ratification of the child-labor amendment by the state, /tod urged the convention to pass a resolution advocating such action. He , Suggested that a committee be formed Y ID investigate compensation laws and to formulate legislation for workers' Compensation and old-age pensions, ilr. Walker urged action to have°the Union label placed on all goods manufactured by union labor. Louis Johnson, seventy-three, wealthy, landholder and president of the Morrlsonville State bank, died at his home In Mdrrisoaville following a puraiytic stroke. • The town of Eureka has been selected as the meetlug place in 1925 of the general conference' of the Mennonite churches-.«t. the United States sad Canada. ? , --• , . . -^r~, Mrs. Frank 1 Graalman, fifty-nine, was killed and her husband severely* injured wh^n an Illinois Central train struck.. their automobile at German Valley. A social center building to be erected at the cost of $60,000 is the plan of members of the Park Methodist church at Bloomington. A campaign for funds will be launched immediately. Mrs. May Reuling was dragged from her automobile at Pekln and beaten three masked men, who threatened to hang her to a tree if she did not deed back certain property U became known at Peoria. A 40-mi.e canoe race, from Peoria to Chillicothe and return, was the feature of a canoe regatta on the Illinois river. Shell races, canoe dashes, canoe tilting contests, swimming and diving exhibitions were also held. Luther Llnser, son of Rev. and Mrs. Carl Llnser of Danvers, was badly Injured about the left side of his face, arm and body when a gas tank attached to a toy motor with which he was experimenting exploded, « : Word was received at .Toilet that Will county would receive Its quota of fish from the state fish hatchery at Spring Grove next week. The state also has turned over to Pllcher park many pheasants hatched upon adjacent farms from eggs furnished by the game department. These birds will be given their liberty, as the park furnishes ideal cover. The Illinois apple crop will make up in extraordinary quality what it lacks in quantity this year, is the opinion of W. S. Brook, orchard extension specialist, at Urbana. The crop will total 600,000 barrels, less than one-half of last year's. The apple crop is short throughout the United States and growers have * prospects of getting good prices. Babies will feature the state fair at Springfield this year. More than 1.65C are scheduled to attend. They hail from 51 counties and are offered as the best in the state. "Always popular, the state fair baby conference is a mammoth institution in Itself this year," declared Dr. Isaac I), Rawlings, state health director. "Registration surpasses that of any previous year by nearly 500. The last day for entry had to be advanced a full' week." The general impression that prevails throughout Illinois that August was a cool month is erroneous-, according to Clarence Root, meteorologist in charg6 of the office of the United States weather bureau at Springfield. "The average person will think of last August as a cool month," Mr. Root said, "but it was not. Figures from different parts of the state show the average temperature for the month was above normal and in the vicinity of Springfield it was nine-tenths of a degree above normal. The official review of Col. Charles J. Kraft's antiaircraft regiment of th6 coast artillery at Fortress Monroe, Va., by MaJ. Gen. Milton J. Foreman and Adjt. (Jen. Carlos E.- Black and staff, marked a unique event in the history of the lllirols National Guard. More than 1,000 miles from their Broadway armory headquarters, the Two Hundred and Second marched in from target practice- to .find two or three generals with a colonel or two from their own home town waiting to look them over. k ^ ^ i Pfresldent Frank Farrington of the Illinois Mine Workers addressed the convention of the Illinois Federation of Labor at Peoria, declaring that the interstate commerce commission has "struck the Illinois miners the most deadly blow ever dealt by any foe we ere ever called on to face." By reducing freight rates for coal in nonunion territory and Increasing rates for Illinois coal, lie said, the commerce ommission order had reduced the Northwest market for Illinois coal by •ne-sixth, cutting ofT the demand for ,000,000 tons of coal annually. "Half the state's 100,000 miners have been out of employment, and It Is hard to prophesy what will be the outcome of this action of the commission," Partington said. Gov. Len Smull was unanimously indorsed for #S-election by the convention. Charles Stevens, proprietor of a restaurant at Bloomington, was shot through the left arm and robbed of $250 by two negroes. Aged, white-haired veterans who carried muskets during the Civil war, middle-aged campaigners who dodged Spanish bullets in Cuba, and youngsters who fought gas and machine guns in Flanders will mingle on the Illinois State Fair grounds at Springfield on Wednesday, September 17, officially designated as "Veterans' day" at the state fair. e Contract for the paving of r6ads at the Anna State hospital has been awarded to W. C. Johnson of Belleville on a bid of $20,555, according to an announcement made at Springfield. The town of Gaiva is going into the gasoline business to get 14-cent gasoline, the price in nearby towns. Mayor Mellow has appointed a committee to rent a building, Install tanks and hang out signs "Buy From Galva at 14 Cents." He was told that the city selling static* would fcs running in 24 hours. ' ' • MILLIONS RALLY TO DEFENSE CALL President Reviews Marching Citizens--Exercises Heidi Throughout U. S. Washington.--Reports to the War department from the nine corps area Headquarters indicated an aggregate ivilian participation of more than 16,000,000 in 6,535 local Defense day exercises all over the country. * These included both the one-day volunteers who turned ou't to fill up the ranks of the regular array. National Guard and organized reserves, and also the civilians who otnerwise took part in parades and exercises, exclusive of the crowds along the streets which watched the demonstrations. Corps area commanders were unanimous in declaring the day highly successful and asserting that the public generally was enthusiastic in the in- Jorsement of the national defense program. An ununiformed army of plain American citizens tramped past a re-, ,-lewlng stand here to be greeted by the plain citizen who is commander in hlef of all the armed forces of the nation--the President. For an hotir and a half the tide of marching'men flowed up Pennsylvania avenue with the orderly, steady, unbroken movement of a great river. It was fringed with the uniforms of the regular, National Guardsmen, marines, and sailors, who gave the spectucle a little of the color of a military ceremony, * and was supplemented by groups of patriotic women. At the White House reviewing stand President and Mrs. Coolidge stood through all the time the column was passing, flanked r by Secretary Weeks and General Pershing and other high government officials. When the last unit had moved b.v to its place on the ellipse, the President and Mrs. Coolidge returned to the White House, while Secretary Weeks and General Pershing stayed to express their gratitude to the waiting host. General Pershing told its marchers that "without your support, the country would soon drop back into our pre-war attitude of inaction and neglect." + "Remember that these plans contemplate a citizen army composed of men who in peace times go about their ordinary business; otherwise, in their stead a much larger standing, army would be required," he said. "And so, after this small beginning the people of this district and all over the country should not fall to give their personal and public encouragement to all those who are willing to olunteer to serve in one of the local units of this defensive force." Before the parade, the trio of American 'world-girdling planes, piloted by the officers who have carried them practically around the world against every obstacle, circled over the city in an aerial parade of their own honor of Defense day. Concluding the program In radio addresses, Secretary Weeks and General Pershing spoke over telephone lines connecting over 38.000 miles of wire from coast to coast, their remarks being picked up for radio broadcasting at points from New York to San Francisco and border to border. It was estimated that not less thun 20,000,000 persons "listened In." CAPTAIN STEEL Three flivver bandits with drawn guns dashed into the Robey State bank at Chicago, lined the officers of the bank and three customers against a wall and escaped with $4,500 cafch There were 234 tax-supported public libraries in Illinois last year, according to the annual report of the library extension division. Just off the press at Springfield. During the year nine new libraries were opened, nineteen new library buildings occupied and twenty public libraries reorganized. Caught while stealing chickens at the Carl Snodgrass farm, near Oregon, Thomas Heather, forty, au ex convict of Oregon, was shot and killed by Richard Woy, an employee of Snodgrass. Two physicians and one doctor of divinity took tln^ stand in the Waukegan courtroom of Judge Claire C Edwards to testify that the mind of the late Delavan Smith, Lake Forest philanthropist and millionaire publisher of the Indianapolis News, wot cleur and unaffected until his death. Captain Steel is the Americuu naval officer who Is supervising the trial flights of the ZR-2, the Zeppelin built in Germany for the United States. LOEB, LEOPOLD GET JJfM PRISON TERMS ers of Robert Pranks Also Given 99 Years, Coolidge Proclaims Oct. 9 Fire Prevention Day Washington.--National Fire Prevention day has been proclaimed by President Coolidge Thursday, October 9, which is the fifty-third anniversary of the Chicago fire. "The problem of combating the stupendous waste of national resources Is of nationul Importance," the President sakl in his proclamation. "If it is to be diminished, a special effort must be made to educut<* the public mind and conscience to the necessity of improving building construction, increasing a spirit' of national carefulness. The preservation of thousands of live# and Valuable property is a lask worthy of our constant endeavor and. wholesome cooperation."' Key to Shanghai Is Taken by General La Shanghai.--Ihing,, the key town of the sector west of Shanghai, has been captured by the Chekiang army under (ieneral Lu, It was announced. The Kiangsu army In that sector has been compelled to fall back upon Changchow. The fighting for Ihing has been the fiercest of any in the battle fhus far. Headquarters of the Chekiang army at Lungwha have announced that two battalions of Kiangsu troops had surrendered at a point about two miles south of Ihing. These troops comprised the greater portion of the number defending the town, Proposes Mail Changes Indianapolis.--Establishment of parcel post and third-class mail terminals in every state will be among the recommendations to the Post Office department proposed b^the Assocatlon ,of postmasters. t Chicago.--Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr., were sentenced to life in the Joliet penitentiary for the murder of little Robert Franks. In addition, they were given a 99- year sentence on the kidnaping charge. Judge John R. Caverly gave his decision in the sensational murder case. Judge Caverly recommended that the state department of public welfare never admit the murderers to parole, and that they thus ^e condemned to die in prison. As soon as the decision was announced, Sheriff Hoffman ordered the boys taken to Joliet at once. They were hurried back to the county jail and prepared for an immediate trip to the prison. The two prisoners showed extreme emotion when they realized the judge had tempered justice with mercy, and had spared their lives. Judge Caverly announced that he showed mercy solely for the reason that the boys were under twenty-one years of age and therefore legal minors. He said that there was no mitigation proven and that the plea of guilty had not helped the defendants any. He said that rtever in the history of Illinois had a minor been sentenced to hang on a plea of guilty. For this reason, lie declared, he took the entire responsibility on his shoulders for saving them from the gallows and sending them to prison for life. Judge Caverly also declared that he believed the boys w*£re abnormal, otherwise they would not have committed the crime. Couzens Renominated Over Tuttle in Michigan Detroit, Mich.--Senator James Couzens, nominated in Tuesday's primary election as the Republican candidate for United States senator, has increased to 53,651 his lead over his closest rival, Federal Judge Arthur J. Tuttle. With only 235 of the state's 2,763 precincts missing, the vote stood 333,- 367 for Couzens and 279,716 for Tuttle. In the seven-cornered Republican gubernatorial contest, Gov. Alex J. Groesbeck, seeking a third term, had a 200,000-vote lead over his nearest competitor, James Hamilton. The vote, with 2,509 precincts reported, gave Groesbeck 321,328 and Hamilton 120.204. Democratic candidates generally were without opposition. Mortimer Cooley, being unopposed for the Democratic senatorial nomination, and Edward Frensdorf having only slight opposition for the gubernatorial choice. Mabel Normand Named in $1,000,000 Suit Los Angeles, Cal.--The name of Mabel Normand was linked with that of Norman W. Church, Los Angeles financier, and a new sensation in Hollywood's affairs was promised. Legal papers In a $1,000,000 divorce suit of Mrs. Georgia Withington Church, former Wisconsin girl, were filed with the county clerk. Germany Cuts Debt by 20,000,000 Marks Berlin.--Another payment of 20,000,- 000 gold marks was made by Germany to Owen D. Young, agent general for reparation payments, bringing the total Germany payments for the month to 40,000,000 gold marks. , Bleate Elected Senator Columbia, S. C.--Former Gov. Cole L. Bl^ase will be junior senator, from South Carolina for the next six years as the result of the run-off primary held In South Carolina. Former Envoy Leqds Rebels Guayaquil, Ecuador.--The Ecuadorean rebels have proclaimed Dr. Rafael Arlzaga their leader. Doctor Arl/.aga is acting minister to Brazil and was minister to the United States during the administration of president Taft. No Textile Strike Looming New York/--All workers employed In the textile mills of the Manvlile- Jenckes company at Woonsocket and Pawtucket, R. I., have neen instructed to remain at work by the United Textile Workers of America here. AFTER 42 YEARS General Believes Service Is Highest Gift of Individual to His Country. New York.--rAfter 42 years' active service, John J. Pershing, general erf all the armies of the United States and commander of the A. E. F., believes that "service Is the highest gift of the individual to his country." He expressed this belief in a signed statement, addressed to soldiers on the pve of his retirement, published In the army's official paper. Recruiting News, which made It public. "To participate in ceremonies attendant upon the retirement of officers and enlisted men," General Perching states, "as I have done numberess times, gives one no adequate Idea ot lils feelings when his own turn -omes. But even in severing an association that has lasted as long as mine, :here are some compensations. "I can look back over that period ind see the evolution of the army from t. small body of highly specialized Indian fighters, for the most part remote both physically and mentally from the great mass of their fellow I'itizens. into the army of today--regulars, National Guard and reserves-- fwo-thlrds of which are civilians participating in the business, political, and social lives of their various communities. but none the less integral factors In the national scheme,of defense. f • 'The old regular nrpiy was the equal of any similar body, In the world. Its officers were hard working, con-, scientious, nnd efficient, the men well trained, without fear, and possessed t>f a splendid spirit of loyalty nnd pride in the service. But the army, was a thing apart from the everyday life of the nation. What it did or thought was of little Interest to the ordinary citizen--unless the headlines told of battles and bloodshed. "But the great war which put so many of our young men Into their country's uniform awnkened In patriotic breasts a feeling for the army, nnd interest in It and an understanding of its real alms and purposes. "On Defense day, September 12, the date which marks my retirement, I shall have another consolation, one that will mitigate the thought of parting. through the realization that the country has not allowed the lessons that cost so dearly In the World war to be forgotten. With no malice, but with forethought that marks the wise man. we shall, I hope, look at ourselves In time of fair weather to see liow we might fare in a storm. "What a turning Out of A. E. F. veterans the twelfth will see! It would not be modesty but affectation if I did not recall witli^ satisfaction having commanded the nation's great armies In the World wnr. And what" patriotic, brave and aggressive men! What sacrifices and hardships they endured, that first American army that ever trod a battlefield of the Old world! Such thoughts have been potent In inspiring the new spirit In the regular army. May that spirit continue to bring us the realization that service Is the highest gift of the individual to his country." Troops Menace Peking; Ruled by Military Body Shanghai.--Advices from the north stated that Gen. Chang Tso-Lln would open his attack on Gen. Wu Pei-Fu at Shanghaikwan at once. Shanghaikwan Is at the eastern" end of the great wall of China and Is on the line of the Mufeden railroad. It was said Chang had sent six armies of 30.000 men each for a drive against Peking. London.--The Peking cabinet lias been taken over by a military council, cables from Peking say. Great activity prevails In government departments. The finance minister is trying to raise funds for military purposes. Shanghai merchants have wired Peking bankers not tO( advance the money, as it would lengthen the war. U. S. Trade.Balance Favorable in August ' .Washington. -- America's favorable trade balance wos restored during August. when exports Increased and Imports declined. Exports totaled $331,- 0Q0.000, against $27S,000,000 In July nnd $311,000,000 in August, 1923. Imports fell to the lowest level, with the exception of September. 1923, since July, 1022, aggregating but $270,000,- 000, against $278,000,000 In July and $275,400,000 In August, last year. Exports were the largest since May this year. The favorable trade balance this month was about $61,000,000. compnred to *$35,500,000 in August, 1923, and an unfavorable trade balance of $400,000 in July of this year. » V. F. W. Elects Dunn Atlantic City.--Brig. Gen. John Dunn was elected commander In chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, defeating his nearest opponent by a vote of 454 to 366. Vets Meet Her rick Chief Michigan City, Ind.--Chauncey Herrick of New York city was elected commander^ In chief of the Spanish- Amerlcftn War Veteran"/ association w. the twelfth ballot. 20 Die in Torpedo Boat Crash Tokyo.--About twenty bluejackets were drowned when two small torpedo boats, carrying shore-leave parties from the battleship Nagato collided and sank at the Yokosuka naval base south of Yokohama., T4n Killed in Indian Riots Simla, Punjab.--Ten persons were killed and twenty Injured during communal rioting at Kohat. in the northwest frontier province®. Military assistance has been asked. 7 too Call Millionaire Sane . Waukegan.--A boyhood chum of Del* evan Smith and a specialist- who treated him both declare here that Smith was mentally normal at the tlm^ of his death. This testimony was given in suits brought to break the will.,.., Pinchot Recovering • New York.--Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania, who was operated upon at the Presbyterian hospital, is making such good progress that he Is expected to leave the hospital soon. Senators Ride Freighter New York.--Senator Curtis of Kansas and Senator Weller of Maryland have lauded in New York from Europe, returning on the freighter American Farmer. They were unable to book passuge on a passenger boat. • War Flyers Enter Races Dayton.--Many American aviators who flew during the World war will enter the international nir races here October 2-4. About 400 ha?§ already decided to attend. 4^5. N. B. HARRI1 Mrs. N. B. Harris, formerly of Washington, has been made assi«tnnt treasirer of the Democratic national campaign committee, being the first woman lo be given such a position. MARKET QUOTATIONS BY U. S. GOVERNMENT Washington.--(For the week ended September 11.)--HAY--Quoted September 10: No. 1 timothy, 926.00 Chicago, 124.50 St. Louis; No. 1 alfalfa, fl7.00 Chicago. GRAIN---Quoted September 11: No. 1 lark northern spring wheat, $1.30% 0 1.43% Minneapolis; No. 2 red winter wheat, 91.31ft Chicago, $1.86® 1.39 St. Louis; No. 2 hard winter wheat, ®1.27 Chicago; No. 2 mixed corn, 91-21 @ 1.21 ft Chicago, 91-16 (a 1.16 ft Minneipolls; No. 2 yellow corn, 91-21ft&>1.22 Chicago, 9119ft©l-20 Minneapolis; No. 5 yellow corn, 91.20ft <5ri> 1.21 Chicago; Mo. 3 white oats, 47 ft® 48c Chicago; Mo. 3 white corn, Jl.^Oft Chicago. DAIRY PRODUCTS--Closing butter prices, 92 score: Chicago, 37ftc. Wisconsin primary cheese ^markets, September 10: Flats. 20c; twins, 19ftc; jingle daisies, 20c; double daisies, 1934c; longhorns, 20ftc; square prints, Jlftc; young Americas, 20ftc. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES--Minneiota early Ohio potatoes, sacked, 91-15 @1.20, carlot sales in Chicago. Eastern and midwestern yellow onions, >1.50@2.50 sacked per 100 lbs. Eastsrn Elberta peaches at 92.00@3.00 per ilx-basket carrier and bushel basket; Colorado Elbertas steady at 92.00@>2.75 n the Middle West; Michigan and Illiiols Oldenburgs, in Chicago, at $1.50 @ 2.00T LIVE STOCK--Chicago hog prices at (10.26 for the top and 99.00 to 910.00 for the bulk; medium and t&ef steers, (6.65(gi 10.60; butcher cows and heifers, (3.3510.75; feeder steers, 94-50@8.25; ight and medium weight veal calves, (8.25@12.25; fat lambs. 912.25@14.25; feeding lambs, 911-00® 13.25; yearlings, (8.25fell.26; fat ewes, 93.25@6.50. Massachusetts Nominates F. H. Gillett for Senator Boston, Mass.--A vote nearly eqpal to the combined number of ballots cast Cor his two opponents for Republican nomination for United States senator was polled by Speaker Frederick H. Gillett of the national house of representatives in 759 precincts out of 1,432 In the state, which had reported in the primary. These Included 200 Boston precincts and gave: Gillett, 01,- i05; Louis A. Coolidge, 38,401; Congressman Frederick W. Dallinger, 31,- 166. In 476 precincts Lieut. Gov. Alvan T. Fuller received 45,600 to 37,676 for State Treasurer James Jackson for the Republican nomination for governor. On the Democratic ballot there was no opposition to the nomination of Mayor James M. Curley of Boston for governor and the renomi nation of United States Senator David I. Walsh. G. O. P. Victor in Maine Elecftoh Augusta, Maine.--Maine lius again gone Republican. On the fnce of Incomplete returns Ralph O. Brewster, Republican, has been elected governor by about 35,000 plurality over W. R. Pattangall, Democrat. William R. Pattangall admitted defeat by Rn I ph' O. Brewster Tli Monday's election. - United States Senator Bert M. Fernald has been re-elected by a plurality larger than that given Brewster. Fernald's Democratic opponent .wm Fulton J. Rednutn. Wills Beats Luis Firpo; "Wild Bull" Charges Foul New York.--Harry Wills, the Senegamblan stevedore, handed Luis Angel Firpo, the "Wild Bull of the Pampas," a terrific beating In a 12-round bout at Boyle's Thirty Acres, Jersey City, but he couldn't knock the bull out. . The battle took place before an estimated crowd of 70,000. Wills won every one of the twelve rounds except the first and seventh, which could be called even. Firpo didn't have a round. Firpo charged that he was repeatedly fouled by the big colored man. Irish Chase Police Belfast.--A mob resisted the civic iruurd and chased the police to their barracks, when the guard attempted to quiet a riot. The mob destroyed the building after the police had entered It. The guard escaped. Efficient Petroleum Urged Ithaca. N. Y.--The American Chemical society was told by T. A. Boyd of Dayton that the future of the automobile In America depends on the efficient cracking of petroleum. Drop in Canada Wheat Crop Montreal, Que.--The official government estimate of western Canadian wheat yield by provinces shows a very light crop--12.5 bushels per acre, compared with 20 bushels during last fear. Omaha Air Mail Headquarters Washington.--Headquarters of the •iir mail service will be transferred from Washington to Omaha at the end of this month, It wm announced here. ' , '. SHARP FIGHTING NEAR SHANGHAI "Mtnchwhm Field Marshal , Captures Tsaoyang in Drive on Peking. Shanghai.--Two messages from Muk« den, given out by Secretary Loll «f Chekiang defense headquarters here, - reported that firing began at Shanghaikwan, in ChihU province, at the Manchurian border, and In the Jehot district in the heart of Chihli, 125 miles northwest of the Slmnhalkw4l v and about 100 miles northeast of lie* , king- ' ; The second message reported tlii capture of Tsaoyang, near Jehol. V > 1 These message, If confirmed, w® • f.v indicate that ('hang Tso-Lin, the Matt- . , churian field marshal, i* moving hia troops oh Peking from two directions < in his efforts to overthrow the goveriM; inent there. " Jv1 Meanwhile the civil war abotii " " Shanghai brought sharp fighting. According to a communique to Lo^'v" the Chekiang forces, allied with Chains ^ Tso-Lin, in their opposition to the Pe- . king government, advanced from Kia-.( ' ting, 30 miles northwest of Shanghai* - toward Taltsang. They olso were said to have scored advances near. Anting. ^ The major operations, however, were. west of Tai lake, wheiy the Chekiudg artillery was turned on Ihing aft#r • the Chekiang commander had witli- . held fire in response,to a petition of the townspeople and discovered that this was a ruse to enable the Kiangsu army to bring up reinforcements. It was admitted thut Chekiang' -- troops suffered unimportant losses when junks on Tai lake transporting them were subjected to a heavy fire. A report from a Kiangsu source suld a flotilla of these junks had been sunk by artillery. An eye witness attached to the Kiangsu army reported that it had been attacking near Tsingpu, east of ' ' Tai lake, with Suift*Wang, 20 miles southwest of Shanghai, and the Shanfhai- Hangchow railway as objectives. Advances were claimed. It also was said that the Chekiang advance against Ihing had been halted. Prince's Widow Plunges to Death Over Precipice Chicago.--The Princess Radziwill. formerly Miss Helen Karr Simpson of Chicago, was killed by a fall from a cliff at Kineo, Maine, according to dispatches received here. "• The accident occurred while the princess and her brother, Stanley, were searching along the edge of a cliff about two miles from the hotel where the princess and her parents were spending the summer, at Kinee. Going too near the edge of the cli^- the princess hurtled some 1,000 feet when the earth gave way beneath her. Rescuers found her body lodged in a tree about half waV down the slope. It was lowered some 600 feet t» Moosehead lake and transported by rovvboat across to Kineo. The Princess Radziwill was the daughter of Dr. Elmer G. Simpson, a well-known Chicago physician, and Mrs. Simpson, Miss Simpson was mai^~ ried to Prince LudUIaB Radziwill of Poland as he lay dyingof pneumbnia in London. "Go to Polls" to Be Sermon Plea of Pastors Washington.--A nation-wide get-outthe vote campaign was announced b|P Dr. Worth M. Tippy, secretary of the Federal Council of Churches commission. "Every pastor in the country will be asked to preach an election sermon on Christian citizenship on the Sunday preceding registration days |& their several states," the announcement said. If voters do not register they cannot vote, therefore the elec-' tion sermon must be 'preached before registration day." Doctor Tippy said particular attention wouKl be given to get women cast their votes. "Of course no attempt will be made to influence the voters as to huw they shall vote," the statement* sai<fc " x Col. Rossiter, Veteran of Two Wars, Dead Superior. Wis.--Lieut. Col. Emmanuel Rossiter, fifty-four, of the Wisconsin National Guard, Spanish-Amorican and World war veteran, died of heart disease. He went to France in the quartermaster corps. 3 Killed, 3 Injured, in Railroad Crossing Crask- Dayton, Tenn.--Three persons wens killed and three others injured at the South Dayton crossing of the Southern railway when the Royal Palm limited, northbound, struck «n automobile containing a" party of six. Plan Identification School * New York.--A school of criminal identification for finger-print ex|>erts and police • representatives throughout the United States, Canada. Cuba. Mexico and the Central Americas, countries wlU be established here. sftetirement Postponed Washington.--The retirement of Dr. Otto Wiedfeldt, (jerman umhassadifj* to the United States, which was ai^. nounced for September 15, has hee|t postponed indefinitely. Coolidge Takes Crmse Washington. -- President Coolidge left the White House for a week-end cruise down the Potomac on the Mayflower. It was indicated he would go over the California political situation with members of his party. Receiver Picked for C. P. &W. Waukegan.--The Chicago. Palatine A Wauconda railroad hag gone into a receivership following the Implication of RoWrt C. Kent. Wauconda. who has been acting^as trustee since 1919.